[Meme] Cool Strongmen of a “High-Tech Hub” in Minsk
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2022-05-02 15:52:00 UTC
- Modified: 2022-05-02 15:52:00 UTC
Recent Techrights' Posts
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- Let's hope that the trajectory of the Web won't be leading us to over-reliance on Google, nor will it reward worthless slopfarms
- Gemini Links 15/07/2025: Smolweb and Alhena 5.1.7
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- Links 16/07/2025: China’s Economy Grows Steadily, France Takes Action Regarding Harm to Children by GAFAM and Fentanylware (TikTok)
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- It is Not About Politics
- Beware the people who try to make this about politics
- Good Journalism Saves Lives
- a shocking number of women die or get seriously hurt every day due to violence from a partner
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- Being passive is not an option when bad things are happening
- Slopfarms Are Going to Perish Because Public Opinion is Changing
- Many slopfarms will simply go offline
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- This week we shall take it up a notch
- Over at Tux Machines...
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- The Danes Want GNU/Linux
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- Cory Doctorow Explains Why Software Freedom Matters, Whereas "Open Source" Misses the Point and Helps Monopolies
- It's a very long article
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- "I went on a date with a chatbot!"
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- Over at Tux Machines...
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- Links for the day
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- Outreachy & Debian pregnancy cluster, Meike Reichle evidence
- Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
- Again, "Lunduke is Actually Sending His Audience to Attack People"
- Microsoft Lunduke is not trying to "protect" Linux
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- Slop isn't about efficiency and saving money
- One of the Most Hilarious Things About the Microsoft SLAPPs
- It's so ridiculous
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- The FSF has extended until Friday its fund-raising campaign
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- unlawful communications like threats
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- Maybe one day Wayland will be widespread. Or maybe not.
- Gemini Links 14/07/2025: BOFH Archive, Updating Old Palm PDAS, and Nginx vs Slop Bots
- Links for the day
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- What does that say about Canonical and Ubuntu?
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- Even before the LLM hype those were quite common
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- Techrights never did anything illegal. So why is it being picked on by people who work with criminals?
- Microsoft Said the Mass Layoffs Were for "Investment" in "AI", But It's Also Laying Off the "AI" and "Copilot" Staff
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- DryDeadFish is Dead, Long Live DryDeadFish
- We kept checking, hoping it can recover from some temporary technical issue
- For Quite Some Time Already Microsoft Attracts Crackpots, Scams, and More
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- Links for the day
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- People who have earned a bad reputation are not magically "entitled" to reset
- People Who Assault Women Are Not Victims of "Distress"
- It seems like an American tradition. In a country with almost 50 presidents, not even one was a female.
- Slashdot Media Turned Linux Journal Into a Slopfarm and Now Slashdot Actively Promotes Anti-Linux Slopfarms
- Yes, "no-nonsense" apparently means actual nonsense
- Adoption of Gemini Protocol Still Growing
- Gemini Protocol is being obscured by the media - it doesn't help that Google 'hijacked' the word "Gemini" - but people still manage to find out about it, download a client, and use it
- Links 14/07/2025: Arresting Photographers, Threats to Revoke US Citizenship Over Criticism
- Links for the day
- More EPO Leaks on the Way
- We hope that Mr. Rowan will actually try to refute what we say and show, not merely point the finger at the messengers
- Decommodification is a Corporate Strategy Against Communities
- systemd is led by Microsoft and hosted by Microsoft
- copyleft.org 'Hijacked' by the People Who Attack the Person Who Created Copyleft
- So far there's nothing "tasteless" in copyleft.org, but that can change at any time in the future
- Asking People to Take Down Articles and Videos Only Makes These More Popular and "Viral"
- If you do something bad, one of the worst things you can possibly do it try to silence those who speak about it
- Over at Tux Machines...
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- Two-Thirds Towards FSF Goal, Richard Stallman to Give Talks in Europe
- There are 67 left before reaching the target
- Brett Wilson LLP "Takes it Personal" (Character Assassination, Not Professionalism). Everybody Can See That.
- On behalf of violent men
- Gemini Links 14/07/2025: Politicised Tech and "Leaving GitHub"
- Links for the day
