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@cbrooklyn112 the driveway has really needed to be replaced since we moved in 27 years ago. I just keep putting the $200 patch on it by sealing it at least once a year. There have always been other projects that have taken precedence.
@cbrooklyn112 already spent a few hours a couple of days ago using trowel grade crack filler to fill in most of the large areas/cracks, now it’s just putting the tar down on top.
my father did it for decades. in his last decade he had a service come out to do it. So if you tire of it make sure you know there are services. Also cement is a satisfying alternative.
@scottdhansen as I said, I’ve wanted to replace it w/concrete for years. Unfortunately the $10k investment in it has always been overshadowed by other priorities (i.e. furnace/AC, plumbing, water heater, interior remodels, etc.) as long as I can drive to my garage (oh yeah, garage replacement happened 15 years ago too) I can keep patching it. Winters here are rough, so eventually I am sure I’ll need to do it.
I know the gulp I did when replacing mine but it was a joke. Having the damn garage in the backyard added an extra run of concrete that ate up a shit ton of capital. I’ve too have no end of stuff on the capital expenditure list to sort and prioritize.
News story this AM on the local broadcast, Independence Day cookouts are more expensive this year. How much? “Almost 2% for a group of 10”. But this amount was not stated until the very end. They spent the time saying how much the price burgers/beef or brats have have gone up.
So NOW they want to tell us how inflation is affecting us. But under 4 years of Biden when inflation was running much higher (forgive me, I’m too lazy to go look up the amount) it was never talked about.
« Comme tout le monde, j’ai souvent pensé que je n’avais pas le temps. Jusqu’à ce que je fasse preuve d’honnêteté envers moi-même : le temps, je l’avais. Simplement, je ne le prenais pas ! »
Several perch over 2 pounds was caught yesterday. These are the two biggest and both new personal records closing in to 3 pounds. My friend new record is 1290 gram (2.84 pounds) and mine was 1305 gram 2.88 pounds and 49 cm long. I also caught a small zander wich is a rare fish where I live. #fishing #sweden
Dr. Marwan Sultan, director of the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza, his wife, and their five children were killed when Israeli forces shelled their home in the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood of southern Gaza.
« votre pourquoi, la raison profonde pour laquelle vous désirez vous lancer dans un projet en particulier. Ce pourquoi est un moteur qui donne sens à vos actions et vous permet de ne pas abandonner.»
This study investigates the association between speakers' personal attributes, such as political stance or military experience, and their variable pronunciations of Iraq/Iran, as elicited through a rapid anonymous survey. For both target items, speakers' choice of variant appears to be associated not with political affiliation but with two other factors: ability to speak a second language and military service. English speakers who report being able to speak a foreign language are more likely to employ a variant more aligned with the source language, [irɑ:k]/[irɑ:n], while those with a record of military service tend toward the Americanized variants, [ajræk]/ [ajræn]. These results suggest that while specific variants might index political attitude in contexts where the construction of a particular political identity is desirable, in the absence of such a context, speakers' choice of variant is governed primarily by experiential factors.
It sounds exhausting but delicious, I'm sure it will all be very much appreciated. You better rest up on Monday. I shall issue a finger wagging lecture if I see you doing anything strenuous after this weekend.
Good, i hope you can get some decent rest between now and then too but a good lie in is a nice treat. I've often found the days that I plan to lie in I usually wake up early, so I just read in bed.
Just finished Keeping hubby awake for his drive to work. He asked about what’s for dinner. I said anything you want. Him zero clue cause made him breakfast today. lol
Maybe just suggest something you know he likes and have all the ingredients for. I must admit I hate it when people ask what i want, I've been living alone long enough that I just go make stuff that I'm hungry for.
I can‘t repeat their language or insults they tell their ex husbands. But can tell you why no husband.
My mother’s in laws dying wish was for me to take care of him. I agreed. I married the favorite. Plus I have the blessing of his parents both. So that is that.
« Mes amis Lorsque l’on est persuadé d’être très compétent, on stagne dans son apprentissage, car on ne voit pas l’intérêt d’approfondir. Demandons-nous alors : « Et si je ne savais pas tout ? Et si je jouais la carte de l’humilité ? » L’humilité fait apprendre. Lorsque l’on se lance dans l’apprentissage, il se peut que l’on se croie doué au départ, jusqu’à ce qu’on découvre qu’il existe une infinité de choses à apprendre ! Nous n’en finissons jamais. Nous tombons dans la vallée de l’humilité : je sais que je ne sais pas tout, que je peux toujours progresser. C’est ainsi que je progresse.
