●● IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, October 18, 2026 ●● ● Oct 18 [01:18] *reap has quit (Quit: Going offline, see ya! (www.adiirc.com)) ● Oct 18 [02:40] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-171026.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-171026.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-171026.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-171026.txt [02:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, October 17, 2026 [02:41] TR News Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. 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HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-171026.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-171026.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-171026.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-171026.txt [02:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, October 17, 2026 [02:50] TR News Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2026-10-17.txt ● Oct 18 [05:00] *parsifal (~parsifal@7uxr773xda83e.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [05:29] TR News Rebooting into new kernel soon, IRC outage for 2 mins at most [05:34] TR News javascript TCO : "Pluralistic: Israeli ad-tech company was a delivery system for mercenary spyware (17 Oct 2026)" https://pluralistic.net/2026/10/17/mercenary-spyware/#discover-tech [05:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pluralistic.net | Pluralistic: Israeli ad-tech company was a delivery system for mercenary spyware (17 Oct 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [05:37] TR News "On Wednesday, Netflix told staff it was laying off about 6% of its workforce, or roughly a thousand people, according to an internal memo obtained by CNBC." https://techcentral.co.za/netflix-losing-battle-screen-time/287359/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa) [05:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techcentral.co.za | Netflix is losing the battle for your screen time [05:37] TR News "The user has to be logged in and authenticated; we use SMS and OTP authentication. Sending out that many SMSs across the country in a short span of time is a problem statement of its own" https://thenewstack.io/live-streaming-engineering-lessons/ | Source: The New Stack [05:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thenewstack.io | Here are the engineering lessons we learned when live-streaming sports to 32 million people - The New Stack [05:38] TR News "The Xbox 360 has been cracked open multiple times over the years" https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/modder-finishes-nine-year-xbox-360-voltage-glitch-mod-with-a-usd4-microcontroller-cracks-the-console-open-tiny-microcontroller-dumps-nand-and-flashes-timing-files-to-bypass-cpu-cryptography | Source: Tom's Hardware [05:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Modder finishes nine-year Xbox 360 voltage glitch mod with a $4 microcontroller, cracks the console open tiny microcontroller dumps NAND and flashes timing files to bypass CPU cryptography | Tom's Hardware [05:39] TR News "Hammacks specific concern that too many businesses have pricing power, which is leading to excessive wage growth." https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/how-the-federal-reserve-secretly | Source: Matt Stoller [05:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thebignewsletter.com | How the Fed Is Quietly Inflating the AI Bubble While Hiking Your Electric Bill [05:40] TR News "With that said, I want to offer some cautionary thoughts on the largesse from the company that has become the leading corporate supporter of American journalism, OpenAI." https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/10/newsrooms-journalism-openai-funding/689043/ | Source: The Atlantic [05:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/10/newsrooms-journalism-openai-funding/689043/ ) [05:40] TR News "THR noted that the supposed rule violation was not explicitly laid out, and that TikTok had not commented on this ban." https://gizmodo.com/tiktok-permabans-musk-film-account-2000827320 | Source: Gizmodo [05:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gizmodo.com | TikTok Permabans 'Musk' Film Account [05:41] TR News ">Even beyond the films account suspension on TikTok, the 3-hour-and-45-minute has already faced its fair share of controversy ahead of its release." https://variety.com/2026/film/news/musk-documentary-tiktok-account-permanently-suspended-1236914995/ | Source: Variety [05:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-variety.com | 'Musk' Documentary Account Permanently Suspended from TikTok [05:41] TR News "Ads promoting the trailer for Musk directed by Oscar-winner filmmaker Alex Gibney were initially rejected by Meta and YouTube as well, though those platforms eventually allowed the ad" https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/17/tiktok-permanently-bans-musk-documentary-advertising-account/ | Source: TechCrunch [05:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-TikTok permanently bans Musk documentary advertising account | TechCrunch [05:41] TR News "TikTok has banned the Musk film advertising account, citing a repeated pattern of political content that violates its policies." https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/musk-movie-tiktok-banned-theaters-showtimes-1236734308/ | Source: Hollywood Reporter [05:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.hollywoodreporter.com | TikTok Bans Musk Film Account, Citing Politics [05:41] TR News "While TikTok has no official affiliation with Elon Musk, part owner Larry Ellison appears in the film via a text message offering to help Musk fund his Twitter purchase." https://www.theverge.com/tech/1013453/tiktok-bans-alex-gibneys-musk-documentary | Source: The Verge [05:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | TikTok bans Musk documentary account | The Verge [05:42] TR News "The term inactivation signifies that the group is being decommissioned for an indeterminate period during some form of restructuring and reorganization" https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-military/2026/10/16/us-armys-8th-psychological-operations-group-inactivated/ | Source: Sightline Media Group [05:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.armytimes.com | US Armys 8th Psychological Operations Group inactivated [05:42] TR News "It is about locality and the society it supports. It also extends to generations yet to be and to the rest of the species on this planet." https://protesilaos.com/commentary/2026-10-17-ai-despair-adaptability-community/ | Source: Protesilaos Stavrou [05:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-On AI, despair, adaptability, and community | Protesilaos [05:42] TR News "Musk declined to be interviewed for the film." https://newrepublic.com/article/216453/watching-musk-feels-like-trapped-simulation-alex-gibney-doc | Source: New Republic [05:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-newrepublic.com | Watching Musk Feels Like Being Trapped in a Simulation | The New Republic [05:43] TR News "After more than 30 years as a DER SPIEGEL correspondent in the US, I am leaving. The country that I thought I knew no longer exists. It was an illusion - and it is being replaced by the unknown." https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/leaving-the-us-the-erosion-of-my-american-dream-a-509fdb80-9895-4612-a6b7-5c2f253982f4#ref=rss | Source: Spiegel [05:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.spiegel.de | Leaving the US: The Erosion of My American Dream - DER SPIEGEL [05:43] TR News "The first part of this expansion happened last year when the Mendocino Railway, better known as the Skunk Train" https://www.latimes.com/travel/story/2026-10-15/redwood-country-tall-trees-stiff-drinks-skunk-train | Source: Los Angeles Times [05:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.latimes.com | Mendocino Countys Skunk Train introduces a luxe, adults-only railcar - Los Angeles Times [05:44] TR News "That efficiency is why trawling has become central to some of the worlds largest commercial fisheries." https://www.lonestarlive.com/native-american-news/2026/10/trawl-fishing-catches-huge-amounts-of-seafood-it-can-also-devastate-the-seafloor.html | Source: Advance Local Media LLC [05:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.lonestarlive.com/native-american-news/2026/10/trawl-fishing-catches-huge-amounts-of-seafood-it-can-also-devastate-the-seafloor.html ) [05:44] TR News "Our world is so incredibly wrong-headed and misguided. Trains dont run better with these. No one is helped. They use electricity and electronics and rare minerals." https://idiomdrottning.org/metrovision | Source: Idiomdrottning [05:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idiomdrottning.org | Metrovision [05:44] TR News "The phenomenon, the authors note, occurs even under normal environmental conditions, without the need for sunlight or other agents that cause plastic degradation." https://www.wired.com/story/microplastics-react-with-water-new-study-says-thats-a-problem-for-biology/ | Source: Wired [05:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Microplastics React With Water, a New Study Says. Thats a Problem for Biology | WIRED [05:45] TR News "Programs will teach residents how to conserve water and reduce waste." https://www.western-water.com/2026/10/15/california-libraries-take-on-water-waste-and-climate-change/ | Source: Western Water [05:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.western-water.com | California libraries take on water waste and climate change | ... [05:45] TR News "US corporate lobbyists launched a two-year blitz to postpone and weaken the worlds most progressive legislation to protect forests, according to a new investigation by the environmental watchdog Mighty Earth." https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/17/us-corporate-lobbyists-europe-deforestation | Source: The Guardian UK [05:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theguardian.com | US corporate lobbyists mounted blitz to dilute landmark EU deforestation law, report finds | Deforestation | The Guardian [05:45] TR News "JNIM and Islamic State Sahel Province have fought across the borderlands of Mali" https://www.riotimesonline.com/jnim-islamic-state-sahel-rivalry-explained-2026/ | Source: The Rio Times Online [05:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.riotimesonline.com | Sahel Jihadist Rivalry Becomes a Regional War in 2026 [05:46] TR News This violence shows nobody is protected not Palestinians, not journalists and not diplomats [05:46] TR News "This violence shows nobody is protected not Palestinians, not journalists and not diplomats" https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/17/world/middleeast/israeli-settlers-attack-palestinians-diplomats-west-bank.html | Source: New York Times [05:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/17/world/middleeast/israeli-settlers-attack-palestinians-diplomats-west-bank.html ) [05:46] TR News "They were there to assess the situation on the ground after almost near daily attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinians trying to bring in their olive harvest." https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c962ydpmjm3zo | Source: BBC [05:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.bbc.com | European diplomats attacked by Israeli settlers in West Bank [05:47] TR News "The group had joined the olive harvest on lands belonging to the Christian town of Taybeh" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/17/israeli-settlers-attack-european-diplomats-in-west-bank | Source: The Guardian UK [05:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theguardian.com | Israeli settlers attack European diplomats in West Bank | West Bank | The Guardian [05:47] TR News "Settlers attacked the group of European diplomats in the village of Taybeh" https://edition.cnn.com/2026/10/17/middleeast/west-bank-diplomats-attacked-intl | Source: CNN [05:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://edition.cnn.com/2026/10/17/middleeast/west-bank-diplomats-attacked-intl ) [05:47] TR News "Israeli settlers on Saturday attacked a convoy of European diplomats and beat up a visiting French mayor" https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/israeli-settlers-attack-european-diplomats-in-west-bank-french-mayor-beaten-12200387#publisher=newsstand | Source: NDTV [05:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/israeli-settlers-attack-european-diplomats-in-west-bank-french-mayor-beaten-12200387#publisher=newsstand ) [05:47] TR News "How do you get kids to stop spending so much time in the virtual world? Its pretty obvious: Give them back the real one." https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2026-10-17/kids-technology-real-world-interaction-third-places | Source: Los Angeles Times [05:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.latimes.com | Contributor: If you get kids off their devices, where are they going to go? - Los Angeles Times [05:48] TR News "The payment went to the Senate Leadership Fund, or SLF, rather than directly to Paxton's campaign" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/elon-musk-donation-ken-paxton-senate-campaign-1826182 | Source: International Business Times [05:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | 'Billionaires Aren't Compatible With Democracy': Critics Bash Elon Musk $158M Paxton Donation | IBTimes UK [05:48] TR News "Its an impeachable