●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, September 01, 2026 ●● ● Sep 01 [00:55] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [00:55] *includeals (~includeal@2001:8a0:e95a:4e00::1c47) has joined #techrights ● Sep 01 [01:28] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@ayqnq8v534w9q.irc) has joined #techrights [01:29] TR News "Amazon lays off 121 workers across corporate and fulfillment jobs in Washington state" [01:30] TR News "Some Devs Worked 80 Hours A Week To Ship The DLC!" https://tech4gamers.com/doom-the-dark-ages-revelations-dlc-worst-crunch/ Microsoft is 'Angel of Death' to Developers (Even Its Own), 'Voluntary' Layoffs Happening Again https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/19/Microsoft_is_Angel_of_Death_to_Developers_Even_Its_Own_Voluntar.shtml [01:30] TR Bot Doom: The Dark Ages Revelations DLC Reportedly Marked Worst Series Crunch To Date [01:30] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft is 'Angel of Death' to Developers (Even Its Own), 'Voluntary' Layoffs Happening Again [01:32] TR News "As per former producer Andrew Willis, the developer was clocking in 12 hours at work during this time. However, he even worked for 17 hours for a few days, leading to most of the DLC being made in just a few months." [01:32] TR News "The developer noted that the crunch was so bad that many id Software employees were sometimes working up to 80 hours a week. He even went into the office at 5 AM on certain days as a result of this crunch." [01:33] TR News Microsoft: Work Weekends Too https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/31/Microsoft_Work_Weekends_Too.shtml [01:33] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft: Work Weekends Too [01:33] TR News Essentiality of Rest and Killing Oneself for Vicious Companies https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/31/Essentiality_of_Rest_and_Killing_Oneself_for_Vicious_Companies.shtml [01:33] TR Bot Techrights Essentiality of Rest and Killing Oneself for Vicious Companies [01:41] TR News Welcome, September! https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/01/welcome-september/ [01:41] TR Bot Blog Archive Welcome, September! [01:42] TR News Still "cant establish a connection to the server at stallman.org." [01:54] TR News Techrights https://techrights.org/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ [01:54] TR Bot Techrights [01:54] TR News Techrights Record Highs for GNU/Linux, Especially in the United States of America https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/Record_Highs_for_GNU_Linux_Especially_in_the_United_States_of_A.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/Record_Highs_for_GNU_Linux_Especially_in_the_United_States_of_A.gmi [01:54] TR Bot Techrights Record Highs for GNU/Linux, Especially in the United States of America [01:55] IsambardPrince [19:32] "As per former producer Andrew Willis, the developer was clocking in 12 hours at work during this time. However, he even worked for 17 hours for a few days, leading to most of the DLC being made in just a few months." [01:55] IsambardPrince [19:32] "The developer noted that the crunch was so bad that many id Software employees were sometimes working up to 80 hours a week. He even went into the office at 5 AM on certain days as a result of this crunch." [01:55] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: This is not new. [01:56] IsambardPrince Alex St. John said if you don't want to work 70 or 80 hours a week sometimes, don't work in the gaming industry. [01:58] TR News ""still have a few Stand and Delivers to submit"....therefore you didn't meet your PIP objectives. Pack your bags." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m12nythk [01:58] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m12nythk ) ● Sep 01 [02:02] IsambardPrince WinDOOM does work in Windows 3.1/3.11 with Win32s and WinG installed. [02:02] IsambardPrince But the performance is definitely worse than just running it on DOS instead. [02:02] TR News Techrights IBM Defrauds Shareholders With Fake News (Bribed Press) About "Quantum" https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/IBM_Defrauds_Shareholders_With_Fake_News_Bribed_Press_About_Qua.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/IBM_Defrauds_Shareholders_With_Fake_News_Bribed_Press_About_Qua.gmi [02:02] TR Bot Techrights IBM Defrauds Shareholders With Fake News (Bribed Press) About "Quantum" [02:02] *asm has quit (Quit: I do declare: end client.) [02:02] IsambardPrince The only benefit is it supports 640x480 [02:03] IsambardPrince The goal of WinDOOM was really just to show that you could game on Windows. [02:03] IsambardPrince It was not necessarily a good idea to try this as just running games under DOS got Windows out of the way and made the game run faster. [02:03] *asm (~asm@nwue8k2xkhuhe.irc) has joined #techrights [02:04] schestowitz[TR2] Alex St. John said if you don't want to work 70 or 80 hours a week sometimes, don't work in the gaming industry. [02:04] schestowitz[TR2] f him, then.. [02:07] IsambardPrince There has been a pattern going back decades where you have to rush the game to get it out (often by Christmas, but not always) to get profits. [02:08] TR News "Doom: The Dark Ages Revelations" Devs Hit 17-Hour Days During Crunch Before Layoffs https://www.techpowerup.com/352189/doom-the-dark-ages-revelations-devs-hit-17-hour-days-during-crunch-before-layoffs?amp [02:08] TR Bot The Dark Ages Revelations" Devs Hit 17-Hour Days During Crunch Before Layoffs | TechPowerUp [02:12] TR News Techrights Microsoft Workers Doing 80 Hours a Week After Microsoft Culled Their Colleagues https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/Microsoft_Workers_Doing_80_Hours_a_Week_After_Microsoft_Culled_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/Microsoft_Workers_Doing_80_Hours_a_Week_After_Microsoft_Culled_.gmi [02:12] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Workers Doing 80 Hours a Week After Microsoft Culled Their Colleagues [02:15] TR News "The first novel is Subtil Bton (Subtle Concrete), by the Agglomres Collective (like cinderblock but with French inclusive writing), which was very good with its story, characters, and its ability to make fun of our revolutionary ideals (ok not "make fun of", HAVE fun WITH our ideals). Recommended!" gemini://dece.space/notes/20260831-reading-2024.gmi [02:16] TR News "i did make many, non-scratchy clothing name tags before and i needed to make more. i dusted off my somewhat atrophied sewing skills." gemini://gemini.mingmengtou.org/2026-08-31-name-tags.gmi [02:17] TR News Re: Replying to smol.pub user posts gemini://kunulo.smol.pub/2026-08-31-cosmos [02:18] TR News "In early August (2026-08-08) my family took a day train trip to Denali Park, and I meant to publish a few notes about it. Denali Park is the home of Mt. McKinley in Alaska President Trump recently changed the name back to Mt. McKinley from Mt. Denali." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20260831-0.gmi [02:18] TR News already there gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/already_there [02:22] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 01/09/2026: Denali Park Train Trip, Crafts, and Community-Building in smol.pub https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/Gemini_Links_01_09_2026_Denali_Park_Train_Trip_Crafts_and_Commu.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/Gemini_Links_01_09_2026_Denali_Park_Train_Trip_Crafts_and_Commu.gmi [02:22] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 01/09/2026: Denali Park Train Trip, Crafts, and Community-Building in smol.pub [02:31] TR News Techrights In Romania, GNU/Linux Reaches 6%, According to Clownflare https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/In_Romania_GNU_Linux_Reaches_6_According_to_Clownflare.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/In_Romania_GNU_Linux_Reaches_6_According_to_Clownflare.gmi [02:31] TR Bot Techrights In Romania, GNU/Linux Reaches 6%, According to Clownflare [02:34] TR News Audiences Are Not Clients https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/01/audiences-are-not-clients/ [02:34] TR Bot Blog Archive Audiences Are Not Clients [02:46] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. 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[02:58] TR News Are Sachets the New Capsules? https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/01/are-sachets-the-new-capsules/ [02:58] TR Bot Blog Archive Are Sachets the New Capsules? [02:59] TR News "13.7% decline year-on-year" https://www.businessofapps.com/data/twitter-statistics/ [02:59] TR Bot X Revenue and Usage Statistics (2026) - Business of Apps ● Sep 01 [03:17] admfubar https://petapixel.com/2026/08/31/drone-photographer-accidentally-captures-devastating-nepal-mudslide/ [03:17] TR Bot Photographer Accidentally Captures Devastating Nepal Mudslide | PetaPixel [03:19] TR News Techrights Microsoft Lunduke Uses Twitter ("X") Because It's Algorithmically Designed to Boost His Worldview/s, He Ignores What "X" Is https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/Microsoft_Lunduke_Uses_Twitter_X_Because_It_s_Algorithmically_D.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/Microsoft_Lunduke_Uses_Twitter_X_Because_It_s_Algorithmically_D.gmi [03:19] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Lunduke Uses Twitter ("X") Because It's Algorithmically Designed to Boost His Worldview/s, He Ignores What "X" Is [03:23] schestowitz[TR2] admfubar: i watched the clip [03:23] schestowitz[TR2] did not notice at first [03:24] admfubar yeah ha was a whole mountain ridge away [03:24] schestowitz[TR2] i still can barely see it [03:24] schestowitz[TR2] while replaying [03:32] admfubar https://futurism.com/science-energy/marijuana-factory-explodes-causing-two-deaths [03:32] TR Bot Marijuana Factory Explodes, Causing Two Deaths [03:32] admfubar lotsa clouds in the way [03:34] admfubar can you hear him rattle?? https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/data-center-backlash-rattled-sam-altman [03:34] TR Bot Data Center Backlash Has Officially Rattled Sam Altman [03:36] TR News Techrights PIP/GVSA at Microsoft: Mass Layoffs Disguised as Something Else https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/PIP_GVSA_at_Microsoft_Mass_Layoffs_Disguised_as_Something_Else.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/PIP_GVSA_at_Microsoft_Mass_Layoffs_Disguised_as_Something_Else.gmi [03:36] TR Bot Techrights PIP/GVSA at Microsoft: Mass Layoffs Disguised as Something Else [03:40] admfubar https://hackaday.com/2026/08/31/defeating-bacteria-in-hot-water-systems-with-a-heat-exchanger/ [03:40] TR Bot Bacteria In Hot Water Systems With A Heat Exchanger | Hackaday [03:42] admfubar will it shield me from the klf???... https://hackaday.com/2026/08/31/whats-mu-metal/ [03:42] TR Bot Mu Metal? | Hackaday [03:45] MinceR :> [03:46] MinceR it's what precedes Nu Metal in the alphabet, of course [03:48] TR News The Media Gap https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/01/the-media-gap/ [03:48] TR Bot Blog Archive The Media Gap ● Sep 01 [04:04] TR News Techrights analognowhere.com and xkcd.com Selling Physical Copies of Webcomics https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/analognowhere_com_and_xkcd_com_Selling_Physical_Copies_of_Webco.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/analognowhere_com_and_xkcd_com_Selling_Physical_Copies_of_Webco.gmi [04:04] TR Bot Techrights analognowhere.com and xkcd.com Selling Physical Copies of Webcomics [04:14] TR News Techrights XBox CEO Has No Clue What She is Selling https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/XBox_CEO_Has_No_Clue_What_She_is_Selling.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/XBox_CEO_Has_No_Clue_What_She_is_Selling.gmi [04:14] TR Bot Techrights XBox CEO Has No Clue What She is Selling [04:21] TR News "US treasury secretary speaks with Russian counterpart who is controversially attending G20 talks; Indias Modi says war must end. What we know on day 1,651" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/01/ukraine-war-briefing-pressure-stays-on-russian-economy-until-war-is-over-says-bessent [04:21] TR Bot Ukraine war briefing: Pressure stays on Russian economy until war is over, says Bessent | Ukraine | The Guardian [04:21] TR News "Chancellor calls on allies to step up their pressure on Russia and sets out new action to stop Putin evading sanctions to fund his illegal war." https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-leads-way-in-disrupting-shadowy-russian-sanctions-evasion-network [04:21] TR Bot leads way in disrupting shadowy Russian sanctions evasion network - GOV.UK [04:22] TR News Trumputin https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/31/bessent-welcomes-russia-back-to-g20-as-europe-pushes-back-01058296 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/1/us-brings-back-russias-siluanov-to-g20-finance-talks-angering-europe [04:22] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/31/bessent-welcomes-russia-back-to-g20-as-europe-pushes-back-01058296 ) [04:22] TR Bot US brings back Russias Siluanov to G20 finance talks, angering Europe | Russia-Ukraine war News | Al Jazeera [04:25] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@t7dcmq6a5njr2.irc) has joined #techrights [04:31] TR News The Price of Envy https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/01/the-price-of-envy/ [04:31] TR Bot Blog Archive The Price of Envy [04:37] *Goblin has quit (Quit: Leaving) [04:40] TR News United States on the Side of the Soviet Empire https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/01/united-states-on-the-side-of-the-soviet-empire/ [04:40] TR Bot Blog Archive United States on the Side of the Soviet Empire [04:46] TR News Techrights Russian Federation is Removing Windows From Computers https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/Russian_Federation_is_Removing_Windows_From_Computers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/Russian_Federation_is_Removing_Windows_From_Computers.gmi [04:46] TR Bot Techrights Russian Federation is Removing Windows From Computers [04:53] TR News Openwashing worthless, outdated trash https://www.osnews.com/story/145534/microsoft-releases-its-weird-90s-irc-client-as-open-source/ [04:53] TR Bot releases its weird 90s IRC client as open source OSnews [04:54] TR News "Slopcode" https://www.osnews.com/story/145469/most-slopcode-projects-are-abandoned-and-deleted-within-months-of-release/ [04:54] TR Bot slopcode projects are abandoned and deleted within months of release OSnews ● Sep 01 [05:01] *lxo has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [05:01] TR News Techrights The Peculiar Case of OSNews, Which Experiments With Slopfarming https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/The_Peculiar_Case_of_OSNews_Which_Experiments_With_Slopfarming.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/The_Peculiar_Case_of_OSNews_Which_Experiments_With_Slopfarming.gmi [05:01] TR Bot Techrights The Peculiar Case of OSNews, Which Experiments With Slopfarming [05:07] IsambardPrince https://www.soundguys.com/sony-mdr-7506-review-16336/ [05:07] TR Bot MDR-7506 review: An industry standard - SoundGuys [05:07] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: I still use these for home listening. They're way too bulky for on the go. [05:08] schestowitz[TR2] oh [05:08] schestowitz[TR2] you can use on the go [05:08] schestowitz[TR2] depends where [05:08] schestowitz[TR2] my sony headset is large [05:08] schestowitz[TR2] but it is ok when sunbathing [05:08] schestowitz[TR2] or waking on my own [05:08] schestowitz[TR2] maybe odd inside shops [05:08] schestowitz[TR2] because many people are there [05:10] schestowitz[TR2] it looks ok on me, i think [05:10] schestowitz[TR2] but if i was a human twig [05:10] schestowitz[TR2] like mortgageBoy [05:10] schestowitz[TR2] it would def. look rather funny [05:13] TR News (NEW): Cloudflare Reckons GNU/Linux Already Exceeds 10% in China https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/Cloudflare_Reckons_GNU_Linux_Already_Exceeds_10_in_China.