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From the outside, open source often looks like a technical concept. A license here, a repository there, a few lines of source code, publicly visible. But look closer and you’ll see: it’s about much more than software. It’s about freedom. And about sharing. I’m not a developer in the classic sense. I’ve never overseen major projects or designed complex software architectures. But over the years I’ve written many small scripts, sometimes in PHP, sometimes in Python or Perl. I’ve built websites with WordPress, written HTML and CSS, tried things out and discarded them. Never aiming for perfection, but always wanting to create something that works — for me, and sometimes for others. ...

The video about NASA’s Climate Spiral (1880-2022) is shockingly impressive. The text was automatically translated from German into English. The German quotations were also translated in sense.

The photo shows a close-up of the front left side of an Audi, featuring the grille and headlight design. The car stands on a sandy surface near a fenced area; a metal bridge structure is visible in the background. The lighting casts warm tones on the lower part of the car, contributing to the urban, industrial atmosphere. You can download this and other photos for free and in full resolution from unsplash.com. Click here for the photo ...

Here’s a small tool recommendation: IMG Quest, an open-source API for creating Open Graph images. Via the URL you can include a title, subtitle, color scheme, and an image. The website shows how simple it is. The text was automatically translated from German into English. The German quotations were also translated in sense.

Ever heard of the Yard Sale Model? It describes the fact that, in our economic system, there will always be many poor people and very few super-rich. The essay Why the super rich are inevitable by The Pudding lays this out clearly and explains why. The text was automatically translated from German into English. The German quotations were also translated in sense.