Roy Schestowitz

• First Look at the Maui Shell - The Future of Linux Desktop [Test Drive+Video] • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/160319 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Saturday, January 15, 2022 at 22:16:10

• What Is the Arch User Repository (AUR)? Everything You Need to Know ⚓ https://www.makeuseof.com/what-is-aur-in-arch-linux/ ䷉ #makeuseof | more in http://schestowitz.com/2022/01/15/#latest    

posted Saturday, January 15, 2022 at 22:19:49

• #Crowdstrike is directly connected to #Microsoft , so this is just Microsoft distracting from the fact almost all malware and ransom affects #Windows , not #Linux https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/linux-malware-sees-35-percent-growth-during-2021/ see http://techrights.org/2022/01/13/microsoft-connected-fud-pr/    

posted Saturday, January 15, 2022 at 22:22:57

• Homemade Pirani vacuum gauge controller with Arduino | Arduino Blog ⚓ https://blog.arduino.cc/2022/01/15/homemade-pirani-vacuum-gauge-controller-with-arduino/ ䷉ #Arduino #Hardware #OpenHardware #Hacking    

posted Saturday, January 15, 2022 at 22:24:28

• Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Flood ⚓ https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/flood-2 ䷉ #smbccomics    

posted Saturday, January 15, 2022 at 22:28:49

• #cats https://i.imgur.com/ZOTcj8O.png    

posted Saturday, January 15, 2022 at 22:29:21

• Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Oracle TopLink • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/160320 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Saturday, January 15, 2022 at 22:31:21

• #Bluestar 5.16.0 is out https://sourceforge.net/projects/bluestarlinux/ #gnu #linux    

posted Saturday, January 15, 2022 at 22:34:32

• #RISCV Powered Mango Pi Takes on Raspberry Pi Zero at Its Own Game • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/160321 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Saturday, January 15, 2022 at 22:34:47

• #Gecko Linux Takes #OpenSUSE To The Next Level - Invidious ⚓ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=UTTEimN2lMo ䷉ #video #invidious #gnu #linux    

posted Saturday, January 15, 2022 at 22:40:42

• #Games: Cemu, Humble Bundle, and "Keep Bugging Game Devs For Linux Anti Cheat Support" • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/160322 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Saturday, January 15, 2022 at 22:41:41

• Recycling #Soda Bottles Into Filament To Print Smaller Soda Bottles | Hackaday ⚓ https://hackaday.com/2022/01/15/recycling-soda-bottles-into-filament-to-print-smaller-soda-bottles/ ䷉ #hackaday | more in http://schestowitz.com/2022/01/15/#latest    

posted Saturday, January 15, 2022 at 22:46:51

• "We’ve not had a circuit sculpture piece for a while, so here’s “ioalieia” a lovely hybrid digital-analog sound sculpture by [Eirik Brandal] to dig into." https://hackaday.com/2022/01/15/the-eerie-sounds-of-ioalieia-an-esp32-valve-analog-hybrid-circuit-sculpture/    

posted Saturday, January 15, 2022 at 22:47:31

• 16 Reasons why you should switch to Linux • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/160323 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Saturday, January 15, 2022 at 22:47:54

• Linux maker board market survives chip shortage, adds 29 new SBCs in 2021 • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/160324 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Saturday, January 15, 2022 at 22:49:12

• #watchtroll published "The Supreme Court's Last Expansion of Patent Protection, 20 Years Ago"... but #patent #law isn't means to be expanded. Rather, its expansion should never have been allowed in the first place. http://techrights.org/wiki/SCOTUS    

posted Saturday, January 15, 2022 at 22:51:33

• #watchtroll blowhard Gene Quinn now uses #covid19 mandates as an opportunistic schtick by which to attack #scotus over #patent issues, which are not related. Getting truly desperate there. Also, SCOTUS basically dealt a blow to #patents being IMPOSED on everybody.    

posted Saturday, January 15, 2022 at 22:53:58

• #watchtroll editor Eileen McDermott says "Senate Judiciary Committee Sends Vidal and Stark Nominations to Senate Floor" so it looks like #biden still wants to shoehorn #microsoft person into #uspto leadership http://techrights.org/2021/11/29/microsoft-vidal/    

posted Saturday, January 15, 2022 at 22:55:02

• Lies from former #uspto directors in #watchtroll : "#Iancu and #Kappos : TRIPS IP [sic] Waiver Proposal Will Kill More People Than It Saves"... no, the #patents on #covid19 stuff have already killed millions. See http://techrights.org/wiki/David_Kappos and http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Andrei_Iancu    

posted Saturday, January 15, 2022 at 22:56:42

• #aws takes simple tasks, wraps them in a #proprietarySoftwarew GUI, and somehow manages to make them even more complicated    

posted Saturday, January 15, 2022 at 23:21:47

• Patrick Breyer, Unlike Most German Politicians, Highlights the Fact That #UnifiedPatentCourt (UPC) and Unitary Patent Are Incompatible With EU Law • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2022/01/15/question-e-0055512021/ ䷉ #Techrights #Europe #Patents #UnitaryPatent | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/01/15/question-e-0055512021/    

posted Saturday, January 15, 2022 at 23:22:38

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/160325 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Saturday, January 15, 2022 at 23:35:38

• A longtime critic of EPO abuses (under both Benoît Battistelli and António Campinos leadership), as well as a vocal critic of software patents, steps in to point out the very obvious http://techrights.org/2022/01/15/question-e-0055512021/ #UnifiedPatentCourt #Techrights #Europe #Patents #UnitaryPatent    

posted Saturday, January 15, 2022 at 23:36:12

• Is 2022 the year of the Linux desktop? • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/160326 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Saturday, January 15, 2022 at 23:42:18

• A month ago http://schestowitz.com/royrianne/gallery/index.php/The-Corona-Times/Christmas-Under-COVID-19/20211231_194048   

posted Saturday, January 15, 2022 at 23:43:31

• Blog post updated to show #propaganda #fakenews and #misinformation from #bbc in 15/1/2022 http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/01/14/bbc-spin/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 00:16:26

• Cancel https://pleated-jeans.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/cursed-ads-with-threatening-auras-39.jpg    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 00:24:24

• #cat https://i.imgur.com/p3HvK0G.mp4    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 00:25:28

• #Catbert Doesn't Make The Rules https://assets.amuniversal.com/341e67504efd013a8ff0005056a9545d    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 00:26:39

• 2021: productive year, but it won't be missed. Have not been on a plane since 2018. (Which was actually a goal) http://schestowitz.com/royrianne/gallery/index.php/The-Corona-Times    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 00:31:10

• This Week in Linux 181: PinePhone Pro, Linux Mint / Mozilla, GNOME Extensions, System76 COSMIC - TuxDigital ⚓ https://tuxdigital.com/2022/01/this-week-in-linux-181/ ䷉ #TuxDigital #GNU #Linux    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 00:32:32

• Waffle from Tim Lince. There's no such thing as "IP", the buzzword "innovation" is meaningless in this context, and they're just #whitewashing offices that exist to protect the rich and make them richer https://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/ip-offices/why-cooperation-and-public-outreach-key-expanding-innovation-ip-offices see http://techrights.org/wiki/EUIPO    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 00:35:05

• #MarksClerk , a convicted corrupt firm, is #greenwashing one of the world's biggest sources of #pollution https://www.mondaq.com/uk/trademark/1143776/safeguarding-fashion39s-green-credentials-in-the-christmas-rush    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 00:36:24

• Many of these are illegal #patents in software, albeit in "medical" clothing https://www.mondaq.com/uk/patent/1142596/medical-inventions-in-europe see http://techrights.org/2019/04/08/software-as-a-medical-device-samd-like-medtech-at-the-epo-just-another-dodge-for-illegitimate-software-patents/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 00:38:04

• Convicted corrupt firm #MarksClerk (also booster of illegal #swpats and unconstitutional #upc ... they don't care as long as they can profit) is propping up a scam and a #fraud ... NFTs https://www.mondaq.com/uk/trademark/1143690/no-pulp-no-fiction-nfts-and-contracts    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 00:39:39

• #EPO is granting everything conceivable for money https://www.mondaq.com/uk/patent/1141430/double-patenting-in-the-epo see http://techrights.org/2018/04/17/patent-quality-epo-lies/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 00:41:37

• #BardehlePagenberg , which keeps promoting illegal software #patents , coming to grips with courts 'getting in the way' of this injustice https://www.mondaq.com/germany/patent/1141074/current-revocation-rates-in-german-patent-nullity-proceedings see http://techrights.org/2020/04/09/bardehle-pagenberg-mind-virus/ #swpats    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 00:43:47

• #UKIPO paving pathways for #patenttrolls in the #UK https://www.mondaq.com/uk/patent/1140726/uk-ipo-launches-consultation-on-standard-essential-patents see http://techrights.org/2021/10/10/epo-uk-ac-delegates/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 00:45:53

