●● IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Friday, February 06, 2026 ●● ● Feb 06 [00:21] TR News "February 5, 2026. ChatGPT told another old friend to take their life. Someone intervened. Others haven't been so lucky." gemini://gemini.njms.ca/gemlog/peak-oil-high-technology.gmi [00:23] TR News "Home Assistant's Franck Nijhof has announced the release of Home Assistant 2026.2, which brings with it a shift to the new Home Dashboard default display, a rebranding of add-on packages, redesigned quick search, and the ability to opt-in to data gathering for a planned public device database." gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202602/20260205-homeass.gmi [00:36] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social [00:39] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [00:45] TR News Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights https://techrights.org/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ [00:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights [00:45] TR News Techrights Living in Freedom When 'False Flag Operations' Like EFF Get Captured by Billionaires to Take Freedom Away https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/Living_in_Freedom_When_False_Flag_Operations_Like_EFF_Get_Captu.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/Living_in_Freedom_When_False_Flag_Operations_Like_EFF_Get_Captu.gmi [00:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Living in Freedom When 'False Flag Operations' Like EFF Get Captured by Billionaires to Take Freedom Away ● Feb 06 [01:00] TR News Techrights Google News Drowning in Slop About "Linux" (Slopfarms Galore) https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/Google_News_Drowning_in_Slop_About_Linux_Slopfarms_Galore.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/Google_News_Drowning_in_Slop_About_Linux_Slopfarms_Galore.gmi [01:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Google News Drowning in Slop About "Linux" (Slopfarms Galore) [01:13] TR News Techrights IBM Isn't a Serious Company Anymore, It's a Ponzi Scheme Operated by a Clique and It Misuses Companies It Acquires to Prop Up or Legitimise the Scheme https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/IBM_Isn_t_a_Serious_Company_Anymore_It_s_a_Ponzi_Scheme_Operate.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/IBM_Isn_t_a_Serious_Company_Anymore_It_s_a_Ponzi_Scheme_Operate.gmi [01:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IBM Isn't a Serious Company Anymore, It's a Ponzi Scheme Operated by a Clique and It Misuses Companies It Acquires to Prop Up or Legitimise the Scheme [01:15] TR News "This occurs throughout IBM, but its far more blatant and egregious in Albany. [...] its just what you describe in albany" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kg3ctq05 [01:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kg3ctq05 ) [01:16] TR News IBM the buzzwords company. "plz shut up. THERE IS NO QUANTUM. ONE BIG @55 SCAM." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgh1yb6n [01:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgh1yb6n ) [01:26] TR News "Amazon, Google and Microsoft Shares Fall 3% Amid AI Spending Concerns" [01:26] TR News "Expedia announces 100 job cuts at Austin offices" [01:43] TR News Techrights Claims That IBM Will Lay Off 20% (or 15%) of Its Workforce This Year Unless It Finds a Way to Push Them All Out by Threats, Shame, Guilt https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/Claims_That_IBM_Will_Lay_Off_20_or_15_of_Its_Workforce_This_Yea.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/Claims_That_IBM_Will_Lay_Off_20_or_15_of_Its_Workforce_This_Yea.gmi [01:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Claims That IBM Will Lay Off 20% (or 15%) of Its Workforce This Year Unless It Finds a Way to Push Them All Out by Threats, Shame, Guilt [01:56] TR News Techrights Changes at the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/Changes_at_the_Solicitors_Regulation_Authority_SRA.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/Changes_at_the_Solicitors_Regulation_Authority_SRA.gmi [01:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Changes at the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) [01:57] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● Feb 06 [02:00] TR News Xen at FOSDEM: Real-World Conversations About Xen and KVM https://xenproject.org/blog/xen-at-fosdem-real-world-conversations-about-xen-and-kvm/ [02:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-xenproject.org | Xen at FOSDEM: Real-World Conversations About Xen and KVM [02:01] TR News Did Zendesk get popped? https://xeiaso.net/notes/2026/zendesk-popped/ [02:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-xeiaso.net | Did Zendesk get popped? - Xe Iaso [02:06] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@kcb99h722ua4g.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [02:08] TR News Techrights Bitcoin crash: opportunity or the end game? https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/Bitcoin_crash_opportunity_or_the_end_game.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/Bitcoin_crash_opportunity_or_the_end_game.gmi [02:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Bitcoin crash: opportunity or the end game? [02:11] TR News Techrights Blackmail evidence: Debian social engineering exposed in ClueCon 2024 talk on politics https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/Blackmail_evidence_Debian_social_engineering_exposed_in_ClueCon.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/Blackmail_evidence_Debian_social_engineering_exposed_in_ClueCon.gmi [02:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Blackmail evidence: Debian social engineering exposed in ClueCon 2024 talk on politics [02:14] TR News "What exactly the command does depends on the flavor of ex. The first order of business is to know that ex commands can have optional : before them and it's pretty easy to skip over a lot of those." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/02/06/valid-ex-commands.gmi [02:28] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 06/02/2026: Slop/Microslop, Home Assistant, and Valid Ex Commands https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/Gemini_Links_06_02_2026_Slop_Microslop_Home_Assistant_and_Valid.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/Gemini_Links_06_02_2026_Slop_Microslop_Home_Assistant_and_Valid.gmi [02:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 06/02/2026: Slop/Microslop, Home Assistant, and Valid Ex Commands [02:40] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-050226.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-050226.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-050226.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-050226.txt [02:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, February 05, 2026 [02:41] TR News Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. 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HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-050226.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-050226.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-050226.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-050226.txt [02:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, February 05, 2026 [02:43] TR News Yesterday's #techrights IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-050226.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-050226.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-050226.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-050226.txt [02:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, February 05, 2026 [02:47] TR News Techrights EPO Management ("Alicante Mafia") Not Properly Sharing Information on Scale of Strikes by EPO Staff https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/EPO_Management_Alicante_Mafia_Not_Properly_Sharing_Information_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/EPO_Management_Alicante_Mafia_Not_Properly_Sharing_Information_.gmi [02:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights EPO Management ("Alicante Mafia") Not Properly Sharing Information on Scale of Strikes by EPO Staff [02:48] TR News More EPO leaks will come out later today [02:50] TR News The orgy guy https://www.tomshardware.com/software/most-of-you-steal-your-software-bill-gates-complained-about-software-piracy-50-years-ago-and-was-openly-irked-by-communitys-altair-basic-theft [02:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Most of you steal your software Bill Gates complained about software piracy 50 years ago, and was openly irked by community's Altair BASIC theft | Tom's Hardware [02:50] TR News Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2026-02-05.txt [02:51] TR News The new Valve Steam Machine is 'on track' https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/the-new-valve-steam-machine-is-on-track-to-begin-shipping-early-this-year-says-amd-ceo-suggests-new-4k-mini-gaming-pc-powered-by-semi-custom-zen-4-cpu-to-launch-soon [02:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | The new Valve Steam Machine is 'on track' to begin shipping early this year, says AMD CEO suggests new 4K mini gaming PC, powered by semi-custom Zen 4 CPU, to launch soon | Tom's Hardware [02:51] TR News US Declassifies Information on JUMPSEAT Spy Satellites https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/02/us-declassifies-information-on-jumpseat-spy-satellites.html [02:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-US Declassifies Information on JUMPSEAT Spy Satellites - Schneier on Security [02:52] TR News Live Blog: Lawyer Details Harsh Conditions For Families Of Detainees https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-protests-live-blog-trump-khamenei/33640284.html [02:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Live Blog: Rubio: US Is Prepared To Engage With Iran [02:52] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Thursday, February 05, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/IRC_Proceedings_Thursday_February_05_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/IRC_Proceedings_Thursday_February_05_2026.gmi [02:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IRC Proceedings: Thursday, February 05, 2026 [02:52] TR News First Day Of Ukraine-Russia Peace Talks In Abu Dhabi End, Will Head To Second Day https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-strikes-ukraine-talks-abu-dhabi/33668600.html [02:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | First Day Of Ukraine-Russia Peace Talks In Abu Dhabi End, Will Head To Second Day [02:53] TR News How Democracy for Sale is making investigative journalism pay on Substack https://pressgazette.co.uk/newsletters/peter-geoghegan-democracy-for-sale-investigative-journalism-substack-newsletters-slapps/ [02:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pressgazette.co.uk | Peter Geoghegan on rapid growth of investigative newsletter Democracy for Sale - Press Gazette [02:53] TR News Jobs at risk as Sun set to merge features desk and Fabulous team https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/nationals/jobs-at-risk-as-sun-set-to-merge-features-desk-and-fabulous-team/ [02:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pressgazette.co.uk | Jobs at risk as Sun set to merge features desk and Fabulous team - Press Gazette [02:55] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/06/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/06/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [02:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Today in Techrights [02:55] TR News Washington Post to cut one-third of all staff https://pressgazette.co.uk/north-america/washington-post-cuts-one-third-of-all-staff-newsroom-sports-books-foreign/ [02:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pressgazette.co.uk | Washington Post to cut one-third of all staff - Press Gazette [02:55] TR News Journalism job cuts in 2026 tracked: Washington Post announces biggest media layoffs of year so far https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/journalism-job-cuts-in-2026-updates/ [02:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pressgazette.co.uk | Journalism job cuts in 2026 tracked: Rolling updates - Press Gazette [02:57] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [02:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Over at Tux Machines... ● Feb 06 [03:13] TR News Techrights Corrupt Media Won't Hold Accountable Rich People for Role in Pedophilia https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/Corrupt_Media_Won_t_Hold_Accountable_Rich_People_for_Role_in_Pe.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/Corrupt_Media_Won_t_Hold_Accountable_Rich_People_for_Role_in_Pe.gmi [03:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Corrupt Media Won't Hold Accountable Rich People for Role in Pedophilia [03:30] TR News Techrights End of the 'GPU Bubble' and NVIDIA Finally Admits It Won't Bail Out Microsoft OpenAI Anymore https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/End_of_the_GPU_Bubble_and_NVIDIA_Finally_Admits_It_Won_t_Bail_O.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/End_of_the_GPU_Bubble_and_NVIDIA_Finally_Admits_It_Won_t_Bail_O.gmi [03:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights End of the 'GPU Bubble' and NVIDIA Finally Admits It Won't Bail Out Microsoft OpenAI Anymore [03:47] TR News Techrights "Going to be a large number of Microsoft layoffs announced soon" https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/Going_to_be_a_large_number_of_Microsoft_layoffs_announced_soon.