Lorsque l’on est persuadé d’être incompétent, on se bloque aussi, car on considère que c’est peine perdue. Demandons-nous : « Et si j’en savais plus que je ne croyais ? Et si je pouvais progresser ?
»Réfléchissez à ces biais cognitifs, afin de vous entraîner à accueillir de nouvelles pensées, une nouvelle vision du monde et des choses. Chaque fois que vous êtes persuadé d’avoir raison sur un sujet, osez une remise en question. »
Je n'ai pas le temps de regarder pour l'instant. J'ai écouté Branco sur Thinkerview. Il me laisse toujours un peu dubitatif, sorte de mélange de Tintin et de Robin des bois. Mais il est intéressant, et dans le quasi désert intellectuel et politique en France (hors quelques "complotistes" et plateformes "alternatives") ce n'est pas à négliger. Donc on va suivre ce gauchiste bourgeois en voie de rédemption.
An investigation by The Guardian revealed that the Israeli military used a powerful 500-pound bomb, likely an MK-82, in its attack on Al-Baqa café by the #Gaza seaside.
This bomb, caused a massive explosion and scattered shrapnel over a wide area, leaving a large crater at the site. The use of such a weapon may amount to a war crime.
El durian es tan maloliente que su consumo está prohibido en interiores, pero la popularidad de esta fruta, considerada un superalimento, no deja de aumentar en China y en el resto de Asia.
On July 22, 2025, the US President sent more than 100 American aircraft to bomb Iran, which is a few thousand kilometres away from the Unites States. This
Elon Musk vient-il de tourner le dos définitivement aux États-Unis ? Alors que Tesla coupe ses partenariats fédéraux, que SpaceX est exclu des contrats militaires, et que Starlink se déploie dans les pays des BRICS sans l’aval de Washington, une nouvelle ère commence.
Le 5 juin 2025, Musk accuse Trump d’ingratitude… et commence à transférer ses technologies vers la Chine, le Brésil, l’Inde et l’Afrique du Sud.Tesla alimente désormais le réseau énergétique chinois. Starlink échappe au contrôle du Pentagone. Et l’influence américaine vacille.**
Washington a-t-elle perdu le dernier technologue qu’elle ne pouvait pas se permettre de perdre ? Ou Musk vient-il d’ouvrir une brèche que d’autres suivront ?
Dans cette vidéo, on décrypte les décisions radicales de Musk, les réactions internationales, et ce que cela révèle du nouvel ordre technologique mondial.
Elon Musk vient-il de tourner le dos définitivement aux États-Unis ?Alors que Tesla coupe ses partenariats fédéraux, que SpaceX est exclu des contrats milita...
The KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya sank almost half an hour after leaving East Java province's Banyuwangi port on its way to Bali late on Wednesday, the agency said on Thursday.
Mads Gilbert, an emergency medicine doctor who has spent extensive time working in Gaza, says the Gaza Health Foundation (GHF) distribution centres are part of the Israeli occupation forces and the Israeli government plan to ethnically cleanse and to fulfil their goal of genocide in Gaza.
“The distribution organisation is aimed at using food as bait to attract starving people, to terrorise them and to kill them. The shooting of people in food lines is a war crime.”
Drinking water shortage looming in the Netherlands. Not the climate change impact you'd expect in this wet place, with growing annual precipitation under climate change. But periods of drought make more resources necessary, and provinces fail to organize it, due to pollution and competing use.
As the Linux world increasingly moves towards adopting Wayland in place of X11, there is a serious risk that a third of a century's worth of FOSS desktops and windowing environments would get dropped and left behind. Wayback could prevent that happening, and retain the diversity of choice in GUIs while modernizing the tools upon which they run.
Why do I feel like narrowing down the options would not be that bad? The whole world of Linux is, IMO, in dire need of consolidation behind tried and tested, universally accepted technologies instead of endless number of choices for specific tastes. That is at least the case if Linux aims for desktops (like it now very much should and could with all the Win 11 mess).
There really can’t be half a dozen or more alternatives for any particular task. Two desktop environments for example has to be enough for 99% of users, same with package management systems etc. Otherwise the newbie user will only get scared and confused, or not be able to easily find support relevant to their ”version” of Linux.
Man, we really need to make "The ~~Church~~ Cathedral and the Bazaar" required reading.
You clearly have missed the entire point of Linux, which is the freedom to do with your machine as you like. The endless number of choices for specific tastes is the result of people having the choice to write their own thing.
When consolidation happens, when people say "make my choice for me, I can't make decisions" we end up with super constrained setups like MacOS, Windows 11 and stupid Gnome the way it is now; no choice, do it our way or not at all.