• #iam has just changed its logo. Effort to dodge the very negative reputation? #bribery #propagandaMill #fakenews http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/IAM    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 00:47:14

• Convicted corrupt firm promoting the interests of #patenttrolls in the #UK (its clients) https://www.mondaq.com/uk/patent/1140482/uk-government-consultation-on-standard-essential-patents see https://techrights.org/2019/01/22/buzzwords-for-junk-patents/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 00:50:14

• There's no such thing as "IP", what he refer to isn't even remotely "rights", and NFTs are just another elaborate scam https://www.mondaq.com/uk/trademark/1138954/nfts-beware-of-ip-rights    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 00:51:25

• European court (EU) decides that the corrupt #EUIPO got it wrong https://www.mondaq.com/trademark/1138392/lego-wins-design-case-at-the-eu-court see http://techrights.org/wiki/EUIPO and http://techrights.org/2021/09/11/jobs-as-bribes/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 00:53:25

• Most of them are worthless, but lying lawyers won't tell you that because they profit from making financial bubbles https://www.mondaq.com/uk/patent/1138610/how-much-are-my-patents-worth #patent #patents    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 00:55:07

• Example of likely #fakepatents https://www.mondaq.com/uk/patent/1137480/peloton-faces-patent-challenges-in-the-race-to-beat-the-competition #Peloton    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 00:56:33

• #InterDigital is just a very large #patenttroll https://www.worldipreview.com/news/lenovo-gets-access-to-interdigital-licensing-info-ahead-of-frand-trial-21935 http://techrights.org/2018/03/04/interdigital-and-technicolor/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 00:57:47

• Missing the point that this 'case' just proved #EPO #corruption has taken over its tribunals, too https://www.mondaq.com/patent/1149670/decision-g-121-oral-proceedings-by-videoconference see http://techrights.org/2021/06/26/g-121-epo-catastrophe/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 01:00:30

• Florian Müller: #InterDigital , #Lenovo (Motorola Mobility) readying for FRAND trial: one patent valid and infringed, one invalid, shortcut injunction denied for now ⚓ http://www.fosspatents.com/2022/01/interdigital-lenovo-motorola-mobility.html ䷉ see http://techrights.org/2018/03/04/interdigital-and-technicolor/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 01:01:21

• "Top 10 #Patent Cases," according to person funded by the patent #litigation 'sector' (to advance its agenda at the expense of innovators') https://patentlyo.com/patent/2022/01/patent-cases-1891.html http://techrights.org/2017/08/30/attacks-on-ptab-intensify/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 01:02:54

• The bribed propagandists of IAM still produce fake news and utter lies for #TeamUPC https://www.iam-media.com/unitary-patent-promises-cheaper-alternative-life-sciences-companies the opposite of what they say is true: http://techrights.org/wiki/Unitary_Patent    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 01:04:30

• This misses the point that #Windows has #backdoors , whereas this needs to be somehow installed, e.g. by incompetent admins https://appleinsider.com/articles/22/01/15/multi-platform-backdoor-discovered-targeting-macos-windows-linux http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Microsoft_and_the_NSA    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 01:11:08

• Update (15/1/2022): Under “top stories” right now, some cherry-picked weekend data for manufactured optimism at #bbc — all this while death toll soars to worst in nearly a year: http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/01/14/bbc-spin/ Also: http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2021/12/26/bbc-coronavirus-jabs-misinformation/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 01:13:06

• This is sick. Veganism is supposed to be about ethics, not patent monopolies (but guess who looks to monopolise the activism for profit) https://www.mondaq.com/uk/patent/1138434/vegan-patent-analytics    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 01:15:40

• This government has been reduced to #buzzwords and nonsense https://www.mondaq.com/uk/patent/1132974/uk-government-launches-intellectual-property-and-artificial-intelligence-consultation see http://techrights.org/2022/01/11/buzzwords-from-brussels/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 01:17:43

• #Patents are not rights, but #Dehns , which was spreading #fakenews to promote an illegal agenda, says "The monopoly provided by your patent rights can really give you the edge in your market." No, not really. This is salesmanship, not facts. https://www.mondaq.com/uk/patent/1131192/what-to-do-if-you-suspect-infringement http://techrights.org/2018/01/22/new-low-for-team-upc/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 01:20:20

• Truly appalling #propaganda from bribed agent of corrupt #EPO leadership, conflating #patents with #innovation and claiming a crisis, which is false. How does he sleep at night? On a pile of cash (bribe money). https://www.iam-media.com/law-policy/eu-patent-subsidies-and-attorney-deficit-problem #JoffWild http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/IAM    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 01:23:13

• As usual people who do all the actual work are being robbed https://news.artnet.com/art-world/artist-pension-trust-rise-fall-part-one-2058236    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 01:24:35

• Funnelling more money into a deeply corrupt #EUIPO will improve nothing; it'll deepen the #abuse https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_22_181 #greenwashing too http://techrights.org/wiki/EUIPO http://techrights.org/2021/09/11/jobs-as-bribes/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 01:26:28

• How to pay lawyers to buy land on Venus https://www.voguebusiness.com/technology/how-to-trademark-the-metaverse    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 01:27:54

• #bbc not banned by #twitter for #covid19 #misinformation even when it's easily demonstrable, based on official #nhs data, that BBC routinely lies. Double standards: http://techrights.org/2022/01/06/twitter-boycott/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 01:31:39

• In #Andorra nearly 4 in 10 citizens already confirmed as #covid19 positive at some point    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 01:33:12

• #manutd did it again... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUE_tC8Kd9s    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 01:40:18

• "Driven by refinements in compatibility frameworks and heavy promotion by Steam as a hedge against Microsoft's increasing control of the Windows marketplace, Linux is becoming the OS of choice for more players." https://boingboing.net/2021/12/22/stats-show-linux-now-a-viable-game-platform.html    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 01:41:29

• The TODO List (by David REVOY, #Krita artist) https://www.davidrevoy.com/article889/the-todo-list    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 01:45:12

• Links 16/1/2022: Year of the GNU/Linux Desktop and Catch-up With #Patent Misinformation • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2022/01/15/patent-misinformation/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/01/15/patent-misinformation/   

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 01:50:32

• Today’s 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/160327 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 01:50:47

• "Yeah, as far as I know no distro is using flatpak as their native packaging format." http://lxer.com/module/forums/t/36776/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 01:57:09

• "identify a list of critical open source projects (identified and Embraced by Google of course!)... To establish baseline standards for security, maintenance, provenance, and testing (maintained, $upported and Extended by Google in its OWN testing labs)" http://lxer.com/module/forums/t/36778/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 01:58:11

• "During last connections to Libera.Chat its servers reported an average of 48639 users and 21538 chat rooms." https://netsplit.de/channels/?net=Libera.Chat    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 02:01:01

• In my personal site only 42% of the visitors use #microsoft #windows and 33% use #gnu #linux    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 02:07:44

• But even more funny, in my site Google Chrome is used by 50.3% of visitors, Firefox is at 15.2%, and Edge is at 0.1%!!    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 02:09:13

• #MarksClerk , convicted corrupt firm, repeatedly calling #patents "rights"; this is a lie, they're repeating a falsehood. It's a falsehood they look to profit from. https://www.mondaq.com/uk/patent/1128486/ip-at-sea https://techrights.org/2019/01/22/buzzwords-for-junk-patents/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 02:29:35

• #greenwashing of #patents , #monopolies , and basically #oligarchy https://www.mondaq.com/uk/patent/1131892/cop26-new-materials-for-the-green-industrial-revolution see the patterns: http://techrights.org/2021/04/27/epo-greenwashing-stunts/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 02:32:20

• #EPO is now flagrantly in breach of #confidentiality principles https://www.mondaq.com/uk/patent/1131504/essential-information-on-confidentiality see http://techrights.org/2021/06/10/edps-gdpr-epo-impunity/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 02:34:12

• "WPL created a clone version of SAS that allows users to use SAS-style inputs and receive SAS-style outputs. SAS argues that those input and output formats are protected by copyright." Misuse of #copyright #law https://patentlyo.com/patent/2022/01/copyright-software-api.html    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 02:35:23

• Those are not the facts, this is shameless #marketing for oneself. #Patents are for implementations, not ideas. https://www.mondaq.com/patent/1146620/can-you-patent-an-idea-get-the-facts    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 02:36:03

• "so implications are 1) users dont own anything now in real life 2) the centralized "gatekeepers" who do own things in real life, will totally not use that to gain control over crypto 3) .... 4) suddenly users own stuff (PROFIT!)" http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-150122.html#tJan%2015%2017:52:12   

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 02:38:43

• UEFI 'secure' boot man "really wants to work for Microsoft, but then they should offer him a job first" http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-150122.html#tJan%2015%2015:54:52   