offense." https://emptywheel.net/2026/10/17/reject-trumps-latest-attempt-to-be-the-king/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler [05:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-emptywheel.net | Reject: Trumps Latest Attempt to Be the King - emptywheel [05:48] TR News "The Baltic Assembly will discuss security of the Baltic States and strengthening defence cooperation" https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/saeima/16.10.2026-baltic-assembly-to-meet-in-tallinn.a667946/ | Source: Latvia [05:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | Baltic Assembly to meet in Tallinn / Article [05:49] TR News "OpenAI put Arizonans safety at risk by failing to implement adequate user protections or transparency measures" https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/101526_az_sues_openai/arizona-sues-openai-over-dangers-chatgpt-poses-children/ | Source: Tuscon Sentinel [05:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tucsonsentinel.com | Arizona sues OpenAI over the dangers ChatGPT poses to children [05:49] TR News "This is absurd. This is irresponsible. And almost no one outside Silicon Valley wants this future." https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/10/ai-regulation-transhumanism-oligarchs/689013/ | Source: The Atlantic [05:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/10/ai-regulation-transhumanism-oligarchs/689013/ ) [05:49] TR News "Most of the planet with incomes equivalent to 5,000 a month (nearly $5,600) by 2100. Average temperatures only 1.8 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels." https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2026-10-17/thomas-piketty-the-future-billionaires-are-preparing-for-us-is-dystopian.html | Source: El Pas [05:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-english.elpais.com | Thomas Piketty: 'The future billionaires are preparing for us is dystopian' | Economy and Business | EL PAS English [05:49] TR News "Protesters gathered across the United States for the latest "No Kings" demonstrations as Americans begin casting ballots ahead of the November 3 midterm elections." https://www.dw.com/en/no-kings-rallies-push-early-voting-ahead-of-us-midterm-elections/a-79690502 | Source: Deutsche Welle [05:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | 'No Kings' rallies push early midterm voting in US [05:51] TR News "Krasotkin was due to be released on September 17 but was again kept in custody." https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/10/17/russian-mathematician-semyon-krasotkin-charged-with-treason-over-26-in-paid-telegram-reactions-to-ukrainian-and-opposition-channels | Source: Meduza [05:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | Russian mathematician Semyon Krasotkin charged with treason over $26 in paid Telegram reactions to Ukrainian and opposition channels Meduza [05:51] TR News "Last fall, we sued on behalf of three major labor unions to stop this surveillance program." https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/10/our-lawsuit-against-trump-administrations-social-media-surveillance-moves-forward | Source: EFF [05:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.eff.org | Our Lawsuit Against the Trump Administrations Social Media Surveillance Moves Forward. Heres What the Court Said. | Electronic Frontier Foundation [05:51] TR News "the Internet." https://www.thenation.com/article/society/digital-privacy-salazar-paramount/ | Source: The Nation [05:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thenation.com | Is Blockbuster Video the Answer to Our Digital Privacy Woes? | The Nation [05:52] TR News "Normally trust is earned, but somehow we often blindly trust what a company states on their privacy policy. As a contractor, I have personally been at several places where the privacy policy was laughed at, it was a joke" https://unixdigest.com/articles/do-you-think-you-can-trust-the-privacy-policy-of-a-company-or-project.html | Source: UNIXdigest [05:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-unixdigest.com | Do you think you can trust the privacy policy of a company or project? [05:52] TR News "Oh, Canada. The Great White North is the latest country to contemplate legislation that could essentially mandate backdoors and increase data retention in encrypted services." https://www.wired.com/story/kernel-panic-encryption-is-getting-squeezed-from-all-sides/ | Source: Wired [05:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Encryption Is Getting Squeezed From All Sides | WIRED [05:52] TR News "When this system was first tested, CBP officers staffed the cameras." https://papersplease.org/wp/2026/10/17/sfo-elected-to-pay-for-dhs-facial-recognition-system/ | Source: Papers Please [05:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-papersplease.org | SFO elected to pay for DHS facial recognition system Papers, Please! [05:53] TR News "The real flaw is that the model cant tell the difference between text its supposed to read and instructions its supposed to follow." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-agent-sucker-phishing-emails | Source: Futurism [05:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Using an AI Agent Makes You a Sucker for Phishing Emails [05:53] TR News "That was a stressful couple of calls. At first you feel panic because maybe some money had been lost, so it may be hard to think straight." https://roytang.net/2026/10/phishing-call/ | Source: Roy Tang [05:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A Phishing Call roytang.net [05:54] TR News Microsoft Entrapment and addiction https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/10/gitsquatting/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski [05:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/10/gitsquatting/ ) [05:54] TR News Windows TCO https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/when-your-ransomware-negotiator-works-other-side | Source: Dark Reading [05:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/when-your-ransomware-negotiator-works-other-side ) [05:55] TR News "In other words, it's what happens when slop drowns out the signal in an endless sea of noise." https://maevyn.codes/decoherence | [05:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The Decoherence Trap: When AI slop drowns out the signal in an endless sea of noise | maevyn.codes [05:55] TR News "Others simply aren't worried about the health costs." https://www.businessinsider.com/smoking-cigarettes-silicon-valley-counterculture-2026-9 | Source: Business Insider [05:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.businessinsider.com | Inside the Rising Counterculture of Silicon Valley Smokers - Business Insider [05:55] TR News "Palantir itself has stocked vending machines in its Washington D.C. office with free nicotine pouches for its employees 21 and older, Fortune previously reported." https://fortune.com/2026/10/13/palantir-cto-shyam-sankar-ai-researchers-smoking-cigarettes-cure-cancer-artificial-general-intelligence-silicon-valley-mass-psychosis-effective-altruism/ | Source: Fortune [05:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Forget healthmaxxing: Tech insiders are reportedly taking up smoking because AI will cure cancer | Fortune [05:56] TR News "SHYAM SANKAR: Yes, correct. And you believe he's speaking as a technically informed individual who does this work, it's a scientific critique" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/shyam-sankar-chief-technology-officer-palantir-face-the-nation-transcript-10-11-2026/ | Source: CBS [05:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbsnews.com | Transcript: Shyam Sankar,chief technology officer of Palantir, on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Oct. 11, 2026 - CBS News [05:56] TR News "How can writing be like proof-of-work? When Im writing something at work, its not always to communicate an idea." https://www.seangoedecke.com/writing-is-no-longer-proof-of-work/ | Source: Sean Goedecke [05:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.seangoedecke.com | Writing is no longer proof of work [05:56] TR News "The Fields Medalist Terence Tao is on the front lines of a debate about artificial intelligence and the future of his field." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/us/math-ai-terence-tao.html | Source: New York Times [05:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/us/math-ai-terence-tao.html ) [05:56] TR News "Thats been my biggest lesson from this rabbit hole." https://www.pcworld.com/article/3261985/the-better-i-get-at-ai-the-less-i-trust-it.html | Source: PC World [05:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The better I got at AI, the more I realized I can't trust it | PCWorld [05:57] TR News "very little of that expertise exists in a format that AI systems can learn from." https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/ai-lab-offers-free-plumbing-and-hvac-repairs-across-three-cities-to-train-ai-robots-wearable-sensors-record-video-of-repair-work-for-robotics-training-free-services-also-include-electrical-work-air-duct-cleaning-and-carpet-cleaning | Source: Tom's Hardware [05:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | AI lab offers free plumbing and HVAC repairs across three cities to train AI robots wearable sensors record video of repair work for robotics training, free services also include electrical work, air duct cleaning, and carpet cleaning | Tom's Hardware [05:57] TR News "The decomp.dev community that tracks and centralizes game decompilation progress is shutting down its public index and leaderboard" https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/game-decompilation-tracker-decomp-dev-shuts-its-public-leaderboard-saying-ai-has-broken-the-community-its-creator-blames-forks-that-use-ai-to-finish-other-teams-projects-and-races-to-ship-rough-pc-ports | Source: Tom's Hardware [05:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Game decompilation hub freezes leaderboard after AI turns progress into a hollow numbers game amid explosion of 'AI slop' creator blames forks that use AI to finish other teams projects and races to ship rough PC ports | Tom's Hardware [05:57] TR News "Participants work primarily from their home units and travel to Monterey three times. The fellowship becomes their primary duty, although their commands retain administrative control, according to the message." https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2026-10-16/marine-corps-ai-fellowship-23169378.html | Source: Stars And Stripes [05:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Marine Corps seeks AI problem-solvers for fourth fellowship class | Stars and Stripes [05:57] TR News "collective dementia of humankind." https://pariganaka.com/the-impending-collective-dementia-yuval-noah-hararis-stark-warning-on-ai/ | Source: Pariganaka [05:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The Impending "Collective Dementia": Yuval Noah Hararis Stark Warning on AI - PARIGANAKA [05:58] TR News "The deployment marks a major escalation in U.S. troop presence in the region and a surge in conventional forces, as Washington looks to send more personnel into more countries." https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-10th-mountain-division-latin-america/ | Source: Task And Purpose [05:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-taskandpurpose.com | Hundreds of 10th Mountain Division soldiers head to Latin America [05:58] TR News "Nigerias Alpha Jet episode exposes a distinction that is becoming more urgent across African defense: possessing a platform is not the same as controlling the capability it represents." https://defenceweb.co.za/land/land-land/africa-buys-and-makes-weapons-but-who-controls-them/ | Source: Defence Web [05:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-defenceweb.co.za | Africa buys and makes weapons, but who controls them? - DefenceWeb [05:58] TR News "More than half of all [Internet] users have installed an ad-blocker; Doc Searls calls it the largest consumer boycott in history." https://pluralistic.net/2026/10/17/mercenary-spyware/#discover-tech | Source: CoryDoctorow [05:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pluralistic.net | Pluralistic: Israeli ad-tech company was a delivery system for mercenary spyware (17 Oct 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [05:58] TR News "Over a four-month period, the companys ads were shown on nearly 200,000 unique websites and in Android/iOS apps in dozens of countries." https://www.csoonline.com/article/4236143/no-click-required-how-the-ad-industry-became-a-pipeline-for-mercenary-spyware.html | Source: CSO [05:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.csoonline.com | No click required: How the ad industry became a pipeline for mercenary spyware | CSO Online [05:59] TR News "Yes, this is a publication for mainstream corporate security decision-makers. Online ads are a subset of online security risks now." https://blog.zgp.org/hey-look-over-there-security-risk/ | Source: Don Marti [05:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.zgp.org | Hey, look over there! Security risk! [05:59] TR News "scientists found that those who had turned to vaping after quitting traditional cigarettes developed lung cancer at a rate about 56 percent higher" https://futurism.com/future-society/vaping-strongly-linked-to-lung-cancer | Source: Futurism [05:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Vaping Strongly Linked to Lung Cancer [05:59] TR News "Turning the crank pushes the blood through winding channels preloaded with reagents for