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Wed 10:59:18 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] it's your time
Wed 10:59:20 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] not theirs
Wed 10:59:25 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] they "innovate"
Wed 10:59:28 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] at your expense
Wed 11:00:38 │ 〖Sompi_〗 │ I want to write a program that "just works" and then only make small fixes to it after that
Wed 11:00:52 │ 〖Sompi_〗 │ I don't want to keep using large amounts of my time to that project
Wed 11:01:45 │ 〖Sompi_〗 │ And I also want to support various hardware targets, because technological diversity is good for freedom
Wed 11:01:55 │ 〖Sompi_〗 │ So I want to write my C code in such way that it works
Wed 11:02:30 │ 〖Sompi_〗 │ And that's what many developers just don't seem to get
Wed 11:02:44 │ 〖Sompi_〗 │ They think that everyone must have an identical computer to what they have
Wed 11:04:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "with no notice" ☛ https://hey.paris/posts/wise/ | Source: Paris Buttfield-Addison
Wed 11:04:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "going to do real world projects — for real clients" ☛ https://piccalil.li/blog/we-need-your-support-to-do-free-projects-for-good-causes-and-publish-free-high-quality-education/?ref=main-rss-feed | Source: Andy Bell
Wed 11:05:23 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] Sompi_: but in c you might need cogl
Wed 11:05:27 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] or mesa
Wed 11:05:33 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] or vxl
Wed 11:05:43 │ 〖Sompi_〗 │ And again, this is also why free software doesn't reach new users - everything is just half-baked buggy mess that may stop working on software update
Wed 11:05:43 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] a lot is worse than just shithub
Wed 11:05:51 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] otherwise there is not much you can dooo
Wed 11:05:54 │ 〖Sompi_〗 │ And the developers there are the most toxic people possible
Wed 11:07:18 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] "toxic" is ambiguous
Wed 11:07:23 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] because of rpojection
Wed 11:07:32 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] they would call old veterans neckberds
Wed 11:07:34 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] meant as insult
Wed 11:07:39 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] as iif expertise is bad
Wed 11:07:50 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] and old people live with their parents in the basement
Wed 11:08:00 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] and practical people like farbrice bellard would be "toxic"
Wed 11:08:04 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] or torvalds
Wed 11:08:08 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] becuase they work inthe CLI
Wed 11:08:10 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] and don't use "apps"
Wed 11:08:14 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] to them that's "toxic"
Wed 11:08:18 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] or if they're male
Wed 11:08:22 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] "toxic masculinity"
Wed 11:08:52 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] because apparently having a penis means extra toxicity
Wed 11:08:56 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] not PMS
Wed 11:12:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Now styled as just bZ, the compact SUV is also getting more range, thanks to expanded battery capacity, and an improved design" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/665241/toyota-bz4x-bz-update-range-battery-design | Source: The Verge
Wed 11:12:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Spanning 475 kilometers with 14 stations—Albrook, Ciudad de la Salud, Panama Pacifico, La Chorrera, Chame/Coronado, Río Hato, Penonomé, Divisa, Santiago, Soná, San Félix, David, Bugaba, and Paso Canoas-Frontera—the train will carry passengers at speeds up to 180 km/h and freight at 100 km/h." ☛ https://ticotimes.net/2025/05/12/how-panamas-new-railway-to-paso-canoas-will-transform-costa-rica | Source: Cost Rica
Wed 11:13:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Air traffic control has been in the news lately, on account of my country's declining ability to do it. Well, that's a long-term trend" ☛ https://computer.rip/2025-05-11-air-traffic-control.html | Source: Computers Are Bad
Wed 11:14:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "E-bikes" ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/05/e-bikes/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski
Wed 11:14:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Back to the original source–the energy we use to power all of this." ☛ https://seths.blog/2025/05/systems-complexity-and-energy/ | Source: Seth Godin
Wed 11:15:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I presume most of these bikers also have the noise-cancelling feature turned on as that’s the default on my own headphones." ☛ https://brainbaking.com/post/2025/05/biking-with-or-without-headphones/ | Source: Wouter Groeneveld
Wed 11:18:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "According to new research released today by [cryptocurrency]-tracing firm Elliptic, a company called Xinbi Guarantee has since 2022 facilitated no less than $8.4 billion in transactions" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/xinbi-guarantee-crypto-scam-hub/ | Source: Wired
Wed 11:19:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Norway's $1.8 trillion wealth fund, the world's largest, should invest more money in sectors addressing global challenges such as climate change and health and accept it may get lower returns on these investments, a citizens' panel said on Tuesday." ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-05-13/how-should-norway-spend-its-cash-solve-global-problems-says-citizen-panel | Source: US News And World Report
Wed 11:20:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Promoted in regional councils and city halls, the blue economy is many things to many people. Our project found noteworthy successes and gathering headwinds: [...]" ☛ https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-environment-watch/michigan-great-lakes-are-lifeblood-and-birthright-theyre-under-attack | Source: Bridge Michigan
Wed 11:20:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The only kind of operation that can reduce the number of tins of paint you have in stock is one that miraculously requires exactly the amount of paint that you happen to have remaining in an existing tin" ☛ https://incoherency.co.uk/blog/stories/conservation-of-tins-of-paint.html | Source: James Stanley
Wed 11:22:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 2008: Wolność komputerów https://www.rp.pl/plus-minus/art8312381-wolnosc-komputerow
Wed 11:23:48 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Identity politics is wrong https://stallman.org/archives/2025-mar-jun.html#13_May_2025_(Identity_politics_is_wrong)
Wed 11:25:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ linkedin will get you a job, says linkedin, the company that has had mass layoffs for several years already. classy!! Microsoft lies.
Wed 11:26:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ LinkedIn Facing Job Cuts as Microsoft Rationalizes Costs https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/linkedin-job-cuts-microsoft-staff-reductions/748034/
Wed 11:27:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ If they provided a breakdown of the layoffs, it would be easier to show they lie about the scale of the layoffs
Wed 11:28:18 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv5sx3t6
Wed 11:28:21 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] " your contempt for Indian workers is misplaced and not helpful with your name calling, grow up. Seems 'Orange Daddy' has influenced you more than you would like to admit.
Wed 11:28:21 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] Here's a suggestion, direct your ire at the senior management team in MS making these decisions and not 'Saris' as you put it. "
Wed 11:29:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "AI grift is over." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv5nhy0h
Wed 11:30:16 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrf809kj
Wed 11:30:19 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] "
Wed 11:30:19 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] I’m aware of a Senior Program Manager at Microsoft's Redmond Campus who subcontracts his own work to outside consultants for a small fee. Additionally, he runs a separate business selling imported products through an e-commerce store. Would this be considered unethical or a violation of Microsoft’s employee code of conduct? If so, who within the company should I report it to?
Wed 11:30:19 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] "
Wed 11:33:34 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] "
Wed 11:33:34 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] reporting inside the company would net you a world of reprisal. Like Snowden (NSA), inspired by Thomas Drake, leak outwards.
Wed 11:33:34 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] "
Wed 11:35:48 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Judge Susan Illston of the Northern District Court of California issued a temporary restraining order [PDF] (TRO) Friday" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/13/trump_government_layoffs_frozen/ | Source: The Register UK
Wed 11:36:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Prince Mohammed bin Bone Saw will take a few hundred thousand GPUs with his missiles and fighter jets" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/14/saudi_spending_spree/ | Source: The Register UK
Wed 11:37:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "While other social media sites and streaming services rush to scrub Kanye West’s pro-Nazi song from their platforms" ☛ https://www.404media.co/kanyes-nazi-song-is-all-over-instagram/ | Source: 404 Media
Wed 11:57:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "A government minister suggests that a planned data centre may be a way for China to bypass curbs on AI chip exports." ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20161498 | Source: YLE
Wed 11:58:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ It would anger the 2024 US government, not Plan 2025/Project MAGA, which defended TikTok even in defiance of the SCOTUS, not just Congress
Wed 11:59:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "A Florida bill, which would have required social media companies to provide an encryption backdoor for allowing police to access user accounts and private messages, has failed to pass into law." ☛ https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/09/florida-bill-requiring-encryption-backdoors-for-social-media-accounts-has-failed/ | Source: TechCrunch
Wed 11:59:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "A Florida bill requiring encryption backdoors failed to pass." ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/05/florida-backdoor-bill-fails.html | Source: Bruce Schneier
Wed 12:00:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The fine itself is small change for Meta, which had a net income of $62 billion on a turnover of $165 billion in 2024, and a market capitalization of $1.5 trillion." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/05/13/meta-threatens-to-pull-facebook-and-instagram-out-of-nigeria-over-290-million-fine-imposed-for-violation-of-local-privacy-laws/ | Source: Techdirt
Wed 12:10:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Windows TCO: "Like alcoholics, organizations cannot get better until they admit, confront, and work with others to mitigate the compulsions that bring them low." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/12/opinion_column_ransomware/ | Source: The Register UK
Wed 12:10:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Windows TCO: "Malicious or criminal attacks drove most of the reported breaches, accounting for 67% of incidents." ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/australia-data-breaches-highest-this-decade/ | Source: Cyble Inc
Wed 12:10:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Windows TCO: "Gov. Kay Ivey made the announcement on Monday morning, and local media reported later in the day that the government’s response was ongoing." ☛ https://therecord.media/alabama-says-cyber-event-could-cause-disruptions | Source: The Record
Wed 12:11:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Windows TCO: "The incident forced the retail giant to suspend online purchases, which remain unavailable. The attack was claimed by the DragonForce ransomware group, which also targeted [sic] Co-op and Harrods." ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/marks-spencer-says-data-stolen-in-ransomware-attack/ | Source: Security Week
Wed 12:11:47 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Windows TCO: "Authorities in Moldova on Monday announced the arrest of an individual suspected of being involved in DoppelPaymer ransomware attacks." ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/suspected-doppelpaymer-ransomware-group-member-arrested/ | Source: Security Week
Wed 12:12:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Windows TCO: "Mazhar, of Douglas, Cork, has been jailed for two years after pleading guilty to offences related to his illegal online business that sold ransomware and other malware, as well as stolen credit card details, and false bank accounts." ☛ https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/two-years-jail-for-down-on-his-luck-man-who-sold-ransomware-online | Source: Bitdefender
Wed 12:12:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Windows TCO: "The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence is considering updates to a key cybersecurity law. The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 expires this September." ☛ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2025/05/new-cybersecurity-law-updates-may-be-on-the-way/ | Source: Federal News Network
Wed 12:12:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Social Control Media ☛ https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/parenting/arid-41630926.html | Source: Irish Examiner
Wed 12:13:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "stimated using a sophisticated machine learning algorithm, the numbers are 31% higher than a count made through an earlier attempt in a major 2015 global study." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-05-north-american-boreal-forest-trees.html | Source: Omicron Limited
Wed 12:14:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "almost a naked cash grab" ☛ https://futurism.com/usa-today-automated-sports-stories | Source: Futurism
Wed 12:15:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "You can hardly get online these days without hearing some AI booster talk about how AI coding is going to replace human programmers." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/13/if-ai-is-so-good-at-coding-where-are-the-open-source-contributions/ | Source: Pivot to AI
Wed 12:15:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "But if AI is so obviously superior … show us the code. Where’s the receipts? Let’s say, where’s the open source code contributions using AI?"
Wed 12:16:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "In this post, I will walk you through my experience of creating a full-stack application using some of these AI coding assistants/agents and share some of my observations." ☛ https://syntackle.com/blog/the-problem-with-ai-generated-code/ | Source: Murtuzaali Surti https://techrights.org/o/2023/02/10/copilot-in-court/
Wed 12:16:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "the audiobook community is not always happy about this. Critics aregue the synthetic voices lack the nuance and emotion of human narrators, and this impacts the listener experience." ☛ https://www.androidpolice.com/audible-ai-narration/ | Source: Android Police
Wed 12:16:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "After years of letting blatant fakes run rampant on the platform, it looks like YouTube is finally blocking at least some AI "concept" trailer channels from monetizing their videos." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2780240/youtube-hates-ai-movie-trailers-as-much-as-i-do.html | Source: PC World
Wed 12:17:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "catastrophic consequences" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/666288/republican-ai-state-regulation-ban-10-years | Source: The Verge
Wed 12:17:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "These often focused on a single variable while ignoring more realistic, multi-factor explanations of links between health conditions and potential causes, along with some cherry-picked narrow data subsets without justification." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/13/ai_junk_science_papers/ | Source: The Register UK
Wed 12:18:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Things that did not help: [...]" ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/05/mail-de-badged/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski
Wed 12:19:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Some people claim they have no issues putting aside their devices and focusing on nature and how the ever-present crush of the world today helps them feel so alive—but for the rest of us" ☛ https://chrisenns.com/2025/05/brick-your-iphone-on-purpose/ | Source: Chris Enns
Wed 12:19:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Once confirmed as the secretary of health and human services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr promised a new era of “radical transparency” — but instead, he’s made the agencies he oversees even more opaque." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2025/05/fda-rfk-jr-vaccines-trump/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine
Wed 12:25:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Contained within is a new triple camera system, the main being a new 4/3 CMOS 100 megapixel Hasselblad camera with a 28mm EFL, mounted next to 70mm EFL and 168mm EFL cameras for mid and close tele." ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/drones/dji-mavic-4-pro-is-worlds-first-drone-with-a-revolutionary-infinity-gimbal-and-boasts-new-100-megapixel-hasselblad-main-camera | Source: Digital Camera World
Wed 12:25:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Sandisk has just unveiled its brand new WD Black NVMe SSD, which it says is the world's fastest PCIe Gen 5.0 NVMe SSD on the market." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/sandisks-new-wd-black-sn8100-claims-to-be-the-worlds-fastest-nvme-ssd-14-900mb-s-read-speeds-and-up-to-8tb-in-capacity | Source: Tom's Hardware
Wed 12:25:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I gave it half a year thinking I'd get used it, but I'm back to the noisy clackety-clack of clicky blue Cherry switches" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/13/linux_6_15_rc6_keyboards/ | Source: The Register UK
Wed 12:26:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Torvalds can't actually remember why he switched to a quieter, low profile keyboard. He isn't based in a shared office space, where a noisy mech keyboard would potentially disturb others, he muses." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/mechanical-keyboards/linus-torvalds-returns-to-clackety-clack-cherry-mx-blues-the-low-profile-quiet-keyboard-lifestyle-wasnt-for-him | Source: Tom's Hardware
Wed 12:26:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I hope I won't have to eat my own words. But I'm ever hopeful and optimistic." ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/slimbook-titan-report-6.html | Source: Dedoimedo
Wed 12:27:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Spectre refers to a set of hardware-level processor vulnerabilities identified in 2018 that can be used to break the security isolation between software." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/13/intel_spectre_race_condition/ | Source: The Register UK
Wed 12:28:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Branch Privilege Injection: Compromising Spectre v2 Hardware Mitigations by Exploiting Branch Predictor Race Conditions" ☛ https://comsec.ethz.ch/wp-content/files/bprc_sec25.pdf | Source: ETH Zürich
Wed 12:30:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Wintel TCO (Windows and Intel) ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/Wintel_TCO_Windows_and_Intel.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/Wintel_TCO_Windows_and_Intel.gmi ∎
Wed 12:33:44 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Linus Torvalds returns to a mechanical keyboard ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/Linus_Torvalds_returns_to_a_mechanical_keyboard.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/Linus_Torvalds_returns_to_a_mechanical_keyboard.gmi ∎
Wed 12:35:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The history of school lunches is a history of conflict," ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/american-schools-have-been-feeding-children-for-more-than-100-years-heres-how-the-school-lunch-has-changed-180986583/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine
Wed 12:36:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Then, in 2024, over the space of a few days, two different groups of researchers came out with new algorithms that were significantly faster than the old standard." ☛ https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-fastest-way-yet-to-color-graphs-20250512/ | Source: Quanta Magazine
Wed 12:39:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "But if we consider just location rather than energy, then there’s lots of information disorder when particles are distributed randomly in space – the information required to keep pace with them is considerable." ☛ https://theconversation.com/could-gravity-be-evidence-that-the-universe-is-a-computer-simulation-my-new-study-suggests-so-255913 | Source: The Conversation
Wed 12:40:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Terry Gerton I know you’re one of only a few scientists in Congress. What are you making of the Trump administration’s, by some counts, $3 billion in cuts in science and research programs since they took office?" ☛ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/budget/2025/05/the-only-member-of-congress-with-a-phd-in-science-weighs-in-on-trumps-cuts/ | Source: Federal News Network
Wed 12:40:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Many researchers are looking for a new home because the Trump administration has launched a broadside attack on science in the U.S. Undesirable students who do not hold American passports are to be deported." ☛ https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/usa-scientists-looking-to-leave-the-u-s-for-more-welcoming-environments-a-989ca73f-1dc9-4205-8405-1dc901c3623a#ref=rss | Source: Spiegel
Wed 12:40:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Academia's worse. Scientists at the height of their careers spend more time writing grants than doing research. Between 1975 and 2005" ☛ https://1517.substack.com/p/why-bell-labs-worked |
Wed 12:40:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "'Artefact Evaluation' describes the process of - essentially - checking if the tools used by researchers for an accepted paper can be used by others." ☛ https://labs.ripe.net/author/tfiebig/navigating-network-measurements-papers-reviews-and-reproducibility/ | Source: RIPE
Wed 12:43:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ IBM buying buzzwords and revenue https://www.techinasia.com/news/ibms-software-unit-buys-20m-israeli-ai-startup is that where the borrowed money goes? Hype and acquired revenue? http://techrights.org/n/2025/04/25/IBM_s_Debt_Ballooned_by_8_5_Billion_Dollars_in_Just_3_Months.shtml
Wed 12:44:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The memo goes on to say that Deferred Resignation Program (DRP) and Voluntary Early Retirement Authority (VERA) announcements described in Staff Memorandum OD 25-28 are also affected by the judge's order." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/14/national_science_foundation_memo/ | Source: The Register UK
Wed 12:44:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Whether it was on your phone, the five-day outlook in your newspaper, or your friendly TV meteorologist" ☛ https://www.vox.com/climate/412458/weather-service-forecast-noaa-climate-flood-cuts | Source: Vox
Wed 12:47:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Yes, but not relocating… already have a job secured somewhere else… just playing the game with IBM!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv4t46t2 "When are notices expected to go out?"
Wed 12:48:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Rob Thomas = Gavin Belson. Y’all watched Silicon Valley, right?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv4te8hp
Wed 12:49:05 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "RTP is dead as a doornail or completely F--ked ! And it's all because of the greed of Alvind and the P1mpmunks." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv5rrsej
Wed 12:54:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "NordVPN has announced a major update to its Linux app, adding a much-requested GUI front-end that makes it easier to control, configure and monitor secure connections." https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/nordvpn-linux-app-update-adds-gui
Wed 12:54:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ full GUI Linux VPN app https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-services/nordvpn-has-now-a-full-gui-linux-vpn-app-heres-how-to-upgrade
Wed 12:55:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Bringing a GUI to Linux gives users the ease of a visual interface alongside the powerful features the service is known for. Now you can connect to servers, check settings, and manage your connection just by clicking, similar to how the app works on other desktop platforms." https://www.neowin.net/news/good-news-for-linux-users-nordvpn-now-offers-a-gui-for-its-service/
Wed 12:56:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "NordVPN, the popular and highly rated VPN provider, has launched a Linux GUI app, bringing near-parity with macOS and Windows." https://www.webpronews.com/nordvpn-launches-linux-gui-app/
Wed 12:57:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Unfortunately FL is written in Delphi so the guys at the booth told me that it's a bit difficult for them to release an official/native port on Linux anytime soon." ☛ https://blog.orhun.dev/am-i-a-musician-yet/ | Source: Orhun Parmaksız
Wed 12:57:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I believe good intentions IOR good results is okay. I’m calling it iorist ethics. Ior for the logical gate of inclusive or, and, it’s an initialism for intentions or results." ☛ https://idiomdrottning.org/iorist | Source: Idiomdrottning
Wed 12:57:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I was just talking with someone the other day about how a friend group that used to be pretty active has largely fallen away." ☛ https://explodingcomma.com/posts/trying-to-build-community-is-hard-when-youre-entirely-on-your-own | Source: Pete Brown
Wed 12:58:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "If I’m having coffee alone, or a client has called to cancel a meeting, I’d love to be able to offer other seats at this table to people who need it." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/share-my-table/ | Source: Ruben Schade
Wed 12:59:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "My initial thought is that star ratings should be limited to reviewing the device, and maybe customer support from the vendor" ☛ https://rubenerd.com/ive-mostly-stopped-looking-at-star-ratings/ | Source: Ruben Schade
Wed 12:59:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "On May 9, they took the eagles down, disassembled them and placed them into storage. Airport officials hope the sculptures will find a new home, possibly at a museum, per the AP." ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/say-goodbye-to-this-massive-hobbit-themed-sculpture-of-gandalf-riding-an-eagle-180986611/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine
Wed 13:01:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The most noticeable switch comes at a browser level. After months of stress-testing several candidates, the development team has settled on Brave as the default web companion." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/fedora-based-nobara-linux-goes-rolling/ | Source: Linuxiac
Wed 13:02:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Now that the dust has cleared from the grand unleashing of Ubuntu 25.04, you might be ready to install it. Here's what I recommend you do immediately after." https://www.zdnet.com/article/10-things-i-always-do-after-installing-ubuntu-to-instantly-improve-the-experience/
Wed 13:04:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ RISC-V and RISE Partner to a Take a Role in the Yocto Project ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/05/risc-v-and-rise-partner-to-a-take-a-role-in-the-yocto-project/
Wed 13:10:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Mozilla on Firefox Accessibility and Future Features ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/Mozilla_on_Firefox_Accessibility_and_Future_Features.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/Mozilla_on_Firefox_Accessibility_and_Future_Features.gmi ∎
Wed 13:12:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, Purism, and ESP32 ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_Purism_and_ESP32.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_Purism_and_ESP32.gmi ∎
Wed 13:13:48 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Red Hat Leftovers and Purchase of Hype/Buzzwords (Jounce) ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/Red_Hat_Leftovers_and_Purchase_of_Hype_Buzzwords_Jounce.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/Red_Hat_Leftovers_and_Purchase_of_Hype_Buzzwords_Jounce.gmi ∎
Wed 13:14:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "If you don’t know what View Transitions do conceptually, here’s the overview: they allow you to transition from one view; which is how things are currently on the page" ☛ https://benfrain.com/first-adventures-in-view-transitions/ | Source: Ben Frain
Wed 13:14:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "To add the qrcode generation feature for an app that I’m building, I would need to store the images somewhere, so that the user can retrieve them without computing them every time." ☛ https://andrewdomain.com/posts/object-storage-on-vps/ | Source: Andrew Domain
Wed 13:15:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Suppose, not hypothetically, that you have a shell script with a relatively simple configuration file format that people can still accidentally get wrong." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/AwkForConfigFileCheck | Source: University of Toronto
Wed 13:16:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How To Install Fastfetch on CentOS Stream 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-fastfetch-centos-stream-10/
Wed 13:16:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How To Install Metabase on Debian 12 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-metabase-debian-12/
Wed 13:16:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How To Install Wkhtmltopdf on Fedora 42 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-wkhtmltopdf-fedora-42/
Wed 13:17:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How To Install Anaconda on Fedora 42 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-anaconda-fedora-42/
Wed 13:17:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How to Install Tailscale on Debian 12 ☞ https://owlhowto.com/how-to-install-tailscale-on-debian-12/
Wed 13:17:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How to Migrate WordPress to GCP Server Using WordOps and EasyEngine ☞ https://www.blackmoreops.com/2025/05/12/migrate-wordpress-to-gcp-wordops-easyengine/
Wed 13:18:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today's 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 HowTos ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/today_s_howtos.1.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/today_s_howtos.1.gmi ∎
Wed 13:23:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Links 14/05/2025: Facebook And Instagram Risk Nationwide Bans, Microsoft Subsidiaries Have Mass Layoffs Too ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/14/Links_14_05_2025_Facebook_And_Instagram_Risk_Nationwide_Bans_Mi.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/14/Links_14_05_2025_Facebook_And_Instagram_Risk_Nationwide_Bans_Mi.gmi ∎
Wed 13:24:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Failing attempt to kill JS https://www.outlookbusiness.com/corporate/microsoft-lays-off-typescript-veteran-ron-buckton-amid-6000-job-cut-restructuring
Wed 13:25:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Perl-Critic-Community-v1.0.4 ☛ https://metacpan.org/dist/Perl-Critic-Community |
Wed 13:26:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The Guix project will be migrating all its repositories along with bug tracking and patch tracking to Codeberg within a month." ☛ https://guix.gnu.org/blog/2025/migrating-to-codeberg/ | Source: GNU
Wed 13:26:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "A few weeks (months?) ago I thought it’d be neat to have a little pop-up window visualising the output of jj, so I could look at the changelog graph change in real-time as I did commands, rather than checking Tl (jj log) repeatedly." ☛ https://kivikakk.ee/2025/05/13/mi-pila/ | Source: Kivikakk
Wed 13:27:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "PyData is an educational program of NumFOCUS, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization in the United States." ☛ https://www.juliabloggers.com/open-source-component-based-modeling-with-modelingtoolkit/ | Source: Julia Language Blog Aggregator
Wed 13:36:09 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ 14 111714 < IsambardPrince> MinceR, https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/05/another-brilliant-apple-design-decision/
Wed 13:36:12 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ lol
Wed 13:41:17 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ "You're stepping on it wrong."
