07.10.13
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IBM and Fedora: Stop Being Poor! Buy a New PC!
The planned obsolescence complex of IBM is showing; things that are widely supported and also very much needed are now candidates for abandonment
The Temptation to Promote 'Paid Narratives' and 'Product Marketing' (Fake 'Endorsements') in Geminispace Will Grow and It's a Risk to Gemini's Reputation or Selling Point
We recently spotted some promotional 'plugs' in Geminispace; while it may seem indicative of growth, it does lead to potential perils and genuine concerns
Links 08/04/2022: EasyOS 3.4.5
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IRC Proceedings: Thursday, April 07, 2022
IRC logs for Thursday, April 07, 2022
Links 07/04/2022: gzip 1.12 and Rust 1.60.0
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Links 07/04/2022: IBM Pushing Restrictive Boot
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[Meme] The Hard-Working Madame Simon
The vanity of unqualified EPO management (hauled from a trademark institution for the 'skill' of knowing a mischievous colleague) is only going to motivate more EPO staff to participate in future strikes
The EPO's Staff Union Calls for Continued Industrial Actions as Some Media Belatedly Catches Up With EPO Strikes
Things are heating up at the EPO; management is unwilling to address key issues as the conflict grows and even some media is willing to mention (at long last) what truly goes on
Links 07/04/2022: Elive 3.8.27 Beta and Microsoft GitHub Deleting Projects Again
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Linux.com So Poorly Managed by Linux Foundation That Now They're Double-Posting (Same Post Twice, Not Corrected)
The Linux Foundation has turned Linux.com, once a thriving hub for news about GNU/Linux, into a graveyard; this is what Linux.com looks like this morning
Microsoft Hasn't Changed Since the YouTube-DL Takedown
Outsourcing to Microsoft is poor decision-making, as yesterday’s news serves to remind us again (there’s no due process!)
IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, April 06, 2022
IRC logs for Wednesday, April 06, 2022
When Most Granted Patents (and Fake 'Growth') Are Just Software Patents and EPO 'Joins the Club'
The EPO's administration continues to enjoy the media's apathy or silence; not a word is being said about EPO scandals, let alone strikes and industrial actions; today's 20-minute video is one of many to come
Links 07/04/2022: Emacs 28.1 and Linux Mint 21 is Named
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EPO.org is a Fake News Site Which Promotes and Glorifies Illegal Behaviour and Unlawful Policies
EPO.org — the official Web site of Europe’s second-largest institution — has become an insanely dishonest propaganda outlet which incites to break the law and violate constitutions; it’s not forgivable that other European authorities are tolerating this
[Meme] It's All Connected (and Wired)
A kind and gentle reminder is in order as "smart" things are better described as spy things; Social control media and 'phones' are no exception to this
Links 06/04/2022: Snap to Flatpak Bridge
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Links 05/04/2022: NuTyX 22.04.1 and Ghostscript 9.56.1
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Waiting for the Boat to Sink or Disembarking Early
The 'free' platforms one can sign up for online (GitHub, Twitter, YouTube and so on) aren't free at all; their true cost is becoming more apparent over time
Just 2³² IPv4 Addresses for a Planet With Almost 2³³ People
This talk was uploaded eight days ago. “This talk is about the IPv4 Unicast Extensions Project, which is proposing software and standards changes to eventually make reserved addresses usable. Some of our changes have been accepted in systems, including GNU/Linux and FreeBSD. This presentation will describe what has been done and what still needs to happen.”
IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, April 05, 2022
IRC logs for Tuesday, April 05, 2022
Musk's Bubble: Twitter Notifications Turned Into SPAM and Recommendations (to Drive Up 'Engagement' by Adding Noise)
Twitter isn’t means of communication; Twitter looks like a dying platform desperate for attention; the above is an annotated screenshot of my notifications bar this morning (there’s more noise than signal); Twitter is advertising things to me instead of presenting actual notifications and this keeps getting worse over time (they only prioritise what makes them more money; same as YouTube)
Thoughts on Quitting Social Control Media, One Month Later...
Social control media is generally a waste of time; no president (or state leader) was ousted because of the number of "likes" (they're not even a currency) and all Social Control Media Web sites are short-lived bubbles of disorganised (mis)information
Links 05/04/2022: Firefox 99, Q4OS 4.8, and LXD 5.0 LTS Released
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Linux Foundation Starts Hiding What Software It Uses to Make Reports (But Readers Can Guess)
It would be nice to think that the Linux Foundation quit using proprietary software for its reports on "Open Source"; but if that happened, it would not hide the metadata (as shown above)
[Video/Meme] Passengers Are Leaving Gulag Behind
Gulag's (Google's) exploitative relationship with GNU/Linux (the software, its users, developers, creators) needs to be better understood
KDE Neon Added to the Workspace (or 'Battle Station')
A quick tour through the current setup and how tasks are split/spread across different machines
Marleen Stikker, Author of 'The Internet is Broken', on Research Institute Waag
This keynote talk was uploaded a week ago. “Marleen is founder of Waag, a social organization and research institute for creative technologies and social innovation. The prolific advocate for free, honest, and inclusive technology, and honorary PhD, is also founder of The Digital City (1993), a group that provides free public access to the Internet in Amsterdam, and author of the book “Het Internet is Stuk” (The Internet is Broken).”
[Meme] Meanwhile at IP Kat
Over the past month or so IP Kat wrote just 2 posts about patents; it has said nothing about EPO abuses since several years ago
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