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/Going_to_be_a_large_number_of_Microsoft_layoffs_announced_soon.gmi [03:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights "Going to be a large number of Microsoft layoffs announced soon" ● Feb 06 [04:06] TR News Central Staff Committee Confronted Antnio Campinos for Giving His Cocaine-Addicted Friend Over 100,000 Euros to Do Nothing, Just Pretend to be Ill, While Cutting the Salaries of Everybody Else http://techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/Central_Staff_Committee_Confronted_Antonio_Campinos_for_Giving_.shtml [04:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Central Staff Committee Confronted Antnio Campinos for Giving His Cocaine-Addicted Friend Over 100,000 Euros to Do Nothing, Just Pretend to be Ill, While Cutting the Salaries of Everybody Else [04:23] TR News Techrights Growing Focus on Publication https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/Growing_Focus_on_Publication.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/Growing_Focus_on_Publication.gmi [04:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Growing Focus on Publication [04:31] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [04:32] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@kcb99h722ua4g.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [04:34] TR News (NEW): Microsoft Windows Measured at Less Than 1% in American Samoa https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/06/Microsoft_Windows_Measured_at_Less_Than_1_in_American_Samoa.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/06/Microsoft_Windows_Measured_at_Less_Than_1_in_American_Samoa.gmi [04:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Microsoft Windows Measured at Less Than 1% in American Samoa [04:48] TR News Techrights Amutable is a Microsoft Siege Against Freedom in GNU/Linux, Just Like the People Who Brought You 'Secure Boot' Controlled by Microsoft https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/Amutable_is_a_Microsoft_Siege_Against_Freedom_in_GNU_Linux_Just.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/Amutable_is_a_Microsoft_Siege_Against_Freedom_in_GNU_Linux_Just.gmi [04:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Amutable is a Microsoft Siege Against Freedom in GNU/Linux, Just Like the People Who Brought You 'Secure Boot' Controlled by Microsoft [04:56] TR News On IBM: "I am hoping it will plummet soon" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgj7w26n [04:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgj7w26n ) [04:56] TR News 15% of IBM to be laid off? "It is revolting to think, a worthless, useless piece of sh1t manager, like the one I have, is going to set the 15-70-15 rule and destroys people lives. The id1ot is a sc-mbag." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgqs2dpd [04:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgqs2dpd ) [04:57] TR News "IBM pays for these articles from advertising and marketing budgets. Its like Astro turfing" "It is a paid for advertisement. Someone paid www.economist.com to run an advertisement." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgr7szx1 [04:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgr7szx1 ) [04:58] TR News "kiss of death micron, qualcomm, intel is infested, the list goes on and on and on it is an army of zombie companies passing money up to a parasitic shareholder" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgd3fjc9 [04:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgd3fjc9 ) [04:58] TR News "Count your blessings -- do you prefer a company run by Ballmer or Rometty? Btw, I am more associated with MSFT" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgd3fjc9 ● Feb 06 [05:00] TR News Men with big beards who add "he/him" are trying to ensure you don't mistake them for women. [05:01] TR News Epstein files and Lithuania: contacts with artists and Lithuanian ancestry https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2826301/epstein-files-and-lithuania-contacts-with-artists-and-lithuanian-ancestry [05:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | Epstein files and Lithuania: contacts with artists and Lithuanian ancestry - LRT [05:02] TR News Europe is undefendable without US, says Lithuanian FM https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2827074/europe-is-undefendable-without-us-says-lithuanian-fm [05:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | Europe is undefendable without US, says Lithuanian FM - LRT [05:02] TR News Baltic Sea ice covers about a quarter of surface https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2827119/baltic-sea-ice-covers-about-a-quarter-of-surface [05:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | Baltic Sea ice covers about a quarter of surface - LRT [05:02] TR News One-third of Lithuanians see antisemitism as a problem survey https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2827143/one-third-of-lithuanians-see-antisemitism-as-a-problem-survey [05:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | One-third of Lithuanians see antisemitism as a problem survey - LRT [05:03] TR News Lithuanian police detain 28 suspects, including 5 ringleaders, in smuggler balloon probe https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2827218/lithuanian-police-detain-28-suspects-including-5-ringleaders-in-smuggler-balloon-probe [05:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | Lithuanian police detain 28 suspects, including 5 ringleaders, in smuggler balloon probe - LRT [05:04] TR News UPC is illegal and this is yet more of JUVE endorsing a corrupt system run by actual cocaine addicts (or promoted by them) https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/dusseldorf-local-division-hears-dolby-vs-beko/ [05:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.juve-patent.com | Dsseldorf local division hears Dolby vs Beko [05:05] TR News UN Security Council condemns terrorist attack in Pakistan https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/02/un-security-council-condemns-terrorist-attack-in-pakistan/ [05:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | UN Security Council condemns terrorist attacks in Pakistan - JURIST - News [05:06] TR News UN experts condemn conviction of human rights defenders in Pakistan https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/02/un-experts-condemn-conviction-of-human-rights-defenders-in-pakistan/ [05:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | UN experts condemn conviction of human rights defenders in Pakistan - JURIST - News [05:06] TR News Rights group raises concern about freedom crackdowns in West Africa https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/02/rights-group-raises-concern-about-freedom-crackdowns-in-west-africa/ [05:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | Rights group raises concern about crackdown on freedoms in West Africa - JURIST - News [05:07] TR News statutory [05:07] TR News Greenpeace warns 22 govt-promoted eco-tourism sites lack statutory protection, as festive holiday nears https://hongkongfp.com/2026/02/04/greenpeace-warns-22-govt-promoted-eco-tourism-sites-lack-statutory-protection-as-festive-holiday-nears/ [05:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | 22 eco-tourism sites promoted by gov't lack protections, green group warns [05:08] TR News Rights group decries detention of Chinese investigative journalists Liu Hu and Wu Yingjiao https://hongkongfp.com/2026/02/04/rights-group-decries-detention-of-chinese-investigative-journalists-liu-hu-and-wu-yingjiao/ [05:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | Rights group decries detention of 2 Chinese investigative journalists [05:08] TR News Public health is part of national security, police officer tells trial of Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil activists https://hongkongfp.com/2026/02/04/public-health-is-part-of-national-security-police-officer-tells-trial-of-hong-kong-tiananmen-vigil-activists/ [05:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | HK Tiananmen vigil trial: Police officer defends blocking 2020 vigil [05:09] TR News Hong Kong man gets 80 hours community service for tearing off fingertip-sized corner of election poster https://hongkongfp.com/2026/02/05/hong-kong-man-gets-80-hours-community-service-for-tearing-off-fingertip-sized-corner-of-election-poster/ [05:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | HK man gets 80 hours community service for election poster damage [05:10] TR News Human Rights Watch warns US heading to 'authoritarianism' https://www.france24.com/en/human-rights-watch-warns-us-heading-to-authoritarianism Just "heading"? [05:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/human-rights-watch-warns-us-heading-to-authoritarianism ) [05:10] TR News UK PM Starmer says Mandelson "lied" to government https://www.france24.com/en/uk-pm-starmer-says-mandelson-lied-to-government [05:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/uk-pm-starmer-says-mandelson-lied-to-government ) [05:11] TR News Digital sovereignty (3/3): Are European citizens trapped into using US Big Tech? https://www.france24.com/en/technology/20260204-digital-sovereignty-european-citizens-trapped-into-using-us-big-tech [05:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/technology/20260204-digital-sovereignty-european-citizens-trapped-into-using-us-big-tech ) [05:11] TR News UK will release files related to Mandelson's ambassador appointment in more Epstein fallout https://www.france24.com/en/uk-will-release-files-related-to-mandelson-s-ambassador-appointment-in-more-epstein-fallout [05:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/uk-will-release-files-related-to-mandelson-s-ambassador-appointment-in-more-epstein-fallout ) [05:12] TR News Four out of every 10 cancer cases are preventable: WHO https://www.france24.com/en/four-out-of-every-10-cancer-cases-are-preventable-who [05:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/four-out-of-every-10-cancer-cases-are-preventable-who ) [05:12] TR News Dozens die in Nigeria's deadliest attack in months https://www.france24.com/en/gunmen-kill-over-160-in-new-nigeria-attack [05:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/gunmen-kill-over-160-in-new-nigeria-attack ) [05:13] TR News Bezos pretends to have financial strain https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260204-washington-post-announces-major-job-cuts [05:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260204-washington-post-announces-major-job-cuts ) [05:14] TR News Iguanas fall from trees in Florida as icy weather bites southern US https://www.france24.com/en/iguanas-fall-from-trees-in-florida-as-icy-weather-bites-southern-us [05:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/iguanas-fall-from-trees-in-florida-as-icy-weather-bites-southern-us ) [05:14] TR News Prevention is power: 'We do have the technology and the knowledge, we need to work together' https://www.france24.com/en/prevention-is-power-we-do-have-the-technology-and-the-knowledge-we-need-to-work-together [05:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/prevention-is-power-we-do-have-the-technology-and-the-knowledge-we-need-to-work-together ) [05:15] TR News Disastrous release of Epstein files exposes nude photos and names of victims https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260205-disastrous-release-of-epstein-files-exposes-nude-photos-and-names-of-victims [05:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260205-disastrous-release-of-epstein-files-exposes-nude-photos-and-names-of-victims ) [05:56] TR News "There are no mass layoffs or nothing I have heard so far! Everyone I talk to are just chillin and enjoying their paychecks lol" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgqs2dpd [05:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgqs2dpd ) [05:57] TR News Trolls in the forums now: "WHATEVER IT IS THERE WILL BE NO LAYOFFS IN IBM !!!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgd3fjc9 [05:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgd3fjc9 ) ● Feb 06 [06:07] TR News Techrights AI Used to Save Lives, Now "AI" is a Grifting Scheme That Burns the Planet and Will Crash the Economy https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/AI_Used_to_Save_Lives_Now_AI_is_a_Grifting_Scheme_That_Burns_th.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/AI_Used_to_Save_Lives_Now_AI_is_a_Grifting_Scheme_That_Burns_th.gmi [06:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights AI Used to Save Lives, Now "AI" is a Grifting Scheme That Burns the Planet and Will Crash the Economy [06:29] TR News Techrights More Than 99% of "AI" Companies Aren't AI, They're Pure BS https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/More_Than_99_of_AI_Companies_Aren_t_AI_They_re_Pure_BS.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/More_Than_99_of_AI_Companies_Aren_t_AI_They_re_Pure_BS.gmi [06:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights More Than 99% of "AI" Companies Aren't AI, They're Pure BS [06:47] TR News (NEW): The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), Even If Now Run by a Lady, is Failing Ladies https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/06/The_Solicitors_Regulation_Authority_SRA_Even_If_Now_Run_by_a_La.