Just-Released Footage of Dr. Richard Stallman (RMS): Open Source People “Treated Me Like Shit”
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2020-11-12 15:38:12 UTC
- Modified: 2020-11-12 15:45:37 UTC
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- Notice how steep an increase
- "It's recommended to disable Secure Boot for a smoother experience."
- Published a few days ago
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- Microsoft is Political Interference
- a subject that very seldom comes up in political debates
- 'Stochastic Parrots' is a Good Description of a Passing Fad
- We did several series explaining what they are and why they won't (or can't) work as advertised
- An Important Goal Has Been Accomplished Already
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- Among Us Meeting meme
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- "I have 3 words for you."
- Help of Cover Issues of Interest
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- Birds Don't Understand They're Free (Until Someone Cages Them)
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- donate to the Internet Archive
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- Over at Tux Machines...
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- Links 02/06/2024: Workers' Strikes and a Warming World
- Links for the day
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- statCounter is an Irish
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- Is this being paid for?
- Over at Tux Machines...
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- IRC Proceedings: Saturday, June 01, 2024
- IRC logs for Saturday, June 01, 2024
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- Why We're Taking Things Up a Notch
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- Plans for June
- We'll try to publish Daily Links every time we have enough of these
- Links 01/06/2024: Ukraine Updates, MongoDB Collapses
- Links for the day
- Gemini Links 01/06/2024: MNT Pocket Reform, Gemini and Content Length
- Links for the day
- Links 01/06/2024: WeblogPoMo2024, Pentagon’s Increasing Reliance on (i.e. Bailouts to) Microsoft
- Links for the day
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- Put an 'X' on it
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- [Meme] The Lowest Standards of Security
- No need for any qualifications
- IRC Proceedings: Friday, May 31, 2024
- IRC logs for Friday, May 31, 2024
- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- Cybersecurity is a structural not behavioural problem.
- Reprinted with permission from Cyber|Show
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- Also see postopen.org
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- Links for the day