●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, March 01, 2026 ●● ● Mar 01 [00:00] MinceR https://explosm.net/comics/breakfast#comic [00:00] TR Bot & Happiness (Explosm.net) [00:23] MinceR damn, that tvtropes article gets so many things wrong about trabants and wartburgs [00:55] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [00:55] *includeals (~includeal@bl18-27-126.dsl.telepac.pt) has joined #techrights ● Mar 01 [01:16] *nobody (~nobody@uz2d8wqpdebs4.irc) has joined #techrights [01:32] *IsambardPrince has quit (Quit: Leaving) [01:41] *Guest42043 has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [01:45] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@2f23pkmaifejk.irc) has joined #techrights [01:49] *FANTOM (~fantom@freenode-j1v.9lt.r9g5d1.IP) has joined #techrights ● Mar 01 [02:08] *IsambardPrince has quit (Quit: Leaving) [02:17] *openJ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [02:17] *openJ (~sid276354@nuh3iep92zvge.irc) has joined #techrights [02:28] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@jeeem8pcc4hte.irc) has joined #techrights [02:46] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-280226.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-280226.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-280226.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-280226.txt [02:46] TR Bot IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, February 28, 2026 [02:47] TR News Yesterday's #techrights IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-280226.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-280226.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-280226.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-280226.txt [02:47] TR Bot IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, February 28, 2026 [02:48] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-280226.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-280226.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-280226.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-280226.txt [02:48] TR Bot IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, February 28, 2026 [02:49] TR News Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-280226.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-280226.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-280226.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-280226.txt [02:49] TR Bot IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, February 28, 2026 [02:49] TR News Yesterday's bulletin is now ready! : http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2026-02-28.txt | gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2026-02-28.txt (tentative address, to work an hour from now) [02:50] TR News Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2026-02-28.txt [02:54] admfubar come on up to he lab and see what's on the slab... https://futurism.com/health-medicine/lab-grown-brain-organoid [02:54] TR Bot Lab-Grown Brains Growing More Powerful [02:55] admfubar https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/claude-code-anthropic-labor [02:55] TR Bot Creator of Claude Code Fears This Could Be the Last Year That Software Engineers Are Employable [02:57] admfubar https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/economy-lurching-downward-fear-ai [02:57] TR Bot The Economy Is Lurching Downward as Fear of AI Spreads ● Mar 01 [03:00] admfubar from the whoopsie doodles dept.... https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/48m-in-crypto-stolen-after-korean-tax-agency-exposes-wallet-seed/ [03:00] TR Bot $4.8M in crypto stolen after Korean tax agency exposes wallet seed [03:08] *wallacer (~quassel@2x2w4qfz3wksg.irc) has joined #techrights [03:10] admfubar https://www.wheresyoured.at/hatersguide-pe/ [03:10] TR Bot Premium: The Hater's Guide to Private Equity [03:11] MinceR https://i.ibb.co/9HNvVd4m/Screenshot-20260301-112620-You-Tube.jpg [03:11] admfubar poor lil thing.... https://futurism.com/future-society/phoebe-gates-ai-startup [03:11] TR Bot Bill Gates' Daughter Says Her $185 Million AI Startup Will Succeed Entirely Due to Her Merits, Not Even a Little Bit Who Her Dad Is [03:12] admfubar https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/chatbot-use-mental-illness [03:12] TR Bot Chatbot Use Can Cause Mental Illness to Get Worse, Research Finds [03:14] admfubar wind up computing next????? https://hackaday.com/2026/02/28/running-a-desktop-pc-off-aa-alkaline-cells/ [03:14] TR Bot A Desktop PC Off AA Alkaline Cells | Hackaday [03:17] admfubar LLMs are so 2020 [03:17] admfubar Books are the new LLM. [03:27] admfubar https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/26/hanged-for-a-sheep/#as-for-a-lamb [03:27] TR Bot Pluralistic: If you build it (and it works), Trump will come (and take it) (26 Feb 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [03:41] admfubar https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/02/27/2217216 [03:41] TR Bot Hackers Expose the Massive Surveillance Stack Hiding Inside Your Age Verification Check - SoylentNews [03:53] admfubar https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/02/why-tehrans-two-tiered-internet-is-so-dangerous.html [03:53] TR Bot Tehrans Two-Tiered Internet Is So Dangerous - Schneier on Security ● Mar 01 [04:10] schestowitz[TR2] [19:00] I have heard Richard speak in person ONCE. From WAY back in a large auditorium, I could not make out a single word. Recordings of his speeches are not much better, the sound quality is rarely better than awful. Am I doing it wrong? [04:15] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Saturday, February 28, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/01/IRC_Proceedings_Saturday_February_28_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/01/IRC_Proceedings_Saturday_February_28_2026.gmi [04:15] TR Bot Techrights IRC Proceedings: Saturday, February 28, 2026 [04:15] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [04:15] TR Bot Tux Machines Today in Techrights [04:16] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/01/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/01/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [04:16] TR Bot Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [04:20] IsambardPrince There's a pretty cheap hotel that's still decent that I go to. It has an okay breakfast. The guy at the front desk remembers me and assigns me to one of the nice rooms. [04:21] IsambardPrince They seem to have some rooms that have fallen into disrepair though. [04:21] IsambardPrince That Korean guy that is there sometimes gave me one of those and I wasn't very happy. The shower had leaks and was spraying everywhere and the heater was messed up. [04:25] TR News Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2026-03-01.gmi [04:26] TR News "I will likely not participate in OFFLFIRSOCH this year, mostly because I will be very busy with other projects in the month of March. In the spirit of the challenge, though, I want to identify something I do online and try to do it offline instead." gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2026/202602/20260228-in-the-spirit-of-offlfirsoch.gmi [04:26] TR News "Welcome to Part 5 of my Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) series. I'm currently working as a Site Reliability Engineer, and I'm here to share what SRE is all about in this blog series." gemini://foo.zone/gemfeed/2026-03-01-site-reliability-engineering-part-5.gmi [04:27] TR News "I wanted to delete my Patreon account today, but there's no option for that. Instead, you have to file a ticket asking for them to delete your data. I did that, and they replied with an email: [...]" gemini://robida.net/entries/2026/03/01/delete-patreon [04:31] *bindigoat (~bindi@14.202.tr.wpj) has joined #techrights [04:31] *bindigoat has quit () [04:37] TR News Xbox console executive says she left team after refusing to wear bathrobe at GDC hotel https://www.notebookcheck.net/Xbox-console-executive-says-she-left-team-after-refusing-to-wear-bathrobe-at-GDC-hotel.1238175.0.html [04:37] TR Bot console executive says she left team after refusing to wear bathrobe at GDC hotel - NotebookCheck.net News [04:40] TR News Endangered marine life is being caught in fishing nets, but it doesnt need to be https://theconversation.com/endangered-marine-life-is-being-caught-in-fishing-nets-but-it-doesnt-need-to-be-275366 [04:40] TR Bot Endangered marine life is being caught in fishing nets, but it doesnt need to be [04:40] TR News blooming early https://theconversation.com/crocuses-are-blooming-early-heres-what-this-means-for-nature-275041 [04:40] TR Bot Crocuses are blooming early heres what this means for nature [04:42] TR News Notice DATES https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/02/15/0249259/oldest-active-linux-distro-slackware-finally-releases-version-150 [04:42] TR Bot Oldest Active Linux Distro Slackware Finally Releases Version 15.0 - Slashdot [04:42] TR News How to Run Full-screen Games In Linux With Dual Monitors https://www.maketecheasier.com/run-fullscreen-games-in-linux-with-dual-monitors/ [04:42] TR Bot How to Run Full-screen Games In Linux With Dual Monitors - Make Tech Easier [04:43] TR News Linux Aliases: The Ultimate Hack to Boost Your Terminal Efficiency https://www.maketecheasier.com/linux-aliases-boost-terminal-efficiency/ [04:43] TR Bot Linux Aliases: The Ultimate Hack to Boost Your Terminal Efficiency - Make Tech Easier [04:43] TR News Idea Raised For Nicer DRM Panic Screen Integration On Fedora Linux https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/02/17/2157254/idea-raised-for-nicer-drm-panic-screen-integration-on-fedora-linux [04:43] TR Bot Idea Raised For Nicer DRM Panic Screen Integration On Fedora Linux - Slashdot [04:45] TR News T2 Linux Restores XAA In Xorg, Making 2D Graphics Fast Again https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/02/21/0752214/t2-linux-restores-xaa-in-xorg-making-2d-graphics-fast-again [04:45] TR Bot T2 Linux Restores XAA In Xorg, Making 2D Graphics Fast Again - Slashdot [04:45] TR News Asahi Linux first impressions https://rmpr.github.io/first-impression-asahi-linux/ [04:45] TR Bot Asahi Linux first impressions Paul Mairo The faster you fail, the faster you learn [04:46] TR News Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (08/2026): Touch Your Wrist https://linmob.net/weekly-update-08-2026/ [04:46] TR Bot - Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (08/2026): Touch Your Wrist [04:58] TR News Techrights The term FUD (fear, uncertainty, doubt) was created to describe IBM's tactics and IBM is doing it again https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/01/Then_term_FUD_fear_uncertainty_doubt_was_created_to_describe_IB.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/01/Then_term_FUD_fear_uncertainty_doubt_was_created_to_describe_IB.gmi [04:58] TR Bot Techrights The term FUD (fear, uncertainty, doubt) was created to describe IBM's tactics and IBM is doing it again ● Mar 01 [05:06] TR News Techrights ACM Lowers Its Standards for Age of Autocracy https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/01/ACM_Lowers_Its_Standards_for_Age_of_Autocracy.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/01/ACM_Lowers_Its_Standards_for_Age_of_Autocracy.gmi [05:06] TR Bot Techrights ACM Lowers Its Standards for Age of Autocracy [05:08] TR News When dictators kill other dictators because dictators are "bad", but they won't commit suicide because those hypocritical dictators love themselves way too much [05:13] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 01/03/2026: "In the Spirit of OFFLFIRSOCH" and "Delete Patreon" https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/01/Gemini_Links_01_03_2026_In_the_Spirit_of_OFFLFIRSOCH_and_Delete.