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Kaspersky is one more time a valid choice

July 18, 2017 Kaspersky is one more time a valid choice2017-07-28T17:51:19+01:00 Technical
To stop adding comments to old posts, here's a small update as a full-fledged post. Despite my temporary commitment to Panda Internet Security (for its features called Data Shield and…
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How I Came to Hate Nova Launcher

April 6, 2017 How I Came to Hate Nova Launcher2017-04-06T15:17:29+01:00 Technical
This is nothing serious–take it as a grumpy rant on the opposite side of "Nova Launcher may be the best thing that ever happened for Android." Because I also hate…
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Going into Nougat and Motorola–rather unexpectedly

April 3, 2017 Going into Nougat and Motorola–rather unexpectedly2017-04-18T21:49:49+01:00 Technical
Remember my crappy Wiko Robby I wrote about? Well, I broke it–not before it somewhat started to fail itself and by itself, after only 8 months of usage! First, its…
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Panda, mon amour–true advanced security for 19.99 €/yr

April 3, 2017 Panda, mon amour–true advanced security for 19.99 €/yr2017-07-18T14:29:55+01:00 Technical
This is a follow-up to my previous post on security; or rather to its comments, where I said at some point that I was testing Panda Free Antivirus and that…
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Android Apps: What I Use

February 17, 2017 Android Apps: What I Use2017-10-28T19:41:19+01:00 Technical
No matter what I tried, this retarded Marshmallow performs "Optimizing app 1 of 1" after each reboot–a reboot that's a bit slow at that. And it's not a rooted device.…
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The End of My Search for What Can’t Be Found

December 31, 2016 The End of My Search for What Can’t Be Found2017-03-06T00:07:14+01:00 Technical
It happens to me more than once a year to change the antivirus-cum-antimalware solution. This is because all of them suck, yet I need protection. With the ransomware epidemic of…
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Miscellanea

Inissia Kapselmaschine, was sonst?

December 9, 2016 Inissia Kapselmaschine, was sonst?2017-07-18T20:26:02+01:00 Miscellanea
There have been years since various capsule-based espresso systems became popular even in the poorest countries of the EU. I remember a certain moment when the Dolce Gusto Piccolo had…
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Political

The myth of the well-administered German city

September 10, 2016 The myth of the well-administered German city2022-01-04T17:19:12+01:00 Political
I'm sure you might misunderstand this text, so let's put it upfront: Leonberg (71229) is a charming little town in Baden-Württemberg. There are many other lovely little towns in the…
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Technical

4G is meant to kill the last trace of common sense in communications

September 7, 2016 4G is meant to kill the last trace of common sense in communications2016-09-10T19:54:11+01:00 Technical
Years ago, the problem when using some cheap Chinese phones in Europe was that they didn't support the 900 MHz WCDMA/UMTS-FDD (UMTS900) 3G band, but only UMTS2100 and either of…
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The most annoying bug in Outlook 2016

August 29, 2016 The most annoying bug in Outlook 20162016-08-29T12:26:24+01:00 Technical
Microsoft is the most annoying pest that overtook our planet: the amount of bugs in their Office suite is appalling. Here you have a description of the most outrageous bug…
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Why Telekom.de mobile phone contracts should be forbidden by law

August 14, 2016 Why Telekom.de mobile phone contracts should be forbidden by law2016-08-20T11:28:22+01:00 Technical
Like most if not all mobile phone contracts, this one I'm using was signed with for a minimum mandatory period of 2 years. When I moved here, what I needed…
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The Verdict on Wiko Robby—Weeks Later

August 10, 2016 The Verdict on Wiko Robby—Weeks Later2017-01-31T16:01:38+01:00 Technical
It's time that I draw some conclusions with regards to my experience with Wiko Robby. Maybe someone from Wiko will read this, but I won't bother to write in French…
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The Hyperloop is snake oil

August 4, 2016 The Hyperloop is snake oil2021-11-30T15:22:16+01:00 Technical
I promise I won't start a blog with thousands of quick posts a year–I'm done with that for some years now. This is a one-shot feature meant to illustrate how…
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Technical

Low-RAM Marshmallow—One Week Later

August 2, 2016 Low-RAM Marshmallow—One Week Later2017-01-31T16:02:32+01:00 Technical
After one week with Wiko Robby, it's time for an updated report. Yes, living with 1 GB of RAM is perfectly acceptable once you're not a gamer. Yet, there are…
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Marshmallow with 1 GB of RAM—Yes, You Can!

July 27, 2016 Marshmallow with 1 GB of RAM—Yes, You Can!2017-01-31T16:03:35+01:00 Technical
As I was writing two posts on the lack of attention to detail of some reviewers, I was actually exploring for a cheap smartphone. 34 months ago, I purchased a…
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Nolite mittere high-tech ante porcos

July 21, 2016 Nolite mittere high-tech ante porcos2016-09-05T19:22:51+01:00 Miscellanea
Following a recent post of mine, I kept reading a number of reviews of recent smartphones, and I've been taken aback by the degree of shallowness and sheer stupidity encounter…
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Technical

Microsoft, the keyboard repeat rate and sleeping: how to work around their idiocy

July 15, 2016 Microsoft, the keyboard repeat rate and sleeping: how to work around their idiocy2018-01-14T22:30:29+01:00 Technical
Some laptop keyboards have physical defaults that are so appropriate that there is no need to adjust the repeat rate—Microsoft's keyboard driver's defaults and the keyboard are offering a good…
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On smartphone sensors

July 15, 2016 On smartphone sensors2016-08-01T22:24:27+01:00 Technical
As Pokémon Go is taking over the planet, some people have discovered that their cheap smartphones are lacking a gyroscope–although smartphones that have at least 2 GB of RAM and…
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Miscellanea

The world is swarming with incompetents…

July 10, 2016 The world is swarming with incompetents…2016-08-28T14:40:47+01:00 Miscellanea
Some time ago, during a job interview, I was asked at the end why in some version of my résumé I wrote in the soft skills section "attention to detail;…
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Technical

Debunking some myths about SSDs

July 7, 2016 Debunking some myths about SSDs2016-08-01T22:23:38+01:00 Technical
SSD seemed to be the second best invention since sliced bread and Netflix, unless we remember those OCZ SSD models that died too early after a rather small number of writes.…
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Comments & Updates

  • 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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