etiennemarcel

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by etiennemarcel 9d ago
We’ll settle for Erasmus and everybody will take it for a win. Meanwhile the ex will be jealous of the new girlfriend and rage on social media.
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by etiennemarcel 9d ago
In my opinion it’s dead on arrival. Canadians don’t want the massive immigration this will bring from sluggish European economies. Europe won’t want Canadian agricultural imports. And what is this about associate members? I thought we Europ
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by etiennemarcel 2y ago
I used OVH for personal projects but had to stop. They randomly block IPs from the iCloud Private Relay network, causing connection timeouts. Their SPF records for outgoing email services are incorrect and missing IP addresses. I opened a s
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by etiennemarcel 2y ago
Is there any science out there to support it? Gabapentin is also supposed to be a miracle cure but it only works (anecdotally) for very few people and the studies are inconclusive.
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by etiennemarcel 3y ago
France also has its own design system and font (Marianne): https://www.systeme-de-design.gouv.fr/elements-d-interface/f...
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by etiennemarcel 3y ago
By any chance do you remember where it was? Thanks
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by etiennemarcel 4y ago
I think Musk's mistake was to openly embrace conservative opinions and fringe conspiracy theories (his since deleted tweet about Paul Pelosi for instance). I already know of people in more liberal circles that would never buy one of hi
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by etiennemarcel 4y ago
What colonies are you referring too? The last one was Djibouti in 77...
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by etiennemarcel 6y ago
I don't think I'll answer to a comment calling me a fascist. Comparing Algeria before independence and the current status of overseas France is dishonest.
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by etiennemarcel 6y ago
It's not true. Overseas parts of France are fully integrated in the republic, and citizens there have the same rights as in the mainland. There's no distinction between "settlers" and "natives" from a legal poi
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by etiennemarcel 6y ago
It seems that HFC are being phased out too: https://ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/f-gas/legislation_en
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by etiennemarcel 6y ago
I think most of these gases are or will eventually be banned in Europe because of their impact on the environment. I've seen newer datacenters use water mist sprays.
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by etiennemarcel 6y ago
I never really understood the whole thing around Paul Graham. His insights on startups and tech are somewhat interesting and legitimate, but at this point I feel like some people are taking his every thought, even mondaine, as gospel...
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by etiennemarcel 7y ago
Also known as "effet Bonaldi" in French: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jérôme_Bonaldi#L'«_effet_Bonal...
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by etiennemarcel 7y ago
I used to do that for the convenience of the autofill but my paranoia got the best of me. If someone got access to my 1password he could access all my accounts, which defeats the purpose of two factor authentication. It turns out that with
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by etiennemarcel 7y ago
In Paris the word "catacombs" is used in a larger sense than ossuaries. It also covers the huge network of old quarries, mostly on the left bank. They pretty popular with urban explorers ("cataphiles"). The data center i
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by etiennemarcel 7y ago
They're not "accepted" by the government, the French/Schengen borders are porous for a number of reasons. They can work legally if they get asylum.
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by etiennemarcel 8y ago
I think it's sad... I've lived in Paris for the last 15 years and have explored a lot of the city (but still have a lot to see). I remember a colleague, born and raised in the western suburbs, who saw the Opera for the first time
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by etiennemarcel 8y ago
I have lived in both cities but I'm French so probably biased. The transportation system in Paris is overall much better. Denser, more lines, cheaper, and unlike New York it keeps growing. It's also more reliable (even though it h
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by etiennemarcel 8y ago
In France, fish is often considered a valid vegetarian option.
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by etiennemarcel 8y ago
You can buy "mousseux" (bubbly) from anywhere in France that will taste the same as most Champagnes.
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by etiennemarcel 8y ago
The Louvre is the largest art museum in the world and has huge historical significance, there's more to see than the Mona Lisa!
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by etiennemarcel 8y ago
I don't even see the point of these articles being debated on HN, eventually it boils up to Americans defending an unregulated free market and Europeans trying to be advocates for our model. It feels like we're speaking different
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by etiennemarcel 8y ago
Paris doesn't really have a CBD (but many smaller ones) but if it had it would be around Saint-Lazare/Opera rather than la Défense in my opinion.
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by etiennemarcel 8y ago
To this day the restaurations by Viollet-le-Duc are still very controversial. Some of his work has been undone recently to go back to a more historical aspect of buildings.
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by etiennemarcel 8y ago
> The more I think about social security requirements, the more I think they should just be paid out of general taxation and not entangled with a particular relationship of "employment". In France they are too, with the CSG and
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by etiennemarcel 8y ago
The French system is hybrid. There's public and private health insurance, and public and private hospitals. For everyday care the public health insurance reimburses 70% and the private health insurance the remainder. For more serious p
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by etiennemarcel 8y ago
The people who restored the clock were sued but eventually cleared of all charges. The clock has never been used or wound up since... http://urban-resources.net/untergunther.html https://ugwk.org/Untergunthe
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by etiennemarcel 8y ago
> public transport systems are not even close to having enough capacity to replace private motor transport entirely, and there zero chance of them having it any time soon. Paris is currently building more than 200km of subway (between no
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by etiennemarcel 8y ago
At 8pm it's still estimates, the official results usually come after a few days.

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