●● IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, October 12, 2025 ●● ● Oct 12 [00:26] TR News (NEW): LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) 7 Is Now Available for Download https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/11/LMDE_Linux_Mint_Debian_Edition_7_Is_Now_Available_for_Download.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/11/LMDE_Linux_Mint_Debian_Edition_7_Is_Now_Available_for_Download.gmi [00:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) 7 Is Now Available for Download ● Oct 12 [01:43] *a_fantom has quit (Ping timeout: 256 seconds) [01:49] *FANTOM (~fantom@87.75.184.126) has joined #boycottnovell-social ● Oct 12 [02:40] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. 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HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-111025.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-111025.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-111025.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-111025.txt [02:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, October 11, 2025 [02:50] TR News Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2025-10-11.txt ● Oct 12 [04:41] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1441.jpg [04:41] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1791.jpg [04:42] TR News Palm computering gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/nm03/2025/OCT2025/entry-1 like MincerR with his 11-month old Palm PDA... [04:43] TR News Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-10-12.gmi [04:45] TR News "In which I discuss the classic argument for believing in God known as Pascal's Wager, and refute both it and related arguments by discussing unconsidered, related possibilities." gemini://thehans255.com/gemlog/2025/pascals-wager.gmi [04:46] TR News "I continue to experience delays in getting my THAT analog computer. To make a long story short, I finally figured out how to submit a duty dispute request to UPS, which is the process for getting tariff-related problems corrected, but I was told that they are so backed up, that the process would take at least three months." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20251011-0.gmi [04:58] TR News Techrights Microsoft and Apple Are Rare Topics in Geminispace https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Microsoft_and_Apple_Are_Rare_Topics_in_Geminispace.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Microsoft_and_Apple_Are_Rare_Topics_in_Geminispace.gmi [04:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Microsoft and Apple Are Rare Topics in Geminispace ● Oct 12 [05:05] TR News Techrights Tomorrow: Founder of the Free Software Foundation and of GNU/Linux, Richard Stallman, Speaks in Roma (Rome), Italy at 4PM https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Tomorrow_Founder_of_the_Free_Software_Foundation_and_of_GNU_Lin.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Tomorrow_Founder_of_the_Free_Software_Foundation_and_of_GNU_Lin.gmi [05:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Tomorrow: Founder of the Free Software Foundation and of GNU/Linux, Richard Stallman, Speaks in Roma (Rome), Italy at 4PM [05:08] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Saturday, October 11, 2025 https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/IRC_Proceedings_Saturday_October_11_2025.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/IRC_Proceedings_Saturday_October_11_2025.gmi [05:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IRC Proceedings: Saturday, October 11, 2025 [05:09] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/12/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/12/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [05:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Today in Techrights [05:10] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [05:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [05:13] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 12/10/2025: "Palm Computering", Further Exploration of Slide Rules, and Key Takeaways from The Well-Grounded Rubyist https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Gemini_Links_12_10_2025_Palm_Computering_Further_Exploration_of.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Gemini_Links_12_10_2025_Palm_Computering_Further_Exploration_of.gmi [05:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 12/10/2025: "Palm Computering", Further Exploration of Slide Rules, and Key Takeaways from The Well-Grounded Rubyist [05:28] TR News Techrights Lucas Nussbaum & Debian pregnancy cluster https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Lucas_Nussbaum_Debian_pregnancy_cluster.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Lucas_Nussbaum_Debian_pregnancy_cluster.gmi [05:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Lucas Nussbaum & Debian pregnancy cluster [05:32] TR News Techrights Stefano Zacchiroli (Zack) & Debian pregnancy cluster https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Stefano_Zacchiroli_Zack_Debian_pregnancy_cluster.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Stefano_Zacchiroli_Zack_Debian_pregnancy_cluster.gmi [05:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Stefano Zacchiroli (Zack) & Debian pregnancy cluster [05:47] TR News Techrights Paris 'Love Nest' & Debian Outreachy: from Lyce Lakanal to ENS Cachan, Cr@ns, nepotism https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Paris_Love_Nest_Debian_Outreachy_from_Lycee_Lakanal_to_ENS_Cach.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Paris_Love_Nest_Debian_Outreachy_from_Lycee_Lakanal_to_ENS_Cach.gmi [05:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Paris 'Love Nest' & Debian Outreachy: from Lyce Lakanal to ENS Cachan, Cr@ns, nepotism ● Oct 12 [06:08] TR News Techrights The Register MS: Microsoft is the Security Expert, Not the Prime Culprit, So Buy More Microsoft https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/The_Register_MS_Microsoft_is_the_Security_Expert_Not_the_Prime_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/The_Register_MS_Microsoft_is_the_Security_Expert_Not_the_Prime_.gmi [06:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The Register MS: Microsoft is the Security Expert, Not the Prime Culprit, So Buy More Microsoft [06:15] TR News Austria finds Microsoft 'illegally' tracked students: privacy campaign group https://brandequity.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/digital/austria-finds-microsoft-illegally-tracked-students-privacy-campaign-group/124471276?utm_source=portal_category_widget&utm_medium=homepage [06:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-brandequity.economictimes.indiatimes.com | Austria finds Microsoft illegally tracked students: privacy campaign group, ETBrandEquity [06:16] TR News Austria-based privacy group Noyb said Microsoft 365 Education installed cookies that collect browser data and are used for advertising purposes https://www.islandernews.com/news/national/austria-based-privacy-group-noyb-said-microsoft-365-education-installed-cookies-that-collect-browser-data/image_a58171af-f8bc-592e-873d-21037bf55157.html [06:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Austria-based privacy group Noyb said Microsoft 365 Education installed cookies that collect browser data and are used for advertising purposes | News | islandernews.com [06:16] TR News Austria: Microsoft Education Tracked Kids https://newscentraltv.com/austria-microsoft-education-tracked-kids/ [06:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-newscentraltv.com | Austria: Microsoft Education Tracked Kids [06:20] TR News Techrights Microsoft Has Just Lost Privacy Case in Austria and Its Latest Moves Make a Complete Ban Seem Imperative https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Microsoft_Has_Just_Lost_Privacy_Case_in_Austria_and_Its_Latest_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Microsoft_Has_Just_Lost_Privacy_Case_in_Austria_and_Its_Latest_.gmi [06:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Microsoft Has Just Lost Privacy Case in Austria and Its Latest Moves Make a Complete Ban Seem Imperative [06:22] TR News "Forbesk rankings are always a joke. You know that. Everything on Forbes is clickbait." