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techrights-newsEPO Staff Survey’s Preliminary Results Published (Almost 2,000 Staff Surveyed), António Campinos Less Trustworthy Than Benoît Battistelli at Similar Points in Their Terms | Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2022/06/23/staff-survey-of-the-epo-is-out/ | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/06/23/staff-survey-of-the-epo-is-out/Jun 24 02:13
techrights-newsSelected Slides From Technologia’s EPO Staff Survey (2022 Compared to Prior Years) | Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2022/06/23/technologia-slides/ | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/06/23/technologia-slides/Jun 24 02:17
techrights-news[Meme] Council Says... | Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2022/06/23/epo-admin-council-says/ | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/06/23/epo-admin-council-says/Jun 24 02:30
techrights-newsToday in #Techrights • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/166418Jun 24 02:36
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techrights-news#Techrights Bulletin for Thursday, June 23, 2022 http://techrights.org/txt full archive: http://techrights.org/txt-archives #gnu #linux #freesw #plaintextJun 24 05:33
techrights-news#Techrights full #IPFS index updated just now http://techrights.org/ipfs available as plain text @ http://techrights.org/ipfs/txt #dweb #sharingJun 24 05:33
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techrights-newsGames: A Lot of Steam, Proton Experimental, and Inscryption • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/166419Jun 24 07:03
techrights-newsToday’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/166420Jun 24 07:03
techrights-newsLinks 24/06/2022: FidelityFX Free Software and a Look at PetaPi | Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2022/06/24/petapi/ | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/06/24/petapi/Jun 24 07:15
techrights-newsProgramming Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/166421Jun 24 07:15
techrights-newsOpen Hardware/Modding leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/166422Jun 24 07:16
techrights-newsToday’s 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/166423Jun 24 07:16
Techrights-secotr: famine has been predictable for decades: farmland is being paved overJun 24 07:36
Techrights-secotr: at an alarming rate all over the "1st world" and it's not slowing downJun 24 07:36
Techrights-secotr: microclimates and soiltypes are not take into account in urban planningJun 24 07:36
Techrights-secotr: even in the countries where urban planning ostensibly exists and certainlyJun 24 07:36
Techrights-secotr: not in 3rd world holes like the US where the opposite exists.  The Jun 24 07:36
Techrights-secotr: attack on Europe/Ukraine has already led to a food shortage; but Jun 24 07:36
Techrights-secotr: there was the climate collapse already making a shortage before that;Jun 24 07:36
Techrights-secotr: then there is the loss of farmland; so things are convergingJun 24 07:36
Techrights-secWith all the new cars being controlled by remotely accessible, highly insecureJun 24 07:38
Techrights-secotr: ^      Jun 24 07:38
Techrights-secotr: there are all kinds of new forms of mass attacks    Jun 24 07:38
Techrights-secotr: the auto industry has fought against reform for about two decades nowJun 24 07:38
Techrights-secotr: on that topic *specifically*  Jun 24 07:38
Techrights-secotr: "smart" assistants ^W assasinsJun 24 07:44
Techrights-sechttps://www.computerworld.com/article/2473294/busted--your-car-s-black-box-is-spying--may-be-used-against-you-in-court.htmlJun 24 07:44
Techrights-secotr: afaik /all/ cars are connected, albeit tenuously, and thus vulnerable toJun 24 07:44
Techrights-secotr: compromise due to the total lack of isolation of the subsystemsJun 24 07:44
Techrights-secrable toJun 24 07:46
Techrights-secotr: compromise due to the total lack of isolation of the subsystems andJun 24 07:46
Techrights-secotr: general eschewing of security design principles by the auto industryJun 24 07:46
Techrights-secotr; afaik all researchers have been either shut down or put under draconianJun 24 07:46
Techrights-secotr: NDAsJun 24 07:46
Techrights-secotr: 1) yepJun 24 07:46
Techrights-secotr: if even 0.1% of the cars in rush hour traffic were to accelerate out of Jun 24 07:52
Techrights-secotr: control, there would be chaos; first, the physical chaos from the deathsJun 24 07:52
