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[02:10] admfubar https://arstechnica.com/google/2026/10/antitrust-lawsuits-targeting-google-ai-search-dismissed-by-federal-judge/ [02:10] TR Bot Judge dismisses Chegg and Penske antitrust lawsuits targeting Google AI search - Ars Technica [02:11] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@ezcq48qr7j4kk.irc) has joined #techrights [02:34] admfubar https://scheerpost.com/2026/10/01/amazon-is-deploying-ai-to-spy-on-its-workers-and-bust-unions-before-they-form/ [02:34] TR Bot Amazon Is Deploying AI to Spy on Its Workers and Bust Unions Before They Form [02:37] admfubar https://scheerpost.com/2026/09/30/a-i-execs-admit-to-the-largest-labor-theft-in-human-history-and-killing-the-internet/ [02:37] TR Bot A.I. Execs ADMIT To The Largest Labor Theft In Human HistoryAnd Killing The Internet [02:46] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. 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[05:44] schestowitz[TR2] "i am just the ghostbuster here" [05:44] TR News microsoft may be dying but it is not dead yet https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/01/Microsoft_is_Pushing_Up_Daisies_Amid_Mass_Layoffs_Secret_Ones.shtml so 'soon pushing up daisies' would be accurate not 'pushing up daisies' now/yet [05:44] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft is "Pushing Up Daisies" Amid Mass Layoffs (Secret Ones) [05:55] TR News Techrights Lots of People Left Red Hat This Week, No Announcement Made of Layoffs https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/02/Lots_of_People_Left_Red_Hat_This_Week_No_Announcement_Made_of_L.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/02/Lots_of_People_Left_Red_Hat_This_Week_No_Announcement_Made_of_L.gmi [05:55] TR Bot Techrights Lots of People Left Red Hat This Week, No Announcement Made of Layoffs [05:56] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Thursday, October 01, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/02/IRC_Proceedings_Thursday_October_01_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/02/IRC_Proceedings_Thursday_October_01_2026.gmi [05:56] TR Bot Techrights IRC Proceedings: Thursday, October 01, 2026 [05:58] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [05:58] TR Bot Tux Machines Today in Techrights ● Oct 02 [06:00] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/02/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/02/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [06:00] TR Bot Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [06:03] *lxo has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [06:06] TR News "HN == broligarch propaganda, to put it mildly Hardboiled Anti-FOSS site - a few ad hominems against TR, as expected, but most comments are about IBM but dreadfully uninformed and naive; some BS about Freenode take over" [06:07] TR News Stopped monitoring networks some 12-24 hours ago https://netsplit.de/ [06:07] TR Bot NO TITLE [06:09] TR News Some Librea.chat faithfuls are sore over TR not following the herd (like GNU and FSF did) and instead asserting that freedom isn't the same as herd-following [06:09] TR News Anon: A big drawback to printed books is that it's hard skim or search for key points once a few days have passed [06:12] TR News Anon: rumors are that RH hosted mailing lists which now bounce those lists were important for many FOSS projects, once upon a time [06:13] TR News ...that's another important reason for self-hosting, but then again recall what happened the OpenDocument Fellowship's domain and sites [06:15] TR News The thing about self-hosting is, not all parties are equal. Setting up one's environment is one thing, keeping it running for decades takes focus, not jumping from one idea to the next every month or so (like so many devs do). [06:15] TR News "There are 520 known IRC networks listed below..." https://netsplit.de/networks/ [06:15] TR Bot NO TITLE [06:16] TR News "the endurance aspect is a _*whole*_ other can of worms than just getting it going, both are exceptionally high barriers still. It has been pointed out that e-mail has failed to evolve technically since the 1990s and the administrative changes around it have only centralized it more and more." [06:19] TR News 15 days PIP and lay off https://www.teamblind.com/post/15-days-pip-and-lay-off-8-yrs-ai-data-tpmpmt-roles-cnbwrj2s [06:19] TR Bot 15 days PIP and lay off | 8+ yrs AI & Data TPM/PMT roles | Tech Referrals - Blind [06:20] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [06:25] TR News "McDonald's Caught Cheating Consumers for Profit as Rage Over Cost of Living Burns" https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/a-scandal-at-mcdonalds-shows-why [06:25] TR Bot McDonald's Caught Cheating Consumers for Profit as Rage Over Cost of Living Burns [06:26] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights (Error from remote client) [06:28] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [06:35] TR News Techrights Microsoft Promised Them Bonuses, Instead They May Get Laid Off https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/02/Microsoft_Promised_Them_Bonuses_Instead_They_May_Get_Laid_Off.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/02/Microsoft_Promised_Them_Bonuses_Instead_They_May_Get_Laid_Off.gmi [06:35] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Promised Them Bonuses, Instead They May Get Laid Off [06:40] TR News The General gemini://freeshell.de/gemlog/2026-10-01_The_General.gmi [06:41] TR News "Somehow, the calendar year is once again three-quarters complete! September has come to an end and with it so to has the eighth(!) instalment of ROOPHLOCH." gemini://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space/~solderpunk/gemlog/roophloch-2026-round-up.gmi [06:42] TR News Microsoft's EEE, to prevent people from running actual Linux: Microsoft, Positioning Windows as "the Best Place" to Run Linux Workloads, Launches WSL Containers gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202610/20261001-wsl.gmi [06:44] TR News bubi: 06:44:32 up 1022 days, 21:56, 3 users, load average: 9.01, 7.84, 7.38 [06:48] TR News Univention Corporate Server 5.2-7 is out https://distrowatch.com/12960 [06:48] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/12960 ) [06:52] TR News warm bodies gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/warm_bodies [06:53] TR News "The scales, from top-to-bottom, are a linear L scale, a CI scale, and a C and D scale. These are not all the scales I would like to have, for sure, but they are enough to do multiplication, division, log (base 10), and arbitrary exponents." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20261001-0.gmi [06:54] TR News "A field report on Haiku OS Beta 6, the lean successor to BeOS for the local, single user desktop." gemini://schreibfaultier.pollux.casa/blog/2026-09-30-haiku-no-cloud.en.gmi [06:56] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1756.jpg [06:57] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D2113.jpg ● Oct 02 [07:00] TR News No Badges, Thanks https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/10/02/no-badges-thanks/ [07:00] TR Bot Blog Archive No Badges, Thanks [07:03] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 02/10/2026: Haiku, Microsoft EEE ('Linux' as a Container in Windows), and ROOPHLOCH 2026 Roundup https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/02/Gemini_Links_02_10_2026_Haiku_Microsoft_EEE_Linux_as_a_Containe.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/02/Gemini_Links_02_10_2026_Haiku_Microsoft_EEE_Linux_as_a_Containe.gmi [07:03] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 02/10/2026: Haiku, Microsoft EEE ('Linux' as a Container in Windows), and ROOPHLOCH 2026 Roundup [07:07] *IsambardPrince has quit (connection closed) [07:08] *IsambardPrince (~IsambardPrince@fpwrzfm9q62bu.irc) has joined #techrights [07:16] TR News After 3 Years https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/10/02/after-3-years/ [07:16] TR Bot Blog Archive After 3 Years [07:19] *Goblin has quit (Quit: Leaving) [07:29] TR News The Sick Bird, Not Durian and Peanut https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/10/02/the-sick-bird-not-durian-and-peanut/ [07:29] TR Bot Blog Archive The Sick Bird, Not Durian and Peanut [07:39] TR News (NEW): Interview with Liam Quin https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/Interview_with_Liam_Quin.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/Interview_with_Liam_Quin.gmi [07:39] TR Bot Tux Machines Interview with Liam Quin [07:43] TR News (NEW): This Month in KDE Linux: September 2026 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/This_Month_in_KDE_Linux_September_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/This_Month_in_KDE_Linux_September_2026.gmi [07:43] TR Bot Tux Machines This Month in KDE Linux: September 2026 [07:48] TR News Techrights Broligarchs Speech-Policing, Faux 'Community' or 'Hub' in 'User-Driven' Clothing https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/02/Broligarchs_Speech_Policing_Faux_Community_or_Hub_in_User_Drive.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/02/Broligarchs_Speech_Policing_Faux_Community_or_Hub_in_User_Drive.gmi [07:48] TR Bot Techrights Broligarchs Speech-Policing, Faux 'Community' or 'Hub' in 'User-Driven' Clothing [07:51] TR News (NEW): Ryoku Arch-based Linux distribution https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/Ryoku_Arch_based_Linux_distribution.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/Ryoku_Arch_based_Linux_distribution.gmi [07:51] TR Bot Tux Machines Ryoku Arch-based Linux distribution ● Oct 02 [08:00] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [08:00] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [08:00] TR News Manchester City (Man City) Issues Ahead https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/10/02/manchester-city-man-city-issues-ahead/ [08:00] TR Bot Blog Archive Manchester City (Man City) Issues Ahead [08:01] TR News (NEW): Audacity 4.0.1 Audio Editor Restores Keyboard Shortcuts from Audacity 3 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/30/Audacity_4_0_1_Audio_Editor_Restores_Keyboard_Shortcuts_from_Au.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/30/Audacity_4_0_1_Audio_Editor_Restores_Keyboard_Shortcuts_from_Au.gmi [08:01] TR Bot Tux Machines Audacity 4.0.1 Audio Editor Restores Keyboard Shortcuts from Audacity 3 [08:05] TR News (NEW): IPFire 2.29 - Core Update 204 is available for testing https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/IPFire_2_29_Core_Update_204_is_available_for_testing.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/IPFire_2_29_Core_Update_204_is_available_for_testing.gmi [08:05] TR Bot Tux Machines IPFire 2.29 - Core Update 204 is available for testing [08:13] TR News Techrights Reporting Court Matters While Preserving Dignity of Staff https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/02/Reporting_Court_Matters_While_Preserving_Dignity_of_Staff.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/02/Reporting_Court_Matters_While_Preserving_Dignity_of_Staff.gmi [08:13] TR Bot Techrights Reporting Court Matters While Preserving Dignity of Staff [08:23] TR News I Never Envy People Who Drive (or Who Still Have Cars) https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/10/02/i-never-envy-people-who-drive-or-who-still-have-cars/ [08:23] TR Bot Blog Archive I Never Envy People Who Drive (or Who Still Have Cars) [08:28] TR News Daniel Pocock is Crushing Reform UK Party Ltd https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/10/02/daniel-pocock-is-crushing-reform-uk-party-ltd/ [08:28] TR Bot Blog Archive Daniel Pocock is Crushing Reform UK Party Ltd [08:31] TR News (NEW): This Linux experiment convinced me to stop dual-booting Windows https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/This_Linux_experiment_convinced_me_to_stop_dual_booting_Windows.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/This_Linux_experiment_convinced_me_to_stop_dual_booting_Windows.gmi [08:31] TR Bot Tux Machines This Linux experiment convinced me to stop dual-booting Windows [08:31] *Baudouin (~Baudouin@qezpdne5xejp8.irc) has joined #techrights [08:33] TR News (NEW): Why is it called a terminal "emulator"? https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/Why_is_it_called_a_terminal_emulator.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/Why_is_it_called_a_terminal_emulator.gmi [08:33] TR Bot Tux Machines Why is it called a terminal "emulator"? [08:45] TR News Techrights The Cyber Show on "Career Scientists" (Resellers of Establishment Brands Like GAFAM) https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/02/The_Cyber_Show_on_Career_Scientists_Resellers_of_Establishment_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/02/The_Cyber_Show_on_Career_Scientists_Resellers_of_Establishment_.gmi [08:45] TR Bot Techrights The Cyber Show on "Career Scientists" (Resellers of Establishment Brands Like GAFAM) [08:53] TR News (NEW): Network Degraded https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/Network_Degraded.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/Network_Degraded.gmi [08:53] TR Bot Tux Machines Network Degraded [08:59] TR News Shell Update https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/10/02/shell-update/ [08:59] TR Bot Blog Archive Shell Update ● Oct 02 [09:09] *IsambardPrince has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:10] *IsambardPrince (~IsambardPrince@fpwrzfm9q62bu.irc) has joined #techrights [09:12] TR News Techrights EPO "Cocaine Communication Manager" - Part XVII - A Vote for Campinos This Month (Reappointment) Would be an Endorsement of Cocaine https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/02/EPO_Cocaine_Communication_Manager_Part_XVII_A_Vote_for_Campinos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/02/EPO_Cocaine_Communication_Manager_Part_XVII_A_Vote_for_Campinos.gmi [09:12] TR Bot Techrights EPO "Cocaine Communication Manager" - Part XVII - A Vote for Campinos This Month (Reappointment) Would be an Endorsement of Cocaine [09:21] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/Android_Leftovers.gmi [09:21] TR Bot Tux Machines Android Leftovers ● Oct 02 [10:05] TR News (NEW): Latest Debian 13 Trixie Kernel Security Update Patches More Than 1300 CVEs https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/Latest_Debian_13_Trixie_Kernel_Security_Update_Patches_More_Tha.