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Don't Talk to Bullies
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4.86% that is
End of Reliable Media
it makes the world a worse place, it renders the Web a misinformation machine
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IRC Proceedings: Sunday, August 17, 2025
IRC logs for Sunday, August 17, 2025
GitHub Won't Last Much Longer
Many things at Microsoft are going to go the way of the Skype (or "dodo"). GitHub will be among those.
We've Never Used Large Language Model (LLM)
we just never used an LLM
Gemini Links 18/08/2025: Retro and Endless Escape from the WWW
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Working Whilst Away From Home
Decades ago being away meant all sorts of problems associated with workflows and connectivity
The Next Version of Windows Will Always be the Best (for Microsoft)
It's worse and slower over time
"End of the Smartphone Era" According to Jeffrey Epstein's Key Enabler
They call it "sour grapes"
Microsoft's Windows in Gabon: Still Moving Down
What is this Unknown? Who knows...
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Links 17/08/2025: Slow Tools and Enshittification of YouTube
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Our goal was never "hits"
The Russian Vision of Technology
Russia's surveillance is very extensive
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The Register MS Has Begun Using Slop Images
It's not clear when it started; but it's definitely getting worse [...] Worst of all are 'articles' about slop that are themselves slop
Reddit Funded by Microsoft
Reddit is merely a filter and we knows who controls that filter (using money)
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IRC logs for Saturday, August 16, 2025
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Open Source Initiative (OSI) hates facts
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Links 17/08/2025: Breaches, Layoffs, and Scams
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