●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, November 02, 2026 ●● ● Nov 02 [00:55] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [00:55] *includeals (~includeal@bl18-27-126.dsl.telepac.pt) has joined #techrights ● Nov 02 [01:03] nobody linux 5.12 doesn't escape it really [01:04] nobody a milestone in this was linux-5.7 before among others [01:09] parsifal ^comparing a kernel from five years ago to a current one is like comparing a virgin to a highway hooker -> everything else is just a minor detail [01:10] nobody not really, SHTF occured long before than 5 years ago [01:13] nobody copy.fail, DirtyCoW, just recently two CVEs found in TCP/IP stack again, introduced 10years ago or earlier [01:13] nobody doubt such occured by accident [01:14] nobody and the total excess code-size increase ignited before linux-2.4 series already, 20 years ago [01:18] nobody that much for kernel, looking at GNU toolchain and glibc there's a few more [01:19] nobody stragely this site disappeared online, gladly i saved it: http://tinyfront.mooo.com/downloads/compare_libcs.html [01:19] TR Bot Comparison of C/POSIX standard library implementations for Linux [01:19] nobody i can't say much about glibc other than i could not use it even if i wanted to [01:20] nobody phoronix summarized GCC here: http://tinyfront.mooo.com/files/gcc-lines-of-code.webp [01:21] nobody and for the record here's kernel again: http://tinyfront.mooo.com/files/Linux_Kernel_Sizes_Graph.png [01:23] nobody linux-5.10/5.15 isn't deprecated, it's LTS for a little while [01:27] parsifal i'm not interested in plastic disputes for the sake of arguing alone. it is perfectly clear what i am talking about. 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[02:56] TR News (NEW): Essora Eos SonicDE A New Home for X11, Built the Essora Way https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/Essora_Eos_SonicDE_A_New_Home_for_X11_Built_the_Essora_Way.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/Essora_Eos_SonicDE_A_New_Home_for_X11_Built_the_Essora_Way.gmi [02:56] TR Bot Tux Machines Essora Eos SonicDE A New Home for X11, Built the Essora Way [02:58] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Sunday, November 01, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/11/02/IRC_Proceedings_Sunday_November_01_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/11/02/IRC_Proceedings_Sunday_November_01_2026.gmi [02:58] TR Bot Techrights IRC Proceedings: Sunday, November 01, 2026 [02:59] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/Today_in_Techrights.gmi ● Nov 02 [03:00] TR Bot Tux Machines Today in Techrights [03:00] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/11/02/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/11/02/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [03:00] TR Bot Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [03:01] TR News On Microsoft: "The buyouts are the "friendly" first pass. If they don't reach the 60K the second pass will be the forceful process and people will get laid off. Either way they will reach the target." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m5xmawk0 [03:01] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m5xmawk0 ) [03:02] TR News "Is this video true? https://youtu.be/xqgMZd49JIQ [...] 00 percent true - You should now know the true character of ms" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m68mzrz7 [03:02] TR Bot https://yewtu.be/watch?v=xqgMZd49JIQ [03:02] TR Bot yewtu.be | Verifying your browser [03:02] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m68mzrz7 ) [03:02] *lxo has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [03:02] TR News "Most not all h1bs visa holders and other work visas are rife with scams frauds Fake resume fake degree fake experience fake interviews - This system needs to be dismantled" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m5xx65h5 [03:02] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m5xx65h5 ) [03:03] TR News "The looting of America from sui-idal empathy continues." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m66st9vc [03:03] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m66st9vc ) [03:03] TR News Redmond "The next detroit" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m62nvttv [03:03] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m62nvttv ) [03:04] TR News please investors." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m62nvttv [03:04] TR News "Redmond would be far better off without Microsofts Wall Street cronyism and the enshittification of all their products just to please investors." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m62nvttv [03:04] *lxo (~lxo@b4xjcexteeqvi.irc) has joined #techrights [03:04] TR News "You are on an island with 100 people and only 75 bananas. Networking, LinkedIn updates, etc won't solve anything. You need to leave the island. Leave the industry. Dead for next 10 years." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m67dj2g9 [03:04] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m67dj2g9 ) [03:05] TR News "6 months of living expense? Try 2 years. Most of my friends in tech that are out have been out for more than 1 year with no signs of getting a job." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m67dj2g9 [03:20] TR News Techrights Microsoft Wants 60,000 Employees Gone (One Way or Another) https://techrights.org/n/2026/11/02/Microsoft_Wants_60_000_Employees_Gone_One_Way_or_Another.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/11/02/Microsoft_Wants_60_000_Employees_Gone_One_Way_or_Another.gmi [03:20] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Wants 60,000 Employees Gone (One Way or Another) [03:35] admfubar parsifal, havent upgraded my os in a while [03:39] parsifal fair enough, i won't ask why -> you know best for yourself ;) [03:40] parsifal ^admfubar [03:42] admfubar lazy [03:42] admfubar :P [03:42] admfubar https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/10/gm-to-pay-220-million-after-selling-customer-smart-driver-data/ [03:42] TR Bot GM to pay $220 million after selling customer Smart Driver data - Ars Technica ● Nov 02 [04:00] *IsambardPrince (~IsambardPrince@z4mqyknipa2r2.irc) has joined #techrights [04:09] TR News Techrights Intercontinental Brigading - Part XXVII - Shooting the Messengers (People Who Oppose Microsoft Back Doors), Even Across the Atlantic https://techrights.org/n/2026/11/02/Intercontinental_Brigading_Part_XXVII_Shooting_the_Messengers_P.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/11/02/Intercontinental_Brigading_Part_XXVII_Shooting_the_Messengers_P.gmi [04:09] TR Bot Techrights Intercontinental Brigading - Part XXVII - Shooting the Messengers (People Who Oppose Microsoft Back Doors), Even Across the Atlantic [04:10] *IsambardPrince has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [04:16] TR News "Those are dead wood anyway. No one with any skill would head towards Redmond and no one with any morals would make it past the vetting process there. The real news is that now 60,000 poseurs, frauds, and charlatans are going to be hitting the job market masquerading as programmers and IT specialists" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/10/29/1654256#1458194 [04:16] TR Bot Microsoft Offers Parachutes To 60K Employees If They Jump By The End Of The Year - SoylentNews [04:16] TR News "Because of the pervasive presence of the cult of microsoftianism among managers they have a good chance of infiltrating (and then bringing down) legitimate businesses. If you end up with even one of those on your team, kiss productivity goodbye." [04:17] TR News "I've seen that too. Our very best engineers were the first to jump ship. They knew their stuff very well. They were old, irascible when annoyed, and knew how to get things done in spite of artificial barriers. They knew the customers and often communicated on ham radio. They were always meeting at high-tech swap meets. [04:17] TR News "One was showing me some spread spectrum techniques that weren't in the books yet ( they are now - our cellphones are based on it )." [04:17] TR News "The run-of-the-mill "paycheck engineers" ( myself included ) hung around long as possible as I wanted to pay down debt as far as I could, even knowing that with the critical engineers gone, and no training on the compartmentalized projects, the probability of a successful product release we were finishing up on would be zero." https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/10/29/1654256#1458243 [04:17] TR Bot Microsoft Offers Parachutes To 60K Employees If They Jump By The End Of The Year - SoylentNews [04:17] *IsambardPrince (~IsambardPrince@z4mqyknipa2r2.irc) has joined #techrights [04:17] TR News "Rats on a sinking ship. In a classified environment, ignorance leads all of us "worker bees" to be quite useless when a few critical communication links are severed." [04:17] TR News "I still wonder if it wasn't the plan all along to "put out the fire" by pulling all the logs apart topped off by delivering something full of bugs to the customer just to ruin any chance our customer will ever award any repeat business." [04:17] TR News "Wasn't just us doing this. The whole industry was doing this. Seems only Raytheon and Lockheed got through this mess. Microsoft is doing it too." [04:18] IsambardPrince I went to a free arcade. You don't have to buy anything there to play but they are a bar. [04:18] IsambardPrince I want to get better at pinball again. [04:19] schestowitz[TR2] c get windows 98 [04:19] admfubar ""Microsoft Offers Parachutes To 60K Employees If They Jump By The End Of The Year "" i'm surprised they didnt kneecap them and push them over a cliff [04:19] IsambardPrince I started out pretty badly but within a couple hours I started getting better. [04:19] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I played over 4 hours on a single quarter once back in the 90s. [04:21] IsambardPrince This time I came just shy of a replay. [04:23] IsambardPrince The Spider-Man machine was the one I spent most of my time on today. [04:24] IsambardPrince It sounds weird but every pinball machine "feels" different even if it's the same model. [04:24] schestowitz[TR2] pinball is boring [04:24] schestowitz[TR2] waste of money and time [04:24] schestowitz[TR2] try chess [04:25] IsambardPrince I like pinball. [04:26] IsambardPrince If it's a good machine. [04:27] TR News Covering Elections From a Technical Angle https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/11/02/covering-elections-from-a-technical-angle/ [04:27] TR Bot Blog Archive Covering Elections From a Technical Angle [04:27] IsambardPrince Chess is boring, like golf. [04:28] schestowitz[TR2] pinball is solo [04:28] schestowitz[TR2] golf annd chess are about networking [04:28] schestowitz[TR2] social games [04:28] schestowitz[TR2] talk while you play [04:28] IsambardPrince You could just as easily replace golf with chess in the skit where George Carlin said it's like watching flies fuck. [04:28] IsambardPrince There are multiplayer pinball tables. [04:28] schestowitz[TR2] carlin did not praise pinball [04:29] IsambardPrince I don't think he said anything about pinball. [04:29] schestowitz[TR2] not in public [04:33] IsambardPrince "Pinball was banned beginning in the early 1940s until 1976 in New York City.[83] New York mayor Fiorello La Guardia was responsible for the ban, believing that it robbed school children of their hard-earned nickels and dimes. La Guardia spearheaded major raids throughout the city, collecting thousands of machines. The mayor participated with police in destroying machines with sledgehammers before dumping the remnants into the [04:33] IsambardPrince city's rivers.[83]" [04:33] IsambardPrince Nothing like a good moral panic. [04:35] nobody > it robbed school children of their hard-earned nickels and dimes [04:35] IsambardPrince Uh, okay. [04:35] IsambardPrince I earned money when I was a kid. [04:35] IsambardPrince When you earn money it's yours. [04:35] nobody nowadays it's digital gambling slot machines which soak them [04:35] TR News Techrights Microsoft Lunduke is Slop https://techrights.org/n/2026/11/02/Microsoft_Lunduke_is_Slop.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/11/02/Microsoft_Lunduke_is_Slop.gmi [04:35] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Lunduke is Slop [04:35] IsambardPrince If you want to buy something with it, you buy something with it. [04:36] IsambardPrince If you want to give it away, that's your call. [04:36] IsambardPrince If you want to sit and play pinball with some of it, that's your decision. [04:36] IsambardPrince It's not the mayor's money. [04:36] IsambardPrince The mayor can fuck off. [04:37] schestowitz[TR2] the question is [04:37] schestowitz[TR2] what about addition [04:37] schestowitz[TR2] there are bans imposed on social control media [04:37] schestowitz[TR2] the claim is [04:37] IsambardPrince Maybe the mayor of that shithole called New York City should have used those police officers to stop people from getting mugged and raped on the train or in the elevators of the public housing projects. [04:37] schestowitz[TR2] people involuntary use these [04:37] schestowitz[TR2] due to addiciition [04:37] schestowitz[TR2] psychological manipulation [04:37] nobody yep, gambling slot machines are highly manipulative and addictive [04:38] IsambardPrince And if people want to gamble that's their business. [04:38] schestowitz[TR2] i don't think dealing with it like any addition is misplaced [04:38] IsambardPrince Gambling is a tax on idiots. [04:38] schestowitz[TR2] maybe they are addicted, IsambardPrince [04:38] schestowitz[TR2] and that becomes an issuie [04:38] schestowitz[TR2] for society [04:38] IsambardPrince Who don't sit there and go well shit, 800 million to one against are bad odds. [04:38] IsambardPrince I shouldn't spend $20 on a lottery scratcher. [04:38] schestowitz[TR2] people who become homeless after casino sprees [04:38] schestowitz[TR2] many nations banned casinos [04:39] schestowitz[TR2] becuase they saw what happens when there is no ban [04:39] schestowitz[TR2] you cccccould argue lottery tickets are less aaddictive [04:39] schestowitz[TR2] thaneven bingo [04:39] nobody in some regards gambling slot machines are worse than traditional casinos [04:39] schestowitz[TR2] you could make aniiimals addicted too [04:39] schestowitz[TR2] and drive them insane [04:39] schestowitz[TR2] by understanding how their minds work [04:39] schestowitz[TR2] and it's cruel [04:39] IsambardPrince Illinois puts in slot machines and casinos everywhere. [04:40] schestowitz[TR2] ILL [04:40] IsambardPrince If you go to the Chinese restaurant in Waukegan there are slot machines. [04:40] nobody and those machines trick people into thinking they would "win" anything with those, a pinball machine doesn't [04:40] schestowitz[TR2] here they must put labels on them [04:40] schestowitz[TR2] the labels vary [04:40] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], There was a job opening for 4 hours a day at the Chinese restaurant to monitor the gambling area and check ID. [04:40] nobody Nrnberg is pestered by slot machine gambling halls [04:40] schestowitz[TR2] pinball is like games [04:40] schestowitz[TR2] with high score [04:40] schestowitz[TR2] but no peer pressure like online gaming [04:41] schestowitz[TR2] i am not against pinball at pubs [04:41] schestowitz[TR2] the loss of money is also a lot slower [04:41] schestowitz[TR2] maybe one pound every 5 mins [04:41] IsambardPrince Don't blame me. I voted for the Progressive Tax. It did not pass. [04:41] schestowitz[TR2] that limits your losses [04:42] schestowitz[TR2] and you don't expect to earn anything but "high score" [04:42] IsambardPrince Billionaires spent heavily to convince stupid poor people to prevent billionaires from having to pay tax. [04:42] IsambardPrince And it worked. [04:42] schestowitz[TR2] no [04:42] schestowitz[TR2] that's not what they did [04:42] schestowitz[TR2] they convinced nobody [04:42] schestowitz[TR2] they just bribed officials [04:42] schestowitz[TR2] and poor people kept voting for these officials [04:42] schestowitz[TR2] so they realised they can keep taking those bribes [04:43] schestowitz[TR2] it's not a refenrndum item [04:43] IsambardPrince No, it was on the ballot. [04:43] IsambardPrince In Illinois. [04:43] IsambardPrince For an up or down vote, by the voters. [04:43] schestowitz[TR2] if you put tax the rich on a referendum-type ballot [04:43] IsambardPrince It failed. [04:43] schestowitz[TR2] they would be crushed [04:43] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], That's not what happened. [04:43] IsambardPrince It was a referendum that failed. [04:43] schestowitz[TR2] so ILLis ill [04:43] IsambardPrince By popular vote. [04:44] IsambardPrince https://news.wttw.com/2026/01/05/despite-mounting-budget-pressure-illinois-graduated-income-tax-remains-political [04:44] TR Bot Despite Mounting Budget Pressure, an Illinois Graduated Income Tax Remains Political Longshot | Chicago News | WTTW [04:45] IsambardPrince "Pritzker poured $58 million into the 2020 campaign advocating for a change in the state constitution to allow for an income tax structure that would charge higher rates for higher levels of income. [04:45] IsambardPrince For nearly six decades, Illinois had a flat income tax that charges one rate each for individuals and corporations regardless of income level. But Illinois voters ultimately rejected the proposal to change it, leaving the tax rate at 4.95% for individuals. It only received 46% support, far below the threshold needed to change the state constitution." [04:46] TR News "AI slop to praise the slimy Indian" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m66m4c7k "Still same incompetent, mediocre architects. How long is this sinking ship going to survive. IaaS will die if the commodity hardware prices don't come down." [04:46] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m66m4c7k ) [04:46] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Cook County asked specifically about a millionaire tax this time but it's non-binding. [04:46] TR News "IBM Cloud is dead. IBM SW is kept alive by constant acquisitions - Red Hat, Turbo, Apptio, Hashi, Confluent - the problem is they're running out of money to do these acquisitions. IBM Infra is coming to the end of the Z cycle and has been a stagnant business for years." [04:46] TR News "IBM Consulting is just an offshore bodyshop trying to compete with WITCH for race to the bottom outsourcing work. It's hard to be positive on the outlook for any IBM BU. Time to make more pie in the sky Quantum press releases I guess." [04:47] IsambardPrince I voted yes. The only thing it may do is pressure the state to try again another way. [04:47] TR News "The short answer to will PaaS/IaaS survive is: what are you smoking; IBM has NEVER had those." [04:47] TR News "Which brings us to the question about the future of cloud. We have all basically agreed to blur lines such that what Red Hat sells is what we call cloud. To be clear, Red Hat has some awesome stuff none of which has any logical business on Z. The future of cloud is whatever we can extract from Red Hat stuff." [04:47] IsambardPrince The first one failed because rich people came in and put in ads that said "There's nothing that stops them from going after you once it's "progressive". [04:47] TR News "What cloud ? The cloud effort was doomed from the start. The team was composed originally (15 years ago) of incompetent architects and engineers who failed miserably in previous projects. Later, it was hijacked by the Indian mediocre tribe who didn't fare any better." [04:48] IsambardPrince Completely ignoring the fact that the measure actually reduced the flat 4.95% rate to 4.6% for 90% of the public. [04:48] TR News "I am currently doing a project for a customer who is implementing some IBM stuff on Azure, and the Microsoft folks are helping... they are (Microsoft) pathetic at best... They don't know their own Azure sh-t. So, no surprised that 60K of them are getting a package to leave. They should take it... and please don't apply to IBM as we don't want losers." