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#81

Chit Chat / Re: Financial news and stock m...

Last post by scarface - August 26, 2025, 01:43 PM

Today, I'm gonna give you a quick insight into the stock markets.

French shares are dropping today, with investors fretting that Prime Minister François Bayrou's government will collapse within weeks after it called a make-or-break confidence vote.

Paris's flagship CAC 40 index is tumbling 1.7% in morning trading. Aerospace and defense manufacturer Safran, energy management company Schneider Electric, oil major TotalEnergies, bank BNP Paribas and Societe General are among the stocks trading in the red.



I took the opportunity to buy some stocks. Actually, I bought some Française des jeux (FDJU) stocks. The company is constantly paying a dividend, even if it will probably decrease next year.
FDJ had a rough year and its share already slipped by more than 10% late July after the French gaming company called its current fiscal year one of "transition" and analysts flagged "few catalysts" on the horizon.
La Francaise des Jeux recently launched a takeover offer to buy Swedish online peer Kindred Group, the owner of the Unibet website.  If we consider that the next dividend will be around 1,5 €, the stock is not very expensive at the current price of 27,3€.

#82

Chit Chat / Re: New topic Photos

Last post by scarface - August 26, 2025, 01:31 PM

Note that the photos will be posted tonight on the forum.

#83

Microsoft Windows / Re: Windows 11

Last post by Vasudev - August 25, 2025, 03:38 PM

I finally managed to upgrade to 24H2. I downloaded an ISO straight from M$, mounted it and pressed setup.exe - it took forever to install but it finally did. I'm not sure why Vasudev's ISO didn't work, but I'm thinking I may have put in on a drive other then C:

They're saying support for 23H2 ends November 10. They're probably back up the date, but at least I upgraded.

That's great to hear. For me it was opposite the stock ISO with July Updates failed repeatedly with "Something went wrong. Try again later!" and had to use my custom edition with same July update which took 3hrs to install on battery power.

#84

Chit Chat / Re: New topic Photos

Last post by scarface - August 21, 2025, 10:46 PM

Tomorrow, I'm taking a business trip to Lyon. I will visit a museum and take a few photos in the center of the town. I will take some photos. I'm sure that the users of the forum will enjoy the photos.

#85

Chit Chat / Re: What kind of meat (or chee...

Last post by scarface - August 17, 2025, 08:32 PM

So the first photo is uncooked pork, just like you got it at the supermarket. OK. How do you cook it in s stockpot? Do you boil it in hot water or what? For how long?

The last photo looks like an awful lot of food. Do you eat it all in a single sitting? I'm asking because the potatoes can fill you up pretty fast.

Actually, it can be grilled in a saucepan, but for such a big sausage, it's more convenient to boil it in a stockpot. It was cooked for 20 minutes. Pork meat must be well cooked, so if it's still pink when you cut it, then the sausage requires additional cooking.

It's a pretty substantial meal indeed. I didn't eat everything, and the rest was put in the fridge. Note that the photo can be misleading since fingerlings are small potatoes. They are considered as healthier than regular potatoes because they have a lower glycemic index. They are a bit more expensive too.

Now I assume that humbert's guests can be picky. Imagine that shadow.97 or Vasudev are not eating their fingerlings. Then you can use a decisive argument by telling them that the cheese will be served for those who are eating their potatoes.
In the photo below, you can see a very old camembert. This one is very smelly. It's probably the kind of cheese that Maher and aa1234779 appreciate. Cambembert is not allowed in the USA because it's made of unpasteurized milk. However, you can probably find some Roquefort, an excellent cheese. It's made of raw milk too, but in the USA a cheese made of raw milk is legal if it is aged for more than 60 days and Roquefort is aged for at least 5 months.

