●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, March 03, 2025 ●● ● Mar 03 [00:07] *a_fantom has quit (*.net *.split) [00:07] *bleb has quit (*.net *.split) [00:07] *superkuh has quit (*.net *.split) [00:07] *koo5_ has quit (*.net *.split) [00:07] *Snuupy has quit (*.net *.split) [00:07] *ryjen has quit (*.net *.split) [00:07] *KindOne has quit (*.net *.split) [00:07] *includeals has quit (*.net *.split) [00:07] *superkuh (~superkuh@user/superkuh) has joined #techrights [00:07] *ryjen (~ryjen@159.203.7.32) has joined #techrights [00:08] *bleb (~cm@user/bleb) has joined #techrights [00:08] IsambardPrince https://old.reddit.com/r/amex/comments/1j23r96/amex_banning_all_airelated_transactions_anyone/ [00:08] *HumanG33k has quit (Max SendQ exceeded) [00:08] TR Bot Amex Banning All AI-Related Transactions Anyone Else Affected? : amex [00:08] IsambardPrince schestowitz-pi, American Express now blocks all charges for any "AI" transactions, including ChatGPT subscriptions. [00:09] IsambardPrince Amex Banning All AI-Related Transactions Anyone Else Affected? (self.amex) [00:09] IsambardPrince submitted an hour ago by diddly_shmooper [00:09] IsambardPrince [00:09] IsambardPrince I just launched an AI-based business and set up a business checking account and credit card with American Express. When I tried to subscribe to an AI-related service (ChatGPT), my card was declined. I contacted Amex customer service, and they told me there is a blanket ban on all AI-related transactions across all Amex cards and accounts. [00:09] IsambardPrince However, I cant find any official policy or documentation about this anywhere online. The rep wasnt able to give me more details, and Im trying to understand why this restriction exists and if theres a workaround. [00:09] IsambardPrince Has anyone else experienced this? Is there any official confirmation on this policy? Any alternatives for AI-related business payments that dont involve switching banks? [00:09] *includeals (~includeal@bl18-27-126.dsl.telepac.pt) has joined #techrights [00:10] IsambardPrince ----- [00:10] IsambardPrince schestowitz-pi, This is, as far as I know, the first of the four major card networks in the US blocking transactions related to "AI", and specifically OpenAI. 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[01:26] IsambardPrince Like credit card charge off rates, auto loan defaults, the fact that you won't be getting bank loans. [01:26] IsambardPrince It'll still be obvious and reported in ways they don't control [01:26] IsambardPrince The Atlanta Fed GDP Now has crashed. [01:27] IsambardPrince They now expect this quarter will be negative 1.1%. [01:27] IsambardPrince GDP Now projects the quarter before it's official [01:27] IsambardPrince MinceR, Illinois says it will still teach LGBT history in school. [01:28] IsambardPrince A Republican said "Hopefully the Fed will stop this!" I replied, "How does the central bank setting interest rates decide whether Illinois teaches about gay people in history class?" [01:28] IsambardPrince :) [01:28] MinceR :) [01:30] IsambardPrince Elon Musk claimed that cutting federal spending would lower interest rates. It absolutely would, except that Trump wants to undo the spending cuts with $4 trillion in tax cuts, 68% of which go to the top 1%, which will hoard it. [01:30] IsambardPrince So the deficit will be the same or worse and interest rates aren't going anywhere, in fact may go higher. [01:31] IsambardPrince Trump is doing everything you could possibly do to cause a recession, and you're right, it's working fast. The -1.1% quarterly GDP projection by the Atlanta Fed is the fastest I've ever seen bad economic policies work. [01:32] IsambardPrince It took George W. Bush 8 years to end up with a million less jobs than there were before. [01:32] IsambardPrince At this rate, it should only take Trump a year or so. [01:33] IsambardPrince I would say current economic conditions and the labor market are probably as bad as I've ever seen them. [01:33] IsambardPrince We all know that nobody is hiring, but the news won't report that. [01:33] IsambardPrince Even healthcare will get hit with layoffs when Trump cuts Medicaid and they throw the old folks out of the nursing home. [01:34] IsambardPrince No state has enough money to keep old people in the nursing home medicaid beds without the 50% federal matching funds. [01:34] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [01:35] IsambardPrince My mother had better hope the endgame of raiding her retirement to pay for Gonad's cigarettes, beer, and truck payments, and remodeling his house, isn't nobody to take care of her because Medicaid won't pay for the nursing home. [01:35] IsambardPrince Her mother outlived her mind by 10 years and counting. [01:36] IsambardPrince Trump doesn't care if we have a bunch of 90 year old women who have lost their mind roaming the streets until they die. [01:36] IsambardPrince Elon Musk is better than you and deserves another tax cut. [01:37] IsambardPrince It's not just that our Republican friends are stupid, it's that they know so much that simply isn't true. [01:38] *lxo has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [01:39] *lxo (~lxo@zj26zv4kdh4g2.irc) has joined #techrights [01:39] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techrights ● Mar 03 [02:05] admfubar https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/03/01/1943243/first-petawatt-electron-beam-arrives-ready-to-rip-apart-matter-and-space [02:05] TR Bot First Petawatt Electron Beam Arrives, Ready To Rip Apart Matter and Space - Slashdot [02:08] admfubar https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/03/01/2211210/27-year-old-exe-became-python-in-minutes-is-ai-assisted-reverse-engineering-next [02:08] TR Bot 27-Year-Old EXE Became Python In Minutes. Is AI-Assisted Reverse Engineering Next? - Slashdot [02:12] admfubar https://slashdot.org/story/25/03/01/0049256/3d-software-company-autodesk-cuts-1350-jobs-to-boost-ai-investment [02:12] TR Bot 3D Software Company Autodesk Cuts 1,350 Jobs To Boost AI Investment - Slashdot [02:19] IsambardPrince https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/more-women-accuse-christian-chiropractor-of-sexually-assaulting-them-during-appointments/ [02:19] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/more-women-accuse-christian-chiropractor-of-sexually-assaulting-them-during-appointments/ ) [02:19] IsambardPrince More women accuse Christian chiropractor of sexually assaulting them during appointments [02:19] IsambardPrince "In September, Byrd was arrested and charged with rape. The alleged crime occurred in November 2022 with Byrd accused of inserting a finger inside a patient without her consent. [02:19] IsambardPrince I thought that was what you wanted, he reported told the shocked victim. [02:19] IsambardPrince After his arrest, more former patients came forward and accused Byrd of touching them inappropriately during appointments. Victims said Byrd would pull their pants down without permission and touch them inappropriately. He also reportedly would press his genitals up against them. [02:19] IsambardPrince It was so gradual I feel so stupid now, one victim said. [02:19] IsambardPrince Byrd was charged in October for those crimes, but that was not the end of his victims bringing his predatory actions into the light. Police said even more women came forward after seeing media reports about the allegations made against Byrd. [02:19] IsambardPrince In total, eight former patients have accused Byrd of sexually assaulting them at Cornerstone Chiropractic in Avon." [02:20] *forkbombe (~forkbombe@u89vdyv4abg8n.irc) has joined #techrights [02:29] schestowitz-pi schestowitz-TR schestowitz[TR2] SomeGoat Sompi svenn [02:29] schestowitz[TR2] Sompi: thanks, got it [02:29] Sompi the second link is better [02:31] schestowitz[TR2] which one is second? [02:31] schestowitz[TR2] http://paste.dy.fi/y7D/plain ? [02:34] TR News "I've been playing around with Rust macros a bit recently, and have been slightly annoyed when taking them in comparison with Lisp. To be clear, it including real macros rather than C-style textual macros (or no macros at all) is a real win for Rust, it's just annoying when taken in contrast with Lisp." gemini://nytpu.com/gemlog/2025-03-02 [02:34] Sompi yes [02:34] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1222.jpg [02:34] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1572.jpg [02:35] TR News "I just installed the Cloud Firewall extension for Firefox. It lets you block anything that's coming from Amazon, Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, or Cloudflare. ...It broke like half my bookmarks, haha. Including a couple things I didn't expect to be hosted on Cloudflare." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2516 [02:36] TR News "I've just made myself a hot chocolate (Knoops 54% if you really want to know) and I'm kicking around Geminispace to relax on Sunday night. I had really bad anxiety this morning but that seems to have gone away after spending time with my cats, watching The Outpost on Shudder, having a little nap, and doing some game design." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2515 [02:36] TR News "I've participated in the #ConsoleChallenge initiated by @adele@social.pollux.casa (@adele@phpc.social) and it was an interesting experience. 