Wed 13:54:47 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Every so often I come across a paper, blog post, or (occasionally) video that completely changes how I think about a topic in programming languages and compilers." ☛ https://bernsteinbear.com/blog/pl-writing/ | Source: Max Bernstein
Wed 13:55:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Are there situations when a class should include a friendship declaration to itself?" ☛ https://www.sandordargo.com/blog/2025/05/14/friend-self | Source: Sandor Dargo
Wed 13:55:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "About half a year ago I encountered a paper bombastically titled “the ultimate conditional syntax”." ☛ https://dotat.at/@/2025-05-13-if-is.html | Source: Tony Finch
Wed 13:56:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Time series data is information collected at specific time intervals: sensor readings, server performance or stock prices. Understanding how things change over time is essential to making decisions based on those trends." ☛ https://thenewstack.io/how-a-python-processing-engine-speeds-time-series-data-processing/ | Source: The New Stack
Wed 13:56:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Every now and then, I run into a bug so mystifying on its face I know it’s going to be a journey just from the error message. This is one of those stories." ☛ https://www.mistys-internet.website/blog/blog/2025/05/13/the-database-row-that-did-and-didnt-exist/ | Source: Misty De Méo
Wed 13:57:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Omar Polo (op@) has announced the release of version 7.7.0p0 of OpenSMTPD: [...]" ☛ https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250514052136 | Source: Undeadly
Wed 13:57:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "While the database has been in the works for some time" ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/eu-vulnerability-database-officially-launches-amid-cve-program-concerns/ | Source: Cyble Inc
Wed 13:57:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The European Union launched on Tuesday its new vulnerability database to provide aggregated information regarding cybersecurity issues affecting various products and services." ☛ https://therecord.media/eu-launches-vulnerability-database | Source: The Record
Wed 13:58:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "As of Tuesday, the full-fledged version of the website is up and running." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/13/eu_security_bug_database/ | Source: The Register UK
Wed 13:58:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Well, simply put: it opposes any and all HTML e-mail, and e-mail with proprietary attachments. Why? Actually, a number of reasons: [...] " ☛ http://www.asciiribbon.org/ |
Wed 13:58:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ [Old] "An effort to eliminate HTML email in the days of analog modems. When Internet-based email became prevalent in the late 1990s and HTML email made its debut, the ASCII ribbon campaign attempted to encourage people to use only plain text in their messages." ☛ https://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/ascii-ribbon-campaign | Source: PC Mag
Wed 14:00:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Open Data ☛ https://tedium.co/2025/05/13/mapquest-maps-history/ | Source: Tedium
Wed 14:01:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Many companies now lost in a haze of buzzwords like cloud. THE MAIN AIM IS TO FOOL SHAREHOLDERS.
Wed 14:02:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Because one way to get rich is to fool the rich (with more money than knowledge)
Wed 14:03:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I could however update this article with some of my thoughts on the conference." ☛ https://www.paulox.net/2025/05/13/my-djangocon-europe-2025/ | Source: Paolo Melchiorre
Wed 14:05:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "That said, one specific area I want to get better at is accessibility." ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/web-accessibility-help-needed | Source: Manuel Moreale
Wed 14:06:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This release builds with LibreSSL, or OpenSSL >= 1.1." ☛ https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-announce&m=174714697702465&w=2 | Source: Mailing list ARChives
Wed 14:06:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ""We have now officially entered the release cycle which will become our annual “ESR” at the end of June. ☛ https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/05/thunderbird-monthly-development-digest-april-2025/ | Source: Thunderbird
Wed 14:20:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – No, Microsoft Didn't Lay Off So Many People Because of "AI" "Innovation" or "Efficiency" or "Era" or "Revolution" Etc. ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/14/No_Microsoft_Didn_t_Lay_Off_So_Many_People_Because_of_AI_Innova.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/14/No_Microsoft_Didn_t_Lay_Off_So_Many_People_Because_of_AI_Innova.gmi ∎
Wed 14:20:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Even The AI Director Was Not Spared In Microsoft's Recent Layoffs, Tech Industry Concerned https://www.ndtv.com/feature/even-the-ai-director-was-not-spared-in-microsofts-recent-layoffs-tech-industry-concerned-8413102
Wed 14:21:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ HAHAHAHA!!! "Microsoft Layoffs in 2025 Clear the Way for Heavy AI Investments"!! Headline. Yes, they hire AI people... to INVEST.... in AI!!!
Wed 14:41:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – What We Do When We Say "GNU/Linux" to People ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/14/What_We_Do_When_We_Say_GNU_Linux_to_People.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/14/What_We_Do_When_We_Say_GNU_Linux_to_People.gmi ∎
Wed 14:44:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "There is no QA at Microsoft, and there hasn't been for 10 years. Testing is whatever the devs do themselves before checkin, and if you're lucky, whatever automation they can write in their spare time." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv2f1zps
Wed 14:45:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Good for you! I’ve been trying to get a new job for three years. I’m a worthless piece of sh1t tho, so good look to you." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv6hrvk8 "Newsflash dillweed, anytime is a bad time for a layoff."
Wed 14:46:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "AI isn't taking jobs, this is cost cutting. Satya claims 30%+ of code is written by AI at MSFT but this is basically false. A 20-year MSFT veteran was cut from my team, not for performance or because AI could do his job, but I guarantee because he was expensive." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv5nhhj0
Wed 14:51:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ AP: "Microsoft lays off about 3% [sic] of its workforce in what one executive calls a 'day with a lot of tears'". Far from over. http://techrights.org/n/2025/05/14/There_Are_Bigger_Rounds_of_Microsoft_Layoffs_Coming_a_Cull_of_1.shtml
Wed 14:51:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Of course XBox and BlIZZARD layoffs happening also
Wed 14:52:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Gaming at Microsoft has NO STRATEGY to actually MAKE any money
Wed 14:53:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Microsoft did not "overhire". Microsoft grew the Ponzi scheme by faking its scale. This way managers took huge lumps of money in bonuses while the company's debt quadrupled.
Wed 14:54:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "All components are industrial-grade and come in a preconfigured setup that can be customized as needed" ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/05/13/optimize-maintenance-with-the-arduino-rileva-me-opta-bundle/ | Source: Arduino
Wed 14:54:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "YaST may have outlived its usefulness" ☛ https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1020408/8c022fd8256693d5/ | Source: LWN
Wed 14:55:06 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ it had usefulness?
Wed 14:55:32 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ maybe back when suse was little more than an installer for slackware
Wed 14:55:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Next month FreeBSD 14.3 is due to [be published], and with it will come the recent hard work to give laptop users a modern" ☛ https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/how-to-unlock-high-speed-wi-fi-on-freebsd-14/ | Source: FreeBSD
Wed 14:55:54 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] <MinceR> it had usefulness?
Wed 14:56:00 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] in old SuSE it need the needful
Wed 14:59:42 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ (cat) https://imgur.com/gallery/vjB4EeG = https://rimgo.bloat.cat/gallery/vjB4EeG
Wed 15:03:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "How many Indians and H1bs were let go?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv7jp9ne
Wed 15:04:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I Want to Love Linux. It Doesn’t Love Me Back: Interlude – A Thank You, Where It’s Due — fireborn" ☛ https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/i-want-to-love-linux-it-doesnt-love-me-back-interlude-a-thank-you-where-its-due/ |
Wed 15:05:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This report covers hrev58788 through hrev58847." ☛ https://www.haiku-os.org/blog/waddlesplash/2025-05-12-haiku_activity_contract_report_april_2025/ | Source: HaikuOS
Wed 15:06:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Game developers use intimacy coordinators, velcro, and juicy oranges to make better sex in games." ☛ https://www.404media.co/how-video-game-sex-scenes-are-made/ | Source: 404 Media
Wed 15:06:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "In the following few sections, we will cover the simplest ways of downloading and installing the latest version of the Steam client on Linux systems." ☛ https://pimylifeup.com/linux-steam/ | Source: Pi My Life Up
Wed 15:26:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Google engineer in Bengaluru reacts to Microsoft layoffs, says techies earn 5x more than government employees"
Wed 15:26:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Microsoft is not the most valuable company and neither was Enron
Wed 15:30:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Burberry now... 1700 job cuts... 20% workforce reduction. Seems buying "luxury" goods doesn't matter much right now.
Wed 15:31:47 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Putin's Russia" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/05/13/i-asked-myself-whether-i-was-a-psychopath | Source: Meduza
Wed 15:34:36 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ https://telex.hu/english/2025/05/14/russian-style-law-targeting-independent-press-and-ngos-tabled-in-hungarian-parliament
Wed 15:37:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ GSoC 2025 Project Blog Intro - Improving Game Controller Support in KWin ☞ https://blogs.kde.org/2025/05/12/gsoc-2025-project-blog-intro-improving-game-controller-support-in-kwin/
Wed 15:40:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ libreArts Weekly recap — 11 May 2025 ☞ https://librearts.org/2025/05/week-recap-11-may-2025/
Wed 15:42:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Copyright office criticizes Hey Hi (AI) ‘fair use’ before director’s dismissal ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/us-copyright-office-ai-report-firing-fair-use-debate/
Wed 15:42:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Major Music Publishers Accuse Anthropic Hey Hi (AI) of ‘Hallucinating’ Citations In Ongoing Copyright Dispute ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/13/music-publishers-vs-anthropic-ongoing-case/
Wed 15:42:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Dev snapshot: Godot 4.5 dev 4 ☞ https://godotengine.org/article/dev-snapshot-godot-4-5-dev-4/
Wed 15:44:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Microsoft Uses Minecraft to Spread DEI Messaging, Notch Calls That Evil ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/microsoft-uses-minecraft-to-spread
Wed 15:45:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Fedora Community Blog: Infra and RelEng Update – Week 19 ☞ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/infra-and-releng-update-week-19/
Wed 15:45:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Security updates for Tuesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1020948/
Wed 15:47:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ [japan] [photos] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2025-05-14.gmi
Wed 15:48:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 🔤SpellBinding — ABDGVON Wordo: BEAUS gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-05-14.gmi
Wed 15:49:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ British homebuyers must boycott flats with third-party managers: "Of course in the comments it is revealed that the owners of the flats do not actually appoint the board that hires the managing agent, so of course the service charge is too high." gemini://gemini.ucant.org/gemlog/2025-05-14_british-homebuyers-must-boycott-flats-with-third-party-managers.gmi
Wed 15:52:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Many people who claim to be rich are not. It's all relative. And given that many of these "rich" (in their own mind) people still do jobs that they admit they do not enjoy, it's hard to believe they're rich. If they were rich, they'd leave. That's aside from the aspect of monetary wealth not being the sole criteria of richness.
Wed 15:53:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ By analogy: Argentina is a rich country compared to Peru, but it is neither rich nor happy
Wed 15:54:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Last night, I was telling some friends about Peter Thiel and one of his intellectual gurus, Curtis Yarvin. I ended up pointing them at a great piece published in The Baffler in 2014." gemini://the-brannons.com/poseurs/
Wed 15:54:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Then, out of curiosity, I went looking on the Internet to see if anyone had made any commentary on that piece. What I found was plenty of unabashed nerd-bashing. But I'd argue that billionaires seeking wealth, power, and status are not nerds at all. They are not of my tribe."
Wed 15:54:57 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "A nerd tends to not give a fuck about things like wealth, status, and power. They pursue intellectual interests for the pure joy of it. Many obsess over those interests. Nerds do things like write free software, such as GNU and the Linux kernel. Some are obsessed with math, or physics, or breaking into computer systems just for the hell of it"
Wed 15:56:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ love detox day 2 gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/detox3
Wed 16:03:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Multi-language pipelines with rixpress ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/05/multi-language-pipelines-with-rixpress/
Wed 16:03:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Notes on DEseq2 design ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/05/notes-on-deseq2-design/
Wed 16:04:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Spatial machine learning with caret ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/05/spatial-machine-learning-with-caret/
Wed 16:05:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Rights group calls out Fentanylware (TikTok) for failing to protect children ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/05/rights-group-calls-out-tiktok-for-failing-to-protect-children/
Wed 16:06:05 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Health experts affirm slight increase in China’s Covid-19 cases reflects normal viral fluctuation ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/health-experts-affirm-slight-increase-in-chinas-covid-19-cases-reflects-normal-viral-fluctuation
Wed 16:15:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Only wave 1 of Microsoft layoffs might be 3% (4% in Redmond). Expect 10%: http://techrights.org/n/2025/05/14/There_Are_Bigger_Rounds_of_Microsoft_Layoffs_Coming_a_Cull_of_1.shtml
Wed 16:16:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The following sentence mentioning our Code of Conduct in this announcement could be interpreted as suggesting we believe Richard Stallman’s presence would make the event less safe. That interpretation is not our intention; we don’t think that way." https://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2025/news/2025-05-07_0001-keynote-will-not-go-forward/
Wed 16:16:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "We don’t all think that Stallman’s talk would have been a problem. Some of us wanted to hear him. The context of the discussion linked above is important to correctly interpret this announcement and the reasons that led to it. Some people voiced general discomfort about the LGM in the debate; we take these concerns seriously."
Wed 16:17:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ This page amended https://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2025/news/2025-05-07_0001-keynote-will-not-go-forward/ partly in response to http://techrights.org/n/2025/05/07/The_CoC_Means_the_Founder_of_GNU_Linux_Cannot_Talk_and_a_72_Yea.shtml
Wed 16:18:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 8.2 Billion in the Past Half a Year http://techrights.org/n/2025/05/03/Microsoft_s_Debt_Grew_2_1_Billion_Dollars_in_the_Past_3_Months_.shtml
Wed 16:22:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "For all his idiosyncratic traits, Stallman was remarkably prescient about many things." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43971886
Wed 16:23:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Absolutely, though I think sadly his idiosyncratic traits played against his message (and I say this as a big rms fan)." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43971886
Wed 16:23:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I think it's similar with the original post. Regardless of how I feel about present-day computing, I think comparing it with war devices designed to maim and kill people, and that can (and do) keep maiming and killing people long after a war is over isn't going to be very effective." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43971886
Wed 16:23:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Prophets are often more than a bit idiosyncratic. It’s a lot easier to really see society from the outside."
Wed 16:24:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "It seems like most of those traits stem from an overall consistency in ethical perspective. I think Stallman figured out early on how much he valued collaboration over competition, and liberty over authority; and moved on naturally from there."
Wed 16:25:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Choosing not to manage hygiene is a pretty common anti-authoritarian move. Sure, I would argue that good hygiene is a useful tool for liberal collaboration, but that doesn't make his behavior ideologically inconsistent."
Wed 16:25:43 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] "Not OP but I think it is good to balance a healthy respect for disregarding cultural norms with a perceived understanding of your outsider perspective and the given cost. I'm a big fan of Stallman and have worked people of similar dispositions. while they provide very clear insight and intermittent productivity spurts, it comes at a huge social cost that in some cases can make or break a team. In the long-term they could be right
Wed 16:25:43 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] , but in the short-term it becomes an all-or-nothing crusade. I've been there myself and I've reassembled the pieces of a team after others did the same. Anti-authoritarianism is noble and justified, but it is no rational excuse for poor hygiene if you want to connect with other people and have a non-imaginary impact on the world."
Wed 16:25:58 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] 3 hours ago
Wed 16:25:59 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] "I don't think Stallman cares about that nearly as much as you do. He already resolved that problem by making his work about collaboration instead of competition. That's really the whole point of free software in the first place.
Wed 16:25:59 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] Of course, that doesn't mean I'm here to encourage idiosyncrasies. My entire point is that you aren't going to win such a person over with an appeal to authority, because that was their point already."
Wed 16:30:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "and sent it all to INDIA via the Indian bullet head Nadella CEO" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv7mjnew
Wed 16:32:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Neptune OS — A German Distro With a Multimedia Focus ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/05/neptune-os-a-german-distro-with-a-multimedia-focus/
Wed 16:56:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Linux Matters Thoccing Heavy ☞ https://linuxmatters.sh/55/
Wed 16:58:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ SoundCloud Says It Doesn’t Allow Hey Hi (AI) Training on Artist Uploads — Though Their Hidden ‘Opt-Out’ Terms Say the Complete Opposite ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/12/soundcloud-ai-training-response/
Wed 16:58:48 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Fedora-Based Nobara GNU/Linux Goes Rolling ☞ https://linuxiac.com/fedora-based-nobara-linux-goes-rolling/
Wed 17:03:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Ben Hutchings: Report for Debian BSP near Leuven in April 2025 ☞ https://www.decadent.org.uk/ben/blog/2025/05/13/report-for-debian-bsp-near-leuven-in-april-2025.html
Wed 17:05:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Ravi Dwivedi: KDE India Conference 2025 ☞ https://ravidwivedi.in/posts/kde-india-conference-2025/
Wed 17:06:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Sergio Talens-Oliag: Running dind with sysbox ☞ https://blogops.mixinet.net/posts/forgejo/running_dind_with_sysbox/
Wed 17:06:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Tomeu Vizoso: Rockchip NPU update 5: Progress on the kernel driver ☞ https://blog.tomeuvizoso.net/2025/05/rockchip-npu-update-5-progress-on.html
Wed 17:11:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Microsoft Layoffs Fuel Debate On Job Security And Salary In Tech Versus Government Jobs https://www.ndtv.com/feature/microsoft-layoffs-fuel-debate-on-job-security-and-salary-in-tech-versus-government-jobs-8414647
Wed 17:13:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Microsoft does not specify anything, just a bogus figure nobody can verify https://gameranx.com/updates/id/538122/article/microsoft-has-new-layoffs-of-6000-but-we-dont-know-how-many-will-be-from-gaming/
Wed 17:15:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Microsoft, GitHub, LinkedIn etc. STILL missing from the California WARN. What's taking THIS long? https://edd.ca.gov/en/jobs_and_training/Layoff_Services_WARN/
Wed 17:15:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Genius. Knowing what I know now, I’d do the same if I were in that position. Fuhk every single person on this planet." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv7mjnew
Wed 17:16:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Peter Czanik: Syslog-ng 4.8.3 is now available ☞ https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/syslog-ng-4-8-3-is-now-available
Wed 17:17:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Download Entire Website in GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.blackmoreops.com/2025/05/13/download-entire-website-in-linux/
Wed 17:25:44 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Install NVIDIA driver kernel Module CUDA and Pyrit on Kali GNU/Linux – CUDA, Pyrit and Cpyrit-cuda ☞ https://www.blackmoreops.com/2025/05/13/install-nvidia-driver-kernel-module-cuda-and-pyrit-kali-linux/
Wed 17:26:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Install proprietary NVIDIA driver on Kali GNU/Linux – NVIDIA Accelerated GNU/Linux Graphics Driver ☞ https://www.blackmoreops.com/2025/05/13/install-proprietary-nvidia-driver-kali-linux/
Wed 17:26:57 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Step failed: Installing the system or Installing step failed : Install the system at 80% or The failing step is install the system error on Kali GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.blackmoreops.com/2025/05/13/step-failed-installing-system-error-kali-linux/
Wed 17:28:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Install AMD ATI proprietary fglrx driver in Kali GNU/Linux 1.0.6 ☞ https://www.blackmoreops.com/2025/05/13/install-amd-ati-proprietary-fglrx-driver-kali-linux-1-0-6/
Wed 17:30:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Cracking Wifi WPA/WPA2 passwords using pyrit cowpatty in Kali GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.blackmoreops.com/2025/05/13/cracking-wifi-wpawpa2-passwords-using-pyrit-cowpatty-2/
Wed 17:30:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Root Commit releases free training materials on OpenEmbedded and Yocto using the BeaglePlay SBC ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/05/13/root-commit-releases-free-training-materials-on-openembedded-and-yocto-using-the-beagleplay-sbc/
Wed 17:33:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Ubuntu Security Reinvented: Hardening Your System with AppArmor ☞ https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/ubuntu-security-reinvented-hardening-your-system-apparmor
Wed 17:35:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ grub-editor is a GUI application to edit grub configurations ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/grub-editor-gui-application-edit-grub-configurations/
Wed 17:35:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ SymbolEditor is a cross stitch symbol editor ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/symboleditor-cross-stitch-symbol-editor/
Wed 17:36:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Parallels Desktop ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-alternatives-parallels-desktop/
Wed 17:38:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Elixir WebRTC is an implementation of the W3C WebRTC API ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/elixir-webrtc-implementation-w3c-webrtc-api/
Wed 17:41:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 19 Best Free and Open Source Audio Analyzers ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-audio-analyzers/
Wed 17:41:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ nip4 is an image processing spreadsheet ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/nip4-image-processing-spreadsheet/
Wed 17:43:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Good news for GNU/Linux users: NordVPN now offers a GUI for its service ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/good-news-for-linux-users-nordvpn-now-offers-a-gui-for-its-service/
Wed 17:45:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 2025 Will be a Big Year For GNU/Linux on Desktops/Laptops ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/13/2025_Will_be_a_Big_Year_For_GNU_Linux_on_Desktops_Laptops.shtml
Wed 17:45:47 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ DistroShelf – New GTK4 GUI for Distrobox Container ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/05/distroshelf-new-gtk4-gui-for-distrobox-container/
Wed 17:50:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Automating Compliance Management with UTMStack’s Open Source SIEM & XDR ☞ https://www.linux.com/news/automating-compliance-management-with-utmstacks-open-source-siem-xdr/
Wed 17:51:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ LFSpam https://www.linux.com/news/may25-training-promo/
Wed 17:51:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ New Version of Flatpak Released ☞ http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/New-Version-of-Flatpak-Released
Wed 17:58:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Video: Non-expert tries MiSTer FPGA via the Multisystem 2 ☞ http://www.montanalinux.org/video-multisystem2-regular-guy-202505.html
Wed 18:03:41 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv7mjnew
Wed 18:03:44 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] '
Wed 18:03:45 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] And you know what? Microsoft can lay off all the people it wants but at the end of the day its products are absolute garbage. Really. I have to use it at work and would be really glad if we didn't. They really need to focus on their core products because they are all poorly executed, have miserable user interfaces, are not reliable, have very poor documentation and support, and probably only exist because they were first out the d
Wed 18:03:45 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] oor and so every office and business that uses it has to put up with it.
