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Glawen··on The Sloppification of Peptides
Yes they are a thing in France, haven't you seen young people being obssessed with their body? It seems there are more gym that boulangerie now.

They learn about it through Insta or Snapchat and take whatever is promoted by whatever big muscular guy.

Glawen··on China Is Devastating the Last Stronghold of German Industry
It is sad to watch, but what is sader is the belief by my fellow europeans that we can continue like we do, and all will be fine. Less agriculture,less industry, less work. It's madness
Glawen··on Trains halted across Germany because of communication system problem
Deutsche Bahn trains stop themselves all the time, no need to tell them
Glawen··on Canada plans 'nuclear renaissance' with up to 10 reactors built by 2040
And the germanics have higher price than France, which can benefit from importing cheap spanish power (when not in outage) and reselling it at 5x to germanic countries.
Glawen··on Macron announces 93B euros in 'Choose France' investments
Reliable and cheap abundant electricity, big and strong cohort of STEM graduates, strongest army and arms industry in EU, worldwide influence culturally and diplomatically. More door will open when you to have the French Président by your side than any other EU country.
Glawen··on AI grifters are creating fake Black people to sell Shein junk
Maybe you are in Europe ? Archive.ph geoblocks Europe, probably due to their copyright infringment. If you connect through a VPN everything works fine
Glawen··on To have a moral stance on AI is to be an outcast, and it sucks
> I'm finding this isn't unique to AI, it's as if our entire society has become black and white, overly tribal. There's little room for shades of gray now.

I grew up in a small village, 300 people. There you learn to accept your neighbor political rant, otherwise you're socialy dead and that's a pretty bad place to be. I learned to dissociate the person from its opinions.

I'm living now in the city, where you don't need to listen to your neighbor because you can find a more fitting social circle. People are not able to listen and compromise, they'll just turn around and ignore you once they understand you are not on their side.

I was explaining this to a woman who was going to move in a village, and she said "how can you be friend with a person from the other end politicaly?".

It's a strange situation where the far right rural nut job are more open minded than city dwellers.

Glawen··on SoftBank pledges €75B to build Europe's biggest AI facility in France
Joli!
Glawen··on Green card seekers must leave U.S. to apply, Trump administration says
In EU, I don't think an underclass is what is wished. What we lack is being able to chose who is allowed to stay or not. Currently it's whoever manages to come illegaly is allowed to stay. It's madness
Glawen··on Russian Troops' Fear Grows as Ukraine AI "Slaughterbot" Drones Headhunt Them
I read that ukrainian army starts enroling at 25 to 60, making it a significantly older army than russia
Glawen··on 50K Tahoe residents need power as utility eyes redirecting lines to data centers
Why ? Many country have public generation without any shortages.
Glawen··on Pilots Shut Off Both Engines Before China Eastern 737 Crash
Using a russian swear word as name
Glawen··on Israeli strike kills infant girl in south Lebanon during father's funeral
Everyone not agreeing with you is a fascist. It's the new trick to close any discussion. Next step is to kill all fascists by the way, that's what Russia is doing right now as according to them Ukraine is fascist.
Glawen··on US carmakers say proposed EU rules could block large pickup trucks from Europe
7000 sales per year, come on. They are too big and unpractical for Europe.
Glawen··on How Paris swapped cars for bikes – and transformed its streets
When you wait for green you start at the same time as cars. Cars seem incapable of staying behind a cyclist and feel the need to overtake them at all costs. It feel much safer as a cyclist to start at red light when there is noone, you then have a head start with cars
Glawen··on Employers use your personal data to figure out the lowest salary you'll accept
Have a look at german Schufa company. I was there pre RGPD, so maybe things have changed.
Glawen··on US forces locate and evacuate downed airman in Iran
How twisted as it sounds, I do believe that the outcome is beneficial to the US. China and EU are weakened by this mess big time. The US will bear costs in the future.

EU does not expect to be paid back for Ukraine, they are paying with their lives and by being a lab for testing weapons and strategies. I'm just flabbedgasted by pro russian europeans thinking it'll be great to live under Putin. It's not like it hasn't been the case already.

Glawen··on The road signs that teach travellers about France
They are not as common in Germany as in France in my experience. I would rather prefer to visit a german castle than waiting for the Stau to disappear.
Glawen··on The road signs that teach travellers about France
They are shown on Michelin maps and atlas. We love to travel using the atlas and stopping on interesting sights or roads. Usually in France you can go from A to B the fast and boring way, or the slow and scenic way which is perfect for holiday time
Glawen··on Why Sora Failed: $15M/day inference cost vs. $2.1M lifetime revenue
At least it loaded, it did not on my side.
Glawen··on How Ford burned $12B in Brazil (2021)
Fiat has been doing great in Brazil for years. They also have some R&D there too
Glawen··on Iran launched unsuccessful attack on UK's Diego Garcia
To surprise your ennemy. I've heard recently that they tune military hardware differently in peace than in war, e.g. radar signals frequency.
Glawen··on Israel used thermal and thermobaric weapons in Gaza?
> The world would definitely be a safer place if everyone was a pacifist.

Misery, hunger and human exploitation would still exists, as recent history shows. War is a tool in resolving some issues, and you better have the best tools there is.

Glawen··on UK government launches fuel forecourt price API
Yes but the real feature that makes it viable, is that petrol station in France can change price only once a day. I forgot how it works in the UK, but in Germany they change wildly depending on the hour in the day. For example they show low price in the morning, so that workers who are late for work notice it and fill on the way back, only to find a price 10-20cents higher at 17h.
Glawen··on Is It Time for a Nordic Nuke?
Yes I would not feel safe with nukes in Germany
Glawen··on France Aiming to Replace Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, etc.
Impossible n'est pas français !

And you seriously are saying Teams is the greatest thing since sliced bread? Ok I concede the videoconferencing works, but it's quite a feat to make a text chat window so slow and buggy. Sometimes when I type, it is spelling stuff backwards! Message texting is a solved problem since IRC or ICQ

Glawen··on Tell HN: Bending Spoons laid off almost everybody at Vimeo yesterday
I'm discovering Bending Sppon withn this thread, and I think they really got their business right. I hope they IPO soon
Glawen··on An Elizabethan mansion's secrets for staying warm
My last year Airbnb experiences in Scotland. I could not believe my eyes it still existed (I used to go often in the UK in the past).
Glawen··on An Elizabethan mansion's secrets for staying warm
And make a bathroom practical and enjoyable. Sink with hot and cold tap, electric water heater in shower, come on...
Glawen··on 4k tons of potatoes to be given away for free in Berlin
I'm having hard time to visualize it, can you convert them in adult elephants and TV Tower height? Bear in mind I only saw asian elephants in zoo.
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