And the answer is still freedom. It's obvious in the plugins and addons for gnome that get it to do basic customizing you find in, say xfce as a toggle in the settings. You find it in the myriad of softwares written for windows and mac that let the user do what they want to do.
And I will likely not be the first to point out to you Linux doesn't "aim for desktops", linux isn't an organization the way ms and apple are. And it likely never will be.
Newbies will be scared and confused no matter what's in front of them.
Why do I feel like narrowing down the options would not be that bad?
Perhaps because you miss Microsoft or Apple? In a rather misdirected way?
Half the point is there are multiple ways to do things - and mind, Windows is like that too (you can get to some settings though the new Control Panel, the old Control Panel, the Regedit, the Powershell...). Just about the only thing in Windows you are forced only one vision of is the desktop itself, but as soon as you double-click an icon, all bets are off.
Also if what you want is getting behind "tried and tested, universally accepted technologies"... that's what sysvinit, ALSA, X11 and automake / build-essentials; no need for systemd, Pulseaudio, Wayland and Snaps. Pulseaudio was basically a stillborn deformed baby whereas I've never seen ALSA fail since 2002 (to the point even today I have to "fix" Flatpak not having audio on Pipewire unless Pulseaudio sits behind it by just seating both of them behind ALSA). I don't even have to begin on Wayland, it started as just vaporware; Systemd is largely an attempt to microsoft-ize Linux system management; and Snaps make me want to snap.
As for newbies... others have addressed the point but honestly, if someone gets scared and whiny at the "choose your starter" screen of the game, they're not gonna last any in a Pokémon game nor would I want them around whining about things they couldn't even be bothered to be here for.
oh i remember this. it was that guy who thought he could fix xorg by himself, and ended up breaking it further. then accused gnome of being "dei" when they kicked him out lol
We, the undersigned, call on the UK Home Secretary to urgently proscribe the “Israel Defence Forces (IDF)” as a terrorist organisation, under the Terrorism Act 2000. We believe their actions meet this definition and that they pose a threat to the safety and security of innocent civillians.
The "IDF" has repeatedly carried out large-scale, deliberate acts of violence against civilians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, in order to pursue political and territorial goals.
California AB715 2025-2026 AB 715 as amended Zbur Educational equity discrimination antisemitism prevention 1 Existing law states the policy of the State of California is to afford all persons in public schools regardless of their disability gender …
I was at a conference about Palestine shortly before he was killed. None of the Israelis I spoke to were willing to publicly name these horrors, says financial and political analyst Ahmed Najar
In this State of Play livestream, Greg Stoker exposes how Israeli forces are attacking starving Gazans at food drops, spiking flour with opioids, and deploying ISIS-linked gangs to guard convoys—under the guise of humanitarian aid.
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While waiting to enter Gaza on a medical aid mission, an American doctor watched Israeli security forces confiscate the cans of powdered baby formula packed in his luggage. The vital product is desperately lacking in the Palestinian enclave, where about 50 children have died of hunger since March.
Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian Territories, has called on countries to impose a full arms embargo as well as cut off trade and financial ties with Israel, which she alleged is waging a genocidal campaign in Gaza.
“Israel is responsible for one of the cruellest genocides in modern history,” Albanese said in a speech to the UN Human Rights Council.
Un biais cognitif, c’est comme un piège dans notre tête. C’est quand notre cerveau fait une erreur sans qu’on s’en rende compte. Il croit qu’il pense bien, mais en fait, il se trompe un peu. C’est comme porter des lunettes qui changent un peu la réalité : on voit les choses d’une façon spéciale, mais pas toujours juste
🧃 1. Biais de confirmation
C’est quand tu penses qu’une chose est vraie, et tu cherches seulement ce qui te donne raison. 📌 Exemple : Tu dis : “Le jus de pomme, c’est le meilleur !” Alors tu écoutes seulement les copains qui disent “Oui, moi aussi j’adore !” Mais tu ignores ceux qui préfèrent le jus d’orange.
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🧒 2. Effet de groupe (ou biais de conformité)
C’est quand tu fais comme tout le monde, même si ce n’est pas ce que tu veux vraiment. 📌 Exemple : Tu veux dessiner un chien, mais tous les autres dessinent des chats. Alors tu dessines un chat aussi, juste pour être comme eux.
