IRC Proceedings: August 24th, 2010

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2010-08-24 23:25:13 UTC
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The "Luddite" Complex: Sometimes simplest is best and sometimes "modern" is designed not with the buyers' interest in mind
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[Meme] Python Knows Its Bosses: Microsoft strings attached
[Meme] Debt of About $20 Per Active User: Facebook isn't laying off tens of thousands for "efficiency" but for survival
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The 'Turning-Free-Code-Proprietary Foundation' (Linux/Microsoft Foundation): LF will basically become just as sinister as its corporate sponsors
Python Software Foundation is 'Cancel Culture' Rehomed: Python isn't grassroots and it doesn't really tolerate grassroots
DeVault "Closes Down His Mailing Lists Every Time There's a Scandal" and Also Censors Messages: Censorious code hosting platform
What Social Control Media Really Is: Social Control Media, in a nutshell, isn't just bad if its controller is some foreign or hostile nation
Taking Ethics Lectures From Drew: Projection tactics
Links 02/11/2024: Facebook Stock Falls (Soaring Debt), Apple’s Quarterly Profit Down: Links for the day
Gemini Links 02/11/2024: Burnout, Emacs Bookmarks, and Smooth Migration: Links for the day
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Geminispace Makes It Past 4,200 Capsules on November 1st: At last!
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Gemini Links 01/11/2024: TLS Sucks, twytere.com Announced: Links for the day
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Technology: rights or responsibilities? - Part V: By Dr. Andy Farnell
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R.T.O. is Another Name (or Acronym) for Voluntary Layoffs: Amazon is trying to get many workers to leave on their own
Microsoft's Acquisition of Activision (to Fake Revenue Growth by Buying Revenue) Was a Failure: Of course the mass layoffs at Microsoft aren't just a Microsoft thing
Stagnant, Shrinking Businesses and "IBM's Corporate Culture Since the Late 1980s... Over 35 Years.": Recently, IBM was using share price as a talking point, insisting the company was doing OK while tens of thousands were being laid off
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[Meme] Probably the Worst Possible Time to Get Information From Social Control Media: Musk does not want to prevent disinformation from spreading and the same is true for Facebook and TikTok; they have their own interests
Update on Litigation Against the European Patent Office (EPO) at the ILO Administrative Tribunal (ILOAT): Rewards and compensation for staff have long fallen, resulting in many experienced colleagues leaving and causing further declines in quality and compliance
Gemini Links 31/10/2024: NNCP, Declutter the Web, Cost of Community: Links for the day
Links 31/10/2024: Supermicro Plummets 33%, Block and Dropbox Mass Layoffs: Links for the day
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Links 30/10/2024: TSMC Concerns and North Koreans in Ukraine War: Links for the day
Facebook is for Zombies: Social control media is for fools
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Gemini Links 31/10/2024: Attention Economy and Gemlogs: Links for the day
Happy Halloween: October is nearly over
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For the Record: Linux is Controlled by the United States of America: "This is going to make many question the openness and inclusivity of the work done by Linux Foundation"
Microsoft: XBox Hardware Revenues Down About 30% (Ignore the Buzzwords and Activision Activity Dressed Up as "XBox"): For context, in a previous quarter XBox hardware sales were down by about 50%
Cooking the Books With "Cloud" And "AI" Was Not Enough to Fool Microsoft Investors: "Microsoft Shares Drop on Disappointing Azure Growth Forecast"