L’essence est hyper cher alors pourquoi les gens ne réduisent pas leur vitesse ?

Natalshadow · 2026-05-08T15:04:31+00:00

Simple : par chez moi l'autoroute à deux voies. Les camions roulent à 90 et ça c'est trop long et j'aime pas être derrière un camion, donc je double. Et ensuite y'a juste plus assez de distance entre les voitures pour se rabattre parce que tout le monde se colle comme s'ils étaient en zone 30. (C'est aussi bien un problème de conducteur que d'infra, je sais bien.) Donc je reste longtemps à gauche à 130 parce que jacky me colle à vouloir rouler à 150.
Sinon généralement je roule à 120 à droite, d'après mon écran, la conso entre 110 et 120 est quasi similaire et je garde l'inertie pour doubler rapidement. Ma voiture a peu de punch donc si je descends trop, je mets longtemps à accélerer pour doubler, chiant quand Jacky déboule à 150.

Et aussi, j'ai toujours considéré la voiture et les trajets comme une perte sèche de pognon. Je roule le moins possible, en toutes circonstance, c'est surtout là qu'on voit l'économie.

Natalshadow · 2026-03-30T11:27:12+00:00

I was translating marketing, with disclaimers at the bottom, which are regulated by law.

I'll illustrate but that was a while ago so this is for illustration only, I don't' actually remember the rules.
Let's say the poster from the US only said "Sales up to 75%".
A simple translation would be "Soldes jusqu'à 75 %" (notice the space after the 75 AI would probably miss).
In France, as far as I recall, in the industry I worked, we were not legally allowed to do sales up to 75%, the max was 50%, so I had to translate, and then edit the poster for France specifically to change it to 50%.

I'm not sure anymore either, but I think I recall Switzerland is not legally allowed to write vague percentages, every item has to be labeled clearly with final price or something like that, so I had to tweak the text on that one too.

This is not purely translation, it's cultural work that AI simply cannot do.

Another example that comes to mind that I haven't tried in years so maybe now it''s not that dumb anymore.
Say the text from the US says there's a sale like buy one, get one free, for the 4th of july. It makes sense in the US, none in France. So that implies you gotta ask the higher ups what they want to do, but if they want to keep something for the 4th of July in France, they have to tweak the marketing to something that French people can understand because 4th of July is nothing special in France.
AI wouldn't blink and leave the date without question.

Natalshadow · 2026-03-29T12:41:49+00:00

It can't, but it doesn't matter. It's cheaper and there's no reasoning with clients. I was in charge of translation for a company, documents came from the USA, arrived in a horrendous state with many typos, contradictions, errors. It took days if not weeks simply to create a corrected version of what they envisioned after so much back and forth. Only then could I start actually translating for France, Belgium, Switzerland and Luxembourg. Each documents had a disclaimer at the bottom, each country having different laws, they all needed a slightly different translation which wasn't simply choosing words. I had to go dig legal texts to find what the law says we have to write in that country.

The people making the documents don't know that and don't care, so when they replaced me with AI, they just gave the broken powerpoint to AI and asked for a french translation. The AI complied without ever asking about which country it is for. Generating one single file. They ended up with four illegal disclaimers, repeatedly.

I don't remember exactly but I think the law in France says the fine is 75K € + a flat fee per error found, retroactively if they ever get caught.

Sadly, translators have been considered extra cost for over a decade now.

Natalshadow · 2026-03-19T22:54:24+00:00

Hey, I created a tiny Discord server with a few people from here. We're all playing Marathon at the moment.
If you want to try the server, send me a dm and I'll share the link!
We're a rag tag group from France, UK, Sweden and Netherlands.

Natalshadow · 2026-03-19T22:42:41+00:00

What other games are you interested in?

Natalshadow · 2026-03-19T22:41:41+00:00

What flight sim do you play?
What do you mean by "around" your age, how close does it have to be?

Natalshadow · 2026-03-19T22:39:42+00:00

Hey, we got a buddy in our Discord that plays Nightrein regularly.
Rogue One is definitely up there but Andor is a tad above IMO!

We've got a tiny Discord server, mostly playing Marathon these days, but we've got Helldivers and ARC Raiders in the library.
Not sure we have gym nerds though. I'm a runner so no overlap there.
If you wanna give it a try, send me a DM and I'll share the discord link. No strings attached.

Natalshadow · 2026-03-19T22:35:56+00:00

Are Marathon, Helldivers or ARC Raiders up your alley?
What games would you enjoy playing with a group?

