Today in Techrights
Updated This Past Day
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            [Meme] When the People Who Falsely Accuse You of Pedophilia Turn Out to be ProjectingWhen you attack something or someone using falsehoods, as happens a lot to Richard Stallman (RMS), there's risk that the attacks will backfire, badly 
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            Why I Continue to Believe That at the End Software Freedom Will Wina short and incomplete list of factors which I believe contribute to the sentiment that we can - and will - win the battles over hearts and minds in the "Tech" realm 
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            Technology: rights or responsibilities? - Part XBy Dr. Andy Farnell New
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            In Some Countries, Such as Greece, Almost 80% of Windows Users Are on Vista 10 and About 85% Need to Move to GNU/Linux for Security PatchesVista 11 was a failure 
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            Saving What's Left of Decent and Independent Journalism on the WebWe increasingly (over time) try to make local copies (hosted on our server) of important documents; it's hard to rely on third parties 
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            [Meme] They Don't Want the Public to Know What "Responsible Encryption" Really MeansThey also blame "China" for their own back doors (because China learned how to exploit those) 
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            The Linux Foundation's Certificate Authority (CA) Significantly and Suspiciously Raises the Number of Certificates It Issues (Quantity Increase/Inflation) by Lessening Their Lifetime in the Name of 'Security' (That Barely Makes Sense!)LE made 3 months the "standard" for most, soon to become just 6 days instead of 6 months? 
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            Links 17/12/2024: More China Sanctions, GOP Scheming to Prop Up Fentanylware (TikTok)Links for the day 
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            Gemini Links 17/12/2024: The Streisand Effect and Productivity-systems DesiderataLinks for the day 
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            Links 17/12/2024: More "Tesla Autopilot" and "Hey Hi" (AI) BlundersLinks for the day 
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            Instead of Promoting GNU/Linux (or Ubuntu) Ahead of Vista 10's EoL Canonical is Marketing Microsoft's Proprietary SoftwareIt's like Canonical employs people who work for Microsoft, not for Canonical 
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            Links 17/12/2024: Many Abuses by Microsoft and War Updates From UkraineLinks for the day 
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            Content Management Systems (CMS) Bloat/ Static Site Generators (SSG) Troublesome Web site management stories 
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            DEI Room at fedoraproject.org Pretty Much DeadWe're not against diversity but against its weaponisation by greedy people who do not value diversity at all 
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            The "Latest Technology News" at BetaNews is Slop About SlopThis is at the very top of the "news" (front page) at the moment 
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            Over at Tux Machines...GNU/Linux news for the past day 
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            IRC Proceedings: Monday, December 16, 2024IRC logs for Monday, December 16, 2024 
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