●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, August 02, 2025 ●● ● Aug 02 [00:25] *IsambardPrince has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [00:27] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@y6zpznzxb7uv2.irc) has joined #techrights [00:35] *\join_su1line (~join_subline@9vipesq7s6jr8.irc) has joined #techrights [00:37] *GNUmoon (~GNUmoon@gateway/tor-sasl/gnumoon) has joined #techrights [00:41] *\join_su1line has quit (Quit: leaving) [00:42] *\join_su1line (~join_subline@9vipesq7s6jr8.irc) has joined #techrights [00:46] IsambardPrince MinceR, I zapped a cockroach. [00:46] IsambardPrince He was making his way across my desk. [00:46] IsambardPrince So zapzapzapzapzap! [00:46] IsambardPrince I lost track of where he flow off to. [00:47] IsambardPrince But I'm fairly certain that after that many zaps and seeing electricity arcing, I got him. [00:48] IsambardPrince Those are the trickiest bug I've ever seen. [00:48] IsambardPrince Ordered some bait stations for them off Walmart for tomorrow. [00:48] IsambardPrince The New York state website said you may see more roach activity initially. [00:48] IsambardPrince If I see any heading in or out of the traps I'll still zap them. 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[01:04] IsambardPrince There are many like it! [01:04] IsambardPrince But this one is MINE! [01:04] IsambardPrince :D [01:05] TR News Senate legislation would direct federal agencies to fortify against quantum computing cyber threats https://cyberscoop.com/quantum-cybersecurity-migration-act-federal-encryption-legislation/ [01:05] TR Bot legislation would direct federal agencies to fortify against quantum computing cyber threats | CyberScoop [01:07] MinceR :> [01:08] TR News Russia journalist sentenced to 12 years for ties to Navalnys Anti-Corruption Foundation https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/russia-journalist-sentenced-to-12-years-in-prison-for-connections-to-anti-corruption-foundation/ [01:08] TR Bot Russia journalist sentenced to 12 years for ties to Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation - JURIST - News [01:15] TR News Tonybot educational humanoid robot is programmable with Arduino, Scratch, and Python https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/08/01/tonybot-educational-humanoid-robot-is-programmable-with-arduino-scratch-and-python/ [01:15] TR Bot Tonybot educational humanoid robot is programmable with Arduino, Scratch, and Python - CNX Software [01:16] TR News Ty Dolla $ign, Create Music Group Settle Long-Running Copyright LawsuitBut Kanyes Still On the Hook https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/31/ty-dolla-sign-create-music-group-lawsuit/ [01:16] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/31/ty-dolla-sign-create-music-group-lawsuit/ ) [01:16] TR News Creator Orgs Rally in Support of Potentially Game-Changing Copyright Case Vetter v. 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All I had to do was drop it off at the local UPS (United Parcel Service) store around the corner from Chez Boca." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2025/07/31.1 [01:22] TR News "I have a machine with a 3 disk ZFS raidz pool and recently a disk in the pool had faults." gemini://gmi.noulin.net/2025-08-01-resilvering-a-disk-after-faults-with-zfs.gmi [01:23] TR News TTOS 1.2.0 is out https://distrowatch.com/ttos [01:23] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/ttos ) [01:23] TR News South Korean restaurant owner puts pet dog inside fridge to prevent animal from overheating https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-restaurant-owner-puts-pet-dog-inside-fridge-to-prevent-animal-from-overheating [01:23] TR Bot South Korean restaurant owner puts pet dog inside fridge to prevent animal from overheating | The Straits Times [01:24] TR News "Why are all these enviornmental problems popping up all at once, you might ask? Its because we started using a capitalist market system where environmental effects are unaccounted for in transactions. Anyone who loves capitalism should push for regulation. Or well have to replace the entire thing with some odonian Bookchin thing." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/farewell-plastics [01:25] TR News SpellBinding: EHLOSWU Wordo: MASTS gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-08-01.gmi [01:26] TR News Fake Modules gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-07-30-fake-modules [01:28] TR News "I haven't been writing nearly as much as I would like due to my own, well, not exactly fear, I'm not sure what the best word for this is, but because of LLM (Large Language Model)s being shoved down the collective throats of everybody." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2025/08/01.1 [01:28] TR News "It's as if the rest of the world has decided to double down on crazy pills and if you aren't also taking crazy pills, you yourself are crazy and should be shunned from society." [01:29] TR News "Some people, when dumped, take the hint. They delete your number from their phone, cry into a pint of ice cream, and go on with their lives." gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2025-08-01 [01:30] TR News "if these institutions knew that it takes me literally all day and requires all my life blood to write two job applications, they would give me a job i swear..." gemini://xavi4u.flounder.online/gemlog/2025-08-01.gmi [01:31] TR News mad girl supper gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/mad_girl_supper [01:32] TR News "Yes you heard that right, I was a total [REDACTED] and kept the only version of my software on a device prone to breaking. I suffered and I learned. My old static site generator was an incredibly efficient Makefile, consisting of less than 50 lines of code." gopher://tilde.club:70/0/~user18130814200115/posts/0001-the-return-of-the-blog.txt [01:33] TR News "I'm thinking of building a Neocities site to try something new. I've got some ideas it will mostly be a blog, a few pages to log books, films etc. It will be a fun challenge anyway." gemini://tilde.club/~hammie/tiny-gemlog.gmi [01:47] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1370.jpg [01:47] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1720.jpg [01:51] TR News Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights https://techrights.org/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ [01:51] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 02/08/2025: ZFS, LLM Hype, and Fake Modules https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/Gemini_Links_02_08_2025_ZFS_LLM_Hype_and_Fake_Modules.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/Gemini_Links_02_08_2025_ZFS_LLM_Hype_and_Fake_Modules.gmi [01:51] TR Bot Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights [01:51] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 02/08/2025: ZFS, LLM Hype, and Fake Modules [01:53] MinceR (cat) https://ircz.de/p/25062235 [01:53] TR Bot WHOOPSIE [01:59] TR News List memory percentage per user http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/41712/list-memory-percentage-per-user ● Aug 02 [02:00] TR Bot List memory percentage per user Using awk, ps, sort, tail [02:00] TR News TTAB Sustains Disney's Opposition to OSWALD THE RABBIT for Movie and Play Production Due to Lack of Bona Fide Intent http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/08/ttab-sustains-disneys-opposition-to.html [02:00] TR Bot The TTABlog: TTAB Sustains Disney's Opposition to OSWALD THE RABBIT for Movie and Play Production Due to Lack of Bona Fide Intent [02:01] TR News 2025 journalism job cuts tracked: Fortune and Informa Techtarget both cut 10% of workforce https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/journalism-job-cuts-2025-tracked/ [02:01] TR Bot Journalism industry job cuts 2025 tracked with up-to-date list - Press Gazette [02:02] TR News Freelance journalists given rare chance to right wrongs of unfair payment practices https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/freelance-journalist-pay-government-consultation/ [02:02] TR Bot Freelance journalists could benefit from Govt crackdown on poor pay practices - Press Gazette [02:10] TR News Air Pollution Linked With Increased Risk of Brain Bleeds in US Study https://www.sciencealert.com/air-pollution-linked-with-increased-risk-of-brain-bleeds-in-us-study [02:10] TR Bot Pollution Linked With Increased Risk of Brain Bleeds in US Study : ScienceAlert [02:11] TR News stanbul retail inflation reaches 42.48% in July https://bianet.org/haber/istanbul-retail-inflation-reaches-42-48-in-july-310055 [02:11] TR Bot stanbul retail inflation reaches 42.48% in July [02:13] TR News Yemen government urged to end crackdown on journalists https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/yemen-government-urged-to-end-crackdown-on-journalists/ [02:13] TR Bot Yemen government urged to end crackdown on journalists - JURIST - News [02:13] TR News US federal court revives New York judge misconduct lawsuit https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/us-federal-court-revives-lawsuit-over-judicial-misconduct-investigation/ [02:13] TR Bot US federal court revives New York judge misconduct lawsuit - JURIST - News [02:14] TR News Flight attendants sue Boeing over MAX 9 panel blowout incident: report https://nypost.com/2025/08/01/us-news/alaska-airlines-flight-attendants-sue-boeing-for-mid-air-cabin-panel-blowout/ "negligence in manufacturing practices" [02:14] TR Bot Alaska Airlines flight attendants sue Boeing for mid-air cabin panel blowout [02:15] TR News Mozilla Localization (L10N): L10n Report: July Edition 2025 https://blog.mozilla.org/l10n/2025/07/31/l10n-report-july-edition-2025/ [02:15] TR Bot L10n Report: July Edition 2025 Mozilla L10N [02:15] TR News YALA Yet Another Linter Aggregator https://www.linuxlinks.com/yala-yet-another-linter-aggregator/ [02:15] TR Bot - Yet Another Linter Aggregator - LinuxLinks [02:16] TR News codename goose Hey Hi (AI) agent https://www.linuxlinks.com/codename-goose-ai-agent/ [02:16] TR Bot goose - AI agent - LinuxLinks [02:16] TR News Firefly AIBOX-3588S Embedded Fanless PC: Power Consumption https://www.linuxlinks.com/firefly-aibox-3588s-embedded-fanless-pc-power-consumption/ [02:16] TR Bot AIBOX-3588S Embedded Fanless PC: Power Consumption - LinuxLinks [02:16] TR News Bandit find security issues in Python code https://www.linuxlinks.com/bandit-find-security-issues-python-code/ [02:16] TR Bot - find security issues in Python code - LinuxLinks [02:18] TR News libinput 1.29.0 https://lore.freedesktop.org/wayland-devel/20250731092534.GA4100432@quokka/T/#u [02:18] TR Bot [ANNOUNCE] libinput 1.29.0 [02:20] TR News Shebang 25.8 is out https://distrowatch.com/shebang [02:20] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/shebang ) [02:20] IsambardPrince https://www.cbsnews.com/news/stock-market-dow-jones-trump-tariff-jobs-report/ [02:20] TR Bot Dow falls over 500 points as investors digest hiring slowdown and new U.S. tariffs - CBS News [02:20] TR News TrueNAS 25.04.2 and Dr.Parted 25.08 also out https://distrowatch.com/truenas https://distrowatch.com/drparted [02:20] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/truenas ) [02:20] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/drparted ) [02:21] IsambardPrince schestowitz-pi, After the BLS revised the jobs down for May and June by 258,000 and said July was only 73,000, Trump fired the head of the agency and said he'll appoint someone else. [02:21] IsambardPrince So that means that further reports will be made up numbers. [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] make it up [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] fake it [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] till you make it\ [02:21] IsambardPrince For many months now, it's been pretty obvious that the jobs market is in deep trouble. [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] or your term ends [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] like bush 2008 [02:21] IsambardPrince Right, lying means that you can blame every person who is unemployed. [02:22] IsambardPrince Even though there's no work. [02:22] TR News FOSS Weekly #25.31: Kernel 6.16, OpenMandriva Review, Conky Customization, System Monitoring and More https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-25-31/ [02:22] TR Bot timed out after 10000 milliseconds ( status 0 @ https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-25-31/ ) [02:22] TR News Protons New 2FA Authenticator App Supports Ubuntu https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/proton-authenticator-2fa-app-linux-desktop [02:22] TR Bot Proton's New 2FA Authenticator App Supports Ubuntu - OMG! Ubuntu [02:22] TR News Thomas Bechtold: Streamline Root Filesystem Modifications with chimg https://toabctl.wordpress.com/2025/07/31/streamline-root-filesystem-modifications-with-chimg/ [02:22] TR Bot Streamline Root Filesystem Modifications with chimg | toabctl's blog [02:23] IsambardPrince ""Stocks are not reacting well to the information we've received over the past two days and it's no surprise as to why," Bret Kenwell, an investment analyst at eToro, said in an email to CBS MoneyWatch. "Inflation is ticking higher, jobs growth is stagnating, and while the tariff situation has improved from a few months ago, August 1st serves as a reminder that it's not fully resolved."" [02:24] TR News TkmViewer analyse TaskMonitor output https://www.linuxlinks.com/tkmviewer-analyse-taskmonitor-output/ [02:24] TR Bot - analyse TaskMonitor output - LinuxLinks [02:24] TR News Wangle networking library https://www.linuxlinks.com/wangle-networking-library/ [02:24] TR Bot - networking library - LinuxLinks [02:24] TR News Pylama code audit tool for Python https://www.linuxlinks.com/pylama-code-audit-tool-python/ [02:24] TR Bot - code audit tool for Python - LinuxLinks [02:25] TR News Best Free and Open Source Software: July 2025 Updates https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-software-july-2025-updates/ [02:25] TR Bot Free and Open Source Software: July 2025 Updates - LinuxLinks [02:26] TR News 7 Ways to Fix Broken Packages in Ubuntu GNU/Linux https://linux.how2shout.com/7-ways-to-fix-broken-packages-in-ubuntu-linux/ [02:26] TR Bot Ubuntu Broken Packages? Fix Them Fast With These 7 Methods [02:26] schestowitz[TR2] Re: FSF DDOS [02:26] schestowitz[TR2] > Looks like a good subject for an episode. [02:26] schestowitz[TR2] > Michael at fsf seems interested in talking about it. [02:26] schestowitz[TR2] > cheers, [02:26] schestowitz[TR2] Excellent, I like it! [02:30] TR News DragonFly DRM updated https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2025/07/31/dragonfly-drm-updated/ [02:30] TR Bot DragonFly DRM updated DragonFly BSD Digest [02:31] TR News Kernel 6.16: Fine-tuning the details https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/kernel-6.16-fine-tuning-the-details.html [02:31] TR Bot Kernel 6.16: Fine-tuning the details [02:33] TR News Remi Collet: PHP version 8.3.24 and 8.4.11 https://blog.remirepo.net/post/2025/08/01/PHP-version-8.3.24-and-8.4.11 [02:33] TR Bot PHP version 8.3.24 and 8.4.11 - Remi's RPM repository - Blog [02:34] TR News Quick Fix: Recover a Corrupted Btrfs Filesystem in Minutes https://cubiclenate.com/2025/07/31/quick-fix-recover-a-corrupted-btrfs-filesystem-in-minutes/ [02:34] TR Bot Fixing Btrfs Filesystem Corruption in Single-User Mode [02:36] IsambardPrince https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/chatgpt-users-shocked-to-learn-their-chats-were-in-google-search-results/ [02:36] TR Bot ChatGPT users shocked to learn their chats were in Google search results - Ars Technica [02:36] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], ^ [02:36] *SomeGoat has quit (connection closed) [02:36] schestowitz[TR2] yup [02:36] schestowitz[TR2] why not? [02:37] TR News DuckStation PS1 Emulator Dev May Drop GNU/Linux Support After AUR Frustrations https://linuxiac.com/duckstation-ps1-emulator-dev-may-drop-linux-support-after-aur-frustrations/ [02:37] TR Bot DuckStation PS1 Emulator Dev May Drop Linux Support After AUR Frustrations [02:37] TR News Arch AUR Under Fire Once More as Malware Resurfaces https://linuxiac.com/arch-aur-under-fire-once-more-as-malware-resurfaces/ [02:37] TR Bot Arch AUR Under Fire Once More as Malware Resurfaces [02:37] TR News Incus 6.15 Container & Virtual Machine Manager Released https://linuxiac.com/incus-6-15-container-virtual-machine-manager-released/ [02:37] TR Bot Incus 6.15 Container & Virtual Machine Manager Released [02:37] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: [02:38] schestowitz[TR2] "they trust me./.. dumb fucks" - Zuck [02:38] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/technology/sam-altman-sister-lawsuit.html [02:38] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/technology/sam-altman-sister-lawsuit.html ) [02:38] TR News RustDesk 1.4.1 Remote Desktop Adds Terminal and Stylus Support https://linuxiac.com/rustdesk-1-4-1-remote-desktop-adds-terminal-and-stylus-support/ [02:38] TR Bot RustDesk 1.4.1 Remote Desktop Adds Terminal and Stylus Support [02:39] TR News Follow Journalctl Logs in Realtime to Monitor System and Services https://linuxhandbook.com/tail-journalctl-logs/ [02:39] TR Bot Follow Journalctl Logs to Monitor System and Services [02:39] TR News Chapter 7: Control Flow With Loops https://linuxhandbook.com/courses/awk/awk-loops/ [02:39] TR Bot Chapter 7: Control Flow With Loops [02:39] TR News How to Install SoundConverter on FunOS https://funos.org/install-soundconverter-funos/ [02:39] TR Bot How to Install SoundConverter on FunOS FunOS [02:40] TR News Automatic certificate provisioning with cert-manager and DNS challenge https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/08/01/automatic-certificate-provisioning-cert-manager-and-dns-challenge [02:40] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/08/01/automatic-certificate-provisioning-cert-manager-and-dns-challenge ) [02:41] TR News Arch GNU/Linux Installer Gets U2F Authentication and Bluetooth Support https://9to5linux.com/arch-linux-installer-gets-u2f-authentication-and-bluetooth-support [02:41] TR Bot Linux Installer Gets U2F Authentication and Bluetooth Support - 9to5Linux [02:42] TR News RecipeSage recipe keeper, meal planner and shopping list organizer https://www.linuxlinks.com/recipesage-recipe-keeper-meal-planner-shopping-list-organizer/ [02:42] TR Bot - recipe keeper, meal planner and shopping list organizer - LinuxLinks [02:42] TR News LHB GNU/Linux Digest #25.20: Journalctl Logs, Semgrep, lsattr, chattr and More GNU/Linux Stuff https://linuxhandbook.com/newsletter/25-20/ [02:42] TR Bot LHB Linux Digest #25.20: Journalctl Logs, Semgrep, lsattr, chattr and More Linux Stuff [02:42] TR News Michael Ablassmeier: libvirt - incremental backups for raw devices https://abbbi.github.io//datafile/ [02:42] TR Bot libvirt - incremental backups for raw devices Michael Ablassmeier .. 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[03:06] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Most of the Federal Reserve governors have terms ending after Trump is gone. [03:06] IsambardPrince And even after Jerome Powell's term is up as Chair, he's got another 2 years almost before his term as a governor is up. [03:07] IsambardPrince So Trump can probably only name a couple unless there are resignations. [03:07] IsambardPrince Kugler resigned today, but her term was up at the end of January anyway. [03:07] IsambardPrince It's just unlikely to change the course of interest rate decisions no matter what Trump does. There were only 2 votes in favor of lowering rates this month. [03:10] IsambardPrince The majority of the board isn't going anywhere while Trump's term is in effect, so they have no particular reason to care. They're already appointed and he's in no position to replace them. [03:12] MinceR well, he could replace them with an Official Act [03:24] TR News Techrights Microsoft Actually in Trouble, Microsofters Unable to Obey Judges' Orders https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/Microsoft_Actually_in_Trouble_Microsofters_Unable_to_Obey_Judge.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/Microsoft_Actually_in_Trouble_Microsofters_Unable_to_Obey_Judge.gmi [03:24] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Actually in Trouble, Microsofters Unable to Obey Judges' Orders [03:29] *\join_su1line has quit (Quit: leaving) [03:32] IsambardPrince MinceR, I told someone "My dad delayed until 70, of course he may not get as much as if he took it at 62, thanks to the fact that he's had two emergency surgeries, including one because his heart is clogged and he went down last year while mowing the lawn. [03:32] IsambardPrince [03:32] IsambardPrince Then he went out and mowed the lawn again this year, and he went flying down a hill and into the neighbor's fence, and broke his hand." [03:32] IsambardPrince On collecting Social Security. [03:32] IsambardPrince "I told him pay someone to mow the lawn. He has the money." [03:36] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: draft? [03:36] schestowitz[TR2] re google [03:39] TR News Techrights Slopwatch: The Issue Persists, But the Consensus in the Media Changes as Google Enrages It With LLM Plagiarism https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/Slopwatch_The_Issue_Persists_But_the_Consensus_in_the_Media_Cha.