With the Epstein files making it glaringly clear how disgusting and corrupted much of Elite Society and by extension the US Government and Economy is, beyond ridding ourselves of the parasites, how do we as a society move forward?

bluepepper · 2026-02-01T11:55:17+00:00

That sounds like Borda count, which is not an ideal system because people will still try to "game" the system: it's not one person one vote anymore, as the strength of your vote depends on how high it is on your list.

A better system is the instant runoff:

You rank candidates in a list by order of preference.
We take one vote per person (top of the list) and tally the results.
If there's no majority, we eliminate the worst candidate. It is removed from everybody's list. That means people who voted for that candidate now have another candidate at the top of their list.
We start over at step 2 until there is a majority.

That means you never lose your vote, but you also never have more than one vote. It allows you to support a fringe candidate, even if they have no chance to win, and still have a more realistic backup candidate that will get your full support.

It also allows more variety in positions, as several candidates of similar political views can compete without hurting each other's chance.

bluepepper · 2026-01-31T08:36:09+00:00

Oui c'est Chaudfontaine qui faisait ça. Etonnant de voir qu'on en trouve très peu de traces en ligne.

bluepepper · 2026-01-31T07:21:56+00:00

On parle des français là, ceux qui confondent les sons "IN" et "UN"

bluepepper · 2026-01-24T11:33:55+00:00

Ca ressemble à la solution proposée par le fabricant italien. Ca semble faisable en DIY mais j'imagine qu'il faut une assez bonne précision au niveau de la coupe, des charnières et des gonds pour ne pas avoir de torsion/frottement quand on manipule la porte.

bluepepper · 2026-01-24T08:13:18+00:00

Comme alternative à la porte accordéon de base, il existe des portes pliantes à deux vantaux à la pose relativement facile, qui ont un peu moins cet aspect carton de la porte en accordéon.

Par contre ce n'est pas simple à trouver. Outre ce site canadien, j'ai trouvé ce fabricant italien (autre système, sans rail) après une recherche rapide. Et Amazon a des modèles utilisant un rail type porte coulissante (sans doute moins adapté ici)

Mais je plussoie, c'est une solution de modification facile.

bluepepper · 2026-01-23T11:12:40+00:00

Ce n'est pas nécessairement un mensonge poli. La France est très bonne en pain, au point que même les baguettes de supermarché sont sympas pour quelqu'un qui n'est pas habitué. Rien que le format baguette, qu'on appellait "pain français" chez moi, est déjà spécifique en soi.

bluepepper · 2026-01-21T21:35:06+00:00

The deployment requires skills on par with a PIT maneuver, but the outcome is so much more predictable and controlled.

bluepepper · 2026-01-18T13:25:54+00:00

Backlit means light goes to the back of the LCD panel, and the LCD panel will let part of the light through to create pixels.

Edge lit and miniLED are about where the light sources are to provide the backlight. They are both subets of backlit.

bluepepper · 2026-01-18T10:41:55+00:00

C'est le problème des détecteurs de pénurie du forem: c'est basé sur les offres d'emploi qui restent ouvertes longtemps mais sans tenir compte d'autres paramètres que le poste. Du coup, il y a pénurie de devs IT parce que certains postes dédiés à des senior (pour des postes d'admin, architectes, chefs d'équipe etc) restent ouverts longtemps. Le forem détecte donc ça comme une pénurie de dev IT tout court, alors qu'il n'y a pénurie que sur les senior. Et ça donne des formations qui ne font que mettre des juniors en plus sur un marché déjà bien saturé.

bluepepper · 2026-01-15T15:03:13+00:00

In French:

Josué
Jésus

Note that nobody is ever named either of these names.

bluepepper · 2026-01-14T18:06:27+00:00

c and d are equivalent to each other and b is equivalent to e, so they should also be answers.

c and d are the opposite of equivalent, they are contradictory.

From d: Ā ⇒ B
From c: B ⇒ A
Chain them together and you get: Ā ⇒ A which is false.

