Its likely that the "foreign dignitaries" either paid for the work already (in exchange for access to research material) or by sponsoring museum tours on these or other objects.
The majority of digs are done (paid for) by foreign universities, with oversight and eventual ownership of the items by the Museum of Cairo. Most foreign digs that I know of are paused, and have been since 2011/2012 - the ousting of Mubarak. The "season" for excavation limited, and a disruption of a few years was enough for a heavy uptick in looting.
A lot of important (but less newsworthy) sites are now bare - funding for security is not limitless, and without even annual oversight very hard to maintain. Sites of greater value ($ value) are more closely guarded, and perhaps even less likely to be looted if the Egyptians are leading the dig.
I have no direct sources (and haven't looked), I've only heard secondhand from my wife who works in a related field.
I don't think he needs to hand over - if someone else was doing a better job of the advocacy of Free Software then perhaps he could choose to 'retire', but until then he is the best there is.
Before all the trolling about Microsoft starts up, does anyone have current information on what these systems are?
In the enterprise space, a 'data storage system' could be an Array or a SAN or a lightpath etc, with usually quite long failover times. For an org like GitHub I'd think more like an object store (an Array-of-Hosts, if you will) or whatever storage mechanism holds their database files. Do they self host this sort of thing or is it an AWS/GCE/Azure service?
FWIW, all git commands are working fine for me (create a branch, push, colleagues can fetch my branch), but the UI doesn't show my branch & nor can I review/comment on PRs.
This blog post describes exactly the scenario we were experiencing here. A master (single writer) failure, with missing fail over. You can only guess what went wrong with this plan. Looks good on paper, but some unexpected network or HW or routing problem could have caused the problem to identify the single writer.
I think it's obvious that it's their SQL storage that holds the website up that is pretty much in read-only mode, and has been for a couple hours now, not the git repos themselves.
Play dates are not just for the child. They can be a vital social activities for the parent(s), or a chance for the "visiting" parent to leave their child somewhere safe (and free) and have some time out.
Adjusting a play date is very common. Like everything to do with parenting (at the age where play dates are common), flexibility is key. Everything from timing "We will be 20 minutes late, Jane is still napping" the environment "Thanks for inviting baby Thom also, can you try to keep him on a blanket as he is allergic to grass".
No parent will begrudge a reasonable change, as the expectation is that these are reciprocal. If you host a play date, you expect to attend one - with any changes needed to accommodate your child being taken into account.
It's much more likely to be the other parents discomfort and awkwardness around the out-of-ordinary care needs of the disabled child.
I was surprised to hear they were using LION packs, dropped mid second-stage. I'm not sure why but I expected super-capacitors or maybe flywheels arranged gyroscopically within the stages. Batteries are heavy - but must be the best fit for now.
As a westerner with incredibly limited Japanese language skills, I've found the interactions with taxi drivers in Japan to be amazing. Showing an address or saying a name of a restaurant / landmark will get you taken directly there. Even sometimes when the taxi doesn't fit down the smaller lanes (in Kyoto) - the driver will get out and show you to the door of your destination.
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in... - "Water supply is not uniformly continuous and often fails to meet basic drinking water quality standards"
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"The iconic drink is the latest to join a group of basic products becoming scarce" (from the article)
Coca-Cola is not a basic product. At best it's a cheap luxury.
I wonder if there are more shell corporation out there waiting to _almost_ support basic human rights?