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/06/The_Solicitors_Regulation_Authority_SRA_Even_If_Now_Run_by_a_La.gmi [06:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), Even If Now Run by a Lady, is Failing Ladies ● Feb 06 [07:01] TR News (NEW): Calibre 9.2 Ebook Manager Improves the Bookshelf View, Ebook Viewer, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/06/Calibre_9_2_Ebook_Manager_Improves_the_Bookshelf_View_Ebook_Vie.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/06/Calibre_9_2_Ebook_Manager_Improves_the_Bookshelf_View_Ebook_Vie.gmi [07:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Calibre 9.2 Ebook Manager Improves the Bookshelf View, Ebook Viewer, and More [07:07] TR News Techrights #HowTo Win Lawsuits in 5 Simple Steps https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/How_to_Win_Lawsuits_in_5_Simple_Steps.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/How_to_Win_Lawsuits_in_5_Simple_Steps.gmi [07:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights How to Win Lawsuits in 5 Simple Steps [07:08] TR News iophk: "It appears that this latest round of document releases regarding the "Epstein files" is targeted to affect pro-Democracy interests the most and redacted to cover for fascism." [07:09] TR News iophk: "Apropos lack of investigative reporting, the mainstream press is actively ignoring the Iran situation regarding who let them out of the nuclear treaty in the first place." [07:10] TR News Live Nation Scoops Up Italys ForumNet Group in $100 Million+ Deal https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/04/live-nation-forumnet-deal/ [07:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/04/live-nation-forumnet-deal/ ) [07:11] TR News Multiple aircraft destroyed by Islamic State during brazen attack on Nigerien air base https://defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/multiple-aircraft-destroyed-by-islamic-state-during-brazen-attack-on-nigerien-air-base/ [07:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-defenceweb.co.za | Multiple aircraft destroyed by Islamic State during brazen attack on Nigerien air base - DefenceWeb [07:12] TR News reComputer Jetson AGX Orin Developer Kit GMSL Bundle features 8x GMSL2 camera interfaces, 10GbE networking https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/02/04/recomputer-jetson-agx-orin-developer-kit-gmsl-bundle-features-8x-gmsl2-camera-interfaces-10gbe-networking/ [07:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | reComputer Jetson AGX Orin Developer Kit GMSL Bundle features 8x GMSL2 camera interfaces, 10GbE networking - CNX Software [07:12] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social [07:13] TR News AMD Kintex UltraScale+ Gen 2 mid-range FPGA family to be available until at least 2045 https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/02/04/amd-kintex-ultrascale-gen-2-mid-range-fpga-family-to-be-available-until-at-least-2045/ [07:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | AMD Kintex UltraScale+ Gen 2 mid-range FPGA family to be available until at least 2045 - CNX Software [07:14] TR News (NEW): As of 2026, this is my favorite Linux distro of all time - and I've tested them all https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/06/As_of_2026_this_is_my_favorite_Linux_distro_of_all_time_and_I_v.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/06/As_of_2026_this_is_my_favorite_Linux_distro_of_all_time_and_I_v.gmi [07:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines As of 2026, this is my favorite Linux distro of all time - and I've tested them all [07:14] TR News With purge, Xis militarycontrol risesand so do the regions risks https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/with-purge-xis-military-control-rises-and-so-do-the-regions-risks/ [07:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.aspistrategist.org.au | With purge, Xis militarycontrol risesand so do the regions risks | The Strategist [07:15] TR News WordPress is becoming laughing stock in service of plagiarism and Ponzi scheme: Piloting the Hey Hi (AI) Leaders Micro-Credential https://wordpress.org/news/2026/02/ai-leaders-credential/ [07:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-wordpress.org | Piloting the AI Leaders Micro-Credential WordPress News [07:16] TR News (NEW): Linux updates don't scare me anymore thanks to this immutable distro (and it's easy to use) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/06/Linux_updates_don_t_scare_me_anymore_thanks_to_this_immutable_d.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/06/Linux_updates_don_t_scare_me_anymore_thanks_to_this_immutable_d.gmi [07:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Linux updates don't scare me anymore thanks to this immutable distro (and it's easy to use) [07:17] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [07:17] TR News Typing for Love or Money: The Hidden Womens Labor behind Modern Literary Masterpieces https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/typing-for-love-or-money [07:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-publicdomainreview.org | Typing for Love or Money: The Hidden Womens Labor behind Modern Literary Masterpieces The Public Domain Review [07:17] TR News Sekka Zusetsu: A Book of Snowflakes (1832) https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/japanese-snowflake-book [07:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-publicdomainreview.org | *Sekka Zusetsu*: A Book of Snowflakes (1832) The Public Domain Review [07:19] TR News (NEW): Tech Savvy Meets Principles in Emmabunts Debian 6 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/06/Tech_Savvy_Meets_Principles_in_Emmabuntus_Debian_6.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/06/Tech_Savvy_Meets_Principles_in_Emmabuntus_Debian_6.gmi [07:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Tech Savvy Meets Principles in Emmabunts Debian 6 [07:19] TR News [Repost] Wash Post Reports ... Wash Post punished by its pervy owner https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2026-01-27/us-national-parks-told-to-remove-signs-on-mistreatment-of-native-americans-climate-wash-post-reports [07:19] -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/2026-01-27/us-national-parks-told-to-remove-signs-on-mistreatment-of-native-americans-climate-wash-post-reports ) [07:21] TR News "The fallout from the 550+ fired from WaPo (this year and earlier) is terrible because _*so many*_ other titles used to republish their material." Not much is left in English after BBC took bribes from Epsteingate, got sued Epstein's pizza buddy, Cheeto, then there's VOA, NPR, PBC and Radio Free Asia/Europe. Autocrats like Orban know media's "threat". [07:22] TR News They idea is to dish slop... via social control media curated (censored) for Nazi-saluting maniacs. While kicking to the curb or SLAPPing any remaining media. [07:24] TR News "The letter kicked off a war that would shape the tech industry." https://boingboing.net/2026/02/04/50-years-ago-a-20-year-old-bill-gates-called-hobbyists-thieves-for-sharing-software.html | Source: BoingBoing [07:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2026/02/04/50-years-ago-a-20-year-old-bill-gates-called-hobbyists-thieves-for-sharing-software.html ) [07:25] TR News Patents: "Instead of licensing the technology, Ford (and eventually the rest of the Big Three) rejected Kearns proposal." https://www.vintag.es/2026/02/robert-kearns-vs-ford.html | Source: Vintage Everyday [07:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.vintag.es | The Legal Battle of Robert Kearns, Who Invented the Intermittent Windshield Wiper, vs. Ford Motor Company ~ Vintage Everyday [07:25] TR News "Adafruit's Phillip Torrone breaks down why this won't work." https://boingboing.net/2026/02/05/new-york-bill-would-require-kill-switches-on-all-3d-printers.html | Source: BoingBoing [07:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2026/02/05/new-york-bill-would-require-kill-switches-on-all-3d-printers.html ) [07:26] TR News "Assuming that Apple didnt change the coding system, this reveal lets us know that yes, Apple is testing a Mac with an M5 Ultra chip." https://www.macworld.com/article/3053758/apples-m5-ultra-secret-may-have-been-spilled.html | Source: Macworld [07:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Apple's M5 Ultra secret may have been spilled | Macworld [07:26] TR News "A California federal court has issued a ruling that could have serious implications for the YouTube "reaction" videos that are created with stream-ripping tools." https://torrentfreak.com/ripping-clips-for-youtube-reaction-videos-can-violate-the-dmca-court-rules/ | Source: Torrent Freak [07:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Ripping Clips for YouTube Reaction Videos can Violate the DMCA, Court Rules * TorrentFreak [07:28] TR News Too late, as the damage it already done, no regulation administered https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/sra-intervenes-into-pm-law-group-to-protect-client-interests/5125802.article [07:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lawgazette.co.uk | SRA intervenes into PM Law and its network of firms to protect client interests | Law Gazette [07:29] TR News Where was the SRA until now? Doing nothing, as usual? https://www.insidermedia.com/news/midlands/sra-intervenes-of-group-of-law-firms-following-unexpected-closure-we-are-working-quickly-to-gather-all-the-relevant-information-and-provide-answers [07:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.insidermedia.com/news/midlands/sra-intervenes-of-group-of-law-firms-following-unexpected-closure-we-are-working-quickly-to-gather-all-the-relevant-information-and-provide-answers ) [07:29] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/06/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/06/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [07:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [07:53] TR News Mobbing at the European Patent Office (EPO) - Part IV - EPO Can Get Away With Murders, Suicide Clusters, and Systematic and Prolonged Bullying by 'Team Campinos' ("Alicante Mafia" as Insiders Call It) http://techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/Mobbing_at_the_European_Patent_Office_EPO_Part_IV_EPO_Can_Get_A.shtml [07:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Mobbing at the European Patent Office (EPO) - Part IV - EPO Can Get Away With Murders, Suicide Clusters, and Systematic and Prolonged Bullying by 'Team Campinos' ("Alicante Mafia" as Insiders Call It) [07:54] TR News "Best Free Usenet Trials 2026" https://greycoder.com/best-free-usenet-trials-2026/ | Source: GreyCoder [07:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Best Free Usenet Trials 2026 - GreyCoder [07:54] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@7h7y9yu8y5zjw.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [07:54] TR News "The majority of the internet is going to be bot traffic in the future" https://www.wired.com/story/ai-bots-are-now-a-signifigant-source-of-web-traffic/ | Source: Wired [07:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-AI Bots Are Now a Significant Source of Web Traffic | WIRED [07:55] TR News "In 2020 I noted the AWWWards site wrapped every letter" https://adrianroselli.com/2026/02/you-know-what-just-dont-split-words-into-letters.html | Source: Adrian Roselli [07:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-adrianroselli.com | You Know What? Just Dont Split Words into Letters Adrian Roselli [07:56] TR News "We teach our students to build features in three steps: [...]" https://cydstumpel.nl/why-we-teach-our-students-progressive-enhancement/ | [07:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cydstumpel.nl | Why we teach our students progressive enhancement | Blog Cyd Stumpel [07:56] TR News "The fuller context of her statement captures her frustration with her unsuccessful efforts to get ICE prisoners released." https://emptywheel.net/the-minnesota-lawyer-backlog-arises-from-ice-kidnappings/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler [07:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-emptywheel.net | The Minnesota Lawyer Backlog Arises from ICE Kidnappings - emptywheel [07:57] TR News "Our days are riding on the learning edge of a whirlwind crisis management, harm mitigation, helping everyone come to terms with new conditions and new impossible choices that theyre faced with" https://organizingmythoughts.org/minneapolis-community-defense-is-riding-on-the-learning-edge-of-a-whirlwind/ | Source: Kelly Hayes [07:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-organizingmythoughts.org | Minneapolis Community Defense Is Riding on the Learning Edge of a Whirlwind [07:58] TR News "A group of sociologists inside the country also commented on the violence and repression, emphasizing that preserving human life takes precedence over any political expediency." https://www.en-hrana.org/day-40-of-the-protests-domestic-reactions-continued-arrests-and-forced-confessions/ | Source: Human rights Activists News Agency [07:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.en-hrana.org | Day 40 of the Protests: Domestic Reactions, Continued Arrests, and Forced Confessions - Hrana ● Feb 06 [08:02] TR News "Marimar Martinez was shot multiple times by Border Patrol