Roy Schestowitz

• #Microsoft #Security Theatre and Microsoft-Funded Media Frenzy That Stigmatises “Linux” • ʇǝɔɥɹıƃɥʇs ⇨ http://techrights.org/2020/12/19/security-theatre/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 00:44:01

• #IBM / #RedHat Damage Limitation Exercise • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145664 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 00:48:22

• #MIPI I3C Host Controller Interface Driver, FUSE, #OverlayFS , #Ceph in #linux 5.11 http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145445#comment-27527          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 00:50:58

• #Misinformation about #security is all too common in today’s media; the goal is to get people to embrace software with #backdoors and surveillance, falsely believing that it guarantees #privacy and autonomy http://techrights.org/2020/12/19/security-theatre/         ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 00:55:01

• "Marshall Law" -Trump https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/19/politics/trump-oval-office-meeting-special-counsel-martial-law/index.html          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 01:17:35

• It's weekend and another '9/11' in the US... in terms of #covid19 deaths          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 01:18:45

• "Josh and Kurt talk about if SMS 2 factor auth is better than no #2FA " https://opensourcesecurity.io/2020/12/19/episode-245-door-20-is-sms-2fa-better-than-no-2fa/ #security          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 01:19:57

• #AlexandreOliva on Richard Stallman's Leadership http://techrights.org/2020/12/19/rms-leadership/ #rms #gnu #fsf #freesw          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 01:33:10

• 5751 media files (images, PDFs etc.) uploaded to #techrights so far this year. I'm making offsite backups now.          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 01:40:25

• Just backing up to my PC the #wordpress database of #techrights at the moment; it's about 6gb in size and 30,000 posts, almost... we'll migrate the site by month's end          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 02:25:36

• Day 20: A Raku in the Wild - Raku Advent Calendar ⇨ https://raku-advent.blog/2020/12/20/day-20-a-raku-in-the-wild/ •●• #rakuadvent #rakulang #programming          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 02:29:17

• #Intel Platform Monitoring Technology Is Supported By #Linux 5.11 http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145445#comment-27528          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 02:56:59

• #Techrights Bulletin for Saturday, December 19, 2020 http://techrights.org/txt full archive: http://techrights.org/txt-archives #gnu #linux #freesw #plaintext          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 03:03:11

• #Techrights full #IPFS index updated just now http://techrights.org/ipfs available as plain text @ http://techrights.org/ipfs/txt #dweb #sharing          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 03:08:57

• ● NEWS ● #Joinup #Science ☞ Scholarly Infrastructures for Research Software https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/open-source-observatory-osor/news/eosc-report-all-research-software-should-be-open-source          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 06:55:33

• ● NEWS ● #CNBC #Health ☞ White House abandoned plan to send 650 million face masks across the U.S. in April, report says https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/17/white-house-abandoned-plan-to-deliver-650-million-face-masks-across-us-report-says.html          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 06:55:48

• ● NEWS ● #KrebsOnSecurity #ProprietarySoftware ☞ VMware Flaw a Vector in #SolarWinds Breach? https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/12/vmware-flaw-a-vector-in-solarwinds-breach/          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 06:57:17

• ● NEWS ● #TheVerge #ProprietarySoftware ☞ Nothing makes me worry more about the #SolarWinds hack than Trump now saying it’s ‘under control’ https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/19/22190698/trump-downplay-solarwinds-hack-russia-china-mike-pompeo          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 06:57:27

• ● NEWS ● #VOANews #ProprietarySoftware ☞ #Trump Downplays Suspected #Russia -led [Crack] https://www.voanews.com/usa/trump-downplays-suspected-russia-led-hack          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 06:58:40

• ● NEWS ● #solarium #ProprietarySoftware ☞ Building a Trusted ICT Supply Chain https://www.solarium.gov/public-communications/supply-chain-white-paper          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 07:00:11

• ● NEWS ● #APNews #ProprietarySoftware ☞ #Trump downplays #Russia in first comments on [cracking] campaign https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-politics-mark-levin-coronavirus-pandemic-hacking-6080f156125a4a46edef2a6dcf826611          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 07:00:30

