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hi !

You could try to find apprenticeships.

Some companies are smart, and specialize in hiring qualified workers that don't have the right degrees, because other companies wouldn't and hence they're cheap. I'm working for a company like that

It's frustrating for the above-mentioned reasons, and because you know you're just disposable once your internship ends and they would have to pay for your work

But at least you can get virtually any kind of job you would like through internships, if you want to do dev, security, devops, ... It's also a first experience to write on your resume, and you will meet contacts who can recommend you. Because once you have experience, degrees become irrelevant

I mean, anyway, being naturalised here happens when you are in a stable situation, and is very symbolic in that case, so there is no rush.

If you live in France, you are welcome to be in here, you can vote for local elections if you're from the EU, you pay taxes or not according to your income, like anyone else, you can access the full social security system and other public services,...

I understand that being French is a stateless concept about living in here and sharing the moment, and it's not just a legal status ; so it makes sense if it takes time, but it arrives eventually.

Legally, the government has to reply within 18 months after your application, according to the page about Naturalisation on service-public.fr, an official website (idk if I may post links)

In some cities like Lyon, you can indeed wait 1+ year for the process.

Informally, the Administration / "Préfectures" are infamous for being slow, and requests are processed in each administrative division, so you'd rather not be in a city where there are a lot of applicants.

Me too, I've searched for "Tor" and "how we kill anonymised users", and found nothing

Cloudflare is indeed the problem, and the reason why I no longer visit some websites.

oh ok, professionals have standards

my bad !

I will elaborate and be "more thoughtful and substantive" as written in the guidelines, next time

I didn't know where to place the cursor, since the issue was inherently politic and not about technology, as the article states

But this article deserved political comments, nonetheless

And the results are pretty similar to the 2018 vote on cancelling their public broadcaster, which also highlighted questions of corruptibility of big companies, but was not around privacy, technology, or surveillance.

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/vote-march-4--2018_att...

That can also be read on the scale of "privatize anything because the state should just make 'laws'"/"have a public sector to offer basic services to citizens", that is a debate in Europe

They don't trust private companies, and they'd rather have their government to manage their IDs. As explained in the article.

The latest European standard for IDs is a credit-card sized of plastic with a chip in it.

It should allow more security, because digital signature is harder to forge than previous physical securities. But also you could use them more easily in other countries, as it can be read by a computer, and not a human that speaks a finite set of languages.

Lastly, you could use them for authentication for various online and daily services, such as banking, taxes, creation of companies, digital signature,... that are said to save time on logistics.

If even SWITZERLAND votes for socialism : congrats, capitalism, you've played yourself

I do hate miners

But I'm concerned that a company can tell you what you can or can't do with your hardware. Where is the spirit behind the hacker community, Jailbreaking iPhones, the right to repair, the ban of tattoos that prevented the use of Linux on PCs,... That's a very concerning move from me.

Also, for a company that does morale :

(1) Nvidia's marketing is one of the best for making old products look obsolete and replaceable. Most gamers would do great with their old gen card, they just don't need to upgrade already. But they reserve cards for them so that they can create as much e-waste as they want

(2) they could just have prevented supply issues if their supply chains were diverse and resilient. But it turns out they aren't. And it's not something that was asked by the gamers

(3) for a company that's focused around gamers, they have already prevented powerful "crypto" GPUs from being repurposed into gaming gear, as featured in LTT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY4s35uULg4

it doesn't work everywhere, tho.

Check out how Walmart failed in Germany, for exemple. Among others, management forced the employees to be welcoming to customers, but the Germans found it creepy.

Personaly, I'm more the German kind. I've avoided grocery stores and businesses where the manager is overly talkative and gives discounts for no reason.

IMO, to have a great shop, just have the parts the poeple need, so that they don't come for nothing. Then, have a website to let customers check out your stock, the prices, and choose parts from home. Not only it's reassuring to them, but it's also quicker to you when they know what they want. And know how to fix bikes, as much as possible on the spot.

It's hard to disappoint a customer in a shop. Actually, they'll often be happy and truely appreciate the place. Running this kind of business is mostly about getting them back. When they need something, they'll go to the place they consider the most appropriate. Even if they also like other shops.

I don't get the mass closure thing they talk about in the article. Where are the journalists based ?

In here, in France, merch in almost every bike shop is easily sold out, as people rushed to transition from car and public transportation to bike, to avoid crowded trains without generating hellish traffic jams and pollution. (and roads were even closed to cars, and became the most enjoyable bike routes,like Rue de Rivoli in Paris, that connects the Louvre, le marais, les Invalides... now without cars)

So they don't suffer from anything, and I haven't seen a single shop out of business.

Bikes isn't about being high techs, nor speed. (otherwise, you need a BMW or an Audi)

If cyclists want something fixed fast (ie on a commuter bike), they buy the part on the internet, or on the way back from work, and mount it themselves in the evening.

Also, there is still a load of retro design in bikes. I'm a student, and I don't have the hotest model from the most popular brand, for exemple. I have a 1990s road bike, and a 2014 trekking bike with stuff like threated bottom bracket, for exemple.

Lastly, a shop that is able to tune a old headset with the 32mm wrenches, straighten a wheel perfectly, and know that your handlebar is probably 25 mm wide, and not 26.5mm like you ordered (or the vice versa), is greatly appreciated. I've seen franchises that were unable to do that.

So shops with experimented people are the place to go.