agents." https://truthout.org/video/us-citizens-describe-being-shot-harassed-and-threatened-by-immigration-agents/ | Source: TruthOut [08:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-truthout.org | US Citizens Describe Being Shot, Harassed, and Threatened by Immigration Agents | Truthout [08:04] TR News "The layoffs hit more than 300 journalists." https://kyivindependent.com/jeff-bezos-washington-post-shuts-down-kyiv-bureau-fires-staff/ | Source: The Kyiv Independent [08:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kyivindependent.com | Kyiv bureau among those axed by Jeff Bezos' Washington Post, hundreds of journalists laid off [08:04] TR News "Bezos may be tiring of the Post, but he has not seemed inclined to sell the paper. Nor is it clear that would be a better, or at this point even feasible, outcome." https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-communications/how-jeff-bezos-brought-down-the-washington-post | Source: New Yorker [08:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.newyorker.com | How Jeff Bezos Brought Down the Washington Post | The New Yorker [08:05] TR News "This is a bloodbath. The purging of 300 journalists from one of the most important news titles in America is an incalculable loss." https://broligarchy.substack.com/p/fight | Source: Carole Cadwalladr [08:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-broligarchy.substack.com | Fight! - by Carole Cadwalladr [08:05] TR News "A new Pew Research Center survey gets much more specific: How do Americans feel about 30 of the countrys major news sources?" https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2025/06/10/the-political-gap-in-americans-news-sources/ | Source: Pew Reseach Center [08:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.pewresearch.org | Which News Sources Republicans and Democrats Use and Trust: Report | Pew Research Center [08:06] TR News "About 240 staffers left via buyouts offered at the end of 2023, and another chunk of staffers took buyouts last year, which were offered to any employee with more than 10 years of experience." https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/feb/04/washington-post-layoffs | Source: The Guardian UK [08:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theguardian.com | Its an absolute bloodbath: Washington Post lays off hundreds of workers | Washington Post | The Guardian [08:06] TR News "The Post is a symbol, both for journalism and America, and for Jeff Bezos and Will Lewis to axe 300 of you in a single day, including those currently reporting in war zones, feels like an augury." https://pressgazette.co.uk/comment-analysis/a-letter-to-the-300-axed-washington-post-staffers-from-carole-cadwalladr/ | Source: Press Gazette [08:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pressgazette.co.uk | A letter to the 300 axed Washington Post staffers from Carole Cadwalladr - Press Gazette [08:11] TR News (NEW): I added these 3 applets to Linux Mint, and now its a productive workstation https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/06/I_added_these_3_applets_to_Linux_Mint_and_now_its_a_productive_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/06/I_added_these_3_applets_to_Linux_Mint_and_now_its_a_productive_.gmi [08:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines I added these 3 applets to Linux Mint, and now its a productive workstation [08:14] TR News (NEW): Ubuntu on RISC-V might actually be good thanks to this chip https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/06/Ubuntu_on_RISC_V_might_actually_be_good_thanks_to_this_chip.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/06/Ubuntu_on_RISC_V_might_actually_be_good_thanks_to_this_chip.gmi [08:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Ubuntu on RISC-V might actually be good thanks to this chip [08:28] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/06/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/06/Android_Leftovers.gmi [08:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Android Leftovers [08:36] TR News "As countries step up their use of [Internet] shutdowns to muzzle dissent, some are also taking advantage of the blackouts to increase censorship firewalls" https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/countries-using-internet-blackouts-to-boost-censorship-proton-356521821 | Source: RTL [08:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-today.rtl.lu | Supercharged ability: Countries using internet blackouts to boost censorship: Proton - RTL Today [08:36] TR News "Following the enactment of the Beijing-imposed national security law, some student unions at Hong Kong universities have disbanded or halted their operation." https://hongkongfp.com/2026/02/05/breaking-hong-kong-federation-of-students-to-disband-after-68-years-citing-increasing-pressure/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press [08:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | BREAKING: Hong Kong Federation of Students to disband after 68 years, citing 'increasing pressure' [08:37] TR News "The Snowflake network is currently overloaded and we need more Snowflake proxies." https://lists.torproject.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/tor-relays@lists.torproject.org/thread/IWZFD5T24AGQ4MVRZFXOEZ6L3DG2D3C2/ | Source: Tor [08:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Call for more Snowflake proxies! - tor-relays - lists.torproject.org [08:37] TR News "The New York Times collected and analyzed hundreds of videos of a crackdown on anti-government protests that Iranians shared despite an internet blackout." https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/middleeast/100000010672177/how-we-know-iran-crushed-protests-with-lethal-force.html | Source: New York Times [08:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | How We Know Iran Crushed Protests with Lethal Force - The New York Times [08:37] TR News "Hong Kongs pro-democracy former media tycoon Jimmy Lai will be sentenced Monday following his conviction in December under a Beijing-imposed national security law" https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-02-05/hong-kong-ex-media-tycoon-jimmy-lai-will-be-sentenced-monday-after-national-security-conviction | Source: US News And World Report [08:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-02-05/hong-kong-ex-media-tycoon-jimmy-lai-will-be-sentenced-monday-after-national-security-conviction ) [08:38] TR News "The Apple Daily founder will face judges handpicked to oversee national security cases at West Kowloon Law Courts." https://hongkongfp.com/2026/02/06/breaking-jimmy-lai-sentencing-set-for-10am-monday-media-tycoon-faces-up-to-life-in-prison/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press [08:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | Jimmy Lai sentencing set for 10am Mon - media tycoon faces up to life jail [08:38] TR News "At least 12 Georgian protesters with unpaid fines accrued from blocking the road during demonstrations have had their bank accounts seized." https://oc-media.org/bank-accounts-seized-from-over-12-georgian-protesters/ | Source: Open Caucasus Media [08:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-oc-media.org | Bank accounts seized from over 12 Georgian protesters [08:38] TR News "The press went wild! Stock prices got quite the boost! Line went up!" https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/05/the-openai-and-nvidia-100b-not-a-deal-is-off/ | Source: Pivot to AI [08:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 503 @ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/05/the-openai-and-nvidia-100b-not-a-deal-is-off/ ) [08:39] TR News "About halfway through Thomas Piketty's 2013 barnstorming Capital in the 21st Century" https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/05/contingency/#this-too-shall-pass | Source: CoryDoctorow [08:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pluralistic.net | Pluralistic: All laws are local (05 Feb 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [08:43] TR News "The Sami Parliament is the representative political body for the Sami in Norway." https://www.norway.no/en/missions/osce/norway-and-the-osce/statements/norwegian-statements-2026/statement-on-the-sami-peoples-day--6th-february/ | [08:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.norway.no | Statement on the Sami People's Day 6th February - Norway and the OSCE [08:43] TR News "This is a critique of funding structures and incentivesnot of the people or projects working within them." https://natemoo.re/posts/missing-middle/ | [08:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-natemoo.re | The Missing Middle of Open Source [08:43] TR News "The key message of the graph is the contrast between the 5-year straight-line depreciation and the curves showing the value of the remaining Bitcoin that the rig will generate" https://blog.dshr.org/2026/02/mind-gaap-again.html | Source: David Rosenthal [08:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.dshr.org | DSHR's Blog: Mind The GAAP Again [08:44] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [08:44] TR News "I just had the most unbelievably surreal online chat with my uncles insurance company, Healthfirst." https://blog.kamens.us/2026/02/05/tried-to-report-likely-fraud-to-insurance-company-hit-wall-of-cluelessness/ | Source: Jonathan Kamens [08:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.kamens.us | Tried to report likely fraud to insurance company, hit wall of cluelessness Something better to do [08:45] TR News "There is no organic use case reason for Bitcoin to slow or stop its descent" https://futurism.com/future-society/bitcoin-tanking-death-spiral | Source: Futurism [08:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | If Bitcoin Keeps Tanking, It Could Cause a "Death Spiral" for the Entire Economy [08:45] TR News "First, todays price action shouldnt change your view about Bitcoins usefulness or lack thereof." https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/crypotocrash | Source: Paul Krugman [08:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-paulkrugman.substack.com | Cryptocrash - Paul Krugman [08:46] TR News "The ongoing plunge has made it far less economical to mine the digital token, a notoriously compute- and energy-intensive process" https://futurism.com/future-society/bitcoin-crashing-miners-unplugging-equipment | Source: Futurism [08:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Bitcoin Is Crashing So Hard That Miners Are Unplugging Their Equipment [08:51] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@kcb99h722ua4g.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [08:55] TR News "The heat pump has become a common fixture in many parts of modern life. We now have reverse-cycle air conditioning, heat pump hot water systems, and even heat pump dryers." https://hackaday.com/2026/02/05/big-heat-pumps-are-doing-big-things/ | Source: Hackaday [08:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Big Heat Pumps Are Doing Big Things | Hackaday [08:55] TR News "His meeting with the founder of 4chan and his quest to profit off the end of democracy" https://www.garbageday.email/p/here-s-how-epstein-broke-the-internet | Source: Garbage Day [08:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.garbageday.email | Here's how Epstein broke the internet ● Feb 06 [09:19] TR News Techrights Jeff Bezos Isn't Just Killing the Washington Post, He's Killing Thousands of News Sites/Newsrooms (in Dozens of Languages) That Rely on It for Many Decades Already https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/Jeff_Bezos_Isn_t_Just_Killing_the_Washington_Post_He_s_Killing_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/Jeff_Bezos_Isn_t_Just_Killing_the_Washington_Post_He_s_Killing_.gmi [09:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Jeff Bezos Isn't Just Killing the Washington Post, He's Killing Thousands of News Sites/Newsrooms (in Dozens of Languages) That Rely on It for Many Decades Already [09:32] TR News "Sweden and Finlands accession to NATO in 2024 has completed the Alliances northern arc" https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/issue-brief/nordic-baltic-security-in-a-sea-of-allies-swedens-role-in-countering-hybrid-threats-in-the-baltic-sea-region/ | Source: Atlantic Council [09:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.atlanticcouncil.org | Swedens role in countering hybrid threats in the Baltic Sea region - Atlantic Council [09:32] TR News "Karans narrow victory, with 50.4 per cent of the vote, was quickly labelled fraud and manipulation by opposition parties." https://neweasterneurope.eu/2026/02/05/old-problems-and-modern-solutions-technology-and-the-struggle-for-election-integrity-in-bosnia-and-herzegovina/ | Source: New Eastern Europe [09:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-neweasterneurope.eu | Old problems and modern solutions: technology and the struggle for election integrity in Bosnia and Herzegovina - New Eastern Europe [09:32] TR News "More often, it erodes through small failures that are minimized" https://tennesseelookout.com/2026/02/05/when-a-glitch-blocks-the-ballot-democracy-is-already-in-danger/ | Source: Tennessee Lookout [09:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://tennesseelookout.com/2026/02/05/when-a-glitch-blocks-the-ballot-democracy-is-already-in-danger/ ) [09:33] TR News "To be absolutely clear, neither Donald Trumps nor Bannons proposals are remotely legal (or predicated on