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techrights-newsTechrights – Faking Revenue Increase by Buying Your Own Products and Services (Through Scams and Scammers Like Scam Altman) ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/30/Faking_Revenue_Increase_by_Buying_Your_Own_Products_and_Service.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/30/Faking_Revenue_Increase_by_Buying_Your_Own_Products_and_Service.gmi ∎Jan 31 00:25
techrights-newsTechrights – Microsoft Mass Layoffs Without Severance Pay Reported Hours After Microsoft Reported Weak Numbers and Microsoft Stock Fell ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/30/Microsoft_Mass_Layoffs_Without_Severance_Pay_Reported_Hours_Aft.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/30/Microsoft_Mass_Layoffs_Without_Severance_Pay_Reported_Hours_Aft.gmi ∎Jan 31 00:25
techrights-newsTechrights – The Free Software Foundation (FSF) Raised $422,000 (Another $22k in the Two Weeks After Campaign Ended), Proving That Truth and Justice Tend to Find a Way ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/30/The_Free_Software_Foundation_FSF_Raised_422_000_Another_22k_in_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/30/The_Free_Software_Foundation_FSF_Raised_422_000_Another_22k_in_.gmi ∎Jan 31 00:25
techrights-newsTechrights – [Meme] The Free Software Foundation (FSF) Has Critics Because Its Message is Effective ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/31/Meme_The_Free_Software_Foundation_FSF_Has_Critics_Because_Its_M.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/31/Meme_The_Free_Software_Foundation_FSF_Has_Critics_Because_Its_M.gmi ∎Jan 31 00:25
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techrights-newsTechrights – The Difference a Decade (and GAFAM Money) Makes ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/31/The_Difference_a_Decade_and_GAFAM_Money_Makes.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/31/The_Difference_a_Decade_and_GAFAM_Money_Makes.gmi ∎Jan 31 00:50
techrights-newsTechrights – The Sheer Irony of Microsoft Proxy Accusing Others of 'Stealing' ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/31/The_Sheer_Irony_of_Microsoft_Proxy_Accusing_Others_of_Stealing.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/31/The_Sheer_Irony_of_Microsoft_Proxy_Accusing_Others_of_Stealing.gmi ∎Jan 31 01:18
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techrights-newsTechrights – Microsoft's Debt Surged by More Than 6,000,000,000 Dollars in Just 3 Months ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/31/Microsoft_s_Debt_Surged_by_More_Than_6_000_000_000_Dollars_in_J.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/31/Microsoft_s_Debt_Surged_by_More_Than_6_000_000_000_Dollars_in_J.gmi ∎Jan 31 01:48
techrights-newsTechrights – The Corporate Media Pretends That Facebook ("Meta") Has Performed Well, But Its Debt Doubles Every 2 Years Despite Mass Layoffs ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/31/The_Corporate_Media_Pretends_That_Facebook_Meta_Has_Performed_W.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/31/The_Corporate_Media_Pretends_That_Facebook_Meta_Has_Performed_W.gmi ∎Jan 31 02:13
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techrights-newsTechrights – Indian Data Biases statCounter For or Against "Linux" ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/31/Indian_Data_Biases_statCounter_For_or_Against_Linux.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/31/Indian_Data_Biases_statCounter_For_or_Against_Linux.gmi ∎Jan 31 02:41
techrights-newsTechrights – Richard Stallman (RMS) Gave 3 Talks in India in Less Than a Week ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/31/Richard_Stallman_RMS_Gave_3_Talks_in_India_in_Less_Than_a_Week.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/31/Richard_Stallman_RMS_Gave_3_Talks_in_India_in_Less_Than_a_Week.gmi ∎Jan 31 02:55
techrights-newsTechrights – IRC Proceedings: Thursday, January 30, 2025 ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/31/IRC_Proceedings_Thursday_January_30_2025.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/31/IRC_Proceedings_Thursday_January_30_2025.gmi ∎Jan 31 02:58
techrights-news➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW):  Today in Techrights ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/31/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/31/Today_in_Techrights.gmi ∎Jan 31 02:58
