Bonum Certa Men Certa

Crocodiles Can Only Ever Fake Empathy

Or shed a tear...

Crocodile



Summary: Greenwashing, pinkwashing, openwashing and abduction of various authentic civil rights movements (centered around gender, race, and sometimes economic issues) is very easy and cheap relative to the depths of corporate pockets; the problem is, those things help distract the 'masses' from objectively immoral and universally unacceptable acts

THE saying about the massive reptiles, remnants of an ancient era of dinosaurs, is mostly sarcastic in nature. Crocodiles don't shed tears, they just eat their prey heartlessly. No sympathy. This is what they do. There's also that old parable about "reptilian brains" -- something that became a lot less comical because some nuts and cranks take this more literally and imply that some humans are reptiles in disguise (not metaphorically).



A lot of the corporations we deal with pretend to value women, to value ethnic minorities and so on. IBM issued not one but several puff pieces and press releases to that effect yesterday. We put those in Daily Links, filed under "IBM". In reality, as is widely known, those corporations care about nothing but profit. In the case of IBM, we're talking about almost exclusively white men. Their recent choices of CEOs (female, then Indian) are motivated by the need to shed off a stigma -- not an elusive/outdated one but a persistent and ongoing one (it's still justified).

"Some people out there can distinguish/tell apart facts from marketing and recognise the value of what's objectively true."Techrights is being slandered for all sorts of things. Moments ago in Twitter I saw full-time Microsoft staff trying to incite Free software people against the site. That's hardly the first time; they do that a lot in Reddit as well. Techrights annoys them because it tells them what's true about their paymaster; in their eyes, it puts at risk their salary and job security.

Longtime readers of Techrights know that we don't treat unfairly or favour one corporation over another for arbitrary reasons. Techrights is highly respected among staff of the European Patent Office (EPO). A few of them even donated to us over the years, not because they were asked but because they wanted to. These fine minds, the hard-working examiners, understand that the real enemy isn't truth but liars such as António Campinos and Benoît Battistelli, who force them to grant software patents in Europe in defiance of the law. Some people out there can distinguish/tell apart facts from marketing and recognise the value of what's objectively true. Even when it's not always convenient. Embracing politically-correct and corporate-friendly views is risk-free and easy; it at least feels like everyone out there already agrees with you (many of the rest are censored or are self-censoring) and the media spikes stories/opinions. Blogs like IP Kat nowadays delete comments. For inaccuracy? No. The blog 'owners' (the new ones) don't always agree with commenters, so they believe they 'help' us by eliminating particular viewpoints. They also sweep under the rug anything which speaks of EPO misconduct. That's a dangerous thing to do and it makes IP Kat complicit. This morning/last night when they wrote about Munich they started with: "IP Tech Summit 2020 is taking place in Munich from 3 to 4 December 2020 within Microsoft's premises!"

So criminals who bribed officials in Munich (to derail GNU/Linux) are still trying to set the tone there. Microsoft still does this all around the world, but who cares when there's patent money to be made, right? Even patents that are patently bogus, more so after 35 U.S.C. ۤ 101/Alice.

Corporations lack complex feelings. They're like reptiles. Instinct for prey. Public institutions that are devoured by such 'corporate reptiles' become the same. There's nothing public about them anymore. Nowadays the Linux Foundation "loves Linux" like Microsoft does.

Recent Techrights' Posts

Comparing U.E.F.I. to B.I.O.S. (Bloat and Insecurity to K.I.S.S.)
By Sami Tikkanen
New 'Slides' From Stallman Support (stallmansupport.org) Site
"In celebration of RMS's birthday, we've been playing a bit. We extracted some quotes from the various articles, comments, letters, writings, etc. and put them in the form of a slideshow in the home page."
Thailand: GNU/Linux Up to 6% of Desktops/Laptops, According to statCounter
Desktop Operating System Market Share Thailand
António Campinos is Still 'The Fucking President' (in His Own Words) After a Fake 'Election' in 2022 (He Bribed All the Voters to Keep His Seat)
António Campinos and the Administrative Council, whose delegates he clearly bribed with EPO budget in exchange for votes
Adrian von Bidder, homeworking & Debian unexplained deaths
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Sainsbury’s Epic Downtime Seems to be Microsoft's Fault and Might Even Constitute a Data Breach (Legal Liability)
one of Britain's largest groceries (and beyond) chains
 