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/Latest_Debian_13_Trixie_Kernel_Security_Update_Patches_More_Tha.gmi [10:05] TR Bot Tux Machines Latest Debian 13 Trixie Kernel Security Update Patches More Than 1300 CVEs [10:05] *IsambardPrince has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [10:32] TR News Kader 2026.09.20 "https://distrowatch.com/kader42 [10:32] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/kader42 ) [10:33] TR News Australian Government To Probe OpenAI Agent After It Breached Health Portal and Bypassed Security Blocks https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/openai-ai-agent-accessed-australian-health-portal-files-1821771 [10:33] TR Bot Australian Government To Probe OpenAI Agent After It Breached Health Portal and Bypassed Security Blocks | IBTimes UK [10:33] TR News DOJ Cites National Security to Defend Cheeto Mussolinis White House Ban on News Outlets https://truthout.org/articles/doj-cites-national-security-to-defend-trumps-white-house-ban-on-news-outlets/ [10:33] TR Bot DOJ Cites National Security to Defend Trumps White House Ban on News Outlets | Truthout [10:35] TR News Dancer2 2.2.1 released (security) https://blogs.perl.org/users/jason_a_crome/2026/09/dancer2-221-released-security.html [10:35] TR Bot 2.2.1 released (security) | Jason A. Crome [blogs.perl.org] [10:37] TR News I turned my gaming PC into a Proxmox server and found a whole new use for its power https://www.makeuseof.com/i-turned-gaming-pc-into-proxmox-server-found-whole-new-use-for-its-power/ [10:37] TR Bot I turned my gaming PC into a Proxmox server and found a whole new use for its power [10:38] TR News I stopped wasting a whole mini PC by moving its working n8n automations to a VM in one shot https://www.makeuseof.com/i-stopped-wasting-a-whole-mini-pc-by-moving-to-a-vm-in-one-shot/ [10:38] TR Bot I stopped wasting a whole mini PC by moving its working n8n automations to a VM in one shot [10:38] TR News US government argues that fair use applies to OpenAIs training of LLMs in key copyright case http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2026/09/us-government-argues-that-fair-use.html [10:38] TR Bot open...: US government argues that fair use applies to OpenAIs training of LLMs in key copyright case [10:38] TR News 2026 [10:38] TR News EFF = GAFAM https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/09/victory-appeals-court-rejects-expansive-new-copyright-claim [10:38] TR Bot Victory! Appeals Court Rejects Expansive New Copyright Claim | Electronic Frontier Foundation [10:39] TR News Microsoft Director Warned AI Training Could Be 'Largest Theft of Labor in Human History', Filing Says https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/microsoft-openai-ai-training-creators-copyright-case-1821309 [10:39] TR Bot Microsoft Director Warned AI Training Could Be 'Largest Theft of Labor in Human History', Filing Says | IBTimes UK [10:40] *cow_20012 has quit (Quit: ) [10:41] TR News Techrights latest article on Red Hat accessed about 63k times so far - very unusual [10:43] *cow_20012 (~username@wusiwah4aa7ye.irc) has joined #techrights [10:44] TR News Sheer irony of the hired guns of Garrett publishing "The end of misleading headlines" after they themselves defamed people they had sued, using BS headlines and lies. They also defame Garrett's spouse. https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/26/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_88_Out_of_200_Brett_Wilson_LLP_is_Defamin.shtml [10:44] TR Bot Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 88 Out of 200: Brett Wilson LLP is Defaming Trans People in America Because Garrett Pays Hired Guns to Silence Them ● Oct 02 [11:48] TR News "The activity extended beyond searching for information, Asymmetric said in a far more detailed Thursday post." https://therecord.media/openai-software-attempted-to-secretly-scrape-data-from-dozens-of-websites | Source: The Record [11:48] TR Bot OpenAI software attempted to secretly scrape data from dozens of prominent websites | The Record from Recorded Future News [11:48] TR News "Academics have protested against Elsevier's business practices for years with little effect. These are some of their objections: [...]" http://thecostofknowledge.com/ | [11:48] TR Bot The Cost of Knowledge [11:49] TR News "Streaming services have long provided the most popular way to listen to music, but downloading things digitally has its perks. Thats why some people still prefer to buy their music instead of renting it." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/technology/personaltech/how-to-listen-to-your-favorite-music-online-or-off-the-grid.html | Source: New York Times [11:49] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/technology/personaltech/how-to-listen-to-your-favorite-music-online-or-off-the-grid.html ) [11:49] TR News "But then in 2020, they spent $200 million to make that fraud legal, so now they won't have to pay that again in the future!" https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/10/its-not-illegal-if-you-buy-new-laws/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski [11:49] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/10/its-not-illegal-if-you-buy-new-laws/ ) [11:49] TR News "Im one of the many experts who Waylon spoke to for his story." https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/a-scandal-at-mcdonalds-shows-why | Source: Matt Stoller [11:49] TR Bot McDonald's Caught Cheating Consumers for Profit as Rage Over Cost of Living Burns [11:50] TR News "The rest of the interview portrayed a frustrated president cocooning himself in an alternate reality [sic] as the nation turns on him." https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-explodes-reporter-time-interview-1235635165/ | Source: Rolling Stone [11:50] TR Bot Trump Explodes on Reporter During 'Time' Interview [11:50] TR News "We must all hang together, or most assuredly we will all hang separately." https://dicktofel.substack.com/p/the-white-house-press-corps-needs | Source: Richard J Tofel [11:50] TR Bot The White House Press Corps Needs to Stop Compromising with Trumpand On Its Own Integrity [11:50] TR News "student reporting on Jeffrey Epstein, Gaza, and other issues that public institutions would rather not have their reputations connected to." https://www.404media.co/how-schools-and-universities-try-to-censor-student-journalists/ | Source: 404 Media [11:50] TR Bot How Schools and Universities Try to Censor Student Journalists [11:51] TR News "LLerandi told CPJ that the threats began in July when he was summoned to an interrogation by State Security agents in Marianao" https://cpj.org/2026/10/cuban-journalist-forced-to-flee-island-to-brazil-following-threats-by-state-agents/ | Source: CPJ [11:51] TR Bot Cuban journalist forced to flee island to Brazil following threats by state agents - Committee to Protect Journalists [11:51] TR News "The forty-fourth annual Banned Books Week (BBW) takes place October 4 through 10 this year, but given the significant, sustained efforts to restrict what young people can read" https://www.projectcensored.org/make-america-read-again/ | Source: Project Censored [11:51] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.projectcensored.org/make-america-read-again/ ) [11:51] TR News "The Kremlins fondness for international assassinations of its critics and enemies has a long history" https://www.thenextmove.org/p/new-details-assassins-were-indicted | Source: The Next Move [11:51] TR Bot New Details: Assassins Were Indicted. Very Likely, I Was Their Target. [11:52] TR News "Wasn't HN under Scam Altman for a while? Ycombinator (anti-democracy techbros) founded Redddddit and, thus, probably had something to do with the hollowing out of the (then) pro-FOSS Slashdot." https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/10/Y_Combinator_YC_Funds_Scams_Run_by_Scammers.shtml [11:52] TR Bot Techrights Y Combinator (YC) Funds Scams, Run by Scammers [11:53] TR News Yep: "It occurs to me that Aaron and Altman represent two archetypes of what Silicon Valley might value. Sam Altman embodied the ideals of the founder." https://davekarpf.substack.com/p/paul-graham-and-the-cult-of-the-founder [11:53] TR Bot Paul Graham and the Cult of the Founder - by Dave Karpf [11:53] TR News "He so impressed Paul Graham that, even though Altman's company (Loopt) was a failure, Graham named him the the next President of YCombinator. Say what you will about the guy, but he has a remarkable flair for failing upward." https://davekarpf.substack.com/p/paul-graham-and-the-cult-of-the-founder [11:54] TR News "Also, Substack is part of that crowd and a worse problem It is not a "Nazi bar", it is even worse than that, as per its owners" http://techrights.org/n/2026/05/12/Beehiiv_and_Substack_Are_Platform_Lock_in_Similar_to_Vendor_Loc.shtml [11:54] TR Bot Techrights Beehiiv and Substack Are Platform Lock-in (Similar to Vendor Lock-in), Don't Use Beehiiv and Substack (and the Likes of These) [11:55] TR News "Whoever wins AI wins" https://www.netmeister.org/blog/winning-ai.html | Source: Jan Schaumann [11:55] TR Bot 'Winning AI' [11:56] TR News "I may not know what "winning AI" means, but I do know it is the wrong framing for a meaningful debate about how to handle the many risks inherent in the development of large-language models and other artificial intelligence: "Winning" implies a zero-sum game" [11:56] TR News "Neither applies here, and the use of this phrase is a cheap rhetorical trick to avoid meaningful regulation, because of course "we" have to "win", and if you don't "win", then you necessarily "lose", and who wants to be a loser, huh? Why do you hate America?" [11:56] TR News "For comparison to another absurd initial public offering, SpaceX said its A.I. business lost $6.3 billion in calendar 2025, and its capital expenditures in the segment totalled nearly $13 billion." https://pxlnv.com/linklog/anthropic-ipo/ | Source: Nick Heer [11:56] TR Bot Anthropics Looney Tunes IPO Pixel Envy [11:56] TR News "And Anthropic says it is prepared to spend over half a trillion dollars? I cannot wait to see if it truly believes its total addressable market is, as reported by the Wall Street Journal last month, close to the entire U.S. economy." [11:57] TR News "The financial structure of these data centres is scarcely believable. Meta is putting hundreds of billions of dollars behind this infrastructure, yet is keeping the expenses off its books to preserve its credit rating while also avoiding tax at the federal and state levels." https://pxlnv.com/linklog/meta-data-centre-tax-break/ | Source: Nick Heer [11:57] TR Bot How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centres to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes Pixel Envy [11:57] TR News "Micron says its signed SCAs that extend into 2031, as well as one-year extensions to 2031 for two agreements. Its customers obviously have confidence in their long-term demand for memory and storage." https://www.blocksandfiles.com/flash/2026/10/01/memory-gold-rush-bonanza-makes-billions-for-micron/5300445 | [11:57] TR Bot Memory gold rush bonanza makes billions for Micron [11:58] TR News "Another set of thoughts about OpenAIs recent announcements, which trigger all sorts of reactions in me." https://blog.numericcitizen.me/2026/09/30/maybe-openai-is-crossing-a.html | Source: Numeric Citizen [11:58] TR Bot Maybe OpenAI is crossing a redline for me Numeric Citizen Blog [11:58] TR News "It occurs to me that Aaron and Altman represent two archetypes of what Silicon Valley might value." https://davekarpf.substack.com/p/paul-graham-and-the-cult-of-the-founder | [11:58] TR News "Arti is our ongoing project to create a next-generation Tor implementation in Rust. We're happy to announce the latest release, Arti 2.7.0." https://blog.torproject.org/arti_2_7_0_released/ | Source: Tor [11:58] TR Bot Arti 2.7.0 released | The Tor Project [11:59] TR News "After nearly 18 years at LinkedIn and Microsoft, Ryan Roslansky is leaving the company." https://www.theverge.com/news/1003515/microsoft-ryan-roslansky-office-teams-linkedin-leaving | Source: The Verge [11:59] TR Bot Microsofts Office and Teams chief is leaving | The Verge [11:59] TR News "Modern contraceptives are an important tool to strengthen womens bodily autonomy while simultaneously helping lower fertility rates and slow population growth." https://overpopulation-project.com/reproductive-rights-an-unfinished-project-and-an-ecological-imperative/ | Source: Overpopulation [11:59] TR Bot Reproductive rights: an unfinished project and an ecological imperative - The Overpopulation Project [11:59] TR News "An unusual study aims to estimate the pollution and health costs from a cluster of proposed data centers, instead of considering each one separately." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/climate/data-center-pollution-study-pennsylvania.html | Source: New York Times [11:59] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/climate/data-center-pollution-study-pennsylvania.html ) ● Oct 02 [12:04] schestowitz[TR2] ding ding ding [12:04] schestowitz[TR2] someone in damage control mode this morn [12:04] schestowitz[TR2] creating distraction [12:04] schestowitz[TR2] will ignore [12:04] schestowitz[TR2] so i guess we nailed it the past few days [12:05] TR News "I think there is a confession in that expectation. If you regard a public office as an opportunity to reward your friends and punish the people you hate" https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/inside-the-deranged-mind-of-the-right | Source: Mike Brock [12:05] TR Bot Inside the Deranged Mind of the Right-Winger [12:09] TR News "niche manufacturers control a substantial amount of American wealth" https://jacobin.com/2026/10/review-millionaires-wealth-distribution-pass-throughs | Source: Jacobin Magazine [12:09] TR Bot American Capitalism Isnt Just Billionaires [12:10] TR News "The Billionaire Problem" https://phirephoenix.com/blog/2026-10-01/billionaires | Source: Phirephoenix [12:10] TR Bot workers can take back tech | phirelog [12:10] TR News "Which is to say, Big P politics matter, but to make them matter, we need a lot of small p politics." https://pluralistic.net/2026/10/01/data-centers/#now-make-me-do-it | Source: CoryDoctorow [12:11] TR News "There's a private information leak most days, usually by way of misconfigured services or nasty security bugs." https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/ai-agents-inadvertently-leak-13-000-internal-screenshots-from-organizations-list-of-companies-includes-fortune-500-and-a-frontier-ai-lab | Source: Tom's Hardware [12:11] TR Bot ( status 504 @ https://pluralistic.net/2026/10/01/data-centers/#now-make-me-do-it ) [12:11] TR Bot AI agents inadvertently leak 13,000+ internal screenshots from 300 organizations list of companies includes Fortune 500 and a frontier AI lab | Tom's Hardware [12:11] TR News "Most of the targets were not identified, but the University of Torontos Citizen Lab named two journalists and two activists in Italy." https://www.wired.com/story/the-secrets-of-the-us-spyware-king/ | Source: Wired [12:11] TR Bot Secrets of the US Spyware King | WIRED [12:12] TR News "Marcin Wichary has posted today an article The left hand should know what the right hand is doing on his blog Unsung." https://victor.kropp.name/blog/2026/the-left-hand-should-know-what-the-right-hand-is-doing/ | Source: Victor Kropp [12:12] TR