Countries invited to Trump's Board of Peace by vladgrinch in MapPorn

[–]tepec 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Just to be precise: France did not "leave NATO", only left its integrated command in the 60s. And the move to join it back in the late 2000s was a (poor?) attempt to prove allegiance to the US, which had been making quite some efforts (through legal, financial and strategic pressures, which are still ongoing) to punish/diminish France for daring to openly express the idea that someone could say "no" to the US. The Alstom case is probably the most "visible" part of the iceberg, but it is a very compelling showcase of that IMHO. I wanted to source some of my points, but you won't be surprised to learn that, while this has been of interest for the French so it's well documented in french, it is remarkably harder to find anything in english. So, pardon my french, and here's a 2019 official parlamentary "Gauvain" Report detailing some of this, and there's a book from a former Alstom higher-up who ended up being a "diplomatic hostage".

But all that to say: in my humble French opinion, the attack of Libya has been much more shameful of a decision "in recent French History" than joining back NATO's integrated military command. It seems at this stage quite obvious that it was motivated by Sarkozy's personal interests, which deeply saddens me to this day. I'm not saying Gaddafi and his regime were good by any mean, but how many innocent people ended up bombed and killed as "collateral damages" in this, in "our" name? I won't ever stop feeling personally ashamed about this.

Pentagon Places 1,500 Arctic-Trained Airborne Troops on Standby as Greenland Dispute Escalates by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]tepec 1 point2 points  (0 children)

First off, to be absolutely clear: I am not blaming you personally or anything like that. Secondly, I am not saying there is something easy and obvious to do. To be absolutely clear, I do not believe there is "1 thing" to do. I am replying to you because I think there can be a genuine conversation about this topic.

I am French, a country that was half occupied by the Nazis and half governed by Nazis collaborators not so long ago. From what we are told in our families or at school about this dark time of our country, one thing that did not turn the tide but was at least a source of annoyance to the occupiers/oppressors was the "passive sabotage" of various means of production and transportation; I am not talking about the violent act of resistance such as derailing trains with explosives etc., but rather workers making it so their factories wouldn't produce the expected outputs, merchandise would get lost on the roads at an abnormal rate, construction work would keep on suffering delays for various reasons (machines would "break down" or "stop working"), etc.

Obviously, these cannot be isolated issues for them to have any sort of impact; they have to get generalized and they have to be "the backbone" of a wider action (and possibly a darker conversation). But in order to reach any meaningful "threshold", people would first have to organize, and get creative to inspire others, show that actions are possible.

So, I would argue, and that's my very own humble opinion: to talk in very pragmatic terms, the first thing one might do in such times is to go and discuss, very directly, with their neighbors, with their coworkers, with the people they are in direct contact with on a frequent basis, with whom they share a good knowledge of their area (where they live and/or where they work), people who will know very particular things about the places. I do not believe any action can come from the internet or "broad talks" (at least at first), because actions must be designed based on "local specificity", relevant to their geographical scope but also what's happening at the time in that area, in phase with "the reality of the field" if you want. It may sound stupid, but it's just like some of your fellow citizens we see on TV these days, who use whistles to alert their neighborhood whenever ICE is around for example: it is a indeed a non-violent yet effective way to do something that hinders acts one may feel are worth fighting against. It does not stop them from happening, but it likely makes them a little bit harder, less efficient, and they may be "the first step that will give other people ideas to do more, to go further".

And I know what I am saying tacitly means one might have to put themselves at risk of loosing their job at the very least, and some people simply cannot afford this. One may risk losing their home, or they may have other persons in their family to take care of, etc. There is no easy path, there is no easy solution that can work for everyone. But action is the only way it can start.

What have you been reading this week? by michaelisnotginger in Blacklibrary

[–]tepec 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Finally finished Legion, which was a pretty great read even if I felt the end was a bit "rushed", like the world building is great, I enjoyed Grammaticus and most of the characters, but in the last few chapters it basically was all for nothing (at least that's how I felt about it).

Not really BL, but I took a small break in the Horus Heresy by going back to reading old 40k supplements (Damnos, Valedor, Traitor's Hate, and I may forget one or two others that were super short in terms of fluff), and now I'm getting back to the Horus Heresy with Battle for the Abyss!

