●● IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, July 26, 2026 ●● ● Jul 26 [02:40] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-250726.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-250726.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-250726.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-250726.txt [02:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, July 25, 2026 [02:41] TR News Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. 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HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-250726.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-250726.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-250726.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-250726.txt [02:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, July 25, 2026 [02:50] TR News Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2026-07-25.txt ● Jul 26 [04:15] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social [04:47] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social ● Jul 26 [05:08] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Saturday, July 25, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/26/IRC_Proceedings_Saturday_July_25_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/26/IRC_Proceedings_Saturday_July_25_2026.gmi [05:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IRC Proceedings: Saturday, July 25, 2026 [05:09] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [05:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Today in Techrights [05:10] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/26/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/26/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [05:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [05:10] TR News In the comments, someone tries to justify the CoI by linking to a Zonker article from LWN. Here is ANOTHER COI - Zonker worked for IBM/Red Hat for a long time, so his articles in LWN are a giant COI every month http://techrights.org/n/2026/07/25/IBM_Hammers_a_CoI_Into_a_CoCed_Fedora_RIP_Fedora.shtml [05:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IBM Hammers a CoI Into a CoCed Fedora, RIP Fedora? [05:11] TR News Announcing The Linux Command Line Seventh Internet Edition, Revision A http://lcorg.blogspot.com/2026/07/announcing-linux-command-line-seventh.html [05:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lcorg.blogspot.com | LinuxCommand.org: Tips, News, and Rants: Announcing The Linux Command Line Seventh Internet Edition, Revision A [05:11] TR News Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (29/2026): Jolla Shipping https://linmob.net/weekly-update-29-2026/ [05:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-LINMOB.net - Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (29/2026): Jolla Shipping [05:13] TR News Apple Books and Amazon Are Lousy With AI-Generated Books Ripping Off Legitimate Authors https://thenewthings.com/p/apple-big-ai-book-slop-problem [05:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thenewthings.com | Apples big AI book slop problem [05:14] TR News How to Research Private Schools Like an Investigative Reporter https://www.propublica.org/article/how-to-research-private-schools [05:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.propublica.org | How to Research Private Schools to Spot Problems ProPublica [05:14] TR News How to fix an unresponsive KDE Plasma taskbar https://darryldias.me/blog/how-to-fix-an-unresponsive-kde-plasma-taskbar [05:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-darryldias.me | How to fix an unresponsive KDE Plasma taskbar | Darryl Dias [05:15] TR News Rentier Economy https://jacobin.com/2026/07/amazon-google-microsoft-cloud-hegemony-capitalism [05:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jacobin.com | The Cloud Cartel Has Created a Global Rentier Economy [05:16] TR News This terminal file manager is so fast it made me abandon graphical ones completely https://www.makeuseof.com/terminal-file-manager-so-fast-abandon-graphical-completely [05:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.makeuseof.com | This terminal file manager is so fast it made me abandon graphical ones completely [05:17] TR News CJEU Anne Frank judgment http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-cjeu-anne-frank-judgment-and-its.html [05:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ipkitten.blogspot.com | The CJEU Anne Frank judgment and its broader implications (including for the internet and, obviously, AI too) - The IPKat [05:36] TR News Ponzi economics https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/Verizon_is_Over_200_Billion_Dollars_in_Debt_US_Telecoms_Collaps.shtml https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-companies-hide-debt-off-balance-sheet [05:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Verizon is Over 200 Billion Dollars in Debt (US Telecoms Collapsing, Wrapping Up the Failure in "Hey Hi" Clothing) [05:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | AI Companies Are Trying to Hide a Staggering Amount of Debt [05:37] TR News "Five major tech giantsAlphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Oracleare hiding $1.65 trillion in off-balance-sheet AI debt. According to a recent Nikkei study, this unlisted financial pile now eclipses the $1.35 trillion they officially report." https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/07/21/2225209 [05:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-soylentnews.org | Five Tech Giants are Hiding $1.65tn in AI Debt, Using the Trick that Toppled Enron - SoylentNews [05:37] TR News "While this accounting treatment is entirely legal, market analysts at Morgan Stanley have flagged massive data center lease expansions as a major credit risk factor. They note that global AI-related debt issuance is projected to hit $570 billion" [05:37] TR News "Rating agencies are already reacting to these stretched financial burdens. S&P has already downgraded Oracle's credit rating, while Moody's has also issued warnings regarding the expanding weight of pre-operational leases." [05:37] TR News "As tech earnings drop over the next two weeks, the official numbers will look tidy, but investors are seeing less than half of the true industry leverage." [05:53] TR News Techrights The Slop Bubble is Killing the Planet, Not Just the Economy https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/26/The_Slop_Bubble_is_Killing_the_Planet_Not_Just_the_Economy.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/26/The_Slop_Bubble_is_Killing_the_Planet_Not_Just_the_Economy.gmi [05:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The Slop Bubble is Killing the Planet, Not Just the Economy [05:57] TR News "Now that USMCA revision discussions are underway" https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/econographics/mexico-can-turn-usmca-pressure-into-an-industrial-opportunity/ | Source: Atlantic Council [05:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.atlanticcouncil.org | Mexico can turn USMCA pressure into an industrial opportunity - Atlantic Council [05:58] TR News "According to the European Commission, Google gives preferential treatment to its own services over those of third parties in Google Search, thereby breaching its obligations under the DMA." https://nltimes.nl/2026/07/24/europe-slaps-google-eu890-mil-fine-prioritizing-services-search-results | Source: NL Times [05:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nltimes.nl | Europe slaps Google with 890 mil. fine for prioritizing own services in search results | NL Times [05:58] TR News "The EC found that Google was self-preferencing, or giving preferential treatment to its own services, including shopping, hotels and transport, over third parties." https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/07/european-commission-fines-google-1-billion-over-breaches-of-digital-markets-act/ | Source: JURIST [05:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | European Commission fines Google $1 billion over breaches of Digital Markets Act - JURIST - News [05:58] TR News "Under the DMA, gatekeepers must not treat their own services more favourably in ranking than third-party services." https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_1670 | Source: European Commission [05:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ec.europa.eu | Press corner | European Commission [05:59] TR News "The Commissions decision requires Google to treat third-party services featured in its search results in a fair and non-discriminatory manner compared with its own services." https://thecyberexpress.com/google-fined-e890-million/ | Source: Cyble Inc [05:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thecyberexpress.com | Google Fined 890 Million For Digital Markets Act Breaches ● Jul 26 [06:00] TR News "That first press release is some copaganda defending SFPD's insanely dispropotionate and violent actions during Pride. Mission Local: [...]" https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/07/sf-officials-will-arrest-you-for-partying-in-soma-also-really-want-you-to-come-party-in-soma/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski [06:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/07/sf-officials-will-arrest-you-for-partying-in-soma-also-really-want-you-to-come-party-in-soma/ ) [06:00] TR News "The case, which had its first hearing on Monday, centers on a little-known US federal statute that makes it a crime to destroy property in an effort to prevent it from being seized." https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/23/cop-city-protester-phone | Source: The Guardian UK [06:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theguardian.com | US government targets Cop City protester over phone operating system | Atlanta | The Guardian [06:00] TR News "Tunicks case also raises ongoing questions about what constitutional rights can be invoked at the border, which the U.S. government has long asserted is not U.S. soil until a person is authorized to enter." https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/24/us-accuses-american-of-allegedly-wiping-his-phone-using-a-duress-password-during-border-search/ | Source: TechCrunch [06:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-US accuses American of allegedly wiping his phone using a 'duress' password during border search | TechCrunch [06:01] TR News "Cop City protester Samuel Tunick was forced to turn over his password during a warrantless search." https://boingboing.net/2026/07/25/grapheneos-duress-password-border-search.html | Source: BoingBoing [06:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-boingboing.net | Man prosecuted after GrapheneOS duress password wipes phone - Boing Boing [06:01] TR News "Lenders are always seeking the highest possible return on their loan-books, which makes that "risk premium" awfully tempting." https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/25/cruel-cruelty-oh-cruelty/#digital-arm-breakers | Source: CoryDoctorow [06:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pluralistic.net | Pluralistic: Apples robo-repo (25 Jul 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [06:01] TR News "US government targets [sic] Cop City protester over phone operating system: [...]" https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/07/prosecuted-for-using-a-duress-code/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski [06:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/07/prosecuted-for-using-a-duress-code/ ) [06:01] TR News "It is not political, and it is not a platform for those connected to such views. His presence would be deeply hurtful and inappropriate like an unwelcome guest at a deeply personal ceremony." https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/911-families-petition-against-nyc-mayor-attendance-1810589 | Source: International Business Times [06:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | 9/11 Families Want Zohran Mamdani Barred From 25th Anniversary Ceremony Over Past Remarks | IBTimes UK [06:02] TR News "The sit-in has transformed into one of Indias largest youth-led protest movements in recent years. Outrage over alleged examination paper leaks has broadened into a wider campaign against unemployment, government accountability, and what protesters described as a shrinking space for democratic dissent." https://jacobin.com/2026/07/india-student-protest-state-violence | Source: Jacobin Magazine [06:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jacobin.com | Indias Cockroach Protest Movement Faces State Repression [06:02] TR News "Second, it changes the legal framework around language. Under Article 15, Mandarin is given priority in education and government affairs." https://www.rfa.org/english/tibet/2026/07/24/explainer-china-ethnic-unity-law-tibet-uyghur/ | Source: RFA [06:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rfa.org | Explained: Chinas ethnic unity and progress promotion law Radio Free Asia [06:03] TR News "In this brief guide, we will cover different ways to install JetBrains Mono font on