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/01/Gemini_Links_01_03_2026_In_the_Spirit_of_OFFLFIRSOCH_and_Delete.gmi [05:13] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 01/03/2026: "In the Spirit of OFFLFIRSOCH" and "Delete Patreon" [05:14] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], MinceR I actually am glad we're attacking Iran. [05:15] IsambardPrince It may undermine Russia's war on Ukraine. [05:15] IsambardPrince Iran is a major supplier of certain weapons. [05:15] IsambardPrince If the government collapses and we destroy their capability to produce those weapons, it might slow down the Russians. [05:15] IsambardPrince Also, Iran is bad enough even without that. [05:16] MinceR nice [05:16] IsambardPrince They got what they had coming. We've warned them repeatedly for ten years that this would happen. [05:16] MinceR afaict, between israel and iran, every blow lands in a good place [05:16] IsambardPrince And frankly, Trump is still showing more restraint than I would given the resources we have in the area. [05:16] IsambardPrince We need to be pulverizing the government buildings, military installations, and munitions factories. [05:17] IsambardPrince We should focus on that. [05:17] IsambardPrince I'm not sure what regime change will look like, many of the people rising up against the state are burning mosques. [05:17] IsambardPrince That makes me hopeful, cautiously hopeful. [05:18] IsambardPrince Iran wasn't always like this. 6 years before I was born it was a pretty moderate country. [05:18] IsambardPrince Women had rights. [05:18] IsambardPrince The leftists that are screaming about the Islamic Theocracy being decapitated are 100% wrong. [05:18] IsambardPrince It should have happened sooner. [05:19] IsambardPrince MinceR, Iran is worse than Israel. [05:19] IsambardPrince I told Brandon Lobster that Israel would be the only place safe for him to go in the Middle East. [05:19] IsambardPrince If he went into Gaza, they'd kill him as soon as they saw him. [05:19] IsambardPrince Same with Iran. [05:19] IsambardPrince They don't go for that there. [05:20] IsambardPrince They'd kill their own children if one of them said they had a gender identity disorder. [05:20] IsambardPrince Only first world countries tolerate that. [05:21] IsambardPrince I don't think we should be cruel to people who have a gender identity disorder. [05:22] IsambardPrince Being gay isn't a gender disorder. There's no biological truth being ignored when you're gay. It's a sexual preference. [05:22] IsambardPrince The two issues are unrelated. [05:23] TR News Techrights Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Inaction and Incompetence - Part I - Introduction https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/01/Solicitors_Regulation_Authority_SRA_Inaction_and_Incompetence_P.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/01/Solicitors_Regulation_Authority_SRA_Inaction_and_Incompetence_P.gmi [05:23] TR Bot Techrights Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Inaction and Incompetence - Part I - Introduction [05:30] IsambardPrince Hmm, Discover is 5% at restaurants next quarter. [05:30] IsambardPrince I have a lot of AARP discounts too. [05:31] IsambardPrince I got a large pizza for half off at a bar the other day and it was enough that even after dinner me and the person I dated ate dinner off of it, we both took the rest home (half each) and had dinner off it for two more nights. [05:31] IsambardPrince That's why Chicago style is really the best pizza. [05:31] IsambardPrince Only takes one slice. :) [05:34] schestowitz[TR2] pizzagate, chicago :) [05:34] IsambardPrince DrPRISON [05:34] IsambardPrince :) [05:34] IsambardPrince MinceR, ^ [05:35] IsambardPrince MinceR, The devil ape next door insists on smoking weed out in the freezing cold but threatened to get violent when I asked him to smoke his drugs away from my door. [05:35] IsambardPrince So I sealed the door with packing tape and I just really don't need to use that door anyway. [05:36] IsambardPrince Better to seal the door with packing tape than getting some feral shit beast that the law hasn't managed to do anything with to shoot me for asking him to move his drugs somewhere. [05:43] TR News Techrights Now That XBox is Pretty Much Dead and There Are Mass Layoffs at Microsoft https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/01/Now_That_XBox_is_Pretty_Much_Dead_and_There_Are_Mass_Layoffs_at.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/01/Now_That_XBox_is_Pretty_Much_Dead_and_There_Are_Mass_Layoffs_at.gmi [05:43] TR Bot Techrights Now That XBox is Pretty Much Dead and There Are Mass Layoffs at Microsoft [05:52] *koo5_ has quit (Quit: http://quassel-irc.org - Chat comfortably. Anywhere.) [05:53] *koo5_ (~quassel@vmi579006.contaboserver.net) has joined #techrights [05:58] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], The Priceline chatbot recommended a ramen place. [05:58] IsambardPrince Might go there. Sounds good. ● Mar 01 [06:00] TR News Techrights Live Simply, Live Better https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/01/Live_Simply_Live_Better.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/01/Live_Simply_Live_Better.gmi [06:00] TR Bot Techrights Live Simply, Live Better [06:00] schestowitz[TR2] chatbot? [06:00] schestowitz[TR2] they do ads now [06:00] schestowitz[TR2] it sounds like you are being a ""sucker" [06:00] schestowitz[TR2] or "zucker" [06:01] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I checked, the ramen place it recommended doesn't exist. [06:02] IsambardPrince You'd have to drive an hour. It said there was one right next to the hotel. [06:02] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Priceline said their bot is provided by OpenAI [06:15] TR News (NEW): Spending More Effort/Time on Gemini Protocol https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/Spending_More_Effort_Time_on_Gemini_Protocol.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/Spending_More_Effort_Time_on_Gemini_Protocol.gmi [06:15] TR Bot Tux Machines Spending More Effort/Time on Gemini Protocol [06:16] schestowitz[TR2] why waste time with bots? [06:16] schestowitz[TR2] there are directories for businesses [06:16] schestowitz[TR2] that actually eixt [06:16] schestowitz[TR2] exist [06:16] schestowitz[TR2] and have real reviews by real people [06:17] schestowitz[TR2] (yes, they can fake and review themselves, but some companies are stricter about who can leave a review) [06:17] schestowitz[TR2] fwiw, i can probably prove there are many fake (paid for or reviewing oneself) "Reviews" about the law firm of the Serial Strangler [06:18] schestowitz[TR2] they wanted cheap, they got trash [06:18] schestowitz[TR2] people who lie to them and to others [06:18] schestowitz[TR2] and who wouuld take anyone for money [06:18] schestowitz[TR2] even overt racists [06:18] schestowitz[TR2] and abusers of women [06:20] TR News (NEW): AerynOS 2026.02 Released with GNOME 49.4, KDE Plasma 6.6, and COSMIC 1.0.8 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/AerynOS_2026_02_Released_with_GNOME_49_4_KDE_Plasma_6_6_and_COS.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/AerynOS_2026_02_Released_with_GNOME_49_4_KDE_Plasma_6_6_and_COS.gmi [06:20] TR Bot Tux Machines AerynOS 2026.02 Released with GNOME 49.4, KDE Plasma 6.6, and COSMIC 1.0.8 [06:27] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I love a good ramen place. [06:27] IsambardPrince But I'd like it to actually be there. :P [06:33] TR News "you are kidding right" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1khnx2mms "the media people represent the majority shareholder" [06:33] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1khnx2mms ) [06:35] schestowitz[TR2] if it exists [06:36] schestowitz[TR2] you might fanbcy "halluciated" places [06:36] schestowitz[TR2] or places whose reviews are fakes [06:36] IsambardPrince It would be super cool if the chatbot was right and all you had to do was walk next door from the hotel and there was a ramen place. [06:36] IsambardPrince Didn't even have to drive anywhere. [06:37] TR News save water for the summer https://theconversation.com/why-coping-with-heavy-rain-in-scotlands-whisky-country-shows-how-to-save-water-for-the-summer-275762" [06:37] TR Bot Why coping with heavy rain in Scotlands whisky country shows how to save water for the summer [06:37] TR News GPL https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/02/18/1822253/linus-torvalds-on-how-linux-went-from-one-man-show-to-group-effort [06:37] TR Bot Linus Torvalds on How Linux Went From One-Man Show To Group Effort - Slashdot [06:38] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I think I finally found out what was causing those intermittent misfires that were just not being picked up on by the computer. [06:38] IsambardPrince It was that upstream O2 sensor. [06:38] TR News Escaping Windows: The Ultimate Guide to Migrate to Linux https://www.maketecheasier.com/how-to-move-from-windows-to-linux/ [06:38] TR Bot Escaping Windows: The Ultimate Guide to Migrate to Linux - Make Tech Easier [06:38] IsambardPrince It was failing in such a way that almost all the time, the engine control module saw it functioning correctly. [06:39] TR News Women Suffer Heart Attacks Too. Understanding Risks, Symptoms and How to Save Yourself https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2026-02-23/women-suffer-heart-attacks-too-understanding-risks-symptoms-and-how-to-save-yourself [06:39] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2026-02-23/women-suffer-heart-attacks-too-understanding-risks-symptoms-and-how-to-save-yourself ) [06:39] IsambardPrince So it destroyed the catalytic convertor without reaching the threshold to alert for a failed sensor. [06:39] IsambardPrince O2 sensors don't typically "just fail" like they work fine one minute and die the next. Although I've seen it happen before. [06:40] IsambardPrince They degrade over time. They live in the exhaust stream and so they are being degraded constantly, slowly. [06:40] IsambardPrince Some people suggest to just change them out at an interval like spark plugs. [06:40] IsambardPrince Every 50,000 miles or so. [06:42] IsambardPrince The upstream usually goes first though. It's closer to the engine and gets exposed to the exhaust when it's hotter and hasn't been processed by the catalytic converter yet. [06:49] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I noticed something weird. [06:50] IsambardPrince If you go below $60 a night for a hotel, you run into a lot of problems. The place smells like weed, loud parties, people banging doors, folks going there to loudly have sex and then they leave, stuff damaged and the place in disrepair. [06:50] IsambardPrince But at just $70-75, most of that goes away. [06:51] IsambardPrince There's not much price difference, but it turns out that almost all the problem guests seek the absolute cheapest hotel, and carry out their mayhem there. [06:52] IsambardPrince And won't even pay just a few more dollars. [06:54] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Rents have gotten so crazy that more people are living in the hotels now. [06:54] IsambardPrince It's cheaper (or at least not worth the hassle of dealing with a landlord). ● Mar 01 [07:05] TR News (NEW): FLOPPINUX embedded Linux on a single floppy https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/FLOPPINUX_embedded_Linux_on_a_single_floppy.