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m5x6h3j3 [04:48] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m5x6h3j3 ) [04:48] IsambardPrince And that it would create brackets, like the federal government uses, where the first $100,000 per person would be taxed at 4.6% no matter how much they make, [04:48] TR News "IBM prefere Pip's , its cheaper !" [04:49] TR News "I mean there it is. What other evidence would one need? How is still CEO after that is the real question. But others and his subordinates have gotten the message loud and clear and are carrying out his directives that he desires" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m646j7gt [04:49] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m646j7gt ) [04:49] IsambardPrince So basically people voted against a tax hike on the rich and they also voted against lowering their own tax from 4.95 to 4.6%. [04:50] IsambardPrince Which would have saved a person $175 a year if they earned $50,000. [04:51] IsambardPrince Or $1750 in the government's pocket instead of theirs over 10 years. [04:54] IsambardPrince These are people who could have used that $175 for groceries or to pay a few medical bills. [04:54] IsambardPrince Voting to literally hand their money to fat cats. [04:55] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Democracy is a dangerous thing when mostly the people who vote are so stupid they don't even know what the issues are. [04:59] TR News Techrights On Desktops/Laptops, Clownflare Sees Windows at Under 60% and GNU/Linux at 15% This Past Weekend https://techrights.org/n/2026/11/02/On_Desktops_Laptops_Clownflare_Sees_Windows_at_Under_60_and_GNU.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/11/02/On_Desktops_Laptops_Clownflare_Sees_Windows_at_Under_60_and_GNU.gmi [04:59] TR Bot Techrights On Desktops/Laptops, Clownflare Sees Windows at Under 60% and GNU/Linux at 15% This Past Weekend [04:59] schestowitz[TR2] no [04:59] schestowitz[TR2] democracy is not dangerous [04:59] schestowitz[TR2] ignorance is dangerous ● Nov 02 [05:00] schestowitz[TR2] as it endangers the assumptions about democracy [05:00] schestowitz[TR2] that's why the US edu system has gotten so bad [05:00] schestowitz[TR2] if people thinkt that [05:00] schestowitz[TR2] 1) 2 million juses who are fruit-0picking slaves are the issue [05:00] schestowitz[TR2] 2) desporting them would create jobs [05:00] schestowitz[TR2] 3) that nobody wants [05:01] schestowitz[TR2] 4) and people who amass government bailouts (like IBM) should be left to it... [05:01] schestowitz[TR2] https://truthout.org/articles/as-the-ai-bubble-threatens-to-burst-we-must-prepare-to-fight-a-big-tech-bailout/ [05:01] TR Bot As the AI Bubble Threatens to Burst, We Must Prepare to Fight a Big Tech Bailout | Truthout [05:02] nobody > just recently Google stocks reported a loss of ~15% equating to ~500billion [05:02] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2026/10/31/Intel_Has_Just_Lost_in_One_Single_Day_Over_150_Billion_Dollars_.shtml [05:02] TR Bot Techrights Intel Has Just Lost in One Single Day Over 150 Billion Dollars in 'Value' (Market Cap), Intel is Also Over 50 Billion Dollars in Debt [05:02] schestowitz[TR2] intel -30% [05:02] schestowitz[TR2] in one day [05:02] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intels-woes-wipe-out-usd1-trillion-of-semiconductor-market-cap-in-one-day-pc-market-bloodbath-leaves-few-chip-stocks-unscathed [05:02] TR Bot Intels woes wipe out $1 trillion of semiconductor market cap in one day PC market bloodbath leaves few chip stocks unscathed | Tom's Hardware [05:03] schestowitz[TR2] iirc, intel cancelled its plan for merz [05:03] nobody makes me wonder how, in comparison Volkswagen is extremely nervous over a 6billion quarterly deficit, google gets away with a 500billion stock exchange nosedive [05:03] schestowitz[TR2] all promises [05:03] schestowitz[TR2] no jobs [05:03] schestowitz[TR2] nobody: google is not worth that [05:03] schestowitz[TR2] eu markets are more sane [05:03] schestowitz[TR2] they don't claim companies are worth TRILLION [05:03] schestowitz[TR2] see this graph: [05:03] schestowitz[TR2] https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/03/Definitely_Not_a_Ponzi_Scheme.shtml [05:03] TR Bot Techrights Definitely Not a Ponzi Scheme [05:03] schestowitz[TR2] https://techrights.org/i/2025/08/msft-ponzi.png [05:04] schestowitz[TR2] tl;dr [05:04] nobody while ago Facebook reported a higher rating than Siemens, Bosch and Telekom alltogether (don't quote me on precise data, but a php-coding company isn't worth that either) [05:04] schestowitz[TR2] 2010: microsoft worth 150 billion dollars [05:04] schestowitz[TR2] accortding to itselfg [05:05] schestowitz[TR2] 2026: microsoft is 130 billion dollrs in DEBT [05:05] schestowitz[TR2] and worse yet: [05:05] schestowitz[TR2] https://thenextweb.com/news/tech-giants-hidden-off-balance-sheet-debt-ai [05:05] TR Bot Five tech giants are hiding $1.65tn in AI debt, using the trick that toppled Enron [05:05] schestowitz[TR2] its debt exceeds its value [05:05] schestowitz[TR2] the real value [05:05] schestowitz[TR2] before faking it [05:06] nobody in any case it's not "democratic", and it's dangerouse too [05:06] nobody because retirement pension funds are attached to this, something Merz advertizes for in his position as Blackrock CEO chancellor [05:06] schestowitz[TR2] nobody: [05:06] schestowitz[TR2] https://finbox.com/NASDAQGS:META/explorer/total_debt/ [05:06] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://finbox.com/NASDAQGS:META/explorer/total_debt/ ) [05:06] schestowitz[TR2] see graph, top left [05:06] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2026/06/29/Pensions_Tied_to_Ponzi_Schemes_Are_Themselves_Ponzi_Schemes.shtml [05:06] TR Bot Techrights Pensions Tied to Ponzi Schemes Are Themselves Ponzi Schemes [05:07] schestowitz[TR2] they rebranded as "meta" [05:07] schestowitz[TR2] because "netaverse" [05:07] schestowitz[TR2] "metaverse" is dea [05:07] schestowitz[TR2] why is "meta" even around, still? [05:07] nobody schestowitz[TR2]: minor note, i do follow try to follow along, but can't read any JavaScript web-sites from my IRC client console here [05:07] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.theregister.com/off-prem/2025/11/08/meta-cant-afford-its-600b-love-letter-to-trump/1269095 [05:07] TR Bot Meta can't afford its $600B love letter to Trump [05:08] schestowitz[TR2] "Meta on Friday floated plans to invest $600 billion in US infrastructure and jobs by 2028 as part of a massive datacenter expansion. [05:08] schestowitz[TR2] The lofty goal eclipses OpenAI's $500 billion Stargate initiative. But like its rival, Meta can't actually afford the infrastructure project CEO Mark Zuckerberg has promised President Donald Trump. [05:08] schestowitz[TR2] For Meta to realize the $600 billion goal by the end of 2028, it would need to increase its capital expenditures nearly threefold from the $70-72 billion it expects to spend in 2025. [05:08] schestowitz[TR2] Zuckercorp has already warned of "notably larger" spending in 2026, but the company earned "only" $62 billion in profit last year, up from $39 billion in 2023. So even if it used all of its near-liquid assets as of Q3, Meta had about $44.5 billion in cash, cash equivalents, and other marketable securities and plowed every dollar of profit into bit barns for the next few years, Meta would be hard pressed to pull this off." [05:08] schestowitz[TR2] ""If Meta has any hope of realizing its $600 billion US infrastructure expansion, Zuck better hope his financiers have deep pockets and a lot of patience [05:08] nobody theregister.com renders just fine... reading [05:08] schestowitz[TR2] they use perl [05:08] schestowitz[TR2] the editor told me [05:08] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Beer sales are so bad that they're paying you to take it now. [05:08] schestowitz[TR2] do they? [05:09] *schestowitz[TR2] books flight ticket to ILL [05:09] IsambardPrince I got paid $3 to grab 48 bottles of Budweiser. [05:09] schestowitz[TR2] the beer will pay for the flight :) [05:09] IsambardPrince Went on sale $9.99 per 24 pack. Got a $10 rebate per carton from AB. [05:09] IsambardPrince Then 6% back on the transaction total from the credit card company. [05:10] *Princ3ss21F has quit (connection closed) [05:10] *Princ3ss21F (~assistant@cehh8dd4kxj4i.irc) has joined #techrights [05:10] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I have 156 bottles of beer in my apartment now. [05:10] schestowitz[TR2] sounds like a song [05:10] schestowitz[TR2] anyway, that will damage your organs [05:11] IsambardPrince I told mom the sales have been so crazy on beer lately, it's starting to look like Gonad's house in here. [05:11] schestowitz[TR2] you still lost money on them [05:11] schestowitz[TR2] next your lose health [05:11] schestowitz[TR2] and then you lose money on dictors [05:12] schestowitz[TR2] and you only recently complained of illess [05:12] schestowitz[TR2] which caused pain and a hole in the pocket [05:12] schestowitz[TR2] getting 150 odd beers seems like asking for more of the same [05:13] TR News Many articles about managers "quitting" Microsoft. They got pushed out. [05:13] IsambardPrince https://www.facebook.com/reel/340092028568682 [05:13] TR Bot NO TITLE [05:14] TR News It does not matter if North Korea or any other nation stole your fake-coins. The end outcome is the same: your lost your fake money. [05:14] nobody in a recent talk Merz projected a "boom in insurance sector" soon, the ones who manage retirement savings plans invested into stock markets [05:14] schestowitz[TR2] it does not sound like you even fancy beer [05:14] schestowitz[TR2] you fancy sales [05:14] schestowitz[TR2] so you got beer [05:14] schestowitz[TR2] for the love of sales [05:14] schestowitz[TR2] that seems misguided if health is expensive [05:14] schestowitz[TR2] and a priority [05:15] schestowitz[TR2] winter comes to ILL [05:15] schestowitz[TR2] heating is not cheap [05:15] schestowitz[TR2] and you ruin your immune system [05:16] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: it's just piccard talking [05:16] schestowitz[TR2] nobody> in a recent talk Merz projected a "boom in insurance sector" soon [05:16] schestowitz[TR2] read as [05:16] schestowitz[TR2] risk increases [05:16] schestowitz[TR2] or does not [05:16] schestowitz[TR2] either way, people pay more\ [05:16] schestowitz[TR2] to cover risk [05:16] schestowitz[TR2] and the risk profiteers make more money [05:17] schestowitz[TR2] instead of making and selling automobiles [05:17] schestowitz[TR2] they profit from people's insecurities [05:17] schestowitz[TR2] hardly a productive economy then [05:17] schestowitz[TR2] > soon, the ones who manage retirement savings plans invested into stock markets [05:17] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.dw.com/en/germany-news-pension-overhaul-may-push-retirement-age-to-70/live-77635252 [05:17] TR Bot Germany news: Pension overhaul may push retirement age to 70 [05:17] schestowitz[TR2] so yay! [05:18] schestowitz[TR2] retirement is a form of insurance [05:18] nobody the twist is investments to secure retirements saving funds, and those insurance companies relying upon dividents from Google/Nvidia/Micros/IBM etc... [05:18] schestowitz[TR2] so not fewer qualify for that insurance, if that goes ahead [05:18] nobody Oracle, INtel [05:18] schestowitz[TR2] so you pay more for this insurance [05:18] schestowitz[TR2] and get less [05:18] schestowitz[TR2] good for the "insurance industry" (speculators in slop [05:19] schestowitz[TR2] https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/04/Worse_Than_Taking_Your_Job_the_Slop_Pyramid_Scheme_Will_Take_Yo.shtml [05:19] TR Bot Techrights Worse Than "Taking Your Job", the Slop Pyramid Scheme Will "Take Your Pension" [05:19] nobody question is, if all this will implode [05:19] nobody mass layoffs cannot compensate for deficits/debt at the scale [05:19] schestowitz[TR2] they call it "Magnificent seven" now [05:19] schestowitz[TR2] trillions in DENT is "Magnificent" [05:19] schestowitz[TR2] *debt [05:20] schestowitz[TR2] mass layoffs are about keeping the lights on, nobody [05:20] schestowitz[TR2] but the business... no [05:20] schestowitz[TR2] so you can keep running "the cloud" [05:20] nobody you know, i am little entangled into some of this, technically [05:20] schestowitz[TR2] while the debt piles upo [05:20] schestowitz[TR2] and they cannot even pay the interest on the debt [05:20] schestowitz[TR2] https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/19/Microsoft_s_Mass_Layoffs_Impact_the_Ability_to_Run_Microsoft.shtml [05:20] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft's Mass Layoffs Impact the Ability to Run Microsoft [05:20] nobody and i am convinced a recess back to normal is necessary, but they can't because it fueled retirement savings for example [05:21] schestowitz[TR2] https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/holdning/risikovurdering-begyndere [05:21] TR Bot Risikovurdering for begyndere | Version2 [05:21] schestowitz[TR2] "All that's missing is OpenAI before they have a full house in the AI bubble. [05:21] schestowitz[TR2] " [05:21] IsambardPrince winter comes to ILL [05:21] IsambardPrince heating is not cheap [05:21] schestowitz[TR2] "If this is what Danish stock market sharks understand by "medium risk", it will hurt Danish pension savings before long. [05:21] schestowitz[TR2] " [05:22] IsambardPrince Included in the rent. [05:22] schestowitz[TR2] prepaid [05:22] schestowitz[TR2] that means you cannot deduct it [05:22] IsambardPrince The landlords didn't leave cheap 1970s windows in here. [05:22] schestowitz[TR2] you can have rent with no central heating [05:22] schestowitz[TR2] and then work your energy expenses downwards [05:22] IsambardPrince Kent told me that boiler heat is cheap. [05:22] nobody there's some dangerous real estate gambles involved too (recent Berlin elections major topic) [05:23] nobody let me quote from some recent german yellow press headline again [05:23] IsambardPrince that means you cannot deduct it [05:23] nobody > Real Estate Billionaire Mohamed Alabbar (Dubai) mocking Germans ending up as homeless on the streets [05:23] IsambardPrince Deduct it from what? [05:23] nobody > Construction of 500000 appartments desired in Berlin [05:23] IsambardPrince Food stamps? [05:23] nobody > a permission to build in the city needs 10years and no endangered Lizard species threatened [05:23] IsambardPrince It's accounted for. [05:23] schestowitz[TR2] no [05:23] schestowitz[TR2] your pay premium [05:23] IsambardPrince They count rent that includes heat as you paying for heat. [05:23] schestowitz[TR2] for energy [05:23] IsambardPrince Not really. [05:23] schestowitz[TR2] there is "nof ree lunch" [05:23] schestowitz[TR2] you pay [05:23] IsambardPrince Mark's apartments were not only cockroach infested. [05:23] schestowitz[TR2] and it's a fixed rate [05:24] IsambardPrince They were energy sieves. [05:24] IsambardPrince You paid $200+ electric bills to heat the place. [05:24] IsambardPrince And it still felt like you weren't heating it because he left cracked windows, or 1970s single pane glass, or doors with such huge gaps the wind rushed through them. [05:25] schestowitz[TR2] now you get always-on heating [05:25] schestowitz[TR2] and pay 1.8k [05:25] schestowitz[TR2] a month [05:25] schestowitz[TR2] instead of 1.2k or whjatever [05:25] nobody that's interesting too, i have to pay roughly this amount each month, without any relevant amount of energy/electricity consumed noewhere near ever [05:25] schestowitz[TR2] illuion of savings [05:25] nobody but they've tailored this into "renewable energy" accounting fraud [05:25] IsambardPrince Plus I don't need a car here. [05:26] schestowitz[TR2] povery celebrated [05:26] schestowitz[TR2] "i don't need anything" [05:26] schestowitz[TR2] "i only pay 1.8k a month" [05:26] schestowitz[TR2] "i am free" [05:26] IsambardPrince I needed a car there because they had PACE but it came every hour or two and didn't go where you needed. [05:26] schestowitz[TR2] the buick was a sieve [05:27] IsambardPrince Yes, and living here means I don't have to tolerate old cars that barely work. [05:27] schestowitz[TR2] (not to the extend a million-pound lawsuit campaign in the UK was to Americans) [05:27] schestowitz[TR2] *extent [05:27] IsambardPrince That alone is worth more than the difference in rent. [05:27] schestowitz[TR2] that's what cars are like [05:27] schestowitz[TR2] but you are missing the point [05:27] IsambardPrince Put the wife in an insane asylum. [05:27] schestowitz[TR2] living in a shoebox with 150 bottles of cheap beer [05:27] IsambardPrince Dump all her stuff in the woods. [05:28] IsambardPrince Raid the checking account. [05:28] schestowitz[TR2] and paying almost 2k a month [05:28] IsambardPrince Break dog legs(?) [05:28] IsambardPrince Hang out with girlfriend. [05:28] schestowitz[TR2] that's not a good arrangement for you [05:28] IsambardPrince Allegedly. [05:28] schestowitz[TR2] it's good for Kent [05:29] IsambardPrince Has he don't anything to the wife for talking about it yet? [05:29] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: he is mentally unwell [05:29] schestowitz[TR2] but i don't sympathise [05:29] schestowitz[TR2] he harms people [05:29] schestowitz[TR2] not just his spouse [05:29] schestowitz[TR2] he does the same to my wife [05:29] schestowitz[TR2] his motyher is aware he is a bad person [05:29] schestowitz[TR2] and he had sought psycho help [05:29] schestowitz[TR2] according to himself [05:29] schestowitz[TR2] ic an see why [05:30] schestowitz[TR2] Has he don't anything to the wife for talking about it yet? [05:30] IsambardPrince His three favorite words are cum, fart, and cheetos. [05:30] schestowitz[TR2] yes, according to isis, there are threats [05:30] schestowitz[TR2] and he also pays people to badmouth isis": [05:30] schestowitz[TR2] https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/26/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_88_Out_of_200_Brett_Wilson_LLP_is_Defamin.shtml [05:30] 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 [05:31] schestowitz[TR2] " [05:31] schestowitz[TR2] crazy matt -> restricted boot / restricted boot -> crazy matt [05:31] schestowitz[TR2] by watch of comparison " [05:31] schestowitz[TR2] microsoft found distateful people [05:31] schestowitz[TR2] to push its agenda [05:31] schestowitz[TR2] also the serial strangler [05:32] schestowitz[TR2] they are used by microsoft but also that does not mean they are victims [05:32] schestowitz[TR2] they are very hanrful [05:32] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2026/06/03/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_96_Out_of_200_When_You_Receive_Death_Thre.shtml [05:32] TR Bot Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 96 Out of 200: When You Receive Death Threats From Anonymous Sockpuppets/Burner Accounts Connected to People Who Strangle Women and Tell Women to Kill Themselves [05:32] schestowitz[TR2] he lost his job months ago http://techrights.org/n/2026/10/04/Garrett_s_Litigation_Partner_is_Unemployed_Again.shtml [05:32] TR Bot Techrights Garrett's Litigation Partner is Unemployed Again [05:32] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Kent was my landlord in Indiana. [05:32] schestowitz[TR2] His three favorite words are cum, fart, and cheetos. [05:33] schestowitz[TR2] his latest "tweets" are all about me [05:33] IsambardPrince He had one apartment building with boiler heat, he put cheap electric baseboards in the rest and made the tenants pay for them. [05:33] schestowitz[TR2] about 70% of his latest 10 "tweets" [05:33] schestowitz[TR2] and he calls other "obsessed" [05:33] schestowitz[TR2] only about 3% of pages/articles of ours are about the SLAPPs [05:33] schestowitz[TR2] maybe