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Auf den Weg zur #SFSCON nach Bozen.
Der #Transalpin (#Graz - #Zürich) führt keinen Speisewagen mehr und es ist anscheinend auch nicht geplant wieder einen für diese Strecke in Betrieb nehmen. :sadlinux: Die Speisewagen seien zu alt, zu wartungsintensiv und zu teuer.
Die Idee des mobilen Boardservice gefällt mir nicht, die belegen hier drei meiner geliebten Abteile der zweiten Klasse. Zum Glück hatte ich noch genug Zeit am Bahnhof um Proviant zu besorgen.
The idea is that, for the rich, a normal speeding fine isn't much of a disuasion, so they tend to become repeat offenders—unless the fine really bites hard.
With fines of 2,000+ CHF a day, even the mega-wealthy start to pay attention.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/aug/12/record-speeding-fine-switzerland
The key to enforcement is that in Switzerland, you own your license plate. Replace your car, and the plate goes on the new car. Unless you change cantons (and few people do), the plate is yours for life.
It's a permanent record—which makes enforcement of speeding laws easier. The first two letters indicate the canton you live in (in this case, #Zürich.)
"I'm puzzled when people say the Swiss have good transportation because they're rich. It has nothing to do with that. They're still using trams from 1970. They restore them every 7 years. Making do is part of the culture. If you're using trams for 50 years, that's a hell of a savings."
—Norman Garrick
🇨🇭 🧵
Garrick, who lives in #Zürich, is right. Here's what you see inside the #10 tram I rode to Central: this tram was introduced in 2009, then refitted in 2015 and 2022.
The point is, in #Switzerland, novelty for its own sake isn't a virtue...
On Sunday, #Zürich residents voted 52.8% in favor of increasing parking fees for cars according to weight.
The owner of a BMW X2 (Diesel), which weighs 1,675 kilograms, will now pay equivalent of €717 Euros per year to park on a public street. (Before, about €321.)
Direct democracy!
More here: (in German)
https://www.swissinfo.ch/ger/parkkarten-in-der-stadt-z%c3%bcrich-kosten-k%c3%bcnftig-mehr/90081858
On Sunday, #Zürich residents voted 52.8% in favor of increasing parking fees for cars according to weight.
The owner of a BMW X2 (Diesel), which weighs 1,675 kilograms, will now pay equivalent of €717 Euros per year to park on a public street. (Before, about €321.)
Direct democracy!
More here: (in German)
https://www.swissinfo.ch/ger/parkkarten-in-der-stadt-z%c3%bcrich-kosten-k%c3%bcnftig-mehr/90081858
The house of my 3 best friends (+ 2 cats) in #Wetzikon burned down this week.
They are in urgent need of a new house or appartment, about 5/6 rooms up to 2500 SFR Near Wetzikon or Kanton Zürich.
They are wonderful people in their 40s and 50s, working for a #Zurich hospital. One Swiss, one Italian, one Portuguese.
Currently they are in a Hotel with the cats. No money required, they had insurance, but housing!
Any contacts to me please, I will forward directly. Thanks!!! 🩷
PLEASE BOOST
The house of my 3 best friends (+ 2 cats) in #Wetzikon burned down this week.
They are in urgent need of a new house or appartment, about 5/6 rooms up to 2500 SFR Near Wetzikon or Kanton Zürich.
They are wonderful people in their 40s and 50s, working for a #Zurich hospital. One Swiss, one Italian, one Portuguese.
Currently they are in a Hotel with the cats. No money required, they had insurance, but housing!
Any contacts to me please, I will forward directly. Thanks!!! 🩷
PLEASE BOOST
Der Professor für Informatik, Otmar #Hiliges, verlässt die #ETH#Zürich. Er hat #LongCOVID und #MECFS und ist nicht mehr in der Lage zu arbeiten. Einer seiner Söhne ist ebenfalls erkrankt.
»Zurich AI Festival – Zürich stellt KI eine Woche lang in den Mittelpunkt:
Vom 29. September bis zum 4. Oktober 2025 findet das Zurich AI Festival statt. Auf dem Programm stehen Fachkonferenzen, Kunstinstallationen, Live-Demos und - als Herzstück - der AI+X Summit an der ETH. Die Veranstalter rechnen mit rund 5000 Besuchern«
Ich werde wahrscheinlich dort hin gehen aber es auch ganz klar als Werbefestival ansehen.
🤔 https://www.netzwoche.ch/news/2025-07-15/zuerich-stellt-ki-eine-woche-lang-in-den-mittelpunkt
Universities -- & national scholarly funders more generally -- have been resistant to developing #open, transparent #LLMs that deliver sovereign AI, seeing this as a private gig for big tech only. Pleased therefore to see EPFL, ETH #Zurich, & the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) release a publicly developed, fully open #LLM.
"Fully open models enable high-trust applications and are necessary for advancing research about the risks and opportunities of #AI".
Universities -- & national scholarly funders more generally -- have been resistant to developing #open, transparent #LLMs that deliver sovereign AI, seeing this as a private gig for big tech only. Pleased therefore to see EPFL, ETH #Zurich, & the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) release a publicly developed, fully open #LLM.
"Fully open models enable high-trust applications and are necessary for advancing research about the risks and opportunities of #AI".
Poppies
📍 Zürich | Switzerland
📷 Fujifilm X-T5
📅 2025
Tags:
#nature #naturephotography #photography #photo #plants #flowers #poppy #mohn #summer #sky #closeup #bokeh #dof #color #red #blue #green #affoltern #zurich #switzerland #fujifilm #fujixseries#xt5 #lightroom #manganite
Poppies
📍 Zürich | Switzerland
📷 Fujifilm X-T5
📅 2025
Tags:
#nature #naturephotography #photography #photo #plants #flowers #poppy #mohn #summer #sky #closeup #bokeh #dof #color #red #blue #green #affoltern #zurich #switzerland #fujifilm #fujixseries#xt5 #lightroom #manganite
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