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SK53

SK53@en.osm.town

<p>OpenstreetMapper making &amp; using maps to walk, ski, find gall wasps, flowers, fungi, trees, old churches, ale and anything which takes my fancy. OpenData nerd. Mapper since Dec 2008.</p>

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    @regendans@todon.eu bit sceptical that the licence fee was the main reason. IIRC desktop software was around $300-$500 for single licences at the time. So perhaps $21 million w/o discount (plus support @ 10-15% of list). Losing the need for PCs may have been more of a consideration. UK (and European) prices would have been £300-£500 (i.e., 60% higher). It was (is?) common practice to charge foreign subsidiaries &amp; resellers full US list price per licence.

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    I see Antonia Bance MP is trotting out daft opinions again. Last time about housing, now universities. https://bsky.app/profile/pollypw.bsky.social/post/3mkhirxjgas26

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    For #bench and #openStreetMap enthusiasts a fascinating in depth look at benches in US🇺🇸 cities: https://placesjournal.org/article/the-disappearance-of-the-public-bench/ Most intriguing for me was learning about riots when Central Park NYC introduced private chair rental. Loads of other aspects covered: removal of benches because of homeless people, NYC new roll-out. Really amplifies that a simple thing like mapping a bench can be useful in a multitude of ways. @Edent @watmildon

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    What a surprise! UK Biobank personal data compromised: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/23/private-health-records-uk-biobank-chinese-website-alibaba In my experience UK Health researchers are somewhat naive about the risks of cybercrime and the actual degree of anonymity afforded by psedoanomisation. The late Ross Anderson and his group had many striking examples, for instance https://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2014/04/04/latest-health-privacy-scandal/.

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    @ultrazool Might be no consolation, but I don&amp;#39;t think you should frame this as being on &amp;quot;the wrong path&amp;quot;. The grant award process heavily favours incumbents, even when the awarding body is actively trying to avoid doing so.

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    @ultrazool Ooof! Makes it harder to offer reassurance. Suspect (or hope?) you&amp;#39;re a victim of policy making by inertia. As for the other thing just sorry to hear it.

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    Views from the middle of the #sotmEU2025 group photo #sotmEU25