Bot The left hand should know what the right hand is doing [12:16] TR News "Basically, your cars manufacturer has you under constant surveillance, and they use that data against you." https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/10/connected-cars-are-a-surveillance-platform.html | Source: Bruce Schneier [12:16] TR Bot Cars Are a Surveillance Platform - Schneier on Security [12:17] TR News "Thats the core finding of a series of tests conducted by privacy researchers at Northeastern University in Boston, using Consumer Reports vehicles and Auto Test Center in Connecticut." https://www.consumerreports.org/electronics/personal-information/your-car-is-sharing-data-with-big-tech-companies-study-finds-a4474820962/ | Source: Consumer Reports [12:17] TR Bot Your Car Is Sharing Data With Big Tech - Consumer Reports [12:18] TR News "The first large-scale measurement study of the connected-vehicle ecosystem." https://automatictransmission.khoury.northeastern.edu/ | [12:18] TR Bot Automatic Transmission a data-privacy study of connected vehicles [12:20] TR News "A support ticket can contain a users name, a screenshot of an application, a configuration export, or notes from an incident." https://www.kylereddoch.me/blog/shadow-ai-puts-msp-client-data-boundaries-to-the-test/ | Source: Kyle Reddoch [12:20] TR Bot Shadow AI Puts MSP Client Data Boundaries to the Test - CybersecKyle [12:20] TR News "ElevationLab has released an AirTag product I find appalling, and I strongly urge they immediately withdraw it from sale and recall all inventory." https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/10/silencing-airtags-enables-stalkers-and-domestic-violence/ | Source: Six Colors [12:20] TR Bot Silencing AirTags enables stalkers and domestic violence Six Colors [12:20] TR News "Big Techs goal is a kind of surveillance-driven centrally planned economy, where all businesses feed data into The Algorithm, which controls who sells what to who." https://blog.zgp.org/how-the-california-legislature-is-saving-us-from-surveillance-dystopia/ | Source: Don Marti [12:20] TR Bot How the California legislature is saving us from surveillance dystopia (twice, in 1967 and 2026) [12:21] TR News "Social media services and video-sharing platforms will be required to verify age when a new account is opened." https://commission.europa.eu/news-and-media/news/eu-kids-act-helping-children-navigate-safer-online-world-2026-09-17_en | Source: European Commission [12:21] TR Bot EU KIDS Act: helping children navigate a safer online world - European Commission [12:25] TR News Windows TCO https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/south-africa-help-cyberattack-air-traffic-control | Source: Dark Reading [12:25] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/south-africa-help-cyberattack-air-traffic-control ) [12:26] TR News Windows TCO https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/shinyhunters-suspect-arrested-now-investigated-alleged-murder-plots | Source: Bitdefender [12:26] TR Bot ShinyHunters suspect arrested, and is now investigated over alleged murder plots [12:28] TR News "Had I not already pretty-much abandoned Reddit 9 years ago, when it was already succumbing to an increasing barrage of enshittification, then this would be the last straw for me, too." https://danq.me/2026/10/01/im-leaving-reddit-because-of-rss/ | Source: Dan Q [12:28] TR Bot Im leaving Reddit because of RSS Dan Q [12:28] TR News "For my personal use, 1000 or even 500 RSS feed requests per day, over 50 maximum feeds, should suffice." https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/2026/10/1.html | Source: Lap Cat Software [12:28] TR Bot Im leaving Reddit because of RSS [12:28] TR News "The majority of my timeline is fun, but the outraged minority have ruined for me. To the point where I don't want to be there, and I'm much happier having not checked the timeline for the last month or so." https://kevquirk.com/i-dont-remember-the-last-time-i-checked-mastodon | Source: Kev Quirk [12:28] TR Bot I Dont Remember the Last Time I Checked Mastodon - Kev Quirk [12:33] *Righty has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [12:37] *Righty (~Username@r7wp5qzh9zxwi.irc) has joined #techrights [12:40] TR News "The years most popular slang reveals what young people think about artificial intelligence and its not positive" https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/sep/24/thats-so-ai-what-gen-alphas-biggest-insult-tells-us | Source: The Guardian UK [12:40] TR Bot Thats so AI! What gen Alphas biggest insult tells us | Young people | The Guardian [12:40] TR News "The preponderance of Brown Brothers Medias traffic seemed to come from Google." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/brown-brothers-media-halts-publishing | Source: Futurism [12:40] TR Bot Company That Buys Struggling News Sites and Turns Them Into AI-Powered Content Mills Has Halted Publishing After a Futurism Investigation [12:41] TR News "A team of Australian machine learning researchers has found yet another way to work around chatbot guard rails. They tell the chatbot to act drunk: [...]" https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/30/new-ai-jailbreak-get-your-chatbot-drunk/ | Source: Pivot to AI [12:41] TR Bot Murder her. Not physically. 202 1984 In the far end of. [12:41] TR News "Anthropics money situation is as bad as we thought. Actual revenue in 2025 was $4.6 billion." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/10/01/anthropic-ipo-filing-the-disaster-in-numbers/ | Source: Pivot to AI [12:41] TR Bot A mother, and made a dirty joke-asked him who his. [12:41] TR News "AGI" https://comicss.art/comics/260/ | Source: ComiCSS [12:41] TR Bot comiCSS #260: AGI [12:41] TR News "Bryan recently wrote the revolt of the reader, which accurately describes the feelings I experience when reading generated content." https://jnsgr.uk/2026/10/write-it-yourself/ | Source: Jon Seager [12:41] TR Bot Write it yourself Jon Seager [12:41] TR News "Let me just take a nice long sip of this beverage and then open up my web-hosting bill for last month..." https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/10/today-in-the-scraperpocalypse-3/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski [12:41] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/10/today-in-the-scraperpocalypse-3/ ) [12:42] TR News "Sorry, Mr. Shevlin, but if you cant understand the difference between talking about a fictional entity in the context of that fiction versus talking about an actual thing in the real world" https://explodingcomma.com/posts/optimus-prime-is-a-made-up-thing-for-children | Source: Pete Brown [12:42] TR Bot Optimus Prime is a made-up thing for children - Exploding Comma [12:42] TR News "I think many people are pro-LLM-torture because they think expressing any reservations concedes that LLMs are conscious, or worthy of moral consideration." https://www.seangoedecke.com/do-not-build-the-llm-torture-factory/ | Source: Sean Goedecke [12:42] TR Bot Do not build the LLM torture factory [12:42] TR News "Heres a fun history lesson for you. Dont worry, well make it quick! In 1966, nearly 51,000 people died on US highways." https://www.wired.com/story/whatever-ai-safety-looks-like-its-not-this/ | Source: Wired [12:42] TR Bot AI Safety Is, Its Not This | WIRED [12:42] TR News "Dan opened with a deceptively simple question: why do we need explanations in the first place?" https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/not-all-explanations-are-equal-social-explainable-ai-and-critical-computational-literacy/ | Source: Raspberry Pi [12:42] TR Bot Not all explanations are equal: Social Explainable AI and Critical Computational Literacy - Raspberry Pi Foundation [12:43] TR News "I'm hearing a lot from friends and collegues who've recently upgraded to Apple's latest iPhone 18 Pro that they are experiencing random Bluetooth disconnects, especially with Apple's own Apple Watch." https://davidroessli.com/logs/iphone-18-pro-bluetooth-is-unstable/ | Source: David Roessli [12:43] TR Bot iPhone 18 Pro Bluetooth is unstable | david.roess.li [12:43] TR News "Well, that is not exactly true, either. I compared the update policy document against Best Buys Chromebook results as a kind of quick benchmark." https://pxlnv.com/linklog/google-chromeos-graveyard/ | Source: Nick Heer [12:43] TR Bot Google Tacitly Acknowledges the End of ChromeOS as It Launches Googlebooks Pixel Envy [12:43] TR News "All of that said, my Thinkpad & Linux experiment is still on! My plan from the start was to have the Thinkpad as a plaything and to stick to my Macs when I just need to get stuff done." https://sals.place/blog/re-comfortable-in-linux/ | Source: Sal [12:43] TR Bot Re: Comfortable in Linux | Sal's [12:43] *Righty has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [12:45] TR News "He built a house where hard things couldnt be said to him." https://blog.jimgrey.net/2026/10/01/somewhere-in-kentucky/ | Source: Jim Grey [12:45] TR Bot Somewhere in Kentucky - Down the Road [12:45] TR News "The US resurgence of measles is forcing hospitals and health systems to adopt new protocols and procedures to deal with a disease they thought was in the past." https://www.wired.com/story/measles-is-forcing-hospitals-to-adapt-to-a-new-normal/ | Source: Wired [12:45] TR Bot Is Forcing Hospitals to Adapt to a New Normal | WIRED [12:46] *Righty (~Username@r2mu6k55964bn.irc) has joined #techrights [12:46] TR News "The American Library Association (ALA) and American Association of School Librarians (AASL) today announced their endorsement of the bicameral" https://www.ala.org/news/2026/09/ala-aasl-endorse-bicameral-quality-educator-partnership-act | Source: American Library Association [12:46] TR Bot ALA, AASL Endorse the Bicameral Quality Educator Partnership Act | ALA [12:47] TR News "Trust is the confidence that you can rely on someone in a particular situation when the stakes are high" https://michaelheap.com/what-is-trust/ | Source: Michael Heap [12:47] TR Bot is trust? | michaelheap.com [12:47] TR News "I would like to see Britain be the first, leading nation, completely free of commercial social-media. Putting digital communications back into individual hands, where responsibility lies, we can begin long, slow road back to political and civic life. We can begin the rehabilitation of reality." https://cybershow.uk/content/home/home.html [12:47] TR Bot Home [12:48] TR News "Already AI proofs run to hundreds of pages 166 in the case of Navier-Stokes (pdf); there is no reason why they wont reach thousands of pages one day." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/30/in-the-wake-of-the-latest-unprecedented-ai-proofs-what-now-for-mathematics-and-mathematicians/ | Source: Techdirt [12:48] TR Bot The Wake Of The Latest Unprecedented AI Proofs, What Now For Mathematics And Mathematicians? | Techdirt [12:48] TR News "Before the advent of AI, there was an easily discernible, practical limit to the rate at which independent submissions could be produced" https://blog.arxiv.org/2026/10/01/updated-rate-limit-policy/ | [12:48] TR Bot arXiv has updated its rate limit policy for all submitters. ● Oct 02 [13:10] TR News "One of the big ones is that this blog is officially 10 years old! This post is the 1285th post I've written on here, and I still love this part of myself." https://www.jvt.me/posts/2026/10/01/10-years/ | Source: Jamie Tanna [13:10] TR Bot A DECADE of writing on this blog Jamie Tanna | Software Engineer [13:10] TR News Source [13:11] TR News "In this post, well look at serving these two files from Django, with tests." https://adamj.eu/tech/2026/10/02/django-app-links/ | Source: Adam Johnson [13:11] TR Bot Django: serve apple-app-site-association and assetlinks.json - Adam Johnson [13:16] TR News "Every clever line you write is a loan against the future." https://dayvster.com/blog/most-code-should-be-boring/ | Source: Dayvi Schuster [13:16] TR Bot Most Code Should Be Boring [13:16] TR News "Public information should not require an account with a private company to access it. Government websites should be the primary source." https://michaelreflects.com/blog/public-information-should-be-public/ | Source: Michael Mitchell [13:16] TR Bot Public Information Should Be Public | Michaels Journal [13:22] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [13:22] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [13:22] TR News "We are ecstatic to announce that we have released the third alpha version of Pidgin 3.0!!! This release has an official version number of 2.97.0." https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/pidgin-3-0-alpha-3-2-97-0-has-been-released/436 | Source: Instant Messaging Freedom [13:22] TR Bot Pidgin 3.0 Alpha 3 2.97.0 has been released! - Pidgin - Instant Messaging Freedom's Discourse [13:22] TR News "Software Heritage has been building a universal archive of source code since Inria launched the project in 2016." https://nesbitt.io/2026/10/01/software-heritage-identifiers.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt [13:22] TR Bot Software Heritage Identifiers | Andrew Nesbitt [13:23] TR News "The pitch: writing improves the quality and depth of thought, and a Zettelkasten is an environment for thinking through writing, not merely a place to store notes." https://christiantietze.de/posts/2026/09/watch-zettelkasten-for-regular-emacs-hackers/ | Source: Christian Tietze [13:23] TR Bot Watch My EmacsConf Talk: Zettelkasten for Regular Emacs Hackers Christian Tietze [13:23] TR News "Seventeen new GNU releases in the last month (as of September 30, 2026): [...]" https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/2026-september-gnu-spotlight | Source: FSF [13:23] TR Bot September GNU Spotlight with Amin Bandali featuring seventeen new GNU releases: Coreutils, SCM, and more! Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [13:23] TR News "These are maintenance releases that fix bugs and include a few improvements. The most important ones are: [...]" https://blog.powerdns.com/2026/10/01/powerdns-recursor-5.3.11-and-5.4.7-released | Source: PowerDNS [13:23] TR Bot PowerDNS Recursor 5.3.11 and 5.4.7 Released [13:23] TR News "Option -S takes a value, a positive number. Its the size of the decompression buffer. By default, its value is 0." https://blog.didierstevens.com/2026/09/30/update-search-for-compression-py-version-0-0-8/ | Source: Didier Stevens [13:23] TR Bot Update: search-for-compression.py Version 0.0.8 | Didier Stevens [13:24] TR News "In another hint that a new OpenBSD release is close, the OpenBGPD project has announced a new release of its software, version 9.3: [...]" https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20261001164002 | Source: Undeadly [13:24] TR Bot OpenBGPD 9.3 released [13:25] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi [13:25] TR Bot Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers [13:27] TR News Techrights Links 02/10/2026: "McDonald's Caught Cheating Consumers for Profit" and "It's Not Illegal If You Buy New Laws" https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/02/Links_02_10_2026_McDonald_s_Caught_Cheating_Consumers_for_Profi.