techrights-newsTechrights – Over at Tux Machines... ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/31/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/31/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi ∎Jan 31 03:00
techrights-newsTechrights – Techrights Should be Even Faster Now ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/31/Techrights_Should_be_Even_Faster_Now.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/31/Techrights_Should_be_Even_Faster_Now.gmi ∎Jan 31 03:15
techrights-news➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW):  GParted Live 1.7 Launches with Experimental Bcachefs Support, Linux 6.12 LTS ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/31/GParted_Live_1_7_Launches_with_Experimental_Bcachefs_Support_Li.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/31/GParted_Live_1_7_Launches_with_Experimental_Bcachefs_Support_Li.gmi ∎Jan 31 03:18
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techrights-newsTechrights – Of Note: Linux Foundation Has Already Let Linux.com Rot for About 4 Months (No Activity) ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/31/Of_Note_Linux_Foundation_Has_Already_Let_Linux_com_Rot_for_Abou.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/31/Of_Note_Linux_Foundation_Has_Already_Let_Linux_com_Rot_for_Abou.gmi ∎Jan 31 03:33
techrights-newsTechrights – Static Site Generators (SSGs) Pay Off: Vastly Faster Sites, Much Smaller Hosting Bills ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/31/Static_Site_Generators_SSGs_Pay_Off_Vastly_Faster_Sites_Much_Sm.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/31/Static_Site_Generators_SSGs_Pay_Off_Vastly_Faster_Sites_Much_Sm.gmi ∎Jan 31 03:46
techrights-newsTechrights – Gemini Links 31/01/2025: "Bulletin Buble" and "Why Blog?" ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/31/Gemini_Links_31_01_2025_Bulletin_Buble_and_Why_Blog.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/31/Gemini_Links_31_01_2025_Bulletin_Buble_and_Why_Blog.gmi ∎Jan 31 03:53
techrights-news➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW):  Wine 10 Released with Experimental Bluetooth Driver, New HID Pointer Driver ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/21/Wine_10_Released_with_Experimental_Bluetooth_Driver_New_HID_Poi.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/21/Wine_10_Released_with_Experimental_Bluetooth_Driver_New_HID_Poi.gmi ∎Jan 31 04:00
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techrights-news➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW):  Facebook Censors GNU/Linux Advocacy ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/28/Facebook_Censors_GNU_Linux_Advocacy.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/28/Facebook_Censors_GNU_Linux_Advocacy.gmi ∎Jan 31 04:08
techrights-news➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW):  Intel Adds In Three New Battlemage PCI IDs At Linux Driver, Hinting Towards Release of New dGPU Models ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/31/Intel_Adds_In_Three_New_Battlemage_PCI_IDs_At_Linux_Driver_Hint.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/31/Intel_Adds_In_Three_New_Battlemage_PCI_IDs_At_Linux_Driver_Hint.gmi ∎Jan 31 04:17
techrights-news➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW):  News About Linux Kernel Space ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/31/News_About_Linux_Kernel_Space.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/31/News_About_Linux_Kernel_Space.gmi ∎Jan 31 04:18
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techrights-news➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW):  Seeking Opportunities: Building a Career in Software Engineering and Beyond ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/31/Seeking_Opportunities_Building_a_Career_in_Software_Engineering.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/31/Seeking_Opportunities_Building_a_Career_in_Software_Engineering.gmi ∎Jan 31 07:34
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techrights-news➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW):  Free and Open Source Software ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/31/This_is_free_and_open_source_software.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/31/This_is_free_and_open_source_software.gmi ∎Jan 31 07:49