at most 5% [05:34] schestowitz[TR2] "We should note that 100% of his social media posts from December 15 until December 23 were about us, which seems obsessive/compulsive." http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/An_Update_on_Our_Appeal.shtml [05:34] TR Bot Tux Machines An Update on Our Appeal [05:34] schestowitz[TR2] schestowitz[TR2], Kent was my landlord in Indiana. [05:34] schestowitz[TR2] 8i thought the curent one [05:34] schestowitz[TR2] my bad [05:34] schestowitz[TR2] the current one makes a killing [05:35] schestowitz[TR2] i bet he gets 1.8k a month or 20k a year by just spewing some heat into a "unit" [05:35] schestowitz[TR2] and you still pay fgor water, internet etc. [05:35] schestowitz[TR2] when i was in uni all was provided [05:35] schestowitz[TR2] unlimited water too [05:35] schestowitz[TR2] not metered [05:35] schestowitz[TR2] no electric bills [05:35] schestowitz[TR2] no council tax [05:35] schestowitz[TR2] it was great [05:35] schestowitz[TR2] i think i paid less than 500 a month [05:36] schestowitz[TR2] and the only bills i got were odd things [05:36] schestowitz[TR2] they would fix things that broke [05:36] schestowitz[TR2] i tried to stay there longer [05:36] schestowitz[TR2] it was very cconvenient [05:36] schestowitz[TR2] when you start renting a place you don't just pay more [05:36] schestowitz[TR2] you get many chores [05:37] schestowitz[TR2] and this means mental overhead [05:37] IsambardPrince and you still pay fgor water, internet etc. [05:37] schestowitz[TR2] i became a student 2000 [05:38] IsambardPrince No, water and sewage have been included in every lease I've ever had. [05:38] schestowitz[TR2] prior to that lived with parents [05:38] schestowitz[TR2] they even did: [05:38] schestowitz[TR2] 1) car insurance [05:38] schestowitz[TR2] for me [05:38] schestowitz[TR2] 2) car repairs [05:38] IsambardPrince The only time I got duped was one landlord said water and trash were included. [05:38] schestowitz[TR2] 3) cleaning etc. [05:38] schestowitz[TR2] i helped out with house chores [05:38] schestowitz[TR2] like laundry [05:38] IsambardPrince Then I figured out that the guy upstairs was paying for water and the woman up the hill was paying for trash. [05:38] schestowitz[TR2] i think i was the only kid who helped with house chores [05:38] schestowitz[TR2] so my mother still credits me [05:39] IsambardPrince The trash department wanted me to pay $30 a month and buy a bin from them, so I came out at night and threw our garbage in the dumpster of the apartment complex next door. [05:39] schestowitz[TR2] there you go [05:39] schestowitz[TR2] another chore [05:39] IsambardPrince Yeah, I didn't want another $360/yr bill. [05:40] IsambardPrince That's not here though. [05:44] nobody in the end all this "free money" routed into AI DEBT is offloaded somewhere for "re-financing" [05:45] nobody appartment rent hikes and fraudulent energy bills are most concerning [05:45] nobody it's causing political turmoil too [05:46] nobody back where this started: "democracy" [05:46] nobody average people without a 6figure salary (such as myself) aren't "stupid" just because they can't change anything with whatever they vote for [05:50] nobody i can't afford any legal battle over appartment rent and energy accounting fraud [05:50] nobody > Real Estate Billionaire Mohamed Alabbar (Dubai) mocking Germans ending up as homeless on the streets [05:50] nobody a video of his posted in german yellow press [05:51] nobody i assume that's the type of "investors" Blackrock CEO chancellor Merz seeks to attract into germany [05:53] *IsambardPrince has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [05:55] *FANTOM has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [05:56] schestowitz[TR2] appartment rent hikes and fraudulent energy bills are most concerning [05:56] nobody https://www.bild.de/politik/meinung-kommentare-kolumnen/immobilien-milliardaer-laestert-ueber-deutschland-dann-schlafen-deutsche-auf-der-strasse-6ae6ff2c6a5ed9f213134370 [05:56] TR Bot schlafen Deutsche auf der Strae: Immobilien-Milliardr lstert ber Deutschland | Politik | BILD.de [05:56] schestowitz[TR2] where i lived 15 years ago there was protest by reisdentsd [05:56] nobody "then germans will sleep as homeless on the streets" [05:56] schestowitz[TR2] they discovered the energy provider was not only a monopoly [05:56] schestowitz[TR2] but ut was conncted to the building's owner [05:56] schestowitz[TR2] so they overcharged everybody [05:57] nobody it's an international cartell: metering service, energy company, landlors, real estate investors [05:58] nobody while investigating this, i was surprised to find some german metering service company (which i received bills from) had international share holders in china and hong kong [05:58] nobody i do not know who was pulling strings behind the scenes, but it is extreme excess accounting fraud they do [05:59] schestowitz[TR2] they did not charge for water and elec/gas [05:59] schestowitz[TR2] it was [05:59] schestowitz[TR2] power [05:59] schestowitz[TR2] hot water [05:59] schestowitz[TR2] cold water [05:59] nobody accounting 10kWh with 70, at that scale [05:59] schestowitz[TR2] and drainage costs [05:59] schestowitz[TR2] and no copetition [05:59] schestowitz[TR2] they cahrged whatever they liked [05:59] schestowitz[TR2] and you could not chheck the meters [05:59] nobody cold water and sewage is inflated 1000% above normal by them too ● Nov 02 [06:00] nobody the only reason this detonated yet, i'm only consuming very little amounts of energy and water [06:00] nobody *did not yet [06:00] *Goblin (~use@9ufr5q2xui6zg.irc) has joined #techrights [06:01] nobody they're cheating almost $1000/year on maintenance costs and energy/water billing, each year [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] iirc, there were months when as a single person back then (2012) I paid more than two p[eople in 2026 [06:01] nobody plus cold-appartment rent hike, that's another 1800/year soaked illegally [06:02] nobody and i MUST sign and pay this, otherwise they'll evict [06:03] nobody plus the damages i could not work in fear of this and endless sleepless nights [06:04] nobody the corrupt cartell surrounding this are pulling strings into government/politics of cause [06:04] nobody saying this served "renewable energy" and whatever wishthinks, money that finally is routed into "climate and innovation investment fund" (KTF) [06:05] nobody that Intel, Tesla etc. soaked money from for their "investments" into "climate neutral economy" [06:06] nobody EU parliament insisted upon another recent +50% budget hike atop of all this, with their "green new deal" agenda [06:06] nobody but accounting fraud and extortion are maxed out already [06:07] *FANTOM (~fantom@freenode-0m9.8g1.bp0598.IP) has joined #techrights [06:07] nobody it's no coincidence head of ECB Lagarde announced her retirement ahead of schedule in February 2027 [06:07] nobody (which is the time when some unknown entities were pulling strings to tamper accounting) [06:08] schestowitz[TR2] drink 150 cheap beers [06:08] nobody i must admit, i did have a sip of vodka over this, since when this insanity ignited year 2022 [06:09] nobody i can't stomach as much of this as a wanted to puke [06:09] schestowitz[TR2] east german vodka [06:10] nobody ironically, it's some clear wheat corn brandy from there, 32% [06:10] TR News Software Patent https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/microsoft-patents-ai-words-in-peoples-mouths | Source: Futurism [06:10] TR Bot Microsoft Patents an AI That Can Literally Put Words in People's Mouths in Real Time [06:11] nobody which sedates anger for an hour or two at most [06:11] TR News "Heres the catch for Linux distributions: almost every PC ships with Microsofts certificates in 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Getting Fedoras key into the firmware of every laptop on the planet isnt realistic." https://blog.hofstede.it/linux-foundationals-from-silicon-to-userspace-the-boot-and-init-chain/ | Source: Christian Hofstede-Kuhn [06:11] TR Bot Linux Foundationals: From Silicon to Userspace - The Boot and Init Chain | Larvitz Blog [06:11] nobody while i freak out 24/7 since 2022 [06:22] *IsambardPrince (~IsambardPrince@upgcbqj44a4ws.irc) has joined #techrights [06:23] IsambardPrince appartment rent hikes and fraudulent energy bills are most concerning [06:23] IsambardPrince It's the law here that every residential lease must include any city code violations from the prior year and whether they were addressed or not. [06:23] IsambardPrince As well as what the utility bills totaled that the landlord paid. [06:24] IsambardPrince We're accumulating slumlord laws because of....corporate slumlords. [06:24] TR News "In a press release, MDOC said the Recidiviz software will be used to optimize placement of incarcerated individuals starting with a pilot program in a number of mens facilities beginning in December." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/prisons-ai-prediction-incarceration-algorithm | Source: Futurism [06:24] TR Bot Prisons Using AI to Predict When Incarcerated People Will Commit Future Crimes [06:24] schestowitz[TR2] nobody: "The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education estimates the number of high school graduates will decline from 3.9 million nationally in 2025 to 3.4 million in 2041." https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2026-11-01/military-recruiting-up-23326499.html | Source: Stars And Stripes [06:24] TR Bot recruiting up as youth unemployment rises | Stars and Stripes [06:24] IsambardPrince Every time the legislature bans several dirty tricks, they think of some other nasty shit that's not illegal yet. [06:25] TR News "In a press release, MDOC said the Recidiviz software will be used to optimize placement of incarcerated individuals starting with a pilot program in a number of mens facilities beginning in December." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/prisons-ai-prediction-incarceration-algorithm | Source: Futurism [06:25] IsambardPrince Well, anti-slumlord laws do increase the cost of doing business. [06:25] IsambardPrince And they also fee-shift. [06:25] nobody accounting fraud and extortion are illegal [06:25] IsambardPrince The landlord has a profit margin they want. [06:25] TR News "I was distraught to hear that Rest of World may have to shut down in January" https://werd.io/rest-of-world-tells-vital-stories-about-the-impact-of-tech-on-the-world-we-may-lose-it-anyway/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller [06:25] TR Bot Rest of World tells vital stories about the impact of tech on the world. We may lose it anyway. [06:25] IsambardPrince So when you ban them assessing a package of a dozen bullshit and nuisance fees by name, either the rent goes up or they think of another bullshit fee. [06:25] TR News "We all produce the CONTENT for free. The platforms that host the CONTENT deliver it back to us, with ads." https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-algorithms-can-go-to-hell-because | Source: Hamilton Nolan [06:25] TR Bot The Algorithms Can Go to Hell Because How Things Work Is Still Here [06:26] TR News "Putins regime has wiped away the institutions that Derk helped build in a free Russia in the 90s, but the seeds of the principles of independent journalism that he imparted remain" https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/11/01/russias-independent-journalism-will-survive-in-exile-gershkovich-says-at-inaugural-derk-sauer-lecture-a94145 | Source: The Moscow Times [06:26] TR Bot Russias Independent Journalism Will Survive in Exile, Gershkovich Says at Inaugural Derk Sauer Lecture - The Moscow Times [06:26] IsambardPrince It's like the Credit CARD Act. [06:26] IsambardPrince After the banks were banned from tricking you as to the due date and charging certain exorbitant fees, and "universal default" and retroactive interest rate hikes... [06:26] IsambardPrince The interest rate itself just went up, a lot. [06:27] IsambardPrince They can't make their money off of gotcha games, so the interest rate everyone pays goes up. [06:27] IsambardPrince Rent works like that too. [06:27] nobody exaxtly [06:27] IsambardPrince If you don't cap the rent or at least the growth rate, then they just throw everything together. [06:27] IsambardPrince You still need a house, take it or leave it. [06:27] schestowitz[TR2] nobody: ManCity plays RB Leipzig in 2 days https://www.mancity.com/fixtures [06:27] TR Bot Manchester City 2026/27 Fixtures - Manchester City F.C. [06:27] schestowitz[TR2] in Leipzig [06:28] schestowitz[TR2] iirc, you are from Leipzig [06:28] nobody schestowitz[TR2]: i am, and do not identify with RB, i am not hostile either, i just don't care that much about corporate BS [06:28] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: price-fixing [06:28] schestowitz[TR2] they need annn "ACT" about that [06:28] IsambardPrince Brandon Lobster called me a Nazi. I would say I'm a social libertarian and a market socialist. [06:28] schestowitz[TR2] just make up some acronym [06:28] schestowitz[TR2] for "PRICE FIXING ACT" [06:29] nobody IsambardPrince> We're accumulating slumlord laws because of....corporate slumlords [06:29] schestowitz[TR2] british cops called "Brandon Lobster" all sorts of things [06:29] nobody for that matter, RedBull that's entangled into the realm of SAP company, who by coincidence are involved with energy accounting [06:29] IsambardPrince I've written to the legislature and the governor, for what good it will do. [06:30] IsambardPrince Asking for a law that caps rent growth to the CPI-W -or- the landlord's actual provable cost increases. [06:30] TR News "From social media platforms to payment processors, new restrictions are making it harder for webcomic artists to exist" https://xtramagazine.com/culture/online-censorship-indie-webcomics-284463 | [06:30] TR Bot Online censorship is crushing indie webcomics | Xtra Magazine [06:31] nobody rent here is capped to an index, but this index capping permits 15% each three years cold-rent hike [06:31] nobody and that's maxed out [06:31] IsambardPrince I've seen years without an increase and I've seen years where it went up 17% between leases. [06:32] TR News "Since Musk embraced Community Notes on X, crowdsourced fact-checks have gone from a niche experiment to the default on social media." https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/10/x-midterm-election-ai-fact-check/689245/ | Source: The Atlantic [06:32] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/10/x-midterm-election-ai-fact-check/689245/ ) [06:32] nobody so i got another three years at most, until the next one is hitting, not knowing if this would pass financial department supervision [06:32] nobody and if financial department objects, i'm left alone with a hike i can't pay for [06:32] IsambardPrince Right now, landlords moved so fast and raised rent so high that they've hit a point where they are having trouble finding stable tenants [06:32] IsambardPrince And the cost of evicting someone can be $20,000 or more by the time you figure in lost rent and tenants stonewalling you and courts being backed up. [06:33] nobody yep, it's distinct issues, new real-estate constructed for tenants and existing ones [06:33] IsambardPrince They don't necessarily net more money raising the rent at a certain point. [06:33] nobody new real-estate inflates +100% and more (in Munich it's up to 25/m COLD) [06:34] nobody i couldn't care less about FC Bavaria Munich as little as i care about RedBull soccer and their sponsors [06:34] nobody corporate slumlords [06:35] nobody currently i am residing in Nrnberg though, not Leipzig [06:35] nobody i do know however Leipzig reported rent hikes alike, and city real estate "sold" to "investors" (in New York and elswhere) [06:35] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I got my Extra Help with Prescriptions back. [06:35] IsambardPrince I noticed an odd thing. [06:36] IsambardPrince They said my premium would still be $5.30 when that should comfortably be paid for by the Extra Help, so I researched this. [06:36] IsambardPrince It turns out that due to wonky regulations, that $5.30 couldn't be legally paid by Extra Help because the plan is considered an "enhanced benefits plan" not a "benchmark plan". [06:36] IsambardPrince So I switched to a benchmark plan with a higher premium, and the government will be paying for all of it. [06:37] IsambardPrince The formulary on this one is different. I suppose there's a logic to this though. [06:37] IsambardPrince The really expensive drug that I take moves from Tier 4 to Tier 3 on the new plan. [06:37] IsambardPrince Meaning cost sharing goes down from 50% to 15%. [06:37] IsambardPrince So Medicare costs themselves more money on premiums, but saves money on the actual prescriptions. [06:38] IsambardPrince Medicare Part D gets money from the government and money from premiums. [06:38] IsambardPrince The premiums are all over the place. [06:39] IsambardPrince Without the subsidy, the cheapest 2027 plan I saw was $5.30 a month on the beneficiary's side and the most expensive was over $230. [06:39] IsambardPrince Mind you this is just prescriptions. [06:39] IsambardPrince Not hospital or outpatient. [06:39] nobody reminds me, Munich, which was one of the last decent job offers, from IBM residing there - i turned that down 10 years ago due to the appartment situation known there [06:39] TR News Projection Tactics https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/11/02/projection-tactics/ [06:39] TR Bot Blog Archive Projection Tactics [06:39] nobody gladly i did [06:39] schestowitz[TR2] what drugs? [06:39] IsambardPrince I know it was only $5.30, but if I can get out of it just switching to a plan with the same benefits, why pay it? [06:40] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Oh God, there's a list. [06:40] IsambardPrince Including one that Medicare is banned by law from covering. [06:40] IsambardPrince So I have to use a prescription drug coupon for that. [06:40] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], The one that's really outrageous, even as a generic, is Depakote ER. [06:42] IsambardPrince For 270 of them, generic, which is for three months, I would pay over $350 with Wellcare Value Script Part D with no extra help. [06:42] IsambardPrince Or $52 with a GoodRX coupon and not even using the Part D at all. [06:42] IsambardPrince Or about $90 with the Wellcare Classic Part D and no extra help. [06:43] IsambardPrince Or $5.80 with Extra Help. [06:44] nobody interesting note, when trying freelancing i did sign up for private health insurance, that finally asked for 800/month [06:44] nobody never tried again after having received those bills [06:45] nobody and those 800/month would not at least cover all dental work [06:45] schestowitz[TR2] schestowitz[TR2], Oh God, there's a list. [06:45] schestowitz[TR2] i can now say openly [06:45] schestowitz[TR2] because puppy breaker knows [06:46] schestowitz[TR2] thatb rianne works in NHS pharma [06:46] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], The price varies per pharmacy too, especially with the discount coupons. [06:46] schestowitz[TR2] didn't talk about this before [06:46] schestowitz[TR2] because GGG phone our employers [06:46] schestowitz[TR2] if he does so now [06:46] schestowitz[TR2] he would enrage the Court [06:47] IsambardPrince I've been harassed by telephone before. Peter Staley called me from New York once. [06:47] IsambardPrince Because I called him a drug company shill. [06:47] schestowitz[TR2] Peter Staley? [06:47] schestowitz[TR2] who is that? [06:47] schestowitz[TR2] oh wait [06:47] schestowitz[TR2] i remember [06:48] schestowitz[TR2] ti's that hiv drug activist [06:48] IsambardPrince Oh some "AIDS Activist" from the 1980s who was later hired by the AIDS drugs companies. [06:48] schestowitz[TR2] and you accuse him of defectng [06:48] schestowitz[TR2] for money [06:48] IsambardPrince