Wed 18:03:45 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] So I fail to see the point: Layoff a bunch of people when they can't even get their basic tools right.
Wed 18:03:46 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] "\
Wed 18:08:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The H1B visa program needs to be sunsetted. It was legislated in 1990 to fill the software engineering skills gap - a gap that no longer exists. Microsoft has been pushing out citizens in favor of H1Bs for over 20 years with zero scrutiny from USCIS." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv7jp9ne
Wed 18:08:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Wasn't THE director of AI, was Director of Artificial Intelligence for Microsoft for Startups." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv7jp9ne
Wed 18:11:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ NordVPN GNU/Linux App Updated with New GUI ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/nordvpn-linux-app-update-adds-gui
Wed 18:13:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ GSoC 2025: Expanding OSS-Fuzz Integration Across KDE Libraries ☞ https://azharmomin.me/posts/gsoc-2025-expanding-oss-fuzz-integration-across-kde-libraries/
Wed 18:15:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Nextcloud claims Surveillance Giant Google is being anticompetitive ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1021016/
Wed 18:17:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Unhappy with the recently lost file upload feature in the Nextcloud app for Android? So are we. Let us explain. - Nextcloud ⚓ https://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-android-file-upload-issue-google/ ䷉ Source: Next Cloud | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-android-file-upload-issue-google/
Wed 18:21:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ New cybersecurity rules for smart heat pump manufacturers ☞ https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/new-cybersecurity-rules-for-smart-heat-pump-manufacturers/
Wed 18:22:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Flaw in Asus DriverHub makes utility vulnerable to remote code execution ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/flaw-in-asus-driverhub-makes-utility-vulnerable-to-remote-code-execution
Wed 18:23:23 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ https://apina.biz/206933.png?mode=sfw
Wed 18:24:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ UN presses Egypt to rethink draft criminal code over rights concerns ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/05/un-presses-egypt-to-rethink-draft-criminal-code-over-rights-concerns/
Wed 18:29:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Dihydroxyacetone Man’s science cuts threaten public research data ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/trumps-science-cuts-threaten-public-research-data/
Wed 18:29:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Why UMich postdoctoral fellows are forming a union ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/opinion/op-eds/why-umich-postdoctoral-fellows-are-forming-a-union/
Wed 18:32:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 🌟The Bright Side: The compassionate mission to rescue London’s pigeons ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250513-%F0%9F%8C%9Fthe-bright-side-the-compassionate-mission-to-rescue-london-s-pigeons
Wed 18:37:11 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv5xrz0r
Wed 18:37:12 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] "
Wed 18:37:12 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] It's disheartening to see Microsoft report strong earnings while simultaneously laying off employees indiscriminately — regardless of their past performance or contributions. I've witnessed long-serving staff, with 10, even 20 years of experience, being let go as though their dedication meant nothing. These decisions often have little to do with merit or productivity. It's time for organizations to reflect and recognize that tru
Wed 18:37:12 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] e leadership involves sharing both the gains and the burdens with employees. The growing disparity, where the CEO earns astronomical sums while those at the ground level are squeezed and discarded, is deeply troubling and hard to accept.
Wed 18:37:15 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] "
Wed 18:37:53 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] Maybe Microsoft's financial situation just isn't what it claims https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/22/Microsoft_Cooking_the_Books_to_Hide_the_Losses_and_Disguise_the.shtml
Wed 18:40:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "My severance was 2 days late because of some sort of payroll issue (supposedly). I had good communication with my former manager and she got it resolved quickly." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsy8v6r8
Wed 18:49:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ It's FOSS must be thick; VS Code is proprietary spyware of Microsoft, yet this site keeps promoting it like it's FOSS ☞ https://itsfoss.com/vs-code-indentation/
Wed 18:53:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – VS Code Is Not FOSS, And Neither Is the Site "It's FOSS" ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/14/VS_Code_Is_Not_FOSS_And_Neither_Is_the_Site_It_s_FOSS.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/14/VS_Code_Is_Not_FOSS_And_Neither_Is_the_Site_It_s_FOSS.gmi ∎
Wed 18:56:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Remembering Memory: EMS, And TSRs ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/05/13/remembering-memory-ems-and-tsrs/ | Source: Hackaday
Wed 18:57:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ A Toolchanging Delta 3D Printer ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/05/13/a-toolchanging-delta-3d-printer/ | Source: Hackaday
Wed 18:57:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Record Study Connects Hundreds of Genetic Markers With OCD ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/record-study-connects-hundreds-of-genetic-markers-with-ocd
Wed 19:00:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Thermal Monocular Brings The Heat At 10X ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/05/13/thermal-monocular-brings-the-heat-at-10x/ | Source: Hackaday
Wed 19:00:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 2025 journalism job cuts tracked: Layoffs at two Los Angeles newsrooms ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/journalism-job-cuts-2025-tracked/
Wed 19:06:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ What BS? Slop??? ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/controversial-new-study-links-parkinsons-with-living-near-a-golf-course
Wed 19:07:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Life Expectancy Has Barely Changed in Some US States For More Than a Century ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/life-expectancy-has-barely-changed-in-some-us-states-for-more-than-a-century
Wed 19:08:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "A Web Based Controller For Your Garage Door" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/05/13/a-web-based-controller-for-your-garage-door/ | Source: Hackaday
Wed 19:09:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Databridge ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/05/13/whats-an-lcr-databridge/ | Source: Hackaday
Wed 19:10:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Sheinbaum renews pact to freeze prices on essential grocery items ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/sheinbaum-renews-anti-inflation-food-basket-mexico/
Wed 19:14:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ DoD introduces new policy to deal with security leaks: ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2025/05/12/dod-signal-leaks/
Wed 19:16:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Suspected DoppelPaymer Ransomware Group Member Arrested ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/suspected-doppelpaymer-ransomware-group-member-arrested/
Wed 19:16:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Output Messenger Zero-Day Exploited by Turkish Hackers for Iraq Spying ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/output-messenger-zero-day-exploited-by-turkish-hackers-for-iraq-spying/
Wed 19:17:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Windows TCO ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/marks-spencer-says-data-stolen-in-ransomware-attack/
Wed 19:17:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Radware Says Recently Disclosed WAF Bypasses Were Patched in 2023 ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/radware-says-recently-disclosed-waf-bypasses-were-patched-in-2023/
Wed 19:18:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ SAP Patches Another Critical NetWeaver Vulnerability ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/sap-patches-another-critical-netweaver-vulnerability/
Wed 19:18:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Adobe Patches Big Batch of Critical-Severity Software Flaws ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/adobe-patches-big-batch-of-critical-severity-software-flaws/
Wed 19:19:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Event Wrap: TWNOG 6 ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/05/13/event-wrap-twnog-6/
Wed 19:20:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How to Install draw.io Desktop on FunOS ☞ https://funos.org/install-draw-io-desktop-funos/
Wed 19:21:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ PicoEMP – A Raspberry Pi Pico-based open-source electromagnetic fault injector designed for EMFI testing and research ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/05/13/picoemp-a-raspberry-pi-pico-based-open-source-electromagnetic-fault-injector-designed-for-emfi-testing-and-research/
Wed 19:21:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Openwashing garbage with slop thrown in ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/05/13/anaconda-releases-data-science-platform-optimized-open-source-development/
Wed 19:23:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ SiFli SF32LB52J big.LITTLE Arm Cortex-M33 Bluetooth MCU powers the Core Time 2 smartwatch ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/05/14/sifli-sf32lb52j-big-little-arm-cortex-m33-bluetooth-mcu-powers-the-core-time-2-smartwatch/
Wed 19:26:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Kubernetes v1.33: Job's Backoff Limit Per Index Goes GA ☞ https://kubernetes.io/blog/2025/05/13/kubernetes-v1-33-jobs-backoff-limit-per-index-goes-ga/
Wed 19:28:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ This Week in KDE Apps ☞ https://blogs.kde.org/2025/05/12/this-week-in-kde-apps/
Wed 19:28:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Geniatech AP880 Edge Hey Hi (AI) embedded systems pair NXP i.MX 8M Plus SoC with 40 TOPS Kinara Ara-2 Hey Hi (AI) accelerator ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/05/13/geniatech-ap880-edge-ai-embedded-systems-pair-nxp-i-mx-8m-plus-soc-with-40-tops-kinara-ara-2-ai-accelerator/
Wed 19:31:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "She was laid off because she's American. SN and his corrupt Indian crime family hate America." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv7jp9ne
Wed 19:36:44 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ UPC is illegal and its judgments are not constitutional. JUVE is aware of it, but it is sponsored by the firms that actively promoted this illegality so that they can profit more from litigation. ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/sanofi-and-amgen-still-fighting-for-upper-hand-following-dusseldorf-judgment/
Wed 19:37:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ UPC is simply illegal; some companies already legally challenge its right to exist or rule in Europe ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/upc-battle-between-10x-genomics-and-curio-bioscience-moves-to-next-stage/
Wed 19:38:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ They broke laws, violated conventions and constitutions to be this system in place; if you commit crime to do something, then that something isn't legitimate, no matter the amount of sugar-coating and spinning which follows
Wed 19:39:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 'Owning' life itself, as a concept ☞ https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/13/1116344/a-us-court-just-put-ownership-of-crispr-back-in-play/
Wed 19:40:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ $4,000 for IP Investments Group entity, Digimedia Tech, storage patents prior art ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/5/13/4000-for-ip-investments-group-entity-digimedia-tech-storage-patents-prior-art
Wed 19:41:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Software Patent: Dynamic IP Deals entity, AK Meeting, groupware patent monopoly challenge instituted ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/5/13/dynamic-ip-deals-entity-ak-meeting-groupware-patent-challenge-instituted
Wed 19:41:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Formalism, Fictions, and Federalism: Post Expiry Royalties Return to SCOTUS ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/05/46145.html
Wed 19:43:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Announcing Istio 1.24.6 ☞ https://istio.io/latest//news/releases/1.24.x/announcing-1.24.6/
Wed 19:43:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Announcing Istio 1.25.3 ☞ https://istio.io/latest//news/releases/1.25.x/announcing-1.25.3/
Wed 19:43:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Unless a Third of All Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Layoffs Worldwide Are in Redmond (Washington) Alone, Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Has Just Lied to Everyone Via Jordan Novet in CNBC (i.e. the Usual Any Time There's Mass Layoffs and Novet Weighs in With False Numbers) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/13/Unless_a_Third_of_All_Microsoft_Layoffs_Worldwide_Are_in_Redmon.shtml
Wed 19:44:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ As Expected, Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Uses Media Operative (Jordan Novet) to Downplay the Scale of Mass Layoffs (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/13/As_Expected_Microsoft_Uses_Media_Operative_Jordan_Novet_to_Down.shtml
Wed 19:47:57 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Last Week's Public Talk by Richard Stallman Well Attended and Covered in Technical News Sites (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/13/Last_Week_s_Public_Talk_by_Richard_Stallman_Well_Attended_and_C.shtml
Wed 19:48:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ There Are Bigger Rounds of Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Layoffs Coming, a Cull of 10% Implemented in Waves (the "3%" Figure is Misleading, Face-Saving) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/14/There_Are_Bigger_Rounds_of_Microsoft_Layoffs_Coming_a_Cull_of_1.shtml
Wed 19:48:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ McKinsey (McK) is Killing IBM, It's All About Killing This Goose, "National Sales Team 80% on PIP Now" (Preceding Layoffs Without Severance) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/13/McKinsey_McK_is_Killing_IBM_It_s_All_About_Killing_This_Goose_N.shtml
Wed 19:51:57 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Signs of Trouble: Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Job Openings for Jobs That Do Not Exist! ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/13/Signs_of_Trouble_Microsoft_Job_Openings_for_Jobs_That_Do_Not_Ex.shtml
Wed 19:52:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Special Place in Hell" for Women Who Help Violent Microsofters From Another Continent Attack Local Women Who Did Nothing Wrong, They Just Got Bullied and Deserve Sympathy or Compensation ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/13/Special_Place_in_Hell_for_Women_Who_Help_Violent_Microsofters_F.shtml
Wed 19:52:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ The Slow Death of backdoored Windows Will Mean the Inevitable Demise of Abusive Monopolist Microsoft ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/13/The_Slow_Death_of_Windows_Will_Mean_the_Inevitable_Demise_of_Mi.shtml
Wed 19:52:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Red Hat's Owner is Called "America's Worst Tech Company" (IBM) and Microsoft's Liabilities Grow ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/12/Red_Hat_s_Owner_is_Called_America_s_Worst_Tech_Company_IBM_and_.shtml
Wed 19:52:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ What Happened to the Open Source Initiative (OSI) Elections: Missed Deadline ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/12/What_Happened_to_the_Open_Source_Initiative_OSI_Elections_Misse.shtml
Wed 19:53:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Fedora Community Blog: End of OpenID authentication in Fedora Account System – May update ☞ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/end-of-openid-authentication-in-fedora-account-system-may-update/
Wed 19:53:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ There Are Also Loads of Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Microsoft's Surveillance Arm LinkedIn Layoffs Today (Keep Track of the Subsidiaries They Keep Out of Headlines) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/13/There_Are_Also_Loads_of_Microsoft_LinkedIn_Layoffs_Today_Keep_T.shtml
Wed 19:54:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Smart" things made for consumers are very very dumb, gullible ☞ https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/google-withdrawing-support-for-older-nest-thermostats-a1w0m6m2JdfG
Wed 19:55:10 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ https://www.derooijfotografie.nl/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/fotografie-tips-zeevonk-fotograferen-corne-ouwehand.webp
Wed 19:55:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ LLM Slop / Plagiarism leads to dramatic reduction in clickthroughs for Mail Online ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/digital-journalism/google-ai-overviews-leads-to-dramatic-reduction-in-click-throughs-for-mail-online/
Wed 19:56:50 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] MinceR: context on how this was done? looks like long exposure
Wed 19:56:52 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] but still
Wed 19:57:04 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] probably "enhanced"
Wed 19:57:06 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] for contrast
Wed 19:59:12 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ dunno
Wed 19:59:29 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] you go in the water
Wed 19:59:35 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] and they just get it all over wittth
Wed 19:59:42 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ the exposure can't be that long
Wed 19:59:50 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] right
Wed 19:59:52 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ considering that the waves move and aren't that blurry on the photo
Wed 19:59:53 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] as the waves moce
Wed 19:59:56 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] *move
Wed 20:03:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ORG RESPONSES TO DATA INTERMEDIARIES AND DATA BROKERS CONSULTATIONS ☞ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/org-responses-to-data-intermediaries-and-data-brokers-consultations/
Wed 20:05:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Pixar gemini://alex.corcoles.net/2025/05/kagi-y-pixar/
Wed 20:30:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ FSF Events: Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, May 16, starting at 12:00 EDT (16:00 UTC) ☞ http://www.fsf.org/events/fsd-2025-05-16-irc
Wed 20:31:44 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I'm really enjoying #Ubuntu, but the single most annoying thing is that a number of apps are blurry to the point of being unusable, thanks to fractional scaling. I believe it's a Wayland issue. 😟" ☞ https://kevquirk.com/notes/20250513-1019
Wed 20:32:57 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Shotcut 25.05 Open-Source Video Editor Released with Alpha Strobe Video Filter ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/12/Shotcut_25_05_Open_Source_Video_Editor_Released_with_Alpha_Stro.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/12/Shotcut_25_05_Open_Source_Video_Editor_Released_with_Alpha_Stro.gmi ∎
Wed 20:33:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Shotcut Released 25.05 with Alpha Strobe Filter & Freeze Frame ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/05/shotcut-released-25-05-with-alpha-strobe-filter-freeze-frame/
Wed 20:33:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Ubuntu 25.04 Upgrades Have Been Re-Enabled ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/ubuntu-25-04-upgrades-resume-after-bug-fixes
Wed 20:35:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Canonical Donating $120,000 to Open Source Projects This Year ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/canonical-commits-funds-open-source-devs Canonical Will Give You Money Only If You Work for Microsoft! http://techrights.org/n/2025/05/14/Canonical_Will_Give_You_Money_Only_If_You_Work_for_Microsoft.shtml
Wed 20:36:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ TTABlog Test: Which of These Three Section 2(d) Refusals Was/Were Overturned on Appeal? ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/05/ttablog-test-which-of-these-three_13.html
Wed 20:37:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Google’s ChromeOS and associated hardware get a lot of praise for being easy to manage and for providing affordable hardware for school and other educational settings. It’s also undeniable that their locked-down nature forms a major obstacle and provides limited reusability." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/05/14/turning-a-chromebox-into-a-proper-power-efficient-pc/ | Source: Hackaday
Wed 20:37:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Spotify Says Its US Subscriber Levels Are Just Fine, Thank You — Though Latest Data Shows Early-2025 Declines ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/13/spotify-declines-us-subscriber-data-2025/
Wed 20:39:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Louis Prevost’s Facebook (Farcebook) posts — no longer publicly viewable — suggest that he has embraced some of the most common complaints and conspiracy theories of the right." https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/us/louis-prevost-pope-leo-xiv-brother.html
Wed 20:40:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Safe updates using RAUC on Raspberry Pi 5 ☞ https://bootlin.com/blog/safe-updates-using-rauc-on-raspberry-pi-5/
Wed 20:41:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Charles Butler’s The Feminine Monarchie, or the History of Bees (1634 edition) ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/history-of-bees
Wed 20:42:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ZOTAC to showcase ZONE handheld with Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 with Manjaro Linux https://videocardz.com/pixel/zotac-to-showcase-zone-handheld-with-ryzen-ai-9-hx-370-with-manjaro-linux
Wed 20:45:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "With the update that came May 12th, if you're on Wayland / Linux there's also a nice bug fix noted "Various fixes for running on Linux with SDL_VIDEODRIVER=wayland". Plus "Various crash fixes and stability improvements" for smoother gameplay." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/counter-strike-2-gets-weekly-missions-and-a-linux-wayland-fix/
Wed 20:45:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The app is also now available on Flathub making it easier than ever to install." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/linux-gpu-control-application-lact-gets-a-new-fan-control-ui-automatic-fan-mode-threshold-on-nvidia/
Wed 20:45:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "There's a lot of upgrades for Linux / Steam Deck players here, as it pulls in all the changes from the Beta to the Stable version of the game. To go along with the celebration, the game is 90% off until May 19th so it's truly the perfect time to grab it." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/black-mesa-resonance-decade-update-out-now-with-linux-and-steam-deck-improvements-and-a-big-sale/
Wed 20:46:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Going by the current Mesa release calendar the next bug-fix update is 25.0.6 that's due May 14th (tomorrow) and 25.0.7 due out May 28th. For the recently released Mesa 25.1 series the first bug fix update there with 25.1.1 should be due May 21st." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/doom-the-dark-ages-needs-workarounds-on-linux-with-amd-gpus-a-fix-has-been-merged-into-mesa/
Wed 20:46:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Games: Handhelds, Godot, XBox Mass Layoffs, and More ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/Games_Handhelds_Godot_XBox_Mass_Layoffs_and_More.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/Games_Handhelds_Godot_XBox_Mass_Layoffs_and_More.gmi ∎
Wed 20:46:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "You can connect to a server, manage preferences, and monitor your VPN connection in a few simple clicks – no command interface needed." https://
Wed 20:47:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "You can connect to a server, manage preferences, and monitor your VPN connection in a few simple clicks – no command interface needed." https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/vpns/good-news-for-linux-users-as-nordvpn-launches-a-full-gui
Wed 20:48:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today's 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 HowTos ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/today_s_howtos.2.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/today_s_howtos.2.gmi ∎
Wed 20:51:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "In a world filled with Linux distributions based on one of the big three, finding an independent OS can feel like a breath of fresh air." https://www.zdnet.com/article/i-found-an-independent-linux-distro-thats-easy-to-install-and-comes-with-everything-i-need/
Wed 20:52:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Edera and CIQ Advance Linux Security With Hardened Tools https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/edera-and-ciq-advance-linux-security-with-hardened-tools-177548.html
Wed 20:53:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How to clear cache and temp files in Linux to speed up your system fast https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-clear-cache-and-temp-files-in-linux-to-speed-up-your-system-fast/
Wed 20:53:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The upcoming Linux kernel release, version 6.15, will be arriving in the next month or so, and I'm already seeing previews of what to expect. One of them is recently merged support for several gaming controllers and laptop touchpads." https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-6-15-game-controllers-update/
Wed 20:54:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Zotac Zone 2: OLED and trackpad-wielding gaming handheld to launch with 'all-new Manjaro Linux-based OS' https://www.notebookcheck.net/Zotac-Zone-2-OLED-and-trackpad-wielding-gaming-handheld-to-launch-with-all-new-Manjaro-Linux-based-OS.1015085.0.html
Wed 20:56:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ At least they clarify this is Windows; the goal of WSL is to attack and deny adoption of GNU/Linux https://www.xda-developers.com/wsl-best-feature-windows-decade/
Wed 20:56:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 5 factors steadily fueling Linux's desktop rise https://www.zdnet.com/article/5-factors-steadily-fueling-linuxs-desktop-rise/
Wed 20:57:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Linux kernel project boss Linus Torvalds has re-joined the ranks of full-size mechanical keyboard aficionados." https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/13/linux_6_15_rc6_keyboards/
Wed 20:57:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Zotac’s next handheld gaming PC features a Linux-based operating system and a Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 processor https://liliputing.com/zotacs-next-handheld-gaming-pc-features-a-linux-based-operating-system-and-a-ryzen-ai-9-hx-370-processor/
Wed 20:58:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Proprietary https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/enhanced-remote-desktop-experience-amazon-dcv-with-amazon-linux-2023/
Wed 20:59:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ NordVPN goes full GUI on Linux https://www.computerweekly.com/blog/Open-Source-Insider/NordVPN-goes-full-GUI-on-Linux
Wed 21:01:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Free GATE-12 gives you envelopes and patterns on Mac, Windows, and Linux https://cdm.link/gate-12-free/
Wed 21:01:47 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ New ClickFix attacks seek to compromise Windows, Linux systems https://www.scworld.com/brief/new-clickfix-attacks-seek-to-compromise-windows-linux-systems
Wed 21:02:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ This Is How I Dual Boot Windows and Linux Without the Headache https://www.howtogeek.com/install-windows-on-usb-dual-boot-linux/
Wed 21:03:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): The 5 most customizable Linux desktop environments - when you want it your way ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/The_5_most_customizable_Linux_desktop_environments_when_you_wan.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/The_5_most_customizable_Linux_desktop_environments_when_you_wan.gmi ∎
Wed 21:03:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I don't really know any operating systems other than Windows. I got started with it as a small kid with Windows 3.1, and from then on, I've been stuck on Microsoft's operating systems. Windows 95, 98, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10, 11—you name it, I've used it. But I've never owned a Mac, and I've never properly used Linux before." https://www.xda-developers.com/tried-linux-mint-windows-fanboy/
Wed 21:06:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Applications: Syslog-ng, Kubernetes, Istio, and More ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/Applications_Syslog_ng_Kubernetes_Istio_and_More.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/Applications_Syslog_ng_Kubernetes_Istio_and_More.gmi ∎
Wed 21:06:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Desktop/Laptop GNU/Linux ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/Desktop_Laptop_GNU_Linux.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/Desktop_Laptop_GNU_Linux.gmi ∎
Wed 21:08:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: PicoEMP, Arduino, and More ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/Open_Hardware_Modding_PicoEMP_Arduino_and_More.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/Open_Hardware_Modding_PicoEMP_Arduino_and_More.gmi ∎
Wed 21:09:48 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Fedora Reports and New Version of Flatpak Released ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/Fedora_Reports_and_New_Version_of_Flatpak_Released.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/Fedora_Reports_and_New_Version_of_Flatpak_Released.gmi ∎
Wed 21:09:48 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): KDE GSoC 2025 and KDE India Conference 2025 ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/KDE_GSoC_2025_and_KDE_India_Conference_2025.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/KDE_GSoC_2025_and_KDE_India_Conference_2025.gmi ∎
Wed 21:10:38 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ https://apina.biz/208019.jpeg?mode=sfw
Wed 21:11:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Debian and Ubuntu Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/Debian_and_Ubuntu_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/Debian_and_Ubuntu_Leftovers.gmi ∎
Wed 21:13:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): FreeBSD is an operating system powering servers and desktops ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/FreeBSD_is_an_operating_system_powering_servers_and_desktops.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/FreeBSD_is_an_operating_system_powering_servers_and_desktops.gmi ∎
Wed 21:13:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.gmi ∎
Wed 21:13:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Programming Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/Programming_Leftovers.1.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/Programming_Leftovers.1.gmi ∎
Wed 21:14:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Security Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/Security_Leftovers.1.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/Security_Leftovers.1.gmi ∎
Wed 21:16:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Proprietary Traps and Openwashing ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/Proprietary_Traps_and_Openwashing.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/Proprietary_Traps_and_Openwashing.gmi ∎
Wed 21:17:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The project is making progress. The simplest part is to generate huge quantities of text. But there is no point in generating a long manuscript or thousands of short poems just because you can." gemini://oberdada.pollux.casa/gemlog/2025-05-14_zipf_poetry.gmi
Wed 21:18:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Free and Open Source Software ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi ∎
Wed 21:18:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.1.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.1.gmi ∎
Wed 21:18:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Many of those reading this will still have a telephone. And, what is worse, a telephone number." gemini://gemini.ucant.org/gemlog/2025-05-14_the-phone-system-is-trash-and-getting-worse.gmi
Wed 21:19:57 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I got a text message from a friend who was having difficulties, wondering why I seemed to be ignoring him, "hello mate are you still alive?" ... he shortly afterwards committed suicide, and I complained to Ofcom about the whole affair" gemini://gemini.ucant.org/gemlog/2025-05-14_the-phone-system-is-trash-and-getting-worse.gmi
Wed 21:21:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Xeno Crisis is a 2D game (originally for Sega Megadrive) developed by bitmap bureau and funded with a kickstarter in 2019." gemini://gmi.noulin.net/2025-05-14-running-xeno-crisis-neo-geo-version-in-mame.gmi
Wed 21:22:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ I am officially a Geek! 🤓 gemini://omg.pebcak.club/~freezr/pebcak/index.gmi
Wed 21:23:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Caving with old order Mennonites gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/agk/2025-05-05-menn.txt
Wed 21:23:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): GNOME 49 Finally to Use Showtime as Default Video Player ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/GNOME_49_Finally_to_Use_Showtime_as_Default_Video_Player.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/GNOME_49_Finally_to_Use_Showtime_as_Default_Video_Player.gmi ∎
Wed 21:24:46 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ schestowitz[TR2], The toothpaste is here.