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 02:39:52

• "Motorola appears to be actively working on a smartphone with a wrap-around display, with the company publishing repeated #patents for such a device." https://mspoweruser.com/motorola-may-be-serious-about-making-a-phone-with-a-wrap-around-display/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 02:42:45

• #IPKat is again repeating lies from the UPC’s Preparatory Committee http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/01/france-to-push-design-gi-upc-and-safe.html see http://techrights.org/2021/08/31/unified-patent-court-faking-it/ #unifiedpatentcourt #unitarypatent    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 02:45:08

• There is no such thing as "intellectual property" (a misnomer and lie) and they're not rights, either; this is just a bunch of charlatans stroking their egos as they help plutocrats ban their competition http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/01/tokenization-of-intellectual-property.html    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 02:47:45

• The similarity in this case is rather obvious http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/01/perfume-n5-v-n9-chanel-won-unfair.html    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 02:49:04

• "NFTs add nothing to this because mere ownership of an NFT token does not confer any form of monopoly right. Such monopoly rights can only arise from enforceable legal frameworks." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/01/tokenization-of-intellectual-property.html?showComment=1642078987657#c8491714910693499646    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 02:52:40

• "NFTs are a modern tulipmania - a scam for investors who make their decisions on buzzwords rather than actual technical understanding, and a flagrant front for money laundering." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/01/tokenization-of-intellectual-property.html?showComment=1642078987657#c8491714910693499646    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 02:53:03

• "There's nothing you can do with blockchain that you can't do with a conventional database, as sooner or later you need oversight & regulation, and you might as well burn that in right at the start, in which case the distributed anonymous ledger nonsense can go straight in the bin." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/01/tokenization-of-intellectual-property.html?showComment=1642070282902#c2010795322357799879    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 02:54:11

• "They will call it "web 3.0" to make you seem like a dinosaur opposing the inevitable but it's just attempts to financialise everything and nothing just to speculate on more and more metaphysical concepts (are financial instruments not abstract enough!)." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/01/tokenization-of-intellectual-property.html?showComment=1642171899811#c8135352922819273785    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 02:58:15

• Eagle's Path: #DocKnot 6.01 (2022-01-15) ⚓ https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/journal/2022-01/002.html ䷉ #eyrie #programming #perl #cpan    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 03:01:19

• #biden = #oligarchy https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/international/biden-nominates-three-federal-reserve-officials see http://techrights.org/2020/11/08/political-debt/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 03:02:21

• Promoting a Heap [pun intended] of buzzwords while quoting charlatans from #McKinsey https://venturebeat.com/2022/01/15/how-digital-experiences-are-fueling-the-new-digital-economy/ "digital business is set to account for half of GDP" = fake economy based on speculations with companies that LOSE money    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 03:04:35

• #intel is not even a contender anymore https://www.notebookcheck.net/New-leak-claims-the-Galaxy-S22-series-will-use-the-Exynos-2200-in-Europe-after-all.593174.0.html    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 03:05:12

• Waste of money. They could instead just use #freesw for the same; #ProprietarySoftware garbage with #surveillance and glorified brands https://www.technewsworld.com/story/adobes-frame-io-buy-answers-video-collaboration-needs-87268.html    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 03:07:09

• #microsoft must be going down the drain fast, having just trotted out its propaganda parrot Rob #Enderle in #TechNewsWorld ("From Windows 95 to Windows 11: A Matter of Perspective"). #vista11 is an epic failure: http://techrights.org/2022/01/03/windows-share-in-2022/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 03:08:44

• Judging companies by #patents instead of actual products https://www.autoblog.com/2022/01/12/mazda-rotary-hybrid-three-rotor-patent/ #patent #monopolies #mazda    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 03:11:01

• When #fakepatents get granted by the deeply corrupt #EPO and these #patents do a lot of damage #regardless https://www.maiwald.eu/en/maiwald-blog/patent-suspension-of-infringement-proceedings-in-the-case-of-future-nullity-suit/ see http://techrights.org/2018/04/17/patent-quality-epo-lies/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 03:12:52

• #Egetis Therapeutics seems unaware that European #Patents are nowadays suspect, with many not in compliance with the #law https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/EGETIS-THERAPEUTICS-AB-P-61747360/news/Egetis-Therapeutics-gets-Notice-of-Intent-to-Grant-for-a-new-European-patent-for-a-combination-thera-37513575/ see http://techrights.org/2021/12/28/epo-wont-invest-in-staff-and-in-quality/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 03:15:06

• #MaxWalters uncritically passes on self-serving #UKIPO #propaganda in "study" clothing https://www.managingip.com/article/b1wb1s4k6y35zk/counterfeits-study-raises-questions-over-social-media-influencers http://techrights.org/2021/10/10/epo-uk-ac-delegates/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 03:17:00

• #EPO has granted #patent #monopolies to company that killed millions of humans, including some family members of mine, using #cancer https://www.juve-patent.com/news-and-stories/cases/philip-morris-and-hoyng-rokh-monegier-strike-back-against-bats-glo-products/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 03:18:37

• The #criminals who have taken over #the EPO want you to think they will regulate themselves; they're above the #law and they made #corruption the norm https://www.epo.org/news-events/news/2022/20220113.html see http://techrights.org/2021/12/01/self-regulation-epo/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 03:22:57

• ....perhaps more amusingly, if one attempts to answer the #EPO 's survey there's a notice at the bottom ("Data protection and privacy") suggesting that they're lying about anonymity and will likely outsource all this data to Microsoft/NSA/USA http://techrights.org/2021/12/20/epo-data-protection-rules/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 03:26:24

• Written Description: Jessica Litman: Who Cares What #EdwardRogers Thought About #Trademark Law? ⚓ https://writtendescription.blogspot.com/2022/01/jessica-litman-who-cares-what-edward.html ䷉ #writtendescription #Trademarks    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 03:27:12

• Years after the surveillance scandals (blunders and actual crimes) of Benoît Battistelli it seems clear that António Campinos carries on with the same tradition of violating privacy of staff and stakeholders, who are of course being lied to (with euphemisms such as “Data Protection”) http://techrights.org/2021/12/20/epo-data-protection-rules/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 03:28:47

• #bbc = #fakenews about #covid19 http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/01/14/bbc-spin/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 03:29:24

• Once again, #nhs #uk has left us with data 3-5 days old for #covid19 hospitalisations, so one can only guess (extrapoolte) number of COVID patients. Maybe 25,000 at the moment... http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/01/08/uk-covid19-hospitalisations/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 03:30:50

• " #Opencv is an optional dependency for mlt, lives, flowblade and other video editor packages. I have compiled it in OE, and it brings in these new dependencies" https://bkhome.org/news/202201/opencv-compiled-in-openembedded.html    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 03:31:48

• #softwarePatents being squashed in the UK, owing to #ptab https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2022/1/13/sound-view-860-patent-invalidated #uspto #fakepatents    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 03:32:42

• You can make a living by helping to squash #fakepatents https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2022/1/14/up-to-22000-for-prior-art-on-iii-holdings-patents #uspto #patents #swpats    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 03:34:00

• Conveniently mistaking #patent #cartels for a "community" http://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2022/01/13/the-successful-development-of-the-eurasian-community/ #patents #monopolies #cartel    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 03:35:29

• This is an excellent new example of JUVE posting #marketing #spam and pretending that the mere hiring of one person is some kind of important news; once upon a time #JUVE was a new source, not #spamfarm https://www.juve-patent.com/news-and-stories/people-and-business/taliens-hires-senior-partner-from-gide-in-paris/ see http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Juve    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 03:37:36

• Last month's birthday http://schestowitz.com/royrianne/gallery/index.php/The-Corona-Times/Roy-s-Birthdays/20211217_140247   

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 03:39:33

• Precedential No. 2: #TTAB Rejects Summary Judgment Motion Filed Three Days Too Late http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2022/01/precedential-no-2-ttab-rejects-summary.html #uspto #Trademark #Trademarks #Law    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 03:46:26

• As if getting a #patent is indicative of real success https://www.phonearena.com/news/motorola-phone-with-wrap-around-display_id137676    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 03:48:14

• This looks like #swpats again, leveraged by #patentTrolls https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2022/1/13/2000-for-setala-juha-prior-art    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 03:49:08

• "This data is provisional due to the time delay in registration; numbers may vary from week to week. Data presented in this week’s report supersedes data presented in reports from previous weeks." https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1046263/weekly-report-mortality-week-2.pdf    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 03:59:52

• Excess mortality already confirmed in England in last week of the year 2021 https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1046263/weekly-report-mortality-week-2.pdf see http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/01/08/uk-covid19-hospitalisations/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 04:03:10

• #Techrights Bulletin for Saturday, January 15, 2022 http://techrights.org/txt full archive: http://techrights.org/txt-archives #gnu #linux #freesw #plaintext    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 04:05:20

