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"Kids are safer at drag shows than at church"

Les chercheurs chinois ont mesuré la concentration en minuscules particules de plastique de plusieurs échantillons d’eau. La moyenne était de 1 milligramme par litre d’eau. Cette concentration, remesurée après que l’eau a bouilli pendant cinq minutes puis refroidi, avait diminuée de 80 %.

You see, most of these books on productivity come from places of privilege. They are authored by people who either control their task lists or, quite often, occupy positions where they are no longer burdened by one. The problem is that most of us, the mere mortals who consume these books, do not sit in this graceful position.

As I said at the start, there will always be more work, and that's a good thing to keep moving and stay motivated. However, there comes a point when it becomes too much, the plate is piled too high, and there is no room to breathe. Drowning in tasks is a terrible way to go.

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L'intelligence est la capacité à une trouver une solution efficace à un problème.

L'IA est donc intelligente puisqu'elle trouve des solutions à un problème. Elle n'en a cependant pas conscience.

Après deux exemples, il en arrive à la conclusion que: L'université ne fait que pousser à l'extrême une tendance profondément humaine: dépenser de l'énergie intellectuelle sur des problèmes qui n'en sont pas.

Concernant soi-même: est-ce que le contenu consommé donne le sentiment d'avancer, mais il s'agit uniquement d'un sentiment.

Pour ne plus perdre de temps, se contenter de cette question: qu'est-ce qui va me permettre d'améliorer ma condition?

L'intelligence ne se délègue pas. Notre cerveau confond "j'ai intégré la connaissance" avec "j'ai la connaissance au bout de mes doigts".

I’ve come to realize that the relicensing trend towards non-compete licenses has exposed single-vendor Open Source software for what it truly is: proprietary software in hiding

One vendor can turns the (own) project into a proprietary one.

Parmi les textes, une résolution pour protéger les consommateurs des manipulations du marché de gros de l'énergie.
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Oui, migrer en dehors du système propriétaire de Discord est une difficulté technique.

Comparativement à Freenode où les données sont standardisées et ouvertes, Discord garde tous fermés. Est-ce que j'ai loupé quelque chose pour migrer ou au minimum consulter les messages de Discord sur une autre plateforme?

Ce sera la même que pour Twitter.

Accessibility isn't just about ramps and screen readers.

It's about creating environments where everyone, regardless of ability, can thrive.

Let's make accessibility a priority in everything we do.

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To be honest, I am only here because it's a habit, and I like playing around with my website. It's fine to write about your life and other such interests. My favourite blogs to follow do exactly that, but it's absolutely understandable if you don't want to do that.

Every couple of years in software development, the meta changes. Libraries and frameworks are rotated in and out of popularity, languages evolve and best practices change. These are some of my personal beliefs1 on what the current meta is, and what parts are worth adopting.

Now is better than never.
Although never is often better than right now.

1. Use statically typed languages over dynamically typed languages
2. Use automatic formatting
3. Parse, don’t validate
4. Use union types
5. Parse, don't validate
6. Avoid abstracting too early
7. Be aware of monads and functors
8. Accept that generative AI is here to stay
9. Prefer integration tests over unit tests
10. Be kind during code reviews
11. Respect a candidate’s time
12. Pair or mob program frequently
13. Pick a git commit format and stick to it
14. Use Dependabot and friends for dependency maintenance
15. Write infrastructure-as-code
16. Use platforms that allow developers to focus on the code
17. Use queues as data sources

If regular traveling has taught me anything, it’s that you can never depend on circumstance. You can only depend on yourself. And if there’s one writing skill that’s overlooked, then it’s the ability to just write as and when you choose, regardless of where you are, the time of day, or how comfortable you feel (and I mean that in a physical and symbolic sense).

Doctorow states in his own words:
“I learned to write crammed into coach seats with my laptop keyboard practically vertical, my wrists bent back at an agonizing angle. Between flights, I’d write crouched on the floor under the water fountain between the toilets in the departure lounge, nailing the only outlet and plugging in my travel power strip to share with others. […] I have written so much in so many places that the desk and the comfy chair and the big monitor are largely aspirational for me — the kind of place I’d like to be writing in, but rarely the place where I end up writing.”

TL;DR? Write how and where you want to write. And if you can’t, write anyway.