Eine Geste, die wir alle kennen. Und noch dazu eine sehr schöne, im Zwischenmenschlichen Verhältnis, wie ich meine. Weird History hat sich in dem gleichnamigen Youtube-Kanal die Mühe gemacht, der Geschichte des Finger-Zeichens einmal nachzugehen.
Let’s set the scene. You’re livid, you want to scream at someone. But for some reason, you can’t speak. What gesture do you give them? That’s right – the good ol’ middle finger comes immediately to mind, right? The middle finger has been known as a way to display anger for a very long time – going all the way back to ancient Greece. In fact, it’s “one of the most ancient insult gestures known,” according to anthropologist Desmond Morris.
Hey Security-Bubble! Habt Ihr euch auch schon mal Gedanken darüber gemacht, ob die Passwörter eurer Benutzer auch alle richtig sind? Dann gibt es gute Nachrichten für euch!
Jedenfalls berichtet t3n, dass otto-js Research Team sich einmal den Chrome & Edge Enhanced Spellcheck angeschaut haben. Und dabei stellt sich folgendes raus:
Sicherheitslücke: Rechtschreibprüfung schickt Passwörter an Microsoft und Google
Supermarktkette Kaufland hat in einer Pressemitteilung bekanntgegeben, über die Point-of-Interest-Suche in Auto-Navigationssystemen Werbehinweise einblenden zu wollen. Das Vorhaben wird zusammen mit SAP.iO Alumni 4.Screen realisiert.
A “Dream Job”, writes Reuters. The report has it the man actually charges for doing nothing, making it a real job.
Shoji Morimoto has what some would see as a dream job: he gets paid to do pretty much nothing.
From the article
The service comes at ￥10.000, about 70€, per hour and gives the client the company, or existence of Shoji. While at first glance this is a superfluid job, it wouldn’t fit any of David Graebers categories for bullshit jobs. Being booked for being around and do nothing wouldn’t be a „Flunkie“, a „Goons“, a „Duct Taper“, a „Box Tickers“ or a „Taskmasters“.
For many, a dream job has to come with purpose. Doing nothing may be different from having nothing to do. Being paid for what you want to do may indeed be a form of a dreamjob. For some.
Künstliche Intelligenz ist immer noch in aller Munde, weil es Produkte allein durch Anwesenheit besser macht. Gewissermaßen ist kein Produkt vollständig, wenn es nicht irgendwas intelligenter macht als das Vorgängermodell. Und so braucht auch die Kaffeemaschine irgendwas intelligentes, um sich abzuheben.
Das aktuelle Gerät von Jura kann sich offenbar merken, was die Benutzer so trinken.
The 9-Euro Ticket was considered experimental in first place. And still deemed to become a huge success in Germany. At the price-point, the ticket was unbeatable and created lots of debates about the future of mobility in the country. First research showed accessible public transport can lay grounds for a modal shift in the population. After many controversies, even the liberal forces in the government acknowledged the need for affordable transportation.
The Technical University of Munich now conducted a survey. Results conclude that just about 50 Euro would be affordable / acceptable for the majority of possible audience.
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The experimental “9 Euro Ticket” general transit pass has run its course and the calls for a successor pass are growing. A study conducted by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) accompanied more than 2000 people during the 9 Euro Ticket trial period, interviewing them on a regular basis. In addition to questions on mobility behavior, information on the price which the participants were willing to pay for a follow-up pass also played an important role.
Technical University of Munich (TUM) conducted a mobility study.
Being from the Metropolregion myself, this comes not at a surprise. The city ticket here alone comes in at about 70€ a month, and to reach TUM alone, the monthly ticket will set you back by roughly 100€. At 50€, the ticket therefore still will be a bargain for anybody. Whether it creates the same effects the 9€ ticket created is questionable. For those that have a car, it’s likely still to complex.
After all, the debate continues and how mobility needs more diversified products. At the same time, simplification to many is the key to solve the problem.
Ever since IEEE has been organised into regions by geography. While at first thought the idea serves a global organisation well, the distribution has been questionable for the same period of time. For those readers not being members of IEEE: Region 1-6 are all located in the United States, whereas Region 7 and 9 are at least on the same continent. Canada finds itself in a Region (7) and South-America are organised in Region 9.
China, Southeast Asia and Australia are gathered under Region 10.
That leaves the “Rest of World” to Region 8. 56 countries gather in this organisation, spanning from South Africa to Norway, from UK and Ireland to Russia and all of the Middle East.
For any volunteer, this makes an interesting setting: having the opportunity to meet most diverse cultural backgrounds and the ability to exchange with most interesting markets, all on the one hand.
To bridge these timezones and cultural backgrounds makes decision making difficult for most of the time. Any new initiative require deep embedding of any individuals in the organisation to know the preferences and navigate the complex networks that evolved over time.
Region 8 includes 15 timezones
Discussions are underway about dividing and merging regions
Quote from IEEE Spectrum
The discussions are at least as old as my first involvement with Region 8. With IEEE Spectrum reporting about tendencies to reconfigure the setup, this may have more meat than only disgruntled volunteers ranting about the necessity.
Für Aussenstehende ist das alles wahrscheinlich nur schwer nachvollziehbar. Für München und Münchner ist die Wiesn nach 2 Jahre Corona-Pandemie bedingter Pause eine Erlösung. Das Oktoberfest fand zum allerersten Mal anlässlich der Hochzeit von Kronprinz Ludwig von Bayern und Prinzessin Therese am 12. Oktober 1810 statt. Das seit 1810 jährlich stattfindende Oktoberfest markiert traditionell das Ende des Sommers und wurde im Lauf der Jahre etwas nach vorne in den September geschoben, so dass heutzutage nur noch das letzte Wochenende im Oktober stattfindet.
In seiner 222-jährigen Geschichte ist das Fest 26 Mal angesagt worden. Darunter 2 Mal Aufgrund einer Cholera Epidemie, zuletzt 2020 und 2021 wegen der Covid-19 Pandemie, zum ersten Mal seit 1949.
Die 187. Wiesen findet von heute, dem 17. September. bis zum 3. Oktober 2022 statt. Und so heisst es nach 2 Jahren warten dieses Jahr endlich wieder „O’zapft is! Auf eine friedliche Wiesn“
Man kann mit dem Porsche 911 nun auch campen gehen. Dank des von Porsche Tequipment entwickelten, hergestellten und vertriebenen Dachzeltes. Jedenfalls berichten das einschlägige Motormagazine. Das sortiere ich einmal unter “Produkt” ein, offenbar gibt es dafür eine Marktlücke.
Jay Leno visited SpaceX to interview Elon Musk. The quick trailer on Jay Lenos Twitter channel shows them debating Raptor Engines, used in SpaceX’s rockets. In the converation, Elon Musk takes a hot take on patents. He claims the company ain’t using the mechanism, that won’t help progressing anywhere. His take is patents are meant to keep others from progressing along. My bubble will appreciate.