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/FLOPPINUX_embedded_Linux_on_a_single_floppy.gmi [07:05] TR Bot Tux Machines FLOPPINUX embedded Linux on a single floppy [07:12] TR News (NEW): Best Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [07:12] TR Bot Tux Machines Best Free and Open Source Software [07:15] TR News (NEW): Official Ubuntu 26.04 Resolute Raccoon mascot revealed https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/Official_Ubuntu_26_04_Resolute_Raccoon_mascot_revealed.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/Official_Ubuntu_26_04_Resolute_Raccoon_mascot_revealed.gmi [07:15] TR Bot Tux Machines Official Ubuntu 26.04 Resolute Raccoon mascot revealed [07:20] TR News (NEW): This Ubuntu-based distro might be the easiest Windows escape route yet https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/This_Ubuntu_based_distro_might_be_the_easiest_Windows_escape_ro.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/This_Ubuntu_based_distro_might_be_the_easiest_Windows_escape_ro.gmi [07:20] TR Bot Tux Machines This Ubuntu-based distro might be the easiest Windows escape route yet [07:22] TR News (NEW): 6 habits that finally stopped me from breaking Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/6_habits_that_finally_stopped_me_from_breaking_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/6_habits_that_finally_stopped_me_from_breaking_Linux.gmi [07:22] TR Bot Tux Machines 6 habits that finally stopped me from breaking Linux [07:29] TR News (NEW): KaOS just ditched KDE Plasma, and the replacement is unlike anything else on Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/KaOS_just_ditched_KDE_Plasma_and_the_replacement_is_unlike_anyt.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/KaOS_just_ditched_KDE_Plasma_and_the_replacement_is_unlike_anyt.gmi [07:29] TR Bot Tux Machines KaOS just ditched KDE Plasma, and the replacement is unlike anything else on Linux [07:32] TR News (NEW): The atomic Linux distro nobody talks about just got a big update https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/The_atomic_Linux_distro_nobody_talks_about_just_got_a_big_updat.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/The_atomic_Linux_distro_nobody_talks_about_just_got_a_big_updat.gmi [07:32] TR Bot Tux Machines The atomic Linux distro nobody talks about just got a big update [07:52] *themusicfactory has quit (Quit: Leaving) ● Mar 01 [08:23] *IsambardPrince has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [08:32] *Nass (lclmufipl@masked-gtl16e.rev.sfr.net) has joined #techrights [08:33] *Nass is now known as Guest51227 [08:39] *ewig (~Ewig@user/ewig) has joined #techrights ● Mar 01 [09:01] *Guest51227 has quit (Connection closed) [09:41] TR News "GEM was an early GUI for the IBM PC and compatibles and, later, the Atari ST, developed by Digital Research, the developers of CP/M and, later, DR-DOS." https://dfarq.homeip.net/whatever-happened-to-gem/ | Source: David L Farquhar [09:41] TR Bot NO TITLE [09:41] TR News "Note that these changes are NOT in 6.6 branch, just in master branch." https://akselmo.dev/posts/breeze-and-union-preparing/ | Source: Akseli Lahtinen [09:41] TR Bot Breeze QtWidgets style changes to help us prepare for Union [09:42] TR News "If you're tired of the modern internet" https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/nostalgic-developer-recreates-the-1994-linux-desktop-as-a-modern-web-app-for-your-browser-open-source-project-brings-old-school-cde-interface-back-from-the-dead-and-features-classic-90s-web-browser-text-editor-and-more | Source: Tom's Hardware [09:42] TR Bot Developer's 1994 Linux desktop recreation runs in your browser as a modern web app open-source project brings old-school CDE interface back from the dead and features classic 90s web browser, text editor, and more | Tom's Hardware [09:43] TR News "One should also disable password and root login completely. To avoid system updates overwriting our edits, we will use this roundabout way to add this to our configuration: [...]" https://dt.iki.fi/sailfish-os-sshd | Source: DT [09:43] TR Bot sshd more secure on Sailfish OS - dt.iki.fi [09:43] TR News "You can add as many sources as you want - theyll be combined and de-duplicated to create the ultimate ad-blocking hosts file." https://dt.iki.fi/sailfish-os-hosts-block-app | Source: DT [09:43] TR Bot Ad Blocking on Sailfish OS - dt.iki.fi [09:43] TR News "I prefer a whitelist approach: block all network access for AppSupport, then punch holes for those apps I need & trust." https://dt.iki.fi/sailfish-os-firewall-appsupport | Source: DT [09:43] TR Bot for SFOS AppSupport Applications - dt.iki.fi [09:44] TR News "AI killswitch" https://kevquirk.com/firefox-ai-killswitch | Source: Kev Quirk https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/25/Mozzarella_Company_All_Our_Cheese_Comes_With_Mold_Now_But_You_C.shtml [09:44] TR Bot Firefox AI Killswitch - Kev Quirk [09:44] TR Bot Techrights Mozzarella Company: All Our Cheese Comes With Mold Now, But You Can Ask the Seller to Remove the Mold [09:44] TR News "That question becomes important when human instinct clashes with system recommendation." https://www.deccanchronicle.com/southern-states/telangana/when-algorithms-decide-sentences-and-fly-planes-the-growing-debate-over-ai-liability-1940655 | Source: Deccan Chronicle [09:44] TR Bot When Algorithms Decide Sentences and Fly Planes: The Growing Debate Over AI Liability [09:45] TR News "This should be a red flag, not to their confidence of the hardware reliability but to their plans for long term support." https://ljpuk.net/2026/02/28/pebbles-warranty-period-is-a-problem/ | Source: Lee Peterson [09:45] TR Bot Pebbles warranty period is a problem LJPUK [09:46] TR News "How bad is it? Fox revealed that last year, major repositories handled 10 trillion downloads." https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/28/open_source_opinion/ | Source: The Register UK [09:46] TR Bot Open source package repositories face sustainability crisis The Register [09:46] TR News [Old] "There's a network-server programming pattern which is so popular that it's the canonical approach towards writing network servers: [...]" https://geocar.sdf1.org/fast-servers.html | [09:46] TR Bot fast-servers [09:47] TR News "This is my response to The Weekly Challenge #362." https://raku-musings.com/spellbound-echo.html | Source: Arne Sommer [09:47] TR Bot Spellbound Echo with Raku - Arne Sommer [09:48] TR News "Lately I was looking at a solution to avoid update-station check-now starting a new process that could potentially clash" https://ericbsd.com/how-i-used-sigusr1-to-avoid-python-process-conflicts.html | Source: Eric Turgeon [09:48] TR Bot How I Used SIGUSR1 To Avoid Python Process Conflicts [09:48] TR News "famous things that people run into with the Bourne shell" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/unix/BourneShellExportGoodAndBad | Source: University of Toronto [09:48] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser [09:49] TR News "In other words, imagine a world where agents can create Office documents without the need for Microsoft apps" https://siliconangle.com/2026/02/28/satyas-sacrifice-agents-threaten-office-microsoft-responds/ | Source: Silicon Angle [09:49] TR Bot sacrifice: Why agents threaten Office and how Microsoft responds - SiliconANGLE [09:50] TR News "We locate web content using special addresses called URLs. We are all familiar with addresses like https://google.com." https://lemire.me/blog/2026/02/28/you-can-use-newline-characters-in-urls/ | Source: Daniel Lemire [09:50] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-Google [09:50] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/02/28/you-can-use-newline-characters-in-urls/ ) [09:51] TR News "Thank goodness voice computing is finally happening. Now we can work on making it good." https://interconnected.org/home/2026/02/27/asymmetry | Source: Matt Webb [09:51] TR Bot Speaking is quick, listening is slow (Interconnected) [09:51] TR News "The pages outside /blog can matter just as much as your posts." https://amanhimself.dev/blog/slash-pages-you-need-for-your-blog/ | Source: Aman Mittal [09:51] TR Bot pages you need for your blog | amanhimself.dev [09:52] TR News "The background to the survey lies in previous research within Maritime Encounters and several research/archaeology projects" https://phys.org/news/2026-02-bronze-age-spain-scandinavian.html | Source: Omicron Limited [09:52] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://phys.org/news/2026-02-bronze-age-spain-scandinavian.html ) [09:56] TR News [Old] "Today, as large language models generate code and AI assistants pair-program with developers" https://www.ivanturkovic.com/2026/01/22/history-software-simplification-cobol-ai-hype/ | [09:56] TR Bot The Eternal Promise: A History of Attempts to Eliminate Programmers [09:57] TR News "I discovered recently that IKEAs BILLY bookshelf units are deep enough to hold my Baby AT and Micro ATX motherboard builds!" https://rubenerd.com/billy-bookcase-as-a-retro-motherboard-rack/ | Source: Ruben Schade [09:57] TR Bot BILLY bookshelves as a retro motherboard rack ● Mar 01 [10:00] TR News "military use" https://www.wired.com/story/anthropic-supply-chain-risk-shockwaves-silicon-valley/ | Source: Wired [10:00] TR Bot Hits Back After US Military Labels It a Supply Chain Risk | WIRED [10:01] TR News "Attribution in cases like this is always complex, and its still too early to draw conclusions" https://www.wired.com/story/hacked-prayer-app-sends-surrender-messages-to-iranians-amid-israeli-strikes/ | Source: Wired [10:01] TR Bot Prayer App Sends Surrender Messages to Iranians Amid Israeli and US Strikes | WIRED [10:01] TR News "I hit a storage crisis yesterday when I needed to copy a lot of fresh photos to my laptops hard drive" https://doc.searls.com/2026/02/28/down-and-running/ | Source: Doc Searls [10:01] TR Bot Down and Running Doc Searls Weblog [10:02] TR News "You pay companies and people monthly subscriptions for years, but what are you left with when its all said and done?" https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/objects-not-data-art-prints/ | Source: Baldur Bjarnason [10:02] TR Bot Objects not data: a photography and illustration print experiment [10:11] TR News "I explain that, if they dont write the code, they will not be able to effectively read the code." https://htmx.org/essays/yes-and/ | [10:11] TR Bot htmx ~ Yes, and... [10:11] TR News "[machines] will never be able to share faith." https://boingboing.net/2026/02/27/pope-tells-priests-to-stop-using-ai-to-write-their-sermons.html | Source: BoingBoing [10:11] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2026/02/27/pope-tells-priests-to-stop-using-ai-to-write-their-sermons.html ) [10:11] TR News "The Department for Work and Pensions ran their own Copilot trial. They only saved 19 minutes a day. Copilot is still in place across UK government." