https://techrights.org/ bonum certa men certa en Wed, 07 Oct 2026 21:37:03 +0000 300 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/Gemini_Links_07_10_2026_Nostalgia_Neutral_Map_and_Shorthanding.shtml Links for the day Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:10:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/Slop_is_Plagiarism.shtml Plagiarism is not "theft" and copyright infringement is not "piracy" Wed, 07 Oct 2026 06:24:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/Microsoft_s_XBox_CEO_Asha_Sharma_Tells_Staff_That_That_Many_Tho.shtml Get it? Layoffs are "growth". Wed, 07 Oct 2026 21:36:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/Gemini_Links_07_10_2026_On_Feeling_Guilty_Leaving_the_US_Multin.shtml Links for the day Wed, 07 Oct 2026 21:32:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/The_Cyber_Show_Explains_the_Concept_of_Data_Rape.shtml a metaphor some might find crude Wed, 07 Oct 2026 21:21:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/FREE_BEER_is_Still_Online_But_Barely_Active.shtml 25 years ago or even 20 years ago many spoke of open/free beer (or "COLA") Wed, 07 Oct 2026 20:02:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/Syria_GNU_Linux_Has_Surged_to_8_Market_Share.shtml I don't have a convincing explanation for this Wed, 07 Oct 2026 19:40:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/IBM_Dimming_Down_the_Lights_on_IBM_Consulting_No_Knowledge_or_E.shtml They just "ride" the (old) brand, that's all Wed, 07 Oct 2026 19:20:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/Statement_on_American_SLAPP.shtml Crossposted from schestowitz.com Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:59:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/Today_The_Register_MS_Published_SPONSORED_FEATURE_and_SPONSORED.shtml This isn't a "Reality" or "Era of AI", it's a paid-for spam campaign Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:26:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/Links_07_10_2026_Unrest_in_France_and_Rumours_of_Plague_in_Russ.shtml Links for the day Wed, 07 Oct 2026 17:51:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/Brigading_Against_Women_Part_XXII_The_Lozza_Problem_in_Length.shtml Garrett's case was a waste of the Court's money Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:20:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/JavaScript_in_Richard_Stallman_s_Web_Site.shtml For search he is using CGI, not JavaScript Wed, 07 Oct 2026 11:31:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/EPO_s_Local_Staff_Committee_The_Hague_LSCTH_Plans_Presentation_.shtml They've outsourced this session to the dictator's spying eye Wed, 07 Oct 2026 10:35:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/The_GNOME_Foundation_s_Code_of_Conduct_Has_Been_Misused_to_Hide.shtml People who value free speech and freedom of expression won't touch social control media with a 10-foot bargepole Wed, 07 Oct 2026 09:41:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/Voting_for_Freedom_of_the_Press.shtml American elections happen every 4 years Wed, 07 Oct 2026 09:07:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/What_Brett_Wilson_LLP_and_Matt_Garrett_Don_t_Want_People_to_See.shtml Book-burning is counterproductive Wed, 07 Oct 2026 08:16:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/Book_Burning_Mindset_Does_Not_Work.shtml It makes the suppressed voices more widely known Wed, 07 Oct 2026 08:13:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/Microsoft_s_XBox_in_Freefall.shtml XBox is practically finished Wed, 07 Oct 2026 06:48:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/IBM_is_Almost_Defunct.shtml IBM is doomed. It just tries to test how much more patience the shareholders have. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 05:08:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/Criminalisation_of_Journalism.shtml "Journalist Derya Okatan arrested in Turkey for allegedly possessing classified material" Wed, 07 Oct 2026 04:56:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/Brigading_Against_Women_Part_XXI_Hiding_Behind_the_Veil_of_Priv.shtml To merely explain an abuse (or crime) requires naming people; that's a fundamental tenet of reporting Wed, 07 Oct 2026 04:22:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/Links_07_10_2026_Quitting_Smartphone_and_Meta_s_Muse_Is_Spying_.shtml Links for the day Wed, 07 Oct 2026 03:40:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/Gemini_Links_07_10_2026_Greed_In_Praise_of_Zotero_and_The_de_Go.shtml Links for the day Wed, 07 Oct 