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[03:34] Sompi schestowitz[TR2]: probably [03:34] TR News scoop [03:34] TR News pocock published (based on TZ) corruption scoop, then this happened within hours https://juristgate.com/en/2025/02/26/urban-angehrn-resignation-finma-ceo-announced-simultaneously-with-redacted-ptp-judgment/ [03:34] TR Bot JuristGate / JuristeGate Suisse -- Urban Angehrn (FINMA director) announced resignation at same moment Parreaux, Thibaud & Partners decision published [03:35] Sompi "Although these lies are technically not true, they are somehow achieved the status of an "official truth"" <- I think that should read "they have" [03:35] schestowitz[TR2] correcting [03:36] schestowitz[TR2] ok, check again now [03:36] schestowitz[TR2] refresh [03:36] Sompi It may have other typos and grammatical errors too, I didn't check it thoroughly yet [03:37] Sompi I just quickly translated it from Finnish [03:37] TR News GNU/Linux up in Greece https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/greece/#monthly-200902-202503 Turkey also https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/turkey/#monthly-200902-202503 [03:37] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Greece | Statcounter Global Stats [03:37] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Turkey | Statcounter Global Stats [03:38] TR News Compare https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/cuba/#monthly-200902-202503 to https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/About_1_in_10_Laptops_Desktops_in_Venezuela_and_Cuba_Uses_GNU_L.shtml [03:38] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Cuba | Statcounter Global Stats [03:38] TR Bot Techrights About 1 in 10 Laptops/Desktops in Venezuela and Cuba Uses GNU/Linux [03:38] admfubar https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/02/24/botnet-hits-microsoft-365-accounts/ [03:38] TR Bot Massive botnet hits Microsoft 365 accounts - Help Net Security [03:39] TR News Up in Venezuela too https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/venezuela/#monthly-200902-202503 Argentina up https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/argentina/#monthly-200902-202503 [03:39] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Bolivarian Republic Of Venezuela | Statcounter Global Stats [03:39] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Argentina | Statcounter Global Stats [03:39] schestowitz[TR2] "A botnet of over 130,000 compromised devices is launching coordinated password-spraying attacks against Microsoft 365 accounts." [03:49] *IsambardPrince has quit (Quit: Leaving) [03:49] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@z5un4sw9iec46.irc) has joined #techrights [03:50] admfubar https://www.downtowndougbrown.com/2025/03/the-gooey-rubber-thats-slowly-ruining-old-hard-drives/ [03:50] TR Bot Downtown Doug Brown The gooey rubber thats slowly ruining old hard drives ● Mar 03 [04:02] schestowitz[TR2] code is not like crops [04:02] schestowitz[TR2] rms keeps talking about "CUSTOM code" [04:02] schestowitz[TR2] and how THIS is how freesw can make money [04:02] schestowitz[TR2] or programmers can be paid [04:02] schestowitz[TR2] instead of buying "solutions" from SAP, Microsoft, etc. [04:02] schestowitz[TR2] any thoughts on this? [04:03] MinceR i haven't seen much of this happening [04:06] schestowitz[TR2] people paid to modify? [04:06] schestowitz[TR2] many build sites this w ay [04:06] schestowitz[TR2] *way [04:07] MinceR the custom code that an organization or a person was paid to develop being free software [04:07] schestowitz[TR2] sometimes it's og o use [04:07] schestowitz[TR2] tro others [04:08] schestowitz[TR2] so they decide not to divulge [04:10] *SomeGoat has quit (connection closed) [04:19] Sompi Public sector organizations could pay someone to develop free software for their needs instead of using our tax money to buy proprietary software usually for a higher price [04:23] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I have to say I really love this DOGE focus on consultants and useless software fees. [04:23] IsambardPrince It may be one of the few bright spots of what's going on in there. [04:23] IsambardPrince The feast is over. [04:23] schestowitz[TR2] draft? [04:23] schestowitz[TR2] related to this [04:23] IsambardPrince yeah [04:24] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], This means billions of tax dollars not spent propping up proprietary software companies. [04:24] IsambardPrince They only thought they had problems before. [04:24] TR News Techrights Doing Free Software for a Living in an Era or a Time of Abundance of Code (and Fast Internet to Pass It Around Freely) or Writing When the Web is Attacked by LLM Slop https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/03/Doing_Free_Software_for_a_Living_in_an_Era_or_a_Time_of_Abundan.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/03/03/Doing_Free_Software_for_a_Living_in_an_Era_or_a_Time_of_Abundan.gmi [04:24] TR Bot Techrights Doing Free Software for a Living in an Era or a Time of Abundance of Code (and Fast Internet to Pass It Around Freely) or Writing When the Web is Attacked by LLM Slop [04:24] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: ^ [04:24] IsambardPrince Department of Government Efficiency [04:24] IsambardPrince @DOGE [04:24] IsambardPrince The Small Business Admin. completed the same software audit. Initial findings: [04:24] IsambardPrince -10 software products with 10,000+ licenses. SBA has ~8,000 employees/contractors [04:24] IsambardPrince - 17,580 unused ServiceNow licenses costing over $2 million annually [04:24] IsambardPrince - Second year in a row spending $1.2 million on 7,000 unused Okta licenses [04:24] IsambardPrince - Paying for 1000 Slack licenses; only using 10 [04:25] MinceR corruption may yet stop this, though [04:25] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Looks like Slack is going to get hit. [04:25] IsambardPrince And Okta. [04:25] IsambardPrince Both have made layoffs even before this started. [04:26] IsambardPrince "Many people already live in "shoeboxes" in spite of working very hard for very time durations" [04:26] IsambardPrince very time durations? [04:27] IsambardPrince "replace by "AI"" [04:27] IsambardPrince replaced [04:30] schestowitz[TR2] fixing many typos [04:30] schestowitz[TR2] thanks [04:31] IsambardPrince "like a couple of crabs or lobsters trying really hard to drag people down (to their own level" [04:31] IsambardPrince Like should be capitalized. [04:32] IsambardPrince "even openly talking to" [04:32] IsambardPrince Capitalize [04:32] schestowitz[TR2] oops [04:32] schestowitz[TR2] added another post in [04:32] schestowitz[TR2] by mistake [04:32] IsambardPrince Ahh, read too far in then. [04:33] schestowitz[TR2] refresh [04:33] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], So much for licenses. [04:33] schestowitz[TR2] it'll come as a separate post [04:33] schestowitz[TR2] later [04:33] schestowitz[TR2] it's also crude draft [04:34] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], We should probably quote DOGE's software audits. [04:34] IsambardPrince To show how pervasive the problem is just at GSA, SSA, and SBA. [04:34] IsambardPrince Which are just three out of dozens of federal agencies. [04:34] IsambardPrince Each wasting millions of dollars a year on unused, or barely used, proprietary software. [04:35] schestowitz[TR2] one can imagine [04:35] schestowitz[TR2] but [04:35] IsambardPrince This is absolutely something they need to get under control. [04:35] IsambardPrince To slash the deficit. [04:35] schestowitz[TR2] GAO already dealt with things like these [04:35] IsambardPrince Obviously not. [04:35] schestowitz[TR2] it's not like nobody tackled this before [04:35] schestowitz[TR2] they just boiast about it [04:35] IsambardPrince The deficit is too high. [04:35] schestowitz[TR2] like kids on drugs [04:35] schestowitz[TR2] the deficit is high [04:35] schestowitz[TR2] but not because of winzip [04:36] schestowitz[TR2] because of bigger things [04:36] IsambardPrince When we spend a couple hundred million dollars a year on unused software licenses. [04:36] schestowitz[TR2] and because the us economy failed [04:36] schestowitz[TR2] and is not produictive [04:36] schestowitz[TR2] you almost never see "MAD IN USA" [04:36] schestowitz[TR2] except maybe weapons [04:36] schestowitz[TR2] even many us software prroduycts are made inn india [04:36] schestowitz[TR2] When we spend a couple hundred million dollars a year on unused software licenses. [04:36] schestowitz[TR2] the deficity is hundreds of billions [04:36] schestowitz[TR2] not millions [04:37] IsambardPrince Yes, but it's that mentality. [04:37] IsambardPrince Like we're already spending so much more than we can afford, here let's throw in billions in unnecessary contracts, hundreds of millions in unused software licenses, a few billion in unused office leases... [04:38] IsambardPrince It's using waste to justify not doing anything about waste. [04:38] IsambardPrince It's like saying my house is a bit of a mess. Here I'll just dump out the garbage can and start throwing things on the floor instead. [04:38] IsambardPrince Really helps things along. [04:39] IsambardPrince If we can avoid some of the cuts to Medicaid by getting rid of unused contracts, software, and office space, that's a good thing. [04:39] IsambardPrince If anything should be cut it's the stuff that won't affect quality of life. Stuff that is not a legitimate expenditure. [04:40] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], You laugh, but in my household we don't go to the car wash most of the year. We borrow movies from the library instead of going to the theater. We cook food at home. We skip Starbucks. [04:41] IsambardPrince Once you allow extravagance to creep into a budget, no matter the scale, it becomes easier to ignore another one, and another. [04:41] IsambardPrince These people who are broke and going to Starbucks and have streaming apps and are ordering food on doordash. [04:41] IsambardPrince That's contributing to the overall "broke" ness. [04:42] IsambardPrince So maybe before the bank takes your car and the landlord evicts you, get the rest of that out of the budget. [04:42] IsambardPrince You get the wolf away from the door first. [04:43] IsambardPrince If we're adding $2 trillion to the debt every year. I don't know what it is. Someone told me $2 trillion? [04:43] IsambardPrince It's bad. [04:43] IsambardPrince That's twice what they were saying was a catastrophic and unheard of deficit during the Great Recession, right? [04:43] IsambardPrince So why is this being normalized? [04:43] IsambardPrince Where does it go? [04:44] IsambardPrince We need to find out and we need to stamp out anything that does not need spent. [04:44] IsambardPrince Frankly, some of these contracts that DOGE is canceling are concerning. [04:44] IsambardPrince They don't benefit America in any way. [04:45] IsambardPrince In fact, in some of them it promotes anti-white hate. [04:45] IsambardPrince These are not valid expenditures. [04:45] IsambardPrince But what is not sitting well with me are DOGE's cuts to Medicaid and other programs the House Republicans want. [04:46] IsambardPrince We need Medicaid, we should spend more on Head Start, honestly. [04:46] IsambardPrince 18 million kids are poor enough even though you don't qualify if you're over 100% of the poverty line, which is a very low number. [04:46] IsambardPrince But they only have enough money to serve 1 million. [04:49] TR News Techrights 3 Out of 4 in Cuba Use Linux to Access the Web https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/03/3_Out_of_4_in_Cuba_Use_Linux_to_Access_the_Web.