●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, January 21, 2025 ●● ● Jan 21 [02:22] *jacobk (~quassel@syp65ggum2ibk.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jan 21 [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jj24gr7t [06:42] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jj24gr7t ) [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] " [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] Will Trump challenge IBM moving jobs to India? [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] Will the Trump administration do anything to stop companies like IBM from moving US jobs to India? [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] " [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] " [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] Friend of mine from my 2nd account lost his and his co-workers jobs cause Trump told them when running his 1st term as president he was going to address the H1B visas. That didn't happen. Wouldn't surprise me he doesn't stop jobs being offshored [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] 1 hour ago by Anonymous [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] | no reactions [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @cp+1jj24gr7t [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] 0 [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] "Brandon was beyond any doubt the most openly corrupt president ever. The last minute family pardon that is totally open in it's scope undeniably proves it. So disgusting." [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] He was deemed too incompetent to stand trial by the government. [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] Yet neither the corrupt Clowngress or the Supreme A--Clowns did anything to remove him. I has to wonder what group has been calling the shots for the US. Probably the same group that helped install the vegetable. [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] 1 hour ago by Anonymous [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] | no reactions [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @cn+1jj24gr7t [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] +1 [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] Brandon was beyond any doubt the most openly corrupt president ever. The last minute family pardon that is totally open in it's scope undeniably proves it. So disgusting. [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] 3 hours ago by Anonymous [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] | 1 reaction (+1/-0) [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @c7+1jj24gr7t [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] +2 [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] Yes, this Dems are such bad losers... Why can't they understand they lost because their policies were sh-t and they never cared about people! [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] Climate change is sh-t, tamp-ns in the men's bathrooms is sh-t, leaving the border completely open is sh-t, etc..., etc... [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] Grow up losers! The people of the USA have spoken... fu--ing listen! [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] 5 hours ago by Anonymous [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] | 2 reactions (+2/-0) [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @bx+1jj24gr7t [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] -1 [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] You whiners circumvented the democratic process and as a result lost and are now irrelevant LOLAYL [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] 6 hours ago by Anonymous [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] | 3 reactions (+1/-2) [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @bk+1jj24gr7t [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] 0 [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] He only works with winners [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] You misspelled whiners. [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] 8 hours ago by Anonymous [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] | 4 reactions (+2/-2) [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @b8+1jj24gr7t [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] +4 [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] He only works with winners, so IBM is irrelevant. [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] 14 hours ago by Anonymous [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] | 8 reactions (+6/-2) [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @a9+1jj24gr7t [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] +9 [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] If it makes him richer, yes. [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] " ● Jan 21 [08:00] schestowitz[TR2] [08:00] schestowitz[TR2] > [08:00] schestowitz[TR2] > Which URL? [08:00] schestowitz[TR2] > [08:00] schestowitz[TR2] > There is no Daniel Pocock video in the YouTube playlist at the moment: [08:00] schestowitz[TR2] > [08:00] schestowitz[TR2] > https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw5b7AxY7nCESDE-45OVbDubAwNAEgTup [08:00] schestowitz[TR2] I later found it was among last in the day. [08:00] schestowitz[TR2] We'll probably cite his talk hundreds of times in the future (for things that are in it). [08:00] schestowitz[TR2] Cheers! [08:00] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ClueCon 2024 - YouTube ● Jan 21 [09:02] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:04] *jacobk (~quassel@syp65ggum2ibk.irc) has joined #techbytes [09:33] *lightbringer has quit (Connection closed) [09:33] *lightbringer (mincer@freenode/user/lightbringer) has joined #techbytes ● Jan 21 [10:36] *lightbringer has quit (Connection closed) [10:36] *lightbringer (mincer@freenode/user/lightbringer) has joined #techbytes [10:45] *lightbringer has quit (Connection closed) [10:45] *lightbringer (mincer@freenode/user/lightbringer) has joined #techbytes ● Jan 21 [12:19] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Jan 21 [14:35] *x-amarsh04 has quit (connection closed) ● Jan 21 [15:04] *GNUmoon2 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [15:07] *GNUmoon2 (~GNUmoon@tk3vtmwmepfek.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jan 21 [16:51] schestowitz[TR2]
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    Fwupd 2.0.4 Enhances USB Descriptor Recording
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    Over a month after its previous 2.0.3 release, Fwupd, an open-source utility designed to make updating firmware on Linux-based systems easier and more automatic, rolled out its new 2.0.4 version.