#86

Microsoft Windows / Re: Windows 11

Last post by humbert - August 17, 2025, 04:55 AM

I finally managed to upgrade to 24H2. I downloaded an ISO straight from M$, mounted it and pressed setup.exe - it took forever to install but it finally did. I'm not sure why Vasudev's ISO didn't work, but I'm thinking I may have put in on a drive other then C:

They're saying support for 23H2 ends November 10. They're probably back up the date, but at least I upgraded.

#87

Chit Chat / Re: What kind of meat (or chee...

Last post by humbert - August 17, 2025, 04:22 AM

For Shadow.97 and Maher, the thing in the first photo probably has a distinctive shape. They must be thinking that is a "boudin". Actually, it is a farm sausage, made of pure pork. In the second photo, you can see the sausage after it was cooked in a stockpot. You can also see some fingerlings potatoes. You may have noticed that the potatoes were topped with fines herbes for added flavor.
The guests of humbert and Vasudev would certainly appreciate such a dish.

So the first photo is uncooked pork, just like you got it at the supermarket. OK. How do you cook it in s stockpot? Do you boil it in hot water or what? For how long?

The last photo looks like an awful lot of food. Do you eat it all in a single sitting? I'm asking because the potatoes can fill you up pretty fast.

#88

Chit Chat / Re: What kind of meat (or chee...

Last post by scarface - August 16, 2025, 11:09 PM

Tonight, I'm going to show you another recipe.

Look carefully at the photos below.






For Shadow.97 and Maher, the thing in the first photo probably has a distinctive shape. They must be thinking that is a "boudin". Actually, it is a farm sausage, made of pure pork. In the second photo, you can see the sausage after it was cooked in a stockpot. You can also see some fingerlings potatoes. You may have noticed that the potatoes were topped with fines herbes for added flavor.
The guests of humbert and Vasudev would certainly appreciate such a dish.

#89

Chit Chat / Re: best clips

Last post by scarface - August 16, 2025, 11:05 PM

Tonight, new videos are available for the users of the forum.


The Indian Genius who died for maths
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHRS_NOs24w



The Fuhrer needed a quiet place to implement his strategy, hence the decision to buy a house in the Bavarian Alps in 1933. His friends Himmler and Heydrich were regularly visiting the Fuhrer, to make sure that the plans envisioned for the Reich would go smoothly.
This videos tells the secrets of the Fuhrer's hidden stronghold known as the Berghof.
An exceptional documentary for the users of the forum.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExpftM93_L4



When an Entire Lake Vanished Into the Earth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QWwGoY0hjI



How to Escape North Korea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1bHK6uii7o

#90

Microsoft Windows / Re: Windows 11

Last post by Vasudev - August 14, 2025, 07:23 PM

Had very good success upgrading from 23H2 to 24H2 using my July ISO. I removed unattended.xml to force in-place upgrade through usual method i.e setup.exe to upgrade and keep all files and apps. Disconnected from Wifi, BT etc and it took 1.5 hrs on modern Ryzen 8840HS and connected all my peripherals including eGPU, keyboards, mouses, external SSDs/HDDs and all worked as expected.

For some reason it didn't work for me. I made 2 attempts - one from mounting the ISO with Windows and the other copying the files to another drive. In both instances I double click setup.exe - then it goes through the motions as usual. BUT when it reboots it goes into a continuous loop, i.e., just boots and boots again. In both instances I had to restore the whole thing from backup. What do you suppose is going on.

Scarface or anyone else -- do you have an copy of 24H2 that can upgrade 23H2 by mounting and double clicking setup.exe When upgrading this is the only time I've ever had this error.

Also: For some reason it prompts me to choose between Windows Home and Pro. I selected Pro. Could the error be there? Another thing: I didn't bother to disconnect from LAN, but given the fact that it did not boot after pressing setup.exe, I don't think that's what's causing it.

After unpacking the ISO to a folder rename unattended.xml to unattended.xml.old in my July ISO 24H2. I upgraded from 23H2 after multiple strange errors. Nvidia, Intel drivers should be updated to the ones that support 23H2/24H2.