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Nato e cresciuto a Singapore, Ramesh Krishnan è un DJ, sound designer e creativo musicale con una carriera che si estende su tre decenni. Dai leggendari locali come Lola e Zouk fino alla sua attuale residenza al CÉ LA VI, è stato una figura centrale della nightlife di Singapore, esibendosi anche a livello internazionale in luoghi come Dagmarkt (Olanda), Heavyweight (Montreal) e Studio Lam (Bangkok). Tra i festival più importanti a cui ha partecipato figurano WOMAD, Mosaic con Montreux Jazz e il Worldwide Festival di Gilles Peterson.
Oltre ai club, le sue opere sonore sono state presentate all’Arts House di Singapore, al NTU CCA e alla Biennale del Design di Gwangju. È co-fondatore di Tropika, un'iniziativa musicale che unisce ritmi globali, arte e cinema attorno ai temi dell’inclusività e della sostenibilità. È anche membro fondatore di Sistrum e ha co-prodotto nel 2021 l’acclamata opera Vel Vel: A Sonic Walk.
Painé Cuadrelli, Dj, produttore musicale e sound designer.attivo dalla metà degli anni ’90, ha animato club e festival in Italia e all’Estero, produce dischi, remix e colonne sonore per spettacoli teatrali, video, installazioni e mostre.
Nei suoi eclettici dj set propone un’escursione sonora tra ritmi e stili attuali, classici e rarità dalla sua vasta collezione.
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Freddy Amoruso, musicista, polistrumentista, membro fondatore di Armonika, dove con la sua armonica synth, improvvisa sul groove dei dischi suonati durante la festa. Seleziona disco music storta su 12" e 7", rigorosamente bagnati di Guinness. Vive tra Dublino e Milano sud.
Comunque mannaggia a cristo è il 2025 perché ancora Ubuntu dopo un aggiornamento del kernel al riavvio non vede la scheda wifi, ma perché invece di fare LLM e blockchain del cazzo non risolviamo il problema di fare gli aggiornamenti senza rompere tutto.
Ma ti pare che devo fare partire tutto col kernel della versione prima per sistemare il problema manco fossi di nuovo al liceo che installavo Debian su un 486.
The artificial complexity of OOXML files (the XLSX case) - The Document Foundation Blog
The post, published on 18 July 2025, which explained why an artificially complex XML schema, such as that used by Microsoft 365 (formerly Microsoft Office) files, is in fact a subtle tool for locking in users because it is invisible and impossible to…Italo Vignoli (The Document Foundation)
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#drones #russia
I cannot understand - if Russia is behind this - what the reasoning is.
As I read the mood (at a considerable distance, admittedly), Europe has been teetering on the edge of realising it needs to be responsible for its own defence.
To me, Russian incursions like this seem to push Europe in that direction. I see a Turkish-style shoot-down as more likely than an "OK, take Ukraine then".
Every journey starts with a single step — or in investing, a single seed. Plant it, nurture it, and trust that over time, it will grow. 🌱
What seed are you planting today for your future self?
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Chuvashia reports drone attack on oil pumping station
Authorities in Russia's Chuvash Republic reported a drone strike on an oil pumping station on Saturday morning. — Ukrinform.Ukrinform
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Das Bild zeigt eine ansprechende Mahlzeit auf einem blauen Holztisch. Im Vordergrund befindet sich eine schwarze Schüssel mit einem veganen Gemüsegericht, das aus Tomaten, Zwiebeln, Kohl und Bohnen besteht. In der Schüssel steckt ein kleines Flaggenstäbchen mit der südafrikanischen Flagge und einem "VEGAN" Etikett. Neben der Gemüseschüssel steht eine weitere schwarze Schüssel mit geriebenem Quinoa. Die Schüsseln sind auf einem weißen Tuch mit einem Muster aus dunkelblauen Geflügel abgebildet. Im Hintergrund ist ein buntes Tuch mit einem Blattmuster zu sehen.
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“Stop al massacro“. Nuova manifestazione di solidarietà a Gaza nelle strade del centro
“Dobbiamo tenere alta l’attenzione su quello che accade“. Intanto la Questura prepara decine di denunce per lo stop ai treni.