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techrights-news➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW):  Organize a community meetup in your area ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/31/Organize_a_community_meetup_in_your_area.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/31/Organize_a_community_meetup_in_your_area.gmi ∎Jan 31 08:46
techtrights-sec6if the network maintenance is done, we can reboot properlyJan 31 08:53
techtrights-sec6m$ is really desperate to control the files themselves, not just the format:Jan 31 08:53
techtrights-sec6https://boingboing.net/2025/01/30/fed-up-with-the-microsoft-365-price-hike-heres-a-cheaper-version.htmlJan 31 08:53
techtrights-sec6spam like that is *everywhere*Jan 31 08:53
techtrights-sec6and they are spreading the "PC or Mac" falsehood.  Macintoshes *are* PCsJan 31 08:53
techtrights-sec6Likewise spam like this: https://boingboing.net/2025/01/29/dont-know-how-to-code-good.htmlJan 31 08:54
techtrights-sec6It's important to not draw attention to the specifics while at the same timeJan 31 08:54
techtrights-sec6alerting to the campaign and, most important of all, drawing attention to theJan 31 08:54
techtrights-sec6technologies which m$ is copying and trying to compete against.Jan 31 08:54
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techtrights-sec6"The three key ages your brain declines dramatically"Jan 31 08:55
techtrights-sec6https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/conditions/dementia/key-ages-brain-decline/Jan 31 08:55
techtrights-sec6Apologies for the Torygraph link, it does however bring up a very important      Jan 31 08:55
techtrights-sec6point which affects IT severely.  The leaders of Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, andJan 31 08:55
techtrights-sec6NetBSD are all entering or have crossed that age of big decline.  Linux andJan 31 08:55
techtrights-sec6to a certain extent FreeBSD have had limited success in bringing in new blood.Jan 31 08:55
techtrights-sec6However, there are precious few capable of the work and fewer of those withJan 31 08:55
techtrights-sec6the potential are able to get an actual education.  It's *harder* to get intoJan 31 08:55
techtrights-sec6a position to learn ICT these days than 30 years ago due to M$ and Bill'sJan 31 08:55
techtrights-sec6long term attack against CS.   Jan 31 08:55
techtrights-sec6Even Linux is overwhelmed by microsofters, with the encouragement of GKH, toJan 31 08:55
techtrights-sec6infiltrate and undermine the code base with their cruft.  Jan 31 08:55
techtrights-sec6^ topic ?Jan 31 08:55
techtrights-sec6degrees without imparted knowledge or education: https://yle.fi/a/7-10071794Jan 31 08:55
schestowitz-pigoing to nap soonJan 31 08:56
schestowitz-piwant to be awake when net maint' is happeningJan 31 08:56
schestowitz-pithe robinson article useful laterJan 31 08:56
schestowitz-pito citeJan 31 08:56
schestowitz-piafter we publishJan 31 08:56
schestowitz-piadded as weekend topicJan 31 08:56
techrights-news➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW):  Alpine Linux Expands Funding Model with Open Collective Support ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/31/Alpine_Linux_Expands_Funding_Model_with_Open_Collective_Support.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/31/Alpine_Linux_Expands_Funding_Model_with_Open_Collective_Support.gmi ∎Jan 31 08:59
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techrights-newsTechrights – Microsoft Staff Explains How Microsoft Swindled Employees and Avoided Paying Out Severance Pay (Microsoft Hasn't Much Money Left in the Bank) ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/31/Microsoft_Staff_Explains_How_Microsoft_Swindled_Employees_and_A.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/31/Microsoft_Staff_Explains_How_Microsoft_Swindled_Employees_and_A.gmi ∎Jan 31 09:19
techrights-news➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW):  Let’s Encrypt Phases Out Certificates Expiry Notifications ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/31/Let_s_Encrypt_Phases_Out_Certificates_Expiry_Notifications.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/31/Let_s_Encrypt_Phases_Out_Certificates_Expiry_Notifications.gmi ∎Jan 31 09:26
techtrights-sec6The technologies which m$ is aping include the IDEs mentioned before (enumerate)Jan 31 09:27
techtrights-sec6and the productivity suits Calligra and LibreOffice.  Also the universal officeJan 31 09:27
