Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Aug 16, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. Daniel Cantarín's Response to Alexandre Oliva's Talk on Achieving Software Freedom in the Age of Platform Decay

   Soylent News caught up with the series

2. "Microsoft is a Sponsor of The New Stack."

   Many articles turn out to be just ads

3. Over at Tux Machines...

   GNU/Linux news for the past day

   New

4. To Understand Cisco's Mass Layoffs Look at the Company's Soaring Debt (Same at Microsoft)

   Look what's happening to Intel - down almost 60% since the start of the year, 57% to be precise

5. Windows Flying Low at 25%

   It's another all-time low

6. [Meme] Long Texts You Never Bother Reading (Because Life is Too Short, Unlike Those Texts)

   The devil is in the terms of service

7. Links 15/08/2024: Monkeypox Hysteria and Modern Homesteaders Living Off the Grid

   Links for the day

8. Gemini Links 15/08/2024: Confession of a Convention Game Master and Some Release nostalgia

   Links for the day

9. Congratulations to Romania, Where Windows is Now "Minority Market Share" Platform

   Time will tell if GNU/Linux can pass 5% on the desktop/laptop "form factor" there

10. Why It Matters That 4,000 Gemini Capsules Are Known to Lupa and Why Gemini Protocol Matters to Us

    I have no doubt Gemini Protocol will continue to expand because it solves a real problem

11. Links 15/08/2024: Avast Surveillance Scandal Unsolved and Facebook Still Censors Terror Sympathisers

    Links for the day

12. 4,000 Gemini Capsules

    it's basically one capsule short of 4,000

13. New Highs for Android in Russia, But It's Reportedly Working on Its Own Linux-Based Operating Systems (GAFAM-Free)

    statCounter isn't equipped to properly parse user agents or to keep up

14. Upcoming Series: Terms of Service (TOS) Under the Microscope, FSF Party, GitHub Scandals, Clowns, and More

    Right now we have way more material than we have time to cover. But that's a good thing.

15. Gemini Links 15/08/2024: Lies of Therapy and Web Applications

    Links for the day

16. Software Freedom in Perspective - Part 5 - When Richard Stallman Came to Argentina

    It might seem a bit harsh, but a discussion at the end of this series will tie things together and explain why those things were said

17. IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, August 14, 2024

    IRC logs for Wednesday, August 14, 2024

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

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