Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 12, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. [Meme] The Ponzi Scheme That Eats Rivals (by Paying Them to Stop Competing)

   Why compete when you can bribe and defang antitrust authorities?

2. In 2006 We Had a Novell Problem and Now We Have Several Novells

   Microsoft thorns inside the community

3. Richard M. Stallman (RMS) Debunks Misconceptions About What Free Software Means and Explains How It Works

   Free software means people (including users and developers) exercise control over the program, not the programmers

4. Certificate Authority Let's Encrypt Has Fallen From 12% in Geminispace to Just 1.2% in Two Years (Capsules Usually Self-Sign Their Certificates)

   Don't ask the imposters about security

5. Dispelling the Notion That Microsoft is Political Left

   Microsoft not only got bailed out (several times) by Donald Trump but also approached him to take over TikTok without paying for it

   New

6. Links 11/09/2024: EPO Patents Tossed Out by Courts, Software Patent Reveals Ford "Tech That Listens to Driver Conversations to Serve Ads"

   Links for the day

7. More "Linux" SEO SPAM, Wrapped Up as Clown Computing, Composed by a "Bullshit Generator" (LLM)

   linuxsecurity.com at it again this week

8. "Linux" and Linux.com Diploma Mill

   The front page of Linux.com right now is the usual nonsense

9. Links 11/09/2024: ROOPHLOCH Report, Small Web Experiences, and Cohost Effectively Dead

   Links for the day

10. Links 11/09/2024: Russia Enters Latvia With Drone, Truth Social Stock Crashes

    Links for the day

11. The "IT Industry" is Full of Imposters (It's a Growing Crisis)

    They often manage the companies

12. Richard Stallman Explains Stochastic Parrots (LLMs)

    From his latest talk

13. The Toys of Today's Kids and Coordination Woes, Not to Mention a Lack of Social Skills

    Too much time indoors, too much screen time

14. Linus Torvalds, the Son of a Politician, Tries to Stay Out of Politics (or Political Topics)

    "I'm just a geek" has its limits in practice

15. Richard Stallman Still Deals With Politics

    Stallman's gonna Stallman

16. GAFAM Not Invincible

    The US has an election very soon and Microsoft is already bribing candidates for deregulation and favours, based on press reports

17. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

18. IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, September 10, 2024

    IRC logs for Tuesday, September 10, 2024

19. The Greatest Show on Earth (Buzzwords Circus)

    What next? Being denied medical service because you don't have a Facebook account?

20. Gemini Links 11/09/2024: Happiness, Improvised Nebuliser, and olden Age of Palm OS

    Links for the day

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