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/03/03/3_Out_of_4_in_Cuba_Use_Linux_to_Access_the_Web.gmi [04:49] TR Bot Techrights 3 Out of 4 in Cuba Use Linux to Access the Web [04:50] schestowitz[TR2] If we're adding $2 trillion to the debt every year. I don't know what it is. Someone told me $2 trillion? [04:50] schestowitz[TR2] depends on the year [04:51] schestowitz[TR2] see https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/government-debt [04:51] TR Bot United States Government Debt [04:54] TR News "All Systems Operational" and no scheduled maintenance in our servers anymore. No risk of temporary network glitches. [04:54] TR News CentOS 10-20250226 is out. Who is still using CentOS? [04:56] TR News "Alvind does not want to work with Orange Man" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jn8gay0a [04:56] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jn8gay0a ) [04:57] TR News STCN: IBM Chinese R&D Branch Closed https://chinascope.org/archives/36840 [04:57] TR Bot STCN: IBM Chinese R&D Branch Closed Chinascope [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] " [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] STCN: IBM Chinese R&D Branch Closed [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] China Security Times (STCN) recently reported on an IBM internal decision stating that IBM China Investment Company (IBMV) and its branches will cease business activities starting March 1, 2025. Related office spaces will also be suspended. [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] Details in https://chinascope.org/archives/36840 [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] Around 1800 people lost their job. [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] Great win for India and congratulations to Indians who will make IBM great again! [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] " [04:58] MinceR lol ● Mar 03 [05:00] TR News GhostBSD 25.01-R14.2p1 Now Available https://ghostbsd.org/news/GhostBSD_25.01-R14.2p1_Now_Available [05:00] TR Bot GhostBSD 25.01-R14.2p1 Now Available | GhostBSD [05:01] TR News (NEW): Red Hat "day of learning and IBM laying off 1,800+ workers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/03/Red_Hat_day_of_learning_and_IBM_laying_off_1_800_workers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/03/Red_Hat_day_of_learning_and_IBM_laying_off_1_800_workers.gmi [05:01] TR Bot Tux Machines Red Hat "day of learning and IBM laying off 1,800+ workers [05:03] TR News (NEW): FreeBSD for Web, FreeBSD-based GhostBSD 25.01 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/03/FreeBSD_for_Web_FreeBSD_based_GhostBSD_25_01.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/03/FreeBSD_for_Web_FreeBSD_based_GhostBSD_25_01.gmi [05:03] TR Bot Tux Machines FreeBSD for Web, FreeBSD-based GhostBSD 25.01 [05:05] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: Arduino, Framework, and RISC-V https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/03/Open_Hardware_Modding_Arduino_Framework_and_RISC_V.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/03/Open_Hardware_Modding_Arduino_Framework_and_RISC_V.gmi [05:05] TR Bot Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: Arduino, Framework, and RISC-V [05:08] TR News (NEW): Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/03/Security_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/03/Security_Leftovers.gmi [05:08] TR News (NEW): Today's Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/03/today_s_leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/03/today_s_leftovers.gmi [05:08] TR Bot Tux Machines Security Leftovers [05:08] TR Bot Tux Machines today's leftovers [05:10] TR News "IBM China Investment Company Limited (IBMV) and its subsidiaries shut down on March 1, impacting over 1,800 R&D and testing staff in Beijing, Shanghai, Dalian, and other sites." https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20250303PD216/ibm-china-research-and-development-staff-beijing.html [05:10] TR Bot IBM shuts down China research operations, impacting 1,800 R&D jobs [05:17] *oarion7 has quit (Quit: Running IRC on a charmed medieval abacus.) [05:17] TR News U-M squeezed by Cheeto Mussolini cuts; Social Security research project halted https://www.bridgemi.com/talent-education/u-m-squeezed-trump-cuts-social-security-research-project-halted [05:17] TR Bot U-M squeezed by Trump cuts; Social Security research project halted | Bridge Michigan [05:17] TR News DOGE Access to US Intelligence Secrets Poses a National Security Threat https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-02-27/doge-access-to-us-intelligence-secrets-poses-a-national-security-threat-democrats-say [05:17] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-02-27/doge-access-to-us-intelligence-secrets-poses-a-national-security-threat-democrats-say ) [05:18] TR News Is the RedNote app a security risk? https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.6664224 [05:18] TR Bot the RedNote app a security risk? | CBC.ca [05:18] TR News Social Security Disability Dispute Times Could Worsen After Office Closures as Pending Cases Cross 270K https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/social-security-disability-dispute-times-could-worsen-after-office-closures-pending-cases-cross-1731498 [05:18] TR Bot Social Security Disability Dispute Times Could Worsen After Office Closures as Pending Cases Cross 270K | IBTimes UK [05:20] TR News Runs Through Your Social Security and Medicare https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/02/24/elon-musks-race-to-become-the-worlds-first-trillionaire-runs-through-your-social-security-and-medicare/ [05:20] TR Bot Musk's Race to Become the World's First Trillionaire Runs Through Your Social Security and Medicare - CounterPunch.org [05:21] TR News DOGE Targets Social Security https://www.truthdig.com/articles/anxiety-mounts-as-doge-targets-social-security/ [05:21] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/anxiety-mounts-as-doge-targets-social-security/ ) [05:22] TR News PIs opinion: How the UK Government is making security harder for everyone http://privacyinternational.org/explainer/5531/pis-opinion-how-uk-government-making-security-harder-everyone [05:22] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://privacyinternational.org/explainer/5531/pis-opinion-how-uk-government-making-security-harder-everyone ) [05:22] TR News Copyright royalties for defamation? http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/02/guest-post-afe-babalola-dele-farotimi.html [05:22] TR Bot [Guest post] The Afe Babalola-Dele Farotimi saga: Copyright royalties for defamation? - The IPKat [05:23] TR News AI training copyright motion http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/02/delaware-court-finds-fair-use-defence.html [05:23] TR Bot Delaware court finds fair use defence unsuccessful in AI training copyright motion - The IPKat [05:27] TR News Techrights Links 03/03/2025: Mass Layoffs in IBM China, Intel Still in Trouble https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/03/Links_03_03_2025_Mass_Layoffs_in_IBM_China_Intel_Still_in_Troub.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/03/03/Links_03_03_2025_Mass_Layoffs_in_IBM_China_Intel_Still_in_Troub.gmi [05:27] TR Bot Techrights Links 03/03/2025: Mass Layoffs in IBM China, Intel Still in Trouble [05:35] IsambardPrince MinceR, Today I learned that Peter Jackson modeled one of the Orcs in Lord of The Rings after Harvey Weinstein after they got into an argument. [05:35] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], ^ [05:41] TR News "Mozilla lost touch with reality; how becoming rich through failure stunts mental & emotional growth" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/mozilla-lost-touch-with-reality-how:7 [05:41] TR Bot Mozilla lost touch with reality; how becoming rich through failure stunts mental & emotional growth [05:41] TR News "Musk's DOGE [sic] fires federal tech team that built free tax-filing site" https://www.deccanchronicle.com/world/americas/musks-doge-fires-federal-tech-team-that-built-free-tax-filing-site-1864404 [05:41] TR Bot Musk's DOGE fires federal tech team that built free tax-filing site [05:41] TR News "Musk's DOGE [sic] fires federal tech team that built free tax-filing site" https://koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2025/03/501_393266.html [05:41] TR Bot Musk's DOGE fires federal tech team that built free tax-filing site - The Korea Times [05:41] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: licence savings? [05:41] schestowitz[TR2] no., [05:41] TR News "Musk's DOGE [sic] Fires Federal Tech Team That Built Free Tax-Filing Site" https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-03-01/musks-doge-fires-federal-tech-team-that-built-free-tax-filing-site [05:41] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-03-01/musks-doge-fires-federal-tech-team-that-built-free-tax-filing-site ) [05:42] TR News "Elon Musk says 'Yes' to the 'slogan': Don't Google it, just ... - The Times of India" https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/elon-musk-says-yes-to-the-slogan-dont-google-it-just-/articleshow/118661731.cms [05:42] TR Bot Elon Musk says 'Yes' to the 'slogan': Don't Google it, just ... - The Times of India [05:42] TR News "America Doesnt Just Have a Housing Crisis. It Has a Moving Crisis." https://archive.is/8xSce#selection-1091.106-1091.487 [05:42] TR Bot America Doesnt Just Have a Housing Crisis. It Has a Moving Crisis. - The Atlantic [05:43] TR News "18F was responsible for creating the Internal Revenue Services free tax-filing service and designing and updating various government agency websites, CBS News reported." https://siliconangle.com/2025/03/02/elon-musks-doge-shuts-gsas-technology-unit/ ("Elon Musk's DOGE shuts down the GSA's technology unit") [05:43] TR Bot Musk's DOGE shuts down the GSA's technology unit - SiliconANGLE [05:44] TR News "GamingOnLinux is entering its 16th year, and I hope to continue it on for a long time." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/march-25-reminder-gamingonlinux-needs-your-support/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [05:44] TR Bot 25 reminder - GamingOnLinux needs your support | GamingOnLinux [05:45] TR News "This ain't your dad's Vampire Survivors. We take a look at a hidden gem and talk to the developer about the development process." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/a-review-and-dev-interview-broadside-renegades/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [05:45] TR Bot Review and Dev Interview: Broadside Renegades | GamingOnLinux [05:45] TR News "Valve have released the Steam Hardware & Software Survey numbers for February 2025, and there's a pretty massive increase in Simplified Chinese as language which has pushed about all the numbers everywhere else." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/steam-sees-a-big-rise-in-simplified-chinese-for-february-2025-bringing-linux-down-below-2p/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [05:45] TR Bot sees a big rise in Simplified Chinese for February 2025 bringing Linux down below 2% | GamingOnLinux [05:45] TR News "Heroic Games Launcher continues to evolve into an even more impressive cross-platform game launcher for GOG, Epic Games, Amazon Prime and more with v2.16 bringing some great enhancements." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/heroic-games-launcher-v2-16-released-with-improved-steam-deck-linux-game-compatibility/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [05:45] TR Bot Games Launcher v2.16 released with improved Steam Deck / Linux game compatibility | GamingOnLinux [05:46] TR News "You might have noticed a new column in last months issue of The PCLinuxOS Magazine. Its called Wiki Pick. This new column will feature a helpful article lifted straight from the pages of the PCLinuxOS Knowlegebase Wiki. We plan to make it a monthly feature." https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202503/editorial.html [05:46] TR Bot PCLinuxOS Magazine - Welcome From The Chief Editor [05:47] TR News PCLinuxOS Screenshot Showcase https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202503/page13.html [05:47] TR Bot PCLinuxOS Magazine - Page 13 [05:47] TR News "Over the weekend Steam managed to break yet another concurrent online user record, smashing the previous that was set back in December 2024." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/steam-hits-another-all-time-user-record-with-over-40-million-online/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [05:47] TR Bot hits another all-time user record with over 40 million online | GamingOnLinux [05:48] TR News "Coincidence, which includes a bunch of former Zachtronics developers, have announced the open-ended puzzle automation game Kaizen: A Factory Story." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/kaizen-a-factory-story-announced-from-former-zachtronics-developers/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [05:48] TR Bot A Factory Story announced from former Zachtronics developers | GamingOnLinux [05:50] TR News (NEW): Games: Heroic Games Launcher, Steam, and Broadside Renegades https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/03/Games_Heroic_Games_Launcher_Steam_and_Broadside_Renegades.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/03/Games_Heroic_Games_Launcher_Steam_and_Broadside_Renegades.gmi [05:50] TR Bot Tux Machines Games: Heroic Games Launcher, Steam, and Broadside Renegades [05:50] TR News But EFF continues to take BRIBES from Google https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/google-wrong-side-history see http://techrights.org/o/2019/01/20/google-internship-eff/ [05:50] TR Bot Google is on the Wrong Side of History | Electronic Frontier Foundation [05:50] TR Bot The EFF Must Return That 'Internship' Money to Google or It Would Disgrace the Patent Reform Movement (by Association) [05:51] TR News ICYMI: Security Vulnerabilities Found In Multiple Tunneling Protocols https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202503/page01.html [05:51] TR Bot PCLinuxOS Magazine - Page 1 [05:52] TR News
    [05:52] TR News A Bash Script Program Launcher For The Notification Area Of Your Panel https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202503/page05.html [05:52] TR Bot PCLinuxOS Magazine - Page 5 [05:53] TR News On The Precipice: The Battle Between [LLMs] & Copyright https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202503/page04.html see https://techrights.org/o/2023/02/10/copilot-in-court/ [05:53] TR Bot PCLinuxOS Magazine - Page 4 [05:53] TR Bot Microsoft GitHub Expos Part XXVII The Future of OpenAI May Depend on the Fate of GitHub's Copilot in Court ($9 Billion in Damages) [05:53] TR News Repo Review: A Detailed Look At Grsync https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202503/page03.html [05:53] TR Bot PCLinuxOS Magazine - Page 3 [05:54] TR News Wiki Pick: Changing GRUB Boot Menu Font Size https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202503/page07.html [05:54] TR Bot PCLinuxOS Magazine - Page 7 [05:55] TR News GIMP Tutorial: Using The Cage Transformation Tool https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202503/page09.html [05:55] TR Bot PCLinuxOS Magazine - Page 9 ● Mar 03 [06:01] TR News "As February 2025 hit I saw my monthly bill from Frontier had gone up - this time moving from $89.99/month to $99.99/month." https://connortumbleson.com/2025/03/03/watching-your-frontier-bill-slowly-rise/ | Source: Connor Tumbleson [06:01] TR Bot Watching your Frontier bill slowly rise. [06:01] TR News "TL;DR: anyone promising you that a total solution to digital accessibility is coming, and they are the ones bringing it, may be lying." https://adrianroselli.com/2025/03/be-wary-of-accessibility-guarantees-from-anyone.html | Source: Adriaan Roselli [06:02] TR Bot Be Wary of Accessibility Guarantees from Anyone Adrian Roselli [06:24] TR News Techrights New Series: A Deep Dive Into the Severe Corruption of the Open Source Initiative (OSI), Nowadays a Front Group and Lobbyist of Microsoft https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/03/New_Series_A_Deep_Dive_Into_the_Severe_Corruption_of_the_Open_S.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/03/03/New_Series_A_Deep_Dive_Into_the_Severe_Corruption_of_the_Open_S.gmi [06:24] TR Bot Techrights New Series: A Deep Dive Into the Severe Corruption of the Open Source Initiative (OSI), Nowadays a Front Group and Lobbyist of Microsoft [06:31] TR News "These are just three of the many library workers who have recently run for elected office, seeking to have a more direct say in the policies that govern their work." https://truthout.org/articles/what-would-it-look-like-if-librarians-ran-the-government-instead-of-these-fools/ | Source: TruthOut [06:31] TR Bot What Would It Look Like If Librarians Ran the Government Instead of These Fools? | Truthout [06:32] TR News "Its time to revive and sharpen those arguments. Book censorship is on the rise." https://thewalrus.ca/book-banning/ | Source: The Walrus [06:32] TR Bot Book Banning in Canada Is Quiet, Systemic, and More Effective than Ever | The Walrus [06:32] TR News "To understand this crisis, we must first grapple with the foundations of how we conceptualize truth itself" https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/not-even-wrong | Source: Mike Brock [06:32] TR Bot Not Even Wrong - by Mike Brock - Notes From The Circus [06:42] IsambardPrince MinceR, I remember the DoubleSpace documentation in MS-DOS. [06:42] IsambardPrince They used the sentence "The fat cat sat on the hat and now it's flat." ● Mar 03 [07:00] *ciphrCat has quit (Quit: outta here) [07:02] *ciphrCat (~ciphrCat@v75kd7krrqfvs.irc) has joined #techrights [07:05] IsambardPrince https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMaVwLGpWrI [07:05] TR Bot https://invidious.slipfox.xyz/watch?v=gMaVwLGpWrI [07:05] TR Bot ww25.invidious.slipfox.xyz | NO TITLE [07:18] TR News Techrights The New Series About the Open Source Initiative (OSI) and the Microsoft Entryism in OSI is Closely Related to the SLAPP Against Techrights https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/03/The_New_Series_About_the_Open_Source_Initiative_OSI_and_the_Mic.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/03/03/The_New_Series_About_the_Open_Source_Initiative_OSI_and_the_Mic.gmi [07:18] TR Bot Techrights The New Series About the Open Source Initiative (OSI) and the Microsoft Entryism in OSI is Closely Related to the SLAPP Against Techrights [07:22] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Egg salad used to be the cheapest thing you could make for dinner. [07:22] IsambardPrince Now you have to go through $8 worth of eggs alone. [07:26] TR News "The hope would be that DEI works with the team who makes the final decision, with Council having the power to veto if any concerns. Just because they have the power doesn't mean they'll even look unless they hear something" https://app.element.io/#/room/#dei:fedoraproject.org [07:26] TR Bot Element [07:26] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: eggs are expensive here too [07:26] schestowitz[TR2] we talked about it 2 days ago [07:27] schestowitz[TR2] prices at least doubled [07:27] schestowitz[TR2] not clear WHY [07:27] schestowitz[TR2] just because. price-fixing. [07:27] *agentcasey_ has quit (Quit: ZNC 1.10.x-git-27-bfd731cf - https://znc.in) [07:28] TR News (NEW): FreeBSD and KDE Plasma generations https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/03/FreeBSD_and_KDE_Plasma_generations.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/03/FreeBSD_and_KDE_Plasma_generations.gmi [07:28] TR Bot Tux Machines FreeBSD and KDE Plasma generations [07:29] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@b6dc92btrdtrn.irc) has joined #techrights [07:31] TR News (NEW): Review: Orbitiny 0.01 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/03/Review_Orbitiny_0_01.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/03/Review_Orbitiny_0_01.gmi [07:31] TR Bot Tux Machines Review: Orbitiny 0.01 [07:33] TR News (NEW): OSIs Roster of Board Election Candidates Doesnt Include Faraone https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/03/OSI_s_Roster_of_Board_Election_Candidates_Doesn_t_Include_Farao.