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/Cloudflare_Reckons_GNU_Linux_Already_Exceeds_10_in_China.gmi [05:13] TR Bot Tux Machines Cloudflare Reckons GNU/Linux Already Exceeds 10% in China [05:13] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: I'm told that first you get a mortgage on something that's too far away from the city to even get groceries. [05:14] IsambardPrince Then you spend years begging AT&T to hook you up to DSL. [05:14] schestowitz[TR2] ha [05:14] schestowitz[TR2] touche [05:17] *lxo (~lxo@b4xjcexteeqvi.irc) has joined #techrights [05:22] TR News Pacing Up Journalism https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/01/pacing-up-journalism/ [05:22] TR Bot Blog Archive Pacing Up Journalism [05:54] IsambardPrince I put more Terro roach bait under the bathroom sink. I was surprised, they ate some of the dots. I know it wasn't the cat because there's a baby lock on that cabinet. [05:55] IsambardPrince You don't usually see roaches until there's so many of them that the walls are compltely full. [05:55] IsambardPrince So they probably ate it and then crawled back into the walls and died. [05:56] IsambardPrince We'll just keep this up. I've got plenty. ● Sep 01 [06:02] *lxo has quit (connection closed) [06:05] schestowitz[TR2] so willis! [06:05] schestowitz[TR2] you moved from 1.1k/month [06:06] schestowitz[TR2] to 1.8k/month [06:06] schestowitz[TR2] and still combating roaches [06:06] schestowitz[TR2] at what price point is insect-free life attained? [06:10] IsambardPrince None really. [06:11] IsambardPrince Big management companies are eating up all the major apartment complexes. [06:11] IsambardPrince The price goes up, the roaches stay. [06:11] IsambardPrince At least Tony calls a real exterminator instead of Piyushing it. [06:11] IsambardPrince (30 cans of RAID on the floor) [06:11] IsambardPrince (20 roaches dead, 1 million panicked) [06:13] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: The roaches in different areas tend to prefer different baits. [06:13] IsambardPrince I've had the most luck with Advion and Terro. [06:15] IsambardPrince The exterminator baited for them where I've actually seen no evidence of their activity at all. He was in and out in 5 minutes. [06:17] IsambardPrince I stuck some Advion Arenas on the sides and under the refrigerator. [06:18] *lxo (~lxo@b4xjcexteeqvi.irc) has joined #techrights [06:20] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: Landlords are part of the greedflation wave. [06:20] IsambardPrince Probably the worst part. [06:20] IsambardPrince You're supposed to absorb 11% annual rent hikes with 2% pay raises. [06:21] TR News Techrights Layoff Trackers Are a Sham, They're Like US 'Unemployment Data' https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/Layoff_Trackers_Are_a_Sham_They_re_Like_US_Unemployment_Data.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/Layoff_Trackers_Are_a_Sham_They_re_Like_US_Unemployment_Data.gmi [06:21] TR Bot Techrights Layoff Trackers Are a Sham, They're Like US 'Unemployment Data' [06:29] *slartibartfast (~user@tybmx63w3qi8g.irc) has joined #techrights [06:29] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: you ccould live ina hotel here [06:29] schestowitz[TR2] it would be cheaper [06:29] schestowitz[TR2] and you get room rerice [06:29] schestowitz[TR2] cleanup, sheet changes etc. [06:29] schestowitz[TR2] I don't know how or why ILL got this expensive [06:29] schestowitz[TR2] I'll show you what 1.8k/month gets you here [06:30] TR News Techrights PIP Layoffs at Microsoft, Even in India https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/PIP_Layoffs_at_Microsoft_Even_in_India.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/PIP_Layoffs_at_Microsoft_Even_in_India.gmi [06:30] TR Bot Techrights PIP Layoffs at Microsoft, Even in India [06:30] schestowitz[TR2] it's about 1.4k in pounfd [06:31] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/91717206#/?channel=RES_LET [06:31] TR Bot 3 bedroom semi-detached house for rent in Montgomery Street, Oldham, OL8 [06:31] schestowitz[TR2] 3 bedrooms [06:31] schestowitz[TR2] also 3 bedrooms https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/91190229#/?channel=RES_LET [06:31] TR Bot 3 bedroom semi-detached house for rent in Huddersfield Road, Scouthead, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL4 [06:31] schestowitz[TR2] same price you pay right now [06:41] TR News (NEW): Cloudflare Sees GNU/Linux on About 7% of Desktops/Laptops in Switzerland https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/Cloudflare_Sees_GNU_Linux_on_About_7_of_Desktops_Laptops_in_Swi.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/Cloudflare_Sees_GNU_Linux_on_About_7_of_Desktops_Laptops_in_Swi.gmi [06:41] TR Bot Tux Machines Cloudflare Sees GNU/Linux on About 7% of Desktops/Laptops in Switzerland ● Sep 01 [07:04] *FANTOM has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [07:15] TR News (NEW): What do I want in a Linux distribution? https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/What_do_I_want_in_a_Linux_distribution.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/What_do_I_want_in_a_Linux_distribution.gmi [07:15] TR Bot Tux Machines What do I want in a Linux distribution? [07:19] TR News It has been observed by many that the US administration (regime?) is taking the GTA VI leaks with far more priority than the release of the Epstein files [07:20] TR News (NEW): Debian 11 Long Term Support reaches end-of-life https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/Debian_11_Long_Term_Support_reaches_end_of_life.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/Debian_11_Long_Term_Support_reaches_end_of_life.gmi [07:20] TR Bot Tux Machines Debian 11 Long Term Support reaches end-of-life [07:21] TR News (NEW): Modernizing Fingerprint Management in GNOME Settings https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/Modernizing_Fingerprint_Management_in_GNOME_Settings.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/Modernizing_Fingerprint_Management_in_GNOME_Settings.gmi [07:21] TR Bot Tux Machines Modernizing Fingerprint Management in GNOME Settings [07:30] TR News (NEW): Ventuno Q runs Ubuntu on Dragonwing IQ8 with 40-TOPS NPU along with real-time 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https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/Kdenlive_26_08_0_released.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/Kdenlive_26_08_0_released.gmi [07:37] TR Bot Tux Machines Kdenlive 26.08.0 released [07:37] TR News 6.1% GNU/Linux https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=IN&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP [07:37] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=IN&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP ) [07:37] *nobody has quit (connection closed) [07:38] TR News (NEW): This Month in KDE Linux: August 2026 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/This_Month_in_KDE_Linux_August_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/This_Month_in_KDE_Linux_August_2026.gmi [07:38] TR Bot Tux Machines This Month in KDE Linux: August 2026 [07:38] *nobody (~nobody@b7fgwb28488g4.irc) has joined #techrights [07:39] TR News 5.2% GNU/Linux (Hungary) https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=HU&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP [07:39] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=HU&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP ) [07:40] TR News (NEW): PureOS Development Report: July 2026 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/PureOS_Development_Report_July_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/PureOS_Development_Report_July_2026.gmi [07:40] TR Bot Tux Machines PureOS Development Report: July 2026 [07:43] TR News (NEW): RisingOS Debian-based Linux distribution with Xfce https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/RisingOS_Debian_based_Linux_distribution_with_Xfce.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/RisingOS_Debian_based_Linux_distribution_with_Xfce.gmi [07:43] TR Bot Tux Machines RisingOS Debian-based Linux distribution with Xfce [07:45] TR News (NEW): postmarketOS Alpine-based Linux distribution for mobile devices https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/postmarketOS_Alpine_based_Linux_distribution_for_mobile_devices.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/postmarketOS_Alpine_based_Linux_distribution_for_mobile_devices.gmi [07:45] TR Bot Tux Machines postmarketOS Alpine-based Linux distribution for mobile devices [07:48] TR News "mortgageboy is nuts" https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/01/getting-cooler/ [07:48] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux + ChromeOS Got Big in Belize https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/GNU_Linux_ChromeOS_Got_Big_in_Belize.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/GNU_Linux_ChromeOS_Got_Big_in_Belize.gmi [07:48] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux + ChromeOS Got Big in Belize [07:51] TR News the no-hangup traffic or no-timeout or whatever is not an issue for a while, since yesterday afternoon, so the sites have been 100% well [07:52] *FANTOM (~fantom@freenode-crc.udo.r9g5d1.IP) has joined #techrights ● Sep 01 [08:03] TR News (NEW): Why governments worldwide are abandoning Windows for homegrown Linux alternatives https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/Why_governments_worldwide_are_abandoning_Windows_for_homegrown_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/Why_governments_worldwide_are_abandoning_Windows_for_homegrown_.gmi [08:03] TR Bot Tux Machines Why governments worldwide are abandoning Windows for homegrown Linux alternatives [08:10] TR News Techrights Richard Stallman's Site Still Offline (Third Day), But Richard Stallman is Active Online https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/Richard_Stallman_s_Site_Still_Offline_Third_Day_But_Richard_Sta.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/Richard_Stallman_s_Site_Still_Offline_Third_Day_But_Richard_Sta.gmi [08:10] TR Bot Techrights Richard Stallman's Site Still Offline (Third Day), But Richard Stallman is Active Online [08:12] TR News (NEW): ReactOS Gets An Upgrade https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/ReactOS_Gets_An_Upgrade.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/ReactOS_Gets_An_Upgrade.gmi [08:12] TR Bot Tux Machines ReactOS Gets An Upgrade [08:12] TR News Two wrongs do not make a right; https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-08-31/teen-accused-of-livestreaming-san-diego-mosque-shooting-faces-murder-charges [08:12] TR Bot Teen accused of livestreaming San Diego mosque shooting faces murder charges - Los Angeles Times [08:13] TR News PHK just blogged about this disaster: https://x402.org/ Linux Foundation/LF strikes again http://techrights.org/wiki/Linux_Foundation [08:13] TR Bot x402 [08:13] TR Bot Linux Foundation [08:15] TR News (NEW): Best Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [08:15] TR Bot Tux Machines Best Free and Open Source Software [08:19] TR News Raining Every Day Again https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/01/raining-every-day-again/ [08:19] TR Bot Blog Archive Raining Every Day Again [08:31] TR News Worthless Traffic https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/01/worthless-traffic/ [08:31] TR Bot Blog Archive Worthless Traffic [08:32] TR News "Anthropic is facing a federal copyright lawsuit in California from major music publishers Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/sony-warner-sue-anthropic-copyright-infringement-1817105 | Source: International Business Times [08:32] TR Bot Anthropic Accused of Pirating Beatles, Taylor Swift and Michael Jackson Songs for Claude, Faces $150K Per-Work Damages | IBTimes UK [08:33] TR News "Rapidly Evolving" https://torrentfreak.com/take-two-says-gta-6-leak-probe-is-rapidly-evolving-wants-new-discord-demands-under-seal/ | Source: Torrent Freak [08:33] TR Bot Says GTA 6 Leak Probe Is "Rapidly Evolving," Wants New Discord Demands Under Seal * TorrentFreak [08:33] TR News Software Patents https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/08/31/patented-application-of-linear-algebra/ | Source: John D Cook [08:33] TR Bot Patented application of linear algebra [08:33] TR News "US Magistrate Judge Virginia DeMarchi in San Jose, California, on Friday dismissed claims brought by London-based Ollywan" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/meta-defeats-instagram-shopping-monopoly-lawsuit-for-now/articleshow/133657047.cms | Source: India Times [08:33] TR Bot Meta defeats Instagram shopping monopoly lawsuit for now - The Economic Times [08:34] TR News "Amazon has millions of advertising customers who were misled into paying significantly higher prices" https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/technology/ftc-amazon-lawsuit-ad-prices.html | Source: New York Times [08:34] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/technology/ftc-amazon-lawsuit-ad-prices.html ) [08:34] TR News Digital Restrictions (DRM) 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Our new structure has this: [...] | Source: Ruben Schade [08:34] TR Bot Rubenerd: The freedom to organise music how we want [08:34] TR News "Originally, Congress set aside $42.5 billion in taxpayer money in the infrastructure bill to spend on broadband upgrades." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/08/31/texas-politicians-slowly-realize-elon-musk-hijacked-billions-in-taxpayer-broadband-grants/ | Source: Techdirt [08:34] TR Bot Politicians Slowly Realize Elon Musk Hijacked Billions In Taxpayer Broadband Grants | Techdirt [08:35] TR News "But sterile, polluting data centers are no substitute for the common good, and they do not answer prayers." https://www.salon.com/2026/08/31/local-control-of-data-centers-is-a-big-tech-con/ | Source: Salon [08:35] TR Bot control" of data centers is a Big Tech con - Salon.com [08:35] TR News "The couple say Detective Michael Garcia and Deputy District Attorney Billie Gibson knew Richard Zilinskas did not match the description of the suspect" https://www.courthousenews.com/canadian-couple-can-proceed-with-due-process-claims-after-husbands-wrongful-us-arrest/ | Source: Court House News [08:35] TR Bot Canadian couple can proceed with due process claims after husband's wrongful US arrest | Courthouse News Service [08:35] TR News "The dispute centers around a portion of the law stating schools are not permitted to engage in divisive concepts as defined in two different sections of the law." https://www.courthousenews.com/ai-hallucinations-derail-debate-over-mississippis-dei-ban-in-schools/ | Source: Court House News [08:35] TR Bot AI hallucinations derail debate over Mississippi's DEI ban in schools | Courthouse News Service [08:36] TR News "The report compiled by DCU Economist and Associate Professor Emeritus at DCU, Anthony Foley, shows that 2,205 premises - or one in four - closing their doors since 2005." https://www.irishexaminer.com/business/economy/arid-41904862.html | Source: Irish Examiner [08:36] TR Bot A quarter of all Irish pubs have shut since 2005, with fears for 1,000 more [08:36] TR News "That was the outcome of New York Times Co. v. United States, which pitted the daily newspaper against the Nixon administration after the Times published a top-secret history of the Vietnam War known as the Pentagon Papers." https://newrepublic.com/post/214919/pentagon-reaction-report-classified-warnings-iran-war | Source: New Republic [08:36] TR Bot Pentagon Erupts Over Report on Classified Warnings Against Iran War | The New Republic [08:40] *Now talking on #techrights [08:42] TR News "Defense lawyers for Fort filed a motion in U.S. court for the return or impoundment of call and text logs and requested a hearing." https://thedissenter.org/defying-court-dhs-seized-logs-of-10-000-calls-and-texts-from-journalist/ | Source: The Dissenter [08:42] TR Bot DHS Seized Logs Of 10,000 Calls & Texts From Georgia Fort [08:42] TR News "One way to explain the mass exodus of journalists from Nicaragua is to compare it to an emergency evacuation." https://www.laprensani.com/2026/08/31/english/3775579-i-chose-to-keep-going | Source: La Prensa [08:42] TR Bot Exiled Nicaraguan Journalist Refuses to Give Up [08:43] TR News "The arrests followed a raid on Mundubiles Lusaka home during the vote, where police said they recovered weapons. Mundubile disputes the account, saying his aides were unarmed." https://www.semafor.com/article/08/31/2026/zambia-charges-opposition-leader-brian-mundubile | Source: Semafor Inc [08:43] TR Bot opposition leader Brian Mundubile faces treason charge | Semafor [08:43] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/Android_Leftovers.gmi [08:43] TR Bot Tux Machines Android Leftovers [08:44] TR News "So, Trump knew things were dangerous for Iranian citizens who opposed the same government he was now threatening to wage war on" https://www.techdirt.com/2026/08/31/ice-worked-with-iran-to-deport-iranians-back-to-a-country-trump-repeatedly-claimed-was-harming-iranians/ | Source: Techdirt [08:44] TR Bot Worked With Iran To Deport Iranians Back To A Country Trump Repeatedly Claimed Was Harming Iranians | Techdirt [08:44] TR News "In Tibet, a digital crackdown followed the deadly flood that has devastated communities along the China-Nepal border." https://www.dw.com/en/how-china-buried-tibet-flood-images-after-nepal-disaster/a-78576472 | Source: Deutsche Welle [08:44] TR Bot How China buried Tibet flood images after Nepal disaster [08:45] TR News "The video, posted to the presidents Truth Social account" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-iran-war-kharg-island-attack-ai-video-b3042131.html | Source: The Independent UK [08:45] TR Bot Trumps fake AI video of Kharg Island attack leaves US military scrambling to explain | The Independent [08:45] TR News "The president is posting AI slop about the Iran war as the two sides exchanged strikes for the first time in weeks." https://newrepublic.com/post/214918/trump-posts-ai-slop-iran-war-reignites | Source: New Republic [08:45] TR Bot Trump Takes to Posting AI Slop as Iran War Reignites | The New Republic [08:45] TR News "Its unclear if Maness, Schlichter, and other influencers like them are being paid with taxpayer dollars or what work they are doing for the government." https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/pete-hegseth-maga-influencers-taxpayers-b3042339.html | Source: The Independent UK [08:45] TR Bot Pete Hegseth reportedly hired MAGA influencers as highly qualified experts | The Independent [08:46] TR News "Dont forget kids, regime media is still fake news." https://newrepublic.com/post/214922/hegseth-maga-influencer-army-pentagon-payroll | Source: New Republic [08:46] TR Bot Hegseth Builds Secret MAGA Influencer Army | The New Republic [08:46] TR News "Donald Trump doesn't appear to be a fan of the data center backlash that has swept the nation." https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/trump-says-communities-that-reject-data-centers-want-to-end-up-being-backwards-and-poor-president-claims-china-could-not-be-happier-with-ai-data-center-backlash-in-the-us | Source: Tom's Hardware [08:46] TR Bot Trump says communities that reject data centers 'want to end up being backwards and poor' President claims China 'could not be happier' with AI data center backlash in the US | Tom's Hardware [08:46] TR News "At this point, its almost a commonplace to say that under DonaldTrump, America has become a kakistocracy, ruled by the worst." https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/from-kakistocracy-to-cheatistocracy | Source: Paul Krugman [08:46] TR Bot From Kakistocracy to Cheatistocracy - Paul Krugman [08:47] TR News "I want to preface the following by saying tech is by no means the only cause of Americas ongoing transition into a low-trust society, but it is the most legible cause." https://www.8ball.report/p/the-seven-deadly-sins-of-tech | Source: Sean Monahan [08:47] TR Bot the seven deadly sins of tech - by Sean Monahan - 8Ball [08:47] TR News "Well have a lot to say about new Apple CEO John Ternus as the change happens. For now, you can read Cooks final letter to Apple staff below, as reported by Bloomberg and 9to5Mac: [...]" https://www.theverge.com/tech/986832/read-tim-cooks-final-message-as-ceo-to-apple-staff | Source: The Verge [08:47] TR Bot Read Tim Cooks final message to Apple staff as CEO | The Verge [08:47] TR News "In an emergency application made public Monday" https://www.notus.org/courts/republicans-scotus-discount-ads | Source: Allbritton Journalism Institute [08:47] TR Bot Republicans Are Urging SCOTUS to Give Them a Discount on TV Ads - NOTUS News of the United States [08:47] TR News "Given that unions have played a historically progressive role in US politics, the apparent pro-industry turn that sets them so starkly against those interests today may come as a shock to some" https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/building-trade-workers-unions-data-center-politicians | Source: Futurism [08:47] TR Bot Building Trade Unions Now Threatening to Withhold Support for Anti-Data Center Politicians [08:48] TR News "Former Republican congressman George Santos has received a first-of-its-kind lifetime ban from the prediction market platform Kalshi" https://www.wired.com/story/george-santos-gets-a-lifetime-ban-from-kalshi/ | Source: Wired [08:48] TR Bot Santos Just Got Hit With Kalshis First-Ever Lifetime Ban | WIRED [08:50] TR News "A lot of people are not very stable on their bike at slow speed." https://jasper.tandy.is/blogging/dnb-bike-ride | Source: Jasper Tandy [08:50] TR Bot Jasper is blogging: dnb bike ride [08:50] TR News "The SECs Reg [Cryptocurrency] aims to carve out exemptions" https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-109/ | Source: Molly White [08:50] TR Bot Issue 109 Reg Crypto [08:50] TR News "While other countries are only now confronting the strain data centers put on their grids, South Africa has been here before." https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/solar/solar-pulled-south-africa-out-of-an-energy-crisis-data-centers-now-want-preferential-access-to-that-grid/ | Source: Renewable Energy World [08:50] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/solar/solar-pulled-south-africa-out-of-an-energy-crisis-data-centers-now-want-preferential-access-to-that-grid/ ) [08:51] TR News "The Environmental Protection Agency has approved the use of trifludimoxazin on many crops" https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/trump-administration-sued-for-approving-forever-chemical-pesticide-trifludimoxazin | Source: Common Dreams [08:51] TR Bot Trump Administration Sued for Approving Forever Chemical Pesticide Trifludimoxazin | Common Dreams [08:51] TR News "Many scientists are heavily leaning toward the landslide explanation." https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/what-triggered-the-devastating-floods-in-nepal-and-tibet-and-are-we-due-for-more-in-the-future-heres-what-scientists-know-so-far-180989426/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine [08:51] TR Bot What Triggered the Devastating Floods in Nepal and Tibet, and Are We Due for More in the Future? Here's What Scientists Know So Far [08:51] TR News "A trio of conservation groups sued the Trump administration Monday, asking a federal judge to halt a sweeping logging project set to clear-cut mature and old-growth forests in north-central Washington state." https://www.courthousenews.com/feds-sued-over-logging-project-in-washingtons-old-growth-forests/ | Source: Court House News [08:51] TR Bot Feds sued over logging project in Washington's old-growth forests | Courthouse News Service [08:52] TR News "The one-year moratorium on new data centers would be to develop guidelines and regulations for the centers as part of the countys Unified Development Code." https://dailymemphian.com/article/66171 | Source: The Daily Memphian [08:52] TR Bot Memphis City Council talks data centers, votes on MATA board - Memphis Local, Sports, Business & Food News | Daily Memphian [08:52] TR News "West and Raffile are scam experts: West is the founder of Operation Shamrock, an organization that aims to disrupt scam operations" https://www.404media.co/how-cyber-sleuths-tracked-a-nigerian-scammer-to-his-doorstep/ | Source: 404 Media [08:52] TR Bot How Cyber Sleuths Tracked a Nigerian Scammer to His Doorstep [08:56] TR News "This year, I decided I wanted to write on a theme again and I found my way to Python topics again." https://hamatti.org/posts/31st-is-for-recap/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala [08:56] TR Bot 31st is for recap : Juha-Matti Santala [08:56] TR News "After playing around with this for a bit I think I have a recipe that works, although I'm not sure it's completely correct." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/python/VenvsAndToolsInEmacs | Source: University of Toronto [08:56] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser [08:57] TR News "This post estimates potential labor market transition pathways based on the similarity of skills, abilities and knowledge required by occupations." https://www.gilesd-j.com/2026/08/31/identifying-skills-based-occupational-transition-pathways-with-the-onet/ | Source: Giles Dickenson-Jones [08:57] TR Bot Identifying skills-based occupational transition pathways with the O*NET - Giles [08:57] TR News "Previously, walking an array tile by tile meant passing the array, index, and shape to every ct.load and ct.store." https://juliagpu.org/post/2026-08-19-cutile_1.0/index.html | [08:57] TR Bot cuTile.jl 1.0: Tile windows, atomics, and sparse views JuliaGPU [08:57] TR News "My destructuring-match macro has a notion of blank variables: any variable whose name is "_" is both unique and ignored." https://www.tfeb.org/fragments/2026/08/31/blank-generation/ | Source: Tim Bradshaw [08:57] TR News "The set of practices is very much colored by the state of software development in the 1990s when the book was written" https://noelrappin.com/2026/08/when-books-could-code-2a-extreme-programming-explained-explained-extremely/ | Source: Noel Rappin [08:57] TR Bot Blank generation [08:57] TR Bot When Books Could Code 2a: _Extreme Programming Explained_ Explained Extremely | Noel Rappin Writes Here [08:59] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [08:59] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers ● Sep 01 [09:01] TR News "The physical doorbell uses a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W connected to the camera and door hardware. Its video stream goes to Frigate running on an NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano." https://mattcool.tech/posts/doorman-a-privacy-focused-agentic-doorbell/ | Source: Matt Cool [09:01] TR Bot Doorman: A Privacy-Focused Agentic Doorbell [09:01] TR News "How do people blog for this long without running out of things to say, asks Oli." https://danq.me/2026/08/31/how-do-people-blog-for-thirty-years-without-running-out-of-things-to-say/ | Source: Dan Q [09:01] TR Bot How do people blog for thirty years without running out of things to say? Dan Q [09:02] TR News Techrights Links 01/09/2026: Climate, Disinformation, Microsoft Overworking People https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/Links_01_09_2026_Climate_Disinformation_Microsoft_Overworking_P.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/Links_01_09_2026_Climate_Disinformation_Microsoft_Overworking_P.gmi [09:02] TR Bot Techrights Links 01/09/2026: Climate, Disinformation, Microsoft Overworking People [09:02] TR News "I know theres no connection between my local area network and our houses plumbing system, but when the faucet started running uncontrollably literally seconds after I fixed a network outage" https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/08/how-to-tap-into-network-debugging/ | Source: Six Colors [09:02] TR Bot How to tap into network debugging Six Colors [09:02] TR News "It is the height of navet to think a man drawn to violent jihad can be search-added into the Boy Scouts. But that is now the methodology being deployed against people who are rude about basketball on the internet." https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ices-robot-dogs-wnba-does-counterterrorism | Source: Ken Klippenstein [09:02] TR Bot ICEs Robot Dogs; WNBA Does Counter-terror; Flock and Awe [09:02] TR News "In terms of how this blogging challenge changed me as a blogger, I think the net result was positive." https://burgeonlab.com/blog/blaugust-2026-recap/ | Source: Naty S [09:02] TR Bot Blaugust 2026 Recap: Summary From a First Time Participant [09:02] TR News "Clara made the point to me earlier that even with the best of intentions, some gifts are bound to fall flat." https://www.rubenerd.au/its-time-to-replace-gift-cards-with-hongbao/ | Source: Ruben Schade [09:02] TR Bot Rubenerd: Replacing gift cards with hngbo [09:02] TR News "We are often asked, in various forums, how Ukraine has managed to remain at the centre of international attention for a fifth year" https://neweasterneurope.eu/2026/08/31/attention-as-a-weapon-how-ukraine-kept-the-world-from-looking-away/ | Source: New Eastern Europe [09:02] TR Bot Attention as a weapon: how Ukraine kept the world from looking away - New Eastern Europe [09:03] TR News "small pieces of material preserved by chance" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-in-denmark-discover-rare-fragments-of-1300-year-old-clothing-preserved-inside-viking-age-grave-180989419/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine [09:03] TR Bot Archaeologists in Denmark Discover Rare Fragments of 1,300-Year-Old Clothing Preserved Inside a Viking Age Grave [09:03] TR News "The constellation is primarily used for maritime surveillance, disaster management, climate research as well as oil exploration." https://tech.marksblogg.com/canada-radarsat.html | Source: Mark Litwintschik [09:03] TR Bot Tasking RADARSAT [09:04] TR News "Its hard to think of a single piece of advice that overrules all the rest, but here are some that I follow: [...]" https://burgeonlab.com/notes/2026/0831-1939/ | Source: Naty S [09:04] TR Bot Thoughts on Advice BurgeonLab [09:04] TR News "We have violent swings of emotions between being in a titanic pose on the front of a ship and feeling like life doesn't matter over the course of one to two days or weeks." https://danielmiessler.com/blog/workplace-situation-mental-health | Source: Daniel Miessler [09:04] TR Bot The Link Between Your Workplace Situation and Your Mental Health | Daniel Miessler [09:04] TR News "I interviewed 150 people for my book Apple: The First 50 Yearsand one of the most intriguing was Del Yocam." https://pogueman.substack.com/p/steve-jobs-closed-macs-and-me-a-guest | Source: David Pogue [09:04] TR Bot Steve Jobs, Closed Macs, and Me: A Guest Post [09:05] TR News "Sometimes the wrong note is how you find your own kind of music." https://robertbirming.com/successful-mistake/ | Source: Robert Birming [09:05] TR Bot A successful mistake Robert Birming [09:05] TR News "the techlash took a turn last week when seven parents in a Philadelphia suburb sued their school district in federal court for not allowing families to opt their children out of using the [Internet]." https://www.independent.co.uk/news/linda-mcmahon-google-philadelphia-courts-cnn-b3042322.html | Source: The Independent UK [09:05] TR Bot Parents Demanding Tech Opt Outs Take Their Fight to Federal Court | The Independent [09:05] TR News [Old] "Trampier continued to produce Wormy for over two more years, until Dragon 132 (April 1988)." https://www.enworld.org/threads/correspondence-with-david-trampier-and-a-history-of-his-1985-attempt-to-crowdfund-a-wormy-anthology.685950/ | [09:05] TR Bot D&D General - Correspondence with David Trampier and A History of His 1985 Attempt to Crowdfund a Wormy Anthology | EN World D&D & Tabletop RPG News & Reviews [09:29] *nobody has quit (connection closed) [09:30] *nobody (~nobody@hy4ua8hhxvgpk.irc) has joined #techrights ● Sep 01 [10:23] *admfubar has quit (connection closed) [10:25] *admfubar (~admfubar@i8gtth78frzk8.irc) has joined #techrights ● Sep 01 [11:24] *Disconnected (Connection timed out). [11:24] *Now talking on #techrights ● Sep 01 [12:25] *acer-box (~acer-box@freenode-hrg423.ldvb.0amm.hij1op.IP) has joined #techrights [12:25] *schestowitz-TR2 has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [12:29] TR News "many human cases of rabies" https://www.sciencealert.com/the-us-only-diagnoses-7-of-human-rabies-cases-study-finds | Source: Science Alert [12:29] TR Bot 90% of Human Rabies Cases in The US Aren't Detected, Study Finds : ScienceAlert [12:29] TR News "Had a great time at this year's MN mechanical keyboard meetup and even got to see my friend David and his keyboards in real life!" https://www.benji.dog/notes/1788204304/ | Source: Benji Encalada Mora [12:29] TR Bot benji [12:29] TR News Proprietary lord "Tim Cook enthusiastically supported global authoritarian policies while turning Apple Computer into a dull simulacrum of an interesting company." https://karlbode.com/apple-ceo-tim-cooks-legacy-is-dull-products-and-spineless-capitulation/ | Source: Karl Bode [12:29] TR Bot Apple CEO Tim Cook's Legacy Is Dull Products And Spineless Capitulation [12:31] TR News "One strategy is to be deliberate about where you expose yourself to AI influence." https://nolanlawson.com/2026/08/31/on-not-becoming-a-cyborg/ | Source: Nolan Lawson [12:31] TR Bot On not becoming a cyborg | Read the Tea Leaves [12:31] TR News "(Corporations certainly don't care. "Externalities" are other people's problems unless and until something forces the corporation to care.)" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/UneconomicalVsNotWorking | Source: University of Toronto [12:31] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser [12:31] TR News "Crazy, right? Its a science fiction scenario that happened in July, and continues to get spookier as additional details emerge" https://www.dbreunig.com/2026/08/30/who-taught-the-models-to-do-that.html | Source: Drew Breunig [12:31] TR Bot Who Taught the Models to Do That? [12:31] TR News "I saw a piece of writing on Hackernews the other day that was obviously LLM generated, and I had a bit of a crashout." https://joshblais.com/blog/ai-writing-is-an-insult/ | Source: Joshua Blais [12:31] TR Bot AI Writing is an Insult to Humanity - The Universe of Joshua Blais [12:32] TR News "Now we all second-guess everything we see, because to do otherwise would leave us open to being manipulated by falsehoods." https://journal.kvibber.com/2026/08/sometimes-reality-is-unrealistic/ | Source: Kelson Vibber [12:32] TR Bot Sometimes Reality is Unrealistic... | K-Squared Ramblings [12:32] TR News "Love this. I mean, I hate this and it annoys me every time someone forwards me some text that they clearly didn't write, but I love the term." https://birchtree.me/blog/you-didnt-write-that-youre-just-a-meat-proxy/ | Source: Matt Birchler [12:32] TR Bot You didn't write that, you're just a meat proxy [12:32] TR News "According to former Royal Navy photographer Sean Clee: AI cant replicate what we do. It cant go out on the ground" https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/ai-cant-replicate-what-we-do-it-cant-go-out-on-the-ground-it-cant-search-out-human-interest-stories-say-royal-navy-photographers-in-epic-new-featurette-life-through-the-lens | Source: Digital Camera World [12:32] TR Bot "AI can't do what we do," say Royal Navy photographers in epic new featurette, 'Life Through The Lens' | Digital Camera World [12:32] TR News "Take Ahmad Jackson. About a year ago, he was working in the claims department for a major insurance company" https://www.wired.com/story/insurance-claims-adjusters-really-hate-ai/ | Source: Wired [12:32] TR Bot Know Who Really Hates AI? Insurance Claims Adjusters | WIRED [12:32] TR News "GenAI.mil has already attracted more than 1.7 million unique users, according to the Defense Department." https://www.armytimes.com/industry/techwatch/2026/08/31/the-militarys-chatgpt-is-now-live-via-the-pentagons-genai-platform/ | Source: Sightline Media Group [12:32] TR Bot The militarys ChatGPT is now live via the Pentagons GenAI platform [12:32] TR News "Hours later, there was still no record of any US bombing of Kharg." https://www.elconstitucional.es/en/international/trump-plays-with-fire-with-iran-and-publishes-montage-made-with-artificial-intelligence-that-shows-the-false-destruction-of-kharg-island_7500_102.html | Source: El Constitucional [12:32] TR Bot Trump plays with fire with Iran and publishes a montage made with Artificial Intelligence that shows the false destruction of Kharg Island [12:33] TR News "memorialize the two terrorists" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-08-31/teen-accused-of-livestreaming-san-diego-mosque-shooting-faces-murder-charges | Source: Los Angeles Times [12:33] TR Bot Teen accused of livestreaming San Diego mosque shooting faces murder charges - Los Angeles Times [12:34] TR News "In the Aug. 26 agreement ending a court case, Meta did not accept culpability for features that the prosecution, as well as former employees, alleged are designed to target and hook younger users of Facebook and Instagram." https://www.csmonitor.com/Editorials/the-monitors-view/2026/0831/Reform-of-social-media-click-by-click | Source: CS Monitor [12:34] TR Bot of social media, click by click - CSMonitor.com [12:37] TR News "Unfortunately, acknowledging defeat doesnt come easily to either Donald Trump or the ridiculous martinet he nominated to run the military" https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/pete-hegseth-troll-army/ | Source: The Nation [12:37] TR Bot While Losing a Real War, Pete Hegseth Is Building a Troll Army | The Nation [12:37] TR News "The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is now on Bluesky, the microblogging service based on the AT Protocol." https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/2026-bluesky | Source: FSF [12:37] TR Bot The FSF is now on Bluesky: Here's how and why we did it Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [12:37] TR News "The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been compared to 'Mickey and Minnie Mouse' taking on 'King Kong' after they commented on Meta's multibillion-dollar child-safety settlement." https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/prince-harry-meghan-meta-settlement-criticism-1817109 | Source: International Business Times [12:37] TR Bot Harry and Meghan Likened to 'Mickey and Minnie Mouse' Taking on 'King Kong' After Meta Criticism | IBTimes UK [12:38] TR News "The Canadian implications begin with the emphasis on design regulation rather than on social media bans" https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/08/big-money-bigger-design-changes-what-the-meta-settlement-means-for-canada-bill-c-34-and-the-age-verification-and-privacy-risks-that-remain/ | Source: Michael Geist [12:38] TR Bot Big Money, Bigger Design Changes: What the Meta Settlement Means for Canada, Bill C-34, and the Age Verification and Privacy Risks That Remain - Michael Geist [12:38] TR News Windows TCO https://www.securityweek.com/boston-scientific-still-recovering-from-cyberattack/ | Source: Security Week [12:38] TR Bot Scientific Still Recovering From Cyberattack - SecurityWeek [12:38] TR News Windows TCO https://therecord.media/berlin-says-it-wont-pay-ransom-after-hackers-steal-gov-data | Source: The Record [12:38] TR Bot Berlin says it wont pay ransom after hackers steal government data | The Record from Recorded Future News [12:39] TR News Windows TCO https://www.securityweek.com/berlin-wont-pay-extortion-group-claiming-data-theft/ | Source: Security Week [12:39] TR Bot Wont Pay Extortion Group Claiming Data Theft - SecurityWeek [12:44] TR News Techrights Last Month IRC Entered Its 39th Year and It's Still Growing (New IRC Networks) https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/Last_Month_IRC_Entered_Its_39th_Year_and_It_s_Still_Growing_New.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/Last_Month_IRC_Entered_Its_39th_Year_and_It_s_Still_Growing_New.gmi [12:44] TR Bot Techrights Last Month IRC Entered Its 39th Year and It's Still Growing (New IRC Networks) [12:49] TR News Cool Start for EnzoFC https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/01/cool-start-for-enzofc/ [12:49] TR Bot Blog Archive Cool Start for EnzoFC [12:50] TR News "destroyed property to prevent its seizure" https://papersplease.org/wp/2026/08/31/airline-reservations-are-still-being-used-to-target-dissidents/ | Source: Papers Please [12:50] TR Bot Airline reservations are still being used to target dissidents Papers, Please! [12:50] TR News "The European Commission said on Monday that US-based platforms ChatGPT, Reddit, and Roblox will now face stricter data protection rules after passing a key user threshold." https://www.dw.com/en/eu-puts-chatgpt-reddit-and-roblox-under-stricter-rules/a-78577019 | Source: Deutsche Welle [12:50] TR Bot EU puts ChatGPT, Reddit and Roblox under stricter rules [12:50] TR News "On Monday, the European Commission stated that ChatGPT, Roblox, and Reddit fall under the EUs Digital Services Act (DSA) because they all have at least 45 million monthly users in the European Union." https://nltimes.nl/2026/08/31/european-commission-gives-chatgpt-roblox-reddit-4-months-meet-safety-requirements | Source: NL Times [12:50] TR Bot European Commission gives ChatGPT, Roblox, Reddit 4 months to meet safety requirements | NL Times [12:55] TR News "This is a police drone, drinking alcohol in this area is prohibited," followed by instructions to leave the area immediately." https://bianet.org/haber/istanbul-police-drones-warn-against-drinking-322999 | Source: BIA Net [12:55] TR Bot 'This is a police drone': Turkish police deploy loudspeaker-equipped drones to disperse public drinkers [12:56] TR News "Of course, Meta has no intention of doing anything quite so dignified or responsible as that." https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/31/law-meta-pervert-glasses-mockery | Source: The Guardian UK [12:56] TR Bot The law wont save us from Metas pervert glasses. The only solution is mockery | Jonathan Liew | The Guardian [12:56] TR News "American citizens can still ask for a manual check by a CBP officer when going through security at a U.S. airport." https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/face-scans-us-airports-passports-b3042312.html | Source: The Independent UK [12:56] TR Bot Face scans are replacing passports at US airports. Heres who can and cant opt out | The Independent ● Sep 01 [13:01] TR News "This has happened to me more than once in my career in the video streaming business." https://trevmex.com/post/826439929093636096/the-us-is-more-than-just-the-us-according-to | [13:01] TR Bot tumblings - The U.S. is more than just the US (according to the ISO) [13:02] TR News "Today, were announcing that DuckLabs will join Amazon Web Services (AWS), which is expected to be effective in early September." https://ducklabs.com/news/2026/08/26/ducklabs-to-join-aws | [13:02] TR Bot DuckLabs to Join AWS, Projects to Remain Open Source [13:02] TR News Software Freedom https://www.olafalders.com/2026/08/31/you-rename-my-lake-i-move-my-hosting/ | Source: Olaf Alders [13:02] TR Bot You Rename My Lake I Move My Hosting Olaf Alders [13:03] TR News "As an individual, I think there are three reasons for considering the location of our technology choices: [...]" https://matt.routleynet.org/2026/08/31/early-thoughts-on-digital-sovereignty/ | Source: Matt Routley [13:03] TR Bot Early thoughts on digital sovereignty | Various Contrivances [13:04] TR News "This timeline collects those posts in chronological order" https://www.paulox.net/2026/08/31/my-djangocon-us-2026/ | Source: Paolo Melchiorre [13:04] TR Bot My DjangoCon US2026 [13:05] TR News "Google's John Mueller was asked if Google would penalize a site for old outbound links" https://www.seroundtable.com/google-old-shady-links-41987.html | Source: Search Engine Roundtable [13:05] TR Bot Google Says It Does Not Penalize For Old Outbound Links That Begin To Host Shady Content [13:07] TR News "When I created my Simple Notes Android app, I not only created APK files for it, I also built it to run on Linux." https://nrecursions.blogspot.com/2025/12/tool-for-easily-creating-appimage-on.html | Source: N Recursions [13:07] TR Bot N Recursions: Tool for easily creating an AppImage on Linux for a Flutter app [13:08] TR News "All speculation at this point, but its hard to come up with another explanation for the coincidence." https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/08/is-someone-hacking-dod-refrigerators.html | Source: Bruce Schneier [13:08] TR Bot Someone Hacking DoD Refrigerators? - Schneier on Security [13:08] TR News "Officials at the Defense Department would not say how many commissaries were affected in all or if the outages are being investigated as linked." https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2026/08/28/dod-confirms-refrigeration-disruption-at-military-commissaries/ | Source: Military Times [13:08] TR Bot DoD confirms refrigeration disruption at military commissaries [13:08] TR News "I recently had a full outage of IPv6 on my Deutsche Glasfaser fibre-based internet line that lasted for more than 3.5 months." https://bergs.biz/blog/2026/08/30/openwrt-monitor-your-ipv6-status/ | [13:08] TR Bot OpenWrt: Monitor your IPv6 Status - Ralf's Blog [13:10] TR News "What is much more important to me is that developing the small tools I created for myself (all Go-based) is much nicer on Linux." https://janlukas.blog/thoughts/2026/08/ubuntu-just-tool | Source: Jan-Lukas Else [13:10] TR Bot Ubuntu makes my computer just a tool - Jan-Lukas Else [13:12] TR News "The projects voting developers considered several other proposals on how to handle AI" https://www.theverge.com/tech/986789/linux-debian-generative-ai-policy | Source: The Verge [13:12] TR Bot Debian wont ban AI code from its Linux distribution | The Verge [13:13] TR News North America: GNU/Linux @ 17% this morning https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=north-america&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP [13:13] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=north-america&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP ) [13:16] *croissant` (~croissant@ivwkextkdrzau.irc) has joined #techrights [13:17] *croissant has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [13:35] TR News Techrights September at IBM: Silent Layoffs on Day 1 https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/September_at_IBM_Silent_Layoffs_on_Day_1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/September_at_IBM_Silent_Layoffs_on_Day_1.gmi [13:35] TR Bot Techrights September at IBM: Silent Layoffs on Day 1 [13:38] TR News "Omarchy configured its default user as a member of the Linux docker group." https://0xcc.io/posts/omarchy-root-creds/ | [13:38] TR Bot Omarchy: Any User Process Can Escalate to Root [13:38] TR News [Old] "Diablo Rojo Panama Bus for ATS recreates the legendary Red Devil buses of Panama, famous for their vibrant paintwork, nicknames, and loud style." https://www.modsats.com/diablo-rojo-panama-bus-v1-7-1-57-x/ | [13:38] TR Bot Diablo Rojo Panama Bus v1.7 (1.57.x) | American Truck Simulator Mod [13:39] TR News rubenerd [13:39] TR News "HTML isnt something most people seem to care about anymore, so finding an Easter Egg from a human is a treat." https://www.rubenerd.au/archive-org-has-a-figlet-in-its-html-source/ | Source: Ruben Schade [13:39] TR Bot Rubenerd: The Internet Archive has a FIGlet in its HTML [13:39] TR News "On 18 July 2024, operators across Bangladesh began withdrawing their BGP prefixes in sequence." https://labs.ripe.net/author/mdkamruzzaman-khan-2/inside-a-shutdown-bgp-evidence-from-an-operator-who-was-there/ | Source: RIPE [13:39] TR Bot Inside a Shutdown: BGP Evidence from an Operator Who Was There | RIPE Labs [13:40] TR News "This incident fits perfectly into the debate raised by APNICs latest blog post on data synchronization (I strongly suggest reading it)." https://blog.apnic.net/2026/09/01/the-invisible-heartbeat-of-our-networks/ | Source: APNIC [13:40] TR Bot The invisible heartbeat of our networks | APNIC Blog [13:40] TR News "In the Linux 7.3-rc1 release announcement mail, Linus noted that Linux Kernel 7.3 RC1 is a remarkably large release candidat" https://ostechnix.com/linux-kernel-7-3-rc1-released/ | Source: OSTechNix [13:40] TR Bot Kernel 7.3 RC1 is Officially Released: Here's What's New - OSTechNix [13:42] TR News "The history of the names of our fileservers provides a useful illustration of why we've wound up making this choice." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/ChoosingBoringHostNames | Source: University of Toronto [13:42] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser [13:45] TR News "The data centre dwarfing our village: Outrage as development so large it would 'raise temperatures by nine degrees and kill wildlife with 24/7 noise' is planned for tiny Scottish community | Daily Mail Online" https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16084969/data-centre-dwarfing-village-wildlife-Scottish.html [13:45] TR Bot The data centre dwarfing our village: Outrage as development so large it would 'raise temperatures by nine degrees and kill wildlife with 24/7 noise' is planned for tiny Scottish community | Daily Mail Online [13:46] TR News LLM hype, is this made by LLMs too? https://arxiv.org/html/2606.05608v1 [13:46] TR Bot The End of Software Engineering:How AI Agents Are Fundamentally Restructuring the Software Paradigm [13:50] TR News "The Vibecession Was Real - by Michael W. Green" https://www.yesigiveafig.com/p/the-vibecession-was-real [13:50] TR Bot The Vibecession Was Real - by Michael W. Green [13:51] TR News IDG = Microsoft SPAM https://www.pcworld.com/article/3221633/for-2-days-a-microsoft-office-lifetime-license-is-just-50.html look for it to made obsolete in short order by 1) never supporting ODF, and 2) gratuitous changes to the default file format in newer versions https://techrights.org/wiki/IDG/ [13:51] TR Bot 2 days, a Microsoft Office lifetime license is just $50 | PCWorld [13:51] TR Bot IDG [13:52] TR News iophk: those pushing the surveillance state and authoritarianism do celebrate it https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/vp-jd-vance-911-anniversary-remarks-backlash-1817114 [13:52] TR Bot JD Vance Sparks Outrage After Saying US Is About to 'Celebrate' 25th Anniversary of 9/11 | IBTimes UK [13:53] TR News "Building Trade Unions Now Threatening to Withhold Support for Anti-Data Center Politicians" https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/building-trade-workers-unions-data-center-politicians [13:53] TR Bot Building Trade Unions Now Threatening to Withhold Support for Anti-Data Center Politicians [13:53] TR News "Pay-per-view Internet | Version2" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/holdning/pay-view-internet [13:53] TR Bot Pay-per-view Internet | Version2 [13:55] TR News #1!, #1!, #1!, etc https://yle.fi/a/74-20244011 ... oh. wait ... ;) ping Sompi [13:55] TR Bot Finland still has Europe's worst unemployment | Yle News | Yle [13:55] TR News EU takes control of ChatGPT with DSA | "EU tar kontrollen ver ChatGPT med DSA" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/08/31/eu-tar-kontrollen-over-ai-med-dsa/ [13:55] TR Bot EU tar kontrollen ver ChatGPT med DSA [13:55] schestowitz-pi schestowitz-TR schestowitz[TR2] slartibartfast Sompi svenn [13:55] schestowitz[TR2] Sompi: does that mean that less work means less happiness? [13:56] schestowitz[TR2] or more happiness? [13:59] TR News Layoff Trackers Are a Sham, They're Like US 'Unemployment Data' https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/Layoff_Trackers_Are_a_Sham_They_re_Like_US_Unemployment_Data.shtml [13:59] TR Bot Techrights Layoff Trackers Are a Sham, They're Like US 'Unemployment Data' ● Sep 01 [14:02] TR News Kubernetes v1.37: Storage Version Migration Enabled by Default https://kubernetes.io/blog/2026/08/31/kubernetes-v1-37-storage-version-migration-ga/ [14:02] TR Bot Kubernetes v1.37: Storage Version Migration Enabled by Default | Kubernetes [14:03] TR News PureOS Development Report: July 2026 https://puri.sm/posts/pureos-development-report-july-2026/ | Source: Purism [14:03] TR Bot PureOS Development Report: July 2026 Purism [14:07] TR News Slop promotion for a bubble's sake: "As an Intel Innovator and a member of the openSUSE Innovator initiative" https://news.opensuse.org/2026/08/31/NPU-openVINO/ | Source: OpenSUSE [14:07] TR Bot openSUSE Expands AI Support with Intel NPU Driver 1.35.0 and OpenVINO 2026.3.1 - openSUSE News [14:07] TR News "The Ventuno Q was first shown in March this year and is based on the Qualcomm Dragonwing IQ8 IQ-8275, which integrates an eight-core Qualcomm Kryo CPU, an Adreno 623 GPU" https://linuxgizmos.com/ventuno-q-runs-ubuntu-on-dragonwing-iq8-with-40-tops-npu-along-with-real-time-stm32h5/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [14:07] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/ventuno-q-runs-ubuntu-on-dragonwing-iq8-with-40-tops-npu-along-with-real-time-stm32h5/ ) [14:08] TR News "Radxa has recently published additional hardware details for the C201, a 120 120mm carrier board designed for its compute module based on Qualcomms Dragonwing IQ-9075 platform." https://linuxgizmos.com/radxa-c201-exposes-dual-2-5gbe-nvme-and-serial-i-o-for-vmarc-q9075/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [14:08] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/radxa-c201-exposes-dual-2-5gbe-nvme-and-serial-i-o-for-vmarc-q9075/ ) [14:10] TR News California Bill AB-1856 passes - exempting open source from age verification | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/california-bill-ab-1856-passes-exempting-open-source-from-age-verification/ Source: GamingOnLinux [14:10] TR Bot Bill AB-1856 passes - exempting open source from age verification | GamingOnLinux [14:11] TR News (NEW): Californias Age Attestation Bill to Exclude Linux and All Open Source OSes https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/31/California_s_Age_Attestation_Bill_to_Exclude_Linux_and_All_Open.