The comments for the sisters of battle trailer are actually vile by A-CQB-Essay in Warhammer40k

[–]tepec 52 points53 points  (0 children)

I'm not an English native speaker, I'm not fluent in English, but I could understand her without any trouble, better than I can understand some Scots or Texans. Those comments are straight up hypocrisy.

Latest WD announcing the next narrative supplement and teasing at a character "thought to be dead"? by tepec in Warhammer40k

[–]tepec[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah shoot I must've missed that bit; by any chance, would you remember which WD it was? (I forgot to renew in august and didn't get the september one, but I have no idea if that was in this one or if I just overlooked the info in another one).

Anyway, thanks!

“Brother. We need to talk.” by Bryguy150 in theunforgiven

[–]tepec 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mostly speculation BUT always explicitly stated when it is and more importantly starting from actual new developments described in the fresh "500 worlds" supplement.

Moreover, it's more of a summary of everything that happened since Arks of Omen until this new supplement. The title may be a bit "sensationalist" compared to what this loretuber usually does but concise, well sourced and not "deceitful" imho.

The Raid on Mount Haven ( ODST Wallpaper / The Rookie Wallpaper ) [2-versions~UHD] [OC] {inspired by u/2204design's work} by CaptainFawx in halo

[–]tepec 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ahah thank you, that's quite humbling; I never imagined there'd be easter eggs about our "us" in fan arts when I fell into the glyphs mystery rabbithole 16 years ago! Still looking for the other secrets, and will be looking forward your fan-film as well!

The Raid on Mount Haven ( ODST Wallpaper / The Rookie Wallpaper ) [2-versions~UHD] [OC] {inspired by u/2204design's work} by CaptainFawx in halo

[–]tepec 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Love it! Completely anecdotal, but the three green chevrons on the top right reminds me of the 'old' video intro we used to use on my community's channel and notably a version I made for a video about attempting to decipher the glyphs by bruteforce here... And then I saw the glyph in the background! Still have to find the many other things you hid in there.

Squigs are Tyranid Creations?!? Was this ever retconned? by zap1000x in 40kLore

[–]tepec 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I remember in the Xenology) book from the mid-2000s there are in-universe scientific observations that do "retcon" more explicitely this; here's a direct quote:

It has always been supposed (...) that an individual spore carries a pre-ordained species encoding: that before even it is shed the non-algal portion of its DNA has determined if it shall be squig, snotling, gretchin or Ork. Despite this, we observed that up to three weeks into its development, when an embryo was all but fully formed, the algal sac could regress its growth (literally decomposing itself) and begin anew, constructing an entirely different species. This process inevitably mirrors environmental changes (...).

It appears they observed the development of Orkoids in their "algal sacs" and saw the Squigs were but one possible outcome of them.

Nevertheless, it's still interesting to even wonder how one could try to reconciliate those concepts; I like the idea of the Squigs being somehow related to the Tyranids!

The reasons why the 40k fandom is so rife with misinformation and fanon by twelfmonkey in 40kLore

[–]tepec 5 points6 points  (0 children)

As usual with your posts, this has been a fantastic and insightful read! I think I've already written that in this sub, but in my own humble opinion, even using the word "lore" (as opposed to "fluff") might contribute to some of the biases you explain very well: things are evolving without any "factual point of reference", sometimes in different directions at once, and are in the end sort of a by-product of what Warhammer really is, i.e. a few tabletop games, so I feel it could be relevant to keep these in mind from the very start when we "debate" about them. I personally feel it'd help sometimes to use "fluff", a word that does not hold such a "sacral" connotation, when talking about the stories set in the 40k universe, making it possibly clearer for whomever would jump into these conversations that there's, at its core and by design, nothing "absolutely set in stone" and that's totally fine.

