●● IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, December 01, 2025 ●● ● Dec 01 [01:51] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● Dec 01 [02:27] TR News (NEW): 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: November 30th, 2025 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/01/9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup_November_30th_2025.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/01/9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup_November_30th_2025.gmi [02:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: November 30th, 2025 [02:40] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. 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HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-301125.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-301125.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-301125.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-301125.txt [02:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, November 30, 2025 [02:50] TR News Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2025-11-30.txt ● Dec 01 [03:42] TR News Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights https://techrights.org/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ [03:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights [03:42] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Sunday, November 30, 2025 https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/01/IRC_Proceedings_Sunday_November_30_2025.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/01/IRC_Proceedings_Sunday_November_30_2025.gmi [03:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IRC Proceedings: Sunday, November 30, 2025 [03:42] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/01/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/01/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [03:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [03:42] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/01/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/01/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [03:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Today in Techrights ● Dec 01 [04:06] TR News Some Windows 11 users cannot update the Microsoft Defender https://www.gizchina.com/windows-11/some-windows-11-users-cannot-update-the-microsoft-defender [04:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.gizchina.com | Some Windows 11 users cannot update the Microsoft Defender [04:20] TR News Techrights Silent Layoffs at IBM: Still Using PIPs to Hide Full Scope and Extent of Layoffs https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/01/Silent_Layoffs_at_IBM_Still_Using_PIPs_to_Hide_Full_Scope_and_E.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/01/Silent_Layoffs_at_IBM_Still_Using_PIPs_to_Hide_Full_Scope_and_E.gmi [04:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Silent Layoffs at IBM: Still Using PIPs to Hide Full Scope and Extent of Layoffs [04:34] TR News Techrights Let's Hope Slopwatch Has Become Obsolete https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/01/Let_s_Hope_Slopwatch_Has_Become_Obsolete.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/01/Let_s_Hope_Slopwatch_Has_Become_Obsolete.gmi [04:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Let's Hope Slopwatch Has Become Obsolete ● Dec 01 [05:06] TR News Techrights Infatuation With GUIs is a Misguided Fool's Errand https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/01/Infatuation_With_GUIs_is_a_Misguided_Fool_s_Errand.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/01/Infatuation_With_GUIs_is_a_Misguided_Fool_s_Errand.gmi [05:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Infatuation With GUIs is a Misguided Fool's Errand [05:15] TR News Deutsche Welle [05:27] TR News Techrights An Almost-Depressing Lack of Reliable News Sites https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/01/An_Almost_Depressing_Lack_of_Reliable_News_Sites.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/01/An_Almost_Depressing_Lack_of_Reliable_News_Sites.gmi [05:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights An Almost-Depressing Lack of Reliable News Sites [05:29] TR News This headline is BS! There is NO growth. It's fake, it's a lie. https://americanbazaaronline.com/2025/11/30/tech-layoffs-whats-really-driving-it-470780/ [05:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-americanbazaaronline.com | Why Americas tech giants are cutting jobs amid growth [05:30] TR News At IBM, "a lot of top performers were also impacted - band 9s and 10s" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kbac15p1 [05:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kbac15p1 ) [05:30] TR News Hence, it DOES NOT MATTER HOW HARD OR WELL YOU WORK. So why bothers?? [05:30] TR News (bother) [05:36] TR News (NEW): December Already! https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/01/December_Already.