🇦🇷 Argentina wants to be an AI powerhouse, but its tech experts are leaving
｢ In Argentina, sweeping austerity under Milei’s “chainsaw” agenda of huge budget cuts to government programs has made the future even more uncertain. More than 52,000 jobs have been eliminated in the public sector since he took office, of which over 4,000 account for scientific research positions ｣
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Argentina’s AI hub dream is fading as experts move abroad - Rest of World
Javier Milei wants Argentina to be an AI powerhouse, but budget cuts and low pay are driving researchers to the U.S. and Europe.Karla Zabludovsky (Rest of World)
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Six people injured in Russian strikes on Kharkiv region over past day
In the Kharkiv region, the regional center and seven other settlements came under Russian fire over the past 24 hours, with six people injured in the strikes. — Ukrinform.Ukrinform
6 AI Content Detection Tools Trusted by Schools and Professors
You've likely poured so much love and effort into your writing, aiming to highlight your unique style and original ideas. It’s understandable to worry, though: could those assignments of yours accidentally get caught up in algorithm flags?
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6 AI Detectors Used by Colleges and Teachers in 2025
Colleges commonly use AI detectors like Turnitin, Winston AI, and Originality AI to identify AI-generated or plagiarized content.Zoran Trimmel (TechDictionary)
TCL’s 8-inch Nxtpaper Android tablet could lure you away from the colour Kindle
“Nxtpaper isn’t a reflective display technology like E Ink which relies on little drops of ink moving around, but it does feature several upgrades over standard LCD panels. The Tab 8’s glass screen is etched with a fine pattern giving it a matte fin ...continues
¡Un debate sobre el poder! 🎥 Un video con el análisis de expertos sobre las acciones de Ricardo Salinas Pliego. Infórmate sobre esta noticia en el artículo. #SalinasPliego #Política #Empresarios #Noticias
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Jorge Meléndez habla con Témoris Grecko sobre la triquiñuelas de Ricardo Salinas Pliego
Jorge Meléndez habla con Témoris Grecko sobre las triquiñuelas de Ricardo Salinas Pliego en el programa Después de la Letra... la Palabra de Periodistas Unidos.Periodistas Unidos
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Jacques Stotzem beim 1. Würzburger Gitarrenfestival
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Jacques Stotzem: 1. Würzburger Gitarrenfestival 2025
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Alla Milano Fashion Week sfilano capi di 13 designer Ied - Moda - Ansa.it
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Alla Milano Fashion Week sfilano capi di 13 designer Ied - Moda - Ansa.it
Forma uno show che è azione corale e artistica più che mostra di singole individualità, frutto del dialogo tra le collezioni di 13 neo designer Ied Milano, la sfilata di Unstage alla Milano Fashion week. (ANSA)Agenzia ANSA
At the local zoo, all animals must do chores to earn their keep.
The Lion sweeps tonight.
A little summer artwork with bees in bright and fresh colour.
5 x 7" will be easy to DIY frame as it will sit nicely in a standard photo frame (this one is from Hobbycraft)
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Our top story: Some friends had rented the Airbnb for 3 days to celebrate a pair of birthdays. There were beers, arepas, and a birthday cake. They were planning to blow out candles and sing the following day.
But first there was a massive, militarized multi-agency #ICE raid. texasobserver.org/officials-tr…
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Officials Said They Busted a Tren de Aragua Party. Attendees Beg to Differ.
A highly publicized multi-agency raid in Hays County resulted in dozens of arrests on low-level immigration charges and left an Austin mother's life in tatters. It also fit a pattern of unproven gang-related accusations.Francesca D’Annunzio (The Texas Observer)
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vibrant blue facade brings new life to the monk retreat in leros
the monk leros by a+ architects emerges as a sanctuary that redefines the meaning of hospitality through architectural simplicity.IOANNIS ZACHAR (Designboom)
Manhattan Beach Residence / Olson Kundig
Completed in 2021 in Manhattan Beach, United States. Images by Aaron Leitz. On a narrow sloping site just blocks from the ocean, the Manhattan Beach Residence draws inspiration from the honest expression of structure and...Hadir Al Koshta (ArchDaily)
Camiñar - facendo cacha 🍑 (aka glutes activation) 
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Distancia: 15.903 km
Altitude min.: -13.0 m
Altitude máx.: 294.8 m
Ascenso: 552.92 m
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e escoitando 📻 Sateli3 The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land
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Sateli 3 - The Prodigy (01) Experience (92) y The Fat of the Land (97) - 25/09/25
Emisión del programa Sateli 3 titulado The Prodigy (01) Experience (92) y The Fat of the Land (97). Todos los contenidos de RNE los tienes aquí, en RTVE PlayCorporación de Radiotelevisión Española
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un po' meno di due mesi per la traduzione, tre settimane per la revisione dovrebbero essere più che sufficienti.
nel mezzo avrei anche una bando e un po' di altre cose ma qua siamo in ballo, tocca ballare intensamente ancora per un po'.
adesso però stacco, forse.