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🍭 3. Biais d’ancrage
C’est quand la première chose qu’on te dit influence ce que tu crois, même si ce n’est pas logique. 📌 Exemple : On te dit : “Ce bonbon coûte 10 dinars !” Puis on te dit : “Mais je te le fais à 5 dinars, c’est une super affaire !” Tu crois que c’est pas cher… alors qu’un bonbon de 5 dinars, c’est déjà beaucoup !
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🧠 En résumé :
Les biais cognitifs, ce sont des façons bizarres ou trompeuses de penser. Ils arrivent à tout le monde, même aux grands ! Mais quand on les connaît, on peut mieux réfléchir.
For Rida Abu Hadayed, summer adds a new layer of misery to a daily struggle to survive in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip.
With temperatures exceeding 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit), daybreak begins with the cries of Hadayed’s seven children sweltering inside the displaced family’s cramped nylon tent. Outside, the humidity is unbearable.
Israeli forces arrested seven high school students in the occupied West Bank at dawn, hours before they were scheduled to take their exams this morning.
A family of six was completely wiped out in an Israeli strike that targeted a tent in the so-called “safe zone” of al-Mawasi in southern Gaza. last night. Seven others were also killed in the same attack.
Local sources reported that the Israeli strike targeted a makeshift tent in a displacement camp, where clusters of tents sheltering already displaced families also caught fire.
In a speech to the UN Human Rights Council, UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese said: “The situation in the occupied Palestinian territory is apocalyptic.”
“Israel is responsible for one of the cruellest genocides in modern history,” she added, in a speech that was met with a burst of applause from the Geneva council.
GENEVA: A UN expert on Thursday called on states to impose an arms embargo and cut off trade and financial ties with Israel, which she alleged is waging a “genocidal campaign” in Gaza.
Amnesty International issued a report Thursday claiming a controversial Israeli- and U.S.-backed system to distribute aid in Gaza uses starvation tactics against Palestinians to continue to commit genocide in the Gaza Strip.
The U.K.-based human rights group condemned Israel and the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which the U.S. and Israel have backed to take over aid distribution in Gaza from a network led by the United Nations.
At least 15 Palestinians were killed earlier on Thursday in an Israeli attack targeting a school sheltering displaced families in Gaza City. The victims include children who were burned to death.
Medical sources reported that 11 people were killed in the Israeli attack on the Mustafa Hafez School in the Al-Rimal neighborhood in western Gaza City.
Local sources reported the bombing caused a fire at the school, burning people alive.
Gaza (Quds News Network)- At least 15 Palestinians were killed earlier on Thursday in an Israeli attack targeting a school sheltering displaced families in Gaza City. The victims include children who
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The administration of US President Donald Trump has approved a $510 million arms deal to the Israeli entity, including more than 7,000 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) guidance kits.
« Mes amis Notre cerveau reçoit beaucoup d’informations au quotidien et ne conserve que celles que nous estimons utiles. Sinon, il serait débordé. Cette caractéristique nous rappelle que l’apprentissage doit être conscient. Pour retenir une information, nous devons choisir de la retenir. Nous devons nous investir. D’où l’intérêt, toujours, de s’entraîner délibérément. Dans l’apprentissage, notre volonté d’apprendre et l’attention que nous y mettons y participent au plus haut point. »
On July 3, 1863, the Battle of Gettysburg reached its climax, with 140,000 troops facing each other on the battlefield. From Culp’s Hill to the fields south of town, Day 3’s battles—culminating in Pickett’s Charge—produced over 15,000 casualties, deciding the battle’s outcome. Lee’s Confederates staked everything on breaking Meade’s Union line, while the Army of the Potomac fought to hold the high ground.
At dawn on July 3rd, Meade’s 85,000 Union troops fortified their fishhook line along Cemetery Hill, Culp’s Hill, and Cemetery Ridge, bolstered by II, III, and XII Corps. Meade anticipated a Confederate attack, focusing on defense. Lee, with 65,000 men, held Seminary Ridge and Gettysburg, his army battered but resolute.
Frustrated by Day 2’s failures, Lee planned a massive assault on the Union center, led by Longstreet, with Pickett’s fresh division, while Ewell renewed attacks on Culp’s Hill and Stuart’s cavalry probed the Union lines to the rear. Both commanders braced for a decisive confrontation under the sweltering July heat.
At 4:00 AM, Union XII Corps, under Brig. Gen. George S. Greene, launched a counterattack to reclaim Culp’s Hill trenches lost to Johnson’s Confederates on July 2nd.
Over 10,000 Union troops, backed by artillery, blasted Ewell’s brigades—Steuart’s and Daniel’s—in a seven-hour slugfest. By 11:00 AM, relentless Union assaults, led by regiments like the 137th New York, drove the Confederates off the hill, securing the Union right. The fighting, marked by heavy musketry and cannon fire, cost over 2,000 casualties, ending Lee’s hopes of turning Meade’s flank and shifting his focus to the Union center.