To blog about how great their products are instead of HIV prevention. [06:48] schestowitz[TR2] didn't Peter Staley die? [06:48] IsambardPrince Still alive according to Wikipedia [06:48] schestowitz[TR2] i remmebered his surname, Staley [06:48] schestowitz[TR2] iirc, he was in headlines again [06:49] schestowitz[TR2] or maybe just you bringing him up [06:49] schestowitz[TR2] about 3 years ago [06:49] schestowitz[TR2] inn IRC [06:49] TR News "Lets take a specific example: data centers" https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-round-up-did-bernie-sanders | Source: Matt Stoller [06:49] TR Bot Monopoly Round-Up: Did Bernie Sanders Set the Terms for the Midterm Elections? [06:49] TR News "What interested me was how quickly an ostensibly empirical dispute became a referendum on the credibility of the participants." https://www.yesigiveafig.com/p/californication | Source: Michael Green [06:49] TR Bot Californication - by Michael W. Green [06:50] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], He called me for the same reason that Mandy called in sick to stare at me while I was moving out. [06:50] IsambardPrince Control freaks hate feeling powerless. [06:51] TR News "What makes the course classic? In the 1908 Olympics the marathon was going to originally be the 40km length that was used from Marathon to Athens (and Paris 1900, St. Louis 1904)." https://radar.spacebar.org/f/a/weblog/comment/1/1258 | Source: Tom Murphy VII [06:51] TR Bot connect error: error:0A000152:SSL routines::unsafe legacy renegotiation disabled ( status 0 @ https://radar.spacebar.org/f/a/weblog/comment/1/1258 ) [06:51] IsambardPrince Once they realize they have no control over you anymore, the only goal is to make you as miserable as possible. [06:51] TR News "However, Question 3 would not improve things. In fact, it would probably make things slightly worse." https://thetech.com/2026/11/01/question-3-2026 | Source: MIT [06:51] TR Bot Question 3 is bad for democracy | The Tech [06:51] IsambardPrince They can't stop you from leaving, but what they can do is make you remember the day you walked out as being miserable, not the day you reclaimed your freedom from them. [06:51] schestowitz[TR2] mandy would be in a barn or tndo or his sister's "guest room" [06:51] schestowitz[TR2] if you and your mom did not help him [06:52] TR News "The report in question is based on groundless speculation and is nothing more than an attempt to smear China" https://hongkongfp.com/2026/10/31/groundless-speculation-china-denies-spying-on-nvidias-jensen-huang/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press [06:52] TR Bot China denies spying on Nvidia's Jensen Huang [06:52] schestowitz[TR2] or hi sister's attic, hiding [06:52] schestowitz[TR2] the "guest room" ref is a joke [06:53] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Once Mandy realized I signed a lease and the movers would be there on Wednesday, he begged me to "cancel the new lease" and stay with him. [06:53] schestowitz[TR2] as "fuck your vigorously with a chainsaw" invited me to hgis guest room [06:53] IsambardPrince What changed? Nothing. [06:53] schestowitz[TR2] nothing [06:53] schestowitz[TR2] you told me you were fighting 4 years ago [06:53] schestowitz[TR2] and asked for advice [06:53] schestowitz[TR2] it would happen again [06:53] IsambardPrince If you stay with them they *might* act right for a few months, at most, until the immediate danger passes, then they'll go right back to walking all over you because they know that you're too sick in the head to want to leave, not really. [06:54] schestowitz[TR2] your can't take the ghetto out of a man [06:54] schestowitz[TR2] *you [06:55] IsambardPrince He didn't treat me right for 7 years, but he wanted me to believe that year 8 would be better? [06:55] schestowitz[TR2] his "good boy" sabbatical [06:56] IsambardPrince Mandy is perfectly capable of acting right for a short while. [06:56] IsambardPrince He managed to convince my mother that I was the bad guy. [06:56] IsambardPrince She saw "Yes mom." "No mom" and his "I wouldn't hurt a fly." act. [06:56] IsambardPrince She did not live with him for 7 years. [06:58] IsambardPrince I actually told my mother "I lived with him, I know what I saw. I refuse to have you gaslight me." ● Nov 02 [07:01] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I always say "my partner" now because the horrible people stalked my spouse too and I don't want even the first name discussed here. [07:01] IsambardPrince Lobster made many pages that are essentially a hate crime. [07:04] *Goblin has quit (Quit: Leaving) [07:14] TR News "Its mission systems are expected to incorporate multi-domain sensing and Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) capabilities." https://interestingengineering.com/military/hades-completes-first-flight-deep-sensing | Source: Interesting Engineering [07:14] TR Bot US' HADES completes maiden flight, promises greater reach in battlefields [07:14] TR News "Muskrat" https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-close-the-muskrat-loophole | Source: Robert Reich [07:14] TR Bot How to close the Muskrat Loophole, and a final word on Prop 40 [07:14] *IsambardPrince has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [07:16] TR News lunduke's slop logo is plagiarized from The Tube https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/tube/ [07:16] TR Bot Tube - Transport for London [07:17] schestowitz[TR2] Lobster made many pages that are essentially a hate crime. [07:17] schestowitz[TR2] and got arrested [07:17] schestowitz[TR2] like the other one in GGG [07:18] schestowitz[TR2] these are bad actords [07:20] TR News "The ACLU's Jay Stanley reports the example of Grace Knowles, a woman in her 20s, whose September 2005 road trip to Florida was deemed suspicious by the Flock-based system." https://boingboing.net/2026/10/30/cops-using-ai-to-justify-stops-for-suspicious-driving-patterns.html | Source: BoingBoing [07:20] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2026/10/30/cops-using-ai-to-justify-stops-for-suspicious-driving-patterns.html ) [07:21] TR News Social Control Media: "You do not need to be paid by Meta or Snap, or TikTok to find Haidts conclusions unconvincing or unhelpful." https://pxlnv.com/linklog/boyd-haidt/ | Source: Nick Heer [07:21] TR Bot No One Paid Me to Disagree With Jonathan Haidt Pixel Envy [07:21] TR News "I run a Mastodon bot that posts random quotes from The Legend of Zelda: Links Awakening." https://evanhahn.com/mastodon-bot-with-ios-shortcuts/ | Source: Evan Hahn [07:21] TR Bot A Mastodon bot powered by iOS Shortcuts [07:22] TR News "It's not news that "AI" crawlers are an ongoing plague and that broadly the plague is getting worse." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/OneWebFutureGatedCommunities | Source: University of Toronto [07:22] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser [07:22] TR News "I didnt want to write about AI. Everybody does it. Hacker News is full of it, to the point that there are several projects that exclude AI content from the orange site." https://chollinger.com/blog/2026/11/i-am-dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde-about-ai/ | Source: Christian Hollinger [07:22] TR Bot I am Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde about AI | Christian Hollinger [07:23] TR News "Not content with taking all the RAM and GPU the industry can make for the next year to 18 months, Sam Altman now wants RAM from your home computer as well." https://www.iandick.com/i-need-your-clothes-your-boots-and-your-motorcycle/ | Source: Ian Dick [07:23] TR Bot I need your clothes, your boots and your motorcycle Ian Dick [07:23] TR News "Most guides require installing a lot of things and choosing models among thousands of files, so I made a small project doing it for me." https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2026-11-01-braindead-local-intelligence.html | Source: Data Swamp [07:23] TR Bot Solene'% : An easy way to try local AI with braindead-local-intelligence [07:23] TR News "Companies have spent the past several weeks trying to reassure investors that Muse and other AI agents pose more of an opportunity than a threat." https://www.wired.com/story/metas-muse-could-upend-all-kinds-of-businesses-it-hasnt-yet/ | Source: Wired [07:23] TR Bot Muse Could Upend All Kinds of Businesses. It Hasnt Yet | WIRED [07:24] TR News "Prominent names in the field, meanwhile, began to worry about the potential new paradigm that OpenAI had potentially introduced" https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/sam-altman-mathematicians-math-slop | Source: Futurism [07:24] TR Bot Sam Altman to Infuriated Mathematicians: The Math Slop Won't Stop [07:27] TR News (NEW): Review: Super Lite Linux 24.6 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/Review_Super_Lite_Linux_24_6.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/Review_Super_Lite_Linux_24_6.gmi [07:27] TR Bot Tux Machines Review: Super Lite Linux 24.6 [07:29] TR News "Turning to an AI chatbot for guidance does come with unique risks." https://www.wired.com/story/chatbots-are-leading-hikers-astray-with-dangerous-consequences/ | Source: Wired [07:29] TR Bot Are Leading Hikers Astray, With Dangerous Consequences | WIRED [07:37] *FANTOM has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [07:40] TR News "Permanent Standard Time aligns better with natural sleep rhythms, avoids darker winter mornings and ends the disruptions caused by changing clocks." https://www.natchezdemocrat.com/opinion/lets-stop-falling-back-its-time-for-a-permanent-change-c99a036d | Source: Natchez, Mississippi [07:40] TR Bot Let's stop 'falling back': It's time for a permanent change [07:41] TR News "The land stayed in agriculture, ranching families expanded their operations and another generation carried on a way of life deeply rooted in Wyoming's identity." https://cowboystatedaily.com/2026/11/01/wyoming-family-ranches-face-a-generational-crisis-as-old-economic-model-fades/ | Source: Cowboy State Daily [07:41] TR Bot Next Generation Of Wyoming Ranchers Getting Priced Out Of Their Family Legacy | Cowboy State Daily [07:46] TR News "At the center of this herculean effort was Cyril Hilsum, an exuberant British physicist with voluminous, untamed white hair whose striking resemblance to Albert Einstein wasnt limited to appearance." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/01/technology/cyril-hilsum-dead.html | Source: New York Times [07:46] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/01/technology/cyril-hilsum-dead.html ) [07:46] TR News "When I said my farewells to Book Number Eighteen that for me just didnt have the right proportions, I didnt expect to fill Number Nineteen so quickly." https://brainbaking.com/post/2026/11/book-number-nineteen/ | Source: Wouter Groeneveld [07:46] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://brainbaking.com/post/2026/11/book-number-nineteen/ ) [07:46] TR News "A recent Raymond Chen article said in passing that some PCs took as long as 12 seconds of holding the power button down to do a forced (hard) power off" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/ATXDesktopPowerButtonPowerOff | Source: University of Toronto [07:47] TR News "I try not to be a conspiracy theorist, but come on. How can you look at what's happening and not think these shortages and high component prices are being deliberately created?" https://michaelreflects.com/blog/buddy-can-you-spare-a-gpu/ | Source: Michael Mitchell [07:47] TR Bot Buddy, Can You Spare a GPU? | Michaels Journal [07:49] TR News "But nobody is trumpeting a solution yet, so its fair to say were all still figuring this thing out" https://seldo.com/posts/a-proposal-how-to-hire-junior-engineers-in-the-age-of-ai/ | Source: Laurie Voss [07:49] TR Bot proposal: how to hire junior engineers in the age of AI | Seldo.com [07:49] TR News "It is for everyone to choose their own role in society, and not everyone feels every duty the same way" https://www.daemonology.net/blog/2026-10-31-The-Duty-of-a-Scholar.html | Source: Daemonology [07:49] TR Bot The Duty of a Scholar [07:52] TR News "Through this the syngas is led, with the initial experiments producing a few mL of what appears to be pentane and hexane, with the rest apparently being gaseous methane, ethane and similar." https://hackaday.com/2026/11/01/turning-syngas-into-hydrocarbons-with-the-right-alpha/ | Source: Hackaday [07:52] TR Bot Syngas Into Hydrocarbons With The Right Alpha | Hackaday [07:52] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [07:52] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [07:52] TR News "Our report can be found on the summit website. There youll also find a link to provide feedback, and we also encourage open discussion in the comments section of this blog." https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/10/30/__trashed/ | Source: Terence Tao [07:52] TR Bot Report of the Summit on Math Research in the Age of AI | What's new [07:53] TR News "Some of it is the apparent disregard by AI companies for the practice of mathematics." https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/11/01/mathematics-has-changed-lets-act-like-it/ | Source: Terence Tao [07:53] TR Bot Mathematics has changed. Lets act like it | What's new [07:53] TR News "If you move from the Euclidean plane to the projective plane, the exceptions go away" https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/11/01/projective-poles-and-polars/ | Source: John D Cook [07:53] TR Bot Poles & polars in projective space with homogeneous coordinates [07:54] TR News (NEW): Linux Mint 27 will Adds Hibernation Support, New Default Apps https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/Linux_Mint_27_will_Adds_Hibernation_Support_New_Default_Apps.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/Linux_Mint_27_will_Adds_Hibernation_Support_New_Default_Apps.gmi [07:54] TR Bot Tux Machines Linux Mint 27 will Adds Hibernation Support, New Default Apps [07:55] TR News "Writing is magic. Its always been magic. The vikings thought bound language bound reality and reshaped it. It gives our thoughts shape." https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/machine-writing-is-ash/ | Source: Baldur Bjarnason [07:55] TR Bot Writing is Magic; Machine Writing is Ash [07:56] TR News "It's time for a dev blogger's favorite topic: blogging about my new blogging setup." https://dariuszwinkler.com/blog/digital-home/ | [07:56] TR Bot My new digital home | Dariusz Winkler [07:56] TR News "But in researching my CBS Sunday Morning story about Houdini last weekend, I interviewed retired surgeon and forensic historian Dr. Larrian Gillespie" https://pogueman.substack.com/p/happy-halloween-harry-houdini-howd | Source: David Pogue [07:56] TR Bot [FIXED] Happy Halloween, Harry Houdini! Howd You Die? [07:56] TR News "Community is inseparable from the design of my website. My participation in the IndieWeb community has been the source of countless ideas." https://jamesg.blog/2026/11/01/webcrafting-influences | Source: James G [07:56] TR Bot Webcrafting influences - with words, wonder [07:57] TR News [Old] "The bicentenary will launch in autumn 2026 with a major exhibition-manifesto at the Grand Palais in Paris, developed in partnership with the Centre Pompidou and GrandPalaisRMN." https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/france-set-to-stage-a-year-long-celebration-to-mark-200-years-of-photography-in-2026 | Source: Digital Camera World [07:57] TR Bot France set to stage a year-long celebration to mark 200 years of photography in 2026 | Digital Camera World [07:57] TR News (NEW): Enlightenment desktop 0.28 released with better networking https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/Enlightenment_desktop_0_28_released_with_better_networking.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/Enlightenment_desktop_0_28_released_with_better_networking.gmi [07:57] *FANTOM (~fantom@freenode-0m9.8g1.bp0598.IP) has joined #techrights [07:57] TR Bot Tux Machines Enlightenment desktop 0.28 released with better networking ● Nov 02 [08:02] TR News (NEW): I finally found a distro that convinced me to quit Linux Mint https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/I_finally_found_a_distro_that_convinced_me_to_quit_Linux_Mint.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/I_finally_found_a_distro_that_convinced_me_to_quit_Linux_Mint.gmi [08:02] TR Bot Tux Machines I finally found a distro that convinced me to quit Linux Mint [08:06] TR News "This duo are thought to be the first people ever to be photographed. Recently, after two years of detective work, a team worked out exactly where they were standing." https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/paris-marks-the-precise-spot-where-the-first-humans-were-photographed-and-its-not-where-you-might-think | Source: Digital Camera World [08:06] TR Bot Paris marks the precise spot where the first humans were photographed, and its not where you might think | Digital Camera World [08:06] TR News Techrights Year-Long Celebration Starts on Saturday https://techrights.org/n/2026/11/02/Year_Long_Celebration_Starts_on_Saturday.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/11/02/Year_Long_Celebration_Starts_on_Saturday.gmi [08:06] TR Bot Techrights Year-Long Celebration Starts on Saturday [08:09] TR News (NEW): I don't use Linux for free anymore, and you shouldn't eitherhere's why https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/I_don_t_use_Linux_for_free_anymore_and_you_shouldn_t_either_her.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/I_don_t_use_Linux_for_free_anymore_and_you_shouldn_t_either_her.gmi [08:09] TR Bot Tux Machines I don't use Linux for free anymore, and you shouldn't eitherhere's why [08:12] TR News (NEW): 5 Linux distros that give you a reason to leave Windows https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/5_Linux_distros_that_give_you_a_reason_to_leave_Windows.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/5_Linux_distros_that_give_you_a_reason_to_leave_Windows.gmi [08:12] TR Bot Tux Machines 5 Linux distros that give you a reason to leave Windows [08:14] TR News (NEW): I've used a KDE Linux desktop for years. Here's why I'm switching to Xfce today https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/Xfce.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/Xfce.gmi [08:14] TR Bot Tux Machines I've used a KDE Linux desktop for years. Here's why I'm switching to Xfce today [08:15] TR News (NEW): Forget lightweight Linux, this forgotten OS is reviving ancient PCs https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/Forget_lightweight_Linux_this_forgotten_OS_is_reviving_ancient_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/Forget_lightweight_Linux_this_forgotten_OS_is_reviving_ancient_.gmi [08:15] TR Bot Tux Machines Forget lightweight Linux, this forgotten OS is reviving ancient PCs [08:16] TR News Techrights Celebrating Photography, Celebrating Life, Celebrating Magnificent Humanity, Not Plagiarism Disservices https://techrights.org/n/2026/11/02/Celebrating_Photography_Celebrating_Life_Celebrating_Magnificen.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/11/02/Celebrating_Photography_Celebrating_Life_Celebrating_Magnificen.gmi [08:16] TR Bot Techrights Celebrating Photography, Celebrating Life, Celebrating Magnificent Humanity, Not Plagiarism Disservices [08:18] TR News "Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) challenge conventional research methods, as they are often described as exceeding the limits of verbal expression." https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1760389/full | Source: Frontiers [08:18] TR Bot Frontiers | The perceptual geometry and chromaticity of near-death experience spaces [08:18] TR News "When researchers asked 50 people to draw maps of the spaces they remembered encountering during near-death experiences" https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-asked-50-people-to-map-their-near-death-experiences-an-eerie-pattern-emerged | Source: Science Alert [08:18] TR Bot Experiences Seem to Follow Strange Rules of Shape And Color, Study Reveals : ScienceAlert [08:21] TR News Techrights Links 02/11/2026: Slop Destroying Mathematics and "Democracy is Not on the Ballot" (in US) https://techrights.org/n/2026/11/02/Links_02_11_2026_Slop_Destroying_Mathematics_and_Democracy_is_N.shtml | Gemini address: 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[08:42] TR News (NEW): Record Traffic https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/Record_Traffic.