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/27/copilot-insecure-and-unhelpful-but-oh-those-influencers/ | Source: Pivot to AI [10:11] TR Bot More dropped off to. [10:12] TR News "given that theyve also described their recent crimes as legal, this is obviously not a description that can be trusted" https://www.anildash.com/2026/02/27/a-cookie-for-dario/ | Source: Anil Dash [10:12] TR Bot A Cookie for Dario? Anthropic and selling death - Anil Dash [10:12] TR News "No, Im not going to stop using dashes either. Sod off." https://www.dirtyfeed.org/2026/02/heres-the-thing/ | Source: John J Hoare [10:12] TR Bot Heres the Thing: Dirty Feed [10:17] TR News "As intended, the result is small and simple compared to similar projects: a 52KB HTML file, a 47KB Python file, a 62-line Makefile and no trace of the npm ecosystem." https://www.karl.berlin/simplicity-by-llm.html | Source: Karl Bartel [10:17] TR Bot Can We Make Simpler Software With LLMs? [10:17] TR News "When we lose track of how code written by our agents works we take on cognitive debt." https://simonwillison.net/guides/agentic-engineering-patterns/interactive-explanations/#atom-everything | Source: Simon Willison [10:17] TR Bot Interactive explanations - Agentic Engineering Patterns - Simon Willison's Weblog [10:17] TR News "IDC said that the worsening memory market has caused its outlook to deteriorate just since December." https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/27/memory_drought_pcs_phones_suck/ | Source: The Register UK [10:17] TR Bot PCs, phones to get more boring, expensive in 2026 The Register [10:19] TR News "the effects of technology on employment and wages" https://jacobin.com/2026/02/ai-technology-productivity-growth-job-loss/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine [10:19] TR Bot Is AI Coming for Our Jobs? [10:19] TR News "Dubbed Coco 2, the next-gen bots have upgraded cameras and front-facing lidar, a laser-based sensor used in self-driving cars." https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-02-28/new-generation-of-delivery-robots-is-coming-to-l-a-built-bigger-stronger | Source: Los Angeles Times [10:19] TR Bot A new generation of delivery robots is coming to L.A., built bigger and stronger - Los Angeles Times [10:20] TR News "block the claude user on GitHub" https://blog.miguelgrinberg.com/post/llm-use-in-the-python-source-code | Source: Miguel Grinberg [10:20] TR Bot LLM Use in the Python Source Code - miguelgrinberg.com [10:21] TR News "Cordero, 44, has found dozens of these cameras hidden in trailers and construction barrels on border roads around San Diego" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-02-28/he-saw-abandoned-trailer-then-he-uncovered-surveillance-network-on-californias-border | Source: Los Angeles Times [10:21] TR Bot He saw an abandoned trailer. Then, he uncovered a surveillance network on Californias border - Los Angeles Times [10:21] TR News "Existing law generally provides protections for minors on the internet" https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1043 | Source: California [10:21] TR Bot Bill Text - AB-1043 Age verification signals: software applications and online services. [10:23] TR News "youth under 16 not be allowed to access social media platforms" https://therecord.media/eu-lawmakers-propose-youth-under-16-social-media-parental-consent | Source: The Record [10:23] TR Bot EU lawmakers propose that youth under 16 be barred from social media without parental consent | The Record from Recorded Future News [10:28] TR News "Cybersecurity experts are calling for a major shift in how companies handle data breaches and security failures" https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/why-better-breach-transparency-matters | Source: Dark Reading [10:28] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/why-better-breach-transparency-matters ) [10:28] TR News "Japan is in a position of pushing for progress on the issue, and so is hosting the meeting" https://hongkongfp.com/2026/03/01/unofficial-talks-on-plastic-pollution-treaty-to-begin-in-japan/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press [10:28] TR Bot 'Unofficial' talks on plastic pollution treaty to begin in Japan [10:29] TR News "As previously announced, founding Executive Director Roman Pronskiy is transitioning to focus on his growing role at JetBrains, while continuing to serve on the Board of Directors." https://thephp.foundation/blog/2026/02/27/welcoming-elizabeth-barron-new-executive-director/ | [10:29] TR Bot Welcoming Elizabeth Barron as the New Executive Director of The PHP Foundation The PHP Foundation Supporting, Advancing, and Developing the PHP Language [10:29] TR News "Breaking down funding numbers by strategic investors: [...]" https://www.zerohedge.com/ai/openai-secures-record-110-billion-funding-round-backed-nvidia-softbank-amazon | Source: ZeroHedge [10:29] TR Bot Secures Record $110 Billion Funding Round Backed By Amazon, Nvidia, & SoftBank | ZeroHedge [10:30] TR News "From one liar to anotherso you know it has to be true." https://tiv.today/openai-reaches-a-i-agreement-with-defense-dept-after-anthropic-clash/ | Source: The Independent Variable [10:30] TR Bot OpenAI Reaches A.I. Agreement With Defense Dept. After Anthropic Clash [10:30] TR News "Another result was that affluent Kansans made out like bandits; the cost of running the state was substantially transferred to the less financially fortunate." https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2026/02/27/Kansas-and-GenAI | Source: Tim Bray [10:30] TR Bot ongoing by Tim Bray Kansas and AI [10:30] TR News "Braun was one of the creators of the first-ever Voting Machine Hacking Village at DEF CON in 2017 and served as a homeland security and cyber advisor to the Obama and Biden administrations." https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/28/def_con_jake_braun_fed_up_govt/ | Source: The Register UK [10:30] TR Bot DEF CON hackers 'fed up with government,' Jake Braun says The Register [10:30] TR News "So you over-hired, overbuilt, and now youre celebrating efficiency while people lost jobs" https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/jack-dorsey-block-layoffs-ai | Source: Futurism [10:30] TR Bot Jack Dorsey Lays Off 4,000 Employees After Move to AI [10:31] TR News "All in all, its probably cold comfort for the thousands of workers wholl soon be out of the job. AI might not be replacing them, but it makes a trendy excuse for the likes of Dorsey." http://techrights.org/n/2026/02/28/Tech_Layoffs_Are_Not_Because_of_Slop_They_re_an_Effect_of_a_Rot.shtml [10:31] TR Bot Techrights Tech Layoffs Are Not Because of Slop, They're an Effect of a Rotting Economy and Tech Giants Being Too Deep in Debt [10:31] TR News "My ridiculous prosecution must be seen within the wider, west-wide surge of an insidious new form of fascism" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/28/yanis-varoufakis-calls-prosecution-after-admitting-taking-ecstasy-40-years-ago-ridiculous | Source: The Guardian UK [10:31] TR Bot Yanis Varoufakis calls prosecution after admitting taking ecstasy 40 years ago ridiculous | Yanis Varoufakis | The Guardian [10:32] TR News "Iran is slowly emerging from the most severe communications blackout in its history and one of the longest in the world." https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/02/why-tehrans-two-tiered-internet-is-so-dangerous.html | Source: Bruce Schneier [10:32] TR Bot Tehrans Two-Tiered Internet Is So Dangerous - Schneier on Security [10:32] TR News "ANKA news agency is reportedly the among the targets of the investigation" https://bianet.org/haber/two-journalists-detained-over-live-stream-of-turkeys-incirlik-airbase-amid-iran-strikes-317204 | Source: BIA Net [10:32] TR Bot Two journalists detained over live stream of Turkeys ncirlik Airbase amid Iran strikes [10:33] TR News "Some supporters in the gallery said during the week that this case was a test of the limits of protest against the Trump administration." https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-02-27/two-los-angeles-protesters-convicted-of-stalking-ice-agent | Source: Los Angeles Times [10:33] TR Bot Two convicted of stalking ICE agent during L.A. immigration protests - Los Angeles Times [10:33] TR News "Libro.fm is a DRMfree audiobook service that lets you actually own your audio files." https://greycoder.com/libro-fm-an-audiobook-service-where-your-own-your-books-drm-free/ | Source: GreyCoder [10:33] TR Bot An Audiobook Service Where Your Own The Audio Files (DRM-Free) - GreyCoder [10:34] TR News "On the one hand, you had Netflix, who wanted to buy Warners and use them to make good movies" https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/28/golden-mean/#reality-based-community | Source: CoryDoctorow [10:34] TR Bot Pluralistic: California can stop Larry Ellison from buying Warners (28 Feb 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [10:34] TR News Sea of buzzwords from Ubuntu https://ubuntu.com//blog/meet-the-wildlife-conservation-ai-5g-hotspot-at-mwc-barcelona-2026 | Source: Ubuntu [10:34] TR Bot the wildlife conservation AI 5G hotspot at MWC Barcelona 2026 | Ubuntu [10:35] TR News "Anthropic declared supply chain risk for limiting mass surveillance " https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/anthropic-declared-supply-chain-risk-for:8 [10:35] TR Bot Anthropic declared supply chain risk for limiting mass surveillance [10:37] TR News Pushing slop plagiarism as if it's OK when you call it "AI" https://passo.uno/new-habits-tech-writers-ai-age/ [10:37] TR Bot habits for tech writers in the age of LLMs - passo.uno [10:38] TR News iophk: time to revisit the ODF saga https://siliconangle.com/2026/02/28/satyas-sacrifice-agents-threaten-office-microsoft-responds/ [10:38] TR Bot sacrifice: Why agents threaten Office and how Microsoft responds - SiliconANGLE [10:40] TR News "Bill Gates' Daughter Says Her $185 Million AI Startup Will Succeed Entirely Due to Her Merits, Not Even a Little Bit Who Her Dad Is" https://futurism.com/future-society/phoebe-gates-ai-startup http://techrights.org/n/2026/01/30/The_Epstein_Files_Don_t_Say_the_Ages_of_Those_Russian_Girls_Bil.shtml [10:40] TR Bot Bill Gates' Daughter Says Her $185 Million AI Startup Will Succeed Entirely Due to Her Merits, Not Even a Little Bit Who Her Dad Is [10:40] TR Bot Techrights The Epstein Files Don't Say the Ages of Those "Russian Girls" Bill Epsteingate Exploited [10:41] TR News iophk: Red Hat abandons Linux https://thenewstack.io/red-hat-introduces-its-first-out-and-out-ai-platform/ [10:41] TR Bot Red Hat introduces its first out and out AI platform - The New Stack [10:49] TR News (NEW): Waiting for the Cylons https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/Waiting_for_the_Cylons.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/Waiting_for_the_Cylons.gmi [10:49] TR Bot Tux Machines Waiting for the Cylons [10:50] TR News FLOPPINUX embedded GNU/Linux on a single floppy https://www.linuxlinks.com/floppinux-embedded-linux-single-floppy/ [10:50] TR Bot - embedded Linux on a single floppy - LinuxLinks [10:52] TR News The Servo Blog: January in Servo: preloads, better forms, details styling, and more! https://servo.org/blog/2026/02/28/january-in-servo/ [10:52] TR Bot January in Servo: preloads, better forms, details styling, and more! - Servo aims to empower developers with a lightweight, high-performance alternative for embedding web technologies in applications. [10:53] TR News Global IP TV Panel version 2026Mk3 https://bkhome.org/news/202602/global-ip-tv-panel-version-2026mk3.html [10:53] TR Bot Global IP TV Panel version 2026Mk3 [10:54] TR News Breeze QtWidgets style changes to help us prepare for Union https://akselmo.dev/posts/breeze-and-union-preparing/ [10:54] TR Bot Breeze QtWidgets style changes to help us prepare for Union [10:54] TR News Two journalists detained over live stream of Turkeys ncirlik Airbase amid Iran strikes https://bianet.org/haber/two-journalists-detained-over-live-stream-of-turkeys-incirlik-airbase-amid-iran-strikes-317204 [10:59] TR News Iran Plunged Into Digital Darkness As Internet Blocked Amid US, Israeli Air Strikes https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-internet-blackout-us-israel-military-attack/33690399.html [10:59] TR Bot Iran Plunged Into Digital Darkness As Internet Blocked Amid US, Israeli Air Strikes ● Mar 01 [11:00] TR News False and outdated videos circulated online after the Iran strikes. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02/28/world/iran-strikes-trump/false-and-outdated-videos-circulated-online-after-the-iran-strikes [11:00] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02/28/world/iran-strikes-trump/false-and-outdated-videos-circulated-online-after-the-iran-strikes ) [11:02] TR News Mike Gabriel: Debian Lomiri Tablets 2025-2027 - Project Report (Q3/2025) https://sunweavers.net/blog/node/151 [11:02] TR Bot Debian Lomiri Tablets 2025-2027 - Project Report (Q3/2025) | sunweaver's NET [11:03] TR News Switching location of default libvirt's pool on Debian forky https://dbaxps.blogspot.com/2026/02/switching-location-of-default-libvirts.html [11:03] TR Bot Openstack RDO && KVM Hypervisor: Switching location of default libvirt's pool on Debian forky [11:03] TR News OSM Hack Weekend February 2026 https://www.volkerkrause.eu/2026/02/28/osm-hack-weekend-karlsruhe-february-2026.html [11:03] TR Bot OSM Hack Weekend February 2026 [11:04] TR News How to install Wget on AlmaLinux 10 https://linuxhostsupport.com/blog/how-to-install-wget-on-almalinux-10/ [11:04] TR Bot to install Wget on AlmaLinux 10 | LinuxHostSupport [11:05] TR News Notes from February 2026 https://evanhahn.com/notes-from-february-2026/ [11:05] TR Bot Notes from February 2026 [11:06] TR News Kevin Fenzi: misc fedora bits last week of feb 2026 https://www.scrye.com/blogs/nirik/posts/2026/02/28/misc-fedora-bits-last-week-of-feb-2026/ [11:06] TR Bot misc fedora bits last week of feb 2026 | Kevin's musings [11:06] TR News How To Install Terraform on Fedora 43 https://idroot.us/install-terraform-fedora-43/ [11:06] TR Bot How To Install Terraform on Fedora 43 - idroot [11:07] TR News How to Install GNU/Linux Kernel Headers on Ubuntu (26.04, 24.04, 22.04) https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-linux-kernel-headers-on-ubuntu-linux/ [11:07] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-linux-kernel-headers-on-ubuntu-linux/ ) [11:07] TR News How to Install FFmpeg on Ubuntu (26.04, 24.04, 22.04) https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-ffmpeg-on-ubuntu-linux/ [11:07] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-ffmpeg-on-ubuntu-linux/ ) [11:08] TR News How to Install Node.js on Debian (13, 12, 11) https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-node-js-on-debian-linux/ [11:08] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-node-js-on-debian-linux/ ) [11:32] TR News Two suspects arrested over theft of $1.5 million in Bitcoin stolen from police custody in outrageous blunder https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cryptocurrency/two-suspects-arrested-over-theft-of-usd1-5-million-in-bitcoin-stolen-from-police-custody-in-outrageous-blunder-korean-cops-left-virtual-assets-stored-with-a-third-party-who-handed-over-recovery-key-to-hacker [11:32] TR Bot Two suspects arrested over theft of $1.5 million in Bitcoin stolen from police custody in outrageous blunder Korean cops left virtual assets stored with a third party, who handed over recovery key to hacker | Tom's Hardware [11:41] TR News Five Petitions, Five Denials: The Federal Circuits Mandamus Wall Grows Higher https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/02/five-petitions-five-denials-the-federal-circuits-mandamus-wall-grows-higher.html [11:41] TR Bot Five Petitions, Five Denials: The Federal Circuit's Mandamus Wall Grows Higher [11:52] TR News Canadian Tire Data Breach Impacts 38 Million Accounts https://www.securityweek.com/canadian-tire-data-breach-impacts-38-million-accounts/ [11:52] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/canadian-tire-data-breach-impacts-38-million-accounts/ ) [11:52] TR News Junichi Uekawa: The next Debconf happens in Japan. http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/diary/daily/2026-Mar-1.html.en#2026-Mar-1-13:16:01 [11:53] TR Bot The next Debconf happens in Japan. [11:53] TR News Ultra rare floppy disk game twisted and slashed into shards by US Customs or DHL checkers https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/ultra-rare-floppy-disk-game-twisted-and-slashed-into-shards-by-us-customs-or-dhl-checkers-ruined-tsukihime-1999-demo-was-one-of-only-50-ever-produced [11:53] TR Bot Ultra rare floppy disk game twisted and slashed into shards by US Customs or DHL checkers ruined Tsukihime 1999 demo was one of only 50 ever produced | Tom's Hardware [11:54] TR News FuguIta 7.8-202603011 is out https://distrowatch.com/fuguita [11:54] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/fuguita ) [11:55] TR News Surveillance Giant Google https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/02/south-korea-conditionally-approves-googles-high-precision-map-data-export/ [11:55] TR Bot South Korea conditionally approves Google's high-precision map data export - JURIST - News [11:55] TR News Tiling a small image with ImageMagick https://rubenerd.com/tiling-a-small-image-with-imagemagick/ [11:55] TR Bot Tiling a small image with ImageMagick [11:57] TR News The Default Wallpapers for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Revealed https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/02/the-default-wallpapers-for-ubuntu-26-04-lts-revealed/ [11:57] TR Bot The Default Wallpapers for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Revealed | UbuntuHandbook [11:57] TR News Voyager 26.04-alpha6 is out https://distrowatch.com/voyager [11:57] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/voyager ) [11:58] TR News Meet the wildlife conservation Hey Hi (AI) 5G hotspot at MWC Barcelona 2026 https://canonical.com//blog/meet-the-wildlife-conservation-ai-5g-hotspot-at-mwc-barcelona-2026 [11:58] TR Bot Meet the wildlife conservation AI 5G hotspot at MWC Barcelona 2026 [11:58] TR News I'm Low-key Hyped for This Data Center Sim (Though It Has No Official GNU/Linux Support) https://itsfoss.com/data-center-game/ [11:58] TR Bot I'm Low-key Hyped for This Data Center Sim (Though It Has No Official Linux Support) [11:59] TR News Manjaro 26.0.3 is out https://distrowatch.com/manjaro [11:59] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/manjaro ) [11:59] TR News PorteuX 2.6 is out as well https://distrowatch.com/porteux [11:59] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/porteux ) ● Mar 01 [12:03] TR News Jim Zemlin's 'Linux' Foundation is the Real Link Between GNU/Linux and Pedophilia https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/27/Jim_Zemlin_s_Linux_Foundation_is_the_Real_Link_Between_Linux_an.shtml [12:03] TR Bot Techrights Jim Zemlin's 'Linux' Foundation is the Real Link Between Linux and Pedophilia [12:03] TR News Slopfarms' Demise Looks Like the Beginning of the End (Lowered Demand for Slop) https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/28/Slopfarms_Demise_Looks_Like_the_Beginning_of_the_End_Lowered_De.shtml [12:03] TR Bot Techrights Slopfarms' Demise Looks Like the Beginning of the End (Lowered Demand for Slop) [12:04] TR News Oreon 10-2603 is out https://distrowatch.com/oreon [12:04] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/oreon ) [12:04] TR News blendOS 2026.03.01 is out as well https://distrowatch.com/blendos [12:04] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/blendos ) [12:05] TR News 6 Free and Open Source Lightweight Alternatives to WordPress https://www.linuxlinks.com/lightweightalternativeswordpress/ [12:05] TR Bot Free and Open Source Lightweight Alternatives to WordPress - LinuxLinks [12:05] TR News Seems a bit like SPAM https://www.linuxteck.com/best-linux-certifications-2026/ [12:05] TR Bot Linux Certifications In 2026 To Boost Your Career | LinuxTeck [12:06] TR News awtwall fast TUI wallpaper picker for Wayland https://www.linuxlinks.com/awtwall-fast-tui-wallpaper-picker-wayland/ [12:06] TR Bot - fast TUI wallpaper picker for Wayland - LinuxLinks [12:06] TR News Calam 2026-03 is out https://distrowatch.com/calam [12:06] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/calam ) [12:06] TR News MocaccinoOS 26.03 is out as well https://distrowatch.com/mocaccinoos [12:06] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/mocaccinoos ) [12:07] TR News 7 Top Free and Open Source Rust Web Micro-Frameworks https://www.linuxlinks.com/free-open-source-rust-web-micro-frameworks/ [12:07] TR Bot Top Free and Open Source Rust Web Micro-Frameworks - LinuxLinks [12:11] TR News Froggit modern, minimalist Git TUI https://www.linuxlinks.com/froggit-modern-minimalist-git-tui/ [12:11] TR Bot - modern, minimalist Git TUI - LinuxLinks [12:11] TR News 6 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Soundboards https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-linux-soundboards/ [12:11] TR Bot Best Free and Open Source Linux Soundboards - LinuxLinks [12:12] TR News Wavelog log amateur radio contacts https://www.linuxlinks.com/wavelog-log-amateur-radio-contacts/ [12:12] TR Bot - log amateur radio contacts - LinuxLinks [12:12] TR News LogLens log viewer https://www.linuxlinks.com/loglens-log-viewer/ [12:12] TR Bot - log viewer - LinuxLinks [12:14] schestowitz[TR2] psydroid2: manutd can go #3 today [12:14] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [12:15] TR News Audiveris optical music recognition https://www.linuxlinks.com/audiveris-optical-music-recognition/ [12:15] TR Bot - optical music recognition - LinuxLinks [12:16] TR News Artistic Style source code indenter, formatter, and beautifier https://www.linuxlinks.com/artistic-style-source-code-indenter-formatter-beautifier/ [12:16] TR Bot Style - source code indenter, formatter, and beautifier - LinuxLinks [12:16] TR News rainy neofetch-like, minimalistic, and customizable weather-fetching tool https://www.linuxlinks.com/rainy-weather-fetching-tool/ [12:16] TR Bot - neofetch-like, minimalistic, and customizable weather-fetching tool - LinuxLinks [12:17] TR News gotip select and run Go tests https://www.linuxlinks.com/gotip-select-run-go-tests/ [12:17] TR Bot - select and run Go tests - LinuxLinks [12:18] TR News What Is a Tuple in Python? Syntax, Examples, and When to Use One https://linux.how2shout.com/what-is-a-tuple-in-python/ [12:18] TR Bot What Is a Tuple in Python? Syntax, Examples, and When to Use One - LinuxShout [12:18] TR News Linux Saloon 189 | Early Edition https://cubiclenate.com/2026/02/28/linux-saloon-189-early-edition/ [12:18] TR Bot Join the Linux Saloon: Monthly Discussions on Open Source [12:19] TR News Linux Saloon 190 | News Flight Night https://cubiclenate.com/2026/02/28/linux-saloon-190-news-flight-night/ [12:19] TR Bot Explore Linux Innovations and Alternatives for Gamers [12:20] TR News Daniel Baumann: Debian Fast Forward: An alternative backports repository https://blog.daniel-baumann.ch/posts/20260228-1.html [12:20] TR Bot Daniel Baumann [12:21] TR News Your GNU/Linux LTS Kernel Will Be Supported Longer Than You Thought https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-lts-kernel-support-extension/ [12:21] TR Bot Your Linux LTS Kernel Will Be Supported Longer Than You Thought [12:26] TR News sort Cheatsheet https://linuxize.com/cheatsheet/sort/ [12:26] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://linuxize.com/cheatsheet/sort/ ) [12:26] TR News top Command in Linux: Monitor Processes in Real Time https://linuxize.com/post/top-command-in-linux/ [12:26] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://linuxize.com/post/top-command-in-linux/ ) [12:27] TR News Who is the Kimwolf Botmaster Dort? https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/02/who-is-the-kimwolf-botmaster-dort/ [12:27] TR Bot Who is the Kimwolf Botmaster Dort? Krebs on Security [12:28] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@wi6y8fnbpfcy6.irc) has joined #techrights [12:28] TR News How To Install Jupyter Notebook on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-jupyter-notebook-debian-13/ [12:28] TR Bot How To Install Jupyter Notebook on Debian 13 - idroot [12:29] TR News Bailout of PONZI SCHEMES using an infinite budget https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/podcasts/hardfork-pentagon-anthropic-openai.html [12:29] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/podcasts/hardfork-pentagon-anthropic-openai.html ) [12:31] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/Android_Leftovers.gmi [12:31] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/today_s_howtos.gmi [12:31] TR Bot Tux Machines Android Leftovers [12:31] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [12:32] TR News (NEW): KDE: OSM Hack Weekend/KDE Itinerary, Breeze QtWidgets https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/KDE_OSM_Hack_Weekend_KDE_Itinerary_Breeze_QtWidgets.