Libb

AVIF. It’s a video format but it works great for photos too and offers much better compression than jepg or even webp without much noticeable loss. I use it on my blog to make the few images I use as light as possible.

The French Clairefontaine, at least for standard printer paper and thicker papers, no idea if they do vinyl or photo. Their paper is real nice.

Using mpv, on ripped files from my large CD collection.

100% agree, and I see no easy way to get over that. Maybe a good starting point could be to also post the video on an alternative platform and mention that alternative platform to the YT audience, encouraging them to test it out?

That’s nice! After that, we will only need a better/optimized epub export tool to be able to easily self-publish using only dear LO Writer :)

No, no, no my dear friend, this is not fancy at all. We, Europeans, are required to own such a dining table exactly like we’re expected to be wearing a smoking at diner time, even when there is a football game on the TV.

Now, let me tell you about our pajamas ;)

Looks interesting to me, as a (no-ads, no-tracking) Hugo blogger myself that has been considering trying Gemini too… at least if it means I would be able use it without having to configure Gemini by myself, as if I’m a privacy-aware user I’m also not really much of a geek ;)

May I ask why use the US Microsoft owned Github and not a more privacy respecting FLOSS alternative like, say, the German Codeberg?

:)

Why would anyone still want to go the USA for fun? I think the USA made it clear they don’t want us foreigners anymore… just our money.

I’m not surprised at all since I use them every single day, but the pen and paper have yet to be rivaled by anything digital. At the very least, in regards to:

• portability: available in any size one may fancy, only a few grams.
• autonomy: a notebook needs no battery and offers weeks or months worth of storage depending how much you write or sketch (certain models can even be refilled),
• ease of use: put pen(cil) onto paper and write, or sketch + no upgrades, no bugs, no crashes.
• privacy: no tracking, no spying by any corporation. No ads, either.
• low cost: I’ve yet to find an iPad with its Pencil at the two dollars I spend on my cheap notebook and cheap ballpoint, or pencil.
• Sturdiness: I can (and often) sit on the notebook I store in my jeans back pocket, I often use it under the rain too.
• Low attraction to thieves: I can use it anywhere without risking attracting attention from potential thieves. I can also let my notebook alone in any public places, chances are no one will even consider stealing it: it’s just paper. Try doing that with a digital notebook, be it a tablet or a phone ;)
• Versatility: I can write (errands, novels, plan to conquer the world, a poem for my spouse), sketch (bad or good sketches), draw a map, play some games, make paper planes or origami, and even share info with anyone by tearing of a sheet of paper from my notebook (that won’t break it) and give it to that person.

Yeah, I think it’s kinda obvious I do like my cheap notebook and pen, a lot more than I will ever like that corporate and government spyware that disguises itself as a smartphone and that I’m expected to be using and carrying with me everywhere I go ;)

That’s a nice sardine they got there ;)

Mais c’est pas pas pareil du tout! Faut pas confondre: nous, on est les gentils et on ne traque que les méchants, ou alors les pervers. La lie, quoi, rien à voir avec des gens biens comme nous.

Je ne vois d’ailleurs vraiment pas comment l’idée d’abuser d’un tel outil de surveillance, disons pour traquer les honnêtes citoyens et les empêcher d’exercer librement leurs droits de citoyens, pourrait même ne fut-ce qu’effleurer l’esprit entièrement animé par l’idéal démocratique de nos élu(e)s qui sont tellement soucieux de ne surtout pas oublier qui sont leur véritable patron(ne)s…

Ben, quoi?

I was (half) expecting to be able to tease you but, well, that’s not funny, my bad. I hope there was nothing that serious as far as the bites were concerned.

Was the heat much higher than it usually is? Could that explain the resistivity of the fish? I’ve often wondered how the extreme heat waves would impact animals around us.

and therefore getting shot by police.

USA, maybe?

