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…
Disclaimer: Ich habe keine juristische Qualifikation. Der folgende Blog stellt eine subjektive Zusammenstellung zum Thema dar, welche in Zukunft auf Grund von Rückmeldungen aktualisiert werden wird. 1. Einleitung Aktivisten, welche sich für Schutz des Klimas und Artenvielfalt einsetzen, werden zunehmend von der Polizei in Deutschland härter behandelt, wobei auch Nervendrucktechniken, sogenannte “Schmerzgriffe”, eingesetzt werden, um…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Der Vorstoß von Friedrich Merz als Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender von Blackrock Deutschland private Altervorsorge einzuführen [1], dh Pensionsgelder in Aktien zu investieren, ist lediglich ein Versuch von Blackrock an die gewaltigen Gelder der staatlichen Pensionskassen zu gelangen. Wie Heike Buchter (2015) [2] in ihrem Buch beschrieben hat, hat Blackrock den gleichen Versuch in den USA (Präsident Clinton)…
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