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Posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 18, 2024

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Daniel Pocock: "I've Gone to Some Lengths to Demonstrate How Corporate Bad Actors Have Used Amateur-hour Codes of Conduct to Push Volunteers Into Modern Slavery"

↺ Daniel Pocock: "I've Gone to Some Lengths to Demonstrate How Corporate Bad Actors Have Used Amateur-hour Codes of Conduct to Push Volunteers Into Modern Slavery"

"As David explains, the Codes of Conduct should work the other way around to regulate the poor behavior of corporations who have been far too close to the Debian Suicide Cluster."

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Microsoft-Connected Sites Trying to Shift Attention Away From Microsoft's Megebreach Only Days Before Important If Not Unprecedented Grilling by the US Government?

↺ Microsoft-Connected Sites Trying to Shift Attention Away From Microsoft's Megebreach Only Days Before Important If Not Unprecedented Grilling by the US Government?

Why does the mainstream media not entertain the possibility a lot of these talking points are directed out of Redmond?

[Meme] UEFI 'Secure' Boot Boiling Frog

↺ [Meme] UEFI 'Secure' Boot Boiling Frog

UEFI 'Secure' Boot: You can just ignore it. You can just turn it off. You can hack on it as a workaround. Just use Windows dammit!

The Market Wants to Delete Windows and Install GNU/Linux, UEFI 'Secure' Boot Must Go!

↺ The Market Wants to Delete Windows and Install GNU/Linux, UEFI 'Secure' Boot Must Go!

To be very clear, this has nothing to do with security and those who insist that it is have absolutely no credentials

In the United States Of America the Estimated Share of Google Search Grew After Microsoft's Chatbot Hype (Which Coincided With Mass Layoffs at Bing)

↺ In the United States Of America the Estimated Share of Google Search Grew After Microsoft's Chatbot Hype (Which Coincided With Mass Layoffs at Bing)

Microsoft's chatbot hype started in late 2022

Techrights Will Categorically Object to Any Attempts to Deny Its Right to Publish Informative, Factual Material

↺ Techrights Will Categorically Object to Any Attempts to Deny Its Right to Publish Informative, Factual Material

we'll continue to publish about 20 pages per day while challenging censorship attempts

Links 17/05/2024: Microsoft Masks Layoffs With Return-to-office (RTO) Mandates, More YouTube Censorship

↺ Links 17/05/2024: Microsoft Masks Layoffs With Return-to-office (RTO) Mandates, More YouTube Censorship

Links for the day

YouTube Progresses to the Next Level

↺ YouTube Progresses to the Next Level

YouTube is a ticking time bomb

Journalists and Human Rights Groups Back Julian Assange Ahead of Monday's Likely Very Final Decision

↺ Journalists and Human Rights Groups Back Julian Assange Ahead of Monday's Likely Very Final Decision

From the past 24 hours...

[Meme] George Washington and the Bill of Rights

↺ [Meme] George Washington and the Bill of Rights

Centuries have passed since the days of George Washington, but the principles are still the same

Video of Richard Stallman's Talk From Four Weeks Ago

↺ Video of Richard Stallman's Talk From Four Weeks Ago

2-hour video of Richard Stallman speaking less than a month ago

statCounter Says Twitter/X Share in Russia Fell From 23% to 2.3% in 3 Years

↺ statCounter Says Twitter/X Share in Russia Fell From 23% to 2.3% in 3 Years

it seems like YouTube gained a lot

Journalist Who Won Awards for His Coverage of the Julian Assange Ordeals Excluded and Denied Access to Final Hearing

↺ Journalist Who Won Awards for His Coverage of the Julian Assange Ordeals Excluded and Denied Access to Final Hearing

One can speculate about the true reason/s

Richard Stallman's Talk, Scheduled for Two Days Ago, Was Not Canceled But Really Delayed

↺ Richard Stallman's Talk, Scheduled for Two Days Ago, Was Not Canceled But Really Delayed

American in Paris

3 More Weeks for Daniel Pocock's Campaign to Win a Seat in European Parliament Elections

↺ 3 More Weeks for Daniel Pocock's Campaign to Win a Seat in European Parliament Elections

Friday 3 weeks from now is polling day

Microsoft Should Have Been Fined and Sanctioned Over UEFI 'Lockout' (Locking GNU/Linux Out of New PCs)

↺ Microsoft Should Have Been Fined and Sanctioned Over UEFI 'Lockout' (Locking GNU/Linux Out of New PCs)

Why did that not happen?

Gemini Links 16/05/2024: Microsoft Masks Layoffs With Return-to-office (RTO) Mandates, Cash Issues

↺ Gemini Links 16/05/2024: Microsoft Masks Layoffs With Return-to-office (RTO) Mandates, Cash Issues

Links for the day

Over at Tux Machines...

↺ Over at Tux Machines...

GNU/Linux news for the past day

IRC Proceedings: Thursday, May 16, 2024

↺ IRC Proceedings: Thursday, May 16, 2024

IRC logs for Thursday, May 16, 2024

Ex-Red Hat CEO Paul Cormier Did Not Retire, He Just Left IBM/Red Hat a Month Ago (Ahead of Layoff Speculations)

↺ Ex-Red Hat CEO Paul Cormier Did Not Retire, He Just Left IBM/Red Hat a Month Ago (Ahead of Layoff Speculations)

Rather than retire he took a similar position at another company

Linux.com Made Its First 'Article' in Over and Month, It Was 10 Words in Total, and It's Not About Linux

↺ Linux.com Made Its First 'Article' in Over and Month, It Was 10 Words in Total, and It's Not About Linux

play some 'webapp' and maybe get some digital 'certificate' for a meme like 'clown computing'The corresponding text-only bulletin for Friday contains all the text. Top-read articles (excluding bot/crawler visits):Span from 2024-05-11 to 2024-05-172271 /n/2024/05/11/GNU_Linux_Reaches_11_Market_Share_in_the_United_States_Of_Ameri.shtml 1759 /n/2024/05/14/Video_LinuxFest_Northwest_is_Letting_GAFAM_Take_Over_and_Why_It.shtml 1639 /n/2024/05/16/People_Who_Defend_Richard_Stallman_s_Right_to_Deliver_Talks_Abo.shtml 1228 /n/2024/05/15/Ebury_is_Not_Linux_That_s_Just_the_Media_Shifting_Attention_Mic.shtml 1028 /n/2024/05/11/Microsoft_Windows_Used_to_Have_99_of_the_OS_Market_in_Jordan_No.shtml 993 /n/2024/05/13/EPO_Language_of_Conflicy.shtml

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