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/31/California_s_Age_Attestation_Bill_to_Exclude_Linux_and_All_Open.gmi [14:11] TR Bot Tux Machines Californias Age Attestation Bill to Exclude Linux and All Open Source OSes [14:13] TR News DOSBOX Staging 0.83 brings authentic CRT colour emulation, FMV deinterlacer, disc automounting and much more | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/dosbox-staging-0-83-brings-authentic-crt-colour-emulation-fmv-deinterlacer-disc-automounting-and-much-more/ Source: GamingOnLinux [14:13] TR Bot Staging 0.83 brings authentic CRT colour emulation, FMV deinterlacer, disc automounting and much more | GamingOnLinux [14:24] TR News OpenTS is a new open-source reconstruction of Command - Conquer: Tiberian Sun | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/opents-is-a-new-open-source-reconstruction-of-command-conquer-tiberian-sun/ Source: GamingOnLinux [14:24] TR Bot is a new open-source reconstruction of Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun | GamingOnLinux [14:25] TR News Game launcher 'Launchbox' should get a Linux version in 2027 | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/game-launcher-launchbox-should-get-a-linux-version-in-2027/ Source: GamingOnLinux [14:25] TR Bot launcher 'Launchbox' should get a Linux version in 2027 | GamingOnLinux [14:25] TR News GZDoom successor UZDoom 5.0 is officially out now | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/gzdoom-successor-uzdoom-5-0-is-officially-out-now/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/gzdoom-successor-uzdoom-5-0-is-officially-out-now/ [14:25] TR Bot successor UZDoom 5.0 is officially out now | GamingOnLinux [14:26] TR News Portal: Alive - Kicking is a full remake and re-imagining of Valve's classic out now on Steam | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/portal-alive-kicking-is-a-full-remake-and-re-imagining-of-valves-classic-out-now-on-steam/ Source: GamingOnLinux [14:26] TR Bot Alive & Kicking is a full remake and re-imagining of Valve's classic out now on Steam | GamingOnLinux [14:26] TR News Open source evolution simulation Thrive brings Multicellular Stage advancements | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/open-source-evolution-simulation-thrive-brings-multicellular-stage-advancements/ Source: GamingOnLinux [14:26] TR Bot source evolution simulation Thrive brings Multicellular Stage advancements | GamingOnLinux [14:31] TR News September Data and GNU/Linux https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/01/september-data-and-gnulinux/ [14:31] TR Bot Blog Archive September Data and GNU/Linux [14:31] TR News Monster-collecting RPG Cassette Beasts 2002 set for release in March 2027 | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/monster-collecting-rpg-cassette-beasts-2002-set-for-release-in-march-2027/ Source: GamingOnLinux [14:31] TR Bot RPG Cassette Beasts 2002 set for release in March 2027 | GamingOnLinux [14:32] TR News Hytale Update 6 adds Hardcore Mode, Mod Browser, Gyro Controls, Networking Upgrades and much more | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/hytale-update-6-adds-hardcore-mode-mod-browser-gyro-controls-networking-upgrades-and-much-more/ Source: GamingOnLinux [14:32] TR Bot Update 6 adds Hardcore Mode, Mod Browser, Gyro Controls, Networking Upgrades and much more | GamingOnLinux [14:32] TR News Steam Deck / SteamOS hit over 30,000 Verified + Playable games | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/steam-deck-steamos-hit-over-30-000-verified-playable-games/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/steam-deck-steamos-hit-over-30-000-verified-playable-games/ [14:32] TR Bot Deck / SteamOS hit over 30,000 Verified + Playable games | GamingOnLinux [14:50] TR News Linux Kernel 7.3 RC1 is Officially Released: Heres Whats New https://ostechnix.com/linux-kernel-7-3-rc1-released/ [14:50] TR Bot Kernel 7.3 RC1 is Officially Released: Here's What's New - OSTechNix [14:51] TR News The invisible heartbeat of our networks https://blog.apnic.net/2026/09/01/the-invisible-heartbeat-of-our-networks/ [14:51] TR Bot The invisible heartbeat of our networks | APNIC Blog [14:53] TR News Is Someone Hacking DoD Refrigerators? https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/08/is-someone-hacking-dod-refrigerators.html [14:53] TR Bot Someone Hacking DoD Refrigerators? - Schneier on Security [14:54] TR News Replacing gift cards with hngbo https://www.rubenerd.au/its-time-to-replace-gift-cards-with-hongbao/ [14:54] TR Bot Rubenerd: Replacing gift cards with hngbo [14:54] TR News "Give me a country where I can be free" https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=9bycauDeobw [14:54] TR Bot ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=9bycauDeobw ) [14:59] TR News FSF Blogs: The FSF is now on Bluesky: Here's how and why we did it http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/2026-bluesky [14:59] TR Bot The FSF is now on Bluesky: Here's how and why we did it Free Software Foundation Working together for free software ● Sep 01 [15:00] TR News Boston Scientific Still Recovering From Cyberattack https://www.securityweek.com/boston-scientific-still-recovering-from-cyberattack/ [15:00] TR Bot Scientific Still Recovering From Cyberattack - SecurityWeek [15:00] TR News Berlin Wont Pay Extortion Group Claiming Data Theft https://www.securityweek.com/berlin-wont-pay-extortion-group-claiming-data-theft/ [15:00] TR Bot Wont Pay Extortion Group Claiming Data Theft - SecurityWeek [15:01] TR News Sci-Fi movie come to life: stanbul police drones warn against drinking https://bianet.org/haber/sci-fi-movie-come-to-life-istanbul-police-drones-warn-against-drinking-322999 [15:01] TR Bot 'This is a police drone': Turkish police deploy loudspeaker-equipped drones to disperse public drinkers [15:01] TR News The other ANZUS at 75: Australia-NZ alliance is too important to overlook https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-other-anzus-at-75-australia-nz-alliance-is-too-important-to-overlook/ [15:01] TR Bot The other ANZUS at 75: Australia-NZ alliance is too important to overlook | The Strategist [15:05] TR News FTC and 22 States Sue Amazon Over Advertising Practices https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/technology/ftc-amazon-lawsuit-ad-prices.html [15:05] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/technology/ftc-amazon-lawsuit-ad-prices.html ) [15:12] TR News DDoS is a Very Broad Term https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/01/ddos-is-a-very-broad-term/ [15:12] TR Bot Blog Archive DDoS is a Very Broad Term [15:13] TR News postmarketOS Alpine-based GNU/Linux distribution for mobile devices https://www.linuxlinks.com/postmarketos-alpine-based-linux-distribution/ [15:13] TR Bot Alpine-based Linux distribution for mobile devices - LinuxLinks [15:13] TR News RisingOS Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution with Xfce https://www.linuxlinks.com/risingos-debian-based-linux-distribution/ [15:13] TR Bot Debian-based Linux distribution with Xfce - LinuxLinks [15:16] TR News This Month in KDE Linux: August 2026 https://blogs.kde.org/2026/08/31/this-month-in-kde-linux-august-2026/ [15:16] TR Bot This Month in KDE Linux: August 2026 - KDE Blogs [15:16] TR News In Romania, GNU/Linux Reaches 6%, According to Clownflare https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/In_Romania_GNU_Linux_Reaches_6_According_to_Clownflare.shtml [15:16] TR Bot Techrights In Romania, GNU/Linux Reaches 6%, According to Clownflare [15:17] TR News Kdenlive 26.08.0 released https://kdenlive.org/news/releases/26.08.0/ [15:17] TR Bot Kdenlive 26.08.0 released - Kdenlive [15:18] TR News Felipe Borges: Modernizing Fingerprint Management in GNOME Settings https://blogs.gnome.org/feborges/modernizing-fingerprint-management-settings/ [15:18] TR Bot Modernizing Fingerprint Management in GNOME Settings Felipe Borges [15:19] TR News Nepal disaster: fake and Hey Hi (AI) images flood social control media as deaths mount https://www.france24.com/en/nepal-disaster-fake-and-ai-images-flood-social-media-as-deaths-mount [15:19] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/nepal-disaster-fake-and-ai-images-flood-social-media-as-deaths-mount ) [15:20] TR News China penalises 10 people for misinformation over deadly mudslide near Nepal border https://hongkongfp.com/2026/08/31/china-penalises-10-people-for-misinformation-over-deadly-mudslide-near-nepal-border/ [15:20] TR Bot China penalises 10 people for misinformation over deadly mudslide [15:21] TR News China penalises 10 people for misinformation over deadly mudslide https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-penalises-10-people-for-misinformation-over-deadly-mudslide [15:21] TR Bot China penalises 10 people for misinformation over deadly mudslide | The Straits Times [15:22] TR News Jonathan McDowell: What do I want in a GNU/Linux distribution? https://www.earth.li/~noodles/blog/2026/08/what-do-i-want-distro.html [15:22] TR Bot What do I want in a Linux distribution? | Noodles Emptiness [15:23] TR News The Servo Blog: July in Servo: more platforms, faster canvas, web fonts in SVG, and more! https://servo.org/blog/2026/08/31/july-in-servo/ [15:23] TR Bot July in Servo: more platforms, faster canvas, web fonts in SVG, and more! - Servo aims to empower developers with a lightweight, high-performance alternative for embedding web technologies in applications. [15:24] TR News AI Crawlers Are Bleeding The Linux Kernel Repo's Compute Power https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-kernel-repo-ai-overrun/ [15:24] TR Bot AI Crawlers Are Bleeding The Linux Kernel Repo's Compute Power [15:26] TR News (NEW): LLM Slop Attacking Linux (Kernel) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/LLM_Slop_Attacking_Linux_Kernel.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/LLM_Slop_Attacking_Linux_Kernel.gmi [15:26] TR Bot Tux Machines LLM Slop Attacking Linux (Kernel) [15:27] TR News Tether Brings the Fashion Company Apple Continuity Experience to GNU/Linux https://itsfoss.com/news/tether-apple-continuity-on-linux/ [15:27] TR Bot Tether Brings the Apple Continuity Experience to Linux [15:28] TR News STATE-ISOLATED HYPERVISOR ARCHITECTURE FOR FEDORA RAWHIDE SERVER (Assisted by Surveillance Giant Google AI) https://dbaxps.blogspot.com/2026/08/state-isolated-hypervisor-architecture.html [15:28] TR Bot Openstack RDO && KVM Hypervisor: STATE-ISOLATED HYPERVISOR ARCHITECTURE FOR FEDORA RAWHIDE SERVER (Assisted by Google AI) [15:29] TR News What a mess of a page, apparently with slop in it too [15:29] TR News Istio 1.31.0 Change Notes https://istio.io/latest/news/releases/1.31.x/announcing-1.31/change-notes/ [15:30] TR Bot Istio / Istio 1.31.0 Change Notes [15:31] TR News LACT: Polkit Authentication Bypass and Temporary File Handling Issues https://security.opensuse.org/2026/08/31/lact-gpu-control.html [15:31] TR Bot LACT: Polkit Authentication Bypass and Temporary File Handling Issues | SUSE Security Team Blog [15:32] TR News Netdev 0x1A videos and slides are now live https://lwn.net/Articles/1091600/ "Topics include Linux QUIC, shared memory socket transport, eBPF-based DDoS protection, and more." [15:32] TR Bot 0x1A videos and slides are now live [LWN.net] [15:32] TR News What Is .bashrc? When It Runs and What to Put in It https://linuxize.com/post/what-is-bashrc/ [15:32] TR Bot Is .bashrc? When It Runs and What to Put in It | Linuxize [15:34] TR News Debian slop... bad. https://researchut.com/blog/taming_the_ai_agents_part_2_a2a/ [15:34] TR Bot the AI Agents (Part 2): Cross-Vendor Agent-to-Agent (A2A) Swarms over the Software Forge - RESEARCHUT [15:35] TR News Plagiarism packaged up as "Hey Hi (AI) Alliance" https://ubuntu.com//blog/open-secure-ai-alliance [15:35] TR Bot joins the Open Secure AI Alliance | Ubuntu [15:36] TR News OpenShot 4.0: Record, Edit, and Color Like Never Before https://www.openshot.org/ar/blog/2026/08/30/openshot-40-record-edit-color-like-never-before/ [15:36] TR Bot OpenShot | OpenShot 4.0: [15:39] TR News Debian slop: https://researchut.com/blog/taming_the_ai_agents_part_2_a2a/ "Once the slop is in, the project will finish dying." [15:39] TR News "That suits Microsoft and its infiltrators inside Debian just fine. Microsoft is an evil cult. Daniel has spotted the cult part, but for whatever reason has not turned his attention to the Microsoft connections. Perhaps the discovery of the betrayal by other DDs would hurt too much to make that acknowledgement." [15:40] TR News Microsoft in a nutshell https://techrights.org/o/2021/12/15/arrest-report-5-pages-balabhadra-alex-graveley/ [15:40] TR Bot Arrest/Police Report for Microsofts Chief Architect of GitHub Copilot, Balabhadra Alex Graveley [15:40] TR News s/In Romania, GNU/Linux Reaches 6%, According to Clownflare/In Romania, GNU/Linux Reaches 6%, Even According to Clownflare/ http://techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/In_Romania_GNU_Linux_Reaches_6_According_to_Clownflare.shtml [15:40] TR Bot Techrights In Romania, GNU/Linux Reaches 6%, According to Clownflare [15:43] TR News I feel like Im grieving: staff on the devastating fallout of widespread layoffs at Xbox https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/sep/01/xbox-layoffs-microsoft [15:43] TR Bot I feel like Im grieving: staff on the devastating fallout of widespread layoffs at Xbox | Games | The Guardian [15:45] TR News McKesson copes with fallout from data theft extortion attack https://cyberscoop.com/mckesson-data-theft-extortion-attack-shinyhunters/ [15:45] TR Bot copes with fallout from data theft extortion attack | CyberScoop [15:46] TR News Announcing Istio 1.31.0 https://istio.io/latest/news/releases/1.31.x/announcing-1.31/ [15:46] TR Bot Istio / Announcing Istio 1.31.0 [15:48] TR News My Experience Has Nuance, Yours Is a Data Point https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/nuance-for-me-none-for-you/ [15:48] TR Bot My Experience Has Nuance, Yours Is a Data Point - Jim Nielsens Blog [15:48] TR News Mozilla Localization (L10N): Minding My Language: My Internship Story https://blog.mozilla.org/l10n/2026/08/31/minding-my-language-my-internship-story/ [15:48] TR Bot Minding My Language: My Internship Story Mozilla L10N [15:49] TR News Harmonicon: a rhythm game you play on a real harmonica https://tcanabrava.github.io/introducing-harmonicon/ [15:49] TR Bot Tomaz Canabrava Ramblings Harmonicon: a rhythm game you play on a real harmonica [15:51] TR News Debian has fallen https://pulkomandy.tk/_/_Life/_Debian%20has%20fallen [15:51] TR Bot Debian has fallen [15:51] schestowitz[TR2] MinceR: ^ [15:53] TR News Anon: Many don't