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

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 04:05:28

• EPO-granted patents weaponised by patent trolls euphemised as "NPEs" here https://www.juve-patent.com/news-and-stories/cases/gowling-and-kirkland-go-head-to-head-in-uks-next-major-frand-trial/ http://techrights.org/2018/03/04/interdigital-and-technicolor/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 04:08:27

• London 2013 http://schestowitz.com/royrianne/gallery/index.php/Trip-to-London/Westminster-and-London-Eye/Westminster/Near-London-Eye/near_london_eye9   

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 04:09:15

• ● NEWS ● #Undeadly #Graphics ☞ DRM updated https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=articla;sid=20220115224052    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 07:47:25

• ● NEWS ● #WesleyAptekarCassels ☞ There is no such thing as a static website https://blog.wesleyac.com/posts/no-static-websites    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 07:48:05

• ● NEWS ● #RIPE ☞ Pi-hole Installation Guide https://labs.ripe.net/author/johannes_weber/pi-hole-installation-guide/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 07:48:24

• ● NEWS ● #Dedoimedo #☞ KDE Connect is getting better and better https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/kde-connect.html    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 07:48:51

• #google (Gulag), #facebook , #palantir https://odysee.com/@RobBraxmanTech:6/phonenumbers:b    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 07:50:43

• 𝘛𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 #IRC Proceedings: Saturday, January 15, 2022 • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2022/01/16/irc-log-150122/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/01/16/irc-log-150122/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 07:51:56

• ● NEWS ● #DrewDeVault ☞ The #RISCV experience https://drewdevault.com/2022/01/15/2022-01-15-The-RISC-V-experience.html    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 07:52:25

• ● NEWS ● #DanLangille #freebsd ☞ freebsd-update fetch install -> Cowardly refusing to proceed any further. https://dan.langille.org/2022/01/15/freebsd-update-fetch-install-cowardly-refusing-to-proceed-any-further/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 07:53:09

• ● NEWS ● #KevQuirk #Programming ☞ Comparing Static Site Hosts; Which Is The Best Host For A Static Site? https://kevq.uk/comparing-static-site-hosts-best-host-for-a-static-site    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 07:53:36

• ● NEWS ● #BruceSchneier #Education ☞ Upcoming Speaking Engagements https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2022/01/upcoming-speaking-engagements-16.html    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 07:54:11

• ● NEWS ● #IshSookun #Education ☞ The Developers Conference 2022 has been postponed https://sysadmin-journal.com/the-developers-conference-2022-has-been-postponed/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 07:54:21

• Bus rides should be ANONYMOUS. UK: Scotland young persons’ free bus travel scheme — is it “Your papers, please!” time? https://www.pogowasright.org/uk-scotland-young-persons-free-bus-travel-scheme-is-it-your-papers-please-time/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 07:56:04

• This Private Equity Firm Is Amassing Companies That Collect Data on America’s Children https://www.pogowasright.org/this-private-equity-firm-is-amassing-companies-that-collect-data-on-americas-children/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 07:56:47

• A bill to ban geofence and keyword search warrants in New York gains traction https://www.pogowasright.org/a-bill-to-ban-geofence-and-keyword-search-warrants-in-new-york-gains-traction/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 07:57:39

• #LateStageCapitalism https://www.reddit.com/r/LateStageCapitalism/comments/s4uxex/kid_gets_shot_while_working_family_has_to_set_up/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 07:58:51

• If you see your employer offer you any benefits managed by Auxiant, run like hell. https://baronhk.wordpress.com/2022/01/16/if-you-see-your-employer-offer-you-any-benefits-managed-by-auxiant-run-like-hell/ #blackmail #extortion #Auxiant    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 08:00:20

• #Microsoft #Windows TCO: #NPR #ProprietarySoftware ☞ [Crackers] disrupt payroll for thousands of employers — including hospitals https://www.ktep.org/post/hackers-disrupt-payroll-thousands-employers-including-hospitals http://techrights.org/2020/06/09/windows-disaster-zones/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 08:03:10

• ● NEWS ● #SiliconAngle #ProprietarySoftware ☞ #Ransomware attack on New Mexico prison knocks systems offline, forces lockdown https://siliconangle.com/2022/01/13/ransomware-attack-new-mexico-prison-knocks-systems-offline-forces-lockdown/ http://techrights.org/2021/07/19/microsoft-national-security/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 08:03:19

• ● NEWS ● #BBC #Surveillance #Privacy ☞ #facebook faces billion-pound #classaction case https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-59964654    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 08:04:24

• ● NEWS ● #TheEconomist #Surveillance #Privacy ☞ #TikTok isn’t silly. It’s serious https://www.economist.com/business/2022/01/15/tiktok-isnt-silly-its-serious    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 08:04:34

• ● NEWS ● #Salon ☞ How the states have become "Laboratories of Autocracy" — and why it's worse than you think https://www.salon.com/2022/01/15/how-the-states-have-become-laboratories-of-autocracy--and-why-its-worse-than-you-think/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 08:07:47

• ● NEWS ● #TheEconomist #Russia ☞ Small bands of #mercenaries extend Russia’s reach in #Africa https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2022/01/15/small-bands-of-mercenaries-extend-russias-reach-in-africa    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 08:08:02

• ● NEWS ● #Quillette #Africa ☞ #Drones Over #Ethiopia https://quillette.com/2022/01/15/drones-over-ethiopia/ #Tigray    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 08:08:23

• Lots of Video News! http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/160160#comment-32522   

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 08:11:08

• ● NEWS ● #EestiRahvusringhääling #Energy ☞ Cities facing issues with street lighting during soaring energy prices https://news.err.ee/1608466055/cities-facing-issues-with-street-lighting-during-soaring-energy-prices    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 08:11:54

• ● NEWS ● #VOANews #China #cn #latam ☞ China Seen Backing ‘Digital Authoritarianism’ in #LatinAmerica https://www.voanews.com/a/china-seen-backing-digital-authoritarianism-in-latin-america-/6398072.html    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 08:13:26

• ● NEWS ● #VOANews #China #cn ☞ China, #Iran Begin Implementation of Sweeping Strategic Agreement https://www.voanews.com/a/china-iran-begin-implementation-of-sweeping-strategic-agreement/6398246.html    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 08:13:35

• "My post about swap and SSD was based on the assumption that you could get many thousands of writes to the entire device which was incorrect." https://etbe.coker.com.au/2022/01/16/ssd-endurance/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 08:15:19

• ● NEWS ● #TheEpochTimes #Censorship ☞ #Disney Censors ‘The Simpsons’ Episode From #HongKong Site https://www.theepochtimes.com/disney-censors-the-simpsons-episode-from-hong-kong-site_4200736.html    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 08:15:32

• ● NEWS ● #2SMedia #Censorship ☞ This is messed up: a Swedish village decides to rename itself. https://www.nokiamobilephonenews.co.uk/uk/this-is-messed-up-a-swedish-village-decides-to-rename-itself/ "The earliest records of Fucke date back to 1547"    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 08:16:07

• ● NEWS ● #RollingStone #Policing ☞ REVEALED: #Portland #Police Riot Training Presentation Included Graphic Slide on Brutalizing ‘Dirty Hippies’ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/portland-police-riot-training-slide-beating-dirty-hippies-1285167/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 08:16:55

• ● NEWS ● #FordAuthority #DRM #DigitalRestrictions ☞ 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning Will Come With One Year No-Sale Provision https://fordauthority.com/2022/01/2022-ford-f-150-lightning-will-come-with-one-year-no-sale-provision/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 08:18:29

• ● NEWS ● #IndiaTimes #Monopolies #gulag #facebook ☞ #Zuckerberg , Pichai signed 'big deal' to carve up ad market: Report https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/corporate-news/zuckerberg-pichai-signed-big-deal-to-carve-up-ad-market-report/88911759    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 08:19:05

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Finance ☞ Poor People's Campaign Readies 'Massive, Nonviolent' Effort to Save Democracy https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/01/15/poor-peoples-campaign-readies-massive-nonviolent-effort-save-democracy    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 08:19:38

• iophk: illegal tying; #DMCA + #TPM due to licensing not ownership of the software; https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/farmers-seek-jury-trial-against-john:f    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 08:20:20

• If you ever doubted for a second that Linux was better than Windows... ⚓ https://odysee.com/@TheLinuxGamer:f/if-you-ever-doubted-for-a-second-that:4 ䷉ #TheLinuxGamer    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 08:20:47

• ● NEWS ● #Hungary #orban ☞ April 3 is D day, COVID-related deaths exceed 40,000 and Hungarian govt backs Kazakh regime https://insighthungary.444.hu/2022/01/15/april-3-is-d-day-covid-related-deaths-exceed-40000-and-hungarian-govt-backs-kazakh-regime    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 08:21:32