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/Record_Traffic.gmi [08:42] TR Bot Tux Machines Record Traffic [08:43] TR News Data Centers, Debt & the Risks of AIs Finances w/ Ed Zitron | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart https://yewtu.be//watch?v=3sDzlv-VI2U https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=3sDzlv-VI2U [08:43] TR Bot Verifying your browser [08:43] TR Bot ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=3sDzlv-VI2U ) [08:54] TR News Techrights By Killing the "Linux News Section" in Softpedia (the Most Popular Section, Based on Its Editor) Softpedia Killed Itself https://techrights.org/n/2026/11/02/By_Killing_the_Linux_News_Section_in_Softpedia_the_Most_Popular.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/11/02/By_Killing_the_Linux_News_Section_in_Softpedia_the_Most_Popular.gmi [08:54] TR Bot Techrights By Killing the "Linux News Section" in Softpedia (the Most Popular Section, Based on Its Editor) Softpedia Killed Itself [08:58] TR News CEOs mandate AI at work while barely using it themselves, survey finds https://startupfortune.com/ceos-mandate-ai-at-work-while-barely-using-it-themselves-survey-finds/ [08:58] TR Bot CEOs mandate AI at work while barely using it themselves, survey finds - Startup Fortune ● Nov 02 [09:52] *acer-box____ (~acer-box@freenode-ig1agv.ldvb.0amm.hij1op.IP) has joined #techrights [09:53] *acer-box__ has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) ● Nov 02 [10:27] nobody dev-vcs/git becoming rustified with rust-lang related patches, and meson build-system [10:27] nobody amazing [10:29] nobody a bunch of unstable dependencies thrown at git [10:29] nobody doesn't matter, noone depends on it [10:32] nobody reminds me OpenBSD already forked 'got' which had read-only support for git repositories [10:32] nobody https://gameoftrees.org [10:32] TR Bot Game of Trees [10:33] nobody long-term i think i'll have to migrate to it (once it's stable and complete with write-access broadly tested) [10:34] nobody just gave recent dev-vcs/git-2.56.0-r1 a quick try compiling this (without rust-lang or cargo installed on my tinycc/OS system here): [10:34] nobody /var/tmp/portage/dev-vcs/git-2.56.0-r1/temp/build.log [10:34] nobody cargo build --release [10:34] nobody make: execvp: cargo: Permission denied [10:34] nobody well, there's no cargo utility installed and NEVER will be [10:35] nobody schestowitz[TR2]: it seems latest dev-vcs/git cannot be compiled WITHOUT rust/cargo by default [10:36] nobody which is no issue for as long git-internal protocol doesn't regress and force an upgrade to latest versions [10:37] nobody the whole Makefile is cluttered with CARGO defines, including one which leaves a little hope: NO_RUST [10:39] TR News (NEW): Audacity 4.0.2 Audio Editor Restores Automatic Saving During Recording https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/Audacity_4_0_2_Audio_Editor_Restores_Automatic_Saving_During_Re.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/Audacity_4_0_2_Audio_Editor_Restores_Automatic_Saving_During_Re.gmi [10:39] TR Bot Tux Machines Audacity 4.0.2 Audio Editor Restores Automatic Saving During Recording [10:49] nobody dev-vcs/git USE=+rust is default among #gentoo [10:50] nobody which applies to git-internal run-time dependencies [10:50] nobody and compile-time rust-lang is non-optional already [10:51] nobody no wonder i got banned from all #gentoo channels when raising critical voice over rust-lang [10:52] nobody although my main idea was retaining a stable C-toolchain base-system driven by i386-tcc only [10:52] nobody of cause it's not trivial to keep this inside #gentoo main-tree [10:53] nobody but the developers there seem to have silenced critical objections in advance [10:53] nobody and now entire gentoo tree is trapped inside rust-lang as soon as dev-vcs/git is pulled into [10:53] nobody and once gentoo does it, almost all others follow (except OpenBSD for example) [10:56] nobody i'll keep a latest git-version build _without_ rust-lang dependency for as long as possible [10:56] nobody yet which sick brain on earth would fist unstable rust-lang dependency into git? as if noone depends on a STABLE implementation of git [10:57] nobody > google reports 15% 500billion loss of stock exchange rating ● Nov 02 [11:01] nobody don't quote me on the precise data [11:11] nobody dev-vcs/git is heading for rust-dependency with both compile-time and run-time, and _both_ being default [11:11] nobody #gentoo doesn't at least bother anymore to maintain an NO_RUST compile-time [11:12] nobody for no good reason whatsoever, because git was compiled _without_ rust/cargo always [11:12] nobody it can be done still [11:42] *Obsdark (~Obsdark@2800:300:6381:85b0:a0f3:8f23:3a1d:f48f) has joined #techrights [11:42] *Obsdark has quit (Changing host) [11:42] *Obsdark (~Obsdark@user/obsdark) has joined #techrights [11:49] *reap (~Username@s8kfk54nxqtqy.irc) has joined 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varies and the signal isn't enforceable." https://coywolf.com/news/seo/google-openai-microsoft-and-anthropic-back-a-shared-robotstxt-ai-training-signal/ | Source: Coywolf LLC [12:04] TR Bot Google, OpenAI, Microsoft, and Anthropic back a shared robots.txt AI training signal [12:04] TR News "You can change the numerical value of a frequency by changing the number of oscillations per unit time, which is how we normally do it, but you can also change the denominator" https://noahliebman.net/2026/11/a-couple-fun-facts-about-time/ | Source: Noah Liebman [12:04] TR Bot Noah Liebman | A couple fun facts about time [12:05] TR News "This Cybersecurity Awareness Month, I made seven Python releases, when two were originally planned for October." https://hugovk.dev/blog/2026/cybersecurity-awareness/ | Source: Hugo van Kemenade [12:05] TR Bot Lots of Python releases for Cybersecurity Awareness Month Hugo van Kemenade [12:05] TR News "We used mulitple imputation by chained equations (MICE) quite often in imputing missing data in many occasion, but I never really understood the mechanism behind it except that it appears magical!" https://www.kenkoonwong.com/blog/mice/ | Source: Ken Koon Wong [12:05] TR Bot My Messy Notes of Learning MICE From Scratch | Everyday Is A School Day [12:05] TR News "LC-3 assembly is an educational programming language. It is simple enough that complex programs can be written directly in it without needing a compiler, and thus it is often used in teaching assembly." https://abhinavsarkar.net/posts/lc3-disassembler/?mtm_campaign=feed | Source: Abhinav Sarkar [12:05] TR Bot LC-3 Disassembler in Haskell | abhinavsarkar.net [12:06] schestowitz[TR2] > google reports 15% 500billion loss of stock exchange rating [12:06] schestowitz[TR2] don't quote me on the precise data [12:06] schestowitz[TR2] we covered this days ago [12:06] TR News "The data is John Ioannidiss science-wide author database, built with Elsevier from Scopus (Ioannidis, J.P.A. (2026)" https://datascienceplus.com/top-cited-scientists-in-clinical-medicine-by-country-the-stanford-elsevier-top-2-list-in-r/ | [12:06] TR Bot Top-cited scientists in clinical medicine by country: the StanfordElsevier top 2% list in R DataScience+ [12:07] TR News "Im so gung-ho about Emacs keybindings that I made them the default keybinding of GTK+, which means that any application that uses GTK+ will respect Emacs keybindings for motion" https://jordi.inversethought.com/blog/exercising-software-freedom-on-firefox/ | Source: Jordi Gutirrez Hermoso [12:07] TR Bot Exercising software freedom on Firefox The Scribbler of the Rueful Countenance [12:08] TR News "A service can fetch the feed on behalf of multiple subscribers. Repeated requests can also come from the same reader checking for updates. Neither case tells me how many people read an article" https://ronaldsvilcins.com/2026/11/01/how-i-check-my-rss-subscriber-count/ | Source: Ronalds Vilci [12:08] TR Bot How I Check My RSS Subscriber Count Ronalds Vilci [12:08] TR News "The trick, which I had already used for the feeds of Vulnerability-Lookup, is simple: if the browser no longer wants to run the XSLT" https://www.cedricbonhomme.org/2026/11/01/keeping-xslt-alive/ | Source: Cdric Bonhomme [12:08] TR Bot Keeping My XSLT-Styled Feed Alive After Chrome Drops It | Cdric Bonhomme [12:10] TR News "The board is based around the Gowin GW1NR-9C FPGA which only has 8,640 LUTs." https://hackaday.com/2026/11/01/cheap-fpga-board-becomes-retro-style-computer/ | Source: Hackaday [12:10] TR Bot FPGA Board Becomes Retro-Style Computer | Hackaday [12:10] TR News "The build is based around the Meshnology W12 board, which combines an ESP32-S3 microcontroller with an LR2021 LoRa Radio." https://hackaday.com/2026/11/01/building-an-ads-b-receiver-for-less-than-you-think/ | Source: Hackaday [12:10] TR Bot An ADS-B Receiver For Less Than You Think | Hackaday [12:10] TR News "The only thing about [Mareks] candle is that it doesnt flicker like a real candle." https://hackaday.com/2026/11/01/an-electronic-candle-you-can-set-on-fire/ | Source: Hackaday [12:10] TR Bot Electronic Candle You Can Set On Fire | Hackaday [12:14] TR News "FloppoScope is a browser-based tool for analyzing floppy disk images." https://hackaday.com/2026/11/01/flopposcope-is-a-disk-image-analyzer/ | Source: Hackaday [12:14] TR Bot Is A Disk Image Analyzer | Hackaday [12:21] TR News "That all changed when he was contacted by a developer about some Palm OS software he had written decades ago." https://hackaday.com/2026/10/31/huge-palmos-development-archive-goes-online-thanks-to-personal-backups/ | Source: Hackaday [12:21] TR Bot PalmOS Development Archive Goes Online, Thanks To Personal Backups | Hackaday [12:24] nobody schestowitz[TR2]: i see [12:25] nobody must have missed the attack against dev-vcs/git [12:27] TR News "Its called Jet Studio, and its an open-source game editor that looks and works like Godot." https://hackaday.com/2026/11/01/a-game-engine-for-microcontrollers/ | Source: Hackaday [12:27] TR Bot Game Engine For Microcontrollers | Hackaday [12:27] schestowitz[TR2] do you wants rrefs? [12:27] schestowitz[TR2] i think you can search for some [12:27] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights (Error from remote client) [12:27] schestowitz[TR2] we only covered this in passing [12:27] schestowitz[TR2] i didn't think it was surprising or a huge deal [12:30] TR News "To experiment with network stuff, I was using UML-based network labs. Many alternatives exist, like GNS3, Netkit, Marionnet or Cloonix." https://vincent.bernat.ch/en/blog/2012-network-lab-qemu | Source: Vincent Bernat [12:30] TR Bot Network lab with QEMU [12:30] TR News "Is a filter rule in relayd.conf case-sensitive?" https://rsadowski.de/posts/2026/relayd-matching-it-depends/ | Source: Rafael Sadowski [12:30] TR Bot does relayd actually match? It depends! rsadowski.de [12:31] TR News "As previously reported, Ori Bernstein is working on GEFS, the "Good Enough File System" imported to OpenBSD, and his EuroBSDCon 2026 presentation was very well received." https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20261101115637 | Source: Undeadly [12:31] TR Bot Work on GEFS (the Good Enough File System) for OpenBSD progresses [12:41] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [12:43] nobody git-2.56.0.static/i386-tcc/linux2.4 (without rust/cargo) done. have to test it when deployed. [12:43] nobody another two hours of useless unpaid work [12:47] nobody git itself (not github) becomes increasingly dangerous, entire tech-sector depending on it worldwide [12:47] nobody haven't the slightest clue why anyone sane would smear rust/cargo at it [12:48] nobody and gentoo jumping at it instantly [12:48] nobody (can't check all other "distros" such as deb/redhat/arch/alpine etc. what they did) [12:52] TR News "Agilex 2X is Alteras latest FPGA and SoC portfolio, consisting of four device families for applications ranging from industrial control to high-performance computing." https://linuxgizmos.com/agilex-2x-fpga-portfolio-supports-pcie-7-0-and-quartusiq-ai-design-tool/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [12:52] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/agilex-2x-fpga-portfolio-supports-pcie-7-0-and-quartusiq-ai-design-tool/ ) [12:52] TR News "The MINIX T4000/T5000 is a compact AI workstation based on NVIDIAs Jetson AGX Thor platform, combining Blackwell GPU architecture with Arm Neoverse-V3AE processors" https://linuxgizmos.com/compact-ai-workstation-runs-ubuntu-on-jetson-agx-thor-with-dual-10gbe/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [12:52] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/compact-ai-workstation-runs-ubuntu-on-jetson-agx-thor-with-dual-10gbe/ ) [12:53] TR News "Orange Pi has published hardware details for the OrangePi O1, a 90 70mm SBC based on the Sophgo BM1688 processor." https://linuxgizmos.com/updated-16-tops-ai-sbc-with-sata-3-0-runs-on-octa-core-sophgo-bm1688/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [12:53] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/updated-16-tops-ai-sbc-with-sata-3-0-runs-on-octa-core-sophgo-bm1688/ ) [12:53] TR News factor [12:53] TR News "The SCINTIX P4 is a compact compute module developed by RELOC around Espressifs ESP32-P4 microcontroller, using the 55 40mm form factor of Raspberry Pi CM4 and CM5 modules." https://linuxgizmos.com/risc-v-compute-module-brings-esp32-p4-to-raspberry-pi-cm4-cm5-carriers/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [12:53] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/risc-v-compute-module-brings-esp32-p4-to-raspberry-pi-cm4-cm5-carriers/ ) [12:54] schestowitz[TR2] haven't the slightest clue why anyone sane would smear rust/cargo at it [12:54] schestowitz[TR2] rust is github (microsoft) [12:54] schestowitz[TR2] giit itself is contaminated by msft influence [12:54] schestowitz[TR2] for years alreeady [12:55] TR News "October was a heavy month for both features and fixes, with 23 snapshots landing between Oct. 1 and 28." https://news.opensuse.org/2026/11/01/tw-monthly-update-october/ | Source: OpenSUSE [12:55] TR Bot Tumbleweed Monthly Update - October 2026 - openSUSE News [12:58] *nobody has quit (Quit) [12:58] *nobody (~nobody@3xe5ts77cx9m8.irc) has joined #techrights [12:59] nobody up until: Jan 2 2025 git-2.35.1.ebuild -> i had not seen rust/cargo attached to it (by default) ● Nov 02 [13:00] nobody i am too lazy to track commit-log (inside portage and git itself) for who did it [13:01] nobody in the end who knows, it's been some underpaid trainee ordered to do it [13:04] TR News "Github Competitor Entire Is Live Now How The Agent-First Platform Works - SoylentNews" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/10/31/0512216 [13:04] TR Bot Github Competitor Entire Is Live Now How The Agent-First Platform Works - SoylentNews [13:05] TR News "Trick-or-Treating seems to be dead, at least in our neighborhood - The Boston Diaries - Captain Napalm" https://boston.conman.org/2026/10/31.2 [13:05] TR Bot Trick-or-Treating seems to be dead, at least in our neighborhood - The Boston Diaries - Captain Napalm [13:06] *nobody has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [13:06] TR News "The U.S. Is Bullying Europe Like Never Before - The Atlantic" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/11/trump-europe-guilfoyle-afd-meddling/689226/ [13:06] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/11/trump-europe-guilfoyle-afd-meddling/689226/ ) [13:08] TR News "El Sayed strengthens after Stevens' support for Rogers | Demcrata" https://www.democrata.es/en/international/abdul-el-sayed-appeals-to-democratic-values-after-stevens-s-backing-of-republican-mike-rogers/ [13:08] TR Bot El Sayed strengthens after Stevens' support for Rogers | Demcrata [13:09] *reap has quit (Quit: Going offline, see ya! (www.adiirc.com)) [13:14] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Desktop and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/01/GNU_Linux_Desktop_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/01/GNU_Linux_Desktop_and_More.gmi [13:14] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux Desktop and More [13:14] TR News (NEW): KDE Activities and Plasma Oxygen Icons https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/01/KDE_Activities_and_Plasma_Oxygen_Icons.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/01/KDE_Activities_and_Plasma_Oxygen_Icons.gmi [13:14] TR Bot Tux Machines KDE Activities and Plasma Oxygen Icons [13:14] TR News (NEW): The Loud Sound of Silence (Regarding UEFI Back Doors/Bug Doors) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/The_Loud_Sound_of_Silence_Regarding_UEFI_Back_Doors_Bug_Doors.