• ● NEWS ● #RollingStone #ProprietarySoftware ☞ #Trump Contradicts Own Administration While Downplaying Massive Cyber Attack https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-downplays-massive-cyber-attack-1106213/          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 07:03:40

• ● NEWS ● #TheHill #ProprietarySoftwares ☞ #SolarWinds [crack] shows we need a 'whole of society' national cyber strategy https://thehill.com/opinion/cybersecurity/531007-solarwinds-hack-shows-we-need-a-whole-of-society-national-cyber          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 07:03:54

• ● NEWS ● #TheHill #Surveillance ☞ #Facebook 's feud with #Apple escalates https://thehill.com/policy/technology/530932-facebooks-feud-with-apple-escalates          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 07:04:49

• ● NEWS ● #TheVerge #Surveillance ☞ #Twitter is publicly declaring Joe #Biden the winner of the US election — on #Trump ’s own tweets https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/19/22190767/twitter-joe-biden-winner-election-trump-tweets          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 07:05:02

• ● NEWS ● #SoylentNews #Energy ☞ Form Follows Function https://soylentnews.org/~cafebabe/journal/6692          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 07:09:00

• AstroTurf         ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 07:09:52

• ● NEWS ● #EestiRahvusringhaeaeling ☞ #Sweden seeks new probe of M/S #Estonia ferry wreck after 25-year ban https://news.err.ee/1213615/sweden-seeks-new-probe-of-m-s-estonia-ferry-wreck-after-25-year-ban          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 07:10:33

• ● NEWS ● #coup ☞ #Georgia Senators #Loeffler and #Perdue Are Campaigning Against #Democracy https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/perdue-loeffler-georgia-runoff/          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 07:10:48

• ● NEWS ● #VOANews ☞ Record Number of #Journalists Jailed Globally https://www.voanews.com/press-freedom/record-number-journalists-jailed-globally          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 07:11:39

• ● NEWS ● #Variety #DigitalRestrictions #DRM ☞ #Hulu With Live TV Price Hike Latest Sign of vMVPD Insanity https://variety.com/vip/hulu-with-live-tv-price-hike-latest-sign-of-vmvpd-insanity-1234865019/          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 07:12:34

• FUD agents #FireEye clear that #APT29 not behind attacks, says Dragos chief https://www.itwire.com/security/fireeye-clear-that-apt29-not-behind-attacks,-says-dragos-chief.html          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 07:13:32

• pacman Failed to Update Core – #HowTo Fix • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145665 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/20/#latest          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 07:20:55

• ● NEWS ● #TorrentFreak #copyright #copyrights #clownflare ☞ Cosplay Models Want #Cloudflare to Stop 'Indulging' Pirate Sites https://torrentfreak.com/cosplay-models-want-cloudflare-to-stop-indulging-pirate-sites-201219/          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 07:21:10

• ● NEWS ● #TorrentFreak #copyright #copyrights ☞ #YouTube Ordered to Unmask Cheaters TV Show Pirates [sic] & How Much Money Was Made https://torrentfreak.com/youtube-ordered-to-unmask-cheaters-tv-show-pirates-how-much-money-was-made-201219/          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 07:21:26

• ● NEWS ● #Fair #revisionism ☞ ACTION ALERT: #NYTimes Erases US Economic War Against #Venezuela https://fair.org/home/action-alert-nyt-erases-us-economic-war-against-venezuela/          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 07:22:03

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ Trump’s Party Circus https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trumps-party-circus/          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 07:29:03

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ #NorthDakota Residents Fight Loopholes Allowing #Fracking to Poison Their #Water https://truthout.org/articles/north-dakota-residents-fight-loopholes-allowing-fracking-to-poison-their-water/          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 07:29:38

• ● NEWS ● #Propublica #covid19 #china ☞ Leaked Documents Show How China’s Army of Paid Internet Trolls Helped Censor the #Coronavirus https://www.propublica.org/article/leaked-documents-show-how-chinas-army-of-paid-internet-trolls-helped-censor-the-coronavirus          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 07:40:22

