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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jun 10, 2025

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Updated This Past Day

  1. Computers Got Smaller, So GNU/Linux Got Bigger
    Many people here recognise the lack of urgency (or need) to get expensive new laptops
  2. GNU/Linux Grows at Windows' Expense and Microsoft Trolls Infest and Maliciously Target Articles About It
    Microsoft is - and has long been - organised crime
  3. They Say I'm Mr. Bombastic
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  4. Gemini Links 09/06/2025: Addition Addiction and Nitride
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  5. Links 09/06/2025: Science, Hardware Projects, and Democracy Receding
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  6. BetaNews is a Plagiarism and LLM Slop Hub, the Chief Editor Isn't Addressing This Problem Anymore
    SS Fagioli is basically a parasite leeching off or exploiting other people's work
  7. Links 09/06/2025: Chaos in Los Angeles and Hurricane Season
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  8. Links 09/06/2025: Windows TCO and Many Data Breaches
    Links for the day
  9. Abuse Inside the Polish Patent Office (UPRP) - Part VI: Political Stunts by Former President Edyta Demby-Siwek and the Connection to Profound Corruption at EUIPO
    it's like a money-laundering operation where one politician rewards another at taxpayers' expense
  10. Gemini Links 09/06/2025: Pipelines and Splitgate
    Links for the day
  11. Over at Tux Machines...
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  12. IRC Proceedings: Sunday, June 08, 2025
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