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/The_Loud_Sound_of_Silence_Regarding_UEFI_Back_Doors_Bug_Doors.gmi [13:14] TR Bot Tux Machines The Loud Sound of Silence (Regarding UEFI Back Doors/Bug Doors) [13:26] *nobody (~nobody@5fqk6b4kg79ac.irc) has joined #techrights [13:55] *cybershow has quit (connection closed) ● Nov 02 [14:08] TR News Scientists Asked 50 People to Map Their Near-Death Experiences. An Eerie Pattern Emerged. https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-asked-50-people-to-map-their-near-death-experiences-an-eerie-pattern-emerged [14:08] TR Bot Experiences Seem to Follow Strange Rules of Shape And Color, Study Reveals : ScienceAlert [14:10] TR News An easy way to try local Hey Hi (AI) with braindead-local-intelligence https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2026-11-01-braindead-local-intelligence.html [14:10] TR Bot Solene'% : An easy way to try local AI with braindead-local-intelligence [14:10] parsifal FreeTube v0.26.0 -> https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube/releases/tag/v0.26.0-beta [14:10] TR Bot v0.26.0 Beta FreeTubeApp/FreeTube GitHub [14:12] TR News Data exchange and joint prosecution: Convicted Felon finds first EU partner to hunt Antifa groups worldwide https://digit.site36.net/2026/11/01/data-exchange-and-joint-prosecution-trump-finds-first-eu-partner-to-hunt-antifa-groups/ [14:12] TR Bot "Data exchange" and joint prosecution: Trump finds first EU partner to hunt Antifa groups worldwide | Matthias Monroy [14:12] TR News Prisons Using Hey Hi (AI) to Predict When Incarcerated People Will Commit Future Crimes https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/prisons-ai-prediction-incarceration-algorithm [14:12] TR Bot Prisons Using AI to Predict When Incarcerated People Will Commit Future Crimes [14:13] TR News Microsoft Patents an Hey Hi (AI) That Can Literally Put Words in Peoples Mouths in Real Time https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/microsoft-patents-ai-words-in-peoples-mouths [14:13] TR Bot Microsoft Patents an AI That Can Literally Put Words in People's Mouths in Real Time [14:18] parsifal schestowitz[TR2], the folks over at The Register don't really agree with you about how bad the situation is on all fronts and how poor they are at M$... <--- XD -> https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/11/02/microsofts-moolah-mountain-is-more-massive-than-ever-it-just-doesnt-want-the-people-who-built-it/5306576 [14:18] TR Bot Microsoft's moolah mountain is more massive than ever. It just doesn't want the people who built it [14:18] parsifal ^ ---> Take Microsoft, which is celebrating record financial performance by inviting 60,000 employees to consider continuing their careers outside the company. Voluntary redundancy may seem to make sense when a company's running out of cash, but Microsoft is dripping with the stuff. It was a very good fiscal '26 at Redmond. [14:25] parsifal Microsoft Lunduke <--- lol, its not obvious at all that you dont like him, not in the slightest... ;P [14:27] MinceR apparently microslop is super popular now, on account of one ad they paid for once [14:27] schestowitz[TR2] he is good at fooling people [14:27] schestowitz[TR2] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights- www.theregister.com | Microsoft's moolah mountain is more massive than ever. It just doesn't want the people who built it [14:27] schestowitz[TR2] theregister is edited by matt [14:27] schestowitz[TR2] from microsofrt\ [14:27] schestowitz[TR2] matt rossuf [14:30] MinceR who are the people who built that "moolah mountain"? the servants of the state who use violence and threats of violence to enforce Imaginary Property law? or suits who spend other people's money on contracts with microslop? or the taxpayers? [14:30] TR News Kernel prepatch 7.4-rc1 https://lwn.net/Articles/1104654/ [14:30] TR Bot prepatch 7.4-rc1 [LWN.net] [14:30] TR News Oral Args at the Federal Circuit: Seven Patent Appeals on Nov 2, 2026 https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/11/oral-args-at-the-federal-circuit-seven-patent-appeals-on-nov-2-2026.html [14:30] TR Bot Oral Args at the Federal Circuit: Seven Patent Appeals on Nov 2, 2026 | Patently-O [14:30] MinceR i doubt you'll find anyone outside microslop and management roles who thinks using microslop teams is a good idea, yet there it is, in multiple organizations, foisted upon the workers [14:32] TR News What Stuck With You From All Things Open? https://fossforce.com/2026/11/what-stuck-with-you-from-all-things-open/ [14:32] TR Bot What Stuck With You From 'All Things Open'? - FOSS Force [14:34] parsifal i know, schestowitz[TR2], the above is meant to be just some friendly teasing >:) [14:34] schestowitz[TR2] it is [14:35] schestowitz[TR2] the nuance was not overlooked [14:35] TR News How I Customised Pure Blog for This Site https://kevquirk.com/how-i-customised-pure-blog-for-this-site [14:35] TR Bot How I Customised Pure Blog for This Site - Kev Quirk [14:47] logbackup [13:06] "The U.S. Is Bullying Europe Like Never Before - The Atlantic" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/11/trump-europe-guilfoyle-afd-meddling/689226/ [14:47] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/11/trump-europe-guilfoyle-afd-meddling/689226/ ) [14:49] TR News windowd TCO : https://yle.fi/a/74-20254613 [14:49] TR Bot Hakkerointiuhka ei koske vain kauppoja asiantuntija: kaikki verkossa olevat laitteet syyt suojata | Lappi | Yle [14:49] schestowitz[TR2] Sompi: ^ [14:50] TR News "But Yle goes through contortions to avoid even hinting at the culprits: those who purchased Microsoft-dependent systems and deployed them into production environments here." [14:51] TR News Techrights Technical Coverage of US Elections https://techrights.org/n/2026/11/02/Technical_Coverage_of_US_Elections.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/11/02/Technical_Coverage_of_US_Elections.gmi [14:51] TR Bot Techrights Technical Coverage of US Elections [14:56] TR News "That which must not happen has happened: someone has purchased microsoft-dependent embedded systems and deployed them inside the grocery stores" - see http://techrights.org/n/2026/09/24/Appliances_Should_be_Dumb.shtml [14:56] TR Bot Techrights Appliances Should be Dumb [14:56] TR News Also see https://www.tv4.se/artikel/2hn4kfNV7MvZgcIBhSX8BI/kylar-och-frysar-utslagna-i-flera-ica-butiker-vi-har-blivit-hackade https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/31ygzM/ica-s-frysar-hackade [14:56] TR Bot Kylar och frysar utslagna i flera ICA-butiker [14:56] TR Bot Frysar hackade p Icas och Coops butiker mat frstrd [14:56] TR News "just a 'warmup' (pun) leading into future elections where restricted boot and windows are misused in place of paper ballots." [14:57] *superkuh has quit (Ping timeout: 248 seconds) ● Nov 02 [15:03] TR News Techrights Writing for Good https://techrights.org/n/2026/11/02/Writing_for_Good.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/11/02/Writing_for_Good.gmi [15:03] TR Bot Techrights Writing for Good [15:03] TR News "microsoft is _*NOT*_ a technical problem, it is a staffing problem driven by a pernicious ideology based on misplaced admiration for His Billness. (Epstein's buddy)" http://techrights.org/n/2026/01/30/The_Epstein_Files_Don_t_Say_the_Ages_of_Those_Russian_Girls_Bil.shtml [15:03] TR Bot Techrights The Epstein Files Don't Say the Ages of Those "Russian Girls" Bill Epsteingate Exploited [15:03] TR News Upgrading: vim vim-common vim-runtime vim-tiny xxd [15:08] MinceR "there is a nuance" [15:09] schestowitz[TR2] msft bought nuance [15:09] schestowitz[TR2] next it needs to buy tactt [15:09] schestowitz[TR2] and the buy Ethics(r) [15:10] MinceR :> [15:11] *superkuh (~superkuh@user/superkuh) has joined #techrights [15:19] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [15:19] TR News Sparky news 2026/10 https://sparkylinux.org/sparky-news-2026-10/ [15:19] TR Bot Sparky news 2026/10 - SparkyLinux [15:20] TR News Linux Mint 27 will Adds Hibernation Support, New Default Apps https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/11/linux-mint-27-hibernation-new-terminal/ [15:20] TR Bot Linux Mint 27 will Adds Hibernation Support, New Default Apps | UbuntuHandbook [15:24] *croissant (~croissant@8jwsykkupndw8.irc) has joined #techrights [15:24] *croissant` has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [15:27] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@6mnab3uw5dgtk.irc) has joined #techrights [15:28] TR News Egypt 5.2% GNU/Linux https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&loc=EG&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP&dateRange=52w [15:28] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&loc=EG&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP&dateRange=52w ) [15:32] *croissant` (~croissant@8jwsykkupndw8.irc) has joined #techrights [15:33] *croissant has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [15:35] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Has Shot Up to 7% Worldwide, Says statCounter today https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/GNU_Linux_Has_Shot_Up_to_7_Worldwide_Says_statCounter_today.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/GNU_Linux_Has_Shot_Up_to_7_Worldwide_Says_statCounter_today.gmi [15:35] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux Has Shot Up to 7% Worldwide, Says statCounter today [15:37] TR News Over 5% in Europe https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/europe/#monthly-200902-202611 [15:37] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Europe | Statcounter Global Stats [15:38] TR News 6% in United States Of America (Nov 2026) https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/united-states-of-america/#monthly-200902-202611 [15:38] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share United States Of America | Statcounter Global Stats [15:45] TR News Techrights A British Uphill Battle to Eliminate Microsoft and Its American Back Doors https://techrights.org/n/2026/11/02/A_British_Uphill_Battle_to_Eliminate_Microsoft_and_Its_American.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/11/02/A_British_Uphill_Battle_to_Eliminate_Microsoft_and_Its_American.gmi [15:45] TR Bot Techrights A British Uphill Battle to Eliminate Microsoft and Its American Back Doors [15:46] *croissant (~croissant@8jwsykkupndw8.irc) has joined #techrights [15:47] *croissant` has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [15:55] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Reaching 10% in Japan by Year's End https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/GNU_Linux_Reaching_10_in_Japan_by_Year_s_End.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/GNU_Linux_Reaching_10_in_Japan_by_Year_s_End.gmi [15:55] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux Reaching 10% in Japan by Year's End ● Nov 02 [16:08] *Obsdark has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [16:08] TR News Techrights Windows Down to All-Time Low, Says statCounter, While Microsoft Tells 60,000 Workers They're No Longer Necessary https://techrights.org/n/2026/11/02/Windows_Down_to_All_Time_Low_Says_statCounter_While_Microsoft_T.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/11/02/Windows_Down_to_All_Time_Low_Says_statCounter_While_Microsoft_T.gmi [16:08] TR Bot Techrights Windows Down to All-Time Low, Says statCounter, While Microsoft Tells 60,000 Workers They're No Longer Necessary [16:11] *reap (~Username@s8kfk54nxqtqy.irc) has joined #techrights [16:14] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights (Error from remote client) [16:14] TR News Bing sank to lowest level in about a year https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share/all/#monthly-200902-202611 [16:14] TR Bot Search Engine Market Share Worldwide | Statcounter Global Stats [16:15] TR News (NEW): statCounter Measures GNU/Linux at Around 9% in Africa, 7% in Asia https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/statCounter_Measures_GNU_Linux_at_Around_9_in_Africa_7_in_Asia.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/statCounter_Measures_GNU_Linux_at_Around_9_in_Africa_7_in_Asia.gmi [16:15] TR Bot Tux Machines statCounter Measures GNU/Linux at Around 9% in Africa, 7% in Asia [16:16] TR News Chrome almost 72% https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/all/#monthly-200902-2026011 [16:16] TR Bot Browser Market Share Worldwide | Statcounter Global Stats [16:17] TR News GNU/Linux up by a lot in Denmark https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/denmark/#monthly-200902-202611 [16:17] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Denmark | Statcounter Global Stats [16:24] TR News GNU/Linux @ about 6% in Malaysia https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/malaysia/#monthly-200902-202611 [16:24] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Malaysia | Statcounter Global Stats [16:25] *Received a CTCP VERSION from StatServ [16:26] TR News 15% in Nigeria https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/nigeria/#monthly-200902-202611 [16:26] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Nigeria | Statcounter Global Stats [16:28] TR News Enlightenment desktop 0.28 released with better networking https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/11/enlightenment-0-28-features [16:28] TR Bot Enlightenment desktop 0.28 released with better networking - OMG! Ubuntu [16:30] TR News Images saved with JPG extensions that arent https://www.rubenerd.au/jpegs-that-arent-jpegs/ [16:30] TR Bot Rubenerd: Images saved with JPG extensions that arent [16:30] TR News NFSv4 on macOS? Dont https://www.rubenerd.au/nfsv4-on-macos-dont/ [16:30] TR Bot Rubenerd: NFSv4 on macOS? Dont [16:31] TR News Follow-up on my LTO post, and Fujifilms news https://www.rubenerd.au/follow-up-on-my-lto-post-and-fujifilms-news/ [16:31] TR Bot Rubenerd: Follow-up on my LTO post, and Fujifilms news [16:31] TR News French lawmakers add $11.2 billion internet tax based on traffic usage to budget, costs $0.06 per gigabyte of content accessed https://www.tomshardware.com/software/social-media/french-lawmakers-approve-usd11-2-billion-internet-tax-based-on-traffic-usage-costs-usd0-65-per-gigabyte-of-content-accessed-us-tech-giants-like-google-and-meta-face-new-levies-on-content-delivered-to-french-subscribers [16:31] TR Bot French lawmakers add $11.2 billion internet tax based on traffic usage to budget, costs $0.06 per gigabyte of content accessed law still has to pass Senate approval, US tech giants like Google and Meta could face new taxes on content[Updated] | Tom's Hardware [16:33] TR News Police Chief physically unplugs Flock cameras after the company ignores contract cancellation https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/big-tech/police-chief-physically-unplugs-flock-cameras-after-the-company-ignores-contract-cancellation-city-takes-matters-into-its-own-hands-amid-privacy-controversies [16:33] TR Bot Police Chief physically unplugs Flock cameras after the company ignores contract cancellation city takes matters into its own hands amid privacy controversies | Tom's Hardware [16:38] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [16:42] TR News Techrights The Register MS Has Just Published a Fake Article With "AI" 28 Times in the Page (Communist Party of China Entity Paid for That) https://techrights.org/n/2026/11/02/The_Register_MS_Has_Just_Published_a_Fake_Article_With_AI_28_Ti.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/11/02/The_Register_MS_Has_Just_Published_a_Fake_Article_With_AI_28_Ti.gmi [16:42] TR Bot Techrights The Register MS Has Just Published a Fake Article With "AI" 28 Times in the Page (Communist Party of China Entity Paid for That) [16:56] TR News s/end of the fifth year/end of the twelfth year/ s/Ukraine war/Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine/ https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/11/01/less-than-two-months-left/ [16:56] TR Bot Blog Archive Less Than Two Months Left [16:58] TR News Techrights GNU/Linux Rises in African's Largest Population https://techrights.org/n/2026/11/02/GNU_Linux_Rises_in_African_s_Largest_Population.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/11/02/GNU_Linux_Rises_in_African_s_Largest_Population.gmi [16:58] TR Bot Techrights GNU/Linux Rises in African's Largest Population ● Nov 02 [17:10] TR News Stevie Wonder and Mariah Carey in Manchester https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/11/02/stevie-wonder-and-mariah-carey-in-manchester/ [17:10] TR Bot Blog Archive Stevie Wonder and Mariah Carey in Manchester [17:17] TR News "The mistake is thinking the first S is what people pay for when it is the second S." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50332774 [17:17] TR Bot The mistake is thinking the first S is what people pay for when it is the second... | Hacker News [17:18] TR News the Microsoft induced failure regarding commercial refrigerators might get an "AI" distraction to avoid focusing on the people who knowingly deployed systems with embedded Microsoft products. http://techrights.org/n/2026/10/16/Fridges_Do_Not_Need_an_Internet_Connection.shtml [17:18] TR Bot Techrights Fridges Do Not Need an Internet Connection [17:19] TR News Is Stallman.org down? No. It was down for a week this year. https://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/stallman.org [17:19] TR Bot Is Stallman.org down? Live status and problems past 24 hours [17:23] TR News "slow is smooth, smooth is fast" or so it is said [17:23] TR News To the disadvantaged, slow is torture [17:32] TR News "when in danger or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout" [17:33] TR News Techrights When Large American "Tech" Companies Can No Longer Complete Payroll https://techrights.org/n/2026/11/02/When_Large_American_Tech_Companies_Can_No_Longer_Complete_Payro.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/11/02/When_Large_American_Tech_Companies_Can_No_Longer_Complete_Payro.gmi [17:33] TR Bot Techrights When Large American "Tech" Companies Can No Longer Complete Payroll [17:35] TR News the direct effect of microsofters having infiltrated both the project and the parent company https://chalmovsky.com/posts/wtf-ubuntu [17:35] TR Bot WTF Ubuntu? [17:46] *nobody has quit (connection closed) [17:46] *Goblin (~use@9ufr5q2xui6zg.irc) has joined #techrights [17:47] TR News "The RPi500+ is now pushing 500 Eur and not 120 Eur any longer. I expect it will go up more before long." 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About 10%! https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/south-africa/#monthly-200902-202611 [17:56] TR Bot Operating System Market Share South Africa | Statcounter Global Stats [17:56] TR News 16.4% GNU/Linux https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/india/#monthly-200902-202611 [17:56] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share India | Statcounter Global Stats ● Nov 02 [18:02] TR News (NEW): Brazil's GNU/Linux "Market Share" Rises to 8.4% Based on statCounter https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/Brazil_s_GNU_Linux_Market_Share_Rises_to_8_4_Based_on_statCount.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/Brazil_s_GNU_Linux_Market_Share_Rises_to_8_4_Based_on_statCount.gmi [18:02] TR Bot Tux Machines Brazil's GNU/Linux "Market Share" Rises to 8.4% Based on statCounter [18:02] TR News October 2026 in KDE GNU/Linux https://blogs.kde.org/2026/11/01/october-2026-in-kde-linux/ [18:02] TR Bot October 2026 in KDE Linux - KDE Blogs [18:03] TR News Margine 20261101 https://distrowatch.com/margine [18:03] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/margine ) [18:03] TR News NawaOS 2.2.0 https://distrowatch.com/nawaos [18:03] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/nawaos ) [18:03] TR News StartOS 0.4.1.1 https://distrowatch.com/startos [18:03] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/startos ) [18:04] TR News Linux Q83 13.18 https://distrowatch.com/q83 [18:04] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/q83 ) [18:04] TR News GNOME OS 20261101.0 https://distrowatch.com/gnomeos [18:04] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/gnomeos ) [18:04] TR News SLOPFEST!! https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.4-Merge-Window [18:04] TR Bot 7.4 Merge Window Saw Nearly 20k Commits, Source Tree Approaching 42 Million Lines - Phoronix [18:04] TR News Soplos 2026.11 https://distrowatch.com/soplos [18:04] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/soplos ) [18:04] TR News AbeirOS 20261101 https://distrowatch.com/abeiros [18:04] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/abeiros ) [18:05] TR News AfagOS 20261101 https://distrowatch.com/afagos [18:05] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/afagos ) [18:13] *IsambardPrince (~IsambardPrince@njkz4yzqycqnw.irc) has joined #techrights [18:15] Sompi schestowitz[TR2]: Apparently those "smart" freezers and refrigerators are mandatory in food stores, so that the government officials can oversee the cold chain [18:18] parsifal ^institutionalized idiotism [18:19] Sompi I see many holes in that overseeing chain anyway, even if those appliances are online... [18:19] Sompi And what if someone hacks them so that the temperature is shown wrong [18:26] parsifal Its not a matter of "if" -> this already happened some time ago, and it is happening now as well -> Shop freezers in seven European countries hit by cyber-attack -> https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq1kd1nee80eo [18:26] TR Bot Shop freezers in seven European countries hit by cyber-attack [18:29] IsambardPrince I was talking to my mother and I said "You know, every system I've ever dealt with has tried to fuck me over even when it was against their own laws." [18:29] TR News s/in the past fortnight it grew/in the past fortnight the desktop market share grew/ [18:30] TR News "it has been a long time since coffee was 5 or even 25 " https://word.ws/that_and_a_nickel_will_buy_you_a_cup_of_coffee https://restaurant-ingthroughhistory.com/tag/coffee-prices-in-restaurants/ [18:30] TR Bot AND A NICKEL WILL BUY YOU A CUP OF COFFEE Meaning & Definition | Word.ws [18:30] TR Bot coffee prices in restaurants | Restaurant-ing through history [18:30] IsambardPrince "Like that elementary school principal that tried to put me in special ed, despite the fact that I was scoring at the tope of the class on the ISTEP tests every year and my lowest grade on the report cards was an A-" [18:31] IsambardPrince He failed because they legally have to issue you a standardized IQ test and at that point I scored over 40 points higher than the legal threshold for being put in the