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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 29, 2025

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Updated This Past Day

  1. Nonfree Software in My Bank, by Richard Stallman
    Updated 8 hours ago
  2. Richard Stallman is Usually Right Because He Thinks "Outside the Box"
    he is able to observe society (mores and norms) as somewhat of an outsider

    New

  3. Links 28/07/2025: Science, Health, and Conflicts
    Links for the day
  4. Gemini Links 28/07/2025: Healthy Self-Image With Autism and a "New Life"
    Links for the day
  5. Links 28/07/2025: COVID-19 Sped up Brain Aging, "Circumvention is More Popular Than Compliance"
    Links for the day
  6. LWN Has Been Down for a Long Time, Another Casualty of LLM Bots?
    Time will tell. How much time though?
  7. Slopfarms Versus 'Linux' (and Against People Who Write Real Articles About GNU/Linux)
    LLM slop in slopfarms by Brian Fagioli and Redazione RHC
  8. Gemini Links 28/07/2025: Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray and Running pkgsrc in a FreeBSD Jail
    Links for the day
  9. Microsoft Turns News Sites Into Spamfarms
    Is the site The Register MS the next IDG?
  10. The Register MS/The Register US
    On Saturday I contacted them for a comment (before issuing criticism)
  11. Hacking revelations at Vatican Jubilee of Digital Missionaries
    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
  12. Over at Tux Machines...
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  13. IRC Proceedings: Sunday, July 27, 2025
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