Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 12, 2023

1. Years After Calling for Removal of Richard Stallman, Both SFC and FSFE Misuse 'Code of Conduct' to Do the Same to Eben Moglen

   This is just another example of SFC and FSFE consolidating their power against the grassroots, under the guise of "protecting vulnerable people..."

2. Links 12/10/2023: EDRI on Privacy, Unpacking California's SB 244 – the “Right to Repair Act”

   Links for the day

3. Older for Suckers

   poem for today

4. Wayland: Over a Decade of Self-Fulfilling Prophecies and User-Shaming

   if the future is Wayland, how much of it was just a self-fulfilling prophecy and gaslighting?

5. IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, October 11, 2023

   IRC logs for Wednesday, October 11, 2023

6. RIP, OldTechBloke (Steve Anelay)

   Many condolences and expressions of gratitude are expressed

7. The End of YouTube as a Superficially 'Free' Hosting and Playback Platform

   The 'new' YouTube is greedy and selfish

8. Gemini-Git Gateway Back Online

   Sunrise for the Gemini front end

9. Links 11/10/2023: Surveillance in 'Security' Clothing (Passkeys)

   Links for the day

10. B.R.I.C.S. Leaving Microsoft Behind

    x86 is at risk (or RISC) here as well. Many back doors "baked" into such chips can be discarded... or replaced by China's.

11. Union Syndicale Fédérale (USF) Blasts the European Patent Organisation (EPO) Again, Saying It Fails to Serve European Interests

    We don't expect either EPO managers or those politicians to do anything

12. Richard Stallman Planted the Feeds for Sharing (and Collaboration/Cooperation) in Software

    Software Freedom is very important; to understand its importance we must somehow imagine a world where such freedom isn't even an option

13. Over at Tux Machines...

    About a day's worth

14. "This is How Codes of Conduct Actually Work. You Get Banned Without Anyone Making a Formal Complaint and There’s Nowhere to Even Turn to."

    Reprinted with permission from Ryan Farmer

15. A Year After Elon Muscovite Bought (Destroyed) Twitter

    How much time is left before Twitter just shuts down?

16. Sites That Lack RSS Feeds in 2023 Render Themselves Obsolete, a Niche

    Check your feeds

17. Microsoft's Hardware Business is More or Less Dead Already (the Rest Will Follow)

    Microsoft is not in a good shape

18. Links 11/10/2023: 'Hey Hi' (AI) Fatigue and Censorship Attacks

    Links for the day