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Future Euro banknotes: a flop?

July 24, 2026 Future Euro banknotes: a flop?2026-07-25T00:13:12+01:00 No Comment art, eurocrap

Christine Lagarde, president of the ECB: “After 20 years, it’s time to review the look of our banknotes to make them more relatable to Europeans of all ages and backgrounds.”…

Michiel Schrijver & Mark Beck: Painting styles

May 26, 2024 Michiel Schrijver & Mark Beck: Painting styles2024-05-27T00:31:34+01:00 No Comment art

After Philippe Charles Jacquet: The Better Maestro of Solitude and Il gattopardo azzurro: How I discovered Evgeni Gordiets, I'll show you samples from two contemporary painters that are completely different…

Il gattopardo azzurro: How I discovered Evgeni Gordiets

February 23, 2024 Il gattopardo azzurro: How I discovered Evgeni Gordiets2024-02-24T23:19:27+01:00 No Comment art

The only time I posted about a painter, it was in Philippe Charles Jacquet: The Better Maestro of Solitude, where I also mentioned Giorgio de Chirico and Edward Hopper as…

Philippe Charles Jacquet: The Better Maestro of Solitude

December 6, 2021 Philippe Charles Jacquet: The Better Maestro of Solitude2021-12-07T12:20:59+01:00 No Comment art

My shortlist of depicters of solitude includes names of the magnitudes of Edward Hopper and of Giorgio de Chirico; but here's a French contemporary painter that makes me relate to…

