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techrights-bot#GodotEngine https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/05/the-visually-striking-action-adventure-resolutiion-gets-another-big-upgradeMay 29 00:59
techrights-bot#japan https://hugelolcdn.com/i/746878.jpgMay 29 01:00
techrights-bot#openSUSE Tumbleweed โ€“ Review of the week 2021/21 http://dominique.leuenberger.net/blog/2021/05/opensuse-tumbleweed-review-of-the-week-2021-21/May 29 01:00
techrights-botFirefox to adopt Chrome's new approach to extensions โ€“ sans the part that threatens ad blockers https://www.theregister.com/2021/05/28/mozilla_chrome_mozilla/May 29 01:01
techrights-botMike Taylor: The hidden meaning of 537.36 in the Chromium User-Agent string https://miketaylr.com/posts/2021/05/webkit-537-36-meaning.htmlMay 29 01:02
techrights-bot#Mozilla and #Firefox Latest โ€ข ๐•ฟ๐–š๐– ๐•ธ๐–†๐–ˆ๐–๐–Ž๐–“๐–Š๐–˜ โ‡จ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/151714 #wwwMay 29 01:04
techrights-botTodayโ€™s #HowTos | #UNIX โ€ข ๐•ฟ๐–š๐– ๐•ธ๐–†๐–ˆ๐–๐–Ž๐–“๐–Š๐–˜ โ‡จ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/151713 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachinesMay 29 01:05
techrights-botWhy Use #GeminiProtocol (Plus a #Techrights Mention) http://techrights.org/2021/05/28/dt-gemini/ #internet #GeminiSpaceMay 29 01:05
techrights-botOverinflating severity and risk. You need to install malware or be compromised already. https://thehackernews.com/2021/05/researchers-warn-of-facefish-backdoor.htmlMay 29 01:24
techrights-botIf it is malware, who cares about performance? https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Chrome-91-BenchmarksMay 29 01:26
techrights-botRaphaรซl Hertzog: Freexianโ€™s report about Debian Long Term Support, April 2021 https://raphaelhertzog.com/2021/05/28/freexians-report-about-debian-long-term-support-april-2021/ #freexian #debian #gnu #linux #securityMay 29 01:27
techrights-bot#OpenZFS 2.1-rc6 Released - Will Now Scale Worker Threads With CPU Core Count - Phoronix โš“ https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OpenZFS-2.1-rc6-Released ไท‰ #Phoronix #Kernel #Linux #deletegithubMay 29 01:35
techrights-botWhich Is the Best #GNULinux OS: #Fedora or Ubuntu? โ€ข ๐•ฟ๐–š๐– ๐•ธ๐–†๐–ˆ๐–๐–Ž๐–“๐–Š๐–˜ โ‡จ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/151716 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachinesMay 29 01:43
techrights-botFull Circle Magazine #169 https://fullcirclemagazine.org/2021/05/28/full-circle-magazine-169/ #ubuntu #gnu #linuxMay 29 01:44
techrights-botLaunchpad News: Comment editing is now possible https://blog.launchpad.net/general/comment-editing-is-now-possible so they are already ahead of Twitter ^_^May 29 01:44
techrights-botThis project needs to #deletegithub http://ifdeflinux.blogspot.com/2021/05/rout-is-out.html http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Delete_GithubMay 29 01:46
techrights-bot"The #Kdenlive Cafรฉโ€™s will be on the second Tuesday of every month always starting at 9PM (Paris time). So the June Cafรฉ will be on the 8th." https://kdenlive.org/en/2021/05/next-cafe-and-upcoming-events/ #kde #freesw #gnu #linuxMay 29 01:49
techrights-bot#Zynq UltraScale+ modules include high-end Andromeda model โ€ข ๐•ฟ๐–š๐– ๐•ธ๐–†๐–ˆ๐–๐–Ž๐–“๐–Š๐–˜ โ‡จ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/151717 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachinesMay 29 02:01
techrights-bot#ibm is collapsing https://www.ledgerinsights.com/ibm-blockchain-cto-departs-with-two-key-hyperledger-fabric-developers/May 29 02:06
techrights-bot#IBM / #RedHat / #Fedora Leftovers โ€ข ๐•ฟ๐–š๐– ๐•ธ๐–†๐–ˆ๐–๐–Ž๐–“๐–Š๐–˜ โ‡จ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/151718 #GNU #LinuxMay 29 02:19