• ● NEWS ● #PIA #GDPR ☞ Good News for GDPR Enforcement against Cookie Walls, but Also a Dangerous Legal Challenge from WhatsApp https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/good-news-for-gdpr-enforcement-against-cookie-walls-but-also-a-dangerous-legal-challenge-from-whatsapp/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 08:21:58

• Will we really let ourselves be governed by irredeemable idiots? That's the choice, America | Salon.com ⚓ https://www.salon.com/2022/01/13/will-we-really-let-ourselves-be-governed-by-irredeemable-morons-thats-the-choice-america/ ䷉ #salon    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 08:24:01

• They should not give a "fucke" what the world said. Same for "fucking" (place) in #austria https://www.rt.com/news/546167-village-sweden-name-change/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 08:25:03

• #gulag itself is a threat to #security and it previously put #nsa back-doored crypto inside #linux https://siliconangle.com/2022/01/13/google-calls-u-s-government-secure-critical-open-source-software/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 08:25:47

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #DirecTV ☞ DirecTV to Drop Rabidly Pro-Trump One America News https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/01/15/directv-drop-rabidly-pro-trump-one-america-news    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 08:29:37

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Brazil ☞ Opinion | Families in Brazil Face Devastating Floods; Social Movements Respond https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/01/15/families-brazil-face-devastating-floods-social-movements-respond    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 08:37:02

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ #Sanders Says #Manchin and #Sinema Are Imperiling US Democracy https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/01/15/sanders-says-manchin-and-sinema-are-imperiling-us-democracy    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 08:38:06

• ● NEWS ● #FAIR ☞ It’s Not ‘Encouraging’ That Mostly People With Disabilities Die Despite #Covid19 Shots https://fair.org/home/its-not-encouraging-that-mostly-the-disabled-die-despite-covid-shots/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 08:39:43

• NHS (UK) Survey of COVID-19-Linked Deaths: 79% of the Fatalities Did Receive COVID-19 Vaccines (But There’s a Caveat) http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/01/01/nhs-covid19/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 08:40:53

• Democracy undermined by "democrats" too https://truthout.org/articles/sanders-says-manchin-and-sinema-are-undermining-us-democracy/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 08:42:23

• #donaldBiden for Prolonging #Trump #Coal Policy https://truthout.org/articles/appalling-climate-groups-slam-biden-for-prolonging-trump-coal-policy/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 08:44:08

• ● NEWS ● #FAIR #Ukraine ☞ Hawkish Pundits Downplay Threat of War, Ukraine’s Nazi Ties https://fair.org/home/hawkish-pundits-downplay-threat-of-war-ukraines-nazi-ties/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 08:45:36

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | Untangling Ourselves From the Dark Side of War https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/01/15/untangling-ourselves-dark-side-war    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 08:46:31

• ● NEWS ● #TorrentFreak #copyright #copyrights #Manga ☞ Manga Artist Maki Murakami Targets Large Pirate Site #NyaHentai https://torrentfreak.com/manga-artist-maki-murakami-targets-large-pirate-site-nyahentai-com-220115/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 08:46:58

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Finance ☞ Monthly Child Tax Credit Payments Have Ended as Congress Debates Its Future https://truthout.org/articles/monthly-child-tax-credit-payments-have-ended-as-congress-debates-its-future/ but they have money for this: http://techrights.org/2020/08/18/microsoft-graft/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 08:48:02

• Obnoxious to who? https://truthout.org/articles/djokovic-is-obnoxious-but-his-story-highlights-cruelty-of-australian-detention/ #Djokovic    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 08:48:54

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Monbiot ☞ Opinion | Rest Is Important, but Corporate Polluters Want Us to Stay Distracted https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/01/15/rest-important-corporate-polluters-want-us-stay-distracted    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 08:49:23

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #NPR ☞ Opinion | Eight New Year's Resolutions for NPR to Consider Now https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/01/15/eight-new-years-resolutions-npr-consider-now still takes bribes from #microsoft and #famousCriminal #billgates https://www.cjr.org/criticism/gates-foundation-journalism-funding.php    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 08:50:36

• Best Free and Open Source JavaScript Engines • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/160328 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 08:50:52

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #covid19 ☞ How Did We Go From Stimulus Checks to "Go to Work With COVID"? https://truthout.org/articles/how-did-we-go-from-stimulus-checks-to-go-to-work-with-covid/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 08:51:15

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #OAS ☞ Opinion | 10 Reasons the OAS Secretary-General Must Go https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/01/15/10-reasons-oas-secretary-general-must-go    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 08:52:18

• "Posted my last #Instagram post yesterday. I’m deleting my Instagram account on Monday. After a period of time where I was scared it might cost me some freelance work, I finally made the decision." https://mastodon.social/@margodeweerdt/107625976263102926    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 08:53:40

• "Nobody accidentally makes a billion dollars while working on protecting human rights and democracy. The only way you make a billion dollars is by working on making a billion dollars." https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/107625971068874563    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 08:54:19

• " #GDPR (acronym): a European data protection law that’s enforced in the EU by Max Schrems and noyb." https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/107620054850176364 #EPO dodges the #law again: http://techrights.org/2021/06/10/edps-gdpr-epo-impunity/ @aral    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 08:55:18

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ State Legislatures Are Silencing Native Voices Through Redistricting https://truthout.org/articles/state-legislatures-are-silencing-native-voices-through-redistricting/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 08:55:52

• Stuttgart https://mastodon.social/@nusenu/107622723707463545    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 08:56:52

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams # ☞ Opinion | Time for AG Garland to Create Corporate Crime Database https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/01/15/time-ag-garland-create-corporate-crime-database    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 08:57:09

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Tonga ☞ #Tsunami Triggered by Huge Volcanic Eruption Hits Tonga https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/01/15/tsunami-triggered-huge-volcanic-eruption-hits-tonga    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 08:57:30

• "I'd like to add that I asked #intel #linux #wifi engineers for help with this issue, without any response." https://bsd.network/@stsp/107616613080425400 #intel hates #linux http://techrights.org/wiki/Intel_leaks    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 08:58:25

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | The Ethics, Economics, and Imperative of Cancelling Student #Debt https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/01/15/ethics-economics-and-imperative-cancelling-student-debt    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 08:58:44

• "This is a lightbulb moment for me" https://social.cybre.town/@DeveloperMemes/107625657514644300    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 08:59:45

• Supply chain has just given up https://mastodon.social/@thomasfuchs/107621612127463237    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 09:00:18

• "Public Lecture: Join us on Tuesday, January 18th at 18:00 GMT for a virtual discussion at @ucl on EU-US Data Transfers." https://mastodon.social/@noybeu/107625187364600349 #noyb needs to go after #epo http://techrights.org/2021/06/10/edps-gdpr-epo-impunity/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 09:01:20

• Best Free and Open Source Alternative to IBM Rational DOORS • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/160329 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 09:01:35

• #Google #Android Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/160330 #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 09:02:12

• "My account was purely personal, but I should download my pictures and kiss it goodbye. I think I'll try to find time by the end of the year." #deletefacebook #FBInstagram https://social.doma.dev/@jonn/107626058391105024    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 09:03:00

• #twitter is not social and not media. A week ago I contemplated deleting 'my' account there (they own it, I'm just a tenant). I still contemplate this. http://techrights.org/2022/01/06/twitter-boycott/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 09:04:07

• Links 16/1/2022: Tsunami and Patents • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2022/01/16/tsunami-and-patents/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/01/16/tsunami-and-patents/   

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 09:34:50

• #Programming Leftover • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/160331 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 09:35:18

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/160332 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 09:35:35

• Today’s 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/160333 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 09:35:47

• Solve #Wordle using the Linux command line | ⚓ https://opensource.com/article/22/1/word-game-linux-command-line ䷉ #FreeSW    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 09:58:36

• #nsa #backdoors #x86 https://www.cnx-software.com/2022/01/16/intel-nuc-11-essential-mini-pc-and-sbc-with-jasper-lake-soc/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 10:00:11

• Still stuck in the 1990s? https://finance.yahoo.com/news/mac-linux-games-leave-humble-bundle-trove-193050501.html    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 10:05:02

• #EPO ’s Web Site Constantly Spammed by Lies About #Privacy While EPO Breaks the Law and Outsources Data to the United States • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2022/01/16/just-enough-privacy-lies/ ䷉ #Techrights #Microsoft #GDPR | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/01/16/just-enough-privacy-lies/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 11:24:27

• he #AntónioCampinos -led #EPO works for #imperialism , it not only protects the rich; sadly, António’s father isn’t alive anymore and surely he would blast his son for doing what he does to progress his career while lying to staff and European citizens http://techrights.org/2022/01/16/just-enough-privacy-lies/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 11:31:45

• "Gary Reinert’s new #patent entitled “method and apparatus for rapid stopping of a motor vehicle particularly on snow or ice.” U.S. Pat. No. 11,091,154." #patents on brainfarts https://patentlyo.com/patent/2022/01/snow-brakes.html    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 11:33:25

