Links 31/01/2008: Torvalds, Phones, Vista

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2008-02-01 00:13:36 UTC
Modified: 2008-02-01 00:14:55 UTC

Recent Techrights' Posts

SLAPP Censorship - Part 161 Out of 200: Low Standards in Defamation Cases Just Muddy the Waters and Distract From Legitimate Cases: The judge at the trial said that Garrett's case was a waste of the court's money
Congrats to Linux.org for Adopting or Getting Back to IRC: This is the way the Net ought to work and was originally designed to work [...] IRC as a protocol turns 38 this month
GNU/Linux Did Not Start in 1991 and America Wasn't Discovered by Europeans: it'll be 43 next month
Rolling Out Some Changes Soon: To the regular reader no change will be seen
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Monday, August 24, 2026: IRC logs for Monday, August 24, 2026
Gemini Links 25/08/2026: Separated by Plexiglass, Low-Tech Information Networks, Jörg Rippel Comes to Geminispace: Links for the day
The Tragedy of Software Developers Making Up Narratives and Making Excuses for Plagiarism (of Their Own Work, Too): one lingering issue is that many who vote in Debian GRs receive money from slop companies
Evri Makes Us Optimistic About the Collapse of the Slop Pyramid Scheme (Bubble): Do not be seduced by false promises of "automation" or "intelligence" where only automation may exist but no intelligence at all
Links 24/08/2026: "Journalism Can Help Expose Bad Science And Trigger Real-World Change"; Further Suppression and Censorship in China/HK: Links for the day
Gemini Links 24/08/2026: Soul Mentality, Words to Live by, Mozz.us Gemlog Resumes, Smol Conversations: Links for the day
Today The Register MS Published Greenwashing Spam for the Slop Pyramid Scheme, It Mentions "AI" 29 Times: More people need to talk about the role of the media in this pyramid scheme
Slop Plagiarism and Chatbots Are Killing Evri (They Infuriate and Insult Clients): Slop destroys companies and leads to misery (miserable clients, time-wasting)
Links 24/08/2026: Re-defining the IndieWeb and "Data Center Backlash Bursts Into the Midterms": Links for the day
The Issue With Omarchy is the Slop, the Politics Are a Side Issue: Those corporations do not oppose slop, they participate in it
In South Korea, Steady Increases for GNU/Linux: authorities said they would migrate to GNU/Linux or consider moving in that direction
SLAPP Censorship - Part 160 Out of 200: In Astounding Repetition of Last Year, Brett Wilson LLP Deliberately Ignores Holidays of People It is Attacking and Crushes Principles of Access to Justice: Disconnected from the law
Links 24/08/2026: Vision and Skill, Doing Good, Chiperia Project: Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
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
Northern Africa: GNU/Linux Measured at Around 5%: by Clownflare
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
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
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
"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"...
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: Links for the day