Bayart

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by Bayart 3y ago
> The viewing experience on YouTube is so much better if your Internet is not uber fast. The viewing experience, if you don't include the chat experience, is better regardless of your connection's speed. YouTube seems to have a
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by Bayart 3y ago
It's really not, the gap has been shrinking.
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by Bayart 3y ago
> If F-35 is such a failure, how come many countries have chosen to buy it? The F-35's "killer feature" is non other than the US nuclear umbrella.
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by Bayart 3y ago
Yeah, I know all about that. I've just seen my ex girlfriend go through the process of finding something nice that isn't excessively overpriced , which was exceedingly grueling, even more so considering that she makes 2.5x what I
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by Bayart 3y ago
I've been planning to move to Berlin and your site [1] is a life-saver. [1]: https://allaboutberlin.com
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by Bayart 3y ago
Every significant museum has vastly more in reserves than what can be shown. They're not art galleries, they also have a scientific and conservancy purpose.
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by Bayart 3y ago
The US isn't so much subsidizing defense as it is exporting safety . And it's making bank on it.
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by Bayart 3y ago
Wouldn't the F35-B be sensitive to random crap laying on the ground ? I don't know that its air intake was made for anything else than spotless surfaces. As far as I'm aware only the Soviets/Russians designed planes with
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by Bayart 3y ago
There's nothing we should be listening to.
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by Bayart 3y ago
I've always thought Carls Barks and Don Rosa stories became much more important in Europe than in the US because they struck the same chords as do Tintin.
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by Bayart 3y ago
People have been slow-boiled and don't quite seem to realize the closest regime in Europe in terms of concentration of powers is Russia.
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by Bayart 3y ago
It's especially prevalent in France (where you seem to also come from). I often jest that here engineers are just blue-collar workers with a masters degree. And it's not uncommon to hear engineers refer to themselves as ingésclav
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by Bayart 3y ago
I can't remember seeing stray dogs in France. People usually call animal control pretty fast if a dog looks lost.
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by Bayart 3y ago
Official anti-clericalism and state atheism lasted for a very short period of time, not nearly enough to do any damage to the churches save for surface vandalism and pillaging of the statuary, furniture etc. The great victims of the Revolut
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by Bayart 3y ago
There's nothing of the sort in Paris. Religious and aristocratic monuments suffered tremendously between the Revolution and the early days of conservancy, but for the most part churches were given back to religious occupations once the
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by Bayart 3y ago
The frivolity business made India and China rich, emptied out the Roman Empire of its precious metals and kickstarted globalism.
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by Bayart 3y ago
> Except Hermes, which my wife rarely gets hold of so I'm not sure if they've suffered the same decline with scale. Hermès keeps very high standards and treats its employees very well. I've got nothing but good to say abou
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by Bayart 4y ago
There's been a lot of progress on unrolling with a combination of X-ray scanning and 3d modelling. Nowadays AI is being added to the mix.
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by Bayart 4y ago
What an age we live in that a massive company can be run by Twitch chat.
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by Bayart 4y ago
Why not ? Bells are a hallmark of the soundscape of Western civilization.
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by Bayart 4y ago
On top of increased capacity from Algeria, Norway etc., a lot of it just comes from the US. On the effects of Western sanctions and the like, Perun did a very complete sum-up three weeks ago : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v
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by Bayart 4y ago
>In fact, Russia made record profits last year. There was a lag between the jumps in prices and the move towards other sources than Russia. Russia is going to have massive budget issues from this year onwards. Saying that Europe is still
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by Bayart 4y ago
> Same with modern French, which is basically Parisian French was normalized as a written language around the great feudal courts of Northern France, at the time Paris wasn't particularly influential culturally. Parisian French was
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by Bayart 4y ago
> there are no italianized words for all the computer science words, we just use English You're bragging about your language being poorer.
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by Bayart 4y ago
There was absolutely a sense of Italy in the 1500s, in fact it's the period where it really took off.
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by Bayart 4y ago
It sounds like you don't have first hand experience living a European life (and I don't mean just living in Europe , it's all too easy to get sucked into a bubble). While homogenization is at work, the cultural divide is bla
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by Bayart 4y ago
>Ever wondered why all degrees granting universities using Arabic styled robe during graduation? I can't say I've ever found anything Arabic about Western university dress. But it does ressemble clerical gowns which have been a
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by Bayart 4y ago
https://archive.is/oL6cx
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by Bayart 4y ago
From what I've seen it's less pronounced in the EU. Recruiters I know say that things are slower than in 2022 but it's still healthy. And my direct vicinity still looks short on workers and high on demand.
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by Bayart 4y ago
Your point can be extended to other sci-fi movies that rely on practical effects and sober aesthetics, 2001 comes to mind.

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