Techrights-secotr: injuries, and damage; second, from the psychological factors due to theJun 24 07:52
Techrights-secotr: cars being sacred above and beyond all other holiness in the US and manyJun 24 07:52
Techrights-secotr; other countries.  While actually an implement of indentured servitude ofJun 24 07:52
Techrights-secotr: sorts, it is mistakenly perceived as "freedom" and "control"; this wouldJun 24 07:52
Techrights-secotr: bust that false perception and shake many world views en masseJun 24 07:52
Techrights-secotr: :(Jun 24 07:52
Techrights-secotr: Lund University was corrupt as fuck in those regards and used universityJun 24 08:48
Techrights-secotr: funds to launch startups in return for the executives getting in on theJun 24 08:48
Techrights-secotr: IPOs; it was more an incubator for development than a research institutionJun 24 08:48
Techrights-secotr: few were willing and capable of participating in research.  Most werent'Jun 24 08:48
Techrights-secotr; and of those that weren't, the majority spent their time fighting andJun 24 08:48
Techrights-secotr: maneuvering, thus making an environment ripe for infiltration by M$Jun 24 08:48
Techrights-secotr: I get the feeling that the "universities" here are mostly degree mills    Jun 24 08:48
Techrights-secotr: nowadays; after I left the one, the rector gave an order to the teachersJun 24 08:48
Techrights-secotr: to "give out better grades"; while I was there, they had the practice toJun 24 08:48
Techrights-secotr: give passing grades to students on the roster who had never set foot in theJun 24 08:48
Techrights-secotr: classroom and, most probably, never in the institutionJun 24 08:48
Techrights-secotr: a long standing scam has been dishing out PhDs to over-50s.  Yes, someoneJun 24 08:48
Techrights-secotr: over 50 can really do top research, but that is not what those are aboutJun 24 08:48
Techrights-secotr: mostly it is just a really long essay dressed up as researchJun 24 08:48
Techrights-secotr: what hurts is that this is the fallout from attacks started decades agoJun 24 08:48
Techrights-secotr: to undermine the reputation of the universities as a precursor to Jun 24 08:48
Techrights-secotr: undermining the insitutions themselvesJun 24 08:48
Techrights-secotr: I should epoxy that broken hinge today but still don't quite feel likeJun 24 08:48
Techrights-secotr: messing with the 5-minute epoxy; I could not find the 24-hour epoxyJun 24 08:48
Techrights-secotr: like I had wanted to getJun 24 08:48
techrights-newsLinks 24/06/2022: FidelityFX Free Software and a Look at PetaPi | Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2022/06/24/petapi/ | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/06/24/petapi/Jun 24 09:11
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Techrights-secotr: when I mentioned to my dad about how many hundreds of views per dayJun 24 09:22
Techrights-secotr: my wikibook gets, he was quite enthusiastic since even the best Jun 24 09:22
Techrights-secotr: scientific papers get several orders of magnitude less trafficJun 24 09:22
Techrights-secotr: my dad is considered one of the highest impact researchers in hisJun 24 09:22
Techrights-secotr: general field, retired now of courseJun 24 09:22
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techrights-newshttp://techrights.org/2022/06/24/irc-log-230622/Jun 24 09:41
Techrights-secotr: one or two of his papers are considered the highest impact in the fieldJun 24 09:46
Techrights-secotr: one of the many things which worked in his favor is at the beginning of Jun 24 09:55
Techrights-secotr: the spread of the Internet, he found a researcher in the same fieldJun 24 09:55
Techrights-secotr: researching the exact same things but though it could have been a careerJun 24 09:55
Techrights-secotr: ending disaster for one of them, it turned out that *all* their workJun 24 09:55
Techrights-secotr: for the preceding decades had been complementary and could be combinedJun 24 09:55
Techrights-secotr: to the advantage of both; so they both got a "magic" boost of effectivelyJun 24 09:55
Techrights-secotr: several decades of research for free; a friend's father was in a similarJun 24 09:55
Techrights-secotr: situation but in his case the research was *the exact same* approach onJun 24 09:55
Techrights-secotr: the same topic and the other guy beat him to pulication by two weeks orJun 24 09:55
Techrights-secotr: less IIRC.  It ended my friend's dad's long and eminent career just likeJun 24 09:55
