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No, the label Champagne hasn’t been confiscated by Russia!

July 11, 2021 No, the label Champagne hasn’t been confiscated by Russia!2022-01-04T17:16:24+01:00 Political No Comment
From now on, I guess I'd prefer the Russian propaganda and check their claims rather than assuming that the Western disinformation is anything but a too hot Cold War. Vladimir…
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Political

The Little Country That Could

July 11, 2021 The Little Country That Could2022-01-04T17:16:30+01:00 Political No Comment
Cuba's COVID-19 saga wasn't much touted, because, what the hell, who cares about a Communist relic, and what could they be able to accomplish? In truth, the current epidemiological situation…
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Miscellanea

China Strikes Back!

July 10, 2021 China Strikes Back!2021-07-11T23:43:01+01:00 Miscellanea No Comment
One month after we thought we have The Freedom to Blame China, some “objective journalists” try to make us return to the belief that, bats being bats, it's much more…
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Political

CA, ÎCCJ, CCR: Acronimele mafiei române

July 7, 2021 CA, ÎCCJ, CCR: Acronimele mafiei române2022-01-04T17:16:37+01:00 Political 7 Comments
Mi-am promis că nu mai scriu nimic în românește sau despre România, pentru că și așa doar boții de indexare ce mă mai citesc. Voi face o excepție azi, pentru…
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Should anyone really want to use Win11?

July 5, 2021 Should anyone really want to use Win11?2021-08-19T23:46:27+01:00 Technical 1 Comment
There were many heated discussions regarding Windows 11, especially as it included a limited set of supported CPUs (post-2017, basically) and it seems to mandate either TPM or (I'm not…
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Patents Kill Patients (But Stupidity Kills Too)

July 5, 2021 Patents Kill Patients (But Stupidity Kills Too)2022-01-04T17:16:44+01:00 Political 1 Comment
No, this isn't about the “people in India wouldn't die if patents on vaccines were waived” mantra we discussed in great detail in a previous post (in sections NINETEEN, THIRTY-TWO,…
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Political

Linus 1, Anti-Vaxxers 0

July 2, 2021 Linus 1, Anti-Vaxxers 02022-01-04T17:16:52+01:00 Political No Comment
There are issues on which I agree with Linus Torvalds, issues on which I have a different opinion than his, and issues I couldn't care less about. Here's one instance…
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Technical

Adventures in Linux Ep. 6: The death of the scrollbar

July 1, 2021 Adventures in Linux Ep. 6: The death of the scrollbar2021-07-09T08:41:39+01:00 Technical 1 Comment
Only an idiot would need proofs of the utmost idiocy that infested every single UI concept of the last ~10 years, but "the case of the missing scrollbars" needs a…
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Miscellanea

Everyone nowadays seems to be a fake expert

June 30, 2021 Everyone nowadays seems to be a fake expert2021-06-30T21:05:46+01:00 Miscellanea 1 Comment
This pandemic revealed that many if not most “experts” in the fields of epidemiology, virology, public health, pharmacology, medicine are not much better than the snake oil salesmen from the…
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Technical

Adventures in Linux Ep. 5: The gaiety of having the choice

June 30, 2021 Adventures in Linux Ep. 5: The gaiety of having the choice2021-07-01T19:41:28+01:00 Technical 6 Comments
As I mentioned recently, I don't recommend any Linux distro specifically, because someone's preferences are determined by their hardware and software needs, their tastes regarding UX or ergonomics, and other…
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Adventures in Linux Ep. 4: NOT trying Rocky Linux, after all

June 28, 2021 Adventures in Linux Ep. 4: NOT trying Rocky Linux, after all2021-06-28T18:39:05+01:00 Technical No Comment
That's the quickest one: despite being enticed by Dedoimedo's articles (1·Rocky Linux 8 - Phoenix Tux; 2·Rocky Linux 8 & how to get better font clarity; 3·How to turn Rocky…
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Political

The Alphabet of Our Death

June 27, 2021 The Alphabet of Our Death2022-01-04T17:17:02+01:00 Political No Comment
No, it's not Alphabet Inc., the artificial superclass for Google, but the Greek Alphabet, which currently got incremented to Delta, the name of the Indian variant. Other variants are warming…
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Technical

Adventures in Linux Ep. 3: The Mint 20.2 Beta Triptych

June 23, 2021 Adventures in Linux Ep. 3: The Mint 20.2 Beta Triptych2021-06-30T09:18:55+01:00 Technical No Comment
This shouldn't be interpreted as if I'd suggest, support, or recommend any flavor of Linux Mint. Based on how things are in Linux in the last 15 of its 30…
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Political

Half-Truths, Lies, Incompetence and Idiocy Continue to Prevent a True Debate on Vaccines