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k7b7whws [06:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k7b7whws ) [06:30] TR News (NEW): Winter Comes Knocking https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/12/Winter_Comes_Knocking.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/12/Winter_Comes_Knocking.gmi [06:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Winter Comes Knocking ● Oct 12 [10:24] TR News "I lost count of how many times a version of the phrase we care about copyright was invoked at Screentime like a prayer." https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/798496/hollywood-openai-training-netflix-paramount-warner | Source: The Verge [10:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | Hollywood has no idea what to do about AI | The Verge [10:25] TR News "Apple was hit with a lawsuit in California federal court by a pair of neuroscientists who say that the tech company misused thousands of copyrighted books to train its Apple Intelligence artificial intelligence model." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/apple-sued-over-use-of-copyrighted-books-to-train-apple-intelligence/articleshow/124469325.cms | Source: India Times [10:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | Apple sued over use of copyrighted books to train Apple Intelligence - The Economic Times [10:25] TR News "If that joke seems off-colour, or crass, or some kind of manipulative stretch please, dont worry." https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/10/sam-altman-copyright-ai-sora-2-video-generator | Source: The Guardian UK [10:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theguardian.com | Its Sam Altman: the man who stole the rights from copyright. If hes the future, can we go backwards? | Marina Hyde | The Guardian [10:25] TR News "With the aim of making popular Pinterest downloader Pintere.com more difficult to find, the social media giant sent DMCA anti-circumvention notices to Google Search." https://torrentfreak.com/pinterest-accused-of-sending-false-dmca-claims-to-delist-downloader-from-google/ | Source: Torrent Freak [10:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Pinterest Accused of Sending 'False' DMCA Claims to Delist Downloader From Google * TorrentFreak [10:25] TR News "The likeness to the Mrs Doubtfire star not only struck me as uncanny, it disturbed me to my core" https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/robin-williams-daughter-zelda-ai-generated-tiktok-videos-b2843343.html | Source: The Independent UK [10:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.independent.co.uk | Posthumous fan videos of Robin Williams demonstrate everything thats wrong with AI | The Independent [10:26] TR News "PERA would overturn long-standing court decisions that have helped keep some of the most problematic patents in check." https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/pera-remains-serious-threat-efforts-against-bad-patents | Source: EFF [10:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.eff.org | PERA Remains a Serious Threat to Efforts Against Bad Patents | Electronic Frontier Foundation [10:27] TR News "Partnerships provide access to additional resources but also introduce potential complications." https://www.michigandaily.com/news/research/umich-deepens-pharma-partnerships-amid-astrazeneca-lawsuit/ | Source: University of Michigan [10:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.michigandaily.com | UMich deepens pharma partnerships amid AstraZeneca lawsuit [10:27] TR News "It will twist words into their antipodes to serve the powerful at the expense of the weak." https://infrequently.org/2025/10/the-app-store-was-always-authoritarian/ | Source: Alex Russell [10:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-infrequently.org | The App Store Was Always Authoritarian - Infrequently Noted [10:28] TR News "Here's the latest victory from the land of wallet-based elections: Synology, a leading maker of "network-attached storage" (NAS) devices, has done a quiet (but total) 180 on its enshittificatory policy of blocking third party hard drives from its products: [...]" https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/10/synology/#how-about-nah | Source: CoryDoctorow [10:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pluralistic.net | Pluralistic: A disenshittification moment from the land of mass storage (10 Oct 2025) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [10:29] TR News "As the singer explained in his note that called for fans to forget Amazon and the companies under its umbrella, including Whole Foods Market" https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/neil-young-forget-amazon-removing-music-1235445170/ | Source: Rolling Stone [10:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rollingstone.com | Neil Young Says to 'Forget' Amazon: 'Soon My Music Will Not Be There' [10:29] TR News "Neil Youngs message to his fans is a direct one, urging them to avoid shopping on Amazon and Whole Foods Marketwhich is owned by Amazon." https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/10/neil-young-pulls-music-amazon/ | Source: Digital Music News [10:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/10/neil-young-pulls-music-amazon/ ) [10:30] TR News "But it will cost the city $2.5 million to assess and repair the damage, according to Councilmember Ysabel Jurado, whose district includes downtown and Boyle Heights." https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-10-10/6th-street-bridge-no-longer-lights-up-copper-thieves | Source: Los Angeles Times [10:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.latimes.com | This L.A. landmark was hailed as a 'ribbon of light.' Scrap metal thieves have made it dark and invisible - Los Angeles Times [10:30] TR News "Californians are tired of paying the price for that theft that steals more than copper" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-10-10/fiber-cable-vandalism-likely-to-blame-for-verizon-service-outage | Source: Los Angeles Times [10:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.latimes.com | Cable vandalism likely resulted in Verizon service outage, firm says - Los Angeles Times [10:30] TR News "Millions of rural Americans live in counties with doctor shortages and where high-speed internet connections arent adequate to access advanced telehealth services." https://kffhealthnews.org/dead-zone/ | [10:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kffhealthnews.org | Dead Zone - KFF Health News [10:31] TR News "The Digital Equity Act is part of the sweeping 2021 infrastructure law, which included $65 billion to build high-speed internet infrastructure and connect millions without access to the [Internet]" https://mainemorningstar.com/2025/10/09/trump-called-the-digital-equity-act-racist-now-internet-money-for-rural-americans-is-gone/ | Source: Maine Morning Star [10:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://mainemorningstar.com/2025/10/09/trump-called-the-digital-equity-act-racist-now-internet-money-for-rural-americans-is-gone/ ) [10:31] TR News "However, the Leh district administration has invoked legal provisions to prohibit the spread of misinformation on social media platforms in the district, which had witnessed violence last month." https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/mobile-internet-service-restored-in-leh-101760124194071.html | Source: Hindustan Times [10:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.hindustantimes.com | Mobile internet service restored in Leh | Hindustan Times [10:31] TR News "However, what if we flipped the model? We aim to explore an innovative new concept: utilising submarine cable technology to address the longstanding challenges in Africas terrestrial infrastructure." https://techcentral.co.za/africas-next-terrestrial-internet-leap-might-come-from-the-sea/272652/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa) [10:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techcentral.co.za | Africa's next terrestrial internet leap might come from the sea [10:32] TR News "The strike continued until 1987, when, due to public pressure, the Irish government banned the importation of South African goods. The ban was the first ban of South African imports by a Western Government. " https://tommyp.org/blog/grapefruit/ | [10:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-tommyp.org | Grapefruit | Tommy Palmer [10:32] TR News "But as Abdullah Aloudh, senior director for countering authoritarianism at the Middle East Democracy Center, explains, speech is far from free in the kingdom." https://www.vox.com/culture/464429/riyadh-comedy-festival-saudi-arabia-bill-burr-marc-maron | Source: Vox [10:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The backlash against Saudi Arabias Riyadh Comedy Festival, briefly explained | Vox [10:32] TR News "Needless to say, these are all ridiculous lies. The thankless task of correcting Trump has been left to journalists, local officials in Oregon, and even a Trump-appointed federal judge." https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/portland-protests-dancing-frog-trump/ | Source: The Nation [10:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thenation.com | Portlands Dancing Protesters Are Showing Us How to Stand Up to Trump | The Nation [10:33] TR News "The Taliban administration has largely rolled back rights for women and girls established by elected governments in recent decades." https://www.deccanchronicle.com/no-women-journalists-at-taliban-fm-muttaqis-press-meet | Source: Deccan Chronicle [10:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.deccanchronicle.com | No Women Journalists at Taliban FM Muttaqis Press Meet [10:33] TR News "It is learnt that the decision on inviting journalists to the media interaction was taken by Taliban officials accompanying the Foreign Minister." https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/no-women-journalists-at-muttaqis-press-conference/article70150888.ece | Source: The Hindu [10:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thehindu.com | No women journalists at Afghanistan Foreign Minister Muttaqis press conference in Delhi - The Hindu [10:33] TR News "refuse to grant women human rights because they do not consider women to be human." https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/for-taliban-women-not-human-says-taslima-nasreen-on-row-over-journalist-ban-9437347#publisher=newsstand | Source: NDTV [10:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/for-taliban-women-not-human-says-taslima-nasreen-on-row-over-journalist-ban-9437347#publisher=newsstand ) [10:34] TR News [Old] "Starting summer 2025, the European Accessibility Act will require digital products provided in the EU to meet actual, enforceable accessibility standards. Not we added some alt text accessibility. Real accessibility. The kind you can be sued over." https://denodell.com/blog/a-better-web-for-everyone-everywhere | [10:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-denodell.com | The Web Is About to Get Better for Everyone, Everywhere Den Odell [10:34] TR News "Iranian journalist Zeinab Rahimi has refused to wear the mandatory hijab for over two years, despite the risk of arrest and imprisonment." https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-hijab-woman-life-freedom-tehran-protests/33555684.html | Source: RFERL [10:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Iran's Streets 'Transformed' As More Women Shun The Mandatory Hijab [10:36] TR News "A lesson it took me much too long to learn is that you dont have to wait for anyone to give you the opportunity to be a writer or reporter." https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/grennell-college-speech | Source: Marisa Kabas [10:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thehandbasket.co | Truth, morality and independence in journalism under the second Trump regime [10:37] TR News "Canadian SF magazine On Spec is closing after 35 years. Decembers issue #134 will be the last. Managing editor Diane Walton explained in an editorial to issue #133: [...]" https://locusmag.com/2025/10/on-spec-to-close/ | Source: Locus Magazine [10:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-locusmag.com | On Spec to Close Locus Online [10:37] TR News "Some fear the law will give the authorities the power to pre-emptively stifle the work of independent journalists and activists." https://www.rferl.org/a/uzbekistan-photo-ban-tourism-industry/33555477.html | Source: RFERL [10:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Dont Shoot! Photo Ban Looms In Uzbekistan [10:37] TR News "I understand his point." https://kansasreflector.com/2025/10/10/conservative-distrust-of-journalism-threatens-to-spread-among-liberals/ | Source: Kansas Reflector [10:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://kansasreflector.com/2025/10/10/conservative-distrust-of-journalism-threatens-to-spread-among-liberals/ ) [10:38] TR News "Calvin said the answer to these questions was easy: The requested documents didnt exist." https://sfstandard.com/2025/09/02/openai-sam-altman-elon-musk-ai-regulation/ | Source: The San Fancisco Standard [10:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sfstandard.com | OpenAI thinks its critics are funded by billionaires. Now its going after them [10:38] TR News "One Tuesday night, as my wife and I sat down for dinner, a sheriffs deputy knocked on the door to serve me a subpoena from OpenAI" https://www.theverge.com/news/798523/openai-ai-regulation-advocates-subpoenas-police | Source: The Verge [10:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | OpenAI allegedly sent police to an AI regulation advocates door | The Verge [10:39] TR News "In an open letter to U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon, Kornbluth