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/01/December_Already.gmi [05:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines December Already! [05:44] TR News (NEW): Scheduled Maintenance This Wednesday https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/01/Scheduled_Maintenance_This_Wednesday.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/01/Scheduled_Maintenance_This_Wednesday.gmi [05:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Scheduled Maintenance This Wednesday [05:45] TR News ancient planet smashed into Earth https://www.dw.com/en/an-ancient-planet-smashed-into-earth-we-now-know-its-origin/a-74819362 [05:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-An ancient planet smashed into Earth. We now know its origin DW 11/20/2025 [05:46] TR News upper-caste Hindus https://www.dw.com/en/india-why-is-supreme-court-dominated-by-upper-caste-hindus/a-74838035 [05:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Upper-caste Hindus dominate India's Supreme Court DW 11/22/2025 [05:49] TR News Food Assistance for All https://jacobin.com/2025/11/insecurity-free-groceries-snap-universal/ [05:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jacobin.com | Food Assistance for All [05:50] TR News Five major changes to the regulation of cybersecurity in the UK under the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill https://www.insideprivacy.com/cybersecurity-2/five-major-changes-to-the-regulation-of-cybersecurity-in-the-uk-under-the-cyber-security-and-resilience-bill/ [05:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.insideprivacy.com/cybersecurity-2/five-major-changes-to-the-regulation-of-cybersecurity-in-the-uk-under-the-cyber-security-and-resilience-bill/ ) [05:50] TR News Major Cut in Disability Benefits https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-administration-social-security-disability-cuts [05:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.propublica.org | Trump Administration Drops Plan to Cut Social Security Disability Benefits for Older Workers ProPublica [05:54] TR News Helps distract from Jeffrey Epstein https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-11-21/faa-warns-all-pilots-of-risks-of-flying-over-venezuela-over-worsening-security-situation conflict nobody asked for [05:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-11-21/faa-warns-all-pilots-of-risks-of-flying-over-venezuela-over-worsening-security-situation ) [05:55] TR News Express System Threats https://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/how-to-align-security-requirements-and-controls-to-express-system-threats/ [05:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.sei.cmu.edu | How to Align Security Requirements and Controls to Express System Threats [05:55] TR News Debt https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-11-24/south-africas-g20-debt-focus-to-be-tested-as-us-takes-the-chair [05:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-11-24/south-africas-g20-debt-focus-to-be-tested-as-us-takes-the-chair ) [05:57] TR News for everyone except South Africa https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/464468/lenacapavir-hiv-drug-pepfar-foreign-aid-gilead-drug [05:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How lenacapavir can change the fight against HIV if we can let it | Vox [05:59] TR News Cholera https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2025-11-20/cholera-cases-in-africa-surge-to-3-times-higher-than-reported-in-2022 [05:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2025-11-20/cholera-cases-in-africa-surge-to-3-times-higher-than-reported-in-2022 ) ● Dec 01 [06:00] TR News Smuggled Rhino Horns https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-11-18/singapore-snares-record-haul-of-smuggled-rhino-horns-from-south-africa [06:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-11-18/singapore-snares-record-haul-of-smuggled-rhino-horns-from-south-africa ) [06:01] TR News VyOS 2025.11 "Stream", Synex 13-u2, and Obarun 2025.11.16 are out [06:01] TR News "Finnix is a Linux-based utility live distribution. Write it to a USB flash drive or burn it to a CD, boot it, and youre seconds from a root prompt with hundreds of utilities available for recovery, maintenance, testing and more. Finnix 251 has been released today, including new official OCI / Docker images, and containing new packages, features and fixes." https://blog.finnix.org/2025/11/17/finnix-251-released/ [06:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.finnix.org | Finnix 251 released [06:02] TR News ZimaOS 1.5.2-beta1, Vendefoul 181125, MiniOS 5.1.0-rc1, and extrox 2.0 also ready [06:06] TR News (NEW): Review: Gnoppix AI Linux 25_10 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/01/Review_Gnoppix_AI_Linux_25_10.