Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 25, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Proprietary Software is Bad for Your Health, Not Just Your Finances, Privacy and So On

   It would be interesting to see some charts, based on some long-term study, comparing the general health (blood pressure, BMI etc.) of people who use proprietary stuff and people who do not

2. Microsoft Admits Business Perils as Windows Continues to Fall

   ‘Microsoft missed the biggest business model…’

3. Technical Specifications at Times of Tyrannies

   Specifications (specs) must evolve with the times

   New

4. Truth is Not About Appeasing the Feelings of Men Who Hurt Women

   True information is just what it is

5. Links 24/02/2025: Compromised Laptops and EU Shift to the Right (Boosted by Social Control Media Interventions)

   Links for the day

6. Gemini Links 24/02/2025: Politics, Monarchy, and AuraRepo Prism VCS Suppor

   Links for the day

7. Links 24/02/2025: Germany Looks to Distance Itself From US, Environment at Risk, Mass Layoffs at Zendesk

   Links for the day

8. [Meme] It's Over, Microsoft

   an obligatory meme

9. Even Worse Than LLM Slop and Linkspam From UNIXMen

   UNIXMen is basically a defunct spamfarm at this point (the author is "sarwarSEO")

10. Gemini Links 24/02/2025: Osiris 0.1.0 Release (File Sharing in Gemini Protocol), NetBSD 10.1 on the Pi

    Links for the day

11. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

12. IRC Proceedings: Sunday, February 23, 2025

    IRC logs for Sunday, February 23, 2025

13. In Case Rust Censors It (Rust Has Long Been All About Censorship), Here's a Critical Look at Rust's Goals

    In the case of Rust, instead of "the liberation of the digital society" we have empowerment of Microsoft GitHub and of GAFAM in general. Guess who funds this...

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