June 22, 2021 Half-Truths, Lies, Incompetence and Idiocy Continue to Prevent a True Debate on Vaccines2022-01-04T17:17:07+01:00 Political 2 Comments
I'm so sick of the way the anti-vaxxers have hijacked most websites, social networks, forums, even some major news outlets, that I believe the world has irremediably gone beyond Idiocracy.…
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Adventures in Linux Ep. 2: Subpixel idiocy

June 18, 2021 Adventures in Linux Ep. 2: Subpixel idiocy2021-06-18T23:13:16+01:00 Technical 1 Comment
Dedoimedo is the only guy in the known Universe who's pickier than I, and who constantly complains about the lack of contrast, the 1-pixel misalignment, and any other similar usability…
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Adventures in Linux Ep. 1: Et tu, Fedora?

June 16, 2021 Adventures in Linux Ep. 1: Et tu, Fedora?2021-06-17T19:52:18+01:00 Technical No Comment
Tidbits from my predicaments with Fedora 34 XFCE. Apparently, Fedora 34 is not a bad crop, but Linux being Linux, nothing is erm… perfect. Not always. Never, actually. Episode 1:…
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Miscellanea

Bitcoin’s evilness is more than Ransomware

June 16, 2021 Bitcoin’s evilness is more than Ransomware2021-06-22T08:43:37+01:00 Miscellanea No Comment
I wanted to avoid writing about Bitcoin, for it's too ample a subject, and even a book wouldn't persuade some people on how many level Bitcoin is morally wrong and…
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Linux philosophy: Twitter humour

June 12, 2021 Linux philosophy: Twitter humour2021-11-25T20:43:58+01:00 Miscellanea No Comment
Nothing to do with my recent post on how everything is increasingly containerized, so pretty soon nobody would care about the smoothness, lightness and usability of your preferred desktop environment.…
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Bing, He Loves Me

June 11, 2021 Bing, He Loves Me2021-06-14T19:47:15+01:00 Miscellanea 2 Comments
It's a he, right? Like Jesus, huh. Because Bing loves me anyway, despite my feelings towards "him" being ambivalent. I use, depending on the mood, either of Google, DuckDuckGo, and…
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Political

Will we finally have the right to talk about hydroxychloroquine in good faith?

June 10, 2021 Will we finally have the right to talk about hydroxychloroquine in good faith?2022-01-04T17:17:16+01:00 Political 10 Comments
In almost all my posts regarding COVID-19, I mentioned the defamation campaign against the hydroxychloroquine (HCQ). Could we now conduct fair trials and stop censoring the truth? We finally got…
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  • Michael on Adventures in Linux Ep. 2: Subpixel idiocyIn Ubuntu 18.04 I get decent results with FREETYPE_PROPERTIES="truetype:interpreter-version=35 cff:no-stem-darkening=1 autofitter:warping=1" added to /etc/environment At least it makes full hinting
  • Jim on Watching “old guys” playing with Linux on YouTubeI take it all back! Re-read a few times, and had a few chuckles with a less serious head on
  • Béranger on The viral game that makes you feel smart: Wordle[UPDATE] More cheating!
  • Béranger on The viral game that makes you feel smart: Wordle[UPDATE] I just discovered another German clone: 6mal5.com.
  • Béranger on The viral game that makes you feel smart: Wordle[UPDATE] On March 30, 2022, I noticed a bug in Wordle.
  • Béranger on The Miraculous Language Courses of the US Military + BONUSSome interesting considerations, selected from When we talk about emotions and plurilingualism: "My mother says I'm becoming 'English'. This hurts
  • Béranger on The Blog Posts I Failed to Write Because of PutinTwo things to read: — A Twitter thread by Garry Kasparov, starting here and collected on a single page here.
  • Béranger on The Miraculous Language Courses of the US Military + BONUSIt seems that I forgot to bash Jay Leno for being just your regular (and dumb) English speaker that pronounces
  • Béranger on The Miraculous Language Courses of the US Military + BONUSPaul Jorgensen, the guy behind Langfocus, often compares languages in pair, and you'd be surprised to find how many differences
  • Béranger on The Blog Posts I Failed to Write Because of PutinAre you a writer for Sputnik?
  • mirciulica on The Blog Posts I Failed to Write Because of PutinBoth you and Bill know very well that the reason "every able man" is staying in Ukraine is because they
  • Béranger on The Blog Posts I Failed to Write Because of PutinA joke from Moscow: "According to Putin the special military operation is really a conflict btw Russia and NATO about
  • Béranger on The Blog Posts I Failed to Write Because of PutinYou're right, Zelensky is merely your "normal" president, just a politician like everywhere in the world. Corrupt, he only cares
  • mirciulica on The Blog Posts I Failed to Write Because of PutinThe last thing I want is to find myself in agreement with Le Pen's daughter but what exactly you find
  • Béranger on The Blog Posts I Failed to Write Because of Putin[EVEN MORE] I'm increasingly tired of Putin's baseness and of our impotence regarding this monster. I also believe we should
  • Béranger on What Reddit has taught me about Arch Linux(Fuck you, Fred. You're an oaf.)
  • Béranger on Is there any future for the GTK-based Desktop Environments?You seem to be targeting Debian, although no .deb packages are available. Too bad cafe-desktop is not in AUR (with
  • ZenWalker on Is there any future for the GTK-based Desktop Environments?I am working in CAFE desktop, it is a MATE fork (since 1.24) which works with CTK (fork from gtk
  • Béranger on Is there any future for the GTK-based Desktop Environments?Nice to learn that CTK+ exists, but what is its purpose? Should GTK3 become unmaintained and with unfixed vulnerabilities, I
  • ZenWalker on Is there any future for the GTK-based Desktop Environments?I am working in a gtk3 fork since some time ago: https://github.com/cafe-desktop/ctk I ported some applications and it just works.