fact)." https://truthout.org/articles/bannon-calls-for-ice-to-engage-in-voter-intimidation-during-the-midterms/ | Source: TruthOut [09:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-truthout.org | Bannon Calls for ICE to Engage in Voter Intimidation During the Midterms | Truthout [09:33] TR News "Milanovi had labeled Greenland useless in comparison to the Svalbard archipelago" https://jacobin.com/2026/02/svalbard-norway-russia-arctic-conflict/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine [09:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jacobin.com | Svalbard Could Be the Arctics Next Geopolitical Flashpoint [09:33] TR News "When veteran journalist Christopher Mathias set out to write a book about fascism" https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/to-catch-a-fascist-christopher-mathias-excerpt | Source: Marisa Kabas [09:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thehandbasket.co | 'To Catch A Fascist' [09:33] TR News "Youll see I have three apps so far as that start and they are all based in Europe " https://ljpuk.net/2026/02/05/the-start-to-a-move-away-from-us-tech/ | Source: Lee Peterson [09:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ljpuk.net | Moving away from US tech LJPUK [09:33] TR News "Last weekend, WSJ had a blockbuster story describing that, days before Trumps inauguration" https://emptywheel.net/the-emirates-didnt-bribe-trump-they-purchased-him/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler [09:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-emptywheel.net | The Emirates Didn't Bribe Trump-They Purchased Him - emptywheel [09:34] TR News "During remote learning, phones became a primary way kids entertained themselves and stayed connected" https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2026/02/03/repub/as-school-cellphone-bans-gain-in-popularity-lawmakers-say-its-time-to-go-bell-to-bell/ | Source: Nebraska Examiner [09:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2026/02/03/repub/as-school-cellphone-bans-gain-in-popularity-lawmakers-say-its-time-to-go-bell-to-bell/ ) [09:34] TR News "This led to a broader conversation about stateless relays and remote attestation." https://lists.torproject.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/tor-relays@lists.torproject.org/thread/TGYZX5AAZIPYWWJIIEKEZLA6YDHESKOK/?noscript | Source: Tor [09:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Tor Relay Operator Meetup at FOSDEM 2026 - tor-relays - lists.torproject.org [09:35] TR News "The core difference between smart IDs, which are currently replacing the green ID book, and digital IDs lies in their format and application." https://techcentral.co.za/estonia-digital-id-lesson-for-south-africa/277211/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa) [09:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techcentral.co.za | Estonia's digital ID lesson for South Africa [09:36] TR News "In November, Pavan Davuluri,President of Windows and Devices, proclaimed Microsofts Agentic Operating System future!" https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/04/microsoft-walks-back-ai-in-windows-11-yeah-right/ | Source: Pivot to AI [09:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 503 @ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/04/microsoft-walks-back-ai-in-windows-11-yeah-right/ ) [09:40] TR News "While EU governments are pushing to continue the mass screening of private messages by US tech companies, the European Parliaments position remains undecided." https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/chat-control-1-0-civil-society-mobilizes-against-extending-mass-surveillance-eu-parliament-decision-imminent/ | Source: Patrick Breyer [09:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.patrick-breyer.de | Chat Control 1.0: Civil Society Mobilizes Against Extending Mass Surveillance EU Parliament Decision Imminent Patrick Breyer [09:40] TR News "Fraud exists in many forms, and the copyright arena is no exception." https://blogs.loc.gov/copyright/2026/02/beware-of-copyright-scams-how-to-spot-fraud-and-protect-yourself/ | Source: US Library of Congress [09:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blogs.loc.gov | Beware of Copyright Scams: How to Spot Fraud and Protect Yourself | Copyright [09:47] *psydroid3 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:51] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@7h7y9yu8y5zjw.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [09:54] TR News "We say no and so does US law." https://papersplease.org/wp/2026/02/05/cbp-keeps-its-app-for-us-visitors-secret/ | Source: Papers Please [09:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-papersplease.org | CBP keeps its app for US visitors secret Papers, Please! [09:55] TR News "Face recognition technology is so dangerous that government should not use it at allleast of all these out-of-control immigration agencies." https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/yes-ice-out-my-face-act | Source: EFF [09:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.eff.org | Yes to the ICE Out of Our Faces Act | Electronic Frontier Foundation ● Feb 06 [10:00] *techrights-sec4 has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [10:00] *techrights-sec3 has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [10:00] *Techrights-sec has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [10:00] *techrights-sec1 has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [10:01] *techrights-sec4 (~quassel@freenode-up5ahb.ldvb.0amm.hij1op.IP) has joined #boycottnovell-social [10:01] *techrights-sec1 (~quassel@freenode-up5ahb.ldvb.0amm.hij1op.IP) has joined #boycottnovell-social [10:01] *techrights-sec3 (~quassel@freenode-up5ahb.ldvb.0amm.hij1op.IP) has joined #boycottnovell-social [10:01] *Techrights-sec (~quassel@freenode-up5ahb.ldvb.0amm.hij1op.IP) has joined #boycottnovell-social [10:17] TR News Techrights Linux Foundation Operative Says We and Our Software All "Owe an Enormous Debt of Gratitude" to a Software Patents Reinforcer https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/Linux_Foundation_Operative_Says_We_and_Our_Software_All_Owe_an_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/Linux_Foundation_Operative_Says_We_and_Our_Software_All_Owe_an_.gmi [10:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Linux Foundation Operative Says We and Our Software All "Owe an Enormous Debt of Gratitude" to a Software Patents Reinforcer [10:37] TR News Techrights GNU/Linux Measured at 6% in One of the World's Largest Nations https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/GNU_Linux_Measured_at_6_in_One_of_the_World_s_Largest_Nations.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/GNU_Linux_Measured_at_6_in_One_of_the_World_s_Largest_Nations.gmi [10:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights GNU/Linux Measured at 6% in One of the World's Largest Nations [10:42] TR News "Codespaces is essentially VS Code running in the cloud, backed by Ubuntu containers, with built-in GitHub authentication and repository integration." https://www.securityweek.com/vs-code-configs-expose-github-codespaces-to-attacks/ | Source: Security Week [10:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/vs-code-configs-expose-github-codespaces-to-attacks/ ) [10:43] TR News "With GitHub Actions, youre renting Microsofts runners." https://www.iankduncan.com/engineering/2026-02-05-github-actions-killing-your-team/ | Source: Ian Duncan [10:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.iankduncan.com | GitHub Actions Is Slowly Killing Your Engineering Team - Ian Duncan - Ian Duncan [10:43] TR News "The "SaaSpocalypse" began on the 3rd of February 2026 - with $285bn wiped off technology companies on the public markets." https://martinalderson.com/posts/wall-street-lost-285-billion-because-of-13-markdown-files/ | Source: Martin Alderson [10:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-martinalderson.com | Wall Street just lost $285 billion because of 13 markdown files - Martin Alderson [10:46] TR News "Two content creators visited Epstein Island to see what was going on there. However, according to their testimonies" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/tiktokers-who-visited-epstein-island-feel-theyre-being-targeted-black-suvs-stalk-their-homes-1776734 | Source: International Business Times [10:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | TikTokers Who Visited Epstein Island Feel They're 'Being Targeted' as Black SUVs Stalk Their Homes | IBTimes UK [10:47] TR News "Nonetheless, many users on the subreddit were left with a bad taste in their mouths" https://futurism.com/space/reddit-deleted-photo-nasa-astronaut-blurry | Source: Futurism [10:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Reddit Mod Deleted Breathtaking Photo Taken by NASA Astronaut From Space Because It Was "Blurry" [10:47] TR News [Old] "I'm deep into a career built around craft." https://crowprose.com/blog/competence-as-tragedy/ | [10:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-crowprose.com | Competence as Tragedy [10:48] TR News "OpenAI swears their ads won't do what every single other ads platform has done" https://birchtree.me/blog/openai-swears-their-ads-wont-do-what-every-single-other-ads-platform-has-done/ | Source: Matt Birchler [10:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-birchtree.me | OpenAI swears their ads won't do what every single other ads platform has done [10:50] TR News "An early analysis of Moltbook posts by the Columbia professor David Holtz suggests that the bots are not particularly sophisticated." https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/02/what-is-moltbook/685886/ | Source: The Atlantic [10:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theatlantic.com | The Chatbots Appear to Be Organizing - The Atlantic [10:52] TR News "OpenAIs competitors saw the reversal as a golden opportunity to strike." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/sam-altman-anthropic-ads | Source: Futurism [10:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Sam Altman Is Spiraling [10:55] TR News "Tim Crooks triumphalism, however, deserves qualification." https://cafetechinenglish.substack.com/p/why-apples-ai-delay-has-yet-to-hurt | Source: Jrme Marin [10:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cafetechinenglish.substack.com | Why Apples AI delay has yet to hurt iPhone sales [10:55] TR News "Its not a grand gesture. Just a small recalibration. The [Internet] will keep moving. People will keep optimizing. And I can just be here, doing my hobbies and habits, thinking and living at my own pace." https://krabf.com/offline-but-not-really/ | Source: Kushaiah Felisilda [10:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-krabf.com | Offline, but not really | Kushaiah Felisilda [10:55] TR News "PBMs rake in big profits by controlling the pharmaceutical market and siphoning off some of the profits to the biggest insurance companies, from which they extract rebates." https://robertreich.substack.com/p/congress-and-my-prostate | Source: Robert Reich [10:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-robertreich.substack.com | Congress and My Prostate - Robert Reich [10:57] TR News "Timing also matters. In many cities, outdoor pollution is highest during the morning and evening commute and lower late at night or in the middle of the day." https://www.sciencealert.com/burping-your-home-really-could-be-good-for-your-health-says-expert | Source: Science Alert [10:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-'Burping' Your Home Really Could Be Good For Your Health, Says Expert : ScienceAlert [10:57] TR News "Three years ago, Esther Rohr and her husband decided to start thinking about pregnancy." https://www.wired.com/story/pregnancy-zero-trimester-influencers/ | Source: Wired [10:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Why Are Some Women Training for Pregnancy Like Its a Marathon? | WIRED ● Feb 06 [11:02] TR News "Category theory has been describe as the mathematics of formal analogy making." https://danmackinlay.name/notebook/categorical_systems_theory.html | Source: Dan MacKinlay [11:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-danmackinlay.name | Categorical systems theory The Dan MacKinlay stable of variably-well-considerd enterprises [11:02] TR News "Palaeoverse, a grassroots organization that develops R packages for paleontology" https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/02/paleontology-r-packages-to-benefit-from-software-sustainability-institute-grant/ | Source: Rlang [11:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Paleontology R Packages to Benefit from Software Sustainability Institute Grant | R-bloggers [11:04] TR News "I am lucky to be allowed to touch computers for good as a dayjob, since I do believe working on KDE software benefits humans." https://akselmo.dev/notes/tech-meh/ | Source: Akseli Lahtinen [11:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-akselmo.dev | Tech industry, meh [11:10] TR News "I have almost 1400 directories and an untold number of notes. Thats just here, so there are more on other platforms. The way I see it, I can do two things: [...]" https://mtwb.blog/posts/2026/notes/a-mess-of-notes/ | Source: Matthew Weber [11:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mtwb.blog | A Mess Of Notes - Matt's Blog [11:11] TR News "Heres a number worth thinking about: 10,000 years