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Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 30, 2024
Updated This Past Day
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A Discussion About Suicides in Science and Technology (Including Debian and the European Patent Office)
In Debian, there is a long history of deaths, suicides, and mysterious disappearances
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[Video] Why Microsoft is by Far the Biggest Foe of Computer Security (Clue: It Profits From Security Failings)
Microsoft is infiltrating policy-making bodies, ensuring real security is never pursued
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Harassment Against My Wife Continues
Drug addict versus family of Techrights authors
New
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The Real Threats to Society Include Software Patents and the Corporations That Promote Them
The OIN issue isn't a new one and many recognise this by now
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Links 30/04/2024: OpenBSD and Enterprise Cloaking Device
Links for the day
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Microsoft Still Owes Over 100 Billion Dollars and It Cannot be Paid Back Using 'Goodwill'
Meanwhile, Microsoft's cash at hand (in the bank) nearly halved in the past year.
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Workers' Right to Disconnect Won't Matter If Such a Right Isn't Properly Enforced
I was always "on-call" and my main role or function was being "on-call" in case of incidents
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[Teaser] Ubuntu Cover-up After Death
Attack the messenger
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The Cyber Show Explains What CCTV is About
CCTV does not typically resolve crime
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[Video] Ignore Buzzwords and Pay Attention to Attacks on Software Developers
AI in the Machine Learning sense is nothing new
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Outline of Themes to Cover in the Coming Weeks
We're accelerating coverage and increasing focus on suppressed topics
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[Video] Not Everyone Claiming to Protect the Vulnerable is Being Honest
"Diversity" bursaries aren't always what they seem to be
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[Video] Enshittification of the Media, of the Web, and of Computing in General
It manifests itself in altered conditions and expectations
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[Meme] Write Code 100% of the Time
IBM: Produce code for us till we buy the community... And never use "bad words" like "master" and "slave" (pioneered by IBM itself in the computing context)
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[Video] How Much Will It Take for Most People to Realise "Open Source" Became Just Openwashing (Proprietary Giants Exploiting Cost-Free or Unpaid 'Human Resources')?
turning "Open Source" into proprietary software
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Freedom of Speech... Let's Ban All Software Freedom Speeches?
There's a moral panic over people trying to actually control their computing
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Richard Stallman's Talk in Spain Canceled (at Short Notice)
So it seems to have been canceled very fast
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Links 29/04/2024: "AI" Hype Deflated, Economies Slow Down Further
Links for the day
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Gemini Links 29/04/2024: Gopher Experiment and Profectus Alpha 0.9
Links for the day
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Debian 'Cabal' (via SPI) Tried to Silence or 'Cancel' Daniel Pocock at DNS Level. It Didn't Work. It Backfired as the Material Received Even More Visibility.
know the truth about modern slavery
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Lucas Nussbaum & Debian attempted exploit of OVH Hosting insider
Reprinted with permission from disguised.work
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Software in the Public Interest (SPI) is Not a Friend of Freedom
We'll shortly reproduce two older articles from disguised.work
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Syria, John Lennon & Debian WIPO panel appointed
Reprinted with permission from disguised.work
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Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
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IRC Proceedings: Sunday, April 28, 2024
IRC logs for Sunday, April 28, 2024
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[Video] GNU and Linux Everywhere (Except by Name)
In a sense, Linux already has over 50% of the world's "OS" marketThe corresponding text-only bulletin for Monday contains all the text. Top-read articles (excluding bot/crawler visits):Span from 2024-04-23 to 2024-04-291877 /n/2024/04/25/CISA_Has_a_Microsoft_Conflict_of_Interest_Problem_CISA_Cannot_A.shtml 1460 /n/2024/04/29/Richard_Stallman_s_Talk_in_Spain_Canceled_at_Short_Notice.shtml 1151 /n/2024/04/23/Bruce_Perens_Debian_swiping_the_Open_Source_trademark.shtml 1030 /n/2024/04/25/Amber_Heard_Junior_Female_Developers_Debian_Embezzlement.shtml 933 /n/2024/04/22/Video_Online_Brigade_Demands_That_the_Person_Who_Started_GNU_Li.shtml 914 /n/2024/04/24/Balkan_women_Debian_sexism_WeBoob_leaks.shtml 869 /n/2024/04/27/Lucas_Kanashiro_Debian_Canonical_Ubuntu_female_GSoC_intern_rela.shtml 865 /n/2024/04/23/Amaya_Rodrigo_Sastre_Holger_Levsen_Debian_DebConf6_fight.shtml 857 /n/2024/04/26/Mark_Shuttleworth_Elio_Qoshi_Debian_Ubuntu_underage_girls.shtml 822 /n/2024/04/22/EPO_We_and_Microsoft_Will_Spy_on_Everything_No_Physical_Copies.shtml 819 /n/2024/04/26/Albanian_women_Brazilian_women_Debian_Outreachy_racism_under_Ch.shtml 788 /n/2024/04/25/Ulrike_Uhlig_Debian_the_200_000_woman_who_quit.shtml