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ploum

@ploum@mamot.fr
mastodon 4.7.2
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Joue de la machine à écrire dans un one-man-band pour défendre la liberté et l’imaginaire. Auteur de #Bikepunk.

Write SF and #cyberpunk books, free software and texts about freedom.

Pédale. Plonge dans l’eau froide.

Also on Gemini: gemini://ploum.net

16370 Followers
84 Following
50 Posts
Joined April 08, 2017
Blog (FR):
https://ploum.net/index_fr.html
Blog (EN):
https://ploum.net/index_en.html
BIKEPUNK:
https://bikepunk.fr/
À propos/contact (FR+EN):
https://ploum.net/about.html
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ploum @ploum@mamot.fr
· 1d ago
Boosted by @trending@homestead.social
A software always runs on a computer. A software always do what its creator wants it to do. If the software doesn’t do what its creator wanted, it is a mistake from the coder, a bug. If the software runs without the consent of the computer’s owner, it is a malware/virus. Stopping a software is as easy as shutting down the computer on which it is running. Terminator and Mission Impossible are hollywood fiction, there’s no such thing as "rogue software".
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ploum @ploum@mamot.fr
· 6d ago

AI people are starting to get tired and want AI to:

  1. Check for clear mistakes
  2. No First-Person Output
  3. More Non-Natural-Language User Interfaces
  4. Better Reproducibility

https://blog.glyph.im/2026/09/serious-ai-product.html

That’s a good start, dude. You are nearly ready to learn the UNIX command line.

blog.glyph.im

What Would A Serious AI Product Look Like?

Every “AI” tool is missing critical features that you would need if you wanted to do real work with them. What would those look like, if they existed?

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ploum @ploum@mamot.fr
· 4w ago
My AI policy is "I don’t want any kind of interaction with that thing." And this should be all you need to know. https://ploum.net/2026-09-09-ai_policy.html
I Don’t Want to Interact With Stochastic Parrots
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I Don’t Want to Interact With Stochastic Parrots

I Don’t Want to Interact With Stochastic Parrots par Ploum - Lionel Dricot.

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ploum @ploum@mamot.fr
· 1w ago
RE: https://neuromatch.social/@jonny/117325137427138728 Just take some time to understand that a lot of the "magic" and "creativity" of chatbots is basically hardcoded. Thousands of humans wrote it. The AI hype is basically ELIZA 2.0 powered by a nuclear plant.
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THE FUCKING "CANCEL MY SUBSCRIPTIONS" IDEA THAT WON OVER THE NYTIMES JOURNALIST IS FUCKING HARDCODED. ALL THE IDEAS ARE FUCKING HARDCODED. AGI IS HERE BABY!!!!!! #muse #meta #AIIsGoingGreat #AGI #AGITODAYBABY
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jonny (nonvenomous): "THE FUCKING "CANCEL MY SUBSCRIPTIONS" IDEA THAT W…" - neurospace.live

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ploum @ploum@mamot.fr
· 3w ago
"Ploum, you should stop being an extremist! You see all in black and white but you have to grow up, accept compromises and see the other facet of things. If some people want to burn the planet, enslave people, commit genocides, promote dangerous ideologies, destroy education and eradicate mankind, you cannot just reject them. You have to listen and find a middle ground."
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ploum @ploum@mamot.fr
· 3w ago
Boosted by @DataKnightmare@mastodon.xyz
To become independent from X, @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu is betting on … #WSocial, a sort of revamped BlueSky with exactly 3388 users with at least one post. @elena@aseachange.com is trying to alert people about this comical disaster: https://blog.elenarossini.com/tag/w-social/ Which is now even more nonsensical as they inadvertently invented BoratCasting ! https://aseachange.com/@elena/statuses/01M2MQXYZ177XDMX349PBFG7Z2 #WBoratCasting Is Very Nice European Technology for Make Benefits Glorious Nations of Brussels! https://ploum.net/2026-01-22-why-no-european-google.html
W Social - Elena Rossini
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W Social - Elena Rossini

A series of articles about the controversial social network W Social, a for profit company set up by Swedish entrepreneurs, who openly admitted they want to help train European AI models with their users' data (amongst other things).

