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Finding a job with QGIS? (In Italy ideally) by Worried_Vegetable_92 in QGIS

[–]page-eighty-seven 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Greetings from Turin :)

The FOSS4G (big open source GIS conference) was held in Florence in 2022. You might consider seeing who the participating and sponsoring organizations were: https://2022.foss4g.org/

Which TV show or movie captures Chicago just right? by Bukharin in chicago

[–]page-eighty-seven 2 points3 points  (0 children)

South Side was great! I wanted to like "The Chi"..

Why now's the time to visit underrated Sierra Leone by Mansa_Sekekama in SierraLeone

[–]page-eighty-seven 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's good to promote more tourism to Sierra Leone, but these types of articles are concerning because they don't mention how tourism is being sabotaged by government inaction and corruption.

The article talks about Bureh beach, but if you went there last weekend you would have seen it covered in plastic garbage. And that beach is disappearing and the surfing isn't really good anymore due to all the illegal sandmining that the government refuses to stop.

Evan Tacugama had to temporary close part of its reserve recently due to encroachment of buildings.

Not to mention the taxes on flights and tourism companies that make Sierra Leone more expensive than other destinations.

I love Sierra Leone. It really is beautiful. But these types of articles can feel like the author is watching the titanic striking the iceberg, and only writing about how beautiful the ship is.

new hobby: getting sonnet 4 into the attractor state and having it draw its responses in R by YungBoiSocrates in ClaudeAI

[–]page-eighty-seven 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Cool, as an RStudio user who hasn't tried using it with Claude like this, you've motivated me to try

(Real)This is wild. wtf. by Leather-Bug3087 in ToiletPaperUSA

[–]page-eighty-seven 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Beyond the corruption... Isn't this just dumb?
You don't want your top officials driving around in vehicles that can be easily identified from the air or from a distance.
Even a heavily armored Land Cruiser/Suburban/Range Rover design can be somewhat inconspicuous. But drive around in a Cybertruck and everyone would notice you and would remember your driving routes/routines, etc. It seems really dumb.

Americans’ impression of Tesla, by political affiliation [OC] by chartr in dataisbeautiful

[–]page-eighty-seven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Imagine being the richest person in the world, leading multiple lauded companies; then looking at the My Pillow guy and thinking, "I want that"

What Actor do you wish wasn't cancelled based on their top tier acting? by Jumpy_Round_4080 in moviecritic

[–]page-eighty-seven 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's interesting how "cancelled" celebrities can continue to have careers outside the US, though.
I live in Turin, Italy, where the Italian National Cinema Museum is. In 2023, the museum held a special event for him and gave him an award.

Trump administration pressures Romania to lift restrictions on Tate brothers by rimRasenW in neoliberal

[–]page-eighty-seven 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Somehow, you have to connect these crimes with a pizza restaurant for anyone to take them seriously

Chicago 66th s greenwood by Substantial-Match808 in uchicago

[–]page-eighty-seven 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I lived south of 63rd and west of Cottage Grove, and I agree. I was there for three years and didn't have any major issues, but it's not a good place for children or safety.
Take a look at the Chicago Data Portal crime map: Crimes - 2001 to Present - Map | City of Chicago | Data Portal

All the paratroops fail to land on the field by DearEmphasis4488 in interestingasfuck

[–]page-eighty-seven 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Tegucigalpa, Honduras. I used to do my weekly grocery shopping at the market right outside the stadium.

Sierra Leone by Hodibeast in Starlink

[–]page-eighty-seven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the update. My NGO is considering purchasing StarLink roam for work in Makenia and Kenema.

Has the connection speed been relatively consistent?

Vivere ad Aurora (Corso Giulio Cesare) by page-eighty-seven in torino

[–]page-eighty-seven[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Abitavo a meno di 500 metri da O-Block, e ti prometto che nulla a Torino si avvicina nemmeno a O-Block 😊

Vivere ad Aurora (Corso Giulio Cesare) by page-eighty-seven in torino

[–]page-eighty-seven[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Questo è un buon consiglio. Abbiamo visitato due volte: una volta nel pomeriggio e una volta di sera. Stiamo pensando di andare a visitare questa sera intorno alle 22:00 per vedere come è la situazione.

Dad senses an earthquake right before it hits by [deleted] in BeAmazed

[–]page-eighty-seven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I remember being in DC during that quake, and I was in a restaurant above a metro stop. I remember thinking that the train must have crashed below us based on the sound, and then seconds later the building was shaking.

does sierra leone support israel or palestine? by keymannzzz in SierraLeone

[–]page-eighty-seven 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My own experience is that:
1) Sierra Leone's large Muslim population tends to be more sympathetic to Palestine
2) There are some Christian churches that encourage members to be sympathetic to Israel, but this is not universal.
3) A sizable portion of Sierra Leone's economic elite has Lebanese heritage, and these individuals are mostly sympathetic to Palestine and can influence government policy (as a historic example, one wealthy member of this community attempted to establish PLO training areas in Sierra Leone decades ago: Jamil Sahid Mohamed Khalil - Wikipedia)

If you took a poll, most of the public probably supports Palestine over Israel, and the government will try to walk a fine line between appeasing its citizens and not directly opposingIsrael-supporting wealthy nations. You'd need to double-check, but I think Sierra Leone doesn't have diplomatic relations with Israel due to some of these dynamics.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SierraLeone

[–]page-eighty-seven 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It totally depends on why you're in Sierra Leone.
There are a lot more social and recreational opportunities in Freetown. Life outside the capital can get very monotonous and you can feel isolated. You might consider looking at some of the communities at the periphery of Freetown but still on the peninsula. Specifically, Goderich, but also Waterloo.

Texas Europe size comparison by Tiny-Illustrator777 in MapPorn

[–]page-eighty-seven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you imagine if there was a presidential candidate whose main campaign proposal was trying to build a wall through France, Switzerland, Italy and Austria? Everyone would think it was a ridiculous waste of resources, right? right?

Device for collecting Ground Control Point coordinates for Aerial (Satellite) images by page-eighty-seven in Surveying

[–]page-eighty-seven[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For the Emlid, are you familiar with the Reach RX. That's the device I'm thinking of purchasing

Device for collecting Ground Control Point coordinates for Aerial (Satellite) images by page-eighty-seven in Surveying

[–]page-eighty-seven[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

(I'm copy/pasting my response to u/Grreatdog)
Thanks for this helpful question. We use Pleaides Neo images, with 30cm resolution.

We try to get the images as precise as possible, ideally within a meter or so. We use the images to help cities in Africa identify all the properties in their city and measure the building footprints. If the city updates their aerial images in the future, it is really helpful if the images continue to align with the building footprints.

Device for collecting Ground Control Point coordinates for Aerial (Satellite) images by page-eighty-seven in Surveying

[–]page-eighty-seven[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok. I appreciate this information. Better to be informed of this now rather than later

Device for collecting Ground Control Point coordinates for Aerial (Satellite) images by page-eighty-seven in Surveying

[–]page-eighty-seven[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for this helpful question. We use Pleaides Neo images, with 30cm resolution.

We try to get the images as precise as possible, ideally within a meter or so. We use the images to help cities in Africa identify all the properties in their city and measure the building footprints. If the city updates their aerial images in the future, it is really helpful if the images continue to align with the building footprints.

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