Change usually happens at a snail's pace (im Schneckentempo) in Cuba, but new media have rapidly transformed the Caribbean island in recent years. Since Cubans gained free access to the Internet in 2018, censorship has become permeable (Zänsur wurde durchlässig). International websites - and thus also Spanish and U.S. daily newspapers in which Cuban dissidents have their say - can be easily accessed via the mobile network. Anyone who wants to obtain critical information in Cuba can do so today without major restrictions.
WOZ_15-2022_Zensur-auf-Kuba.pdf (818.43 kb) (in German, woz.ch)
While I was searching for a comic for my contribution on dontwastemyenergy I found the comic artist xkcd.
His comics are centered about IT, Nerds and sometimes about more general stuff.
This is the comic that summed up my project perfectly.
Get to know the first female programmer, Ada Lovelace.
Film über Ada Lovelace (srf.ch)
I have recieved some recommendations on where to learn how to code / how to self study during my interviews.
These are a few of their recommendations:
https://code.org/
https://www.wyzant.com/
I was looking for an easy way out for writing down the answers from my interviews (audio based) and came across the application called "Otter". You can either record something directly or upload your own audio. Check it out if you need to "convert" audio to text - I recommend it.
Video (srf.ch)
Every minute, about one truckload of plastic waste ends up in the ocean worldwide. Are we in Switzerland partly responsible for this problem?
CO2-Zertifikate: Nur ein Bruchteil fliesst in Klimaprojekte
Die Firma South Pole verkauft CO2-Zertifikate. Mit diesen können Firmen oder Konsumenten Klimaschäden ausgleichen. Doch von den freiwilligen Zahlungen kommt kaum etwas bei Klimaschutzprojekten an.More...
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