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/KDE_OSM_Hack_Weekend_KDE_Itinerary_Breeze_QtWidgets.gmi [12:32] TR Bot Tux Machines KDE: OSM Hack Weekend/KDE Itinerary, Breeze QtWidgets [12:34] TR News (NEW): Debian Lomiri, Debconf, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/Debian_Lomiri_Debconf_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/Debian_Lomiri_Debconf_and_More.gmi [12:34] TR Bot Tux Machines Debian Lomiri, Debconf, and More [12:34] TR News (NEW): Sailfish OS Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications News https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/Sailfish_OS_Mobile_Systems_Mobile_Applications_News.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/Sailfish_OS_Mobile_Systems_Mobile_Applications_News.gmi [12:34] TR Bot Tux Machines Sailfish OS Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications News [12:36] TR News (NEW): Games: Full-screen Games in GNU/Linux, Data Center Sim, and Destruction by US Customs or DHL https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/Games_Full_screen_Games_in_GNU_Linux_Data_Center_Sim_and_Destru.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/Games_Full_screen_Games_in_GNU_Linux_Data_Center_Sim_and_Destru.gmi [12:36] TR Bot Tux Machines Games: Full-screen Games in GNU/Linux, Data Center Sim, and Destruction by US Customs or DHL [12:37] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [12:37] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@wi6y8fnbpfcy6.irc) has joined #techrights [12:38] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [12:38] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [12:39] TR News (NEW): Fedora Development and Red Hat Abandoning Linux to Sell Ponzi Scheme (Slop) for IBM https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/Fedora_Development_and_Red_Hat_Abandoning_Linux_to_Sell_Ponzi_S.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/Fedora_Development_and_Red_Hat_Abandoning_Linux_to_Sell_Ponzi_S.gmi [12:39] TR Bot Tux Machines Fedora Development and Red Hat Abandoning Linux to Sell Ponzi Scheme (Slop) for IBM [12:54] TR News (NEW): Audiocasts/Shows: Linux Saloon and The Cyber Show https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/Audiocasts_Shows_Linux_Saloon_and_The_Cyber_Show.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/Audiocasts_Shows_Linux_Saloon_and_The_Cyber_Show.gmi [12:54] TR Bot Tux Machines Audiocasts/Shows: Linux Saloon and The Cyber Show [12:56] TR News (NEW): Kernel (Linux) News https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/Kernel_Linux_News.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/Kernel_Linux_News.gmi [12:56] TR News (NEW): Today's Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/today_s_leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/today_s_leftovers.gmi [12:56] TR Bot Tux Machines Kernel (Linux) News [12:56] TR Bot Tux Machines today's leftovers [12:59] TR News Techrights Links 01/03/2026: American Plutocrats Buy American Media While American Constitution Shredded https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/01/Links_01_03_2026_American_Plutocrats_Buy_American_Media_While_A.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/01/Links_01_03_2026_American_Plutocrats_Buy_American_Media_While_A.gmi [12:59] TR Bot Techrights Links 01/03/2026: American Plutocrats Buy American Media While American Constitution Shredded ● Mar 01 [13:00] TR News "I am pleased to announce that today marks the beginning of the third ever annual OFFLine-FIRst SOftware CHallenge, OFFLFIRSOCH 2026." gemini://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space/~solderpunk/gemlog/announcing-offlfirsoch-2026.gmi [13:01] TR News Announcing OFFLFIRSOCH 2026 gopher://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space:70/0/~solderpunk/phlog/announcing-offlfirsoch-2026.txt [13:02] TR News "Growing numbers of abstraction layers, vast amounts of dependencies and general complexity are what annoy me most about modern software development. LLMs are powerful tools, but in practice they often lead to even larger, more complex projects with even more dependencies." gemini://gmi.karl.berlin/simplicity-by-llm.gmi [13:11] TR News "More breathing room for distros and enterprise Linux users as LTS kernels get extended EOL dates." https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-lts-kernel-support-extension/ [13:11] TR News CDE https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/nostalgic-developer-recreates-the-1994-linux-desktop-as-a-modern-web-app-for-your-browser-open-source-project-brings-old-school-cde-interface-back-from-the-dead-and-features-classic-90s-web-browser-text-editor-and-more [13:11] TR Bot Developer's 1994 Linux desktop recreation runs in your browser as a modern web app open-source project brings old-school CDE interface back from the dead and features classic 90s web browser, text editor, and more | Tom's Hardware [13:12] TR News Hyprland 0.54 is out, and it can give you a "50% to 500%" performance boost https://www.xda-developers.com/hyprland-054-is-out-50-500-percent-boost/ [13:12] TR Bot Hyprland 0.54 is out, and it can give you a "50% to 500%" performance boost [13:13] TR News "The Orange Pi Neo gaming handheld has been delayed, blaming supply chain issues. The gaming handheld was first announced back in 2024, boasting a 7-inch FHD+ 120 Hz display, AMD Zen 4 APUs, and up to 2 TB storage." https://www.notebookcheck.net/Linux-based-Orange-Pi-Neo-gaming-handheld-delayed-due-to-rising-RAM-and-storage-costs.1236882.0.html [13:13] TR Bot Orange Pi Neo gaming handheld delayed due to rising RAM and storage costs - NotebookCheck.net News [13:13] TR News Bazzite triples its userbase in 8 months as gamers seek a Windows alternative https://www.xda-developers.com/bazzite-triples-its-userbase-in-8-months-as-gamers-seek-a-windows-alternative/ [13:13] TR Bot Bazzite triples its userbase in 8 months as gamers seek a Windows alternative [13:14] TR News "This release introduces a bl-menu command to start a menu from the same launcher regardless of the running session." https://9to5linux.com/bunsenlabs-carbon-is-here-with-support-for-wayland-sessions-based-on-debian-13 [13:14] TR Bot Carbon Is Here with Support for Wayland Sessions, Based on Debian 13 - 9to5Linux [13:14] TR News KDE Plasma 6.7 will introduce more rounded corners to make everything look more consistent https://www.xda-developers.com/kde-plasma-67-will-introduce-more-rounded-corners-to-make-everything-look-more-consistent/ [13:14] TR Bot KDE Plasma 6.7 will introduce more rounded corners to make everything look more consistent [13:15] TR News A new California law says all operating systems, including Linux, need to have some form of age verification at account setup https://hardforum.com/threads/a-new-california-law-says-all-operating-systems-including-linux-need-to-have-some-form-of-age-verification-at-account-setup.2046700/ [13:15] TR Bot A new California law says all operating systems, including Linux, need to have some form of age verification at account setup | [H]ard|Forum [13:16] TR News Software Patents https://www.offshore-mag.com/business-briefs/equipment-engineering/news/55360571/yokogawa-strengthens-linuxbased-offshore-automation-systems-through-oin-20 [13:16] TR Bot Yokogawa strengthens Linuxbased offshore automation systems through OIN 2.0 | Offshore Magazine [13:23] TR News New California law will require operating systems to have age verification https://www.shacknews.com/article/148077/california-assembly-bill-1043-operating-system-os-age-verify-2027 [13:23] TR Bot California law will require operating systems to have age verification | Shacknews [13:56] *superkuh has quit (Ping timeout: 264 seconds) ● Mar 01 [14:06] TR News Techrights Lots of Lies From the Slop Industry https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/01/Lots_of_Lies_From_the_Slop_Industry.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/01/Lots_of_Lies_From_the_Slop_Industry.gmi [14:06] TR Bot Techrights Lots of Lies From the Slop Industry [14:10] *superkuh (~superkuh@user/superkuh) has joined #techrights [14:36] TR News Techrights 'FSFE' an Imposter in Europe, Paid by GAFAM to Represent GAFAM Interests https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/01/FSFE_an_Imposter_in_Europe_Paid_by_GAFAM_to_Represent_GAFAM_Int.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/01/FSFE_an_Imposter_in_Europe_Paid_by_GAFAM_to_Represent_GAFAM_Int.gmi [14:36] TR Bot Techrights 'FSFE' an Imposter in Europe, Paid by GAFAM to Represent GAFAM Interests [14:52] TR News Techrights On Who 'Speaks for' Techrights https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/01/On_Who_Speaks_for_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/01/On_Who_Speaks_for_Techrights.gmi [14:52] TR Bot Techrights On Who 'Speaks for' Techrights ● Mar 01 [15:05] TR News (NEW): Watching and Feeding the Birds https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/Watching_and_Feeding_the_Birds.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/Watching_and_Feeding_the_Birds.gmi [15:05] TR Bot Tux Machines Watching and Feeding the Birds [15:14] TR News Techrights Richard Stallman to Give at Least Three Talks in Switzerland, Starting This Week https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/01/Richard_Stallman_to_Give_at_Least_Three_Talks_in_Switzerland_St.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/01/Richard_Stallman_to_Give_at_Least_Three_Talks_in_Switzerland_St.gmi [15:14] TR Bot Techrights Richard Stallman to Give at Least Three Talks in Switzerland, Starting This Week [15:18] TR News Why only ONE site covering Microsoft layoffs??? https://www.tmj4.com/news/racine-county/microsoft-data-center-layoffs-leave-workers-stunned-after-relocating-for-tech-jobs [15:18] TR Bot Microsoft data center layoffs leave workers scrambling after relocating [15:32] schestowitz[TR2] and https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1khnx2mms [15:32] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1khnx2mms ) [15:32] schestowitz[TR2] "Just ask Bob! [15:32] schestowitz[TR2] There are several active journalists who report on corporate oversight, technology industry practices, business governance, workplace controversies, and ethical issues at IBM. [15:32] schestowitz[TR2] Olivia Solon [15:32] schestowitz[TR2] Aaron Holmes [15:32] schestowitz[TR2] Jordan Novet [15:32] schestowitz[TR2] Jeffrey Dastin [15:32] schestowitz[TR2] Paresh Dave [15:32] schestowitz[TR2] Cyrus Farivar [15:32] schestowitz[TR2] Nitasha Tiku [15:32] schestowitz[TR2] Lauren Hirsch [15:32] schestowitz[TR2] Chris Mellor [15:32] schestowitz[TR2] Thomas Claburn [15:32] schestowitz[TR2] Also; [15:32] schestowitz[TR2] America First Legal (AFL) [15:32] schestowitz[TR2] Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll [15:32] schestowitz[TR2] Johnson & Webbert, LLP & Public Justice [15:32] schestowitz[TR2] Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman, Outten & Golden [15:32] schestowitz[TR2] Carta, McAlister & Moore (CMM) [15:32] schestowitz[TR2] Feinberg Jackson Worthman & Wasow" [15:34] TR News Techrights The Mass Layoffs at Microsoft That Nobody in the "News Industry" Wants to Talk About (and TheLayoff.com Censored, Then It Censored the Evidence of the Censorship) https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/01/The_Mass_Layoffs_at_Microsoft_That_Nobody_in_the_News_Industry_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/01/The_Mass_Layoffs_at_Microsoft_That_Nobody_in_the_News_Industry_.gmi [15:34] TR Bot Techrights The Mass Layoffs at Microsoft That Nobody in the "News Industry" Wants to Talk About (and TheLayoff.com Censored, Then It Censored the Evidence of the Censorship) ● Mar 01 [16:01] TR News Techrights On the Concept of "Protected Class" (or Race) at IBM https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/01/On_the_Concept_of_Protected_Class_or_Race_at_IBM.