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #covid19 ☞ US Population Growth Falls to Lowest in a Century Amid Pandemic Fallout https://truthout.org/articles/us-population-growth-falls-to-lowest-in-a-century-amid-pandemic-fallout/          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 07:40:41

• With #Perdue and #Loeffler Under Fire for Shady Transactions, Warren Intros Bill to Ban Lawmakers From Trading Stock https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/12/19/perdue-and-loeffler-under-fire-shady-transactions-warren-intros-bill-ban-lawmakers "profit off a raging pandemic"          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 07:41:22

• #bbc is a #marketing outlet for #microsoft , run by 'former' Microsoft #uk employees and bribed by #billgates (and that shows) https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=293820          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 07:42:53

• #biden #tpp https://www.mintpressnews.com/behind-the-scenes-think-tanks-quietly-urge-biden-to-restart-the-tpp/273756/          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 07:44:17

• "this is a human-rights disaster and a major, hard to reverse, step towards complete privatization of drinking water and eternal pollution of everything else" -iophk https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/water-futures-to-trade-on-wall-street-first-time-ever-2020-12-1029870836          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 07:45:51

• #deletegithub #gitlab #youtsuck #google #youtube https://soylentnews.org/~Zinnia+Zirconium/journal/6693          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 08:12:10

• #conspiracytheories as something to latch onto when one loses sanity https://www.cracked.com/article_29231_4-reasons-we-cant-laugh-away-stupid-conspiracy-theories-in-2021.html          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 08:12:24

• #trump #orangevirus https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/politics/trump-covid-pandemic-dark-winter/          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 08:12:42

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Finance ☞ 'A Catastrophe for Millions of Workers': #McConnell Trying to Block Extension of Paid Sick and Family Leave https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/12/19/catastrophe-millions-workers-mcconnell-trying-block-extension-paid-sick-and-family          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 08:35:14

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Finance ☞ Fewer Jobs, Rising Poverty: Scathing Report Finds #Trump Economic Legacy 'One of the Worst Among All US Presidents' https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/12/19/fewer-jobs-rising-poverty-scathing-report-finds-trump-economic-legacy-one-worst          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 08:35:30

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Finance ☞ 2.7 Million Jobs in the Arts Have Been Lost Since the #Pandemic Began https://truthout.org/articles/2-7-million-jobs-in-the-arts-have-been-lost-since-the-pandemic-began/          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 08:35:49

• Turns out that some evil tongues try to twist what I wrote (or DID NOT EVEN WRITE) to poison RMS or his mind against #techrights (but I've seen this trick before; I suppose this should be expected)         ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 08:41:56

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Anger Mounts as Democrats Accuse #GOP of Imperiling #Covid19 Relief With Effort to 'Sabotage a Biden Presidency' https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/12/19/anger-mounts-democrats-accuse-gop-imperiling-covid-relief-effort-sabotage-biden          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 08:45:50

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ 'This Is His Top Priority': McConnell Advances Another #Trump Judge as #Covid19 Relief Bill Remains Unfinished https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/12/19/his-top-priority-mcconnell-advances-another-trump-judge-covid-relief-bill-remains          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 08:46:26

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ Let’s Reject the Violent vs. Nonviolent Crime Dichotomy to End the War on Drugs https://truthout.org/articles/lets-reject-the-violent-vs-nonviolent-crime-dichotomy-to-end-the-war-on-drugs/          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 08:46:47

• "Just under 400,000 votes, in the six battleground states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, gave Biden his Electoral College victory!" https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/12/19/comparing-republican-democratic-party-energy-levels-no-contest          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 08:48:59

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ Parents Have Faced Fines and Threats of Court for Their Kids' Remote Tech Issues https://truthout.org/articles/parents-have-faced-fines-and-threats-of-court-for-their-kids-remote-tech-issues/          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 08:49:32

• ● NEWS ● #Propublica #covid19 ☞ Restrictions on the South #Texas Border Were Meant to Protect People From COVID-19. Then the Handcuffs Came Out. https://www.propublica.org/article/restrictions-on-the-south-texas-border-were-meant-to-protect-people-from-covid-19-then-the-handcuffs-came-out          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 08:55:31

