Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 20, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. [Meme] Mentality of a Loser

   "There is someone who created a project used by billions; I failed to create project used by billions, so I'll take down someone who did"

2. [Meme] Plundering the Commons

   Free software is licensed to restrict privatisation and hoarding

   New

3. [Meme] How 'Editorial Control' and/or 'Fact-Checking' Work in Social Control Media

   "I saw a link with many 'likes' on it, so it must be accurate"

4. IBM: RMS Asked a Girl on a Date. We at IBM Are Bribing and Receiving Bribes. Cancel RMS.

   The FSF is half female now

5. "The Definition of Insanity"

   We've seen this and been through all this before

6. The 'New' Laptop as a Reminder of Why I Love GNU/Linux

   days ago we acquired a 'new' (used) laptop

7. [Meme] The Way Things Used to Be...

   UNIX is 55 already

8. Fun Weekend, But Very Slow News

   we welcome topic suggestions/recommendations

9. 2021 Deja Vu: The 'Counter-Petition' Defending Richard Stallman (RMS) Gets a Lot More Support Than the Hateful Screed

   Don't listen to the RMS haters

10. x86 Drowning in Competition, Bug Doors, Complexity, and Bloat

    Making defective chips for a number of decades was sheer Hubris; they just assumed people would continue buying Intel machines forever

11. Links 19/10/2024: Nokia Lays Off 2,000 Employees, IMF Loans, Lammy to China

    Links for the day

12. Links 19/10/2024: OpenAI, Microsoft Going Deeper Into Debt; FTC Rules Make It Easier To Cancel Services

    Links for the day

13. Gemini Links 19/10/2024: Against Books as Only Possible Legitimation, Megacorporate Copyright Pirates

    Links for the day

14. Links 19/10/2024: European Perspective, Windows TCO, and Google Woes

    Links for the day

15. [Meme] When Hatred (or Envy) Comes First

    A lot of attacks on Torvalds and Stallman (Linux and GNU founders, respectively) fall under this category

16. What "Ethical Source" Looks Like in Practice

    People ban people or deny them service (or prevent them running a program) for merely not agreeing with them

17. The State of GAFAM and the I's (IBM and Intel)

    Technology and "tech giants" will continue to exist, but they won't be what they once were

18. The Drew DeVault Report: Taking Out His Frustration on Other People While Doing Drugs

    Be more like Fabrice Bellard

19. Links 19/10/2024: Riot and Intel Layoffs, Attacks on Journalists

    Links for the day

20. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

21. IRC Proceedings: Friday, October 18, 2024

    IRC logs for Friday, October 18, 2024

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