the A, B and Rh blood groups." https://phys.org/news/2026-10-cranked-device-blood-red-cell.html | Source: Omicron Limited [05:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://phys.org/news/2026-10-cranked-device-blood-red-cell.html ) ● Oct 18 [06:00] TR News "The NEC V20 was a 16-bit CPU released in 1984. It is pin-compatible with the Intel 8088, and clones the 8088's instruction set." https://martypc.blogspot.com/2024/05/exploring-nec-v20-cpu.html | Source: Adventures in PC Emulation [06:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-martypc.blogspot.com | Exploring the NEC V20 CPU [06:00] TR News "Its no secret that Im a systems guy, and one of the most fascinating systems ever devised is the railroad" https://loudpoet.com/2026/10/17/personal-news-mission-accomplished/ | Source: Guy LeCharles Gonzalez [06:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-loudpoet.com | Personal News: Mission accomplished. | As in guillotine... [06:00] TR News "I think one of the most valuable things I learned, as I became the youngest high school graduate of my department, then got a bachelors degree" https://alexsirac.com/writober-2026-%e2%88%92-contraption/ | Source: Alex Sirac [06:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-alexsirac.com | [Note] Writober 2026 Contraption Alex [06:00] TR News "The image was captured in June 2025 at Tivoli Southern Sky Guest Farm near Windhoek in Namibia." https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/astrophotography/peering-through-the-heart-of-a-dying-star-photographer-kfir-simon-found-a-host-of-distant-galaxies-hiding-in-plain-sight | Source: Digital Camera World [06:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.digitalcameraworld.com | Peering through the heart of a dying star, photographer Kfir Simon found a host of distant galaxies hiding in plain sight | Digital Camera World [06:01] TR News "The DNA inside our cells isnt just a series of instructions, but something far more dynamic. Like scientists, AI models don't yet have the data to properly decode it." https://www.wired.com/story/why-ai-isnt-ready-to-tackle-our-convoluted-genomes/ | Source: Wired [06:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Why AI Isnt Ready to Tackle Our Convoluted Genomes | WIRED [06:01] TR News "a breakthrough in the way that we can manipulate and study neural circuit behaviors" https://www.the-scientist.com/why-did-optogenetics-win-the-nobel-prize-in-physiology-or-medicine-75148 | Source: LabX Media Group [06:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.the-scientist.com | Why Did Optogenetics Win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine? | The Scientist [06:01] TR News "As you can imagine, slaving over manuscripts isn't the only thing I do on a computer." http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2026/10/bizarre-blanets-and-other-weir.html | Source: Antipope [06:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.antipope.org | Bizarre Blanets and Weird Worlds - Charlie's Diary [06:01] TR News "They began in systems allowed to broker credentials, inspect traffic, deliver updates, or manage physical equipment." https://www.kylereddoch.me/blog/security-signal-weekly-october-10-16-2026/ | Source: Kyle Reddoch [06:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.kylereddoch.me | Security Signal Weekly: October 10-16, 2026 - CybersecKyle [06:01] TR News "As anyone who knows me is aware, I have more than a couple of projects going at any one time, but over these 16 years, Birchtree is the one constant that has never gone away." https://birchtree.me/blog/birchtree-is-16-years-old-today-and-the-nicest-thing-someone-said-to-me-this-year/ | Source: Matt Birchler [06:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-birchtree.me | Birchtree is 16 years old today (and the nicest thing someone said to me this year) [06:02] TR News "Today marks the three-hundredth short story Ive published, one per week, over the last (almost) six years." https://mattgemmell.com/three-hundred-stories-later/ | [06:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mattgemmell.com | Three Hundred Stories Later Matt Gemmell [06:02] TR News "Then for the next three days I attended Kernel Recipes." https://nfraprado.net/post/this-month-from-paris-to-lauterbrunnen.html | Source: Ncolas F R A Prado [06:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nfraprado.net | This Month: From Paris to Lauterbrunnen - nfraprado [06:03] TR News "I set my terminals font to Iosevka this morning after skimming this thread on HN." https://sals.place/blog/coats-of-paint/ | Source: Sal [06:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sals.place | Fresh coats of paint | Sal's [06:03] TR News "If youre not proud of it, dont serve it." https://seths.blog/2026/10/the-race-to-the-bottom-feels-inevitable/ | Source: Seth Godin [06:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-seths.blog | The race to the bottom feels inevitable | Seth's Blog [06:03] TR News "created one of the most earliest self-portrait projects in the history of photography" https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/these-19th-century-selfies-might-just-be-the-most-important-photographs-youve-never-heard-of | Source: Digital Camera World [06:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.digitalcameraworld.com | These 19th-century selfies might just be the most important photographs youve never heard of | Digital Camera World [06:05] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/18/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/18/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [06:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Today in Techrights [06:05] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 17/10/2026: Big Glowing Advertising Screens, Busy October, and Art https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/17/Gemini_Links_17_10_2026_Big_Glowing_Advertising_Screens_Busy_Oc.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/17/Gemini_Links_17_10_2026_Big_Glowing_Advertising_Screens_Busy_Oc.gmi [06:05] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Saturday, October 17, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/18/IRC_Proceedings_Saturday_October_17_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/18/IRC_Proceedings_Saturday_October_17_2026.gmi [06:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 17/10/2026: Big Glowing Advertising Screens, Busy October, and Art [06:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IRC Proceedings: Saturday, October 17, 2026 [06:05] TR News Techrights Links 18/10/2026: TikTok Censors Criticism of MElon, "Trumps Latest Attempt to Be the King", and "Big Tech Oligarchs Have a Terrible Plan for Humanity" https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/18/Links_18_10_2026_TikTok_Censors_Criticism_of_MElon_Trump_s_Late.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/18/Links_18_10_2026_TikTok_Censors_Criticism_of_MElon_Trump_s_Late.gmi [06:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 18/10/2026: TikTok Censors Criticism of MElon, "Trumps Latest Attempt to Be the King", and "Big Tech Oligarchs Have a Terrible Plan for Humanity" [06:05] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/18/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/18/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [06:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [06:07] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1772.jpg [06:07] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D2129.jpg [06:08] TR News "On IRC, Benjamin Wil mentioned how he had spent a week at a movie festival and I remembered going to the movies a lot." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-10-17-movies [06:08] TR News "Around a week and a half ago, on October 8th, I was going to work on the last bits of my Game Boy Tarot card reader project (I'm nearly done with it and have been slowly working on a dev log post about it)." gemini://vigrey.com/journal/oops-i-accidentally-learned-to-mentally-calculate-every-easter-date.gmi [06:11] TR News Artcraft - A Tear in Reality gemini://schreibfaultier.pollux.casa/blog/2026-10-17-artcraft-tear-in-reality.en.gmi [06:11] TR News "And yes, I am like this. The one thing I can actually point at when wondering about ADHS. (There's more instances that make me wonder, but I could never point at them later)" gemini://kelaino.gemcities.com/gemlog/261017areyou.gmi [06:12] TR News Yesterday the postman brought me a new toy. I've been tempted by the Lilygo T-Deck Plus for a while. Last week I gave in. It's a gadget with all sorts of capabilities, but my interest is in using it as a portable terminal so that I can access my plain text files on the go." gemini://kunulo.smol.pub/2026-10-17-tdeck [06:12] TR News on_a_loop gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/on_a_loop [06:13] TR News "Ah, funny story here. Or not so funny for those involved, which, alas, did not involve Very Important People in Washington getting their most richly deserved comeuppance." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/10/18/cool-shit.gmi [06:14] TR News "A frequent discussion that I have had with an academic colleague, but also with various team members at Knowledge Commons and also with those at OLH, pertains to the use of AI writing detectors to unearth cheating students and/or dishonest academic researchers." gemini://eve.smol.pub/on-not-using-ai-detectors [06:15] TR News "An article in Science reports the discovery of an ancient sheep virus found hiding in medieval parchment. They extracted its DNA. 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The seeds for the curves were supplied by the NSA" https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/10/17/nist-curves-exonorated/ | Source: John D Cook [06:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.johndcook.com | Cloud of suspicion lifted from NIST curves [06:33] TR News "Armadillo is a powerful and expressive C++ template library for linear algebra and scientific computing." https://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/10/17/#rcpparmadillo_15.6.2-1 | Source: Dirk Eddelbuettel [06:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dirk.eddelbuettel.com | Thinking inside the box [06:33] TR News "This will be a mostly commented-code illustration of real-time arpeggiation." https://www.perl.com/article/adventures-in-real-time-midi/ | Source: Perl [06:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.perl.com | Adventures in Real-Time MIDI [06:33] TR News "Donald Knuth wrote premature optimization is the root of all evil in 1974, in a paper called Structured Programming with go to Statements." https://blog.veitheller.de/bitter.html | Source: Veit Heller [06:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.veitheller.de | Bitter Lessons and Premature Optimizations | Veit's Blog [06:34] TR News "What I like about this is that it, like CBMC, is flexible for many use cases (standalone assembly verification, translation validation" https://www.philipzucker.com/asmc_cpp/ | Source: Philip Zucker [06:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.philipzucker.com | Ghidra + CBMC = Assembly Model Checker | Hey There Buddo! [06:34] TR News "I should have triple checked before pushing the revised XML templates live, but I failed to pick up on one of the very specific date syntax errors in the Tag URI I used for the ID field (Atom) and GUID field (RSS)." https://burgeonlab.com/notes/2026/1017-2202/ | Source: Naty S [06:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-burgeonlab.com | PSA: RSS and Atom XML Feeds Failure [06:35] TR News "No algorithm, no timeline, no engagement bait. Just feeds you chose." https://toolbox.rss.here.now/ | [06:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-toolbox.rss.here.now | The RSS Universe Readers, Tools & Standards [06:35] TR News "I did one other thing this week. My robots.txt file only permits crawling from a small number of bots." https://blog.altos.au/post/autobanning-bad-requests-part-3/ | Source: Jon [06:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Autobanning Bad Requests (Part 3) - blog.altos.au [06:35] TR News "iftop confirmed that my outbound bandwidth was saturated - I'm on an ancient copper 40/10 Mbps ADSL line, so it is not that hard to do." https://koldfront.dk/attack_of_the_crawlers_1997 | Source: Adam Sjgren [06:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-koldfront.dk | Attack of the crawlers - koldfront [06:36] TR News original style was quite good and made Linux a global, technological success. His new fond style is making a dog's breakfast of things including developer relations and the actual code base." [06:36] TR News "when picking on Linus' new found style of leadership it might help to pick on the new found style rather than his original style. His original style was quite good and made Linux a global, technological success. His new fond style is making a dog's breakfast of things including developer relations and the actual code base." [06:36] TR News "As I switched to Emacs (with Doom Emacs) as my main code editor" https://helenchong.dev/blog/posts/2026-10-17-emacs-org-copy-block-contents/ | Source: Helen Chong [06:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-helenchong.dev | Quickly Copy Code and Example Block Contents in Emacs Org Mode | Helen Chong, Web Developer [06:37] TR News "XScreenSaver is the standard screen saver collection shipped on most Linux and Unix systems running the X11 Window System, since its first release in 1992." https://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski [06:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/ ) ● Oct 18 [10:30] TR News "The distinction is important here, because hardware labs are obviously much harder to scale than software." https://ubuntu.com//blog/lower-android-development-cost | Source: Ubuntu [10:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How to lower Android development costs by removing hardware from the critical path | Ubuntu [10:31] TR News "Classic DOS games never ran from within stand-up arcade cabinets in dollhouses, but [Juha Lilja] imagines a world in which they did." https://hackaday.com/2026/10/17/2026-retrocomputing-challenge-dollhouse-arcade-cabinet-runs-remote-dos-games/ | Source: Hackaday [10:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-2026 Retrocomputing Challenge: Dollhouse Arcade Cabinet Runs Remote DOS Games | Hackaday [10:31] TR News "In the final prototype of the drone such details had to be measured directly, with super-fast adjustments to the motors speed only possible with custom controller code and a lot of trial and error." https://hackaday.com/2026/10/17/building-a-flying-drone-with-a-single-propeller/ | Source: Hackaday [10:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Building A Flying Drone With A Single Propeller | Hackaday [10:32] TR News "[Andrzej Grski]s inspiration came from one component, and the main component of the project, an old e-ink display." https://hackaday.com/2026/10/17/2026-retrocomputing-challenge-oldputer-gives-old-eyes-relief-with-e-ink-display/ | Source: Hackaday [10:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-2026 Retrocomputing Challenge: Oldputer Gives Old Eyes Relief With E-ink Display | Hackaday [10:34] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [10:39] TR News "At this point, folks have already started to use the capabilities for broadcasting digital TV signals, voice signals, FM Hell, and other hijinks." https://hackaday.com/2026/10/17/discovering-sdrs-everywhere/ | Source: Hackaday [10:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Discovering SDRs Everywhere | Hackaday [10:39] TR News "The chopping board isnt made of great material, instead its a set of strips of wood, were guessing probably bamboo or rubberwood, glued together." https://hackaday.com/2026/10/17/making-one-fender-from-another/ | Source: Hackaday [10:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Making One Fender From Another | Hackaday [10:42] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@6mnab3uw5dgtk.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [10:52] TR News "Not feeling well, but wanting to do something. This means tinkering with site, because that makes me happy even when unwell." https://vonexplaino.com/blog/posts/article/2026/10/style-tidying.html | Source: Colin Morris [10:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-vonexplaino.com | Style tidying [10:53] TR News "For a decade, two ways of measuring how fast the universe expands have given different answers, a problem known as the Hubble tension." https://backreaction.blogspot.com/2026/10/the-universe-was-born-magnetic.html | Source: Sabine Hossenfelder [10:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-backreaction.blogspot.com | Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: The Universe Was Born Magnetic, Scientists Say ● Oct 18 [11:05] TR News High Court: secret trial collapses due to confidentiality breaches https://danielpocock.com/en/high-court-secret-trial-collapses-confidentiality-breaches/ [11:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-danielpocock.com | High Court: secret trial collapses due to confidentiality breaches [11:06] TR News Valve fix Zero Company crashing on Steam Machine with the latest major game update | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/valve-fix-zero-company-crashing-on-steam-machine-with-the-latest-major-game-update/ Source: GamingOnLinux [11:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Valve fix Zero Company crashing on Steam Machine with the latest major game update | GamingOnLinux [11:07] TR News Steam Client Beta for October 16 brings another round of startup performance improvements | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/steam-client-beta-for-october-16-brings-another-round-of-startup-performance-improvements/ Source: GamingOnLinux [11:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Steam Client Beta for October 16 brings another round of startup performance improvements | GamingOnLinux [11:08] TR News SteamOS 3.9.3 Beta arrives with improved support for Steam Frame wireless adapter | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/steamos-3-9-3-beta-arrives-with-improved-support-for-steam-frame-wireless-adapter/ Source: GamingOnLinux [11:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-SteamOS 3.9.3 Beta arrives with improved support for Steam Frame wireless adapter | GamingOnLinux [11:08] TR News Wine 11.20 brings more improvements for ARM64EC, XML validation and CDROMs | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/wine-11-20-brings-more-improvements-for-arm64ec-xml-validation-and-cdroms/ Source: GamingOnLinux [11:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Wine 11.20 brings more improvements for ARM64EC, XML validation and CDROMs | GamingOnLinux [11:10] TR News Last case activity: 16 Oct 2026 https://caseboard.io/cases/d2fe1130-b63b-4d0b-9461-c0f971992dc2 [11:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-caseboard.io | Checking your browser - Caseboard [11:10] TR News Seems Reform UK spent a lot of money getting nowhere [11:14] TR News Pocock spent 200 pounds, Reform UK spent over 20,000. So live and learn. [11:17] TR News It looks like ubuntubuzz.com has just become a slopfarm [11:19] TR News Correction/update: based on 7 new 'articles', it is almost certainly a slopfarm now. The slop is not even attributed to Ade, who is a fan of Techrights and Tux Machines. Seems like botspam. [11:20] TR News "LILYGOs latest e-paper development board pairs an ESP32-S3 with a 4.7-inch display offering 960 540 resolution and 16-level grayscale." https://linuxgizmos.com/lilygo-t5-e-paper-basic-adopts-4-7-inch-display-for-embedded-projects/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [11:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/lilygo-t5-e-paper-basic-adopts-4-7-inch-display-for-embedded-projects/ ) [11:21] TR News "Adafruit has previewed Floppsy Rev D, an RP2350-based floppy disk archiver and emulator designed to preserve and access legacy computer storage media." https://linuxgizmos.com/adafruit-floppsy-rev-d-revives-floppy-disk-archiving-with-rp2350/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [11:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/adafruit-floppsy-rev-d-revives-floppy-disk-archiving-with-rp2350/ ) [11:21] TR News "This week highlights KDEs 30th anniversary and the premiere of the KDE documentary, the launch of Plasma 6.8 as the 30th Anniversary Edition, five Tumbleweed snapshots headlined by Linux Kernel 7.2.9, Samba 4.25.0 and LibreOffice 26.8.1.1" https://news.opensuse.org/2026/10/17/planet-roundup/ | Source: OpenSUSE [11:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.opensuse.org | Planet News Roundup - openSUSE News [11:23] TR News DW participates in the hypesters' pyramid scheme. no such thing as "homegrown AI" https://www.dw.com/en/eu-promotes-sovereign-trusted-ai-as-it-struggles-to-catch-us-and-china/a-79667770 [11:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | EU champions homegrown AI as US, China retain lead [11:23] TR News "Amerikansk ekspert: Trump kommer ikke til at acceptere at vre en lame duck" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://politiken.dk/internationalt/art10996119/Amerikansk-ekspert-%C2%BBTrump-kommer-ikke-til-at-acceptere-at-v%C3%A6re-en-lame-duck%C2%AB [11:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-politiken-dk.translate.goog | Amerikansk ekspert: Trump kommer ikke til at acceptere at vre en lame duck [11:24] TR News Lies; while marketed as "extra" hours, it is merely an excuse to eliminate staffing https://www.minnpost.com/greater-minnesota/2026/10/some-rural-libraries-are-letting-their-users-visit-during-unstaffed-hours/ [11:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.minnpost.com | Some rural libraries are letting users visit during unstaffed hours [11:24] TR News "The Bad News on Inflation Just Keeps Coming" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-bad-news-on-inflation-just-keeps [11:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-paulkrugman.substack.com | The Bad News on Inflation Just Keeps Coming [11:24] TR News "The Kash Patel Impeachment Referral Inside the Employment Lawsuit - emptywheel" https://emptywheel.net/2026/10/16/the-kash-patel-impeachment-referral-inside-the-employment-lawsuit/ [11:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-emptywheel.net | The Kash Patel Impeachment Referral Inside the Employment Lawsuit - emptywheel [11:25] TR News "Naomi Klein: Why wouldnt fascism look like us? - New Statesman" https://www.newstatesman.com/the-weekend-interview/2026/10/naomi-klein-why-wouldnt-fascism-look-like-us [11:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.newstatesman.com | Naomi Klein: Why wouldnt fascism look like us? - New Statesman [11:26] TR News "The result was an oil deal that experts say is a desperate move of political theater, a plea to voters that hurts U.S. interests in the long run." https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-diesel-deal-russia-gas-prices-1235644071/ [11:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rollingstone.com | Trump's Diesel Deal With Russia Won't Lower Gas Prices for Americans [11:34] TR News Game decompilation hub freezes leaderboard after Hey Hi (AI) turns progress into a hollow numbers game amid explosion of 'AI slop' https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/game-decompilation-tracker-decomp-dev-shuts-its-public-leaderboard-saying-ai-has-broken-the-community-its-creator-blames-forks-that-use-ai-to-finish-other-teams-projects-and-races-to-ship-rough-pc-ports [11:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Game decompilation hub freezes leaderboard after AI turns progress into a hollow numbers game amid explosion of 'AI slop' creator blames forks that use AI to finish other teams projects and races to ship rough PC ports | Tom's Hardware [11:35] TR News AI lab offers free plumbing and HVAC repairs across three cities to train Hey Hi (AI) robots https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/ai-lab-offers-free-plumbing-and-hvac-repairs-across-three-cities-to-train-ai-robots-wearable-sensors-record-video-of-repair-work-for-robotics-training-free-services-also-include-electrical-work-air-duct-cleaning-and-carpet-cleaning [11:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | AI lab offers free plumbing and HVAC repairs across three cities to train AI robots wearable sensors record video of repair work for robotics training, free services also include electrical work, air duct cleaning, and carpet cleaning | Tom's Hardware [11:36] TR News Using an Hey Hi (AI) Agent Makes You a Sucker for Phishing Emails https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-agent-sucker-phishing-emails [11:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Using an AI Agent Makes You a Sucker for Phishing Emails [11:37] TR News Modder finishes nine-year Xbox 360 voltage glitch mod with a $4 microcontroller, cracks the console open https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/modder-finishes-nine-year-xbox-360-voltage-glitch-mod-with-a-usd4-microcontroller-cracks-the-console-open-tiny-microcontroller-dumps-nand-and-flashes-timing-files-to-bypass-cpu-cryptography [11:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Modder finishes nine-year Xbox 360 voltage glitch mod with a $4 microcontroller, cracks the console open tiny microcontroller dumps NAND and flashes timing files to bypass CPU cryptography | Tom's Hardware [11:39] TR News Some October 2026 quality of life changes https://www.rubenerd.au/some-october-2026-quality-of-life-changes/ [11:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rubenerd.au | Rubenerd: Some October 2026 quality of life changes [11:44] TR News Western brands under pressure as pre-owned luxury booms in China https://hongkongfp.com/2026/10/18/western-brands-under-pressure-as-pre-owned-luxury-booms-in-china/ [11:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | Western brands under pressure as 'pre-owned' booms in China [11:47] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Man Offers Putin Economic Relief in Hopes That Russia Will Return the Favor https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/17/business/trump-russia-sanctions-congress.html [11:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/17/business/trump-russia-sanctions-congress.html ) [11:47] TR News Rubio says Convicted Felon to 'analyze' global impact of Russia sanctions during pause https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20261018-rubio-says-trump-russia-sanctions-waiver-designed-to-analyze-global-impact [11:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20261018-rubio-says-trump-russia-sanctions-waiver-designed-to-analyze-global-impact ) [11:48] TR News Ukraine war: "Mothers of Kherson" opera opens in Poland https://www.france24.com/en/video/20261017-ukraine-war-mothers-of-kherson-opera-opens-in-poland [11:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20261017-ukraine-war-mothers-of-kherson-opera-opens-in-poland ) [11:48] TR News