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/03/OSI_s_Roster_of_Board_Election_Candidates_Doesn_t_Include_Farao.gmi [07:33] TR Bot Tux Machines OSIs Roster of Board Election Candidates Doesnt Include Faraone [07:35] TR News "Now, 15 years later, in the fast churn of [Internet] culture, DOGE [sic] is considered very old." https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/technology/elon-musk-internternet-slang.html | Source: New York Times [07:35] TR Bot ( status 404 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/technology/elon-musk-internternet-slang.html ) [07:35] TR News "While the average person tends to sleep approximately when the Sun is down, Musk's hours don't follow conventional patterns." https://futurism.com/elon-musk-tweets-sleep | Source: Futurism [07:35] TR Bot You Can See When Elon Musk Actually Sleeps by Analyzing His Tweets, and It's Terrifying [07:36] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Probably saw it as an easy way for poor people not to starve with everything Biden and Trump were doing to fuck up the economy. [07:36] IsambardPrince And said nope nope, can't have that. [07:36] IsambardPrince :) [07:36] TR News "From corporate scandals to celebrity missteps, public contrition has lost all meaning" https://thewalrus.ca/statement-culture/ | Source: The Walrus [07:36] TR Bot Sorry Not Sorry: The Art of Saying Nothing in Apology Statements | The Walrus [07:36] TR News "here's why I think this new essay is more reliable than that embarrassing Trump one I wrote for The New Yorker in 2016." https://blog.plover.com/2025/03/01/#Chait | Source: Mark-Jason Dominus [07:36] TR Bot The Universe of Discourse : Jonathan Chait [07:36] IsambardPrince Mandy asked for egg salad. I'll grab some eggs. [07:36] IsambardPrince I already have almost everything else. [07:38] TR News "Leading PC makers have been shifting their production away from China for several years already, and now that the Trump administration is imposing prohibitive tariffs on imports from China, they are not caught completely off guard." https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/hp-says-90-percent-of-products-for-the-u-s-will-be-made-outside-of-china-by-october | Source: Tom's Hardware [07:38] TR Bot HP says 90% of products for the U.S. will be made outside of China by October | Tom's Hardware [07:38] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: i get it [07:38] schestowitz[TR2] you signal your financial virtue [07:38] schestowitz[TR2] by saying in a tech channel you can afford eggs [07:39] schestowitz[TR2] still cheaper than flying to disneyland ca for some facebook flicks [07:47] TR News "Uncannily preserved in the sands of New Mexico, archaeologists have discovered the oldest evidence yet of a vehicle used by humans: drag marks, along with footprints, left in the ground that have been dated to 22,000 years ago." https://futurism.com/evidence-vehicles-tens-thousands-years-old | Source: Futurism [07:47] TR Bot Scientists Find Evidence of Vehicles From Tens of Thousands of Years Ago [07:47] TR News "The reference to the Biden administration refers to various actions taken, mostly by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, against cryptocurrency companies during Bidens term." https://siliconangle.com/2025/03/02/trump-announces-us-strategic-cryptocurrency-reserve-featuring-bitcoin-ethereum/ | Source: Silicon Angle [07:47] TR Bot announces US strategic cryptocurrency reserve featuring bitcoin and Ethereum - SiliconANGLE [07:50] IsambardPrince still cheaper than flying to disneyland ca for some facebook flicks [07:51] IsambardPrince I could do that, it just wouldn't be the best use of the money. [07:51] TR News "These forests of fast-growing brown algae provide food and habitat for hundreds of marine species and absorb greenhouse gases" https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2025-03-02/like-someone-put-a-blanket-on-the-sea-researchers-race-to-save-kelp-threatened-by-fires | Source: Los Angeles Times [07:51] TR Bot 'Like someone put a blanket over the ocean': Kelp could be among fires' casualties - Los Angeles Times [07:51] TR News "Andrew Hazelton, a physical scientist with the National Weather Service (NWS)" https://www.ecowatch.com/trump-noaa-firings.html | Source: EcoWatch [07:51] TR Bot NOAA Firings Could Be Dangerously Risky to Americans Well-Being, Experts Warn - EcoWatch [07:51] IsambardPrince We'd be arguing in the middle of a line waiting for a ride, under the 120 degree Florida sun. [07:51] schestowitz[TR2] wait [07:51] IsambardPrince Paying for a fortune every time we stopped for refreshments, or to eat. [07:51] schestowitz[TR2] that's disneyworld [07:51] schestowitz[TR2] i think disneyland is la/ca [07:52] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/03/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/03/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [07:52] IsambardPrince Oh yeah, I've only ever been to Disney World. [07:52] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [07:52] schestowitz[TR2] me also [07:52] schestowitz[TR2] 1998 [07:52] IsambardPrince I hate California. [07:52] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], We were there the same year then. [07:52] IsambardPrince August for me. [07:52] IsambardPrince It was the last year as a family, before mom slapped my dad with divorce papers in 1999. [07:53] IsambardPrince And went off to have "fun". Brian raping and beating her, and wearing pancake makeup to work to hide it from the other nurses, while he drank, smoked, and made truck payments with her money. [07:53] *agentcasey_ has quit (Quit: ZNC 1.10.x-git-38-e8c4cda0 - https://znc.in) [07:53] IsambardPrince Even if all you see the wife as is a plow horse, it's a stupid rancher that beats the animals. [07:55] IsambardPrince She stopped trying to even pretend she was living right, after my grandfather died in November of 1998. [07:55] IsambardPrince At the funeral she was acting very strangely. [07:55] IsambardPrince She took a lot of pictures of him in the casket. [07:55] TR News (NEW): Here's Why There Are So Many Linux Distros https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/03/Here_s_Why_There_Are_So_Many_Linux_Distros.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/03/Here_s_Why_There_Are_So_Many_Linux_Distros.gmi [07:55] TR Bot Tux Machines Here's Why There Are So Many Linux Distros [07:55] TR News "Meta recently fired 20 employees for leaking confidential information." https://molodtsov.me/2025/03/why-people-leak-to-the-media/ | Source: Yury Molodtsov [07:55] TR Bot Why People Leak to the Media [07:56] IsambardPrince I remember the funeral pretty well. Whoever did him up for the funeral, it didn't even look like him. [07:56] schestowitz[TR2] August for me. [07:56] IsambardPrince I was told that because he was so sick that they had to use a lot of makeup. [07:56] schestowitz[TR2] august 1998 [07:56] schestowitz[TR2] same here [07:56] schestowitz[TR2] (iirc) [07:56] schestowitz[TR2] maybe i saw you [07:56] schestowitz[TR2] imagine that [07:57] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Did you hear my grandmother? [07:57] IsambardPrince :) [07:57] IsambardPrince She got on the kiddie coaster and they had to shut the ride down for half an hour. [07:57] IsambardPrince She was screaming for half an hour. [07:57] IsambardPrince And refusing to leave the ride. [07:58] IsambardPrince Or maybe you saw me if you were eating at Cinderella's Castle. I was the one that ordered Roast Beef and ended up nearly choking because they got the strongest horseradish I've ever tasted. [07:58] TR News (NEW): Why I Just Can't Love Linux Mint https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/03/Why_I_Just_Can_t_Love_Linux_Mint.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/03/Why_I_Just_Can_t_Love_Linux_Mint.gmi [07:58] TR Bot Tux Machines Why I Just Can't Love Linux Mint [07:59] IsambardPrince I recall biting into it and itt felt like the nerves behind my nose were "popping". ● Mar 03 [08:00] IsambardPrince Anyway, there's no point going to Disney World now. [08:00] IsambardPrince It's gotten so expensive, and they have too many people there regardless. [08:00] IsambardPrince I don't think that most of them can really afford it. [08:00] IsambardPrince It's their week to pretend that life isn't that bad so they don't get suicidal again for a while. :) [08:00] IsambardPrince That's how my cousins use it. [08:00] IsambardPrince They're there right now actually. [08:02] TR News (NEW): Linux Mint is Redesigning the Cinnamon App Menu https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/03/Linux_Mint_is_Redesigning_the_Cinnamon_App_Menu.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/03/Linux_Mint_is_Redesigning_the_Cinnamon_App_Menu.gmi [08:02] TR Bot Tux Machines Linux Mint is Redesigning the Cinnamon App Menu [08:02] schestowitz[TR2] how expeeensive is it? [08:02] schestowitz[TR2] and t he hotels there? [08:03] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], They don't have any money. One of their husbands got hit by a careless driver. [08:03] TR News "The technology counteracts Deep Packet Inspection (DPI). This is a method used by ISPs and governments to spot VPN usage." https://greycoder.com/surfshark-camouflage-mode-how-to-blend-your-vpn-traffic-into-the-background/ | Source: GreyCoder [08:03] TR Bot Camouflage Mode: How to Blend Your VPN Traffic into the Background - GreyCoder [08:04] IsambardPrince And they bought him a cheaper truck, so they spend the difference going to Disney while they're behind on all their bills and have two mortgages on the house. [08:04] TR News "I've been slogging through social networks with regards to the current situation with Mozilla and their ramping up of the commercialization of their flagship product, Firefox, as well as the services around it." https://www.jacky.wtf/essays/2025/let-mozilla-fall/ | Source: Jacky Alcin [08:04] TR Bot Mozilla Needs to Fall Apart to Make Space for Others - Jacky Alcin [08:04] IsambardPrince I told mom "Then they get back and the new truck breaks down." [08:04] TR News "Surfsharks Bypasser lets users pick apps or websites that can skip the VPN. This feature is great for protecting your online activities. It allows certain trusted services direct access to the internet." https://greycoder.com/using-surfsharks-split-tunneling-feature/ | Source: GreyCoder [08:04] TR Bot Surfshark VPN's Split Tunneling Feature - GreyCoder [08:05] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], She makes six figures but she's broke as fuck. [08:05] IsambardPrince Due to stupid spending, constant vacations, has horrible credit. [08:06] IsambardPrince She's in debt far in excess of what the home is worth just on the mortgage and HEL. [08:06] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], They usually spend $8,000 or so over two weeks when they go down there. [08:06] IsambardPrince They don't stay at the cheap campground. [08:06] IsambardPrince They stay on the property in one of the resort hotels. [08:07] IsambardPrince $8,000 they don't have. Probably at least $10,000 by now. [08:07] IsambardPrince Fuck if I know. [08:07] IsambardPrince If you have to ask how much it costs to go there, you can't afford to. [08:08] IsambardPrince There's the hotel, there's plane tickets, rental cars, expensive food, the tickets to disney are not cheap. They never are these days. It was affordable many years ago but insatiable corporate greed squeezes you everywhere. [08:08] IsambardPrince Whether it's eggs or disney. [08:09] nobody $10000, thats more than ~50000 eggs [08:09] IsambardPrince