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ploum @ploum@mamot.fr
· 3w ago
Boosted by @DataKnightmare@mastodon.xyz
J’ai parfois l’impression sur le fait qu’il faut enfoncer le clou encore et encore : l’Europe est un laboratoire incroyable de développement des technologies numériques. On est juste mauvais à en faire des monopoles commerciaux qui exploitent les utilisateurs. Et c’est une excellente nouvelle ! On ne veut pas d’un Google européen mais de participation aux communs. https://ploum.net/2026-01-22-why-no-european-google.html
Why there’s no European Google?
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Why there’s no European Google?

Why there’s no European Google? par Ploum - Lionel Dricot.

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ploum @ploum@mamot.fr
· 3w ago
Boosted by @DataKnightmare@mastodon.xyz
I sometimes feel the need to repeat again and again that the EU is very good at developing technology but is bad at creating commercial monopolies out of it. And it is a f*** good thing! We don’t want an "European Google" https://ploum.net/2026-01-22-why-no-european-google.html
Why there’s no European Google?
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Why there’s no European Google?

Why there’s no European Google? par Ploum - Lionel Dricot.

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ploum @ploum@mamot.fr
· 2w ago
I make the hard prediction that every project/company/institution that keep a clear NO without exception to any use of AI will have a huge competitive advantage in the next 5 years. This also applies to intellectual workers/specialists. You just need to survive until that point. https://ploum.net/2026-09-09-ai_policy.html It looks like @kde@floss.social is on a good track: https://kdeforpeople.com/ I said 5 years but it may come very fast. Read books! Write! Learn! Resist!
I Don’t Want to Interact With Stochastic Parrots
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I Don’t Want to Interact With Stochastic Parrots

I Don’t Want to Interact With Stochastic Parrots par Ploum - Lionel Dricot.

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ploum @ploum@mamot.fr
· 2w ago
Faut-il fuir le numérique ? Ou bien tenter de le reconquérir ? https://ploum.net/2026-09-21-fuir_ou_reconquerir.html
Fuir le numérique ou bien le reconquérir ?
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Fuir le numérique ou bien le reconquérir ?

Fuir le numérique ou bien le reconquérir ? par Ploum - Lionel Dricot.

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ploum @ploum@mamot.fr
· 3w ago
Just want to remind people that when Anthropic installed an "AI soda vending machine" in the Wall Street Journal office, it ended as stupidly as you could imagine. Anthropic said it was the future and when the journalist managed to have a moment of lucidity and genuinely asked if it wasn’t a stupid idea, Anthropic answer was: "Well, you should probably prepare for that world" https://ploum.net/2025-12-19-prepare-for-that-world.html The same stupid people are now shouting "apocalypse" and the same journalists repeat them.
Prepare for That Stupid World
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Prepare for That Stupid World

Prepare for That Stupid World par Ploum - Lionel Dricot.

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ploum @ploum@mamot.fr
· 3w ago
Soyez humains, communiquez ! Pourquoi le moindre humain écrira toujours mieux que le chatbot le plus perfectionné. https://ploum.net/2026-09-14-ecrire_et_ia.html
Soyez humains, communiquez !
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Soyez humains, communiquez !

Soyez humains, communiquez ! par Ploum - Lionel Dricot.

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ploum @ploum@mamot.fr
· 3w ago
Boosted by @neatnik@social.lol
Replying to

@neatnik@social.lol @kfogel@kfogel.org : the questions nobody are asking:

  1. What convinced so many unrelated company to pledge huge some of money to what is a very new, very niche and not groundbreaking project? (I mean, it’s a f*** Linux distro and not even a good one)

Companies always expect some return. And here, I can’t see one. There’s no business interest in the product.

  1. What are they doing with the money? They got 18 millions.  DHH is rich enough not to care and the foundation has only 3 employees.
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ploum @ploum@mamot.fr
· 3mo ago
For many years, I’ve been using Debian :debian: but installing Ubuntu :ubuntu: for others, fearing that Debian was too geek. I spent hours "desenshitificating" Ubuntu. After the Nth failed upgrade, I reconsidered. Oh boy! The Debian 13 GNOME live image is clean, polished, easy and perfect ! Install was a breeze, even with complex partitions. I only added a couple of gnome-shell extensions : dash2dock and desktop-icons. Debian just works like I dreamed it should 25 years ago! Thanks Debian!
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ploum @ploum@mamot.fr
· 3mo ago
Cette canicule vous est offerte par Total-Énergie. Par respect des sponsors, merci de ne plus dire "canicule de juin 2026" mais "Canicule Total-Énergie 2026". ( celle d’il y a un mois étant la "Canicule Bolloré 2026" ) https://ploum.net/2026-06-26-sponsor-canicule.html
Un petit mot de nos sponsors…
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Un petit mot de nos sponsors…

Un petit mot de nos sponsors… par Ploum - Lionel Dricot.