special ed class. [18:32] IsambardPrince The principal was so angry at me for this that he put me on his shitlist and the next time I committed a minor infraction, I got paddled. [18:33] TR News AgarimOS 20261101 https://distrowatch.com/agarimos [18:33] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/agarimos ) [18:34] IsambardPrince I should have learned that lesson right then and there. When an authority figure gets humiliated, they often fall back on brute force or physical violence, or putting their thumb on the scale every time they deal with you over something else. [18:34] TR News umbrelOS 2.0.1 https://distrowatch.com/umbrelos [18:34] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/umbrelos ) [18:34] TR News butrelinux 20261101 https://distrowatch.com/butrelinux [18:34] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/butrelinux ) [18:34] TR News IBM Vapourware on a Budget (to Grab Bailouts From US Taxpayers) https://techrights.org/n/2026/11/01/IBM_Vapourware_on_a_Budget_to_Grab_Bailouts_From_US_Taxpayers.shtml [18:34] TR Bot Techrights IBM Vapourware on a Budget (to Grab Bailouts From US Taxpayers) [18:34] TR News Vincent Bernat: Network lab with QEMU https://vincent.bernat.ch/en/blog/2012-network-lab-qemu [18:34] TR Bot Network lab with QEMU [18:35] TR News Kernels 6.6.161 and 6.12.115 compiled https://bkhome.org/news/202611/kernels-66161-and-612115-compiled.html [18:35] TR Bot Kernels 6.6.161 and 6.12.115 compiled [18:35] IsambardPrince I embarrassed him in front of the staff and forced him to snub the teacher and say "I can't do anything about him and he's staying in your class. [18:36] TR News Top-cited scientists in clinical medicine by country: the StanfordElsevier top 2% list in R https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/11/top-cited-scientists-in-clinical-medicine-by-country-the-stanford-elsevier-top-2-list-in-r/ [18:36] TR Bot scientists in clinical medicine by country: the StanfordElsevier top 2% list in R | R-bloggers [18:36] IsambardPrince There were a few hundred kids in that school and out of all of them, for four years I was there, I cannot recall a single incident where he pulled out the paddle for anyone but me. [18:37] schestowitz[TR2] I should have learned that lesson right then and there. When an authority figure gets humiliated, they often fall back on brute force or physical violence, or putting their thumb on the scale every time they deal with you over something else. [18:37] schestowitz[TR2] ir get so angry [18:37] schestowitz[TR2] so far away [18:37] schestowitz[TR2] that all they can break [18:37] schestowitz[TR2] is pupppy's legs [18:37] IsambardPrince Most states have banned paddling, because physical punishment backfires. It backfires. They know it backfires but right-wing states like Indiana still make it legal to this day. [18:38] IsambardPrince Studies have consistently shown that physical punishment doesn't make people respect rules, it makes them despise authority figures. It makes them more likely to be arrested later in life, or be diagnosed with a mental illness. [18:39] IsambardPrince About the only thing it does other than make people despise authority figures is, it makes them go "I need to be better at avoiding detection. I can't be so blatant." [18:39] IsambardPrince It does not instill respect for the rules. [18:40] schestowitz[TR2] reminds me of [18:40] schestowitz[TR2] someone who attacked black people [18:40] schestowitz[TR2] in IRC [18:40] schestowitz[TR2] to protest [18:40] schestowitz[TR2] something something "trans" [18:40] schestowitz[TR2] so trans people can say the racist stuff about everyone [18:40] IsambardPrince My run-ins with authority figures has left me so paranoid and traumatized that even when I'm interacting with government for a _benefit_ I'm always terrified they'll find a way to fuck me over. [18:40] schestowitz[TR2] because... trans [18:41] IsambardPrince I'm skeptical over a form where you apply for food stamps, or to get a flu shot at the community center. [18:41] TR News Final release for the 7.2 stable series https://lwn.net/Articles/1104629/ [18:41] TR Bot release for the 7.2 stable series [LWN.net] [18:42] TR News Vasudev Kamath: Releasing debvulns with needrestart and kernel vulnerability handling https://copyninja.in/blog/debvulns-needrestart.html [18:42] TR Bot Releasing debvulns with needrestart and kernel vulnerability handling [18:42] MinceR https://i.pinimg.com/564x/28/41/fa/2841fad4ae14eb4acc09001c4c61cd3e.jpg [18:43] TR News TDE R14.1.7 released! https://www.trinitydesktop.org/newsentry.php?entry=2026.11.01 [18:43] TR Bot Trinity News [18:44] IsambardPrince Honesty I've qualified for a lot of benefits that I just left on the table because I was too scared to interact with the system. [18:44] IsambardPrince It wasn't until I was dealing with $1744 rent and went "I have no margin here and if I don't ask for food stamps and prescription assistance I am going to die." [18:45] Sompi parsifal: But my point was that it can also be hacked in such way that the real temperature is fine but the temperature that is shown to the officials is wrong [18:45] Sompi So the overseeing does not really even work because the information itself can be hacked [18:47] schestowitz[TR2] maybe the fridges have bnluetooth [18:47] schestowitz[TR2] so they can connect to skinnerboxes [18:47] schestowitz[TR2] did not check [18:47] IsambardPrince You go "If I fill out this form wrong or interepret a law incorrectly, or if I hand over my bank statements and they see something they don't like, I could be in a lot of trouble. Even if I made a honest mistake." [18:47] parsifal Naturally, a malicious exploit of the system by those working within it is also possible. These "smart" freezers are complete nonsense. [18:48] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2026/10/16/Fridges_Do_Not_Need_an_Internet_Connection.shtml [18:48] TR Bot Techrights Fridges Do Not Need an Internet Connection [18:50] TR News (NEW): aerynOS 2026.11 Is Out with GNOME 51, KDE Plasma 6.8, COSMIC 1.11, and Budgie 10.10 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/aerynOS_2026_11_Is_Out_with_GNOME_51_KDE_Plasma_6_8_COSMIC_1_11.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/aerynOS_2026_11_Is_Out_with_GNOME_51_KDE_Plasma_6_8_COSMIC_1_11.gmi [18:50] TR Bot Tux Machines aerynOS 2026.11 Is Out with GNOME 51, KDE Plasma 6.8, COSMIC 1.11, and Budgie 10.10 [18:50] TR News Techrights The Tower of Babel https://techrights.org/n/2026/11/02/The_Tower_of_Babel.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/11/02/The_Tower_of_Babel.gmi [18:50] TR Bot Techrights The Tower of Babel [18:50] IsambardPrince I mean, I know that logically, they don't usually go "You checked the wrong box, prepare to die!" But the language on these forms is very scary and heavy handed. And it exists because for every million people that qualify or accidentally ticked the wrong box, there was a Linda Taylor. [18:52] parsifal https://i.pinimg.com/564x/28/41/fa/2841fad4ae14eb4acc09001c4c61cd3e.jpg [18:52] parsifal ^This reminds me of a joke: two guys are talking, and one complains to the other that fate hates him. The other replies: "Just wait for it to bend over, and then pay it back with interest..." }:) [18:57] TR News Techrights NDA-Compatible PIPs and RAs at IBM Red Hat https://techrights.org/n/2026/11/02/NDA_Compatible_PIPs_and_RAs_at_IBM_Red_Hat.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/11/02/NDA_Compatible_PIPs_and_RAs_at_IBM_Red_Hat.gmi [18:57] TR Bot Techrights NDA-Compatible PIPs and RAs at IBM Red Hat ● Nov 02 [19:03] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1787.jpg [19:03] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D2144.jpg [19:06] TR News "I am looking for a short code of conduct. I really want it to be short because I don't believe in enumerating the things that are forbidden by it as this just invites people to play games." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-11-02-code-of-conduct [19:07] Sompi those same idiots believe that LED lamps cannot be hacked because incandescent bulbs cannot be either [19:07] TR News "La Crmonie (1995) belongs to a series of movies starring Isabelle Huppert. When it was over, we were glad it was over. We did not enjoy the movie." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-11-01-movies [19:11] IsambardPrince MinceR, We got "another one of THOSE people" on Facebook. [19:11] IsambardPrince Sandra Costanzo Lineen [19:11] IsambardPrince [19:11] IsambardPrince [19:11] IsambardPrince by author [19:11] IsambardPrince Ive seen snap recipients in front of me check out with expensive steaks, prefab frozen crap, junk food and unhealthy foods. I Havent had a steak in forever, and am always cooking meals that are tasty but inexpensive and healthy. I could use SNAP lol, but the amount of income required is so low. I think it should be diff for seniors. Ive always said good food is better than medication. [19:11] IsambardPrince I replied: [19:11] IsambardPrince ""I monitor other people's carts because I'm the food police. No I don't have a badge and a uniform and nobody pays me, I'm just the neighborhood Karen. Weeeeooohweeeohhhhh, OH MY GOD A markdown SIRLOIN!!!! AND IS THAT A POPTART TO HAVE WITH YOUR COFFEE WHEN YOU'RE RUNNING LATE!? SWEET JESUS!"" [19:12] TR News braindead-local-intelligence [sic] gemini://perso.pw/blog/articles/braindead-local-intelligence.gmi [19:13] IsambardPrince I added: It's the classic Ronald Reagan trope. You're better than other people so instead of a nutritious marked down steak they should be buying hotdogs that are more expensive and less healthy than the steak. Don't try to make it make sense. [19:14] schestowitz[TR2] :D [19:14] schestowitz[TR2] price is one thing [19:14] schestowitz[TR2] not implying quallity [19:14] schestowitz[TR2] steaks are not healthy btw [19:14] schestowitz[TR2] people who work hard and long hours are exhausted [19:14] schestowitz[TR2] they cannot choose when to shop [19:14] schestowitz[TR2] they overpay for stuff [19:15] IsambardPrince A steak is perfectly fine. [19:16] TR News screaming gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/screaming [19:16] IsambardPrince We eat beef all the time. [19:16] schestowitz[TR2] washed down with 1509 cheap beers [19:16] IsambardPrince There's nothing wrong with beef. [19:16] IsambardPrince I don't like pork unless it's bacon or ham. [19:16] IsambardPrince I managed to render that leftover ham as ham salad. [19:16] TR News beginning gemini://angelic.smol.pub/00 [19:19] IsambardPrince It wasn't eating beef that killed Brian Gonad. [19:20] IsambardPrince It was the cigarettes. [19:20] IsambardPrince It wasn't the beer. It was drinking the beer like they were going to stop making beer. [19:21] IsambardPrince The men in the Royal Navy used to drink a gallon of small beer every day. [19:22] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 02/11/2026: Beginning With Gemini Protocol, Looking for CoCs, and Slop for Local Data https://techrights.org/n/2026/11/02/Gemini_Links_02_11_2026_Beginning_With_Gemini_Protocol_Looking_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/11/02/Gemini_Links_02_11_2026_Beginning_With_Gemini_Protocol_Looking_.gmi [19:22] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 02/11/2026: Beginning With Gemini Protocol, Looking for CoCs, and Slop for Local Data [19:23] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1455323150076430&set=a.417325463876209 [19:23] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-Facebook [19:23] IsambardPrince There's a graph for you. [19:24] IsambardPrince The disaster is reaching its peak. [19:25] TR News North Korea-linked hacking group likely behind GMO cyberattack: Sources https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-linked-hacking-group-likely-behind-gmo-cyberattack-sources [19:25] TR Bot North Korea-linked hacking group likely behind GMO cyberattack: Sources | The Straits Times [19:25] IsambardPrince To take on debt you have to put up collateral. But the collateral for a company like Microsoft to take on debt, are shares in a company that could crash or bonds that could be paid out at 20-30 cents on the dollar if the company fails. [19:25] IsambardPrince If the collateral is shares in a failing company that are propped up due to a bubble, you could be completely wiped out. [19:26] IsambardPrince They are throwing away all of their products that had a net profit to invest in a product that cannot profit. [19:26] schestowitz[TR2] i don't like this [19:26] schestowitz[TR2] is echoes this BS [19:26] IsambardPrince I saw a figure the other day that said Windows license revenue is down 27% this year. [19:26] schestowitz[TR2] "capex" [19:26] schestowitz[TR2] it's total BS [19:26] schestowitz[TR2] and trying to excuse secret deeebt [19:26] schestowitz[TR2] as """investment" [19:26] schestowitz[TR2] i won'tlinkk to that [19:27] IsambardPrince Technically it is capex even if the expense doesn't ever lead to profit. [19:27] schestowitz[TR2] I saw a figure the other day that said Windows license revenue is down 27% this year. [19:27] schestowitz[TR2] can you find it, pls? [19:27] IsambardPrince When most people think of capex, they think you have to spend money to make money. [19:27] schestowitz[TR2] that would help [19:27] schestowitz[TR2] they tend to hide these [19:27] schestowitz[TR2] or hope you forgot [19:27] IsambardPrince Like, if a landlord buys a distressed building but gets it very very cheaply. [19:27] IsambardPrince Then does "capex" to bring it to code where he can charge a lot of rent. [19:28] IsambardPrince That's a legitimate expense. [19:28] IsambardPrince Not like Piyush. [19:28] schestowitz[TR2] it's noit the same [19:28] schestowitz[TR2] when GAFAM calls "capex" [19:28] schestowitz[TR2] it's total BS [19:28] IsambardPrince Refinance another building, blow the whole wad, nothing for repairs. [19:28] schestowitz[TR2] a two vowel BS [19:28] schestowitz[TR2] to tell shareholders [19:28] schestowitz[TR2] because they bleed to death [19:29] IsambardPrince If he could have bbought that building from Mark for $600,000 and used some of the remaining $1.7 million as a repairs budget, and then charged $1700 a month for rent, that's investment. [19:29] schestowitz[TR2] it is not the same [19:29] IsambardPrince He spent it all, didn't improve anything, the building kept getting worse. [19:29] schestowitz[TR2] they buy nothinmg [19:29] schestowitz[TR2] that analogy is flawed [19:29] IsambardPrince Eventually cockroach disaster too. [19:29] schestowitz[TR2] also, you can offload what you bought [19:30] schestowitz[TR2] to recover some money [19:30] schestowitz[TR2] what they do is insane BS [19:30] schestowitz[TR2] smokescrreen [19:30] IsambardPrince Rent gets capped exactly where it is because he can't even get away with charging this. [19:30] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.theregister.com/off-prem/2025/11/08/meta-cant-afford-its-600b-love-letter-to-trump/1269095 [19:30] TR Bot Meta can't afford its $600B love letter to Trump [19:30] TR News Nearly 100 employees of Media Mulia, publisher of Utusan Malaysia, Kosmo!, put on paid leave https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/nearly-100-employees-of-media-mulia-publisher-of-utusan-malaysia-kosmo-put-on-paid-leave [19:30] TR Bot Media Mulia puts nearly 100 employees on paid leave | The Straits Times [19:31] IsambardPrince You want to invest, but you don't want to actually do the work. You learned "real estate" from "a guy in a coffee shop" that forgot to mention how to account for screening for people who can pay and don't cause problems, inspections, and repair budgets. [19:31] TR News Bangladesh sets up wage board as garment workers unrest shuts factories https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/bangladesh-forms-wage-board-as-garment-protests-turn-violent [19:31] TR Bot Bangladesh wage board as garment protests turn violent | The Straits Times [19:32] IsambardPrince With Piyush I believe anyone who has the money to move in gets the apartment even if they can't pay next month, have the gang police out, and bring bugs. [19:32] IsambardPrince The police uniforms actually say that "Gang Police". [19:32] IsambardPrince I said "That's how you know it's Chicago. Even the police admit they're a dangerous gang." [19:32] IsambardPrince MinceR, ^ [19:33] IsambardPrince A few years ago they had to arrest 4 police officers. [19:33] IsambardPrince They were going out in tactical gear and robbing gang members. [19:33] IsambardPrince Not arresting them, robbing them. [19:33] IsambardPrince Taking their money and drugs and guns. [19:33] IsambardPrince And selling them to other gangs that were paying the cops to do this to other gangs. [19:33] schestowitz[TR2] "you become what you figght" [19:35] TR News Just 30 Minutes in a Sauna Triggers an Immediate Immune Response https://www.sciencealert.com/just-30-minutes-in-a-sauna-triggers-an-immediate-immune-response [19:35] TR Bot 30 Minutes in a Sauna Triggers an Immediate Immune Response : ScienceAlert [19:40] IsambardPrince https://www.facebook.com/reel/1592135022066014 [19:40] TR Bot NO TITLE [19:42] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], There's a pizza place in Chicago that says they're giving away $500 to the first person who can eat a 14" deep dish in under 30 minutes. [19:42] IsambardPrince Contests like this kill people. [19:42] IsambardPrince Like Hold Your Wee for a Wii. [19:45] schestowitz[TR2] All eating competitions push limits and the digestive system has limits. If you push it too hard, it can be fatal. [19:45] schestowitz[TR2] muscles is one thing [19:45] schestowitz[TR2] suffocation not likely [19:46] schestowitz[TR2] pulse might be an issue [19:46] TR News The Links Between Napping And Dementia May Go Further Than We Realized https://www.sciencealert.com/the-links-between-napping-and-dementia-may-go-further-than-we-realized [19:46] TR Bot Links Between Napping And Dementia May Go Further Than We Realized : ScienceAlert [19:47] TR News Brazilian lawyers busted for attempting to manipulate court's Hey Hi (AI) with prompt injection hidden in filing https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/brazilian-lawyers-busted-for-attempting-to-manipulate-courts-ai-with-prompt-injection-hidden-in-filing-courts-ai-flags-hidden-text-that-demanded-superficial-legal-scrutiny-lawyers-fined-usd16-000 [19:47] TR Bot Brazilian lawyers busted for attempting to manipulate court's AI with prompt injection hidden in filing court's AI flags hidden text that demanded superficial legal scrutiny, lawyers fined $16,000 | Tom's Hardware [19:47] TR News Fox News Takes Massive Ratings Hit As It Triples Down on Pro-Data Center Coverage https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/fox-news-media-data-center-propaganda-coverage [19:47] TR Bot Fox News Takes Massive Ratings Hit As It Triples Down on Pro-Data Center Coverage [19:47] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Man Living in Alternate World of Hey Hi (AI) Slop, Insiders Say https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/trump-alternate-world-ai-slop [19:47] TR Bot Trump Living in Alternate World of AI Slop, Insiders Say [19:48] TR News New Data Centers in the US Set to Wipe Out 15 Years of Greenhouse Gas Reductions https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/data-centers-us-greenhouse-gas-reductions-emissions [19:48] TR Bot New Data Centers in the US Set to Wipe Out 15 Years of Greenhouse Gas Reductions [19:49] TR News Technology is reshaping Chinese farms and boosting its national security https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2026/1101/china-breadbasket-food-security-innovation [19:49] TR Bot is reshaping Chinese farms and boosting its national security - CSMonitor.com [19:49] TR News Lenovo's 'encrypted' fingerprint USB drive is just an unencrypted SD card in a fancy case https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/lenovo-fingerprint-usb-stick-sold-as-aes-256-encrypted-had-a-plain-sd-card-inside-ai-assisted-follow-up-finds-a-backdoor-and-hardcoded-keys-in-other-secure-usb-products [19:49] TR Bot Lenovo's 'encrypted' fingerprint USB drive is just an unencrypted SD card in a fancy case AI-assisted follow-up finds a backdoor and hardcoded keys in other secure USB products | Tom's Hardware [19:51] TR News Birger Schacht: Status update, September + October 2026 https://bisco.org/notes/status-update-september--october-2026/ [19:51] TR Bot Status update, September + October 2026 [19:52] TR News BIOSTAR EdgeComp MS-U320 fanless Wildcat Lake industrial mini PC offers four COM ports, dual 2.5GbE, 4G/5G expansion https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/11/01/biostar-edgecomp-ms-u320-fanless-wildcat-lake-industrial-mini-pc-offers-four-com-ports-dual-2-5gbe-4g-5g-expansion/ [19:52] TR Bot BIOSTAR EdgeComp MS-U320 fanless Wildcat Lake industrial mini PC offers four COM ports, dual 2.5GbE, 4G/5G expansion - 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Dead? [20:10] TR Bot ( status 502 @ https://the-federation.info/ ) [20:11] TR News But Putin is "humanitarian", said Cheeto https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-war-drone-nizhny-novgorod-power/33888277.html [20:11] TR Bot Moscow Reports Drone Attack On Nizhny Novgorod As Russian Strikes Cut Power In Ukraine [20:12] TR News Putin fights climate change by suspending energy consumption and depopulating humans with missiles [20:15] TR News System76 Thinks Small With Its Upcoming Thelio Prime https://fossforce.com/2026/11/system76-thinks-small-with-its-upcoming-thelio-prime/ [20:15] TR Bot System76 Thinks Small With Its Upcoming Thelio Prime - FOSS Force [20:15] TR News Playbook? What, like playing on 5-inch screens and calling that "work"? https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/iphone-20-redesign-rumors-2/ [20:15] TR Bot iPhone 20 Redesign Rumors: What We Might See in 2027 - Geeky Gadgets [20:26] TR News Linux Mint Announces Hibernation Re-Implementation and New System Apps https://www.techpowerup.com/354366/linux-mint-announces-hibernation-re-implementation-and-new-system-apps [20:26] TR Bot Mint Announces Hibernation Re-Implementation and New System Apps | TechPowerUp [20:27] TR News (NEW): Linux Mint Devs Introduce New System Monitor and Terminal Emulator Apps https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/31/Linux_Mint_Devs_Introduce_New_System_Monitor_and_Terminal_Emula.