Wed 21:24:53 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Expiration date of March 2027.
Wed 21:25:15 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ I'll probably backfill as I go through tubes or make another bulk buy if the FDA "proposes" banning it.
Wed 21:25:29 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ They have to go through a six month process with public comments that they pretend to consider.
Wed 21:25:43 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Gemini Links 15/05/2025: Poseur Nerds and Mennonites ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/14/Gemini_Links_15_05_2025_Poseur_Nerds_and_Mennonites.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/14/Gemini_Links_15_05_2025_Poseur_Nerds_and_Mennonites.gmi ∎
Wed 21:26:56 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] bbe or expiry?
Wed 21:27:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Links 14/05/2025: Fentanylware (TikTok) Harms Kids, Russia Refuses to Defuse ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/14/Links_14_05_2025_Fentanylware_TikTok_Harms_Kids_Russia_Refuses_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/14/Links_14_05_2025_Fentanylware_TikTok_Harms_Kids_Russia_Refuses_.gmi ∎
Wed 21:28:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): ZOTAC GAMING ZONE Handheld getting a Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 prototype with a Manjaro Linux-based OS ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/ZOTAC_GAMING_ZONE_Handheld_getting_a_Ryzen_AI_9_HX_370_prototyp.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/ZOTAC_GAMING_ZONE_Handheld_getting_a_Ryzen_AI_9_HX_370_prototyp.gmi ∎
Wed 21:28:56 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ <schestowitz[TR2]> bbe or expiry?
Wed 21:29:05 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Well, it isn't really a drop dead date.
Wed 21:29:16 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ It gets less effective over time, supposedly.
Wed 21:29:29 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] depends
Wed 21:29:31 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ It could like, turn into a goop.
Wed 21:29:37 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] what's in this one?
Wed 21:29:43 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Some sites I read suggest the fluoride becomes less effective.
Wed 21:31:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): RHEL 10 quietly leaks ahead of Red Hat Summit ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/RHEL_10_quietly_leaks_ahead_of_Red_Hat_Summit.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/RHEL_10_quietly_leaks_ahead_of_Red_Hat_Summit.gmi ∎
Wed 21:31:42 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Sodium Fluoride, sorbitol, water, hydrated silica, PEG-8, sodium lauryl sulfate, SD alcohol 38-B, flavor, cellulose gumsodium saccharin, blue 1, yellow 10.
Wed 21:31:53 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ So it has synthetic dyes too, which the FDA is banning for no reason.
Wed 21:32:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Down with the H1B! Hire Americans. Recruit from Universities. Invest in the foundation!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv7jp9ne
Wed 21:32:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Co-Pilot su-ks. I’d rather ask a re--rded mongoose for help than waste my time with Co-Pilot. The only people getting let go should be the executives that created this clusterfuq known as Microsoft." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv7jp9ne
Wed 21:33:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Co-Pilot = Slop = Financial bubble to con shareholders. https://locusmag.com/2023/12/commentary-cory-doctorow-what-kind-of-bubble-is-ai/
Wed 21:33:41 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-artificial-food-dyes-rfk-jr/
Wed 21:34:04 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ schestowitz[TR2], Targeting random food additives without running any studies, then approving "natural" alternatives without running any studies.
Wed 21:34:12 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ You know that snake venom and dog shit are all natural?
Wed 21:34:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Grafana 12 Observability Platform Released with Major Upgrades ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/Grafana_12_Observability_Platform_Released_with_Major_Upgrades.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/Grafana_12_Observability_Platform_Released_with_Major_Upgrades.gmi ∎
Wed 21:35:04 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] then yopu wonder what rfk tastes like
Wed 21:35:12 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] becausre you know he is full of s***
Wed 21:35:17 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] so it cannot taste too good
Wed 21:37:35 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ I wonder if we have wormsign again.
Wed 21:37:36 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ :D
Wed 21:38:35 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Another one munching on the parietal lobe maybe.
Wed 21:39:18 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ He had a really shitty brain before the worm incident honestly, but whatever bits the worm ate don't grow back. You can never regrow part of your brain.
Wed 21:39:46 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Running around telling people to drink unpasteurized milk and not brush their teeth.
Wed 21:40:35 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ "You know the Romans crushed up egg shells and pissed on them and brushed with that, all natural, you see!"
Wed 21:53:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴: Google Android Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/Android_Leftovers.1.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/Android_Leftovers.1.gmi ∎
Thu 01:21:59 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ schestowitz[TR2] just run some egg shells through the dishwasher and grind them up into powder and then piss on them at the point of use.
Thu 01:22:02 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Roman toothpaste.
Thu 01:22:05 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Very natural.
Thu 01:22:11 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Bobby Brainworm approves.
Thu 01:25:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): You Can Now Upgrade Ubuntu 24.10 to Ubuntu 25.04, Here’s How ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/You_Can_Now_Upgrade_Ubuntu_24_10_to_Ubuntu_25_04_Here_s_How.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/You_Can_Now_Upgrade_Ubuntu_24_10_to_Ubuntu_25_04_Here_s_How.gmi ∎
Thu 01:46:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 🅸🆁🅲 techpol + social irc ■ Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-140525.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-140525.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-140525.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-140525.txt
Thu 01:47:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 🅸🆁🅲 techrights irc ■ Yesterday's #techrights IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-140525.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-140525.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-140525.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-140525.txt
Thu 01:48:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 🅸🆁🅲 boycottnovell irc ■ Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-140525.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-140525.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-140525.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-140525.txt
Thu 01:49:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 🅸🆁🅲 techbytes irc ■ Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-140525.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-140525.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-140525.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-140525.txt
Thu 01:49:48 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ✩░▒▓▆▅▃▂▁𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍▁▂▃▅▆▓▒░✩ Yesterday's 𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 bulletin is now ready! 🅷🆃🆃🅿: http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2025-05-14.txt | 🅶🅴🅼🅸🅽🅸 gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2025-05-14.txt (tentative address, to work an hour from now)
Thu 01:50:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ✩░▒▓▆▅▃▂▁Tux Machines 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍▁▂▃▅▆▓▒░✩ Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! 🅷🆃🆃🅿: http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2025-05-14.txt
Thu 04:25:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Today was a no-car day and we went for a hike. First we walked along the coast to the neighbouring village of Dramalji, then up the hill and over a pass to Tribalj, then back along the Dubračina back to Crikvenica." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-05-14-crikvenica
Thu 04:26:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-05-15.gmi
Thu 04:27:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1645.jpg
Thu 04:27:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1295.jpg
Thu 04:28:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ love detox evening 2 gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/detox4
Thu 04:30:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ stream y gemini://jmax.flounder.online/gemlog/2025-05-14.gmi
Thu 04:31:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Assembly is complete on my DIY analog computer, and it appears to be working, although there are some components I haven't tested yet. I'm calling this the "Poor Man's Analog Computer"." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20250514-0.gmi
Thu 04:33:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Posted another one about the new and amazing hallucination/truth (you tell me): PIT. This one is meant explicitly to allow others to play, too. Feedback welcome, especially if you actually try it out!" gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/u/bobsh/28744
Thu 04:34:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Intro (from me, Bob (a human), the instigator of all this). gemini://gem.refahs.com/pitSeed.gmi
Thu 04:36:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights — Welcome to the New Techrights ⇨ https://techrights.org/ | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ ∎
Thu 04:36:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, May 14, 2025 ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/IRC_Proceedings_Wednesday_May_14_2025.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/IRC_Proceedings_Wednesday_May_14_2025.gmi ∎
Thu 04:37:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today in Techrights ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Today_in_Techrights.1.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Today_in_Techrights.1.gmi ∎
Thu 04:37:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today in Techrights ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Today_in_Techrights.gmi ∎
Thu 04:39:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Links 15/05/2025: Crikvenica, Analog Computer, and Slop 'Hallucinations' ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Links_15_05_2025_Crikvenica_Analog_Computer_and_Slop_Hallucinat.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Links_15_05_2025_Crikvenica_Analog_Computer_and_Slop_Hallucinat.gmi ∎
Thu 04:49:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Beyond Mass Layoffs at Microsoft: Entire Units Shut Down for Good ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Beyond_Mass_Layoffs_at_Microsoft_Entire_Units_Shut_Down_for_Goo.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Beyond_Mass_Layoffs_at_Microsoft_Entire_Units_Shut_Down_for_Goo.gmi ∎
Thu 04:52:57 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Over at Tux Machines... ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi ∎
Thu 05:02:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Torvalds ditches soft keyboard for clackety clack https://fudzilla.com/news/61028-torvalds-ditches-soft-keyboard-for-clackety-clack
Thu 05:16:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Slopwatch: Sloppy Brian, Brittany Slop, and General Observations ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Slopwatch_Sloppy_Brian_Brittany_Slop_and_General_Observations.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Slopwatch_Sloppy_Brian_Brittany_Slop_and_General_Observations.gmi ∎
Thu 05:16:42 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ It puts the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again.
Thu 05:16:52 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Yes it does, Precious. It gets the hose!
Thu 05:18:38 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ None of the original trilogy Star Wars movies are in my top 10 list. But they're worth watching every year or two around the holidays.
Thu 05:18:50 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ The Lord of the Rings movies are like this too.
Thu 05:20:56 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ There's maybe 1 or two movies from this century so far that would be in my top 10 list.
Thu 05:20:59 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ 1 for sure.
Thu 05:22:08 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ If you expand that to 20 then there's quite a few from the 90s and early to mid 2000s in there.
Thu 05:22:41 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Looking back, the 90s was a transition. Not too many great ones, but a lot of good ones.
Thu 05:24:43 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ https://www.yahoo.com/news/never-approved-children-fluoride-recalled-175750240.html
Thu 05:24:53 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ "While toothpaste with fluoride or fluoride rinses are meant to be spat out, the tablets, are meant to be swallowed and ingested by toddlers and infant’s, according to an FDA statement."
Thu 05:24:59 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Toddlers and "infant is"?
Thu 05:25:01 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ :D
Thu 05:29:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Microsoft Rumours: This Week's Scale of Layoffs "Higher Than Reported" and More Coming Soon ("A Lot More Severe" Than May's) ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Microsoft_Rumours_This_Week_s_Scale_of_Layoffs_Higher_Than_Repo.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Microsoft_Rumours_This_Week_s_Scale_of_Layoffs_Higher_Than_Repo.gmi ∎
Thu 05:30:57 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Can confirm. August will be more a lot more severe than this last round which was higher than reported" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv5sx3t6
Thu 05:31:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "August is a complete farce. Try June and July as those are the next waves. MCAPS already got a small hit, but will be decimated after headcount and territories are finalized at the end of this week." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv5sx3t6
Thu 05:31:57 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Not true. Some people actually benefit from getting paid off... If they were planning to retire anyway, they can pick up severance. 2021 was a good time to get laid off relative to now" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv6hrvk8
Thu 05:32:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "100%. The job market for tech / white collar jobs has been absolutely dismal for at least the past two years. Microsoft just shafted 6000 people so their executives could further enrich themselves." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv6hrvk8
Thu 05:33:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "LinkedIn is full of people with fake resumes and accomplishments. Your chances are slim to none being offered a job posted on LinkedIn. Most the jobs posted, don't even exist." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv6r78dv Many people still think you would MAKE real friends in Facebook
Thu 05:42:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "It will come out soon, or maybe not. This is not 6,000 nor 7,000 it was closer to 11,000. Microsoft reports the 3% to their go to cnbc shill of a journalist and all media outlets follow. Now everyone is repeating the 3% when reality is 5%. This “is” larger than the previous layoffs and its being covered up." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv5nhy0h
Thu 05:47:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Based on healthy number of IBM vaccinated buildings as well as across the board for RTP in general, it sure would be cheaper just to lease as needed." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv5rrsej
Thu 05:48:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Cafeteria status: Looks like I’ll being forced to come back into the office starting next week at RTP. Does anybody know the status of the cafeteria there?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv84hexk
Thu 05:49:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "They still dont have yellow american cheese. Rumor they are switching over to Indian cruise. I am sure that if you reach out the IBM Chaiwalla-In-Chief (CIC) Alvind , he should be to arrange breakfast and perhaps Vindaloo curry and rice for lunch. Perhaps a beer too for a small fee. Would you prefer to eat off a banana leaf instead of a plate and a paan (betel) leaf to chew on ?"
Thu 06:01:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – At IBM, Relocation Can be a Trick or a Trap (IBM Gets Rid of Staff Under the Guise of "Relo") ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/At_IBM_Relocation_Can_be_a_Trick_or_a_Trap_IBM_Gets_Rid_of_Staf.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/At_IBM_Relocation_Can_be_a_Trick_or_a_Trap_IBM_Gets_Rid_of_Staf.gmi ∎
Thu 06:19:44 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – The Lawyers Working for the Serial Strangler From Microsoft on SLAPPing Techrights Have Apparently Lost Their Voice ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/The_Lawyers_Working_for_the_Serial_Strangler_From_Microsoft_on_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/The_Lawyers_Working_for_the_Serial_Strangler_From_Microsoft_on_.gmi ∎
Thu 06:27:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ IBM outsourced Podman to Microsoft and proprietary software. What a joke! https://lwn.net/Articles/1021217/
Thu 06:29:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Wow, I didn't realize Stallman was still active" https://x.com/Tudmotu/status/1922699057551573108 different GNU
Thu 06:31:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Debian's AWKward essential set ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Debian_s_AWKward_essential_set.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Debian_s_AWKward_essential_set.gmi ∎
Thu 06:31:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Custom out-of-memory killers in BPF https://lwn.net/Articles/1019230/
Thu 06:31:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Injecting speculation barriers into BPF programs https://lwn.net/Articles/1018494/
Thu 06:32:44 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Flexible data placement https://lwn.net/Articles/1018642/
Thu 06:34:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Filtering fanotify events with BPF https://lwn.net/Articles/1018493/
Thu 06:36:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): LWN on Linux Kernel and the 2025 Linux Storage, Filesystem, Memory-Management, and BPF Summit ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/LWN_on_Linux_Kernel_and_the_2025_Linux_Storage_Filesystem_Memor.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/LWN_on_Linux_Kernel_and_the_2025_Linux_Storage_Filesystem_Memor.gmi ∎
Thu 06:42:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ New bug doors ready to install ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/microsoft-patch-tuesday-may-2025/ http://techrights.org/wiki/Microsoft_and_the_NSA/
Thu 06:42:43 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Zero-Day Attacks Highlight Another Busy Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Patch Tuesday ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/zero-day-attacks-highlight-another-busy-microsoft-patch-tuesday/
Thu 06:43:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ And meanwhile Microsoft's CEO boasts they try to use slop as code; devil in the details?
Thu 06:43:44 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Stupid mindless hype for the Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot https://stanforddaily.com/2025/05/13/artificial-imagination-can-chatgpt-tell-our-stories/
Thu 06:44:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ AMD salesperson with suitcase/briefcase full of EPYCs (like he's about to hop over the Chinese border) https://www.phoronix.com/review/amd-epyc-4585px-4565p-benchmarks
Thu 06:45:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ EPYCs are overpriced and are marketed by sites that receive bribes to do so. # su lisa. $ bribe bribe bribe
Thu 06:45:51 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] more people now say msft layoffs are higher than reported
Thu 06:45:53 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] 5% now
Thu 06:45:57 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] next another 5%
Thu 06:46:00 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] they lied
Thu 06:46:03 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] via Jordan their shill
Thu 06:46:13 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] the "new" Micro\soft Peter
Thu 06:49:19 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ There's a reference to The Lower Depths in Lady and the Tramp.
Thu 06:49:32 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ I liked Kurosawa's version.
Thu 06:50:00 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Anyway, one of the dogs in the pound sums it up "Miserable being must find more miserable being. Then he is happy."
Thu 06:50:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Court Rules Against NSO Group ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/05/court-rules-against-nso-group.html
Thu 06:50:04 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Of course it's Russian.
Thu 06:52:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Microsoft Patch Tuesday: May 2025, (Tue, May 13th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31946
Thu 06:54:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Firefox Source Code Now Hosted On Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub ☞ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Firefox-On-GitHub
Thu 06:55:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Call it a day, pass over Firefox to the very company that worked hard to destroy it and is now laying off 10% of its OWN workforce. Mozilla is a giant failure.
Thu 06:55:19 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ I probably saw this Disney movie the most. This and The Many Adventures of Winnie The Pooh probably nearly wore out a VCR or two.
Thu 06:56:06 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ There's another layer to all of these that you appreciate more from an adult point of view if you go back and watch them 30+ years later though.
Thu 06:57:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ When Mozilla said it'd move Firefox to "git" it means to MICROSOFT. It just worded it in a way that would not sound too offensive, but the damage is now done. Firefox is controlled by a firm of criminals.
Thu 06:57:21 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ I like the ones that bury some humor under the surface or just hit you in a different way.
Thu 07:05:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Wide-ranging Fashion Company Apple security update addresses over 30 vulnerabilities ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/apple-security-update-c1-modem-privacy-fixes-may-2025/ Apple does not value security https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/08/Unlike_GAFAM_Free_Software_Serves_You_It_Does_Not_Serve_Governm.shtml
Thu 07:07:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Incalculable" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/homevestors-fraud-charles-carrier-texas | Source: Pro Publica
Thu 07:07:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Students With Disabilities in Idaho" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/department-of-education-idaho-students-disabilities-trump | Source: Pro Publica
Thu 07:08:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Green Energy" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/oregon-washington-green-energy-consequences | Source: Pro Publica
Thu 07:08:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ The Fridge: Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 891 ☞ https://fridge.ubuntu.com/2025/05/12/ubuntu-weekly-newsletter-issue-891/
Thu 07:11:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Bloomberg: Microsoft Layoffs Hit Coders Hardest. It also says the "slop" hype (LLMs) cost the company too much. There's no money in it.
Thu 07:14:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "In this episode of PING, Professor Cristel Pelsser, who holds the chair of Critical Embedded Systems at UCLouvain" ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/05/15/podcast-dfoh-mvp-and-gill-new-ways-of-looking-at-bgp/ | Source: APNIC
Thu 07:14:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Just in time for PyCon..." ☛ https://davepeck.org/2025/05/14/talk-python-podcast-episode-505-t-strings-in-python/ | Source: Dave Peck
Thu 07:15:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Hardware vendor ZOTAC have announced they're working on a new ZOTAC GAMING ZONE Handheld, with a prototype that will be shown off at COMPUTEX 2025 running Linux. The event takes place May 20-23 May, and so hopefully they will be giving out plenty of details then." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/zotac-gaming-zone-handheld-getting-a-ryzen-ai-9-hx-370-prototype-with-a-manjaro-linux-based-os/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
Thu 07:16:57 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Zotac's new OLED handheld gaming PC runs a Linux-based OS https://www.techspot.com/news/107907-zotac-new-oled-handheld-gaming-pc-runs-linux.html
Thu 07:17:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Valve are on a bit of a roll lately with multiple nice Team Fortress 2 (TF2) updates coming in to fix up various issues." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/team-fortress-2-update-brings-new-server-options-like-friends-only-and-relaxed-chat-rules-for-all-players/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
Thu 07:17:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Thomas "GloriousEggroll" Crider has released GE-Proton 10-1 bringing over all the changes from Proton 10 Beta to this community-made compatibility layer, along with lots of specific game fixes for Linux / SteamOS + Steam Deck." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/ge-proton-10-1-released-with-proton-10-and-fixes-for-marvel-rivals-oblivion-remastered-and-more-on-linux-steam-deck/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
Thu 07:18:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Rift Riff is all about jumping through portals (okay Rifts, whatever) and extracting precious juice. Monsters don't like you doing that though but the juice must flow." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/rift-riff-is-a-beautifully-designed-tower-defense-game-about-pumping-juice/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
Thu 07:19:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "GSC Game World have just announced S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Legends of the Zone Trilogy Enhanced Edition that will launch on May 20th with enhanced versions of Shadow of Chornobyl (2007), Clear Sky (2008), and Call of Prypiat (2009)" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/s-t-a-l-k-e-r-legends-of-the-zone-trilogy-enhanced-edition-announced-with-steam-deck-support/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
Thu 07:19:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "We only just had the reveal of Training Solo from VUSec for Intel and Arm, and now we have another security flaw in Intel CPUs with Branch Privilege Injection." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/more-intel-cpu-security-flaws-revealed-with-branch-privilege-injection/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
Thu 07:19:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ dynamic
Thu 07:20:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Rescue Ops: Wildfire is an upcoming immersive firefighter simulation game where you (and friends, if you have any) get to attempt to put out dynamic, unpredictable mega-fires." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/rescue-ops-wildfire-could-be-a-good-one-for-co-op-fans-where-you-fight-raging-infernos/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
Thu 07:21:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ iophk: :( microsofters inside canonical exfiltrate funds https://linuxiac.com/ubuntu-maker-canonical-donates-to-support-open-source-developers/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/05/14/Canonical_Will_Give_You_Money_Only_If_You_Work_for_Microsoft.shtml
Thu 07:22:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Today in MAGA: Republicans Ban Fluoride Prescriptions and Threaten to Take Away Toothpaste | BaronHK's Rants" https://baronhk.wordpress.com/2025/05/14/today-in-maga-republicans-ban-fluoride-prescriptions-and-threaten-to-take-away-toothpaste/
Thu 07:22:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ iophk: rip-and-tear, bruno! rip-and-tear https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/05/dr-tongues-3d-house-of-stewardesses/ ("Dr. Tongue's 3D House of Stewardesses")
Thu 07:23:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ openwashing? https://cedardb.com/blog/launch/ ("Announcing the CedarDB Community Edition | CedarDB")
Thu 07:23:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Moonsigil Atlas has a demo out now and it's already shot right up to the top of my wishlist." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/the-fusion-of-deck-building-and-space-tetris-in-the-demo-of-moonsigil-atlas-has-totally-hooked-me/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
Thu 07:24:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Rogue Worlds is a new free chaotic tactical roguelite platformer that's a spin-off of Aura of Worlds, a paid bigger game from developer Cognitive Forge." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/rogue-worlds-is-a-free-chaotic-tactical-roguelite-platformer-out-now-with-linux-and-steam-deck-support/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
Thu 07:25:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Firefox and Ubuntu have been outsourced to Microsoft. How many moles did this take to accomplish?