techrights-botPresident #Campinos is Finished ( #EPO Crisis Afoot) http://techrights.org/2021/05/28/epo-campinos-is-finished/ #europe #patents #corruptionMay 29 02:43
techrights-bot#epo wiki getting 2,000-4,000 views per day lately. #techrights did some exclusive coverage on issues like EPO scandals lately, and the media is asleep, pretending not to see very obvious #corruption in #europeMay 29 02:46
techrights-bot"Professional journalist" [n.]: A person with history or English degree, employed by media tycoon or press-owning oligarchs to pretend not to see major scandals and instead distract the public with partisan politics and lesser issuesMay 29 02:48
techrights-bot"Maybe once the web browser titans have beaten down that door we can revisit. Part of the joy of Gemini is that you don't need a ton of libraries to do it right, and I'd like to keep that." https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/2021/006591.htmlMay 29 02:52
techrights-bot"An open letter in support of Richard Matthew Stallman being reinstated by the Free Software Foundation" now has 6,721 signatures. #microsoft #ibm #google #FailedCoup #FSFMay 29 03:01
techrights-bot#HowTo Use Git Alias to Make Git More Efficient - Make Tech Easier โš“ https://www.maketecheasier.com/how-to-use-git-alias/ ไท‰ #maketecheasier | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/05/29/#latestMay 29 03:13
techrights-botFor those of us who grew up doing SVN and CVS using #git is really straightforward, manuals only needed for more advanced use cases like branching and searchingMay 29 03:14
techrights-botI'm starting to think that protests and even riots will do more toward racial justice than racist #ibm telling us that a branch called "master" ought to be renamed...May 29 03:15
techrights-botEarlier this year #freenode had almost 100,000 users online. #irc is far from irrelevant, esp. in #freesw communities.May 29 03:18
techrights-bot#RaspberryPi OS Updated With Faster OpenSSH, Software Upgrades โ€ข ๐•ฟ๐–š๐– ๐•ธ๐–†๐–ˆ๐–๐–Ž๐–“๐–Š๐–˜ โ‡จ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/151719 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #DebianMay 29 03:24
techrights-botTop 6 MP3 Players for #GNULinux โ€ข ๐•ฟ๐–š๐– ๐•ธ๐–†๐–ˆ๐–๐–Ž๐–“๐–Š๐–˜ โ‡จ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/151720 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachinesMay 29 03:24
techrights-bot#Techrights full #IPFS index updated just now http://techrights.org/ipfs available as plain text @ http://techrights.org/ipfs/txt #dweb #sharingMay 29 04:10
techrights-bot#Techrights Bulletin for Friday, May 28, 2021 http://techrights.org/txt full archive: http://techrights.org/txt-archives #gnu #linux #freesw #plaintextMay 29 04:10
techrights-botMade some notable improvements to our gemini capsule and the code behind it, committed to git (self-hosted), now backing up this whole machine over rsync/ssh. We'll have some changes announced soon.May 29 04:14
techrights-bot#Benchmarks on AMD #Ryzen and Chrome 91 Benchmarks on GNU/Linux โ€ข ๐•ฟ๐–š๐– ๐•ธ๐–†๐–ˆ๐–๐–Ž๐–“๐–Š๐–˜ โ‡จ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/151722 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachinesMay 29 04:17
techrights-botTodayโ€™s #HowTos | #UNIX โ€ข ๐•ฟ๐–š๐– ๐•ธ๐–†๐–ˆ๐–๐–Ž๐–“๐–Š๐–˜ โ‡จ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/151721 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachinesMay 29 04:18
techrights-botList of known and active #gemini capsules, as per Lupa (over 1,000 in total): gemini://gemini.bortzmeyer.org/software/lupa/lupa-capsules.txt #geminiSpaceMay 29 04:25
techrights-botAll you mindless fanatics who flock over to libera.chat (185.199.110.153), be aware that they have outsourced to #microsoft #proprietarySoftware #monopoly ( cdn-185-199-110-153.github.com ). So they don't exactly value freedom or "libera"... it's just shallow rhetoric. Because it's an ego think against #freenodeMay 29 04:28