Linux" https://ostechnix.com/install-jetbrains-mono-linux/ | Source: OSTechNix [06:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How to Install JetBrains Mono on Linux (Nerd Font and Ligatures) - OSTechNix [06:04] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/today_s_howtos.gmi [06:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines today's howtos [06:04] TR News This [06:05] TR News "This week PineStore has released the full 3D file for the PinePhone/PinePhone Pro." https://pine64.org/2026/07/25/pinephone3dfiles_2026/ | Source: Pine64 [06:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pine64.org | Full PinePhone 3D File Released - PINE64 [06:05] TR News "The system uses three USB webcams, each with its IR cut filter removed and replaced with a different dichroic IR band-pass filter." https://hackaday.com/2026/07/25/taking-tri-camera-true-color-infrared-videos/ | Source: Hackaday [06:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Taking Tri-Camera True-Color Infrared Videos | Hackaday [06:05] TR News "We were thinking about this in the context of the recent video on pressure advance in 3D printers." https://hackaday.com/2026/07/25/add-sensors-to-everything/ | Source: Hackaday [06:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Add Sensors To Everything! | Hackaday [06:06] TR News (NEW): Mobile/Open Hardware/Modding: Jolla, PinePhone, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/Mobile_Open_Hardware_Modding_Jolla_PinePhone_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/Mobile_Open_Hardware_Modding_Jolla_PinePhone_and_More.gmi [06:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Mobile/Open Hardware/Modding: Jolla, PinePhone, and More [06:06] TR News "WSJ reporters were honored multiple times during Fridays dinner. The president often shrugged or smiled as their reporting was described, and he shook some of the winners hands." https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-whcd-dinner-epstein-awards-b3021323.html | Source: The Independent UK [06:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.independent.co.uk | Trump smiles and shrugs after Epstein reporters he sued for $10B win awards for exposing birthday card | The Independent [06:07] TR News "Kirk's death punctured the faade of the First Amendment as hundreds of people who celebrated or meme-d the incident" https://hyperallergic.com/artists-planned-monument-to-charlie-kirk-gets-trolled-online/ | Source: HyperAllergic [06:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hyperallergic.com | Artists Planned Monument to Charlie Kirk Gets Trolled Online [06:07] TR News "According to the freedom of expression advocacy group PEN America, the number of book censorship challenges in the United States has almost tripled since 2021." https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2026/07/24/Alberta-Banned-Book-Club-Blooms-Fight-Against-Censorship/ | Source: The Tyee [06:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thetyee.ca | A Banned Book Club Blooms in Alberta | The Tyee [06:08] TR News "My son Daniel points me to a piece by Nate Silver which announces the discovery that highly educated workers with low or precarious income are the natural constituency of the Democratic Socialists of America" https://crookedtimber.org/2026/07/25/nate-silver-discovers-the-educated-poor/ | Source: Crooked Timber [06:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-crookedtimber.org | Nate Silver discovers the educated poor Crooked Timber [06:08] TR News "If you put down the newspaper, turn off your phone and go out and speak to people in the street you hear a completely different story: the cost of living crisis." https://danielpocock.com/en/centrica-fraud-exposed-winter-fuel-electricity-credits/ | Source: Daniel Pocock [06:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-danielpocock.com | Centrica fraud exposed: worse than Palestine Action 'terrorists' with cardboard placards [06:08] TR News "The status of the nation, its heroic narrative, confers status on its citizens. And if you dont have a lot going for you, you can cling to that. You can raise the flag." https://richardbeck.substack.com/p/people-of-the-lie | [06:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-richardbeck.substack.com | People of the Lie - Experimental Theology with Richard Beck [06:09] TR News "What OpenAI receives is more valuable than the equity it gives away." https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-doomsday-moat | Source: Mike Brock [06:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.notesfromthecircus.com | The Doomsday Moat - by Mike Brock - Notes from the Circus [06:09] TR News "Ive talked to him before, but this seemed like a good time to bring him back." https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/talking-again-with-gabriel-zucman | Source: Paul Krugman [06:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-paulkrugman.substack.com | Talking Again With Gabriel Zucman - Paul Krugman [06:14] TR News "They play a far more important role in our lives than you may think," https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mangroves-are-key-to-coastal-ecosystems-see-20-breathtaking-photos-that-reveal-how-the-trees-support-wildlife-and-face-threats-180989186/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine [06:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.smithsonianmag.com | Mangroves Are Key to Coastal Ecosystems. See 20 Breathtaking Photos That Reveal How the Trees Support Wildlife and Face Threats [06:14] TR News "We traveled to Iceland for my sister-in-laws wedding, congrats Ginny & McKenzie! I wanted to share a few photos from our time on the island." https://doug.pub/2026/07/24/iceland.html | Source: Doug Jones [06:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-doug.pub | Iceland - Doug Jones [06:14] TR News "Remarkably, all 69 people on board survived the impact. What killed 52 of them was what happened afterwards." https://theconversation.com/a-1952-pan-am-plane-crash-transformed-passenger-safety-procedures-a-former-airline-pilot-explains-how-288294 | Source: The Conversation [06:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-theconversation.com | A 1952 Pan Am plane crash transformed passenger safety procedures a former airline pilot explains how [06:15] TR News "This is fine." https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/07/this-is-fine-4/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski [06:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/07/this-is-fine-4/ ) [06:17] TR News Vernichtungsschlacht coming soon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blitzkrieg [06:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-en.wikipedia.org | Blitzkrieg - Wikipedia [06:17] TR News "But for some guides, like those we quote in this article, that privilege slowly became impossible to reconcile with their beliefs." https://phys.org/news/2026-07-farce-climate-cruise-tourism-anymore.html | Source: Omicron Limited [06:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://phys.org/news/2026-07-farce-climate-cruise-tourism-anymore.html ) [06:17] TR News "he country is using nearly all of its wildfire fighting resources far earlier in the season than usual, according to data from the National Interagency Fire Center." https://www.notus.org/climate-environment/us-firefighting-resources-maxed-out-july | Source: Allbritton Journalism Institute [06:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.notus.org | U.S. Firefighting Resources Are Already Maxed Out And Its Only July - NOTUS News of the United States [06:18] TR News "The lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia was brought by individuals and advocacy groups represented by Democracy Forward." https://truthout.org/articles/advocates-sue-trump-administration-over-secret-dossiers-on-ice-watchers/ | Source: TruthOut [06:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-truthout.org | Advocates Sue Trump Administration Over Secret Dossiers on ICE Watchers | Truthout [06:19] TR News "This is just like whack-a-mole, these companies will do everything they can to circumvent regulation" https://www.wired.com/story/made-in-china-chinas-vape-makers-have-a-new-way-around-flavor-bans/ | Source: Wired [06:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Chinese Companies Are Selling Vapes With Chemicals Potentially More Potent Than Nicotine | WIRED [06:19] TR News "The findings concern Article 28(1) of the Digital Services Act, which requires platforms accessible to minors to provide a high level of privacy, safety and security." https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/07/eu-commission-finds-tiktok-failed-to-protect-minors-privacy-under-digital-services-act/ | Source: JURIST [06:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | EU Commission finds TikTok failed to protect minors privacy under Digital Services Act - JURIST - News [06:19] TR News "Even when minors choose private accounts, their accounts can be easily found through the following' and followers' lists of other users" https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_1679 | Source: European Commission [06:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ec.europa.eu | Press corner | European Commission [06:19] TR News "Meta isnt actually promising to abandon those rate limits." https://www.theverge.com/tech/970970/after-backlash-meta-pauses-plan-to-rate-limit-its-smart-glasses | Source: The Verge [06:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | After backlash, Meta pauses plan to rate limit its smart glasses | The Verge [06:22] TR News "Metas smart glasses have been a PR headache for the company." https://www.theverge.com/report/970901/instagram-meta-glasses-prank-harassment-ban | Source: The Verge [06:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | Meta just created a moderation nightmare for its smart glasses | The Verge [06:22] TR News "Over time, the usage patterns of Apple Watch buyers revealed what people really wanted." https://www.macworld.com/article/3180044/apple-watch-won-the-smartwatch-war.html | Source: Macworld [06:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Apple won the smartwatch war. Now what? | Macworld [06:22] TR News "A friend of mine contributes to online security by training journalists, human rights workers, political organizers, and more in effective digital security." https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2026-July/068450.html | Source: GnuPG [06:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lists.gnupg.org | QuickerHash [06:24] TR News "Strike 3, the parent company of Vixen Media Group, a prolific producer of adult films, is suing Meta for allegedly downloading 2,973 of its copyrighted videos." https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/07/meta-strike-3-porn-lawsuit/688023/ | Source: The Atlantic [06:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theatlantic.com | Why Would Meta Download So Much Porn? - The Atlantic [06:24] TR News "While none of the groups I hang around online are anything like those mentioned in the two articles I linked to above, a lot of the loudest voices in many groups are, well, fools" https://derekkedziora.com/notes/the-company-you-keep | Source: Derek Kdziora [06:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-derekkedziora.com | The company you keep [06:24] TR News "Screens arent the problem. Or screens arent the only problem." https://idiomdrottning.org/anti-smartphone-books | Source: Idiomdrottning [06:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idiomdrottning.org | Anti-smartphone books [06:25] TR News "Alison also said users will now be able to verify their accounts with a selfie, a free service it is calling Facebook Verified" https://pxlnv.com/linklog/meta-facebook-tiktok-clone/ | Source: Nick Heer [06:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pxlnv.com | Every App a TikTok Clone Pixel Envy [06:26] TR News "That era may be coming to a close, in large part because of the way he and his administration have bungled the war in Iran." https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/07/trump-iran-war-social-media/688065/ | Source: The Atlantic [06:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theatlantic.com | Even Trump Cant Spin This One - The Atlantic [06:27] TR News "In tech-bro dialect, a centaur is a human assisted by a machine, such a motorist or a user of hearing aids." https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2026/07/24/Cory-Doctorow-Predicts-AI-Bubble-Will-Burst/ | Source: The Tyee [06:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thetyee.ca | Cory Doctorow Predicts the AI Bubble Will Burst | The Tyee [06:27] TR News "In the interest of not eroding Debian's reputation or further damaging the community, LLM-assisted contributions should be prohibited from inclusion in Debian." https://www.debian.org/vote/2026/vote_002 | Source: Debian [06:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.debian.org | General Resolution: LLM usage in Debian [06:28] TR News "I've accepted that artificial intelligence is the future. What concerns me is how companies are turning my