see the forest for the trees. They blame 'individual developers' mistaking participants for genuine people instead of seeing that instead they are looking at microsofters posing as DDs. [15:56] TR News ...Not all started out as bad people, recall that something Very Very Bad(tm) appeared to happen to Patrick Durusau wjocj caused him to cease fighting for standard and against Microsoft, leaving him glassy eyed to bleat Microsoft talking points. https://techrights.org/search/query?search=Search&query1=Durusau&set1=any [15:56] TR Bot Techrights Search [15:56] TR News (which caused) [15:56] TR News The hired guns had a bad year. Sept 1. No litigation clients this year (used to be about 10+ per year), still no financial statement (was supposed to be June). [15:57] TR News Invasion of the Body Snatchers https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077745/ [15:57] TR Bot NO TITLE [15:58] TR News The Stuff [Microsoft] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090094/ [15:58] TR Bot NO TITLE ● Sep 01 [16:09] *Righty has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [16:09] TR News FTC, 22 states sue Amazon over e-commerce advertising practices https://siliconangle.com/2026/08/31/ftc-22-states-sue-amazon-over-e-commerce-advertising-practices/ [16:09] TR Bot 22 states sue Amazon over e-commerce advertising practices - SiliconANGLE [16:10] TR News artixlinux: XLibre support discontinued https://artixlinux.org/news.php#XLibre_support_discontinued not in links, there is no permanent URL [16:10] TR Bot Artix Linux - News archives [16:11] TR News Valhalla's Things: 3D Models https://blog.trueelena.org/blog/2026/08/31-3d_models/index.html [16:11] TR Bot Valhalla's Things 3D Models [16:12] TR News Bubbles https://www.rubenerd.au/bubbles/ [16:12] TR Bot Rubenerd: Bubbles [16:12] TR News Canonical Data Mesh: scaling data governance https://canonical.com//blog/canonical-data-mesh-scaling-data-governance [16:12] TR Bot Data Mesh: scaling data governance | Canonical [16:20] TR News Popular sugar substitute linked to increased heart attack and stroke risk https://nypost.com/2026/08/31/health/popular-artificial-sweetener-linked-to-potentially-dangerous-heart-risk/ [16:20] TR Bot Popular artificial sweetener linked to potentially dangerous heart risk [16:21] TR News Hyundai Motors South Korean union approves wage deal https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/hyundai-motors-south-korean-union-approves-wage-deal [16:21] TR Bot Hyundai Motors South Korean union approves wage deal | The Straits Times [16:22] TR News Malaysias Sabah on haze alert as air quality in state capital hits unhealthy level https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-sabah-on-haze-alert-as-air-quality-in-state-capital-hits-unhealthy-level [16:22] TR Bot Sabah haze alert as air quality hits unhealthy levels | The Straits Times [16:26] MinceR deadian has fallen long ago [16:26] MinceR it's been "fedora with extra steps" for ages [16:26] TR News Soil Scientists Buried 2,000 Pairs of Underwear to Prove a Point https://www.sciencealert.com/soil-scientists-buried-2000-pairs-of-underwear-to-prove-a-point [16:26] TR Bot Scientists Buried 2,000 Pairs of Underwear to Prove a Point : ScienceAlert [16:27] TR News GPS Glitched Across The US by as Much as 33 Feet. Scientists Have Never Seen This Before. https://www.sciencealert.com/gps-glitched-across-the-us-by-as-much-as-33-feet-scientists-have-never-seen-this-before [16:27] TR Bot Glitched Across The US by as Much as 33 Feet. Scientists Have Never Seen This Before. : ScienceAlert [16:28] TR News OpenShot 4.0 released https://lwn.net/Articles/1091606/ [16:28] TR Bot 4.0 released [LWN.net] [16:29] TR News Qt promoting Microsoft's proprietary spyware https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-extension-1.16.0-for-vs-code-released [16:29] TR Bot Qt Extension 1.16.0 for VS Code Released [16:29] TR News Trying out an ATAPI Zip drive again https://www.rubenerd.au/trying-out-an-atapi-zip-drive/ [16:29] TR Bot Rubenerd: Trying out an ATAPI Zip drive again [16:30] TR News Slop disguised as Hey Hi (AI) is not a productivity tool, it's guesswork based on chaff from plagiarism engine https://the-diy-life.com/i-built-a-portable-offline-internet-with-maps-wikipedia-and-local-ai/ [16:30] TR Bot I Built a Portable Offline Internet with Maps, Wikipedia and Local AI - The DIY Life [16:31] TR News Meet the Musicians Leading the Anti-AI Callout Culture https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/31/musicians-anti-ai-callout-culture-profile/ [16:31] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/31/musicians-anti-ai-callout-culture-profile/ ) [16:32] TR News Debian "Infiltrated by microsofters who shoehorned systemd, the 4th place choice, into the project. Also what was with all the discarded votes in the recent election about slop?" [16:34] TR News Alarming Study Suggests That Using Hey Hi (AI) Is Turning Humans More Robotic https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/alarming-ai-humans-more-robotic [16:34] TR Bot Alarming Study Suggests That Using AI Is Turning Humans More Robotic [16:34] TR News Data Center Backlash Has Officially Rattled Scam Altman https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/data-center-backlash-rattled-sam-altman [16:34] TR Bot Data Center Backlash Has Officially Rattled Sam Altman [16:36] TR News Jermaine Dupri and So So Def Recordings Drop Their Sony Music Unpaid Royalties Lawsuit Without Prejudice https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/31/jermaine-dupri-sony-music-lawsuit-dismissed/ [16:36] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/31/jermaine-dupri-sony-music-lawsuit-dismissed/ ) [16:38] TR News Lion King Composer Slapped with $40K Fine Following Failed $27M Defamation Lawsuit Against Comedian https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/31/lion-king-composer-failed-defamation-lawsuit/ [16:38] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/31/lion-king-composer-failed-defamation-lawsuit/ ) [16:39] TR News On not becoming a cyborg https://nolanlawson.com/2026/08/31/on-not-becoming-a-cyborg/ [16:39] TR Bot On not becoming a cyborg | Read the Tea Leaves [16:40] TR News The Music Industrys New Lawsuit Against Anthropic Should Have Dario Amodei Shivering With Fear https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/sony-warner-new-lawsuit-anthropic-dario-amodei [16:40] TR Bot The Music Industry's New Lawsuit Against Anthropic Should Have Dario Amodei Shivering With Fear [16:41] TR News Watershed 250 test program in Texas looks to private sector for water cybersecurity help https://cyberscoop.com/watershed-250-texas-water-cybersecurity-pilot/ [16:41] TR Bot 250 test program in Texas looks to private sector for water cybersecurity help | CyberScoop [16:43] TR News Extortion Group Claims Manchester Airports Group Data Breach https://www.securityweek.com/extortion-group-claims-manchester-airports-group-data-breach/ [16:43] TR Bot Group Claims Manchester Airports Group Data Breach - SecurityWeek [16:44] TR News McKesson Confirms Data Breach as Attacker Deadline Looms https://www.securityweek.com/mckesson-confirms-data-breach-as-attacker-deadline-looms/ [16:44] TR Bot Confirms Data Breach as Attacker Deadline Looms - SecurityWeek [16:45] TR News When security technologies are not gender neutral: Why Africa needs gender-responsive security governance https://defenceweb.co.za/security/human-security/when-security-technologies-are-not-gender-neutral-why-africa-needs-gender-responsive-security-governance/ [16:45] TR Bot When security technologies are not gender neutral: Why Africa needs gender-responsive security governance - DefenceWeb [16:48] TR News CISA vulnerability directive designed to buy back time against hackers https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2026/08/cisa-vulnerability-directive-designed-to-buy-back-time-against-hackers/ [16:48] TR Bot CISA vulnerability directive designed to buy back time against hackers | Federal News Network [16:48] TR News Nightmare Eclipse Drops HardBreacher Kaspersky Product Exploit https://www.securityweek.com/nightmare-eclipse-drops-hardbreacher-kaspersky-product-exploit/ [16:48] TR Bot Eclipse Drops 'HardBreacher' Kaspersky Product Exploit - SecurityWeek [16:48] TR News ServiceNow Patches 3 Critical Code Injection Vulnerabilities https://www.securityweek.com/servicenow-patches-3-critical-code-injection-vulnerabilities/ [16:48] TR Bot Patches 3 Critical Code Injection Vulnerabilities - SecurityWeek [16:48] TR News P.A.R. is a flip-squisk display that draws your pixel art https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/08/31/p-a-r-is-a-flip-squisk-display-that-draws-your-pixel-art/ [16:48] TR Bot P.A.R. is a flip-squisk display that draws your pixel art | Arduino Blog [16:49] TR News Commission designates ChatGPT, Reddit, Roblox under Digital Services Act https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_1772 [16:49] TR Bot Press corner | European Commission [16:50] TR News ARK Just A Pi A tiny NDAA-compliant Raspberry Pi CM5 carrier board for drones and robots https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/31/ark-just-a-pi-a-tiny-ndaa-compliant-raspberry-pi-cm5-carrier-board-for-drones-and-robots/ [16:50] TR Bot ARK Just A Pi - A tiny NDAA-compliant Raspberry Pi CM5 carrier board for drones and robots - CNX Software [16:51] TR News In Pictures: Fans pay tribute to Hong Kong independent bookshop Have a Nice Stay on final day following raid https://hongkongfp.com/2026/08/31/in-pictures-fans-pay-tribute-to-hong-kong-independent-bookshop-have-a-nice-stay-on-final-day-following-raid/ [16:51] TR Bot In Pictures: Fans flock to raided HK indie bookstore on last day [16:52] TR News Senators File Amicus Brief Opposing Roblox Invoking Forced Arbitration of Child Sexual Abuse Survivor https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/31/roblox-forced-arbitration-senators/ [16:52] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/31/roblox-forced-arbitration-senators/ ) [16:52] TR News Hiding Prompt Injection in Legal Filing https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/08/hiding-prompt-injection-in-legal-filing.html [16:52] TR Bot Prompt Injection in Legal Filing - Schneier on Security [16:57] TR News Michael Catanzaro: Dont Forget: Unset Confidentiality on Private Issue Reports https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2026/08/31/dont-forget-unset-confidentiality-on-private-issue-reports/ [16:57] TR Bot Dont Forget: Unset Confidentiality on Private Issue Reports Michael Catanzaro's Blog [16:57] *parsifal (~parsifal@kv2ix4zpkfb9i.irc) has joined #techrights [16:57] TR News Thibault Martin: TIL that Deleting files is better than hoarding them https://ergaster.org/til/deleting-better-than-hoarding/ [16:57] TR Bot Deleting files is better than hoarding them [16:58] TR News The Federal Circuit Edits Its Damages Footnote in Constellation Designs v. LG https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/08/the-federal-circuit-edits-its-damages-footnote-in-constellation-designs-v-lg.html [16:58] TR Bot The Federal Circuit Edits Its Damages Footnote in Constellation Designs v. LG | Patently-O [16:58] TR News Trenda Innovations media messaging patents being investigated https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/8/31/trenda-innovations-media-messaging-patents-being-investigated [16:58] TR Bot Trenda Innovations media messaging patents being investigated Unified Patents ● Sep 01 [17:00] TR News This typically means one of them failed badly, then offloaded whatever cases it had remaining/impending/ongoing passed to another firm https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/bonabry-to-merge-with-patent-attorney-firm-hammwittkopp/ [17:00] TR Bot Bonabry to merge with patent attorney firm Hamm&Wittkopp [17:01] TR News IdeaHub H.266 / VVC codec patent monopoly challenged https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/8/31/another-ideahub-video-codec-patent-challenged [17:01] TR Bot IdeaHub H.266 / VVC codec patent challenged Unified Patents [17:02] TR News Orange Pi Zero 4 Compact Allwinner A733 SBC offers HDMI, USB-C DP, GbE, WiFI 6, PCIe FFC connector for $26.5 and up https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/31/orange-pi-zero-4-allwinner-a733-sbc-offers-hdmi-usb-c-dp-gbe-wifi-6-pcie-ffc-connector/ [17:02] TR Bot Orange Pi Zero 4 - Compact Allwinner A733 SBC offers HDMI, USB-C DP, GbE, WiFI 6, PCIe FFC connector for $26.5 and up - CNX Software [17:03] TR News NYCBug Sept 2nd Conference Coms Check https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2026/08/31/nycbug-sept-2nd-conference-coms-check/ [17:03] TR Bot NYCBug Sept 2nd Conference Coms Check DragonFly BSD Digest [17:04] TR News Critical Ruby on Rails Vulnerability in Attackers Crosshairs https://www.securityweek.com/critical-ruby-on-rails-vulnerability-in-attackers-crosshairs/ [17:04] TR Bot Ruby on Rails Vulnerability in Attackers' Crosshairs - SecurityWeek [17:04] TR News IBM Red Hat salivates over slop, as usual https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/08/31/ai-powered-multicluster-management-querying-fleet-health-openshift-lightspeed [17:04] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/08/31/ai-powered-multicluster-management-querying-fleet-health-openshift-lightspeed ) [17:05] TR News Google Maps Rival Surges In Popularity After It Refuses to Rename Lake Ontario https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/google-maps-rival-surges-lake-ontario [17:05] TR Bot Google Maps Rival Surges In Popularity After It Refuses to Rename Lake Ontario [17:06] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: check this out: [17:06] TR News Man uses robot vacuum to covertly record his wife's affair, wins divorce settlement but gets sentenced to prison for making an illegal recording https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/man-uses-robot-vacuum-to-covertly-record-his-wifes-affair-wins-divorce-settlement-but-gets-sentenced-to-prison-for-making-an-illegal-recording-husband-lands-behind-bars-after-counter-suit-over-privacy-rights [17:06] TR Bot Man uses robot vacuum to covertly record his wife's affair, wins divorce settlement but gets sentenced to prison for making an illegal recording Husband lands behind bars after counter-suit over privacy rights | Tom's Hardware [17:07] TR News Mozilla Privacy Blog: How Challengers Thrive and Competition Survives In Todays Ecosystem https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2026/08/31/how-challengers-thrive-and-competition-survives-in-todays-ecosystem/ [17:07] TR Bot How Challengers Thrive and Competition Survives In Todays Ecosystem - Open Policy & Advocacy [17:08] TR News Nearly 10,000 New Zealand public servants to strike on Sept 9 https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/nearly-10000-new-zealand-public-servants-to-strike-on-sept-9 [17:08] TR Bot Nearly 10,000 New Zealand public servants to strike on Sept 9 | The Straits Times [17:08] TR News Kenya airport staff strike delays thousands of passengers https://www.france24.com/en/kenya-airport-staff-strike-delays-thousands-of-passengers [17:08] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/kenya-airport-staff-strike-delays-thousands-of-passengers ) [17:10] TR News Guildma (Astaroth) malware infection from Brazilian Portuguese email, (Tue, Sep 1st) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/33300 [17:10] TR Bot Guildma (Astaroth) malware infection from Brazilian Portuguese email [17:11] TR News Personal Privilege: Why Improper Venue Did Not Stop the 101 Dismissal https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/08/personal-privilege-why-improper-venue-did-not-stop-the-%c2%a7-101-dismissal.html [17:11] TR Bot Personal Privilege: Why Improper Venue Did Not Stop the 101 Dismissal | Patently-O [17:11] TR News gThumb 4.0 RC Released with Improved Touchpad Support https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/08/gthumb-4-0-rc-released-with-improved-touchpad-support/ [17:11] TR Bot gThumb 4.0 RC Released with Improved Touchpad Support | UbuntuHandbook [17:12] *Righty (~Username@4rkz53qkzmr38.irc) has joined #techrights [17:12] TR News OpenShot 4.0 Released with Audio/Video Recording & Local Hey Hi (AI) Masks https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/08/openshot-4-0-released-with-audio-video-recording-local-ai-masks/ [17:12] TR Bot OpenShot 4.0 Released with Audio/Video Recording & Local AI Masks | UbuntuHandbook [17:14] TR News Why Ubuntu 26.04 upgrades from 24.04 are delayed (until Sept) https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/ubuntu-2404-to-2604-upgrade-delay [17:14] TR Bot Why Ubuntu 26.04 upgrades from 24.04 are delayed (until Sept) - OMG! Ubuntu [17:15] TR News Richard Stallman's GNU Turns 43 in 4 Weeks, FSF Growing https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/31/Richard_Stallman_s_GNU_Turns_43_in_4_Weeks_FSF_Growing.shtml [17:15] TR Bot Techrights Richard Stallman's GNU Turns 43 in 4 Weeks, FSF Growing [17:15] TR News Microsoft-sponsored attack on GNU Coreutils https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rust-Coreutils-0.11 [17:15] TR Bot Coreutils 0.11 Released With Some Nifty Debug Helper Messages - Phoronix [17:16] TR News Q4OS 5.10 https://distrowatch.com/q4os [17:16] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/q4os ) [17:16] TR News Butterbian 0.4.1 https://distrowatch.com/butterbian [17:16] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/butterbian ) [17:16] TR News Former defective chip maker Intel Engineer Who Was One Of The Clear GNU/Linux Architects Is Starting A New Distro https://www.phoronix.com/news/The-Ur-Project [17:16] TR Bot Intel Engineer Who Was One Of The Clear Linux Architects Is Starting A New Distro - Phoronix [17:18] TR News Debian 11 LTS dead, upgrade to Debian 12 now to get updates https://www.neowin.net/news/debian-11-lts-dead-upgrade-to-debian-12-now-to-get-updates/ [17:18] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/debian-11-lts-dead-upgrade-to-debian-12-now-to-get-updates/ ) [17:18] TR News "the A78AE CPU and BPU can handle GNU/Linux and vision processing, while the MCU handles time-critical tasks such as motor and sensor I/O." https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/31/d-robotics-rdk-s100p-a-128-tops-alternative-to-nvidia-jetson-orin-nx-16gb-with-cortex-a78ae-r52-cores/ [17:18] TR Bot D-Robotics RDK S100P - A 128 TOPS alternative to NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX 16GB with Cortex-A78AE/R52+ cores - CNX Software [17:19] TR News Jon Chiappetta: The Monkey-in-the-Middle Proxy Solution Revisited VPN Style LAN==2.5gbps && WAN==1.5gbps https://fossjon.wordpress.com/2026/08/31/the-monkey-in-the-middle-proxy-solution-revisited-vpn-style-lan2-5gbps-wan1-5gbps/ [17:19] TR Bot The Monkey-in-the-Middle Proxy Solution Revisited VPN Style Proxy LAN==2.5gbps && WAN==1.5gbps | Jon's FOSS Blog [17:20] *IsambardPrince has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [17:20] TR News Multiple YouTube, Amazon Music, and Spotify Profiles of Jazz Legends Hijacked to Churn Out Hey Hi (AI) Slop to Unsuspecting Fans https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/31/jazz-legends-streaming-profiles-ai-slop/ [17:20] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/31/jazz-legends-streaming-profiles-ai-slop/ ) [17:20] TR News Spotify and YouTube Profiles of Legendary Jazz Musicians Hijacked by Hey Hi (AI) Waifu Spam https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/spotify-youtube-music-jazz-musicians-ai-waifu-spam [17:20] TR Bot Spotify and YouTube Profiles of Legendary Jazz Musicians Hijacked by AI Waifu Spam [17:21] TR News TurnKey 19.0 https://distrowatch.com/turnkey [17:21] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/turnkey ) [17:21] TR News Security updates for Monday https://lwn.net/Articles/1091536/ [17:21] TR Bot updates for Monday [LWN.net] [17:21] TR News The Net is a Mess, LLMs Are Partly to Blame https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/31/the-net-is-a-mess-llms-are-partly-to-blame/ [17:21] TR Bot Blog Archive The Net is a Mess, LLMs Are Partly to Blame [17:25] TR News A lot of false news and chaff can easily be skipped by scanning for terms like hey hi, agent, agentic, and other such malarkey [17:26] TR News "...The ones which annoy me the most because they waste my time are the ones which look good but then about 2/3 or 3/4 through the post turn to slop [17:26] TR News "...or start promoting slop. "... and then I fed it all into Claude and ..."" [17:27] TR News so you blacklist these because life is too short for slop and the Web is a big ocean with many fish [17:28] TR News "...but they still waste time tragically ones like that are increasing in number all the time the marketers of slop are wearing down the gullible ones and slowly grinding down others along the way" [17:28] TR News OSNews among those https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/The_Peculiar_Case_of_OSNews_Which_Experiments_With_Slopfarming.shtml [17:28] TR Bot Techrights The Peculiar Case of OSNews, Which Experiments With Slopfarming [17:29] TR News Anthropic Accused of Pirating Beatles, Taylor Swift and Michael Jackson Songs for Claude, Faces $150K Per-Work Damages https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/sony-warner-sue-anthropic-copyright-infringement-1817105 [17:29] TR Bot Anthropic Accused of Pirating Beatles, Taylor Swift and Michael Jackson Songs for Claude, Faces $150K Per-Work Damages | IBTimes UK [17:29] TR News The Legal Pile-On Continues: Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell Music Sue Anthropic, Alleging Blatant Theft of Intellectual Property https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/30/sony-warner-sue-anthropic-blatant-ip-theft/ [17:29] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/30/sony-warner-sue-anthropic-blatant-ip-theft/ ) [17:29] TR News The copyright cartel is bad. The plagiarism cartel is vastly worse. [17:30] TR News Udio Fires Back Against Supersized Sony Music Suit, Emphasizing Its Fair Use Defense and Acknowledging That It Acquired Some of Its Training Data by Utilizing YT-DLP https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/31/sony-music-udio-lawsuit-answer/ [17:30] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/31/sony-music-udio-lawsuit-answer/ ) [17:31] TR News FOSSY 2027 Dates https://sfconservancy.org/news/2026/aug/31/fossy-2027-announcement/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/08/06/FOSSY_2025_Conference_Safety.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/11/FOSSY_SFC_Platforming_GAFAM_Sells_Endorsement.shtml [17:31] TR Bot FOSSY 2027 Dates - Software Freedom Conservancy [17:31] TR Bot Techrights FOSSY 2025 Conference Safety [17:31] TR Bot Techrights FOSSY (SFC) Platforming GAFAM, Sells Endorsement [17:32] TR News Spain blames Israel, Russia for spreading disinformation during Ceuta crisis https://www.france24.com/en/spain-blames-israel-russia-for-spreading-disinformation-during-ceuta-crisis [17:32] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/spain-blames-israel-russia-for-spreading-disinformation-during-ceuta-crisis ) [17:33] TR News (NEW): Audacity 3.7.9 Open-Source Audio Editor Released with FFmpeg 9 Support https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/Audacity_3_7_9_Open_Source_Audio_Editor_Released_with_FFmpeg_9_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/Audacity_3_7_9_Open_Source_Audio_Editor_Released_with_FFmpeg_9_.gmi [17:33] TR Bot Tux Machines Audacity 3.7.9 Open-Source Audio Editor Released with FFmpeg 9 Support [17:36] *Goblin (~use@3t3iymyzc9xhe.irc) has joined #techrights [17:38] TR News Rakudo Weekly 2026.35 Infinity Revisited https://rakudoweekly.blog/2026/08/31/2026-35-infinity-revisited/ [17:38] TR Bot 2026.35 Infinity Revisited Rakudo Weekly News [17:39] TR News Late Night Linux Episode 401 https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-401/ [17:39] TR Bot Late Night Linux Episode 401 Late Night Linux [17:42] TR News OpenSSF Newsletter August 2026 https://openssf.org/newsletter/2026/08/31/openssf-newsletter-august-2026/ [17:42] TR Bot OpenSSF Newsletter August 2026 Open Source Security Foundation [17:43] TR News This Week in Linux 355: 35 Years of Linux, NVIDIA buying Hugging Face, 500K for Flatpak, Ai in Debian, & more GNU/Linux news https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/this-week-in-linux/twil-355/ [17:43] TR Bot 35 Years of Linux, NVIDIA buying Hugging Face, 500K for Flatpak, Ai in Debian, & more Linux news - This Week in Linux - TuxDigital [17:44] TR News Poll: Surveillance Giant Google Goes Lake America Are You Ready to Boycott Yet? https://fossforce.com/2026/08/poll-google-goes-lake-america-are-you-ready-to-boycott-yet/ [17:44] TR Bot Poll: Google Goes Lake America Are You Ready to Boycott Yet? - FOSS Force [17:44] TR News China's CXMT beats Western chipmakers to announcement of LPDDR6 mass production Xiaomi smartphones to debut industrys first LPDDR6 chips https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/dram/chinas-cxmt-beats-western-chipmakers-to-announcement-of-lpddr6-mass-production-xiaomi-smartphones-to-debut-industrys-first-lpddr6-chips [17:44] TR Bot China's CXMT beats Western chipmakers to announcement of LPDDR6 mass production Xiaomi smartphones to debut industrys first LPDDR6 chips | Tom's Hardware [17:48] TR News California moves to exempt Linux from new age-verification law https://cyberinsider.com/california-moves-to-exempt-linux-from-new-age-verification-law/ [17:48] TR Bot California moves to exempt Linux from new age-verification law [17:48] TR News "OpenShot 4.0 has been released today as a major stable update to this powerful open-source, free, and cross-platform video editing software written in Qt for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows." https://9to5linux.com/openshot-4-0-open-source-video-editor-officially-released-heres-whats-new [17:48] TR Bot 4.0 Open-Source Video Editor Officially Released, Here's What's New - 9to5Linux [17:49] TR News "After two weeks of voting, the Debian Project has voted to adopt a formal position on the use of generative AI within the project, with Responsible Use of Generative AI winning out in the general resolution." https://9to5linux.com/debian-project-formalizes-responsible-use-of-generative-ai [17:49] TR Bot Project Formalizes Responsible Use of Generative AI - 9to5Linux [17:49] TR News "Linus Torvalds has just released the first release candidate of Linux 7.3. The final release should be out in mid-October." https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-73-rc1-arrives-clocking-in-at-a-total-of-4098-million-lines/ [17:49] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-73-rc1-arrives-clocking-in-at-a-total-of-4098-million-lines/ ) [17:50] TR News "But, to no one's surprise, there's a gap in its support. It doesn't officially work on Linux. So Zack built Tether, an open source project that replicates pieces of that experience on Linux without requiring a Mac device." https://itsfoss.com/news/tether-apple-continuity-on-linux/ [17:50] TR Bot Tether Brings the Apple Continuity Experience to Linux [17:50] TR News Net loss for society. https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-kernel-repo-ai-overrun/ [17:50] TR Bot AI Crawlers Are Bleeding The Linux Kernel Repo's Compute Power [17:51] TR News "During their recent celebration event and livestream, the developers of the popular game launcher Launchbox confirmed they are working on a Linux version." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/game-launcher-launchbox-should-get-a-linux-version-in-2027/ [17:51] TR Bot launcher 'Launchbox' should get a Linux version in 2027 | GamingOnLinux [17:53] TR News Does anyone check it? If slop, not even AMD checks it. https://www.techzine.eu/news/devops/143925/linux-7-3-rc1-is-huge-due-to-new-amd-code/ [17:53] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.techzine.eu/news/devops/143925/linux-7-3-rc1-is-huge-due-to-new-amd-code/ ) [17:54] TR News It's 35 years since Linus Torvalds first revealed Linux, calling it 'just a hobby' how wrong he was https://www.techradar.com/pro/its-35-years-since-linus-torvalds-first-revealed-linux-calling-it-just-a-hobby-how-wrong-he-was [17:54] TR Bot Torvalds called Linux a hobby in 1991, then the project grew into one of computing's biggest success stories | TechRadar [17:54] TR News CISA Adds Linux Kernel + JFrog Artifactory CVEs to KEV After OpenAI Agent Exploitation https://forkast.news/cisa-adds-linux-kernel-jfrog-artifactory-cves-to-kev-after-openai-agent-exploitation/ [17:54] TR Bot CISA Adds Linux Kernel + JFrog Artifactory CVEs to KEV After OpenAI Agent Exploitation Forkast [17:55] TR News AMD Starts "Zen 6" Desktop Enablement in Linux 7.3 https://www.techpowerup.com/352155/amd-starts-zen-6-desktop-enablement-in-linux-7-3 [17:55] TR Bot Starts "Zen 6" Desktop Enablement in Linux 7.3 | TechPowerUp [17:57] TR News Debian: slop OK https://www.techzine.eu/news/devops/143935/debian-project-will-not-ban-the-use-of-ai/ [17:57] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.techzine.eu/news/devops/143935/debian-project-will-not-ban-the-use-of-ai/ ) [17:58] TR News "Portal: Alive & Kicking has officially arrived on Steam, giving the classic Valve game Portal a bit of a makeover. You need to own Portal 2, and have it installed in the same Steam library folder for it to work." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/portal-alive-kicking-is-a-full-remake-and-re-imagining-of-valves-classic-out-now-on-steam/ [17:58] TR Bot Alive & Kicking is a full remake and re-imagining of Valve's classic out now on Steam | GamingOnLinux [17:58] TR News "Whew! Quite a big release for DOSBOX Staging, the popular modern continuation of DOSBox with release 0.83.0 officially out now with many advancements." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/dosbox-staging-0-83-brings-authentic-crt-colour-emulation-fmv-deinterlacer-disc-automounting-and-much-more/ [17:58] TR Bot Staging 0.83 brings authentic CRT colour emulation, FMV deinterlacer, disc automounting and much more | GamingOnLinux [17:58] TR News "The best thing about Linux is that it respects its users. It does exactly what you tell it to do. Want to kill a program? Send the kill command and it'll be terminated without warning. However, the worst part about Linux is also that it does exactly what you tell it to do. Here's what I mean." https://www.howtogeek.com/the-commands-you-should-never-run-on-linux/ [17:58] TR Bot 7 commands you should never run on Linux [17:59] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [17:59] TR News Linux is great for laptops, but it still struggles with these 5 hardware features https://www.makeuseof.com/linux-great-for-laptops-but-still-struggles-with-these-hardware-features/ [17:59] TR Bot Linux is great for laptops, but it still struggles with these 5 hardware features ● Sep 01 [18:00] TR News "My old Samsung Galaxy TabPro S LTE is the sort of device thats an absolute shame to leave behind. It has an incredible display, a usable Intel processor, touch input, a detachable keyboard, and a modest 128GB of storage." https://www.makeuseof.com/microsoft-said-cant-install-windows-11-on-device-installed-linux-instead/ [18:00] TR Bot Microsoft said I cant install Windows 11 on my device, so I installed Linux instead [18:00] TR News "Windows wins on convenience for most people, but a few everyday tasks remain genuinely simpler on Linux. Updating software, handling drivers, and diagnosing problems all lean in Linux's favor, thanks to design choices built into the system from the start." https://www.howtogeek.com/3-tasks-that-are-still-easier-on-linux-than-windows/ [18:00] TR Bot 3 tasks that are still easier on Linux than Windows [18:01] TR News You need to try GNOME 50it's the most polished and impressive Linux desktop today https://www.howtogeek.com/you-need-to-try-gnome-50its-the-most-polished-and-impressive-linux-desktop-today/ [18:01] TR Bot You need to try GNOME 50it's the most polished and impressive Linux desktop today [18:01] TR News SteamOS 3.9.0 Preview Launches With KDE 6.7.3 and Linux Kernel 7.2 https://www.techpowerup.com/352133/steamos-3-9-0-preview-launches-with-kde-6-7-3-and-linux-kernel-7-2 [18:01] *psydruid has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [18:01] TR Bot 3.9.0 Preview Launches With KDE 6.7.3 and Linux Kernel 7.2 | TechPowerUp [18:03] TR News I spent a week inside the strangest Linux distribution I could find https://www.makeuseof.com/i-spent-a-week-inside-the-strangest-linux-distribution-i-could-find/ [18:03] TR Bot I spent a week inside the strangest Linux distribution I could find [18:03] TR News (NEW): SteamOS 3.9.0 Preview https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/SteamOS_3_9_0_Preview.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/SteamOS_3_9_0_Preview.gmi [18:03] TR Bot Tux Machines SteamOS 3.9.0 Preview [18:04] TR News 3 reasons a $70 Surface Go is the best tiny Linux laptop money can buy https://www.howtogeek.com/reasons-a-surface-go-is-the-best-tiny-linux-laptop-money-can-buy/ [18:04] TR Bot 3 reasons a $70 Surface Go is the best tiny Linux laptop money can buy [18:05] *Righty has quit (connection closed) [18:05] *Righty (~Username@zxpkuyf4xuj8n.irc) has joined #techrights [18:05] TR News Play along with EEE? No, thanks! https://www.howtogeek.com/run-linux-without-rebooting-ways-to-get-the-terminal-on-windows/ [18:06] TR Bot Run Linux without rebooting4 ways to get the terminal on Windows [18:10] TR News (NEW): Games: Grieving at Microsoft (Mass Layoffs, Studios Shut Down), Steam Deck / SteamOS (GNU/Linux) Reaches Huge Milestone https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/Games_Grieving_at_Microsoft_Mass_Layoffs_Studios_Shut_Down_Stea.