Thank you again to @bengo for joining me on Fireside Fedi! Ben and I had an incredible conversation on what the future of digital ID's look like in Wallet Storage.
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Audible Anarchism: **Alfredo M Bonanno Die anarchistische Spannung**
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Alfredo M Bonanno Die anarchistische Spannung | Audible Anarchism
For questions, comments or to get involved, e-mail us at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.comhttps://anarchistischebibliothek.org/library/alfredo-m-bonanno-die-anarchistische-spannungAm 28. Januar 1995 hielt Alfredo M.audibleanarchism.podbean.com
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La politica non può tollerare queste dinamiche d’odio, deve condannarle e contrastarle coralmente con leggi atte a tutelare l’esistenza e la sicurezza delle persone LGBTQIA+.
L'articolo Italia, 2025: coppia omosessuale presa a pugni per un bacio
Nuova ondata di email dannose associate al gruppo Hive0117
F6 ha segnalato una nuova ondata di email dannose associate al gruppo Hive0117.
Hive0117 è attivo da febbraio 2022 e utilizza il trojan RAT DarkWatchman. Il gruppo maschera le sue campagne come messaggi provenienti da organizzazioni legittime, registra infrastrutture di posta e domini di controllo e talvolta li riutilizza.
Secondo F6, l’attività di DarkWatchman è stata rilevata il 24 settembre, dopo diversi mesi di silenzio.
Gli attacchi sono stati effettuati sotto le mentite spoglie del Federal Bailiff Service dall’indirizzo mail@fssp[.]buzz. Invii simili sono stati osservati a giugno e luglio. L’analisi ha rivelato i domini 4ad74aab[.]cfd e 4ad74aab[.]xyz.
Gli attacchi hanno preso di mira aziende in Russia e Kazakistan. L’elenco dei 51 obiettivi includeva banche, operatori di telecomunicazioni, marketplace, aziende di logistica e produzione, concessionarie di automobili, imprese edili, rivenditori al dettaglio, compagnie assicurative e di investimento, aziende di carburante ed energia, aziende farmaceutiche, istituti di ricerca, un parco tecnologico, un operatore di gestione dei rifiuti solidi urbani, nonché servizi nei settori del turismo, del fitness e dell’IT.
DarkWatchman è stato distribuito anche tramite mailing camuffati da archivio apparentemente del Ministero della Difesa e false citazioni in giudizio.
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“Biscotti e miele troppo energetici”: bloccati i pacchi umanitari della Flotilla di terra
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“Biscotti e miele troppo energetici”: bloccati i pacchi umanitari della Flotilla di terra
L’ong genovese Music For Peace denuncia il blocco di circa 300 tonnellate di aiuti destinati a Gaza. Secondo l’associazione, il COGAT – l&rsq…La Stampa
🍥 Pré-Semana do Software Livre no Brasil – 27/09/25
27 setembro – 18:00 a 20:00-03
Evento Pré-Semana do Software Livre no Brasil – 27/09/25 🍥
Neste sábado, dia 27/09, às 18h, celebraremos os 42 anos do Projeto GNU — marco histórico na luta pela liberdade no usuário e desenvolvimento de tecnologias Livres.
Convidamos as comunidades e pessoas interessadas para festejar conosco e refletir sobre os rumos do Movimento Software Livre no Brasil e no mundo.
Com Blau Araújo, Paulo Kretcheu, Casa de Cultura Tainã e Você
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O quê: Comemoração dos 42 anos do Projeto GNU e da Filosofia do Software Livre
Quando: 27/09/25 (sábado) às 18h
Onde: semana.softwarelivre.tec.br
🌱 Está chegando a II Semana do Software Livre no Brasil!
De 13 a 18 de outubro de 2025, vamos construir e celebrar, de forma coletiva, a potência do Software Livre e da Filosofia que o inspira há 42 anos.