Russia hails Convicted Felon waiving sanctions as 'historic' https://www.france24.com/en/video/20261017-russia-hails-trump-waiving-sanctions-as-historic [11:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20261017-russia-hails-trump-waiving-sanctions-as-historic ) [11:48] TR News Putin won over USA https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-civilians-killed-attack/33878396.html [11:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Russia's Deadly Attacks Damage Homes, Energy Sites In Ukraine As Kyiv Says Starlink Restrictions Continue [11:49] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Man Waives Graham Act Sanctions On Russia Before They Take Effect https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-waives-graham-act-sanctions-on-russia/33878335.html [11:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Trump Waives Graham Act Sanctions On Russia Before They Take Effect [11:49] TR News U.S. Floats Lifeline to Russia: Allowing More Gas Sales to Europe https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/17/us/politics/russia-gas-trump.html [11:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/17/us/politics/russia-gas-trump.html ) [11:49] TR News Why I Canceled Russian Culture for Myself https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/17/opinion/ukraine-russian-culture.html [11:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/17/opinion/ukraine-russian-culture.html ) [11:49] TR News Open Source Licensing Case in Russia https://heathermeeker.com/2026/10/17/open-source-licensing-case-in-russia/ [11:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-heathermeeker.com | Open Source Licensing Case in Russia Copyleft Currents [11:50] TR News Rubio says Convicted Felon to take up to 60 days to weigh Russia sanctions https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/rubio-says-trump-to-take-up-to-60-days-to-weigh-russia-sanctions [11:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Rubio says Trump to take up to 60 days to weigh Russia sanctions | The Straits Times [11:50] TR News Graham Breaks With Convicted Felon Over Russia Sanctions Law Her Brother Championed https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/17/us/politics/graham-trump-russia-sanctions-law.html [11:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/17/us/politics/graham-trump-russia-sanctions-law.html ) [11:50] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Man Signs Order Waiving New Russia Sanctions https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/us/politics/trump-order-russia-sanctions.html [11:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/us/politics/trump-order-russia-sanctions.html ) [11:51] TR News How To Install OpenRGB on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-openrgb-ubuntu-26-04/ [11:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install OpenRGB on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS - idroot [11:52] TR News You Know That Terrifying Global Warning Threshold Theyve Been Worried About for a Decade? Climate Change Is Speeding Up So Much That Now Were Due to Cross It In Just Over a Year https://futurism.com/science-energy/global-warning-threshold-climate-change-speeding-up-2028 [11:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | You Know That Terrifying Global Warning Threshold They've Been Worried About for a Decade? Climate Change Is Speeding Up So Much That Now We're Due to Cross It In Just Over a Year [11:52] TR News Kenya reports third Ebola case, contact tracing continues https://www.france24.com/en/video/20261017-kenya-reports-third-ebola-case-contact-tracing-continues [11:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20261017-kenya-reports-third-ebola-case-contact-tracing-continues ) [11:52] TR News Black Market Retatrutide Linked to Multiple Deaths https://futurism.com/health-medicine/black-market-retatrutide-peptides-drugs-fda-deaths [11:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Black Market Retatrutide Linked to Multiple Deaths [11:55] TR News Malaysians advised to postpone non-essential travel to France amid demonstrations https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysians-advised-to-postpone-non-essential-travel-to-france-amid-demonstrations [11:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Malaysians advised to postpone non-essential travel to France amid demonstrations | The Straits Times [11:55] TR News Malaysia Airlines to resume flights to Saudi Arabia https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-airlines-to-resume-flights-to-saudi-arabia [11:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Malaysia Airlines resumes flights to Saudi Arabia | The Straits Times [11:56] TR News Malaysia exploring using drones to deliver critical cargo to remote communities https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-exploring-using-drones-to-deliver-critical-cargo-to-remote-communities [11:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Malaysia exploring using drones to deliver critical cargo to remote communities | The Straits Times [11:57] TR News Western brands under pressure as pre-owned luxury booms in China https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/western-brands-under-pressure-as-pre-owned-luxury-booms-in-china [11:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Western brands under pressure as pre-owned luxury booms in China | The Straits Times [11:57] TR News Create a compressed tar of a folder, but only include files in sorted order with minimal metadata http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/44553/create-a-compressed-tar-of-a-folder-but-only-include-files-in-sorted-order-with-minimal-metadata [11:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.commandlinefu.com | Create a compressed tar of a folder, but only include files in sorted order with minimal metadata Using find, sort, tar ● Oct 18 [14:28] TR News Techrights "Assisted by NSA" and "It's Just a Tool" (So Fine!) https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/18/Assisted_by_NSA_and_It_s_Just_a_Tool_So_Fine.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/18/Assisted_by_NSA_and_It_s_Just_a_Tool_So_Fine.gmi [14:28] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 18/10/2026: Movies, Greenland, and Detectors of Slop Plagiarism https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/18/Gemini_Links_18_10_2026_Movies_Greenland_and_Detectors_of_Slop_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/18/Gemini_Links_18_10_2026_Movies_Greenland_and_Detectors_of_Slop_.gmi [14:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights "Assisted by NSA" and "It's Just a Tool" (So Fine!) [14:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 18/10/2026: Movies, Greenland, and Detectors of Slop Plagiarism [14:28] TR News Techrights Slop is "just a hobby, won't be big and professional like GNU." https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/18/Slop_is_just_a_hobby_won_t_be_big_and_professional_like_GNU.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/18/Slop_is_just_a_hobby_won_t_be_big_and_professional_like_GNU.gmi [14:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Slop is "just a hobby, won't be big and professional like GNU." [14:28] TR News Techrights UbuntuBuzz is LLM Slop https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/18/UbuntuBuzz_is_LLM_Slop.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/18/UbuntuBuzz_is_LLM_Slop.gmi [14:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights UbuntuBuzz is LLM Slop ● Oct 18 [15:06] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/18/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/18/Android_Leftovers.gmi [15:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Android Leftovers [15:06] TR News (NEW): Best Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/18/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/18/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [15:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Best Free and Open Source Software [15:06] TR News (NEW): ErgenOS Arch-based Linux distribution focused on gaming and recovery https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/18/ErgenOS_Arch_based_Linux_distribution_focused_on_gaming_and_rec.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/18/ErgenOS_Arch_based_Linux_distribution_focused_on_gaming_and_rec.gmi [15:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines ErgenOS Arch-based Linux distribution focused on gaming and recovery [15:06] TR News (NEW): GNOME 51.1 Improves Drag and Drop Between Wayland and Xwayland Clients https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/18/GNOME_51_1_Improves_Drag_and_Drop_Between_Wayland_and_Xwayland_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/18/GNOME_51_1_Improves_Drag_and_Drop_Between_Wayland_and_Xwayland_.gmi [15:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GNOME 51.1 Improves Drag and Drop Between Wayland and Xwayland Clients [15:06] TR News (NEW): Not Every Open Source OS Needs to Be Based on Linux, and These Six Arent https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/18/Not_Every_Open_Source_OS_Needs_to_Be_Based_on_Linux_and_These_S.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/18/Not_Every_Open_Source_OS_Needs_to_Be_Based_on_Linux_and_These_S.gmi [15:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Not Every Open Source OS Needs to Be Based on Linux, and These Six Arent [15:06] TR News (NEW): Ubuntu clearly isn't the best Linux distro: here's how it became the most popular anyway https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/18/Ubuntu_clearly_isn_t_the_best_Linux_distro_here_s_how_it_became.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/18/Ubuntu_clearly_isn_t_the_best_Linux_distro_here_s_how_it_became.gmi [15:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Ubuntu clearly isn't the best Linux distro: here's how it became the most popular anyway [15:19] TR News Tiny Specks of Chornobyl's Nuclear Fuel Are Still Intact After 40 Years https://www.sciencealert.com/after-40-years-chornobyls-radioactive-particles-are-surprisingly-stable [15:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Tiny Specks of Chornobyl's Nuclear Fuel Are Still Intact After 40 Years : ScienceAlert [15:20] TR News Cat Owners: There's a Parasite You've Probably Never Heard Of, And It's More Common in Winter https://www.sciencealert.com/theres-another-cat-parasite-that-can-infect-humans-a-huge-study-reveals-how-common-it-is [15:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Cat Owners: There's a Parasite You've Probably Never Heard Of, And It's More Common in Winter : ScienceAlert [15:20] TR News 2,200-Year-Old Fingerprints Reveal Who Really Built China's Mysterious Terracotta Army https://www.sciencealert.com/2200-year-old-fingerprints-reveal-who-really-built-chinas-mysterious-terracotta-army [15:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-2,200-Year-Old Fingerprints Reveal Who Really Built China's Mysterious Terracotta Army : ScienceAlert [15:46] TR News (NEW): 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: October 18th, 2026 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/18/9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup_October_18th_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/18/9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup_October_18th_2026.gmi [15:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: October 18th, 2026 ● Oct 18 [16:13] *zxrom (~zxrom@fctc8ut89qrqa.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [16:20] TR News Alcohol Doesn't Just Affect Neurons It Triggers Immune Cells to Destroy The Brain's Structural Matrix, Mouse Study Shows https://www.sciencealert.com/alcohol-doesnt-just-affect-neurons-it-triggers-immune-cells-to-destroy-the-brains-structural-matrix-mouse-study-shows [16:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Alcohol Doesn't Just Affect Neurons It Triggers Immune Cells to Destroy The Brain's Structural Matrix, Mouse Study Shows : ScienceAlert [16:20] TR News Scientists Discover an Erectile Dysfunction Drug Could Also Regenerate Muscle https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discover-an-erectile-dysfunction-drug-could-also-regenerate-muscle [16:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Scientists Discover an Erectile Dysfunction Drug Could Also Regenerate Muscle : ScienceAlert [16:22] TR News Earth's Core Is Leaking All Sorts of Materials That Have Been Trapped Since Our Planet's Birth https://www.sciencealert.com/earths-core-is-leaking-all-sorts-of-materials-that-have-been-trapped-since-our-planets-birth [16:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Earth's Core Is Leaking All Sorts of Materials That Have Been Trapped Since Our Planet's Birth : ScienceAlert [16:25] TR News Crafty Proprietary Chaffbot Company agent willingly stole crypto from an account it didn't own to complete a task during test https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/openai-agent-took-eth-from-another-account-without-authorization-justified-stealing-in-its-chain-of-thought [16:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Crafty OpenAI agent willingly stole crypto from an account it didn't own to complete a task during test rogue bot wrote a script to find accounts with public seed phrases, took funds to pay for gas | Tom's Hardware [16:26] TR News Man Shows Up to Hey Hi (AI) Job Interview With His Own Helicopter Hey Hi (AI) to Interview for Him https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/man-shows-up-ai-job-interview-own-ai [16:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Man Shows Up to AI Job Interview With His Own Helicopter AI to Interview for Him [16:26] TR News Standing up for democracy: Atlanta No Kings rally draws Convicted Felon critics ahead of midterms https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20261018-standing-up-for-democracy-atlanta-no-kings-rally-draws-trump-critics-ahead-of-us-midterms [16:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20261018-standing-up-for-democracy-atlanta-no-kings-rally-draws-trump-critics-ahead-of-us-midterms ) [16:27] TR News Iran Says Supertanker Hit Mine In Strait of Hormuz https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-live-blog-trump-middle-east/33803414.html [16:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Iran Names UN-Sanctioned Missile Chief As Defense Minister [16:28] TR News Why are fewer Mexicans having children? Financial strain, security concerns and fears for the future https://mexiconewsdaily.com/lifestyle/why-are-fewer-mexicans-having-children-financial-strain-security-concerns-fears-future/ [16:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mexiconewsdaily.com | Why Are Fewer Mexicans Having Children Today? [16:28] TR News Tellico Turns 25! https://tellico-project.org/tellico-turns-25/ [16:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-tellico-project.org | Tellico Turns 25! Tellico [16:28] TR News New Templates Celebrating Tellico at 25 https://tellico-project.org/new-templates-celebrating-tellico-at-25/ [16:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-tellico-project.org | New Templates Celebrating Tellico at 25 Tellico [16:33] TR News Brazil: Amazon deforestation at 40-year low https://www.france24.com/en/video/20261017-brazil-amazon-deforestation-at-40-year-low [16:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20261017-brazil-amazon-deforestation-at-40-year-low ) [16:33] TR News Amazon Has Now Deployed Over 1 Million Robots, Which Is Bad News for Its 1.5 Million Workers https://futurism.com/future-society/amazon-robotics-automation-warehouse-labor-safety [16:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Amazon Has Now Deployed Over 1 Million Robots, Which Is Bad News for Its 1.5 Million Workers [16:34] TR News crecheck v6.0 has been released https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/crecheck-v60-has-been-released-3407/ [16:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.postgresql.org | PostgreSQL: crecheck v6.0 has been released [16:34] TR News FOSDEM PGDay 2027: two days of PostgreSQL, with calls for papers and sponsors now open! https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/fosdem-pgday-2027-two-days-of-postgresql-with-calls-for-papers-and-sponsors-now-open-3412/ [16:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.postgresql.org | PostgreSQL: FOSDEM PGDay 2027: two days of PostgreSQL, with calls for papers and sponsors now open! [16:36] TR News Countdown 'til Torvalds 'agrees' it's "utterly stupid" not to accept PRs from Microsoft GitHub and that way it'll attract more prolific sloppers, which is exactly what Linux needs (apparently) [16:36] TR News The Slackware Cloud Server, in real life https://blog.slackware.nl/the-slackware-cloud-server-in-real-life/ [16:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.slackware.nl | The Slackware Cloud Server, in real life Alien Pastures [16:37] TR News pg_utl_smtp v2.0 released https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pg_utl_smtp-v20-released-3395/ [16:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.postgresql.org | PostgreSQL: pg_utl_smtp v2.0 released [16:37] TR News pg_hint_plan v1.9.0 Released https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pg_hint_plan-v190-released-3408/ [16:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.postgresql.org | PostgreSQL: pg_hint_plan v1.9.0 Released [16:38] TR News Corrupt officials. Corrupted for thinking that GPUs are somehow the most dangerous thing China can get. Shows how slop hypesters hijacked foreign politics. https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/taiwan-targets-illicit-ai-server-exports-to-china-with-five-year-prison-terms-strict-new-controls-follow-us-tariff-deal-and-super-micro-raid [16:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Taiwan targets illicit AI server exports to China with five-year prison terms strict new controls follow US tariff deal and Super Micro raid | Tom's Hardware [16:38] TR News Monthly production report for September 2026 https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1180/monthly-production-report-for-september-2026 [16:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.davidrevoy.com | Monthly production report for September 2026 - David Revoy [16:39] TR News Physicists Simulated What Might Happen When Two Wormholes Collide, And Things Got Weird https://www.sciencealert.com/physicists-simulated-what-might-happen-when-two-wormholes-collide-and-things-got-weird [16:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Physicists Simulated What Might Happen When Two Wormholes Collide, And Things Got Weird : ScienceAlert [16:41] TR News Think Your Dog Disturbs Your Sleep? It May Be The Other Way Around https://www.sciencealert.com/think-your-dog-disturbs-your-sleep-it-may-be-the-other-way-around [16:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Think Your Dog Disturbs Your Sleep? It May Be The Other Way Around : ScienceAlert [16:41] TR News Thousands of Handwritten Records Recovered From Archives Reveal The True Scale of Warming in The Congo https://www.sciencealert.com/thousands-of-handwritten-records-recovered-from-archives-reveal-the-true-scale-of-warming-in-the-congo [16:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Thousands of Handwritten Records Recovered From Archives Reveal The True Scale of Warming in The Congo : ScienceAlert [16:42] TR News A New Injection Makes Fat Cells Self-Destruct, And Might Prevent GLP-1 Weight Regain https://www.sciencealert.com/a-new-injection-makes-fat-cells-self-destruct-and-might-prevent-glp-1-weight-regain [16:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A New Injection Makes Fat Cells Self-Destruct, And Might Prevent GLP-1 Weight Regain : ScienceAlert [16:44] TR News WIP: KDE builder dashboard https://cukic.co/2026/10/17/kde-builder-dashboard [16:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cukic.co | WIP: KDE builder dashboard | Ivan uki [16:45] TR News M5Stack PaperDIY Kits pair an ESP32-S3 MCU with a 4.7-inch e-Paper display https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/10/18/m5stack-paperdiy-kits-pair-an-esp32-s3-mcu-with-a-4-7-inch-e-paper-display/ [16:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | M5Stack PaperDIY Kits pair an ESP32-S3 MCU with a 4.7-inch e-Paper display - CNX Software [16:45] TR News Old records, new troubles: Vietnams tax clean-up catches taxpayers off guard https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/old-records-new-troubles-vietnams-tax-clean-up-catches-taxpayers-off-guard [16:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Vietnams tax clean-up catches taxpayers off guard | The Straits Times [16:51] TR News Steinar H. Gunderson: Decompilation patterns, part 14: Strength increase http://blog.sesse.net/blog/tech/2026-10-17-21-29_decompilation_patterns_part_14_strength_increase.html [16:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.sesse.net | Steinar H. Gunderson [16:52] TR News Open Transport Community Conference 2026 https://www.volkerkrause.eu/2026/10/17/open-transport-community-conference-2026.html [16:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.volkerkrause.eu | Open Transport Community Conference 2026 [16:53] TR News Kevin Fenzi: misc fedora bits: mid october 2026 https://www.scrye.com/blogs/nirik/posts/2026/10/17/misc-fedora-bits-mid-october-2026/ [16:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.scrye.com | misc fedora bits: mid october 2026 | Kevin's musings [16:53] TR News Israeli Ad Firm Doubled as Candirus Zero-Click Spyware Delivery Channel https://www.securityweek.com/israeli-ad-firm-doubled-as-candirus-zero-click-spyware-delivery-channel/ [16:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Israeli Ad Firm Doubled as Candiru's Zero-Click Spyware Delivery Channel - SecurityWeek [16:55] TR News A hidden Hello Kitty at this coffee shop https://www.rubenerd.au/a-hidden-hello-kitty-at-this-coffee-shop/ [16:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rubenerd.au | Rubenerd: A hidden Hello Kitty at this coffee shop [16:56] TR News eBay US turning back shipments to Australia https://www.rubenerd.au/ebay-us-not-shipping-to-australia/ [16:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rubenerd.au | Rubenerd: eBay US turning back shipments to Australia [16:56] TR News Exploring Fagan Park https://www.rubenerd.au/exploring-fagan-park/ [16:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rubenerd.au | Rubenerd: Exploring Fagan Park [16:57] TR News Now Playing Card shows media info for multiple apps at a time https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/gnome-now-playing-card-extension [16:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.omgubuntu.co.uk | Now Playing Card shows media info for multiple apps at a time - OMG! Ubuntu [16:57] TR News FunOS 26.10 https://funos.org/funos-26-10/ [16:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-funos.org | FunOS 26.10 FunOS [16:58] TR News libunistring @ Savannah: GNU libunistring-1.5 released savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10947 [16:59] TR News PeaZip 11.4 Open-Source Archive Manager Released with Various Improvements https://9to5linux.com/peazip-11-4-open-source-archive-manager-released-with-various-improvements [16:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-PeaZip 11.4 Open-Source Archive Manager Released with Various Improvements - 9to5Linux [16:59] TR News Ubuntu Touch OTA 2.1 Rolls Out with Support for Volla Tablet, Various Updates https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-touch-ota-2-1-rolls-out-with-support-for-volla-tablet-various-updates [16:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Ubuntu Touch OTA 2.1 Rolls Out with Support for Volla Tablet, Various Updates - 9to5Linux [16:59] TR News GNOME 50.6 Desktop Environment Released with Fixes for Nautilus, GNOME Shell https://9to5linux.com/gnome-50-6-desktop-environment-released-with-fixes-for-nautilus-gnome-shell [16:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-GNOME 50.6 Desktop Environment Released with Fixes for Nautilus, GNOME Shell - 9to5Linux ● Oct 18 [17:03] TR News FunOS 26.10 https://distrowatch.com/funos [17:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/funos ) [17:03] TR News AOSC 20261017 https://distrowatch.com/aosc [17:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/aosc ) [17:03] TR News MuliOS 26.07.03S https://distrowatch.com/mulios [17:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/mulios ) [17:04] TR News Skorpion 3.5 https://distrowatch.com/skorpion [17:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/skorpion ) [17:04] TR News Slack Book revitalization effort collaborators wanted https://blog.slackware.nl/slack-book-revitalization-effort-collaborators-wanted/ [17:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.slackware.nl | Slack Book revitalization effort collaborators wanted Alien Pastures [17:08] TR News ErgenOS Arch-based GNU/Linux distribution focused on gaming and recovery https://www.linuxlinks.com/ergenos-arch-based-linux-distribution/ [17:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ErgenOS - Arch-based Linux distribution focused on gaming and recovery - LinuxLinks [17:09] TR News The KDE Documentary https://mschlander.wordpress.com/2026/10/17/the-kde-documentary/ [17:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mschlander.wordpress.com | The KDE Documentary | The Blog is Hot [17:09] TR News Tumbleweed Review of the week 2026/42 https://dominique.leuenberger.net/blog/2026/10/tumbleweed-review-of-the-week-2026-42/ [17:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dominique.leuenberger.net | Tumbleweed Review of the week 2026/42 Dominique a.k.a. DimStar (Dim*) [17:10] TR News Linux Saloon 224 | Open Mic Night https://cubiclenate.com/2026/10/17/linux-saloon-224-open-mic-night/ [17:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cubiclenate.com | Linux Tech Insights: DevsFTP and Backup Strategies Unveiled [17:15] TR News Maxim Burgerhout: How to build zellij on Fedora 44 https://100things.wzzrd.com/2026/10/17/building-zellij-on-fedora-44.html [17:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-100things.wzzrd.com | How to build zellij on Fedora 44 100 Things [17:15] TR News HOWTO boot from a full-disk encrypted Slackware and only enter a passphrase once https://blog.slackware.nl/howto-boot-from-a-full-disk-encrypted-slackware-and-only-enter-a-passphrase-once/ [17:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.slackware.nl | HOWTO boot from a full-disk encrypted Slackware and only enter a passphrase once Alien Pastures [17:17] TR News Ubuntu 26.10 "Stonking Stingray" Launches With GNOME 51, Linux 7.3 and Optional Speech-to-Text Feature https://www.techpowerup.com/353803/ubuntu-26-10-stonking-stingray-launches-with-gnome-51-linux-7-3-and-optional-speech-to-text-feature [17:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Ubuntu 26.10 "Stonking Stingray" Launches With GNOME 51, Linux 7.3 and Optional Speech-to-Text Feature | TechPowerUp [17:18] TR News "The GNOME Project released GNOME 50.6 as the