Today in Techrights
Updated This Past Day
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Linux Fork or Community Fork of Linux in Russia
Russia's Ministry of Digital Development proposes hard Linux kernel fork after Russian Devs banned.
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Links 29/10/2024: Election, War, and Monopoly Coverage
Links for the day
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Emilien ("unixfox") Manages to Bring yewtu.be (Big Instance of Invidious) Back
the future of the Web does not look bright, but workarounds exist and Invidious is one of them
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Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
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"Volkswagen refused to help police locate a stolen car with a 2-year-old inside because the owner's subscription fee was not paid."
Want your infant back? PAY YOUR SUBSCRIPTION! Volkswagen does the unthinkable
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Gemini Links 29/10/2024: Bikepacking Adventures and Citrus Assessment
Links for the day
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[Meme] In Serious Trouble With Law Enforcement (for Trying to Censor People)
It seems possible that "Author of "Stallman Report" Hit Piece" will get arrested soon
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Computer Science Can Outlive This Wave of "AI" Hype
Computer Scientists and scientists in general don't need this hype
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Gemini Links 29/10/2024: Covid in the Office, Narcolepsy, Node to Node copy (NNCP)
Links for the day
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More on What Caused Volkswagen to Lose So Much Money (Proprietary Software)
there are two lessons here about proprietary software: 1) don't buy cars that are heavily loaded with it. 2) don't trust companies that use it a lot to cheat and lie.
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Linus Torvalds is Basically Explaining That OSI, Sponsored by Microsoft to Lobby for Microsoft, is Openwashing a Marketing Scam
Shame on OSI for helping Microsoft
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Gemini Links 29/10/2024: Electric Boogaloo and UCEPROTECTL3
Links for the day
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Links 28/10/2024: TSMC Blunder and Volkswagen Layoffs
Links for the day
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Debian Moving to Static Pages for Everything ("Migrate the Debian Main Website to HuGo")
Or almost all the important parts of its site
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[Meme] To 'Cancel' the GPL They Need to Cancel Its Guardian
And its patron
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Techrights Will Only Cover More of What Microsofters Don't Want It to Talk About
The media can stick to facts, not emotions
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IRC Proceedings: Monday, October 28, 2024
IRC logs for Monday, October 28, 2024
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Volkswagen's Mass Layoffs Have a Lesson Somewhere (in the 1960s)
"The German automaker has announced plans that include a 10% reduction in pay across the board for its workers, along with wage freezes in 2025 and 2026."
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[Meme] No Cupholders
Give people more personal time/life. Or better salaries. Then they won't need to eat inside the car.
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Focusing on Getting Stuff Done
GNU/Linux generally makes computer users more productive. It's a force multiplier.
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You Know That Microsoft's LinkedIn is Struggling When It Starts Spamming Users and Disguises the Spam as Personal Messages
Now they ask users to pay money for jobs that don't exist
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[Meme] Change the Name, Change History
"I thought Active Directory was constantly breached. Oh, it's called Entra ID now?"
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Rebranding Products/Services/Vapourware as a Sign of Failure
Whenever Microsoft changes the name of something you know that it's not doing well or it received a lot of negative publicity
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[Meme] "Modern" Cars Are Plasticware That May Only Last Years, Not Decades
They want to sell the same thing over and over again
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