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/Slopwatch_The_Issue_Persists_But_the_Consensus_in_the_Media_Cha.gmi [03:39] TR Bot Techrights Slopwatch: The Issue Persists, But the Consensus in the Media Changes as Google Enrages It With LLM Plagiarism [03:40] TR News "Avram Piltch has served as US editor for The Register".... 7 out of 8 of his articles so far are Microsoft! https://www.theregister.com/Author/Avram-Piltch [03:40] TR Bot Avram Piltch The Register [03:41] TR News Cybercrooks attached Raspberry Pi to bank network and drained ATM cash https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/01/cybercrooks_bribed_lackeys_in_physical/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/07/29/Cash_Machines_ATMs_Make_Mistakes_and_They_re_Proprietary_Softwa.shtml [03:41] TR Bot Cybercrooks use Raspberry Pi to steal ATM cash The Register [03:41] TR Bot Techrights Cash Machines (ATMs) Make Mistakes and They're Proprietary Software [03:43] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Yeah. [03:43] schestowitz[TR2] see latest [03:43] schestowitz[TR2] maybe you have more insights [03:43] schestowitz[TR2] the web is becoming BS [03:43] schestowitz[TR2] even Google [03:43] schestowitz[TR2] BS [03:44] IsambardPrince The one about slop? [03:44] IsambardPrince Very little seems to be about google. [03:44] schestowitz[TR2] see end [03:44] schestowitz[TR2] also start [03:44] IsambardPrince I hate Google. It's gotten so bad that I've just used DuckDuckGo even though I know what it is. [03:44] schestowitz[TR2] google is s slop gateway\ [03:45] schestowitz[TR2] try searx [03:45] schestowitz[TR2] https://search.rhscz.eu/ [03:45] TR Bot rhsCZ SearXNG [03:45] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Google Now is promoting "articles" from something called "Cheezburger". [03:45] schestowitz[TR2] it's not excellent [03:45] IsambardPrince And "Cheezburger" is using AMP. [03:45] schestowitz[TR2] but at least you know what it is [03:45] IsambardPrince :) [03:46] IsambardPrince So much for journalism. [03:47] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], RE ATMs [03:47] TR News Microsofts CFO Just Sent a Company Email Thats a Master Class in How Not to Talk About Bad News https://www.inc.com/kit-eaton/microsofts-cfo-just-sent-a-company-email-thats-a-masterclass-in-how-not-to-talk-about-bad-news/91222083 [03:47] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.inc.com/kit-eaton/microsofts-cfo-just-sent-a-company-email-thats-a-masterclass-in-how-not-to-talk-about-bad-news/91222083 ) [03:47] IsambardPrince Mom's bank has an ATM that spits out $20 short sometimes. [03:47] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: journalism exists [03:47] schestowitz[TR2] but [03:47] IsambardPrince But it takes the full amount out of her checking. [03:47] schestowitz[TR2] it needs to compete with happy meals and junk food [03:47] schestowitz[TR2] and many are popor [03:47] IsambardPrince She ruined her relationship with the credit union when she threw her car into bankruptcy. [03:47] schestowitz[TR2] or lack media literacy [03:47] schestowitz[TR2] so they walk into subway\ [03:47] schestowitz[TR2] not a restaurant [03:47] IsambardPrince Then had to go get another car at more than 4x the interest rate from the credit union. [03:48] IsambardPrince So she might as well have just kept the white Impala the credit union financed. [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] Mom's bank has an ATM that spits out $20 short sometimes. [03:48] IsambardPrince They had no right to repo it and had to give her the title if she kept paying on it. [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] she can withdraw from a teller [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] and count in front of him/her [03:48] IsambardPrince Too easy. [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] i did that last month [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] take in volume [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] hundreds [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] and count [03:48] IsambardPrince Actually, one of the tellers there is so dumb they can't count money. [03:48] IsambardPrince You have to wonder where all these people come from these days. [03:49] schestowitz[TR2] some hate physical money [03:49] IsambardPrince It took me an hour to argue with someone like this at my doctor's office for my pre-surgery visit. [03:49] schestowitz[TR2] some young people grew without it [03:49] schestowitz[TR2] and fail to count money [03:49] schestowitz[TR2] \ [03:49] schestowitz[TR2] \properly, fast, accurately [03:49] schestowitz[TR2] i know which tills to avoid [03:49] schestowitz[TR2] as some steal from me [03:49] schestowitz[TR2] every time [03:49] schestowitz[TR2] https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2024/09/17/staff-that-steals-from-customers/ [03:49] TR Bot Blog Archive Staff That Steals From Customers and Whose Bosses Cover Up for the Stealing [03:51] TR News blowout earnings or blowout DEBT? https://www.businessinsider.com/microsofts-cfo-intensity-internal-earnings-memo http://techrights.org/n/2025/08/01/Microsoft_s_Debt_Exploded_by_15_4_Billion_Dollars_in_the_Past_9.shtml [03:51] TR Bot Microsoft CFO Calls for 'Intensity' in Memo, After Blowout Earnings - Business Insider [03:51] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft's Debt Exploded by 15.4 Billion Dollars in the Past 9 Months Alone (Despite All the Layoffs) [03:54] TR News Fagioli slowed down a lot. Hopefully realising that creating his own slopfarm rather than turning BetaNews into one won't work. [03:56] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], A conversation on Social Security checks being docked to pay back student loans. [03:56] schestowitz[TR2] i know [03:56] IsambardPrince I pointed out that this is why people should not co-sign on a child's student loans. [03:56] IsambardPrince Signing something where bankruptcy won't help you and they can take your Social Security check is something you shouldn't do. ● Aug 02 [04:02] TR News Techrights Upcoming OSI Scandal Series https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/Upcoming_OSI_Scandal_Series.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/Upcoming_OSI_Scandal_Series.gmi [04:02] TR Bot Techrights Upcoming OSI Scandal Series [04:03] schestowitz[TR2] ruggt [04:03] schestowitz[TR2] right [04:03] schestowitz[TR2] but they think shorterm [04:03] schestowitz[TR2] today [04:03] schestowitz[TR2] immediate gratification [04:03] schestowitz[TR2] get money [04:03] schestowitz[TR2] worry later [04:11] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Even if Austin (that person I dated briefly) ever gets Social Security, they'll take all of it to pay his student loans. [04:11] IsambardPrince He's 44 years old now, still lives on a college campue. [04:11] IsambardPrince Delivers pizzas. [04:12] IsambardPrince It wouldn't be much of a Social Security check and they'll take all of it. [04:12] IsambardPrince He'll be homeless because he took out these student loans. [04:13] TR News Old: Complain About -- Don't Work Around -- Microsoft's Abusive UEFI Scheme https://techrights.org/o/2013/02/01/uefi-scheme-anger/index.shtml [04:13] TR Bot Complain About -- Don't Work Around -- Microsoft's Abusive UEFI Scheme [04:13] TR News AnandTech URLs are already breaking, e.g. in https://lwn.net/Articles/987847/ - see http://techrights.org/n/2024/08/31/Links_31_08_2024_Kremlin_Targets_Galina_Timchenko_AnandTech_Say.shtml and http://techrights.org/n/2024/08/31/Cheaters_and_Spammers_Like_These_Do_Real_Damage_to_Real_Sites_L.shtml [04:13] TR Bot shuts down [LWN.net] [04:13] TR Bot Techrights Links 31/08/2024: Kremlin Targets Galina Timchenko, AnandTech Saying Goodbye [04:13] TR Bot Techrights Cheaters and Spammers Like These Do Real Damage to Real Sites (Like AnandTech) [04:15] TR News AnandTech dead links: https://www.itworld.com/article/2879484/anandtech-reviews-googles-nexus-9-tablet.html https://www.infoworld.com/article/3034243/android/is-googles-pixel-c-worth-buying.html https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3021818/intels-dropping-support-for-bios-making-your-old-software-useless-on-new-machines [04:15] TR Bot ( status 503 @ https://www.itworld.com/article/2879484/anandtech-reviews-googles-nexus-9-tablet.html ) [04:15] TR Bot ( status 404 @ https://www.infoworld.com/article/3034243/android/is-googles-pixel-c-worth-buying.html ) [04:15] TR News So the site is basically being dismantled now [04:15] TR Bot ( status 522 @ https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3021818/intels-dropping-support-for-bios-making-your-old-software-useless-on-new-machines ) [04:16] TR News iophk: found a direct link, it is dead too https://www.anandtech.com/show/21258/german-court-bans-sales-of-select-intel-cpus-in-germany https://www.anandtech.com/show/21270/arm-announces-neoverse-v3-and-n3-cpu-cores [04:16] TR Bot AnandTech Forums: Technology, Hardware, Software, and Deals [04:16] TR News No worries, LLM slop will make up for it ^_^ [04:17] TR News UK to never allow political extradition of Hongkongers after alarm over law changes https://hongkongfp.com/2025/08/01/uk-to-never-allow-political-extradition-of-hongkongers-after-alarm-over-law-changes/ [04:17] TR Bot UK to 'never allow' political extradition of Hongkongers: security minister [04:30] TR News Hong Kong man arrested for allegedly threatening media outlets to publish seditious report https://hongkongfp.com/2025/08/01/hong-kong-man-arrested-for-allegedly-threatening-media-outlets-to-publish-seditious-report/ [04:30] TR Bot HK man nabbed for allegedly threatening media outlets to publish 'seditious' report [04:30] TR News The Unconventional Innovator Scholarship https://blog.trailofbits.com/2025/08/01/the-unconventional-innovator-scholarship/ [04:30] TR Bot The Unconventional Innovator Scholarship -The Trail of Bits Blog [04:31] TR News Nvidia says no backdoors in chips as China questions security https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/nvidia-says-no-backdoors-in-chips-as-china-questions-security [04:31] TR Bot Nvidia says no backdoors in chips as China questions security | The Straits Times [04:32] TR News China summons chip giant Nvidia over alleged security risks https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-summons-chip-giant-nvidia-over-alleged-security-risks [04:32] TR Bot China summons chip giant Nvidia over alleged security risks | The Straits Times [04:32] TR News China raises security concerns over Nvidia's H20 Chips hardware may expose user data or hidden tracking functions https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/china-raises-security-concerns-over-nvidias-h20-chips-hardware-may-expose-user-data-or-hidden-tracking-functions [04:32] TR Bot China raises security concerns over Nvidia's H20 Chips hardware may expose user data or hidden tracking functions | Tom's Hardware [04:33] TR News DFIR tools and techniques for tracing user footprints through Shellbags https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/dfir-tools-and-techniques-for-tracing-user-footprints-through-shellbags/ [04:33] TR Bot DFIR tools and techniques for tracing user footprints through Shellbags | Pen Test Partners [04:36] IsambardPrince https://old.reddit.com/r/illinois/comments/1mf6ga8/im_so_glad_that_i_didnt_use_my_ac_for_20_cents/ [04:36] TR Bot Im so glad that I didnt use my A/C for 20 cents : illinois [04:36] IsambardPrince LOL [04:37] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], For not running their air conditioner for 4 hours during a peak time savings event, they got a 20 cent credit on their electric bill. [04:38] IsambardPrince https://www.ibtimes.sg/illinois-man-commits-suicide-cops-approach-arrest-him-over-failed-kidnapping-two-teenage-girls-81028 [04:38] TR Bot Illinois Man Commits Suicide as Cops Approach to Arrest Him Over Failed Kidnapping of Two Teenage Girls [04:41] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I crushed another cockroach and zapped another today. [04:41] IsambardPrince Haven't seen any near the computer in a while. [04:41] IsambardPrince Last year it was earwigs. [04:41] IsambardPrince We killed like 200 of them or something, mostly with the zapper. [04:44] IsambardPrince I think the landlord chased them into our apartment by spraying some crap they got at Walmart in the hallway. [04:53] TR News Techrights LLM Slop Harms Real Literature, Real Web Sites, Real Journalism https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/LLM_Slop_Harms_Real_Literature_Real_Web_Sites_Real_Journalism.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/LLM_Slop_Harms_Real_Literature_Real_Web_Sites_Real_Journalism.gmi [04:53] TR Bot Techrights LLM Slop Harms Real Literature, Real Web Sites, Real Journalism ● Aug 02 [05:10] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I put all the food in ziploc bags just in case. I didn't see any evidence the roaches were getting into it. [05:10] IsambardPrince But cleanliness and airtight containers are now part of the strategy to make my apartment less appealing to them. [05:11] TR News Techrights When (Almost) One-Man Operations Are Disguised as Medium-Sized Companies https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/When_Almost_One_Man_Operations_Are_Disguised_as_Medium_Sized_Co.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/When_Almost_One_Man_Operations_Are_Disguised_as_Medium_Sized_Co.gmi [05:11] TR Bot Techrights When (Almost) One-Man Operations Are Disguised as Medium-Sized Companies [05:11] IsambardPrince I've been paranoid about vacuuming or wiping up food crumbs, tossing out the particles in the sink strainers, doing dishes as we're using them. [05:12] IsambardPrince I think it's starting to pay off. I only saw two today. None yesterday. [05:12] IsambardPrince Killed both the ones I saw. [05:13] IsambardPrince It's sort of fun zapping bugs with this electric swatter. [05:13] IsambardPrince Although zapping roaches makes a terrible smell. [05:24] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: keep classy [05:24] TR News Techrights Free Software is Not a Business Model https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/Free_Software_is_Not_a_Business_Model.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/Free_Software_is_Not_a_Business_Model.gmi [05:24] TR Bot Techrights Free Software is Not a Business Model [05:25] TR News Nvidia says no backdoors in chips allowing remote access, as China questions security https://hongkongfp.com/2025/08/01/nvidia-says-no-backdoors-in-chips-allowing-remote-access-as-china-questions-security/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/07/04/NVidia_is_a_Bubble.shtml [05:25] TR Bot Nvidia says no 'backdoors' in chips allowing remote access, as China questions security [05:25] TR Bot Techrights NVidia is a Bubble [05:26] TR News Speaking, Volunteering, Parenting, and Exploring Nature My Week at OSS Summit NA 2025 https://openssf.org/blog/2025/07/31/speaking-volunteering-parenting-and-exploring-nature-my-week-at-oss-summit-na-2025/ [05:26] TR Bot Speaking, Volunteering, Parenting, and Exploring Nature My Week at OSS Summit NA 2025 Open Source Security Foundation [05:28] TR News How Salt Typhoon breached the National Guard and what it means for U.S. cybersecurity https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2025/07/how-salt-typhoon-breached-the-national-guard-and-what-it-means-for-u-s-cybersecurity/ [05:28] TR Bot How Salt Typhoon breached the National Guard and what it means for U.S. cybersecurity [05:28] TR News Cannibal Modernity: Oswald de Andrades Manifesto Antropfago (1928) https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/manifesto-antropofago [05:28] TR Bot Cannibal Modernity: Oswald de Andrades *Manifesto Antropfago* (1928) The Public Domain Review [05:31] TR News Its National Whistleblower Day and OSC is recognizing some public servants https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2025/07/its-national-whistleblower-day-and-osc-is-recognizing-some-public-servants/ [05:31] TR Bot Its National Whistleblower Day and OSC is recognizing some public servants [05:31] TR News DOJ offers to pay whistleblowers for successful antitrust claims https://federalnewsnetwork.com/agency-oversight/2025/07/doj-offers-to-pay-whistleblowers-for-successful-antitrust-claims/ [05:31] TR Bot DOJ offers to pay whistleblowers for successful antitrust claims [05:32] TR News Out of court settlement, de facto: Whos suing Hey Hi (AI) and whos signing: Gannett signs up with Perplexity https://pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/news-publisher-ai-deals-lawsuits-openai-google/ [05:32] TR Bot News generative AI deals revealed: Who is suing, who is signing? [05:33] TR News AAEON PICO-MTU4-SEMI may be the worlds smallest defective chip maker Intel Core Ultra mini PC https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/07/31/aaeon-pico-mtu4-semi-world-smallest-intel-core-ultra-meteor-lake-mini-pc/ [05:33] TR Bot AAEON PICO-MTU4-SEMI may be the world's smallest Intel Core Ultra mini PC - CNX Software [05:33] TR News microSD-express Pi Adapter is an ultra-small microSD Express adapter for the Raspberry Pi 5 https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/08/01/microsd-express-pi-adapter-is-an-ultra-small-microsd-express-adapter-for-the-raspberry-pi-5/ [05:33] TR Bot microSD-express Pi Adapter is an ultra-small microSD Express adapter for the Raspberry Pi 5 - CNX Software [05:34] TR News Spying on People Through Airportr Luggage Delivery Service https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/08/spying-on-people-through-airportr-luggage-delivery-service.html [05:34] TR Bot on People Through Airportr Luggage Delivery Service - Schneier on Security [05:35] TR News ECB abuse against staff https://www.bfmtv.com/economie/international/la-bce-epinglee-parce-qu-elle-oblige-les-elus-du-personnel-a-consacrer-une-partie-de-leur-temps-a-leur-travail-tous-les-jours_AN-202507290228.html [05:35] TR Bot Contraintes sur les reprsentants du personnel, favoritisme prfr la performance professionnelle... Vent de fronde des salaris de la BCE contre la prsidente Christine Lagarde [05:37] IsambardPrince IsambardPrince: keep classy [05:37] IsambardPrince The window upstairs is still broken. [05:37] IsambardPrince I wonder what they plan to do this winter. [05:44] IsambardPrince https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/08/01/july-jobs-report-recession/85473564007/ [05:44] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://eu.