of civilization against 3 million years of tribal human existence." https://tautvilas.medium.com/the-10-000-year-anomaly-a00da373a0d7 | [11:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://tautvilas.medium.com/the-10-000-year-anomaly-a00da373a0d7 ) [11:11] TR News "The term Luddite has changed in meaning over the years. These days, it is a near-synonym for technophobe, someone who is afraid of or doesnt trust new technology" https://thelibre.news/im-a-proud-luddite-thats-why-i-use-linux/ | Source: LibreNews [11:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thelibre.news | I'm A Proud Luddite. That's Why I Use Linux. [11:12] TR News "According to Flashpoints Global Threat Intelligence Index Midyear 2025 Edition" https://federalnewsnetwork.com/commentary/2026/02/why-primary-source-collection-is-the-future-of-threat-intelligence/ | Source: Federal News Network [11:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-federalnewsnetwork.com | Why primary source collection is the future of threat intelligence | Federal News Network [11:13] TR News (NEW): I'm A Proud Luddite. That's Why I Use Linux. https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/06/I_m_A_Proud_Luddite_That_s_Why_I_Use_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/06/I_m_A_Proud_Luddite_That_s_Why_I_Use_Linux.gmi [11:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines I'm A Proud Luddite. That's Why I Use Linux. [11:13] TR News "Rigidity is important for 3D printing and this robot has that in spades." https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/02/04/3d-printing-with-a-4000-pound-industrial-robot/ | Source: Arduino [11:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.arduino.cc | 3D printing with a 4,000-pound industrial robot | Arduino Blog [11:13] TR News "Macropads can be as simple as a few buttons hooked up to a microcontroller to do the USB HID dance and talk to a PC." https://hackaday.com/2026/02/05/diy-macropad-rocks-a-haptic-feedback-wheel/ | Source: Hackaday [11:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-DIY Macropad Rocks A Haptic Feedback Wheel | Hackaday [11:17] TR News "Because Raspberry Pi 500+ was built with customisation in mind, recreating this look was easy; the keycaps could easily be swapped out using the removal tool included with every purchase." https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/beige-is-back-remembering-the-bbc-micro-with-raspberry-pi-500-plus/ | Source: Raspberry Pi [11:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/beige-is-back-remembering-the-bbc-micro-with-raspberry-pi-500-plus/ ) [11:23] TR News "Hi Nickle ! How is it t be lodged so deep in the Arvinds Anal Cavity ?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgdcc5k7 [11:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgdcc5k7 ) [11:25] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [11:37] TR News Techrights IBM: Cheapening Code, Cheapening Staff, Cheapening Everything https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/IBM_Cheapening_Code_Cheapening_Staff_Cheapening_Everything.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/IBM_Cheapening_Code_Cheapening_Staff_Cheapening_Everything.gmi [11:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IBM: Cheapening Code, Cheapening Staff, Cheapening Everything [11:40] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: Jetson, FPGA, Raspberry Pi, Arduino and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/06/Open_Hardware_Modding_Jetson_FPGA_Raspberry_Pi_Arduino_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/06/Open_Hardware_Modding_Jetson_FPGA_Raspberry_Pi_Arduino_and_More.gmi [11:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: Jetson, FPGA, Raspberry Pi, Arduino and More [11:40] TR News Overwatch returns on February 10th with the '2' gone and some massive upgrades | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/overwatch-returns-on-february-10th-with-the-2-gone-and-some-massive-upgrades/ Source: GamingOnLinux [11:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Overwatch returns on February 10th with the '2' gone and some massive upgrades | GamingOnLinux [11:59] TR News Techrights Does Linux Torvalds Regret Having Dinners With Bill 'Russian Girls' Gates? https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/Does_Linux_Torvalds_Regret_Having_Dinners_With_Bill_Russian_Gir.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/Does_Linux_Torvalds_Regret_Having_Dinners_With_Bill_Russian_Gir.gmi [11:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Does Linux Torvalds Regret Having Dinners With Bill 'Russian Girls' Gates? ● Feb 06 [12:06] TR News Poker Night at the Inventory returns with a remaster in March | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/poker-night-at-the-inventory-returns-with-a-remaster-in-march/ Source: GamingOnLinux [12:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Poker Night at the Inventory returns with a remaster in March | GamingOnLinux [12:08] TR News GOG did an AMA and here's some highlights - like how they'll continue using generative AI | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/gog-did-an-ama-and-heres-some-highlights-like-how-theyll-continue-using-generative-ai/ Source: GamingOnLinux [12:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-GOG did an AMA and here's some highlights - like how they'll continue using generative AI | GamingOnLinux [12:09] TR News GeForce NOW celebrates six years with new games like Delta Force and PUBG: BLINDSPOT | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/geforce-now-celebrates-six-years-with-new-games-like-delta-force-and-pubg-blindspot/ Source: GamingOnLinux [12:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-GeForce NOW celebrates six years with new games like Delta Force and PUBG: BLINDSPOT | GamingOnLinux [12:11] TR News Check out the demo for Wireworks, a tower defense where you wire up modules to make weapons dance | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/check-out-the-demo-for-wireworks-a-tower-defense-where-you-wire-up-modules-to-make-weapons-dance/ Source: GamingOnLinux [12:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Check out the demo for Wireworks, a tower defense where you wire up modules to make weapons dance | GamingOnLinux [12:11] TR News Zellah Games revealed the "next-gen" modding-friendly Skate Style for PC | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/zellah-games-revealed-the-next-gen-modding-friendly-skate-style-for-pc/ Source: GamingOnLinux [12:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Zellah Games revealed the "next-gen" modding-friendly Skate Style for PC | GamingOnLinux [12:12] TR News REMOTE CONTROL looks like Alien: Isolation if it was a retro-styled typing adventure | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/remote-control-looks-like-alien-isolation-if-it-was-a-retro-styled-typing-adventure/ Source: GamingOnLinux [12:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-REMOTE CONTROL looks like Alien: Isolation if it was a retro-styled typing adventure | GamingOnLinux [12:12] TR News PlayStation Publishing reveal Horizon Hunters Gathering, Guerrilla's new co-op action game | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/playstation-publishing-reveal-horizon-hunters-gathering-guerrillas-new-co-op-action-game/ Source: GamingOnLinux [12:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-PlayStation Publishing reveal Horizon Hunters Gathering, Guerrilla's new co-op action game | GamingOnLinux [12:13] TR News (NEW): Games: Steam Machines, Wireworks, Skate Style, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/06/Games_Steam_Machines_Wireworks_Skate_Style_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/06/Games_Steam_Machines_Wireworks_Skate_Style_and_More.gmi [12:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Games: Steam Machines, Wireworks, Skate Style, and More [12:16] TR News Techrights Links 06/02/2026: Voter Intimidation and Press Shutdowns in US, Web Traffic Warped by LLM Sludge https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/Links_06_02_2026_Voter_Intimidation_and_Press_Shutdowns_in_US_W.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/Links_06_02_2026_Voter_Intimidation_and_Press_Shutdowns_in_US_W.gmi [12:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 06/02/2026: Voter Intimidation and Press Shutdowns in US, Web Traffic Warped by LLM Sludge [12:21] TR News "If you want to see a specific configuration example, or read about how the feature was implemented, read on!" https://blog.mjbots.com/2026/02/05/biss-c-encoder-support/ | Source: Robotic Systems LLC [12:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.mjbots.com | BiSS-C encoder support - mjbots blog [12:21] TR News "Now that I've gotten to watch a larger codebase mature in both good ways and bad" https://www.jmduke.com/posts/in-praise-of-actions.html | Source: Justin Duke [12:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jmduke.com | In praise of actions | Applied Cartography [12:22] TR News "I first encountered TMLEsometimes spelled out as targeted maximum likelihood estimation or targeted minimum-loss estimate" https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/02/getting-to-the-bottom-of-tmle-influence-functions-and-perturbations/ | Source: Rlang [12:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Getting to the bottom of TMLE: influence functions and perturbations | R-bloggers [12:22] TR News "Modern system programming languages, from Hare to Zig, seem to agree that defer is a must-have feature." https://antonz.org/defer-in-c/ | Source: Anton Zhiyanov [12:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-antonz.org | (Un)portable defer in C [12:23] TR News "If youre building a tool that works with git repositories, like git-pkgs, youll want to ensure you respect these configs." https://nesbitt.io/2026/02/05/git-magic-files.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt [12:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nesbitt.io | Gits Magic Files | Andrew Nesbitt [12:23] TR News "Scott and Piccalilli are not affiliated with any of the products mentioned in this article. Theyre nice tools that we recommend trying out, but we gain nothing from any links or signups" https://piccalil.li/blog/the-open-source-design-stack/?ref=main-rss-feed | Source: Andy Bell [12:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-piccalil.li | The open source design stack - Piccalilli [12:27] TR News "Bad news from the CIA. I mean, probably not what Senator Ron Wyden was referring to and, on a relative scale for the CIA" https://pxlnv.com/linklog/cia-world-factbook/ | Source: Nick Heer [12:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pxlnv.com | The CIA Killed the World Factbook Pixel Envy [12:27] TR News "WCAG-EM is the most commonly used accessibility reporting methodology in The Netherlands." https://hidde.blog/wcag-em-apps/ | Source: Hidde de Vries [12:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-WCAG-EM 2.0 lets you report on accessibility of more than just websites | hidde.blog [12:33] TR News Bandits in suits (and T-shirts) | "Banditter i habitter (og T-shirts) | Version2" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/holdning/banditter-i-habitter-og-t-shirts [12:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www-version2-dk.translate.goog | Banditter i habitter (og T-shirts) | Version2 [12:33] TR News "Jeffrey Epstein og Mossad - TrnderRd" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&u=https://tronderrod.no/palestina/jeffrey-epstein-og-mossad/ [12:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-tronderrod-no.translate.goog | Jeffrey Epstein og Mossad - TrnderRd [12:34] TR News "Trump's Presidential Power Is the Nixon-Era on Steroids" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/trump-presidential-power-nixon-steroids-1235511366/ [12:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rollingstone.com | Trump's Presidential Power Is the Nixon-Era on Steroids [12:34] TR News "Contributor: Why does the Trump family always get a pass?" https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2026-02-03/trump-family-crypto-world-liberty [12:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.latimes.com | Contributor: Why does the Trump family always get a pass? - Los Angeles Times [12:34] TR News "Amutable: Systemd Creator Lennart Poettering Launches New Linux Security Venture" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/02/02/1520246 see https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/Amutable_is_a_Microsoft_Siege_Against_Freedom_in_GNU_Linux_Just.shtml [12:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-soylentnews.org | Amutable: Systemd Creator Lennart Poettering Launches New Linux Security Venture - SoylentNews [12:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Amutable is a Microsoft Siege Against Freedom in GNU/Linux, Just Like the People Who Brought You 'Secure Boot' Controlled by Microsoft [12:35] TR News "Trump wants to take over state elections instead" https://reason.com/2026/02/04/trump-wants-to-take-over-state-elections/ [12:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-reason.com | Trump wants to take over state elections instead [12:35] TR News "State of the Bots" https://tollbit.com/state-of-the-bots/ [12:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-tollbit.com | State of the Bots [12:35] TR News "CBP keeps its app for US