• ● NEWS ● #Propublica #Hawaii ☞ The Government Promised to Return Ancestral Hawaiian Land, Then Never Finished the Job https://www.propublica.org/article/the-government-promised-to-return-ancestral-hawaiian-land-then-never-finished-the-job          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 08:58:14

• #IRC Proceedings: Saturday, December 19, 2020 • ʇǝɔɥɹıƃɥʇs ⇨ http://techrights.org/2020/12/20/irc-log-191220/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 09:01:29

• #TeamUPC Throws #ViennaConvention Out the Window and #Vienna ’s #EPO Branch (in #EPC ) Discarded by EPO Management http://techrights.org/2020/12/20/epc-and-vienna-convention/          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 09:25:19

• New article by #AlexandreOliva of the FSF’s Board http://techrights.org/2020/12/19/rms-leadership/ #gnu #fsf #freesw          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 09:54:03

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams # ☞ First In the Room, Back of the Line: America's #Profiteering #Health [sic] System Does It Again https://www.commondreams.org/further/2020/12/19/first-room-back-line-americas-profiteering-health-system-does-it-again          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 09:54:36

• "When considering the number of deaths for which Trump was responsible, historians will also look at those killed because of his devotion to the death penalty." https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/12/19/trump-and-death          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 09:55:24

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Pence, Who Backed Muslim Visa Ban, Gets #ClinicalTrials by Muslim Immigrants https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/12/19/pence-who-backed-muslim-visa-ban-gets-vaccine-invented-muslim-immigrants          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 09:56:43

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ Warren Introduces Bill Banning Members of Congress From Owning or Trading Stock https://truthout.org/articles/warren-introduces-bill-banning-members-of-congress-from-owning-or-trading-stock/          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 09:57:09

• Staff of the #EPO is smart enough to see what EPO management has up its sleeve (see "The EPO is Silently Shrinking in #Vienna "); it’s neither legal nor acceptable, which is why the strikes are back and #SUEPO envisions a year of conflict ahead http://techrights.org/2020/12/20/epc-and-vienna-convention/          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 09:58:32

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #cuba ☞ Are Cuban Protesters #FreedomFighters or US Pawns? https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/12/19/are-cuban-protesters-freedom-fighters-or-us-pawns          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 10:00:01

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Finance ☞ Homes Guarantee Campaign Demands Housing for All https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/12/19/homes-guarantee-campaign-demands-housing-all          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 10:00:52

• #Android Leftovers • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145668 •●• #Google #Linux #TuxMachines | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/20/#latest          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 10:02:16

• What Does ’Install Multimedia Codecs’ Do in #LinuxMint ? • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145667 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/20/#latest          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 10:03:37

• #HowTo use this #KDE Plasma text editor • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145666 •●• #GNU #Linux          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 10:05:39

• The Web and Web browsers continue to get faaar too bloated. Should we also support 1,000 image formats now? https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Firefox-Nearly-Ready-AVIF          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 10:12:37

• "I should probably note here that November 20 was my last day as a Mozilla employee. In theory, that shouldn't really change much, given the open-source nature of Mozilla." https://staktrace.com/spout/entry.php?id=880          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 10:13:24

• "The web’s best sources for browser market share... #NetApplications "?!?! No, they're a #microsoft connected shill firm https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/brave-market-share.html see http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/GNU/Linux_Market_Share#Net_Applications          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 10:15:53

• And " @Brave blocks the tracking scripts from these two companies by default, so its users are excluded from these datasets." IOW, they produce noise, not stats. https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/brave-market-share.html see http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/GNU/Linux_Market_Share#Net_Applications          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 10:18:16

• #Security Leftovers • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145669 •●• #proprietarySoftware #backdoors | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/20/#latest          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 10:21:28

• This is just incredible lying; there's no UPC, so these lawyers are basically looking to sell something that does not exist! https://www.herbertsmithfreehills.com/latest-thinking/how-to-get-a-unitary-patent http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/UPC          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 10:26:09