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/08/01/july-jobs-report-recession/85473564007/ ) [05:45] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], We went out to eat the other day and we were the only ones in the entire restaurant. [05:45] IsambardPrince That's been happening more often. [05:46] IsambardPrince https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/08/01/july-jobs-report-recession/85473564007/ [05:46] IsambardPrince Yeah, federal workers rushed to take those voluntary fork in the road offers. Now they have no job and they're not finding jobs. [05:47] IsambardPrince If they had dug in then at least some of them may still be employed. [05:47] IsambardPrince https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/07/china-claims-nvidia-built-backdoor-into-h20-chip-designed-for-chinese-market/ [05:47] TR Bot China claims Nvidia built backdoor into H20 chip designed for Chinese market - Ars Technica [05:47] IsambardPrince "Beijing has summoned Nvidia over alleged security issues with its chips, in a blow to the US companys push to revive sales in the country after Washington granted approval for the export of a made-for-China chip." [05:47] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Do you know anyone who.... [05:49] IsambardPrince I'd like to have one of those Chinese laptops. I think Stallman ordered one of an earlier model. [05:53] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I wonder how the landlord likes the bad jobs market. [05:53] IsambardPrince Less people who can pay rent. [05:53] IsambardPrince Trump's deporting illegal immigrants very fast, and randomly. So they've all gone to ground if they can. [05:53] IsambardPrince To try to make it harder for ICE to find them. [05:54] IsambardPrince They don't just stand outside Home Depot or necessarily even go to church anymore. [05:54] IsambardPrince I was reading an article that said that many predominantly Hispanic churches are getting pretty empty and donations are drying up too. [05:54] IsambardPrince MinceR, Maybe we'll get lucky and many will collapse. [05:55] IsambardPrince People too afraid of an ICE raid there. Watching their money because it's harder to get jobs, so they start by stiffing the church. [05:57] TR News Repackaging the Same Flawed Ideas on Patent Quality https://patentprogress.org/2025/07/repackaging-the-same-flawed-ideas-on-patent-quality/ [05:57] TR Bot Repackaging the Same Flawed Ideas on Patent Quality - Patent Progress [05:57] TR News HP and Freshfields successfully defend printer cartridges in Munich https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/hp-and-freshfields-successfully-defend-printer-cartridges-in-munich/ [05:57] TR Bot HP and Freshfields successfully defend printer cartridges in Munich - JUVE Patent [05:58] TR News Ideology, Expertise, and the Evolving Federal Circuit https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/07/ideology-expertise-evolving.html [05:58] TR Bot Ideology, Expertise, and the Evolving Federal Circuit | Patently-O ● Aug 02 [06:00] TR News USPTO Closes AAPA Door: New Memo Practically Reverses Shockwave from Below https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/07/practically-reverses-shockwave.html [06:00] TR Bot USPTO Closes AAPA Door: New Memo Practically Reverses Shockwave from Below | Patently-O [06:02] TR News Bittersweet win for inventor against Aldi at Regional Court Dsseldorf https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/bittersweet-win-for-inventor-against-aldi-at-regional-court-dusseldorf/ [06:02] TR Bot Bittersweet win for inventor against Aldi at Regional Court Dsseldorf - JUVE Patent [06:04] *wallacer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [06:07] TR News BSD Now 622: Interview with Mark Phillips - Technical Marketing Manager at the FreeBSD Foundation https://www.bsdnow.tv/622 [06:07] TR Bot BSD Now 622: Interview with Mark Phillips - Technical Marketing Manager at the FreeBSD Foundation [06:07] *wallacer (~quassel@2x2w4qfz3wksg.irc) has joined #techrights [06:07] TR News 97: Tortuous Negotiations https://mwl.io/archives/24249 "Ive been in more than one IT organization where the various groups feel frustrated or full-out angry with one other." [06:07] TR Bot 97: Tortuous Negotiations Michael W Lucas [06:08] IsambardPrince https://www.foxnews.com/category/tech/artificial-intelligence [06:08] TR Bot Artificial Intelligence | Fox News [06:08] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], ^ [06:08] IsambardPrince Errr. [06:08] TR News curl adds parallel host control https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/08/01/curl-adds-parallel-host-control/ [06:08] TR Bot adds parallel host control | daniel.haxx.se [06:08] IsambardPrince https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/mcdonalds-plans-major-ai-expansion-streamline-customer-orders-executive-says [06:08] TR Bot McDonald's plans to double down on AI globally by 2027 | Fox Business [06:08] IsambardPrince LOL [06:08] schestowitz[TR2] lots of hype [06:08] schestowitz[TR2] i skip it [06:08] schestowitz[TR2] helps to also mock it [06:08] IsambardPrince Here's another failed expensive bs campaign. [06:08] schestowitz[TR2] IBM [06:08] schestowitz[TR2] 2.0 [06:08] schestowitz[TR2] maybe they should try Microsoft [06:08] schestowitz[TR2] then "Meta" [06:08] schestowitz[TR2] with their "hey hi" [06:09] schestowitz[TR2] McDonald's makes empty promises [06:09] schestowitz[TR2] to pump up the shares [06:09] schestowitz[TR2] people ordering with "apps" = "AI" [06:09] schestowitz[TR2] maybe McDonald's should also do home delivery [06:09] schestowitz[TR2] with All Indians [06:09] IsambardPrince McDonalds previous attempts at AI integration have seen mixed results. Last summer, the company scrapped a separate drive-thru voice-ordering initiative after telling franchisees the technology failed to meet expectations in early trials. [06:09] schestowitz[TR2] shipping the burders and fries [06:09] IsambardPrince LOL [06:10] schestowitz[TR2] at $1/hour [06:10] schestowitz[TR2] "AI": [06:10] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], One hot fudge sundae. Extra ketchup. Extra pickles. [06:10] IsambardPrince Trying to imagine what this would taste like. [06:10] schestowitz[TR2] https://nichegamer.com/amazons-walk-out-grocery-store-ai-was-actually-just-indian-contractors/ [06:10] TR Bot Amazons walk-out grocery store AI was actually just Indian contractors [06:11] TR News IEPG at IETF 123 https://blog.apnic.net/2025/08/01/iepg-at-ietf-123/ [06:11] TR Bot IEPG at IETF 123 | APNIC Blog [06:11] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: like cheetos [06:11] schestowitz[TR2] with sugar [06:11] schestowitz[TR2] apropos cheetos [06:11] schestowitz[TR2] gulagboy is in a foss event [06:11] schestowitz[TR2] cheetos./.. [06:11] schestowitz[TR2] training sweatpants [06:16] IsambardPrince I'm sure the roaches would like that. [06:16] IsambardPrince I'm on a quest to leave nothing accessible to them. [06:16] IsambardPrince If they find nothing to eat they won't do so well here. [06:17] IsambardPrince Dropped the humidity down to 35%. [06:17] IsambardPrince Next step is to give them something to eat. [06:17] IsambardPrince Roach poison. [06:18] IsambardPrince Picking some up at Walmart today. [06:18] IsambardPrince It said you might notice more roach activity for a while near the traps. [06:18] IsambardPrince They bring it back with them into the nest and share. [06:18] IsambardPrince Don't worry boys, enough to go around. [06:19] IsambardPrince I'm gen daddy. [06:19] IsambardPrince They call me that. [06:19] IsambardPrince Then they die. [06:19] IsambardPrince :D [06:19] IsambardPrince The roaches do. For clarification. [06:19] IsambardPrince That sounded like John Wayne Gacy there for a moment. [06:39] TR News Australia to force Surveillance Giant Google to conduct age checks in world-first rules for search engines https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australia-to-force-google-to-perform-age-checks-in-world-first-rules-for-search-engines [06:39] TR Bot Australia to force Google to perform age checks in world-first rules for search engines | The Straits Times [06:41] TR News Google 'Search' is Fast Becoming No Better Than Social Control Media Infested With Bots https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/30/Google_Search_is_Fast_Becoming_No_Better_Than_Social_Control_Me.shtml [06:41] TR Bot Techrights Google 'Search' is Fast Becoming No Better Than Social Control Media Infested With Bots [06:41] TR News As Expected, Surveillance Giant Google in the UK Now Experiments With Slop Instead of Web Search (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/01/As_Expected_Google_in_the_UK_Now_Experiments_With_Slop_Instead_.shtml [06:41] TR Bot Techrights As Expected, Google in the UK Now Experiments With Slop Instead of Web Search [06:42] TR News Google as a 'Bullshit Generator' Disguised as Intelligence (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/01/Google_as_a_Bullshit_Generator_Disguised_as_Intelligence.shtml [06:42] TR Bot Techrights Google as a 'Bullshit Generator' Disguised as Intelligence [06:42] TR News Major UK publishers have seen Surveillance Giant Google search visibility drop by up to 80% since 2019 https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/major-uk-publishers-have-seen-google-search-visibility-drop-by-up-to-80-since-2019/ [06:42] TR Bot Publishers see search visibility drop by up to 80% since 2019 - Press Gazette [06:43] TR News Google Loses Appeal of Order to Revamp App Store Policies https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/31/google-appeal-app-store-policies/ [06:43] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/31/google-appeal-app-store-policies/ ) [06:43] TR News Rural crime prevention hindered by lack of surveillance infrastructure, says Mashatile https://www.protectionweb.co.za/civil-security/rural-crime-prevention-hindered-by-lack-of-surveillance-infrastructure-says-mashatile/ [06:43] TR Bot Rural crime prevention hindered by lack of surveillance infrastructure, says Mashatile - ProtectionWeb [06:44] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Yeah, the reason the cities have more cameras is we have more criminals. [06:45] IsambardPrince In rural areas you don't tend to have a lot going on. [06:45] IsambardPrince If people behave the way they do in cities, they'd be arrested. [06:48] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I see more Newspeak on Reddit than anywhere else. [06:49] IsambardPrince Instead of saying someone committed suicide they say "he unalived himself". [06:49] IsambardPrince Like, how retarded is this? [06:50] IsambardPrince https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/stevie-nicks-fractures-shoulder-reschedules-tour-dates-1235398809/ [06:50] TR Bot Stevie Nicks Forced to Reschedule Tour Dates After Fracturing Shoulder [06:50] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Seems I'm in good company. [06:51] schestowitz[TR2] ha [06:52] schestowitz[TR2] better than jackpotting your pension in your 40s to attack some woman in manchester [06:52] schestowitz[TR2] (rianne) [06:52] schestowitz[TR2] and then your own wife, who is addicted, gets locked up in California [06:52] schestowitz[TR2] because... reasons. [06:53] schestowitz[TR2] btw, you know his lawyers now beg rianne\ [06:53] schestowitz[TR2] and beg me [06:53] schestowitz[TR2] this past thurs. [06:53] schestowitz[TR2] it didn't turn out the way he expected and wanted [06:53] schestowitz[TR2] it's like we hold the leash now [06:53] schestowitz[TR2] and we're not even lawyers [06:54] schestowitz[TR2] we can begin to see why isis became suicidal [06:54] schestowitz[TR2] it was a very very very dumb lawsuit to start [06:54] TR News Age Verification Doesnt Need to Be a Privacy Footgun https://soatok.blog/2025/07/31/age-verification-doesnt-need-to-be-a-privacy-footgun/ [06:54] TR Bot Age Verification Doesnt Need to Be a Privacy Footgun - Dhole Moments [06:55] schestowitz[TR2] now he is the one stressed [06:55] schestowitz[TR2] NOT us [06:55] TR News utterly stupid buzzwords nonsense from Mozilla https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2025/07/30/open-by-design-how-nations-can-compete-in-the-age-of-ai/ [06:55] TR Bot Open by Design: How Nations Can Compete in the Age of AI - Open Policy & Advocacy [06:56] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Even making meatless recipes can be very expensive. [06:57] IsambardPrince I'm making a pasta dish tomorrow and it called for 8 ounces of goat cheese. [06:57] IsambardPrince The cheese cost me nearly $8. [06:57] IsambardPrince The tomatoes were even slightly more than that. [06:57] IsambardPrince The pasta was 98 cents. [06:58] IsambardPrince Other than that, just some herbs, garlic, and broth, so maybe 40-50 cents worth of "stuff" to season it. [06:58] TR News Paul Wise: FLOSS Activities July 2025 http://bonedaddy.net/pabs3/log/2025/08/01/floss-activities/ [06:58] TR Bot FLOSS Activities July 2025 [06:59] IsambardPrince I want to make lentil soup again but Mandy hates it. [06:59] TR News Dozens Killed in Protests Over Gas Prices in Angola https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/world/africa/angola-fuel-protests-killed.html [06:59] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/world/africa/angola-fuel-protests-killed.html ) [06:59] TR News Australia should balance innovation and sovereignty in supply chain security https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/australia-should-balance-innovation-and-sovereignty-in-supply-chain-security/ [06:59] TR Bot Australia should balance innovation and sovereignty in supply chain security | The Strategist ● Aug 02 [07:01] TR News #KeepItOn: Syrian government must restore internet access and respect rights in Suwayda https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/syrian-government-must-restore-internet-access-in-suwayda/ [07:01] TR Bot Access Now - #KeepItOn: Syrian government must restore internet access and respect rights in Suwayda [07:02] TR News Senator calls for US to pressure UK over Attacks on Encryption https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/google-refuses-to-deny-uk-encryption-demands/ [07:02] TR Bot Senator calls for US to pressure UK over Attacks on Encryption | Open Rights Group [07:03] TR News Ubuntus Desktop Icons Extension Adds New Keyboard Shortcuts https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/desktop-icons-gnome-extension-new-keyboard-shortcuts [07:03] TR Bot Ubuntu's Desktop Icons Extension Gains New Keyboard Shortcuts - OMG! Ubuntu [07:08] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Apparently, there's some evidence for vitamin d supplementation going into joint surgery. [07:08] IsambardPrince I started taking 5,000 IU a day about 5 years ago because of COVID. [07:08] schestowitz[TR2] we take that all the time [07:08] schestowitz[TR2] 3,000 IIRC [07:08] IsambardPrince There was no specific treatment for it but they were finding that patients with low levels were more likely to be hospitalized or die. [07:09] schestowitz[TR2] yes, 3000, just checked [07:09] IsambardPrince And doctors STILL do not recommend vitamin d. [07:10] IsambardPrince It's not expensive and it would seem it's safer and more effective for preventing severe COVID than the prescription medications for COVID. [07:10] TR News $1 Million Offered for WhatsApp Exploit at Pwn2Own Ireland 2025 https://www.securityweek.com/1-million-offered-for-whatsapp-exploit-at-pwn2own-ireland-2025/ [07:10] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/1-million-offered-for-whatsapp-exploit-at-pwn2own-ireland-2025/ ) [07:10] TR News "viral Fentanylware (TikTok) comedians" https://mexiconewsdaily.com/mexico-living/whats-on-in-puerto-vallarta-august-2025/ [07:10] TR Bot What's on in Puerto Vallarta in August 2025? [07:17] TR News "Just in case you were curious - no you will not be able to play Battlefield 6 on any Linux powered system including SteamOS." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/battlefield-6-will-be-a-unplayable-on-linux-systems-due-to-the-anti-cheat/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [07:17] TR Bot 6 will be a unplayable on Linux systems due to the anti-cheat | GamingOnLinux [07:17] TR News "Seems the main developer of the PlayStation 1 emulator DuckStation is not happy with Linux packaging, threatening to remove Linux support." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/developer-of-playstation-1-emulator-duckstation-threatens-removing-linux-support-entirely-but-not-yet/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [07:17] TR Bot of PlayStation 1 emulator DuckStation threatens "removing Linux support entirely" but not yet | GamingOnLinux [07:18] TR News "A fresh month is here so time to take a look at what has been popular over the last month on Steam Deck, and time for you to tell us what you've been playing." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/heres-the-most-played-games-on-steam-deck-for-july-2025/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [07:18] TR Bot the most played games on Steam Deck for July 2025 | GamingOnLinux [07:18] TR News "Valve released a new Steam Beta Client update for Desktop and SteamOS / Steam Deck, making customising your Steam games a bit easier." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/valve-makes-steam-library-customisation-a-little-easier-in-the-latest-steam-beta/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [07:18] TR Bot makes Steam Library customisation a little easier in the latest Steam Beta | GamingOnLinux [07:22] TR News "While we're nowhere near done with 2025 yet, Valve have revealed the first lot of sales event for 2026 so here's what you need to know." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/valve-reveal-the-steam-sales-and-events-for-the-first-half-of-2026/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [07:22] TR Bot reveal the Steam sales and events for the first half of 2026 | GamingOnLinux [07:22] TR News "The developer of the unofficial Lossless Scaling Frame Generation for Linux project announced the first official release, which comes with a new UI." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/lossless-scaling-frame-generation-for-linux-hits-1-0-with-a-new-ui-making-it-easier-than-ever/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [07:22] TR Bot Scaling Frame Generation for Linux hits 1.0 with a new UI making it easier than ever | GamingOnLinux [07:25] IsambardPrince https://www.npr.org/2025/08/01/g-s1-80602/smithsonian-impeachment-trump [07:25] TR Bot Trumps impeachments have been removed from a Smithsonian exhibit, for now : NPR [07:27] TR News "PixiEditor is a free and open source fully-featured 2D graphics editor, now better than ever with the 2.0 release out that brings Linux support." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/free-and-open-source-2d-graphics-editor-pixieditor-2-0-out-now-with-linux-support/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [07:27] TR Bot and open source 2D graphics editor PixiEditor 2.0 out now with Linux support | GamingOnLinux [07:41] TR News "Work continues to expand the cross-platform open source Nexus Mods app, which will eventually replace Vortex with v0.14.3 out now with new features." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/the-new-nexus-mods-app-adds-collections-creation-library-searching-and-more-improvements/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [07:41] TR Bot new Nexus Mods app adds collections creation, library searching and more improvements | GamingOnLinux [07:42] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.npr.org/2025/08/01/g-s1-80602/smithsonian-impeachment-trump [07:42] schestowitz[TR2] stalin's opernadi? [07:42] schestowitz[TR2] stalin's modus? [07:42] schestowitz[TR2] remove history or historical facts that do not match the narrative? [07:42] schestowitz[TR2] anyway, us is regarded in europe as a failing or failed state [07:42] schestowitz[TR2] we view hungary as "in the same category" [07:43] schestowitz[TR2] with "seating pedos" [07:43] schestowitz[TR2] and us is run by epstein's friend [07:43] schestowitz[TR2] who protected and promoted acosta [07:43] TR News "Car Park Capital is an absolutely genius idea for a tycoon building sim, getting you to build up the greatest car parks ever." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/tycoon-strategy-game-car-park-capital-gets-a-new-trailer-and-publisher-announcement/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [07:43] TR Bot strategy game Car Park Capital gets a new trailer and publisher announcement | GamingOnLinux [07:44] TR News "The Steam trailer video player was old and not especially great, but now perhaps it might actually work a lot better with a big upgrade." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/valve-finally-upgraded-the-steam-trailer-video-player-re-encoding-around-400000-videos/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [07:44] TR Bot finally upgraded the Steam trailer video player, re-encoding around 400,000 videos | GamingOnLinux [07:44] TR News "The ongoing saga of payment processors pushing game stores continues, with itch.io now reindexing free adult content but some issues remain." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/itch-io-to-reindex-free-adult-content-as-they-search-for-new-payment-processors/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [07:44] TR Bot to reindex free adult content as they search for new payment processors | GamingOnLinux [07:45] TR News "Update 23:36 BST - Valve provided a statement to GamingOnLinux in response: [...]" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/mastercard-release-a-statement-about-game-stores-payment-processors-and-adult-content/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [07:45] TR Bot release a statement about game stores, payment processors and adult content | GamingOnLinux [07:47] TR News "Major upgrades included hwinfo 25, systemd-rpm-macros 26 and Amarok 3.3.0. A couple GStreamer updates also landed in the rolling release along with curl 8.15.0, nvme-cli 2.15 and more." https://news.opensuse.org/2025/08/01/tw-monthly-update-july/ | Source: OpenSUSE [07:47] TR Bot Tumbleweed Monthly Update - July 2025 - openSUSE News [07:48] TR News "Why We Need a Right Not to be Manipulated" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/07/30/0133228 [07:48] TR Bot Why We Need a Right Not to be Manipulated - SoylentNews [07:48] TR News "Brave BLOCKS Big Brother Microsoft's Spy Tool..." https://odysee.com/@davidbombal:0/brave-blocks-big-brother-microsoft's-spy:1 [07:48] TR Bot Brave BLOCKS Big Brother Microsoft's Spy Tool... [07:48] TR News (NEW): Games: Adult Content, Valve, Car Park Capital, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/02/Games_Adult_Content_Valve_Car_Park_Capital_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/02/Games_Adult_Content_Valve_Car_Park_Capital_and_More.gmi [07:48] TR Bot Tux Machines Games: Adult Content, Valve, Car Park Capital, and More [07:49] TR News Conde Nasty "misrepresents microsoft as an authority on security instead of the ultimate cause of holes and breaches" https://www.wired.com/story/russia-fsb-turla-secret-blizzard-apolloshadow-isp-cyberespionage/ as does The Register MS: https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/01/For_Second_Day_in_a_Row_Top_Story_in_The_Register_MS_is_Microso.shtml [07:49] TR Bot Kremlins Most Devious Hacking Group Is Using Russian ISPs to Plant Spyware | WIRED [07:49] TR Bot Techrights For Second Day in a Row, Top Story in The Register MS is "Microsoft Says" [07:50] TR News Weather station in Svalbard threatened by climate change | "Vrstasjon p Svalbard truet av klimaendringene Siste nytt NRK" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&u=https://www.nrk.no/nyheter/vaerstasjon-pa-svalbard-truet-av-klimaendringene-1.17512825 [07:50] TR Bot Vrstasjon p Svalbard truet av klimaendringene Siste nytt NRK [07:51] TR News Explosive growth in Danish Nvidia division | "Eksplosiv vkst i dansk Nvidia-afdeling | Version2" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/artikel/eksplosiv-vaekst-i-dansk-nvidia-afdeling http://techrights.org/n/2025/07/04/NVidia_is_a_Bubble.shtml [07:51] TR Bot Eksplosiv vkst i dansk Nvidia-afdeling | Version2 [07:51] TR Bot Techrights NVidia is a Bubble [07:52] TR News old: "Ann Arbor's Duo Security sold for $2B: What it teaches us" https://eu.freep.com/story/money/business/john-gallagher/2018/08/19/duo-security-cisco-ann-arbor/999379002/ [07:52] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://eu.freep.com/story/money/business/john-gallagher/2018/08/19/duo-security-cisco-ann-arbor/999379002/ ) [07:52] TR News "Dont Vibe Check Me, Bro; Or How To Deal With Comments In An Era Filled With Post-Factual Nazis" https://www.techdirt.com/2025/08/01/dont-vibe-check-me-bro-or-how-to-deal-with-comments-in-an-era-filled-with-post-factual-nazis/ [07:52] TR Bot Vibe Check Me, Bro; Or How To Deal With Comments In An Era Filled With Post-Factual Nazis | Techdirt [07:53] TR News "UK: Hgljutt om Online Safety Act" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2025/08/01/uk-hogljutt-om-online-safety-act/ [07:54] TR Bot UK: Hgljutt om Online Safety Act [07:54] TR News Lyon now says no to Microsoft | "Lyon siger nu nej til Microsoft | Ingeniren" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://ing.dk/artikel/lyon-siger-nu-nej-til-microsoft [07:54] TR Bot Lyon siger nu nej til Microsoft | Ingeniren [07:55] TR News Bill Gates-bribed publisher at it again https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/aug/02/excelling-in-excel-inside-the-high-stakes-secretive-world-of-competitive-spreadsheeting iophk: distracts from LibreOffice / Calligra, and especially from open formats (did not click) [07:55] TR Bot Excelling in Excel? Inside the high-stakes, secretive world of competitive spreadsheeting | Documentary films | The Guardian [07:58] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Yeah, he's dismantling pretty much everything except ICE and the military and turning our museums into MAGA propaganda. [07:59] schestowitz[TR2] "magats" ● Aug 02 [08:01] TR News (NEW): Stable kernels: Linux 6.15.9, Linux 6.12.41, and Linux 6.6.101 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/02/Stable_kernels_Linux_6_15_9_Linux_6_12_41_and_Linux_6_6_101.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/02/Stable_kernels_Linux_6_15_9_Linux_6_12_41_and_Linux_6_6_101.gmi [08:02] TR Bot Tux Machines Stable kernels: Linux 6.15.9, Linux 6.12.41, and Linux 6.6.101 [08:06] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Some of the foreign aid cuts make sense. [08:06] schestowitz[TR2] where? [08:06] IsambardPrince Giving away money to other people while you're broke doesn't make sense. [08:07] IsambardPrince Giving money away to people who hate you when you're broke makes even less sense. [08:07] schestowitz[TR2] it depends. [08:07] schestowitz[TR2] so i said, where? [08:07] schestowitz[TR2] consider this [08:07] schestowitz[TR2] buy generics to some people [08:07] schestowitz[TR2] in a poor country [08:07] schestowitz[TR2] does not cost much [08:07] schestowitz[TR2] and gives you soft power [08:07] schestowitz[TR2] can be favourable to trade [08:07] schestowitz[TR2] so it "pays for itself" [08:07] schestowitz[TR2] a lot of grants went to media [08:07] schestowitz[TR2] not buying tanks for senegal [08:08] schestowitz[TR2] but things like access to meds [08:08] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], My mother doesn't really get why I'm getting my shoulder surgery now. [08:09] TR News postpones only https://papersplease.org/wp/2025/08/01/senate-postpones-hearing-on-tsa-facial-recognition-and-id-verification/ | Source: Papers Please [08:09] TR Bot Senate postpones hearing on TSA facial recognition and ID verification Papers, Please! [08:09] IsambardPrince I explained to her the "WISeR" model that's coming to Medicare. [08:09] IsambardPrince I told her they're basically looking to cut 25% or more out of Medicare. [08:09] IsambardPrince And they'll do it by saying everyone who needs healthcare is fraud and abuse. [08:09] IsambardPrince Or low value treatments. [08:09] IsambardPrince And they'll deny almost everything and bury you in appeals. [08:10] IsambardPrince If I wait another two years for this surgery it may never happen. [08:10] IsambardPrince It takes the bad stuff a while to happen. [08:10] TR News "Biomimicry" https://therevelator.org/biomimicry-needs-to-keep-evolving/ | Source: The Revelator [08:10] TR Bot Biomimicry Needs to Keep Evolving The Revelator [08:14] TR News "Efforts to introduce pirate site blocking to the United States continue with the introduction of the "Block BEARD" bill in the Senate." https://torrentfreak.com/u-s-senators-introduce-new-pirate-site-blocking-bill-block-beard/ | Source: Torrent Freak [08:14] TR Bot Senators Introduce New Pirate Site Blocking Bill: Block BEARD * TorrentFreak [08:14] TR News "The Business Court in Brussels, Belgium, has issued an unprecedentedly broad site-blocking order that aims to restrict access to shadow libraries including Anna's Archive, Libgen, OceanofPDF, Z-Library, and the Internet Archive's Open Library." https://torrentfreak.com/belgium-bans-internet-archives-open-library-in-sweeping-site-blocking-order/ | Source: Torrent Freak [08:14] TR Bot Targets Internet Archive's 'Open Library' in Sweeping Site Blocking Order (Update) * TorrentFreak [08:14] TR News "The Business Court in Brussels, Belgium, has issued a broad site-blocking order that aims to restrict access to shadow libraries including Anna's Archive, Libgen, OceanofPDF, Z-Library, and the Internet Archive's Open Library." https://torrentfreak.com/belgium-targets-internet-archives-open-library-in-sweeping-site-blocking-order/ | Source: Torrent Freak [08:18] TR News "The ruling clears the way for the Epic Games shop to operate within the Google Play Store despite the latter's requirement that apps use Google's payment system, which collects commissions on transactions." https://www.deccanchronicle.com/technology/google-must-open-android-to-rival-app-stores-us-court-1894924 | Source: Deccan Chronicle [08:18] TR Bot Google Must Open Android To Rival App Stores: US Court [08:18] TR News "The real problem is youve depended on Google for your business. Youve been obsessed with SEO and search ads for years, all built around a single search company" https://www.manton.org/2025/07/31/we-will-survive-google-zero.html | Source: Manton Reece [08:18] TR Bot Manton Reece - We will survive Google Zero [08:19] TR News "The three-judge panel in the Ninth Circuit US Court of Appeals affirmed the previous order forbidding Google from engaging in business practices including prohibiting developers from directing users away from its payment services, a tactic used to bolster the company's Play Store dominance." https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/01/epic_google_verdict_affirmed/ | Source: The Register UK [08:19] TR Bot Court upholds Epic win in Google Play Store antitrust battle The Register [08:24] IsambardPrince https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/08/microsoft-kills-windows-11-se-another-in-a-long-line-of-failed-chromeos-competitors/ [08:24] TR Bot After just five years, Microsoft will end support for low-cost Windows 11 SE - Ars Technica [08:24] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Dead Microsoft Product. [08:24] IsambardPrince :) [08:26] schestowitz[TR2] what is that? [08:26] schestowitz[TR2] only fixed wallpaper? [08:26] IsambardPrince It was an attempt at the education market. [08:27] schestowitz[TR2] like the restarted ed. of vista 10? [08:27] schestowitz[TR2] "Ecucation" [08:27] schestowitz[TR2] with Windows [08:27] schestowitz[TR2] anathema [08:27] IsambardPrince A pared down Windows 11 that worked sort of like a Chromebook. [08:27] TR News [Old] "The researchers soon discovered that the compromise of the key was just the beginning of a much bigger supply-chain breakdown" https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/07/secure-boot-is-completely-compromised-on-200-models-from-5-big-device-makers/ | Source: Ars Technica [08:27] TR Bot Secure Boot is completely broken on 200+ models from 5 big device makers - Ars Technica [08:28] TR News [Old] "LogoFAIL is a constellation of two dozen newly discovered vulnerabilities that have lurked for years" https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/12/just-about-every-windows-and-linux-device-vulnerable-to-new-logofail-firmware-attack/ | Source: Ars Technica [08:28] TR Bot Just about every Windows and Linux device vulnerable to new LogoFAIL firmware attack - Ars Technica [08:28] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: windows boots in 10 secs?/// [08:29] schestowitz[TR2] ;0) [08:29] IsambardPrince Probably not. [08:29] TR News "The European Commission does not think that imposing a network fee on Big Tech companies is a viable solution to the debate over who should fund the rollout of 5G and broadband, a spokesman for the EU executive said on Thursday." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/network-fee-on-big-tech-not-a-viable-solution-to-boost-eu-digital-rollout-eu-says/articleshow/123023466.cms | Source: India Times [08:29] TR Bot Network fee on Big Tech not a viable solution to boost EU digital rollout, EU says - The Economic Times [08:29] TR News "I ditched Verizon over two years ago for Mint Mobile. My only regret is not making the switch sooner." https://drmollytov.bearblog.dev/storytime-the-neediest-pleadiest-ex-i-ever-dumped/ | Source: Dr molly tov [08:29] TR Bot storytime: the neediest, pleadiest ex i ever dumped | dr molly tov [08:35] TR News (NEW): OnlyOffice Desktop Editors 9 review - Slowly getting there https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/02/OnlyOffice_Desktop_Editors_9_review_Slowly_getting_there.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/02/OnlyOffice_Desktop_Editors_9_review_Slowly_getting_there.gmi [08:35] TR Bot Tux Machines OnlyOffice Desktop Editors 9 review - Slowly getting there [08:40] TR News (NEW): This Week in Plasma: day/night theme switching https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/02/This_Week_in_Plasma_day_night_theme_switching.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/02/This_Week_in_Plasma_day_night_theme_switching.gmi [08:40] TR Bot Tux Machines This Week in Plasma: day/night theme switching [08:41] TR News "Here, Wessler looks ahead to the legal battles on the horizon and shares his deepest concern" https://boingboing.net/2025/08/01/everybody-is-vulnerable-your-eroding-rights-at-the-border-under-trump.html | Source: BoingBoing [08:42] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2025/08/01/everybody-is-vulnerable-your-eroding-rights-at-the-border-under-trump.html ) [08:42] TR News "Authorities must do the right thing and release Muhoza without further delay." https://cpj.org/2025/07/burundi-journalist-sandra-muhoza-still-behind-bars-2-months-after-appeal-ruling/ | Source: CPJ [08:43] TR Bot Burundi journalist Sandra Muhoza still behind bars, 2 months afterappeal ruling - Committee to Protect Journalists [08:45] TR News "On March 5, 2025, in a crowded Dhaka courtroom, journalist Farzana Rupa stood without a lawyer as a judge moved to register yet another murder case against her." https://cpj.org/2025/08/a-year-after-new-bangladesh-leader-vows-reform-journalists-still-behind-bars/ | Source: CPJ [08:45] TR Bot A year after new Bangladesh leader vows reform, journalists still behind bars - Committee to Protect Journalists [08:45] TR News "All the charges brought against me are false. There is no evidence, no records. The accusation of membership in an organization is materially baseless. Everything I have done either falls under journalism or activities related to EMEP." https://anfenglishmobile.com/freedom-of-the-press/journalist-ercument-akdeniz-not-released-after-160-days-in-detention-80570 | Source: ANF News [08:45] TR Bot ANF | Journalist Ercment Akdeniz not released after 160 days in detention [08:46] TR News "A 67-year-old journalist who set herself on fire at the Zappeion Gardens in Athens on Wednesday has died from her injuries, it was announced on Friday." https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1276979/journalist-dies-after-self-immolation-at-athens-zappeion-gardens/ | Source: Greece [08:46] TR Bot dies after self-immolation at capitals Zappeion Gardens | eKathimerini.com [08:46] TR News "The closing statement of Mzia Amoghlobeli, the detained founder of the Georgian media outlets Batumelebi and Netgazeti, has been postponed to 4 August. Amoghlobeli herself requested the postponement after Fridays exhausting session that lasted more than nine hours in Batumi City Court." https://oc-media.org/she-represents-the-free-press-imprisoned-georgian-media-founders-final-statement-delayed/ | Source: Open Caucasus Media [08:46] TR Bot She represents the free press Imprisoned Georgian media founders final statement delayed [08:47] TR News "Akdeniz, the former editor-in-chief of the leftist newspaper Evrensel, has been held at Marmara (Silivri) Prison on the outskirts of stanbul since Feb 22." https://bianet.org/haber/court-extends-detention-of-journalist-ercument-akdeniz-in-terrorism-case-310019 | Source: BIA Net [08:47] TR Bot Court extends detention of journalist Ercment Akdeniz in 'terrorism' case [08:48] TR News "The Corporation for Public Broadcasting says it will wind down its operations after the Trump administration and Congress slashed its funding." https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/pbs-npr-trump-funding-cuts-corporation-b2800575.html | Source: The Independent UK [08:48] TR Bot Corporation for PBS and NPR says its ending operations after Trump cuts | The Independent [08:48] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], My dad is still alive somehow. [08:48] IsambardPrince Someone that owned the first house we lived at before my parents painted the middle bedroom this awful 1960s "pink". My dad claimed it as his "study", and not helping the overall color of the walls, he'd sit in there all evening and all night and chain smoke Camel cigarettes and burn sandalwood Gonesh cones. (He somehow held down a career, working to the age of 70, getting about an hour or two of sleep at night. My mom frequently [08:48] IsambardPrince had to wake him up again because he'd fall asleep on the toilet. [08:49] TR News "Iran Requires Praise Online To Regain SIM Access" https://www.rferl.org/a/farda-briefing-sim-card-suspended-criticism-iran/33491076.html | Source: RFERL [08:49] TR Bot Dissenting In Iran? You Won't Be Needing Your SIM Card, Then [08:50] TR News "In Russia, Internet outages have become routine." https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/08/01/even-when-the-internet-works-in-russia-something-on-it-doesn-t-here-s-what-s-broken-over-the-past-month | Source: Meduza [08:50] TR Bot Even when the Internet works in Russia, something on it doesnt. Heres whats broken over the past month. Meduza [08:50] TR News "upbeat results from ad industry leaders" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/reddit-surges-as-ai-driven-ad-strategy-wins-praise-from-wall-street/articleshow/123046198.cms | Source: India Times [08:50] TR Bot Reddit surges as AI-driven ad strategy wins praise from Wall Street - The Economic Times [08:50] TR News "In a letter to the university community Thursday, Frenk wrote that the canceled grants are from NSF, NIH and other federal agencies" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-07-31/trump-freezes-nih-nsf-funding-ucla | Source: Los Angeles Times [08:50] TR Bot Trump freezes $300 million in UCLA science, medical research funding, citing antisemitism allegations - Los Angeles Times [08:53] TR News "immediately clarify the legal basis for this mass detention of its citizens and cease treating those" https://cpj.org/2025/07/iran-arrests-98-citizen-journalists-for-contact-with-uk-based-outlet/ | Source: CPJ [08:53] TR Bot Iran arrests 98 citizen-journalists for contact with UK-based outlet - Committee to Protect Journalists [08:54] TR News "Alexei Navalnys memoir Patriot to its list of extremist materials" https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/07/31/russia-declares-navalny-memoir-extremist-a90046 | Source: The Moscow Times [08:54] TR Bot Russia Declares Navalny Memoir Extremist - The Moscow Times [08:54] TR News "Yekaterina Mizulina, head of the Kremlin-aligned Safe Internet League and a prominent advocate of online censorship" https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/07/31/putin-signs-law-criminalizing-searches-for-extremist-content-a90053 | Source: The Moscow Times [08:54] TR Bot Putin Signs Law Criminalizing Searches for Extremist Content - The Moscow Times [08:55] *schestowi has quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) [08:55] *Disconnected (Remote host closed socket). [08:56] TR News "Warning: Automatic translations may not be 100% accurate." https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/14652-Electronic-signatures-and-seals-qualified-trust-service-applications-implementing-act-_en | Source: European Commission [08:56] TR Bot Have your say [08:56] TR News "Q1. What is the supreme law of the land?" https://kieranhealy.org/blog/archives/2025/06/28/american/ | Source: Kieran Healy [08:56] TR Bot - kieranhealy.org [08:57] TR News "Apples failure to capitalise on AI is particularly important to investors, who are calling for a dramatic pivot in strategy. Many would like to see a management shakeup or even a big acquisition, something Apple has historically shunned in favour of in-house development." https://techcentral.co.za/stuck-neutral-apple-misses-the-ai-moment/267748/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa) [08:57] TR Bot Stuck in neutral, Apple misses the AI moment - TechCentral [08:57] TR News "This week, I decode the meaning behind Mark Zuckerbergs personal superintelligence manifesto" https://www.theverge.com/command-line-newsletter/717880/zuckerbergs-personal-superintelligence-plan-ai-chatgpt-race | Source: The Verge [08:57] TR Bot Decoding Mark Zuckerbergs personal superintelligence plan for Meta | The Verge [08:58] TR News "OpenAI lost access to the Claude API this week after Anthropic claimed the company was violating its terms of service." https://www.wired.com/story/anthropic-revokes-openais-access-to-claude/ | Source: Wired [08:58] TR Bot Revokes OpenAI's Access to Claude | WIRED [08:59] TR News "That Raspberry Pi was equipped with a 4G modem, granting attackers remote access to the bank's internal network." https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/01/cybercrooks_bribed_lackeys_in_physical/ | Source: The Register UK [08:59] TR Bot Cybercrooks use Raspberry Pi to steal ATM cash The Register ● Aug 02 [09:00] TR News "When you really break it down, its like trying to sing while you're starving" https://futurism.com/scientists-alarmed-whales-silent | Source: Futurism [09:00] TR Bot Scientists Alarmed as Whales Suddenly Going Silent [09:01] *Now talking on #techrights [09:01] *irc.deft.com sets mode +n #techrights [09:01] *irc.deft.com sets mode +t #techrights [09:01] TR News "When a power line gets to a town, it goes into a substation. This is basically just another giant transformer that reduces the AC voltage to something more manageable, like 10,000 volts." https://www.wired.com/story/ac-or-dc-which-is-better/ | Source: Wired [09:01] TR Bot or DC: Which Is Better? | WIRED [09:01] TR News "WEAs were originally established to identify offshore locations