Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 19, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. António Campinos is Still 'The Fucking President' (in His Own Words) After a Fake 'Election' in 2022 (He Bribed All the Voters to Keep His Seat)

   António Campinos and the Administrative Council, whose delegates he clearly bribed with EPO budget in exchange for votes

2. Adrian von Bidder, homeworking & Debian unexplained deaths

   Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

3. Sainsbury’s Epic Downtime Seems to be Microsoft's Fault and Might Even Constitute a Data Breach (Legal Liability)

   one of Britain's largest groceries (and beyond) chains

4. Matthias Kirschner, FSFE analogous to identity fraud

   Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

   New

5. Linux Foundation Boasting About Being Connected to Bill Gates

   Examples of boasting about the association

6. Alexandre Oliva's Article on Monstering Cults

   "I'm told an earlier draft version of this post got published elsewhere. Please consider this IMHO improved version instead."

7. [Meme] 'Russian' Elections in Munich (Bavaria, Germany)

   fake elections

8. Sainsbury's to Techrights: Yes, Our Web Site Broke Down, But We Cannot Say Which Part or Why

   Windows TCO?

9. Plagiarism: Axel Beckert (ETH Zurich) & Debian Developer list hacking

   Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

10. Links 18/03/2024: Putin Cements Power

    Links for the day

11. Flashback 2003: Debian has always had a toxic culture

    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

12. [Meme] You Know You're Winning the Argument When...

    EPO management starts cursing at everybody (which is what's happening)

13. Catspaw With Attitude

    The posts "they" complain about merely point out the facts about this harassment and doxing

14. 'Clown Computing' Businesses Are Waning and the Same Will Happen to 'G.A.I.' Businesses (the 'Hey Hi' Fame)

    decrease in "HEY HI" (AI) hype

15. Free Software Needs Watchdogs, Too

    Gentle lapdogs prevent self-regulation and transparency

16. Gemini Links 18/03/2024: LLM Inference and Can We Survive Technology?

    Links for the day

17. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

18. IRC Proceedings: Sunday, March 17, 2024

    IRC logs for Sunday, March 17, 2024

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