Será uma semana repleta de atividades livres e diversas, com programação colaborativa organizada em quatro frentes:
🧺 Feira | 📚 Formações | 🧭 Fórum | 🎉 Festival
🌐 Saiba mais em: semana.softwarelivre.tec.br
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Movimento Software Livre - Plantaformas
Somos pessoas em espaços e territórios, comunidades e coletivos, organizações, universidades e governos, criando, desenvolvendo e promovendo Softwares Livres pela colaboração e convivência de todos os seres em rede.plantaformas.org
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Un soldado israelí que está de viaje por España, denunciado en la Audiencia Nacional por crímenes de guerra en Gaza
Schcherbatov se encuentra este fin de semana en Madrid para, entre otras cosas, acudir al partido de fútbol que se juega en la capital entre el Atlético y el Real Madrid.elDiario.es (ElDiario.es)
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La richiesta è riaprire corridoi umanitari via mare e via terra, permanenti e verificabili, come previsto dall’ordinamento internazionalePietro Barabino (Il Fatto Quotidiano)
Moda, Luisa Spagnoli celebra la femminilità e il punto vita
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⛔️🇪🇺Germany and Denmark report renewed drone sightings (FRANCE 24 English VIDEO) #Ukraine #Poland #Warsaw #Netherlands #Estonia #Latvia #Lithuania #Sweden #Copenhagen #Romania #Bucharest #Paris #Rome #London #Berlin #Finland #Brussels #Denmark #Germany #ICC #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom #EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar #11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
Lego Duplo 3-in-1 Space Shuttle Adventure review
California’s redistricting isn’t politics as usual.
It’s a defense against Trump’s election rigging.
Temporary maps. Independent commission intact. Vote Yes on Prop 50.
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The Election Rigging Response Act
Trump and Texas Republicans are moving to rig the 2026 election — and other GOP states are joining in. If Californians don’t act now, they could seize Congress no matter how we vote.Election Rigging Response Act
Frosinone porta bene ai Grosso: Fabio lo portò in A, suo figlio Filippo fa subito gol
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Frosinone porta bene ai Grosso: Fabio lo portò in A, suo figlio Filippo fa subito gol
Alla prima da titolare in B il figlio d'arte timbra per la prima volta tra i professionistiPellegrino Dell'Anno (La Gazzetta dello Sport)
Are we at the moment when #Trump is getting increasingly desperate and attempting to provoke conflict to justify a police state?
Last I checked #Portland wasn’t a war zone. Did the restoration of #JimmyKimmel fry out the last rage regulating brain cells?
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Trump says he’s sending troops to Portland
President Trump said on Saturday morning that he is sending U.S. troops to Portland to “protect” the city and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities from antifa and other …Filip Timotija (The Hill)
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Bishop William Barber: Ignoring the poor means ignoring the Jesus factor and defying Christianity
I grew up hearing that faith is best measured not by what you say but by what you do. My grandfather used to tell me that people who have real wealth don’t brag about it, and people who live their faith don’t trumpet it. Their actions speak louder than their words.
After the Charlie KIrk memorial, I wrote about how Bishop Mariann Budde’s sermon at the National Cathedral prayer service after Trump’s inauguration really reflected the true meaning of being a Christian. I was amazed at the reaction I received from so many people who recognized the same thing I did, i.e. actions speak louder than words.
And, as one reader put it in a DM to me, “You can’t just say you’re Christian and think you’re getting a free pass to heaven.” I couldn’t have said it better myself.
These lessons echoed in my mind when I sat down with Bishop William Barber, a man who has spent his life putting Christianity into action. From Moral Mondays in North Carolina to the Poor People’s Campaign, Barber has been one of the clearest voices reminding America that if our politics and our faith ignore the poor, then we have abandoned both the gospel and our democracy.
“Christianity is more than just saying, 'God bless me,”' he told me. “It is more than just finding a scripture that you can quote. It’s more than saying, you know, I follow the Ten Commandments. Christianity, to say one is a Christian, is to say one that I follow the example of Jesus Christ. So ultimately, Jesus Christ is the standard and the judgment of what it means to be Christian. And you can’t escape that.”
Barber calls this “the Jesus problem.” Time and again, he said, people in power have tried to justify greed and injustice with the word Christianity. He told me how slaveholders claimed Christ and how, today, politicians wrap themselves in the cross while cutting food stamps and health care.
But all of them, Barber said, eventually collide with what Jesus actually said and did.
“Jesus started his ministry declaring good news for the poor. He was raised in the ghetto of Nazareth. He went on to say that to be Christian is to have a concern for the broken, the blind, the captives, and all of those made to feel unacceptable. And then he ended his ministry declaring that every nation would be judged by how it treated the least of these.”
That clarity makes it impossible, Barber argued, to accept the silence of today’s clergy in the face of cruelty. He pointed to the contrast at the funeral of Charlie Kirk, where Kirk’s widow spoke humbly and beautifully of forgiveness while the president indulged in scorn and hatred of his enemies, and both drew applause.