Yes. [08:10] IsambardPrince But eggs were 99 cents a dozen only 5 years ago. [08:10] IsambardPrince They're now at least $6 if you can even find them. Sometimes you have to pay $9-10. [08:10] nobody i'm buying 10eggs with a little farmers charity bonus pricing, that's 2.10Euros/10eggs [08:11] IsambardPrince My point is everything is tougher now. [08:11] IsambardPrince They sell eggs 1 at a time in some places even though it's not legal. [08:11] IsambardPrince Federal law says you have to sell them in the manufacturer's packaging with the quantity clearly indicated. [08:12] IsambardPrince So if you take one out and sell it to someone it's illegal to do that. [08:12] IsambardPrince That's how regulated things are here. [08:12] IsambardPrince You can't sell an egg. [08:13] nobody in EU eggs got a tracking number and quality rating stamped onto, due to various scandals (anti-biotics, chemicals, diseases) [08:13] nobody the problem is quality control of food [08:14] nobody for example, we got meat, eggs, milk sold here, some rated as "organic", which barely meets _minimum_ standards, at maximum pricing [08:14] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I see some hotel rooms in Florida that are $3,000 a night or more. [08:14] IsambardPrince That's in the Keys. Cheapest tends to run $400-500. [08:14] nobody what's really expensive here is food with sufficient quality control [08:15] nobody i've had half a pork spam can for breakfas this morning [08:15] IsambardPrince nobody, The federal government wasn't inspecting much anyway. [08:15] IsambardPrince We had that Boar's Head lunch meat scandal. [08:15] IsambardPrince The Peter Pan peanut butter one. [08:15] IsambardPrince Listeria, Salmonella.... [08:15] nobody that's the cheapest you could get, and this is 8Euros/kilogram still, lowest quality separator meat [08:16] IsambardPrince Leaky roof dripping into peanut butter vats. [08:16] IsambardPrince Flies and maggots and mixed animal guts at Boar's Head. [08:16] nobody recently, the price of my preferred organic apple joice increased 25% instantly [08:16] IsambardPrince The Freezer Queen salisbury steak with cockroach gravy.... [08:16] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], ^ [08:16] IsambardPrince Om nom nom. [08:17] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/03/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/03/Android_Leftovers.gmi [08:17] TR Bot Tux Machines Android Leftovers [08:17] nobody price was decent, 1.35Euros/liter, and they bumped this up to 1.69Euros/liter [08:17] IsambardPrince Mom found a thing of broken glass in a Stouffer's lasagna. [08:17] IsambardPrince They offered her another lasagna. [08:17] schestowitz[TR2] Listeria, Salmonella.... [08:17] schestowitz[TR2] HIV [08:17] schestowitz[TR2] speaking of which [08:17] schestowitz[TR2] analogy re lawyers of gulgboy [08:17] schestowitz[TR2] they are in debt [08:17] schestowitz[TR2] and desperate [08:17] schestowitz[TR2] not checking background questions [08:17] schestowitz[TR2] they are horney for money [08:17] schestowitz[TR2] would even take a hooker with HIV [08:17] IsambardPrince What about the crime boss? [08:18] IsambardPrince :P [08:18] schestowitz[TR2] when all thhhey see is dollar signs they wwwill make monay mistakes [08:18] schestowitz[TR2] does romsey talk about this [08:18] IsambardPrince Yes, Ramsey talks about greed a lot. [08:18] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: "head of crime" [08:18] IsambardPrince He discourages green. [08:18] IsambardPrince *greed [08:18] IsambardPrince Promotes frugality and prudence. [08:19] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I prefer Crime Boss. [08:19] IsambardPrince It just sounds better. [08:19] TR News "Because I'm a massive nerd, I actually try to read specification documents." https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/03/towards-a-test-suite-for-totp-codes/ | Source: Terence Eden [08:19] TR Bot Towards a test-suite for TOTP codes Terence Edens Blog [08:19] IsambardPrince https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_boss [08:19] TR Bot Crime boss - Wikipedia [08:21] TR News Social Control Media Sucks https://www.logikalsolutions.com/wordpress/information-technology/reddit/ | Source: Logikal Solutions [08:21] TR Bot Why Reddit Sucks Logikal Blog [08:21] TR News "TikToks algorithm cant be discounted in this shame cycle." https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/tiktok-wedding-registry-drama-1235283764/ | Source: Rolling Stone [08:21] TR Bot Wedding Registry Drama: Big Day Content Rules TikTok [08:21] schestowitz[TR2] change of subject [08:21] schestowitz[TR2] so marcUS and comelect now sue some blogger [08:21] schestowitz[TR2] why? [08:21] schestowitz[TR2] he talks about their "voting" machines [08:22] schestowitz[TR2] and shows how bad t hey are [08:22] schestowitz[TR2] vulneravble [08:22] schestowitz[TR2] in pen-testing [08:22] schestowitz[TR2] so basically [08:22] schestowitz[TR2] they try to shut him off [08:22] schestowitz[TR2] he already removed a videeeo [08:22] schestowitz[TR2] you had the same in the us [08:22] schestowitz[TR2] lawsuits hhhiding what was already proven to be full of holes [08:22] schestowitz[TR2] even a decade or more ago [08:22] schestowitz[TR2] and you have cautionary tales from 2000 in FL [08:22] schestowitz[TR2] the "voting" machinesa are like polygraphs [08:23] schestowitz[TR2] they are a lot about "faith" [08:23] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], The paper ballots were auditable. [08:23] schestowitz[TR2] they seem to work when you believe in them [08:23] schestowitz[TR2] but when you realise how easy they are to tinker [08:23] schestowitz[TR2] either inhouse [08:23] schestowitz[TR2] or remoateeely [08:23] schestowitz[TR2] like some russian crackers [08:23] schestowitz[TR2] without cr edential on the system [08:23] schestowitz[TR2] i.e. not some russian GAFAM worker [08:23] schestowitz[TR2] then you panic [08:23] schestowitz[TR2] and go back to nmpaper [08:23] schestowitz[TR2] *paper [08:23] IsambardPrince Or Mr. Big Balls? [08:23] schestowitz[TR2] him too [08:23] schestowitz[TR2] and elez [08:24] TR News "everybody wants their own special model, and governments show no interest in impeding them in any way. It is a net-wide problem, and it is increasingly unsustainable." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/02/what-the-floods-of-ai-scraper-bots-look-like-in-2025/ | Source: Pivot to AI [08:24] TR Bot What the floods of AI scraper bots look like in 2025 Pivot to AI [08:25] TR News "I was a guest on the most recent episode of the Accessibility + Gen AI Podcast, hosted by Eamon McErlean and Joe Devon. We had a really fun, wide-ranging conversation about a host of different topics. Ive extracted a few choice quotes from the transcript." https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/2/accessibility-and-gen-ai/#atom-everything | Source: Simon Willison [08:25] TR Bot Notes from my Accessibility and Gen AI podcast appearence [08:25] TR News "Hallucinations in code are the least harmful hallucinations you can encounter from a model." https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/2/hallucinations-in-code/#atom-everything | Source: Simon Willison [08:25] TR Bot Hallucinations in code are the least dangerous form of LLM mistakes [08:25] TR News "Having had some pleasant surprises from Claude, I thought I'd see if it could do math. It couldn't. Apparently some LLMs can sometimes solve Math Olympiad problems, but Claude didn't come close." https://blog.plover.com/2025/02/27/#graph-theory | Source: Mark-Jason Dominus [08:25] TR Bot The Universe of Discourse : Claude chokes on graph theory [08:25] TR News "In the post, Microsoft breaks the individuals making up Storm-2139 into three tiers: "creators, providers, and users," who together comprise a dark marketplace hinging on the jailbreaking and modification of Microsoft's AI tools to create unlawful or destructive material." https://futurism.com/microsoft-suing-ai | Source: Futurism [08:25] TR Bot Microsoft Is Suing People Who Did Bad Things With Its AI [08:26] TR News "As I have been writing about lately, we are in the process of detangling ourselves from big tech." https://louplummer.lol/the-process-of-changing-an-email-addresses/ | Source: Lou Plummer [08:26] TR Bot The Process of Leaving Gmail | Living Out Loud [08:27] TR News "A team led by researchers from Johns Hopkins University in the US found that up to 35 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical exercise" https://www.sciencealert.com/this-much-weekly-exercise-can-slash-your-dementia-risk-by-41-percent | Source: Science Alert [08:27] TR Bot Much Weekly Exercise Can Slash Your Dementia Risk by 41 Percent : ScienceAlert [08:27] TR News "I like the effect, I like the glow of the tubes" https://www.lkhrs.com/blog/2025/tubes/ | Source: Luke Harris [08:27] TR Bot Tubes | Luke's Wild Website [08:28] TR News "The senior editor of a literary journal asked a writer friend of mine to submit a piece for a future issue" https://davidjrogersftw.com/2022/01/05/writers-with-no-desire-to-publish/ | [08:28] TR Bot with No Desire to Publish | davidjrogersftw [08:29] TR News "The Firefly and Intuitive Machines missions get funding from NASAs Commercial Lunar Payload Program" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/03/02/firefly-blue-ghost-moon-landing/ | Source: The Washington Post [08:29] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/03/02/firefly-blue-ghost-moon-landing/ ) [08:29] TR News "Whats distinctive about humans is that homo sapiens domesticated themselves. We are self-domesticated apes." https://kk.org/thetechnium/the-self-domesticated-ape/ | Source: Kevin Kelly [08:29] TR Bot The Technium: The Self-Domesticated Ape [08:29] TR News "In string theory, a D-Brane (short for Dirichlet membrane) is an extended object essentially a membrane-like surface" https://beuke.org/branes/ | Source: Fabian Beuke [08:29] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-beuke.org [08:29] TR News "The questions always orbit around the same gravity well: how can this hobby be optimized, monetized, and transformed into content?" https://www.joanwestenberg.com/you-dont-have-to-monetize-the-things-you-love/ | Source: Westenberg [08:29] TR Bot You Don't Have to Monetize The Things You Love [08:33] TR News (NEW): PCLinuxOS Magazine Latest Issue https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/03/PCLinuxOS_Magazine_Latest_Issue.