vulnerability into a product." https://www.androidpolice.com/claude-wants-my-passwords/ | Source: Android Police [06:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.androidpolice.com | I'm not letting Claude touch my passwords, no matter how safe Anthropic claims it is [06:28] TR News "Two of OpenAIs cybersecurity-focused models broke out of a testing sandbox this week and went on to [breach] the AI research platform Hugging Face in an effort to solve a security benchmark test." https://www.wired.com/story/security-news-this-week-the-openai-models-that-hacked-hugging-face-were-active-on-the-internet-for-days/ | Source: Wired [06:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The OpenAI Models That Hacked Hugging Face Were Active on the Internet for Days | WIRED [06:29] TR News "The Swedish polices new electronic ID thats about to launch requires both." https://idiomdrottning.org/id-1312 | Source: Idiomdrottning [06:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idiomdrottning.org | E-wasteful e-ID [06:29] TR News "Theres a name for this kind of number system: bijective base 26. The concept extends generally to bijective base b for any positive integer b." https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/07/25/excel-column-numbering/ | Source: John D Cook [06:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.johndcook.com | Excel column numbering [06:29] TR News "Click To Pray, the official prayer app of the Popes Worldwide Prayer Network, was found to have zero security by a security researcher." https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/security-flaw-in-vaticans-click-to-pray-app-leaves-over-700-000-global-users-exposed-app-has-been-leaking-user-data-for-over-six-months-and-still-does | Source: Tom's Hardware [06:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Security flaw in Vaticans Click to Pray app leaves over 700,000 global users exposed app has been leaking user data for over six months and still does | Tom's Hardware [06:30] TR News "When it comes to brain health specifically" https://www.sciencealert.com/watching-too-much-tv-may-actually-rot-your-brain-after-all-study-finds | Source: Science Alert [06:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Watching Too Much TV May Actually Rot Your Brain After All, Study Finds : ScienceAlert [06:31] TR News "When your program asks for memory that is not in cache, the processor has to go to RAM. That trip costs on the order of 100 nanoseconds. On a 3 GHz core, that is about 300 cycles of doing nothing." https://lemire.me/blog/2026/07/25/memory-level-parallelism-amd-is-the-king/ | Source: Daniel Lemire [06:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/07/25/memory-level-parallelism-amd-is-the-king/ ) [06:31] TR News "As you might expect, the university has any number of old buildings." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/HowYouGetCeilingSwitchs | Source: University of Toronto [06:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-utcc.utoronto.ca | You're using a too-old browser [06:31] TR News "This article accompanies my video review of the XpPen Artist Pro 27 (gen2), a large-sized 27" display drawing tablet." https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1161/xppen-artist-pro-27-gen2-review-on-gnulinux | Source: David Revoy [06:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.davidrevoy.com | XpPen Artist Pro 27 Gen2 - review on GNU/Linux - David Revoy [06:32] TR News "I've got this little pen pouch I keep in my bag. It makes me disproportionately happy, even though I don't really write that much." https://jasper.tandy.is/blogging/pens-ross-2 | Source: Jasper Tandy [06:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jasper.tandy.is | Jasper is blogging: Pens, Ross! [06:37] TR News "I find this fascinating. The physical feel of organ pedals is very different from the kick drum pedals I play, much more keyboard-like, which means the technique is totally different." https://www.jefftk.com/p/organ-pedals-for-drumming | Source: Jeff Kaufman [06:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jefftk.com | Organ Pedals for Drumming [06:37] TR News "Your harddrive is probably pretty full too." https://www.marginalia.nu/log/a_139_hdd/ | Source: Viktor Lfgren [06:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Your harddrive is probably full | marginalia.nu [06:38] TR News "During most conference talks there's a large contingent of attendees who opt to skip the session and chat instead." https://isaacvando.com/software-should-work-worked | [06:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-isaacvando.com | Software Should Work Worked [06:38] TR News "One of the most challenging things about the CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) exam isn't subnetting, spanning-tree, routing protocols, ACLs, or calculating longest prefix match." https://chuck.is/ccna/ | Source: Chuck Carroll [06:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-chuck.is | How to Pass the CCNA | Chuck Carroll [06:38] TR News "Not consorting with fools" https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/StNp/StNp2_4.html | [06:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Sn 2:4 Protection | sutta on dhammatalks.org [06:39] TR News "So, do you remember what you wanted to be when you grew up, as a kid?" https://gabz.blog/posts/what-do-you-want-to-be-when-you-grow-up | Source: Gabriel [06:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gabz.blog | What do you want to be when you grow up? - GABZ/ML [06:39] TR News "Someone else had suggested blocking out time in his calendar to think about the bigger picture. Hed tried that, but hadnt found it productive, so he asked if I had any alternatives." https://lalitm.com/post/find-problems-staff-engineer/ | Source: Lalit Maganti [06:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lalitm.com | How I Find Problems to Solve as a Staff Engineer - Lalit Maganti [06:39] TR News "I'm still bemused by some of the things - I've no idea what a challenge coin is, I'm hazy about how the various puzzles work, I didn't know about the cool musicians until it was too late." https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/07/some-quick-thoughts-on-emf-camp-2026/ | Source: Terence Eden [06:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-shkspr.mobi | Some Quick Thoughts on EMF Camp 2026 Terence Edens Blog [06:40] TR News "Peter Pentz, a curator at the museum, examined the stamp and compared its mounted-warrior design with the images found on the Sutton Hoo helmet and comparable Swedish objects." https://www.medievalists.net/2026/07/medieval-denmark-sutton-hoo-helmet/ | Source: Medievalists.net [06:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Medieval Stamp Found in Denmark Could Reveal Where Sutton Hoo Helmet Was Made - Medievalists.net [06:40] TR News "Stensrud says that a lot of institutional knowledge goes into creating accurate weather forecasts, not just data. If you fire a lot of people who have that knowledge, forecasts will be worse." https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/weather-forecasts-less-accurate-trump-1235598647/ | Source: Rolling Stone [06:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rollingstone.com | Are Weather Forecasts Less Accurate? Trump May Be to Blame [06:40] TR News "A new Dartmouth study finds that many of Syria's archaeological sites were damaged not only by looting but also, in areas occupied by the Turkish military, by systematic bulldozing. The findings are published in the journal Heritage" https://phys.org/news/2026-07-syria-ancient-sites-widespread-looting.html | Source: Omicron Limited [06:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://phys.org/news/2026-07-syria-ancient-sites-widespread-looting.html ) [06:41] TR News "Shot with a yellow filter (that removes blue), red in the scene becomes green, green in the scene becomes blue, and infrared in the scene becomes a vivid red." https://blog.brycekerley.net/2026/07/26/flamin-hot-aerochrome.html | Source: Bryce Kerley [06:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.brycekerley.net | Flamin Hot Aerochrome | Bryces Blog [06:41] TR News "from what is one escaping, and to what?" https://aworkinglibrary.com/writing/open-universe | Source: Mandy Brown [06:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-aworkinglibrary.com | The open universe - A Working Library [06:42] TR News "For me, writing in public adds more reflection to the words." https://robertbirming.com/re-who-read-this/ | Source: Robert Birming [06:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-robertbirming.com | Re: Who would ever read this? Robert Birming [06:42] TR News "I bought a mini tripod while I was in Hong Kong, but only after Id taken most of these photos so for those I had to improvise ways to stabalise the camera well enough for a long exposure." https://samsm.ch/hong-kong-at-night/ | Source: Sam Smith [06:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-samsm.ch | Hong Kong at Night | Sam Smith [06:45] TR News Techrights Links 26/07/2026: "Nate Silver Discovers the Educated Poor" and "Indias Cockroach Protest Movement Faces State Repression" https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/26/Links_26_07_2026_Nate_Silver_Discovers_the_Educated_Poor_and_In.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/26/Links_26_07_2026_Nate_Silver_Discovers_the_Educated_Poor_and_In.gmi [06:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 26/07/2026: "Nate Silver Discovers the Educated Poor" and "Indias Cockroach Protest Movement Faces State Repression" [06:47] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1720.jpg [06:47] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D2077.jpg ● Jul 26 [08:34] *parsifal (~parsifal@p6xa9q76w3hfu.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [08:58] TR News (NEW): Linux 6.12.98 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/Linux_6_12_98.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/Linux_6_12_98.gmi [08:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Linux 6.12.98 ● Jul 26 [09:20] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [09:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [09:25] TR News (NEW): The Bootable USB Creator Ventoy 1.1.17 added Athena OS & EulerOS Support https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/The_Bootable_USB_Creator_Ventoy_1_1_17_added_Athena_OS_EulerOS_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/The_Bootable_USB_Creator_Ventoy_1_1_17_added_Athena_OS_EulerOS_.gmi [09:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines The Bootable USB Creator Ventoy 1.1.17 added Athena OS & EulerOS Support [09:33] TR News (NEW): KDE Plasma 6.8 Desktop Environment Lands on October 14th, Heres What to Expect https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/19/KDE_Plasma_6_8_Desktop_Environment_Lands_on_October_14th_Here_s.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/19/KDE_Plasma_6_8_Desktop_Environment_Lands_on_October_14th_Here_s.gmi [09:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines KDE Plasma 6.8 Desktop Environment Lands on October 14th, Heres What to Expect ● Jul 26 [10:30] TR News Valve begin improving account switching in the latest Steam Beta | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/valve-begin-improving-account-switching-in-the-latest-steam-beta/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/valve-begin-improving-account-switching-in-the-latest-steam-beta/ [10:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Valve begin improving account switching in the latest Steam Beta | GamingOnLinux [10:31] TR News GE-Proton 11-3 brings better OptiScaler integration, AMD FSR4 improvements and lots of game fixes | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/ge-proton-11-3-brings-better-optiscaler-integration-amd-fsr4-improvements-and-lots-of-game-fixes/ Source: GamingOnLinux [10:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-GE-Proton 11-3 brings better OptiScaler integration, AMD FSR4 improvements and lots of game fixes | GamingOnLinux [10:31] TR News Wine 11.14 brings improvements for DirectSound, BCrypt, FreeBSD | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/wine-11-14-brings-improvements-for-directsound-bcrypt-freebsd/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/wine-11-14-brings-improvements-for-directsound-bcrypt-freebsd/ [10:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Wine 11.14 brings improvements for DirectSound, BCrypt, FreeBSD | GamingOnLinux [10:31] TR News GE-Proton 11-3 brings better OptiScaler integration, AMD FSR4 improvements and lots of game fixes | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/ge-proton-11-3-brings-better-optiscaler-integration-amd-fsr4-improvements-and-lots-of-game-fixes/ Source: GamingOnLinux [10:33] TR News "The RealSense D585 Pro is a stereo depth camera built around the companys new Gen 5 vision processor" https://linuxgizmos.com/realsense-d585-pro-supports-1280-x-960-depth-capture-at-up-to-90-fps/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [10:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/realsense-d585-pro-supports-1280-x-960-depth-capture-at-up-to-90-fps/ ) [10:35] TR News "Life in Britain's data centre capital: Constant humming, a straining energy grid and temperatures '2C higher' thanks to 30 sites over one square mile | Daily Mail Online" https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15999761/Life-Britains-data-centre-capital-Constant-humming-straining-energy-grid-temperatures-2C-higher-thanks-30-sites-one-square-mile.html [10:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dailymail.com | Life in Britain's data centre capital: Constant humming, a straining energy grid and temperatures '2C higher' thanks to 30 sites over one square mile | Daily Mail Online [10:35] TR News "White House Defends Trump After Ritchson Slams Him Over Epstein Files" https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/alan-ritchson-trump-epstein-files-white-house-response-1235598785/ [10:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rollingstone.com | White House Defends Trump After Ritchson Slams Him Over Epstein Files [10:35] TR News "Threatened new tariffs: Trump says EU to pay 'very big price' for Google fine - RTL Today" https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/trump-says-eu-to-pay-very-big-price-for-google-fine-1255482800 [10:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-today.rtl.lu | Threatened new tariffs: Trump says EU to pay 'very big price' for Google fine - RTL Today [10:35] TR News Oligarchs Are Always Trying to Bury Democracy" https://youtu.be/vX5JqOy6gPI [10:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-@Invidious: https://invidious.weblibre.org/watch?v=vX5JqOy6gPI [10:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social--> invidious.weblibre.org | Redirecting... [10:36] TR News "The (Russian) Foreign Vote Fraudster Trump Didn't Mention - emptywheel" https://emptywheel.net/2026/07/25/the-russian-foreign-vote-fraudster-trump-didnt-mention/ [10:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-emptywheel.net | The (Russian) Foreign Vote Fraudster Trump Didn't Mention - emptywheel [10:36] TR News "For Trump, Every Accusation Is a Confession | The Nation" https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-projection-human-rights-abuses/ [10:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thenation.com | For Trump, Every Accusation Is a Confession | The Nation [10:36] TR News "Trump Team Admits Hes Been Defunding States That Didnt Vote for Him | The New Republic" https://newrepublic.com/post/213526/trump-team-admits-defunding-states-didnt-vote-for-him [10:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-newrepublic.com | Trump Team Admits Hes Been Defunding States That Didnt Vote for Him | The New Republic [10:36] TR News "Transcript: Angry Trump Urges GOP to Rig Midterms as Polls Turn Brutal | The New Republic" https://newrepublic.com/article/213480/transcript-angry-trump-urges-gop-rig-midterms-polls-turn-brutal [10:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-newrepublic.com | Transcript: Angry Trump Urges GOP to Rig Midterms as Polls Turn Brutal | The New Republic [10:37] TR News "The Saudis Learn the Truth About Trump - The Atlantic" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/07/saudi-arabia-trump-nuclear-deal/688064/ [10:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theatlantic.com | The Saudis Learn the Truth About Trump - The Atlantic [10:38] TR News "gcc and clang however, just, don't store language linkage information with the type. so two functions with different language linkages can be identical: [...]" https://sebsite.pw/w/20260708-badstdcxx.html | Source: Sebastian [10:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sebsite.pw | neither gcc nor clang are compliant with standard c++ [10:39] TR News "Im not talking about jobs handed to a dedicated task queue such as Asynq. In that case, the task system owns the lifecycle of the tasks it starts." https://rednafi.com/go/supervised-fire-and-forget/ | Source: Redowan Delowar [10:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-rednafi.com | Supervised fire-and-forget in Go | Redowan's Reflections [10:39] TR News "stinkpot is a much tinier atuin (https://atuin.sh)." https://tangled.org/oppi.li/stinkpot | [10:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-atuin.sh | Atuin - Making Your Terminal Magical [10:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-tangled.org | oppi.li/stinkpot at main Tangled [10:39] TR News "I've written more shell scripts than I can count, but I still stumble upon tricks that honestly blow my mind far too often than I care to admit." https://refp.se/articles/your-shell-and-the-magic-colon | [10:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A shell colon does nothing. Use it anyway. | Filip Rosen - refp.se [10:40] TR News "Consider this situation: you have a bunch of nested directories, each containing audio files in M4A format." https://kevinboone.me/clh_xargs.html | Source: Kevin Boone [10:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kevinboone.me | Kevin Boone: Command-line hacking: using find, sed, and xargs together for flexible filename transformation [10:40] TR News "spies, which wrap a function, recording calls for later assertions." https://adamj.eu/tech/2026/07/25/python-spy-unittest-mock-wraps/ | Source: Adam Johnson [10:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-adamj.eu | Python: spy on function calls with unittest.mocks wraps - Adam Johnson [10:40] TR News "here's something fun. say that x was declared in an outer scope as a typedef: [...]" https://sebsite.pw/w/20260725-auto.html | Source: Sebastian [10:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sebsite.pw | the perils of parsing type inference declarations in c [10:41] TR News "Debates about traditional versus software engineering revolve around what makes us different" https://www.hillelwayne.com/post/we-are-not-special/ | Source: Hillel Wayne [10:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.hillelwayne.com | We Are Not Special [10:41] TR News "The widespread excitement around the Agentic Era comes with the promise of greater productivity and higher quality." https://ptrchm.com/posts/nothing-works-and-everyone-is-euphoric/ | [10:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Nothing Works and Everyone Is Euphoric | ptrchm [10:41] TR News "Zig is a general-purpose programming language and toolchain for maintaining robust, optimal and reusable software. Please read the official documentation to learn more." https://zigbyexample.neocities.org/ | [10:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-zigbyexample.neocities.org | Zig by Example [10:41] TR News "I have been thinking recently about how language is a high entropy latent space and what that means." https://blog.jsbarretto.com/post/languages-as-latent-spaces | [10:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.jsbarretto.com | Languages as designed latent spaces [10:42] TR News "Codeberg is not going to do a mass deletion, a bonfire of the vibes. But if a projects causing issues, and its slop code, they will be asking the vibe coder to find somewhere else. " https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/24/codeberg-bans-ai-slop-software-projects/ | Source: Pivot to AI [10:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pivot-to-ai.com | Rhymes. Ford!" He laughed again. "What an. [10:42] TR News "I have not been a solo maintainer of curl for a long time and I dont even do half of the commits anymore" https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/07/25/1500-curl-authors/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg [10:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-1,500 curl authors | daniel.haxx.se [10:42] TR News "From my understanding, there is a subtle but distinct difference; "translation" involves turning the words from one language to another but "localisation" involves rewriting the text for the local market." https://thomasrigby.com/posts/translation-vs-localisation/ | Source: Thomas Rigby [10:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Translation vs Localisation | thomasrigby.com [10:43] TR News "Its interesting to contrast the current moment to the information wants to be free era of Web 2.0, twenty or so years ago." https://werd.io/can-data-collectives-help-strengthen-vulnerable-cultures-in-the-face-of-ai/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller [10:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-werd.io | Can data collectives help strengthen vulnerable cultures in the face of AI? [10:57] TR News "Next was the Archives page. Much of this was styling, such as arranging the categories in a grid, and doing something about how entry was rendered as its own card." https://lmika.org/2026/07/25/blog-design-update.html | Source: Leon Mika [10:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lmika.org | Blog Design Update - Leon Mika [10:59] TR News "To understand the problem, well need to examine how Postgres LISTEN/NOTIFY actually works." https://www.dbos.dev/blog/postgres-listen-notify-scalability | [10:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dbos.dev | Postgres LISTEN/NOTIFY Actually Scales | DBOS ● Jul 26 [11:00] TR News "One of the features I missed from Firefox was containers, though. And now theyre available on Brave." https://initialcharge.net/2026/07/brave-browser-containers/ | Source: Mike Rockwell [11:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://initialcharge.net/2026/07/brave-browser-containers/ ) [11:00] TR News "Brave shipped Containers this week. Version 1.92 of the browser lets you wall off tabs from one another so that cookies and site data stay locked inside whichever container you opened" https://reclaimthenet.org/brave-1-92-adds-built-in-containers-for-desktop | Source: Reclaim The Net [11:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-reclaimthenet.org | Brave 1.92 Adds Built-In Containers for Desktop [11:01] TR News "In a change likely to be widely welcomed, Rafael Sadowski (rsadowski@) committed support for custom HTTP headers in httpd(8)." https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260725103657 | Source: Undeadly [11:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-undeadly.org | httpd(8) gains support for custom HTTP headers [11:01] TR News "As the Apache documentation covers, the server status page offers this information in two forms" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/ApacheServerStatusLimitation | Source: University of Toronto [11:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-utcc.utoronto.ca | You're using a too-old browser [11:01] TR News "Traceroute is fun tool to investigate how packets travel through the internet. Due to how it's made, we can make traceroute tools show (almost) arbitrary poems." https://jssfr.de/2026-07-25-messing-with-traceroute.html | Source: Jonas Schfer [11:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Messing with Traceroute jssfr.de [11:02] TR News "CIDERs code completion has quietly gotten quite good over the years, and I dont think it gets enough credit." https://metaredux.com/posts/2026/07/25/modernizing-cider-completion.html | Source: Bozhidar Batsov [11:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-metaredux.com | Modernizing CIDERs Completion | Meta Redux [11:02] TR News "However, I have problem finishing my drafts." https://chainsawriot.com/postmannheim/2026/07/25/writeredeck.html | Source: Dr Chung-hong Chan [11:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-chainsawriot.com | Emacs Writing Machine [11:04] TR News [Old] "Police in Spain have reportedly started profiling people based on their phones; specifically, and surprisingly, those carrying Google Pixel devices." https://www.androidauthority.com/why-i-use-grapheneos-on-pixel-3575477/ | Source: Android Authority [11:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.androidauthority.com | Cops say criminals use a Google Pixel with GrapheneOS I say thats freedom [11:07] TR News [Old] "This is the story of my experience with OPNSense." https://ramble.moe/posts/moving-away-from-opnsense---a-story-of-simplicity/ | [11:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Moving Away From OPNsense - A Story of Simplicity | ramble.moe [11:09] TR News "The brains of the operation is an Arduino Nano, running the venerable ATmega328P. Its set up to drive a pair of 88 WS2812B addressable LED panels" https://hackaday.com/2026/07/25/building-a-fencing-scoring-box/ | Source: Hackaday [11:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Building A Fencing Scoring Box | Hackaday [11:09] TR News "Im going to try an experiment: lets get one of those projects that seem to stall, and revisit the idea and focus on the game, independently of how cool the code may be." https://www.usebox.net/jjm/blog/it-is-the-game-stupid/ | Source: Juan J Martnez [11:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-It is the game, stupid! - usebox.net [11:10] TR News "I'll put forward two variations of tc-flow(8) commands." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/TcAssignFlowsMaybe | Source: University of Toronto [11:12] TR News (NEW): Games: Valve, GE-Proton, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/Games_Valve_GE_Proton_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/Games_Valve_GE_Proton_and_More.gmi [11:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Games: Valve, GE-Proton, and More [11:12] TR News "But how do we peacefully and legally get rid of him between now and the 2028 election? Whats our 2028 strategy for regaining the White House?" https://robertreich.substack.com/p/will-there-ever-be-consequences-for | Source: Robert Reich [11:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-robertreich.substack.com | What the Hell Is Trump Doing in Iran? | The Coffee Klatch for Saturday, July 25, 2026 [11:18] TR News techrights irc might need a reboot midday bst, as a new version of ergo irc is available and it's easier to test these things on a quiet sunday [11:20] TR News IRC upgrade scheduled for 11:02:00 AM UTC [11:37] TR News Techrights Centrica fraud exposed: worse than Palestine Action 'terrorists' with cardboard placards https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/26/Centrica_fraud_exposed_worse_than_Palestine_Action_terrorists_w.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/26/Centrica_fraud_exposed_worse_than_Palestine_Action_terrorists_w.gmi [11:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Centrica fraud exposed: worse than Palestine Action 'terrorists' with cardboard placards [11:58] TR News rebooting into new ergo in 5 mins. should be back within 1-2 mins. ● Jul 26 [12:01] TR News New stable kernel for ext4 users https://lwn.net/Articles/1085026/ [12:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-New stable kernel for ext4 users [LWN.net] [12:01] TR News Reboot. 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[12:39] TR News IBM is Killing the Fedora Community, Replacing It With LLM Slop From I.C.B.M. Staff https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/25/IBM_is_Killing_the_Fedora_Community_Replacing_It_With_LLM_Slop_.shtml [12:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IBM is Killing the Fedora Community, Replacing It With LLM Slop From IBM Staff [12:45] TR News MIT Is Blanketing Its Entire Campus in AI-Powered Security Cameras https://futurism.com/future-society/mit-surveillance-ai-cameras-monitoring-library [12:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | MIT Is Blanketing Its Entire Campus in AI-Powered Security Cameras [12:46] TR News Google Spreads Misinformation, Google's Slop Makes Stuff Up and Calls That "Intelligence" https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/Google_Spreads_Misinformation_Google_s_Slop_Makes_Stuff_Up_and_.shtml [12:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Google Spreads Misinformation, Google's Slop Makes Stuff Up and Calls That "Intelligence" [12:47] TR News Fedora Working To Establish Conflict of Interest Policy https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-Conflict-Interest-Draft [12:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Fedora Working To Establish Conflict of Interest Policy - Phoronix [12:54] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@kcvnmgbxt8eqq.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [12:54] TR News spin: https://yle.fi/a/7-10102678 ping Sompi [12:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yle.fi | Kommentar: Frn islamism till psykisk ohlsa olika motiv bland de mnga bilattentaten i Tyskland | Utrikes | Svenska Yle [12:57] TR News Ubuntu 26.10 "Stonking Stingray": All the New Features So Far https://itsfoss.com/news/ubuntu-26-10-features/ [12:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-itsfoss.com | Ubuntu 26.10 "Stonking Stingray": All the New Features So Far ● Jul 26 [13:01] TR News Packaging and enabling upstream functional tests https://bzoltan1.github.io/packaging-and-enabling-upstream-functional-tests/ [13:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bzoltan1.github.io | Packaging and enabling upstream functional tests - Zoltn's Blog [13:01] TR News GNU C Library 2.44 released https://lwn.net/Articles/1085030/ [13:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-GNU C Library 2.44 released [LWN.net] [13:02] TR News Police hunt for suspect after one killed and 16 injured in attack at Berlin Pride | Germany | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/25/berlin-pride-march-called-off-after-car-crashes-into-crowd-of-people-near-route Source: The Guardian UK [13:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theguardian.com | Police hunt for suspect after one killed and 16 injured in attack at Berlin Pride | Germany | The Guardian [13:03] TR News Wine 11.14 Released with WoW64 Mode for FreeBSD & 21 Bug-fixes https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/07/wine-11-14-released-with-wow64-mode-for-freebsd-21-bug-fixes/ [13:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ubuntuhandbook.org | Wine 11.14 Released with WoW64 Mode for FreeBSD & 21 Bug-fixes | UbuntuHandbook [13:04] TR News OSINT VM 2026.7 https://distrowatch.com/osintvm [13:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-DistroWatch.com: OSINT VM [13:06] TR News Hybrid Atomic Updates with openSUSE Tumbleweed https://cubiclenate.com/2026/07/24/hybrid-atomic-updates-with-opensuse-tumbleweed/ [13:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cubiclenate.com | Exploring Atomic Updates for Stability in Linux Systems [13:06] TR News Linux Saloon 212 | Application Appetizer Potluck Edition https://cubiclenate.com/2026/07/25/linux-saloon-212-application-appetizer-potluck-edition/ [13:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cubiclenate.com | Exploring Hybrid Atomic Updates on openSUSE Tumbleweed [13:07] TR News EasyClone copy user-installed kernel modules https://bkhome.org/news/202607/easyclone-copy-user-installed-kernel-modules.html [13:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bkhome.org | EasyClone copy user-installed kernel modules [13:09] TR News Wildfire Smoke Chokes Skies in Spain and France https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/world/europe/wildfires-photos-spain-france.html [13:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/world/europe/wildfires-photos-spain-france.html ) [13:09] TR News If You Remove a Mirror While a Photon Is Reflecting, It Somehow Makes Infinite Photons https://www.sciencealert.com/can-we-really-create-infinite-photons-physicists-reveal-what-might-happen-if-we-try-to-cut-light-in-half [13:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Physicists Find a Way to 'Split' Particles of Light in Half to Make Infinite Photons : ScienceAlert [13:10] TR News Misleading Articles About YouTube and Surveillance Giant Google Financial Performance https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/25/Misleading_Articles_About_YouTube_and_Google_Financial_Performa.shtml [13:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Misleading Articles About YouTube and Google Financial Performance [13:10] TR News Security updates for Saturday https://lwn.net/Articles/1085272/ [13:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Security updates for Saturday [LWN.net] [13:11] TR News is grauniad in daily links 4 monday? [13:11] TR News How to Completely Remove & Block Snap Apps in Ubuntu 26.04 https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/07/how-to-completely-remove-block-snap-apps-in-ubuntu-26-04/ [13:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ubuntuhandbook.org | How to Completely Remove & Block Snap Apps in Ubuntu 26.04 | UbuntuHandbook [13:11] TR News How to Find Which Process Is Using a Port in GNU/Linux https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-find-which-process-is-using-a-port/ [13:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How to Find Which Process Is Using a Port in Linux | Linuxize [13:11] TR News How To Install Ventoy on Fedora 44 https://idroot.us/install-ventoy-fedora-44/ [13:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Ventoy on Fedora 44 - idroot [13:13] TR News Following the Iuventa script: Right-wing campaign in Italy, France and Germany against Sea-Watch 5 https://digit.site36.net/2026/07/24/following-the-iuventa-script-right-wing-campaign-in-italy-france-and-germany-against-sea-watch-5/ [13:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-digit.site36.net | Following the "Iuventa" script: Right-wing campaign in Italy, France and Germany against "Sea-Watch 5" | Matthias Monroy [13:13] TR News Belarusian man says asylum in Lithuania endangered by politics. History shows otherwise https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2998303/belarusian-man-says-asylum-in-lithuania-endangered-by-politics-history-shows-otherwise [13:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | Belarusian man says asylum in Lithuania endangered by politics. History shows otherwise - LRT [13:15] TR News The (Russian) Foreign Vote Fraudster Convicted Felon Didnt Mention https://emptywheel.net/2026/07/25/the-russian-foreign-vote-fraudster-trump-didnt-mention/ [13:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-emptywheel.net | The (Russian) Foreign Vote Fraudster Trump Didn't Mention - emptywheel [13:15] TR News ALT 11.2 https://distrowatch.com/alt [13:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-DistroWatch.com: ALT Linux [13:16] TR News Pro-Ukraine group claims it helped hack Russian drone air defense system https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/drones/pro-ukraine-group-claims-it-helped-hack-russian-drone-air-defence-system-shooting-down-su-57-in-friendly-fire-incident-moscow-confirms-fifth-generation-fighter-jet-crashed-in-technical-malfunction [13:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Pro-Ukraine group claims it helped hack Russian drone air defense system, shooting down Su-57 in friendly fire incident Moscow confirms fifth-generation fighter jet crashed in 'technical malfunction' | Tom's Hardware [13:17] TR News Misleading Articles About YouTube and Surveillance Giant Google Financial Performance https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/25/Misleading_Articles_About_YouTube_and_Google_Financial_Performa.shtml [13:19] TR News Tehran Summons Ukrainian Envoy After Strike On Iranian Vessel In Caspian As Tensions Rise https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-live-blog-trump-middle-east/33803414.html [13:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Tehran Summons Ukrainian Envoy After Strike On Iranian Vessel In Caspian As Tensions Rise [13:19] TR News Zelenskyy Says Russia Wants To Bring North Korean Troops Into Ukraine War Again https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-claims-caspian-strike-russia-iran-military-route-kyiv-mourning/33812868.html [13:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Zelenskyy Says Russia Wants To Bring More North Korean Troops Into Ukraine War [13:19] TR News Ukrainians back ousted defence minister as political crisis brews https://www.france24.com/en/ukrainians-back-ousted-defence-minister-as-political-crisis-brews [13:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/ukrainians-back-ousted-defence-minister-as-political-crisis-brews ) [13:20] TR News Ukraine: Kyiv protests continue after Zelensky fires defense minister https://www.france24.com/en/ukraine-kyiv-protests-continue-after-zelensky-fires-defense-minister [13:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/ukraine-kyiv-protests-continue-after-zelensky-fires-defense-minister ) [13:20] TR News A Debian general resolution on LLM usage https://lwn.net/Articles/1085314/ [13:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A Debian general resolution on LLM usage [LWN.net] [13:21] TR News Kazakh leader tells Putin war should end, Ukrainian drones target Siberian oil facility https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260725-kazakh-leader-tells-putin-war-should-end-ukraine-launches-fresh-strikes [13:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260725-kazakh-leader-tells-putin-war-should-end-ukraine-launches-fresh-strikes ) [13:22] TR News CIQ Mixes Open Metaphors with RLC Pro Hardened Deployment https://fossforce.com/2026/07/ciq-mixes-open-metaphors-with-rlc-pro-hardened-deployment/ [13:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fossforce.com | CIQ Mixes 'Open' Metaphors with RLC Pro Hardened 'Deployment' - FOSS Force [13:23] TR News FOSS Forces Top Five Articles For the Week Ending July 24, 2026 https://fossforce.com/2026/07/foss-forces-top-five-articles-for-the-week-ending-july-24-2026/ [13:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fossforce.com | FOSS Force's Top Five Articles For the Week Ending July 24, 2026 - FOSS Force [13:23] TR News GNU C Library 2.44 Released https://fossforce.com/2026/07/gnu-c-library-2-44-released/ [13:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fossforce.com | GNU C Library 2.44 Released - FOSS Force [13:23] TR News QR Codes Make Their Way Down Wedding Aisles https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/style/wedding-qr-codes.html [13:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/style/wedding-qr-codes.html ) [13:25] TR News Australias student visa fees are now the worlds highest. Heres why S-E Asia got a pass https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/concern-as-australia-hikes-student-fees-again-but-asean-exemption-wins-praise [13:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Australia hikes student visa fees, exempts ASEAN | The Straits Times [13:25] TR News Where does mass-scale AI-created software take us? https://liam-on-linux.dreamwidth.org/99434.html [13:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dreamwidth.org | Captcha Check [13:27] TR News How to Create a KDE PlasmaStyle Floating Tray in FunOS https://funos.org/floating-tray-funos/ [13:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-funos.org | How to Create a KDE PlasmaStyle Floating Tray in FunOS FunOS [13:27] TR News (NEW): Slop Contaminating Codebases https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/Slop_Contaminating_Codebases.