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/01/Review_Gnoppix_AI_Linux_25_10.gmi [06:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Review: Gnoppix AI Linux 25_10 [06:24] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/01/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/01/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [06:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [06:34] TR News "D-Notice censorship regime" https://thegrayzone.com/2025/11/30/files-expose-britains-secret-d-notice-censorship-regime/ | Source: The Gray Zone [06:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thegrayzone.com | Files expose Britains secret D-Notice censorship regime - The Grayzone [06:35] TR News Calculate 20251118, ChromeOS 16433.41.0, Br OS 13.2 and BlueOnyx 5212R-20251117 are out [06:36] TR News "Rust for Linux Kernel Co-Maintainer Formally Steps Down" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/11/26/1555213 iophk: bad politics, good riddance [06:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-soylentnews.org | Rust for Linux Kernel Co-Maintainer Formally Steps Down - SoylentNews [06:36] TR News "Post-Mortem: The Saturday Morning "Soy Break"" https://soylentnews.org/~kolie/journal/20007 [06:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-soylentnews.org | Journal of kolie (2622) [06:37] TR News "Chat Control mer att gra" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2025/11/30/chat-control-mer-att-gora/ [06:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-femtejuli-se.translate.goog | Chat Control mer att gra [06:37] TR News "You can support Pivot to AIs work!" https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/29/you-can-support-pivot-to-ais-work/ [06:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 503 @ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/29/you-can-support-pivot-to-ais-work/ ) [06:38] TR News (NEW): The real reason I dont waste time distro hopping on Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/01/The_real_reason_I_don_t_waste_time_distro_hopping_on_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/01/The_real_reason_I_don_t_waste_time_distro_hopping_on_Linux.gmi [06:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines The real reason I dont waste time distro hopping on Linux [06:41] TR News (NEW): I don't use Linux for free anymore, and you shouldn't eitherhere's why https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/01/I_don_t_use_Linux_for_free_anymore_and_you_shouldn_t_either_her.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/01/I_don_t_use_Linux_for_free_anymore_and_you_shouldn_t_either_her.gmi [06:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines I don't use Linux for free anymore, and you shouldn't eitherhere's why [06:43] TR News "How to Win Red States With a Labor Party" https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/how-to-win-red-states-with-a-labor [06:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.hamiltonnolan.com | How to Win Red States With a Labor Party [06:43] TR News "Light From The Center Ring - by Mike Brock" https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/light-from-the-center-ring [06:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.notesfromthecircus.com | Light From The Center Ring - by Mike Brock [06:43] TR News "Affordability, Part I - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/affordability-part-i [06:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-paulkrugman.substack.com | Affordability, Part I - Paul Krugman [06:43] TR News "Silicon Valleys Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends" https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/technology/david-sacks-white-house-profits.html [06:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/technology/david-sacks-white-house-profits.html ) [06:44] TR News "The Trump Administration Detained a Longtime Faculty Member, Saying Hes an Undocumented Immigrant" https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-trump-administration-detained-a-longtime-faculty-member-saying-hes-an-undocumented-immigrant paywall [06:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-trump-administration-detained-a-longtime-faculty-member-saying-hes-an-undocumented-immigrant ) [06:44] TR News "MBS betrays Trump after oval office meet? Saudi & Iran channel reopens at full throttle | Araghchi | Videos" https://www.hindustantimes.com/videos/mbs-betrays-trump-after-oval-office-meet-saudi-iran-channel-reopens-at-full-throttle-araghchi-101764549516425.html [06:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.hindustantimes.com | MBS betrays Trump after oval office meet? Saudi & Iran channel reopens at full throttle | Araghchi | Videos [06:45] TR News "Seven-segment displays are one of the most ho-hum ways to display the time. They were cool for a little bit in the 70s, but by now, theyre a little bit old hat. That is, unless you get weird with it. This holographic seven-segment clock from [mosivers] qualifies neatly in that category" https://hackaday.com/2025/11/30/a-holographic-seven-segment-clock/ | Source: Hackaday [06:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A Holographic Seven-Segment Clock | Hackaday [06:46] TR News (NEW): One of the best gaming Linux OSes just shifted 1,000,000 GB of ISOs in a single month https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/01/One_of_the_best_gaming_Linux_OSes_just_shifted_1_000_000_GB_of_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/01/One_of_the_best_gaming_Linux_OSes_just_shifted_1_000_000_GB_of_.gmi [06:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines One of the best gaming Linux OSes just shifted 1,000,000 GB of ISOs in a single month [06:48] TR News (NEW): This is the only Linux distro I recommend for self-hosting https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/01/This_is_the_only_Linux_distro_I_recommend_for_self_hosting.