2026 03:14:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml GNU/Linux news for the past day Wed, 07 Oct 2026 02:46:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/IRC_Proceedings_Tuesday_October_06_2026.shtml IRC logs for Tuesday, October 06, 2026 Wed, 07 Oct 2026 02:44:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/06/Microsoft_Hiring_Only_on_the_Cheap.shtml Much of the same can be said about GAFAM and IBM Tue, 06 Oct 2026 21:10:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/06/Gemini_Links_06_10_2026_Nightfall_Express_Shorthanding_and_Rasp.shtml Links for the day Tue, 06 Oct 2026 20:57:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/06/20th_Anniversary_Next_Month.shtml We are currently trying to agree on a plan for next month's celebrations Tue, 06 Oct 2026 20:19:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/06/Taking_Photos_With_Richard_Stallman_RMS.shtml What's the point? Tue, 06 Oct 2026 20:10:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/06/GAFAM_Attack_on_FreeDesktop.shtml Now they push lots of LLM slop into Linux Tue, 06 Oct 2026 19:43:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/06/EPO_Union_Bemoans_Lack_of_Social_Dialogue_as_Dictator_Wishes_to.shtml "Exchange of open letters" Tue, 06 Oct 2026 19:16:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/06/GNU_Linux_Has_Risen_in_France_Since_the_Order_to_Adopt_GNU_Linu.shtml We can expect the same in countries like Denmark, Switzerland, Germany, and The Netherlands Tue, 06 Oct 2026 18:57:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/06/On_Microsoft_Hiring_Freeze_or_No_Permanent_Jobs_at_Microsoft_An.shtml Microsoft has changed what it can offer workers Tue, 06 Oct 2026 18:16:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/06/IBM_Cannot_Hide_the_Layoffs_Forever.shtml we welcome whistleblower to tell us more and send us documents related to that Tue, 06 Oct 2026 18:00:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/06/EPO_s_Central_Staff_Committee_Asking_The_Council_to_Get_Rid_of_.shtml We'll be covering EPO scandals around the time of that meeting Tue, 06 Oct 2026 17:43:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/06/Gemini_Links_06_10_2026_EU_Kids_Act_Practicality_of_Gemini_and_.shtml Links for the day Tue, 06 Oct 2026 17:08:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/06/Links_06_10_2026_Data_Breaches_Epidemic_and_Turkey_Blocking_Jou.shtml Links for the day Tue, 06 Oct 2026 16:57:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/06/The_Whole_Point_of_Computing_is_That_Computers_Are_Deterministi.shtml Unlike stochastic parrots that stochastically utter out lies Tue, 06 Oct 2026 15:30:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/06/It_s_Not_a_Linux_Back_Door_If_It_s_an_Unpatched_Device.shtml "Linux Backdoor" is a glaring misfit, a possibly 'obscene' term Tue, 06 Oct 2026 15:22:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/06/What_is_a_Conditional_Fee_Agreement_CFA_When_Law_Firms_Become_t.shtml And the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) needs to be more serious about tackling this Tue, 06 Oct 2026 15:10:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/06/Brigading_Against_Women_Part_XX_Attempts_by_Lozza_to_Deplatform.shtml in 2024 Tue, 06 Oct 2026 07:35:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/06/Links_06_10_2026_A_Year_Since_NSA_whistleblower_Reality_Winner_.shtml Links for the day Tue, 06 Oct 2026 07:22:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/06/SIRIUS_CORPORATION_LIMITED_as_Evidence_of_the_Financial_Shell_G.shtml Rianne and I still have some fond memories of the time the ex-wife of the CEO treated us like human beings Tue, 06 Oct 2026 06:26:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/06/Lots_of_Silent_Layoffs_at_IBM_Last_Week_Employees_Explain_Patte.shtml It wasn't just gossip, it actually happened even if the media chose to look the other way (as usual) Tue, 06 Oct 2026 04:43:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/06/Gemini_Links_06_10_2026_Fighting_for_Purpose_Gemlogs_and_Gemtex.shtml Links for the day Tue, 06 Oct 2026 04:14:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/06/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml GNU/Linux news for the past day Tue, 06 Oct 2026 03:52:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/06/IRC_Proceedings_Monday_October_05_2026.shtml IRC logs for Monday, October 05, 2026 Tue, 06 Oct 2026 03:51:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/05/Red_Hat_is_Phased_Out_of_Existence_This_Month_Onwards.shtml Within a few years we'll probably not see many redhat.com addresses anymore; many became ibm.