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Are you kidding me? 3.40 Euros for a single Espresso?? This was the last time ever at Costa Coffee (Karlsruhe main Station). … Feels like a tourist trap as e.g. Venice, Piazza San Marco…but without Venice ;-)
#coffeechallenge #boycottCosta

from my link log —
MySQL transactions per second vs fsyncs per second.
https://sirupsen.com/napkin/problem-10-mysql-transactions-per-second
saved 2025-03-21

Seen David Attenborough's film Ocean? Track countries' progress in signing and ratifying the High Seas Treaty, needed to protect 30% of the oceans.
https://highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratification/map/
Here's Europe:
orange = signed only,

High Seas Treaty Ratification Map
At least 60 countries must sign and ratify the High Seas Treaty for it to become international law. Follow progress and see who has signed and ratify the treaty on the world map.

Second Circuit Declines To Let Trump Grab Carroll By The Process. Again. - Above the Law
https://abovethelaw.com/2025/06/second-circuit-declines-to-let-trump-grab-carroll-by-the-process-again/

"Drought fears in Europe amid reports May was world’s second hottest ever"
#Drought #Climate #ClimateChange

Microsoft has once again been named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Data Science and Machine Learning (DSML) Platforms.
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog

Microsoft recognized for second consecutive year as a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms | Microsoft Azure Blog
Find out how Microsoft Azure Machine Learning can help you optimize business processes, improve customer experiences, and drive innovation.

A federal judge Friday issued a second preliminary injunction blocking some provisions of the sweeping executive order on elections that Donald Trump signed in March.
Judge Denise Casper blocked provisions ordering the U.S. Election Assistance Commission to take steps to require documentary proof of citizenship from people registering to vote and requiring federal voter registration agencies to “assess” the citizenship of individuals who receive public assistance before providing them …

Parts of Trump’s executive order on elections blocked by a federal court
A federal court granted a coalition of states an injunction halting implementation of parts of Trump’s executive order on elections.

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Tikhet:
🎵 I Buried My Brain In El Segundo
#NowPlaying #Tikhet
https://eskapadenmusik.bandcamp.com/track/i-buried-my-brain-in-el-segundo
https://open.spotify.com/track/2Cq60npcpfq6YAlh0Nndkt

This week, we were discussing the central question Can we "predict" a word? as the basis for statistical language models in our #ISE2025 lecture. Of course, I wasx trying Shakespeare quotes to motivate the (international) students to complement the quotes with "predicted" missing words ;-)
"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely...."

"New tech gives second life to plastic farm waste"
#Plastic #Plastics #Environment

New tech gives second life to plastic farm waste
In a study published in the journal Recycling, the research team analyzed the thermal, physical and mechanical properties of various plastic waste materials to determine the optimal temperature to process them using a groundbreaking, cost-efficient melting machine developed by partner company Ritchie Technology (Rtec).