• Are even holidays and traditions being patented? https://www.mondaq.com/uk/patent/1142102/christmas-patents    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 11:34:30

• Today in #Techrights • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/160334 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 12:07:58

• #amazon is #spying company. Don't send any backups to it, not even encrypted. https://grep.be/blog//en/computer/Backing_up_my_home_server_with_Bacula_and_Amazon_Storage_Gateway/ #surveillance http://techrights.org/2021/03/13/epoleaks-report-march-2021-part-4/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 12:10:12

• #RaspberryPI Kiosk: creating a touchscreen, informative stand • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/160335 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 12:13:22

• #biden still trying to shoehorn a #microsoft aggressor and proponent of #swpats into #uspto leadership https://www.managingip.com/article/b1w9v4spnsbwzm/this-week-in-ip-vidal-and-stark-nominations-progress-singapore-passes-major-ip-bill-and-more see http://techrights.org/2021/11/29/microsoft-vidal/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 12:15:53

• There is no such thing as "IP" and what's alluded to here is not "rights", either. Hayleigh Bosher/Rosie Burbidge drank too much Kool-Aid. http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/01/guest-book-review-research-handbook-on.html    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 12:17:55

• Nowadays #JUVE posts mostly #marketing #spam instead of articles; to make matters worse, #AmySandys keeps posting fake news (lies) for people who break the #law https://www.juve-patent.com/news-and-stories/people-and-business/ones-to-watch-in-uk-patent-litigation-2022/ see http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Juve    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 12:19:48

• Speaking only to #patent boosters (and sponsors) to install a Microsofter as #USPTO Director https://www.managingip.com/article/b1wb5q6rmtflcg/vaccines-and-vidal-what-pharma-in-house-are-watching-in-2022 #corruption #microsoft http://techrights.org/2021/11/29/microsoft-vidal/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 12:21:29

• No, UPC is illegal, but #litigation profit drool over the money, so they promote #fakenews and lies to politicians https://www.mondaq.com/patent/1149694/one-step-closer-to-the-unified-patent-court see http://techrights.org/2022/01/15/question-e-0055512021/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 12:24:22

• #JACK2 needs to #deletegithub ... it's #microsoft #ProprietarySoftware that's an ATTACK on #freesw and on all of us http://techrights.org/2020/06/15/confessions-of-scott-guthrie/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 12:25:37

• #AutoBrilliance is a #patentTroll with #fakepatents https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2022/1/13/2000-for-autobrilliance-prior-art #ptab    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 12:28:15

• "‘137 #patent is generally directed to inter-vehicle communication systems and methods for detecting objects and notifying drivers" https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2022/1/11/autobrilliance-patent-challenged-as-first-us-reexam-in-new-unified-v2x-zone #ptab #fakepatents    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 12:29:16

• Misuse of #trademark #law http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2022/01/ed-va-district-court-upholds-ttab.html    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 12:29:58

• Symptom of a corrupt #patent system in the US, wherein the courts can act like for-profit corporations to treat lawsuits like business and then facilitate "form shopping" http://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2022/01/11/is-work-from-home-a-u-s-venue-work-around/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 12:32:02

• Florian Müller: 2022's most interesting patent enforcement question: #HowTo raise a successful FRAND defense in #Munich and Mannheim under #Sisvel v. #Haier (short of Sec 315) ⚓ http://www.fosspatents.com/2022/01/2022s-most-interesting-patent.html ䷉ #fosspatents    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 12:37:31

• " #Crunchfish Gesture Interaction AB ("Crunchfish") has received an Intention to Grant from the European #Patent Office (EPO)" https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/crunchfish-announces-12th-gesture-interaction-patent-301459189.html but see http://techrights.org/2018/04/17/patent-quality-epo-lies/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 12:39:51

• " #Mazda recently filed a #patent application for a rear-wheel drive rotary design with the European Patent Office." https://tflcar.com/2022/01/mazda-is-back-with-another-rotary-patent-this-time-for-a-3-rotor-hybrid-design/ but #EPO grants a lot of #fakepatents http://techrights.org/2021/12/28/epo-wont-invest-in-staff-and-in-quality/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 12:41:07

• Pine64's Newest Linux Smartphone... http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/160136#comment-32523   

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 12:44:33

• "While FDM printers have gotten bigger lately, there’s almost always going to be a part that is bigger than your bed. The answer? Break your design into parts and assemble them after printing. However, the exact method to do this is a bit of a personal choice." https://hackaday.com/2022/01/16/giant-3d-prints-piece-by-piece/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 12:49:23

• Is Gruyère Still #Gruyère if It Doesn’t Come From Gruyères? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/12/business/gruyere-cheese-us-court-ruling.html #Trademark #Law going too far?    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 12:54:57

• #Patent maximalist #JasonRantanen taking on #CAFC , which has been pushing back against such maximalists https://patentlyo.com/patent/2022/01/federal-circuit-statistics-package.html see http://techrights.org/wiki/Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Federal_Circuit_%28CAFC%29    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 12:58:16

• "Counting change is a great way to teach children about mathematics and money, but it grows tiresome for those of us that have passed the first grade." https://hackaday.com/2022/01/16/coin-sorter-is-elegant-and-beautiful/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 13:00:24

• "The program is open-source and multi-platform. You can build it yourself or download pre-compiled binaries for Windows, Linux, and Mac." But needs to #deletegithub which is #microsoft #ProprietarySoftware that's used to attack us all https://hackaday.com/2022/01/15/serial-studio-one-year-on/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 13:01:53

• "That’s not always the case, though. Sometimes inducing a glitch on purpose can be a useful tool, especially when reverse engineering something." https://hackaday.com/2022/01/15/glitch-your-way-to-reverse-engineering-glory-with-the-picoemp/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 13:04:23

• UK: By Design: Update On Registered Design Filing At The #UKIPO https://www.mondaq.com/uk/trademark/1148682/by-design-update-on-registered-design-filing-at-the-uk-ipo working for #plutocrats http://techrights.org/2021/10/10/epo-uk-ac-delegates/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 13:15:20

• The #patent system warped to favour aggressors at the expense of due process and presumption of innocence https://www.mondaq.com/uk/patent/1148708/the-patent-prosecution-highway #patents #monopolies    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 13:25:21

• #WorldIntellectualPropertyReview or #WIPR is peddling #fakenews for #TeamUPC , as it has been doing for years (and proven wrong, repeatedly https://www.worldipreview.com/article/2022-forecast-what-lies-in-store-for-the-upc see http://techrights.org/2021/08/19/captured-media-telling-lies/ #unitarypatent #unifiedpatentcourt    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 13:27:36

• No, there is no such thing as "IP" and what Márk Kovács is neither legally nor technically a right; moreover, #monopolies or #patents on #plants are insane! https://www.mondaq.com/patent/1149776/don39t-wait-too-long-to-enforce-your-ip-rights-especially-community-plant-variety-rights see http://techrights.org/2020/05/15/gmo-and-epo-decision/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 13:31:19

• Groups Like ’No #Patents on Seeds!’ and &Friends of the Earth Germany’ Respond to Bayer's #GMO Patents (Previously Monsanto) in Light of EPO's Watered-Down Decision • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2020/05/15/gmo-and-epo-decision/ ䷉ #Techrights | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2020/05/15/gmo-and-epo-decision/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 13:32:59

• #Kernel: Page Table Check and Habana Labs Work in Linux 5.17 • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/160336 #GPL #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 13:37:44

• "The problem was caused by reusing a mechanism designed for actual re-encryption operation." Bug door? https://linuxiac.com/cryptsetup-vulnerability/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 13:39:13

• "And that fool would be me. After realising that HyperSeq is lazy, I managed to simplify the code in my last post." #rakulang #programming https://gfldex.wordpress.com/2022/01/16/fooled-by-complexety/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 13:40:53

• Bribe-for-review pipeline https://www.how2shout.com/review/avermedia-extremecap-uvc-bu110-review.html #www as #spamfarm    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 13:41:57

• Overlooks the role played in helping #teamUPC break the law https://english.sta.si/2987589/digital-markets-agreement-among-presidency-top-achievements #Slovenia #Ljubljana #EU http://techrights.org/2021/12/18/slovenia-ursil/ http://techrights.org/2021/12/18/video-slovenia-again/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 13:44:19

• #UJSPTO very often wrong in granting #trademarks http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2022/01/in-2021-what-was-rate-of-ttab.html #trademark #law @techdirt    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 13:45:16

• The Corporate Cabal (and Spy Agencies-Enabled Monopolies) Engages in Raiding of the #FreeSoftware Community and Hacker Culture • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2022/01/16/stealing-hacker-culture/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/01/16/stealing-hacker-culture/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 13:53:08