techrights-botLibera chat is both managed AND hosted by #microsoft ... and it is #ProprietarySoftware #monopoly ... maybe time to add to http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Delete_GithubMay 29 04:31
techrights-botUpon further research, libera chat is controlled by #microsoft apologists if not lovers. They outsource their code to #ProprietarySoftware #monopoly #github ... how can we trust them not to ban users for "Microsoft bashing" as RasPi Limited did months ago?May 29 04:54
techrights-botAlso, Libera chat isn't basing in Sweden because of #privacy ANYTHING but because of the main and almost sole site maintainer is a SwedeMay 29 04:55
techrights-botI'm now told that the anti-RMS lobby (also #IBM staff, revealing the general agenda) bashes the #fsf for rejecting #ProprietarySotware in their communications platform, the context being #IRC ... as if it's wrong for the FSF to insist on what it exists for :-)May 29 05:33
techrights-bot"Yeah they were a waste of time. Even worse than that was all the MANDATORY training. Piled on top of everything else it was overwhelming. Glad I'm out of there after decades." #ibm #microsoft #socialcontrolmedia #bullshit https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1b4id1cb#repliesMay 29 05:36
techrights-bot"Before each interview, ask what is expected. Itโ€™s in the best interest of the company and you to be prepared, in the interest of not wasting time." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1b4jZVuv#replies in #microsoft and #ibm case, you need to show willingness to engage in #crime inc. #bribery (no room for ethics) http://techrights.org/2021/03/17/epoleaks-report-march-2021-part-12/May 29 05:39
techrights-bot#Games : Resolutiion, Eagle Island, and More โ€ข ๐•ฟ๐–š๐– ๐•ธ๐–†๐–ˆ๐–๐–Ž๐–“๐–Š๐–˜ โ‡จ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/151723 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #gamingMay 29 05:49
techrights-botBad, bad headline, #mozilla ... the objective is to BLOCK them, not pretend they respect #privacy https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/building-a-more-privacy-preserving-ads-based-ecosystem/ then again, Mozilla is managed by people from #microsoft and #facebook http://techrights.org/2019/11/03/the-privacy-scam/May 29 05:53
techrights-bot#mozilla as apologist for ads and #surveillanceCapitalism ... "Advertisements pay for all those โ€œfreeโ€ services you love" ... no, that's false. Partly true, mostly false. https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/the-future-of-ads-and-privacy/May 29 05:54
techrights-bot#Nitrux Official Statement Regarding UXDivers Grial Kit โ€ข ๐•ฟ๐–š๐– ๐•ธ๐–†๐–ˆ๐–๐–Ž๐–“๐–Š๐–˜ โ‡จ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/151724 #microsoft is, as usual, attacking #freesw projects by hijacking their names and confusing people. Microsoft has been doing exactly THAT for DECADES.May 29 07:23
techrights-botMany changes made today to #techrights #gemini capsule, the front page in particular. Stuff added.May 29 07:29
techrights-botNeo-colonialism: pushing #patents and other monopolies using the misleading Trojan horses, "science" and "innovation" (to cause self-harm to #Africa https://www.scidev.net/sub-saharan-africa/events_noticeafrica-europe-science-and-innovation-summit-14th-to-18th-june-2021/May 29 07:33
techrights-botThis week in KDE: performance improvements galore โ€ข ๐•ฟ๐–š๐– ๐•ธ๐–†๐–ˆ๐–๐–Ž๐–“๐–Š๐–˜ โ‡จ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/151725 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #KDEMay 29 07:39
techrights-bot#ibm hour ago: "Marketing is the worst with badges. Agree.. people with badges r the ones that donโ€™t have skills to show so they take a 2 hr class and a quiz and voila, theyโ€™re an expert now. Bullocks. These people are just victims of ibms processes. We have mandatory 40 or 80 hours of learning now." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1b4id1cb#repliesMay 29 08:01
