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by kakwa_ 7y ago
1) The spire rebuilt in 1859 by Viollet-Le-Duc didn't have XIXe century look, it was heavily inspired by the one of the Orleans cathedral 2) Even with that, Viollet-Le-Duc is somewhat criticized for it's restoration works as he ge
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by kakwa_ 7y ago
As a side note, it can be a permanent thing for some cathedrals. I'm thinking of Beauvais Cathedral: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Interior_of_Cath... This cathedral is the highest in France, but it
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by kakwa_ 7y ago
They have some customized parts. For example, IIRC, they use a smart card to authenticate on their workstations, and also on their web applications. For that you need to customize a bit (better out of the box support for pkcs11 devices, int
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I'm a quite puzzled by the cost. I'm still scratching my head as to why it's so expensive. In France or Spain, countries with similar population density but arguably less difficult terrain (Spain terrain is not so nice actual
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by kakwa_ 7y ago
Paper is proven to last a few hundred years without issues, if stored properly, and we know all the kinks of storing it properly. It's easy to read, contrary to a DVD (you need a DVD drive). It's also cheap. Why make things comple
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by kakwa_ 7y ago
If you are a startup with a none-Facebook growth (aka most of the startups), what you want to spend money on is functionalities, not spending effort on additional technical constraints because of restricted infrastructure. Basically, AWS (o
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by kakwa_ 7y ago
It depends on how well/dynamic your application is deigned, but if some parts are a bit static (let say, the DB side), conciser reserved instances you can get 20 to 40% reduction in cost for it. True, it requires a plan for 1 to 3 year
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by kakwa_ 7y ago
I really like how Fender is shipping the schematic with their amp (I hope they still do it). That being said, guitar amps, specially tube amps are indeed extremely dangerous, not only the caps, but also the 300, 400 and sometimes 500 volts
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by kakwa_ 7y ago
If I'm in a bar with friends or colleagues, I also tend to drink at the same rhythm as everybody, but once I had enough (it can vary depending if I've eaten and if I'm tired or not, but generally around 3 pints), I will gener
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by kakwa_ 7y ago
France, it varies from region to region. Brittany for example has a reputation of heavy drinkers, and having lived there for a while it's a bit deserved. Also, students parties can be quite alcohol heavy, specially the start of the yea
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by kakwa_ 7y ago
As a French living in France, here is my take on it. Your two anecdotes do seem rude, however I would personally have asked the same thing, but in a different way, like "We could continue in English if you want" with probably a sl
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by kakwa_ 8y ago
Thanks, could you develop?
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by kakwa_ 8y ago
Elon Musk only controls 20% of Tesla shares, the board can force a sell upon him if the other shareholders agree on one. And I'm not sure why Apple would buy a car company, it's too far of their core business (aka selling computer
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by kakwa_ 8y ago
That's actually complete wrong. Amazon did have 2 years of somewhat heavy losses (around 1999 to 2002), with one pretty dramatic loss the quarter the dotcom bubble exploded. But after that, they turned a profit almost every quarters, g
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by kakwa_ 8y ago
The emulator alone is not an issue, and indeed you have NES emulators that are as, if not more, capable. But free NES ROMs download websites or equivalent are illegal. Here, the combination of a port+the existence of an emulator provides a
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by kakwa_ 8y ago
Basically, the lesser of two evils. At my previous job, I was working on things like Nuclear plants systems or on military systems (not something to "evil" however, it was a part of their ATC system, not something meant to kill pe
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by kakwa_ 8y ago
A lot of startups and companies are centered around advertisement. And ads & martketing are not exactly the most popular thing in the world. Disclaimer: my job is basically making sure our customers can send you commercial email spa...
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by kakwa_ 8y ago
The MAX can be fixed by addressing the flaws in MCAS, and it will be in the end. The production will resume, the MAX will be a slightly less commercial success than it should have been, Boeing will be fined a few Billions for its failings,
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by kakwa_ 8y ago
Basically yes. The airlines learnt to mitigate the risks associated with the design, and there were a few small modifications (light indicator to detect bounced landing for example). There is a risk, but it's at acceptable level. The f
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by kakwa_ 8y ago
That's also the interesting part. The DC-10 ended-up being a reliable airplane, but its early crashes damaged its reputation heavily, and the handling of these issues by MD was poor. Commercially, MD never completely recover, and was a
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by kakwa_ 8y ago
This analysis is completely right, but in my opinion, focuses too much on the technical aspects. Is MCAS a hack? yes. Is it fixable? yes. Will the 737 MAX continue to fly for two to three decades after all the items above have been addresse
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by kakwa_ 8y ago
Notre-Dame will be restored, it's too much of a symbol. However, the money will have to be found somewhere, and there is a good chance that it will mean other restoration projects for "lesser" historical buildings will be del
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by kakwa_ 8y ago
The Reims Cathedral was reopened in 1938 (about 20 years after the start of the restoration). But in this kind of restoration, the devil is in the details, repairing the structure and rebuilding the roof and the spire will probably take ar
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by kakwa_ 8y ago
In France, the question of financing the reconstruction is rather simpler: Notre-Dame like most churches in France is owned by the State, so the State and the citizens will pay for it. The reconstruction will be a restoration, to what degre
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by kakwa_ 8y ago
The latest news said that the structure is mostly saved. Looking at some aerial pictures ( https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D4OFOKMWkAEEHsz.jpg ), it looks like the vault is holding except maybe for the section above the tran
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by kakwa_ 8y ago
Identity is a complex construct, and it needs symbols like that. Even if as a symbol of Church it's no longer relevant, it is still at least a past achievement to be proud of. And we are talking a building that has survived the French
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by kakwa_ 8y ago
Sometimes, it makes sense to increment MAJOR for a significant change, like a complete rework of the code, even if it's purely internal and doesn't break the API. In such cases, even if nothing is supposed to change "on paper
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by kakwa_ 8y ago
IIRC, the Airbus A320 uses several older CPUs like that, but also Motorola 68k CPUs (sometimes as a mean to have 2 functionally identical systems with pieces from different manufacturers and different implementations). I would not be surpri
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by kakwa_ 8y ago
Not to mention the small nuclear waste issue. Managing waste for a period far, far, far longer than any state has historically lasted continuously (or even since the dawn of human civilization) seems really optimistic. Very few states have
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by kakwa_ 8y ago
I tend to agree, these services create value. I see 2 main factors as to why: * federation * cost These two factors combined unlocked possibilities (ex: universal delivery service) or significantly improved existing industries (Uber app is

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