Introduction In the current crisis in Gaza, opinions are sharply divided between the UN and a large global community who condemn Israels actions as an occupation, apartheid, war crimes or even a genocide. On the other side, Israel has staunch allies like the USA, UK, Germany, Italy, France. Since the reasons for the support of…
Introduction The abundance of social networks poses questions regarding their similarities and differences to identify redundancies, but potentially also missing services in the social network landscape. Similarities Social networks have the basic feature in common of connecting people via electronic channels. Communication can be based on one or more of the following basic types of…
Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) is a modern, a bit but not entirely unlike IRC social network. There are multiple, graphical XMPP clients available for multiple platforms. However, if you prefer to work on the command-line the terminal-based client PROFANITY is your first choice. PROFANITY has similar user-experience like the terminal-based IRC client IRSSI.…
Problem Using IRC technology in varying roles as user, operator, or admin with a combination of IRC clients (e.g., IRCcloud, Quassel, The Lounge, Weechat, …) and IRC servers, this means IRC demons, (e.g. INSPIRCd, UnrealIRCd, …) one realizes that the behavior of IRC commands in many cases give not the expected behavior. The behavior depends…
The model of scientific progress represented by the Nobel Prize which awards individuals for long-past achievements is outdated and does harm to scientific collaboration, which often requires dozens and hundreds (e.g. CERN) of highly-talented (young) researchers to work together as peers to make new discoveries. I propose to promote science by using the money of…
Introduction I am reviewing the “DOUZE G4e” two-wheeled electric cargo bike (“long-john”) which I have been sharing with other family members between February 2021 and December 2023, but do not own anymore. I am writing this review to drive forward the development of the DOUZE G4e model in particular and electric cargo bikes, which I…
Introduction As a regular cyclist who is running his daily errands almost exclusively by bike within a 10km radius in the city of Uppsala, Sweden, during all seasons, I have noticed multiple problems in the infrastructure for cyclists which makes cycling harder and more dangerous. Although some of these problems may not lead to substantial…
Source: https://xkcd.com/1782/ 1. Introduction To mobilize a growing number of activists an open-source, self-hosted team communication & collaboration platform could be used, which is implemented in the InspIRCd software (Internet Relay Chat technology, IRC). IRC technology has ultra-low requirements on bandwidth and is recommended in world regions where IT hardware has low performance or internet…
The eco hero I am aspiring to be, I have tried to book a train trip from Uppsala to London (and back) to visit a conference. These are the barriers I had to overcome: 1. Travel My company portal: My company travel team was hesitant to support train journeys (“Are you really sure?”). My company…
Although a global, consensus-based action may the most effective approach to mitigate and adapt to global heating, this is not how social transformations happen. In reality, consensus-based approaches (cf UNFCCC) will fail, because those benefitting from the current system will have a vital conflict with those who are or will be suffering from global heating,…
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