Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 31, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. The Role of Publishers on the World Wide Web (and Gemini Protocol, Among Other Digital Transmission Protocols)

   social control media is a cesspool that spreads disinformation and hate, in turn fuelling wars and conflict

2. Volkswagen Cheated Us and Created Cars We Didn't Ask For

   just like "smartphones", they don't last very long and they diminish in value very fast

   New

3. [Meme] It Irritates Them That FSF Still Promotes Software Freedom

   "An open letter in support of Richard M. Stallman"

4. At the End, Facts Typically Win, Liars Walk Away

   very recent Stallman talk

5. Links 30/10/2024: TSMC Concerns and North Koreans in Ukraine War

   Links for the day

6. Gemini Links 30/10/2024: Mind-Seeing and Heart-Knowing, Views on Perspective

   Links for the day

7. IBM Has Collapsed This Past Week, thelayoff.com Deletes Rumours of Mass Layoffs in the United States

   Visa is having a crisis right now

8. Links 30/10/2024: Extreme Surveillance in Schools, More Openwashing by OSI

   Links for the day

9. Gemini Links 30/10/2024: Death Notes, Mindfulness, and More

   Links for the day

10. More Than a Week Has Passed, DeVault Has Declined to Deny Serious Accusations Against Him

    The whole "Stallman Report" thing backfired very spectacularly

11. IBM's Silent Mass Layoffs to Last Another Month, Rumour That Another Wave is Happening Right Now

    A special Halloween for some families

12. W3Schools Says "Statistics Are Important Information", But Abandons Them After More Than 20 Years

    No update for over half a year

13. Preserving Information

    Those who seek destruction of information tend to be evil people, whose evildoing they strive to delete

14. "All Systems Operational"

    We can now devote more time to writing articles and maybe some time soon making more videos

15. [Meme] Good Books Don't Give You "Likes"

    But they give you information

16. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

17. IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, October 29, 2024

    IRC logs for Tuesday, October 29, 2024

18. [Meme] Microsoft's CoC Downtime

    "Your system is down"

19. Manchester United 'Sacks' Microsoft?

    United's relationship with Microsoft hasn't (or won't) last long

20. [Meme] 16 Years to Hire a Black Person (in the US)

    After having close to 1,000 employees

21. StatCounter's Shortcomings and More

    So while GNU/Linux and Android continue to grow at Windows' expense there will be other operating systems growing. They're not controlled by GAFAM (e.g. Google, Apple, Microsoft).

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