• For marketing purposes, #HerbertSmithFreehills LLP now sell lies about the #UPC , in effect promoting something illegal and pushing non-existent "products" https://www.herbertsmithfreehills.com/latest-thinking/the-unified-patent-court-and-unitary-patent-–-introduction          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 10:28:01

• #epo is defunct and now it places workers on 'house arrest' https://www.law360.com/ip/articles/1338815/european-patent-office-extends-closure-due-to-covid-19          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 10:33:10

• Is #turkey or #patent profiteers in Turkey aware that the European Patent Convention no longer matters because the corrupt #epo routinely violates it and in effect operates outside the rule of law? https://www.iam-media.com/new-ip-court-ruling-sets-precedent-the-epcs-application-in-turkey          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 10:35:29

• #patents on bicycles. Good for #lawyers but not for cyclists or for scientists. Keeps cycling artificially expensive and sometimes retarded (removing perfectly good features). @zoobab https://www.pinkbike.com/news/knolly-bikes-suing-intense-for-alleged-patent-infringement.html          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 10:41:58

• Boosters of #unitarypatent and #swpats (illegal) on #brexit ... they don't care about the #uk but about destroying the UK with #patent litigation https://www.mondaq.com/uk/trademark/1017458/what-does-brexit-means-brexit-mean-to-you-video          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 10:43:28

• A whole 'event' named after a lie and a propaganda term. #cambridgenetwork has long been a #patent zealot -- a danger to actual #science https://www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk/news/first-virtual-cambridge-information-intellectual-property-meeting-announced          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 10:45:17

• No, there are complaints on the way https://hsfnotes.com/ip/2020/12/08/as-the-bundestag-passes-the-legislation-to-ratify-the-upc-agreement-the-upc-may-finally-open-its-doors-in-2022/ #HerbertSmithFreehills LLP: we lie to you while charging you to be lied to http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/UPC          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 10:47:18

• No, it does not. The #UK does not ratify and will not ratify. Thus the #UPC cannot ever start. https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/germany-clears-path-for-european-81111/ #unitarypatent lies...          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 10:48:36

• No, you cannot resuscitate something that is both illegal and unconstitutional (and is in breach of Vienna Convention) https://awapoint.com/eyes-germany-upc-resuscitated-bundestag-bundesrat/ see http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/UPC          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 10:51:15

• This is not what will end racism. Also, #india is not in the US, so... https://www.themorningsun.com/sports/report-cleveland-indians-changing-name-after-105-years/article_9762763b-d71b-59c0-bb8b-16afa9849ff3.html          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 10:52:32

• Notice how pretty much all the coverage about #UPC comes from #patent #litigation #profiteers and never from actual journalists. This is #lobbying , not reporting.          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 10:53:46

• The corrupt #epo and the regime of #china nowadays collaborate closely on #propaganda http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202012/12/WS5fd41d0ba31024ad0ba9b677.html          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 10:55:07

• "In-house" or "In-house leaders" simply means #patent #litigation zealots who loathe justice and love to fight (they profit from it; it gives them a "job") https://www.managingip.com/article/b1pmv50r4jnm0n/inhouse-reveal-us-patent-litigation-trends-they39ll-watch-in-2021          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 10:56:58

• "intellectual [sic] property [sic] rights." [sic] They're neither rights nor property, but J A Kemp LLP profits from this #propaganda regardless, lying to people in marketing disguised as information https://www.mondaq.com/uk/trademark/1008906/uk-changes-allowable-location-of-address-for-service-for-2021          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 11:00:10

• These are NOT "rights", they're #monopolies https://www.mondaq.com/uk/trademark/1017086/brexit-protect-your-trademark-and-design-rights-before-they-are-taken-from-you          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 11:01:00

• #trademarks are about preventing confusion, they're not a "right" https://www.mondaq.com/turkey/trademark/1011450/determining-similarity-of-goods-and-services-in-trademark-opposition-proceedings          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 11:02:27

• "women excluded from patents?" Notice the question mark in the headline Clickbait where the answer is always "no" https://www.managingip.com/article/b1pqgymhshrwpf/this-week-in-ip-brands-want-unitary-spcs-alcohol-brands-data-released-are-women-excluded-from-patents         ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 11:03:47