visitors secret Papers, Please!" https://papersplease.org/wp/2026/02/05/cbp-keeps-its-app-for-us-visitors-secret/ [12:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-papersplease.org | CBP keeps its app for US visitors secret Papers, Please! [12:37] TR News "Trkiye and Saudi Arabia firm up ties" https://www.semafor.com/article/02/04/2026/trkiye-and-saudi-arabia-firm-up-ties [12:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Trkiye and Saudi Arabia firm up ties | Semafor [12:37] TR News "Navy pilot who downed 4 Soviet MiGs to receive Medal of Honor" https://taskandpurpose.com/news/royce-williams-medal-of-honor/ [12:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-taskandpurpose.com | Navy pilot who downed 4 Soviet MiGs to receive Medal of Honor [12:40] TR News "Tesla Stock Plummeting Since Musk Busted in Epstein Files" https://futurism.com/future-society/tesla-stock-plummeting-musk-epstein-files https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/11/With_Net_Income_of_One_Billion_Dollars_Tesla_Claims_It_Can_Pay_.shtml [12:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Tesla Stock Plummeting Since Musk Busted in Epstein Files [12:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights With Net Income of One Billion Dollars Tesla Claims It Can Pay a Fake Founder (Who Paid for This Lie) 1,000 Billions [12:41] TR News Fewer electric cars in Tnsberg because the municipality does not facilitate | "Frre elbiler i Tnsberg fordi kommunen ikke tilrettelegger | Lars Egelands blogg" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&u=https://larsegeland.com/2026/02/05/faerre-elbiler-i-tonsberg-fordi-kommunen-ikke-tilrettelegger/ [12:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-larsegeland-com.translate.goog | Frre elbiler i Tnsberg fordi kommunen ikke tilrettelegger | Lars Egelands blogg [12:41] TR News "Diplomatic Showdown Between US And Iran Set For Oman" https://www.rferl.org/a/diplomatic-showdown-us-iran-oman-nuclear/33670726.html [12:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | US, Iran Begin Diplomatic Talks In Oman Amid Heightened Tensions [12:42] TR News "It was January 25th of 1979, at an unassuming Michigan Ford Motor Company factory." https://hackaday.com/2026/02/05/how-industrial-robot-safety-was-written-in-blood/ | Source: Hackaday [12:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How Industrial Robot Safety Was Written In Blood | Hackaday [12:42] TR News "Whether you plan to join a local event, organize one or join us online, youll find everything you need on days.arduino.cc!" https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/02/05/save-the-date-arduino-days-2026-is-coming/ | Source: Arduino [12:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.arduino.cc | Save the date: Arduino Days 2026 is coming! | Arduino Blog [12:43] TR News "FOSDEM, the largest open hardware and open software conference, took place last weekend in Brussels." https://olimex.wordpress.com/2026/02/05/fosdem-2026-the-biggest-open-source-hardware-and-software-event-in-europe/ | Source: Olimex [12:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-olimex.wordpress.com | FOSDEM 2026 the biggest Open Source Hardware and Software event in Europe | olimex [12:43] TR News "It's the time of the year again. FOSDEM came around again and I had something to talk about." https://clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2026/02-05-again-at-fosdem.gmi | Source: Martin Chang [12:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-clehaxze.tw | Again at FOSDEM (2026) - Martin's website/blog thingy [12:43] TR News "Coolest Projects is the worlds leading technology showcase for young people, a space where creativity, curiosity, and problem-solving come together through code." https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/a-day-with-young-creators-at-coolest-projects-mzansi-2025/ | Source: Raspberry Pi [12:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.raspberrypi.org | A day with young creators at Coolest Projects Mzansi 2025 - Raspberry Pi Foundation [12:44] TR News "We have started the release process for the next feature release of Krita today! This release is the culmination of years of hard work." https://krita.org/en/posts/2026/krita-6.0.0-beta1-released/ | Source: Krita [12:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-krita.org | First beta for Krita 5.3 and Krita 6.0 | Krita [12:46] TR News "SpacemiT (Hangzhou) Technology Co., Ltd. today announced a collaboration with Canonical to make Ubuntu available on SpacemiTs new K3 SoC" https://canonical.com/blog/spacemit-announces-availability-of-ubuntu-on-k3-k1-series | Source: Canonical [12:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-canonical.com | SpacemiT announces the availability of Ubuntu on K3/K1 series RISC-V AI computing platforms [12:47] TR News "Over the past couple of years with the Jennys Daily Drivers series, weve looked at a number of unusual or noteworthy operating systems." https://hackaday.com/2026/02/05/three-decades-of-reactos/ | Source: Hackaday [12:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Three Decades Of ReactOS | Hackaday [12:48] TR News "The Nintendo eReader was a peripheral released for the Game Boy Advance in 2001." https://sethmlarson.dev/dumping-nintendo-ereader-card-roms | Source: Seth Michael Larson [12:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sethmlarson.dev | Dumping Nintendo eReader Card ROMs Seth Larson ● Feb 06 [13:04] TR News "After explaining an inductors behavior the video digs into how a typical inductor coil actually achieves this." https://hackaday.com/2026/02/05/a-deep-dive-into-inductors/ | Source: Hackaday [13:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A Deep Dive Into Inductors | Hackaday [13:05] TR News "One of the classic challenges in web security is DNS rebinding." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/LocalhostSurpriseAccessViaAny | Source: University of Toronto [13:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-utcc.utoronto.ca | You're using a too-old browser [13:05] TR News "ZFS Scrubs and Data integrity, Propolice, FreeBSD vs Slackware and more." https://www.bsdnow.tv/649 | Source: The BSD Now Podcast [13:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.bsdnow.tv | BSD Now 649: The Desk Review [13:06] TR News "The much requested Zitron/Gerard crossover, at last Hater Season: Openclaw with David Gerard" https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/04/im-on-ed-zitrons-better-offline-podcast-talking-about-openclaw-and-moltbook/ | Source: Pivot to AI [13:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 503 @ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/04/im-on-ed-zitrons-better-offline-podcast-talking-about-openclaw-and-moltbook/ ) [13:06] TR News "Tomorrow, I'll be interviewed live on Fireside Fedi at 9:00 AM (GMT-5)! (That's 15:00 Paris time & 9:00 AM New York time... fingers crossed I got it right)" https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1120/livestream-interview-on-fireside-fedi | Source: David Revoy [13:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.davidrevoy.com | Livestream Interview on Fireside Fedi - David Revoy [13:09] TR News "The Mudi 7 is built around Qualcomms Dragonwing MBB Gen 3 (X72) platform and supports 3GPP Release 17 5G NR operation in both standalone and non-standalone modes." https://linuxgizmos.com/mudi-7-travel-router-runs-5g-nr-alongside-tri-band-wi-fi-7/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [13:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/mudi-7-travel-router-runs-5g-nr-alongside-tri-band-wi-fi-7/ ) [13:09] TR News IBM Red Hat propping as mindless slop and hype, as usual https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/ai-insights-with-actionable-automation-accelerate-the-journey-to-autonomous-networks | Source: Red Hat Official [13:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | AI insights with actionable automation accelerate the journey to autonomous networks [13:13] TR News Red Hat CEO wearing ALL BLUE https://www.redhat.com/en/summit [13:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | Red Hat Summit 2026 Homepage [13:14] TR News 'Virtue-signalling' to his MASTERS (IBM) [13:15] TR News For a rare change, "AI" not written https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/achieve-more-red-hat-openshift-421 [13:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | Achieve more with Red Hat OpenShift 4.21 [13:17] TR News "senior principal product manager for RHEL Server" writes an 'article' (ad) for slop in a site that does slop https://www.infoworld.com/article/4119285/ai-agents-and-it-ops-cowboy-chaos-rides-again.html http://techrights.org/n/2025/06/16/IDG_s_NetworkWorld_Seems_to_Have_Just_Become_LLM_Slop.shtml [13:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-AI agents and IT ops: Cowboy chaos rides again | InfoWorld [13:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IDG's NetworkWorld Seems to Have Just Become LLM Slop [13:19] TR News Red Hat is a meme company promoting buzzwords https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/cracking-inference-code [13:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | Cracking the inference code: 3 proven strategies for high-performance AI [13:38] TR News Techrights IBM's CEO Speaks of Layoffs, Resorts to Mythical (False) Excuses https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/IBM_s_CEO_Speaks_of_Layoffs_Resorts_to_Mythical_False_Excuses.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/IBM_s_CEO_Speaks_of_Layoffs_Resorts_to_Mythical_False_Excuses.gmi [13:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IBM's CEO Speaks of Layoffs, Resorts to Mythical (False) Excuses [13:39] TR News "Who said no layoffs? Then are all low performers getting fired through PIP?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgqs2dpd IBM misuses the law [13:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgqs2dpd ) [13:41] TR News "One day, our team lead was saying that he is no longer required to write code or fix defects. His tasks are mainly to make charts to be promoted to "STSM". That is IBM in the last 15 years." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgsbwe69 [13:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgsbwe69 ) [13:56] TR News Techrights Economies Crashing Not Because of Slop Improving 'Efficiency' (That's a False Excuse) and 'Expensive' (Read: Qualified) Workers Discarded in Race to the Bottom https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/Economies_Crashing_Not_Because_of_Slop_Improving_Efficiency_Tha.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/Economies_Crashing_Not_Because_of_Slop_Improving_Efficiency_Tha.gmi [13:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Economies Crashing Not Because of Slop Improving 'Efficiency' (That's a False Excuse) and 'Expensive' (Read: Qualified) Workers Discarded in Race to the Bottom ● Feb 06 [14:00] TR News FFII on OIN (GAFAM front group for software patents): I made a "lightning lightning talk" at Fosdem on Sunday, the video is online, will make a blog post about it. We can troll the European Commission, asking for a fine like Poland. [14:18] TR News Techrights Benjamin Henrion Warned About the Illegal and Unconstitutional Unified Patent Court (UPC) in FOSDEM 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/Benjamin_Henrion_Warned_About_the_Illegal_and_Unconstitutional_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/Benjamin_Henrion_Warned_About_the_Illegal_and_Unconstitutional_.gmi [14:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Benjamin Henrion Warned About the Illegal and Unconstitutional Unified Patent Court (UPC) in FOSDEM 2026 ● Feb 06 [15:00] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social [15:15] TR News Pluralistic: Justin Key's "The Hospital at the End Of the World" (04 Feb 2026) https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/04/slice-bees/ [15:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pluralistic.net | Pluralistic: Justin Keys The Hospital at the End Of the World (04 Feb 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [15:16] TR News Dirk Eddelbuettel: rfoaas 2.3.3: Limited Rebirth http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/02/04#rfoaas_2.3.3 [15:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dirk.eddelbuettel.com | Thinking inside the box [15:17] TR News Finally! Firefox Is Getting a Kill Switch for Its (Unwanted) Hey Hi (AI) Features https://itsfoss.com/news/firefox-ai-features-toggle/ [15:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-itsfoss.com | Finally! Firefox Is Getting a Kill Switch for Its (Unwanted) AI Features [15:18] TR News Not Kidding! Bash Shell Manual is Part of Epstein Files https://itsfoss.com/news/bash-manual-in-epstein-files/ [15:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-itsfoss.com | Not Kidding! Bash Shell Manual is Part of Epstein Files [15:23] TR News Logic for Programmers New Release and Next Steps https://buttondown.com/hillelwayne/archive/logic-for-programmers-new-release-and-next-steps/ [15:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Logic for Programmers New Release and Next Steps Buttondown [15:23] TR News COSMIC Epoch 2 and 3 Roadmap https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-epoch-2-and-3-roadmap [15:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.system76.com | COSMIC Epoch 2 and 3 Roadmap - System76 