JPLeRouzic

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   by JPLeRouzic 10y ago

   I find this interesting as for long decades I gained weight (~1kg/year), topping at a BMI of 34. Then I had some health problems and decided to weight myself everyday in exactly the same conditions, which is not easy to achieve over a
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   by JPLeRouzic 10y ago

   After the project finished, I setup a WP page that mentions SimpleSamlPhp: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_Bootstrapping_Architec...
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   by JPLeRouzic 10y ago

   Hey! I used that tool 10 years ago, I even demonstrated its usage in a EU project (SPICE). Its good to see it is still there!
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   by JPLeRouzic 10y ago

   I am very pleased by this post. I am 60, people around me age and it is sometimes a not very pleasant experience. What is important when you are very old and impotent? I think that is to, still be able to interact with other people. The tim
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   by JPLeRouzic 10y ago

   What does means "It would allow telecom companies to use customer metadata - such as the duration and location of calls - to provide additional services and make more money, something they are barred from doing under the current rules.
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   by JPLeRouzic 10y ago

   Thanks for having read the stuff. * About the horizon problem: You need a tower which is 90 meters (270 feet) high to reach a 40 km receiver. It exists but it is pretty costly ... and hugly. * About the power problem, this is regulated. For
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   by JPLeRouzic 10y ago

   Wi-Max or alternatives like DIY long range Wi-Fi, cannot have both 10 miles (~15 km) range and high throughput. At the very minimum because earth curvature, and also because the radio signal has to go right through the moisture in between t
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   by JPLeRouzic 10y ago

   I am not sure to fully understand the article, but does it only apply to cancers that appear on skin?
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   by JPLeRouzic 10y ago

   Yes about "Cotisations sociales", and thanks for adding "Taxe sur les salaires", I did not know this one which seems to apply to specific businesses.
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    by JPLeRouzic 10y ago

    True, it was abandoned, and replaced by "Contribution économique territoriale" which is more or less the same thing. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contribution_%C3%A9conomique_t...
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    by JPLeRouzic 10y ago

    >> Not to mention, France is increasingly an outlier in Europe with a punishing corporate income tax rate (33%). > In line with Germany. The problem in France is not corporate income tax, as some huge companies do not pay that tax
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    by JPLeRouzic 10y ago

    If I was in your boots I would talk to Health insurance companies. They fight hard to reduce health costs (and increase their own revenues). They also know how to lobby, which is certainly mandatory in the health industry. Some of them have
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    by JPLeRouzic 10y ago

    Actually it is something which is far from being straightforward. First there is no real means to know the genome of a person. What machines like Illumina do is to provide short reads, tiny parts of the genome, without telling which part is
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    by JPLeRouzic 10y ago

    >> do you have any facts or physics to back up your statement? I do not think that beamforming needs more than a few emitting sources neither a Nobel prize. Check no further than your Wi-Fi router's antennas. The technology you a
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    by JPLeRouzic 10y ago

    Thanks for pointing out right to the important thing: Those ICs are not new, they are on the market since some years.
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    by JPLeRouzic 10y ago

    * Several IC makers are selling integrated devices (TI, Analog, Maxim), for example at TI: LM96530 (Beamformer), LM96511 (VGA/LNA) and LM96570 (TR Switch). Those are eight channels ICs, they cost $200 together. There are ICs for 16 or