• The International Chamber of Commerce uses #managingIP as a megaphone now. That site is not a news site, it's a #lobbying operation of #litigation fanatics. http://techrights.org/2020/12/07/charlotte-kilpatrick-lies/          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 11:06:14

• Politicians. Their lips move and #covid19 comes out along with the lies. https://gazette.com/ap/lifestyles/do-as-i-say-anger-as-some-politicians-ignore-virus-rules/article_9fa6607a-ecb1-5909-9993-e1c10f07ff19.html          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 11:07:28

• #corporatemedia : "U.S. economy projected to 'stall' before mounting comeback in 2021" When they say "U.S. economy" they mean rich corporations, not actual workers. The country is looted and finished.          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 11:09:35

• Ignore so-called 'web stats' from #googleAnalytics (JS) and #netApplications because those are not legitimate measures. Many groups they do not count. http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/GNU/Linux_Market_Share#Net_Applications          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 11:12:05

• This is #patent -centric and #monopolies -centric, not "a more patient-centered pharmaceutical system" https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/the-european-commission-s-new-93874/          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 11:13:42

• "The United States is, as a society, burning out, and that burnout is falling on millennials the hardest." https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/reviews/books/0-358-31659-6.html          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 11:17:16

• #Godot Engine - Camille Mohr-Daurat was hired to work on #physics ⇨ https://godotengine.org/article/camille-mohr-daurat-hired-work-physics •●• #godotengine #deletegithub          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 11:18:42

• "Doing any sort of SMART scan will cause service outage. Replacing devices means 2 outages, 1 for each device." https://etbe.coker.com.au/2020/12/20/smart-ssds/          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 11:19:59

• Web Browsers: @Brave , Web #Surveillance and #Mozilla • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145670          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 11:27:22

• #KVM With #Linux 5.11 Brings #AMD SEV-ES Host Support http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145445#comment-27529          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 11:29:52

• Big #cat https://vid.pr0gramm.com/2020/11/22/ac352520a86f0641.mp4          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 11:30:55

• Bryan Behrenshausen (Red Hat) is trying some more #openwashing of #redhat even after #ibm in effect canned #centos https://opensource.com/open-organization/20/12/best-of-2020          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 11:36:26

• #lateStageCapitalism : unethical corporations trying to pass themselves off as "charities", "communities", "job creators" etc. rather than grifters, spies, informants and rats          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 11:37:46

• #Games : #Algol68 , #Physics in #GodotEngine , #ViralDays • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145671          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 11:42:31

• Truly creepy #surveillance depths from #amazon https://www.cnx-software.com/2020/12/20/aws-iot-core-lorawan-launched-with-asset-tracking-and-smart-building-kits/ #gafam #spying          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 11:43:48

• Download #Ubuntu 20.04 LTS – DVD ISO Images https://tecadmin.net/download-ubuntu-20-04-lts-dvd-iso-images/ #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 11:44:53

• Which #programming language should you learn in 2021? Here are the top 10 https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/featurephilia/story/10-most-popular-programming-languages-you-should-learn-in-2021-1751367-2020-12-20          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 11:48:01

• #gop #coup #goldenDawnald #trump #democracy https://www.readingeagle.com/opinion/letters-to-editor/letter-gop-response-to-election-prompts-lots-of-questions/article_a8c7adca-3fc2-11eb-803f-6f4f5064fef2.html          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 11:52:05

• "A report published in September 2020 by the European Patent Office" A corrupt #epo that now misuses money to issue so-called 'reports', basically #marketing to distract from EPO crimes. https://www.theengineer.co.uk/invest-bevs-patent-automotive-battery-electric/          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 11:53:12

• #Programming Leftovers • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145672          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 12:02:52

• Today’s 𝐓𝐮𝐱 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 Leftovers • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145673 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 12:06:54

• Funeral https://assets.amuniversal.com/6d4dff60dc8d0137ca81005056a9545d          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 12:11:06