techtrights-sec6file format, OpenDocument Format, is relevant.  Jan 31 09:27
schestowitz-pii started drafting thatJan 31 09:28
techtrights-sec6But the toxic boingboing links ended up in the IRC logs :/Jan 31 09:28
schestowitz-piyes, i turned those ijn to 2 screenshots alreadyJan 31 09:29
schestowitz-pi*intoJan 31 09:29
schestowitz-pii just keep the urls for mewJan 31 09:29
schestowitz-pi*meJan 31 09:29
techrights-news➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW):  𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴: Google Android Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/31/Android_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/31/Android_Leftovers.gmi ∎Jan 31 09:29
techtrights-sec6okJan 31 09:29
techtrights-sec6AsiaBSDCon 2025 just got cancelled, they are going to try to focus on   Jan 31 09:29
techtrights-sec6a 2026 reboot, but the site looks abandoned for now.  Jan 31 09:29
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techtrights-sec6IRC is publicJan 31 09:33
schestowitz-pimost channels notJan 31 09:34
schestowitz-piand r eadership lowJan 31 09:34
techrights-newsTechrights – "Not one of us" by Dr. Andy Farnell ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/31/Not_one_of_us_by_Dr_Andy_Farnell.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/31/Not_one_of_us_by_Dr_Andy_Farnell.gmi ∎Jan 31 09:40
schestowitz-pinew https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/notoneofus/Jan 31 09:43
schestowitz-piok for tr?Jan 31 09:43
schestowitz-pi"Social control media lowered everyone's IQ significantly. Even the cream of pioneering software and semiconductor design in Britain got bought-up. Our technical 'elite' bJan 31 09:43
schestowitz-piecame the poor and unemployed, laid-off by 2023. We got a slightly less unpleasant deal than Stalin gave the Bourgeois Engineers in the USSR. The usurpers believe they havJan 31 09:43
schestowitz-pie built their 1000-year Reich and no longer need us. "Jan 31 09:43
schestowitz-pi" Naturally, a new kind of identity emerged and once again made us marginal and unpopular. After 2001, technically literate people who felt increasingly uncomfortable withJan 31 09:44
schestowitz-pi the direction of digital began to diverge. We said people were "doing the Internet wrong". Some of us refused smartphones and social media, driven as much by an instinct Jan 31 09:44
schestowitz-pias anything. We weren't wrong. Again society is catching up. "Jan 31 09:44
IsambardPrincehttps://www.reddit.com/r/Yugoslavia/comments/1icsek0/trump_administration_plans_to_deport_people_to/Jan 31 09:47
techrights-news➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW):  Not one of us ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/31/Not_one_of_us.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/31/Not_one_of_us.gmi ∎Jan 31 09:49
techtrights-sec6checkingJan 31 10:06
techtrights-sec6"""Jan 31 10:06
techtrights-sec6Must we stand helplessly-by as leaders very deliberately put ever-more Jan 31 10:06
techtrights-sec6unreliable and untrustworthy tech right at the heart of modern Jan 31 10:06
techtrights-sec6existence? Jan 31 10:06
techtrights-sec6"""Jan 31 10:06
techtrights-sec6sure, if the above is the focusJan 31 10:06
techtrights-sec6"""Jan 31 10:06
techtrights-sec6 This is a "Dr. Strangelove" moment. We've allowed very important technology that the world depends on to fall into the hands of unfit guardians, pretenders, perhaps traitJan 31 10:06
techtrights-sec6ors to tech who are unable to handle the responsibility. Jan 31 10:06
techtrights-sec6"""Jan 31 10:06
techtrights-sec6btwJan 31 10:07
techtrights-sec6https://jonathanhaidt.com/anxious-generation/Jan 31 10:07
techtrights-sec6https://casbs.stanford.edu/loop-how-technology-creating-world-without-choices-and-how-fight-backJan 31 10:07
schestowitz-pitoday i go out several timesJan 31 10:15
schestowitz-pibut we have weeked topics Jan 31 10:15
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techrights-news➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW):  Games: A.D. Alpha 27, Batography, and More ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/31/Games_A_D_Alpha_27_Batography_and_More.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/31/Games_A_D_Alpha_27_Batography_and_More.gmi ∎Jan 31 10:44