* last week Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:43:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/05/Finland_s_GNU_Linux_Share_Measured_at_12.shtml Last month GNU/Linux was measured at about 10% in Finland Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:25:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/05/UK_Layoffs_and_Closures_by_Microsoft_In_Expected_Blow_Microsoft.shtml Microsoft's layoffs are never-ending, they just try to keep them all secret. Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:08:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/05/NVIDIA_Buys_the_Media_With_Companies_It_Sponsors_to_Pretend_to_.shtml The media crisis worsens Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:58:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/05/Discussion_About_Potential_Sale_of_EPO_Buildings_and_Enshittifi.shtml It's noteworthy that only one hour (or 70 minutes) was devoted to so many topics Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:38:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/05/Brigading_Against_Women_Part_IXX_Overreaction_From_Young_Female.shtml Cowards who send threats after committing crimes online Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:49:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/05/Stonewalling_by_Bots.shtml We'll now turn our attention back to EPO and other matters Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:27:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/05/Gemini_Links_05_10_2026_Posthumanism_Cardputer_and_More.shtml Links for the day Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:10:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/05/Links_05_10_2026_I_m_Embarrassed_on_Behalf_of_the_Tech_Industry.shtml Links for the day Mon, 05 Oct 2026 16:48:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/05/SIRIUS_OPEN_SOURCE_LTD_Officially_Insolvent_Is_Reform_UK_Next.shtml Sirius no more Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:44:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/05/Links_05_10_2026_Congress_Must_Investigate_War_Profiteers_Once_.shtml Links for the day Mon, 05 Oct 2026 07:31:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/05/libera_chat_is_an_Agenda_Peddling_Platform_Run_by_Agenda_Peddli.shtml The volunteers of libera.chat ("staff") aren't working for free, they work towards an agenda Mon, 05 Oct 2026 06:39:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/05/Nobel_Season_is_Plutocracy_Week.shtml Later this week the billionaires will give a fake "Nobel" (in "Economics") to someone who parrots their preferred narrative and those same billionaires will use "Nobel" to bless the promoter of their latest pyramid scheme/buzzword Mon, 05 Oct 2026 06:20:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/05/GNU_Linux_Market_Share_in_North_America_13_This_Past_Weekend.shtml It is perhaps not shocking that adoption of GNU/Linux is very high there Mon, 05 Oct 2026 05:56:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/05/When_Did_Europe_Begin_to_Side_With_White_Collar_Criminals_or_Pa.shtml How much corruption can we tolerate before the European Union becomes another Russian Federation? Mon, 05 Oct 2026 05:35:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/05/Libera_Chat_s_Level_of_Control_Might_Make_Sense_for_a_Corporate.shtml IRC is not centralised Mon, 05 Oct 2026 05:21:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/05/Brigading_Against_Women_Part_XVIII_Turning_Censorship_Attempts_.shtml What Lozza did two years ago Mon, 05 Oct 2026 04:15:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/05/Greenland_Needs_Digital_Sovereignty.shtml the large icy island isn't moving to GNU/Linux as quickly as the rest of Europe Mon, 05 Oct 2026 03:55:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/05/Tracker_of_Internet_Relay_Chat_Networks_Out_of_Service_But_Not_.shtml We should note that the number of unique networks they track has grown since we last checked Mon, 05 Oct 2026 03:39:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/05/Gemini_Links_05_10_2026_NixOS_Guix_Codeberg_Banning_Slop_and_Go.shtml Links for the day Mon, 05 Oct 2026 03:32:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/05/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml GNU/Linux news for the past day Mon, 05 Oct 2026 03:09:00 +0000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/05/IRC_Proceedings_Sunday_October_04_2026.shtml IRC logs for Sunday, October 04, 2026 Mon, 05 Oct 2026 03:08:00 +0000