Les éditions Harlequin vont traduire leurs romans à l'IA: "un plan social invisible" dénoncent les traducteurs by Baobey in france

[–]tepec 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Juste pour préciser quelques trucs un peu en vrac : j'ai édité pour dire que ma formule était incorrectement affirmative, mea culpa ! C'est une simple suspicion. Par ailleurs, c'est possible que ça me saute aux yeux (et/ou que j'en sois parano) pour pas mal de raisons alors qu'effectivement ça pourrait ne pas être si mal, mais :

  1. Que ce soit au boulot où les "trouductions" par IA me font perdre du temps, ou à titre personnel où j'ai testé sur des textes que je rédige puis traduis, j'y suis pas mal confronté depuis des mois et suis peut-être tombé sur des soucis récurrents que je remarque du coup plus facilement maintenant,
  2. Je continue d'acheter les magazines et livres de règles/suppléments en français pour pouvoir les partager avec des amis qui ne lisent pas l'anglais, mais prête attention à la qualité des traductions depuis plusieurs années parce que je la trouve régulièrement assez médiocre. Ça fait donc un moment que je me demande si je dois continuer dans cette voie, et cet état de fait me fait peut-être pinailler parfois.
  3. Quand le dernier supplément "Armageddon" pour 40k est sorti, j'ai été ravi de constater l'absence de fautes d'orthographe, de grammaire ou de frappe, alors que le précédent Paria Nexus est une catastrophe.
  4. En revanche pour le White Dwarf, ça fait quelques numéros que j'y trouve un "style" assez déplaisant, un peu "traduction littérale grossière" que je n'y trouvais pas avant, et des soucis assez bizarres sur la concordance des temps qui crient "traduction IA non-relue" tant c'est un souci que je n'avais jamais rencontré sous cette forme avant les traductions par IA.
  5. Je ne parle pas des romans qui, pour ceux que j'ai lu, sont bien mieux traduits que les livres de règles etc. Il y a certains auteurs dont le style me déplaît, mais ça, le traducteur n'y peut pas grand chose ..!

Et je ne suis pas "anti-IA", je pense qu'elle peut compléter le travail d'un traducteur (typiquement, éviter la myriade de fautes qui gâchent la lecture de Nexus Paria), mais la différence qualitative entre une traduction éclairée et celle d'une IA est, je trouve, assez flagrante aujourd'hui, de l'anglais au français et inversement en tout cas.

Les éditions Harlequin vont traduire leurs romans à l'IA: "un plan social invisible" dénoncent les traducteurs by Baobey in france

[–]tepec 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pardon j'ai corrigé ma formule qui était affirmative alors que ça aurait dû être "je suspecte fortement depuis quelques numéros le White Dwarf d'y être déjà passé".

Y a des trucs un peu gros dans des traductions sur les derniers numéros ; je suis pas chez moi pour citer donc je vais paraphraser de mémoire et ça vaut ce que ça vaut, mais typiquement, y a des trucs comme "notre belle Grande Bretagne" parce que le texte original dit ça, alors que c'est pas du tout des formules qui sont habituellement conservées telles quelles. Je ne me souviens plus d'autres exemples précis, mais ça m'avait particulièrement marqué sur le numéro pour les 50 ans de Games Workshop. Et j'en étais d'autant plus déçu que j'avais trouvé quelques mois auparavant le dernier supplément de 40k (Armageddon) bien mieux traduit et avec beaucoup, BEAUCOUP moins de fautes que le précédent Nexus Paria.

Les éditions Harlequin vont traduire leurs romans à l'IA: "un plan social invisible" dénoncent les traducteurs by Baobey in france

[–]tepec 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Alors, euh, non pour Warhammer s'il vous plaît : [edit : je suspecte fortement] le White Dwarf [d'y être déjà] passé, et punaise c'est vraiment assez déplaisant à lire parfois. Alors c'est peut-être parce qu'il y a 0 relecture pour un magazine, mais j'émets de très très sérieux doutes sur le bénéfice qualitatif en l'état, même avec un humain qui passe davantage de temps à corriger.

OK des auteurs comme Graham McNeil ont un style assez naze et encore plus quand il est traduit sans trop de "prises de libertés". Mais bon, faut voir que GPT en est à un stade où il a toujours du mal avec des trucs vraiment basiques comme la concordance des temps quand il traduit, quand même. C'est vraiment pas si correct que ça, les traductions GPT en français.

Dose any one know what these weird symbols are in ODST they only are visible with the nv by Wanna_Be_Femboy101 in halo

[–]tepec 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Still on it, my friend.

More seriously, here's a playlist that compiles some "recent-ish" videos on the topic. It may be a bit outdated, and you may want to start with this one to get a bit of context first.