said some of the policies would restrict MIT's independence and freedom of expression." https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-10-10/mit-refuses-to-accept-white-house-terms-for-funding-other-schools-still-mulling | Source: US News And World Report [10:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-10-10/mit-refuses-to-accept-white-house-terms-for-funding-other-schools-still-mulling ) [10:39] TR News "People that want to keep pushing an agenda to go against these library materials and the First Amendment [right to free speech], I hope they see this, and I hope it's a deterrent." https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/wyoming-librarian-settlement-9.6935492 | Source: CBC [10:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | Librarian fired after refusing to censor 2SLGBTQ+ books wins $700K US settlement | CBC Radio [10:40] TR News "The Moldovan government also confronted these challenges head-on." https://neweasterneurope.eu/2025/10/10/operation-matryoshka-russias-direct-intrusion-into-moldovas-parliamentary-elections/ | Source: New Eastern Europe [10:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-neweasterneurope.eu | Operation Matryoshka: Russias direct intrusion into Moldovas parliamentary elections - New Eastern Europe [10:41] TR News Giving illusion of growth to a Ponzi scheme https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/startups/sam-altman-backed-college-startup-campus-acquires-sizzle-ai-hires-metas-exec-as-technology-head/articleshow/124479611.cms | Source: India Times [10:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | Sam Altman-backed college startup Campus acquires Sizzle AI; hires Metas exec as technology head - The Economic Times [10:42] TR News "We were objectively bad before, but that doesnt mean past solutions are necessarily repeatable (or were even the reason for that progress), that there isnt space for improvement, and that those pushing for the change he wants to see arent the irrational actors he portrays them to be." https://rubenerd.com/i-was-wrong-about-steven-pinker/ | Source: Ruben Schade [10:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Rubenerd: I was wrong about Steven Pinker [10:42] TR News "Will Brussels ever stand up to Donald Trump and US big tech?" https://blog.zgp.org/you-can-t-spell-eurostack-without-u/ | Source: Don Marti [10:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.zgp.org | you cant spell #Eurostack without U [10:43] TR News "He emphasised achieving digital sovereignty by becoming active players, not just customers, and fostering European innovation, while ensuring companies have choices over data storage, infrastructure, and technology supply chains" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/eu-need-for-digital-sovereignty-does-not-mean-protectionism-german-minister-says/articleshow/124476076.cms | Source: India Times [10:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | EU need for 'digital sovereignty' does not mean protectionism, German minister says - The Economic Times [10:43] TR News "The primary reason for these delays is the missing information, according to the company." https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/ups-reportedly-destroying-packages-due-to-customs-confusion-thousands-of-parcels-per-day-are-seemingly-affected-by-delays-due-to-documentation-issues | Source: Tom's Hardware [10:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | UPS reportedly destroying packages due to customs confusion thousands of parcels per day are seemingly affected by delays due to documentation issues | Tom's Hardware [10:44] TR News "They described shipments of tea, telescopes, luxury glassware, musical instruments and more some worth tens of thousands of dollars all in limbo or perhaps gone." https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/ups-delay-customs-tariffs-packages-destroyed-rcna236607 | Source: NBC [10:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nbcnews.com | UPS is 'disposing of' U.S.-bound packages over customs paperwork problems [10:44] TR News "In a renewed push to safeguard Americas digital infrastructure, U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Mike Rounds (R-SD) have introduced the Protecting America from Cyber Threats Act" https://thecyberexpress.com/bipartisan-bill-targets-cybersecurity-gap/ | Source: Cyble Inc [10:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thecyberexpress.com | Bipartisan Bill Revives Cybersecurity Safeguards [10:45] TR News "The Lord does not help those who help themselves. By a miracle, he helps the utterly and pathetically helplessof whom I am chief. Thats truly good news. Its also a terrible scandal. And thats the point." https://www.christianitytoday.com/2025/10/you-dont-have-to-be-radical-ordinary-christian-life/ | Source: Christianity Today [10:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.christianitytoday.com | You Dont Have to Be Radical - Christianity Today [10:45] TR News "Not all of it." https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/a-note-on-sustainability-and-access | Source: Mike Brock [10:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.notesfromthecircus.com | A Note on Sustainability and Access - by Mike Brock [10:46] TR News "These changes are creating significant stress on a system designed for a different era. Transmission congestion, bottlenecks, and reliability concerns are becoming more common, with some regions experiencing severe delays in interconnecting new generation projects." https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/power-grid/grid-modernization/the-u-s-high-voltage-grid-is-at-a-crossroads/ | Source: Renewable Energy World [10:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/power-grid/grid-modernization/the-u-s-high-voltage-grid-is-at-a-crossroads/ ) [10:46] TR News "The radio is just one feature that Tesla has left out of two new cars in the name of affordability." https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2025/10/cheaper-tesla-elon-musk-trump/684528/ | Source: The Atlantic [10:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theatlantic.com | The Worst Thing That Ever Happened to Tesla - The Atlantic [10:46] TR News "A Lithuanian consortium has secured 65 million euros in EU co-financing to establish LitAI, a 130-million-euro artificial intelligence (AI) factory that will be the only facility of its scale in the Baltic states." https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2709522/lithuania-wins-eu-bid-to-set-up-eur130m-ai-factory | Source: LRT [10:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | Lithuania wins EU bid to set up 130m AI factory - LRT [10:47] TR News "Researchers at Georgia Tech developed a mechanochemical method to recycle PET plastics efficiently without heat or solvents." https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/georgia-tech-mechanochemical-plastic-recycling | Source: Interesting Engineering [10:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-interestingengineering.com | Recycling breaks new ground as PET plastics shattered by pure force [10:47] TR News "This spike in demand is driving an unexpected resurgence in coal generation, which has increased nearly 20 percent year-to-date. The research note, seen by The Register, states: [...]" https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/10/datacenter_coal_power/ | Source: The Register UK [10:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Coal making a comeback as US datacenters demand power The Register [10:47] TR News "Over the decades, there've been many moments where I've been struck by the parallels between climate activism and tech activism. In both cases, the foundational challenge is getting people to care about the looming catastrophic effects of bad policies." https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/11/cyber-rights-now/#better-late-than-never | Source: CoryDoctorow [10:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pluralistic.net | Pluralistic: The curious, intertwined history of climate and digital rights activism (11 Oct 2025) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [10:48] TR News "We were not looking for the paintings in particular" https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-10-11/how-a-quiet-dutch-retiree-helped-uncover-nazi-stolen-art-in-argentina | Source: US News And World Report [10:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-10-11/how-a-quiet-dutch-retiree-helped-uncover-nazi-stolen-art-in-argentina ) [10:48] TR News "In 2024, Congress ordered TikToks parent corporation to divest its U.S. operations or face a U.S. ban." https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/10/questions-trump-tiktok-deal/684519/ | Source: The Atlantic [10:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theatlantic.com | Trumps Dodgy Plan for TikTok - The Atlantic [10:49] TR News "Over the summer, Trump ordered National Guard troops and U.S. Marines to Los Angeles in response to immigration protests." https://mainemorningstar.com/briefs/maine-joins-multi-state-lawsuit-over-trump-deploying-national-guard-in-cities/ | Source: Maine Morning Star [10:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://mainemorningstar.com/briefs/maine-joins-multi-state-lawsuit-over-trump-deploying-national-guard-in-cities/ ) [10:49] TR News "Rayna Mehta, a clinical psychologist and a school counsellor who runs a private practice in Mumbai" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/children-plug-into-ai-chatbots-leaving-reality-parents-behind/articleshow/124489915.cms | Source: India Times [10:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | Children plug into AI chatbots, leaving reality, parents behind - The Economic Times [10:52] TR News "Saying no especially to those in power is an underrated American pastime" https://kansasreflector.com/2025/10/11/in-1776-thomas-paine-made-the-best-case-for-fighting-kings-and-for-being-skeptical/ | Source: Kansas Reflector [10:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://kansasreflector.com/2025/10/11/in-1776-thomas-paine-made-the-best-case-for-fighting-kings-and-for-being-skeptical/ ) [10:52] TR News "TikTok is turning right-wing." https://english.elpais.com/technology/2025-10-11/social-media-completes-its-shift-to-the-right-tiktok-is-consequential.html | Source: El Pas [10:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-english.elpais.com | Social media completes its shift to the right: TikTok is consequential | Technology | EL PAS English [10:53] TR News "Plans for the project, which is expected to be based in the northeastern state of Ceara, were disclosed by Reuters in April" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/brazil-to-begin-construction-on-tiktok-data-center-in-six-months-minister-says/articleshow/124469377.cms | Source: India Times [10:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | Brazil to begin construction on TikTok data center in six months, minister says - The Economic Times [10:54] TR News "Connecting Outlook or Gmail lets Copilot retrieve inbox content" https://www.androidpolice.com/copilot-on-windows-now-connects-to-gmail-google-drive-and-more/ | Source: Android Police [10:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.androidpolice.com | Copilot on Windows now connects to Gmail, Google Drive, and more [10:54] TR News "The decision from Austrias Datenschutzbehrde (DSB) came in response to a 2024 complaint lodged by the Austrian privacy advocacy group noyb" https://therecord.media/microsoft-violated-eu-law-austria | Source: The Record [10:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-therecord.media | Microsoft violated EU law in handling of kids data, Austrian privacy regulator finds | The Record from Recorded Future News [10:54] TR News "Since one of the uses of the tool is to track productivity through metrics, it is inevitable that Microsoft would add benchmarks for the adoption of Copilot." https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/10/microsoft_copilot_viva_insights/ | Source: The Register UK [10:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Microsoft adds Copilot adoption benchmarks to Viva Insights The Register [10:55] TR News "The Austrian Data Protection Authority ("DSB") issued a decision finding that Microsoft 365 Education illegally tracks students and uses student data for Microsoft's own purposes." https://noyb.eu/en/noyb-win-microsoft-365-education-tracks-school-children | Source: NYOB [10:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-noyb.eu | noyb win: Microsoft 365 Education tracks school children [10:55] TR News "Austria's data protection authority has determined that Microsoft "illegally" tracked students using its education software and must grant them access to their data, a privacy campaign group said Friday." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/austria-finds-microsoft-illegally-tracked-students-privacy-campaign-group/articleshow/124453351.cms | Source: India Times [10:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | Austria finds Microsoft 'illegally' tracked students: privacy campaign group - The Economic Times [10:55] TR News [Old] "A few quick notes for other folks who are geoblocking the UK. I just set up a basic geoblock with Nginx on Debian." https://aphyr.com/posts/379-geoblocking-the-uk-with-debian-nginx | Source: Kyle Kingsbury [10:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 451 @ https://aphyr.com/posts/379-geoblocking-the-uk-with-debian-nginx ) [10:55] TR News "Now Mississippis 2024 HB 1126 has made it illegal for essentially any web site to know a users e-mail address, or other personal identifying information, unless that site also takes steps to "verify the age of the person creating an account." https://aphyr.com/posts/395-geoblocking-multiple-localities-with-nginx | Source: Kyle Kingsbury [10:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 451 @ https://aphyr.com/posts/395-geoblocking-multiple-localities-with-nginx ) [10:56] TR News "Lawmakers in at least 16 states this year introduced bills to regulate the use of automated license plate readers responsible for collecting large amounts of data on drivers across the country." https://michiganadvance.com/2025/10/11/repub/despite-widespread-interest-only-3-states-passed-license-plate-reader-laws-this-year/ | Source: Michigan Advance [10:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://michiganadvance.com/2025/10/11/repub/despite-widespread-interest-only-3-states-passed-license-plate-reader-laws-this-year/ ) [10:56] TR News "Company data shows that millions of users worldwide now own several Xiaomi devices from smartphones and