• Links 20/12/2020: GNOME 40 Workspace Updates, New Excuses From Red Hat About #CentOS • ʇǝɔɥɹıƃɥʇs ⇨ http://techrights.org/2020/12/20/excuses-from-red-hat-about-centos/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 12:15:04

• #swpats are invalid and #epo should quit granting them https://www.mondaq.com/germany/patent/1014676/determining-the-value-of-a-collateral-using-an-index-value-calculated-based-on-an-appraised-qualityquantity-of-water-non-technical          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 12:32:44

• #MarksAndClerk still uses #buzzwords like "Hey Hi" (AI) to promote illegal #softwarepatents with help from corrupt #EPO management that nowadays also besieges judges https://www.marks-clerk.com/Home/Knowledge-News/Articles/AI-Inventions-and-Sufficiency-at-the-EPO.aspx #swpats          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 12:36:31

• Computer-assisted has become "Hey Hi"-assisted for the sake of radical patent agenda https://loupedin.blog/2020/12/eu-report-on-ai-assisted-creativity-and-invention/          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 12:39:31

• #Manjaro ARM 20.12 Released with #KDE Plasma 5.20, New App for Flashing Images • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145674 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 16:52:40

• Linux Weekly Roundup: #GNOME 40 Updates, #GTK 4.0, #openSUSE 15.3 Alpha and More • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145675          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 16:53:53

• #CRUX -Based #Kwort 4.3.5 Linux Distro Switches to Linux Kernel 5.10 LTS • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145676          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 16:55:14

• Manchester United 3 Leeds United 0 In just 20 minutes. They're going near the top of the league.         ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 16:56:35

• Video conference https://assets.amuniversal.com/e9db1550e8240137cece005056a9545d          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 16:58:52

• Goggles https://assets.amuniversal.com/ea833f904ac60138f105005056a9545d          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 17:00:33

• Don't grab the kitty https://vid.pr0gramm.com/2020/11/22/5fd58c1be5edc489.mp4          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 17:01:52

• #corporateMedia : let's moan for the rich https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/17/success/landlords-struggling-rent-eviction/index.html          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 17:02:49

• #Trademarks and wrong criteria; you cannot brand #trademark #law just because of nonsensical self-praise https://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/12/when-strong-reputation-does-not.html          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 17:41:26

• "Trump’s COVID failure, which has caused more than 415,000 excess deaths in America with another 600,000 anticipated by next spring or thereabouts" https://rinj.press/fpmag/december-2020/russian-apt-could-mean-usa-collapse-in-depth-report/          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 17:42:36

• "There have, in fact, been cases of Australian women donning the secular red and white Santa attire as far back as 1930 — and there is no reason why we couldn’t have more female Santas today." https://www.science20.com/the_conversation/forget_mrs_claus_what_about_santa_herself-252185          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 17:45:08

• A World Without the IBM PC. #IBM never release the PC or it fails in… | by Erik Engheim | Lessons from History | Dec, 2020 | Medium ⇨ https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/a-world-without-the-ibm-pc-9db63c27b85e          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 17:46:37

• The fly https://hugelolcdn.com/i/705914.jpg         ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 18:10:57

• Top 10 Features of #Linux #Kernel 5.10 • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145678          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 18:37:49

• #KMyMoney 5.1.1 released • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145679          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 18:39:25

• Connect Mint’s Nemo File Manager With #Nextcloud • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145677 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/20/#latest          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 18:42:25

• #Techrights Supports the #FreeSoftwareFoundation ( #FSF ) and Confronts Those Looking to Undermine Its Mission http://techrights.org/2020/12/20/techrights-supports-fsf/ #freesw #gnu         ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 18:52:07

• #Android Leftovers • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145680 •●• #Google #Linux #TuxMachines | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/20/#latest          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 18:53:29

• Major Design Changes Coming in #GNOME 40, Out Next Year http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145635#comment-27531 #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 18:55:02

• #Manjaro ARM 20.12 Released with #KDE Plasma 5.20, New App for Flashing Images • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145674#comment-27530 •●• #GNU #Linux          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 18:56:20