• #epo #patents https://www.carglancer.com/mazda-3-may-receive-a-two-door-coupe-version/ of what actual quality though? http://techrights.org/2021/12/28/epo-wont-invest-in-staff-and-in-quality/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 13:54:49

• #bbc has rapidly become #covidDenier http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/01/14/bbc-spin/ #misinformation #billbc #fakenews    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 13:57:10

• Is this an attempt to distract from illegality of UPC? https://www.managingip.com/article/b1w8sp0q175zbb/eu-lays-down-law-on-uk-rights-of-representation see http://techrights.org/2022/01/15/question-e-0055512021/ #unitarypatent #unifiedpatentcourt    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 13:59:24

• Focusing too much on #patents instead of actual products (not the same) https://www.republicworld.com/technology-news/mobile/motorola-wrap-around-display-tech-surfaces-in-a-patent-covers-four-sides-of-device-articleshow.html    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 14:03:18

• "There are 1963 [Gemini] capsules. We successfully connected recently to 1596 of them." 4 more till 1,600!! gemini://gemini.bortzmeyer.org/software/lupa/stats.gmi see http://techrights.org/2022/01/13/gemini-capsules-almost-2000/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 14:07:48

• New Lows for #BillBC #Misinformation : People Who Die of #COVID19 Aren't Really Dying of COVID-19 http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/01/16/bbc-misinformation-and-fake-news/ #BBC is COVID denier for #borisnaro    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 14:21:56

• #IAM claims "leap forward on the UPC", but it is still illegal, unconstitutional, and basically stuck https://www.iam-media.com/frand/europe-year-in-review-top-five-stories see http://techrights.org/wiki/Unitary_Patent    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 14:26:00

• Precedential No. 1: #TTAB Sustains Spotify's Dilution-By-Blurring Claim Against #POTIFY for Clothing and Marijuana-Related Software and Services http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2022/01/precedential-no-1-ttab-sustains.html #Trademarks #Trademark    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 14:26:52

• "A ruling in the US courts says #gruyere is a generic style of #cheese that can come from anywhere. The decision means US cheesemakers, not just those in #France or #Switzerland , can continue to create and market cheese under the common name." https://www.dairyreporter.com/Article/2022/01/10/US-judge-says-gruyere-is-a-common-food-name    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 14:28:04

• "In Tyler, the #SupremeCourt found that a #patent assignment excepting a few specific counties was not a “true assignment” and therefore the purported assignees had no right to sue on the case." https://patentlyo.com/patent/2022/01/overruling-first-patent.html    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 14:34:09

• "Of course, thus far in the 2021-22 term, the Supreme Court has not yet granted certiorari in any #patent cases." https://patentlyo.com/patent/2022/01/supreme-court-patent-decisions.html http://techrights.org/wiki/SCOTUS    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 14:35:11

• In an overt attack on the people who actually did all the work — the geeks who built excellent software to be gradually privatised through the #LinuxFoundation (a sort of price-fixing and #openwashing #cartel for shared interests of #proprietarysoftware firms) — is receiving more widespread condemnation; even the OSI has been bribed to become a part-time Microsoft outsourcer as organisations are easier to corrupt than communities http://techrights.org/2022/01/16/stealing-hacker-culture/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 14:36:53

• In an overt attack on the people who actually did all the work — the geeks who built excellent software to be gradually privatised through the #LinuxFoundation (a sort of price-fixing and #openwashing #cartel for shared interests of #proprietarysoftware firms) http://techrights.org/2022/01/16/stealing-hacker-culture/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 14:37:37

• 4 grand for help in throwing out #fakepatent leveraged by #patentTroll https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2022/1/10/4000-for-big-will-enterprise-prior-art #uspto #ptab    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 14:40:42

• #TTAB #USPTO #trademark stats: " I counted 92 refusals, of which 84 were affirmed and 8 reversed. That's an affirmance rate of about 91.3%, a five-point rise from last year's 88%." http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2022/01/in-2021-how-often-did-ttab-affirm.html    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 14:41:56

• BBC’s face-saving propaganda for Tories (and evidence of vaccination strategy being insufficient, necessitating another wintertime lockdown) http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/01/16/bbc-misinformation-and-fake-news/ #bbc #covid19 #misinformation #covidDenial #uk    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 14:42:42

• BBC: people in #socialcontrolmedia who say #covid19 deaths are misattributed is #misinformation but it's OK when we say it, because we're BBC http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/01/16/bbc-misinformation-and-fake-news/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 14:43:48

• Speaking of #bbc #misinformation , the lies by omission have become so casual. For instance, it's not saying that "booster" uptake is now lowest since it all began: https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/vaccinations?areaType=overview&areaName=United%20Kingdom (Source: NHS data, official)    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 14:51:47

• #bbc isn't doing #journalism but #brainwash for the so-called "common good" (no, it's not good to lie to people to avoid a much-needed lock-down, instead helping this virus to spread to everyone). #borisnaro #corruptmedia #misinformation    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 14:53:31

• "British newspapers have given heavy coverage to the association between Prince Andrew and the Epstein saga. Yet the Australian press, faced with strict laws about defamation, can not give the same level of attention to the relationship between the Prime Minister and Hillsong allegations" https://danielpocock.com/novak-djokovic-sport-politics-contradictions/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 14:56:44

• "This includes downloading, bootloader, and all the fixing for a functional arch system. Using this new branch you can do it as well!" https://yewtu.be/watch?v=1fXc0MzbAuE #gmu #linux    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 14:58:50

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/160337 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 15:01:39

• 3 Best Free and Open Source #JavaScript Engines - LinuxLinks ⚓ https://www.linuxlinks.com/free-open-source-javascript-engines/ ䷉ #LinuxLinks #GNU #Linux #FreeSW    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 15:06:19

• #BBC right now is something along the lines of, we don’t like the numbers, so please disregard the numbers. BBC: ignore the infections. BBC gone “full Borisnaro”. Next to it right now is a story which normalises “herd immunity”, a.k.a. defeatism. http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/01/16/bbc-misinformation-and-fake-news/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 15:12:31

• #LatteDock v0.1 • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/160338 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 15:12:50

• #france under #covid19 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/14/opinion/france-economy-pandemic-socialism.html    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 15:14:17

• #GStreamer #RustLang bindings 0.18.0 release https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/news/#2022-01-16T11:00:00Z    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 15:21:04

• Highly misleading headline and misdirection, suggestive of #Microsoft controlling #CISA and using it to deflect blame https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/current-activity/2022/01/16/microsoft-warns-destructive-malware-targeting-ukrainian http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Microsoft_and_the_NSA    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 15:22:43

• "Want to run your system tests headless? And why not both ways? Here’s how to extend Rails tasks to run your system tests with the driver of your choice." https://nts.strzibny.name/rails-system-tests-headless/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 15:27:48

• #Security Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/160339 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 15:28:17

• Günther Wagner - Announce new release 0.9.0 of librest • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/160340 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 15:28:54

• "The case reached the Supreme Court in 1886, but the court sided with the accused infringer. The case involved admitted-prior-art." #scotus #patents #monopolies #priorart https://patentlyo.com/patent/2022/01/admitted-prior-1886.html http://techrights.org/wiki/SCOTUS    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 15:30:18

• Texas Two-Step Cannot Avoid Licensee Liability https://patentlyo.com/patent/2022/01/cannot-licensee-liability.html http://techrights.org/2017/08/30/attacks-on-ptab-intensify/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 15:31:25

• Fist fights? Or... https://pleated-jeans.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/cursed-ads-with-threatening-auras-32.jpg    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 15:32:43

• Giorgio Luceri is posting misleading PR #spam for #euipo http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/01/sunday-surprises.html looking to distract from EUIPO's destruction and #corruption e.g. http://techrights.org/2021/09/11/jobs-as-bribes/ and more: http://techrights.org/wiki/EUIPO    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 15:36:10

• By "sources" they mean sponsors; this is #lobbying disguised as "journalism" https://www.managingip.com/article/b1w9t2s7jxnyfk/uspto-must-back-up-new-tm-sanctions-with-action-in-house #managingip = #litigation 'sector' #propagandamill    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 15:39:32

• Florian Müller: Gulag's call on #Apple to support the RCS messaging standard is consistent with what an #EU commissioner already wanted 11 years ago: the EU's unfinished interoperability business ⚓ http://www.fosspatents.com/2022/01/googles-call-on-apple-to-support-rcs.html ䷉ #fosspatents    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 15:40:33

• #COVIDDenial has spread to #nytimes .. countries that failed to contain #covid19 now 'fall back' on, "well, it's not TOO bad" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/14/world/europe/uk-omicron-coronavirus-pandemic.html    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 15:42:10

• "...European Research Council (ERC) starting grant worth €1.5 million to undertake a five-year research project examining the bioethical implications posed by patents over technologies related to the human body." https://www.kildarenow.com/news/home/717897/doctor-at-maynooth-university-awarded-1-5-million-grant-for-patentsinhumans-biology-project.html    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 15:44:30

