Techrights — Change Control and What Will Come After Git (If …
WEB2 days ago · Wall Street is a perverse force in the technology market, incentivising the most harmful (and mostly useless) things. Change Control and What Will Come After Git (If That's Still Possible at All) It would be wrong to believe (at least misguided) Git can be a "standard" skill 30 or 50 years from now. On the Web, HTTPS Has Actually Become a ...
Techrights — Welcome to the New Techrights
WEBWelcome to Techrights. Welcome to the current iteration of Techrights, online since 2006 with a major infrastructural upgrade in late 2022.Here you will find our latest posts. In addition to HTTP/HTTPS here, Techrights is also available via Gemini and IPFS editions, though the IPFS service is on hiatus for the foreseeable future. Just the other year, Techrights upgraded from a heavy content ...
Techrights — The Problem Isn't That New Cars Use Electricity But …
WEB1 day ago · The Problem Isn't That New Cars Use Electricity But That They Use Too Many Bits of Electronics. posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 08, 2024 "...and proprietary software wrapped in proprietary APIs and protocols all without a modicum of compartmentalisation," an associate adds, "specifically designed to infringe on individual rights, why else would the vehicles upload many GB per hour?"
Techrights — We're Turning 18 in 30 Days
WEB1 day ago · We're Turning 18 in 30 Days. posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 08, 2024. ON 2006-11-07 (i.e. 18 years ago as of next month) a site that looks like this was born:. The site was born when I was finishing my Ph.D. thesis and had plenty of spare time for advocacy, activism, journalism (as a job), and a role at Netscape.com …
Techrights — gemini.techrights.org and techrights.org (Same …
WEB1 day ago · gemini.techrights.org and techrights.org (Same Server, Not the Same Protocol) posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 08, 2024. As just noted in the sister site, we're seeing some growing interest in Gemini Protocol and therefore today (overnight) we're doing some further work on the back end, enhancing and tidying up the workflows.. Social Control Media is generally a train wreck and we're thinking ...
Techrights — Plans for the Site's 19th Year
WEBOct 2, 2024 · Plans for the Site's 19th Year. posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 02, 2024. A single month from now begins our 19 th year as a site and next summer will be the start of our 18 th year as an IRC community, which continues to expand.Back in 2014 we focused a lot of our efforts, resources etc. on covering EPO scandals.
Techrights — Technology: rights or responsibilities? - Part II
WEBOct 2, 2024 · Outline. This thesis on technology and responsibility proceeds, albeit incoherently, through several stages. First from the very idea of "rights" and the fundamental duty of the State to protect citizens from arbitrary private power. Next to situate this in terms of "civic cybersecurity" and the growing realisation of security organisations ...
Techrights — Today in Techrights
WEBDec 11, 2023 · Today in Techrights. posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 11, 2023. Updated This Past Day. A Code of Conduct Can Lead to Deterioration of Quality Control in Linux (Nobody Reprimanded for Technical Issues, Instead Critics at Times of …
The War on Free Software Reporters - Part I - Techrights
WEBMay 31, 2024 · The War on Free Software Reporters - Part I - Why Techrights Cannot be Censored (and Won't be Censored) posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 31, 2024,
Techrights — Upcoming Themes and Articles in Techrights
WEBApr 15, 2024 · Upcoming Themes and Articles in Techrights. posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 15, 2024, updated Apr 16, 2024. Still busy, very busy, but mostly behind the scenes (until it's almost ready) WE HAVE regrettably not managed to publish a lot of new articles in the past 2-3 days, but there's a reason for that. We're working on (researching, talking, preparing, polishing) a number of things to be ...