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They still are, you can find then on this website : https://www.apgsga.ch/apg-ecommerce-platform/apg-product-fin...


Yes, of course. If something is really interesting to the ADHDer, he or she can completely forget every thing else and enter in hyperfocus mode [1].

When one is diagnosed, and aware of this hyperfocus thing, one can use it very efficiently. I, for one, use it to work, with the help of an app called Focus@will, where I can set a timer, and play very loud music, so my brain is focused on the task at hand.

[1]: https://add.org/adhd-hyperfocus/


> When one is diagnosed, and aware of this hyperfocus thing, one can use it very efficiently.

Some can. Others end up in jail [0], or dead [1]. I wouldn't want anyone to assume that if they have ADHD, they automatically have access to some sort of super power - it doesn't always work out like that.

Like you though, I do try to harness this as best as possible for work. Music works quite well as an aid for me too.

[0] https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jun/18/uk-prisoners...

[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5371172/


The price is fixed by the editor, there is no state mandated price.

The purpose of the law is to have the same price for a book in every bookshop (with a 5% discount possible). This was supposed to help small booksellers, who could not compete against big corporations. And it kinda worked, as there are more than 3500 independent bookshops in the country.

The split up is not linked to the uniform price, I think it's more a cultural thing.


And there is a GNOME extension to change your wallpaper to the APOD : https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1202/nasa-apod/


I visited the Caran d'Ache [1] factory in Geneva a few years back, it's very similar [2]. Except they have a system to be sure all the pencils are in the same position in the box, with the name on top. It's a system with a camera and shape recognition, used for high end sets.

[1] https://www.carandache.com/ch/en/ [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rki-EDU3cUg


Something like the Samsung Frame ? https://www.samsung.com/us/tvs/the-frame/highlights/


I wish this wasn’t so expensive. $600 for 32”, $1000 for 42, up to $2600


55” regularly goes for around $1100, which is only mildly pricey for a 4k QLED premium panel. Bonus for the mount being included, and the external input controller.


For the record, there is a place called Apples in Switzerland : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apples,_Vaud


They are building something similar in Geneva (Switzerland), but it's a little bit nicer : https://ww2.sig-ge.ch/actualites/un-projet-innovant-de-piste...

The result is quite similar to the CGI, but not finished yet. The length is 200m, as it is a PoC.


While I agree that bouton can mean pimple or zit, it's the rest of the phrase that I don't understand. Bouton doesn't mean projection, and sure isn't a verb...


Note that the English word was derived from Old French, not Modern French. And Old French noun boton/bouton (”bud”) is itself formed from the Old French verb boter/bouter, “to thrust.” It’s had a variety of meanings in French generally related to ”thing that pushes out.”

Google Translate is not a very complete dictionary. You can find many more definitions in Trésor de la langue française informatisé :

https://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/bouton

It means “projection” in the sense of ”bit that sticks out,” like its use in goldsmithing or for the foot at the bottom of a harp.


> It means “projection” in the sense of ”bit that sticks out,”

And it also means that in English.


(minor correction: the pegs of a harp, not the foot.)


Projection can be a noun in English, and often is.

Related definition from Google: "A thing that extends outward from something else: 'the particle board covered all the sharp projections'"

Synonyms: protuberance, protrusion, sticking-out bit, overhang, prominence, spur, outcrop, outgrowth, jut, bulge, jag...

And obviously, projection can be a noun in its probably most common usage as in "an estimate or forecast of a future situation or trend based on study of present ones". In the phrase, "this is the projection of where the hurricane will go", "the projection" is a noun. The verb in this phrase is "is", a linking verb.

"Wall Street bankers crafted a projection of the market." The verb here is "crafted". What did they craft: a projection. A noun.

"I watch the projection on the screen." - The verb here is watch. What am I watching: the projection. A noun.


Inflation occurs when demand is greater than production. This means there is too much cash flowing around. By raising interest rates, you tighten the cash flow : It's harder to get cash from the banks, thus the demand will diminish, and the prices will lower.


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