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/02/Links_02_10_2026_McDonald_s_Caught_Cheating_Consumers_for_Profi.gmi [13:27] TR Bot Techrights Links 02/10/2026: "McDonald's Caught Cheating Consumers for Profit" and "It's Not Illegal If You Buy New Laws" [13:28] TR News hearsayBoy talking about Jake Appelbaum and Ted T. today is a distraction from what his own spouse says about him [13:54] TR News Techrights Brigading Against Women - Part XIV - Mastery of Distraction https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/02/Brigading_Against_Women_Part_XIV_Mastery_of_Distraction.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/02/Brigading_Against_Women_Part_XIV_Mastery_of_Distraction.gmi [13:54] TR Bot Techrights Brigading Against Women - Part XIV - Mastery of Distraction ● Oct 02 [14:10] TR News "Only a few weeks ago I was singing the praises of vertical tabs and specifically threw praise at Firefox's implementation" https://danq.me/2026/10/01/firefox-157-vertical-tabs/ | Source: Dan Q [14:10] TR Bot Firefox 157 broke my vertical tabs Dan Q [14:10] TR News "Moreover, Tor Browser Alphas are now based on Firefox's betas." https://blog.torproject.org/new-alpha-release-tor-browser-160a13/ | Source: Tor [14:10] TR Bot New Alpha Release: Tor Browser 16.0a13 | The Tor Project [14:10] TR News "The team has been working hard behind the scenes laying a strong foundation for the Thunderbird iOS app." https://blog.thunderbird.net/2026/10/thunderbird-for-ios-a-first-look-at-the-native-iphone-email-app-in-development/ | Source: Thunderbird [14:10] TR Bot Thunderbird for iOS: A First Look at the Native iPhone Email App in Development - The Thunderbird Blog [14:11] TR News "Learning some useful techniques about selecting rows for locking in PostgreSQL." https://lmika.org/2026/10/02/dev-notes-select-locks-in.html | Source: Leon Mika [14:11] TR Bot Dev Notes: Select Locks In PostgreSQL - Leon Mika [14:11] TR News "When legacy directives block crawlers from fetching JavaScript and CSS, search engines may not be able to render the page as users see it, which can affect visibility in search results." https://www.jamescherti.com/wordpress-robots-txt/ | Source: James Cherti [14:12] TR Bot A better WordPress robots.txt and common mistakes to avoid | James Cherti [14:12] TR News "This blog has moved from WordPress.com to self-hosting. If you were following it via WordPress, you should use an RSS reader pointed at nolanlawson.com/feed instead" https://nolanlawson.com/2026/09/30/goodbye-wordpress/ | Source: Nolan Lawson [14:12] TR Bot Goodbye WordPress | Read the Tea Leaves [14:15] TR News "This website is it is now using Hugo 0.163.3, it was using 0.151 before." https://techtea.io/articles/2026/sep-review/ | Source: TechTea [14:15] TR Bot September 2026 Review | TechTea [14:16] TR News "I realized this year that even when I give the same talk multiple times, it never stays the same. Every audience, time slot, and format forces me to rethink the material." https://alvaromontoro.com/blog/68113/conferences | Source: Alvaro Montoro [14:16] TR Bot Conferences [14:17] TR News "I am back from EuroBSDCon and finished going through my inbox... It is time to write a blog post and share my experience!" https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/eurobsdcon_2026_in_brussels_belgium | Source: NetBSD [14:17] TR Bot NetBSD Blog [14:19] TR News "Its still possible, though, to suppress most advertising, even in 2026." https://kevinboone.me/adblock.html | Source: Kevin Boone [14:19] TR Bot Kevin Boone: System-level ad-blocking in Android in 2026 [14:27] TR News Hearsayboy https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cuckold [14:27] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cuckold ) [14:28] TR News A concept which disappeared from society 3 or 4 generations ago: https://yle.fi/a/74-20249460 Recent generations now (mostly) choose to genuflect towards Redmond [14:28] TR Bot President Stubb names Finland's first F-35 'Sisu' | Yle News | Yle [14:28] schestowitz[TR2] Sompi: ^ [14:28] schestowitz[TR2] "Super Demented" will be so proud [14:30] TR News "Underneath the 3D-printed shell in that iconic shape, this is an Arduino UNO Rev3-controlled rover robot." https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/10/01/this-mouse-droid-knows-how-to-party/ | Source: Arduino [14:30] TR Bot This mouse droid knows how to party | Arduino Blog [14:30] TR News "The tester is powered by an overclocked Raspberry Pi Pico 2 and it can test RAM at full speed, quickly telling you if your RAM is good." https://blog.pimoroni.com/raspberry-pi-pico-2-checks-retro-ram-chips-in-classic-computers/ | Source: Pimoroni [14:30] TR Bot Raspberry Pi Pico 2 Checks Retro RAM Chips in Classic Computers [14:30] TR News "With this vacuum cleaner model, youll be taking off the friction-fit tube a lot to clean up areas like the couch. That kills the plastic." https://ounapuu.ee/posts/2026/10/01/makita-dcl-180/ | Source: Herman unapuu [14:30] TR Bot Don't buy the transparent plastic version of the Makita DCL-180 vacuum cleaner | ./techtipsy [14:30] TR News "ESP-Vim is, as its name suggests, Vim, for some of the ESP32 series of microcontrollers." https://hackaday.com/2026/10/01/the-whole-computer-is-vim/ | Source: Hackaday [14:30] TR Bot Whole Computer Is Vim | Hackaday [14:30] TR News "Recently, the ESPARGOS team has made an exciting discovery." https://www.rtl-sdr.com/various-projects-independently-find-hidden-sdr-capabilities-in-esp32-microcontrollers/ | Source: RTL-SDR [14:30] TR Bot Various Projects Independently Find Hidden SDR Capabilities in ESP32 Microcontrollers [14:31] TR News "FogCam is the oldest webcam feed thats still up and running." https://hackaday.com/2026/10/01/archiving-the-worlds-oldest-webcam-feed/ | Source: Hackaday [14:31] TR Bot The Worlds Oldest Webcam Feed | Hackaday [14:31] TR News "The current memory supply circumstances are very challenging, but, as weve said before, they wont last forever." https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/price-increases-for-2gb-raspberry-pi-4-and-raspberry-pi-5/ | Source: Raspberry Pi [14:31] TR Bot Price increases for 2GB Raspberry Pi 4 and Raspberry Pi 5 - Raspberry Pi [14:31] TR News "The coreboot project is pleased to announce the release of coreboot 26.09." https://blogs.coreboot.org/blog/2026/10/01/announcing-the-coreboot-26-09-release/ | Source: Coreboot (Official) [14:31] TR Bot Announcing the coreboot 26.09 release coreboot [14:32] TR News "Utkarsh Gupta has announced a beta snapshot of Ubuntu 26.10, which carries the code name "Stonking Stingray"." https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12968 | Source: Distro Watch [14:32] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12968 ) [14:32] TR News "Im running the XFCE flavor of Linux Mint 22.3. I could run the Cinnamon version fine, but XFCE is lighter and noticeably snappier on aging hardware." https://tylersticka.com/journal/repurposing-a-15-year-old-macbook-air/ | Source: Tyler Sticka [14:32] TR Bot Repurposing a 15-Year-Old MacBook Air Tyler Sticka [14:32] TR News "the project's Debian-based Linux distribution featuring an immutable base" https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12967 | Source: Distro Watch [14:33] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12967 ) [14:33] TR News "Thes means that those running the latest-and-greatest [via a sufficiently new snapshot or built from source] no longer need to use "-D snap" with pkg_add(1)" https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20261001091454 | Source: Undeadly [14:33] TR Bot OpenBSD -current is now "8.0-current" [14:33] TR News "Sometimes the advice for cubelets is to stick to three or four archetypes but heres a template for a full ten-archetype cubelet." https://idiomdrottning.org/cubelet-95 | Source: Idiomdrottning [14:33] TR Bot The 95-card Cubelet [14:34] Sompi schestowitz[TR2]: Those F-35's are the most expensive military acquisition ever and they seem to always have problems [14:34] TR News "After previously exploring the impact of vapor pressure on the drying of desiccant and more" https://hackaday.com/2026/10/01/vacuum-drying-and-making-stuff-hot-in-a-vacuum/ | Source: Hackaday [14:34] TR Bot Drying And Making Stuff Hot In A Vacuum | Hackaday [14:34] Sompi We were supposed to get three of them, but only got two because one of them broke down before taking off. And those two others couldn't fly anymore after they arrived because they got a fault in their navigation systems [14:36] MinceR and you never get the proprietary software necessary to plan missions [14:37] MinceR worst military plane to buy, ever [14:37] Sompi They have a backdoor and a remote kill switch [14:39] Sompi They don't fly without getting a permit from Washington to do so [14:50] TR News "APFS volumes can be protected by encryption in several different ways, which can lead to confusion." https://eclecticlight.co/2026/09/30/how-does-apfs-handle-encryption-keys/ | Source: Howard Oakley [14:50] TR Bot How does APFS handle encryption keys? The Eclectic Light Company [14:51] schestowitz[TR2] reply to Sompi: [14:51] schestowitz[TR2] "Sompi overstates the reliability and effectiveness of the F-35s ;) [14:51] schestowitz[TR2] They're also *heavy* which is the opposite of what you NEED in a fighter plane [14:51] schestowitz[TR2] It is the software which is one of the core problems impairing readiness. [14:51] schestowitz[TR2] It cannot be patched to achieve utility, only a re-write and that's not going [14:51] schestowitz[TR2] to happen. The Gripen would likely have been a better choice from [14:51] schestowitz[TR2] purely technical and military perspectives. However, politics override both. [14:51] schestowitz[TR2] And that 5% of budget on military spending should be interpreted as [14:51] schestowitz[TR2] spending 5% of the budget on US military products. Sadly, the legacy going [14:51] schestowitz[TR2] back to the epicenter of the Reagan years is that the equipment's purpose [14:51] schestowitz[TR2] is to be expensive and whether it actually performs or not is irrelevant to [14:51] schestowitz[TR2] that. It's been building up for a long time and did not start with the [14:51] schestowitz[TR2] Reagan administration though that's when it broke through: [14:51] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/president-dwight-d-eisenhowers-farewell-address [14:51] schestowitz[TR2] " [14:52] TR Bot President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Farewell Address (1961) | National Archives [14:53] TR News "So Im dusting off Developing Perspective." https://david-smith.org/blog/2026/10/01/re-developing-perspective/ | Source: David Smith [14:53] TR Bot Re-Developing Perspective - David Smith, Independent iOS Developer [14:53] TR News "A feedback episode, reading comments about the show from Adam, Alistair, and Abdullah" https://www.rubenerd.au/show434/ | Source: Ruben Schade [14:53] TR Bot Rubenerd: Rubenerd Show 434: The toastrack episode [14:53] TR News BSD Now 683: GeFS (GeFUS) https://www.bsdnow.tv/683 | Source: The BSD Now Podcast [14:53] TR Bot BSD Now 683: GeFS (GeFUS) [14:59] schestowitz[TR2] " [14:59] schestowitz[TR2] And there's likely telemetry, too, when the shit actually works as advertised [14:59] schestowitz[TR2] They maneuver like bricks on top of all that. [14:59] schestowitz[TR2] " [14:59] TR News Hearing Held Regarding Winding Up Petition or Insolvency of Reform UK Party Limited https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/10/02/hearing-held-regarding-winding-up-petition-or-insolcvency-of-reform-uk-party-limited/ [14:59] TR Bot Blog Archive Hearing Held Regarding Winding Up Petition or Insolvency of Reform UK Party Limited ● Oct 02 [15:00] TR News Techrights is in the court papers [15:03] TR News Hersayboy comment: "Ted "All rape victims are liars" Ts'o might be a candidate for Drew Devaults weird guy list. Didn't he also contribute to bullying the former Rust in Linux lead?" Hahaha, so pointing out MICROSOFT STAFF inside LINUX KERNEL spreading RUST is "BULLYING"? Incredible! [15:04] TR News He also pointed out exFAT in Linux is bad because of software patents. Was he "BULLYING" by pointing this out? Linux is doomed if it permits the Puppy Breaker et al have a say/voice. [15:05] TR News Did Theo de Raadt "bully" the new poster in the mailing lists whose sole purpose and aim was to shoehorn RUST into OpenBSD? No. [15:08] TR News Anon: Rust == ad hominem + politics [and] systemd == ad hominem + argumentum ad novitatem. Rust has no special technical merits and certainly nothing which would let it compete with C. However, it is a big dose of politics hiding behind a technical veneer. [15:08] TR News Putting it into the kernel serves no one except those working circumvent or outright eliminate the senior developers there. http://techrights.org/o/2022/09/21/going-rusty-faster/ [15:08] TR Bot The Life of Linux Will Be Shortened by a Misguided Adoption of Rust [15:09] TR News Slop junks the linux kernel even faster, trashing it by replacing human-audited pieces with slop at a very rapid rate [15:10] TR News "and /or working to sneak in unreviewed / unacceptable code [...] in addition to other problems slop brings extreme bloat" [15:10] TR News "Chatkontrolle-Verhandlungen: EU-Staaten und Parlament weiter uneins - netzpolitik.org" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https://netzpolitik.org/2026/chatkontrolle-verhandlungen-eu-staaten-und-parlament-weiter-uneins/ [15:10] TR Bot Chatkontrolle-Verhandlungen: EU-Staaten und Parlament weiter uneins - netzpolitik.org [15:11] TR News "Inside Microsofts big Copilot rethink | The Verge" https://www.theverge.com/tech/1003365/microsoft-copilot-os-for-work-notepad https://thenextweb.com/news/tech-giants-hidden-off-balance-sheet-debt-ai [15:11] TR Bot Inside Microsofts big Copilot rethink | The Verge [15:11] TR Bot Five tech giants are hiding $1.65tn in AI debt, using the trick that toppled Enron [15:12] TR News rust + 'claude' = trash sold as sugar https://isene.org/2026/10/TryFe2O3.html [15:12] TR Bot FeO in the browser Geir's Everything [15:13] TR News better link: F-35 SUSTAINMENT: Actions Needed to Ensure Updated Strategy Improves Persistent Readiness Challenges https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-26-108113.pdf [15:13] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-26-108113.pdf ) [15:13] TR News summary: Only 1 in 4 F-35s is fully mission capable, GAO finds https://www.militarytimes.com/industry/techwatch/2026/06/12/only-1-in-4-f-35s-is-fully-mission-capable-gao-finds/ It's an old problem https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-22-105995 [15:13] TR Bot Only 1 in 4 F-35s is fully mission capable, GAO finds [15:13] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-22-105995 ) [15:17] TR News It now seems abundantly clear what triggered the defamatory attack on two Linux developers. It was this article: https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/01/Brigading_Against_Women_Part_XIII_The_Offer_We_Didn_t_Ask_For_a.shtml [15:17] TR Bot Techrights Brigading Against Women - Part XIII - The Offer We Didn't Ask For (and Under Threats to a Lady at the Webhost, a Form of Extortion From America) [15:25] TR News Animal Hospital https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/10/02/animal-hospital/ [15:25] TR Bot Blog Archive Animal Hospital [15:29] TR News Linux 5.4%, 9% if one does not count mobile https://analytics.usa.gov/ Firefox 1.2% [15:29] TR Bot The US government's web traffic. [15:37] TR News (NEW): 50 Years of Doing What One Loves https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/50_Years_of_Doing_What_One_Loves.