“Not one minister stood up and said, ‘No, Mr. President, that’s wrong,’” Barber said. “Christianity has to have a certain courage. Love always challenges hate. Justice always challenges injustice, and that courage is desperately needed.”
Barber and I talked about the looming ramifications of Trump’s so-called Big Beautiful Bill, and how, to put it bluntly, it steals from the poor to give to the rich. I told Barber I penned an op-ed about the devastating effects of the bill, and how it acts as a blueprint to gut Medicaid, slash food stamps, shutter hospitals, and deliberately create more medical and health care deserts.
“This is not policy. It’s mass cruelty, and it will have massive, devastating consequences. It will be fatal,” I wrote after the bill was signed into law.
Related: The deadly 'big beautiful' budget bill will turn America into a morgue
“We’ve got 140 million poor and low-wage people in this country,” Barber said. “And we’re spending more time giving $2 trillion tax cuts to the super wealthy than we are to lifting people out of poverty. We’ve got 87 million people uninsured or underinsured. We’re cutting millions from Medicaid. I saw a Yale and University of Pennsylvania study said this recent ugly bill will be deadly. It will cost 51,000 people their lives. None of this lines up with our Christian way of thinking. It doesn’t even line up with a constitutional way of thinking.”
When he spoke those words, I couldn’t help but think back to the Reagan era, when the same policies weighed heavily on the poor. When I worked on the Hill during that time period, it was glaring to see how “trickle down” economics, as Reagan preached, backfired and only benefited the wealthy.
I told Barber that after Donald Trump was inaugurated, I wrote that while Reagan was known for a trickle-down economy, Trump would be known for trickle-down discrimination, and that Trump will do more damage than Reagan ever did.
Related: After the Crash: Finding Light Amid Trump's Dark Agenda
Barber agreed that this time it is more severe. “We’ve not raised the minimum wage since 2009. That’s 16 years. Work has gone up, prices have gone up, but wages have stayed stagnated. And there’s no reason for it. We should be talking about abolishing poverty. Instead, our debates are about how to transfer more wealth to the wealthy.”
Barber calls poverty what it is, and that is political violence. “Right now we have something in the neighborhood of 800 people dying a day from poverty, and yet we don’t call it an epidemic. When 500 people were dying a day from COVID, we said it was an epidemic. Poverty is political violence.”
We also discussed how Robert F. Kennedy famously embarked on a crusade for the poor in the 1960s to shine a spotlight on the severe living conditions of those who lived in poverty. I also recalled how his brother Ted Kennedy, who I long admired, was also a strong advocate for the poor during his 47 years in the Senate.
Related: Why We Could Use Sen. Ted Kennedy Now
“I do. I think that’s what we’ve been trying to do with the Poor People’s Campaign, a national call for moral revival. But it’s got to come from the bottom up. Poor people now represent 36 to 42 percent of the electorate in every battleground state,” he pointed out. “Poor and low-wage people represent the largest potential swing vote in the nation. If just 20 percent of those who didn’t vote were to vote, they could fundamentally shift elections in this country.”
Barber’s hope lies not in politicians suddenly waking up, but in poor and low-wage Americans realizing their own power. “You don’t have to be victims anymore,” he said. “You have political power that can shift the concept and the politics of this nation. It’s our time that we mobilize around an agenda and do exactly that.”
As we ended our conversation, I thought about his insistence that just calling something “Christian” doesn’t make it so, and isn’t a “ticket to heaven.”
“Just saying something is Christian doesn’t mean a thing if it does not line up with the character of Jesus Christ,” he summed up. “And the Jesus I know, the Jesus I follow, said the nations will be judged by how they treat the least of these.”
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Temporary maps. Independent commission intact. Vote Yes on Prop 50.
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Die #Bundesnetzagentur unter Präsident Klaus Müller stellt Netzbetreibern höhere Renditen in Aussicht. Energieexperten befürchten einen Anstieg der Strom- und Gasrechnungen. Dabei profitieren Netzbetreiber bereits jetzt von hohen Renditen, trotz ihres risikofreien Geschäftsmodells."
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If you believe in me, and I believe in you, then you are contractually obligated to believe in yourself.
That’s just facts.
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in reply to LibreOffice • • •Dr John A Stevenson
in reply to LibreOffice • • •Nice post. This reminds me of the ESRI Enterprise Geodatabase system.
You can build one into a PostgreSQL database, but you can't edit data with non-ESRI tools because it handles IDs and relations in its own way. It's built like that because the same structure is used in their other GeoDatabase formats, but it has the convenient side-effect of locking the data into their tools.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geodat…
#postgis #gis
family of proprietary GIS data formats
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