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The Galahad scene about the Castle of Anthrax? The animated butts in the transitions?

Well, TIL. Though it might not be so clear cut: https://www.wired.co.uk/article/lithium-batteries-environmen... (article from 2018).

I've heard that this will be a disaster for amateur astronomy. Yet Starlink is claiming that their mitigation techniques will avoid the problem [0]. I can't tell if their claim is …

I recognized the name from the game Stay?[0] A very good game I heartily recommend if you're into fantasy. 0: https://ejadelomax.itch.io/stay

Parent said nothing about only men being interested in controlling women. On the contrary, liberation of women can be liberation from mothers, mother in-laws, grandmothers...

That's because men are not victims of a system tailored to others' needs. Women are: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_inequality_in_India

> Liberating women from what exactly? Take your pick: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violence_against_women_in_Indi...

Could you please develop how to do paging with window functions? It's been some time since I've done serious work with SQL yet I remember that all paging solutions I've found (eg. …

Lots of game codepoints. I'm especially impressed with the mahjong set. Less so with the dominoes, they seem near-unreadable in any size below 14pt.

I'm genuinely curious, could you explain how the touchscreen is a disaster? I haven't seen a Tesla interior so when you say "all controls" it's a bit concerning. I'm assuming you'r…

Not on the same scale but, in France, fire alarms are tested every first Wednesday of the month at midday sharp. Though you don't hear them from everywhere so it can still be quite…

Always impressed by Mel's story.

Good on you for knowing already. But not everyone knows or knows how deep the rabbit hole goes. And articles like this are good reminders or good ways to learn.

My French bias is going to show but I wonder how Renault's Zoe is doing. It's been out for 6 years. Granted, Renault is completely absent from the US market and the car is uh... re…

22 recorded attempts in 12 years. But is that a lot or not? Do we have comparable lists for Stalin, Mao or FDR? Otherwise it's just a single data point. Though I'll concede that ha…

For the racism part: France, as an ex-empire, is very attractive to its former colonies' students. And we have agreements to make it easier for them to come. So we get many student…

Thank you for this! Especially this part: >SE rolled out a new Code of Conduct and insisted everyone will respect people's pronouns[1]. Long standing, well respected, polite, moder…

In France we have them. There's "école primaire" from 6 to 10 (5 years), "collège" from 11 to 14 (4 years) and "lycée" from 15 to 17 (3 years). Anecdotally, most people I spoke to …

I don't know much about infosec but I know enough to see that this tool is not ready. It's really scary. Also the fact that it's not discussed much, here in France. It's the first …

As someone not from the US, the passages about how easy it was are clear reminders that just because only the NSA got caught, does not mean only the NSA was doing it. Even if they …

I'll remember two very good points from this: - Blackberry sales' went up until Nov. 2010 and then it was too late, Apple and Android had the market. Wile E Coyote indeend. - it to…

I have the same general experience with my wife: we've learned to communicate and it's a skill that needs to be practiced on both sides. Otherwise, especially if we're tired or emo…

Loved the article. Great writing style! Especially loved all the links to Facebook :D

I agree with the basic premise (too much noise, the product needs to evolve) but I'm very frustrated because the author goes from that analysis directly to: > The two major things …