wearables to robot vacuums and smart appliances all managed through a single app." https://www.straitstimes.com/tech/xiaomi-ai-ecosystem-explained-smart-home-phone-ev | Source: The Straits Times [10:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Your phone, home and car all talking to one another: Xiaomis AI ecosystem explained | The Straits Times [10:57] TR News Windows TCO: "Forescout said the short-lived TwoNet hacktivist group fell for one of its researchers' honeypots" https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/10/russia_hacktivists_honeytrap/ | Source: The Register UK [10:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Hacktivists deactivate after falling into researchers' trap The Register [10:57] TR News Windows TCO: "PowerSchool that he would leak the Social Security #s" https://therecord.media/powerschool-prison-sentence-hacker | Source: The Record [10:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-therecord.media | Prosecutors seek 7-year prison term for sophisticated PowerSchool hacker | The Record from Recorded Future News [10:58] TR News "However, YouTube is drawing firm boundaries. The program excludes channels that were removed for severe offenses like copyright violations, abuse of the Creator Responsibility policy, or repeated and egregious misconduct." https://www.androidpolice.com/youtube-gives-banned-creators-a-second-shot-but-with-a-catch/ | Source: Android Police [10:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.androidpolice.com | YouTube gives banned creators a second shot, but with a catch [10:58] TR News "Inspired by Australia's social media ban for under-16s, Brussels is analysing whether to set bloc-wide limits on minors' access to platforms -- with 25 of 27 EU countries coming out Friday in support of at least studying such a measure." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/eu-grills-apple-snapchat-youtube-over-risks-to-children/articleshow/124459210.cms | Source: India Times [10:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | EU grills Apple, Snapchat, YouTube over risks to children - The Economic Times [10:58] TR News "people like Anya Lacey are part of a new spectrum of tradwives with OnlyFans accounts. That is, conservative housewives who show off their naked bodies on social media and make a lot of money doing so." https://english.elpais.com/society/2025-10-10/ultraconservative-housewives-on-onlyfans-the-paradox-of-the-maga-women-who-strip-naked-on-social-media.html | Source: El Pas [10:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-english.elpais.com | Ultraconservative housewives on OnlyFans: The paradox of the MAGA women who strip naked on social media | Society | EL PAS English [10:58] TR News "There are some good things Im going to miss, specially the interaction with some people I met there others are long time acquaintances coming from Twitter, but there is nothing to do about it: you cant not be and be there." https://www.usebox.net/jjm/blog/i-m-not-on-mastodon/ | Source: Juan J Martnez [10:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-I'm NOT on Mastodon - usebox.net [10:59] TR News "While the dynamic is most advanced on X" https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/10/was-the-left-wrong-to-leave-x-for-bluesky | Source: New Statesman [10:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.newstatesman.com | Was the left wrong to leave X for BlueSky? - New Statesman ● Oct 12 [11:00] TR News "Fueling the machine causing issues we are fighting against - Ethical dilemma about using social media for civil society causes" https://bianet.org/haber/trapped-in-the-algorithm-rethinking-medias-role-in-a-rigged-digital-world-312475 | Source: BIA Net [11:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bianet.org | Trapped in the algorithm: Rethinking medias role in a 'rigged' digital world [11:03] TR News "Ryanair now requires every passenger to have a so-called "smart" phone. I suspect that it requires every passenger to run a nonfree Ryanair app, too, meaning that a snoop-phone running some non-Google Android variant won't work." https://www.stallman.org/ryanair.html [11:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.stallman.org | Don't fly Ryanair if you can help it [11:03] TR News "This is a very dangerous form of pressure, and other airlines will be tempted to imitate it. Please, even if you do carry a snoop-phone, boycott the airlines that exclude the people who don't have one." [11:04] TR News "The paradigm of competition is a race: by rewarding the winner, we encourage everyone to run faster. When capitalism really works this way, it does a good job; but its defenders are wrong in assuming it always works this way." https://www.azquotes.com/quote/755256?ref=capitalism [11:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.azquotes.com | Richard Stallman quote: The paradigm of competition is a race: by rewarding the... [11:11] TR News "Reading Oatmeal stuff is always such a seesaw for me. Its so riddled with like boobshark jokes and Im like, yeah yeah ha ha. I dont hate that kind of humor or find it offensive, I just dont think its very funny." https://chriscoyier.net/2025/10/10/oatmeal-on-ai-art/ | Source: Chris Coyier [11:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-chriscoyier.net | Oatmeal on AI Art Chris Coyier [11:12] TR News "This technology may, to some extent, break down the barriers involved in making video, but we should not pretend that is the objective here, or even halfway considered by any of these A.I. companies. They want to make gimmicks." https://pxlnv.com/linklog/hank-green-sora-2/ | Source: Nick Heer [11:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pxlnv.com | Give Me a Single Reason Why Sora 2 Should Exist Pixel Envy [11:12] TR News Yesterday I wrote a post about why I wasnt using those Written by a Human buttons, despite appreciating their intentions (or at least, I thought I did, more on that in a moment)." https://rubenerd.com/feedback-on-those-written-by-humans-buttons/ | Source: Ruben Schade [11:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Rubenerd: Feedback on those Written by Humans buttons [11:12] TR News "But I also overthink everything! So I have a few reservations." https://rubenerd.com/written-by-humans-not-ai-badges/ | Source: Ruben Schade [11:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Rubenerd: Written by Humans, Not AI badges [11:17] TR News "Not that those initiatives are paying off, mind you. A recent study from MIT found that 95 percent of enterprises have seen zero ROI on their AI projects - and that's hardly a new story." https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/10/ai_is_displacing_entrylevel_professionals/ | Source: The Register UK [11:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Staff, schmaff: Business leaders racing to adopt unproven AI The Register [11:19] *wallacer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [11:21] TR News "a telling new data point has emerged: Donaldson is worried that his niche could be threatened by AI." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/mrbeast-ai-slop-sora2 | Source: Futurism [11:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | MrBeast Concerned That AI Slop Will Put Him Out of Business [11:21] TR News "It is the implementation of APIs, stupid! Someone could go rogue and screw you so hard that you could end up crying in a corner." https://blog.adnansiddiqi.me/lets-talk-about-llm-guardrails/ | Source: Adnan Siddiqi [11:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.adnansiddiqi.me | Lets talk about LLM guardrails [11:22] TR News "On Wednesday we had a terrific panel discussion about AI at the CUNY Graduate Center, which will eventually be available on YouTube." https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/talking-ai-with-martin-wolf | Source: Paul Krugman [11:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-paulkrugman.substack.com | Talking AI With Martin Wolf - Paul Krugman [11:22] TR News "One way to get around the filters is ASCII smuggling where you hide your command in weird high-end Unicode characters." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/11/google-wont-fix-ascii-smuggling-hack-in-gemini-ai/ | Source: Pivot to AI [11:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 503 @ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/11/google-wont-fix-ascii-smuggling-hack-in-gemini-ai/ ) [11:23] TR News "SlopTok" https://tiv.today/the-sort-of-mother-fucker-who-makes-sloptok/ | Source: The Independent Variable [11:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-tiv.today | The sort of mother fucker who makes SlopTok [11:23] TR News "I think a lot about AI-assisted and AI-based coding. The first one is a human who writes code with more or less support of an AI solution." https://www.ufried.com/blog/ai_assisted_coding/ | Source: Uwe Friedrichsen [11:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ufried.com | Solving the wrong problem [11:23] TR News "Im assembling a full report from my slop writing on 8Ball. If you want to review what Ive written so far, links and graphics are below: [...]" https://www.8ball.report/p/the-aura-farm-and-the-slop-distillery | Source: Sean Monahan [11:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.8ball.report | the aura farm and the slop distillery - by Sean Monahan [11:31] TR News "Suppose, not hypothetically, that your system is running some systemd based service or daemon that resets or erase your carefully cultivated state when it restarts." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/SystemdRestartAfterService | Source: University of Toronto [11:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-utcc.utoronto.ca | You're using a too-old browser [11:31] TR News "The ransomware gang caught exploiting Microsoft SharePoint zero-days over the summer has added a new tool to its arsenal: Velociraptor, an open-source digital forensics and incident response app not previously tied to ransomware incidents." https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/10/ransomware_velociraptor/ | Source: The Register UK [11:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | SharePoint attackers add Velociraptor to ransomware tools The Register [11:31] TR News "The number of users reporting issues with Microsoft 365 had fallen to 136 as of 5.38 p.m. ET, compared with 17,000 earlier, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-bytes/microsofts-productivity-software-suite-recovers-after-outage/articleshow/124453433.cms | Source: India Times [11:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | Microsoft's productivity software suite recovers after outage - The Economic Times [11:32] TR News "One of the changes Apple has introduced with macOS Tahoe is the ability to use SSH at the unified login screen available on Apple Silicon Macs. Apple has built on this to provide a way to allow a FileVault-encrypted Mac to be unlocked via an SSH session. [...]" https://derflounder.wordpress.com/2025/10/11/unlocking-filevault-via-ssh-on-macos-tahoe/ | Source: Rich Trouton [11:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-derflounder.wordpress.com | Unlocking FileVault via SSH on macOS Tahoe | Der Flounder [11:32] TR News "This is software developed by a company with the net worth of some countries! Whats the opposite of imposter syndrome?" https://rubenerd.com/outlook-for-mac-fun/ | Source: Ruben Schade [11:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Rubenerd: Outlook for Mac fun [11:33] TR News "we do not plan to support SoundTouch products through any other app" https://www.theverge.com/news/798501/bose-soundtouch-speakers-cloud-discontinue-shut-down | Source: The Verge [11:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | Bose is yanking key features from its SoundTouch speakers | The Verge [11:37] TR News "one in five high schoolers in the US 19 percent" https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/high-schoolers-romantic-relationship-with-ai | Source: Futurism [11:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | An Astonishing Proportion of High Schoolers Have Had a "Romantic Relationship" With an AI, Research Finds [11:37] TR News "Artificial intelligence (AI) has continued to alter the educational experiences of teachers, students, and parents" https://cdt.org/insights/hand-in-hand-schools-embrace-of-ai-connected-to-increased-risks-to-students/ | Source: Center for Democracy & Technology [11:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://cdt.org/insights/hand-in-hand-schools-embrace-of-ai-connected-to-increased-risks-to-students/ ) [11:37] TR News "I do not use QWERTY, instead opting for Colemak-DH." https://vale.rocks/posts/typing-systems | Source: Declan Chidlow [11:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Switching to Colemak-DH | Vale.Rocks [11:38] TR News "Im coming up on 20 years of professional web development and I still dont get it sometimes. I tend to measure myself or view work productivity through the lens of How much code did I write? and that does a great disservice to myself and what I do." https://daverupert.com/2025/09/you-cant-drink-coffee-on-a-running-horse/ | Source: Dave Rupert [11:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Many years on the job and I still don't get it. - daverupert.com [11:38] TR News "The first week back at work. It could have been much worse" https://jimmitchell.org/2025/10/11/the-return-to-work/ | Source: Jim Mitchell [11:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jimmitchell.org | The Return to Work | Jim Mitchell [11:38] TR News "Carved into the Tyndall stone above the arched entrance to Winnipeg's first public library are the words "Free to All," but for the past 11 years, it's been closed to everyone." https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/carnegie-library-winnipeg-archives-history-1.7642166 | Source: CBC [11:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | 'Free to All': Winnipeg's 1st public library opened 120 years ago, soon to start new chapter | CBC News [11:39] TR News "In this interactive article, we explore the borderline-magical algorithm known as the Burrows-Wheeler Transform (BWT). It powers data compression in bzip2, and is used by sequence alignment tools like bowtie and bwa, both of which were named after the algorithm." https://sandbox.bio/concepts/bwt | [11:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Burrows-Wheeler Transform (BWT) - Interactive article - sandbox.bio [11:39] TR News "Also antenna pattern normalization and polarimetric calibration suitable for drone mounted SAR with non-linear track is described." https://hforsten.com/synthetic-aperture-radar-autofocus-and-calibration.html | [11:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hforsten.com | Synthetic aperture radar autofocus and calibration - Henrik's Blog [11:39] TR News "I wasnt intending to rework my tasks and notes system. It just happened to me" https://bentsai.org/posts/text-is-best | Source: Ben Tsai [11:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bentsai.org | Text Is Best - Ben Tsai [11:40] TR News "This post is interesting in terms of users thinking they 'own' a platform or offer value, but never will. Which is a weird thing to think as a platform user, but whats the alternative?" https://gregmorris.co.uk/free-content/ | Source: Greg Morris [11:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gregmorris.co.uk | Free Content [11:40] TR News "And then Kev Quirk described his experience of switching from contact forms to bare email addresses and the protections he put in place (like plus-addressing), only to discover that he didnt need it at all." https://danq.me/2025/10/11/email-vs-contact-form-spam/ | Source: Dan Q [11:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-danq.me | Do Contact Forms Attract More Spam than Email Addresses? Dan Q [11:41] TR News "The idea always seemed to be drifting away from me, and there was always some excuse to put it off and say, Not today, maybe tomorrow. A huge source of this feeling for me is the need to put everything in its right place." https://matanabudy.com/thoughts-things-1/ | Source: Matan Abudy [11:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-matanabudy.com | Thoughts & Things #1 | Matan Abudy [11:41] TR News "so entirely blind to the virtues and beauties of compassion?" https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-birth-of-the-sociopath-why-smart | Source: Mike Brock [11:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.notesfromthecircus.com | The Birth of the Sociopath: Why Smart People Choose to Stop Seeing Goodness ● Oct 12 [12:10] TR News (NEW): Today's Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/12/today_s_leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/12/today_s_leftovers.gmi [12:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines today's leftovers [12:17] TR News Techrights Links 12/10/2025: 'False' DMCA Claims and Slop Facing Perils Again (the Hype Wears Off) https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Links_12_10_2025_False_DMCA_Claims_and_Slop_Facing_Perils_Again.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Links_12_10_2025_False_DMCA_Claims_and_Slop_Facing_Perils_Again.gmi [12:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 12/10/2025: 'False' DMCA Claims and Slop Facing Perils Again (the Hype Wears Off) [12:19] TR News "First, I'm back posting on gemini! I know it's been a while. Got my server setup tweaked a bit so that I'm happier with it. Mainly the OpenBSD sysupgrade(1) stuff is better now with more space for /usr (for now)." gemini://thfr.info/ublog/2025-10-11-news.gmi [12:20] TR News SpellBinding ACELVUO Wordo: LUVYA gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2025-10-12.gmi [12:21] TR News "It often strikes me as so wild, the fact that Im typing this in a curses UI in 2025. I see this less as a vindication of the durability of the textual software stack (although it is) and more as a failure of the stack as the whole. [I hate laptops] but Linux on the laptop and desktop was in a great place." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/cursed-android [12:22] TR News J.G. Ballards The Drought gemini://idiomdrottning.org/jg_ballard-the_drought [12:23] TR News "'formalized' is important as there have been prior arguments that anticipate some forms of Pascal's reasonings, the Apaaka Sutta (MN60) being perhaps the earliest known. 'reasonings' is plural on account of there being apparently at least four forms of Pascal's wager in Penses." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2025/10/12/odds.gmi [12:26] TR News "Ive been watching fairly alternative OSs like Haiku (the BeOS clone) and I wanted to really clear the slate and assume multiple orders of magnitude of work done just for this OS. Otherwise an operating system is just a way to run stuff that people can already run on a Linux distribution or macOS." gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/words/computing/ideal/os/ [12:28] TR News "This fellow predicted the 2008 depression (I know, that word is on the Controlled Words list, and has a variable definition) in 1997. And, he predicted a worse one for 2026." gopher://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space:70/0/~tfurrows/phlog/2025-10-09_depressionOf2026.txt [12:29] TR News "In my 20s, I had a Fossil PalmOS watch. That thing was clunky, and had horrible battery life. But hey, it had a tiny stylus and PalmOS!" gopher://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space:70/0/~tfurrows/phlog/2025-10-09_watches.txt [12:29] TR News "There are far too many films that I've watched over and over again. If I had to list films that I've seen more than half a dozen times, you would move on before reaching the end. I have a friend who studied film, he helped me expand my selections a bit while he was around." gopher://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space:70/0/~tfurrows/phlog/2025-10-12_Christinas5Qs.txt [12:34] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 12/10/2025: Watches, the Depression of 2026, Gamboling with Odds https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Gemini_Links_12_10_2025_Watches_the_Depression_of_2026_Gambolin.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Gemini_Links_12_10_2025_Watches_the_Depression_of_2026_Gambolin.gmi [12:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 12/10/2025: Watches, the Depression of 2026, Gamboling with Odds [12:34] TR News "I was excited to finally remove django-extensions from my pyproject.toml file when 5.2 dropped" https://jmduke.com/posts/post/django-shell/ | Source: Justin Duke [12:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jmduke.com | Adding imports to the Django shell Applied Cartography [12:35] TR News "Im excited to announce a significant usability improvement for all moteus controllers" https://blog.mjbots.com/2025/10/09/uuid-based-addressing-and-python-multiple-device-support/ | Source: Robotic Systems LLC [12:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.mjbots.com | UUID based addressing and python multiple device support - mjbots blog [12:37] TR News "This release brings over 3400 integration rules from the renowned RUBI (Rule-Based Integrator) system, originally from Mathematica, now available natively in Julia." https://sciml.ai/news/2025/10/10/SymbolicIntegration/index.html | Source: SciML [12:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sciml.ai | SymbolicIntegration.jl: Best-of-Both-Worlds Symbolic Integration with Risch and 3400+ Integration Rules [12:37] TR News "Lack of memory safety is such a predominant cause of security issues that we have a responsibility as professional software engineering to robustly mitigate it in security-sensitive use casesby using memory safe languages." https://words.filippo.io/compromise-survey/ | Source: Filippo Valsorda [12:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-words.filippo.io | A Retrospective Survey of 2024/2025 Open Source Supply Chain Compromises [12:37] TR News know [12:38] TR News