Techrights-secotr: that; he went into administration after a while and did a great job Jun 24 09:55
Techrights-secotr: running that part of the Univ until retirementJun 24 09:55
Techrights-secotr: administrative work (not bankruptcy)Jun 24 09:55
Techrights-secackJun 24 09:55
Techrights-secotr: working in the administration means vastly higher salary but permanentJun 24 09:55
Techrights-secotr: removal from research or anything else relevantJun 24 09:56
Techrights-secotr: my old university took in illegal numbers of foreign and out-of-stateJun 24 10:06
Techrights-secotr: students, as a means of adding many millions to the coffers Jun 24 10:06
Techrights-secotr: they fought with the state about enforcement of the rules but eventuallyJun 24 10:06
Techrights-secotr: lost but the administrators were not adequately punished and came out Jun 24 10:06
Techrights-secotr: ahead careerwise; similarly they had gotten caught overbilling the USJun 24 10:06
Techrights-secotr: government for compute time and double down on it even after gettingJun 24 10:06
Techrights-secotr: caught red-handed; the guy in charge of that eventually got punted up Jun 24 10:06
Techrights-secotr: to MERIT and became in charge of Internet2 which quickly died underJun 24 10:06
Techrights-secotr: his extreme incompentence and mismanagmentJun 24 10:06
Techrights-secbiab (coffee)Jun 24 12:08
techrights-newsA RISC-V laptop or mini PC with Rockchip RK3588-class performance may be coming soon • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/166424Jun 24 12:26
techrights-newsBest Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft Visual Studio • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/166425Jun 24 12:26
techrights-newsInterview with German Scholarship student Julian Hübenthal • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/166426Jun 24 12:26
Techrights-secthis? https://www.linux.com/news/ensuring-patents-foster-innovation-in-open-source/Jun 24 12:33
Techrights-sec"Patents are an important legal protection to foster innovation ..."Jun 24 12:33
techrights-newsToday’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/166427Jun 24 12:36
techrights-newsSolana Saga: Essential Devs Now Have A New Phone For You • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/166428Jun 24 12:52
Techrights-secotr: one friend was prescribed stuff he took voluntarily and it gradually tookJun 24 12:57
Techrights-secotr: him off the deep end as the quacks tried to medicate their way out of theJun 24 12:57
Techrights-secotr: mess; he ended up losing all his properties and personal possessions andJun 24 12:57
Techrights-secotr: had to ride out six years in a very nasty prison; his old personalityJun 24 12:57
Techrights-secotr: came back about 10 - 14 days after they stopped all meds accidentallyJun 24 12:57
Techrights-secotr: I don't know the final outcome but IIRC he started a major lawsuit at Jun 24 12:57
Techrights-secotr: that pointJun 24 12:57
Techrights-secotr: anyway, the point is that they could have poisoned LT legally and gottenJun 24 12:57
Techrights-secotr: away with itJun 24 12:57
Techrights-secotr: I have a second story like that too but it lasted a few decades andJun 24 13:01
Techrights-secotr: ended in the death of the victimJun 24 13:01
Techrights-secotr: :(Jun 24 13:01
techrights-newsGoogle #Android Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/166429Jun 24 13:08
techrights-newsSpiralLinux Is a New Debian-Based Distro from the GeckoLinux Creator http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/166246#comment-34119Jun 24 13:27
techrights-newsOSOM’s OV1 is now Solana’s web3 Android handset, Saga http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/166428#comment-34120Jun 24 13:27
techrights-newsLinks 24/06/2022: Mostly Political Catchup | Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2022/06/24/political-catchup/ | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/06/24/political-catchup/Jun 24 13:32
techrights-newsManage GNOME extensions from Terminal • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/166430Jun 24 14:27
techrights-newsLinus Torvalds Expects to See Rust Support in the Kernel Soon http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/166414#comment-34122Jun 24 14:40
techrights-newsRust and Linux http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/166414#comment-34123Jun 24 14:54
techrights-newsGood news everyone! SLE 15 SP4 is now released • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/166431Jun 24 15:05