• End of 2018 http://schestowitz.com/royrianne/gallery/index.php/Winter-in-Manchester/20181231_233020 as this year ends there's no real hope of things improving any time soon. Gym shut down this evening for another 20 days!          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 22:07:03

• #9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: December 20th, 2020 • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145681 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/20/#latest          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 22:09:13

• By cherry-picking phrases and perhaps even wrongly attributing phrases some people have been attempting to distort our record about the #FreeSoftwareFoundation ( #FSF ) http://techrights.org/2020/12/20/techrights-supports-fsf/         ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 22:10:30

• Liars firm Simmons & Simmons ('lawyers', lobbyists for unconstitutional agenda, based on distortions) on #trademarks in 2020 http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/12/guest-post-retromark-volume-viii-last.html          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 22:13:37

• #Apple likens market definition in #antitrust case against Apple Arcade game subscription service to gerrymandering of electoral districts http://www.fosspatents.com/2020/12/apple-likens-market-definition-in.html          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 22:15:03

• #copyright #cartel in #india ... or how it gets paid despite producing nothing https://spicyip.com/2020/12/who-gets-paid-for-music-revamp-music-copyright-india-part1.html https://spicyip.com/2020/12/who-gets-paid-for-the-music-you-listen-to-revamping-music-and-copyrights-in-india-part-2.html          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 22:16:42

• Is this a commercial for law firms or news reporting? https://www.juve-patent.com/news-and-stories/cases/paris-court-of-appeal-declines-pan-european-ruling-in-automotive-wheels-dispute/          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 22:18:51

• The FRAND scam has come as far as #china https://comparativepatentremedies.blogspot.com/2020/12/shenzhen-court-to-set-global-frand-rate.html http://techrights.org/2020/07/10/frand-sep-scam/          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 22:20:20

• #bezos does not 'own' (real) Amazon https://iptango.blogspot.com/2020/12/products-and-services-guarantee-of.html          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 22:21:47

• "Nike’s trademarks and/or trade dress, including its swoosh logo, “Nike” and “Dunk” word marks, and Dunk silhouette" https://www.thefashionlaw.com/nike-and-warren-lotas-settle-suit-over-illegal-fake-sneakers/          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 22:23:31

• #WineStaging 6.0-RC3 Adds A Few Extra Patches http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145625#comment-27532 #unix #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 22:25:30

• #Brave Browser and #MinBrowser in #PCLinuxOS http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/141761#comment-27533          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 22:29:43

• #Windows is a waste of time for #KDE ; need to focus on #BSD and #GNU / #Linux https://kate-editor.org/post/2020/2020-12-20-kde-ev-windows-store-statistics/          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 22:30:46

• "The output above came from an Intel i7-6820HK running Ubuntu 20.04 under WSL in Windows 10. I don’t think back then I’d have envisaged running the benchmark on a system like this." #WSL is an ATTACK on #gnu #linux https://popey.com/blog/2020/12/counting-to-100-million/          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 22:33:55

• #Linux 5.11 #XFS Will Flag File-Systems In Need Of Repair http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145445#comment-27534 #kernel          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 22:36:17

• "modern ARMv8 CPUs where speculative execution past unconditional changes in control flow could lead to information disclosure via side-channel analysis." https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Arm-SLS-More-In-LLVM          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 22:37:59

• Release #OsbuildComposer 26 ⇨ https://www.osbuild.org/news/2020-12-16-release-osbuild-composer-26.html •●• #osbuild          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 22:41:38

• "The aim of this write-up is to go from Windows laptop to a fully functional Arch multimedia machine with all my tools ready." https://roosnaflak.com/tech-and-research/setting-up-arch-linux-on-asus-a15/          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 22:43:49

• Making myself a present | Playing #Perl 6␛b6xA Raku ⇨ https://gfldex.wordpress.com/2020/12/20/making-myself-a-present/ •●• #gfldex #rakulang          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 22:47:10

• #Techrights Bulletin for Sunday, December 20, 2020 http://techrights.org/txt full archive: http://techrights.org/txt-archives #gnu #linux #freesw #plaintext          ☞

posted Monday, December 21, 2020 at 04:58:13