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/01/This_is_the_only_Linux_distro_I_recommend_for_self_hosting.gmi [06:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines This is the only Linux distro I recommend for self-hosting [06:49] TR News "Following Amazon's announcement that it won't allow the new Firestick to become a piracy free-for-all" https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-iptv-box-evades-blocking-but-is-also-critically-vulnerable-to-attack-251130/ | Source: Torrent Freak [06:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Pirate IPTV Box Evades Blocking But is Also Critically Vulnerable to Attack * TorrentFreak [06:49] TR News "The moment became one of the most important events in the Civil Rights movement of the mid-20th Century." https://michiganadvance.com/briefs/the-henry-ford-offering-free-admission-to-exhibit-to-mark-70th-anniversary-of-bus-boycott/ | Source: Michigan Advance [06:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://michiganadvance.com/briefs/the-henry-ford-offering-free-admission-to-exhibit-to-mark-70th-anniversary-of-bus-boycott/ ) [06:50] TR News (NEW): Why everyone suddenly cares about Linux gamingand it's not just the Steam Deck https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/01/Why_everyone_suddenly_cares_about_Linux_gaming_and_it_s_not_jus.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/01/Why_everyone_suddenly_cares_about_Linux_gaming_and_it_s_not_jus.gmi [06:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Why everyone suddenly cares about Linux gamingand it's not just the Steam Deck [06:51] TR News (NEW): I made my old laptop feel like new with these 6 Linux tweaks https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/01/I_made_my_old_laptop_feel_like_new_with_these_6_Linux_tweaks.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/01/I_made_my_old_laptop_feel_like_new_with_these_6_Linux_tweaks.gmi [06:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines I made my old laptop feel like new with these 6 Linux tweaks [06:52] TR News "until the end of the special military operation." https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/the-new-russian-internet-closed-censored-and-secure/440395 | Source: The Barents Observer [06:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thebarentsobserver.com | The new Russian internet: closed, censored, and secure [06:53] TR News "lead singer of the street band Stoptime, Diana Loginova (Naoko), left Russia on the night of 23 November, immediately after being released from the detention centre." https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/diana-loginova-left-russia-after-a-series-of-arrests/441175 | Source: The Barents Observer [06:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thebarentsobserver.com | Diana Loginova left Russia after a series of arrests [06:53] TR News (NEW): 6 Linux apps I always run at startup (and why theyre worth it) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/01/6_Linux_apps_I_always_run_at_startup_and_why_they_re_worth_it.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/01/6_Linux_apps_I_always_run_at_startup_and_why_they_re_worth_it.gmi [06:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines 6 Linux apps I always run at startup (and why theyre worth it) [06:53] TR News "OpenAIs rapid expansion is being financed largely through heavy borrowing by its partners rather than by the company itself." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/openai-partners-shoulder-nearly-100-billion-debt-to-fund-its-ai-ambitions/articleshow/125675102.cms | Source: India Times [06:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | OpenAI partners shoulder nearly $100 billion debt to fund its AI ambitions - The Economic Times [06:54] TR News "Roser acknowledges that his projections are not prophecy." https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/470491/extreme-poverty-sub-saharan-africa-world-bank-conflict-climate-change | Source: Vox [06:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Global progress on extreme poverty is stalling and may reverse soon | Vox [06:54] TR News "psychological contract breach" https://phys.org/news/2025-11-corporate-social-responsibility-policy-companies.html | Source: Omicron Limited [06:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://phys.org/news/2025-11-corporate-social-responsibility-policy-companies.html ) [06:54] TR News "Data analytics and artificial intelligence company Databricks Inc. is reportedly