Archives for 2024 - Page 2
La peor gota fría (DANA) del siglo, y la mayor incompetencia
I tend to get easily revolted, which means I never truly learn from getting older. But I want to express my indignation and frustration regarding the outcome of the recent…
A small collection of Romanian idioms, explained
A random collection of 80 Romanian idioms, from an Instagram account, downloaded using a Chrome extension. Not the best possible choice, and not always explained the way I’d have done…
AppImages: the worst choice in “portability” (with examples)
I occasionally discussed the modern alternatives to using packages, meaning AppImages, Flatpaks and snaps. Politics and hatred aside, both Flatpaks and snaps are usable. AppImages, on the other hand, are…
Nerușinarea farmaciștilor nu are limite (și nici cea a autorităților)
De obicei se înjură Big Pharma în sensul de companii producătoare de medicamente, mai ales când acestea sunt încă acoperite de brevete. Sau se mai miră oamenii cum în SUA…
Devrais-je boycotter Carrefour Roumanie ?
À travers LinkedIn, vendredi dernier, j'ai écrit ce message à monsieur Gilles Ballot, car il est donné comme CEO de Carrefour Roumanie depuis février 2024. Comme il n'a pas réagi,…
Les squatteurs et la loi qui les protège
Il y a six semaines, j'avais écrit ce billet : I wish I weren’t born in Europe. Ce faisant, j'ai oublié de mentionner le squat, sauf dans un commentaire pour un…
May Mozilla’s UX/UI designers all die of colon cancer!
This good wish of mine has been triggered by an elementary issue called scrollbars. Of course, based on how scrollbars have changed to tiny, when not hidden, elements, I should…
Moldova și UE: un Zugzwang de mai mare plânsul (cu un adaos)
Mi-e cam lene să gândesc în altă limbă când e vorba de o chestiune româno-moldovenească, astfel că voi comenta în limba carpato-danubiano-pontică pe tema referendumului câștigat „la mustață” de pro-europenii…
I usually don’t make predictions, but the worst is going to happen
I don't care that Allan Lichtman sticks to his confident prediction that Kamala Harris will win the race for the White House. He just wouldn't budge. And I'm not basing my…
Educația în România post-istorică
Nu consider că suntem cu educația în secolul 18, ci în secolul 19, iar nivelul fraudei intelectuale și academice din Occidentul contemporan a atins cote îngrijorătoare de care dl. Adrian…
Is Linux so “fragile”? A strange experience with USB hubs
I don’t know whom to blame for what I experienced, so I’ll just describe the facts. My HP ProDesk 400 G6 mini-PC, in the 44G38ES configuration (upgraded with a second…
The tiniest Windows bug I’ve ever encountered
This is something that Dedoimedo should have noticed, among the so many cosmetic and non-cosmetic issues he keeps noticing, such as this stupid Windows LAN routing problem in which a…
De data asta, numai o lovitură de stat ne mai poate salva de CCR!
Nu am mai înjurat de mult justiția română, pe românește. Acum chiar că se cere, în ciuda întârzierii cu care o fac. Întâi am ezitat, apoi nu am avut timp…
From AlmaLinux KDE to Ubuntu MATE: the unlikely journey
This is going to look like a post using twisted logic to justify an illogical decision. But humans are not guided exclusively by what we love to call reason; they're…
Porsche and the “Six-Stroke Engine Patent”
I was just watching a YouTube video by Mentour Pilot, when the algorithm suggested me a video by driving 4 answers, an American enthusiast whose explanations on mechanics, engines, and…
Is this the CUPS hell? Maybe not for everyone, methinks
I don't address security issues. I don't fix vulnerabilities. But I am so tired of reading about such things! And believe me, I read about them a lot. For decades…
Dolphin on non-KDE distros with a dark theme: the horror
While being lately into KDE, I always acknowledged that any non-GNOME-based desktop environment is perfectly usable. Two “no-go” elements: it shouldn't use Files, the dumbified version of Nautilus that makes…
RetardGPT stopped working in Firefox ESR 115: what to do
Since yesterday, ChatGPT stopped working in Firefox ESR 115. Yes, I know that ESR has been rebased to 128, but this is not a valid reason to force me to…
Disturbing reads on disturbing facts (II): America
This is a completely different topic, which was originally meant to be included in yesterday’s post; however, due to its excessive length and being completely unrelated, it got its own…
Disturbing reads on disturbing facts (I): Israel
Every morning, I read a bunch of news reports, helped by a couple of news aggregators as Android apps. Global and local news, that is. The quality of the news…