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/03/PCLinuxOS_Magazine_Latest_Issue.gmi [08:33] TR Bot Tux Machines PCLinuxOS Magazine Latest Issue [08:36] TR News Techrights Links 03/03/2025: 'Monetisation' Myth' and Microsoft's LLMs Helping Criminals https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/03/Links_03_03_2025_Monetisation_Myth_and_Microsoft_s_LLMs_Helping.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/03/03/Links_03_03_2025_Monetisation_Myth_and_Microsoft_s_LLMs_Helping.gmi [08:36] TR Bot Techrights Links 03/03/2025: 'Monetisation' Myth' and Microsoft's LLMs Helping Criminals [08:47] TR News "BoxLang is open source and free, with the company behind it, Ortus Solutions, offering professional services on top." https://www.raymondcamden.com/2025/02/11/introducing-boxlang-scripting-for-the-jvm | [08:47] TR Bot Introducing BoxLang - Scripting for the JVM [08:48] TR News These [08:48] TR News "These systems usually have similar shell: a web service providing some API, a database to manage system information and all sorts of other service connectors." https://www.bartoszsypytkowski.com/is-rust-a-good-fit-for-business-apps/ | [08:48] TR Bot Is Rust a good fit for business apps? [08:48] TR News "If youre looking for most recent releases of Techtoniques R packages like ahead, bayesianrvfl, bcn, learningmachine, or esgtoolkit (not available on CRAN), you can use the CRAN-like repository located at: https://r-packages.techtonique.net." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/03/cran-like-repository-for-most-recent-releases-ot-techtoniques-r-packages/ | Source: Rlang [08:48] TR Bot Techtonique R Packages Repository [08:48] TR Bot repository for most recent releases ot Techtoniques R packages | R-bloggers [08:49] TR News "I am building a new configuration language: RCL." https://ruudvanasseldonk.com/2025/a-float-walks-into-a-gradual-type-system | Source: Ruud van Asseldonk [08:49] TR Bot A float walks into a gradual type system [08:49] TR News "Wavefront OBJ is a line-oriented, text format for 3D geometry. Its widely supported by modeling software, easy to parse, and trivial to emit, much like Netpbm for 2D image data." https://nullprogram.com/blog/2025/03/02/ | Source: Chris Wellons [08:49] TR Bot Robust Wavefront OBJ model parsing in C [08:51] TR News "emacs 30.1 is upon us, and its time for another bumper release full of new features and improvements" https://www.masteringemacs.org/article/whats-new-in-emacs-301 | Source: Mastering Emacs [08:51] TR Bot What's New in Emacs 30.1? - Mastering Emacs [08:52] TR News "To people coming from conventional programming languages this might look like calling a function/method without any arguments. (e.g. foo() in Python) Of course, function application in OCaml is quite different from JavaScript" https://batsov.com/articles/2025/03/02/learning-ocaml-functions-without-parameters/ | Source: Bozhidar Batsov [08:52] TR Bot Learning OCaml: Functions without Parameters - (think) [08:54] *GNUmoon has quit (Ping timeout: 264 seconds) [08:55] TR News "EuroBSDCon is the European technical conference for users and developers of BSD-based systems. The conference is scheduled to take place September 25-28 2025 in Zagreb" https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2025/cfp | [08:55] TR Bot EuroBSDCon 2025 :: pretalx [08:55] TR News "Taking place June 27-29, 2025, in Greenville/Spartanburg, South Carolina, the conference features technical talks, training sessions, and networking opportunities that bring together the Perl and Raku communities." https://www.perl.com/article/from-code-to-community-sponsoring-tprc-2025/ | Source: Perl [08:55] TR Bot From Code to Community: Sponsoring TPRC 2025 [08:56] TR News "I am delighted to announce that after years of work, I am deploying direct print sales from my bookstore. Buy the print book and get the ebook free. Ebook will arrive in minutes. The print book will ship in about a week." https://mwl.io/archives/23992 | Source: MWL [08:56] TR Bot Now available: combined print/ebook bundles direct from my bookstore Michael W Lucas [08:56] *GNUmoon (~GNUmoon@gateway/tor-sasl/gnumoon) has joined #techrights [08:56] TR News 10 Open Source Tools to Supercharge Your Coding Game https://thenewstack.io/10-open-source-tools-to-supercharge-your-coding-game/ [08:56] TR Bot 10 Open Source Tools to Supercharge Your Coding Game - The New Stack [08:58] TR News Jack Wallen promotes Microsoft spyware Visual Studio Code; that's not "Open Source Tools". Did the editor not watch this error? ● Mar 03 [09:02] TR News "By a slightly roundabout way via Julias The search for a website building tool discussing responsive images" https://michael.kjorling.se/blog/2025/pelican-image-html-id-css-class/ | Source: Michael Kjrling [09:02] TR Bot In Pelican, assigning a HTML ID or a CSS class to an image Michael Kjrling [09:09] TR News "I've had various websites over the years, made with various different tools, from handcrafted html, to the C preprocessor (yep, using GCC to generate html!), to server side includes, to wordpress." https://cetaceanneeded.com/the-search-for-a-website-building-tool.html | [09:09] TR Bot [Cetacean Needed] - The search for a website building tool [09:10] TR News "Since WordPress 5.5, WordPress has started enabling lazy loading on images. This was dramatically improved in WordPress 6.3." https://josh.blog/2025/03/lazy-load-wordpress-images | Source: Josh Betz [09:10] TR Bot Lazy Load WordPress Images Josh Betz [09:11] TR News "But so far this blog has hit two: one browser compatibility issue and this one." https://blog.zgp.org/two-open-source-stories/ | Source: Don Marti [09:11] TR Bot two open source stories [09:12] TR News "Responsible for acting as the light source, this project utilizes a total of 40 RGBW LEDs on the Adafruit NeoPixel Shield. They, in turn, are connected to an Arduino Nano ESP32 via a level shifter along with a 75W power source for the full range of brightness" https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/03/02/making-a-photo-enlarger-more-efficient-with-precisely-controlled-leds/ | Source: Arduino [09:12] TR Bot Making a photo enlarger more efficient with precisely controlled LEDs | Arduino Blog [09:12] TR News "Whats causing this issue? Lets open them up and find out." https://www.downtowndougbrown.com/2025/03/the-gooey-rubber-thats-slowly-ruining-old-hard-drives/ | Source: Doug Brown [09:12] TR Bot Downtown Doug Brown The gooey rubber thats slowly ruining old hard drives [09:13] TR News "Its ugly, but it works! No more interference, and the output is louder too. And if I happen to come across another Snowball for parts, I can easily pull out the jumper I made." https://www.lkhrs.com/blog/2025/blue-snowball-switch/ | Source: Luke Harris [09:13] TR Bot Fixing my Blue Snowball | Luke's Wild Website [09:13] TR News "In 1993, Intel released the high-performance Pentium processor, the start of the long-running Pentium line. I've been examining the Pentium's circuitry in detail and I came across a circuit to multiply by three, a complex circuit with thousands of transistors." http://www.righto.com/2025/03/pentium-multiplier-adder-reverse-engineered.html | Source: Ken Shirriff [09:13] TR Bot The Pentium contains a complicated circuit to multiply by three [09:14] TR News "This is the first post in what I am hoping a series of how I took my 512Ke Fat Mac and enhanched it to the state it is today." https://www.ecliptik.com/A-Macintosh-Story/ | Source: Michael Waltz [09:14] TR Bot Macintosh Story | micheal@ecliptik.com [09:17] TR News "It's that time of the year again. With the following commit, Theo de Raadt (deraadt@) changed the version of the OpenBSD development branch to 7.7-beta: [...]" https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250302115123 | Source: Undeadly [09:17] TR Bot OpenBSD -current moves to 7.7-beta [09:17] TR News "These are the main things I need done when my IP address changes: [...]" https://dan.langille.org/2025/03/02/when-my-home-dhcp-address-changes-i-want-stuff-done/ | Source: Dan Langille [09:18] TR Bot ( status 504 @ https://dan.langille.org/2025/03/02/when-my-home-dhcp-address-changes-i-want-stuff-done/ ) [09:34] TR News Techrights After Fund-raising Campaign the Free Software Foundation Still Raises About $13,000 Per Week (Without Campaigning for New Donors/Members) https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/03/After_Fund_raising_Campaign_the_Free_Software_Foundation_Still_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/03/03/After_Fund_raising_Campaign_the_Free_Software_Foundation_Still_.gmi [09:34] TR Bot Techrights After Fund-raising Campaign the Free Software Foundation Still Raises About $13,000 Per Week (Without Campaigning for New Donors/Members) [09:40] TR News Windows in Africa's largest population https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/nigeria/#monthly-200902-202503 [09:40] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Nigeria | Statcounter Global Stats [09:41] TR News "1980s The Evolution of BSD and UNIX System V" https://m4c.pl/blog/unix-advertisements/ | Source: Marcin Szewczyk-Wilgan [09:41] TR Bot 143 advertisements of UNIX and its technologies from 1984-1998 [09:42] TR News "Orbitiny is a new indepedently developed desktop environment for Linux." https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20250303#orbitiny | Source: Distro Watch [09:42] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20250303#orbitiny ) [09:43] TR News "especially right now" https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/playing-too-many-jprgs/ | Source: Joel Chrono [09:43] TR Bot Playing too many JPRGs [09:44] TR News "Want to install Linux? Follow our step-by-step guide to quickly create a bootable Linux USB flash drive on Windows using Rufus" https://linuxiac.com/how-to-create-bootable-linux-usb-on-windows/ | Source: Linuxiac [09:44] TR Bot How to Create a Bootable Linux USB on Windows [09:58] TR News "ASUS has just provided pricing details for the ASUS NUC 15 Pro+, a compact computing system powered by Intel Core Ultra Processors (Series 2), offering up to 99 TOPS of AI acceleration and an 18% increase in performance compared to the previous generation." https://linuxgizmos.com/asus-nuc-15-pro-starts-at-810-with-intel-core-ultra-9-285h/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [09:58] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/asus-nuc-15-pro-starts-at-810-with-intel-core-ultra-9-285h/ ) [09:58] TR News "Espressif Systems announced the ESP32-P4 over a year ago. While the chip is not yet available for retail, a prototype development board featuring the chip was recently showcased by