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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jun 13, 2025

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  1. Abuse Inside the Polish Patent Office (UPRP) - Part IX: Minimum Wages For You (Experienced Scientist), Alicante/EU Paydays For Me (Unproductive, Corrupt Official)
    Does UPRP maladministration extend to the false belief that qualified and experienced scientists can play the role of circus clowns?
  2. "The Liberating Power of Simply Telling People the Truth."
    'polite' bullying
  3. EPO's Central Staff Committee (CSC) Scrutinises the Man Who Illegally Grants (and Forces Others to Illegally Participate in Granting) Software Patents in Europe
    EPO compels examiners to break the law in the name of obeying illegal "rules" or "orders"
  4. The Latest Rumour Says The Next (as Correctly Predicted Before) Wave of Layoffs at Microsoft is 3 Weeks Away, "Larger Than the First Wave"
    Step 2
  5. TV Licensing Used to SPAM Your Postbox, Now It Does the Same to E-mail
    First they ask for your E-mail address; then they start nagging you via E-mail
  6. Our Priority is Still Tackling Software Patents and Corruption in Patent Offices
    Meanwhile we got compliments on our recent articles, which means that they are effective
  7. Slopwatch: Another Day, Another Slopfest, LLM Slop Scrapers Slow Down Our Site
    We too have some slop issues; this past day this site and the sister site had to answer about 2.5 million requests (not counting Gemini Protocol) and it's slowing things down for everybody

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  8. Links 12/06/2025: Portland Homeless Deaths Quadruple, COVID Cases Surge in Asia
    Links for the day
  9. EPO's Gareth Lord Asked About "Quality and Productivity" or, Put Another Way, Why the EPO Keeps Granting So Many Invalid/Illegal Patents
    letter to Lord
  10. The Toxic Playbook
    Either you support Prince Mohammed bin Salman or you're a nazi
  11. It's Possible That BetaNews Got Cracked, But Nobody Talks About It, The Site Contains an Outdated Old Image, No Activity
    It's possible that they will never explain what happened to the site and users' accounts
  12. Links 12/06/2025: Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson Dies
    Links for the day
  13. Gemini Links 12/06/2025: Video Game Diegesis and Steam Next Fest
    Links for the day
  14. Why the Militants Have Lost Every Battle Since 2022 (When Attacking My Wife and I in Various Ways, Even Attacking Our Employers)
    This takes patience, sure, but at the end most evildoers face the consequences for their actions
  15. Politics Will Impact Software Choices
    Will those systems respect users' freedom?
  16. EPO: Neglecting Children to Promote American Monopolies by Shielding Them From European Competition
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  17. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  18. IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, June 11, 2025
    IRC logs for Wednesday, June 11, 2025
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