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Lancement de /r/truefrance by joelthelionin truefrance

[–]joelthelion[S] 0 points1 point ago

On pourrait en discuter sur /r/france, savoir si les gens seraient pour une modération plus stricte?

South Korea to Chemically Castrate Repeat Child Rapist by PrinceDakkarin worldnews

[–]joelthelion 1 point2 points ago

You can see where they are and that they're not near places they're not allowed to go like schools.

That constant monitoring would cost a lot, not be very reliable, and there are children everywhere, not only near schools.

I don't think chemical castration is an acceptable option.

You don't even give the beginning of an argument against it.

South Korea to Chemically Castrate Repeat Child Rapist by PrinceDakkarin worldnews

[–]joelthelion 0 points1 point ago

"Chemical castration" is not a permanent thing.

South Korea to Chemically Castrate Repeat Child Rapist by PrinceDakkarin worldnews

[–]joelthelion 3 points4 points ago

Are we really talking about the same kind of "chemical castration"?

South Korea to Chemically Castrate Repeat Child Rapist by PrinceDakkarin worldnews

[–]joelthelion 1 point2 points ago

So which of the three does this violate?

South Korea to Chemically Castrate Repeat Child Rapist by PrinceDakkarin worldnews

[–]joelthelion 1 point2 points ago

It's a good part of it, though, or more specifically, hormones are an important part of the question. It might not work for all these criminals, but I bet it can work for at least some of them. So the question is, can we verify that the therapy is working?

South Korea to Chemically Castrate Repeat Child Rapist by PrinceDakkarin worldnews

[–]joelthelion 1 point2 points ago

but I'd prefer to offer them a choice between continued imprisonment or GPS tagging/monitoring

How does GPS tagging/monitoring make them safe for society? I'm all for offering choice to these people, as long as it is safe for society. In my mind the whole point of the judiciary system is not to offer revenge or to rehabilitate criminals, but to protect society from crime.

Que pensez-vous du retour à la semaine scolaire de 5 jours ? by teston13in france

[–]joelthelion 5 points6 points ago

C'est meilleur pour les enfants venant de famille défavorisées: plus encadrés, ils ont plus de chance de réussir. C'est évidemment moins bien pour les familles où tout va bien et où les deux parents bossent à 100% ou presque.

SOPA Author Gets Lovely Billboard Right Outside His Office by lewojedain Piracy

[–]joelthelion 3 points4 points ago

Very cool. Congrats to all who funded it.

Linux 3.4 released - Btrfs improvements, a new X32 ABI, improved GPU driver support by diegocgin linux

[–]joelthelion 2 points3 points ago

Still not "small" by any metric :)

Linux kernel 3.4 released by sidcool1234in programming

[–]joelthelion 5 points6 points ago

The linux kernel is one of the finest achievements in programming. How is a new release not relevant to this subreddit?

Linux 3.4 released - Btrfs improvements, a new X32 ABI, improved GPU driver support by diegocgin linux

[–]joelthelion 14 points15 points ago

A small program that's over 15 million lines long.

Please Don't Learn to Code by kracekumarin coding

[–]joelthelion 1 point2 points ago

I agree: if the problem is sufficiently complex, you need both a computer specialist and a domain specialist. But things will be far easier if the domain specialist has even basic knowledge of programming.

Bill Gates on ACPI and Linux [pdf] by wonglikin linux

[–]joelthelion 7 points8 points ago

Innovation at its finest.

Please Don't Learn to Code by kracekumarin coding

[–]joelthelion 22 points23 points ago

You know who can best write code to solve a problem? Someone who actually understands the problem. And the person who best understands the problem is the person who has it, not some random developer reading a spec. If more people could code, more systems would be designed with coding in mind, and a lot of problems could be solved.

Ils sont forts chez Bouygues... by K000TH0Rin france

[–]joelthelion 4 points5 points ago

Alors il faudrait poster la question initiale...

Ils sont forts chez Bouygues... by K000TH0Rin france

[–]joelthelion 3 points4 points ago

La question ne veut rien dire, je ne vois pas ce qu'il peut espérer de mieux.

Gauche Caviar: a pejorative French term to describe someone who claims to be a socialist while living in a way that contradicts socialist values by blankblankin wikipedia

[–]joelthelion 1 point2 points ago

From wikipedia:

Socialism play /ˈsoʊʃəlɪzəm/ is an economic system characterised by social ownership and/or control of the means of production and cooperative management of the economy,[1] and a political philosophy advocating such a system. "Social ownership" may refer to any one of, or a combination of, the following: cooperative enterprises, common ownership, direct public ownership or autonomous state enterprises.[2] There are many variations of socialism and as such there is no single definition encapsulating all of socialism.[3] They differ in the type of social ownership they advocate, the degree to which they rely on markets versus planning, how management is to be organised within economic enterprises, and the role of the state in constructing socialism.[4]

I think this definition is sufficiently broad to qualify François Hollande as a socialist.

High earners say au revoir to France by Feint1in france

[–]joelthelion 6 points7 points ago

Ca fait de la place pour les autres. Contrairement aux idées reçues, on ne manque pas de talents, et rien ne justifie de payer des gens plusieurs millions d'euros pour leur prétendues qualités exceptionnelles.

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