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Jerome Baur

#flashback with this #soundtrack of the #performance “Microcosmos” I #composed in #copenhagen
A Fabulous #show for #young #audiences created by Giacomo Ravicchio - #production : Meridiano #theater 🇩🇰
A #journey of #visual #magic for #children to #discover the #sizes of #things , large, small, #scale of #universe versus the one of an #ant
For this #music I #explored many #timbres of the #bassclarinet its #sounds #harmonics #percussions merged with #minimal #electro

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Poster of Microcosmos, a theater show, music by Jerome baur
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First plague, then war.

“Regardless of which measure you consult, the past year has seen a sharp increase in global #spending on #defence. Budgets totalled $2.7trn in 2024—up by 9.4% from 2023, the biggest jump since at least 1988.

#Military outlays now account for 2.5% of countries’ gdp on average, and 7.1% of government budgets. But the increase is even steeper when adjusted for purchasing power (see chart 1). With help from #PeterRobertson of the #UniversityofWesternAustralia, we estimate that global #defence #spending rose by 10% in real terms.”

What got me to read the article? The notation, “$bn, log scale” graph. #Graphs shown in log #scale.

Meaning the economist pitch to readership is high in statistical education OR it’s from an Academic source.

<archive.md/I8SBL> / <economist.com/graphic-detail/2> (paywall)

“Circle size=population, 2023. *Military purchasing-power parity adjusts spending to reflect cost and wage differences with the United States Sources: DGBAS; World Bank; SIPRI; Peter Robertson; The Economist” source https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2025/05/16/how-do-countries-rank-by-military-spending
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Paul Meyer

You don't have to chase the commercial endeavor, but it may come [...] to you. [...] So I would think of it this way: If you want there to be peace in the project, give people extension points where necessary, so that everything doesn't have to flow into core in order to feel like it's a first class citizen. - @kelseyhightower at PlanetNix 2025

Quite some interesting takes by Kelsey on the Nix project. I hope we can get to a point where commercial and non-commercial interests can co-exist in the project. Watch the full thing here:

Fireside Chat with Kelsey Hightower: An Outsider’s Look at Nix
youtu.be/caxcawUCSZ8

#Nix #NixOS #Kubernetes #OpenSource #SCALE #PlanetNix @planetnix

YouTubeFireside Chat with Kelsey Hightower: An Outsider’s Look at NixBy Southern California Linux Expo
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Scott Williams 🐧

@arichtman One of the things that I love about presenting at #SCaLE is the quality of questions asked. The mix of hobbyist and professional culture at the convention means there's almost certainly going to be at least one good question that you didn't anticipate being asked.

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