techrights-bot"Go away, HR shill." Is #ibm trolling these forums? https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1b4fzaXo#repliesMay 29 08:03
techrights-bot"What is up with all of these fake posts from #IBM HR ?" #trolling and #astroturfing h https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1b1yFZJV#repliesMay 29 08:04
techrights-bot"There are no big layoffs planned until after July 1. This is well known." #ibm #layoffs https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1aWJp96w#repliesMay 29 08:05
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techrights-bot#Google #Android Leftovers โ€ข ๐•ฟ๐–š๐– ๐•ธ๐–†๐–ˆ๐–๐–Ž๐–“๐–Š๐–˜ โ‡จ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/151726 #Linux #TuxMachinesMay 29 09:45
techrights-botTodayโ€™s ๐“๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐Œ๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ Leftovers โ€ข ๐•ฟ๐–š๐– ๐•ธ๐–†๐–ˆ๐–๐–Ž๐–“๐–Š๐–˜ โ‡จ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/151730 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachinesMay 29 11:22
techrights-bot#Librem and #FreeSoftware Leftovers โ€ข ๐•ฟ๐–š๐– ๐•ธ๐–†๐–ˆ๐–๐–Ž๐–“๐–Š๐–˜ โ‡จ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/151729 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachinesMay 29 11:22
techrights-bot#Tor and #Mozilla Leftovers โ€ข ๐•ฟ๐–š๐– ๐•ธ๐–†๐–ˆ๐–๐–Ž๐–“๐–Š๐–˜ โ‡จ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/151728 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachinesMay 29 11:22
techrights-bot#Security Leftovers โ€ข ๐•ฟ๐–š๐– ๐•ธ๐–†๐–ˆ๐–๐–Ž๐–“๐–Š๐–˜ โ‡จ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/151727 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachinesMay 29 11:22
techrights-botLinks 29/5/2021: #OpenZFS 2.1 RC6 and #AlmaLinux 8.4 โ€ข ๐”—๐”ข๐” ๐”ฅ๐”ฏ๐”ฆ๐”ค๐”ฅ๐”ฑ๐”ฐ โš“ http://techrights.org/2021/05/29/almalinux-8-4/ ไท‰ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | โ™พ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/05/29/almalinux-8-4/May 29 11:23
techrights-botToday in #Techrights โ€ข ๐•ฟ๐–š๐– ๐•ธ๐–†๐–ˆ๐–๐–Ž๐–“๐–Š๐–˜ โ‡จ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/151731 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachinesMay 29 11:29
techrights-bot๐•‹๐•–๐•”๐•™๐•ฃ๐•š๐•˜๐•™๐•ฅ๐•ค #IRC Proceedings: Friday, May 28, 2021 โ€ข ๐”—๐”ข๐” ๐”ฅ๐”ฏ๐”ฆ๐”ค๐”ฅ๐”ฑ๐”ฐ โš“ http://techrights.org/2021/05/29/irc-log-280521/ ไท‰ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | โ™พ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/05/29/irc-log-280521/May 29 11:30
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techrights-botPresident of the Boards of Appeal and His โ€˜Handlerโ€™ #AntรณnioCampinos Need to Step Down to Save the #EPO http://techrights.org/2021/05/29/antonio-campinos-needs-to-step-down/ #europe #corruption #patentsMay 29 12:26
techrights-bot[Meme] #EPO Bad for Your Health (Even as President) http://techrights.org/2021/05/29/antonio-campinos-health/ #europe #patents #stress #corruptionMay 29 12:45
techrights-bot"The European #Patent Office is the second largest (~7,000 employees) public institution in #Europe . However, legally it is outside the European Union 'proper'. Technically it consists of several parts under a single umbrella organisation." http://techrights.org/wiki/EPO_in_2021May 29 12:51
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techrights-bot#gemini capsule of #techrights now 'displays' images as descriptive text about their contents. Implemented in Perl. Example in gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/05/28/epo-eba-crisis/index.gmiMay 29 15:26