Blog [15:25] TR News Dirk Eddelbuettel: littler 0.3.23 on CRAN: More Features (and Fixes) http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/02/04#littler_0.3.22 [15:27] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [15:27] TR News Why is strangulation not considered a specific offense in male violence cases? https://bianet.org/haber/why-is-strangulation-not-considered-a-specific-offense-in-male-violence-cases-316334 http://techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/Never_Try_to_Justify_Strangulation_of_Women_Not_in_the_US_and_N.shtml [15:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bianet.org | Why is strangulation not considered a specific offense in male violence cases? [15:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Never Try to Justify Strangulation of Women (Not in the US and Not in the UK) [15:28] TR News Iranian refugee journalist Kaveh Taheri faces deportation https://bianet.org/haber/iranian-refugee-journalist-kaveh-taheri-faces-deportation-316342 [15:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bianet.org | Iranian refugee journalist Kaveh Taheri faces deportation [15:30] TR News Fastmails donation to Perl! https://rubenerd.com/fastmails-donation-to-perl/ [15:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Rubenerd: Fastmails donation to Perl! [15:49] TR News Life pro tip: a Steam Deck can be a bluetooth speaker https://xeiaso.net/notes/2026/steam-deck-bluetooth-speaker/ [15:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-xeiaso.net | Life pro tip: a Steam Deck can be a bluetooth speaker - Xe Iaso [15:50] TR News Review: Libre Computer Solitude AML-S905D3-CC Single Board Computer https://www.linux.org/threads/review-libre-computer-solitude-aml-s905d3-cc-single-board-computer.59022/ [15:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.linux.org/threads/review-libre-computer-solitude-aml-s905d3-cc-single-board-computer.59022/ ) [15:50] TR News Qt for Android Automotive 6.10.2 is released https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-for-android-automotive-6.10.2-is-released [15:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.qt.io | Qt for Android Automotive 6.10.2 is released [15:56] TR News Windows TCO: Backdoor in Notepad++ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/02/backdoor-in-notepad.html [15:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Backdoor in Notepad++ - Schneier on Security [15:57] TR News SystemBC Infects 10,000 Devices After Defying Law Enforcement Takedown https://www.securityweek.com/systembc-infects-10000-devices-after-defying-law-enforcement-takedown/ [15:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/systembc-infects-10000-devices-after-defying-law-enforcement-takedown/ ) [15:58] TR News Joint Statement on Internet Shutdowns in the Islamic Republic of Iran https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/joint-statement-on-internet-shutdowns-in-the-islamic-republic-of-iran/ [15:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-freedomonlinecoalition.com | Joint Statement on Internet Shutdowns in the Islamic Republic of Iran - Freedom Online Coalition [15:58] TR News Artificial Insecurity: how Hey Hi (AI) tools compromise confidentiality https://www.accessnow.org/artificial-insecurity-compromising-confidentality/ [15:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.accessnow.org | Artificial Insecurity: how AI tools compromise confidentiality - Access Now [15:58] TR News Almost 1,600 EPO Employees Went on Strike Last Week (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Almost_1_600_EPO_Employees_Went_on_Strike_Last_Week.shtml [15:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Almost 1,600 EPO Employees Went on Strike Last Week [15:59] TR News Garden Party manage your garden https://www.linuxlinks.com/garden-party-manage-garden/ [15:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Garden Party - manage your garden - LinuxLinks [15:59] TR News 3 Top Free and Open Source D Web Frameworks https://www.linuxlinks.com/free-open-source-d-web-frameworks/ [15:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-3 Top Free and Open Source D Web Frameworks - LinuxLinks ● Feb 06 [16:01] TR News Kickoff Minimalistic program launcher https://www.linuxlinks.com/kickoff-minimalistic-program-launcher/ [16:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Kickoff - Minimalistic program launcher - LinuxLinks [16:02] TR News 5 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux MAC/RBAC Tools https://www.linuxlinks.com/mac-rbac-tools/ [16:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-5 Best Free and Open Source Linux MAC/RBAC Tools - LinuxLinks [16:02] TR News ASRock Industrial NUC BOX-255H Running Linux: BIOS https://www.linuxlinks.com/asrock-industrial-nuc-box-255h-running-linux-bios/ [16:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ASRock Industrial NUC BOX-255H Running Linux: BIOS - LinuxLinks [16:03] TR News SnipText screen capture OCR tool https://www.linuxlinks.com/sniptext-screen-capture-ocr-tool/ [16:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-SnipText - screen capture OCR tool - LinuxLinks [16:03] TR News pnana modern terminal text editor https://www.linuxlinks.com/pnana-modern-terminal-text-editor/ [16:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pnana - modern terminal text editor - LinuxLinks [16:04] TR News Hamr desktop launcher https://www.linuxlinks.com/hamr-desktop-launcher/ [16:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Hamr - desktop launcher - LinuxLinks [16:04] TR News FTB terminal-based file browser https://www.linuxlinks.com/ftb-terminal-based-file-browser/ [16:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-FTB - terminal-based file browser - LinuxLinks [16:05] TR News pproftui terminal-based diagnostic tool https://www.linuxlinks.com/pproftui-terminal-based-diagnostic-tool/ [16:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pproftui - terminal-based diagnostic tool - LinuxLinks [16:06] TR News This Week In Rust: This Week in Rust 637 https://this-week-in-rust.org/blog/2026/02/04/this-week-in-rust-637/ [16:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-this-week-in-rust.org | This Week in Rust 637 This Week in Rust [16:36] TR News Techrights It's Not About Speed, It's About the Message (or Its Depth) https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/eoIt_s_Not_About_Speed_It_s_About_the_Message_or_Its_Depth.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/eoIt_s_Not_About_Speed_It_s_About_the_Message_or_Its_Depth.gmi [16:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights It's Not About Speed, It's About the Message (or Its Depth) [16:37] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social [16:39] TR News "Richard Stallman Exposes the AI Lie; He Calls It Pretend Intelligence. The 2-hour Stallman's speech most provocative claim: LLMs don't know anything" https://medium.com/@tsecretdeveloper/coding-isnt-the-cure-for-anxiety-a61957284416 [16:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://medium.com/@tsecretdeveloper/coding-isnt-the-cure-for-anxiety-a61957284416 ) [16:42] TR News Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2026-02-06.gmi [16:43] TR News "The Charging Board V2 arrived this week so I tried to make the device work once again." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/jirka/Phlog/2026_02_02.txt [16:45] TR News "I saw a post about using git send-email (thank you Ploum!) and it looked like a thing I should know how to do. I didnt actually have sendmail (or msmtp) installed on my development system. Crazy, right? I had been using protonmail for so long that I didnt bother. Mutt with proton uses the Protonmail bridge. 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You can only see the squares near your pieces." gemini://freeshell.de/gemlog/2026-02-06_Chess_with_fog_of_war.gmi [16:52] TR News "Grateful for all the healing she brought me, my sadness is transforming in a gentle longing." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/waiting [16:53] TR News The trickster gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/poetry/trickster [16:53] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [16:55] TR News Sudo maintainer, handling utility for more than 30 years, is looking for support https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/03/sudo_maintainer_asks_for_help/ [16:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Sudo's maintainer needs resources to keep utility updated The Register [16:55] TR News Papers adds handwriting & text annotations in latest Nightly builds https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/papers-gnome-app-annotations-signature [16:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.omgubuntu.co.uk | Papers adds handwriting & text annotations in latest Nightly builds - OMG! Ubuntu [16:56] TR News "Both Linux kernel 6.17 and Mesa 25.2 will be included by default in the Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS release, due out on February 12th, 2026." https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-24-04-lts-users-get-linux-6-17-and-mesa-25-2-ahead-of-ubuntu-24-04-4-lts [16:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Users Get Linux 6.17 and Mesa 25.2 Ahead of Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS - 9to5Linux [16:56] TR News New Raspberry Pi 4 models splits RAM across dual chips https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/raspberry-pi-4-rev-1-5-dual-ram [16:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.omgubuntu.co.uk | New Raspberry Pi 4 models splits RAM across dual chips - OMG! 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Ubuntu [16:58] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social ● Feb 06 [17:00] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [17:01] TR News The $0 Linux "Swiss Army Knife" every developer should install today https://www.howtogeek.com/this-linux-tool-boosted-my-developer-productivity/ [17:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | The $0 Linux "Swiss Army Knife" every developer should install today [17:02] TR News VTube Studio Alternative Designed For Linux Users https://80.lv/articles/vtube-studio-alternative-designed-for-linux-users [17:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-80.lv | New 2D VTubing Software For Linux Users [17:03] TR News Zephyr Project Welcomes BeagleBoard.org, https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/zephyr-project-welcomes-beagleboardorg-chengdu-jingrong-lianchuang-technology-embedd-openeuler-savoir-faire-linux-sevenlab-and-schneider-electric-to-its-growing-ecosystem-302679903.html [17:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.prnewswire.com | Zephyr Project Welcomes BeagleBoard.org, Chengdu Jingrong Lianchuang Technology, Embedd, openEuler, Savoir-faire Linux, SevenLab and Schneider Electric to its Growing Ecosystem [17:03] TR News The fastest ways to find files from the command-line on Linux https://www.howtogeek.com/the-fastest-ways-to-find-files-from-the-command-line-on-linux/ [17:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | The fastest ways to find files from the command-line on Linux [17:04] TR News Kali Linux vs. Parrot OS: Which security-forward distro is right for you? https://www.zdnet.com/article/kali-linux-vs-parrot-os-which-secrity-pentesting-distro-right-for-you/ [17:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Kali Linux vs. Parrot OS: Which security-forward distro is right for you? | ZDNET [17:04] TR News 3 Fedora features that make other Linux distros feel outdated https://www.howtogeek.com/fedora-features-i-wish-every-linux-distro-would-steal/ [17:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | 3 Fedora features that make other Linux distros feel outdated [17:05] TR News I added these 3 applets to Linux Mint, and now its a productive workstation www.howtogeek.com/must-have-linux-mint-applets-for-students-and-working-professionals/ [17:05] TR News Discord Desktop App Gets Major Performance Boost On Windows, Mac, And Linux https://www.ghacks.net/2026/02/05/discord-desktop-app-gets-major-performance-boost-on-windows-mac-and-linux/ [17:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ghacks.net | Discord Desktop App Gets Major Performance Boost On Windows, Mac, And Linux - gHacks Tech News [17:05] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social [17:06] TR News Attacks involving critical React Native bug target Windows, Linux systems https://www.scworld.com/brief/attacks-involving-critical-react-native-bug-target-windows-linux-systems [17:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.scworld.com/brief/attacks-involving-critical-react-native-bug-target-windows-linux-systems ) [17:06] TR News CentOS is coming to RISC-V soon if you have the kit https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/05/centos_coming_to_riscv_soon/ [17:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | CentOS is coming to RISC-V soon if you have the kit The Register [17:07] TR News "The application has been fully ported to the latest Qt 6 open-source application framework for a more modern UI/UX experience." https://9to5linux.com/krita-6-beta-digital-painting-app-released-with-wayland-color-management-support [17:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Krita 6 Beta Digital Painting App Released with Wayland Color Management Support - 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