Thu 07:25:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The open source Mesa 25.0.6 graphics drivers bug-fix release is out now, and thankfully this one comes with the updates needed to run DOOM: The Dark Ages on Linux with Proton when you have an AMD GPU" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/mesa-25-0-6-released-with-amd-gpu-fixes-for-doom-the-dark-ages-on-linux/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
Thu 07:25:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "There's been reports of a Steam data breach recently, and instead of jumping the gun I reached out to Valve first to see what was going on." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/heres-a-statement-from-valve-on-the-reported-steam-data-breach/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
Thu 07:29:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Games: Steam Data Breach, Mesa Changes, Moonsigil Atlas, and More ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Games_Steam_Data_Breach_Mesa_Changes_Moonsigil_Atlas_and_More.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Games_Steam_Data_Breach_Mesa_Changes_Moonsigil_Atlas_and_More.gmi ∎
Thu 07:32:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Microsoft's latest back or bug doors are ready ☛ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/05/patch-tuesday-may-2025-edition/ | Source: Krebs On Security
Thu 07:33:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Crypto" ☛ https://fair.org/home/crypto-is-the-biggest-corruption-issue-with-trump/ | Source: FAIR
Thu 07:36:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ [Podcast] DFOH, MVP, and GILL: New ways of looking at BGP ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/05/15/podcast-dfoh-mvp-and-gill-new-ways-of-looking-at-bgp/
Thu 07:37:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Approximately two-thirds of all sharecroppers were white, and one third were black." ☛ https://www.pbs.org/tpt/slavery-by-another-name/themes/sharecropping/ | Source: PBS
Thu 07:37:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "bait" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/ice-kids-bait-arrest-woman-worcester-massachusetts-1235338539/ | Source: Rolling Stone
Thu 07:37:57 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Corporate communications VP Justin Higgs confirmed the new hybrid model to The Verge." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/667441/ea-return-to-office-work-hybrid | Source: The Verge
Thu 07:38:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ They KNOW many will resign. This is "SOFT" layoffs.
Thu 07:38:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Electronic Arts has announced to employees that it will be ending its remote working policies permanently, and implementing a full return to office." ☛ https://www.ign.com/articles/ea-pushes-full-return-to-office-effectively-ends-remote-hiring | Source: IGN
Thu 07:39:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This month, Airbnb will launch the first stage of its more than $200 million reinvention: a panoply of more than 10,000 vendors peddling a swath of services in 260 cities in 30 countries." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/airbnb-is-in-midlife-crisis-mode-reinvention-app-services/ | Source: Wired
Thu 07:44:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "There simply is no “free speech” principle at issue here. This is about having the power to dehumanize and destroy—about who is allowed to wield violence and who must absorb it." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/shiloh-hendrix-n-word-conservatives/ | Source: The Nation
Thu 07:45:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "“This is short-term thinking at its absolute worst,” said Walt Gasson, a fourth-generation Wyoming hunter and outdoorsman." ☛ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/trump-asks-congress-to-ruin-our-national-parks/ | Source: Truthdig
Thu 07:47:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Legal frameworks put in place to protect the audiovisual industries were never likely to exist in a vacuum forever." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/ai-powered-news-piracy-site-blocked-by-isps-after-court-sides-with-publishers-250514/ | Source: Torrent Freak
Thu 07:47:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Oppenheim stopped short of accusing Chen of deliberate misconduct, but he emphasized the seriousness of submitting a court document citing AI-generated falsehoods in court." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/13/music-publishers-vs-anthropic-ongoing-case/ | Source: Digital Music News
Thu 07:48:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Running with the point, the four-year SoundCloud higher-up confirmed a fresh terms update that looks as though it may put the kibosh on certain “opt-out” requirements." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/14/soundcloud-ai-training-terms/ | Source: Digital Music News
Thu 07:49:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The administration’s attacks on both news outlets and universities places journalism schools—and their students—at an alarming intersection." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/journalism-school-trump-press-universities/ | Source: The Nation
Thu 07:52:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The state of Indiana has a law that blocks journalists from observing executions at the Indiana State Prison. But on May 5, a coalition of media organizations filed a federal lawsuit that seeks to overturn the law as unconstitutional." ☛ https://thedissenter.org/indiana-state-officials-sued-for-blocking-media-access-to-executions/ | Source: The Dissenter
Thu 07:53:15 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] IsambardPrince: ^^^^^^^^^
Thu 07:53:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The principles underlying this case are the facts that a member of the public does have a right to disagree with police and officers are not entitled to stop, detain, arrest or use force against citizens to make the citizen listen to them until the citizen agrees" ☛ https://www.courthousenews.com/journalist-pushes-back-on-arrest-while-filming-vegas-trump-protest/ | Source: Court House News
Thu 07:54:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The Court of Justice of the European Union General Court (EUCJ) ruled on Wednesday that the European Commission (EC)’s refusal to give the New York Times access to communication exchanges between the EC President and Pfizer was incorrect." ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/05/eu-court-rules-european-commission-wrongly-denied-new-york-times-access-to-pfizer-communications/ | Source: JURIST
Thu 08:13:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Breakdown of Microsoft Layoffs Shows It's About Cost, Not Performance or Hype (Like "AI") ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Breakdown_of_Microsoft_Layoffs_Shows_It_s_About_Cost_Not_Perfor.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Breakdown_of_Microsoft_Layoffs_Shows_It_s_About_Cost_Not_Perfor.gmi ∎
Thu 08:33:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Your Real Ally Would Not Defend the Company of SLAPP and Strangling of Women ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Your_Real_Ally_Would_Not_Defend_the_Company_of_SLAPP_and_Strang.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Your_Real_Ally_Would_Not_Defend_the_Company_of_SLAPP_and_Strang.gmi ∎
Thu 08:37:15 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ <schestowitz[TR2]> IsambardPrince: ^^^^^^^^^
Thu 08:37:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ The people who make kubernetes use proprietary tools. That should make one wonder how "open" kubernetes truly is. Those are people who reject FOSS.
Thu 08:37:26 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ They know that people don't want to think about it.
Thu 08:37:42 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ But they're than happy to let it happen.
Thu 08:38:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "And yet, Democrats seem to act as if none of that is happening" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/05/14/why-the-fuck-are-democrats-helping-build-magas-censorship-machine-with-kosa/ | Source: Techdirt
Thu 08:38:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Russian authorities restricted mobile [Internet] access from May 5 to May 9" ☛ https://therecord.media/russian-internet-shutdown-condemned-by-rights-groups | Source: The Record
Thu 08:38:29 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ schestowitz[TR2], Like that 450 pound man with all the tattoos that murdered his little girl and then the guy says he's a tranny so they have to pay a million dollars to get him unnecessary procedures.
Thu 08:38:36 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Then move him in with the real women.
Thu 08:38:44 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ I'm sure they're thrilled.
Thu 08:38:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "a wide variety of questions" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/grok-elon-musk-south-africa-white-genocide-1235339420/ | Source: Rolling Stone
Thu 08:38:55 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Most people would rather spend the money putting this man to death.
Thu 08:39:03 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Which is what he should have gotten to begin with.
Thu 08:39:45 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ There was no doubt.
Thu 08:40:18 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ We have a lot of people who just aren't fit to live.
Thu 08:40:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Microsoft plug; the numbers are false: "These new job cuts are not related to performance, the spokesperson said." ☛ https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/13/microsoft-is-cutting-3percent-of-workers-across-the-software-company.html | Source: CNBC http://techrights.org/n/2025/05/14/There_Are_Bigger_Rounds_of_Microsoft_Layoffs_Coming_a_Cull_of_1.shtml
Thu 08:41:47 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ A lot more due to debt ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2781813/microsoft-lays-off-6000-employees-for-non-performance-reasons.html | Source: PC World http://techrights.org/n/2023/11/15/Microsoft_s_Total_Debt_Has_Just_Surged_to_an_All_Time_High_of_1.shtml
Thu 08:42:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "about 3% of its 228,000 global employees" is false. A lot more. ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/microsoft-layoffs-2025-6000-axed-including-this-popular-job-site-1733789 | Source: International Business Times http://techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Microsoft_Rumours_This_Week_s_Scale_of_Layoffs_Higher_Than_Repo.shtml
Thu 08:44:21 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] under astrotu there were 3 links about microsoft layoffs, relaying false information (numbers), so I had to "Ed" them with refutation
Thu 08:45:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The purpose of these cuts, sadism aside, would be to partially offset the cost of huge tax cuts for the rich — cuts that would still explode the budget deficit." ☛ https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/is-this-the-year-we-doom-civilization | Source: Paul Krugman
Thu 08:45:47 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "And yet the brutality of the cuts to the social safety net isn’t what bothers me most about what’s about to happen to public policy. Even worse is the assault on renewable energy."
Thu 08:45:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The Federal Aviation Administration official in charge of air traffic controllers, Frank McIntosh, confirmed the agency didn’t even know the hotline hadn’t been working since March 2022 until after the latest near miss." ☛ https://www.airforcetimes.com/air/2025/05/14/dc-military-air-traffic-control-hotline-hasnt-worked-for-over-3-years/ | Source: Air Force Times
Thu 08:46:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The country’s grid investment lagged other European countries, even as its solar capacity more than doubled over the last five years, the news agency added." ☛ https://www.theenergymix.com/massive-blackout-in-spain-shows-need-for-grid-investment-battery-storage-experts-say/ | Source: Energy Mix Productions Inc
Thu 08:46:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "You’ve overseen mass reductions in the workforce at CISA" ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/dhs-wont-tell-congress-how-many-people-its-cut-from-cisa/ | Source: Scoop News Group
Thu 08:48:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "cavalcade of tech and business leaders was in Saudi Arabia’s capital" ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/05/13/trump-tech-execs-riyadh/ | Source: The Washington Post
Thu 08:48:48 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I am left wondering what this "gift" jet is a distraction" ☛ https://boingboing.net/2025/05/13/even-republicans-admit-trumps-jet-is-an-unconstitutional-bribe.html | Source: BoingBoing
Thu 08:49:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The money generated by data centres in Finland mostly ends up outside" ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20161766 | Source: YLE
Thu 08:51:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "My general dissatisfaction, especially with the tech industry and particularly with the ever-declining software quality and Apple’s behavior, led me to the decision to break free from these constraints" ☛ https://mb.esamecar.net/2025/05/14/leaving-the-apple-watch-behind.html | Source: Marco F
Thu 08:51:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "A jury has awarded WhatsApp $167 million in punitive damages in a case the company brought against Israel-based NSO Group for exploiting a software vulnerability that hijacked the phones of thousands of users." ☛ https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/05/jury-orders-nso-to-pay-167-million-for-hacking-whatsapp-users/ | Source: Ars Technica
Thu 08:51:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Peak Points leverages Google’s Gemini AI to analyze YouTube videos and identify moments it believes have the highest viewer engagement or are most emotionally impactful, and then suggests placing the ad right after it." ☛ https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/14/youtube-viewers-will-start-seeing-ads-after-peak-moments-in-videos/ | Source: TechCrunch
Thu 08:52:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "YouTube just showcased a new, AI-based ad placement system called Peak Points, designed to take advantage of a video's most emotionally impactful moments." ☛ https://www.androidpolice.com/youtube-peak-points-emotional-moments-targeted-ads/ | Source: Android Police
Thu 08:52:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Data brokers operate within a multibillion-dollar industry built on the collection and sale of detailed personal information—often without individuals’ knowledge or consent." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/cfpb-quietly-kills-rule-to-shield-americans-from-data-brokers/ | Source: Wired
Thu 08:53:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "jump from LPR [license plate reader] to person" ☛ https://www.404media.co/license-plate-reader-company-flock-is-building-a-massive-people-lookup-tool-leak-shows/ | Source: 404 Media
Thu 08:53:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The mobile phone in your hand may feel secure, but could someone be secretly listening in on your conversations?" ☛ https://itwire.com/your-it-news/mobility/can-people-really-listen-in-on-your-mobile-phone-conversations.html | Source: IT Wire
Thu 08:54:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Technology being used by the powerful to oppress the masses and even commit genocide isn't some "AI" thing or "modern" or "computer" thing. IBM did that almost 100 years ago with machines. It's not a new problem, just an evolving one.
Thu 08:55:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ You don't need "AI" to kill people. Tabulation machines can be enough.
Thu 08:55:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "NOYB highlighted in a Wednesday press release that if a company seeks to use personal data" ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/noyb-threatens-meta-lawsuit-if-it-collects-personal-data-europeans-ai-training-without-consent-1733828 | Source: International Business Times
Thu 08:55:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Meta has announced it will use EU personal data from Instagram and Facebook users to train its new AI systems from 27 May onwards." ☛ https://noyb.eu/en/noyb-sends-meta-cease-and-desist-letter-over-ai-training-european-class-action-potential-next-step | Source: NYOB
Thu 08:56:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ A growing and already-great desire for SOCIAL CONTROL is the cental issue
Thu 08:56:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ (central)
Thu 08:56:43 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The online advertising system has no need to collect such a vast amount of data for delivering advertising." ☛ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/org-responses-to-data-intermediaries-and-data-brokers-consultations/ | Source: OpenRightsGroup
Thu 08:57:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "We strongly oppose this." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/stopping-states-passing-ai-laws-next-decade-terrible-idea | Source: EFF
Thu 08:57:43 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ USA is becoming more like KSA or USSR when it comes to human rights. It's not hard to see who copies who (or what).
Thu 08:58:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Now, with SB 282, Montana has become the first state to close the data broker loophole." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/montana-becomes-first-state-close-law-enforcement-data-broker-loophole | Source: EFF
Thu 08:58:44 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Windows TCO ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/14/ransomware_targets_middle_systems_sans/ | Source: The Register UK
Thu 08:58:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Windows TCO ☛ https://therecord.media/cyber-incident-forces-nucor-steel-to-take-systems-offline | Source: The Record
Thu 08:59:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Windows TCO ☛ https://therecord.media/british-retailer-marks-spencer-insurance | Source: The Record
Thu 09:00:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Oligarchic control can be exercised through "investment", which may seem like "fun" and "games" when its shell is "sportwashing" or "entertainment"
Thu 09:01:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Entrapment (Microsoft GitHub): "thanks.dev" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/ubuntu-maker-canonical-donates-to-support-open-source-developers/ | Source: Linuxiac http://techrights.org/n/2025/05/14/Canonical_Will_Give_You_Money_Only_If_You_Work_for_Microsoft.shtml
Thu 09:01:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Social Control Media ☛ https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2025-05-14/youtube-will-air-its-first-exclusive-nfl-game-from-brazil | Source: Los Angeles Times
Thu 09:02:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "As AI becomes embedded in academic life, a troubling reality has emerged: students are extremely vulnerable to its use." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-05-ai-danger-students-universities.html | Source: Omicron Limited
Thu 09:02:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The iconic button may about to be replaced by a new AI Mode button as the search giant aims to move away from traditional search results" ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2781814/google-is-testing-an-ai-mode-button-in-place-of-im-feeling-lucky.html | Source: PC World
Thu 09:02:57 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Microsoft quietly announced earlier this week that it plans to shut down a long-standing tool supplying search engine startups and other software developers with a raw feed of Bing search results." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/bing-microsoft-api-support-ending/ | Source: Wired
Thu 09:03:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Of the 254 AI-enabled apps in use, 7% have been developed by companies based in China." ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/is-ai-use-in-the-workplace-out-of-control/ | Source: Security Week
Thu 09:03:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The register of copyrights cast serious doubt on whether AI companies could legally train their models on copyrighted material. The White House fired her the next day." ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/us-copyright-office-ai-report-firing-fair-use-debate/ | Source: Scoop News Group
Thu 09:04:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "And how many, in your deepest of hearts, actually have a good grasp of the security risks involved in AI system controls, by a show of hands?" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/14/cyberuk_ai_deployment_risks/ | Source: The Register UK
Thu 09:04:57 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The recall comes after a series of minor crashes with gates, chains and other obstacles in the road that did not result in any injuries, the Mountain View, Calif.-based company said in a filing with the NHTSA." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-05-14/waymo-recalls-more-than-1-200-automated-vehicles-after-minor-crashes | Source: Los Angeles Times
Thu 09:05:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "It's Audible's biggest foray into AI yet, and will be a major blow for voice actors, who are fighting tooth and nail to win protections against the technology, particularly in the US video games industry, where they are still on strike." ☛ https://futurism.com/audible-announces-ai-narrators | Source: Futurism
Thu 09:06:05 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "When I wrote about switching to the Mac in July of 2023, I lamented the Mac’s lack of support for my language, Slovene." ☛ https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/05/want-apple-to-add-a-feature-pass-a-law/ | Source: Six Colors
Thu 09:06:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Perhaps this is why I was shocked by the inner sanctum details revealed by Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in a suit against Apple by Epic Games. You can read all the back-and-forth details elsewhere, including this very site." ☛ https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/05/can-we-still-love-apple-should-we-ever-have/ | Source: Six Colors
Thu 09:06:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This announcement is providing a end-of-the-road notification for AFP, which has been included in Apple’s operating systems for the Mac since System 6 in 1988." ☛ https://derflounder.wordpress.com/2025/05/14/apple-filing-protocol-client-deprecated-as-of-macos-sequoia-15-5-0/ | Source: Rich Trouton
Thu 09:20:44 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/more-young-people-suffering-strokes-colorado
Thu 09:20:48 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ schestowitz[TR2], COVID shots
Thu 09:20:56 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ "Spike in strokes among young people."
Thu 09:21:03 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Also, weed.
Thu 09:21:37 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ They legalize weed and all sorts of shit happens. Strokes, heart attacks, lung disease, dementia, psychotic episodes (like Lobsta's).
Thu 09:22:33 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Nobody should be smoking weed unless they're like, terminally ill or have major chronic pain where it's at least not as bad as the fentanyl patches or oxycontin crap.
Thu 09:23:09 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ If you're terminally ill and in pain, you should get whatever makes the pain subside because there's nothing that can help you otherwise now.
Thu 09:23:33 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ But they shouldn't be giving drugs to people who are already criminals, losers, and nutcases just because it brings in tax money for the government.
Thu 09:35:06 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ "Lady and the Tramp contains several instances of ethnic and cultural stereotyping. The depiction of the pair of Siamese cats in particular has been recognized for its racist Asian stereotypes.[45] "The Siamese Cat Song" was cut from the 2019 live-action remake of the film,[46] and in 2020 Disney+ included a content warning at the beginning of the film, advising viewers of "negative depictions and/or mistreatment of people or
Thu 09:35:06 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ cultures".[47]"
Thu 09:35:16 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Meanwhile, they wonder why people don't go and they lose money.
Thu 09:40:07 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Stoooopid liberals tearing apart good classic Disney looking for shit to be outraged about.
Thu 09:41:13 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Screen Rant even says the song "He's a Tramp" is problematic because it creates a "negative" view of Tramp "exploring his sexuality". There really is something wrong with people who won't settle down given the chance.
Thu 09:41:59 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ It's the stuff they produce now that you have to be terrified children will see because the children have never been dumber and have never acted worse and have never felt more self-important and arrogant than they do now.
Thu 09:44:22 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ The movie didn't even take place in 1955 (when it was made), it took place sometime between 1902 and (likely) the October Revolution in Russia (1917).
Thu 09:45:07 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ You can tell that because the Russian dog mentions a Russian stage play that came out in 1902, but he mentions several things about Russia that make it obvious they're not Communists yet.
Thu 09:45:36 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ So it's appropriate for the movie to take a certain license with the viewpoint and not feel out of place.
Thu 09:49:42 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] <IsambardPrince> "Spike in strokes among young people."
Thu 09:49:46 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] uk stats agree
Thu 09:49:50 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] there is a crisis of this here
Thu 09:49:54 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] many blood pressuure tests
Thu 09:49:58 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] to "discover" cases
Thu 09:50:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The Trump administration plans to weaken drinking water rules meant to protect Americans from “forever chemicals” that have been linked to cancer, reproductive risks, liver damage, and other health issues." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/667349/forever-chemicals-pfas-drinking-water-rules-epa-trump-rollback | Source: The Verge
Thu 09:50:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "In addition to removing those four other chemicals from the rule, the Trump EPA now says it will give drinking water systems until 2031 to get rid of PFOA and PFOS in the supply—two years after the original deadline of 2029." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/the-epa-is-giving-some-forever-chemicals-a-pass/ | Source: Wired
Thu 09:53:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Arch Linux Installer Now Supports Labwc, Niri, and River Wayland Compositors ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Arch_Linux_Installer_Now_Supports_Labwc_Niri_and_River_Wayland_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Arch_Linux_Installer_Now_Supports_Labwc_Niri_and_River_Wayland_.gmi ∎
Thu 09:54:40 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ We have a pretty good water treatment plant.
Thu 09:54:42 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ We ought to.
Thu 09:54:48 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ For what the water costs.
Thu 10:00:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Have I sold off a passion? Does letting go of a camera" ☛ https://contino.com/blog/did-i-just-sell-a-passion | Source: Andrea Contino
Thu 10:01:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "At the same time, rising tuition and expenses" ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Education/2025/0514/free-college-tuition-harvard-enrollment-cliff | Source: CS Monitor
Thu 10:01:45 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ https://screenrant.com/disney-lady-and-the-tramp-aged-poorly/
Thu 10:01:47 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ LOL
Thu 10:02:00 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ "Also worth noting is that the dish of spaghetti and meatballs would not have been available to the average Italian in the 1950s, as beef and pork were extremely expensive."
Thu 10:02:12 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ The movie takes place sometime between 1902-1917.
Thu 10:02:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I used those archetypes a lot when I was a new Staff Engineer. I have used it as a reference hundreds of times and shared it with tens of thousands of people." ☛ https://blog.alexewerlof.com/p/staff-archetypes-are-anti-patterns | Source: Alex Ewerlöf
Thu 10:02:21 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ And they're nowhere near Italy, they're in the US.
