Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 15, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. Disputing the Achievements of IBM's CEO, Who Already Terminated Many Jobs at Red Hat (Which He Had Allegedly Suggested Buying)

   Buying a company to gut it within about a year?

2. Microsoft's GitHub is Losing Traffic, Based on an Extensive Web Survey, and Its Future is Uncertain

   Remember that Microsoft keeps close to its chest the operations and finances of GitHub (because it's embarrassing!)

3. [Meme] Shoestring Budget With Record Profits (Because Hundreds of Thousands of Fake European Patents Get Granted)

   Record profits? EPO staff does not benefit!

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4. Links 14/10/2024: One Year Since Activision Blizzard Demolition 'Officially' Began and Amazon Corporate Layoffs Accelerate

   Links for the day

5. Gemini Links 14/10/2024: Dabbling in GemText, Unit Testing

   Links for the day

6. Links 14/10/2024: Keeping Multiple Blogs, Wrestling With Misinformation

   Links for the day

7. [Meme] Class of Microsoft

   "Everything started with Microsoft DOS!"

8. History Education and Rejecting Creation Myths

   The creator of Linux isn't the creator of GNU/Linux

9. How to Follow Our Updates About EPO (or Everything Else for That Matter)

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10. EPO Administration: Wait Several Months or Until Next Year for Clarifications

    "After the intranet announcements of 18 September and 27 September and recent emails from CIGNA concerning opting into the VECOZO network, colleagues have been contacting us with queries and requests for guidance."

11. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

12. IRC Proceedings: Sunday, October 13, 2024

    IRC logs for Sunday, October 13, 2024

13. Unrest at the European Patent Office as School Costs Eat Away the Income

    "Letter to the administration on the Education Allowance - DISDH - German School"

14. Gemini Links 13/10/2024: ArcMenu, Emacs decide-mode, Midnight Pub Mass-Deletion Option

    Links for the day

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