in talks to raise $5 billion in new funding on a $134 billion valuation." https://siliconangle.com/2025/11/30/databricks-reportedly-talks-raise-5b-134b-valuation/ | Source: Silicon Angle [06:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Databricks reportedly in talks to raise $5B at $134B valuation - SiliconANGLE [06:55] TR News "What is Bitcoin down today?" https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/why-is-bitcoin-crypto-down-panic-after-sudden-crash-risky-start-to-december-101764550929511.html | Source: Hindustan Times [06:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.hindustantimes.com | Why is Bitcoin, crypto down?: Panic after sudden crash; risky start to December | Hindustan Times [06:55] TR News "Demand for digital infrastructure fuelled by AI and regional data protection laws have unleashed a new wave of investments in Indias data center industry." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/unpacking-indias-data-centre-boom/articleshow/125678815.cms | Source: India Times [06:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | Unpacking Indias data centre boom - The Economic Times [06:56] TR News "Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the population of the Murmansk region has decreased by 73,000 people. This follows from the official data of Rosstat" https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/murmansk-region-lost-10-percent-of-its-population-during-the-years-of-fullscale-war/441127 | Source: The Barents Observer [06:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thebarentsobserver.com | Murmansk region lost 10 percent of its population during the years of full-scale war [06:56] TR News "entering the Baltic Sea air space through the narrow corridor between Finland and Estonia" https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/bombers-newly-deployed-to-kola-flew-near-swedens-gotlandnbsp/441520 | Source: The Barents Observer [06:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thebarentsobserver.com | Bombers newly deployed to Kola flew near Swedens Gotland [06:57] TR News "War Crime" https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/us/politics/trump-boat-strikes-war-crime.html | Source: New York Times [06:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/us/politics/trump-boat-strikes-war-crime.html ) [06:57] TR News "Peter Thiel recently generated headlines with his rambling diatribes about the Antichrist." https://jacobin.com/2025/11/peter-thiel-palantir-apocalypse-antichrist/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine [06:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jacobin.com | Peter Thiels Apocalyptic Worldview Is a Dangerous Fantasy [06:57] TR News "record $679 billion in sales as wars fuel demand" https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20251130-world-arms-makers-679-billion-sales | Source: France24 [06:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20251130-world-arms-makers-679-billion-sales ) ● Dec 01 [07:00] TR News "The U.S. Department of Homeland Security seeks access to an obscure computer network used by law enforcement agencies" https://alabamareflector.com/2025/11/30/repub/homeland-security-wants-state-drivers-license-data-for-sweeping-citizenship-program/ | Source: Alabama Reflector [07:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://alabamareflector.com/2025/11/30/repub/homeland-security-wants-state-drivers-license-data-for-sweeping-citizenship-program/ ) [07:00] TR News "If you care about privacy on the web, then you should care about how anti-privacy laws have been challenged by Dreamwidth." https://osteophage.dreamwidth.org/12396.html | [07:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dreamwidth.org | Captcha Check [07:01] TR News "But, soon after, he noticed that he wasnt getting any emails anymore. After getting on a call with him and logging into his account" https://cassidoo.co/post/email-settings-scam/ | Source: Cassidy Williams [07:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cassidoo.co | A pretty good email scam [07:02] TR News Entrapment (Microsoft GitHub) https://eldred.fr/blog/forge-migration/ | [07:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eldred.fr | GitHub Codeberg: my experience ISSOtm's warehouse [07:02] TR News Old https://eldred.fr/blog/codeberg/ | [07:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eldred.fr | Migrating my code to Codeberg ISSOtm's warehouse [07:02] TR News Social Control Media https://blog.frankel.ch/second-cloudflare-tunnel/ | Source: Nicolas Frnkel [07:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.frankel.ch | My second Cloudflare Tunnel [07:04] TR News "When people rely on large language models to summarize informatio" https://www.sciencealert.com/using-ai-to-find-information-could-diminish-your-knowledge-study-finds | Source: Science Alert [07:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Using AI to Find Information Could Diminish Your Knowledge, Study Finds : ScienceAlert [07:04] TR News "The trend toward automation and AI could