Around noon, Confederate cavalry under Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, 6,000 strong, clashed with Union cavalry under Brig. Gen. David M. Gregg east of Gettysburg at Rummel’s Farm. Lee aimed to disrupt Union lines, but Gregg’s 5,000 troopers, including Custer’s brigade, stood firm. Custer rallied the 1st Michigan, shouting, “Come on, you Wolverines!”
After hours of mounted and dismounted fighting, and about 500 casualties, Stuart’s advance was halted. Securing Meade’s rear and foiling the Confederate flanking maneuver.
Late on July 3, Union cavalry under Brig. Gen. Elon Farnsworth, part of Kilpatrick’s division, launched a doomed charge against Longstreet’s right flank south of Big Round Top. Ordered to disrupt Confederate lines, Farnsworth’s 300 troopers faced Law’s infantry and artillery across rocky terrain.
Around 5:00 PM, the 1st Vermont and others charged, only to be cut down by rifle volleys and canister fire. Farnsworth fell, and his brigade lost over 100 men in minutes. The futile attack, criticized as reckless, had little impact but highlighted the day’s relentless violence.
At 1:00 PM, 150 Confederate cannons, stretching along Seminary Ridge, unleashed a thunderous two-hour bombardment on the Union center at Cemetery Ridge. The barrage, meant to soften Meade’s line, sent shells screaming into II Corps’ positions under Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock. Eighty Union guns, led by Col. Freeman McGilvery, replied, cloaking the field in smoke. Despite the deafening roar, Union troops, sheltered behind stone walls and earthworks, suffered minimal losses.
The artillery duel, one of the war’s largest, set the stage for Lee’s climactic assault, as both sides braced for the decisive moment, Pickett’s Charge.
At 3:00 PM, 12,500 Confederates—Pickett’s, Pettigrew’s, and Trimble’s divisions—emerged from Seminary Ridge for Pickett’s Charge. Advancing a mile across open fields, they faced a storm of Union artillery from Cemetery Ridge, led by Lt. Alonzo Cushing’s battery.
Hancock’s II Corps, including the 69th Pennsylvania and 1st Minnesota, unleashed devastating rifle volleys. Pickett’s Virginians, with Armistead’s brigade, breached the Angle’s stone wall, but Union counterattacks, led by Col. George Stannard’s Vermonters, crushed the assault. Over 6,000 Confederates fell, including Armistead, in a catastrophic defeat.
Day 3’s battles cemented Union victory. Culp’s Hill’s recapture secured the right, while cavalry fights east and south, led by Custer and Gregg, blocked the Confederate threats. Pickett’s Charge, a disastrous failure, cost Lee 6,000 men, with total Day 3 casualties nearing 15,000—8,000 Confederate, 7,000 Union. Meade’s line held firm. Lee’s dream of victory collapsed, forcing a retreat. The Union, bloodied but triumphant, claimed the field, setting the stage for the war’s turning point.
Lee’s army, with 28,000 losses, would retreat the next day, July 4th. Meade, with 23,000 casualties, did not pursue, sparking debate. Critics, including Lincoln, argued he missed a chance to crush Lee. Defenders cite Meade’s exhausted troops, low supplies, and Lee’s still-formidable army, arguing caution preserved the victory.
Gettysburg shifted the war’s tide, but Meade’s restraint, praised by some and scorned by others, left the Confederacy’s in tact dragging the war on for two more years.
«Mes amis le cerveau n’est pas un organe figé, mais une structure qui se remodèle en permanence, au gré de nos expériences. Chaque fois que l’on vit de nouvelles choses, que l’on apprend de nouvelles informations, la myéline se fortifie. La myéline est la gaine qui protège les synapses, qui elles-mêmes sont les cellules situées entre les neurones. Une myéline renforcée accroît la connexion et la communication entre nos neurones. De nouveaux chemins neuronaux se dessinent. Notre cerveau devient plus performant ; il fait des liens entre toutes les informations qu’il héberge, ce qui nous aide à avoir de nouvelles idées, des facilités de compréhension, un esprit plus vif, de l’humour aussi… Ce phénomène se maintient tout au long de la vie. Il n’y a pas d’âge pour apprendre ! »
« Le cerveau est un allié dans l’apprentissage. C’est grâce à lui que nous pouvons repousser nos limites. Il est donc important de connaître ses secrets pour l’utiliser au mieux. »
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