Thu 10:02:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The federal government is using social media surveillance to target student visa holders living in the United States for online speech the Trump administration disfavors." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/05/14/trump-administrations-targeting-of-international-students-jeopardizes-free-speech-and-privacy-online/ | Source: Techdirt
Thu 10:03:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "So I dug a bit. Here are five threats: [...]" ☛ https://doc.searls.com/2025/05/14/whether-weather/ | Source: Doc Searls
Thu 10:05:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Removal of Deepin Desktop from openSUSE due to Packaging Policy Violation ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/08/Removal_of_Deepin_Desktop_from_openSUSE_due_to_Packaging_Policy.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/08/Removal_of_Deepin_Desktop_from_openSUSE_due_to_Packaging_Policy.gmi ∎
Thu 10:05:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "So now anything about NetBSD and OpenBSD will no longer have an awkward "FreeBSD" tag at the end of the article." ☛ https://www.ncartron.org/the-freebsd-tag-is-dead-long-live-the-freebsd-tag.html | Source: Nico Cartron
Thu 10:06:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "A folksonomy is a way of organizing things where the people who use the service are allowed to create and apply their own tags to things." ☛ https://ericwbailey.website/published/organizing-a-design-system-via-folksonomy/ | Source: Eric Bailey
Thu 10:13:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Best Free and Open Source Software ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi ∎
Thu 10:20:05 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Bing Might Shut Down - Just Like Skype Did - Some Time in the Coming Months/Years (Parts of It Already Shut Down) ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Bing_Might_Shut_Down_Just_Like_Skype_Did_Some_Time_in_the_Comin.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Bing_Might_Shut_Down_Just_Like_Skype_Did_Some_Time_in_the_Comin.gmi ∎
Thu 10:21:44 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 'End of 10' offers hope and help to Windows 10 users who can't upgrade ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/12/_End_of_10_offers_hope_and_help_to_Windows_10_users_who_can_t_u.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/12/_End_of_10_offers_hope_and_help_to_Windows_10_users_who_can_t_u.gmi ∎
Thu 10:23:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Nobara 42: SteamOS alternative updated with better driver manager, custom app store, and new Linux kernel ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Nobara_42_SteamOS_alternative_updated_with_better_driver_manage.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Nobara_42_SteamOS_alternative_updated_with_better_driver_manage.gmi ∎
Thu 10:23:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ IBM is promoting surveillance by Microsoft as "confidentiality"; IBM harms its customers for Microsoft's gain ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/rhel-confidential-virtual-machines-protect-ai-workloads-microsoft-azure | Source: Red Hat Official
Thu 10:24:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Buzzwords, no substance ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/strategy-scale-bringing-ai-life-enterprise | Source: Red Hat Official
Thu 10:24:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Weird business model explored ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/introducing-90-day-red-hat-learning-subscription-trial | Source: Red Hat Official
Thu 10:26:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): IBM Red Hat Serving Microsoft and Promoting Buzzwords, False Marketing ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/IBM_Red_Hat_Serving_Microsoft_and_Promoting_Buzzwords_False_Mar.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/IBM_Red_Hat_Serving_Microsoft_and_Promoting_Buzzwords_False_Mar.gmi ∎
Thu 10:28:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Security and Fake Security ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Security_and_Fake_Security.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Security_and_Fake_Security.gmi ∎
Thu 10:30:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴: Google Android Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Android_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Android_Leftovers.gmi ∎
Thu 10:30:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today's 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/today_s_leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/today_s_leftovers.gmi ∎
Thu 10:33:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Links 15/05/2025: KOSA Censorship (USA Becomes More Like KSA) and More National Cuts ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Links_15_05_2025_KOSA_Censorship_USA_Becomes_More_Like_KSA_and_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Links_15_05_2025_KOSA_Censorship_USA_Becomes_More_Like_KSA_and_.gmi ∎
Thu 10:33:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "What makes Linux the most flexible operating system on the planet? The option to create your perfect desktop environment certainly helps. These are my favorites." https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-5-most-customizable-linux-desktop-environments-when-you-want-it-your-way/
Thu 10:35:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Grafana, an open-source cloud-native observability platform designed for visualizing metrics, logs, and traces collected from various applications, widely adopted in DevOps circles, announced the general availability of version 12." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/grafana-12-observability-platform-released-with-major-upgrades/ | Source: Linuxiac
Thu 10:36:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ GNOME 49 Finally to Use Showtime as Default Video Player ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/05/gnome-49-finally-to-use-showtime-as-default-video-player/
Thu 10:44:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Page STILL not updates with Microsoft and subsidiaries' layoffs https://edd.ca.gov/en/jobs_and_training/Layoff_Services_WARN/
Thu 10:46:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ LinkedIn hit by Microsoft’s global layoffs; impact on India still unclear https://www.exchange4media.com/media-others-news/linkedin-hit-by-microsofts-global-layoffs-impact-on-india-still-unclear-143459.html
Thu 10:50:44 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Canonical Will Give You Money Only If You Work for Microsoft! (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/14/Canonical_Will_Give_You_Money_Only_If_You_Work_for_Microsoft.shtml
Thu 10:54:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I opened this site on envs.net four months ago, in January 2025, with a very small parking page." gemini://envs.net/~silv/gemlog/first_post.gmi
Thu 10:55:05 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 🔤SpellBinding — CITLOSK Wordo: FLANK gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-05-15.gmi
Thu 10:56:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I finally got around to setting up a gemlog! For my first major post, I'm republishing a writeup about my experience playing CATO, a puzzle game about a cat and buttered toast." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/gaming/28746
Thu 10:57:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 🎮 What I'm playing 🐈🍞 CATO | cat + toast = puzzles gemini://envs.net/~silv/gemlog/gamelog_cato.gmi
Thu 10:59:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The ongoing degradation of publicly accessible space in the UK continues. For many years I've been concerned about the rise of piped music in third places: you basically have to pay to be in public without artificial noise." gemini://gemini.ucant.org/gemlog/2025-05-15_a-novel-reason-for-forced-music-in-publicly-accessible-space.gmi
Thu 11:06:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Gemini Links 15/05/2025: Forced Music in Publicly Accessible Space and ~silv is Online ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Gemini_Links_15_05_2025_Forced_Music_in_Publicly_Accessible_Spa.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Gemini_Links_15_05_2025_Forced_Music_in_Publicly_Accessible_Spa.gmi ∎
Thu 11:07:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Nmap can identify live hosts, determine operating systems, detect packet filters" ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/nmap-command-examples/ | Source: TecMint
Thu 11:08:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "To support your learning and interview preparation" ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/basic-linux-interview-questions-and-answers/ | Source: TecMint
Thu 11:11:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "RAW video is like RAW files for photographers" ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/cameras/what-is-raw-video-and-do-i-really-need-it-on-my-camera | Source: Digital Camera World
Thu 11:12:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Bad clients would be muscled aside by third-party clients." ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2025/05/14/pregnable/#checkm8 | Source: CoryDoctorow
Thu 11:12:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The EU cybersecurity agency ENISA" ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/eu-cybersecurity-agency-enisa-launches-european-vulnerability-database/ | Source: Security Week
Thu 11:12:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "vulnerability" ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/cve-program-funding-crisis-cve-foundation-mitre/ | Source: Scoop News Group
Thu 11:13:47 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Last week, the CPython developers rolled out CPython 3.14.0b1." ☛ https://labs.quansight.org/blog/free-threaded-one-year-recap |
Thu 11:17:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ around 40 TR articles at over 1k, so it reminds a self-flattering person, when you want to know more, and don't know where to look
Thu 11:18:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ TR covers topics no other sites cover (or in a way no other site would, covering hidden angles), that makes it more attractive to information takedown attempts
Thu 11:20:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The caret package contains functions to train machine-learning models, as well as for, e.g., model selection." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/05/spatial-machine-learning-with-caret/ | Source: Rlang
Thu 11:22:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Microsoft and Apple both down https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide/#monthly-200902-202505
Thu 11:22:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Android. Always Commands. https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share//all/africa/#monthly-202505-202505-map
Thu 11:23:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ North Asia Windows, the south Android (Linux) https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share//all/asia/#monthly-202505-202505-map
Thu 11:24:43 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ And South American (Windows down to 2) https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share//all/south-america/#monthly-202505-202505-map
Thu 11:27:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Bolivia: GNU/Linux grew from 1% to 3%. https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/bolivia/#monthly-200902-202505
Thu 11:29:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ This Microsofter looks like he went mad. Perhaps that is why Microsoft hired him. https://yewtu.be/watch?v=kvPA1HJO8SI
Thu 11:29:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Now we're getting somewhere! This is the original walkwarding situation we wanted to capture." ☛ https://buttondown.com/hillelwayne/archive/modeling-awkward-social-situations-with-tla/ | Source: Buttondown LLC
Thu 11:30:05 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Following Maxime’s presentation at RubyKaigi 2025, the Ruby developers meeting, and Matz-san’s approval, ZJIT has been merged into Ruby. Hurray!" ☛ https://bernsteinbear.com/blog/merge-zjit/ | Source: Max Bernstein
Thu 11:30:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Version 0.112 of Game of Trees has been released (and the port updated): [...]" ☛ https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250514173523 | Source: Undeadly
Thu 11:42:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): BRICS and GNU/Linux Revisited ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/BRICS_and_GNU_Linux_Revisited.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/BRICS_and_GNU_Linux_Revisited.gmi ∎
Thu 11:44:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "There are many kinds of music licenses." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/14/understanding-copyright-in-music-types-of-music-licensing/ | Source: Digital Music News
Thu 11:44:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Customers are blasting VPN Secure's new parent company" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/14/vpn_secure_axe_lifetime_deals/ | Source: The Register UK
Thu 12:10:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – If You Read Techrights, Then You Probably Want to Read Tux Machines as Well ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/If_You_Read_Techrights_Then_You_Probably_Want_to_Read_Tux_Machi.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/If_You_Read_Techrights_Then_You_Probably_Want_to_Read_Tux_Machi.gmi ∎
Thu 12:28:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Richard Stallman Still Respected by Many in the Libre Graphics Community ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Richard_Stallman_Still_Respected_by_Many_in_the_Libre_Graphics_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Richard_Stallman_Still_Respected_by_Many_in_the_Libre_Graphics_.gmi ∎
Thu 12:31:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Major OS component packages with a ready-to-run makefile are extremely rare. In fact I can name only one package: bzip2." https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/14/What_We_Do_When_We_Say_GNU_Linux_to_People.shtml
Thu 12:36:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Taiwan Network Operators" ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/05/13/event-wrap-twnog-6/ | Source: APNIC
Thu 12:37:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This is a hybrid (in-person and virtual) conference being held in Austin" ☛ https://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=11165005 | Source: PerlMonks
Thu 12:37:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I use Eleventy’s global data files" ☛ https://hamatti.org/posts/providing-next-event-as-api-with-eleventys-global-data-files-and-netlify-functions/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala
Thu 12:38:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This project is a custom and independent version of Firefox" ☛ https://librewolf.net/ |
Thu 12:39:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The other week we shipped the 266th curl release." ☛ https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/05/14/supported-curl-versions-and-end-of-life/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg
Thu 12:39:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "WebKit’s justification unfolds in two parts: 87% of all connections are now made over HTTPS, meaning secure connections are the norm" ☛ https://manualdousuario.net/en/safari-lock-icon-ui/ | Source: Rodrigo Ghedin
Thu 12:43:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "There are two classes of things that we use to defend the user." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/google-advanced-protection-vulnerable-users-lockdown-android-16/ | Source: Wired
Thu 12:43:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "We can see what the port configuration is using stty; note that a real serial port will be something like ttys0, but the one created by plugging in the USB to RS232 is likely to be ttyUSB0." ☛ https://darrengoossens.wordpress.com/2025/05/15/usb-to-serial-devices-sipix-a6-pocket-printer-and-ftdi-debian-gnu-linux/ | Source: Darren Goossens
Thu 12:44:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I've been listening to my music via Navidrome for a bit now and it's working quite well. To manage my music, I use rclone locally and on my host machine." ☛ https://www.coryd.dev/posts/2025/managing-music-with-rclone/ | Source: Cory Dransfeldt
Thu 12:44:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "(In practice the MFA protected network approach will probably be two things for people to deal with, not one, since if you have websites the natural way to protect them is with OIDC (or if you have to, SAML) through your single sign on system." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/MFAEverywhereTwoApproaches | Source: University of Toronto
Thu 12:45:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "In this post, we'll walk through a fully declarative, Kubernetes-native setup for running a highly available MQTT broker using Eclipse Mosquitto. This configuration leverages core Kubernetes primitives..." ☛ https://raymii.org/s/tutorials/High_Available_Mosquitto_MQTT_Broker_on_Kubernetes.html | Source: Remy Van Elst
Thu 12:45:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "When most people think of cryptography, the first thing they typically think of is encryption: keeping information confidential." ☛ https://blog.trailofbits.com/2025/05/14/the-cryptography-behind-passkeys/ | Source: Trail of Bits http://techrights.org/n/2025/05/02/Passkeys_Are_Vendor_Lock_in_and_Imperialism_Not_Security_So_Esc.shtml
Thu 12:46:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Let’s start bluntly: we love FreeBSD, but it isn’t the easiest. Like any robust system, running FreeBSD in production comes with specific operational challenges — particularly when used in commercial products or high-availability deployments." ☛ https://klarasystems.com/articles/what-weve-learned-supporing-freebsd-production/ | Source: Klara
Thu 12:47:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Microsofters have low IQ. Trying to hide pages like these with a SLAPP, they have only made them MORE VISIBLE (and lost money in the process). http://techrights.org/o/2021/12/15/arrest-report-5-pages-balabhadra-alex-graveley/
Thu 12:49:05 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Or this: https://techrights.org/o/2022/01/05/police-texas-graveley/
Thu 12:49:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ SLAPPs tend to only AMPLIFY whatever it is you attempt to hide
Thu 12:50:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Researchers at IRIT and Adobe Research recently published a paper" ☛ https://www.mattkeeter.com/blog/2025-05-14-gradients/ | Source: Matt Keeter
Thu 12:51:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "When launching privacy-critical apps and services" ☛ https://blog.torproject.org/introducing-oniux-tor-isolation-using-linux-namespaces/ | Source: Tor
Thu 12:52:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How To Install Dolibarr on Rocky GNU/Linux 9 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-dolibarr-rocky-linux-9/
Thu 12:52:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How To Install Clownflare Tunnel on Debian 12 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-cloudflare-tunnel-debian-12/
Thu 12:53:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How To Install Pritunl VPN Server on Fedora 42 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-pritunl-vpn-server-fedora-42/
Thu 13:12:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How To Install Htop on Fedora 42 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-htop-fedora-42/
Thu 13:12:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ This is proprietary spyware that steals all the users' passwords ☞ https://idroot.us/install-microsoft-edge-fedora-42/
Thu 13:13:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How To Install MERN Stack on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/install-mern-stack-ubuntu-24-04/
Thu 13:21:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Sync Your Time: How to Install and Configure NTP on AlmaLinux 9 ☞ https://linux.how2shout.com/sync-your-time-how-to-install-and-configure-ntp-on-almalinux-9/
Thu 13:21:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How to Install CloudLinux on AlmaLinux 9 or 8 ☞ https://linux.how2shout.com/how-to-install-cloudlinux-on-almalinux-9-or-8/
Thu 13:23:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ This is Windows riding other people's names ☞ https://owlhowto.com/how-to-install-arch-linux-on-wsl/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/Proprietary_Windows_Versus_Linux_News_Trying_to_Keep_People_on_.shtml
Thu 13:29:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ TDF and LibreOffice website, blogs and social control media – Annual Report 2024 ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/05/14/tdf-website-blogs-and-social-media-annual-report-2024/
Thu 13:31:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ QSB-107: Multiple CPU branch prediction vulnerabilities ☞ https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2025/05/15/qsb-107/
Thu 13:31:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Understanding Copyright in Music (Part II): Types of Music Licensing ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/14/understanding-copyright-in-music-types-of-music-licensing/
Thu 13:32:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "running ‘undesirable’ organization" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/05/14/moscow-court-sentences-russian-election-monitor-grigory-melkonyants-to-five-years-in-prison-for-running-undesirable-organization | Source: Meduza
Thu 13:33:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Retro Computer From Behind The Curtain" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/05/14/raduga-the-retro-computer-from-behind-the-curtain/ | Source: Hackaday
Thu 13:47:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Suriname Public Healthcare System embraces GNU Health ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Suriname_Public_Healthcare_System_embraces_GNU_Health.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Suriname_Public_Healthcare_System_embraces_GNU_Health.gmi ∎
Thu 13:51:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "E.U. set to end tariff-free regime for Ukrainian products in early June" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/05/14/e-u-set-to-end-tariff-free-regime-for-ukrainian-products-in-early-june-financial-times | Source: Meduza
Thu 14:02:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights has it confirmed that 1) Microsofters get fired a lot and 2) they are shocked the company claims to be doing so well (a lie) when critical workers get fired
Thu 14:03:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Well, welcome to the club of the american workforce! We are treated like chairs not humans for awhile now. It's time to get used to it." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv5nhy0h
Thu 14:11:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Input handling in spring 2025 ☞ https://blogs.kde.org/2025/05/14/input-handling-in-spring-2025/
Thu 14:13:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Richard L. Garwin, a Creator of the Hydrogen Bomb, Dies at 97 ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/science/richard-l-garwin-dead.html
Thu 14:13:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Europe on brink of endemic dengue and chikungunya as mosquitoes move north due to global warming ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/health/20250515-europe-on-brink-of-endemic-dengue-and-chikungunya-as-mosquitoes-move-north
Thu 14:14:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ RFK Jr. Defends HHS Overhaul as Democrats Denounce ‘War on Science’ ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/us/politics/rfk-jr-hhs-overhaul-hearing.html
Thu 14:15:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ RFK defends 25% cut to HHS budget in FY 2026 request after shrinking workforce ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/05/rfk-defends-25-cut-to-hhs-budget-in-fy-2026-request-after-shrinking-workforce/
Thu 14:15:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Student faces over four years in prison for holding ‘dictator Erdoğan’ sign at protest ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/student-faces-over-four-years-in-prison-for-holding-dictator-erdogan-sign-at-protest-307418
Thu 14:19:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Australian writer Yang Hengjun jailed in China shows ‘profound courage’, Canberra says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australian-writer-yang-hengjun-jailed-in-china-shows-profound-courage-canberra-says
Thu 14:21:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How undersea communication cables surrounding Taiwan could be targeted by China ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/05/14/taiwan-china-submarine-subsea-cable-fiber-optic/
Thu 14:28:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Released
Thu 14:29:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Ruby 3.4.4 Released ☞ https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2025/05/14/ruby-3-4-4-released/
Thu 14:29:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ IXP development in the Pacific ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/05/14/ixp-development-in-the-pacific/
Thu 14:33:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Openwashing PR ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/05/14/sysdig-donates-stratoshark-wireshark-foundation-expand-open-source-cloud-forensics/
Thu 14:35:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ $39 ODROID-C5 is a power-efficient Amlogic S905X5M SBC with 4GB RAM, no heatsink needed ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/05/14/39-odroid-c5-is-a-power-efficient-amlogic-s905x5m-sbc-with-4gb-ram-no-heatsink-needed/
Thu 14:36:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ UPC is illegal, so this whole thing should be thrown out and the people who created this unconstitutional mess be held accountable instead☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/10x-genomics-and-bruker-settle-landmark-upc-dispute/
Thu 14:37:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Morris Routing network patent monopoly challenge instituted ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/5/13/morris-routing-network-patent-challenge-instituted
Thu 14:38:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ UPC is illegal; the only lesson here is that this "legal industry" is probably the biggest violator of laws, constitutions etc. and the ultimate goal is money, not science or justice☞ https://ipwatchdog.com/2025/05/14/pharma-playbook-practitioners-can-learn-early-upc-litigation/id=188880/
Thu 14:39:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Medical Devices: obtaining Patent Monopolies in Brazil ☞ https://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2025/05/14/medical-devices-obtaining-patent-protection-in-brazil/
Thu 14:39:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Jurisdictional Boundaries in Patent Licensing Disputes: Misuse Counterclaim Creates CAFC Jurisdiction ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/05/jurisdictional-counterclaim-jurisdiction.html
Thu 14:40:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ XSAs released on 2025-05-12 ☞ https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2025/05/15/xsas-released-on-2025-05-12/
Thu 14:40:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ No, Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Didn't Lay Off So Many People Because of "AI" "Innovation" or "Efficiency" or "Era" or "Revolution" Etc. (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/14/No_Microsoft_Didn_t_Lay_Off_So_Many_People_Because_of_AI_Innova.shtml
Thu 14:40:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Beyond Mass Layoffs at Microsoft: Entire Units Shut Down for Good ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Beyond_Mass_Layoffs_at_Microsoft_Entire_Units_Shut_Down_for_Goo.shtml
Thu 14:41:47 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ If Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Staff That Strangles Woman Pays You to Write Lies, It Will Not End Well ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/14/If_Microsoft_Staff_That_Strangles_Woman_Pays_You_to_Write_Lies_.shtml
Thu 14:41:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Unless a Third of All Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Layoffs Worldwide Are in Redmond (Washington) Alone, Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Has Just Lied to Everyone Via Jordan Novet in CNBC (i.e. the Usual Any Time There's Mass Layoffs and Novet Weighs in With False Numbers) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/13/Unless_a_Third_of_All_Microsoft_Layoffs_Worldwide_Are_in_Redmon.shtml
Thu 14:42:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ As Expected, Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Uses Media Operative (Jordan Novet) to Downplay the Scale of Mass Layoffs ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/13/As_Expected_Microsoft_Uses_Media_Operative_Jordan_Novet_to_Down.shtml
Thu 14:42:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Slopwatch: Sloppy Brian, Brittany Slop, and General Observations (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Slopwatch_Sloppy_Brian_Brittany_Slop_and_General_Observations.shtml
Thu 14:42:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ At IBM, Relocation Can be a Trick or a Trap (IBM Gets Rid of Staff Under the Guise of "Relo") ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/At_IBM_Relocation_Can_be_a_Trick_or_a_Trap_IBM_Gets_Rid_of_Staf.shtml
Thu 14:42:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Microsoft Rumours: This Week's Scale of Layoffs "Higher Than Reported" and More Coming Soon ("A Lot More Severe" Than May's) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Microsoft_Rumours_This_Week_s_Scale_of_Layoffs_Higher_Than_Repo.shtml
Thu 14:46:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Christian Hergert: Filtering Containers in Ptyxis ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/chergert/2025/05/15/filtering-containers-in-ptyxis/
Thu 14:47:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Michael Meeks: 2025-05-14 Wednesday ☞ https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2025-05-14.html "Published the next strip around job titles" https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2025-05-13.html
Thu 14:48:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Evgeni Golov: running modified containers with podman ☞ https://www.die-welt.net/2025/05/running-modified-containers-with-podman/
Thu 14:49:48 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Ubuntu 24.10 to 25.04 Upgrade Channel Re-opened ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/05/ubuntu-2410-to-2504-upgrade-channel-re-opened/
Thu 14:50:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Vietnam PM vows to fight against counterfeits, trade frauds ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/vietnam-pm-vows-to-fight-against-counterfeits-trade-frauds
Thu 14:51:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Pam Bondi Sold Trump Media Stock the Day Trump Announced Tariffs: "Trump Media, which runs the social media platform Truth Social, fell 13% in the following days, before rebounding." ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/pam-bondi-trump-media-stock-tariffs | Source: Pro Publica
Thu 14:52:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "One of Elon Musk’s employees is earning between $100,001 and $1 million annually as a political adviser to his billionaire boss while simultaneously helping to dismantle the federal agency that regulates two of Musk’s biggest companies" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-elon-musk-chris-young-cfpb-tesla-x | Source: Pro Publica
Thu 14:54:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Today in MAGA: Republicans Ban Fluoride Prescriptions and Threaten to Take Away Toothpaste ☞ https://baronhk.wordpress.com/2025/05/14/today-in-maga-republicans-ban-fluoride-prescriptions-and-threaten-to-take-away-toothpaste/
Thu 14:55:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Hypocrites! Android and Google "apps" mandated (upon OEMs) are Surveillance Spyware ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/google-ships-android-advanced-protection-mode-to-thwart-surveillance-spyware/
Thu 14:55:57 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ John Scott-Railton Testifies Before EU Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs ☞ https://citizenlab.ca/2025/05/john-scott-railton-testifies-before-eu-parliaments-committee-on-civil-liberties-justice-and-home-affairs/
Thu 14:56:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ VS Code Is Not FOSS, And Neither Is the Site "It's FOSS" ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/14/VS_Code_Is_Not_FOSS_And_Neither_Is_the_Site_It_s_FOSS.shtml
Thu 14:57:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Libogc ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/05/14/rtems-statement-deepens-libogc-license-controversy/ | Source: Hackaday
Thu 14:57:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Meta must stop putting profit over people’s rights in Nigeria ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/meta-stop-putting-profit-over-people-nigeria/
Thu 14:59:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ AppFlowy is an open source alternative to Notion ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/appflowy-open-source-alternative-notion/
Thu 15:00:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Docmost is a collaborative wiki and documentation software ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/docmost-collaborative-wiki-documentation-software/
Thu 15:00:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ crumbs is a bookmarking system for the command line ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/crumbs-bookmarking-system-command-line/
Thu 15:00:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 11 Best Free and Open Source Mailing List Managers ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/mailinglistmanagers/
Thu 15:01:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Blackbody is a thermogram viewer ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/blackbody-thermogram-viewer/
Thu 15:01:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Gray Duck Mail – modern group email discussion lists ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/gray-duck-mail-modern-group-email-discussion-lists/
Thu 15:01:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ What We Do When We Say "GNU/Linux" to People (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/14/What_We_Do_When_We_Say_GNU_Linux_to_People.shtml
Thu 15:01:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Microsoft is Very Highly Stressed About Adoption of GNU/Linux at Windows' Expense (on Former "Vista 10" PCs) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/14/Microsoft_is_Very_Highly_Stressed_About_Adoption_of_GNU_Linux_a.shtml
Thu 15:01:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Slopwatch: BetaNoise (BetaNews), LinuxSecurity, and Slopfarms Still Promoted by Surveillance Giant Google News ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/14/Slopwatch_BetaNoise_BetaNews_LinuxSecurity_and_Slopfarms_Still_.shtml
Thu 15:02:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Mlmmj is a simple and slim mailing list manager ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/mlmmj-simple-and-slim-mailing-list-manager/
Thu 15:02:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ FreeBSD is an operating system powering servers and desktops ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/freebsd-operating-system/
Thu 15:03:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ openSUSE Joins End of 10 ☞ http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/openSUSE-Joins-End-of-10
Thu 15:03:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 15 Free and Open Source Simple GUI Based GNU/Linux Text Editors ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/simple-gui-based-text-editors/
Thu 15:03:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ YaST2 is a GRUB graphical configuration tool for openSUSE ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/yast2-grub-graphical-configuration-tool-opensuse/
Thu 15:04:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Loop ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-alternatives-microsoft-loop/
Thu 15:05:43 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 'Linux' Foundation and OpenSSF Release Cybersecurity Skills Framework to Strengthen Enterprise Readiness ☞ https://openssf.org/press-release/2025/05/14/linux-foundation-and-openssf-release-cybersecurity-skills-framework-to-strengthen-enterprise-readiness/ Cybersecurity or compliance? Not the same thing. http://techrights.org/o/2020/10/30/openssf-microsoft/
Thu 15:06:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Jonathan Dowland: Orbital ☞ https://jmtd.net/log/orbital/
Thu 15:07:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ RAJARs Q1 2025: News UK’s Talk sees weekly reach fall by a third ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/media_metrics/rajars-q1-2025-talk-weekly-reach-down-more-than-a-third-in-a-year/
Thu 15:08:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Alternatives to creating bootc images from scratch ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/beyond-default-bootc-images-scratch
Thu 15:08:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How to update OpenStack Services on OpenShift ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/05/14/how-update-openstack-services-openshift
Thu 15:09:47 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Kubernetes v1.33: Updates to Container Lifecycle ☞ https://kubernetes.io/blog/2025/05/14/kubernetes-v1-33-updates-to-container-lifecycle/
Thu 15:13:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Podman 5.5.0 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1021217/
Thu 15:13:43 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Proprietary Qt Creator 16.0.2 released ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-creator-16.0.2-released
Thu 15:16:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Was this article also LLM slop? https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/microsofts-brutal-layoffs-can-you-believe-it-even-the-ai-director-was-fired-here-are-the-others-who-could-be-impacted/articleshow/121168429.cms?from=mdr
Thu 15:18:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "They want chat bots to sell and RCG recent college grads to sell and cheap offshore labor to sell but they surely do not want "high paid older white guys" like me to sell." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv4te8hp
Thu 15:18:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "IBM is now just a TLA three letter acronym most people recognize however about 5% of people asked would be able to name an IBM product or solution. It is the worst dumpster fire I have ever seem and it did not need to happen."