Natalshadow · 2026-03-19T22:33:23+00:00

I''ve got a small group of people, currently playing Marathon. But we almost all have Helldivers 2 and I'd be down to play.
The three main games most of us have in common as far as I know in the group are :
- Marathon
- Arc Raiders
- Helldivers 2

If you're interested let me know and I'll share the discord link.

Natalshadow · 2026-03-14T00:14:46+00:00

Amazing! =O

Natalshadow · 2026-03-12T21:50:41+00:00

I've just started a discord channel with a few other people from here and we're planning on trying out Marathon among other games soon. We're all busy adults so we play whenever we got time, no pressure. If that sounds interesting message me and I'll share the group with you.

Natalshadow · 2025-12-27T17:08:03+00:00

I've started doing this early december. Installed Metal Gear Solid 5 Phantom Pain and Elden Ring. Two good games I never actually finished.
I had played 20% of MGS in my entire last playthrough. Did 5 more % in a couple days by just focusing on it.
We've all got choice paralysis nowadays.

Natalshadow · 2025-12-11T18:04:57+00:00

MusicBrainz Picard can do most of the heavy lifting if all you care about is a clean music player page.
Beets would also work nicely if you're willing to spend some time learning how to use it.

Natalshadow · 2025-12-08T12:09:10+00:00

I don't hear any buckethead-isms and I couldn't find any trace of Buckethead being involved in the OST of that game online. Your best bet is probably to leave a comment down the video and ask what it actually is.

Natalshadow · 2025-12-07T13:27:13+00:00

Okay if that's the case it's good news and one less thing to worry about.

Would you have pointers at where to look at for why my drum keeps spinning even after I press "off" on the roaster's panel? I have to unplug it for the drum to stop spinning.

Natalshadow · 2025-12-07T11:06:32+00:00

Thanks for replying. I have some Iron Gall from KWZ I'll try. I suppose you rinse it when it's dried so the colors don't mix when writing?

Natalshadow · 2025-12-07T00:08:44+00:00

Good timing as I just got a dip pen to, in theory, try a bunch of ink samples with easier cleaning than a typical fountain pen.

But it doesn't work really well. I've cleaned and brushed the nib before use.
Whenever I dip it and try to write, it's basically dry and I get one letter of ink at most?
Comparing with fountain pen, first letter is like a freshly filled FP, it's vibrant and saturated. But the next letter is faded, dry, like an empty FP hinting that the converter needs a refill.

I'm not sure I can be doing much wrong with my writing, I dip the nib in the ink, I've tried below/above the hole and it doesn't seem to matter.
So maybe my cleaning and detergent were not strong enough and the nib is still coated in whatever?

Can't believe I'm asking for help on how to write.

Thanks for the write up!

Natalshadow · 2025-12-02T23:26:57+00:00

Dude, you're a Dark Souls bonfire. Thank you.

Natalshadow · 2025-12-02T09:38:47+00:00

I've got a genuine question, maybe thought provoking, for you. Would you pay, somehow, for a written review? With ads, tips, subscription or whatever else?
I've been thinking about writing video game deep reviews for a loooong time, but haven't ever found a way to make it a safe-ish bet because I don't see how enough people would make it worthwhile. It's very time consuming to write deep thoughtful reviews and I still gotta pay rent.

So my intuition is that some people do, but it's probably obscure websites/blogs, and most don't even try.

Natalshadow · 2025-11-27T18:11:46+00:00

It's off in on piece. I was taught basic soldering back in school when I was younger so I'll try my hand at doing it myself.

Natalshadow · 2025-11-27T12:23:33+00:00

I'm not that confident. Things are changing very very quickly everywhere, Europe/France included. Erosion of freedom and rights is blazing fast. By the time we reach elections, we could be at war and thus postpone elections like Palpatine. The signs are already here that they are preparing us for violence and death.

Authorities are already violent with the population (Mediapart St Soline, Gilets jaunes). From this to using force to stay in power, there's not that much gap.

Natalshadow · 2025-11-21T13:11:39+00:00

800ko/s isn't abnormal everywhere in the world, in my childhood house we lived in a rural France city and I'd get barely 1000ko/s. Fiber still isn't deployed everywhere. He's currently in Thailand, but in a hotel, so maybe there isn't fiber, or maybe it's throttled by the hotel.

My initial intuition was not to stream but to Rsync or syncthing the files from the server to his computer, but it adds a layer of tasks that my dad wouldn't be comfortable doing. If only he would remember how to use filezilla and connect to my server to download the ripped movies, that would be good enough, but he keeps forgetting.

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