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/01/On_the_Concept_of_Protected_Class_or_Race_at_IBM.gmi [16:01] TR Bot Techrights On the Concept of "Protected Class" (or Race) at IBM [16:31] TR News (NEW): Three Talks by Richard Stallman This Month: Risch-Rotkreuz, Rapperswil, Then Bern https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/Three_Talks_by_Richard_Stallman_This_Month_Risch_Rotkreuz_Rappe.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/Three_Talks_by_Richard_Stallman_This_Month_Risch_Rotkreuz_Rappe.gmi [16:32] TR Bot Tux Machines Three Talks by Richard Stallman This Month: Risch-Rotkreuz, Rapperswil, Then Bern [16:35] TR News As usual, it has nothing to do with HEY HI https://www.aol.com/articles/opendoor-chairman-keith-rabois-says-153845656.html [16:35] TR Bot Opendoor Chairman Keith Rabois says he doesnt know why the company has 1,400 employees: We dont need more than 200 - AOL [16:36] TR News Uber's debt continues to climb. Slavery as a business model. https://finbox.com/NYSE:UBER/explorer/total_debt [16:36] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://finbox.com/NYSE:UBER/explorer/total_debt ) [16:49] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #techrights [16:53] TR News Techrights Booz Allen Hamilton, the Former Employer of Edward Snowden (NSA Contractor), is Drowning in Debt https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/01/Booz_Allen_Hamilton_the_Former_Employer_of_Edward_Snowden_NSA_C.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/01/Booz_Allen_Hamilton_the_Former_Employer_of_Edward_Snowden_NSA_C.gmi [16:53] TR Bot Techrights Booz Allen Hamilton, the Former Employer of Edward Snowden (NSA Contractor), is Drowning in Debt ● Mar 01 [17:13] TR News Techrights EPO "Cocaine Communication Manager" - Part V - Jobs at the EPO for Those Connected to Cocaine Addicts (Skills Not Required) https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/01/EPO_Cocaine_Communication_Manager_Part_V_Jobs_at_the_EPO_for_Th.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/01/EPO_Cocaine_Communication_Manager_Part_V_Jobs_at_the_EPO_for_Th.gmi [17:13] TR Bot Techrights EPO "Cocaine Communication Manager" - Part V - Jobs at the EPO for Those Connected to Cocaine Addicts (Skills Not Required) [17:18] *themusicfactory (~themusicfactory@44kb8w9kseqs2.irc) has joined #techrights [17:19] *KindOne has quit (connection closed) [17:19] *KindOne has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [17:21] *KindOne (kindone@user/meow/KindOne) has joined #techrights [17:21] *KindOne (~KindOne@23xffjdf3phbn.irc) has joined #techrights [17:27] *ewig has quit (Ping timeout: 245 seconds) [17:35] TR News "This resonated with me because, for the past 13 years I've been trying to write the "perfect" blog engine. With announcers, assistants, builders, publishers, and many other interfaces that try to be the ideal abstraction so that it can work in any imagineable scenario: "You want to store your files in FTP, deploy using NNCP, and serve it on Gemini? No problem!"" gemini://robida.net/entries/2026/03/01/define-houseplant-programming [17:36] TR News [cat] [japan] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2026-03-01.gmi [17:37] TR News (NEW): BunsenLabs Carbon Arrives With Debian 13 and Wayland Integration https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/BunsenLabs_Carbon_Arrives_With_Debian_13_and_Wayland_Integratio.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/BunsenLabs_Carbon_Arrives_With_Debian_13_and_Wayland_Integratio.gmi [17:37] TR Bot Tux Machines BunsenLabs Carbon Arrives With Debian 13 and Wayland Integration [17:39] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 01/03/2026: Simpler Software and Announcing OFFLFIRSOCH (OFFLine-FIRst SOftware CHallenge) 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/01/Gemini_Links_01_03_2026_Simpler_Software_and_Announcing_OFFLFIR.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/01/Gemini_Links_01_03_2026_Simpler_Software_and_Announcing_OFFLFIR.gmi [17:39] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 01/03/2026: Simpler Software and Announcing OFFLFIRSOCH (OFFLine-FIRst SOftware CHallenge) 2026 [17:44] TR News "AI isn't a skillset [...] statistics and mathematics are" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kjmmm8rw [17:44] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kjmmm8rw ) [17:44] schestowitz[TR2] " [17:44] schestowitz[TR2] 'I know of others that have also completely pivoted to a new occupation.' [17:44] schestowitz[TR2] just curious [17:44] schestowitz[TR2] serious question, have politicians, bureaucrats, lawyers (liaryers), judges (fudges), or 'professors' ever pivoted to a new occupation?" [17:45] TR News "IBM is implementing 2 strategies. 1. Get costs down as far as possible. Thus the offshoring to low cost countries. 2. Get revenue per employee up to 300k. Thus the continued focus on lower headcount. NOTE IBM at 300k per employee nets a headcount in the 240k range. This equates to where Gerstner rightsized IBM to back in the early 90s" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1khvfg94z [17:45] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1khvfg94z ) [17:45] TR News (NEW): ML4W OS Arch Linux-based distro https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/ML4W_OS_Arch_Linux_based_distro.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/ML4W_OS_Arch_Linux_based_distro.gmi [17:45] TR Bot Tux Machines ML4W OS Arch Linux-based distro [17:45] TR News (NEW): pearOS Arch-based Linux distribution https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/pearOS_Arch_based_Linux_distribution.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/pearOS_Arch_based_Linux_distribution.gmi [17:45] TR Bot Tux Machines pearOS Arch-based Linux distribution [17:49] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@hhvtiqyy9tdru.irc) has joined #techrights [17:53] TR News (NEW): I run these 5 commands on every fresh Linux install to save hours of work https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/I_run_these_5_commands_on_every_fresh_Linux_install_to_save_hou.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/I_run_these_5_commands_on_every_fresh_Linux_install_to_save_hou.gmi [17:53] TR Bot Tux Machines I run these 5 commands on every fresh Linux install to save hours of work [17:53] TR News (NEW): The best Linux terminal dashboard is wtf (and you need to try it) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/The_best_Linux_terminal_dashboard_is_wtf_and_you_need_to_try_it.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/The_best_Linux_terminal_dashboard_is_wtf_and_you_need_to_try_it.gmi [17:53] TR Bot Tux Machines The best Linux terminal dashboard is wtf (and you need to try it) [17:55] TR News (NEW): BashCore Debian-based live Linux distribution https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/BashCore_Debian_based_live_Linux_distribution.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/BashCore_Debian_based_live_Linux_distribution.gmi [17:55] TR Bot Tux Machines BashCore Debian-based live Linux distribution [17:57] TR News (NEW): Best Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.1.gmi [17:57] TR Bot Tux Machines Best Free and Open Source Software [17:58] TR News (NEW): 4 productivity-boosting tmux features you should be using https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/4_productivity_boosting_tmux_features_you_should_be_using.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/4_productivity_boosting_tmux_features_you_should_be_using.gmi [17:58] TR Bot Tux Machines 4 productivity-boosting tmux features you should be using ● Mar 01 [18:07] TR News (NEW): KDE Plasma 6.7.0 will make managing your printers a lot easier https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/22/KDE_Plasma_6_7_0_will_make_managing_your_printers_a_lot_easier.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/22/KDE_Plasma_6_7_0_will_make_managing_your_printers_a_lot_easier.gmi [18:07] TR Bot Tux Machines KDE Plasma 6.7.0 will make managing your printers a lot easier [18:10] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/Android_Leftovers.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/01/Android_Leftovers.1.gmi [18:10] TR Bot Tux Machines Android Leftovers [18:26] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Blade II [18:26] IsambardPrince "You're human!" [18:26] IsambardPrince The guy says, "Hardly. I'm a lawyer." [18:27] schestowitz[TR2] "an honest lawyer was buried here" [18:27] schestowitz[TR2] "wait, two people in one grave?" [18:28] schestowitz[TR2] the serial strangler lawyers ran out of media business [18:28] schestowitz[TR2] Iran Wilson seems to repel people [18:28] schestowitz[TR2] having chosen to work for very despicable people [18:29] MinceR https://explosm.net/comics/in-your-heart#comic [18:29] TR Bot & Happiness (Explosm.net) [18:39] IsambardPrince The first movie in that trilogy was the best. [18:39] IsambardPrince That was a long time before Wesley Snipes "forgot" to pay income tax on $38 million dollars. [18:40] IsambardPrince How does something like that just up and slip your mind? [18:40] IsambardPrince MinceR, ^ [18:40] IsambardPrince I mean, he's not the President. [18:40] MinceR :> [18:40] IsambardPrince "Fuckers are fast too!" [18:40] IsambardPrince :D [18:41] MinceR :> [18:41] IsambardPrince MinceR, John loved that movie when I told him about it and we watched it. [18:41] IsambardPrince He still says "We're the police! We're not trained to handle this kind of violence!" [18:42] MinceR :> [18:42] IsambardPrince https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbi3Fosznck [18:42] TR Bot https://inv.perditum.com/watch?v=nbi3Fosznck [18:42] TR Bot ( status 503 @ https://inv.perditum.com/watch?v=nbi3Fosznck ) [18:43] IsambardPrince That was my favorite part of the Escape From New York soundtrack actually. [18:43] IsambardPrince The Duke Arrives/Barricade [18:45] IsambardPrince Then it fades into https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGxycWRi03U [18:45] TR Bot https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=WGxycWRi03U [18:45] TR Bot invidious.nerdvpn.de | Gandalf [18:46] IsambardPrince "President At The Train" [18:46] IsambardPrince There's a very simple suspenseful almost hopeless vibe to it. [18:46] IsambardPrince Just perfect for the movie. [18:46] IsambardPrince Every once in a while it gets