techrights-botp-down/May 29 15:29
techrights-botAccording to insiders/informed sources, #AntรณnioCampinos wonโ€™t seek to have his term extended; look what a few years inside the #EPO can do to a personโ€ฆ โ€ข ๐”—๐”ข๐” ๐”ฅ๐”ฏ๐”ฆ๐”ค๐”ฅ๐”ฑ๐”ฐ โš“ http://techrights.org/2021/05/29/antonio-campinos-health/ ไท‰ #Techrights #Europe #Corruption | โ™พ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/05/29/antonio-campinos-health/May 29 15:31
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techrights-bot"The beatings will continue until we get to the 160-180K employees left... After that who knows..." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1b2NzTFR#repliesMay 29 15:55
techrights-bot" #IBM loves people who take education and collect badges... the HR program/software used it as a criteria to select people for layoffs... so, you better pile up on the badges and the education... that is what counts... making revenue for the company is a lot less important!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1b4id1cb#repliesMay 29 15:56
techrights-bot"Someone please correct my maths if I am completely wrong, but suppose #IBM does get 3% of a $500B cloud market. That's $15B of declining margin business. Does not seem like very much to bet the company on." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1b21spuI#repliesMay 29 15:57
techrights-bot"And whatever viability remains of #Blockchain will be stifled for the next 20 years by all the "The same old Method X, but now on the Blockchain" #patents that #IBM has filed and will probably be granted." #swpats @zoobab https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1b49iXRX#repliesMay 29 15:58
techrights-bot"No need to do all this, just reduce the management layers in half from 7-8 to 3-4 and give real power to technical people. Only then the company can change" #ibm #layoffs https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1aul1Aic#repliesMay 29 15:59
techrights-bot#epo #fakepatents https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/uc-berkeley-crispr-patent-revoked-in-9535636/May 29 16:46
techrights-bot#Freenode is Not Dying, the Media is Just Lying โ€ข ๐”—๐”ข๐” ๐”ฅ๐”ฏ๐”ฆ๐”ค๐”ฅ๐”ฑ๐”ฐ โš“ http://techrights.org/2021/05/29/freenode-situation/ ไท‰ #Techrights #Internet #IRC #FreeSW | โ™พ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/05/29/freenode-situation/May 29 17:05
techrights-botAbsolutely horrible effect of #IBM #lobbying among others' https://www.mondaq.com/india/patent/1073900/ipab39s-ferid-allani-order-is-a-boost-to-software-patents-filed-in-india #swpats #india http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Software_Patents_in_IndiaMay 29 17:23
techrights-bot"For me the opponent convincingly shows that a decision untainted by suspicions of partiality is impossible for this case. The reasons are multiple, but I would say that the fundamental one is the lack of independence of the (E)BoA." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/05/breaking-oral-proceedings-in-g121-vico.html?showComment=1622297169774#c6914628716711984636May 29 17:29
techrights-bot"My guess is because they want more time to come up with a proper response to the partiality issues, which have genuinely been rushed through at the last moment." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/05/breaking-oral-proceedings-in-g121-vico.html?showComment=1622293012032#c4673206234811791897 http://techrights.org/2021/05/29/antonio-campinos-needs-to-step-down/May 29 17:30
techrights-botThis LIE did NOT age well. https://www.managingip.com/article/b1kbp4bwn4bh0k/unitary-patent-stop-talking-start-planning "Managing Intellectual Property" = managing perceptions by spreading lies: http://techrights.org/2021/05/27/managing-perceptions-ip/May 29 17:30
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