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It is said that Kim Jong-il, former dictator of North Korea, had a fear of flying. For his foreign state visits, he rather took a train. No ordinary train, though. Since the carriages were bulletproof, they were heavy. Maximum speed was just around 60km/h. On board, Kim enjoyed fresh delicacies like lobster, french wine, and the company of female entertainers.

nytimes.com/2023/09/11/world/a

Tägliche Erinnerung daran, dass Menschen besser sind als ihr Ruf.
Frag sie in Meinungsforschungsumfragen oder in den Kommentarspalten von Social Media und sie werden grob und dumm erscheinen. Setz dich aber mit ihnen hin, sprich offen und hör zu, und die meisten haben gute Herzen und machen sich ihre Gedanken.

Während #Nordkorea #Russland Truppen für den völkerrechtswidrigen #Angriffskrieg gegen die #Ukraine bereitstellt, sorgt sich #OlafScholz wegen einer #Eskalation, wenn #Deutschland endlich mal #Taurus-Marschflugkörper liefern sollte.

Scholz ist eine echte Nullnummer. Gebt der Ukraine endlich, was sie zu ihrer Verteidigung braucht. #Putin muss gestoppt werden.

“Hello everybody out there using minix - I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu)…”

— Linus Torvalds

#linux

EU not an ‘à la carte menu’, members tell Switzerland

EU ministers on Tuesday (15 October) rejected a push by non-member Switzerland to add a clause to bilateral agreements under negotiation that would allow it to place limits on immigration from the bloc.

euractiv.com/section/politics/

Open-sourcing of WinAmp goes badly as owners delete entire repo*

theregister.com/2024/10/16/ope

As badly as the later development of WinAmp itself, really

← by me on @theregister

* after over 2,000 forks, though

+++ Geschirrspüler mit Zusatzprogrammen hinter Paywall +++

Eine Spülmaschine von V-Zug sorgt bei einem Kunden für Kopfschütteln: Nur mit Abo hat er Zugriff auf Spezialprogramme.

srf.ch/sendungen/kassensturz-e

The Addis Ababa Light Rail in Ethiopia's capitol is the first of its kind in eastern and sub-saharan Africa. The two lines began operation in 2015 and have a total daily ridership of 56,000. The rolling stock consists of 41 low-floor trams by CNR Changchun.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addis_Ab
Photo credit: A.Savin, Wikipedia/Free Art License (cropped)

Der Kohleausstieg in Europa ist damit längst in vollem Gange: Estland, Lettland, Litauen, Luxemburg, Malta und Zypern hatten sogar nie Kohlekraftwerke. 2025 wollen Griechenland, Irland, Italien und Ungarn ihr letztes Kohlekraftwerk vom Netz nehmen. Damit wird dann erstmals die Mehrheit der 27 EU-Mitgliedsstaaten ohne Kohleverstromung auskommen. Frankreich will 2027 folgen, Dänemark 2028, Finnland und die Niederlande 2029.

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Mozilla bought the excellent Android email app K-9 (which didn’t include any trackers) and integrated trackers as part of #Mozilla‘s rebranding under the #Thunderbird name.

They even made it opt-out instead of opt-in. Their defense for breaking the law: ”we wouldn’t have enough data if we obeyed the law.“

It doesn’t matter whether you ”anonymized“ the data or not: If you want to extract data from someone’s device to yours, you may do so only if they knowingly consented.
social.tchncs.de/@kuketzblog/1

60 years ago, on Oct 1st, 1964, the very first Shinkansen line was inaugurated. It connected Tokyo and Osaka with new trains reaching up to 220km/h. With its introduction just in time for the Olympic Games in Japan, the era of highspeed trains dawned.

geo.de/wissen/weltgeschichte/e (in German)

TIL Medieval Peasants generally received anywhere from eight weeks to a half-year off. At the time, the Church considered frequent and mandatory holidays the key to keeping a working population from revolting.

yahoo.com/lifestyle/americans-
#til #todayilearned
reddit.com/r/todayilearned/com

Over 300 scientists from 33 countries have signed yet another open letter criticising Hungary's proposal for EU #ChatControl:

Client-side scanning of ALL end-to-end encrypted private communication (messages, email..)

In other words: mass surveillance!

homes.esat.kuleuven.be/~prenee

European countries are increasingly avoiding or halting arms purchases from #Switzerland, chafing at restrictions linked to the country’s neutrality. A case involving #Germany is stirring controversy in Switzerland.

Germany has now decided to exclude Swiss companies from certain military procurement contracts. According to #armasuisse director Urs #Loher, this is a clear signal that Switzerland is no longer seen as “reliable” in Germany.

swissinfo.ch/eng/foreign-affai

#Russia #EU

With 5,068 metres above sea level, the Tanggula railway station in Tibet is the highest railway station in the world. The unstaffed station is part of the Qinghai-Tibet railway.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanggula

Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons/Yaohua2000/CC BY-SA 3.0

Just donated, but didn't spend any money!

I donate blood as often as possible—while it only costs me some time, it is much needed by many.

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