deemed most suitable for wind energy development." https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/wind-power/offshore/us-offshore-wind-long-dead-now-really-dead/ | Source: Renewable Energy World [09:01] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/wind-power/offshore/us-offshore-wind-long-dead-now-really-dead/ ) [09:01] TR News "The Trump administration has been busy stalling and rolling back regulations essential to dealing with the climate crisis." https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-climate-change-china/ | Source: The Nation [09:01] TR Bot Trumps Fossil Fuel Fanaticism Is Surrendering the Future to China | The Nation [09:02] TR News "When Tesla first unveiled the stainless steel Cybertruck, it was pitched as an indestructible futurist icon." https://futurism.com/cybertruck-aging-poorly | Source: Futurism [09:02] TR Bot The Cybertruck Is Aging Like Fast Fashion on Temu [09:02] TR News "Electric vehicles accounted for nearly a third of all new registrations during the first seven months of this year." https://yle.fi/a/74-20175452 | Source: YLE [09:02] TR Bot Finland sees fewer new car registrations | Yle News | Yle [09:02] TR News "Why it matters: The massive infusion underscores how Trump and the [cryptocurrency] industry have been cozying up to one another." https://www.axios.com/2025/08/01/trump-crypto-donors-maga-super-pac | Source: Axios [09:02] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.axios.com/2025/08/01/trump-crypto-donors-maga-super-pac ) [09:03] TR News "Not only do we need to find a way to live without fossil fuels. We also need to figure out life without plastics." https://idiomdrottning.org/farewell-plastics | Source: Idiomdrottning [09:03] TR Bot Farewell, plastics [09:03] TR News "Despite strong objections from the opposition, the bill was approved and immediately sparked protests by villagers and ecology activists" https://anfenglishmobile.com/ecology/ecocide-through-mining-and-hydro-projects-in-kurdistan-80555 | Source: ANF News [09:03] TR Bot ANF | Ecocide through mining and hydro projects in Kurdistan [09:04] TR News "The Index report referred to a frame-matching technique that allowed precise positioning of various people present on the road" https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/napalm-girl-photo-controversy-investigation-vietnam-war-1235395151/ | Source: Rolling Stone [09:04] TR Bot 'Napalm Girl' Photo Controversy: Who Took the Famous Vietnam War Image? [09:05] TR News "To deny that difference isnt neutrality. Its disorientation." https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-fulcrum-of-the-gaslight | Source: Mike Brock [09:05] TR Bot The Fulcrum of the Gaslight - by Mike Brock [09:05] TR News began [09:05] TR News "This quest for drone warships began in earnest in 2010 under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agencys (DARPA) Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) program." https://taskandpurpose.com/tech-tactics/navy-darpa-drone-ships/ | Source: Task And Purpose [09:05] TR Bot Inside the Navys Ghost Fleet: Uncrewed ships are here [09:06] TR News "The Finnish National Agency for Education has called for stricter rules than set out in the law" https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/finnish-students-to-return-to-mobile-free-classrooms | Source: The Straits Times [09:06] TR Bot Finnish students to return to mobile-free classrooms as laws come into force | The Straits Times [09:06] TR News "The question now for the U.S. Navy is how much it can learn from Ukraine about using USVs against an adversary such as China." https://taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-ukraine-drone-boats/ | Source: Task And Purpose [09:06] TR Bot What the Navy could learn from Ukraine about sinking enemy ships [09:07] TR News "If the answers are vague or the architecture opaque youre probably looking at cloud washing." https://thenewstack.io/cloud-washing-in-the-age-of-ai-when-sovereign-isnt/ | Source: The New Stack [09:07] TR Bot Cloud Washing in the Age of AI: When Sovereign Isnt - The New Stack [09:07] TR News "I estimate that the risk of unauthorized signing is very low." https://ruudvanasseldonk.com/2025/rotating-my-pgp-key | Source: Ruud van Asseldonk [09:07] TR Bot Rotating my PGP key [09:08] TR News "Im half expecting the UK to ban VPNs at this point." https://ljpuk.net/2025/08/01/should-you-leave-a-vpn-on-all-of-the-time/ | Source: Lee Peterson [09:08] TR Bot Should you leave a VPN on all of the time? LJPUK [09:08] TR News "Beyond that, the company is potentially set to earn an order of magnitude more in federal funds." https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/08/01/palantir-trump-defense-tech-ai-software/ | Source: The Washington Post [09:08] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/08/01/palantir-trump-defense-tech-ai-software/ ) [09:09] TR News "The U.S. Army on Thursday said it was consolidating dozens of contracts into a single enterprise deal with Palantir (PLTR.O)" https://www.reuters.com/business/us-army-pools-contracts-into-up-10-billion-palantir-deal-2025-07-31/ | Source: Reuters [09:09] TR Bot ( status 401 @ https://www.reuters.com/business/us-army-pools-contracts-into-up-10-billion-palantir-deal-2025-07-31/ ) [09:09] TR News "The agreement provides purchasing flexibility and removes contract-related fees and procurement timelines, the Army said." https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/01/palantir-lands-10-billion-army-software-and-data-contract.html | Source: CNBC [09:09] TR Bot Palantir lands $10 billion Army software and data contract [09:10] TR News "The UK's media watchdog said Thursday it has launched investigations into 34 pornography websites over their compliance with new age-check" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/uk-regulator-to-probe-34-porn-sites-over-age-checks/articleshow/123019463.cms | Source: India Times [09:10] TR Bot UK regulator to probe 34 porn sites over age-checks - The Economic Times [09:10] TR News "Travelers residing outside of the European Union will soon be required to have their fingerprints and faces scanned in order to enter 29 European countries, officials said Wednesday." https://therecord.media/eu-preps-biometric-checks-travel | Source: The Record [09:10] TR Bot EU preps biometric checks for foreign visitors | The Record from Recorded Future News [09:10] TR News "Dozens and perhaps hundreds of individuals who applied to visit inmates at Everglades Correctional Institution (ECI) in Miami-Dade County" https://floridaphoenix.com/2025/07/29/florida-prison-data-breach-exposes-visitors-contact-information-to-inmates/ | [09:10] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://floridaphoenix.com/2025/07/29/florida-prison-data-breach-exposes-visitors-contact-information-to-inmates/ ) [09:11] TR News "The allegedly leaked contact details of visitors included names, email addresses, and phone numbers, leaving many concerned for their own welfare" https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/01/florida_prison_email_blunder/ | Source: The Register UK [09:11] TR Bot Florida prison exposes visitor contact info to every inmate The Register [09:11] TR News "Technology firms have apparently suggested placing tracking devices or a microchip under the skin of convicted criminals to monitor them in prison or when they come out" https://theconversation.com/technology-could-open-up-new-ways-to-track-prisoners-261625 | Source: The Conversation [09:11] TR Bot Technology could open up new ways to track prisoners [09:12] TR News Windows TCO https://techcentral.co.za/average-cost-data-breach-in-south-africa/267820/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa) [09:12] TR Bot The average cost of a data breach in South Africa - TechCentral [09:13] TR News "But recent data from the Pew Research Center, and trends among the youngest American voters" https://www.vox.com/politics/421896/young-gen-z-trump-republican-voter-democrat-shift-right-disapprove | Source: Vox [09:13] TR Bot Trumps youth support is collapsing. But theyre not returning to Democrats. | Vox [09:14] TR News "Unfortunately, the state of AI-generated code security in 2025 is worse than you think. What we found should be a wake-up call for developers, security leaders, and anyone relying on AI to move faster." https://www.veracode.com/blog/genai-code-security-report/ | [09:14] TR Bot Insights from 2025 GenAI Code Security Report [09:15] TR News "Vendors under the microscope in the study include Oracle, SAP, Workday, Microsoft, ServiceNow, and Salesforce." https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/01/forrester_ai_enterprise_software/ | Source: The Register UK [09:15] TR Bot AI means bigger margins and lock-in for enterprise vendors The Register [09:15] TR News "A security flaw affecting over 100,000 WordPress websites has been discovered in the AI Engine plugin, specifically impacting versions 2.9.3 and 2.9.4." https://thecyberexpress.com/ai-engine-plugin-vulnerability/ | Source: Cyble Inc [09:15] TR Bot AI Engine Plugin Flaw Exposes 100K Sites To RCE Risk [09:15] TR News "newfound productivity to achieve more than was previously possible." https://futurism.com/basic-flaw-mark-zuckerberg-plan-superintelligent-ai | Source: Futurism [09:15] TR Bot There's a Very Basic Flaw in Mark Zuckerberg's Plan for Superintelligent AI [09:16] TR News "But notice how the robots are handling only very light objects. Theyre going super-slow. And this video was, again, really obviously cobbled together from the best clips they could get." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/01/figure-ais-botq-humanoid-robot-is-an-investor-demo-not-a-product/ | Source: Pivot to AI [09:16] TR Bot Figure AIs BotQ humanoid robot is an investor demo, not a product Pivot to AI [09:16] TR News "Sutton walks through how the fields of computer chess, computer go, speech recognition, and computer vision have all experienced the bitter lesson." https://www.dbreunig.com/2025/08/01/does-the-bitter-lesson-have-limits.html | Source: Drew Breunig [09:16] TR Bot Does the Bitter Lesson Have Limits? | Drew Breunig [09:16] TR News "The paper speaks to the struggles of early-century AI. But one sentence truly stands out today." https://www.wired.com/story/epstein-files-science-tech-funding/ | Source: Wired [09:16] TR Bot Jeffrey Epsteins Forgotten AI Summit | WIRED [09:17] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/02/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/02/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [09:17] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [09:17] TR News "The outcome, including $200 milliion in punitive damages, is a stunning rebuke for Tesla, which for years has fought to absolve itself of responsibility when its driver-assistance technology is involved in a crash." https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/08/01/tesla-found-partially-liable-fatal-2019-crash-involving-driver-assistance-technology-jury-orders-200-million-damages/ | Source: The Washington Post [09:17] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/08/01/tesla-found-partially-liable-fatal-2019-crash-involving-driver-assistance-technology-jury-orders-200-million-damages/ ) [09:17] TR News "The case stems from a crash in Key Largo on April 25, 2019, when Tesla Model S driver George McGee struck the pair's car after running through a stop sign and a stop light. In court, he claimed he was trying to retrieve a dropped mobile phone and thought the car would take care of things." https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/01/florida_tesla_verdict/ | Source: The Register UK [09:17] TR Bot Florida jury throws huge fine at Tesla in Autopilot crash The Register [09:17] IsambardPrince https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/credit-cards/nibbles-credit-card [09:17] TR Bot Things to Know About the Nibbles Credit Card - NerdWallet [09:17] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Now they even have a credit card that comes with free pet insurance. [09:17] TR News "Grok 3 is now available on Microsoft Azure, creating a pathway for GSA to study the tool, Whitman said. He emphasized that the agency was thinking about Grok from a measurement perspective and not putting the tool into operation." https://fedscoop.com/government-coders-ai-models-grok-output-hate-speech/ | Source: Scoop News Group [09:17] TR Bot coders are studying whether major AI models, including Grok, output hate speech | FedScoop [09:19] TR News "This is the story of my doorlock. It starts with me thinking about getting a new gadget, just to play with it, take it apart, understand how it works" https://jan.wildeboer.net/2025/08/My-Doorlock/ | Source: Jan Wildeboer [09:19] TR Bot My doorlock and my digital sovereignty - Jan Wildeboers Blog [09:19] TR News "All in all, I believe OnlyOffice 9 is a better product than its previous version. There's a bit more focus on ergonomics." https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/onlyoffice-desktop-editors-9.html | Source: Dedoimedo [09:19] TR Bot OnlyOffice Desktop Editors 9 review - Slowly getting there [09:20] TR News "He said 71% of federal agencies reported meeting the July 2024 deadline for managing their permanent records in an electronic format." https://federalnewsnetwork.com/it-modernization/2025/08/nara-sees-encouraging-progress-toward-fully-electronic-records/ | Source: Federal News Network [09:20] TR Bot NARA sees encouraging progress toward fully electronic records [09:20] TR News (NEW): Sparky news 2025/07 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/02/Sparky_news_2025_07.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/02/Sparky_news_2025_07.gmi [09:20] TR Bot Tux Machines Sparky news 2025/07 [09:22] TR News "Soon, the British, French, German, Spanish and Dutch, who were likewise harbored outside of Veracruz" https://www.navytimes.com/veterans/military-history/2025/07/31/in-1914-the-us-navy-went-dry-but-not-before-it-threw-a-party/ | Source: US Navy Times [09:22] TR Bot In 1914, the US Navy went dry but not before it threw a party [09:23] TR News "This website pays tribute to the 50s and 60s Heathkit era, when electronic kit building was a pasttime enjoyed by many electronics enthusiasts and long before computers and the Internet became household words." https://www.heathkit-museum.com/ | [09:23] TR Bot Heathkit Virtual Museum [09:23] TR News "Procrastinating then rushing to finish a task isnt about time management. Its about emotion regulation. When a task feels uncertain or unpleasant, your brain looks for an escape hatch." https://nesslabs.com/deadline-high | Source: Ness Labs [09:23] TR Bot The Trap of the Deadline High - Ness Labs [09:23] TR News (NEW): LibreOffice Asia Conference 2025, Tokyo Call for proposals is open https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/02/LibreOffice_Asia_Conference_2025_Tokyo_Call_for_proposals_is_op.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/02/LibreOffice_Asia_Conference_2025_Tokyo_Call_for_proposals_is_op.gmi [09:23] TR Bot Tux Machines LibreOffice Asia Conference 2025, Tokyo Call for proposals is open [09:24] TR News "Now I am a staff engineer. I effortlessly solve problems that brand-new engineers struggle to understand." https://www.seangoedecke.com/impressing-people/ | Source: Sean Goedecke [09:24] TR Bot Trying to impress people you may not respect [09:24] TR News "This is the 101st edition of People and Blogs, the series where I ask interesting people to talk about themselves and their blogs. Today we have Emma Goto and her blog, emgoto.com" https://manuelmoreale.com/pb-emma-goto | Source: Manuel Moreale [09:24] TR Bot P&B: Emma Goto Manu [09:24] TR News "ecause I think Mastroianni missed out the seventh and most important thing that journal articles must do: they must tell a compelling story that communicates interesting information." https://svpow.com/2025/08/01/journal-articles-are-trying-to-do-six-things-at-once-no-wonder-theyre-unreadable/ | Source: Matt Wedel [09:25] TR Bot Journal articles are trying to do six things at once no wonder theyre unreadable | Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week [09:25] TR News "First published in 1872, the magazine has covered a vast range of topicsfrom groundbreaking inventions and space exploration to the latest trends in health, engineering, and environmental science." https://www.vintag.es/2025/07/popular-science-covers.html | Source: Vintage Everyday [09:25] TR Bot Vintage Covers of Popular Science Magazine in the 1920s and 30s ~ Vintage Everyday [09:25] TR News "The James Webb Space Telescope has taken its first look at black holes secretly snacking on stars within dusty galaxies." https://www.sciencenews.org/article/webb-telescope-jwst-black-hole-star | Source: Science News [09:25] TR Bot The Webb space telescope spies its first black holes snacking on stars [09:26] TR News "But if you try to get started with knots, its a lot. The Ashley Book of Knots documents 3857 of them. I downloaded the Knots 3D app, hoping it would give me some guidance." https://allenpike.com/2025/getting-tied-up-knots | Source: Allen Pike [09:26] TR Bot Getting Tied Up - Allen Pike [09:26] TR News >[Old] "The smol web is an attempt to unchain ourselves from the tech giants. We are here to build a web where we have the tools to communicate and collaborate without needing so much infrastructure and resources." https://bower.sh/what-is-the-smol-web | [09:26] TR Bot what is the smol web?: trying to define a movement [09:27] TR News "Anyway, I encourage you yes, you! dear reader, to join in the fun of Blaugust. There are many free blogging sites out there if you need one, but my personal recommendation is to try Micro.blog." https://heydingus.net/blog/2025/8/oh-shit-its-blaugust | Source: Jarrod Blundy [09:27] TR Bot Oh Shit, Its Blaugust - HeyDingus [09:27] TR News "Blaugust is a month long blogging event where the goal is to write 31 blog posts! Its similar to WeblogPoMo or Writing Month, and there are some weekly prompts you can follow if you need ideas." https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/blaugust-2025/ | Source: Joel Chrono [09:27] TR Bot Blaugust 2025 [09:27] TR News "You live and you learn. You publish and you progress." https://birming.com/2025/08/01/the-bored-blogger/ | Source: Robert Birming [09:27] TR Bot bored blogger | Robert Birming [09:30] TR News (NEW): Today's Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/02/today_s_leftovers.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/02/today_s_leftovers.1.gmi [09:30] TR Bot Tux Machines today's leftovers [09:32] TR News Techrights Links 02/08/2025: Blaugust 2025 and "Russia Declares Navalny Memoir Extremist" https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/Links_02_08_2025_Blaugust_2025_and_Russia_Declares_Navalny_Memo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/Links_02_08_2025_Blaugust_2025_and_Russia_Declares_Navalny_Memo.gmi [09:32] TR Bot Techrights Links 02/08/2025: Blaugust 2025 and "Russia Declares Navalny Memoir Extremist" [09:46] TR News "So, did I finally replace tmux? For me, the answer is a resounding yes!" https://bower.sh/you-might-not-need-tmux | [09:46] TR Bot you might not need tmux: replacing tmux in my dev workflow [09:46] TR News Python https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/08/fucking-python/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski [09:46] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/08/fucking-python/ ) [09:47] TR News "The key is to test how your code behaves when interacting with external resources, without using the real ones." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/07/how-to-test-r-code-that-uses-llms-apis-or-databases/ | Source: Rlang [09:47] TR Bot to Test R Code That Uses LLMs, APIs, or Databases | R-bloggers [09:48] TR News "The BEAM ecosystem continues to grow across languages like Erlang, Elixir and Gleam" https://www.erlang-solutions.com/blog/supporting-the-beam-community-with-free-ci-cd-security-audits/ | [09:48] TR Bot ( status 502 @ https://www.erlang-solutions.com/blog/supporting-the-beam-community-with-free-ci-cd-security-audits/ ) [09:49] TR News Open Data https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/caracas-on-the-potomac | Source: Paul Krugman [09:49] TR Bot Caracas on the Potomac - Paul Krugman [09:50] TR News "And now, at last, Donald Trump has fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics." https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/08/trump-statistics-bureau-labor/683749/ | Source: The Atlantic [09:50] TR Bot Trump's War on Statistics - The Atlantic [09:50] TR News "Trumps move to fire McEntarfer represented another extraordinary assertion of presidential power." https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/08/trump-seeks-to-fire-official-overseeing-jobs-data-after-weak-employment-report/ | Source: Federal News Network [09:50] TR Bot Trump removes official overseeing jobs data after dismal employment report [09:50] TR News "Commissioner Erika McEntarfer has been leading the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) since January 2024." https://www.dw.com/en/trump-fires-labor-data-chief-over-disappointing-jobs-report/a-73504303 | Source: Deutsche Welle [09:50] TR Bot fires labor data chief over disappointing jobs report DW 08/02/2025 [09:50] schestowitz[TR2] MinceR: orban fired weatherman for weather, iirc [09:50] schestowitz[TR2] now trump fired a witch for false survey data, false according to him [09:51] schestowitz[TR2] bad economy [09:51] TR News "Now, it is different. The website is, for the most part, statically generated by Hugo" https://hacdias.com/2025/08/01/search/ | Source: Henrique Dias [09:51] TR Bot How Searching This Website Works - Henrique Dias [09:51] *GNUmoon2 has quit (connection closed) [09:52] TR News "Provided a practically unlimited number of URLs, curl can be asked to get them in a parallel fashion. It then makes sure to keep N transfers alive for as long as there is N or more transfers left to complete, where X is a custom number but 50 by default." https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/08/01/curl-adds-parallel-host-control/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg [09:52] *GNUmoon2 (~GNUmoon@wkqicj5afbkg4.irc) has joined #techrights [09:52] TR Bot adds parallel host control | daniel.haxx.se [09:52] TR News "RSS offers readers and writers a path away from unreliable, manipulative, and hostile platforms and intermediaries." https://www.citationneeded.news/curate-with-rss/?ref=werd.io | Source: Molly White [09:52] TR Bot Curate your own newspaper with RSS [09:52] TR News "Theres a burgeoning ecosystem of great independent writing, and without an adversarial advertising network or venture capital funding to support it, many of these writers need to make a living another way. Subscriptions work." https://werd.io/curate-your-own-newspaper-with-rss/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller [09:52] TR Bot Curate your own newspaper with RSS [09:54] TR News "We've been recommending GNU Jami along with other free communication tools for some time now. It, like many other actively developed free programs, has been steadily acquiring both new users and new features." https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/skype-shutdown-try-jami | Source: FSF [09:54] TR Bot Missing Skype? Choose freedom and switch to GNU Jami Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [09:54] TR News "According to a talk we had with a representative from GNU Jami's parent company, users have increased dramatically since Skype's shutdown. Considering how harmful network effects can be, this is a win for the free software movement." https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/skype-shutdown-try-jami | Source: FSF ● Aug 02 [10:00] *IsambardPrince has quit (Quit: Leaving) [10:05] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@ys7pcttn972j8.irc) has joined #techrights [10:06] TR News "On paper, OnlyOffice (headquartered in Latvia with British ownership) also ticks many of these boxes, offering modern collaborative features and strong Microsoft Office compatibility." https://ossmalta.eu/open-source-in-europe-did-lyon-pick-the-right-path-lessons-for-maltas-digital-autonomy/ | [10:06] TR Bot Open Source in Europe: Did Lyon Pick the Right Path? Lessons for Maltas Digital Autonomy | Open Source Society Malta [10:06] TR News "My garage was built for cars from another era: inside its about ~4.8m long 2.5m wide" https://www.poeticoding.com/build-a-parking-sensor-with-esp32-board-leds-and-ultrasonic-distance-sensor/ | [10:06] TR Bot Build a Parking sensor with ESP32 board, LEDs and Ultrasonic distance sensor [10:07] TR News (NEW): KDE Is Making Its Own Linux Distro, and You Can Try It https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/02/KDE_Is_Making_Its_Own_Linux_Distro_and_You_Can_Try_It.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/02/KDE_Is_Making_Its_Own_Linux_Distro_and_You_Can_Try_It.gmi [10:07] TR Bot Tux Machines KDE Is Making Its Own Linux Distro, and You Can Try It [10:10] TR News "This post shows how I used a git spare checkout to build vuxml files without having the whole ports tree present." https://dan.langille.org/2025/08/01/using-a-sparse-git-checkout-to-build-vuxml-files/ | Source: Dan Langille [10:10] TR Bot Using a sparse git checkout to build vuxml files Dan Langille's Other Diary [10:10] TR News (NEW): Why Linux Is My IDE https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/02/Why_Linux_Is_My_IDE.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/02/Why_Linux_Is_My_IDE.gmi [10:10] TR Bot Tux Machines Why Linux Is My IDE [10:11] TR News "Although players race to publish manuscripts to win the game" https://www.the-scientist.com/publish-or-perish-the-board-game-of-academic-survival-73133 | Source: LabX Media Group [10:11] TR Bot Publish or Perish: The Board Game of Academic Survival | The Scientist [10:11] TR News "beautiful vernacular artform that perfectly capture the moment" https://dansinker.com/posts/2025-08-01-marquees/ | Source: Dan Sinker [10:12] TR Bot Amazing Art of the Video Game Marquee | dansinker.com [10:12] TR News "Raspberry Pi Connect enables you to remotely access your Raspberry Pi devices via screen sharing" https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/connect-for-organisations-audit-log-improvements/ | Source: Raspberry Pi [10:12] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/connect-for-organisations-audit-log-improvements/ ) [10:13] TR News How To Disable NetworkManager on AlmaLinux 10 https://idroot.us/disable-networkmanager-almalinux-10/ [10:13] TR Bot How To Disable NetworkManager on AlmaLinux 10 - idroot [10:14] TR News How To Install Rocket.Chat on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-rocket-chat-ubuntu-24-04/ [10:14] TR Bot How To Install Rocket.Chat on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - idroot [10:15] TR News How To Install RustDesk on AlmaLinux 10 https://idroot.us/install-rustdesk-almalinux-10/ [10:15] TR Bot How To Install RustDesk on AlmaLinux 10 - idroot [10:15] TR News How To Install SNMP on Linux Mint 22 https://idroot.us/install-snmp-linux-mint-22/ [10:16] TR Bot How To Install SNMP on Linux Mint 22 - idroot [10:16] TR News How To Install RubyMine on Linux Mint 22 https://idroot.us/install-rubymine-linux-mint-22/ [10:16] TR Bot How To Install RubyMine on Linux Mint 22 - idroot [10:18] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/02/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/02/Android_Leftovers.gmi [10:18] TR Bot Tux Machines Android Leftovers [10:20] TR News (NEW): I replaced default Linux commands with these 5 alternatives, and I should have sooner https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/02/I_replaced_default_Linux_commands_with_these_5_alternatives_and.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/02/I_replaced_default_Linux_commands_with_these_5_alternatives_and.gmi [10:20] TR Bot Tux Machines I replaced default Linux commands with these 5 alternatives, and I should have sooner [10:21] TR News Three more stable kernel updates https://lwn.net/Articles/1032147/ [10:21] TR Bot more stable kernel updates [LWN.net] [10:27] *IsambardPrince has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [10:40] TR News Microsoft's Debt Exploded by 15.4 Billion Dollars in the Past 9 Months Alone (Despite All the Layoffs) (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/01/Microsoft_s_Debt_Exploded_by_15_4_Billion_Dollars_in_the_Past_9.shtml [10:40] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft's Debt Exploded by 15.4 Billion Dollars in the Past 9 Months Alone (Despite All the Layoffs) [10:40] TR News Meeting (Webchat) With Maria Arranz Gomez, Florian Grundies, Jrgen Janda and Konstantinos Kortsaris Confronts EPO Management About Breaking Promises and Crushing Workers https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/01/Meeting_Webchat_With_Maria_Arranz_Gomez_Florian_Grundies_Jurgen.shtml [10:40] TR Bot Techrights Meeting (Webchat) With Maria Arranz Gomez, Florian Grundies, Jrgen Janda and Konstantinos Kortsaris Confronts EPO Management About Breaking Promises and Crushing Workers [10:41] TR News Microsoft's Debt Exploded by 15.4 Billion Dollars in the Past 9 Months Alone (Despite All the Layoffs) https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/01/Microsoft_s_Debt_Exploded_by_15_4_Billion_Dollars_in_the_Past_9.shtml [10:42] TR News Jonathan Dowland: Debian Chronicles https://jmtd.net/log/debian_chronicles/ [10:42] TR Bot timed out after 10000 milliseconds ( status 0 @ https://jmtd.net/log/debian_chronicles/ ) [10:48] TR News (NEW): Debian is Deleting Its Own History https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/02/Debian_is_Deleting_Its_Own_History.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/02/Debian_is_Deleting_Its_Own_History.gmi [10:48] TR Bot Tux Machines Debian is Deleting Its Own History [10:50] TR News Guido Gnther: Free Software Activities July 2025 http://honk.sigxcpu.org/con/Free_Software_Activities_July_2025.html [10:50] TR Bot Colors of Noise: Free Software Activities July 2025 [10:50] TR News Birger Schacht: Status update, July 2025 https://bisco.org/notes/status-update-july-2025/ [10:50] TR Bot Status update, July 2025 [10:53] TR News Federal Circuit Extends EcoFactor Framework to Patent Damages Apportionment in Jiaxing Decision https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/08/ecofactor-framework-apportionment.html [10:53] TR Bot Federal Circuit Extends EcoFactor Framework to Patent Damages Apportionment in Jiaxing Decision | Patently-O [10:53] TR News Mozilla Addons Blog: Warning: Phishing campaign detected https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2025/08/01/warning-phishing-campaign-detected/ [10:53] TR Bot Warning: Phishing campaign detected - Mozilla Add-ons Community Blog [10:55] TR News Mandamus Denied: Fintivs Trial Moves Forward https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/08/mandamus-fintivs-forward.html [10:55] TR Bot Mandamus Denied: Fintiv's Trial Moves Forward [10:57] TR News Press group urges accountability for death of photojournalist in Syria https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/08/press-group-urges-accountability-for-death-of-photojournalist-in-syria/ [10:57] TR Bot Press group urges accountability for death of photojournalist in Syria - JURIST - News [10:57] TR News Cursors Hey Hi (AI) coding agent morphed into local shell with one-line prompt attack https://cyberscoop.com/cursor-ai-prompt-injection-attack-remote-code-privileges-aimlabs/ [10:57] TR Bot AI coding agent morphed into local shell with one-line prompt attack | CyberScoop [10:58] TR News Celebrating Five Years of OpenSSF: A Journey Through Open Source Security https://openssf.org/blog/2025/08/01/%f0%9f%8e%89-celebrating-five-years-of-openssf-a-journey-through-open-source-security/ It was never about real security http://techrights.org/o/2020/10/30/openssf-microsoft/ [10:58] TR Bot Celebrating Five Years of OpenSSF: A Journey Through Open Source Security Open Source Security Foundation [10:58] TR Bot With Microsoft in Charge, OpenSSF Seems More Like It's About Back Doors -- Not Real Security -- Inside the Linux Foundation [10:59] TR News Reproducible Builds (diffoscope): diffoscope 303 released https://diffoscope.org/news/diffoscope-303-released/ [10:59] TR Bot diffoscope 303 released ● Aug 02 [11:00] TR News Single-instance Oracle Database on OpenShift Virtualization https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/single-instance-oracle-database-openshift-virtualization [11:00] TR Bot Single-instance Oracle Database on OpenShift Virtualization [11:01] psydroid2 now we're waiting for Microsoft itself to explode or implode [11:01] psydroid2 either is fine [11:01] TR News Tomas Tomecek: Backporting upstream patches with Code Assistants https://blog.tomecek.net/post/backporting-with-coding-agents/ [11:01] TR Bot Backporting upstream patches with Code Assistants Blog | Tom Tomeek [11:01] schestowitz[TR2] psydroid2: they pay workers in "Stock" [11:01] schestowitz[TR2] it's cheaper then paying then actual money [11:01] schestowitz[TR2] and pppumps up the stock [11:01] schestowitz[TR2] they cannot sell them [11:02] schestowitz[TR2] massive tax paid to sell [11:02] schestowitz[TR2] so they are forced to play innn the pyramid scheme [11:02] schestowitz[TR2] re buybacks [11:02] schestowitz[TR2] they are another scam [11:02] schestowitz[TR2] companies can anounce them [11:02] schestowitz[TR2] like a "gift" [11:02] schestowitz[TR2] and then people buy shares [11:02] schestowitz[TR2] and nobody check if they actually buy [11:02] schestowitz[TR2] or make a false promise [11:02] schestowitz[TR2] no audirs [11:02] schestowitz[TR2] *audits [11:02] schestowitz[TR2] so now their employees are not paid fully [11:03] schestowitz[TR2] instead they are dragged into the ponzi scheme [11:03] schestowitz[TR2] not just at Microsoft [11:03] schestowitz[TR2] imagine running a business [11:03] schestowitz[TR2] then telling to your staff [11:03] schestowitz[TR2] no more salries [11:03] schestowitz[TR2] instead each mon3ey i will sell you 0.1% of the company [11:03] schestowitz[TR2] in "shares" [11:04] TR News Fedora Community Blog: Infra and RelEng Update Week 31, 2025 https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/infra-and-releng-update-week-31-2025/ [11:04] TR Bot Infra and RelEng Update - Week 31, 2025 Fedora Community Blog [11:05] TR News Sergio Cipriano: How I deployed this Website https://sergiocipriano.com/blog-setup.html [11:05] TR Bot How I deployed this Website [11:05] TR News HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/apple-vs-samsung-vs-google-which-phone-has-the-best-ai-atsIq6g0aqUj [11:05] TR Bot Apple vs Samsung vs Google: which phone has the best AI? - Which? [11:10] TR News Social engineering attacks surged this past year, Palo Alto Networks report finds https://cyberscoop.com/social-engineering-top-attack-vector-unit-42/ [11:10] TR Bot engineering attacks surged this past year, Palo Alto Networks report finds | CyberScoop [11:10] TR News Like me? Approach me directly, okay?: Inside a matchmaking event for Chinas wealthy https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/like-me-approach-me-directly-okay-inside-a-matchmaking-event-for-chinas-wealthy [11:10] TR Bot This isnt some concubine selection: Inside a matchmaking event for wealthy Chinese | The Straits Times [11:11] TR News Daniel Stenberg will talk at FrOSCon about the AI slop DoS attacks against cURL: https://froscon.org/en/news/ [11:11] TR Bot FrOSCon - News [11:12] TR News Mozilla Thunderbird: Monthly Release 141 Recap https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/08/monthly-release-141-recap/ [11:12] TR Bot Monthly Release 141 Recap - The Thunderbird Blog [11:14] TR News NetworkManager 1.54 Adds Per-Device IPv4 Forwarding https://linuxiac.com/networkmanager-1-54-adds-per-device-ipv4-forwarding/ [11:14] TR Bot NetworkManager 1.54 Adds Per-Device IPv4 Forwarding [11:14] TR News More malware uploaded to Arch GNU/Linux AUR (Linuxiac) https://lwn.net/Articles/1032193/ [11:14] TR Bot malware uploaded to Arch Linux AUR (Linuxiac) [LWN.net] [11:14] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #techrights [11:15] TR News Security updates for Friday https://lwn.net/Articles/1032174/ [11:15] TR Bot updates for Friday [LWN.net] [11:15] TR News Geany version 2.1 compiled https://bkhome.org/news/202508/geany-version-21-compiled.html [11:15] TR Bot Geany version 2.1 compiled [11:17] TR News Federal Judge Denies Ex-Register Shira Perlmutters Preliminary Injunction Motion Appeal Already Underway https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/08/01/shira-perlmutter-preliminary-injunction-motion-denied/ [11:17] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/08/01/shira-perlmutter-preliminary-injunction-motion-denied/ ) [11:17] TR News Software Freedom Conservancy gives its first Distinguished Service Award in Software Freedom to Lance Albertson https://sfconservancy.org/news/2025/aug/01/distinguished-award-in-lance-albertson/ [11:18] TR Bot Software Freedom Conservancy gives its first Distinguished Service Award in Software Freedom to Lance Albertson - Software Freedom Conservancy [11:18] TR News SFC is just a copycat of SFLC and FSF; it also attacks both [11:20] TR News Derk Sauer, Champion of Free Press in a New Russia, Dies at 72 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/world/europe/derk-sauer-dead.html [11:20] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/world/europe/derk-sauer-dead.html ) [11:21] TR News This Week in GNOME: #210 Periodic Updates https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/08/twig-210/ [11:21] TR Bot #210 Periodic Updates [11:24] TR News Parroting, not journalism https://www.securityweek.com/russian-cyberspies-target-foreign-embassies-in-moscow-via-aitm-attacks-microsoft/ like this: https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/01/For_Second_Day_in_a_Row_Top_Story_in_The_Register_MS_is_Microso.shtml [11:24] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/russian-cyberspies-target-foreign-embassies-in-moscow-via-aitm-attacks-microsoft/ ) [11:24] TR Bot Techrights For Second Day in a Row, Top Story in The Register MS is "Microsoft Says" [11:26] TR News Jonathan Dowland: School of Computing Technical Reports https://jmtd.net/log/tech_reports/ [11:26] TR Bot jmtd log School of Computing Technical Reports [11:26] TR News Using a sparse git checkout to build vuxml files https://dan.langille.org/2025/08/01/using-a-sparse-git-checkout-to-build-vuxml-files/ [11:26] TR Bot Using a sparse git checkout to build vuxml files Dan Langille's Other Diary [11:27] TR News "Ultimate Cyberdeck" https://hackaday.com/2025/08/01/hackaday-podcast-ep-331-clever-machine-tools-storing-data-in-birds-and-the-ultimate-cyberdeck/ | Source: Hackaday [11:27] TR Bot Podcast Ep 331: Clever Machine Tools, Storing Data In Birds, And The Ultimate Cyberdeck | Hackaday [11:28] TR News Pluralistic: Mattie Lubchansky's 'Simplicity' (01 Aug 2025) https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/01/ecosexuality/ [11:28] TR Bot Pluralistic: Mattie Lubchanskys Simplicity (01 Aug 2025) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [11:28] TR News FOSS Forces Top Ten for July https://fossforce.com/2025/08/foss-forces-top-ten-for-july/ [11:29] TR Bot FOSS Forces Top Ten for July - FOSS Force [11:29] TR News Boston-Based FSF Could Use a Few Volunteers on August 11 https://fossforce.com/2025/08/boston-based-fsf-could-use-a-few-volunteers-on-august-11/ [11:29] TR Bot Boston-Based FSF Could Use a Few Volunteers on August 11 - FOSS Force [11:30] psydroid3 SFC = Sandler Kuhn Litigious Lawyers LLC. [11:30] schestowitz[TR2] she said she worked pro bono [11:30] schestowitz[TR2] but then IRS says [11:31] schestowitz[TR2] she bags about 250,000 dollars home [11:31] schestowitz[TR2] she is a millionaire [11:31] TR News Amid backdoored Windows 11 data loss fears, Ubuntu tests new feature that backdoored Windows users will want https://www.neowin.net/news/amid-windows-11-data-loss-fears-ubuntu-tests-new-feature-that-windows-users-will-want/ [11:31] TR Bot Amid Windows 11 data loss fears, Ubuntu tests new feature that Windows users will want - Neowin [11:31] schestowitz[TR2] so she is pro-BS [11:31] schestowitz[TR2] not pro bono [11:32] TR News Prospector analyse Python code https://www.linuxlinks.com/prospector-analyse-python-code/ [11:32] TR Bot - analyse Python code - LinuxLinks [11:32] TR News Constrict compress videos to target sizes https://www.linuxlinks.com/constrict-compress-videos-target-sizes/ [11:32] TR Bot - compress videos to target sizes - LinuxLinks [11:32] TR News mpd-mpris MPRIS protocol for MPD https://www.linuxlinks.com/mpd-mpris-protocol/ [11:32] TR Bot - MPRIS protocol for MPD - LinuxLinks [11:33] TR News Video: Multisystem 2 Update http://www.montanalinux.org/video-multisystem2-update-20250801.html [11:33] TR Bot Multisystem 2 Update | www.montanalinux.org [11:38] TR News Techrights All-Time Highs for GNU/Linux on the Client Desktop/Laptop, Based on Steam Survey https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/All_Time_Highs_for_GNU_Linux_on_the_Client_Desktop_Laptop_Based.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/All_Time_Highs_for_GNU_Linux_on_the_Client_Desktop_Laptop_Based.gmi [11:38] TR Bot Techrights All-Time Highs for GNU/Linux on the Client Desktop/Laptop, Based on Steam Survey [11:52] psydroid3 she is pro bacon [11:52] psydroid3 jono bacon [11:52] psydroid3 and kaviar [11:53] TR News Techrights GNU/Linux Rises to All-Time Highs in Europe https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/GNU_Linux_Rises_to_All_Time_Highs_in_Europe.