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Haasoscope Pro Open Source USB Oscilloscope with 2 GHz Bandwidth and 3.2 GS/s Sampling

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DietPi Late February 2025 Update (Version 9.11)

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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 08, 2024

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Updated This Past Day

  1. China's Oceans of Fake Patents on Buzzwords and Hype Reinforce the Widespread Belief That Some Patent Systems Go Astray
    They're conflating patents, which are immaterial, with something else, possibly to reinvigorate the old "GAI" hype bubble
  2. GNU/Linux Up to 4.4%, But Let's Think Beyond the Numbers
    GNU/Linux growing is a good thing, but we need to look beyond the brand if not dogma
  3. Microsoft-, IBM-, and Google-Funded 'FSFE' Don't Follow Their Own Inclusive Language Guidelines
    They've deposited that in more official sites
  4. Software In The Public Interest Inc. Turned Against The Public Interest and Turned Into "Red" (Heavy Losses)
    Censoring the community

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  5. [Video] Stella Assange Encourages Citizens or Citizen-Journalists to Put in a Freedom of Information Request Regarding Julian Assange Case
    After pleading guilty he is not eligible to do so (at FOIA capacity)
  6. Some GNU/Linux News Sites Are Still Doing OK (But Many Perish)
    Today, or overnight, we shall take stock of which sites are still active
  7. Back in the Flow
    We're still hoping for a "proper" Wikileaks comeback
  8. Links 07/07/2024: Science and War Updates
    Links for the day
  9. Gemini Links 07/07/2024: Candyfloss and GOWIN Chinese FPGAs
    Links for the day
  10. Asia is Moving to GNU/Linux, 6% Already Estimated to be on GNU/Linux "Proper" (Not Chromebooks, Steam Deck Etc.)
    Isn't it interesting that the so-called 'tech media' never really covers this and barely mentions this?
  11. Links 07/07/2024: Music Getting Objectively Worse, Software Patents Bubble in China
    Links for the day
  12. Gemini Links 07/07/2024: Coolness of Geekdom and UPS Story
    Links for the day
  13. More Cybercrimes Committed Today by the Misogynists Who Attack My Family and Myself
    These people openly boast about avoiding arrest
  14. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  15. IRC Proceedings: Saturday, July 06, 2024
    IRC logs for Saturday, July 06, 2024
  16. Just Say the Truth, People Will Come
    Uttering lies is a short-term "strategy" (like social control media clickbaiting), it won't last
  17. Microsoft Windows in the Bolivarian Republic Of Venezuela: From Almost 98% (2010) to Just 28% (This Summer), Android Reaches New Highs
    the Bolivarian Republic Of Venezuela is gradually exiting Microsoft, even faster than its neighbours, maybe for political reasons
  18. [Meme] Not Winning Arguments and Not Winning Allies, Either
    Misusing civil rights causes to censor people for billionaires is basically an attack on these civil rights causes
  19. Microsofters and Their Chaos Theory
    censorship is not the way to go

    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Sunday contains all the text.

    Top-read articles (excluding bot/crawler visits):

    Span from 2024-07-01 to 2024-07-07
    2495 /n/2024/07/03/News_Calm_Now_July_4th_Time_for_Microsoft_to_Unearth_First_Batc.shtml
    1361 /n/2024/07/04/Whistleblowers_from_Open_Labs_Hackerspace_Albania_in_GNOME_Wiki.shtml
    1331 /n/2024/07/02/GNU_Linux_and_ChromeOS_Rising_in_Zambia_Android_Rises_Above_72_.shtml
    1055 /n/2024/07/06/Larissa_Brown_Shapiro_Mozilla_concerned_other_organizations_tak.shtml
    1033 /n/2024/07/03/It_s_Time_to_Say_Goodbye_to_Microsoft_and_Bill_Gates.shtml

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