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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 12, 2024

A host of sunflowers

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

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  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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    1432 /n/2024/09/07/No_Mastodon_is_Not_Growing_Social_Control_Media_is_Generally_Wa.shtml
    1128 /n/2024/09/06/Why_We_Are_Suing_Matthew_J_Garrett_for_Harassment_and_Why_It_s_.shtml
    1034 /n/2024/09/06/Linux_Foundation_Technical_Advisory_Board_Has_Election_But_Goog.shtml
    990 /n/2024/09/08/Software_Patents_Against_GNU_Linux_Again.shtml
    960 /n/2024/09/08/IBM_is_Cutting_Almost_in_Half_Its_Office_Space_in_Austin_So_Exp.shtml
    814 /n/2024/09/02/Terms_of_Service_TOS_Under_Scrutiny_Part_X_Biometric_Data_Colle.shtml
    783 /n/2024/09/07/They_Used_to_Say_Avoid_Nginx_or_NGINX_Because_It_s_Russian_Now_.shtml
    759 /n/2024/09/10/A_Decade_Ago_Things_Became_So_Bad_at_the_European_Patent_Office.shtml
    714 /n/2024/09/10/Crimes_of_the_EPO_Are_Costing_Everybody_in_Europe.shtml

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