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/GNU_Linux_Rises_to_All_Time_Highs_in_Europe.gmi [11:53] TR Bot Techrights GNU/Linux Rises to All-Time Highs in Europe [11:54] schestowitz[TR2] she does not eat bacon [11:55] schestowitz[TR2] it's not kosher [11:56] TR News Expirion 6.0-250801 https://distrowatch.com/expirion [11:56] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/expirion ) [11:56] TR News BigLinux 2025-08-01 is also out https://distrowatch.com/biglinux [11:56] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/biglinux ) [11:56] TR News BornHack https://hackaday.com/2025/08/01/two-for-the-price-of-one-bornhack-2024-and-2025-badges/ | Source: Hackaday [11:56] TR Bot For The Price Of One: BornHack 2024 And 2025 Badges | Hackaday [11:57] TR News "flip-disc clock" https://hackaday.com/2025/08/01/2025-one-hertz-challenge-the-flip-disc-clock/ | Source: Hackaday [11:57] TR Bot One-Hertz Challenge: The Flip Disc Clock | Hackaday ● Aug 02 [12:04] TR News (NEW): Microsoft, anybody home? https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/26/Microsoft_anybody_home.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/26/Microsoft_anybody_home.gmi [12:04] TR Bot Tux Machines Microsoft, anybody home? [12:08] TR News Techrights Criminal Behaviour is the Standard Operating Procedure at Microsoft https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/Criminal_Behaviour_is_the_Standard_Operating_Procedure_at_Micro.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/Criminal_Behaviour_is_the_Standard_Operating_Procedure_at_Micro.gmi [12:08] TR Bot Techrights Criminal Behaviour is the Standard Operating Procedure at Microsoft [12:12] TR News (NEW): This Week in GNOME: #210 Periodic Updates https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/02/This_Week_in_GNOME_210_Periodic_Updates.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/02/This_Week_in_GNOME_210_Periodic_Updates.gmi [12:12] TR Bot Tux Machines This Week in GNOME: #210 Periodic Updates [12:16] *Kersey (ccmduf2hr@masked-vog.imj.29.90.IP) has joined #techrights [12:17] TR News (NEW): Windows Falls Below 12% "Market Share" in India, the World's Largest Population 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https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/The_Register_US_The_Register_MS.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/The_Register_US_The_Register_MS.gmi [12:32] TR Bot Techrights The Register US = The Register MS [12:42] psydroid3 Avram Bitch has been bitching about MS again [12:50] *mcinsid (ccwduftk8@masked-9kl.d4o.5.193.IP) has joined #techrights [12:50] TR News Techrights Microsoft's Latest Financial Report: We "Gained" 300 Million Dollars in "Goodwill" and Liabilities Grew by 32 Billion Dollars https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/Microsoft_s_Latest_Financial_Report_We_Gained_300_Million_Dolla.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/Microsoft_s_Latest_Financial_Report_We_Gained_300_Million_Dolla.gmi [12:50] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft's Latest Financial Report: We "Gained" 300 Million Dollars in "Goodwill" and Liabilities Grew by 32 Billion Dollars [12:52] *mcinsid (ccwduftk8@masked-9kl.d4o.5.193.IP) has left #techrights ● Aug 02 [13:29] TR News Techrights Video: The Rise of GNU/Linux and Free Software as Seen by RMS in 2004 https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/Video_The_Rise_of_GNU_Linux_and_Free_Software_as_Seen_by_RMS_in.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/Video_The_Rise_of_GNU_Linux_and_Free_Software_as_Seen_by_RMS_in.gmi [13:29] TR Bot Techrights Video: The Rise of GNU/Linux and Free Software as Seen by RMS in 2004 [13:37] MinceR 02 105042 < schestowitz[TR2]> MinceR: orban fired weatherman for weather, iirc [13:38] MinceR more like destroyed the entire corporation for it [13:38] MinceR with the maturity of a 6 year old [13:39] MinceR but he's lucky, most of the voters are on that level too [13:40] TR News Techrights Russia: GNU/Linux Rises to Highest Adoption Level Since Invasion of Ukraine https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/Russia_GNU_Linux_Rises_to_Highest_Adoption_Level_Since_Invasion.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/Russia_GNU_Linux_Rises_to_Highest_Adoption_Level_Since_Invasion.gmi [13:40] TR Bot Techrights Russia: GNU/Linux Rises to Highest Adoption Level Since Invasion of Ukraine [13:51] TR News Gen Z in the Crosshairs: Cybercriminals Shift Focus to Young, Digital-Savvy Workers https://www.securityweek.com/gen-z-in-the-crosshairs-cybercriminals-shift-focus-to-young-digital-savvy-workers/ [13:51] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/gen-z-in-the-crosshairs-cybercriminals-shift-focus-to-young-digital-savvy-workers/ ) [13:53] TR News Smartphone shipments dipped globally, but Africas still on the up, Tecno, Itel Eating it Up https://www.techzim.co.zw/2025/08/smartphone-market-q2-2025-africa-transsion/ [13:53] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.techzim.co.zw/2025/08/smartphone-market-q2-2025-africa-transsion/ ) [13:58] MinceR https://xcancel.com/obviousplant_/status/1650556542348058624#m [13:58] TR Bot ( status 503 @ https://xcancel.com/obviousplant_/status/1650556542348058624#m ) ● Aug 02 [14:25] TR News Digital Guitar Of The Future Has No Strings https://hackaday.com/2025/08/01/digital-guitar-of-the-future-has-no-strings/ | Source: Hackaday [14:26] TR Bot Guitar Of The Future Has No Strings | Hackaday [14:26] TR News "Once upon a time, you could buy floppy drive cleaning disks at just about any stationary or computer store." https://hackaday.com/2025/08/01/you-can-make-your-own-floppy-drive-cleaning-disks/ | Source: Hackaday [14:26] TR Bot Can Make Your Own Floppy Drive Cleaning Disks | Hackaday [14:29] TR News Reading Hits Differently to Listening For Your Brain, Science Says https://www.sciencealert.com/reading-hits-differently-to-listening-for-your-brain-science-says [14:29] TR Bot Hits Differently to Listening For Your Brain, Science Says : ScienceAlert [14:30] TR News Is Your IXP at Risk of Becoming a Zombie? https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2025/08/is-your-ixp-at-risk-of-becoming-a-zombie/ [14:30] TR Bot Is Your IXP at Risk of Becoming a "Zombie"? - Internet Society [14:31] TR News Three senior execs to retire from defective chip maker Intel Foundry, including respected semiconductor veteran Gary Patton https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/three-senior-execs-to-retire-from-intel-foundry-including-respected-semiconductor-veteran-gary-patton [14:31] TR Bot Three senior execs to retire from Intel Foundry, including respected semiconductor veteran Gary Patton | Tom's Hardware [14:32] psydroid3 welcome to Budapest kindergarten [14:33] schestowitz[TR2] kinder futtt president pedo [14:34] TR News Microsoft ending backdoored Windows 11 SE support October 2026 Chrome OS competitor also won't get version 25H2 update coming later this year https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/microsoft-ending-windows-11-se-support-october-2026-chrome-os-competitor-also-wont-get-version-25h2-update-coming-later-this-year [14:34] TR Bot Microsoft ending Windows 11 SE support October 2026 Chrome OS competitor also won't get version 25H2 update coming later this year | Tom's Hardware [14:35] TR News Microsoft as a US back door for espionage https://cyberscoop.com/china-accuses-us-of-exploiting-microsoft-zero-day-in-cyberattack/ [14:35] TR Bot accuses US of exploiting Microsoft zero-day in cyberattack | CyberScoop [14:36] TR News The issue is defective Microsoft products, not a "leak" https://www.securityweek.com/in-other-news-microsoft-probes-toolshell-leak-port-cybersecurity-raspberry-pi-atm-hack/ [14:36] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/in-other-news-microsoft-probes-toolshell-leak-port-cybersecurity-raspberry-pi-atm-hack/ ) [14:54] TR News "Crumbling Rural Schools" https://www.propublica.org/article/alaska-rural-schools-funding-legislation | Source: Pro Publica [14:54] TR Bot How Alaskas Budget Crisis Has Kept the State From Fixing Crumbling Rural Schools ProPublica [14:55] TR News The issue is shoddy software with back doors, not "China" https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-sharepoint-hack-china-cybersecurity | Source: Pro Publica [14:55] TR Bot SharePoint Exploit: Microsoft Used China-Based Engineers to Maintain the Software ProPublica [14:56] TR News Ubuntus Desktop Icons Extension Gains New Keyboard Shortcuts https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/desktop-icons-gnome-extension-new-keyboard-shortcuts [14:56] TR Bot Ubuntu's Desktop Icons Extension Gains New Keyboard Shortcuts - OMG! Ubuntu [14:56] TR News Sabotaging GNU/Linux on Behalf of Abusive Monopolist Microsoft With UEFI 'Secure' Boot (De Facto Remote 'Kill Switch'), Then Defaming, Stalking and Harassing Critics of 'Secure' Boot for 12 Years, Then SLAPPing Their Spouses and Them https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/31/Sabotaging_Linux_on_Behalf_of_Microsoft_With_UEFI_Secure_Boot_D.shtml [14:56] TR Bot Techrights Sabotaging Linux on Behalf of Microsoft With UEFI 'Secure' Boot (De Facto Remote 'Kill Switch'), Then Defaming, Stalking and Harassing Critics of 'Secure' Boot for 12 Years, Then SLAPPing Their Spouses and Them [14:57] TR News US Tariff Change Could Send SBC & Mini PC Prices Soaring https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/us-tariffs-sbc-mini-pc-increase-prices [14:57] TR Bot US Tariff Change Could Send SBC & Mini PC Prices Soaring - OMG! Ubuntu [14:58] MinceR https://i.imgur.com/jrWYMzV.jpg = https://rimgo.bloat.cat/jrWYMzV [14:58] TR Bot rimgo ● Aug 02 [15:02] TR News "25.7, nicknamed 'Visionary Viper', features reusable and thoroughly revamped frontend code, an SFTP backup plugin" https://distrowatch.com/12507 [15:02] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/12507 ) [15:03] TR News "The system is now optimized for x86_64-v2 and v3, allowing better compiler optimizations, reduced latency, and smarter memory use. If your processor supports v3, I strongly recommend using the corresponding ISO - the speed boost is noticeable across daily tasks." https://liyalinux.freeflarum.com/d/26-liya-linux-v24-shravya [15:03] TR Bot Liya Linux v2.4 "Shravya" - Home - Liya Linux Forum [15:03] TR News "Stability is one of the things to expect, Debian 'Stable' is undoubtedly the most stable Linux distribution that exists." https://br-os.com/2025/07/22/br-os-12-11-e-lancado-com-base-debian-e-alcanca-outro-nivel-de-profissionalismo/ [15:03] TR Bot Br OS 12.11 Lara Lanado com Base Debian e alcana outro nvel de profissionalismo Br OS [15:04] TR News "QEMU reported a old style disk geometry that was max 8GB, so the installer would create a too-small volume. The installer now reads true disk size." https://www.dragonflybsd.org/release64/ [15:04] TR Bot DragonFlyBSD: release64 [15:07] TR News "KDE developers have announced that you can now test KDE Linux, a completely new Linux distribution currently in a "pre-alpha" phase. It's big news for KDE enthusiasts like myself, as it's meant to be a pure KDE Plasma experience free from the meddling of third-party distro developers." https://www.howtogeek.com/kde-linux-testing-released/ [15:07] TR Bot KDE Is Making Its Own Linux Distro, and You Can Try It [15:07] TR News "As per the Steam store page that's now live, it will have Kernel-Level anti-cheat, which in the updated official FAQ notes it's Javelin. So our curated anti-cheat page has been updated to now list it." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/battlefield-6-will-be-a-unplayable-on-linux-systems-due-to-the-anti-cheat/ [15:07] TR Bot 6 will be a unplayable on Linux systems due to the anti-cheat | GamingOnLinux [15:08] TR News Linux Foundation Launches AGNTCY Project to Standardize Open Multi-Agent System Infrastructure and Break Down AI Agent Silos - ARC Advisory https://www.arcweb.com/blog/linux-foundation-launches-agntcy-project-standardize-open-multi-agent-system-infrastructure [15:08] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.arcweb.com/blog/linux-foundation-launches-agntcy-project-standardize-open-multi-agent-system-infrastructure ) [15:08] TR News 3 Game-Changing Linux Apps to Try This Month (August 2025) https://www.howtogeek.com/game-changing-linux-apps-to-try-in-august-2025/ [15:09] TR Bot 3 Game-Changing Linux Apps to Try This Month (August 2025) [15:09] TR News "On the official GitHub a change was made by Connor "stenzek" McLaughlin to remove the PKGBUILD for Arch Linux." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/developer-of-playstation-1-emulator-duckstation-threatens-removing-linux-support-entirely-but-not-yet/ [15:09] TR Bot of PlayStation 1 emulator DuckStation threatens "removing Linux support entirely" but not yet | GamingOnLinux [15:10] TR News
  • Arch Linux Users at Risk Again as AUR Hit by Another RAT
    [15:10] TR Bot Arch Linux Users at Risk Again as AUR Hit by Another RAT [15:11] TR News "It's also easier than ever to actually install it, and thanks to the UI it's simpler to make it actually work now too. However, the UI might seem a little familiar, because it was originally a separate project that has been merged into the main lsfg-vk project now. Nice and tidy." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/lossless-scaling-frame-generation-for-linux-hits-1-0-with-a-new-ui-making-it-easier-than-ever/ [15:11] TR Bot Scaling Frame Generation for Linux hits 1.0 with a new UI making it easier than ever | GamingOnLinux [15:12] TR News "The original creator mentioned their mission with it is to "give the world free and open source, offline, Universal 2D Image editor, that can do as much as expensive proprietary creative software such as Adobe's, if not more" and they believe version 2.0 "already outpaces Photoshop in certain areas"." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/free-and-open-source-2d-graphics-editor-pixieditor-2-0-out-now-with-linux-support/ [15:12] TR Bot and open source 2D graphics editor PixiEditor 2.0 out now with Linux support | GamingOnLinux [15:12] TR News Wayland https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/08/its-easier-to-just-walk-away-developer-of-ps1-emulator-duckstation-threatens-to-end-linux-support [15:12] TR Bot "It's Easier To Just Walk Away" - Developer Of PS1 Emulator DuckStation Threatens To End Linux Support | Time Extension [15:14] TR News "Ubiquiti Networks has introduced the Unifi OS Server, a new option that allows users to experience UniFi OS in full on their own Windows, macOS or Linux hardware. The company promises that there are no functional limitations when using the new server." https://www.notebookcheck.net/Ubiquiti-s-new-Unifi-OS-Server-allows-users-to-run-UniFi-OS-on-their-own-Windows-macOS-or-Linux-hardware.1075057.0.html [15:14] TR Bot new Unifi OS Server allows users to run UniFi OS on their own Windows, macOS or Linux hardware - NotebookCheck.net News [15:14] TR News Kali Linux can now run in Apple containers on macOS systems https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/kali-linux-can-now-run-in-apple-containers-on-macos-systems/ [15:14] TR Bot Kali Linux can now run in Apple containers on macOS systems [15:15] TR News "Although most Linux distros can be secured, some stand out by delivering advanced privacy and security features out of the box. These distros employ a range of apps and services to ensure you and your data remain safe and private." https://www.howtogeek.com/these-linux-distros-will-level-up-your-online-privacy-and-security/ [15:15] TR Bot These 5 Linux Distros Will Level Up Your Online Privacy and Security [15:15] TR News So what? https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/linus-torvalds-still-uses-an-amd-rx-580-from-2017-also-ditches-apple-silicon-for-an-intel-laptop [15:15] TR Bot Linus Torvalds still uses an AMD RX 580 from 2017 also ditches Apple Silicon for an Intel laptop | Tom's Hardware [15:16] TR News "Batocera Linux may seem like just another retro gaming distribution, but it has a surprising amount of versatility. While it's built to boot into an emulation frontend and play your favorite classic titles, it can do much more than that. The real fun begins when you explore the features that arent immediately obvious." https://www.xda-developers.com/weird-incredible-things-can-do-batocera-linux/ [15:16] TR Bot 6 weird but incredible things you can do with Batocera Linux [15:16] TR News "Archinstall 3.0.9 releaase rolling out with interface to change LUKS iteration time and various other changes." https://9to5linux.com/arch-linux-installer-gets-u2f-authentication-and-bluetooth-support [15:16] TR Bot Linux Installer Gets U2F Authentication and Bluetooth Support - 9to5Linux ● Aug 02 [16:49] TR News New 'Plague' PAM Backdoor Exposes Critical Linux Systems to Silent Credential Theft https://thehackernews.com/2025/08/new-plague-pam-backdoor-exposes.html [16:49] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://thehackernews.com/2025/08/new-plague-pam-backdoor-exposes.html ) [16:59] MinceR (cat) https://ircz.de/p/25062227 [16:59] TR Bot WHOOPSIE [16:59] TR News (NEW): Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/02/Security_Leftovers.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/02/Security_Leftovers.1.gmi [16:59] TR Bot Tux Machines Security Leftovers ● Aug 02 [17:01] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/02/today_s_howtos.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/02/today_s_howtos.1.gmi [17:01] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [17:02] TR News (NEW): Debian Development and Ubuntu Pushes Restrictions https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/02/Debian_Development_and_Ubuntu_Pushes_Restrictions.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/02/Debian_Development_and_Ubuntu_Pushes_Restrictions.gmi [17:02] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: One-Hertz Challenge, ESP32, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/02/Open_Hardware_Modding_One_Hertz_Challenge_ESP32_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/02/Open_Hardware_Modding_One_Hertz_Challenge_ESP32_and_More.gmi [17:03] TR Bot Tux Machines Debian Development and Ubuntu Pushes Restrictions [17:03] TR Bot Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: One-Hertz Challenge, ESP32, and More [17:04] TR News (NEW): Games: Academia, Video Games, and DuckStation https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/02/Games_Academia_Video_Games_and_DuckStation.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/02/Games_Academia_Video_Games_and_DuckStation.gmi [17:04] TR Bot Tux Machines Games: Academia, Video Games, and DuckStation [17:06] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/02/Programming_Leftovers.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/02/Programming_Leftovers.1.gmi [17:06] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [17:08] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and the Web https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/02/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_the_Web.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/02/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_the_Web.gmi [17:08] TR Bot Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and the Web [17:08] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/02/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/02/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.gmi [17:08] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers [17:09] TR News Techrights Links 02/08/2025: Microsoft Already Kills Vista 11 SE, Smartphone Sales Down, Truth Gets "You're Fired!" in the US https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/Links_02_08_2025_Microsoft_Already_Kills_Vista_11_SE_Smartphone.