We don’t. Our simple kettle with its whistle is working great, despite its age. And its much nicer to look at than a microwave too ;)

Most European leaders know this, but it will take time. Also, in the meantime, Europe doesn’t want to alienate the US too much.

the thing is that ‘time’ is probably what we have the least of at our disposal. At least, now that the USA told the entire world the EU can go fuck itself (and also now that they told the USA is willing to do what the fuck they consider good for them, anywhere on the planet).

Revitalizing our industries should be our top priority. I mean, here in France we have one remaining large gun factory… So we should not worry about the USA. As far as I’m concerned, if what they are doing to Ukraine is the way they intend to keep their engagements with their ‘allies’ they can also go fuck themselves.

We also need to get some real leaders, we’ve more than enough managers… but that’s a whole other point.

The things is that the USA made it clear we were on our own already so why keep trying getting any support from them? We won’t. It’s just us sheepishly not willing to admit that and act accordingly. Which is even more silly knowing we could start immediately and that buy doing so, someone like Trump would probably feel less entitled in doing whatever he wants.

We wish for things to stay like they used to be. not change. Things have changed, and I don’t see any turning back even after the angry Orange dude is replaced by another POTUS (if that happens, seeing how things are going over there I’m not that will be as easily as it should).

European countries need to remember what they used to be prior to them relying on the green giant. And they need to do it fast because we don’t have much time left—exactly like with climate change but in an even shorter time frame: if shit must happen in Europe, unlike the climate change most dramatic consequences, they won’t happen by ‘the end of the century’ which is so remote most people can’t be bothered with it, they will happen in the coming decade or so, which most of us should still be there to experiment live with their own precious life…

edit: clarifications.

edit: a bit late to comment, sorry ;)

We’re not vegetarians but we eat vegetables daily and meat 2 times a week. And we have started to reduce it even more.

We wash greens right before we prepare them, raw or cooked as well and never in advance. Even a simple salad, I will only remove and wash a few… what 's the English word? leafs at a time, only what’s needed for my spouse and I, and will keep the rest of the salad untouched (and not rinsed) in a large bowl placed under a wet (not dripping wet, barely humid) towel, in the fridge. That salad will last a week when need be without any issue while remaining crisp and fresh, provided one refreshes the towel as needed.

Other vegetables will be kept (unwashed) in the dedicated drawer in our fridge and when we have too many, they are kept in some box using their original paper bag as a makeshift cover (paper is great to protect vegs).

As for the spinner, one should easily find cheap ones at a few euros/$ as there is no need to go fancy: they will spin as well than designer models. Ours is a real cheap plastic one that we’ve been using for almost 20 years… and we only renewed it because I put the previous one on the burner one day and, well, that kind of plastic and fire don’t go together nicely ;)

Also, I would not want to waste that much paper every time I rinse my vegetables. I use a clean cotton towel that will than land in the laundry basket. No waste… even of paper. Heck, I even reuse the back of enveloppes and letters to reduce waste ;)

No matter what anyone could say for (or against) that book, you as a reader should never feel forced to finish reading a book you started if you don’t enjoy it. Your time is too precious.

Books are not perishable goods, you can come back to any book you want in a few weeks, months, or many years. It will still be readable and happy to welcome you. Some of the books I consider my favorites nowadays, aged 50+, are books I could not get into as a teen or as a young adult and that is despite me trying over and over again to read them but then, one day, something happens and that book is suddenly the best thing you have ever read—yep, I’m looking at you, Proust.

Why waste their resources trying to convince anyone to drop the Rafale when the EU itself is doing it itself with brio by not purchasing EU-made weapons (French, or otherwise) and has been doing so for quite some time? It may have been understandable up until, say, around 2016 but the EU keeps doing it even now that here is no hope of getting back to any semblance of reliance on the US as our ally.

We may still be partners, but that is all. And even that should be subject to caution. But nope, let’s pretend everything is fine and keep on buying US-made weapons that we don’t fully control.

To me, the EU itself seems to be the best agent against EU’s own vital interests. But it’s probably just me being incredibly naive.

Pareil. J’ai mis le temps à piger ;)