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    Among the new capabilities is the ability to record the entire USB descriptor in the emulation data, ensuring that all relevant information is captured accurately and consistently.

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    • [16:51] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-linuxiac.com | Fwupd 2.0.4 Enhances USB Descriptor Recording ● Jan 21 [17:56] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@xg2evud9qdris.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jan 21 [18:10] schestowitz[TR2]
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    Beyond Ubuntu: Other Linux Distributions You Should Try
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    What you might not know is that many of those distributions are based on a handful of versions, one of which is Ubuntu. If it werent for Ubuntu, we wouldnt have distributions like Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Edubuntu, Zorin OS, elementary OS, and so many more.

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    But what if Ubuntu (or its derivatives) isnt your cup o tea? Where do you turn? Fortunately, even without adding Ubuntu into the mix, you still have plenty of options, all of which are outstanding desktop distributions.

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    Lets take a look at some of the available options, each of which could brilliantly serve your desktop needs.

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    • [18:10] schestowitz[TR2] [18:10] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-thenewstack.io | Beyond Ubuntu: Other Linux Distributions You Should Try - The New Stack [18:47] schestowitz[TR2] The author of the following email has given us permission to publish it here. It was sent to Richard Stallman after Stallman replied to a message the author had sent to a mailing list. In it, the author mentions being touched by Stallman's suicidal thoughts as quoted in Steven Levy's book Hackers - Heroes of the Computer Revolution. [18:47] schestowitz[TR2] From: Richard Lawrence <[Redacted]> [18:47] schestowitz[TR2] To: Richard Stallman <[Redacted]> [18:47] schestowitz[TR2] Subject: Thank you [18:47] schestowitz[TR2] Date: December 2024 [18:47] schestowitz[TR2] Dear Richard, [18:47] schestowitz[TR2] This is just a note to say: thank you for your message, and thank you for your work. I could hardly believe it when, after several days where no one replied to my initial post, I woke up one morning to find that the first and only reply was from Richard Stallman himself! [18:47] schestowitz[TR2] I've been an admirer of your work since I first found the Free Software movement, during my college days (sometime around 2005 or 2006). I don't remember any more whether I found out about Free Software by downloading GNU Emacs, or whether I downloaded it because I'd found out about Free Software. Either way, I've been an Emacs user since then, and it's an honor to finally be one of its contributors, too, and getting emails from yo [18:47] schestowitz[TR2] u. [18:47] schestowitz[TR2] A few years ago I read Stephen Levy's book Hackers, and was quite touched by a passage in the 2010 Afterword, where he quotes you as saying: [18:47] schestowitz[TR2] I certainly wished I had killed myself when I was born...In terms of effect on the world, its very good that Ive lived. And so I guess, if I could go back in time and prevent my birth, I wouldnt do it. But I sure wish I hadnt had so much pain. [18:47] schestowitz[TR2] Sincerely, [18:47] schestowitz[TR2] Richard Lawrence [18:47] schestowitz[TR2] https://stallmansupport.org/testimonies-letters-writings-and-more.html#lawrence [18:47] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-stallmansupport.org | Testimonies, Letters, Writings, and More | Stallman Support ● Jan 21 [19:27] *jacobk (~quassel@6wygwq2t5e2hw.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jan 21 [21:06] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [21:20] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@yrifiesvn57du.irc) has joined #techbytes