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ploum @ploum@mamot.fr
· 2mo ago
Unless proved otherwise, I now default to considering an unknown Github project younger thant 2024 as vibecoded shit. No, I don’t care about your number of stars or whatever. If you are still using Github and don’t have a clear community record, you will have to earn my trust.
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ploum @ploum@mamot.fr
· 2mo ago
2018 : here’s a very good, thin, light and modern smartphone with an audio jack. Here’s it for 300-500€. 2022: Well, small smartphone or audiojack, you have to choose, you can’t have both. And it will costs you 800€. 2026: Small smartphone ? Nope. Audiojack ? Nope. What are you smoking ? Anyway, if you want a "good" one, you are in for more than 1000€. #enshitification
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ploum @ploum@mamot.fr
· 4mo ago

The invisible man had trans parents.

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· 2mo ago
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ploum @ploum@mamot.fr
· 4mo ago

Them: AI is the biggest revolution known to mankind, it will affect everything, we have to be careful but we must quickly adapt!

Me: I don’t like having to talk to a machine instead of learnable short commands. I also want reliable and repeatable output. I will not use it.

Them: You are a brainwashed anti-tech extremist !

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ploum @ploum@mamot.fr
· 1mo ago
Si on expliquait aux programmeurs que Claude est en fait un prénom féminin, je suis sûr qu’ils trouveraient soudainement tous que le code produit est de la merde et que les LLMs ne comprennent rien à la programmation, que programmer à la main est vachement mieux.
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ploum @ploum@mamot.fr
· 3w ago
Si vous avez en tête des personnes européennes actives dans le monde du logiciel libre que vous voulez voir mises à l’honneur, c’est le moment de les soumettre : https://awards.europeanopensource.academy/nomination-process
awards.europeanopensource.academy

Nomination Process | European Open Source Academy

Open Call for Nominations: European Open Source Awards 2027The European Open Source Awards recognise exceptional contributions to Open Source Software, Open Source Hardware, and Open Technology across Europe. Our 2027 ceremony will take place at the historic and classical Théâtre du Vaudeville in Brussels, celebrating individuals and organizations whose work has advanced innovation, collaboration, and digital sovereignty throughout the European open source ecosystem.

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ploum @ploum@mamot.fr
· 2mo ago
Un manifeste Offpunk https://ploum.net/2026-08-03-offpunk_manifesto.html Traduction du Offpunk Manifesto de @ideiasdechirico#offpunk #technopunk #smolnet #smalltech
Un manifeste Offpunk
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Un manifeste Offpunk

Un manifeste Offpunk par Ploum - Lionel Dricot.

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ploum @ploum@mamot.fr
· 5mo ago

One of my guilty pleasure was, from time to time, to go to hacker news and read random heavily upvoted links.

Those are always easy read, sometimes interesting, sometimes not.

A couple of weeks ago, I did it but nearly all links where about "how I use LLMs to be more productive". The word "Claude" was 17 times on the front page. I could not find one single link I wanted to follow. They were all the same emptyness non-sense.

I was so disgusted, I’ve never visited HN again since that day.

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ploum @ploum@mamot.fr
· 2mo ago

petit bravo au centre culturel d’Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve qui, propose, pour ses spectacles, 4 tarifs :

  • plume : pour les petits budget
  • juste : pour payer sa place normalement
  • soutien : pour soutenir les spectacles
  • solidaire : pour soutenir et compenser le tarif plume voire pour permettre des invitations aux personnes défavorisées.

Alors c’est encore timide (quelques euros entre les tarifs) mais c’est vraiment un truc que je veux encourager.

#olln #ottignies_louvain_la_neuve

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ploum @ploum@mamot.fr
· 4mo ago

Si la merdification vous rend sceptique, c’est une impression fosse !

https://ploum.net/2023-06-15-merdification.html

De la merdification des choses
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De la merdification des choses

De la merdification des choses par Ploum - Lionel Dricot.

