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Goodbye, Microsoft: Schleswig-Holstein relies on Open Source and saves millions | @…
https://www.heise.de/en/news/Goodbye-Microsoft-Schleswig-Holstein-relies-on-Open-Source-and-saves-millions-11105459.html
Als een overheid met dit soort rendementen kan overstappen, werpt dat toch wel vragen op waarom een andere overheid dat niet zou kunnen? 😇
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lkml_thread: Linux kernel mailing list
A bipartite network of contributions by users to threads on the Linux kernel mailing list. A left node is a person, and a right node is a thread, and each timestamped edge (i,j,t) denotes that user i contributed to thread j at time t. The date of the snapshot is not given.
This network has 379554 nodes and 1565683 edges.
Tags: Social, Communication, Unweighted, Timestamps

Cyclo-logistique en Belgique
- plus de 5 millions de colis livrés Š vélo en Belgique, soit 70 % de plus qu’en 2023
- 10 millions de km parcourus par des coursiers Š vélo, soit 30 % de plus
- 4112 tonnes de CO₂ évitées et 12 millions € de coûts externes économisés
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Not to make light of the latter, but "Once again millions of Canadians literally forget how to drive after first snowfall"* is Canada's "'No Way To Prevent This,' Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens".**
*<https://www.thebeaverton.c…

"Millions of Christmas trees will end up in landfill this year. Here's what to do with them instead"
#Christmas #Trees #ChristmasTrees

Throwing out the Christmas tree? Here are the alternatives to landfill
Christmas trees can take years to break down when thrown into landfill, but there are some more eco-friendly ways of ending the festivity.

Irgend jemand scheint unter "Digitale Souveränität" etwas ganz anderes zu verstehen als der Rest der Welt.
#DigitaleSouveränität #DigitalSovereignty

Wow. I didn't know the history of R, actually, it's co-creator, Emeritus Professor of Statistics, Ross Ihaka, University of Auckland, of Māori descent.

A true global public good used by millions.
'...he remains modest and bighearted. Always resisting the pressure to commercialize his brainchild.'

Ross Ihaka: The Open-Hearted Data Hero - History of Data Science
Many inventors seek fame and fortune, or at least recognition. This isn’t the case for New Zealand statistician and associate professor George Ross Ihaka. Despite being the co-creator of R, an open-source programming language used by millions and loved by the likes of Google and the Bank of America, he remains modest and bighearted. Always resisting the pressure to commercialize his brainchild.

drosophila_flybi: Fruit fly protein interactions (Drosophila melanogaster)
Binary protein-protein interactions (PPIs) for Drosophila melanogaster, containing 8723 PPIs among 2939 proteins. The iteractions were identified using a yeast two-hybrid (Y2H) analysis.
This network has 2939 nodes and 8723 edges.
Tags: Biological, Protein interactions, Unweighted

"How the oceans’ coral reefs could be the secret weapon to tackle food insecurity around the world"
#Oceans #Environment #Coral

Healthy coral reefs could feed millions every year, finds study
Overfishing and global warming are depleting food from our oceans, but rebuilding reef life could help provide millions of meals every year.

"Climate change inaction costs millions of lives each year, report warns"
#Climate #ClimateChange
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Climate change inaction costs millions of lives each year, report warns
The 2025 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change reveals that climate inaction and continued dependence on fossil fuels is resulting in an immense human cost, with millions of lives lost each year due to heat, air pollution, disease spread, and worsening food insecurity.