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Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 08, 2024

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The High Cost of Making Scepticism of Proprietary Voting Machines a "Trump" and "Conspiracy Theory" Territory

↺ The High Cost of Making Scepticism of Proprietary Voting Machines a "Trump" and "Conspiracy Theory" Territory

Time to get back to paper? Or read an old paper?

Today We Got an Early Birthday Gift

↺ Today We Got an Early Birthday Gift

Exciting times

[Meme] Going Too Far to the Left Can Breed Militant Ideology

↺ [Meme] Going Too Far to the Left Can Breed Militant Ideology

Some people can never be appeased because they prefer not to be appeased

FSF Expressed No Preference Regarding Presidential Candidates (Its Founder Did)

↺ FSF Expressed No Preference Regarding Presidential Candidates (Its Founder Did)

Because he is a principled person, he does not prioritise loyalty to customers or employers (money)

Who Next on the Linux Foundation's 'Kill List'?

↺ Who Next on the Linux Foundation's 'Kill List'?

Remember that only about 2% of the "Linux" Foundation's budget goes to Linux

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[Meme] Questioning Proprietary Software? Not OK...

↺ [Meme] Questioning Proprietary Software? Not OK...

A disaster long in the making

Links 07/11/2024: HTTP/3, Health Research, and Punditry

↺ Links 07/11/2024: HTTP/3, Health Research, and Punditry

Links for the day

Gemini Links 07/11/2024: On Writing Publicly and Record Player Table

↺ Gemini Links 07/11/2024: On Writing Publicly and Record Player Table

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Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) Hosted SOSS as Microsoft Propaganda Platform With Microsoft Front Group OSI

↺ Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) Hosted SOSS as Microsoft Propaganda Platform With Microsoft Front Group OSI

They essentially promote what they're attacking under false pretences [...] OSI is deeply corrupt. It's more toxic than arsenic.

Anti-Linux FUD, Now in LLM Form, Thanks to Brittany Day

↺ Anti-Linux FUD, Now in LLM Form, Thanks to Brittany Day

They attack Linux with chatbots

[Meme] When You Discredit People Who Discredit Secret Code

↺ [Meme] When You Discredit People Who Discredit Secret Code

proprietary systems with hundreds of millions of transistors (and hundreds of millions of lines of code)

Links 07/11/2024: Online Manipulation in Social Control Media, Election Deniers, and More

↺ Links 07/11/2024: Online Manipulation in Social Control Media, Election Deniers, and More

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Gemini Links 07/11/2024: emacs-guix and File Hoarding

↺ Gemini Links 07/11/2024: emacs-guix and File Hoarding

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[Meme] Election Day at the European Patent Office

↺ [Meme] Election Day at the European Patent Office

Less than 60 minutes left to cast your vote

Staff Union of the European Patent Office (SUEPO) Election Ending Today

↺ Staff Union of the European Patent Office (SUEPO) Election Ending Today

In one hour

[Meme] When the Patent Office Does Illegal Things and Staff Speaks Out

↺ [Meme] When the Patent Office Does Illegal Things and Staff Speaks Out

many leaks received today

Apple's Debt Has Skyrocketed While Gimmicks Like Vision Pro Failed

↺ Apple's Debt Has Skyrocketed While Gimmicks Like Vision Pro Failed

In Apple's case, the debt is almost double the "Cash on Hand", which isn't even cash

A President Trump is Excellent News to Microsoft

↺ A President Trump is Excellent News to Microsoft

His racist policies gave lots of contracts to Microsoft

Links 07/11/2024: Facebook Scams, Journalists on Strike

↺ Links 07/11/2024: Facebook Scams, Journalists on Strike

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Over at Tux Machines...

↺ Over at Tux Machines...

GNU/Linux news for the past day

IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, November 06, 2024

↺ IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, November 06, 2024

IRC logs for Wednesday, November 06, 2024

Microsoft-Connected Publishers Want Us to Think That Linux is Some Sort of a Virus and a "Backdoor"

↺ Microsoft-Connected Publishers Want Us to Think That Linux is Some Sort of a Virus and a "Backdoor"

"The problem is with windows and the attack vector is via Windows"

We've Made it to 18! Here's to Another 18!

↺ We've Made it to 18! Here's to Another 18!

Going on for another 18 years means until some time at the end of 2042

Links 07/11/2024: Political Angst and Laptop Issues

↺ Links 07/11/2024: Political Angst and Laptop Issues

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