Nombre de femmes jeunes (moins de 36 ans) que je connais qui font du développement logiciel et sont nées...
Certes, le Maghreb est bien plus populeux que le Canada. Certes, le Québec a une grande diaspora maghrébine. Mais des conclusions semblent quand même s'imposer. Soit :
Depuis mon adolescence, j'ai de la difficulté à trouver de l'inspiration quand vient le temps de suggérer des cadeaux. Mais après un éclair de génie, une demande inépuisable s'est ajoutée à ma liste de cadeaux :
Cette suggestion s'est avérée la plus pérenne de toutes. Malgré sa proéminence, elle figure d'ailleurs toujours dans ma liste, depuis au moins 10 ans. Avec tout ce temps, elle a quand même évolué. À l'origine, elle était formulée de manière plus simple :
Cette année encore, cette option n'a pas été aussi populaire que je l'aurais voulu pour quelques récidivistes de ma famille. Mais encore une fois pour mes 36 ans, je peux remercier tous mes amis d'avoir respecté ma suggestion favorite une fois de plus.
En fait, j'ai bien fait de reformuler la suggestion, car c'est bien plus que rien que plusieurs m'ont offert. Et cette année encore, ce n'est nul autre que le chef d'un parti fédéral bien proche de la nature qui m'a offert mon exemplaire le plus apprécié. Une déclinaison de ma suggestion tout aussi naturelle : une sortie au parc. Peut-être une ballade de rien, mais une opportunité qui m'a offert ma plus grande découverte culturelle de ma journée−et de loin.
Merci Alex, merci Xav. Merci Gustave, Frida, Céline, Léonie, Éliane et Arnaud. Merci, Aurélie, de m'avoir fait découvrir les vertus de ta culture, même si ce n'était pas intentionnel.
Et surtout, pour toutes les fois où il m'a prouvé que l'amitié peut durer malgré la distance et bien des années, merci au prochain Premier Ministre du Canada.
In 2015, 39% of Canadian voters gave their vote to the Liberal Party of Canada. 4 years later, that support had dropped to 33%. Less than what the PCC obtained, but still enough to form a government. One unfortunately unsatisfied with that pale result and the resulting minority of seats.
One could think these most qualified supports would have ensured the winner would respect its supporters. Yet...
What the liberals promised in 2015:
What the liberals delivered, 6 years later:
Following such an unqualified failure, even 33% now seems like a most generous grade.
The PLC may have called a superfluous election. But let's try putting cynicism aside and not wasting that opportunity to further adjust the grade it's now deserved. And hopefully adjust that of the several parties which still promise to deal with cynicism. Fair Vote Canada documents the stance of the main parties about electoral reform.
How much have the United States evolved in terms of politics over the last couple decades? A couple of quotes might clarify.
Here's hoping the second payback doesn't add too much to the couple trillion € and the couple hundreds of thousands of casualties from the first Afghan payback.
A lot of what we hear about environmental damage mitigation is about individual action. Don't eat endangered fish. As for the climate crisis, Don't eat beef, Don't eat meat, Don't throw paper in the trash, and some more difficult changes, like Don't use gasoline cars.
Much has already been said about the limits of that approach. Merely 20 firms are behind a third of all carbon emissions. The wealthiest 10% are responsible for half of all emissions. But suppose you're part of that 10%; should you feel guilty and become vegan?
Veganism is not a bad thing. My own carbon footprint is massively inferior to that of the average person of my wealth, in good part because I don't eat nearly as much red meat as those around me. But I still eat meat or fish every week.
Bicycles are not a bad thing. I lost track of how many bikes I purchased. But on occasion I still drive cars which are still mostly gasoline-powered.
Is veganism optimal? I don't know, but I will not become vegan unless society changes and makes it much cheaper for me and everyone to be. I also won't coin a term for someone who refuses to use a gasoline-powered car. Perhaps my cycling background gives me too much balance.
Individual action matters. If the most concerned of us do our very best, we can have an impact. But the greatest impact will come from tackling the greatest issues. Even if the poorest 90% cut 90% of its emissions, we'd still be in trouble. And it's not just about the richest. The responsibility is distributed most unevenly, with 73% of power plant emissions coming from just the worst 5%.
Realistic solutions need to be structured. The climate crisis needs overcoming individualism and implementing Polluter pays. In general, salvation from environmental disasters will come by pricing negative externalities.
The David Suzuki Foundation gives balanced advice on doing our part. Don't burn yourself out by focusing on just one aspect. And if voting is not impactful or visible enough for you, you can become a candidate for a party you'd like to see in your riding, or help founding a greener party.
I voted in the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees Elections 2021. I had interacted with no candidate and only knew 1 candidate, so although I ranked all 19 candidates, the full ranking below is a quick evaluation almost entirely based on reading the fairly short platforms. I mostly focused on candidate objectives, and favored those who prioritize governance reform and having MediaWiki scale to Wikimedia's ambitions. The only spots which I'm confident about are #1, #2 and #19. I supported:
I didn't see any threatening candidate, but #19 was clearly less involved/interesting than the rest. Had "NOTA" been an option, it would have been at #19 or even last. I am pleased to see the candidates, who have lots of experience and reasonable diversity (at least ethnicity-wise; less so in terms of age and gender). And I am also pleased to read their presentations; while I criticized these in 2015, there is much more about intentions this year, putting less emphasis on experience.
As in the last elections, I hit an important issue voting - the same one as in 2017. I reported it again, but this time also added a warning to voters. Here's hoping the new board will value technical development, so the next board elections (and hopefully many more) can be reasonably user-friendly.
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Il existe au minimum un concept dont les différentes appellations n'auraient pas de quoi écrire un livre (au moins dans les langues indo-européennes).
Mais une fois le rire passé, je m'interroge. Est-ce que les Têtes à claques sont en train de devenir un phénomène mondial ❓❗ Assez pour traverser les barrières linguistiques, même celle de l'anglophonie?
Scammers are known to target elders. Wise scammers know that old people are less knowledgeable about technology, and less intellectually fit to defend themselves. When you think about it, kids are also less knowledgeable about technology, and less intellectually fit to defend themselves. The only problem is they don't have much money to steal.
But the greatest scammers are wise enough to think about the future. Indeed, when you think long-term, kids become great targets for indoctrination. Kids are precious resources. A clever scammer knows they're more than easy preys; soon enough, they will constitute not just new victims, but vocal new evangelists. Infect early, infect often.
Today's gurus know how to get their latest religion to spread as fast as a wildfire in a "cryptocurrency"-fuelled summer on a burning planet.
Scamming strategy, unlike climate, doesn't change.
On a more positive note (depending on how you look at it), Fair Vote Canada, the organization which works to finally give ourselves that much needed refreshment for real, is celebrating its 20th anniversary this weekend. Starting its 20th anniversary conference with yesterday's super 20th Anniversary Panel, with Elizabeth May, Andrew Coyne, Hugh Segal and Judy Rebick, hosted by FVC's Anita Nickerson.