• Latest phase in media coverage coordinated by financial interests: COVID denial (pretend it's not a big deal, downplay deaths), eventually promoting #patent monopolisation of alleged solution to the problem. https://www.devex.com/news/covid-19-in-2021-a-timeline-of-the-coronavirus-outbreak-102417    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 15:46:28

• Korean tech giants fall prey to patent trolling http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20220116000164 #patenttrolls show that #patent system does not reward innovation and #patents are failing    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 15:52:01

• "five member-states of the EAEU: Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia." https://www.mondaq.com/russianfederation/trademark/1149770/the-eurasian-trademark-and-appellations-of-origin-registration-system-may-start-operating-in-2022    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 15:53:22

• Brussels Playbook: David Sassoli dies — Russia talks — #Surveillance scandal - POLITICO ⚓ https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/brussels-playbook/david-sassoli-dies-russia-talks-surveillance-scandal/ ䷉ #politico finally accessible WITHOUT #javascript (for first time in YEARS)    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 15:54:14

• #politico is owned and run by oligarchs now. Many did not pay attention to who had acquired the site months ago.    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 15:56:09

• With #covid19 the #patents have killed millions of people needlessly. A lot of the media is in the pocket of the #patent holders, so it's not informing readers. https://www.theregreview.org/2022/01/13/khodor-support-waiver-covid-19-vaccine-patents/ https://www.cjr.org/criticism/gates-foundation-journalism-funding.php    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 15:57:53

• For the sake of "the economy" (oligarchs), many governments have transitioned to COVID denial, downplaying the problem    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 15:59:33

• ’Nordic’ #GTK Theme Brings Nord Color Scheme to Linux Desktops • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/160341 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 15:59:46

• #BIO #lobbying for #patent extremist agenda, in "Webinar" clothing: https://www.patentdocs.org/2022/01/bio-ipcc-webinar-series.html see http://techrights.org/2018/03/20/attempts-to-thwart-ptab/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 16:02:21

• #ManagingIP downplaying severe #corruption of US #patent courts, having courted the culprit (Albright) for puff pieces "interviews" https://www.managingip.com/article/b1w97j8w0ys3v7/opinion-scotus-study-is-good-idea-but-little-will-come-of-it #propagandaMill on steroids: http://techrights.org/2020/11/29/managing-ip-puff-pieces/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 16:04:31

• New #nhs numbers out minutes ago and now it's SIX DAYS since they last released numbers of #covid19 #hospitalisations (and 3 days since last update on patients in hospital). They know the numbers but prefer not to tell. http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/01/08/uk-covid19-hospitalisations/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 16:08:06

• #uk gov.: do tests, quarantines etc. to get on a plane. Wear special masks at all time. Same gov: no need for anything to go into a football stadium with 50,000 other people. It's all about money. "WOMEN, GO SHOPPING!" "Lads, watch football!"    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 16:10:31

• European Union: Bubble Trouble For Names Similar To #Champagne , #EU Court Rules https://www.mondaq.com/trademark/1149576/bubble-trouble-for-names-similar-to-champagne-eu-court-rules "Champagne" = interests of rich people who write and buy the laws    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 16:13:03

• #TeamUPC still pushing hard with fake news, trying to advance totally illegal agenda https://hsfnotes.com/ip/2022/01/10/austrian-government-completes-ratification-of-protocol-on-provisional-application-of-the-upc-agreement-once-deposited-the-upc-may-start-within-8-months/ see http://techrights.org/2021/08/31/unified-patent-court-faking-it/ and http://techrights.org/2022/01/15/question-e-0055512021/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 16:15:06

• Santa? https://pleated-jeans.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/cursed-ads-with-threatening-auras-43.jpg    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 16:16:27

• Straw men https://assets.amuniversal.com/c7a90d003b9f013a8b1f005056a9545d    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 16:17:50

• #Osmo #PIM 0.2.14 compiled in #OpenEmbedded ⚓ https://bkhome.org/news/202201/osmo-pim-0214-compiled-in-oe.html ䷉ #bkhome | more in http://schestowitz.com/2022/01/16/#latest    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 16:24:12

• Well, the Enlarged Board of Appeal is rigged, but they do not mention it https://www.meissnerbolte.de/en/meissner-bolte-newsletter/2022/ see http://techrights.org/2021/06/26/g-121-epo-catastrophe/ #epo    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 16:31:56

• Is #Bioionix aware that #EPO grants loads of invalid #patents , based on insiders? https://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/bioionix-inc-announces-issuance-of-european-patent-for-electrochemical-water-treatment see http://techrights.org/2021/12/28/epo-wont-invest-in-staff-and-in-quality/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 16:35:59

• #Transparency through data https://www.civilbeat.org/2022/01/why-hawaii-needs-a-chief-data-officer-now/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 16:37:40

• #billBC : "Long Covid is not fully understood," (1.3 MILLION Brits affected) but we at the #bbc are cheering for the government to spread #covid19 to everyone at an alarming pace because... "the economy"...    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 16:40:47

• BBC: "The Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates about 1.3 million people in the UK have "long Covid"..." Also BBC: it's fine!! Nothing to see here!! http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/01/16/bbc-misinformation-and-fake-news/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 16:42:38

• "Decades later, lawsuits submitted under the Child Victims’ Act have exposed rampant claims of physical, emotional and sexual abuse." https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/14/nyregion/family-foundation-school-abuse-lawsuits.html    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 16:43:51

• 2 years down the line our govs., esp. in #europe (and #uk included), decided to shift strategy to COVID downplaying, denial, defeatism, and scapegoating of groups of people (inciting one group against another -- deflection tactics basically) http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/01/02/2-years-of-pandemic/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 16:49:54

• Top 4 Linux Distros for Beginners (2022) • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/160342 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 16:50:08

• Back when travel was still possible and not a pain (or a major risk) there were discussions about issues like fair pay. Now they're telling us we're just lucky to be alive. It is a psychological tactic.    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 16:52:47

• First trip to client (London Town Hall), 2013 http://schestowitz.com/royrianne/gallery/index.php/Trip-to-London/Westminster-and-London-Eye/Westminster/Westminster-Bridge/bridge_19    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 16:53:14

• Total lunatics still trying to #patent life itself, not because of inventiveness but pure greed, deceit, Hubris https://www.patentdocs.org/2022/01/cvc-files-substantive-miscellaneous-motion-no-4-to-add-senior-party-patents-and-designate-claims-cor.html http://techrights.org/2018/07/08/life-science-patents/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 16:57:32

• ’Secrets’ - Modern Simple GTK4 App to Store Your Passwords in Ubuntu / Fedora • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/160343 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 16:57:53

• This is wasting courts' time; they should just reject all of these ludicrous #patents https://www.patentdocs.org/2022/01/cvc-files-substantive-preliminary-motion-no-3-for-priority-benefit.html see http://techrights.org/2018/07/01/nature-is-not-an-invention/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 16:59:36

• These affairs show that the #patent system became all about #profiteering and privatisation, nothing at all to do with #discovery and #invention https://www.patentdocs.org/2022/01/cvc-substantive-preliminary-motion-no-1-for-priority-benefit.html see http://techrights.org/2018/06/24/more-patents-on-life-and-nature/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 17:01:34

• Links 16/1/2022: #LatteDock 0.11 and librest 0.9.0 • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2022/01/16/librest-0-9-0/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/01/16/librest-0-9-0/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 17:17:52

• #trademark "Court of the Russian Federation often issues rulings to this effect, and has published some criteria for what it defines as 'token use'." https://www.mondaq.com/russianfederation/trademark/1150800/ip-court-clarifies-what-constitutes-token-use-for-trademarks-vulnerable-to-nonuse    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 17:23:07

• "In a 2019 article, Professor Chien provided more detailed guidance on how this could be accomplished." https://patentlyo.com/patent/2022/01/deferred-eligibility-response.html http://techrights.org/2018/10/24/invalidating-software-patents-section-101/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 17:24:31

• False terminology; "Intellectual Property" is a misleading misnomer, it should say trademarks instead https://www.mondaq.com/trademark/1150126/6-tips-for-ensuring-your-intellectual-property-works-for-you see http://techrights.org/2021/10/25/bulgaria-like-bavaria/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 17:26:37

• #Programming Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/160344 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 17:27:21

• Today’s 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/160345 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 17:27:35

• Monster https://pleated-jeans.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/saturday-morning-cartoons-17-pics-3.png    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 17:31:00

• Terrible advice suggesting #microsoft #ProprietarySoftware and then this (running random crap from the Web): "curl -fsSL https://code-server.dev/install.sh | sh" https://www.how2shout.com/linux/install-code-server-for-vs-code-on-ubuntu-22-04-or-20-04-lts/    

posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 17:33:03