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ploum @ploum@mamot.fr
· 1mo ago
Boosted by @scuti@stereophonic.space
J’ai finalement installé un human.json sur https://ploum.net https://codeberg.org/robida/human.json Je ne suis pas convaincu par le format mais tout outil pour établir un réseau de confiance entre "humains" me semble bon à prendre par les temps qui courrent.
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ploum @ploum@mamot.fr
· 1mo ago
Boosted by @scuti@stereophonic.space
I eventually added a human.json to https://ploum.net https://codeberg.org/robida/human.json Thanks @contact for the initiative. Hoping to extend the human network of trust!
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ploum @ploum@mamot.fr
· 5mo ago

Advice for people on the #smolnet.

I’ve seen far too many people complaining they have no feedback about their writing but I simply cannot reach them!

- Put an email contact in an obvious place. Too often, it feels like a quest to find your email.

- Be sure that your email works. No, seriously. I’ve several cases of server returning an error.

- If you don’t want to receive emails, write it explicitely so I don’t spend my time looking for your address.

#gemini #geminiprotocol

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ploum @ploum@mamot.fr
· 2mo ago
Automated combat drones are AI killer app.
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ploum @ploum@mamot.fr
· 4mo ago

You have to keep in mind that commercial companies and organized religions have a common goal : advertise themselves and get customers/followers while giving an image of being very important.

So all discussions about what the pope said or what a CEO said is just giving credit to their own self-marketing.

If you start discussing the details of what they are saying, you have already lost. You give them the importance they seek.

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ploum @ploum@mamot.fr
· 4mo ago

Au sujet d’un home-jacking chez l’humoriste Michaël Youn, le procureur de la république déclare, je cite :

« Deux cambrioleurs armés et cagoulés se sont introduits chez lui. Ils sont très choqués mais n’ont pas été violentés. »

Fin de citation.

On les comprend. Imagine, tu braques quelques maisons peinard et tu tombes sur Michaël Youn qui se met à chanter. Y’a de quoi être choqué !

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ploum @ploum@mamot.fr
· 4mo ago

Plein de meubles à donner dans le bas de la rue de l’Équerre à #louvain_la_Neuve

Y’a un super ensemble de 3 bibliothèques basses récupérées lors de la faillitte du Furet du Nord. Parfait contre un mur ou assemblés en îlot !

#olln #ottignies_louvain_la_neuve

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ploum @ploum@mamot.fr
· 4mo ago

I’m supporting @bebop@fosstodon.org , which is a decentralized AGPLv3 e-shop solution : https://be-bop.io/peerfunding-campaign

One of their current objective is to get 200 stars on github (eeek… github!). If 200 is reached, code of the new connector will be released under AGPLv3.

But, more importantly, each star turns on a flashing beacon on @ludomire@tooting.ch and @tirodem@mastodon.social desk.

So, if you are still on Github, light-em-up by starring the repo :
https://github.com/be-BOP-io-SA/be-BOP

And, yes, Bebop support #gnu @Taler@fosstodon.org !

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ploum @ploum@mamot.fr
· 4mo ago

Il y a 20 ans, avec un de mes premiers salaires, j’achetais mes premiers meubles : des billy IKEA pour faire "ma" bibliothèque.

Aujourd’hui, je me suis offert une "vraie" bibliothèque en bois et je me débarasse donc des billy, après 20 de bons et loyaux services.

Contre toute attente, 3 des armoires sont encore utilisables (1 large et 2 étroites). Je le mets donc à donner à #louvainlaneuve #olln , au cas où ça intéresse qqn avant que ça parte à la déchetterie…

#lln

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ploum @ploum@mamot.fr
· 4mo ago

Je fantasme souvent sur ce que je ferais si j’étais milliardaire mais avoir un super yacht ne m’est jamais venu à l’esprit.

Pourtant, j’adore la mer et l’océan.

Et autant je comprend le jet privé (nonobstant l’aspect écologique) mais un bateau avec 40 membres d’équipage, j’avoue que, non, je n’en vois aucune utilité.

C’est un mystère pour moi ce besoin des milliardaires d’en avoir.

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ploum @ploum@mamot.fr
· 5mo ago
Replying to
@aaribaud@piaille.fr @davidgerard@circumstances.run @audunmb@todon.nl @tante@tldr.nettime.org : « eating your own shit is never healthy » https://ploum.net/2022-12-05-drowning-in-ai-generated-garbage.html (written in 2022)
Drowning in AI Generated Garbage : the silent war we are fighting
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Drowning in AI Generated Garbage : the silent war we are fighting

Drowning in AI Generated Garbage : the silent war we are fighting par Ploum - Lionel Dricot.

