Oldřich Spáčil
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How crawlers impact the operations of the Wikimedia projects diff.wikimedia.org/2025/04/01/h...
How crawlers impact the operations of the Wikimedia projects
Since the beginning of 2024, the demand for the content created by the Wikimedia volunteer community – especially for the 144 million images, videos, and other files on Wikimedia Commons – has grow…
diff.wikimedia.org
April 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
How crawlers impact the operations of the Wikimedia projects diff.wikimedia.org/2025/04/01/h...
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You will doubtless hear more of Palantir in coming years. If you didn’t read this interview with its founder Alex Karp at the time may I recommend it to you. It’s one of the most interesting things I’ve read (and not easy to put in a box)
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November 14, 2024 at 8:31 PM
You will doubtless hear more of Palantir in coming years. If you didn’t read this interview with its founder Alex Karp at the time may I recommend it to you. It’s one of the most interesting things I’ve read (and not easy to put in a box)
t.co/MbHSnbc7Tr
t.co/MbHSnbc7Tr
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Autumn leaves are staying green for longer in Britain – here’s why https://theconversation.com/autumn-leaves-are-staying-green-for-longer-in-britain-heres-why-243224
Autumn leaves are staying green for longer in Britain – here’s why
Plus, how trees can be tricked into ‘thinking’ it is another season.
theconversation.com
November 13, 2024 at 11:47 AM
Autumn leaves are staying green for longer in Britain – here’s why https://theconversation.com/autumn-leaves-are-staying-green-for-longer-in-britain-heres-why-243224
Turns out the bit tech monopolies do get more money from customers than ever before. Shocking at first, but not surprising after all :-/ www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
BBC Radio 4 - More or Less: Behind the Stats, Are companies making more money from their customers?
We investigate claims mark-ups are larger than ever
www.bbc.co.uk
August 19, 2024 at 4:38 PM
Turns out the bit tech monopolies do get more money from customers than ever before. Shocking at first, but not surprising after all :-/ www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
Wait, what?! Basically no major railways in the USA are electrified yet? www.theverge.com/2024/8/12/24...
Is the US finally getting ‘all aboard’ with electric trains?
Two new electric trains are just a drop in the bucket.
www.theverge.com
August 13, 2024 at 12:06 AM
Wait, what?! Basically no major railways in the USA are electrified yet? www.theverge.com/2024/8/12/24...