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/Games_Grieving_at_Microsoft_Mass_Layoffs_Studios_Shut_Down_Stea.gmi [18:10] TR Bot Tux Machines Games: Grieving at Microsoft (Mass Layoffs, Studios Shut Down), Steam Deck / SteamOS (GNU/Linux) Reaches Huge Milestone [18:11] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/today_s_howtos.gmi [18:11] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [18:15] TR News (NEW): Applications: gThumb 4.0 RC Released, Tether Introduced, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/Applications_gThumb_4_0_RC_Released_Tether_Introduced_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/Applications_gThumb_4_0_RC_Released_Tether_Introduced_and_More.gmi [18:15] TR Bot Tux Machines Applications: gThumb 4.0 RC Released, Tether Introduced, and More [18:16] TR News (NEW): Mozilla: July in Servo, Localization, and 'Privacy' Posturing https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/Mozilla_July_in_Servo_Localization_and_Privacy_Posturing.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/Mozilla_July_in_Servo_Localization_and_Privacy_Posturing.gmi [18:16] TR Bot Tux Machines Mozilla: July in Servo, Localization, and 'Privacy' Posturing [18:18] TR News (NEW): Google says "the web is full of turmoil" and goes 'full MAGA' https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/Google_says_the_web_is_full_of_turmoil_and_goes_full_MAGA.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/Google_says_the_web_is_full_of_turmoil_and_goes_full_MAGA.gmi [18:18] TR Bot Tux Machines Google says "the web is full of turmoil" and goes 'full MAGA' [18:23] TR News (NEW): Happy 35th Birthday, Linux! https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/25/Happy_35th_Birthday_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/25/Happy_35th_Birthday_Linux.gmi [18:23] TR Bot Tux Machines Happy 35th Birthday, Linux! [18:23] TR News (NEW): Audio/Videos: Netdev 0x1A, Late Night Linux, and This Week in Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/Audio_Videos_Netdev_0x1A_Late_Night_Linux_and_This_Week_in_Linu.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/Audio_Videos_Netdev_0x1A_Late_Night_Linux_and_This_Week_in_Linu.gmi [18:23] TR Bot Tux Machines Audio/Videos: Netdev 0x1A, Late Night Linux, and This Week in Linux [18:25] TR News (NEW): Security Leftovers and Windows TCO https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/Security_Leftovers_and_Windows_TCO.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/Security_Leftovers_and_Windows_TCO.gmi [18:25] TR Bot Tux Machines Security Leftovers and Windows TCO [18:28] TR News (NEW): Linux Devices and Open Hardware: Breaches, Boards, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/Linux_Devices_and_Open_Hardware_Breaches_Boards_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/Linux_Devices_and_Open_Hardware_Breaches_Boards_and_More.gmi [18:28] TR Bot Tux Machines Linux Devices and Open Hardware: Breaches, Boards, and More [18:28] TR News (NEW): OpenSUSE: Slop Peddling and Polkit Authentication Bypass https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/OpenSUSE_Slop_Peddling_and_Polkit_Authentication_Bypass.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/OpenSUSE_Slop_Peddling_and_Polkit_Authentication_Bypass.gmi [18:28] TR Bot Tux Machines OpenSUSE: Slop Peddling and Polkit Authentication Bypass [18:30] TR News (NEW): Canonical/Ubuntu: Ubuntu 26.04, Data Mesh, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/Canonical_Ubuntu_Ubuntu_26_04_Data_Mesh_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/Canonical_Ubuntu_Ubuntu_26_04_Data_Mesh_and_More.gmi [18:30] TR Bot Tux Machines Canonical/Ubuntu: Ubuntu 26.04, Data Mesh, and More [18:30] TR News (NEW): IBM Abandons Red Hat Security (Michael Catanzaro) and Promotes Slop Plagiarism for Fake 'Work' https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/IBM_Abandons_Red_Hat_Security_Michael_Catanzaro_and_Promotes_Sl.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/IBM_Abandons_Red_Hat_Security_Michael_Catanzaro_and_Promotes_Sl.gmi [18:30] TR Bot Tux Machines IBM Abandons Red Hat Security (Michael Catanzaro) and Promotes Slop Plagiarism for Fake 'Work' [18:31] TR News (NEW): Events: DjangoCon US 2026, FOSSY 2027, and NYCBug https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/Events_DjangoCon_US_2026_FOSSY_2027_and_NYCBug.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/Events_DjangoCon_US_2026_FOSSY_2027_and_NYCBug.gmi [18:31] TR Bot Tux Machines Events: DjangoCon US 2026, FOSSY 2027, and NYCBug [18:33] TR News (NEW): Servers: Kubernetes, Boring Host Names, and Istio Releases https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/Servers_Kubernetes_Boring_Host_Names_and_Istio_Releases.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/Servers_Kubernetes_Boring_Host_Names_and_Istio_Releases.gmi [18:33] TR Bot Tux Machines Servers: Kubernetes, Boring Host Names, and Istio Releases [18:36] TR News (NEW): Olaf Alders and Matt Routley on Attaining Digital Sovereignty https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/Olaf_Alders_and_Matt_Routley_on_Attaining_Digital_Sovereignty.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/Olaf_Alders_and_Matt_Routley_on_Attaining_Digital_Sovereignty.gmi [18:36] TR Bot Tux Machines Olaf Alders and Matt Routley on Attaining Digital Sovereignty [18:38] TR News (NEW): First Arch Linux ISO Powered by Linux Kernel 7.2 Is Now Available for Download https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/First_Arch_Linux_ISO_Powered_by_Linux_Kernel_7_2_Is_Now_Availab.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/First_Arch_Linux_ISO_Powered_by_Linux_Kernel_7_2_Is_Now_Availab.gmi [18:38] TR Bot Tux Machines First Arch Linux ISO Powered by Linux Kernel 7.2 Is Now Available for Download [18:40] TR News (NEW): Free Software, Coding, and Standards Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/Free_Software_Coding_and_Standards_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/Free_Software_Coding_and_Standards_Leftovers.gmi [18:40] TR Bot Tux Machines Free Software, Coding, and Standards Leftovers [18:43] TR News Techrights Links 01/09/2026: Almost 5,000 Missing/Dead in Nepal-China Flood and Marijuana Factory Explodes https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/Links_01_09_2026_Almost_5_000_Missing_Dead_in_Nepal_China_Flood.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/Links_01_09_2026_Almost_5_000_Missing_Dead_in_Nepal_China_Flood.gmi [18:43] TR Bot Techrights Links 01/09/2026: Almost 5,000 Missing/Dead in Nepal-China Flood and Marijuana Factory Explodes [18:48] *forkbombe has quit (connection closed) [18:50] TR News "My Summer holiday is about to end. Did I enjoy it? Man, I can assure you I did. Besides doing a lot of work in the garden I also met some of my friends for breakfast or a beer in the afternoon." gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/chals/phlog/08-15-26 [18:51] TR News "He'd suffered from epilepsy from an early age. When my friend and I were in high school together, I would sometimes ask why his brother wasn't at school that day, and the answer was almost always that he'd had a seizure." gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2026/202608/20260831-a-sudden-loss.gmi [18:52] TR News "Maker Timo Strube has designed an open-hardware split-layout mechanical keyboard with a twist: both halves can operate entirely independently as macro pads and gaming keypads, complete with built-in joysticks, in addition to linking together into a fully-featured compact keyboard." gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202609/20260901-tiwaz.gmi [18:53] TR News "You read Marcin Wicharys blog, dont you? I dont subscribe to him in a feed reader, but somehow pretty much everything he writes finds itself in a browser tab of mine, so I guess it works out." gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/scrawlspace/2026/ [18:54] *forkbombe (~forkbombe@u89vdyv4abg8n.irc) has joined #techrights [18:55] TR News "At first glance, this sounds pretty cool. An MCP server for the small web! It supports Gopher menus, text files as well as Gemini resources. It has timeouts, response limits, caching, host allowlists and other sensible security features. It even returns structured data specifically designed for LLMs." gemini://sava.rocks/blog/when-the-small-web-gets-an-ai-door/ [18:56] TR News "some tech bro figured it can be beneficial to create Gemini MCP" gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/Gemini/47887 [18:58] TR News "Once again, my vacation ends. When I start feeling too mentally exhausted, I arrange for a vacation from work. Nothing crazy, just a weekend or so away from the "routine". This time it was for about a week." gemini://hwaldar.gemcities.com/blog/aug31.gmi [18:59] TR News "The social importance of biscuits cannot be overstated in the UK." gemini://littlecampsite.smol.pub/rich-tea ● Sep 01 [19:00] TR News "Whenever people start mouthing off about unverified and grandiose claims extrapolated from the so-called 'Epstein files', which have only really only ever served to exacerbate incendiary conspiracy theories, I tell them that if they really want to combat human trafficking, they ought to" gemini://buster.smol.pub/exploitation-and-the-epstein-files [19:00] TR News Alhena 5.6.8. "If you use ImageMagick for inline support of image types like avif and jxl, there's a decent performance boost. I changed the intermediate format from png to bmp which is faster." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/Alhena/47934 [19:01] TR News "I dont know what Ive done to deserve it, but for some time most of my internet feeds, especially YouTube, have been awash with right-wing conspiracy theories. I say right wing, but perhaps free market libertarian would be a less contentious label. However you might give them a political label, theres been a lot of them" gemini://kunulo.smol.pub/2026-09-01-conspiracy [19:02] TR News "So, for the first time ever, I'm going to do something I've wanted to for most of my life: raising tadpoles! You might wonder how I, a self-professed nature addict, made it this far without having kept a few tadpoles." gemini://bouteloua.fyi/misc/tadpoles.gmi [19:03] TR News "Recently I caught up on an older 32-Bit Cafe thread[1] that discussed the death of the power user in computing." gemini://nullish.smol.pub/power-users-in-2026 [19:03] TR News "3000 years ago, when the egyptians were still egypting, they devised a new invention that revolutionized everything, it was called the computer. Computers were huge monsters and they could fill an entire room, and a few of these beasts have been found in old egyptian ruins." gemini://detritus.smol.pub/1788226465 [19:08] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 01/09/2026: Biscuits, Epstein Files, Power Users, and Alhena 5.6.8 https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/Gemini_Links_01_09_2026_Biscuits_Epstein_Files_Power_Users_and_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/Gemini_Links_01_09_2026_Biscuits_Epstein_Files_Power_Users_and_.gmi [19:08] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 01/09/2026: Biscuits, Epstein Files, Power Users, and Alhena 5.6.8 [19:12] TR News Leading fighter for Julian Assanges freedom calls for mobilisation behind Bogdan Syrotiuk https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/08/23/vqmz-a23.html [19:12] TR Bot Leading fighter for Julian Assanges freedom calls for mobilisation behind Bogdan Syrotiuk - World Socialist Web Site [19:15] TR News IBM. "Lots of PIPS in Bangalore and other areas" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m1eks19v [19:15] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m1eks19v ) [19:22] TR News Very Strong Start for September https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/01/very-strong-start-for-september/ [19:22] TR Bot Blog Archive Very Strong Start for September [19:30] TR News (NEW): Equatorial Guinea: GNU/Linux at 10% https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/Equatorial_Guinea_GNU_Linux_at_10.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/Equatorial_Guinea_GNU_Linux_at_10.gmi [19:30] TR Bot Tux Machines Equatorial Guinea: GNU/Linux at 10% ● Sep 01 [20:07] TR News Still "cant establish a connection to the server at stallman.org." [20:21] TR News Techrights Something Big is Happening at IBM This Week/Month https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/Something_Big_is_Happening_at_IBM_This_Week_Month.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/Something_Big_is_Happening_at_IBM_This_Week_Month.gmi [20:21] TR Bot Techrights Something Big is Happening at IBM This Week/Month [20:24] TR News "The world, unfortunately, is entering a period in which those who know how to resist, fight, adapt and live under pressure are becoming valuable again. Ukraine, therefore, is a solution, not a problem: living knowledge studied by those preparing for their own future scenarios." Valerii Pekar and Vladyslav Rashkovan [20:25] TR News "If you're doing something hard and nobody hates it, you probably aren't doing it. If the right people hate it and those people happen to be some of the worst people alive, so much the better. By that standard, the GDPR (Europe's General Data Protection Regulation) is doing beautifully." Mat Duggan https://cybershow.uk/content/home/home.html [20:25] TR Bot Home [20:27] TR News "I am reading Huxley's "Educating an Amphibian" from a 1950s essay collection (Adonis and the Alphabet) which I found in an old bookshop. It's relevance to the tech is subtle and surprising, and I'll have some thoughts to share about that some time." https://cybershow.uk/content/home/home.html [20:33] *TMF (~TMF@tfnqti2fy2wti.irc) has joined #techrights [20:51] *TMF has quit (Quit: Leaving) [20:55] admfubar https://futurism.com/future-society/flock-alpr-surveillance-major-trouble-cancellations [20:55] TR Bot Flock Is in Major Trouble ● Sep 01 [21:01] admfubar https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/employees-loath-ai-workplace-bosses-glassdoor [21:01] TR Bot Employees Absolutely Loath AI in the Workplace, Survey Finds [21:02] schestowitz[TR2] but slop is SUCCESS [21:02] schestowitz[TR2] why? [21:02] schestowitz[TR2] BECAUSE. [21:02] schestowitz[TR2] many people use it [21:02] schestowitz[TR2] why? [21:02] schestowitz[TR2] they FORCE them to [21:02] schestowitz[TR2] I met people like these [21:02] schestowitz[TR2] some are FORCED to slop-code [21:02] schestowitz[TR2] imagine having CS degree [21:02] schestowitz[TR2] getting a job programming [21:03] schestowitz[TR2] and they tell you to prompt crap [21:03] schestowitz[TR2] and force you to love it [21:03] schestowitz[TR2] and tell you not to complain about it [21:32] TR News Manchester Airport Data Breach https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/01/manchester-airport-data-breach/ [21:32] TR Bot Blog Archive Manchester Airport Data Breach [21:38] TR News Trying linux.org IRC Network https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/01/trying-linux-org-irc-network/ [21:38] TR Bot Blog Archive Trying linux.org IRC Network [21:48] TR News Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 168 Out of 200: When Choosing Clients Recklessly and Poorly Self-Harm is Inevitable https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_168_Out_of_200_When_Choosing_Clients_Reck.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_168_Out_of_200_When_Choosing_Clients_Reck.gmi [21:48] TR Bot Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 168 Out of 200: When Choosing Clients Recklessly and Poorly Self-Harm is Inevitable ● Sep 01 [22:01] TR News "MongoDB has lost 43 company clients in the last two days including Oracle, IBM, Avalanche, Avalara and BlackRock showing in the inc 500 clause artery" [22:07] *nonnenn_ (~nonnenn@7gnzakrqt76ta.irc) has joined #techrights [22:13] TR News Techrights IBM Allegedly Stopped Hiring (This Tends to Coincide With Mass Layoffs) https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/IBM_Allegedly_Stopped_Hiring_This_Tends_to_Coincide_With_Mass_L.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/IBM_Allegedly_Stopped_Hiring_This_Tends_to_Coincide_With_Mass_L.gmi [22:13] TR Bot Techrights IBM Allegedly Stopped Hiring (This Tends to Coincide With Mass Layoffs) [22:33] TR News Techrights FSF Staff Uses 'CoC' to Stop Conversation About Autistici/Inventati in Relation to Free Software https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/FSF_Staff_Uses_CoC_to_Stop_Conversation_About_Autistici_Inventa.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/FSF_Staff_Uses_CoC_to_Stop_Conversation_About_Autistici_Inventa.gmi [22:33] TR Bot Techrights FSF Staff Uses 'CoC' to Stop Conversation About Autistici/Inventati in Relation to Free Software [22:34] nonnenn_ when wil TechrightsBot give us happy news )= [22:38] schestowitz[TR2] it expands urls [22:38] schestowitz[TR2] to titles [22:38] schestowitz[TR2] it tells no news [22:39] nonnenn_ happy titles* [22:43] admfubar what does? schestowitz[TR2]: it expands urls to titles it tells no news [22:43] nonnenn_ admfubar: the TechrightsBot-tr [22:43] admfubar ah no i follow... 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