Category: Science & Geeks
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Evolution to favor user privacy
After the recent information updates from CNIL and other European privacy-supporting public agencies (in Austria, in Italy, etc.), it was becoming clear that the use of Google Analytics to track visitor statistics on our web site was non-compliant with parts of the requirements of GDPR (specifically but not only, because Google data is stored in…
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Alphabet evolution and hyphens
Thanks to very interesting (and very simple) web site of Paul Hsieh GeekPress, I want to share today with you two little gems about English scripture. You certainly knew that the alphabet we use (A to Z) has not always existed. You may have suspected that it was evoving in time from older scripts. Matt…
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A few trains
I have always been fascinated by trains. I grew up in a family house where a whole room was reserved for a permanent installation of a large model train in HO gauge. So, over a few years, I collected a few links I want to share here for your eyes’ delight: Magnificent locomotives and great…
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How to copy a CD-A in FLAC with Exact Audio Copy?
Exact Audio Copy (aka EAC) is the perfect tool to extract music data out of an audio CD or CD-A (to rip a CD) and convert it to a flexible audio file format like MP3, or even better into FLAC. Not only is it able to read the data and transfer it, but it is…
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CD-rip: MP3 or FLAC?
As a matter of fact, when you wanted to copy (or rip) a CD-A disc, you reflexively went for recording in MP3 format. Everybody (or, more precisely, all the programs, all the audio players — pocket-sized or home-cinema-based — can read it. It’s compact an duniversal. But when I wanted to transfer ma CD library…
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Flexible color e-paper displays
I have been checking on e-ink technology for some time, but here is Plastic Logic bringing the best of this technology: Flexible color e-paper. E-paper means that it behave like paper and does not need LED lighting from behind (like the Kindle Paperwhite). Color means that you can do much better than the Kindle Paperwhite…
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Lessons Learned from a new Synology NAS
I recently proceeded to solve a problem I was observing more and more from my sturdy Synology DS413j (7-year-old after all): I ran out of space and the old DS413j has no longer any extension possibility after the four 4TB disks in SHR mode (10.41TB accessible). So, I just bought a shiny new (and black)…
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Pi to one MILLION decimal places
One million useless figures The “most useless page” of this web site shows the first million decimal figures of PI (Do you remember your math? PI=3.14, more or less). All this is a kind of « virtual partnership » with French scientific magazine La Recherche whose December 2005 issue is titled : « Pi, le maître nombre » (Pi, the Master number). There,…
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Test your firewall
Shields up! Shields up! will allow you to test the security of your Internet conection. If you have a firerwall, you will know if it is correctyl configured. If you don’t, you will know what risks you are taking. I invite you to visit the rest of the web site, too. It covers security aspects linked…