lead to a decrease in tax revenues" https://english.elpais.com/technology/2025-11-30/if-ai-replaces-workers-should-it-also-pay-taxes.html | Source: El Pas [07:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-english.elpais.com | If AI replaces workers, should it also pay taxes? | Technology | EL PAS English [07:04] TR News "Bob is a friend of a friend who writes code for a living and owns a small software/database company. He thinks YES, ChatGPT and LLMs DO help programmers." https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2025/11/does-chatgpt-really-help-programmers.html | Source: Computational Complexity [07:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.computationalcomplexity.org | Computational Complexity: Does ChatGPT really help programmers? [07:04] TR News "I used to design websites. For me and some clients. It was a blast to play around with all the ideas I had." https://stories.byburk.net/the-end-of-personal-websites-79781da763b2?gi=0fbbe2e6af42 | [07:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://stories.byburk.net/the-end-of-personal-websites-79781da763b2?gi=0fbbe2e6af42 ) [07:05] TR News "The Ministry of Home Affairs announced it had sent the tech giants Implementation Directives that require them to prevent accounts and group chats from displaying names which spoof gov.sg or Singapore Government agencies and also filter such messages." https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/01/asia_tech_news_roundup/ | Source: The Register UK [07:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Google and Apple ordered to stop fake government TXTs The Register [07:05] TR News "Dozens of airlines from Asia to the United States said they had carried out a snap software retrofit ordered by Airbus, and mandated by global regulators, after a vulnerability to solar flares emerged in a recent mid-air incident on a JetBlue A320." https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-11-30/airbus-narrows-software-crisis-as-airlines-ride-out-a320-recall | Source: US News And World Report [07:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-11-30/airbus-narrows-software-crisis-as-airlines-ride-out-a320-recall ) [07:06] TR News "Every former drinker has a quitting story, and mine is boring." https://smallcypress.bearblog.dev/five-years-without-alcohol/ | Source: Small Cypress [07:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-smallcypress.bearblog.dev | five years without alcohol | small cypress [07:06] TR News (NEW): Ubuntu 26.04 Replaces System Monitor and Totem with New Apps https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/27/Ubuntu_26_04_Replaces_System_Monitor_and_Totem_with_New_Apps.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/27/Ubuntu_26_04_Replaces_System_Monitor_and_Totem_with_New_Apps.gmi [07:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Ubuntu 26.04 Replaces System Monitor and Totem with New Apps [07:07] TR News "Its been thirty days since I departed socials. (Well, more like forty-five days, but whos counting?) I must say that I continue to feel good about stepping away." https://bjhess.com/posts/no-socials-november-fin | Source: Barry Hess [07:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bjhess.com | No Socials November Fin - I am BARRY HESS [07:07] TR News "We can see daily that most of us are just not equipped to handle thousands or more people coming at us online." https://blog.avas.space/connectivity/ | Source: Ava [07:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.avas.space | the overstated importance of connectivity | ava's blog [07:08] TR News "One of the errands we ran today was stopping by the storage unit to retrieve the Christmas decorations." https://boston.conman.org/2025/11/29.2 | Source: Sean Conner [07:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-boston.conman.org | This Internet camera is only 21 years oldit should still work, right? Right? - The Boston Diaries - Captain Napalm [07:08] TR News "The short version: this is an absolutely terrible idea, and really makes zero sense whatsoever." https://taranis.ie/datacenters-in-space-are-a-terrible-horrible-no-good-idea/ | [07:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-taranis.ie | Datacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea. [07:08] TR News "Knowing when to leave is an important skill. You've got to balance your loyalty, and your long-term career, against the objective facts in any situation." https://werd.io/knowing-when-to-leave/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller [07:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-werd.io | Knowing when to leave [07:09] TR News "Given a -calculus term, suppose we want to find all of its -equivalent subterms." https://purplesyringa.moe/blog/faster-comparison-modulo-alpha-equivalence/ | Source: Alisa Sireneva [07:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-purplesyringa.moe | Faster comparison modulo -equivalence | purplesyringa's blog [07:09] TR News "That is, to maintain the existing number of researchers, around 0.3 per