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/50_Years_of_Doing_What_One_Loves.gmi [15:37] TR Bot Tux Machines 50 Years of Doing What One Loves ● Oct 02 [16:23] *birkoff (birkoff@birkoff.thunderirc.net) has joined #techrights [16:23] *birkoff has quit (Changing host) [16:23] *birkoff (birkoff@user/birkoff) has joined #techrights [16:31] TR News Announcing the coreboot 26.09 release https://blogs.coreboot.org/blog/2026/10/01/announcing-the-coreboot-26-09-release/ [16:31] TR Bot Announcing the coreboot 26.09 release coreboot [16:32] TR News This mouse droid knows how to party https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/10/01/this-mouse-droid-knows-how-to-party/ [16:32] TR Bot This mouse droid knows how to party | Arduino Blog [16:33] TR News Many people remember this but before MS Lunduke was pandering for 4chan (fanning flames of racism) he was selling himself like "let's have a talk" for $100 like some "hotchick" from OnlyFans [16:34] TR News FSF Blogs: September GNU Spotlight with Amin Bandali featuring seventeen new GNU releases: Coreutils, SCM, and more! http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/2026-september-gnu-spotlight [16:34] TR Bot September GNU Spotlight with Amin Bandali featuring seventeen new GNU releases: Coreutils, SCM, and more! Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [16:35] TR News Thunderbird Blog: Thunderbird for iOS: A First Look at the Native iPhone Email App in Development https://blog.thunderbird.net/2026/10/thunderbird-for-ios-a-first-look-at-the-native-iphone-email-app-in-development/ [16:35] TR Bot Thunderbird for iOS: A First Look at the Native iPhone Email App in Development - The Thunderbird Blog [16:36] TR News EuroBSDCon 2026 in Brussels, Belgium: travel notes after the conference http://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/eurobsdcon_2026_in_brussels_belgium [16:36] TR Bot NetBSD Blog [16:37] TR News HearsayBoy still schtum about wanting to stab colleagues https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=schtum [16:37] TR Bot Urban Dictionary: schtum [16:41] TR News AI agents inadvertently leak 13,000+ internal screenshots from organizations https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/ai-agents-inadvertently-leak-13-000-internal-screenshots-from-organizations-list-of-companies-includes-fortune-500-and-a-frontier-ai-lab [16:41] TR Bot AI agents inadvertently leak 13,000+ internal screenshots from 300 organizations list of companies includes Fortune 500 and a frontier AI lab | Tom's Hardware [16:41] TR News The word "inadvertently" is misplaced. Bots (so-called 'AGENTS') have no logic. [16:42] TR News Connected Cars Are a Surveillance Platform https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/10/connected-cars-are-a-surveillance-platform.html [16:42] TR Bot Cars Are a Surveillance Platform - Schneier on Security [16:44] TR News When Data Centers Cluster Together, How Dirty Are They? One County Wants Answers. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/climate/data-center-pollution-study-pennsylvania.html [16:44] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/climate/data-center-pollution-study-pennsylvania.html ) [16:47] TR News FOSS Weekly #26.40: NixOS is European Choice, Firefox Nova and Features, Free Terminal Course, Homelab Improvements and More https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-26-40/ [16:47] TR Bot FOSS Weekly #26.40: NixOS is European Choice, Firefox Nova and Features, Free Terminal Course, Homelab Improvements and More [16:48] TR News Turkey bans online censorship monitors X account https://bianet.org/haber/turkey-bans-online-censorship-monitors-x-account-323997 [16:48] TR Bot Turkey bans online censorship monitors X account [16:48] TR News bianet editor, other journalists targeted in new social control media censorship wave https://bianet.org/haber/bianet-editor-other-journalists-targeted-in-new-social-media-censorship-wave-324005 [16:48] TR Bot bianet editor, other journalists targeted in new social media censorship wave [16:49] TR News PS3 emulator devs warn of fake Blu-ray drives on Newegg and AliExpress https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/ps3-emulator-devs-warn-of-fake-blu-ray-drives-on-newegg-and-aliexpress-beware-of-fake-blu-ray-drives-devs-warn-retrogamers-scammers-use-spoofed-firmware-to-disguise-older-mechanisms-in-high-end-shells [16:49] TR Bot PS3 emulator devs warn of fake Blu-ray drives on Newegg and AliExpress Beware of fake Blu-ray drives devs warn retrogamers. scammers use spoofed firmware to disguise older mechanisms in high-end shells | Tom's Hardware [16:50] TR News The Rust Programming Language Blog: Announcing Rust 1.99.0 https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/10/01/Rust-1.99.0/ [16:50] TR Bot Announcing Rust 1.99.0 | Rust Blog [16:50] TR News Qt contributes to the slop plagiarism problem https://www.phoronix.com/news/Qt-Creator-21-Beta [16:50] TR Bot Creator 21 IDE Beta Enables More AI Functionality By Default - Phoronix [16:51] TR News 131: Lucas is Incompetent or Evil https://mwl.io/archives/24997 [16:51] TR Bot 131: Lucas is Incompetent or Evil Michael W Lucas [16:52] TR News Avaota F2 Allwinner V861 RISC-V SBC targets Hey Hi (AI) cameras with PTZ and audio support https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/10/02/avaota-f2-allwinner-v861-risc-v-sbc-targets-ai-cameras-with-ptz-and-audio-support/ [16:52] TR Bot Avaota F2 - Allwinner V861 RISC-V SBC targets AI cameras with PTZ and audio support - CNX Software [16:52] TR News Interview with LiamQuin https://www.gimp.org/news/2026/10/01/liam-quin-interview-lgm2017/ [16:52] TR Bot Interview with LiamQuin - GIMP [16:52] TR News I Dont Remember the Last Time I Checked Mastodon https://kevquirk.com/i-dont-remember-the-last-time-i-checked-mastodon [16:52] TR Bot I Dont Remember the Last Time I Checked Mastodon - Kev Quirk [16:53] TR News This Month in KDE Linux: September 2026 https://blogs.kde.org/2026/10/01/this-month-in-kde-linux-september-2026/ [16:53] TR Bot This Month in KDE Linux: September 2026 - KDE Blogs [16:53] TR News Ryoku Arch-based GNU/Linux distribution with custom Wayland desktop https://www.linuxlinks.com/ryoku-arch-based-linux-distribution-custom-wayland-desktop/ [16:53] TR Bot - Arch-based Linux distribution - LinuxLinks [16:54] TR News Sparky news 2026/09 https://sparkylinux.org/sparky-news-2026-09/ [16:54] TR Bot Sparky news 2026/09 - SparkyLinux [16:55] TR News Security updates for Thursday https://lwn.net/Articles/1098067/ [16:55] TR Bot updates for Thursday [LWN.net] [16:56] TR News "September delivered a stacked month of snapshots across the desktop, developer tooling, and security surface." https://news.opensuse.org/2026/10/01/tw-monthly-update-september/ | Source: OpenSUSE [16:56] TR Bot Tumbleweed Monthly Update - September 2026 - openSUSE News [16:57] TR News "In July 2026, the second High School Internship Program kicked off in Boston and Raleigh." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/inside-look-red-hats-high-school-internship-program | Source: Red Hat Official [16:57] TR Bot An inside look at Red Hats high school internship program [16:58] TR News "In the first article, we looked at automation: how Android environments can be created and managed programmatically." https://ubuntu.com//blog/android-belongs-in-your-ci-cd-pipeline | Source: Ubuntu [16:58] TR Bot belongs in your CI/CD pipeline | Ubuntu [16:59] TR News Mozilla promotes slop plagiarism that, instead of giving originals exposure builds a derivative https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/firefox-ai/prompt-tuning-firefox-shake-to-summarize-recipes/ | Source: Mozilla [16:59] TR Bot Prompt Tuning Firefox Shake to Summarize for Recipes ● Oct 02 [17:01] TR News How to remove Hey Hi (AI) from your life https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/how-to-turn-off-ai-aY7hh1g54QGj [17:01] TR Bot How to switch off AI on Android, Apple and Windows devices - Which? [17:01] TR News "Makerfabs has added a 7.5-inch model to its MaTouch E Ink family, pairing an 800 480 four-color electrophoretic display with an ESP32-S3 controller, four-microphone array, six-axis IMU, microSD storage and optional camera." https://linuxgizmos.com/esp32-s3-e-ink-board-with-800x480-display-mic-array-and-imu/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [17:01] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/esp32-s3-e-ink-board-with-800x480-display-mic-array-and-imu/ ) [17:01] TR News "Shenzhen Graperain Technology has featured an Allwinner A733 development platform with a gold-finger system-on-module and carrier board." https://linuxgizmos.com/a733-development-board-with-lpddr5-pcie-storage-and-risc-v-coprocessor/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [17:01] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/a733-development-board-with-lpddr5-pcie-storage-and-risc-v-coprocessor/ ) [17:03] TR News Steam Autumn Sale 2026 is live now with lots of discounts | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/steam-autumn-sale-2026-is-live-now-with-lots-of-discounts/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/steam-autumn-sale-2026-is-live-now-with-lots-of-discounts/ [17:03] TR Bot Autumn Sale 2026 is live now with lots of discounts | GamingOnLinux [17:03] TR News Here's the top 50 most played games on Steam Deck for September 2026 | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/heres-the-top-50-most-played-games-on-steam-deck-for-september-2026/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/heres-the-top-50-most-played-games-on-steam-deck-for-september-2026/ [17:03] TR Bot the top 50 most played games on Steam Deck for September 2026 | GamingOnLinux [17:12] TR News Part 40 regarding EPO is coming today. Techrights can complement later in the month with other "battle stories" from insiders. [17:35] TR News "That alone is annoying, but the bigger problem shows up when you try to run the upgrade again" https://www.tecmint.com/apt-dnf-fix-crashed-upgrade-lock-errors/ | Source: TecMint [17:35] TR Bot How to Recover a Broken Linux After an Interrupted Upgrade [17:36] TR News There is a saying like, those who are loud or those who shout over the other are clearly losing and are trying to knock over the Chess pieces (compensating for prior bad moves) [17:36] Sompi "They're also *heavy* which is the opposite of what you NEED in a fighter plane" <- They are meant for attacking deep into Russian territory, not for defending Finland [17:37] Sompi They are almost invisible in all radars and can carry heavy nuclear weapons [17:49] TR News Two Decades of Techrights https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/10/02/two-decades-of-techrights/ [17:49] TR Bot Blog Archive Two Decades of Techrights [17:51] TR News (NEW): LibreOffice 26.8.1 Open-Source Office Suite Released with 40 Bug Fixes https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/LibreOffice_26_8_1_Open_Source_Office_Suite_Released_with_40_Bu.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/LibreOffice_26_8_1_Open_Source_Office_Suite_Released_with_40_Bu.gmi [17:51] TR Bot Tux Machines LibreOffice 26.8.1 Open-Source Office Suite Released with 40 Bug Fixes ● Oct 02 [18:21] TR News Techrights European Patent Office (EPO) Series: A Costa-Benefit Analysis: Has the Asset Become a Liability? https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/02/European_Patent_Office_EPO_Series_A_Costa_Benefit_Analysis_Has_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/02/European_Patent_Office_EPO_Series_A_Costa_Benefit_Analysis_Has_.gmi [18:21] TR Bot Techrights European Patent Office (EPO) Series: A Costa-Benefit Analysis: Has the Asset Become a Liability? [18:25] *Goblin (~use@6eyaqj2bpbjpk.irc) has joined #techrights [18:28] TR News How Did Christa Pike Survive Two Lethal Injections of Pentobarbital? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/science/pike-execution-pentobarbital.html [18:28] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/science/pike-execution-pentobarbital.html ) [18:32] TR News Men are strong. We know that. https://hongkongfp.com/2026/10/02/taiwan-gender-row-boxer-lin-yu-ting-wins-asian-games-gold/ [18:32] TR Bot Taiwan gender-row boxer Lin Yu-ting wins Asian Games gold [18:33] TR News Kyrgyz Activist Gets 2 Years For Criticizing Growing Chinese Presence https://www.rferl.org/a/kyrgyz-activist-jailed-china-criticism/33868520.html [18:33] TR Bot Kyrgyz Activist Gets 2 Years For Criticizing Growing Chinese Presence [18:34] TR News How I Fixed the Biggest Annoyance of My Homelab https://itsfoss.com/homelab-internal-domain-setup/ [18:34] TR Bot How I Fixed the Biggest Annoyance of My Homelab [18:35] TR News F-Droid's New App Shows it Isn't Going Anywhere https://itsfoss.com/news/f-droid-revamp/ [18:35] TR Bot F-Droid's New App Shows it Isn't Going Anywhere [18:35] TR News YT-DLP is Being Treated as a Piracy Tool By The IFPI https://itsfoss.com/news/yt-dlp-ifpi-piracy-watchlist/ [18:35] TR Bot YT-DLP is Being Treated as a Piracy Tool By The IFPI [18:36] TR News Local newspaper where Harold Evans began closes after 171 years in print https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/regional-newspapers/local-newspaper-where-harold-evans-began-closes-after-171-years-in-print/ [18:36] TR Bot Local newspaper where Harold Evans began closes after 171 years in print - Press Gazette [18:36] TR News What Ive learned: Dropping out of school at 17 was turning point for Irish News editor https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/regional-newspapers/what-ive-learned-dropping-out-of-school-at-17-was-turning-point-for-irish-news-editor/ [18:36] TR Bot What I've learned: Dropping out of school at 17 was turning point for Irish News editor - Press Gazette [18:47] TR News Sony released the first CD audio player on this day in 1982 https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/sony-released-the-first-cd-audio-player-on-this-day-in-1982-player-cost-usd3-700-when-adjusted-for-inflation-but-it-would-be-another-decade-before-the-cd-rom-driven-multimedia-pc-era-began [18:47] TR Bot Sony released the first CD audio player on this day in 1982 player cost $3,700 when adjusted for inflation, but it would be another decade before the CD-ROM-driven multimedia PC era began | Tom's Hardware [18:47] TR News Frances purchasing power crisis: Navigating the pinch https://www.france24.com/en/economy/20261001-france-s-purchasing-power-crisis-navigating-the-pinch [18:47] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/economy/20261001-france-s-purchasing-power-crisis-navigating-the-pinch ) [18:48] TR News Rust 1.99.0 released https://lwn.net/Articles/1098068/ [18:48] TR Bot 1.99.0 released [LWN.net] [18:49] TR News Qt Creator 21 Beta released https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-creator-21-beta-released [18:49] TR Bot Qt Creator 21 Beta released [18:49] TR News Implementing Tracepoints in Qt Applications using Qt Creator 21 https://www.qt.io/blog/implementing-tracepoints-in-qt-applications-using-qt-creator-21 [18:49] TR Bot Implementing Tracepoints in Qt Applications using Qt Creator 21 [18:49] admfubar but will they pay??... https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/robotaxi-operators-will-face-fines-for-blocking-first-responders.460876/ [18:49] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/robotaxi-operators-will-face-fines-for-blocking-first-responders.460876/ ) [18:50] TR News Why Internet Infrastructure Decisions Rarely Stay Localized https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2026/10/why-internet-infrastructure-decisions-rarely-stay-localized/ [18:50] TR Bot Why Internet Infrastructure Decisions Rarely Stay Localized - Internet Society [18:51] TR News AI could worsen radicalisation of young Australians. Help parliament understand https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/ai-could-worsen-radicalisation-of-young-australians-help-parliament-understand/ [18:51] TR Bot AI could worsen radicalisation of young Australians. Help parliament understand | The Strategist [18:52] admfubar https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/dutch-eyewear-chain-hans-anders-halts-sale-of-meta-glasses-citing-privacy-concerns.460883/ [18:52] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/dutch-eyewear-chain-hans-anders-halts-sale-of-meta-glasses-citing-privacy-concerns.460883/ ) [18:52] TR News "One of the few uses for LLMs is high speed generation of propaganda and disinformation in massive campaigns" [18:54] TR News These Strongly Appear to Be the Old Tweets of That Anthropic Employee Who Quit Citing Risks to Humankind and They Are Pretty Bizarre https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/old-tweets-appear-anthropic-employee-quit [18:54] TR Bot You Know That Anthropic Employee Who Quit Citing Risks to Humankind? These Strongly Appear to Be His Bizarre Old Tweets [18:55] TR News OpenAI dismisses three safety researchers accused of sharing confidential material https://siliconangle.com/2026/10/01/openai-dismisses-three-safety-researchers-accused-of-sharing-confidential-material/ [18:55] TR Bot dismisses three safety researchers accused of sharing confidential material - SiliconANGLE [18:55] TR News Man Facing Up to Three Years in Prison After Sharing Hey Hi (AI) Slop That Leads to Mass Panic https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/singapore-man-ai-slop-misinformation-three-years-prison-panic [18:55] TR Bot Man Facing Up to Three Years in Prison After Sharing AI Slop That Leads to Mass Panic [18:55] TR News The Hey Hi (AI) Industry Has a Major Problem: Most People Arent Freaks Who Want an Hey Hi (AI) Agent Running Their Whole Life https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-industry-problem-agent-running-life [18:55] TR Bot The AI Industry Has a Major Problem: Most People Aren't Freaks Who Want an AI Agent Running Their Whole Life [18:55] admfubar https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/hdds/toshiba-to-double-hdd-production-capacity-as-30tb-class-loom-65tb-100tb-drives-on-the-roadmap-for-2030-and-beyond [18:55] TR Bot Toshiba to double HDD production capacity amid devastating shortages 65TB, 100TB drives on the roadmap for 2030 and beyond | Tom's Hardware [18:56] admfubar well most people are freaks, they just arent so freaky that they want "ai".. [18:57] MinceR i want skynet [18:57] MinceR humanity had its chance [18:58] TR News Did Olivia Dean Plagiarize Bill Withers Classic Just the Two of Us? Welcome to the Latest Industry Lawsuit https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/10/01/olivia-dean-bill-withers-lawsuit/ [18:58] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/10/01/olivia-dean-bill-withers-lawsuit/ ) [18:58] TR News Attorney Tony Buzbee to Face $25 Million Defamation Suit Stemming from Ugly Court Battle with Jay-Z https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/10/01/tony-buzzbee-defamation-lawsuit/ [18:58] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/10/01/tony-buzzbee-defamation-lawsuit/ ) [18:58] admfubar we're all flocked by the flock of flocks... https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/drones/flock-drones-with-cameras-deployed-as-first-responders-in-some-us-cities-amid-privacy-concerns-uavs-connect-to-wider-emergency-services-system-and-streams-video-to-dispatchers-officers [18:58] TR Bot Flock drones with cameras deployed as first responders in some US cities amid privacy concerns UAVs connect to wider emergency services system and streams video to dispatchers, officers | Tom's Hardware [18:59] TR News Hong Kong Journalist Arrested After Covering Gathering Linked to 2019 Protests https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/world/asia/hong-kong-arrest-journalist-activist.html [18:59] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/world/asia/hong-kong-arrest-journalist-activist.html ) [18:59] admfubar https://www.tomshardware.com/3d-printing/california-bill-requiring-3d-printers-to-block-firearm-printing-becomes-law-rule-to-require-manufacturers-to-include-blocking-technology-once-an-industry-standard-is-published [18:59] TR Bot California bill requiring 3D printers to block firearm printing becomes law existing machines are exempt, but mandate hinges on unwritten ASTM standard | Tom's Hardware ● Oct 02 [19:00] TR News Kasparov says US, Lithuanian intelligence warned life in danger https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3069244/kasparov-says-us-lithuanian-intelligence-warned-life-in-danger [19:00] TR Bot Kasparov says US, Lithuanian intelligence warned life in danger - LRT [19:01] TR News Slop policy circles targeted in China-linked phishing operation https://cyberscoop.com/china-cyber-espionage-ta419-phishing-us-ai-policy-experts/ [19:01] TR Bot policy circles targeted in China-linked phishing operation | CyberScoop [19:05] TR News Zammad Zero-Days Exploited in AI-Powered DIVD Hack https://www.securityweek.com/zammad-zero-days-exploited-in-ai-powered-divd-hack/ [19:05] TR Bot Zero-Days Exploited in AI-Powered DIVD Hack - SecurityWeek [19:05] TR News Zimbra Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild Prior to Public Disclosure https://www.securityweek.com/zimbra-vulnerability-exploited-in-the-wild-prior-to-public-disclosure/ [19:05] TR Bot Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild Prior to Public Disclosure - SecurityWeek [19:05] TR News Police Shut Down KillSec Ransomware, Identify Alleged Teen Leader https://www.securityweek.com/police-shut-down-killsec-ransomware-identify-alleged-teen-leader/ [19:05] TR Bot Shut Down KillSec Ransomware, Identify Alleged Teen Leader - SecurityWeek [19:06] TR News Dirk Eddelbuettel: RcppFastAD 0.0.6 on CRAN: Agentic Fix http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/10/01#rcppfastad_0.0.6 [19:06] TR Bot Thinking inside the box [19:07] TR News Tomeu Vizoso: Ethos-U NPU update 2: Executorch support https://blog.tomeuvizoso.net/2026/10/ethos-u-npu-update-2-executorch-support.html [19:07] TR Bot Tomeu Vizoso: Ethos-U NPU update 2: Executorch support [19:08] MinceR https://madattheinternet.substack.com/p/how-to-dox-anyone [19:08] TR Bot How to Dox Anyone - by Joshua Moon - Mad at the Internet [19:08] TR News Lade aged 41 changes jobs, this is considered newsworthy? https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/ao-shearman-poaches-dla-partner/ Seems more like UPC propaganda from the usual culprit. [19:08] TR Bot A&O Shearman poaches DLA partner - JUVE Patent [19:08] TR News AI's chipmaking frontier may face patent monopoly infringement hurdles as autonomous tools take over https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/ais-chipmaking-frontier-may-face-patent-infringement-hurdles-as-autonomous-tools-take-over-ai-can-spread-a-copied-design-or-infringed-patent-across-thousands-of-chips-before-anyone-notices-says-expert [19:08] TR Bot AI's chipmaking frontier may face patent infringement hurdles as autonomous tools take over 'AI can spread a copied design or infringed patent across thousands of chips before anyone notices,' says expert | Tom's Hardware [19:09] TR News Micron lawsuit claims Chinese memory maker YMTC poached its engineers, then sued it using its own stolen tech https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/micron-lawsuit-claims-chinese-memory-maker-ymtc-poached-its-engineers-then-sued-it-using-its-own-stolen-tech-ex-employees-hid-roles-on-linkedin-patented-micron-tech-and-won-a-german-injunction [19:09] TR Bot Micron lawsuit claims sanctioned Chinese memory maker YMTC poached its engineers, then sued it using its own stolen tech ex-employees hid roles on LinkedIn, patented Micron tech, and won a German injunction | Tom's Hardware [19:09] TR News Another Wilus Wi-Fi patent monopoly challenge granted https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/10/1/another-wilus-wi-fi-patent-challenge-granted [19:09] TR Bot Another Wilus Wi-Fi patent challenge granted Unified Patents [19:09] TR News Ease Is Not Necessity: Third Circuit Affirms No Fair Use in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/10/ease-is-not-necessity-third-circuit-affirms-no-fair-use-in-thomson-reuters-v-ross.html [19:09] TR Bot Ease Is Not Necessity: Third Circuit Affirms No Fair Use in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS | Patently-O [19:09] TR News Clear but Impossible: Satius v. Samsung Moves Inoperable Claims from Indefiniteness to Enablement https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/10/clear-but-impossible-satius-v-samsung-moves-inoperable-claims-from-indefiniteness-to-enablement.html [19:09] TR Bot Clear but Impossible: Satius v. Samsung Moves Inoperable Claims from Indefiniteness to Enablement | Patently-O [19:10] TR News Social Control Media: Tbilisi Rebukes Iranian Envoy Over Social Media Post On Canonized Georgian Queen https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-georgian-moujani-queen-ketevan-summon/33867839.html [19:10] TR Bot Tbilisi Rebukes Iranian Envoy Over Social Media Post On Canonized Georgian Queen [19:10] TR News Is RPKI becoming harmful to BGP stability? https://blog.apnic.net/2026/10/02/is-rpki-becoming-harmful-to-bgp-stability/ [19:10] TR Bot Is RPKI becoming harmful to BGP stability? | APNIC Blog [19:11] TR News Ubisoft shuffle people around bringing The Division, Ghost Recon, Splinter Cell together | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/ubisoft-shuffle-people-around-bringing-the-division-ghost-recon-splinter-cell-together/ Source: GamingOnLinux [19:11] TR Bot shuffle people around bringing The Division, Ghost Recon, Splinter Cell together | GamingOnLinux [19:11] TR News The excellent helicopter shooter Cleared Hot - Chapter 2 arrives October 15 | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/the-excellent-helicopter-shooter-cleared-hot-chapter-2-arrives-october-15/ Source: GamingOnLinux [19:11] TR Bot excellent helicopter shooter Cleared Hot - Chapter 2 arrives October 15 | GamingOnLinux [19:11] TR News A Game About Digging A Hole Together announced | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/a-game-about-digging-a-hole-together-announced/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/a-game-about-digging-a-hole-together-announced/ [19:11] TR Bot Game About Digging A Hole Together announced | GamingOnLinux [19:11] TR News New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with Stick it to the Stickman and Dicevaders - 2026-09-30 Edition https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-playable-on-the-steam-deck-2026-09-30-edition/index.html [19:11] TR Bot New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with Stick it to the Stickman and Dicevaders - 2026-09-30 Edition [19:12] TR News Get the Freedom Planet and River City Girls series plus more in the 2D Rewind Collection Bundle | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/get-the-freedom-planet-and-river-city-girls-series-plus-more-in-the-2d-rewind-collection-bundle/ Source: GamingOnLinux [19:12] TR Bot the Freedom Planet and River City Girls series plus more in the 2D Rewind Collection Bundle | GamingOnLinux [19:13] TR News Petal Crash 2 brings more retro-styled tile-matching excellence in Early Access | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/petal-crash-2-brings-more-retro-styled-tile-matching-excellence-in-early-access/ Source: GamingOnLinux [19:13] TR Bot Crash 2 brings more retro-styled tile-matching excellence in Early Access | GamingOnLinux [19:13] TR News SUPERHOT VR expands Steam Frame support with eye-tracked foveated rendering | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/superhot-vr-expands-steam-frame-support-with-eye-tracked-foveated-rendering/ Source: GamingOnLinux [19:14] TR Bot VR expands Steam Frame support with eye-tracked foveated rendering | GamingOnLinux [19:14] TR News ALLFATHER is an upcoming brutal, first-person roguelike with precise, stamina-driven combat | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/allfather-is-an-upcoming-brutal-first-person-roguelike-with-precise-stamina-driven-combat/ Source: GamingOnLinux [19:14] TR Bot is an upcoming brutal, first-person roguelike with precise, stamina-driven combat | GamingOnLinux [19:14] TR News Valve's Deadlock gets a massive update - still a while away from a public release | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/valves-deadlock-gets-a-massive-update-still-a-while-away-from-a-public-release/ Source: GamingOnLinux [19:14] TR Bot Deadlock gets a massive update - still a while away from a public release | GamingOnLinux [19:23] TR News Techrights Reform UK, Nigel Farage's party/company, admits missing winding-up petition https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/02/Reform_UK_Nigel_Farage_s_party_company_admits_missing_winding_u.