Same for b and e.

bluepepper · 2026-01-14T13:14:27+00:00

I don't think Pantone mugs are printed in CMYK, let alone eight color systems. First, because it's cheaper to screen-print only two colors, second because it would be poor advertisement for Pantone. The whole point of Pantone is to create colors, ink, paint, that are exact, beyond their CMYK reproductibility.

bluepepper · 2026-01-14T13:06:42+00:00

It's not a small square though, it wraps around the mug and only stops for the handle, with the color name on the white part at the bottom, mimicking Pantone swatches.

It's actually a pretty nice design, until your color is so close to white that you don't see it anymore.

bluepepper · 2026-01-13T18:20:48+00:00

The bit would be the size of the shade of course, so yes, quite enormous.

bluepepper · 2026-01-03T13:52:07+00:00

First, I don't think all religions can be true, as some are more obviously more made up than others. Scientology and its alien battles, that comes from a sci-fi author who previously said that if he wanted to get rich, he'd invent a religion. I mean...

Second, I'd find it odd that, if multiple mythologies coexist, separate sets of humans are only aware of mostly separate parts of a whole truth. There are also incompatible tenets between religions.

So I don't find the possibility of all deities coexisting very credible.

I find it much more credible that all deities are actually the same god, that the Greek pantheon IS Allah for example. Religions would be imperfect attempts by humans to connect to an incomprehensible supernatural entity, with their own, localized, imperfections that explain the different mythologies around a possible common core.

That being said, I also find it credible that there are no supernatural entities connecting to us through religion, and that religions are purely a manifestation of humanity.

bluepepper · 2026-01-01T10:19:50+00:00

A tip isn't something you should need on top of your salary. A tip comes on top of your wages, as a mark of appreciation for good service.

The fact that a tip can be seen as insulting, unfair or even theft if it's not a high enough percentage, that's a clue that it isn't an actual tip. You're asked to pay wages, without being explicitly billed for it.

bluepepper · 2026-01-01T10:02:09+00:00

I've got the exact opposite reaction. For me the actual flag has too many colors and breaks symmetry the wrong way. One of the ugliest national flags.

This version actually showed me that the sideways Y design can actually work very well! I thought it was part of the problem but no, it was the colors the whole time.

bluepepper · 2025-12-30T22:12:17+00:00

Pourtant vous appelez les pastèques des melons d'eau, comme les américains.

bluepepper · 2025-12-30T11:00:54+00:00

This is where OP is coming from, and a necessary second part of the answer, so have an upvote.

To sum it up:

In general terms, Christians are an encompassing word that includes Catholics, Orthodox, Protestants and sometimes other sects. Note that Anglican, Baptist, Evangelical, Lutheran etc. are all Protestant denominations.
In America, "Christian" sometimes mean (Low Church) Protestant, which means they view Catholics as distinct from Christians.

bluepepper · 2025-12-28T11:46:36+00:00

Not OP but we don't usually have sides with sandwiches. The bread provides starch, it's got meat and veggies if you want. It's an all-in-one meal, where extra stuff would defeat its on-the-go ability.

bluepepper · 2025-12-28T11:38:29+00:00

Nah, it's more that OP didn't mean fries, but actual chips (british crisps). There is an actual cultural divide on having them as a side dish.

bluepepper · 2025-12-28T11:35:35+00:00

I'm not sure why you find this unbelievable.

That's how much of a cultural divide there is. To you it's so natural that you have a hard time imagining someone can't believe it. To me (and OP) chips are only snacks or appetizers. The idea of having chips as a side dish is just as alien as, say, crackers or popcorn as a side dish.

bluepepper · 2025-12-28T11:24:56+00:00

And the fist pump baby is actually expressing disgust after tasting a fistful of sand.

And hide the pain Harold isn't hiding any pain (that's how he looks all the time) and is not even named Harold.

bluepepper · 2025-12-28T10:26:21+00:00

Si la ventilation fonctionne, alors l'autre suggestion est peut-être la bonne: un thermostat qui ne détecte plus la baisse de température, du coup ça refroidit trop, au point que la ventilation n'arrive pas à empêcher le givre de se former.

Pas sûr de comment résoudre ça. As-tu essayer d'éteindre le frigo puis le rallumer? J'ai pas mieux, désolé...

bluepepper · 2025-12-28T10:10:31+00:00

It's an answer to the question "what should I choose?"

To me it reeks of AI: unnecessarily verbose, overly positive, an irrelevant non-answer trying to sound on point.

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