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/31/Linux_Mint_Devs_Introduce_New_System_Monitor_and_Terminal_Emula.gmi [20:27] TR Bot Tux Machines Linux Mint Devs Introduce New System Monitor and Terminal Emulator Apps [20:29] TR News TUXEDO Nano Pro Gen15 packs 16 Intel cores and 128GB of RAM into a 1kg Linux box https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/11/01/tuxedo-nano-pro-gen15-packs-16-intel-cores-and-128gb-of-ram-into-a-1kg-linux-box/ [20:29] TR Bot TUXEDO Nano Pro Gen15 packs 16 Intel cores and 128GB of RAM into a 1kg Linux box - The Gadgeteer [20:29] TR News A KDE developer reveals Kwi, a GPU-accelerated terminal built on Ghostty's library https://www.xda-developers.com/kde-developer-kwi/ [20:29] TR Bot A KDE developer reveals Kwi, a GPU-accelerated terminal built on Ghostty's library [20:31] TR News "KDE developer Eike Hein has unveiled Kwi today, a new, up-and-coming terminal emulator app for the KDE Plasma desktop environment that promises faster performance, better protocol support, and a more modern UI." https://9to5linux.com/kwi-is-a-new-ghostty-based-gpu-accelerated-terminal-emulator-for-kde-plasma [20:31] TR Bot Is a New Ghostty-Based GPU-Accelerated Terminal Emulator for KDE Plasma - 9to5Linux [20:31] TR News "No lesser authority than the MIT Technology Review says that the Emacs editor has turned 50 years old. But then, it is biased Emacs was invented in MIT's AI lab." https://www.theregister.com/applications/2026/11/01/mother-of-all-editors-emacs- [20:31] TR Bot ( status 404 @ https://www.theregister.com/applications/2026/11/01/mother-of-all-editors-emacs- ) [20:31] TR News "No lesser authority than the MIT Technology Review says that the Emacs editor has turned 50 years old. But then, it is biased Emacs was invented in MIT's AI lab." https://www.theregister.com/applications/2026/11/01/mother-of-all-editors-emacs-is-50/5306727 [20:31] TR Bot 'Mother of all editors' Emacs is 50 [20:32] TR News These 4 small Linux commands make complex terminal tasks feel effortless https://www.howtogeek.com/4-super-powered-linux-commands-that-even-the-experts-forget-sometimes/ [20:32] TR Bot These 4 small Linux commands make complex terminal tasks feel effortless [20:32] TR News "OpenShot 4.1 has been released today as a major update to this free, open-source, and cross-platform video editor, introducing a revamped text workflow, a new command-line interface, live export validation, and many other improvements." https://9to5linux.com/openshot-4-1-video-editor-is-out-with-native-arm64-linux-builds-and-text-editing [20:32] TR Bot 4.1 Video Editor Is Out with Native ARM64 Linux Builds and Text Editing - 9to5Linux [20:33] TR News Tuxedo Nano Pro Gen15 Mini PC Launches With Intel Core Ultra X7 358H and Linux Preinstalled https://www.techpowerup.com/354362/tuxedo-nano-pro-gen15-mini-pc-launches-with-intel-core-ultra-x7-358h-and-linux-preinstalled [20:33] TR Bot Nano Pro Gen15 Mini PC Launches With Intel Core Ultra X7 358H and Linux Preinstalled | TechPowerUp [20:33] IsambardPrince "It doesn't matter what the rates are except that APR stands for Added Pain and Regret, especially when the house I grew up in as a child 40 years ago went from $20,000 to $285,000 and it also probably needs work. [20:33] IsambardPrince [20:33] IsambardPrince Nobody in leadership seems to care. The message is "Sure the current interest rates will add another $300,000 of Added Pain and Regret bringing just the mortgage to over $600,000 plus property tax, all your utilities, full homeowner's insurance, and a repair set aside of $6,000 every year (which is almost 8 months rent on an apartment in that same town all by itself), but you'll have it just in time for the nursing home. Also, eggs [20:33] IsambardPrince are cheaper now. Merry Christmas. Enjoy the unemployment line." (No job growth in two years.) [20:33] IsambardPrince [20:33] IsambardPrince Probably 80% of the jobs in that county pay $16-18 an hour. Which cannot afford this basic starter home. There's some nursing jobs, so I guess if you and your spouse are nurses, you can afford the first few years of a 30 year mortgage, until Medicare and Medicaid collapse and nobody can send their elderly for medical care anymore. [20:33] IsambardPrince [20:33] IsambardPrince Some Boomers saved some money, most (like my mother) didn't save a single penny and raided their retirement fund treating it like a second paycheck for discretionary spending and paying tax penalties the whole way. [20:33] IsambardPrince [20:33] IsambardPrince If they think people my age can afford not only our own expenses, but to carry them, they've "got another think coming". [20:33] TR News "Intersect urged Cardano stake pool operators to install a fixed Linux kernel to address a critical vulnerability rated 9.8 on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS), once their distribution releases a patch." https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/45581 [20:33] IsambardPrince [20:33] TR Bot Urges Cardano Operators to Patch Critical Linux Flaw | TokenPost [20:33] IsambardPrince The rent where I live is already higher than my income. And that's not even unusual anymore. Where do they think they're going to come in and steal enough money from us to prop up their benefits? [20:33] IsambardPrince [20:33] IsambardPrince It's enough to make a guy want to create another Downfall meme, about my Boomer mom. [20:33] IsambardPrince [20:33] IsambardPrince "Mein Fhrer, Steiner....." [20:33] IsambardPrince [20:33] IsambardPrince That's the part where they explain to him that their adult children have no money. [20:33] IsambardPrince [20:34] IsambardPrince Then the subtitles go "THIS IS A DISGRACE! I SPENT YEARS SPENDING MORE MONEY THAN I HAVE BECAUSE THEY TOLD ME THAT I COULD JUST TAKE IT FROM MY CHILDREN! I'VE BEEN STABBED IN THE BACK! DON'T THEY KNOW IT'S THEIR JOB TO TAKE CARE OF ME AFTER I DITCHED MY FAMILY TO HAVE AN AFFAIR WITH A MAN THAT BEAT THEM AND THEY NEVER GOT TO GO TO COLLEGE!?" [20:34] IsambardPrince [20:34] IsambardPrince In the Downfall scene (excellent movie, btw...), the rage isn't just that Hitler is losing; it's that he genuinely believed the rules of reality didn't apply to him, and that other people existed solely to execute his directives. [20:34] IsambardPrince [20:34] IsambardPrince He spends a good chunk of the movie with Russian shells landing on top of the Reich Chancellory building upstairs from the bunker and the once-feared Wehrmacht being reduced to the Volkssturm and Hitler Youth brigades that got a few minutes of training on surplus WWI rifles and copycat sten guns and Panzerfaust grenades, yet believing that Steiner's army unit that doesn't exist anymore will turn the tide of the war. [20:34] IsambardPrince [20:34] IsambardPrince When a parent spends decades spending recklessly, treating retirement like a secondary checking account, and assuming their children will simply absorb the financial consequences later, they are operating under that same grand delusion. When reality finally interveneswhen the adult child literally has no money to extractthe parent doesn't experience self-reflection; they experience a violent narcissistic injury." [20:34] IsambardPrince MinceR, schestowitz[TR2] ^ [20:34] IsambardPrince I wrote that regarding the state of the economy and Boomer delusions that their children have money to take. [20:34] schestowitz[TR2] Boomer Bunker [20:35] schestowitz[TR2] when things get tough take it outttt on "Goldie" [20:35] schestowitz[TR2] and her puppies [20:35] schestowitz[TR2] "break a leg!" [20:35] MinceR :> [20:39] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [20:39] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [20:39] TR News (NEW): Standards/Consortia: File Extensions, Slop Plagiarism, and Time Units https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/Standards_Consortia_File_Extensions_Slop_Plagiarism_and_Time_Un.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/Standards_Consortia_File_Extensions_Slop_Plagiarism_and_Time_Un.gmi [20:39] TR Bot Tux Machines Standards/Consortia: File Extensions, Slop Plagiarism, and Time Units [20:40] TR News (NEW): Web Browsers/Web Servers/Feed Readers Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/Web_Browsers_Web_Servers_Feed_Readers_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/Web_Browsers_Web_Servers_Feed_Readers_Leftovers.gmi [20:40] TR Bot Tux Machines Web Browsers/Web Servers/Feed Readers Leftovers [20:41] IsambardPrince Blondi [20:41] IsambardPrince The dog's name was Blondi. [20:41] IsambardPrince That's actually the sad part of what went on in the bunker. The rest of them were just Nazis who didn't want to face their criminal trial. [20:42] IsambardPrince Blondi and the puppies were just animals. [20:42] TR News (NEW): Devices and Linux-friendly Hardware https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/Devices_and_Linux_friendly_Hardware.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/Devices_and_Linux_friendly_Hardware.gmi [20:42] TR Bot Tux Machines Devices and Linux-friendly Hardware [20:42] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/today_s_howtos.gmi [20:42] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [20:43] IsambardPrince Hitler and the rest of them committed suicide for one reason. The Russians would have either shot them and paraded the dead bodies around, or they wouuld have gone on trial, been convicted of crimes in front of the world, and executed. [20:43] IsambardPrince The suicide is a middle finger. It's meant so that they become martyrs, not criminals who were executed for ghastly offenses. [20:44] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Distributions and Operating Systems https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/GNU_Linux_Distributions_and_Operating_Systems.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/GNU_Linux_Distributions_and_Operating_Systems.gmi [20:44] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux Distributions and Operating Systems [20:44] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Preloaded on Desktop/Laptop https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/GNU_Linux_Preloaded_on_Desktop_Laptop.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/GNU_Linux_Preloaded_on_Desktop_Laptop.gmi [20:44] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux Preloaded on Desktop/Laptop [20:44] TR News (NEW): Linux and OpenBSD Kernel Picks https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/Linux_and_OpenBSD_Kernel_Oicks.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/Linux_and_OpenBSD_Kernel_Oicks.gmi [20:44] TR Bot Tux Machines Linux and OpenBSD Kernel Picks [20:44] IsambardPrince My great-uncle Howard was with one of those army units that liberated the camps and ended up shooting the German guards (or letting the prisoners kill them) even though the surrendered. [20:45] IsambardPrince General Patton refused to call a court martial over that because he said that nobody could have been expected to witness those horrors and reacted differently. [20:45] IsambardPrince So they all got pardoned instead. [20:45] TR News (NEW): Today's Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/today_s_leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/today_s_leftovers.gmi [20:45] TR Bot Tux Machines today's leftovers [20:46] IsambardPrince Eisenhower was so enraged by the camps that he ordered the Germans in the nearby towns to be forced to march over there and look at it. [20:46] schestowitz[TR2] Cheeto's ICE? [20:47] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], ICE/CBP are performing a very similar role to the Sturmabteilung. [20:47] IsambardPrince Political terror. [20:47] IsambardPrince It's gone way past immigration enforcement. [20:47] IsambardPrince They have attacked and murdered unarmed Americans. [20:48] IsambardPrince I hope that the ones that are standing trial or who will stand trial are found guilty and face the maximum penalty the law can give them. [20:48] IsambardPrince But you never know with courts. [20:49] IsambardPrince Out of 12 jurors, there's bound to be one PedoNazi if not more, on the jury. [20:49] IsambardPrince MinceR, ^ [20:50] TR News Techrights Links 02/11/2026: Bracing for US Election and New Zealand Has November 7 Election https://techrights.org/n/2026/11/02/Links_02_11_2026_Bracing_for_US_Election_and_New_Zealand_Has_No.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/11/02/Links_02_11_2026_Bracing_for_US_Election_and_New_Zealand_Has_No.gmi [20:50] TR Bot Techrights Links 02/11/2026: Bracing for US Election and New Zealand Has November 7 Election [20:51] parsifal < > <--- An interesting choice of a medieval German typeface -> Fraktur. It was one of the fonts most frequently used by Gutenberg. Years ago, I worked briefly in prepress ;) [20:52] IsambardPrince MinceR, I love how Kiki bites my ankle then when I get up and start walking after her she dives under something like OH FUCK OH FUCK! [20:52] IsambardPrince Maybe she thinks this is a good game. [20:52] schestowitz[TR2] some birds bit today [20:53] schestowitz[TR2] but they were aiming at other birds [20:53] schestowitz[TR2] i try to break their fights [20:53] MinceR :> [20:55] IsambardPrince MinceR, Kiki is growing rapidly lately. [20:55] IsambardPrince I put her on a high protein kibble diet. [20:55] IsambardPrince No grain. [20:56] schestowitz[TR2] https://techrights.org/i/2026/08/kiki-2026.png [20:57] schestowitz[TR2] https://gamingbolt.com/former-head-of-xbox-film-tv-kiki-wolfkill-has-left-microsoft-after-28-years [20:57] TR Bot Former Head of Xbox Film/TV Kiki Wolfkill Has Left Microsoft After 28 Years [20:57] MinceR :3 [20:58] parsifal cute kitty :) [20:58] IsambardPrince Thank you. She's a lot bigger now. I should post another one. [20:58] IsambardPrince I don't know how long they're supposed to grow. [20:58] schestowitz[TR2] we can do hom,age for kiki++ [20:58] schestowitz[TR2] after c++ [20:59] IsambardPrince She's 10 months old now. [20:59] schestowitz[TR2] purrrfect 10 [20:59] IsambardPrince I'm going to buyy her a suction cup hammock for the window. ● Nov 02 [21:00] schestowitz[TR2] it'll fall [21:00] schestowitz[TR2] you need many cups [21:00] IsambardPrince They use them at the cat shelter I got her at. [21:02] TR News Toxic waste? "Im impacted by msft layoffs recently and looking for referrals in any top 50." https://www.teamblind.com/post/looking-for-referrals-g806ng55 [21:02] TR Bot Looking for referrals | Tech Referrals - Blind [21:03] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I always look at the sauce return station at Chik Fil A for extra salad dressing. [21:03] TR News Microsoft buyout offer is a backdoor to squeeze - US Citizens out of the company without doing a layoff of US Citizens. No H1b will take the buy out offer. Else they have to get a new job in 60 days or leave the US Microsoft needs to be throughly scrutinized top to bottom" https://www.teamblind.com/post/microsoft-buyout-offer-is-a-backdoor-to-squeeze-yhmvrfxx [21:03] TR Bot Microsoft buyout offer is a backdoor to squeeze | Tech Industry - Blind [21:03] IsambardPrince Then I can use it at home on my own salads. [21:03] IsambardPrince You can't buy Chik Fil A salad dressing at the store, [21:04] IsambardPrince It's a habit I picked up from mom describing a millionaire that lived next door in the 60s. [21:04] TR News The real face of Microsoft is racist rants: "All H1Bs should be put on deportation flights back to India." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m609n0v8#replies [21:04] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m609n0v8#replies ) [21:05] IsambardPrince He always nabbed sauce packets and ketchup and stuff. [21:05] TR News "If you are H1Bs, your job is safe" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m67dj2g9#replies [21:05] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m67dj2g9#replies ) [21:06] TR News Leaked Microsoft Video Reveals Their H-1B Priorities https://youtu.be/xqgMZd49JIQ [21:06] TR Bot https://yewtu.be/watch?v=xqgMZd49JIQ [21:06] TR Bot yewtu.be | Verifying your browser [21:06] IsambardPrince When I'm at Sam's Club getting a pizza I always toss way more red pepper flakes and parmesan than I'll use then it builds up in the cabinet. Sauerkraut too. [21:06] IsambardPrince I use that for making brats and sauerkraut or a chocolate sauerkraut cake. [21:06] IsambardPrince You don't get rich by pilfering free stuff. [21:06] IsambardPrince But you do save some money over time. [21:11] IsambardPrince Hmm, 72 degrees tomorrow on November 3rd. [21:11] IsambardPrince Highly unusual. [21:13] IsambardPrince We're getting weather that's more typical for like the second week of September. [21:18] *IsambardPrince has quit (Quit: Leaving) [21:25] schestowitz[TR2] Hmm, 72 degrees tomorrow on November 3rd. [21:26] schestowitz[TR2] election on Fahrenheit 911 [21:26] schestowitz[TR2] spicy cheeto [21:26] schestowitz[TR2] trick or treason [21:30] admfubar https://arstechnica.com/apple/2026/11/apples-roaming-home-robot-may-do-facetime-switch-lights-on-and-yell-at-your-cat/ [21:30] TR Bot Coming in 2027: Apples $1,000 home robot for FaceTime and switching on lights - Ars Technica [21:30] admfubar more like "trick or shitbrains"... [21:43] parsifal to yell at the cat...?! only a complete idiot could come up with such a useless feature!! o_O whoever paid $1,000 for this useless pile of plastic needs to be certified as mentally unfit... 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