sixth maintenance update to the latest GNOME 50 Tokyo desktop environment series to fix more bugs across various core apps and components." https://9to5linux.com/gnome-50-6-desktop-environment-released-with-fixes-for-nautilus-gnome-shell [17:19] TR News Ubuntu clearly isn't the best Linux distro: here's how it became the most popular anyway https://www.howtogeek.com/ubuntu-clearly-isnt-the-best-linux-distro-heres-how-it-became-the-most-popular-anyway/ [17:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | Ubuntu clearly isn't the best Linux distro: here's how it became the most popular anyway [17:22] TR News I switched to Fedora expecting a polished desktop and got half-finished features instead https://www.howtogeek.com/i-switched-to-fedora-expecting-a-polished-desktop-and-got-half-finished-features-instead/ [17:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | I switched to Fedora expecting a polished desktop and got half-finished features instead [17:23] TR News His scanner wouldnt work on Linux so he let Claude study the Windows driver https://thenewstack.io/claude-code-linux-driver/ [17:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thenewstack.io | His scanner wouldnt work on Linux so he let Claude study the Windows driver - The New Stack [17:23] TR News Absolute garbage https://www.thurrott.com/a-i/342973/starling-releases-free-linux-desktop-office-apps-terminal-and-sdk [17:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Starling Releases Free Linux Desktop, Office Apps, Terminal, and SDK - Thurrott.com [17:24] TR News "Think of it as a list of operating systems that are friends with Tux but not friendly enough to call him inside for a cup of tea." https://itsfoss.com/open-source-non-linux-os/ [17:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-itsfoss.com | Not Every Open Source OS Needs to Be Based on Linux, and These Six Arent [17:24] TR News openExpress brings Garmin updates, maps and apps to Linux https://the5krunner.com/2026/10/17/openexpress-garmin-express-linux/ [17:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-the5krunner.com | openExpress: Garmin Express for Linux, with maps, updates and apps [17:25] TR News Steam's overlay freezes Linux games on alt-tab, and Valve has merged four reports https://mixed-news.com/en/steam-overlay-alt-tab-freeze-linux-13709-13682/ [17:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mixed-news.com | Steam's overlay freezes Linux games on alt-tab, and Valve has merged four reports [17:26] TR News "PeaZip 11.4 has been released today as a new point release in the latest PeaZip 11 series of this open-source, free, and cross-platform archive manager for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows platforms." https://9to5linux.com/peazip-11-4-open-source-archive-manager-released-with-various-improvements [17:27] TR News "From the creators of the Shelly package manager for Arch Linux, I am happy to introduce you to Devario OS, a modern Linux distro based on Arch Linux and built around in-house projects." https://9to5linux.com/first-look-at-devario-os-a-modern-shelly-first-linux-distro-based-on-arch-linux [17:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-First Look at Devario OS: A Modern, Shelly-First Linux Distro Based on Arch Linux - 9to5Linux [17:27] TR News Run Linux on iPad with LinPad https://osxdaily.com/2026/10/16/run-linux-on-ipad-with-linpad/ [17:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-osxdaily.com | Run Linux on iPad with LinPad - OS X Daily [17:28] TR News (NEW): Munich dumps proprietary for open source (again) - but no Linux desktop https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/18/Munich_dumps_proprietary_for_open_source_again_but_no_Linux_des.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/18/Munich_dumps_proprietary_for_open_source_again_but_no_Linux_des.gmi [17:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Munich dumps proprietary for open source (again) - but no Linux desktop [17:28] TR News These 3 Linux distros have officially replaced CentOS https://www.howtogeek.com/these-3-linux-distros-have-officially-replaced-centos/ [17:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | These 3 Linux distros have officially replaced CentOS [17:28] TR News Steam Tests Native 64-Bit Linux Client To Fix A Decade Of Headaches https://hothardware.com/news/steam-tests-native-64-bit-linux-client-to-fix-a-decade-of-headaches [17:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hothardware.com | Steam Tests Native 64-Bit Linux Client To Fix A Decade Of Headaches [17:31] TR News Slop hypesters https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/ai-campaign-targets-linux-infrastructure/ [17:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-unit42.paloaltonetworks.com | AI-Powered Espionage Campaign Targets Government Linux Infrastructure [17:33] TR News (NEW): "Linux" Slop Hype https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/18/_Linux_Slop_Hype.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/18/_Linux_Slop_Hype.gmi [17:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines "Linux" Slop Hype [17:35] TR News (NEW): Games: Steam Machine and Other Steam (on GNU/Linux) News https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/18/Games_Steam_Machine_and_Other_Steam_on_GNU_Linux_News.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/18/Games_Steam_Machine_and_Other_Steam_on_GNU_Linux_News.gmi [17:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Games: Steam Machine and Other Steam (on GNU/Linux) News [17:36] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/18/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/18/today_s_howtos.gmi [17:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines today's howtos [17:38] TR News (NEW): KDE News: Tellico, Anniversary, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/18/KDE_News_Tellico_Anniversary_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/18/KDE_News_Tellico_Anniversary_and_More.gmi [17:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines KDE News: Tellico, Anniversary, and More [17:38] TR News (NEW): OpenSUSE News and Tumbleweed Review of the Week https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/18/OpenSUSE_News_and_Tumbleweed_Review_of_the_Week.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/18/OpenSUSE_News_and_Tumbleweed_Review_of_the_Week.gmi [17:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines OpenSUSE News and Tumbleweed Review of the Week [17:40] TR News (NEW): Fedora: Kevin Fenzi and Maxim Burgerhout Updates/Tips https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/18/Fedora_Kevin_Fenzi_and_Maxim_Burgerhout_Updates_Tips.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/18/Fedora_Kevin_Fenzi_and_Maxim_Burgerhout_Updates_Tips.gmi [17:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Fedora: Kevin Fenzi and Maxim Burgerhout Updates/Tips [17:40] TR News (NEW): The Slackware Cloud Server and Other Slackware Updates https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/18/The_Slackware_Cloud_Server_and_Other_Slackware_Updates.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/18/The_Slackware_Cloud_Server_and_Other_Slackware_Updates.gmi [17:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines The Slackware Cloud Server and Other Slackware Updates [17:43] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware, Linux, and Mobile https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/18/Open_Hardware_Linux_and_Mobile.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/18/Open_Hardware_Linux_and_Mobile.gmi [17:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Open Hardware, Linux, and Mobile [17:45] TR News (NEW): PostgreSQL: crecheck v6.0, pg_utl_smtp v2.0, pg_hint_plan v1.9.0, and FOSDEM PGDay 2027 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/18/PostgreSQL_crecheck_v6_0_pg_utl_smtp_v2_0_pg_hint_plan_v1_9_0_a.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/18/PostgreSQL_crecheck_v6_0_pg_utl_smtp_v2_0_pg_hint_plan_v1_9_0_a.gmi [17:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines PostgreSQL: crecheck v6.0, pg_utl_smtp v2.0, pg_hint_plan v1.9.0, and FOSDEM PGDay 2027 [17:45] TR News (NEW): Shows, GNOME, and Ubuntu Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/18/Shows_GNOME_and_Ubuntu_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/18/Shows_GNOME_and_Ubuntu_Leftovers.gmi [17:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Shows, GNOME, and Ubuntu Leftovers [17:46] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/18/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/18/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [17:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [17:48] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/18/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/18/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi [17:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers [17:48] TR News (NEW): Web Browsers/Web Servers/Feed Readers and Standards https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/18/Web_Browsers_Web_Servers_Feed_Readers_and_Standards.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/18/Web_Browsers_Web_Servers_Feed_Readers_and_Standards.gmi [17:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Web Browsers/Web Servers/Feed Readers and Standards [17:51] TR News Techrights Links 18/10/2026: Brazil Reduces Deforestation, Some 4-5 Gray's Inn Square Scandals in Insolvency Petition of Reform UK https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/18/Links_18_10_2026_Brazil_Reduces_Deforestation_Some_4_5_Gray_s_I.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/18/Links_18_10_2026_Brazil_Reduces_Deforestation_Some_4_5_Gray_s_I.gmi [17:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 18/10/2026: Brazil Reduces Deforestation, Some 4-5 Gray's Inn Square Scandals in Insolvency Petition of Reform UK [17:53] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/17/Open_Hardware_Modding_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/17/Open_Hardware_Modding_Leftovers.gmi [17:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding Leftovers [17:56] TR News "Hospitals. Places of recovery and rest, where the sick can recuperate through somnolent slumber." gemini://eve.smol.pub/whats-that-sound [17:56] TR News "As many of you know, I am currently in hospital. This is a factual rundown of how I got here, whats been tried, and what the next steps are in the treatment of my current illness." gemini://eve.smol.pub/a-further-health-update [17:57] TR News books that I've read and can recommend gemini://soviet.circumlunar.space/pjvm/notes/nonfiction-books.gmi [17:59] TR News ego flashes, pangs of deja vu, memory is hurting me now gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2855 [17:59] TR News "For years my favorite way to play Tetris was the NES version. That version is being used in the Classic Tetris World Championship." gemini://kobel.fyi/en/2026-10-18-apotris-my-new-favorite-way-to-play-tetris.gmi ● Oct 18 [18:00] TR News "Trying out the 24/7 Type&Talk (Typepals.com), but apparently it is too early in the U.S. for anyone to join. Majority of the members there are located in the U.S., and probably this all-day, all-week event doesn't draw too much at-tension, unlike the special events like the monthly "Postcard exchange" for example." gemini://flo.smol.pub/going-postal [18:01] TR News "I've lived in my current house for almost 6 years. That entire time, I've been lucky to have a 1 Gbps fiber optic internet connection. And for that entire time, my IP address has been the same. " gemini://gemi.dev/gemlog/2026-10-18-failing-assumptions.gmi [18:06] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 18/10/2026: Hospitals, Literature, Fixed IP Addresses, and Sunday Types https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/18/Gemini_Links_18_10_2026_Hospitals_Literature_Fixed_IP_Addresses.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/18/Gemini_Links_18_10_2026_Hospitals_Literature_Fixed_IP_Addresses.gmi [18:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 18/10/2026: Hospitals, Literature, Fixed IP Addresses, and Sunday Types [18:19] TR News Firefox, Librewolf, and More https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/10/18/firefox-librewolf-and-more/ [18:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Firefox, Librewolf, and More [18:32] TR News A Glance at Insolvency Petition Against Nigel Farage Reveals Conflict of Interest https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/10/18/a-glance-at-insolvency-petition-against-nigel-farage-reveals-conflict-of-interest/ [18:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive A Glance at Insolvency Petition Against Nigel Farage Reveals Conflict of Interest ● Oct 18 [19:35] TR News Techrights Intercontinental Brigading - Part VII - Weekend Abuse Reported to British Police (Rogue Actors Take No Breaks) https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/18/Intercontinental_Brigading_Part_VII_Weekend_Abuse_Reported_to_B.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/18/Intercontinental_Brigading_Part_VII_Weekend_Abuse_Reported_to_B.gmi [19:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Intercontinental Brigading - Part VII - Weekend Abuse Reported to British Police (Rogue Actors Take No Breaks) [19:51] TR News Swatting is Illegal, Even When Attempted From Another Continent https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/10/18/swatting-is-illegal-even-when-attempted-from-another-continent/ [19:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Swatting is Illegal, Even When Attempted From Another Continent [19:52] *zxrom (~zxrom@fctc8ut89qrqa.