Thu 15:28:57 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ time to modernize... https://xkcd.com/3089/
Thu 15:44:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Hotter Climate Could Fuel Spread of Dangerous Fungi, Scientists Warn ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/hotter-climate-could-fuel-spread-of-dangerous-fungi-scientists-warn
Thu 15:48:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Five Years of Collaboration Between the Global Encryption Coalition and Internet Society Chapters ☞ https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2025/05/five-years-of-collaboration-between-the-global-encryption-coalition-and-internet-society-chapters/
Thu 15:56:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Computers have long been used to aid in this area. Just rebranding it all as "AI" does not change anything. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/technology/ai-jobs-radiologists-mayo-clinic.html
Thu 15:57:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How business behind German newspaper of record Die Zeit went ‘from misery to paradise’ ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_business/die-zeit-business-turnaround/
Thu 15:58:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Sun Unleashes Most Powerful Flare We've Seen in 2025 ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/sun-unleashes-most-powerful-flare-weve-seen-in-2025
Thu 16:48:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Sri Lanka stalls Starlink over security and sovereignty concerns ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/sri-lanka-stalls-starlink-over-security-and-sovereignty-concerns/
Thu 16:52:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Ivanti Patches Two EPMM Zero-Days Exploited to Hack Customers ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/ivanti-patches-two-epmm-zero-days-exploited-to-hack-customers/
Thu 16:52:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Fortinet Patches Zero-Day Exploited Against FortiVoice Appliances ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/fortinet-patches-zero-day-exploited-against-fortivoice-appliances/
Thu 16:52:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Vulnerabilities Patched by Juniper, VMware and Zoom ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/vulnerabilities-patched-by-juniper-vmware-and-zoom/
Thu 16:53:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 2025 Pet Hacks Contest: Automatic Treat Dispenser Makes Kitty Work For It ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/05/14/2025-pet-hacks-contest-automatic-treat-dispenser-makes-kitty-work-for-it/ | Source: Hackaday
Thu 16:55:57 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Kosovar Administrator of Cybercrime Marketplace Extradited to US ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/kosovar-administrator-of-cybercrime-marketplace-extradited-to-us/
Thu 16:56:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Chipmaker Patch Tuesday: Intel, AMD, Arm Respond to New CPU Attacks ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/chipmaker-patch-tuesday-intel-amd-arm-respond-to-new-cpu-attacks/
Thu 16:58:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Insomniac Radio App Enters Streaming Space With 24/7 Free Dance Music, Hinting at a Shift in Fan Community Platforms ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/14/insomniac-radio-app-free-dance-music-streaming/
Thu 17:01:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Starlink BS ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/05/14/inside-starlinks-user-terminal/ | Source: Hackaday
Thu 17:01:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Has anybody heard of the ATW800 transputer workstation? The one that used a modified Atari ST motherboard as a glorified I/O controller for a T-series transputer?" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/05/14/fancy-adding-a-transputer-or-two-to-your-atari-st/ | Source: Hackaday
Thu 17:10:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ What are the most reliable harddisks in 2023? ☞ https://dwaves.de/2025/05/14/what-are-the-most-reliable-harddisks-in-2023/
Thu 17:10:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Backy is a nRF52840-powered wearable for real-time posture monitoring and injury prevention ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/05/15/backy-nrf52840-wearable-for-real-time-posture-monitoring-and-injury-prevention/
Thu 17:12:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Customise Nginx Server Headers for Better Security ☞ https://www.blackmoreops.com/2025/05/14/customise-nginx-server-headers-for-better-security/
Thu 17:15:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ICS Patch Tuesday: Vulnerabilities Addressed by Siemens, Schneider, Phoenix Contact ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/ics-patch-tuesday-vulnerabilities-addressed-by-siemens-schneider-phoenix-contact/
Thu 17:27:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Hong Kong police stop journalists from taking photos, videos of ‘prohibited places’ linked to national security office ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/05/15/hong-kong-police-stop-journalists-from-taking-photos-videos-of-prohibited-places-linked-to-national-security-office/
Thu 17:29:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Another day, another phishing campaign abusing google.com open redirects, (Wed, May 14th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31950
Thu 17:30:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Web Scanning SonicWall for CVE-2021-20016 - Update, (Wed, May 14th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31952
Thu 17:31:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Moonsigil Atlas Demo Impressions ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/moonsigil-demo/index.html
Thu 17:31:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ M5Stack Tab5 Review – Part 1: Unboxing, teardown, and first try of the ESP32-P4 and ESP32-C6 5-inch IoT devkit ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/05/14/m5stack-tab5-review-part-1-unboxing-teardown-and-first-try-of-the-esp32-p4-and-esp32-c6-5-inch-iot-devkit/
Thu 17:33:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Two Dilution Claims: TTAB Finds "IVY LEAGUE" to be Famous, But Not "ASUS" ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/05/two-dilution-claims-ttab-finds-ivy.html
Thu 17:34:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ The Music Industry Lives Here: Riot Games Bringing The ‘Most Dynamic Community-Building Music Experiences’ Into Gaming ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/14/riot-games-downtown-music/
Thu 17:37:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ There Are Also Loads of Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Microsoft's Surveillance Arm LinkedIn Layoffs Today (Keep Track of the Subsidiaries They Keep Out of Headlines) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/13/There_Are_Also_Loads_of_Microsoft_LinkedIn_Layoffs_Today_Keep_T.shtml
Thu 17:38:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Why DMG online fashion brand Eliza ditched its website ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/digital-journalism/why-dmg-social-only-eliza-isnt-worried-about-owning-the-audience/
Thu 17:39:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ New PostgreSQL support in I.C.B.M. COBOL for GNU/Linux on x86 ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/new-postgresql-support-in-ibm-cobol-for-linux-on-x86-3074/
Thu 17:39:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): KDE Plasma 6.4 Beta Release ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/KDE_Plasma_6_4_Beta_Release.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/KDE_Plasma_6_4_Beta_Release.gmi ∎
Thu 17:40:49 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://pogowasright.org/license-plate-reader-company-flock-is-building-a-massive-people-lookup-tool-leak-shows/
Thu 17:40:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Linux backdoored Windows 11 dual boot to finally play well as Abusive Monopolist Microsoft fixes nine-month old bug ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-windows-11-dual-boot-to-finally-play-well-as-microsoft-fixes-nine-month-old-bug/ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/21/Good_Reason_to_Delete_Windows_Not_Dual_Boot_and_Call_Out_the_Mi.shtml
Thu 17:41:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ You Can Now Upgrade Ubuntu 24.10 to Ubuntu 25.04, Here’s How ☞ https://9to5linux.com/you-can-now-upgrade-ubuntu-24-10-to-ubuntu-25-04-heres-how
Thu 17:42:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Linux Plumbers Conference: Submission time for GNU/Linux Plumbers 2025 ☞ https://lpc.events/blog/current/index.php/2025/05/14/submission-time-for-linux-plumbers-2025/
Thu 17:43:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Varun R Mallya: GSoC and GNOME ☞ http://xeon.me/gnome/introduction/
Thu 17:43:25 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] <admfubar> https://pogowasright.org/license-plate-reader-company-flock-is-building-a-massive-people-lookup-tool-leak-shows/
Thu 17:43:30 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] they have better already
Thu 17:43:34 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] most people carry 'rfid'
Thu 17:43:40 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] they call it iphone or android
Thu 17:43:52 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] and it's more precise and persistent
Thu 17:44:03 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] than any licence plate checkpoint (readers)
Thu 17:44:13 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] those are carried not only on roads inside cars
Thu 17:45:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Christian Hergert: Qemu in Foundry ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/chergert/2025/05/14/qemu-in-foundry/
Thu 17:45:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ FOSS Weekly #25.20: KDE Widgets, Deepin Security Issues, New GNOME Player and More GNU/Linux Stuff ☞ https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-25-20/
Thu 17:49:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ LF-funded spam from a site that runs marketing as "news" ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/05/14/linux-foundation-debuts-cybersecurity-skills-framework-address-enterprise-talent-gaps/
Thu 17:49:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Jonathan McDowell: Local Voice Assistant Step 3: A Detour into Tensorflow ☞ https://www.earth.li/~noodles/blog/2025/05/voice-assistant-tensorflow.html
Thu 17:50:05 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Security updates for Wednesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1021199/
Thu 17:51:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Turtl Review: A Secure, Open-Source Alternative to Evernote and Surveillance Giant Google Keep ☞ https://linuxwebdevelopment.com/turtl-review/
Thu 17:53:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ MinorMiner: we turn your kid's maths homework into Bitcoin ☞ https://robertheaton.com/minor-miner/
Thu 17:56:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ What's new in Network Observability 1.8 ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/05/12/whats-new-network-observability-18
Thu 17:56:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ SoundCloud Announces Terms Update Amid Hey Hi (AI) Training Controversy — IP-Rights Advocate Says ‘The Change Doesn’t Go Nearly Far Enough’ ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/14/soundcloud-ai-training-terms/
Thu 17:57:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Sven Hoexter: Disable Firefox DRM Plugin Infobar ☞ http://sven.stormbind.net/blog/posts/misc_firefox_disable_drm_plugin_info/
Thu 17:58:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Red Hat Has Unofficially Released RHEL 10 ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/05/red-hat-has-unofficially-released-rhel-10/
Thu 18:00:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Burnout for Environmental Advocates" ☛ https://therevelator.org/burnout-environmental-advocates/ | Source: The Revelator
Thu 18:01:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Firefox is Proprietary DRMware Hosted by Microsoft Now, People Explore Contingencies (E.g. LibreWolf) ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Firefox_is_Proprietary_DRMware_Hosted_by_Microsoft_Now_People_E.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Firefox_is_Proprietary_DRMware_Hosted_by_Microsoft_Now_People_E.gmi ∎
Thu 18:02:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ VIRGIN DEVELOPER https://preview.redd.it/q4scl3b2ov0f1.png?width=1080&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=ee4181cd121fce1a90d9628e468b4bb900289298 sort of nails it?
Thu 18:05:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Google’s Advanced Protection Now on Android ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/05/googles-advanced-protection-now-on-android.html Hypocrites! Android and Google "apps" mandated (upon OEMs) are Surveillance Spyware
Thu 18:09:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ GNU Health: Suriname Public Healthcare System embraces GNU Health ☞ https://my.gnusolidario.org/2025/05/14/suriname-public-healthcare-system-embraces-gnu-health/
Thu 18:09:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Court Sides With New York Times Over Access to E.U. Covid Vaccine Messages ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/world/europe/eu-texts-covid-new-york-times.html "The case revolved around whether texts between a top official and a drug company executive counted as a public record that might need to be disclosed."
Thu 18:13:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Notes from Alexander Petros’ “Building the Hundred-Year Web Service” ☞ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/notes-from-hundred-year-web-service/
Thu 18:15:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Social Control Media, soon powered by Finland in EU: TikTok Trend Has Men Shaving Their Eyelashes – Here's Why You Shouldn't ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/tiktok-trend-has-men-shaving-their-eyelashes-heres-why-you-shouldnt
Thu 18:16:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Valeria Márquez, Fentanylware (TikTok) Influencer, Shot Dead During Live Stream in Mexico ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/world/americas/valeria-marquez-tiktok-influencer-live-murder-mexico.html
Thu 18:17:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "plans to "dramatically" increase presence on Youtube and Tiktok." = shot in the last remaining toe☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/bbc-reveals-plan-to-expand-local-democracy-reporter-coverage-areas/
Thu 18:17:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ LGBTQ+ advocacy group says major social control media platforms failing LGBTQ+ users ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/05/lgbtq-advocacy-group-says-major-social-media-platforms-failing-lgbtq-users/
Thu 18:32:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Vandalism by the company https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-fixes-linux-boot-issues-on-dual-boot-windows-systems/
Thu 18:33:47 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Apparently a new 'advanced' Zotac Zone will be announced at Computex and it looks like it might use a bespoke Linux OS https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/handheld-gaming-pcs/apparently-a-new-advanced-zotac-zone-will-be-announced-at-computex-and-it-looks-like-it-might-use-a-new-bespoke-linux-os/
Thu 18:34:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Microsoft Broke Linux PCs; Now Microsoft Sites Credit It With 'Fixing' What It Broke (a Year Later) ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Microsoft_Broke_Linux_PCs_Now_Microsoft_Sites_Credit_It_With_Fi.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Microsoft_Broke_Linux_PCs_Now_Microsoft_Sites_Credit_It_With_Fi.gmi ∎
Thu 18:36:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Games: Moonsigil Atlas, Zotac Zone, and More ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Games_Moonsigil_Atlas_Zotac_Zone_and_More.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Games_Moonsigil_Atlas_Zotac_Zone_and_More.gmi ∎
Thu 18:36:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ AMD Kicks Off Early Development of Zen 6 CPUs, Pushes First Patch On Linux To Pave The Way For Further Enablement https://wccftech.com/amd-kicks-off-early-development-of-zen-6-cpus/
Thu 18:38:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "It's not official yet, but there are signs that RHEL 10 has quietly landed for some of the IBM subsidiary's paying customers. It doesn't appear on Red Hat's list of RHEL release dates – unless you switch the site language to Japanese, when the page reveals" https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/14/red_hat_enterprise_linux_10/
Thu 18:38:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 10 Essential Linux File System Commands for Data Management https://www.kdnuggets.com/10-essential-linux-file-system-commands-for-data-management
Thu 18:40:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Nobara Linux 42 brings performance boost and better hardware support https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/05/14/nobara-linux-42-released/
Thu 18:41:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I recently reported about the issues with DOOM: The Dark Ages, and it's nice to see it solved so quickly and just ahead of the game being released properly in a few hours." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/mesa-25-0-6-released-with-amd-gpu-fixes-for-doom-the-dark-ages-on-linux/
Thu 18:41:44 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Zotac unveils Zone 2 gaming handheld running Manjaro Linux https://www.kitguru.net/tech-news/featured-tech-news/joao-silva/zotac-unveils-zone-2-gaming-handheld-running-manjaro-linux/
Thu 18:42:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Since it's only a prototype, it doesn't mean it will actually see a release. And could end up just shipping with Windows instead like we've seen before like with the AYANEO NEXT LITE." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/zotac-gaming-zone-handheld-getting-a-ryzen-ai-9-hx-370-prototype-with-a-manjaro-linux-based-os/
Thu 18:43:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Want to learn more about all the different Proton versions? Be sure to read my guide. And my guide on how to install GE-Proton. I'll repeat though for people who don't click: you should stick with Valve's own normal Proton unless you need something specific from GE-Proton." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/ge-proton-10-1-released-with-proton-10-and-fixes-for-marvel-rivals-oblivion-remastered-and-more-on-linux-steam-deck/
Thu 18:43:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ System76: Linux laptop Serval WS refreshed with Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti GPU https://www.notebookcheck.net/System76-Linux-laptop-Serval-WS-refreshed-with-Nvidia-GeForce-RTX-5070-Ti-GPU.1015942.0.html
Thu 18:45:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ chrome://flags/#crostini-gpu-support: How to Enable Crostini GPU Support on Chrome OS https://www.aboutchromebooks.com/qa/chrome-flags-crostini-gpu-support/
Thu 18:46:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): System76 Refreshes Serval WS Linux Laptop with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti GPU ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/08/System76_Refreshes_Serval_WS_Linux_Laptop_with_NVIDIA_GeForce_R.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/08/System76_Refreshes_Serval_WS_Linux_Laptop_with_NVIDIA_GeForce_R.gmi ∎
Thu 18:47:57 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today's 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 HowTos ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/today_s_howtos.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/today_s_howtos.gmi ∎
Thu 18:51:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Red Hat and IBM Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Red_Hat_and_IBM_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Red_Hat_and_IBM_Leftovers.gmi ∎
Thu 18:52:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Applications: Kubernetes, Turtl, GNU Health, and More ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Applications_Kubernetes_Turtl_GNU_Health_and_More.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Applications_Kubernetes_Turtl_GNU_Health_and_More.gmi ∎
Thu 18:53:05 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): GNOME: Ptyxis, GSoC, Qemu, and More ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/GNOME_Ptyxis_GSoC_Qemu_and_More.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/GNOME_Ptyxis_GSoC_Qemu_and_More.gmi ∎
Thu 18:54:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Linux Kernel and Graphics Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Linux_Kernel_and_Graphics_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Linux_Kernel_and_Graphics_Leftovers.gmi ∎
Thu 18:58:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Events Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Events_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Events_Leftovers.gmi ∎
Thu 18:59:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Open Hardware/Retro: ESP32, ODROID, and More ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Open_Hardware_Retro_ESP32_ODROID_and_More.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Open_Hardware_Retro_ESP32_ODROID_and_More.gmi ∎
Thu 19:03:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Programming Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Programming_Leftovers.gmi ∎
Thu 19:04:20 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ https://imgur.com/gallery/CZrfDfA = https://rimgo.bloat.cat/gallery/CZrfDfA
Thu 19:04:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi ∎
Thu 19:04:43 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Security Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Security_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Security_Leftovers.gmi ∎
Thu 19:09:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Links 15/05/2025: Google Betrays Publishers Again, Openwashing by Sysdig ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Links_15_05_2025_Google_Betrays_Publishers_Again_Openwashing_by.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Links_15_05_2025_Google_Betrays_Publishers_Again_Openwashing_by.gmi ∎
Thu 19:15:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ BIAS IN THE ONTOLOGY OF TOOLS gemini://quietsystems.smol.pub/qsys-013-bias-in-the-ontology-of-tools
Thu 19:16:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Cañada Mojada gemini://plr.flounder.online/gemlog/2025-05-15-la-ruta-de-las-trincheras-eleuseas.gmi
Thu 19:18:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ [japan] [food] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2025-05-15.gmi
Thu 19:19:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I had an introductory lesson in lock picking a couple years ago, and I found it to be like a form of meditation. My body and mind were as one, and I sought oneness with the lock. I had a similar experience playing Jenga a few years ago." gemini://the-brannons.com/poseurs/
Thu 19:20:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Today not much happened. We ate breakfast, packed our stuff and drove to Grabovac. The roads were small and progress was slow. The 125km took us a long time. And when we arrived, we had a siesta two hours long." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-05-14-grabovac
Thu 19:23:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Microsoft layoffs: "It's over. Everyone who was let go has been notified. Now we just wait until the next one. =/" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jvane25r
Thu 19:25:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Dallas and Atlanta offices closing https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqyrkghq
Thu 19:26:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Who said the Dallas office is closing? Where is the official announcement? I am in Dallas and heard nothing." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv8fsvmm
Thu 19:27:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Yeah AK, show us you can get some business from anyone... For sure RT is unable to do that. RT is more into getting his adidas Hashi/IBM sneakers! What a great line up of total mo--ns who running this IBM business into the ground. Also, nice jobs in keeping on closing more IBM offices. Soon we will be at a point in the US where no offices will be there." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv8jh7qb
Thu 19:52:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Microsoft WARN Notices Proliferate in the United States ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Microsoft_WARN_Notices_Proliferate_in_the_United_States.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Microsoft_WARN_Notices_Proliferate_in_the_United_States.gmi ∎
Thu 20:48:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): KDE Plasma 6.4 Desktop Environment Enters Beta Testing with Many New Features ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/KDE_Plasma_6_4_Desktop_Environment_Enters_Beta_Testing_with_Man.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/KDE_Plasma_6_4_Desktop_Environment_Enters_Beta_Testing_with_Man.gmi ∎
Thu 22:15:05 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Cleaned off some used blu rays. I noticed the blu rays are much less likely to scratch (the coating). But DVDs that are scratched are more likely to play than blu rays that are scratched.