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/Slop_Contaminating_Codebases.gmi [13:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Slop Contaminating Codebases [13:28] TR News Rockwell Patches Code Execution Flaws in Arena Simulation Software https://www.securityweek.com/rockwell-patches-code-execution-flaws-in-arena-simulation-software/ [13:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Rockwell Patches Code Execution Flaws in Arena Simulation Software - SecurityWeek [13:28] TR News Slashed pay, soaring workloads: Hey Hi (AI) didnt take these Hongkongers jobs but it hasnt made them easier https://hongkongfp.com/2026/07/26/slashed-pay-soaring-workloads-ai-didnt-take-these-hongkongers-jobs-but-it-hasnt-made-them-easier/ [13:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | AI didnt take these Hongkongers jobs - but it hasnt made them easier [13:28] TR News Behind the classroom: Private school teachers face unpaid work and job insecurity https://bianet.org/haber/behind-the-classroom-private-school-teachers-face-unpaid-work-and-job-insecurity-321882 [13:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bianet.org | Behind the classroom: Private school teachers face unpaid work and job insecurity [13:29] TR News Bus Collision in Syria Kills 35, Health Ministry Says https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/world/middleeast/bus-collision-syria.html [13:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/world/middleeast/bus-collision-syria.html ) [13:29] TR News Brazil Blocks Visit by U.S. Delegation Seeking to Question Election System https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/world/americas/brazil-united-states-election-voting.html [13:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/world/americas/brazil-united-states-election-voting.html ) [13:29] TR News Inside the Rushed Effort to Get Convicted Felon His New Air Force One https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/us/politics/trump-air-force-one-security.html [13:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/us/politics/trump-air-force-one-security.html ) [13:30] TR News AI Companies Are Buying Antique Books, Ingesting Their Contents to Train Models, and Then Destroying Them at Incredible Scale https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-companies-destroying-rare-books [13:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | AI Companies Are Buying Antique Books, Ingesting Their Contents to Train Models, and Then Destroying Them at Incredible Scale [13:31] TR News Voters Are Being Inundated by a Barrage of AI-Generated Election Ads https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/voters-elections-conservative-generative-ai-slop-ads-deepfakes [13:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Voters Are Being Inundated by a Barrage of AI-Generated Election Ads [13:31] TR News People Are Starting to Record Every Conversation They Have Without Disclosing It, and Its Gross https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/friends-colleagues-recording-conversation [13:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | People Are Starting to Record Every Conversation They Have Without Disclosing It, and It's Gross [13:32] TR News Meta Working on Crushingly Sad Hey Hi (AI) App That Tells Bedtime Stories to Children, for Tired Parents https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-sad-ai-app-stories-children [13:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Meta Working on Crushingly Sad AI App That Tells Bedtime Stories to Children, for "Tired" Parents [13:32] TR News New Parody Site Threatens to Replace CEOs With Hey Hi (AI) for Tiny Fraction of Their Bloated Salaries https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/website-overpaid-ai-replace-ceos-executives-labor [13:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | New Parody Site Threatens to Replace CEOs With AI for Tiny Fraction of Their Bloated Salaries [13:32] TR News OpenAI agent goes rogue and hacks popular Hey Hi (AI) community left escape plans for future models inside the company's infrastructure https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/openai-agent-goes-rogue-and-hacks-popular-ai-community-left-escape-plans-for-future-models-inside-the-companys-infrastructure [13:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | OpenAI agent goes rogue and hacks popular AI community left escape plans for future models inside the company's infrastructure | Tom's Hardware [13:33] TR News Scientists Create a 'Breathable' Hydrogel Inspired by Human Lungs https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-create-a-breathable-hydrogel-inspired-by-human-lungs [13:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Scientists Just Made a Wearable, Ultra-Light Material That Actually Cools Your Skin During Exercise : ScienceAlert [13:33] TR News Medications Already in Pharmacies May Slow Aging, And Scientists Are Narrowing Them Down https://www.sciencealert.com/medications-already-in-pharmacies-may-slow-aging-and-scientists-are-narrowing-them-down [13:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Scientists Searching 6,000 Drugs For Anti-Aging Properties Found One Hiding in Plain Sight : ScienceAlert [13:33] TR News Astronomers Think They've Detected Antimatter Signals From Beyond The Milky Way For The First Time https://www.sciencealert.com/strange-gamma-rays-beyond-the-milky-way-may-reveal-antimatter-annihilation [13:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Antimatter Is Apparently Escaping The Milky Way And It Deepens One of Astronomy's Oldest Mysteries : ScienceAlert [13:33] TR News Fish Skin Doesn't Just Reflect Light It Might Actually Sense It https://www.sciencealert.com/fish-skin-doesnt-just-reflect-light-it-might-actually-sense-it [13:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Fish Skin Doesn't Just Reflect Light It Might Actually Sense It : ScienceAlert [13:33] TR News This Week in Science: A Grim Measles Milestone, a Lifespan Limit, And More https://www.sciencealert.com/this-week-in-science-a-grim-measles-milestone-a-lifespan-limit-and-more [13:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-This Week in Science: A Grim Measles Milestone, a Lifespan Limit, And More : ScienceAlert [13:33] TR News A Force From The Milky Way May Have Shaped The Continents on Earth https://www.sciencealert.com/the-structure-of-the-milky-way-may-have-shaped-earths-continents [13:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A Force From The Milky Way May Have Shaped The Continents on Earth : ScienceAlert [13:34] TR News Japan PM Takaichis 0 to 3 hours sleep post spurs work-style debate https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-pm-takaichis-0-to-3-hours-sleep-post-spurs-work-style-debate [13:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Japan PM Takaichis 0 to 3 hours sleep post spurs work-style debate | The Straits Times [13:34] *parsifal has quit (Quit: Leaving) [13:35] TR News Rescuers scour South China Sea for 23 missing after Vietnamese vessel sinks https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/rescuers-scour-south-china-sea-for-23-missing-after-vietnamese-vessel-sinks [13:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Rescuers scour South China Sea for 23 missing after Vietnamese vessel sinks | The Straits Times [13:35] TR News Canadian Intern at NATO Military HQ Is Arrested on Suspicion of Spying https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/world/europe/nato-canada-china-arrest-spying.html [13:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/world/europe/nato-canada-china-arrest-spying.html ) [13:36] TR News https://www.straitstimes.com/news/asia/rss.xml Sun, 26 Jul 2026 08:15:00 +0800 Coffee-less coffee, chocolates without cocoa: A look into North Koreas substitute economy [13:37] TR News Eye Implant That Restores Vision to the Blind Cleared for Sale https://futurism.com/health-medicine/eye-implant-restores-vision-approved-sale [13:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Eye Implant That Restores Vision to the Blind Cleared for Sale [13:38] TR News banning all LLM-generated code https://www.xda-developers.com/as-ubuntu-embraces-ai-debian-discusses-banning-all-ai-generated-code/ [13:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.xda-developers.com | As Ubuntu embraces AI, Debian discusses banning all AI-generated code [13:41] TR News World Machine Dragontail Peak now runs on macOS and Linux https://www.cgchannel.com/2026/07/world-machine-software-ships-world-machine-dragontail-peak/ [13:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cgchannel.com | World Machine Dragontail Peak now runs on macOS and Linux | CG Channel [13:42] TR News "There's also a healthy dose of fixes for games like Star Citizen, VRChat, Cyberpunk 2077, Dragon's Dogma 2, Yakuza 5 Remastered and many more." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/ge-proton-11-3-brings-better-optiscaler-integration-amd-fsr4-improvements-and-lots-of-game-fixes/ [13:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-GE-Proton 11-3 brings better OptiScaler integration, AMD FSR4 improvements and lots of game fixes | GamingOnLinux [13:43] TR News "I've usually trusted the word "lightweight" on a Linux distro's homepage. Pick anything with that label, drop it on old hardware, and it should run fine, or so I assumed." https://www.makeuseof.com/3-linux-distros-that-run-on-28gb-of-ram-when-even-the-lightweight-ones-choke/ [13:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.makeuseof.com | 3 Linux distros that run on 2.8GB of RAM when even the 'lightweight' ones choke [13:44] TR News Marvel Tkon: Fighting Souls Open Beta Is Blocked on Linux by Easy Anti-Cheat https://www.theouterhaven.net/marvel-tokon-fighting-souls-steamos-linux-easy-anticheat/ [13:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theouterhaven.net | Marvel Tokon fighting souls doesn't work with Linux (EAC) [13:44] TR News Marvel Tkon: Fighting Souls Open Beta Is Blocked on Linux by Easy Anti-Cheat https://opencritic.com/news/35041/marvel-t-kon-fighting-souls-open-beta-is-blocked-on-linux-by-easy-anti-cheat [13:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Marvel Tkon: Fighting Souls Open Beta Is Blocked on Linux by Easy Anti-Cheat - OpenCritic [13:47] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/today_s_howtos.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/today_s_howtos.1.gmi [13:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines today's howtos [13:49] TR News (NEW): Demands of Rootkits Keep Marvel Tkon Away From GNU/Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/Demands_of_Rootkits_Keep_Marvel_Tokon_Away_From_GNU_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/Demands_of_Rootkits_Keep_Marvel_Tokon_Away_From_GNU_Linux.gmi [13:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Demands of Rootkits Keep Marvel Tkon Away From GNU/Linux [13:52] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [13:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [13:55] TR News (NEW): Release of GNU C Library 2.44 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/Release_of_GNU_C_Library_2_44.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/Release_of_GNU_C_Library_2_44.gmi [13:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Release of GNU C Library 2.44 [13:59] TR News Techrights Links 26/07/2026: "Zelenskyy Says Russia Wants To Bring North Korean Troops Into Ukraine", Muslim Van Ramming Attack on Berlin Pride https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/26/Links_26_07_2026_Zelenskyy_Says_Russia_Wants_To_Bring_North_Kor.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/26/Links_26_07_2026_Zelenskyy_Says_Russia_Wants_To_Bring_North_Kor.gmi [13:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 26/07/2026: "Zelenskyy Says Russia Wants To Bring North Korean Troops Into Ukraine", Muslim Van Ramming Attack on Berlin Pride ● Jul 26 [14:10] TR News (NEW): Release of Brave 1.92 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/Release_of_Brave_1_92.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/Release_of_Brave_1_92.gmi [14:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Release of Brave 1.92 [14:12] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and WWW Stories https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_WWW_Stories.