falcunculus

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[–] falcunculus@jlai.lu 1 points 12 minutes ago* (last edited 11 minutes ago)

Je comprends la frustration mais bon là le remède est pire que le mal.

C'est impossible de définir "journalisme d'opinion" de manière propre et donc la personne qui aura la main sur ce qui est "journalisme d'opinion" et ce qui ne l'est pas pourra faire taire qui elle veut. Pas glop.

[–] falcunculus@jlai.lu 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm just curious, could you go into more detail about what you mean by "capitalism"?

[–] falcunculus@jlai.lu 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

https://www.reuters.com/article/world/fact-check-knife-concealed-in-baguette-is-from-french-novelty-shop-not-weapon-c-idUSKBN2781KE/

the photo was taken at the shop Chaise Longue, a chain which specialises in humorous and original collections of household items and gifts. The product, called “Baguette knife” can be seen on the Chaise Longue website.

A price label is clearly visible next to the baguette in one of the pictures shared on social media saying “Une graine dans le bocal piment” (“A seed in the jar – chilli”), which is the name of a Chaise Longue product. It is a jar of chilli seeds, which is part of a range of different types of seeds in jars.

[–] falcunculus@jlai.lu 28 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

This meme implies this is only an issue of personal responsibility ; but in truth to actually lower car deaths we need a systemic approach.

Think of cigarette companies laying blame at "addictive personalities". They knew making people personally responsible would not threaten their business, whereas public policies against tobacco did.

This post is doing the same thing : when an accident happens we should not just ask "who is to blame?" but also "how do we prevent it in the future?", which in this case means redesigning streets to be friendlier to pedestrians and developing other modes of transportation.

[–] falcunculus@jlai.lu 4 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Didn't Gore win the 2000 election ? The Bush clan stole it and apparently the US just didn't care much.

[–] falcunculus@jlai.lu 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I assume you mean keeping the outer diameter the same and making one ball lighter than the other. That's clever, it would eliminate aerodynamism as a factor.

However wouldn't results still vary, since hollowing out the metal ball increases its buoyancy ? (Archimedes' principle).

[–] falcunculus@jlai.lu 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Cette ligne est intéressante parce que pour faire Marseille–Aix la métropole a mis en place un car par l'autoroute, le L050. C'était un de leur projets phare et le résultat est plus rapide, moins cher, et plus flexible (plus de fréquence et d'amplitude horaire) que le train, du moins pour le trajet direct.

Je n'ai pas la formation nécessaire pour produire une analyse vraiment intéressante mais je me pose la question à chaque fois que je fais le trajet de quel serait vraiment le moyen de transport approprié entre ces deux villes, en faisant abstraction des différentes entités politiques (région, SNCF, métropole).

[–] falcunculus@jlai.lu 68 points 2 months ago (4 children)

“This is a stark contrast to the U.S., where AI growth is increasingly tied to debates over data center power consumption and grid limitations”

Won't anyone rid us off this troublesome democracy, so that tech companies may grow in peace ?

[–] falcunculus@jlai.lu 1 points 2 months ago

dutch-style cycling where high gears are something you use when you're late for school

Where I lived in the Netherlands there often were electric bikes and scooters and sports bikes going 30+kph on the bike lanes.

[–] falcunculus@jlai.lu 27 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is [...] a strange marketing strategy by AI companies. Instead of selling products based on helpful features and letting users decide, executives often deploy scare tactics that essentially warn people they will become obsolete if they don't get on the AI bandwagon.

Very insightful for me to read this. If AI in its present state was as useful as it is advertised, it wouldn't need such apocalyptic language.

[–] falcunculus@jlai.lu 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I have no proof but I suspect it is a mistranslation. The French legal term "bande organisée" literally means "organized crime group" but is simply the French counterpart to criminal conspiracy. That is to say, they are suspected not merely of breaking the law but also of having done so as a collective that knowingly planned for it.

[–] falcunculus@jlai.lu 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

C'est un simple fait que nous sommes en retard sur les turbines et la furtivité. Le Rafale est un avion dont la conception a commencé dans les années 80 et qui commence déjà à être surclassé dans des exercices face à des avions plus modernes. La production en masse du F35 le permet d'être proposé à environ 80 millions d'euros là où le Rafale en coute environ 110. Son interopérabilité avec le reste de l'OTAN et ses mises à niveau futures ne font aucun doute dans le sens où il a été adopté en grand effectif par de nombreux pays.

Le F35 est à la fois meilleur et moins cher que le Rafale. Il est donc politiquement malaisé pour d'autres pays de choisir le Rafale.

Trappier fait régulièrement des sorties dans les médias. C'est la plus violente jusqu'alors mais loin d'être la première. Ça ne doit pas particulièrement aider aux négociations.

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