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Chap. CCCLXIV. — On the Judgment of Painters. When the work is equal to the knowledge and judgment of the painter, it is a bad sign; and when it surpasses the judgment, it is still…

The legislations for the 35 member countries of the CBCDG can be viewed here: https://rulesforuse.org/en/about-cbcdg e.g. for the US dollar: https://rulesforuse.org/en/currencies/u…

Replacing 'twitter' in the URL by 'xcancel' can be helpful: https://xcancel.com/carrigmat/status/1884244369907278106

Patrick Tierney's "The Highest Altar" [1] develops a very similar thesis, with first-hand experience by the author. Wikipedia provides some material on child sacrifice by the Incas…

Additional info on the station's web site, only in French, unfortunately: https://www.rts.ch/info/sciences-tech/medias/13976194-les-in...

Non-western publications of possible interest: https://asiatimes.com/ in english, mostly free https://www.jeuneafrique.com/ in french, subscription

Threema doesn't require a phone number.

The behavior of the United Kingdom looks incoherent: it wants to become a surveillance state [1], but without using cameras manufactured in China, on the grounds that China is a su…

Were you using Tor Browser ? From Switzerland, I can create free Proton accounts by solving a captcha, if I'm using Safari or Firefox. But if I use Tor on the same computer, the on…

No, I didn't. And I just tried with Tor Browser, but the captcha option is not available.

Between 2019 and 2020, I've created a few free one-time ProtonMail accounts, which I used for creating throw-away Apple IDs. In fact, I just created one to verify. It's still possi…

The conductor took your passports for the cross-border check, since you'd likely be soundly asleep at the time when it would happen. You can view this as a service.

Old men are dangerous: it doesn't matter to them what is going to happen to the world. -- George Bernard Shaw https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/6809999-old-men-are-dangero...

508 pixels/inch = 200 pixels/cm, exactly. The resolution unit in PNG is either the meter, or it is unspecified. 1 inch = 25.4 mm, 25.4 * 2 = 50.8. 508 is close enough to 600, and 6…

This interesting analysis was written in 2016. Is there a more recent version ?

French expression is "chercher une aiguille dans une botte de foin". First known use is 1652, source: https://www.expressio.fr/expressions/chercher-une-aiguille-d... (also provides…

Some map makers seem to have indulged in this for fun: For Decades, Cartographers Have Been Hiding Covert Illustrations Inside of Switzerland’s Official Maps https://eyeondesign.ai…

This is a very useful list. Information on mac OS defaults is not easy to discover.

In backward Wallis, I've been receiving a single folded A3 page for at least 5 years. And since last year, I could even snapshot the substantiating documents with my mobile and att…

That was my rationale for voting "no". The task of deciding who is swiss and who isn't shouldn't be entrusted to some AI running on a facebook server.

Maybe Diplomacy ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplomacy_(game)

"1830: The Game of Railroads and Robber Barons" is an enduring classic.