techrights-newsDarkbar 1.0.1 Relased • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/166432Jun 24 15:06
techrights-newsToday’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/166433Jun 24 15:13
techrights-newsProgramming Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/166434Jun 24 15:17
techrights-newsFedora, Red Hat, and IBM Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/166435Jun 24 15:17
techrights-newsKrita 5.1 and digiKam 7.7 released http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/166382#comment-34124Jun 24 15:19
techrights-newsSecurity Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/166436Jun 24 15:20
techrights-newsAudiocasts/Shows: TLG, Bad Voltage, and Linux in the Ham Shack • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/166437Jun 24 15:30
techrights-newsLinks 24/06/2022: SLE 15 SP4 and Darkbar 1.0.1 | Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2022/06/24/darkbar-1-0-1/ | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/06/24/darkbar-1-0-1/Jun 24 15:36
techrights-newsEPO Staff at The Hague Complains of New Pressure Tactics and Survey Shows Less than 10% Think Office Policies Serve the EPO’s Interests | Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2022/06/24/epo-pressurising-tactics/ | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/06/24/epo-pressurising-tactics/Jun 24 17:43
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techrights-news[Meme] You Cannot Protest Because... | Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2022/06/24/meme-you-cannot-protest-because/ | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/06/24/meme-you-cannot-protest-because/Jun 24 18:01
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techrights-news2,120 EPO Workers Sign Petition to the National Delegates, Who Can Put an End to EPO Abuses (But Repeatedly Fail to Do So) | Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2022/06/24/suepo-committees-vs-sap/ | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/06/24/suepo-committees-vs-sap/Jun 24 19:04
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techrights-news[Meme] EPO All Backwards: Are National Delegates and the Administrative Council Just Puppets of the Office They’re Meant to Govern? | Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2022/06/24/epo-puppets/ | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/06/24/epo-puppets/Jun 24 19:24
techrights-newsToday in #Techrights • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/166438Jun 24 19:29
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techrights-newsSecurity features in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/166439Jun 24 20:29
techrights-newsClapper GTK Video App Bags Performance Boost in Latest Update • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/166440Jun 24 20:29
techrights-newsThe 5 Best Dictionary Apps for Linux • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/166441Jun 24 20:31
techrights-newsNew Issue of Linux Magazine • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/166442Jun 24 20:41
techrights-newsGoogle #Android Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/166443Jun 24 20:42
techrights-newsKaOS Linux 2022.06 Is Here http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/166345#comment-34125Jun 24 20:58
techrights-newsClassic Confinement in Snaps and Reasons Flatpaks and Snaps Are Great for GNU/Linux • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/166444Jun 24 20:59
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techrights-newsPSPP 1.6.1 has been released • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/166445Jun 24 21:11
techrights-newsNotepadqq - A powerful text editor, somewhat forgotten • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/166446Jun 24 21:17
techrights-newsThis Week in GNOME: #49 New Views • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/166447Jun 24 21:18
techrights-newsSecurity Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/166448Jun 24 21:18
techrights-newstoday’s leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/166449Jun 24 21:22
techrights-newsLinks 24/06/2022: GNU PSPP 1.6.1 | Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2022/06/24/gnu-pspp-1-6-1/ | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/06/24/gnu-pspp-1-6-1/Jun 24 21:23
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techrights-newsToday’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/166450Jun 24 21:25
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