cent of a population of 1 billion would need to be in this active class." https://crookedtimber.org/2025/11/30/will-fewer-kids-mean-fewer-scientists/ | Source: Crooked Timber [07:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-crookedtimber.org | Will Fewer Kids mean Fewer Scientists* Crooked Timber [07:09] TR News "poorly understood time in human evolution" https://interestingengineering.com/science/fossil-shows-two-humans-co-existed | Source: Interesting Engineering [07:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-interestingengineering.com | Two early humans coexisted 3.5 million years ago, fossil foot shows [07:10] TR News "Boschs greatest masterpiece, and one of the greatest paintings in the world, presents an intriguing and intricate vision." https://eclecticlight.co/2025/11/30/the-earthly-delights-of-hieronymus-bosch-2/ | Source: Howard Oakley [07:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eclecticlight.co | The earthly delights of Hieronymus Bosch 2 The Eclectic Light Company [07:10] TR News "Over 50 years ago, I started reading Doc Savage novels - more about that here. Today I finished the last one." https://notes.1705.net/posts/finished/ | Source: David H [07:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-notes.1705.net | I Finished Something I Started Over 50 Years Ago | Notes and Ramblings [07:10] TR News "The painting was authenticated by German art historian Nils Buttner, known for his research on the master of the Flemish Baroque, Osenat said." https://today.rtl.lu/entertainment/news/a/2359134.html | Source: RTL [07:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-today.rtl.lu | RTL Today - Unearthed in Paris mansion last year: Long-lost Rubens 'masterpiece' sells for almost 3 mn euros [07:13] TR News (NEW): A Deep Dive into the ed Text Editor https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/01/A_Deep_Dive_into_the_ed_Text_Editor.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/01/A_Deep_Dive_into_the_ed_Text_Editor.gmi [07:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines A Deep Dive into the ed Text Editor [07:13] *Isambard_Prince has quit (connection closed) [07:17] TR News Techrights Links 01/12/2025: Dumping Microsoft GitHub, "Files Expose Britains Secret D-Notice Censorship Regime" https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/01/Links_01_12_2025_Dumping_Microsoft_GitHub_Files_Expose_Britain_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/01/Links_01_12_2025_Dumping_Microsoft_GitHub_Files_Expose_Britain_.gmi [07:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 01/12/2025: Dumping Microsoft GitHub, "Files Expose Britains Secret D-Notice Censorship Regime" [07:18] TR News "The issue is that these two signals are independent. Put together, they produce four possible combinations: [...]" https://rednafi.com/go/splintered-failure-modes/ | Source: Redowan Delowar [07:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-rednafi.com | Splintered failure modes in Go | Redowan's Reflections [07:19] TR News "When Go 1.18 was released, I said that it made module mode mandatory, which I wasn't a fan of because it can break backward compatibility in practice" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/GoStillGopathModeForBuilds | Source: University of Toronto [07:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-utcc.utoronto.ca | You're using a too-old browser [07:19] TR News "It was a quiet December evening when a weary Perl developercurled up with a warm mug of cocoareceived an unexpected visitor." https://perladvent.org/2025/2025-12-01.html | Source: Perl [07:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-perladvent.org | Perl Advent Calendar 2025 - The Ghost of Perl Developer Surveys Past, Present, and Future [07:19] TR News "Collect stars by solving puzzles. Two puzzles will be made available on each day; the second puzzle is unlocked when you complete the first. Each puzzle grants one star. Good luck!" https://adventofcode.com/2025/day/1 | Source: AdventOfCode [07:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-adventofcode.com | Day 1 - Advent of Code 2025 [07:19] TR News "This is a fantastic deep-dive into the history of object-oriented programming with 50+ years of primary sources! Even though I make information systems, not games, I really enjoyed Casey Muratoris talk." https://kerrick.blog/posts/2025/the-big-oops-anatomy-of-a-thirty-five-year-mistake/ | Source: Kerrick Long [07:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kerrick.blog | The Big OOPs: Anatomy of a Thirty-five-year Mistake - Kerrick Long (blog) [07:20] TR News "Leaving Github has been on my mind for a while, as the service has fully entered its enshittification phase." https://blog.balthazar-rouberol.com/migrating-away-from-github | Source: Balthazar Rouberol [07:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.balthazar-rouberol.com | Migrating my code from Github to a self-hosted Forgejo instance [07:38] TR News Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-12-01.gmi [07:41] schestowitz[TR2]