monsieur_jean

@monsieur_jean@kbin.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What Would You Like To See Improved in GNU/Linux?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I'm pretty happy with Linux actually. I've used a few distros and DMs over the years and honestly we're at a point in time where it's pretty nice. A more user friendly and robust connectivity management would be nice, and a few of the file browsers could benefit from a UX revamp. DMs could also enforce stricter design choices by default to gently guide developers towards a consistent UI/UX. But overall it's quite solid.

  The same can't be said about most of the OSS that goes with it. Most of the apps available for Linux are garbage. I mean, they do some things well obvioulsy, but are overall terrible to use. With their crap UX and a UI stuck in the last century the only reason people use them is they have no other choice and are desperate...

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is the best way to safely and completely erase all data from old laptops?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Depends on the type of drives and your needs.

  If the drive is big enough to be used as storage/back, get it out and in its own USB enclosure.

  If the drive is either too small or you have too may already then :

  • SSD : smash it to pieces with a hammer
  • HDD : if you're sure it's not an hybrid (in which case the SSD process applies) then you can just fill it with garbage or use whatever "erasing" software out there. I would go for an open-source one.
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Man Keeps Rock For Years Thinking It's Gold. It Turned Out to Be Far More Valuable.⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I'm not sure this meteorite is still on the market but meteorite prices vary widely depending on their type, rarity and history. It's a collector's market, and you would be surprised how much some people are willing to pay for a rare piece. This one seems to be a ordinary chondrite, so not something very rare. Those usually go for $1 per gram, so way less than gold. But rarer meteorites go for much, much more than that. Those from Mars or the moon for example can be sold for more than $1000 a gram. That much more than gold. As mentioned in the article another variable to the price would be historical significance. If this particular specimen can be linked to a specific sighting then the price can increase dramatically.

  But yeah in this particular case it seems this is worth way less than gold. But hey, he might still get $10k for it? Still better than finding a $5 note on the ground eh... :D

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Couldn't See Anymore:' Bored Ape Conference Attendees Wake Up With Searing Eye Pain, Vision Loss⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably a mix up of sorts and the responsibility lies with the contractor that installed it. I don't believe the Bored Apes crew organized everything themselves down to the lights, it's not their job. They just paid a company to do it for them.

  Asia is much, much more serious than the West regarding sanitation, especially since COVID. UV door frames at the entrance of public transportation is a thing. Where I live, before entering a pharmacy during COVID I had to step in a pond of sanitizer, then was sprayed with the same, then had to wash my hands.

  I'm not surprised the contractor had a stockpile of UV tubes to be used specifically for sanitation purpose. Now, did they just confused them with regular black light tubes or did they use them on purpose, or a mix of the two? I guess there's going to be an investigation to sort that out. Wouldn't like to be them, the Hong Kong judicial system is not known for being lenient, quite the opposite.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wikipedia Admin Unmasks As Alt Account Of Admin Who Was Extremely Banned In 2015 To The Great Bewilderment Of Everyone⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Makes me think, how many fediverse accounts has awkwardtheturtle created yet? How many instances are run on his servers? :D

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨quatre-vingts⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The other way around. We started with base 20 everywhere then simplified some of it.

  During medieval times it used to be :
  10 Dix (10)
  20 Vingt (20)
  30 Vingt et dix (20+10)
  40 Deux-vingt (2x20)
  50 Deux-vingt et dix (2x20+10)
  60 Trois-vingt (3x20)
  70 Trois-vingt et dix (3x20+10)
  80 Quatre-vingt (4x20)
  90 Quatre-vingt et dix (4x20+10)

  Then they switched to base 10... But only up to 70 for some reasons in France. Belgium and Switzerland (and some parts of France) have gone all the way to 100 by using Septante (70), Octante or Huitante (80) and Nonante (90).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨quatre-vingts⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It's base 20.

  80 in French is 4 x 20. A long time ago, 60 was "trois-vingt", 3 x 20. We still have a hospital in Paris called "Hopital des Quinze-Vingts", 15 x 20 because it used to have 300 beds.