techrights-news➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW):  5 Best Lightweight Linux Distros Without a GUI ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/31/5_Best_Lightweight_Linux_Distros_Without_a_GUI.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/31/5_Best_Lightweight_Linux_Distros_Without_a_GUI.gmi ∎Jan 31 11:28
techrights-news➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW):  Year of the GNU/Linux desktop ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/31/Year_of_the_GNU_Linux_desktop.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/31/Year_of_the_GNU_Linux_desktop.gmi ∎Jan 31 11:31
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techrights-news➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW):  Today's 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 HowTos  ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/31/today_s_howtos.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/31/today_s_howtos.gmi ∎Jan 31 11:38
techrights-news➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW):  Collabora Outsources to Microsoft, Microsoft LF ('Linux' Foundation) Making Excuses For Nationalistic and Racist Policies ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/31/Collabora_Outsources_to_Microsoft_Microsoft_LF_Linux_Foundation.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/31/Collabora_Outsources_to_Microsoft_Microsoft_LF_Linux_Foundation.gmi ∎Jan 31 11:58
techrights-newsTechrights – Slopwatch: Fake Articles About "Linux" and More (Latest Roundup Featuring BetaNews, Janus Atienza, and Brittany Day From Guardian Digital, Inc) ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/31/Slopwatch_Fake_Articles_About_Linux_and_More_Latest_Roundup_Fea.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/31/Slopwatch_Fake_Articles_About_Linux_and_More_Latest_Roundup_Fea.gmi ∎Jan 31 12:10
techrights-news➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW):  Kernel and Graphics: NTSYNC and NVIDIA Beta Driver 570.86.16 ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/31/Kernel_and_Graphics_NTSYNC_and_NVIDIA_Beta_Driver_570_86_16.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/31/Kernel_and_Graphics_NTSYNC_and_NVIDIA_Beta_Driver_570_86_16.gmi ∎Jan 31 12:21
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techrights-news➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW):  IBM and Red Hat Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/31/IBM_and_Red_Hat_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/31/IBM_and_Red_Hat_Leftovers.gmi ∎Jan 31 12:33
techrights-news➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW):  𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Programming Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/31/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/31/Programming_Leftovers.gmi ∎Jan 31 12:43
techrights-news➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW):  Windows TCO and Security Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/31/Windows_TCO_and_Security_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/31/Windows_TCO_and_Security_Leftovers.gmi ∎Jan 31 12:48
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techrights-newsTechrights – Links 31/01/2025: Mass Layoffs at Amazon and Microsoft, Sweden Again Fails to Protect Critics of Violence ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/31/Links_31_01_2025_Mass_Layoffs_at_Amazon_and_Microsoft_Sweden_Ag.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/31/Links_31_01_2025_Mass_Layoffs_at_Amazon_and_Microsoft_Sweden_Ag.gmi ∎Jan 31 13:34
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techtrights-sec6https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/one-patent-a-day-drives-research-at-iit-madras/articleshow/117746768.cmsJan 31 17:16
techtrights-sec6counterproductive, hurts innovationJan 31 17:16
techtrights-sec6^ topic ?Jan 31 17:16
techtrights-sec6There was a multi-car accident with rollover on the way to pick up a package.Jan 31 17:16
techtrights-sec6Fuckers never deliver home, one must always drive to the city to fetch theJan 31 17:16
techtrights-sec6packages.  No idea about the details of the accident.  I tried searchingJan 31 17:16
techtrights-sec6the news sites and there were at least four multi-car accidents in the lastJan 31 17:16
techtrights-sec624 hours in the very local area, including a semi-trailer rollover.  TypicalJan 31 17:16
techtrights-sec6for this time of year.  People have 4 hours of classroom theory beforeJan 31 17:16
