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Cake day: June 16th, 2023

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  • I’ve noticed first hand the impact of environmental factors.

    I moved from a place where I needed the car for EVERYTHING. This include taking off the garbage. Even going for a walk wasn’t possible without taking the car first.

    Most of the food I was eating was imported (mainly from the US). I was able to find few local fruits and vegetable but choices are quite limited and the supply erratic.

    Then I moved back to France, I now live in a small village where everything is available at a walking or biking distance. School, work, small grocery shop, bakery, doctor, pharmacy, coworking space, kids activity. I’m might be using the car once a week now.

    There is plenty of farmers in the area with local produces and even supermarkets have a wide selection of decent fruits and vegetables but I prefer the local producers as I can.

    I stopped working out, I have not purposely changed my eating habits but without any surprise I am in a much, much better physical shape now.


  • Those who have taken the entire dish onto their plates, leaving others’ plates empty, and who, having taken it all, say with a straight face and a clear conscience, “We who have everything are for peace!”—I know exactly what I must shout at them: You are the first to be violent; you are the instigators of all violence!

    And when, in the evening, in your beautiful homes, you go to kiss your grandchildren, with a clear conscience, you probably have more blood on your hands—unaware of it, in God’s eyes—than the desperate person who took up arms to try to escape their despair will ever have.

    But let’s not fool ourselves: violence isn’t limited to weapons; there are situations of violence.

    A speech from the Abbé Pierre on the national TV in France. The man itself has been accused of multiple sexual aggression so he’s not someone to admire but he did do a lot for homeless people.



  • I stopped drinking alcohol.

    I strongly reduced my consumption after my first kid was born and just drank less and less.

    Initially I reduced my consumption because being hangover while taking care of a crying baby SUCKS! Then the less I drank the more I realized the impact of even a glass of wine to my mood and energy level.




  • Personal disaster as well.

    If something happens to me and I am incapacitated, or worse, my wife or my brother can request access to my vault and without any action in my side for a week they will have access to my vault. (Emergency access feature in bitwarden)

    So it does not add the stress of needing to call ALL the utility companies, bank, school … To reset passwords or request emergency access.

    I saw that first hand with my brother in law who had an accident and went into a coma. We were lucky that his computer wasn’t locked and all his password accessible on it.





  • I love nixos, it’s been my daily driver for the last 3 years for work and home.

    A more accurate metaphor would be:

    • When modding the car, with a arch, Debian of most other distros you actually mod the car. If you want to change the seats you physically install new seats.
    • With nixos you don’t intervene directly on the car, you change the blueprint of the car and let the robot reassemble the car according to the blueprint.