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Thank you for your comment. I would have missed it. I created a small repository of quotes and display a random one each time I open a new Terminal window. This list of quotes will perfectly complete my collection. Kudo to the curator (op ?).

Google kills Chrome Apps, not Chrome extensions.

Moving a total of 2600kg with only 150kg of "useful load" (2 people) is a waste of energy.

Thank you for the information. I did not see it.

Seems nice. Anyone has an opinion on why Google built this? Do you think it is related to Stadia? Or just a company hobby turning well?

except for "append-only" and "verifiable records"

This seems to be quite universal (at least in western countries?). I witnessed it so many times but I never found the reason/psychological mechanism which lead to this. Any idea?

> for what reason

the pleasure

> what result?

a wonderful piece of work, self accomplishment, vast sum of knowledge in both airplanes and "sculpture", find any job in modeling with a snap and headline on HN :)

"'Things' necessary for economic growth are infinitely more efficient when directed by the market". This. I think you just touched the essentiel cultural difference.

IMHO the market is a good tool but it is very far from perfect. Its main weakness is the strength it gives to the signal price. The market is a global race to the lowest price and highest ROI. "Things" like infrastructure, health, environnement are expensive with a low (short/mid term) ROI. The market will never favor them.

Well, humankind does not have a great trackrecord of humility, harmony with its environment, acceptance of change and difference.

"Outside of Paris is supposedly not very French anymore, and not very safe."

I do not know where you get your information but you may have to change your sources. It seems very "FoxNewsy"

"But nobody is forcing people to eat Big Macs "

Not forcing but strongly encouraging via price + marketing + lack of education + lobbying

"who are we to democratically decide that this option should be off the table for them?"

We are the national community. People eating too much BigMac cost too much to the community. That's why we (should) tax junk food.

Customer want low price > Big retailers (like Amazon) apply pressure on manufacturer to get low prices > Manufacturers make cheap food

I guess it is not that simple. The immediate price signal is a stronger incentive than the longterm diversity of the neighborhood.

Humans are not very good for long term thinking. Often, people needs immediate consequences of their action to judge them.

Montorgueil and Montmartre are not representative of Paris.

I don't know for the families we are just two. For sure we don't consume 9L of milk and 18L of juice per day (not even per month). I drink tap water. I do groceries three time a week, usually takes 20/25 minutes.

Then quantities you are taking about seems really huge to me, even for a family of five. May I ask where you are from ?

Nobody talks about banning Amazon.

The point is about the small shops network in Paris. They are a vital part of the city culture, the social cohesion, the charm of Paris. The city recognize the convenience of Amazon, they are not banned. They city also recognize its commercial aggressiveness and want to protect small shops from it. Not because small shops are cute but because they are an important part of the culture and economy of the city.

People dont use cars in Paris to do groceries.

Good summary. I feel Europe has has a culture of dominance until 19th century, then we changed for a culture of balance. US and Asia still have this culture of dominance.

The local discount supermarket is less expensive than Amazon.

Discount supermarkets are less expensive than Amazon.

It is absolutely fine to let Amazon come in Paris, I would strongly be against a ban.

The issue is their economic power might erase a bit of the charm of Paris and lower my quality of life.

That's why the political power counterbalances this.

I totally agree it is fine to prefer either solution. However I disagree with your proposition about "market" vs "bureaucrats". I think (imho) business logic and free market are not efficient enough to guarantee quality of life.

Just to let you know, nobody drive a car in Paris to go do groceries. Everything is done walking around our flat or on our way.

It is a part of the reflexion but not the whole. Everything is not about business.

As a Parisien, I can give you my humble opinion. I totally like Amazon move, I am sure it can be convenient and save me ton of time BUT I will never trade this time for the liveliness of my neighborhood.

I love having a walk from my flat, go to the butcher and my vegetable seller. I like it because I can see the products, because it creates a sense of community in the neighborhood, because I know the butcher and he knows me.

Performance, convenience and business is a part of my life but it will never be my whole life.

Btw, I would be very interested by different cultural point of view on this whole story.

But the digital form of bitcoin change things. A good hacker might check for thousands of computer a day to find private keys but he can't walk along kilometers to find coins on the ground.

I guess free worldwide information transfer (aka Internet) just opened this era and we are not close to see any kind of stalling (IMHO).

Oceans are the new frontier. Will we see floating cities, deep mines, etc, become a reality ?