Béranger on A rare gem in a world of decay: The Graystones: “The Graystones, posted on July 24: Rolling in the Deep – Adele… cover by The Graystones ft. Evan Riley. Sock…” Jul 24, 22:19
annonymous32 on ComicStripBrowser now runs on Windows and supports Comics Kingdom too!: “Well, let’s just say mine is PC.” Jul 24, 19:30
Béranger on ComicStripBrowser now runs on Windows and supports Comics Kingdom too!: “Unless you’re using macOS, my app is the simplest way to access a limited but decent list of the most…” Jul 24, 19:27
annonymous32 on ComicStripBrowser now runs on Windows and supports Comics Kingdom too!: “I guess this might do for a while. Though I wish there were a strong userscript or extension to bypass…” Jul 24, 19:17
Béranger on ComicStripBrowser now runs on Windows and supports Comics Kingdom too!: “1. No, there isn’t any that I know of. 2. It’s in the page source (CTRL+U):” Jul 24, 17:25
annonymous32 on ComicStripBrowser now runs on Windows and supports Comics Kingdom too!: “So just to clear my mind, is there any extension or userscript to bypass the GoComics paywall to read all…” Jul 24, 17:20
Béranger on ComicStripBrowser now runs on Windows and supports Comics Kingdom too!: “Rip Haywire is a serialized daily strip, and I prefer comics that are, most of the time, self-consistent and independent…” Jul 24, 16:57
annonymous32 on ComicStripBrowser now runs on Windows and supports Comics Kingdom too!: “One question: do you think your program app will include the rest of the comic strips like Nancy, Heart of…” Jul 24, 16:11
Béranger on IONOS: One more time, I survived: “„Ce Respir?” are postare deosebit de instructivă: Anatomia unei breșe de 41 de secunde: cum a lovit exploitul wp2shell și…” Jul 24, 12:41
HAL on IONOS: One more time, I survived: “That’s just great! To think that IONOS runs so many ads boasting about its expertise and high quality… Deutsche Qualität…” Jul 23, 21:19
Béranger on Camomile for your Windows laptop (if you really must): “ℹ️ If you need to use Ventoy on Windows to install it or upgrade it on a flash drive, then…” Jul 22, 14:11
Béranger on Ce nu știați despre aparatele digitale de măsurat tensiunea (și nici despre Huawei): “Nu am păreri. N-a fost nici rău, dar nici nu am întinerit, iar în final am încetat să mai iau.…” Jul 19, 09:21
Laurențiu on Ce nu știați despre aparatele digitale de măsurat tensiunea (și nici despre Huawei): “Salutare! Dacă ai luat à la longue Nattokinase, ce părere ai? Aș vrea să mă apuc și eu dar mai…” Jul 19, 06:13
sofleet on A rare gem in a world of decay: The Graystones: “Just noticed a 7-part live show by The Turnarounds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3sQL6czeA8” Jul 19, 01:54
Béranger on Românii sunt handicapați și sugeraniști în masă: “Nu am aprobat comentariul unui retardat care nu înțelege că „în masă” înseamnă „în număr mare”, nicidecum „în totalitatea lor”.…” Jul 15, 23:13
Béranger on Despre cazul „Dumbrava”: “Dragoș Pîslaru pretinde că se implică. Pe FB: Clarificări privind amenda de 1.000.000 lei aplicată familiei Pașca. Pe 30 iunie,…” Jul 15, 08:09
Béranger on Despre cazul „Dumbrava”: “DIICOT-antricot a mai suferit o înfrângere: Viorel Pașca și ceilalți cinci inculpați scapă de control judiciar.” Jul 13, 14:33
HAL on Is Ubuntu LTS a bad choice?: “A bad choice… It indeed seems that this is increasingly the case.” Jul 12, 22:14
santosh on The CCPA and the GDPR will eventually kill Linux: “The other issue is why does it look like MaxMind has a monopoly on geolocation IP data? If there was…” Jul 12, 06:11
HAL on File Explorer: less annoying sans Automatic Folder Type Discovery: “But that’s completely crazy! Horrible! 🤬” Jul 11, 23:18
Béranger on File Explorer: less annoying sans Automatic Folder Type Discovery: “Update: Windows 11 File Explorer is still the worst of all!” Jul 11, 17:13
Béranger on A rare gem in a world of decay: The Graystones: “Not bad! Toto – Rosanna guitar & piano cover by J8KE (12)” Jul 8, 16:20
Béranger on It ain’t no freedom, and it’ll be even less of it: “Even less of it… Risky Bulletin: All new cars to include a camera aimed at the driver’s face: All new…” Jul 8, 12:35
Béranger on Despre cazul „Dumbrava”: “Cazul Dumbrava: am adăugat un al treilea set de informații și opinii.” Jul 7, 09:47
Béranger on This is not a review of Basalt Linux 1.1—it’s a critique: “Your note is welcome, because I never heard of deno. There are several GUI apps who use yt-dlp and which…” Jul 6, 14:10
santosh on This is not a review of Basalt Linux 1.1—it’s a critique: “Just a minor note. Debian actually provides an up to date yt-dlp through their backports. Up to date with the…” Jul 6, 14:05
edel on 250 years of hypocrisy and lies: “The first time in the U.S. was in the mid-1990s, well I was asked whether I knew what a television…” Jul 6, 08:59
alecs on 250 years of hypocrisy and lies: “Democracy is such a wonderful system because its failures are attributed to deviations from true democratic principles rather than flaws…” Jul 6, 03:58
Béranger on 250 years of hypocrisy and lies: “I’d like to present some objections to these theses. First, the idea of “natural rights” was not invented by John…” Jul 5, 09:46
Cozy on 250 years of hypocrisy and lies: “I agree with the sentiment; we should be having a funeral here… But there is a quote I’d like to…” Jul 5, 03:01
Béranger on Stop drinking Kool-Aid regarding battery life in Linux: “I wish XFCE Settings Manager had something like what Budgie Control Center has (here, in Ultramarine 44): The default for…” Jul 4, 21:05