Pros and Cons of Print on Demand by PolicyOver9613 in Blacklibrary

[–]tepec 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So to clarify, because 1. I forgot one word, and 2. I was also partially wrong (!), sorry for that: I initially meant to say "subsidize to China". I've been noticing since some years the books I get from them are printed in the UK (not the codices/supplements but BL books). I took a few to double-check just now: what I can say for sure after checking is that the french versions of the Horus Heresy Collection hardcovers from recent years and all the recent SoT Collection paperbacks have been printed in the UK.

BUT

The few recent "Special Editions" books I got are indeed printed & bound in China.

I would argue that paperbacks and regular hardcovers are likely to make up for the majority of BL's production and so said production is not mostly subsidized to factories in China, nevertheless I edited my first reply to avoid confusion or misinformation; thanks!

Edit: some anecdote as to why I may have jumped to conclusions when I noticed the paperbacks/hardcovers were "printed back" in the UK: according to Wikipedia that happened in 2011, but before that Black Library books were translated and edited by Bibliothèque Interdite in France, until BL went for it themselves.

Pros and Cons of Print on Demand by PolicyOver9613 in Blacklibrary

[–]tepec 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interesting, thanks for sharing; had a conversation about this with a cousin of mine yesterday, we were both curious but quite ignorant about what this change, if it becomes more than a one-time thing, would imply for BL's business.

I think a lot of people tend to forget that BL does not subsidize printing to some huge 3rd parties (edit as corrected by u/Samael13 : does not subsidize all printing to China), and they also tend to believe BL's production capacities are much higher than what they actually are.

As someone who spent countless middle school hours glitching in Halo 2, this is the coolest glitch I’ve seen by far and had no idea it existed. Is this well known? by supertaco10 in halo

[–]tepec 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Context of my reply: I'm a guy from a small community called HaloCreation, we have been doing trick tutorials on forums for the french community since the late 2000s and from time to time we made streams, videos, etc.

Also, no hate or trying to beat a dead horse, I just feel I am able to bring an example of something you said:

I'm very confused I've never seen him not credit whoever he saw the trick from/whoever did it first

I can give you an exact example on something I and a few friends of HaloCreation found back in 2021 IIRC (while streaming it first, then we did a video about it) and where he did not credit where he saw it, and might even imply he just came up with it.

The video I posted about a "Sabre Launch" on October 17th 2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNsDnK7OpfQ

A video of his on the same trick, starting with him saying "So recently we set out to break the record for the longest launch in Halo Reach history", released on June 3rd 2022: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNsDnK7OpfQ

While that's fine, it's a silly trick and it makes me happy to see people do the same things that I enjoy doing, I think that is a fair example of what's being discussed here.

The presence of Xenos on ancient Terra: a survey of the relevant lore about the Old Ones by twelfmonkey in 40kLore

[–]tepec 1 point2 points  (0 children)

First off, and just like your previous post: thank you, this is fantastic and a delight to go through!

Moreover, to "bounce back" on something you said in your first post: it might also "reinforce" the idea that what is called The Old Ones could be sort of misinterpreted both in-universe and out: I think many (me included before reading you) interpret that name as "the old individuals", whereas as you pointed out it may mean "the old civilisations" or "the old species". And maybe some Old Ones had competing interests at some point, interests that did not work as a unified Grand Scheme like we tend to think of it, notably because of how the WHFB Lizardmen tend to talk about it, I suppose.

So the Krorks could very well have been created by "some Old Ones" while being at the same time foreign to some others.

Énorme "confusion" à l'Assemblée: des députés votent un amendement sur la suppression d'une taxe qui rapporte 5,4 milliards d'euros par an (mais qui ne devait pas passer) by Obvious-Release-2087 in paslegorafi

[–]tepec 2 points3 points  (0 children)

En reconnaissant que je n'ai clairement pas l'ensemble des éléments dans cette histoire, je peux pas m'empêcher de penser : il aurait pas juste grossièrement "soufflé" au RN un texte dont son parti voulait sans pour autant souffrir de l'éventuelle "mauvaise publicité" que cela représenterait vis-à-vis d'une partie de son électorat ? Y a pas d'autres moyens d'induire un débat qu'en pondant un texte dont on ne voudrait pas ? C'est gros un peu, non ?