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Ralph Straumann (@rastrau)
@rastrau.swiss.social.ap.brid.gy
PhD in geography ⇒ jack of all trades, master of some.

I'm interested in data science, data politics, digital transformation, the inner workings of […]

[bridged from https://swiss.social/@rastrau on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Reposted by Ralph Straumann (@rastrau)
It's becoming increasingly clear to me that Reflect Orbital's fucking stupid giant mirror satellite, with absolutely NOTHING useful to offer, which will cause countless safety issues, ecological disasters, and destroy the night sky, is going to launch.

A bunch of astronomers and I have sent out […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
October 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Reposted by Ralph Straumann (@rastrau)
"Sideloading" is the rentseeker word for "being able to run software of your choosing on a computing device you purchased". There is no reasonable case for an operating system developer having a say over what programs you run on your hardware.

#android #google
August 26, 2025 at 4:31 AM
“RSS has been the backbone of the podcast industry (…) quietly serving feeds to millions of users everywhere with few of them aware that an open protocol from the 90s was serving up their content. As with every other corner of the internet where money could be made, corporate raiders have come […]
Original post on swiss.social
swiss.social
August 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Long live the #web. Can't express it better than The HTML Hobbyist (https://www.htmlhobbyist.com):

Once upon a time, the World Wide Web was the Wild Wild West. (...) 25 years later, the barrier to entry in creating, publishing, and maintaining a website is not any higher than it was in 1994. If […]
Original post on swiss.social
swiss.social
July 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Immer wieder wird im Geschäftskontext über #Datenqualität gesprochen, oft zusammen mit «authoritativeness», Entstehungskontext, #Governance-Modelle etc. Aber es lohnt sich meines Erachtens, zuerst die Begrifflichkeiten und die Bedeutung von #Daten-qualität zu klären. Beginn eines Versuchs […]
Original post on swiss.social
swiss.social
April 29, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Reposted by Ralph Straumann (@rastrau)
Are you new to the #fediverse #gischat or looking for more #geospatial connections?

I've updated my Geospatial and #SpatialDataScience lists. Now with more than 200 accounts you shouldn't miss.

Details: https://anitagraser.com/2024/02/03/finding-geospatial-accounts-on-mastodon/

#osgeo #gis […]
Original post on fosstodon.org
fosstodon.org
October 13, 2024 at 3:05 PM
Reposted by Ralph Straumann (@rastrau)
⚠️ Der #bodensee leidet unter #Trockenheit und zu kleinen Schmelzwassermengen aus dem Einzugsgebiet des Rheins: Der Wasserpegel ist der 𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗴𝘀𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗶𝘁 𝟒𝟎 𝗝𝗮𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗻. Das ist sogar aus dem Weltall gut zu sehen, wie diese Bilder zeigen. In Rot sind Gewässer-Ufer […]

[Original post on swiss.social]
April 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Reposted by Ralph Straumann (@rastrau)
Aus aktuellem Anlass möchte ich hier Jahresverlauf des Bodenseepegels im Jahr 1972 teilen. Damals lag der Pegel des Bodensees am 2. April bei 245 cm (gegenüber 275 cm in diesem Jahr).

Außerdem habe ich heute die historischen Daten auf der Website um Maximum […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]
April 2, 2025 at 12:03 PM
⚠️ Der #bodensee leidet unter #Trockenheit und zu kleinen Schmelzwassermengen aus dem Einzugsgebiet des Rheins: Der Wasserpegel ist der 𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗴𝘀𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗶𝘁 𝟒𝟎 𝗝𝗮𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗻. Das ist sogar aus dem Weltall gut zu sehen, wie diese Bilder zeigen. In Rot sind Gewässer-Ufer […]

[Original post on swiss.social]
April 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Reposted by Ralph Straumann (@rastrau)
«They're [Substack] a tech company funded by venture capital, whose end goal is to provide a return for their investors. And so far, those investors have pumped over $90m into the platform, valuing it at well over $600m. Those numbers should give pause to any journalist or thinker who is […]
Original post on waldvogel.family
waldvogel.family
March 4, 2025 at 9:13 PM