@petersuber The devil is in communicating one’s actual needs: There is a hospital in South Africa which put out a RFP, Request For Proposal, for a medical records system. The requirements were so over the top and formal that my open source proposal were rejected. Then they finally balked and said they just need something. By that time we had moved on.
Happy Friday! Enjoy your weekend! Here's my end of the week ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 11th lowest on record (JAXA data)...
• about 200,000 km² above the 2010s mean
• about 750,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,650,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,360,000 km² below the 1980s mean
Whilst hugely in awe of the ability of #housemartins to fly from #Africa to #Scotland & back, I am even more impressed that they always know where their nest is when they have built it on one of the #Bute ferries. Are we in #Colintraive, #Rhubodach or somewhere in-between?
A candidate in Ecuador’s upcoming presidential election, Fernando Villavicencio, was assassinated at a campaign event in the capital Wednesday as a deadly escalation of violence and crime grips the country.