techtrights-sec6being given their drivers' license.  They mainly learn to drive via Jan 31 17:16
techtrights-sec6Playstation and, worse, Xbox.  Jan 31 17:16
techtrights-sec6However, just that one accident has no info in the news.   Maybe Jan 31 17:16
techtrights-sec6there are a bunch of others which have also gone unreported.Jan 31 17:16
techtrights-sec6Anyway, we were part of the traffic jam for at least 20 minutes. Jan 31 17:16
techtrights-sec6How was the Friday coffee excursion?Jan 31 17:16
techtrights-sec6Notice the conspicuous absence of the national language, Swedish, in the UI:Jan 31 17:16
techtrights-sec6https://www.tilannehuone.fi/kysely.php?paikkakunta=rovaniemi&hake=&paivamaara=&paivamaara2=&maara=100&tehtava=tieliikenneonnettomuus&tehtava2=&keskus=&etaisyys=Jan 31 17:16
techtrights-sec6As guessed, there were a shitload of other accidents, though I have no ideaJan 31 17:16
techtrights-sec6how they consider the incident "small" when at least three cars and a rolloverJan 31 17:16
techtrights-sec6were involved.Jan 31 17:16
schestowitz-pi1) added topic, tyJan 31 17:17
schestowitz-pi2)  today we went toi jamaican insteadJan 31 17:17
schestowitz-pi3) got a TON of vegs, even baby corn, which i likeJan 31 17:17
schestowitz-pi4) saw some depressed people out there in lineJan 31 17:17
schestowitz-pi5) traffic: VERY hard to find ANY police reports here, even in Nazi TwitterJan 31 17:17
schestowitz-pior their postcade search, i'd not phone them up for no good reasonJan 31 17:17
schestowitz-pi5) i cannot comment much; we try to walk away from roadsJan 31 17:17
schestowitz-piwe do not and cannot trust heavy automobiles, there is extensive canal system here, which we loveJan 31 17:17
schestowitz-piwe even bring seeds with usJan 31 17:17
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techrights-news➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW):  𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴: Google Android Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/31/Android_Leftovers.1.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/31/Android_Leftovers.1.gmi ∎Jan 31 18:17
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techtrights-sec6The backlog for TR/TM includes a reboot.  Is tomorrow at 9am UTC ok?Jan 31 18:51
techtrights-sec6It's not good to let the system get too out of sync with the updates.Jan 31 18:51
techtrights-sec6Or put another way, it is important to keep the kernel and libraries whichJan 31 18:51
techtrights-sec6are in RAM in sync with what is really on the disk.  Jan 31 18:51
schestowitz-piScheduled Maintenance is scheduled 1 week from nowJan 31 18:51
schestowitz-pii reckon this one will disrupt ircJan 31 18:51
schestowitz-piand then we can disrupt it a second timeJan 31 18:51
techtrights-sec6again?   We just missed the last windowJan 31 18:51
techtrights-sec6ok but I hope that the system has not changed too much by thenJan 31 18:51
schestowitz-piany day there is risk of short (1-minute) net issueJan 31 18:52
schestowitz-pithat is enough to cause irc issuesJan 31 18:52
schestowitz-pithat's perfect for reeboot, even 12-24 hours after thatJan 31 18:52
schestowitz-pi'unfortunately' we had a good streakJan 31 18:52
techtrights-sec6okJan 31 18:53
techtrights-sec6okJan 31 18:53
techtrights-sec6okJan 31 18:53
techtrights-sec6niceJan 31 18:53
schestowitz-pihttps://netsplit.de/networks/statistics.php?net=techrightsJan 31 18:54
schestowitz-pidec-jan very steadyJan 31 18:54
schestowitz-piubuntu is leaving ircJan 31 18:55
schestowitz-piour network is still doing wellJan 31 18:55
schestowitz-pi(unlike ubuntu)Jan 31 18:55
schestowitz-pithey even kill their "Forums"(TM)Jan 31 18:55
schestowitz-pivbulletin= proprietaryJan 31 18:55
techtrights-sec6yes Ubuntu killed their forums and their community -- on purposeJan 31 18:55
techtrights-sec6that spinmeister, whatshisname, hurt      Jan 31 18:55
schestowitz-pi"community" is "work"Jan 31 18:56
schestowitz-piwithout profitJan 31 18:56
schestowitz-picannot have THAT!Jan 31 18:56
techtrights-sec6no there was a real community building that distro to meet their own neeedsJan 31 18:56
techtrights-sec6until that corporate spinmeister started lording it over the masses from on highJan 31 18:56
schestowitz-piapropos mr high orsE:Jan 31 18:57
techtrights-sec6^ jono baconJan 31 18:58
techtrights-sec6now I remember that dickhead's nameJan 31 18:58
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