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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 15, 2025

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Updated This Past Day

  1. Hundreds of Microsoft Layoffs (Net Headcount Decrease) in the United Kingdom
    headcount decreased
  2. What Really Matters to Companies is Net Income or Profit (Bankruptcy is Possible Even With High Revenue)
    We ought to stop talking about revenue without focusing on actual profit
  3. Carole Cadwalladr Talks About How Big Business Tried to Silence Her (and Why You Might be Next)
    Our story is very different from Cadwalladr's for many reasons
  4. LLM Slop and SEO SPAM Take Us Further Away From Facts (the Case of IBM Layoffs)
    Some of these can impact Red Hat as well

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  5. Gemini Links 14/04/2025: Silver Pigs and more Foundation, Disliking Computers
    Links for the day
  6. Links 14/04/2025: Russian Attack on Sumy Shows No Intention of Peace, Virgin Australia Admits Overcharging People
    Links for the day
  7. The Dilemma of Web Browsers Lying About What They Are (in Order to Bypass Discriminatory Gateways Like Clownflare) Worsens Due to LLM Slop
    LLM crawlers/scrapers have made sites more restrictive and hostile towards browsers that are potent but not "famous"
  8. Companies Conspiring to Keep Salaries Down and Undermine Competition
    People who do all the practical work are being paid less and made to work for much longer
  9. Links 14/04/2025: Disinformation, Public Disdain for LLMs, and "Lessons on Tyranny"
    Links for the day
  10. Gemini Links 14/04/2025: Ween and Historic Ada Project Management
    Links for the day
  11. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  12. IRC Proceedings: Sunday, April 13, 2025
    IRC logs for Sunday, April 13, 2025
  13. Influencers: Red Hat, Inc's IPO, 1999, post-mortem on the directed share offer to open source developer community
    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

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