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- Northern Africa: GNU/Linux Measured at Around 5%
by Clownflare - SLAPP Censorship - Part 159 Out of 200: Telling Courts False Information and Spoon-feeding Them Insults, Hoping or Expecting Them to Repeat These Insults
When lawyers trick courts into repeating something false - "AGI" is Decades Old and It Never Found a Viable Business Model or Real, Actually Useful Use Cases
I keep reminding people of local firms (right here in Manchester) doing the same thing the media now calls "AGI"...
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- IRC Proceedings: Sunday, August 23, 2026
IRC logs for Sunday, August 23, 2026 - Gemini Links 23/08/2026: Turning 60, PineTime, and Simulation Hypothesis
Links for the day - Will Your "Modern" New Car Still be on the Road in 2060?
Are people now expected to change a car as often as they replace a mobile phone and, if so, how fast would costs add up? - The Sniff Test
Be sceptical of "CoCs" - Cloudflare Sees a Quarter of Requests in China Coming From GNU/Linux Today
Will 23% ever be the average for GNU/Linux rather than a mere peak? - You Can Lose Some Battles and Still Win the War
Winning or losing isn't something for a scoreboard - GNU/Linux Usage Measured at 23% in Russia Today
the average was almost 10% - Things Not to Fear Missing Out on
Life is too short to pay attention to social control media - Gemini Links 23/08/2026: Exercising Again, Tackling Phone Addiction, and Putting Graal Online Back Online
Links for the day - PIPs and Lawsuits: On the Future of IBM Trying to Spit Out Its Own Staff at Minimal Cost
"I'd rather be laid off than be put on a PIP" - France: GNU/Linux Averaging at 7%, Peaked at 14% Today
When will 14% be the average? - Links 23/08/2026: Water Crises, Illegal Tariffs, and Carney Confronts US Over Patent Imperialism
Links for the day - Links 23/08/2026: Slop "Children's Stories Contain Bizarre Patterns" and "Butterflies at the One Garden"
Links for the day - Microsoft is in Double Trouble in Singapore
Android+GNU/Linux+ChromeOS are near 20% - The Slop Industry Bribed the Media to Pretend It Has Something New and Revolutionary. Now It Bribes Politicians Too. Anything to Avoid Scrutiny and Regulation.
borrowed money has long been used to bribe the media - Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day - IRC Proceedings: Saturday, August 22, 2026
IRC logs for Saturday, August 22, 2026 - Microsoft to Its Workers in April-May: You're Too Old, Go Away. Microsoft in August: Young People, Go Away.
What does this company even sell anymore? - Clownflare Data US-Centric
We are assuming that for national security reasons not many sites in Chinese (or based in China) outsource their traffic to Clownflare - Gemini Links 22/08/2026: Broken Car, Devuan, and Thundermail
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