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Fun Fact: ambitious bureaucratic tech blueprints are not how you beat Silicon Valley
Looking forward to the EU Ministry of Silly Apps
Yes, I'm sure the people who came up with 200 page manuals regulating the permissible curvature of bananas have Silicon Valley quaking in their flipflops
instead of technology, France should probably stick to what they do best: wine, ennui, and pouty sex kittens
France will always lead the world in certain fields of technology
Let me just say the while Americans really understand how to make a living, I have to salute the French for really understanding how to live
Case in point: my lifelong best pal, who grew up on the pig farm down the road, has done pretty well for himself & is now moving to a renovated 1800 farmhouse outside Aix en Provence, not far from Nice & Monaco. I may be Yankee Doodle Dandy as it gets, but gotta say jealous af
In case he's reading this: oh YEAH, mister big shot with your 17 acre Provencal mountain chateau 3 miles from a Michelin 2 star restaurant? I got over 1000 likes on a tweet yesterday
*he's not reading this, people with Provencal mountain chateaus do not go on Twitter
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