Thu 22:15:19 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Data layer is closer to the surface on blu ray which is why there's a coating.
Thu 22:15:31 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ They could put that coating on DVDs, but in practice I've never seen them do it.
Thu 22:16:11 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ I will not buy this record, it is scratched.
Thu 22:22:41 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ God, those are bad enough.
Thu 22:22:54 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Scratches and bits of dirt embedding themselves into the grooves.
Thu 22:23:09 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ What a great thing to go back to. Vinyl. They're a dust magnet.
Thu 22:23:24 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ They attract is then the needle works it way in there to the point it's part of the record.
Thu 22:26:12 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ “I said to Tim, I said, ‘Tim look, we treated you really good, we put up with all the plants that you build in China for years, now you got build us. We’re not interested in you building in India, India can take care of themselves ... we want you to build here,’” Trump said.
Thu 22:26:22 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ now you got build us! -Trump
Thu 22:26:24 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ :D
Thu 22:29:40 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ I will not buy this tobacconist's it is scratched.
Thu 22:29:46 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ s/s it/s, it/
Thu 22:30:06 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ MinceR, I posted:
Thu 22:30:09 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ "Telling people to eat less sugar as you remove the fluoride from things is like the worst episode of Star Trek ever you know.
Thu 22:30:09 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ "Sir, the Romulans are firing disruptors, the ship is taking damage! Shall I raise the shields?"
Thu 22:30:09 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ No, no, we don't really know what the shields would do to us. Leave them down! Just try being where less Romulans are!"
Thu 22:30:21 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ :)
Thu 22:33:49 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ "A good chunk of the United States is getting ground water with significant amounts of fluoride already in it.
Thu 22:33:49 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Sometimes more than four times the recommended level, just from natural deposit erosion.
Thu 22:33:49 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ I wonder how Bobby Brainworms expects to "fix" that, especially considering that these deposits where it goes above the action level cover a lot of the Southwestern part of the United States."
Thu 22:33:56 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/Groundwater-fluoride-world.svg
Thu 22:36:26 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ sounds like his dementia remains untreated
Thu 22:38:10 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ "Banning community water fluoridation won't do anything about there being fluoride in the water for many Americans.
Thu 22:38:10 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ It will just create a patchwork where some parts of the country have really shitty teeth, and some are just lucky to get fluoride from mineral erosion.
Thu 22:38:10 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ We all know how local government is, they're too cheap to remove any contaminant no matter how harmful they claim it to be, even when it really is harmful.
Thu 22:38:10 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ So I doubt they'll remove the fluoride."
Thu 22:38:17 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ https://water.usgs.gov/ogw/highlights/2020-06.html
Thu 22:41:16 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ "If the EPA sets a very low action level for fluoride, it would create a new burden on local governments that would be even more expensive than lead remediation, which the federal government under Trump is already waffling on providing continued funding for, and must be addressed.
Thu 22:41:16 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Putting idiotic mandates on the States that take away from the budget for lead remediation is exactly the kind of policy you would expect from this administration."
Thu 23:04:10 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ "I remember being in Florida in 1998, and there were people advertising ma huang diet supplements (which killed people) on phone poles.
Thu 23:04:10 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ "What is it? I don't know. Sounds Chinese and the ad was stapled to a telephone pole. Just swallow it!"
Thu 23:04:10 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ And people want to complain about prescription medicine prescribed by doctors and manufactured under stringent regulations, only after being shown to have worked?"
Thu 23:21:06 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ muh huang
Thu 23:24:36 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ My....hung... *nods with a grin*
Thu 23:25:05 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ MinceR, I posted:
Thu 23:25:21 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ "In this corner we have all the dentists and scientists in America, and on that side of the ring we have a MAGA nut who wants to be a Senator from Texas.
Thu 23:25:21 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Ding ding ding ding ding. Next time Texans need a filling or a root canal they should just skip the dentist because what does he know, and show up at Ken Paxton's office.
Thu 23:25:21 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ https://www.wsj.com/opinion/ken-paxton-sues-toothpaste-makers-colgate-crest-fluoride-rfk-jr-c4061113
Thu 23:30:54 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ "Qatar bribed Trump with a $400 million luxury airplane to use as Air Force One, which will have to be completely disassembled to look for bugs and other spy crap, and then re-assembled with all the stuff you need for it to be a mobile command center with radar jammers, anti-missile countermeasures, and EM hardening. Then at the end of his term, Trump will take the aircraft which is GOVERNMENT PROPERTY, and continue using it when
Thu 23:30:54 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ he's not the President.
Thu 23:30:54 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Pam "Bondo" said this is legal... :)"
Thu 23:37:11 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ I unplugged everything for a while. Running the laptopo on battery.
Thu 23:37:17 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Bad storm coming through.
Thu 23:37:35 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ *laptop
Thu 23:37:50 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ El laptopo is on el battery-o.
Thu 23:37:57 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ :)
Thu 23:38:57 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ I don't want to replace a bunch of expensive electronics if lightning hits them.
Thu 23:40:11 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ MinceR, hopefully el landlord-o didn't send the 13 year old out with a chain saw to create a beaver dam in the backyard again,
Thu 23:40:47 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ A 13 year old with a chainsaw...epic foreshadowing.
Thu 23:41:02 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ By the next year there was basically one running America.
Thu 23:44:07 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ :>
Fri 01:04:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights — Welcome to the New Techrights ⇨ https://techrights.org/ | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ ∎
Fri 01:46:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 🅸🆁🅲 techpol + social irc ■ Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-150525.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-150525.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-150525.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-150525.txt
Fri 01:47:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 🅸🆁🅲 techrights irc ■ Yesterday's #techrights IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-150525.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-150525.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-150525.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-150525.txt
Fri 01:48:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 🅸🆁🅲 boycottnovell irc ■ Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-150525.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-150525.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-150525.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-150525.txt
Fri 01:49:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 🅸🆁🅲 techbytes irc ■ Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-150525.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-150525.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-150525.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-150525.txt
Fri 01:49:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ✩░▒▓▆▅▃▂▁𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍▁▂▃▅▆▓▒░✩ Yesterday's 𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 bulletin is now ready! 🅷🆃🆃🅿: http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2025-05-15.txt | 🅶🅴🅼🅸🅽🅸 gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2025-05-15.txt (tentative address, to work an hour from now)
Fri 01:50:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ✩░▒▓▆▅▃▂▁Tux Machines 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍▁▂▃▅▆▓▒░✩ Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! 🅷🆃🆃🅿: http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2025-05-15.txt
Fri 02:52:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Grafana 12 Observability Platform Released with Major Upgrades ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/Grafana_12_Observability_Platform_Released_with_Major_Upgrades.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/14/Grafana_12_Observability_Platform_Released_with_Major_Upgrades.gmi ∎
Fri 02:52:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today in Techrights ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/16/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/16/Today_in_Techrights.gmi ∎
Fri 02:52:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – IRC Proceedings: Thursday, May 15, 2025 ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/16/IRC_Proceedings_Thursday_May_15_2025.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/16/IRC_Proceedings_Thursday_May_15_2025.gmi ∎
Fri 02:53:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Over at Tux Machines... ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/16/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/16/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi ∎
Fri 02:56:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Richard Stallman believes that the freedom of people is more important than the freedom of servers and companies. The reel is based on the video «Free software, free society: Richard Stallman at TEDxGeneva 2014» which is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license." https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJrBNfMIBKO/
Fri 02:56:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "GNO" https://www.unixmen.com/richard-matthew-stallman-father-free-software-foundation/richard/
Fri 02:58:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ IBM shutdowns. "No, only one office out of the two is closing in Atlanta. Both are separated by a mile and half. So, not much change for Atlantans aside the fact that in the remaining office there won’t be enough space for everyone." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv8fsvmm
Fri 02:58:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Maybe the sound of the bone saw reminded IBM leadership of buzzwords." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv8jh7qb
Fri 03:02:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Why Burberry’s 1,700 job cuts signal a luxury market shift https://www.thehrdigest.com/why-burberrys-1700-job-cuts-signal-a-luxury-market-shift/
Fri 03:05:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Judlisgh here in India I kept my job of doing bad code for my sleazy call center." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv9rsrpv
Fri 03:09:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ It's not because of "AI" that Microsoft fires so many devs. It was a smokescreen timed to distract from bad news: http://techrights.org/n/2025/05/01/Microsoft_s_CEO_is_Hyping_Up_AI_Plagiarism_to_Distract_From_Fal.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2025/05/01/No_Microsoft_Plagiarism_is_Not_AI.shtml
Fri 03:22:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ do on Linux gemini://tobykurien.com/microblog.gmi
Fri 03:23:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The thread also got me recalling that I have always wanted a hiking GPS that isn't connected to some privacy-robbing cell plan." gopher://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space:70/0/~tfurrows/phlog/2025-05-15_hikingGPS.txt
Fri 03:24:44 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-05-16.gmi
Fri 03:25:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1646.jpg
Fri 03:25:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1296.jpg
Fri 03:26:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This is kind of a scrapbooky thing that collects all kinds of stuff about having a nice personal website if Gemini is too restrictive for what you want to do." gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/words/computing/internet/nice-personal-website/
Fri 03:27:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Tanana Observations 2025-05-07 and 2025-05-09 gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20250515-0.gmi
Fri 03:28:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "And so begins my least favorite part of being a school librarian: The part of the year where everyone else slacks off except for exam prep, but I am absolutely slammed." gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2025-05-15
Fri 03:34:43 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Gemini Links 16/05/2025: Hoking GPS, Grabovac, and Tanana ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/16/Gemini_Links_16_05_2025_Hoking_GPS_Grabovac_and_Tanana.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/16/Gemini_Links_16_05_2025_Hoking_GPS_Grabovac_and_Tanana.gmi ∎
Fri 03:58:05 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Anti-Linux FUD Produced by Microsoft LLMs to Blame "Linux" for Microsoft's Own Failures ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/16/Anti_Linux_FUD_Produced_by_Microsoft_LLMs_to_Blame_Linux_for_Mi.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/16/Anti_Linux_FUD_Produced_by_Microsoft_LLMs_to_Blame_Linux_for_Mi.gmi ∎
Fri 03:59:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Microsoft layoffs follow cuts to local office space https://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2025/05/14/microsoft-layoffs-tech-jobs-morrisville-offices.html
Fri 03:59:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Microsoft shifts focus to Asia-Pacific amid massive job cuts https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20250516PD205/microsoft-layoffs-apac-workforce-software.html
Fri 04:18:25 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] IsambardPrince: draft?
Fri 04:20:40 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Yeah
Fri 04:23:05 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] http://techrights.org/n/2025/05/16/Microsoft_Reduces_Office_Space_Ahead_of_More_Waves_of_Mass_Layo.shtml
Fri 04:23:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Microsoft Reduces Office Space Ahead of More Waves of Mass Layoffs ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/16/Microsoft_Reduces_Office_Space_Ahead_of_More_Waves_of_Mass_Layo.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/16/Microsoft_Reduces_Office_Space_Ahead_of_More_Waves_of_Mass_Layo.gmi ∎
Fri 04:28:11 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Looks okay.
Fri 04:28:24 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Yeah, all they can really do now is cut, lots of businesses in that position though.
Fri 04:28:38 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ The economic policies of this administration are nuts and change every day.
Fri 04:29:22 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ So you have a hard time planning anything around them whether you're a business or not. Do I buy a car now or is Trump full of shit and people rushing to buy cars are not thinking this over, just panicking?
Fri 04:29:38 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ What happens when they have a new car sitting in the driveway to avoid the tariffs, then they get laid off?
Fri 04:30:05 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ What happens if inflation gets really bad and they need food, but they have a car out in the drive rusting, which they turned in a car that had rust but still worked to get?
Fri 04:31:18 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Do I load up my pantry on toothpaste because RFK Jr. and Ken Paxton are morons? Or will they waffle and then ultimately just encourage individual states to do their dirty work for them, like what happened with industry and artificial food dyes?
Fri 04:32:11 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ They said they would ban the dyes and they ended up encouraging industry to get rid of them. How do those things work? Biden FDA asks packaged food industry to lower sodium by 25%, they didn't.
Fri 04:32:31 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ You can't ask. If you ask, they do't do it, so it's just a lot of smoke and mirrors to make it look like things are happening.
Fri 04:32:38 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ You could order them to do it.
Fri 04:33:16 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ In the case of sodium it should have been an order. There's a tangible benefit. Less sodium, less heart attacks, less strokes.
Fri 04:33:44 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ But trying to plan things in the age of people who don't know what they're doing and don't care at all about you is nasty for everyone.
Fri 04:43:53 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] IsambardPrince: http://techrights.org/n/2025/05/16/Enshittification_is_Everywhere_You_Pay_More_the_Services_Get_Wo.shtml
Fri 04:43:58 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] maybe yolu can explain USPS for me
Fri 04:43:59 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ schestowitz[TR2], Bing, Google....Search isn't dead but it's very unpleasant.
Fri 04:44:09 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ I usually just go to a list of sites I know about already.
Fri 04:44:19 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] yes
Fri 04:44:21 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] same here
Fri 04:44:23 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Rather than get chat bubbles and SEO garbage and slopfarms.
Fri 04:44:26 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] i mentioned this in #tuxmachines
Fri 04:44:29 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] yesterday, i think
Fri 04:44:33 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] google gives crap
Fri 04:44:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Enshittification is Everywhere: You Pay More, the Services Get Worse ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/16/Enshittification_is_Everywhere_You_Pay_More_the_Services_Get_Wo.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/16/Enshittification_is_Everywhere_You_Pay_More_the_Services_Get_Wo.gmi ∎
Fri 04:44:56 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] as you say\
Fri 04:45:01 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] 1. they put llm shit in your face
Fri 04:45:06 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] google puts that at thetop
Fri 04:45:16 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] 2. cheaters (SEO) steal positiions
Fri 04:45:18 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] to sell you crap
Fri 04:45:22 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] 3. fake articles
Fri 04:45:31 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] you linked to some immigration site with llm imagery
Fri 04:45:34 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] i then told you
Fri 04:45:34 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ schestowitz[TR2], https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/experience/theme-parks/2025/05/13/florida-dad-viral-1400-dollar-disney-family-trip/83517319007/
Fri 04:45:43 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] the same article was llm slop (text)
Fri 04:45:44 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Just for park tickets, food, and parking.
Fri 04:45:54 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] so you took advice on legal issues from a work salad
Fri 04:45:59 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] *word\
Fri 04:46:02 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ $1400 for one day, and he didn't have a hotel bill because he drove there.
Fri 04:46:04 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] very dangerous thing to do
Fri 04:46:08 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Disney is outragous.
Fri 04:46:18 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ I asked mom what we spent for a while week there.
Fri 04:46:39 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ She said maybe like $2000 including staying somewhere all week, park hopper passes, food, everything.
Fri 04:47:23 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ schestowitz[TR2], Cinderella's castle has digital food menus where the prices change based on demand and time of day.
Fri 04:48:15 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] nice.
Fri 04:48:20 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] sounds like fantasy
Fri 04:48:24 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] a dream come true
Fri 04:48:41 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ I told my mom about that. They have a Tony's restaurant inspired by Lady and the Tramp.
Fri 04:49:06 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ I looked at the menu. The one I saw suggested that a family of four isn't getting out of there without paying almost $280 or so for dinner.
Fri 04:49:14 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ And it's pasta and stuff. Very cheap.
Fri 04:49:46 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] i was in disneyworld in the 90s
Fri 04:49:48 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] it was expensive
Fri 04:49:54 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] but it sounds like disney now makes up
Fri 04:49:57 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] for fewers visitrs
Fri 04:49:58 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ schestowitz[TR2], They make an atmosphere and then get you because you're not adding up how much it costs and if you are you're not going to complain about it in front of your kids.
Fri 04:50:03 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] by squeezing what's left of then
Fri 04:50:09 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] maybe kids of very rich families
Fri 04:50:15 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] that just poress "order"
Fri 04:50:20 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ They're definitely squeezing my cousin.
Fri 04:50:22 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] irrepsective of the price
Fri 04:50:28 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ She's taking everyone there when she's bankrupt.
Fri 04:50:31 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] they are becoming like "luxury jewlery"
Fri 04:50:41 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] disney used to be "for everyone"
Fri 04:50:47 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] now it's for "social climbers"
Fri 04:50:49 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] in FB
Fri 04:50:55 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] "take selfies"
Fri 04:50:57 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] show your "worth"
Fri 04:51:34 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ schestowitz[TR2], Mom said my cousin's baby won't remember it, and their adopted son (a fetal alcohol baby with severe behavior problems) will be screaming and looking at an iPad all day.
Fri 04:51:37 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ She said that.
Fri 04:51:43 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ She's not wrong.
Fri 04:52:19 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] is that your mom's side?
Fri 04:53:32 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Yeah
Fri 04:54:32 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ The kids and the husband that doesn't work ensures that my cousin will never enjoy any savings, or being debt-free.
Fri 04:54:40 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Not that she'd handle money well without the baggage.
Fri 04:54:47 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ But none of them are helping.
Fri 04:55:59 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] IsambardPrince: rember me which month in 1998 you went to disneyworld
Fri 04:56:03 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] i was there same year
Fri 04:56:30 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] i think it was august for me, i can check
Fri 04:56:37 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] remember old photos have date stamps on them
Fri 04:56:49 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ I think it was August.
Fri 04:56:55 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] oh
Fri 04:57:30 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ It was probably around the first or second week of August because school started back up at the end of the month.
Fri 04:57:36 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] can you research dynamic pricing some more?
Fri 04:57:39 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] i think you covered it
Fri 04:57:41 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] in your blog?
Fri 04:57:47 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Yeah.
Fri 04:57:52 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] for me i think late august
Fri 04:57:54 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Even Wendy's wanted to do it.
Fri 04:58:04 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] i don't uise apps
Fri 04:58:08 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] so i never experienced this
Fri 04:58:12 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/02/wendys-plans-ai-powered-menu-to-change-food-prices-based-on-demand-weather/
Fri 04:58:20 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] but in whetherspoon mornings have different menu
Fri 04:58:24 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] so what they do is,
Fri 04:58:32 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] around 11:45 they walk through all the tables
Fri 04:58:42 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] and take away a sheet of paper that's the moring menu
Fri 04:58:47 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] if they have 50 tables
Fri 04:58:54 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] it can be done ina few minutes
Fri 04:58:59 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] no need for "apps"
Fri 04:59:05 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Cinderella's castle has reservations. So they know in real time how much demand there is to get in there.
Fri 04:59:15 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] "Sorry, the app is down"
Fri 04:59:20 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ You'll pay more when everyone is trying to get in and they don't have enough tables.
Fri 04:59:20 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] "the cloud has issues"
Fri 04:59:31 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Because they don't need your business.
Fri 04:59:35 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ They're already overwhelmed.
Fri 04:59:56 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Later on, the price comes down to encourage people to go in there. Unsold capacity costs them more than lowering the price.
Fri 05:00:38 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] in aug 1998 epcot was "
Fri 05:00:41 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] new"
Fri 05:00:50 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] the beach thing still work in progress
Fri 05:00:56 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] and the safari thing incomplete
Fri 05:00:58 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] 90s you know
Fri 05:01:00 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] pre-bubble
Fri 05:01:03 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] lots of budget
Fri 05:01:04 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] expansions
Fri 05:01:15 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ I know we went to EPCOT in 1991.
Fri 05:01:16 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] i think they had 7 "themes" or parks
Fri 05:01:21 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ So it wasn't new in 1998.
Fri 05:02:05 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] Coronado Springs is still around
Fri 05:02:09 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] so it seems
Fri 05:02:14 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] we stayed and ate there
Fri 05:02:54 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] Gulag says it's rated 4.5 stars now
Fri 05:03:08 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] the lewinski thing was dominant in CNN back then
Fri 05:04:47 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Yes, I remember seeing the "I did not have sexual relations with that woman." speech on the TV in my orthodontist's office.
Fri 05:04:49 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Dr. Gorman
Fri 05:07:10 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] Gore, MAN!
Fri 05:14:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 3 Years Since Moving to Static ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/16/3_Years_Since_Moving_to_Static.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/16/3_Years_Since_Moving_to_Static.gmi ∎
Fri 05:23:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "If no relocation were offered exactly zero people will move…" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv8fsvmm
Fri 05:24:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Endless supply of curry…" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv84hexk see http://techrights.org/n/2025/03/23/Critics_of_IBM_s_Strategy_Aren_t_Racists_But.shtml
Fri 05:43:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Trolls With LLM Slop Are Disrupting Communications About Mass Layoffs at IBM ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/16/Trolls_With_LLM_Slop_Are_Disrupting_Communications_About_Mass_L.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/16/Trolls_With_LLM_Slop_Are_Disrupting_Communications_About_Mass_L.gmi ∎
Fri 05:46:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ iophk: notice that slop generation sites and date centers are measured in megawatts or gigawatts and not useful metrics related to calculation like PFLOPs or similar. "AI" is about conspicuous consumption of wealth with the goal of /not/ producing anything useful.
Fri 05:49:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Two astroturfing accounts "dispatched" over 2 weeks after this was new. Sounds like HR/PR. https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1js50ygrc
Fri 06:19:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): In celebration of accessibility ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/16/In_celebration_of_accessibility.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/16/In_celebration_of_accessibility.gmi ∎
Fri 06:36:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "What an odd post. They’ll still RA or PIP you first opportunity they get. Wake up." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jvb4p7va
Fri 06:49:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Free and Open Source Software ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/16/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/16/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi ∎
Fri 06:59:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Musicus – New Classical Music player & Organizer for GNOME ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/16/Musicus_New_Classical_Music_player_Organizer_for_GNOME.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/16/Musicus_New_Classical_Music_player_Organizer_for_GNOME.gmi ∎
Fri 07:00:40 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ schestowitz[TR2], This 2019 Lady and the Tramp is just awful from the preview.
Fri 07:00:47 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ The dogs look too real, which is creepy.
Fri 07:00:54 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ There's a lot of other problems too.
Fri 07:00:58 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ The voice acting is bad.
Fri 07:01:21 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ They've made a lot of problematic edits to the original script that make it uninteresting.
Fri 07:02:27 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ People are saying Disney parks are suffering from a lack of maintenance. Which is what you expect from $1400 a day for a family of 4, right?
Fri 07:08:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Ubuntu is Replacing its Image Viewer and Terminal Apps ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/16/Ubuntu_is_Replacing_its_Image_Viewer_and_Terminal_Apps.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/16/Ubuntu_is_Replacing_its_Image_Viewer_and_Terminal_Apps.gmi ∎
Fri 07:14:44 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Divine D. project is developing a Linux phone with a RK3588s processor ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/16/Divine_D_project_is_developing_a_Linux_phone_with_a_RK3588s_pro.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/16/Divine_D_project_is_developing_a_Linux_phone_with_a_RK3588s_pro.gmi ∎
Fri 07:21:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): GTK 4.18, the PinePhone and Megapixels ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/16/GTK_4_18_the_PinePhone_and_Megapixels.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/16/GTK_4_18_the_PinePhone_and_Megapixels.gmi ∎
Fri 07:38:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴: Google Android Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/16/Android_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/16/Android_Leftovers.gmi ∎
Fri 08:18:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – The SLAPPs From Microsofters Distract From Serious Copyright Infringement by Microsoft and Apparent Business Crimes ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/16/The_SLAPPs_From_Microsofters_Distract_From_Serious_Copyright_In.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/16/The_SLAPPs_From_Microsofters_Distract_From_Serious_Copyright_In.gmi ∎
Fri 08:46:37 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ I saw one person's explanation about what's gone wrong at Disney and it makes sense.
Fri 08:47:31 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ When you're throwing that kind of money at movies they have to have a broad appeal. Broad appeal means simple plot, lots of spoon feeding, most of the budget blown on special effects.
Fri 08:47:38 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Then nobody even remembers it a few years later.
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