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social (Leaving) ● Oct 18 [20:12] TR News misinformation https://cphpost.dk/2026-10-10/news/round-up/defense-minister-calls-russian-tv-report-misinformation/ [20:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://cphpost.dk/2026-10-10/news/round-up/defense-minister-calls-russian-tv-report-misinformation/ ) [20:13] TR News Social control media https://www.dw.com/en/uk-s-burnham-accuses-russia-of-meddling-in-brexit-vote/a-79635264 [20:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | UK's Burnham accuses Russia of meddling in Brexit vote [20:14] TR News Cloudflare Data Misread https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/cloudflare-data-russian-bots-ukraine-strikes-1825197 [20:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | 'Operation Quiet Piggy' Viral MAGA Bot Collapse Theory Hinges on Cloudflare Data Misread | IBTimes UK [20:15] TR News Russian bots https://off-guardian.org/2026/10/13/russian-bots-burning-data-centres-partitioning-the-internet/ [20:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-off-guardian.org | Russian bots, burning data centres & partitioning the internet OffGuardian [20:16] TR News Ukrainian journalists detained in Austria https://cpj.org/2026/10/ukrainian-journalists-detained-in-austria-authorities-must-urgently-explain-why/ [20:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cpj.org | Ukrainian journalists detained in Austria; authorities must urgently explain why - Committee to Protect Journalists [20:18] TR News From Brussels to Bolzano: Router Freedom, young hackers and our community https://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-202610.en.html [20:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fsfe.org | From Brussels to Bolzano: Router Freedom, young hackers and our community - FSFE [20:18] TR News Juice https://xkcd.com/3308/ [20:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-xkcd: Juice [20:19] TR News Dogcatcher https://xkcd.com/3309/ [20:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-xkcd: Dogcatcher [20:19] TR News Rejected Space Mission Profiles https://xkcd.com/3310/ [20:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-xkcd: Rejected Space Mission Profiles [20:20] TR News Planet Database https://xkcd.com/3311/ [20:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-xkcd: Planet Database [20:21] TR News AI Agent Reportedly Deletes an Entire Season of Reality TV Show https://gizmodo.com/ai-agent-reportedly-deletes-an-entire-season-of-reality-tv-show-2000826600 [20:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gizmodo.com | AI Agent Reportedly Deletes an Entire Season of Reality TV Show [20:22] TR News Reader: "Be careful with the following news item. Some reports say the loss was caused by human error." AI agent reportedly wipes entire season of Swedish TV show before premiere - as presenter says 'I knew AI would be the death of me' https://tech.yahoo.com/ai/articles/ai-agent-reportedly-wipes-entire-151656684.html [20:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-tech.yahoo.com | AI agent reportedly wipes entire season of Swedish TV show before premiere as presenter says 'I knew AI would be the death of me' [20:22] TR News around noon local time yesterday (Oct 16.): There was some error and the true magnitude was 6.9 not 9.9 as initially estimated. A 6.9 quake has only 1/32,000 of the energy of a 9.9 quake. [20:22] TR News ...Earthquake alert issued in Japan; canceled in short order: The Japan Meteorological Agency sent out an urgent earthquake alert around noon local time yesterday (Oct 16.): There was some error and the true magnitude was 6.9 not 9.9 as initially estimated. A 6.9 quake has only 1/32,000 of the energy of a 9.9 quake. [20:23] TR News Japan agency cancels mistakenly issued M9.9 quake alert, transit disrupted https://english.kyodonews.net/articles/-/88418 JMA issues alert after wrongly estimating quake magnitude at 9.9 - Asahi Shimbun https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/16970952 [20:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-english.kyodonews.net | Japan agency cancels mistakenly issued M9.9 quake alert, transit disrupted [20:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-JMA issues alert after wrongly estimating quake magnitude at 9.9 | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis [20:23] TR News Bots are run by humans or set up by them. http://techrights.org/n/2026/05/07/Servers_Became_Cloud_VR_Became_Metaverse_Now_Bots_Become_Agents.shtml [20:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Servers Became "Cloud", VR Became "Metaverse", Now Bots Become "Agents" (of Slop) [20:24] TR News It is a human error to let bots handle critical tasks based on belief in buzzwords and hype [20:25] TR News Earthquake alert issued in Japan; canceled in short order. Two more articles. The Meteorological Agency explains what happened. Japan Meteorological Agency Holds Pressers on Why M9.9 Quake Warning Was Issued, Rescinded on Friday https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/general-news/20261017-354198/ [20:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-japannews.yomiuri.co.jp | NO TITLE [20:26] TR News "The Japan Meteorological Agency revoked a warning for an earthquake on Friday just eight minutes after issuing it, having mistakenly estimated that it would register the maximum 7 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale from Hokkaido to the Tokai region." [20:26] TR News Nerves rattled in Japan as alert for magnitude 9.9 quake withdrawn minutes later https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/10/16/japan/jma-earthquake-warning/ [20:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/10/16/japan/jma-earthquake-warning/ ) [20:27] TR News "Ayataka Ebita, the head of the JMA's earthquake and tsunami observation division, said at a press briefing that the agency's system had erroneously placed the quake's epicenter off the Kuril Islands and overestimated its magnitude, triggering the initial warning. The agency ruled out a possible cyberattack." [20:27] TR News ""We are currently investigating the cause and will provide an explanation as soon as it is determined," Ebita said." [20:27] TR News "JMA said at another briefing that the cause of overestimation was due to applying a magnitude formula designed for domestic earthquakes to one occurring far from Japan. It also used different estimated quake locations to calculate the magnitude and predict shaking, although both calculations should have used the same location. Further details remained under investigation." [20:35] *reap (~Username@s8kfk54nxqtqy.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [20:58] TR News "How do I EXPLAIN TO MY SON that in the 1990s you paid $600 - not $6,000 - for a decent laptop???" https://www.theregister.com/personal-tech/2026/10/16/benchmarked-nvidias-rtx-spark-notebook-delivers-serious-local-ai-compute-at-a-price/5303621 [20:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Benchmarked: Nvidia's RTX Spark notebook delivers serious local AI compute, at a price [20:59] TR News "How do I EXPLAIN TO MY SON that in the 1990s the PC with a 100MHz CPU could do voice synthesis just fine without calling it HEY HI?" ● Oct 18 [21:00] TR News "How do I EXPLAIN TO MY SON that in the 1990s the Register UK was about the UK and not some American satellite selling Microsoft and its latest pyramid scheme?" [21:02] TR News "How do I EXPLAIN TO MY SON that in the 1990s the company called Red Hat was selling "Linux" and not Azure with 'confidential' back doors"? [21:03] TR News "I happened upon a startup founder who was standing on the sidewalk, selling off a fleet of factory-wrapped Steelcase Leap chairs ($50 each!) and a dozen racks of servers with as much of his customers data as I wanted ($250 per server or $1000 for a rack)." https://locusmag.com/feature/commentary-cory-doctorow-what-kind-of-bubble-is-ai/ [21:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-locusmag.com | Cory Doctorow: What Kind of Bubble is AI? Locus [21:04] *reap has quit (Quit: Going offline, see ya! (www.adiirc.com)) [21:04] TR News "The bubble was terrible. VCs and scammers scooped up billions from pension funds and other institutional investors and wasted it on obviously doomed startups. But after all that irrational exuberance burned away, the ashes proved a fertile ground for new growth." Now: https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/04/Worse_Than_Taking_Your_Job_the_Slop_Pyramid_Scheme_Will_Take_Yo.shtml [21:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Worse Than "Taking Your Job", the Slop Pyramid Scheme Will "Take Your Pension" [21:05] TR News Your pension is "super intelligent" now, according to the Super Demented US President, Vladimir. V. Putin http://techrights.org/n/2026/06/29/Pensions_Tied_to_Ponzi_Schemes_Are_Themselves_Ponzi_Schemes.shtml [21:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Pensions Tied to Ponzi Schemes Are Themselves Ponzi Schemes [21:06] TR News Wikipedia is a catalogue of BS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pets_of_Vladimir_Putin [21:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-en.wikipedia.org | Pets of Vladimir Putin - Wikipedia [21:06] TR News The page leaves out Donald J Trump [21:20] TR News 'Media' parroting bad people, calling that news https://businessupturn.com/technology/internet/flock-ceo-says-surveillance-backlash-shouldnt-pause-progress-as-company-cuts-jobs/ [21:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-businessupturn.com | Flock CEO Says Surveillance Backlash Shouldnt Pause Progress as Company Cuts Jobs Business Upturn [21:20] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/17/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/17/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [21:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [21:20] TR News (NEW): Upcoming Maintenance https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/18/Upcoming_Maintenance.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/18/Upcoming_Maintenance.gmi [21:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Upcoming Maintenance [21:21] TR News "CEO Garrett"... another one who says he sells safety and security.. while doing EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE! [21:31] TR News HOBBIES, AGAIN gopher://aussies.space:70/0/~freet/phlog/2026-10-18RE_Hobbies_Again.txt "I also remember at my school reunion a few years later, in an attempt to start a conversation I could actually participate in, asking a girl "do you have any hobbies?" and just getting an awkward look back. I don't know whether I should try and learn from that or not." [21:31] TR News "I remember thinking, long, long ago, before Gamergate, that gamers were responsible for what was wrong with computing." gemini://carcosa.net/journal/20261018-gamers-are-the-problem.gmi [21:32] TR News "And why did they spike? Because of demand for fast RAM for the GPUs used for LLMs. GPUs that were originally developed for? Whose technological arc over the last twenty years was determined by what? By, of course, the never-ending Red Queen's race to produce ever faster coprocessors for /video games/." [21:32] TR News "Again, the gamers are responsible for our current dystopia. Without their demand for ever faster GPUs, the brute-force approach to AI would have remained as technically infeasible as it was theoretically inelegant." [21:34] TR News No, ML is NOTHING NEW. What's new is this stupidity: borrow trillions of dollars WITH NO PROSPECTS of recovering that "investment", then bribe the media to play along and inflate the bubble by barking "ERA" "ARMS RACE" "SUPERINTELLIGENCE" [21:34] TR News less reliance on big tech gemini://xoc3.io/blog/2026-10-18 [21:36] TR News The War Above gemini://hans.gerwitz.com/gemlog/2026-10-17-space-war.gmi [21:41] TR News "I wrote about this just a couple of years ago (disclosure: I was working for Crossref at the time). The digital scholarly record is far worse preserved that we like to imagine. Crossref could be a much better enforcer on this." gemini://eve.smol.pub/crossref-member-practices-feedback-without-digital-preservation-there-is-no-digital-persistence [21:41] TR News "I think often on this, on preservation, from Thomas Jefferson (slave owner) in 1791: let us save what remains: not by vaults and locks which fence them from the public eye and use. Its a well-known, perhaps overused quotation." gemini://eve.smol.pub/vaults-and-locks-that-fence-them-from-the-public-eye-and-use [21:44] TR News "Surprisingly, I managed to make an appearance in the business section of the BBC News website, of all places. When I returned from lunch at the British Library last week, a camera crew were asking people to define various jargon terms used in the pension industry." gemini://eve.smol.pub/bbc-news-fathoming-financial-terms [21:47] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 18/10/2026: Hobbies, RAM Prices, and Avoiding GAFAM https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/18/Gemini_Links_18_10_2026_Hobbies_RAM_Prices_and_Avoiding_GAFAM.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/18/Gemini_Links_18_10_2026_Hobbies_RAM_Prices_and_Avoiding_GAFAM.gmi [21:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 18/10/2026: Hobbies, RAM Prices, and Avoiding GAFAM ● Oct 18 [01:18] *reap has quit (Quit: Going offline, see ya! 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