Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 10, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. Joel Espy Klecker, unpaid, terminally ill youth labor & Debian knew it

   Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

2. Non-Tech Enshittification: Post Office Perils and the Czech is in the Mail

   We still hope that the parcel will be recovered (maybe at customs) or will be sent back some day

   New

3. Linux Foundation is Rebuilding the Berlin Wall (to Keep Russians Out of Linux)

   So the Linux Foundation is basically acting a bit like oppressive Soviets

4. Linux Foundation is a Scam Like 'Crypto' (So is the Company of Jim Zemlin's Wife, Bakkt)

   To us, the Linux Foundation is just a massive scam

5. Remembering and Respecting Fallen Ones by Avoiding or Stopping Wars (and Boycotting Companies That Want Wars)

   The people who die tend to be the least privileged and connected

6. EPO is Blasting Its Own Foot (There Will be No EPO Left)

   If the EPO carries on shooting its own foot, there will be nothing left of it

7. There's Always a Way to Improve

   Self-improvement is a perpetual task

8. List of Debian lies and deception

   Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

9. Links 09/11/2024: More Mass Layoffs and Concerns About Musk Working Like Trump Aide

   Links for the day

10. Gemini Links 09/11/2024: Operating the Temple System and SeaweedFS

    Links for the day

11. [Teaser] [Meme] Central Occupational Health, Safety and Ergonomics Committee (COHSEC) at European Patent Office (EPO)

    These are not teenage gamers

12. Links 09/11/2024: Further Restrictions on Social Control Media, CASIO Cracked Again

    Links for the day

13. Why Brown CIT Oughtn't Be Named After Thomas J. Watson (Like Many Faculties Ought Not be Named After Bill Gates)

    In their own words

14. Reminder That Mass Layoffs Are Going on All Month This Month at IBM

    The "silent" layoffs continue until the end of this month if not longer

15. [Meme] Just Blame Whoever Takes Advantage of Your Back Doors

    The media will even sympathise with malicious and/or incompetent companies if they blame "Russia"

16. This Remembrance Sunday We Must Also Remember That Some 'Security Companies' Want More Cyberwar

    Some companies profit from the cyberwar; hence, their objective is not to end the war

17. [Meme] Don't Try This at Home (But a Datacentre Might be OK)

    Quit outsourcing to Social Control Media

18. There's No Free Lunch in Video Hosting

    they say there's no free lunch; if you aren't paying for hosting and serving of "your" videos, you're not the customer and those videos, once uploaded, aren't quite yours anymore

19. Parroting Microsoft Talking Points About Computer Security

    This past summer Richard M. Stallman (RMS) openly complained in a public event that the term "security" had come to mean all sorts of ridiculous things, including the very oppose of real security

20. Visits to OpenAI's Site Plunged by More Than 67% in the Past Half a Year Alone

    'autocorrect on steroids' is mostly worthless

21. Pocock Running for Office Again

    Pocock dealt with all sorts of 'politics' in Free software and, unlike many politicians, he has a background in science and technology

22. [Meme] Turning the EPO Into a Speculation Bank, Monetising It by Breaking the Law, Playing Real Estate (and Mortgage) Financial Games

    travesty

23. Real Estate and Workplace Problems at the European Patent Office, Which Grants Fake Patents Under the Guise of "Law"

    Report on the 54th meeting of the Munich LOHSEC of 20 June 2024

24. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

25. IRC Proceedings: Friday, November 08, 2024

    IRC logs for Friday, November 08, 2024

26. Links 09/11/2024: Politics, Climate, and Why Physical Cash is Crucial

    Links for the day

27. Gemini Links 09/11/2024: Minerals, Rants, and Maintaining Planetary Balance

    Links for the day

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