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Techrights Wiki @ Gemini: At Long Last, An 'Alpha' Release

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This Wiki keeps growing; the hard part is finding a way to keep its mirrors automatically updated as the Wiki expands



Summary: We cautiously announce the Wiki mirror at gemini:// despite its many existing deficiencies (which make us a tad apprehensive) that can be overcome in due course though a lack of consistency across the Wiki makes that extra hard

THE awaited migration to optical fibre is nearly done (boxes and gear in place) and a preliminary migration/conversion to gemini:// for the entire Wiki (about 700 pages in total) can now be found at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/wiki/ (self-hosted from home). If you do not have a Gemini client installed (they're trivial to install), here's a Web gateway for the capsule:





This is just a mirror and upon closer scrutiny it soon becomes apparent that much polishing is needed, albeit given the artificial and deliberate limitations of Gemini Protocol it's understandable that a perfect conversion (even a one-way, uni-directional translation) is infeasible. It is, at best, an approximation.

"It's possible to have privacy in IRC."This coming weekend we plan to write about the EPO, seeing that Benoît Battistelli and António Campinos get their way with courts that they totally control (it happened again on Friday; see the links under "Patents" in the latest batch of news). That helps explain why European software patents exist; those who authorise them disregard the law and instead serve the patent litigation industry. It's a coup, it is vendor capture (or regulatory capture via courts and institutions which happily undermine constitutions).

Leaks and More

Coffee dropThe good news is that we're still becoming more resistant to censorship and robust in the uptime sense. We have two IRC networks, two protocols for serving pages (in 2 different countries), and IPFS for decentralisation. It's a monumental task to gag/censor us now, even with SLAPP/injunctions (some copies of our publications we just lack the ability to remove). To discuss our ongoing work, suggest topics, issue amendments etc. come and join us in IRC. Bouncers and anonymity agents are being added this month. It's possible to have privacy in IRC. More on that shortly.

Recent Techrights' Posts

[Video] Microsoft Got Its Systems Cracked (Breached) Again, This Time by Russia, and It Uses Its Moles in the Press and So-called 'Linux' Foundation to Change the Subject
If they control the narrative (or buy the narrative), they can do anything
 
Sven Luther, Lucy Wayland & Debian's toxic culture
Reprinted with permission from disguised.work
Chris Rutter, ARM Ltd IPO, Winchester College & Debian
Reprinted with permission from disguised.work
Links 19/04/2024: Israel Fires Back at Iran and Many Layoffs in the US
Links for the day
Russell Coker & Debian: September 11 Islamist sympathy
Reprinted with permission from disguised.work
Sven Luther, Thomas Bushnell & Debian's September 11 discussion
Reprinted with permission from disguised.work
G.A.I./Hey Hi (AI) Bubble Bursting With More Mass Layoffs
it's happening already
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Thursday, April 18, 2024
IRC logs for Thursday, April 18, 2024
Coroner's Report: Lucy Wayland & Debian Abuse Culture
Reprinted with permission from disguised.work
Links 18/04/2024: Misuse of COVID Stimulus Money, Governments Buying Your Data
Links for the day
Gemini Links 18/04/2024: GemText Pain and Web 1.0
Links for the day
Gemini Links 18/04/2024: Google Layoffs Again, ByteDance Scandals Return
Links for the day
Gemini Links 18/04/2024: Trying OpenBSD and War on Links Continues
Links for the day
IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, April 17, 2024
IRC logs for Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
North America, Home of Microsoft and of Windows, is Moving to GNU/Linux
Can it top 5% by year's end?
[Meme] The Heart of Staff Rep
Rowan heartily grateful
Management-Friendly Staff Representatives at the EPO Voted Out (or Simply Did Not Run Anymore)
The good news is that they're no longer in a position of authority
Microsofters in 'Linux Foundation' Clothing Continue to Shift Security Scrutiny to 'Linux'
Pay closer attention to the latest Microsoft breach and security catastrophes
Links 17/04/2024: Free-Market Policies Wane, China Marks Economic Recovery
Links for the day
Gemini Links 17/04/2024: "Failure Is An Option", Profectus Alpha 0.5 From a Microsofter Trying to Dethrone Gemini
Links for the day
How does unpaid Debian work impact our families?
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Microsoft's Windows Falls to All-Time Low and Layoffs Reported by Managers in the Windows Division
One manager probably broke an NDA or two when he spoke about it in social control media
When you give money to Debian, where does it go?
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
How do teams work in Debian?
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Joint Authors & Debian Family Legitimate Interests
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Bad faith: Debian logo and theme use authorized
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Links 17/04/2024: TikTok Killing Youth, More Layoff Rounds
Links for the day
Jack Wallen Has Been Assigned by ZDNet to Write Fake (Sponsored) 'Reviews'
Wallen is selling out. Shilling for the corporations, not the community.
Links 17/04/2024: SAP, Kwalee, and Take-Two Layoffs
Links for the day
IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, April 16, 2024
IRC logs for Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day