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Screenshot of notesbylex.com: Shipping a laptop to a refugee camp in Uganda

Shipping a laptop to a refugee camp in Uganda (notesbylex.com)

656 points by lexandstuff 5 months ago | 232 comments

Personal blog post about sending a laptop to a Congolese refugee in a Ugandan camp who is studying for a remote Computer Science degree on solar power.

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Screenshot of bbc.com: UK government replaces Palantir software with internally-built refugee system

UK government replaces Palantir software with internally-built refugee system (bbc.com)

453 points by cdrnsf 5 months ago | 173 comments

BBC News article reporting that the UK government saved millions of pounds by replacing Palantir software with an internally built refugee system.

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Shipping a laptop to a refugee camp in Uganda(notesbylex.com)

UK government replaces Palantir software with internally-built refugee system(bbc.com)

Shipping a laptop to a refugee camp in Uganda (notesbylex.com)

UK government replaces Palantir software with internally-built refugee system (bbc.com)