People Don't Just Kill Themselves (Same for Other Animals)
And recent reports about Boeing whistleblower John Barnett
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Monday, March 18, 2024
IRC logs for Monday, March 18, 2024
Suicide Cluster Cover-up tactics & Debian exposed
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Gemini Links 19/03/2024: A Society That Lost Focus and Abandoning Social Control Media
Links for the day
Matthias Kirschner, FSFE: Plagiarism & Child labour in YH4F
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Linux Foundation Boasting About Being Connected to Bill Gates
Examples of boasting about the association
Alexandre Oliva's Article on Monstering Cults
"I'm told an earlier draft version of this post got published elsewhere. Please consider this IMHO improved version instead."
[Meme] 'Russian' Elections in Munich (Bavaria, Germany)
fake elections
Sainsbury's to Techrights: Yes, Our Web Site Broke Down, But We Cannot Say Which Part or Why
Windows TCO?
Plagiarism: Axel Beckert (ETH Zurich) & Debian Developer list hacking
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Links 18/03/2024: Putin Cements Power
Links for the day
Flashback 2003: Debian has always had a toxic culture
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
[Meme] You Know You're Winning the Argument When...
EPO management starts cursing at everybody (which is what's happening)
Catspaw With Attitude
The posts "they" complain about merely point out the facts about this harassment and doxing
'Clown Computing' Businesses Are Waning and the Same Will Happen to 'G.A.I.' Businesses (the 'Hey Hi' Fame)
decrease in "HEY HI" (AI) hype
Free Software Needs Watchdogs, Too
Gentle lapdogs prevent self-regulation and transparency
Matthias Kirschner, FSFE analogous to identity fraud
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Gemini Links 18/03/2024: LLM Inference and Can We Survive Technology?
Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Sunday, March 17, 2024
IRC logs for Sunday, March 17, 2024
Links 17/03/2024: Microsoft Windows Shoves Ads Into Third-Party Software, More Countries Explore TikTok Ban
Links for the day
Molly Russell suicide & Debian Frans Pop, Lucy Wayland, social media deaths
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Our Plans for Spring
Later this year we turn 18 and a few months from now our IRC community turns 16
Open Invention Network (OIN) Fails to Explain If Linux is Safe From Microsoft's Software Patent Royalties (Charges)
Keith Bergelt has not replied to queries on this very important matter
RedHat.com, Brought to You by Microsoft Staff
This is totally normal, right?
USPTO Corruption: People Who Don't Use Microsoft Will Be Penalised ~$400 for Each Patent Filing
Not joking!
The Hobbyists of Mozilla, Where the CEO is a Bigger Liability Than All Liabilities Combined
the hobbyist in chief earns much more than colleagues, to say the least; the number quadrupled in a matter of years
Jim Zemlin Says Linux Foundation Should Combat Fraud Together With the Gates Foundation. Maybe They Should Start With Jim's Wife.
There's a class action lawsuit for securities fraud
Not About Linux at All!
nobody bothers with the site anymore; it's marketing, and now even Linux
Links 17/03/2024: Abuses Against Human Rights, Tesla Settlement (and Crash)
Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Saturday, March 16, 2024
IRC logs for Saturday, March 16, 2024
Under Taliban, GNU/Linux Share Nearly Doubled in Afghanistan, Windows Sank From About 90% to 68.5%
Suffice to say, we're not meaning to imply Taliban is "good"
Debian aggression: woman asked about her profession
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Gemini Links 17/03/2024: Winter Can't Hurt Us Anymore and Playstation Plus
Links for the day