Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 30, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. Genuinely Worried About Taiwan, a Tech Powerhouse That Gave Us EEE PC

   Taiwan is an avid adopter of GNU/Linux and home of the EEE PC, the first netbook of its kind, which also shipped GNU/Linux by default (out of the box)

2. Addictive Behaviour Leads to a False Measure of Productivity

   Ensure the metrics to strive for actually make sense, rather than release endorphins

3. Something for GNU/Linux Aficionados to Celebrate and Take Note of, Fake Microsoft 'Results' Coming Tomorrow

   Be very sceptical but what Microsoft's media operatives already draft for tomorrow

4. Central Staff Committee of the European Patent Office (EPO) Reports Growing Secrecy at the EPO

   "the first bonus round of 2024 ... been notably missing any statistics at all"

5. ZDNet Has Become a Shopping Spam Site, Just Like the Sister Site CNET

   In many ways the site has become an SEO farm and is practically dead as a news source

   New

6. Gemini Links 29/07/2024: Automation vs Scarcity and Understanding Gemini

   Links for the day

7. Windows Kills Even When There's No War

   Russians or no Russians, war or no war, Microsoft kills. It's time to get rid of it.

8. Something Went Horribly Wrong For Microsoft in Finland

   In the past 2 years Vista 11 hardly grew among versions of Windows

9. Defining Pseudo-journalists

   Three days ago WikiLeaks shared the image

10. Fight Less, Collaborate More

    Competition is OK, committing crimes is not OK

11. [Meme] When It Gets Harder to Make Ends Meet in a Family (Without Promotions)

    EPO salaries decreasing, working hours/stress increase every year, so what might this lead to?

12. [Meme] Engaging With Women

    "You hurt my feelings."

13. Anti-Free Software Militants Reported to the Police for Second Time This Month

    They have resorted to criminal activities against not only yours truly but also relatives

14. Links 29/07/2024: Persistent Microsoft Layoffs Cause More Unions to Form

    Links for the day

15. Poul-Henning Kamp (phk) Explains Insecure Boot

    Monopolies always abuse their power

16. [Video] Software Freedom Starts With Code and Needs Coders, Not Microsofters and Pseudo-Politicians in Charge

    Geeks get replaced by wannabe politicians who cannot and do not code

17. Mozilla Firefox Used to Dominate Cuba, Now It's Chrome

    Firefox also 4 times bigger than Microsoft

18. Gemini Links 29/07/2024: Starting Chess and Why Automation is Not a Panacea

    Links for the day

19. Responding to Us In Mastodon

    Because many of those people who claim to have issues with us actually have personal issues

20. In Thailand, Microsoft and Mozilla Now Have the Same Share (Roughly)

    Perhaps one day the share of GNU/Linux in Thailand will be similar to India's

21. [Meme] ZDNet's Downfall Will be the SPAM (the Editor Moved From CNET to ZDNet, the Strategy Moved Also)

    Jason Hiner, ZDNet Editor In Chief

22. [Meme] Microsoft's Concept of a 'Secure' Boot

    "Linux is communism, I refuse to let you use it"

23. [Video] UEFI Insecure Boot: Another Nail in the Coffin

    let's discuss the matter

24. Lessened Accountability Because Technology Replaces Humans for Many Tasks

    It's a big problem when machines cannot be held accountable but at the same time inherit tasks where accountability is legally essential

25. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

26. IRC Proceedings: Sunday, July 28, 2024

    IRC logs for Sunday, July 28, 2024

27. The Politics of Calls for Assassination

    wanting to assassinate people is wrong and calling for assassinations is also wrong

28. China and India: High-Impact Nations in the Future of Computing

    In India, GNU/Linux rose to 16.2% today

29. A Month of Mass Layoffs at Microsoft

    Microsoft isn't doing well and in the coming days one must look carefully or watch out for what Microsoft hides from the public (and shareholders)

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