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Giorgio de Chirico. Immagini metafisiche
it was amazing
Giorgio de Chirico. Immagini metafisiche
by Riccardo Dottori
Questo libro di complessa analisi e interpretazione dei dipinti di Giorgio de Chirico è unico nel suo genere, e fortunatamente anche come e-book (non necessariamente per Kindle; l’ePub costa 9,99 euro all’IBS) comprende immagini di buona…
Qui a tué Roger Ackroyd? [nouvelle édition]
it was ok
Qui a tué Roger Ackroyd? [nouvelle édition]
by Pierre Bayard
Après avoir lu « La Vérité sur Dix petits nègres » et « L’affaire du chien des Baskerville » (lu en anglais : Sherlock Holmes Was Wrong: Reopening the Case of The Hound of the Baskervilles), je suis définitivement persuadé que la rigueur…
Histoire de la Chine : Des origines à nos jours
really liked it
Histoire de la Chine : Des origines à nos jours
by John King Fairbank
Une bonne introduction à l’histoire de Chine.
The Eighth Detective
liked it
The Eighth Detective
by Alex Pavesi
What eighth detective (or what eight detectives, in the UK edition)? You’ll understand towards the end of this unusual book which mainly consists of 7 stories, which per se are not that bad, so if one would only read the odd chapters fro…
Marseille Une ville sous influences
it was ok
Marseille Une ville sous influences
by Pierre Boisserie
Assommante comme histoire et très médiocre graphiquement, cette BD demeure assez instructive pour ceux qui ne connaissent pas Marseille. Mais ça, seulement si le prétexte d’une balade à travers la Marseille qui engendre une discussion en…
La Vérité sur Dix petits nègres
it was ok
La Vérité sur Dix petits nègres
by Pierre Bayard
J’avoue n’avoir pas encore lu « Qui a tué Roger Ackroyd ? » (c’est pour bientôt), mais j’ai été séduit par « L’affaire du chien des Baskerville » (que j’ai lu en anglais : Sherlock Holmes Was Wrong: Reopening the Case of The Hound of the…
L'homme de l'année 1989 - 16 - L'inconnu de la place tiananmen
did not like it
L’homme de l’année 1989 – 16 – L’inconnu de la place tiananmen
by Jean-Pierre Pécau; Gin
Cette aberration est de la propagande pure. Je sais que cette collection n’est pas censée décrire la réalité, mais au sujet des évènements de Tiananmen, un peu plus de discernement s’imposerait.En admettant qu’il s’agisse d’un massacre…

Le Trésor du Cygne noir
really liked it
Le Trésor du Cygne noir
by Guillermo Corral
Tif et Tondu de Blutch et Robber - Mais où est Kiki ? N/B
liked it
Tif et Tondu de Blutch et Robber – Mais où est Kiki ? N/B
by Robber
On ne peut nier ni l’effort ni le talent, mais après avoir lu la version en couleurs dans Spirou, cette version noir et blanc, complètement redessinée par rapport à celle en couleurs, ne me satisfait nullement.
Les Spectaculaires Prennent l'Eau
really liked it
Les Spectaculaires Prennent l’Eau
by Régis Hautière
Les Spectaculaires Dépassent les Bornes
really liked it
Les Spectaculaires Dépassent les Bornes
by Régis Hautière
The Killings at Kingfisher Hill
it was amazing
The Killings at Kingfisher Hill
by Sophie Hannah
I dare say it’s only with the fourth “New Poirot” that Sophie Hannah finally managed to reach a cunningness comparable to that of the Grande Dame of Golden Age’s Crime. The first three attempts were of unequal quality in my view: I rated…

 


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