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/02/Reform_UK_Nigel_Farage_s_party_company_admits_missing_winding_u.gmi [19:23] TR Bot Techrights Reform UK, Nigel Farage's party/company, admits missing winding-up petition [19:24] admfubar https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/drones/uks-royal-navy-sea-drones-contain-component-that-secretly-sent-data-to-china-report-claims-government-cuts-camera-connectivity-and-insists-data-wasnt-sensitive-only-heartbeat-communications [19:24] TR Bot UK's Royal Navy sea drones contain component that secretly sent data to China, report claims government cuts camera connectivity and insists data wasnt sensitive, only heartbeat communications | Tom's Hardware [19:25] TR News GPU virtualization at scale: AMD MI300X SR-IOV on Red Bait OpenStack Services on OpenShift https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/10/01/gpu-virtualization-amd-mi300x-sr-iov-red-hat-openstack-services-on-openshift [19:25] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/10/01/gpu-virtualization-amd-mi300x-sr-iov-red-hat-openstack-services-on-openshift ) [19:31] TR News Techrights Red Hat: Stop Saying Master, It's Racist. Today's Red Hat: "Master Your Skills" and Adopt Slop Plagiarism https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/02/Red_Hat_Stop_Saying_Master_It_s_Racist_Today_s_Red_Hat_Master_Y.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/02/Red_Hat_Stop_Saying_Master_It_s_Racist_Today_s_Red_Hat_Master_Y.gmi [19:31] TR Bot Techrights Red Hat: Stop Saying Master, It's Racist. Today's Red Hat: "Master Your Skills" and Adopt Slop Plagiarism [19:34] TR News Master your skills: Building skills you can trust https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/10/01/master-your-skills-building-skills-you-can-trust https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/02/Red_Hat_Stop_Saying_Master_It_s_Racist_Today_s_Red_Hat_Master_Y.shtml [19:34] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/10/01/master-your-skills-building-skills-you-can-trust ) [19:35] TR News Plagiarism is Ok if you call it "training" https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/penske-ai-overviews-lawsuit-dismissed-because-no-formal-bargain-struck-with-google/ [19:35] TR Bot Penske Google AI Overviews lawsuit dismissed - Press Gazette [19:36] TR News A Vast Hole Almost The Size of Portugal Opened Up in Antarctica's Winter Sea Ice. Now We Know Why. https://www.sciencealert.com/a-vast-hole-almost-the-size-of-portugal-opened-up-in-antarcticas-winter-sea-ice-now-we-know-why [19:36] TR Bot Vast Hole Almost The Size of Portugal Opened Up in Antarctica's Winter Sea Ice. Now We Know Why. : ScienceAlert [19:37] TR News High Blood Pressure May Be Quietly Destroying Your Cartilage, Scientists Find https://www.sciencealert.com/high-blood-pressure-may-directly-accelerate-osteoarthritis [19:37] TR Bot Uncover a New Biological Driver of Osteoarthritis : ScienceAlert [19:37] TR News UGS introduces motion to protect student identities amid Hey Hi (AI) controversy https://stanforddaily.com/2026/10/01/ugs-student-privacy-ai-controversy/ [19:37] TR Bot UGS lays out motion for student privacy amid AI controversy [19:38] TR News Cameroon govt announces payments as teachers strike continues https://www.france24.com/en/video/20261001-cameroon-govt-announces-payments-as-teachers-strike-continues [19:38] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20261001-cameroon-govt-announces-payments-as-teachers-strike-continues ) [19:39] TR News LibreOffice project and community recap: September 2026 https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/10/01/libreoffice-project-and-community-recap-september-2026/ [19:39] TR Bot LibreOffice project and community recap: September 2026 - TDF Community Blog [19:40] TR News The Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Lunduke Slop Problem https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/30/The_Microsoft_Lunduke_Slop_Problem.shtml https://lunduke.substack.com/p/openbsd-says-no-to-rust-clones [19:40] TR Bot Techrights The Microsoft Lunduke Slop Problem [19:40] TR Bot OpenBSD Says No to Rust Clones - by Bryan Lunduke [19:44] TR News Russian missile strikes take out popular piracy websites https://www.tomshardware.com/service-providers/web-hosting/kyiv-missile-strikes-take-out-popular-torrent-trackers-russo-ukrainian-war-temporarily-achieves-what-lawmakers-cant [19:44] TR Bot Russian missile strikes take out popular piracy websites Russo-Ukrainian war temporarily achieves what lawmakers can't, world's second-biggest torrent tracker suffers 'Direct Destruction of Server' downtime before rebounding | Tom's Hardware [19:45] TR News Search for fuzzy translations https://bkhome.org/news/202610/search-for-fuzzy-translations.html [19:45] TR Bot Search for fuzzy translations [19:46] TR News Qualcomm Unveils GNU/Linux Preview on Snapdragon X2 to Accelerate Upstream ARM Laptops https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/10/snapdragon-x2-linux/ [19:46] TR Bot Unveils Linux Preview on Snapdragon X2 to Accelerate Upstream ARM Laptops - InfoQ [19:47] TR News Dutch Government Turns to Open Source for Digital Sovereignty http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Dutch-Government-Turns-to-Open-Source-for-Digital-Sovereignty [19:47] TR Bot Dutch Government Turns to Open Source for Digit... Linux Magazine [19:48] TR News (NEW): Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/24/Qualcomm_Snapdragon_X2.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/24/Qualcomm_Snapdragon_X2.gmi [19:48] TR Bot Tux Machines Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 [19:48] TR News AfagOS 20261001 https://distrowatch.com/afagos [19:48] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/afagos ) [19:48] TR News AbeirOS 20261001 https://distrowatch.com/abeiros [19:48] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/abeiros ) [19:48] TR News Calam 2026-10 https://distrowatch.com/calam [19:48] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/calam ) [19:49] TR News Mainstream 3.0.0 https://distrowatch.com/mainstream [19:49] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/mainstream ) [19:49] TR News CalamaroOS 20261001 https://distrowatch.com/calamaroos [19:49] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/calamaroos ) [19:51] TR News "Just what the franchise needs: an injection of Hey Hi (AI) slop." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/bbc-director-ai-doctor-who [19:51] TR Bot Top BBC Director Says He's Been Reviewing a Fully AI-Generated Episode of "Doctor Who" and It's "Pretty Good" [19:53] cow_20012 nice [19:54] cow_20012 that's just pissing on the ol' doc's grave at this point [19:54] schestowitz[TR2] yes [19:54] schestowitz[TR2] the brand is key [19:54] schestowitz[TR2] because [19:54] schestowitz[TR2] 1) age [19:54] schestowitz[TR2] 2) popularity [19:54] schestowitz[TR2] a few slop eps [19:54] schestowitz[TR2] and that's it [19:54] schestowitz[TR2] dead [19:55] cow_20012 they need writers and they haven't had ones in years [19:55] TR News LOL!!!! BUZZWORDS BUZZWORDS BUZZWORDS BUZZWORDS BUZZWORDS BUZZWORDS BUZZWORDS BUZZWORDS BUZZWORDS BUZZWORDS BUZZWORDS BUZZWORDS https://www.securityweek.com/enterprises-struggle-to-prepare-for-ai-and-quantum-threats-pwc-says/ [19:55] TR Bot Struggle to Prepare for AI and Quantum Threats, PwC Says - SecurityWeek [19:55] TR News PwC: we get paid by the likes of GAFAM and IBM to spread buzzwords in LLM-generated 'reports' [19:56] TR News securityweek parrots this BS. Probably paid to do so... [19:56] TR News Raspberry Pi 5 2GB Price Increases To $77.50 USD https://www.phoronix.com/news/Raspberry-Pi-5-2GB-Price-77.50 [19:56] TR Bot Pi 5 2GB Price Increases To $77.50 USD - Phoronix [19:57] TR News Raspberry Pi Pico 2 Checks Retro RAM Chips in Classic Computers https://blog.pimoroni.com/raspberry-pi-pico-2-checks-retro-ram-chips-in-classic-computers/ [19:57] TR Bot Raspberry Pi Pico 2 Checks Retro RAM Chips in Classic Computers [19:57] TR News An Arduino UNO Qlets this vintage terminal answer questions without internet access https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/10/01/an-arduino-uno-q-lets-this-vintage-terminal-answer-questions-without-internet-access/ [19:57] TR Bot An Arduino UNO Qlets this vintage terminal answer questions without internet access | Arduino Blog [19:58] TR News ":/ Hey Hei - That's the only real money in the scam, our money paying for chips. The rest is just debt and circular investments. [19:58] TR News Amazon Settles Lawsuit Over Claims of Slow Deliveries to Low-Income Areas https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/technology/amazon-slow-deliveries-dc.html [19:58] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/technology/amazon-slow-deliveries-dc.html ) [19:59] TR News Pgpool-II 4.7.3, 4.6.8, 4.5.13, 4.4.18 and 4.3.21 released. https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pgpool-ii-473-468-4513-4418-and-4321-released-3390/ [19:59] TR Bot PostgreSQL: Pgpool-II 4.7.3, 4.6.8, 4.5.13, 4.4.18 and 4.3.21 released. ● Oct 02 [20:00] TR News Treasury Blacklists Most-Wanted ATM Malware Developer and His Network https://www.securityweek.com/treasury-blacklists-most-wanted-atm-malware-developer-and-his-network/ [20:00] TR Bot Blacklists Most-Wanted ATM Malware Developer and His Network - SecurityWeek [20:00] TR News Slop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bazaar_of_the_Bizarre [20:00] TR Bot Bazaar of the Bizarre - Wikipedia [20:01] TR News What We Heard From the Creative Commons Community https://creativecommons.org/2026/10/01/what-we-heard-from-the-creative-commons-community/ [20:01] TR Bot What We Heard From the Creative Commons Community - Creative Commons [20:02] TR News Canonical turns to scammers and liars in pursuit of fake (paid for) 'recommendations' https://canonical.com//blog/canonical-a-challenger-in-2026-gartner-magic-quadrant-for-server-virtualization-platforms https://techrights.org/wiki/Gartner_Group/ [20:02] TR Bot named a Challenger in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Server Virtualization Platforms | Canonical [20:02] TR Bot Gartner Group [20:03] TR News Audacity 4.0.1 Brings Back Multi-Track Export https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/10/audacity-4-0-1-brings-back-multi-track-export/ [20:03] TR Bot Audacity 4.0.1 Brings Back Multi-Track Export | UbuntuHandbook [20:03] TR News Ubuntu Budgie 26.10-beta https://distrowatch.com/ubuntubudgie [20:03] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/ubuntubudgie ) [20:05] TR News Canonical lets a British spy replace GNU with Rust https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/ubuntu-rust-pgp-sq http://techrights.org/n/2025/03/19/Is_Ubuntu_Compromised_Push_Away_From_GNU_and_GPL_Led_by_Army_Of.shtml [20:05] TR Bot Ubuntu 26.10 adds Rust-based Sequoia PGP to default install [20:05] TR Bot Techrights Is Ubuntu Compromised? Push Away From GNU and GPL Led by Army Officers. [20:05] TR News Four-port IO-Link module for Raspberry Pi and embedded GNU/Linux systems https://linuxgizmos.com/four-port-io-link-module-for-raspberry-pi-and-embedded-linux-systems/ [20:05] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/four-port-io-link-module-for-raspberry-pi-and-embedded-linux-systems/ ) [20:06] TR News Ubuntu 26.10 Beta released with Linux 7.3 & GNOME 51 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/ubuntu-2610-beta-released [20:06] TR Bot Ubuntu 26.10 Beta released with Linux 7.3 & GNOME 51 [20:06] TR News Linux App Release Roundup (September 2026) https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/linux-app-release-roundup-september-2026 [20:06] TR Bot Linux App Release Roundup (September 2026) [20:08] TR News The EU Is About to Make Linuxs Vulnerability Management Problem Harder to Ignore https://fossforce.com/2026/10/the-eu-is-about-to-make-linuxs-vulnerability-management-problem-harder-to-ignore/ [20:08] TR Bot The EU Is About to Make Linux's Vulnerability Management Problem Harder to Ignore - FOSS Force [20:08] TR News Its Looking Possible That Kapo-berg Is Accidentally Committing Corporate Suicide https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/zuckerberg-meta-accidental-corporate-suicide-hyperscale-ai [20:08] TR Bot It's Looking Possible That Zuckerberg Is Accidentally Committing Corporate Suicide [20:09] TR News LakeShark firmware turns LilyGO T-Display P4 into a handheld ESP32-P4 SDR scanner https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/10/01/lakeshark-firmware-turns-lilygo-t-display-p4-into-a-handheld-esp32-p4-sdr-scanner/ [20:09] TR Bot LakeShark firmware turns LilyGO T-Display P4 into a handheld ESP32-P4 SDR scanner - CNX Software [20:10] TR News Spotify, Amazon Music, Merlin, Empire, Downtown, Distrokid, Meta, Others Join the DOJ In Recommending Prison Time for Streaming Fraudster Michael Smith https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/10/01/doj-cites-mffa-streaming-fraud-case/ [20:10] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/10/01/doj-cites-mffa-streaming-fraud-case/ ) [20:12] TR News "According to The Register, Canonical was waiting for backports to resolve regressions in a recent version ofrust-coreutils. That package is part of a broader effort within Ubuntu to reimplement traditional system components in Rust." https://www.techzine.eu/news/devops/144692/canonical-offers-users-an-ubuntu-upgrade-to-26-04-1-lts/ [20:12] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.techzine.eu/news/devops/144692/canonical-offers-users-an-ubuntu-upgrade-to-26-04-1-lts/ ) [20:13] TR News Rust Causes Upgrade Issues in Ubuntu http://techrights.org/n/2026/09/30/Rust_Causes_Upgrade_Issues_in_Ubuntu.shtml [20:13] TR Bot Techrights Rust Causes Upgrade Issues in Ubuntu [20:15] TR News Microsoft liar Abhijith M B is painting EEE attack on Linux as a gift https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/10/01/microsofts-then-ceo-called-linux-a-cancer-and-now-windows-11-ships-linux-containers-with-upgraded-wsl/ Abhijith M B lies: https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/19/No_WSL_Windows_With_Fake_Linux_Isn_t_Growing_Faster_Than_Ubuntu.shtml [20:15] TR Bot Microsoft's then-CEO called Linux a cancer, and now Windows 11 ships Linux containers with upgraded WSL [20:15] TR Bot Techrights No, WSL (Windows With Fake 'Linux') Isn't Growing Faster Than Ubuntu, This Was Disinformation Spread by a Microsoft Propaganda Site, Then Spread by Slopfarms [20:16] TR News Qualcomm Unveils Linux Preview on Snapdragon X2 to Accelerate Upstream ARM Laptops https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/10/snapdragon-x2-linux/ [20:16] TR Bot Unveils Linux Preview on Snapdragon X2 to Accelerate Upstream ARM Laptops - InfoQ [20:16] TR News "Since it has anti-cheat it's listed on our dedicated SteamOS / Linux compatibility page." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/valves-deadlock-gets-a-massive-update-still-a-while-away-from-a-public-release/ [20:16] TR Bot Deadlock gets a massive update - still a while away from a public release | GamingOnLinux [20:16] TR News "OpenMandriva Lx 26.09 ROME has been officially released today, October 1st, 2026, as the rolling-release version of OpenMandriva Lx, the successor of the Mandriva Linux operating system." https://9to5linux.com/openmandriva-lx-26-09-rome-released-with-kde-plasma-6-7- [20:16] TR Bot Lx 26.09 ROME Released with KDE Plasma 6.7 and Linux Kernel 7.2 - 9to5Linux [20:17] TR News "Arch Linux 2026.10.01 has been released today as the Arch Linux ISO snapshot for October 2026 for those who want to install this lightweight and flexible GNU/Linux distribution on their PCs." https://9to5linux.com/arch-linux-iso-release-for-october-2026-ships-with-the-archinstall-4-5-installer [20:17] TR Bot Linux ISO Release for October 2026 Ships with the ArchInstall 4.5 Installer - 9to5Linux [20:17] TR News "Uri Herrera announced that the Nitrux 7.0 immutable and systemd-free GNU/Linux distribution is out today with Linux kernel 7.2, Hyprland 0.55.4, Maui Apps 4.0.4, an updated Calamares installer, and other changes." https://9to5linux.com/systemd-free-nitrux-7-0-released-with-linux-kernel-7-2-and-hyprland-0-55-4 [20:17] TR Bot Nitrux 7.0 Released with Linux Kernel 7.2 and Hyprland 0.55.4 - 9to5Linux [20:18] TR News This Linux experiment convinced me to stop dual-booting Windows https://www.howtogeek.com/this-linux-experiment-convinced-me-to-stop-dual-booting-windows/ [20:18] TR Bot This Linux experiment convinced me to stop dual-booting Windows [20:18] TR News "Once you start to dabble with Linux, youll encounter the phrase terminal emulator over and over again. You might be familiar with games emulators, but dont be misled. This is very different." https://www.howtogeek.com/why-is-it-called-a-terminal-emulator-what-is-it-emulating/ [20:18] TR Bot Why is it called a terminal "emulator"? [20:18] TR News Thanks to fans, the original Halo just got an unofficial Windows, Linux, PS5, and Android port https://www.xda-developers.com/original-halo-just-got-an-unofficial-windows-linux-ps5-android-port/ [20:18] TR Bot Thanks to fans, the original Halo just got an unofficial Windows, Linux, PS5, and Android port [20:19] TR News Slop plagiarising things in "Linux" clothing https://www.morningstar.com/news/pr-newswire/20261001dc61922/ai-takes-center-stage-at-open-networking-edge-one-summit-2026-program-hosted-by-lf-networking [20:19] TR Bot Takes Center Stage at Open Networking & Edge (ONE) Summit 2026 Program, Hosted by LF Networking | Morningstar [20:20] TR News "If you wanted to learn how to use Red Hat Enterprise Linux but didn't want to buy a license from Red Hat, CentOS was your distro. How did this affect the Linux ecosystem?" https://www.howtogeek.com/post-centos-world-how-linux-became-fragmented-into-competing-alternatives/ [20:20] TR Bot The post-CentOS world: How Linux became fragmented into competing free alternatives [20:21] TR News EmuDeck 2.7 update improves Steam Machine support, introduces AutoMap for controllers, and much more https://www.pcguide.com/news/emudeck-2-7-update-improves-steam-machine-support-introduces-automap-for-controllers-and-much-more/ [20:21] TR Bot EmuDeck 2.7 update improves Steam Machine support, introduces AutoMap for controllers, and much more - PC Guide [20:22] TR News Linux in Slop Package https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/stocks/NVDA/pressreleases/4904281/sidero-labs-introduces-talos-linux-for-ai-and-talos-cupar-for-running-sovereign-ai-on-private-infrastructure/ [20:22] TR Bot Sidero Labs introduces Talos Linux for AI and Talos Cupar for running sovereign AI on private infrastructure - The Globe and Mail [20:22] TR News From GAFAM, as usual https://www.citybiz.co/article/912905/linux-foundation-names-michael-hursta-executive-director-of-x402-foundation/ [20:22] TR Bot Linux Foundation Names Michael Hursta Executive Director of x402 Foundation | citybiz [20:24] TR News Qualcomm Finally Fixes Their PC CPU Line! https://www.semiaccurate.com/2026/10/01/qualcomm-finally-fixes-their-pc-cpu-line/ [20:24] TR Bot Finally Fixes Their PC CPU Line! - Semiaccurate [20:26] TR News (NEW): 'Linux' Foundation and "Linux" in Slop Package: Promotion of Plagiarism and Pyramid Scheme Using the Linux Mark (Brad) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/_Linux_Foundation_and_Linux_in_Slop_Package_Promotion_of_Plagia.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/_Linux_Foundation_and_Linux_in_Slop_Package_Promotion_of_Plagia.gmi [20:26] TR Bot Tux Machines 'Linux' Foundation and "Linux" in Slop Package: Promotion of Plagiarism and Pyramid Scheme Using the Linux Mark (Brad) [20:28] TR News (NEW): Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/Security_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/Security_Leftovers.gmi [20:28] TR Bot Tux Machines Security Leftovers [20:30] TR News (NEW): Mozilla Promoting Slop Plagiarism, Thunderbird Report, New Tor Browser, and "Firefox 157 broke my vertical tabs" https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/Mozilla_Promoting_Slop_Plagiarism_Thunderbird_Report_New_Tor_Br.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/Mozilla_Promoting_Slop_Plagiarism_Thunderbird_Report_New_Tor_Br.gmi [20:30] TR Bot Tux Machines Mozilla Promoting Slop Plagiarism, Thunderbird Report, New Tor Browser, and "Firefox 157 broke my vertical tabs" [20:31] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and Lots More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/Open_Hardware_Modding_Arduino_Raspberry_Pi_and_Lots_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/Open_Hardware_Modding_Arduino_Raspberry_Pi_and_Lots_More.gmi [20:31] TR Bot Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and Lots More [20:33] *ewig has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [20:35] TR News (NEW): Ubuntu 26.10 Beta, Rust Obsession Breaking Ubuntu, Canonical Seemingly Buying Endorsements https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/Ubuntu_26_10_Beta_Rust_Obsession_Breaking_Ubuntu_Canonical_Seem.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/Ubuntu_26_10_Beta_Rust_Obsession_Breaking_Ubuntu_Canonical_Seem.gmi [20:35] TR Bot Tux Machines Ubuntu 26.10 Beta, Rust Obsession Breaking Ubuntu, Canonical Seemingly Buying Endorsements [20:36] TR News Red Hat puff piece for Red Hat to link to in order to promote slop https://venturebeat.com/orchestration/openclaw-launches-free-enterprise-control-plane-for-persistent-ai-agents-backed-by-openai-red-hat-and-nvidia [20:36] TR Bot ( status 429 @ 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https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/IBM_s_Red_Hat_Selling_Slop_and_More_Says_Master.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/IBM_s_Red_Hat_Selling_Slop_and_More_Says_Master.gmi [20:45] TR Bot Tux Machines IBM's Red Hat Selling Slop and More, Says "Master" [20:46] TR News (NEW): BSD Now, OpenZFS, and OpenBSD Picks https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/BSD_Now_OpenZFS_and_OpenBSD_Picks.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/BSD_Now_OpenZFS_and_OpenBSD_Picks.gmi [20:46] TR Bot Tux Machines BSD Now, OpenZFS, and OpenBSD Picks [20:48] TR News (NEW): Programming: Rust Release and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/Programming_Rust_Release_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/Programming_Rust_Release_and_More.gmi [20:48] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming: Rust Release and More [20:48] *IsambardPrince (~IsambardPrince@zf4b7qacbcjqg.irc) has joined #techrights [20:48] *hvxgr_ has quit (Ping 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Software and Education/Conferences https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_Education_Conferences.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_Education_Conferences.gmi [20:53] TR Bot Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Education/Conferences [20:55] TR News (NEW): Distributions and Operating Systems: EasyOS, Tumbleweed, Nitrux, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/Distributions_and_Operating_Systems_EasyOS_Tumbleweed_Nitrux_an.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/Distributions_and_Operating_Systems_EasyOS_Tumbleweed_Nitrux_an.gmi [20:55] TR Bot Tux Machines Distributions and Operating Systems: EasyOS, Tumbleweed, Nitrux, and More [20:55] TR News (NEW): Today's Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/today_s_leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/today_s_leftovers.gmi [20:55] TR Bot Tux Machines today's leftovers [20:58] TR News Techrights Links 02/10/2026: Turkey's Censorship of Journalists Grows, "Hong Kong Journalist Arrested After Covering Gathering Linked to 2019 Protests" https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/02/Links_02_10_2026_Turkey_s_Censorship_of_Journalists_Grows_Hong_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/02/Links_02_10_2026_Turkey_s_Censorship_of_Journalists_Grows_Hong_.gmi [20:58] TR Bot Techrights Links 02/10/2026: Turkey's Censorship of Journalists Grows, "Hong Kong Journalist Arrested After Covering Gathering Linked to 2019 Protests" ● Oct 02 [21:05] TR News Techrights The Latest "PARTNER CONTENT" at The Register MS is by Chief Marketing Officer at VergeIO https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/02/The_Latest_PARTNER_CONTENT_at_The_Register_MS_is_by_Chief_Marke.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/02/The_Latest_PARTNER_CONTENT_at_The_Register_MS_is_by_Chief_Marke.gmi [21:05] TR Bot Techrights The Latest "PARTNER CONTENT" at The Register MS is by Chief Marketing Officer at VergeIO [21:23] TR News Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (38/2026): Two Releases and a Conference https://linmob.net/weekly-update-38-2026/ [21:23] TR Bot - Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (38/2026): Two Releases and a Conference [21:25] TR News Slop kiddies he calls 'em https://games.slashdot.org/story/26/09/19/222229/developer-abandons-ps5-linux-project-after-sony-patches-ai-discovered-exploit [21:25] TR Bot Developer Abandons 'PS5 Linux' Project After Sony Patches AI-Discovered Exploit - Slashdot [21:25] TR News Alpine 3.21.8, 3.22.6, 3.23.6 and 3.24.2 released https://alpinelinux.org/posts/Alpine-3.21.8-3.22.6-3.23.6-3.24.2-released.html [21:25] TR Bot Alpine 3.21.8, 3.22.6, 3.23.6 and 3.24.2 released | Alpine Linux [21:26] *Baudouin has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [21:26] TR News GAFAM-EFF should say don't use it, instead it does a sort or PR for GAFAM again https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/09/how-limit-what-apples-new-siri-ai-can-access-ios-27 [21:26] TR Bot How to Limit What Apples New Siri AI Can Access in iOS 27 | Electronic Frontier Foundation [21:31] *lxo (~lxo@upbvhd9286fzc.irc) has joined #techrights [21:42] TR News Techrights The Mass Layoffs at Red Hat (Secret Layoffs) Not Limited to This Week or to October 1st https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/02/The_Mass_Layoffs_at_Red_Hat_Secret_Layoffs_Not_Limited_to_This_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/02/The_Mass_Layoffs_at_Red_Hat_Secret_Layoffs_Not_Limited_to_This_.gmi [21:42] TR Bot Techrights The Mass Layoffs at Red Hat (Secret Layoffs) Not Limited to This Week or to October 1st [21:48] schestowitz[TR2] lxo: ^ [21:49] schestowitz[TR2] they go on and on ● Oct 02 [22:07] *l0de has quit (Ping timeout: 257 seconds) [22:07] TR News Techrights IBM in Such a Bad Shape That Silent Layoffs Have Come to India https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/02/IBM_in_Such_a_Bad_Shape_That_Silent_Layoffs_Have_Come_to_India.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/02/IBM_in_Such_a_Bad_Shape_That_Silent_Layoffs_Have_Come_to_India.gmi [22:07] TR Bot Techrights IBM in Such a Bad Shape That Silent Layoffs Have Come to India [22:09] *l0de (sid31830@id-31830.ilkley.irccloud.com) has joined #techrights [22:12] TR News "When I was young enough to still imagine myself to be invulnerable, and not to mind uncertainty about reaching my destination and having to sleep rough if things went wrong, I used to hitchhike. It's not something you see very often now, at least in the UK, but at the time it was a pretty common sight." gemini://kdan.smol.pub/hitch_hiking [22:12] TR News "In this one, I'm back at university. Reviewing some essays I need to write over the coming months. I get a message. From them. My ex, the most recent one." gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2026/10-02.gmi [22:12] TR News Win gemini://willthekid.smol.pub/pcwin [22:13] TR News "I enjoy reading gemlogs. Not because of FOMO but because it sparks the backside of the brain where lingering ideas stagnate. The importance of gemlogs comes from:" gemini://smallword.space/gemlog/20260930-the-journey-of-thoughts.gmi [22:14] TR News Rainy September gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/nm03/2026/OCT2026/entry-1 [22:15] TR News "Also, a record for me: my NetBSD box has a current uptime of 403 days." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/nm03/2026/OCT2026/entry-1 [22:15] TR News ROOPHLOCH 2026: EPIPHLOGUE gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/xiled/phlog/2026/20261001_rphlch_out [22:18] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 02/10/2026: Hitchhiking, Dream, Journey of Thoughts, and ROOPHLOCH https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/02/Gemini_Links_02_10_2026_Hitchhiking_Dream_Journey_of_Thoughts_a.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/02/Gemini_Links_02_10_2026_Hitchhiking_Dream_Journey_of_Thoughts_a.gmi [22:18] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 02/10/2026: Hitchhiking, Dream, Journey of Thoughts, and ROOPHLOCH [22:27] TR News SRA eyeing role of solicitors amid Man City fallout https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/sra-eyeing-role-of-solicitors-amid-man-city-fallout/5128073.article [22:27] TR Bot SRA eyeing role of solicitors amid Manchester City fallout | Law Gazette [22:34] TR News Lawyers That Lie to Courts https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/10/02/lawyers-that-lie-to-courts/ [22:34] TR Bot Blog Archive Lawyers That Lie to Courts [22:48] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Approaches 7% in Japan https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/GNU_Linux_Approaches_7_in_Japan.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/02/GNU_Linux_Approaches_7_in_Japan.gmi [22:48] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux Approaches 7% in Japan ● Oct 02 [23:08] IsambardPrince https://www.ign.com/articles/person-behind-viral-ai-generated-fallout-new-york-game-hauls-it-offline-says-bethesda-issued-cease-and-desist [23:08] TR Bot Person Behind Viral AI-Generated Fallout: New York Game Hauls It Offline After Bethesda Cease and Desist [23:09] IsambardPrince Purveyor of AI slop and copyright theft, Microsoft, sends cease and desist over AI slop and copyright theft. 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