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/Links_02_08_2025_Microsoft_Already_Kills_Vista_11_SE_Smartphone.gmi [17:09] TR Bot Techrights Links 02/08/2025: Microsoft Already Kills Vista 11 SE, Smartphone Sales Down, Truth Gets "You're Fired!" in the US [17:14] TR News xkcd: Canon #3123 gemini://8by3.net/~xkcd/3123.gmi [17:15] TR News SpellBinding: ABCFLKH Wordo: NUDIE gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-08-02.gmi [17:16] TR News Notes After Recording gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2025/8-01.gmi [17:17] TR News "I have recently been experimenting with Racket. Overall the experience has been positive. It has a great standard library and a lot of third-party maintained libraries available via `raco`. It is easy to build stand-alone executable. Most things seem to just work." gemini://goyangi.au/gemlog/2025-08-01-transducers-in-typed-racket.gmi [17:18] TR News "here i'll share a little writeup on every song i get super obsessed with. some of them might end up as major influences in my own art, some will just be things that resonate and make me feel right. i hope youll check them out " gemini://mare4ever.net/now-playing.gmi [17:18] TR News Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-08-02.gmi [17:20] TR News my ISP wanted my opinion so I gave it to them gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2025-08-01-2 [17:21] TR News "In Oregon, there is a program called Oregon Library Passport. In short, if you have a valid library card from your local library, you can go to just about any public library in Oregon and get a limited-validity card from there." gemini://willowashmaple.smol.pub/2025-08-01-collect-oregon-library-cards [17:21] TR News "do you remember the days when you were a preteen indie rock head? when you would wear corduroy and do your hair in the spunky, unwashed look? when you wore powder blue shirts with hello kitty on them?" gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2677 [17:23] TR News Number of active capsules has leapt to 3106 today gemini://gemini.bortzmeyer.org/software/lupa/stats.gmi [17:24] TR News Arkane 2025.07.25 is out https://distrowatch.com/arkane [17:24] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/arkane ) [17:26] TR News MagOS 20250725 is out https://distrowatch.com/magos [17:26] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/magos ) [17:26] TR News (NEW): Koozali SME Server 11.0 Beta1 Release Announcement https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/02/Koozali_SME_Server_11_0_Beta1_Release_Announcement.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/02/Koozali_SME_Server_11_0_Beta1_Release_Announcement.gmi [17:26] TR Bot Tux Machines Koozali SME Server 11.0 Beta1 Release Announcement [17:26] TR News "This release is available for both 32-bit and 64-bit systems." https://slackel.sourceforge.io/forum/viewtopic.php?t=815 [17:26] TR Bot Slackel 8.0 "Openbox" - .:Slackel - Hellenic Linux Distribution::. [17:27] TR News iDeal 2025.07.27 https://distrowatch.com/ideal [17:27] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/ideal ) [17:27] TR News Calculate 20250727 is out https://www.calculate-linux.org/ [17:27] TR Bot Calculate Linux [17:28] TR News Announcing the release of HeliumOS 10 https://www.heliumos.org/blog/post/heliumos-10-released/ [17:28] TR Bot Announcing the release of HeliumOS 10 - HeliumOS [17:29] TR News (NEW): Review: HeliumOS 10.0 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/21/Review_HeliumOS_10_0.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/21/Review_HeliumOS_10_0.gmi [17:29] TR Bot Tux Machines Review: HeliumOS 10.0 [17:31] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 02/08/2025: Transducers in Typed Racket and American ISPs https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/Gemini_Links_02_08_2025_Transducers_in_Typed_Racket_and_America.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/Gemini_Links_02_08_2025_Transducers_in_Typed_Racket_and_America.gmi [17:31] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 02/08/2025: Transducers in Typed Racket and American ISPs [17:41] TR News Techrights Canada: GNU/Linux Up to Records Highs, Windows Down to Record Lows https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/Canada_GNU_Linux_Up_to_Records_Highs_Windows_Down_to_Record_Low.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/Canada_GNU_Linux_Up_to_Records_Highs_Windows_Down_to_Record_Low.gmi [17:41] TR Bot Techrights Canada: GNU/Linux Up to Records Highs, Windows Down to Record Lows [17:46] TR News Techrights Russia's Yandex Has Caught Up With Bing in Terms of "Market Share" https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/Russia_s_Yandex_Has_Caught_Up_With_Bing_in_Terms_of_Market_Shar.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/Russia_s_Yandex_Has_Caught_Up_With_Bing_in_Terms_of_Market_Shar.gmi [17:46] TR Bot Techrights Russia's Yandex Has Caught Up With Bing in Terms of "Market Share" [17:54] TR News Techrights The Bots Never Sleep: In The Weekends, Slopfarms Dominate Google News, Majority of Entries in Google Are Fake Articles About 'Linux' https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/The_Bots_Never_Sleep_In_The_Weekends_Slopfarms_Dominate_Google_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/The_Bots_Never_Sleep_In_The_Weekends_Slopfarms_Dominate_Google_.gmi [17:54] TR Bot Techrights The Bots Never Sleep: In The Weekends, Slopfarms Dominate Google News, Majority of Entries in Google Are Fake Articles About 'Linux' ● Aug 02 [18:02] TR News Windows fell to 17% in Iran https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/iran/#monthly-200902-202508 [18:02] TR Bot Operating System Market Share Islamic Republic Of Iran | Statcounter Global Stats [18:13] TR News Techrights The End of Microsoft's Reign in Spain: Windows Falls to All-Time Lows in Spanish Web Traffic https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/The_End_of_Microsoft_s_Reign_in_Spain_Windows_Falls_to_All_Time.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/The_End_of_Microsoft_s_Reign_in_Spain_Windows_Falls_to_All_Time.gmi [18:13] TR Bot Techrights The End of Microsoft's Reign in Spain: Windows Falls to All-Time Lows in Spanish Web Traffic [18:13] TR News "We need to layoff more people to make up for the extra expenditure." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k1n9x8ma [18:13] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k1n9x8ma ) [18:14] TR News "Sunk megabucks into OpenAI, which will obviously pay off when they achieve singularity. Its not like there was ever a large brain drain from OpenAI. Upon singularity, the rest of MS employees will be let go but thatll be OK because shareholders profit." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k1kaq2pn [18:14] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k1kaq2pn ) [18:16] TR News Chrome at 68% https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/all/#monthly-200902-202508 [18:16] TR Bot Browser Market Share Worldwide | Statcounter Global Stats [18:18] TR News Vista 10 share is UP this month https://gs.statcounter.com/windows-version-market-share/desktop/#monthly-200902-202508 [18:18] TR Bot Desktop Windows Version Market Share Worldwide | Statcounter Global Stats [18:20] TR News Perplexity seems to be collapsing https://gs.statcounter.com/ai-chatbot-market-share#monthly-200902-202508 [18:20] TR Bot AI Chatbot Market Share Worldwide | Statcounter Global Stats [18:22] TR News Africa: Windows down to 53% on desktop https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/africa/#monthly-200902-202508 [18:22] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Africa | Statcounter Global Stats [18:24] TR News 4% GNU/Linux in South America https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/south-america/#monthly-200902-202508 [18:24] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share South America | Statcounter Global Stats [18:36] TR News Techrights GNU/Linux is Thriving This Summer https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/GNU_Linux_is_Thriving_This_Summer.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/GNU_Linux_is_Thriving_This_Summer.gmi [18:36] TR Bot Techrights GNU/Linux is Thriving This Summer [18:45] *SomeGoat (~SomeGoat@r9ruxqydtdctn.irc) has joined #techrights [18:48] TR News Techrights Gemini Protocol is Not Dying, It's Growing https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/Gemini_Protocol_is_Not_Dying_It_s_Growing.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/Gemini_Protocol_is_Not_Dying_It_s_Growing.gmi [18:48] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Protocol is Not Dying, It's Growing [18:54] TR News Techrights GNU/Linux Hits Record High in Portugal https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/GNU_Linux_Hits_Record_High_in_Portugal.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/GNU_Linux_Hits_Record_High_in_Portugal.gmi [18:54] TR Bot Techrights GNU/Linux Hits Record High in Portugal ● Aug 02 [19:18] TR News Techrights GNU/Linux Share in Sweden Has Doubled Since PewDiePie, A Swede, Recommended It https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/GNU_Linux_Share_in_Sweden_Has_Doubled_Since_PewDiePie_A_Swede_R.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/GNU_Linux_Share_in_Sweden_Has_Doubled_Since_PewDiePie_A_Swede_R.gmi [19:18] TR Bot Techrights GNU/Linux Share in Sweden Has Doubled Since PewDiePie, A Swede, Recommended It [19:27] TR News Garuda 250729, Gnuinos 2025.07.29, spirit 16.1, and Volumio 3.832 are released. Not very major release, mere builds/ISOs. [19:29] TR News Ubuntu Cinnamon 25.04 Plucky Puffin Quick Overview https://www.yewtu.be/shorts/J4Dm3xUYY3I" [19:29] TR Bot ( status 503 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=J4Dm3xUYY3I ) [19:29] *fantom_ (~fantom@87.74.59.94) has left #techrights [19:29] TR News World's Fastest Linux Distro? No. https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=aPGC4xFhrCg [19:30] TR Bot timed out after 10000 milliseconds ( status 0 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=aPGC4xFhrCg?v=aPGC4xFhrCg ) [19:31] admfubar https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/08/five-children-see-hiv-viral-loads-vanish-after-taking-antiretroviral-drugs/ [19:31] TR Bot Five children see HIV viral loads vanish after taking antiretroviral drugs - Ars Technica [19:32] admfubar https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?__goaway_challenge=cookie&__goaway_id=44aa231dcffcf0889fb07ae3dd3f6631&__goaway_referer=https%3A%2F%2Finv.nadeko.net%2F&v=aPGC4xFhrCg [19:32] TR Bot ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?__goaway_challenge=cookie&__goaway_id=44aa231dcffcf0889fb07ae3dd3f6631&__goaway_referer=https%3A%2F%2Finv.nadeko.net%2F&v=aPGC4xFhrCg ) [19:36] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k1ejz52q [19:36] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k1ejz52q ) [19:36] schestowitz[TR2] " [19:36] schestowitz[TR2] Steve Balmer: "Developers, developers, developers, developers!" [19:36] schestowitz[TR2] Sam Altman: "AI will probably most likely lead to the end of the world, but in the meantime, there'll be great companies." [19:36] schestowitz[TR2] Elon Musk: "I'm not a businessman, I'm a techbro" [19:36] schestowitz[TR2] Niccol Machiavelli: the ends justify the means [19:36] schestowitz[TR2] Richard Nixon: "when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal" [19:36] schestowitz[TR2] DJT: "If it saves the country, it's not illegal" [19:36] schestowitz[TR2] " [19:37] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k1kggwf6 [19:37] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k1kggwf6 ) [19:37] schestowitz[TR2] " [19:37] schestowitz[TR2] IBM stock down 16% from 294 to 248 in 30 days - look out below [19:37] schestowitz[TR2] All those IBM people high fiving in LinkedIn etc. Many of us knew "it would not stick". The emperor has no clothes and all next up CEO Smarmy Rob Thomas has is a closet full of sneakers and hoodies. IBM CEO. Hoodies and sneakers. 57 years of CEO leadership by Watson Sr and Jr and Thomas is next man up. That little white bag in the back of every plane seat comes to mind. [19:37] schestowitz[TR2] " [19:38] TR News "Adding, yeah, Red Hat, yada, yada, still he wasn't the man to get the top job." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k1kggwf6 [19:39] TR News Stop Using top Like Its the 90s Heres Whats Better https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=LoHXCKBUJz4 [19:39] TR Bot ( status 503 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=LoHXCKBUJz4?v=LoHXCKBUJz4 ) [19:39] TR News 30 Year Old Linux Kernel Bug Hidden In Plain Sight https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=JemMvW0pvzU [19:39] TR Bot ( status 503 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=JemMvW0pvzU?v=JemMvW0pvzU ) [19:39] TR News The Truth About Linux Desktop Market Share https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=ORvMMJIXdUk [19:40] TR Bot ( status 503 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=ORvMMJIXdUk?v=ORvMMJIXdUk ) [19:41] TR News "All the hate for Ginni. I get it. But I had a career when Ginni was here. A future. Now every day feels like my last. Who cares about the stock price when your future looks dismal? And too old to find another job - ageism is an American tradition." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k1kggwf6 [19:42] TR News "To be fair, the stock of MANY tech companies has been inflated AND it still is even with the latest market corrections, we are here for a longer ride. It was going to happen eventually, but the fake bonanza would have lasted just a bit longer. The correction happened earlier as a result of other reasons, which forced the harsh reality to come out of the shadow." [19:43] TR News "Perspective people. On 1/1/2024 IBM stock closed at $159. Absolutely nothing in the following 18 months justified the runup to $296. Just a bunch of empty promises about AI and Quantum that will never happen. It's headed right back to that level." [19:45] TR News IBM moves scientists out of Almaden Research Center https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/10/ibm_almaden_research_center/?td= [19:45] TR Bot IBM moves scientists out of Almaden Research Center The Register [19:47] TR News All-time low for Windows in South Africa https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/south-africa/#monthly-200902-202508 [19:47] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share South Africa | Statcounter Global Stats [19:48] TR News GNU/Linux 7% in Turkey https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop//turkey/#monthly-200902-202508 [19:48] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Turkey | Statcounter Global Stats ● Aug 02 [20:03] MinceR 02 203622 < schestowitz[TR2]> Richard Nixon: "when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal" [20:03] MinceR the Court with Sour Cream and Tomatoes agrees [20:04] TR News Techrights Microsoft Windows "Market Share" Measured Around 2.7% in Iraq, Plunges to 6.5% in Saudi Arabia https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/Microsoft_Windows_Market_Share_Measured_Around_2_7_in_Iraq_Plun.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/Microsoft_Windows_Market_Share_Measured_Around_2_7_in_Iraq_Plun.gmi [20:04] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Windows "Market Share" Measured Around 2.7% in Iraq, Plunges to 6.5% in Saudi Arabia [20:04] schestowitz[TR2] he saved his country [20:05] schestowitz[TR2] made a deal with jyna [20:09] TR News GNU/Linux approaching 4% in Poland, it just "needs some more polish" https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/poland/#monthly-200902-202508 [20:09] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Poland | Statcounter Global Stats [20:10] TR News 'hostname' - print or set the hostname- Video Man Pages https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=XMPeAVx3Cls" [20:10] TR Bot ( status 503 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=XMPeAVx3Cls?v=XMPeAVx3Cls ) [20:10] TR News Wayland Will Never Be Ready For Every Xorg User https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=yURfsJDOw1E [20:10] TR Bot timed out after 10000 milliseconds ( status 0 @ https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=yURfsJDOw1E ) [20:11] TR News JayzTwoCents FINALLY discovers Linux gaming... https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=3nXVSUO_XwE [20:11] TR Bot ( status 503 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=3nXVSUO_XwE?v=3nXVSUO_XwE ) [20:16] TR News Windows usage collapsed in Venezuela https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/venezuela/#monthly-200902-202508 [20:17] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Bolivarian Republic Of Venezuela | Statcounter Global Stats [20:18] MinceR he saved his country from democracy [20:24] schestowitz[TR2] he saved his arse [20:25] admfubar >>>>(03:09:46 PM) techrights-news: GNU/Linux approaching 4% in Poland, it just "needs some more polish"<<<< why? is there not enough Polish in poland??? [20:26] MinceR :> [20:29] *FANTOM has quit (Ping timeout: 252 seconds) [20:31] TR News Techrights Operating Systems' Statistics in New Zealand: GNU/Linux Up, Windows Down to All-Time Lows https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/Operating_Systems_Statistics_in_New_Zealand_GNU_Linux_Up_Window.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/Operating_Systems_Statistics_in_New_Zealand_GNU_Linux_Up_Window.gmi [20:31] TR Bot Techrights Operating Systems' Statistics in New Zealand: GNU/Linux Up, Windows Down to All-Time Lows [20:34] *birkoff has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [20:36] *FANTOM (~fantom@87.74.59.94) has joined #techrights [20:51] TR News Techrights Next Month 'New Techrights' Turns Two https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/Next_Month_New_Techrights_Turns_Two.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/Next_Month_New_Techrights_Turns_Two.gmi [20:51] TR Bot Techrights Next Month 'New Techrights' Turns Two [20:55] *darwin has quit (Quit: peace be with you) ● Aug 02 [21:03] *darwin (~darwin@ezriia7nzimpg.irc) has joined #techrights [21:08] TR News Techrights Google Throwing Out the Search Engine With the Bathwater is a Complete and Utter 'Shi---ow' as the Company Drowns in Debt, Layoffs, and Worse https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/Google_Throwing_Out_the_Search_Engine_With_the_Bathwater_is_a_C.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/02/Google_Throwing_Out_the_Search_Engine_With_the_Bathwater_is_a_C.gmi [21:08] TR Bot Techrights Google Throwing Out the Search Engine With the Bathwater is a Complete and Utter 'Shi---ow' as the Company Drowns in Debt, Layoffs, and Worse [21:11] TR News "took a long bike ride & picked up two books--Simone Weil's 'Waiting for God' and Thich Nhat Hanh's 'Fragrant Palm Leaves'--along with a new journal & a lavender candle. purchasing these items, expending money, potentially not in line with the theme of the month, but i'm excited to write about each of these books with the candle burning nearby." gemini://xavi4u.flounder.online/gemlog/2025-08-02.gmi [21:11] TR News saturated gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/saturated [21:15] TR News (NEW): Recent Videos About GNU/Linux and Free Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/02/Recent_Videos_About_GNU_Linux_and_Free_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/02/Recent_Videos_About_GNU_Linux_and_Free_Software.gmi [21:15] TR Bot Tux Machines Recent Videos About GNU/Linux and Free Software [21:20] *darwin has quit (Quit: peace be with you) [21:24] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@8zghqrupr4xbs.irc) has joined #techrights [21:31] TR News Indonesia: Windows down, GNU/Linux near all-time high https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/indonesia/#monthly-200902-202508 [21:31] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Indonesia | Statcounter Global Stats [21:31] TR News Windows around 7% in Libya https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/libya/#monthly-200902-202508 [21:31] TR Bot Operating System Market Share Libya | Statcounter Global Stats [21:36] TR News Fact check: Did 'The Simpsons' predict Coldplay kiss cam? https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-did-the-simpsons-predict-coldplay-kiss-cam/a-73393778 [21:36] TR Bot check: Did 'The Simpsons' predict Coldplay kiss cam? DW 07/24/2025 [21:46] *darwin (~darwin@ezriia7nzimpg.irc) has joined #techrights [21:50] *birkoff (birkoff@freenode-2mn.d28.de28dt.IP) has joined #techrights ● Aug 02 [22:03] *IsambardPrince has quit (Quit: Leaving) [22:12] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@857r2qz6k99yg.irc) has joined #techrights [22:13] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I set out the roach bait. [22:13] IsambardPrince Now we wait. [22:13] IsambardPrince Hey, that rhymes. [22:14] IsambardPrince I fed the outdoor cats again. [22:14] IsambardPrince They were looking sort of scrawny. [22:15] IsambardPrince I set out some water too. [22:43] geert isnt there some kind of animals that eat roaches maybe better to set that out??? ● Aug 02 [23:21] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [23:41] IsambardPrince I vacuum the kitchen now every time I make food. [23:41] IsambardPrince A few crumbs is all it takes for a roach to eat and make more roaches. [23:41] IsambardPrince The only food I want them to have access to in here is the poisoned food in the roach traps. [23:42] IsambardPrince I got a cat food storage container. [23:42] IsambardPrince From now on the cats will be fed at specific times and then the food goes back into the container. [23:43] IsambardPrince A serious roach infestation happens when someone's trashed their apartment and there's lots of yummy garbage out for them.