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ploum @ploum@mamot.fr
· 4mo ago

Je soutiens @bebop@tooting.ch comme solution e-commerce décentralisé sous AGPLv3 : https://be-bop.io/peerfunding-campaign

L’un des objectifs de la campagne est d’avoir 200 étoiles sur Github (beeek, github…). Et lorsqu’on met une étoile, un gyrophare s’allume sur le bureau de @ludomire@tooting.ch et @tirodem@mastodon.social

Le cap de 200 étoiles permettra de libérer le code d’un nouveau connecteur sous AGPLv3.

Donc, si vous avez encore un compte Github, faites tourner le gyrophare ;-)

https://github.com/be-BOP-io-SA/be-BOP

(bebop accepte #GNU @Taler@fosstodon.org )

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ploum @ploum@mamot.fr
· 4mo ago

I’m quite proud to see how people describe their daily workflow with a software I created:

gemini://sdf.org/tftp/phlogs/2026-05-11-001.txt

#offpunk #gemini #geminiprotocol

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ploum @ploum@mamot.fr
· 5mo ago
Replying to
@Flop_Ysh@hostux.social @DM_Ronin@mstdn.social : what I really like is that it is said that you don’t feel the vibration. So, maybe, this is just a knife with random wifi chipset that light a led when it’s on and people really believe that it cuts better because a LED is on and it costs so much and you can’t put it in the dishwasher but it’s easier to clean. At this point, I start to feel admiration for the one who sell this and think that if people really buy this at this price, then humanity deserves it…
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ploum @ploum@mamot.fr
· 2mo ago
Replying to
@sarahjamielewis@mastodon.social : isn’t that what @librewolf@chaos.social is already doing?
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ploum @ploum@mamot.fr
· 2mo ago
La ville de #biscarosse littéralement encerclée par les flammes ! Pensées pour celleux qui s’y trouvent et qui perdent tout aujourd’hui… Source : arcgis.com
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ploum @ploum@mamot.fr
· 4mo ago
Replying to
@mart_e@mamot.fr @bebop@tooting.ch : et du coup, le commerçant peut être payé sans avoir aucune info sur son client si ces infos ne sont pas nécessaire. Par exemple un distributeur de préservatifs qui s’ouvre lorsqu’il reçoit un paiement sans pouvoir tracer l’origine du client.
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ploum @ploum@mamot.fr
· 4mo ago

Vous avez des conseils pour un écran avec projecteur intégré compatible Linux :debian: ?

Je parle de ces écrans qui se déplient pour occuper une grande surface et le projecteur est juste au pied de l’écran, projetant une image déformée pour qu’elle s’adapte à l’écran.

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ploum @ploum@mamot.fr
· 5mo ago
Replying to
@Rutrapio@piaille.fr : j’ai adoré Moon. De la vraie bonne SF comme je (’adore. Une belle surprise.
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ploum @ploum@mamot.fr
· 5mo ago
Replying to
@oneofthe@growers.social : thanks
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ploum @ploum@mamot.fr
· 2mo ago
Replying to
@fabi1cazenave@mastodon.social : ça a l’air génial ce Dumber Mini. Mais je ne pige pas trop : tu peux installer tout via Aurora Store. C’est donc un full smartphone ? T’as déja vu des retours sur cet appareil ?
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ploum @ploum@mamot.fr
· 5mo ago
Replying to
@npettiaux : bonne idée, je suis curieux de le lire !
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ploum @ploum@mamot.fr
· 4mo ago
Replying to
@Dam_ned@mamot.fr : waaa, à côté de Pierre Bordage ! (dont j’ai découvert il y a quelques jours avec émotion la dédicace qu’il m’a mis dans un recueil de nouvelles, quelques semaines avant sa mort)
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ploum @ploum@mamot.fr
· 4mo ago
Replying to
@dascritch@mast.eu.org : https://www.rtbf.be/article/ca-aurait-pu-se-terminer-tellement-mal-michael-youn-sort-du-silence-apres-son-cambriolage-11723049
'Ça aurait pu se terminer tellement mal ' : Michaël Youn sort du silence après son cambriolage - RTBF Actus
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'Ça aurait pu se terminer tellement mal ' : Michaël Youn sort du silence après son cambriolage - RTBF Actus

Victime d’un home-jacking en début de semaine, le comédien a vécu une grosse frayeur avec sa famille. En effet, les...

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