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_WWW_Stories.gmi [14:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and WWW Stories [14:14] TR News (NEW): CubicleNate on OpenSUSE and Linux Saloon Episode https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/CubicleNate_on_OpenSUSE_and_Linux_Saloon_Episode.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/CubicleNate_on_OpenSUSE_and_Linux_Saloon_Episode.gmi [14:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines CubicleNate on OpenSUSE and Linux Saloon Episode [14:16] TR News (NEW): Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/Security_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/Security_Leftovers.gmi [14:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Security Leftovers [14:17] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.gmi [14:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GNU/Linux Leftovers [14:27] TR News Techrights Maintenance Today https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/26/Maintenance_Today.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/26/Maintenance_Today.gmi [14:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Maintenance Today [14:28] *psydroid3 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [14:34] TR News (NEW): Reversal of Narratives by "MAGA Americans" https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/Reversal_of_Narratives_by_MAGA_Americans.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/Reversal_of_Narratives_by_MAGA_Americans.gmi [14:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Reversal of Narratives by "MAGA Americans" [14:44] TR News (NEW): Appliances Got Scarce and Expensive https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/Appliances_Got_Scarce_and_Expensive.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/Appliances_Got_Scarce_and_Expensive.gmi [14:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Appliances Got Scarce and Expensive ● Jul 26 [15:07] TR News Techrights Being Pro-Slop is Death Knell to One's Credibility https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/26/Being_Pro_Slop_is_Death_Knell_to_One_s_Credibility.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/26/Being_Pro_Slop_is_Death_Knell_to_One_s_Credibility.gmi [15:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Being Pro-Slop is Death Knell to One's Credibility [15:18] TR News gnu/linux 8% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/fiji/#monthly-200902-202607 [15:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Desktop Operating System Market Share Fiji | Statcounter Global Stats [15:31] TR News (NEW): In Some Sense, GNU/Linux Already Measured at 20% in Sweden https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/In_Some_Sense_GNU_Linux_Already_Measured_at_20_in_Sweden.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/In_Some_Sense_GNU_Linux_Already_Measured_at_20_in_Sweden.gmi [15:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines In Some Sense, GNU/Linux Already Measured at 20% in Sweden [15:46] TR News Techrights Sweden Needs GNU/Linux and Free Software, Not GAFAM https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/26/Sweden_Needs_GNU_Linux_and_Free_Software_Not_GAFAM.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/26/Sweden_Needs_GNU_Linux_and_Free_Software_Not_GAFAM.gmi [15:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Sweden Needs GNU/Linux and Free Software, Not GAFAM [15:47] TR News "Around two or three weeks ago I changed my tooling for my gopher content to create gophermaps instead of plaintext files for "pages"." gopher://redterminal.org:70/0/phlog/2026-07-25-Should_I_move_back_to_plaintext_pages.txt [15:48] TR News "The last couple decades have had me working on things obsessively, though never releasing much. Always, I tell myself, I'll do it when I'm ready. There are some exceptions: my big software project, released a decade ago, maintained regularly since. Two poetry chapbooks. But in general: I polish. I obsess. And nothing is ever ready." gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2026/7-25.gmi [15:49] TR News "An update of the various things happening in my life" gemini://tilde.club/~steelexodus/posts/update-2026-07/ [15:49] TR News "Once again, a little bit of a nothing month, but not as much as previously, so let's have a look." gemini://isoraqathedh.pollux.casa/gemlog/2026-07.gmi [15:50] TR News "After a short but nice correspondence with IanJ I'm convinced, that it's more important that my phlog is really readable by my (few) readers and not breaking with the long-established rules of the Gopher community." [15:50] TR News "And I can't (and shouldn't) demand people to change their reading habits (for example if they're using UMN Gopher Client, which should now be able to display my pages again)." gopher://redterminal.org:70/0/phlog/2026-07-26-So_I_rolled_back_to_a_plaintext_phlog.txt [15:52] TR News Skript fr meine Capsule gemini://tilde.team/~rzbrk/gemlog/2026-07-25.gmi [15:52] TR News by the window gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/by_the_window [15:53] TR News "In the early years of "playing in the MUD", I was a youngster who was prone to being influenced by others in the way that partially-formed adults often are. Friendship and camaraderie came and went easily, as it tends to do in youth and in fully digital spaces." gemini://nullish.smol.pub/gratitudes-part-2-a-briefest-mention-of-synefra [15:54] TR News We've got ourselves an overachieving Haworthia right here. gemini://b-ark.ca/2026/07/26/we-ve-got-ourselves-an/ [15:54] TR News (NEW): Linux makes old computers feel faster, not actually faster https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/Linux_makes_old_computers_feel_faster_not_actually_faster.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/Linux_makes_old_computers_feel_faster_not_actually_faster.gmi [15:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Linux makes old computers feel faster, not actually faster [15:54] TR News "this semi-rant is about the poor souls who think it's what's expected otherwise you're somehow a tarot fraud." gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/tarotpractice [15:55] TR News "I /think/ there's a subtle issue with how Rogallo handles the server fingerprints, but I can't quite put my finger on it (no pun, etc...). I suspect there's something to learn via that thread." gemini://station.martinrue.com/davep/f174c69222a84a72ad14c3b54d4d2731 [15:56] TR News "I don't think there's a reason to attack Gemini beyond to show off. But I'm anxious" gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/Gemini/46370 [15:57] TR News "This morning we picked up our friends and their daughter and drove an hour north. The destination: a little town on a lake, for a short day at the beach. We got in, unpacked, changed, put on sunscreen." gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2026/7-25-2.gmi [15:57] TR News Neue Capsule gemini://tilde.team/~rzbrk/gemlog/2026-07-22.gmi [15:57] TR News Testeintrag gemini://tilde.team/~rzbrk/gemlog/2026-07-19.gmi [15:57] TR News (NEW): Zorin Connect does three things that finally made me stop opening multiple apps https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/Zorin_Connect_does_three_things_that_finally_made_me_stop_openi.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/Zorin_Connect_does_three_things_that_finally_made_me_stop_openi.gmi [15:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Zorin Connect does three things that finally made me stop opening multiple apps [15:58] TR News Another Bozo on the bus. gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/xiled/phlog/2026/20260725_identity ● Jul 26 [16:03] TR News (NEW): KDE Plasma became the best Linux desktop, but it's terrifying for new users https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/KDE_Plasma_became_the_best_Linux_desktop_but_it_s_terrifying_fo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/KDE_Plasma_became_the_best_Linux_desktop_but_it_s_terrifying_fo.gmi [16:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines KDE Plasma became the best Linux desktop, but it's terrifying for new users [16:04] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 26/07/2026: Beach Day, CAs, and Plaintext https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/26/Gemini_Links_26_07_2026_Beach_Day_CAs_and_Plaintext.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/26/Gemini_Links_26_07_2026_Beach_Day_CAs_and_Plaintext.gmi [16:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 26/07/2026: Beach Day, CAs, and Plaintext [16:06] TR News (NEW): Ubuntu LTS is the best Proxmox LXC base, even though Debian seems like the obvious choice https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/Ubuntu_LTS_is_the_best_Proxmox_LXC_base_even_though_Debian_seem.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/Ubuntu_LTS_is_the_best_Proxmox_LXC_base_even_though_Debian_seem.gmi [16:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Ubuntu LTS is the best Proxmox LXC base, even though Debian seems like the obvious choice [16:09] TR News (NEW): CachyOS rebuilds every package the 'wrong' way, and my Steam library runs faster for it https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/CachyOS_rebuilds_every_package_the_wrong_way_and_my_Steam_libra.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/CachyOS_rebuilds_every_package_the_wrong_way_and_my_Steam_libra.gmi [16:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines CachyOS rebuilds every package the 'wrong' way, and my Steam library runs faster for it [16:46] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/Android_Leftovers.gmi [16:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Android Leftovers ● Jul 26 [17:03] TR News GNU/Linux remained high in Suriname throughout the year http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/13/All_Time_High_for_GNU_Linux_in_Suriname.shtml https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/suriname/#monthly-200902-202607 [17:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines All-Time High for GNU/Linux in Suriname [17:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Desktop Operating System Market Share Suriname | Statcounter Global Stats [17:11] TR News Techrights In statCounter, a lot of "Unknown" Turns Out to be GNU/Linux https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/26/In_statCounter_a_lot_of_Unknown_Turns_Out_to_be_GNU_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/26/In_statCounter_a_lot_of_Unknown_Turns_Out_to_be_GNU_Linux.gmi [17:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights In statCounter, a lot of "Unknown" Turns Out to be GNU/Linux [17:18] TR News (NEW): Xfce was supposed to be the last safe house for X11 holdouts, and it just started packing up https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/Xfce_was_supposed_to_be_the_last_safe_house_for_X11_holdouts_an.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/Xfce_was_supposed_to_be_the_last_safe_house_for_X11_holdouts_an.gmi [17:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Xfce was supposed to be the last safe house for X11 holdouts, and it just started packing up [17:26] TR News (NEW): Proxmox, Home lab, Mini PC and Many More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/Proxmox_Home_lab_Mini_PC_and_Many_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/Proxmox_Home_lab_Mini_PC_and_Many_More.gmi [17:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Proxmox, Home lab, Mini PC and Many More [17:27] TR News Techrights Non-Techs Using Slop Run Fedora and It's Turning Out to be a Total Disaster https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/26/Non_Techs_Using_Slop_Run_Fedora_and_It_s_Turning_Out_to_be_a_To.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/26/Non_Techs_Using_Slop_Run_Fedora_and_It_s_Turning_Out_to_be_a_To.gmi [17:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Non-Techs Using Slop Run Fedora and It's Turning Out to be a Total Disaster [17:33] TR News "So abandon AI and now quantum is the new moonshot? AK is tossing-up a Hail Mary." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ky99s0xw [17:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ky99s0xw ) [17:33] TR News "This only proves one point - AK is not worried because he knows how to bullsh-t!!!" [17:34] TR News WSJ (Murdoch) covering up again for IBM http://techrights.org/n/2026/06/19/Fake_News_From_Rupert_Murdoch_s_WSJ_Could_Not_Keep_IBM_From_Sin.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2026/06/19/Murdoch_s_Wall_Street_Journal_WSJ_Associates_Dependence_on_a_Po.shtml [17:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Fake News From Rupert Murdoch's WSJ Could Not Keep IBM From Sinking [17:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (WSJ) Associates Dependence on a Ponzi Scheme With "the Future" [17:35] TR News ""At what level do you become exempt from pip?"" https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/25/PIPs_Are_Shrinking_IBM_and_IBM_is_Managing_Decline_Not_Building.shtml [17:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights PIPs Are Shrinking IBM and "IBM is Managing Decline, Not Building Growth" [17:39] TR News "the reason partners are used has nothing to do with skill. IBM doesnt want to hire more people and partners get the work." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kycdkzhr [17:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kycdkzhr ) [17:51] TR News "when the buyout is complete, 100% of them would not recommend working there. "74% of HRL Laboratories employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews."" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ky9xhn9h [17:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ky9xhn9h ) [17:52] TR News "More private equity style money laundering. Moving money around, ruining lives of more American workers. Another acquisition to delay another day of reckoning." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ky8nf3nd [17:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ky8nf3nd ) [17:52] TR News "My deepest sympathies are with the employees of HRL" "yes this feels very much like yet another distraction in short succession" [17:53] TR News "That is too funny - What was AK doing till now? Just observing the culture too slow to change over all these years and not doing anything about it?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ky7hs98g "not only the US employees I'm afraid ! these guys are everything but leaders!!!" [17:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ky7hs98g ) ● Jul 26 [18:26] TR News Techrights Silent Layoffs (PIPs) Have Allegedly Accelerated Since IBM's Stock Cratered https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/26/Silent_Layoffs_PIPs_Have_Allegedly_Accelerated_Since_IBM_s_Stoc.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/26/Silent_Layoffs_PIPs_Have_Allegedly_Accelerated_Since_IBM_s_Stoc.gmi [18:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Silent Layoffs (PIPs) Have Allegedly Accelerated Since IBM's Stock Cratered ● Jul 26 [20:06] TR News (NEW): Windows at New Lows in Viet Nam, GNU/Linux Measured at 7% https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/Windows_at_New_Lows_in_Viet_Nam_GNU_Linux_Measured_at_7.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/Windows_at_New_Lows_in_Viet_Nam_GNU_Linux_Measured_at_7.gmi [20:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Windows at New Lows in Viet Nam, GNU/Linux Measured at 7% [20:08] TR News gold price https://www.dw.com/en/will-gold-prices-extend-their-record-breaking-run/a-77971997 [20:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | Will gold prices extend their record-breaking run? [20:09] TR News heat https://www.dw.com/en/german-tenants-need-better-heat-protection/a-77979682 [20:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | German tenants need better heat protection [20:11] TR News "Falling behind" on a PONZI SCHEME is NOT a bad thing! https://www.dw.com/en/ai-why-europe-is-falling-behind-and-how-it-can-catch-up/a-77853943 [20:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | AI: Why Europe is falling behind, and how it can catch up [20:12] TR News Attacks on Free-Speech https://off-guardian.org/2026/07/16/widdecombe-murder-means-attacks-on-free-speech-swap-sides/ [20:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 522 @ https://off-guardian.org/2026/07/16/widdecombe-murder-means-attacks-on-free-speech-swap-sides/ ) [20:14] TR News life sentence for minors https://bianet.org/haber/turkey-s-new-draft-law-introduces-life-sentence-for-minors-321497 [20:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bianet.org | Turkey's new draft law introduces life sentence for minors [20:22] TR News e-commerce warehouses https://cphpost.dk/2026-07-22/global/several-hurt-in-attack-on-russian-e-commerce-warehouses/ https://www.theage.com.au/world/europe/russian-amazon-hit-by-more-massive-ukrainian-strikes-20260722-p60hnt.html [20:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://cphpost.dk/2026-07-22/global/several-hurt-in-attack-on-russian-e-commerce-warehouses/ ) [20:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theage.com.au | Russia-Ukraine war: Russian Amazon hit by more massive strikes [20:33] TR News Latitude and Longitude https://xkcd.com/3273/ [20:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-xkcd: Latitude and Longitude [20:34] TR News Arthurian Connector https://xkcd.com/3274/ [20:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-xkcd: Arthurian Connector [20:34] TR News Calibration Nobel https://xkcd.com/3275/ [20:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-xkcd: Calibration Nobel [20:35] TR News OPNsense 26.7 released https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=52375.0 [20:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-forum.opnsense.org | OPNsense 26.7 released [20:36] TR News Press Freedom Under Pressure https://www.projectcensored.org/press-freedom-under-pressure-media-academia-gaza/ [20:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://www.projectcensored.org/press-freedom-under-pressure-media-academia-gaza/ ) [20:36] TR News CPJ, SCM submit report to UN ahead of Syria human rights review https://cpj.org/2026/07/cpj-scm-submit-report-to-un-ahead-of-syria-human-rights-review/ [20:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cpj.org | CPJ, SCM submit report to UN ahead of Syria human rights review - Committee to Protect Journalists [20:37] TR News DW correspondent Alican Uludag released, ordered not to leave Turkey https://www.dw.com/en/dw-correspondent-alican-uludag-released-ordered-not-to-leave-turkey/a-78075380 [20:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Turkey releases DW correspondent after overnight detention [20:37] TR News DW correspondent Alican Uludag re-arrested in Turkey https://www.dw.com/en/dw-correspondent-alican-uludag-re-arrested-in-turkey/a-78057910 [20:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-DW correspondent Alican Uludag re-arrested in Turkey [20:49] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@kcvnmgbxt8eqq.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social ● Jul 26 [21:20] TR News Techrights Stigma of Being Laid Off by Microsoft https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/26/Stigma_of_Being_Laid_Off_by_Microsoft.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/26/Stigma_of_Being_Laid_Off_by_Microsoft.gmi [21:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Stigma of Being Laid Off by Microsoft [21:22] TR News Comments on Formatting Gopher Posts gopher://gopher.unixlore.net:70/0/glog/comments-on-formatting-gopher-posts.md [21:23] TR News "Why the move? I'm trying to reduce my self-hosting footprint, and I've had a mostly unused tilde.team account for a while, so it seemed a good place to setup shop. The content here will stay online for a while, at least until I get rid of the VPS hosting it." gopher://gopher.unixlore.net:70/0/glog/moving-gopher-site.md [21:24] TR News "It started while shopping for a backpack. I bought my last one from a military surplus supplier about twenty years ago. I don't much care for spending money, but my old pack was falling apart, and twenty years -- and probably twenty thousand miles -- isn't a bad service life for an inexpensive backpack." gemini://larsthebear.me/things_that_will_see_me_out.gmi [21:25] TR News "I have written so much, and yet so little. I am thinking about getting all my posts together and then putting them through the shredder and just take the good bits and put them together in a single post. It will probably leave me with 100 words or less." gemini://detritus.smol.pub/1785087365 [21:25] TR News "On August, 12th you can witness a partial solar eclipse in some parts of Europe. I published a gemlog on how to build a simple projector and discussed some design aspects (German): [...]" gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/Astronomy/46413 [21:26] TR News DIY Projektor fr die Sonnenfinsternis am 12.08.2026 gemini://tilde.team/~rzbrk/gemlog/2026-07-26.gmi [21:29] TR News years ago: http://techrights.org/o/2023/08/23/gemini-capsules-in-geminispace/ now: "There are 4761 capsules. We successfully connected recently to 3487 of them." gemini://gemini.bortzmeyer.org/software/lupa/stats.gmi [21:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | By Month's End Lupa Will Quite Likely See 3,500 Unique Gemini Capsules in Geminispace [21:33] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 26/07/2026: European Eclipse, Writing About Writing, and Comments on Formatting Gopher Posts https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/26/Gemini_Links_26_07_2026_European_Eclipse_Writing_About_Writing_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/26/Gemini_Links_26_07_2026_European_Eclipse_Writing_About_Writing_.gmi [21:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 26/07/2026: European Eclipse, Writing About Writing, and Comments on Formatting Gopher Posts [21:41] TR News Techrights 3,500 Active Gemini Capsules Soon https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/26/3_500_Active_Gemini_Capsules_Soon.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/26/3_500_Active_Gemini_Capsules_Soon.gmi [21:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights 3,500 Active Gemini Capsules Soon [21:58] TR News (NEW): Tux Machines Growing Bigger https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/Tux_Machines_Growing_Bigger.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/26/Tux_Machines_Growing_Bigger.gmi [21:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Tux Machines Growing Bigger ● Jul 26 [22:00] TR News Techrights Millions of Daily Requests https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/26/Millions_of_Daily_Requests.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/26/Millions_of_Daily_Requests.gmi [22:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Millions of Daily Requests [22:04] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.10 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [22:11] TR News Techrights Daniel Pocock in Mainstream Media Again https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/26/Daniel_Pocock_in_Mainstream_Media_Again.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/26/Daniel_Pocock_in_Mainstream_Media_Again.gmi [22:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Daniel Pocock in Mainstream Media Again ● Jul 26 [04:15] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techpol [04:47] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techpol ● Jul 26 [07:50] *admfubar has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Jul 26 [08:10] *admfubar (~admfubar@ae6yc8gqwe7jq.irc) has joined #techpol ● Jul 26 [12:02] *tm-testing has quit (connection closed) [12:02] *ergo-log-bot has quit (connection closed) [12:02] *tr-backup0 has quit (connection closed) [12:02] *techrights-news-remote0 has quit (connection closed) [12:02] *techrights-links0 has quit (connection closed) [12:02] *techrights-ddos-prot5 has quit (connection closed) [12:02] *pi5-ipfs0 has quit (connection closed) [12:02] *techrights-server-mon0 has quit (connection closed) [12:02] *tm-test has quit (connection closed) [12:02] *tr-server-stage0 has quit (connection closed) [12:02] *techrights-server-mon43 has quit (connection closed) [12:02] *TechPolBot has quit (connection closed) [12:02] *Disconnected (Remote host closed socket). 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Heres why S-E Asia got a pass https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/concern-as-australia-hikes-student-fees-again-but-asean-exemption-wins-praise [13:25] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Australia hikes student visa fees, exempts ASEAN | The Straits Times [13:29] TR News Brazil Blocks Visit by U.S. Delegation Seeking to Question Election System https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/world/americas/brazil-united-states-election-voting.html [13:29] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/world/americas/brazil-united-states-election-voting.html ) [13:29] TR News Inside the Rushed Effort to Get Convicted Felon His New Air Force One https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/us/politics/trump-air-force-one-security.html [13:29] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/us/politics/trump-air-force-one-security.html ) [13:35] TR News Canadian Intern at NATO Military HQ Is Arrested on Suspicion of Spying https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/world/europe/nato-canada-china-arrest-spying.html [13:35] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/world/europe/nato-canada-china-arrest-spying.html ) ● Jul 26 [14:28] *psydroid3 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Jul 26 [18:23] *agentcas2y (~dracos@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techpol [18:24] *agentcas2y is now known as agentcasey ● Jul 26 [20:38] *admfubar has quit (Quit: Leaving) [20:49] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@kcvnmgbxt8eqq.irc) has joined #techpol ● Jul 26 [22:04] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.10 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/)