going, but then it slows down again, [18:51] IsambardPrince https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRGD_KZsoPo [18:51] TR Bot https://inv.perditum.com/watch?v=wRGD_KZsoPo [18:51] TR Bot ( status 503 @ https://inv.perditum.com/watch?v=wRGD_KZsoPo ) [18:51] IsambardPrince The War of the Worlds was one of my favorite movies despite the religious ending they imposed on the film. [18:51] IsambardPrince If you look, Independence Day basically follows the same structure as the movie. [18:52] IsambardPrince Alien saucers land, they start destroying all the major cities, conventional weapons are useless, we even try nuking them and it doesn't work because of their energy shielding. [18:52] IsambardPrince I would have preferred that they left out the "Macbook computer virus part". [18:53] MinceR same [18:53] IsambardPrince The "shields failed because we fooled them into letting us inside so we could nuke the mothership". would have worked on its own. [18:53] MinceR it should have ended with the devil apes getting wiped out [18:54] IsambardPrince The city killers seemed to have some power generation of their own. [18:54] IsambardPrince The main weapon still worked even without power being sent from the mothership. [18:54] IsambardPrince It's likely that there was some sort of buffer and it couldn't be fired again for a while until it recharged. [18:56] -Global-Nous allons mettre jour les services (NickServ, ChanServ...) ce qui va entraner une coupure de quelques secondes. Pas d'inquitudes, tout reviendra rapidement dans l'ordre. Elephantman [18:58] -Global-Et voil, la mise jour est termine. Signalez-nous tout problme sur #aide. Merci de votre patience, et bonne soire sur EuropNet ! [18:58] IsambardPrince MinceR, Devil Ape things are much worse in major cities. [18:58] IsambardPrince That's where you find nasty stuff like gay bathhouses. [18:59] IsambardPrince And sex shops that put dildos and BDSM crap in the window across from a public park. [18:59] IsambardPrince And marijuana. [18:59] IsambardPrince Social rot begins in the major cities. [18:59] IsambardPrince It fans out. [18:59] IsambardPrince When they say that California is 20 years ahead, that's what they mean. ● Mar 01 [19:00] IsambardPrince Marijuana legalization is a huge mistake in every sense except one. [19:01] IsambardPrince It generates money for the state, and the people it gets the money from don't normally pay tax. They're the people who don't file tax returns. [19:01] IsambardPrince They figured out how to make $400 million a year off people like my neighbor who doesn't even pay his cell phone bill. [19:02] IsambardPrince He has unpaid fines from domestic battery and a DUI. They never made him pay his fines. [19:02] IsambardPrince Eventually they just let him go. They occasionally add interest to fines he hasn't made a single payment on in ten years. [19:03] IsambardPrince From his angle there's no reason to pay it. The court considers your history when it decides whether you can seal your criminal records. [19:03] IsambardPrince People with a long history of trouble with the law usually don't get records sealed, so the fact that you can't ask until you pay is not relevant for him. [19:04] IsambardPrince It's like Citi telling me I can be "considered" for a credit card if I pay them the $7,000 they lost last time. [19:04] MinceR why should i care about any of these allegedly nasty things? [19:04] IsambardPrince If I pay them $7,000 they still probably say "No. Prior bad history with Citi cards." [19:04] MinceR am i supposed to be scared of sex or gay people like abrahamics are? [19:05] MinceR or of drugs that are less harmful than ethanol and tobacco? [19:05] IsambardPrince MinceR, When you get to your trial after you die.... [19:05] IsambardPrince Just remember. [19:05] IsambardPrince It doesn't matter if you voted for a vicious pedophile that bombs children. [19:06] IsambardPrince It doesn't matter how well you treated your family, or people in general. [19:06] IsambardPrince It doesn't matter if you yourself lied, committed adultery, destroyed the family unit, etc. [19:06] IsambardPrince What matters is what gender you were sexually attracted to. [19:06] TR News [japan] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2026-02-28.gmi [19:06] IsambardPrince That's all that matters. [19:06] MinceR seems unlikely that such a trial would happen [19:06] IsambardPrince Anything else, you're in like Flint. [19:06] IsambardPrince -Mom [19:12] IsambardPrince MinceR, I told someone. [19:12] IsambardPrince Since 2008, phone service has gone down by over 26%. [19:12] IsambardPrince But the government taxes have gone up by over 37%. [19:12] IsambardPrince So people still don't save any money. [19:12] IsambardPrince Meanwhile they've ripped out all the pay phones and you can't get new landline service. [19:12] IsambardPrince People be all like "Hey, putting a quarter in a public phone is dumb. What if we, like, paid $150 a month for a cell phone!" [19:13] *nobody has quit (Quit: connection closed.) [19:13] IsambardPrince I pay $20 a month and I still feel ripped off. [19:13] IsambardPrince There were entire months where I didn't put a quarter in a pay phone at all. [19:15] IsambardPrince A lot of people didn't even really need a house phone. [19:15] IsambardPrince My aunt who worked at a bar and lived upstairs just used the pay phone in the bar. They all had phone numbers so people could call you on one. [19:17] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) ● Mar 01 [21:01] admfubar https://futurism.com/robots-and-machines/robot-wranglers [21:01] TR Bot Former Delivery Drivers Are Getting Weird New Jobs as Delivery Robots Take Over [21:02] admfubar sooo how soon will your computer catch a real virus?... https://futurism.com/health-medicine/doom-human-brain-cells [21:02] TR Bot Researchers Get Human Brain Cells Running Doom [21:06] admfubar twinkle twinkle lil star.... https://futurism.com/space/evidence-star-explode [21:06] TR Bot Evidence Grows That One of the Largest Known Stars Is Poised to Explode in a Spectacular Blast [21:10] IsambardPrince Well, that would mean that the explosion would have happened decades or even hundreds or thousands of years ago. [21:10] IsambardPrince It takes a long time for the light to reach us so by the time we see it, whatever happened happened a long time ago. [21:12] admfubar https://futurism.com/future-society/mit-new-3d-printer-motor [21:12] TR Bot MIT's New 3D Printer Can Print a Working Motor, Complete With Moving Parts [21:14] admfubar :)) https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-reels-ai-faith-healing [21:14] TR Bot Meta Reels Is Filling Up With AI Slop of Faith Healers Performing Miraculous Cures [21:17] admfubar https://futurism.com/health-medicine/bacteria-engineered-eat-tumors-inside [21:17] TR Bot Bacteria Engineered to Eat Tumors From the Inside [21:21] admfubar next .. Daytona!.... https://hackaday.com/2026/03/01/fish-drives-tank/ [21:21] TR Bot Drives Tank | Hackaday [21:29] *admfubar has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [21:30] *admfubar (~admfubar@ae6yc8gqwe7jq.irc) has joined #techrights [21:37] admfubar ? ● Mar 01 [22:13] admfubar https://tedium.co/2026/02/25/vibe-coded-email-spam/ [22:13] TR Bot Why Email Spam Looks Better Than Usual These Days [22:23] IsambardPrince MinceR, In their idea of a trial in the afterlife, everything that they themselves do everyday is fine. [22:23] IsambardPrince Even if it violates the Ten Commandments. [22:23] IsambardPrince What matters most is what you did with your sex organs. [22:24] IsambardPrince God is very interested with where you put your sex organs and what you did with them. [22:24] IsambardPrince You know, the body just being an unimportant vessel that rots, it matters very much where you put your sex organs and what you did with them while it was alive. [22:25] IsambardPrince MinceR, It's important that they don't have to change anything they do. [22:26] IsambardPrince They just go to church and say empty utterances. [22:26] IsambardPrince And donate money. [22:27] IsambardPrince https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/01/politics/marijuana-second-amendment-supreme-court [22:27] TR Bot Marijuana advocates light up Second Amendment fight at Supreme Court | CNN Politics [22:28] admfubar https://tedium.co/2026/02/25/vibe-coded-email-spam/ [22:28] admfubar https://themarkup.org/privacy/2026/02/27/following-markup-investigation-congress-finds-data-brokers-cost-consumers-tens-of-billions-of-dollars [22:28] TR Bot Following Markup investigation, Congress finds data brokers cost consumers tens of billions of dollars The Markup [22:28] admfubar :) [22:30] admfubar https://therecord.media/samsung-updates-acr-privacy-practices-texas [22:30] TR Bot Samsung updates ACR privacy practices after Texas sues TV manufacturers | The Record from Recorded Future News [22:30] admfubar https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/27/oak_ridge_datacenter_power/ [22:30] TR Bot Oak Ridge sets up unit to tackle AI datacenter energy demand The Register [22:35] admfubar https://nerds.xyz/2026/03/usps-ai-scams-warning/ [22:35] TR Bot U.S. Postal Inspection Service warns AI scams are getting scary good [22:36] IsambardPrince MinceR, I signed up for a class action settlement against SiriusXM. [22:36] IsambardPrince They called me while my phone number was on the national do not call list after I got a free 30 day trial following a car repair. [22:36] IsambardPrince :) [22:37] IsambardPrince Basically the way it works is that any car with a SiriusXM receiver has a serial number connected to the VIN. [22:37] IsambardPrince SiriusXM pays repair shops to give you a free trial of SXM when you get a repair done there. [22:37] IsambardPrince But then they were cold calling people asking them to continue the subscription. [22:38] IsambardPrince Which is a violation of the Telephone Consumer Privacy Act. [22:38] IsambardPrince Each violation could technically cost them $5,000, but it's likely I'll see maybe a few hundred. [22:38] IsambardPrince Because class action settlements tend to settle after the lawyers and settlement admins get about two-thirds of the money. ● Mar 01 [23:10] admfubar and the county is brown 'cause of this bug.... https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/02/did-chatgpt-help-health-officials-solve-a-weird-outbreak-maybe/ [23:10] TR Bot In puzzling outbreak, officials look to cold beer, gross ice, and ChatGPT - Ars Technica [23:11] admfubar :D https://databreaches.net/2026/03/01/south-korean-police-lose-seized-crypto-by-posting-password-online/ [23:11] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://databreaches.net/2026/03/01/south-korean-police-lose-seized-crypto-by-posting-password-online/ ) [23:25] MinceR (cat) https://imgur.com/gallery/february-18-GRF3c6d [23:25] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://imgur.com/gallery/february-18-GRF3c6d ) [23:25] IsambardPrince I thought it was funny, that Beavis and Butt-Head episode where Tom Anderson was trying to order an apple pie, a large fries, and a coffee, on his way to see the foot doctor on Thursdays, and they couldn't figure out what to do. [23:25] IsambardPrince Beavis was back there deep frying things like a bunch of flies on a roll of sticky paper, and a rat, and eventually his hand. [23:25] IsambardPrince I think that was the one I found funniest as a kid. [23:26] MinceR :) [23:26] IsambardPrince The phone rings and he throws that in. [23:27] IsambardPrince MinceR, My parents thought it was just dumb gross out humor, and that was certainly part of it, but it actually hits people on a higher level than that.