Béranger on Gramatica geto-dacă e cea mai superioară, etc. (cu completări): “„bun simț” sau „bun-simț”? Substantivul este dat de toate dicționarele de pe dexonline.ro cu cratimă. De pildă, DLRM (1958). Doar…” Jul 4, 10:17
Béranger on Is Debian the Answer?: “No, because everyone who insists that Btrfs is a better file system is mentally retarded.” Jul 4, 10:14
santosh on Is Debian the Answer?: “Have you looked at Butterbian? Claims to be a better Debian setup.” Jul 4, 10:11
Béranger on Gramatica geto-dacă e cea mai superioară, etc. (cu completări): “Azile sau aziluri? Inițial, am crezut că e vorba de un bug în dexonline: – sinteza, care este căcatul cu…” Jul 3, 09:18
alecs on Perspectiva narativă pizdodiegetică: “Școala te pregătește pentru viață. Se poate să muncești patru ani de zile doar pentru ca o mână de incompetenți,…” Jul 3, 03:44
Béranger on Când Justiția poate suspenda tot ce vrea ea: cazul ROMATSA ● Acum și Justiția belgiană!: “Îmi pușcă o venă pe creier! Cum adică Pfizer a blocat conturile Romatsa? Ce treabă are datoria guvernului României către…” Jul 2, 20:48
Béranger on Dafuq: Claude Code appears to have leaked! 😱: “Claude Code builds older than version 2.1.197 were using hidden system prompt markers based on API base URL and timezone…” Jul 2, 16:23
Béranger on Claude Desktop for Linux: I didn’t even know it existed!: “There is now an official Claude Desktop on Linux (beta) for Ubuntu 22.04 or later, or Debian 12 or later.” Jul 2, 16:17
Béranger on The umpteenth AI compromise: “First, I said I should stop using Chinese LLMs, only to reconsider the decision one week later. Now, I might…” Jul 2, 10:50
Béranger on Linux: Backing the wrong horse or beating a dead horse?: “Also by Matthew Garrett: Preventing token theft. A comment summarizes it perfectly: “I hoped to read how to prevent token…” Jul 2, 10:10
Béranger on Today, I visited China (online): “Oh, fuck! Of course there are many other Chinese YT channels focusing on the same trope: the life of a…” Jul 2, 09:03
Liandro on Dumbo SPECIAL: Crappy Wayland—stupid with GNOME, better but imperfect with KDE: “Wayland’s definitely been a headache — I’ve had the same experience bouncing between GNOME and KDE, and yeah, GNOME just…” Jul 2, 03:07
Béranger on Chess and Go channels on YouTube: “I haven’t played chess since around high school. I haven’t even played against software in about ten years, so if…” Jul 1, 23:58
Lynne Goldberg on A rare gem in a world of decay: The Graystones: “I thought they were very talented and enjoyed the music. My grandchildren all play instruments and do vocals. I love…” Jun 30, 22:46
HAL on This is not a review of Basalt Linux 1.1—it’s a critique: “Usually all distros come with a clipboard, whatever it may be. Basalt doesn’t have one, at least in live mode.…” Jun 29, 20:04
Béranger on ComicStripBrowser now runs on Windows and supports Comics Kingdom too!: “Version 2.5.2 was released: • Fixed a caching bug where falling back to yesterday’s comic (due to US/local time zone…” Jun 29, 18:20
Béranger on Small polish touches to Debian 13 installed via Xebian: “Things happened when using both FSearch and Vinyl. I’m not sure whether this was a bug in FSearch or in…” Jun 29, 18:15
Béranger on This is not a review of Basalt Linux 1.1—it’s a critique: “You mean xfce4-clipman-plugin? Xebian has it. But Basalt might install more packages than present in the live ISO. I can’t…” Jun 29, 18:03
HAL on This is not a review of Basalt Linux 1.1—it’s a critique: “One thing though, Basalt doesn’t seem to have a clipboard installed. It’s surprising and rare, usually there is always one.” Jun 29, 17:59
Béranger on This is not a review of Basalt Linux 1.1—it’s a critique: “Adding Flatpak support is literally a 2-liner: sudo apt install flatpak flatpak remote-add –if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo If you’re using GNOME…” Jun 29, 17:56
HAL on This is not a review of Basalt Linux 1.1—it’s a critique: “Basalt comes with Bluetooth, LibreOffice, VLC, Audacious, KeePassXC, Timeshift, Flatpak support, and GNOME Software preinstalled, and some people would appreciate…” Jun 29, 17:48
Béranger on A few notes about Antigravity CLI and non-alternatives: “After having used Antigravity CLI, now I found Antigravity IDE to be everything I need! Google Antigravity Downloads include (for…” Jun 29, 17:42
HAL on De nouveaux bogues pour le français: “Tout est foutu dans ce monde C’est tout-à-fait ça, mais l’IA va nous sauver 🤨” Jun 29, 17:18
sofleet on A rare gem in a world of decay: The Graystones: “Apparently that was the last video from the Graystones from the April collaboration. They set up a go-fund-me page last…” Jun 28, 15:06
Béranger on Furious German YouTuber Packs His Bags: to Japan! ● Updated!: “Updated with opinions and a long discussion on several German topics.” Jun 27, 23:10
Béranger on Today, I visited China (online): “Some crazy Canadians in China! JetLag Warriors (Steve, Ivana, and baby Jean, “a full-time travelling family from Canada”): ‒ May…” Jun 27, 13:20
Béranger on Palme d’Or for Mungiu’s Fjord: Cannes conned by a wily movie!: “Puisque ce film traitait de la Norvège… Apparemment, la Norvège est un pays barbare. 7 ans en Norvège, 3 enfants,…” Jun 27, 10:56
sofleet on A rare gem in a world of decay: The Graystones: “New song released by the Graystones about 2 hours ago and it already has more than 500 comments: Without You…” Jun 26, 19:09
Béranger on I’m so tired of all these “tech” news reports!: “This is my favorite kind of AI news: ① OpenAI Codex bombards SSDs with needless write operations, costing millions: Modern…” Jun 24, 19:14