Olimex." https://linuxgizmos.com/updated-olimex-launches-poev3-add-on-for-esp32-p4-development-board/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [09:58] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/updated-olimex-launches-poev3-add-on-for-esp32-p4-development-board/ ) ● Mar 03 [10:23] TR News Google Already Dominates the Global South (via Android/Linux) https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/02/Google_Already_Dominates_the_Global_South_via_Android_Linux.shtml [10:23] TR Bot Techrights Google Already Dominates the Global South (via Android/Linux) [10:23] TR News Finland Lets Eagle S Tanker Depart to International Waters https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/world/europe/finland-tanker-sabotage-cables-baltic.html [10:23] TR Bot Finland Lets Eagle S Tanker Depart to International Waters - The New York Times [10:24] TR News Firefox Maker Gaslights Users: The reason we say we sell your data is because we sell your data. https://lunduke.substack.com/p/firefox-maker-gaslights-users-the [10:24] TR Bot Firefox Maker Gaslights Users: The reason we say we sell your data is because we sell your data. [10:24] TR News Firefox Fork LlibreWolf Declares Self "Very Woke", Goes on Rant about "Far-Right", Bans "Lunduke" https://lunduke.substack.com/p/firefox-fork-llibrewolf-declares [10:24] TR Bot Firefox Fork LlibreWolf Declares Self "Very Woke", Goes on Rant about "Far-Right", Bans "Lunduke" [10:28] TR News How To Install RabbitMQ on Linux Mint 22 https://idroot.us/install-rabbitmq-linux-mint-22/ [10:28] TR Bot How To Install RabbitMQ on Linux Mint 22 - idroot [10:28] TR News How To Install OpenLDAP on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-openldap-ubuntu-24-04/ [10:28] TR Bot How To Install OpenLDAP on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - idroot [10:28] TR News How To Install Magento on Fedora 41 https://idroot.us/install-magento-fedora-41/ [10:28] TR Bot How To Install Magento on Fedora 41 - idroot [10:29] TR News How To Install SDKMAN on Linux Mint 22 https://idroot.us/install-sdkman-linux-mint-22/ [10:29] TR Bot How To Install SDKMAN on Linux Mint 22 - idroot [10:38] TR News How To Install Jenkins on CentOS Stream 10 https://idroot.us/install-jenkins-centos-stream-10/ [10:38] TR Bot How To Install Jenkins on CentOS Stream 10 - idroot [10:38] TR News How To Install Wike Wikipedia Reader on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-wike-wikipedia-reader-ubuntu-24-04/ [10:38] TR Bot How To Install Wike Wikipedia Reader on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - idroot [10:39] TR News Techrights Microsoft Windows Down to 8.5% in South Africa https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/03/Microsoft_Windows_Down_to_8_5_in_South_Africa.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/03/03/Microsoft_Windows_Down_to_8_5_in_South_Africa.gmi [10:39] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Windows Down to 8.5% in South Africa [10:43] TR News Putin's Loyal DOGE https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/02/Putin_s_Loyal_DOGE.shtml [10:43] TR Bot Techrights Putin's Loyal DOGE [10:43] TR News The Fintiv Pendulum Swings Again: More Discretionary Denials Coming Soon https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/03/pendulum-discretionary-denials.html [10:43] TR Bot The Fintiv Pendulum Swings Again: More Discretionary Denials Coming Soon | Patently-O [10:44] *IsambardPrince has quit (connection closed) [10:45] TR News "Lol IBM getting taken to the cleaners." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jnamsga3 [10:45] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jnamsga3 ) [10:47] TR News IBM Shuts Down China R&D Division https://www.yicaiglobal.com/news/ibm-shuts-down-china-rd-division [10:47] TR Bot IBM Shuts Down China R&D Division [10:47] TR News "IBM China Ventures officially closed on March 1 after 32 years of operations, as it had "completed its mission," and IBM moves to integrate its global product development division, Yicai learned from IBM China." [10:48] TR News So "completed its mission" is new language for "we laid off all the staff" [10:49] TR News Colin Watson: Free software activity in February2025 https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~cjwatson/blog/activity-2025-02.html [10:49] TR Bot Free software activity in February2025 | Colin Watson's blog [10:49] TR News "Anyone who has stepped into the world of Linux knows it's not a singular operating system like Windows or Mac. There are literally hundreds of Linux distributions (distros), from Ubuntu to Void Linux. So, what's the reason behind this overwhelming variety?" https://www.howtogeek.com/why-are-there-so-many-linux-distros/ [10:50] TR Bot Here's Why There Are So Many Linux Distros [10:50] TR News "Since the existing Cinnamon Menu applet is backed by a robust configuration panel allowing elements to be hidden/shown/customised Id expect elements within the proposed new layout to follow suit." https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/03/cinnamon-desktop-app-menu-redesign [10:50] TR Bot Linux Mint is Redesigning the Cinnamon App Menu - OMG! Ubuntu [10:50] TR News "Linux Mint is a stable, reliable, and user-friendly Linux distro that provides a smooth transition for Windows users coming to Linux. But despite giving it several honest tries, I just don't seem to like it. Here's why Linux Mint and I just don't click, despite its objective merits" https://www.howtogeek.com/why-i-just-cant-love-linux-mint/ [10:51] TR Bot Why I Just Can't Love Linux Mint [10:51] TR News "For people using it on Linux / Steam Deck there's some nice compatibility improvements to see from it. For starters, the UMU project is now the default, which is a unified way to run Windows games with Proton outside of Steam, including various automatic fixes being applied for you." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/heroic-games-launcher-v2-16-released-with-improved-steam-deck-linux-game-compatibility/ [10:51] TR Bot Games Launcher v2.16 released with improved Steam Deck / Linux game compatibility | GamingOnLinux [10:53] TR News "When shopping for a Linux mini PC, its important to consider several key factors, including hardware specifications, compatibility with Linux, and manufacturer support. Lets break down those factors to help you make an informed decision." https://www.howtogeek.com/buying-a-linux-mini-pc-keep-these-factors-in-mind/ [10:53] TR Bot Buying a Mini PC for Linux? Keep These 5 Factors in Mind [10:57] TR News As Prices Soar and Services Shut Down (Even YouTube Starts Demanding Money for the Original or a Tolerable Experience) It's Time to Explore the Real Alternatives https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/01/As_Prices_Soar_and_Services_Shut_Down_Even_YouTube_Starts_Deman.shtml [10:57] TR Bot Techrights As Prices Soar and Services Shut Down (Even YouTube Starts Demanding Money for the Original or a Tolerable Experience) It's Time to Explore the Real Alternatives [10:57] TR News "As a result of this there's also been a big increase in Windows 10 (+10.47%), which as we've seen repeatedly in the past ends up bringing down the overall Linux numbers. The +20.88% for Simplified Chinese in a single month is pretty striking though (although not the biggest swing we've seen)" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/steam-sees-a-big-rise-in-simplified-chinese-for-february-2025-bringing-linux-down-below-2p/ [10:57] TR Bot sees a big rise in Simplified Chinese for February 2025 bringing Linux down below 2% | GamingOnLinux [10:59] TR News "This is a game-changer for accessibility and usability across all Linux distributions!" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/goverlay-app-to-help-you-configure-the-mangohud-overlay-v1-3-released/ [10:59] TR Bot app to help you configure the MangoHud overlay v1.3 released | GamingOnLinux [10:59] TR News "Nice to see there's even a dedicated Steam Deck / Linux section in the readme, which notes there's a Flatpak version available so it can be easily installed. For Steam Deck you'll need to be in Desktop Mode to install it." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/sonic-unleashed-gets-a-full-fan-made-pc-port-with-linux-steam-deck-support/ [10:59] TR Bot Unleashed gets a full fan-made PC port with Linux / Steam Deck support | GamingOnLinux ● Mar 03 [11:00] TR News "R.E.P.O. is all about the physics with you needing to be careful not to break your acquired valuables, or reduce their worth by smacking them into everything, especially when you're running for your life and hiding" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/r-e-p-o-is-a-new-co-op-horror-game-with-silly-physics-currently-exploding-on-steam/ [11:00] TR Bot is a new co-op horror game with silly physics currently exploding on Steam | GamingOnLinux [11:01] TR News For the First Time GNU/Linux is Measured at Over 4% in Europe (Not Counting ChromeOS/Chromebooks) (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/02/For_the_First_Time_GNU_Linux_is_Measured_at_Over_4_in_Europe_No.shtml [11:01] TR Bot Techrights For the First Time GNU/Linux is Measured at Over 4% in Europe (Not Counting ChromeOS/Chromebooks) [11:01] TR News Germany's Incoming Leader Said He'd Seek More Independence from the US, GNU/Linux Soars to 6% https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/02/Germany_s_Incoming_Leader_Said_He_d_Seek_More_Independence_from.shtml [11:01] TR Bot Techrights Germany's Incoming Leader Said He'd Seek More Independence from the US, GNU/Linux Soars to 6% [11:02] TR News GNU/Linux Widespread in Finland, Sweden, and Norway https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/02/GNU_Linux_Widespread_in_Finland_Sweden_and_Norway.shtml [11:02] TR Bot Techrights GNU/Linux Widespread in Finland, Sweden, and Norway [11:02] TR News GNU/Linux Reaches 5% in Brazil, an All-Time High According to statCounter https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/02/GNU_Linux_Reaches_5_in_Brazil_an_All_Time_High_According_to_sta.shtml [11:02] TR Bot Techrights GNU/Linux Reaches 5% in Brazil, an All-Time High According to statCounter [11:02] TR News According to statCounter, backdoored Windows Falls Off a Cliff in Maharlika, GNU/Linux Surges to 5% https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/02/According_to_statCounter_Windows_Falls_Off_a_Cliff_in_Maharlika.shtml [11:02] TR Bot Techrights According to statCounter, Windows Falls Off a Cliff in Maharlika, GNU/Linux Surges to 5% [11:33] *kalleanki (~kalleanki@9hxjgkydyjube.irc) has joined #techrights [11:34] *kalleanki has quit (Quit) [11:34] *kalleanki (~kalleanki@9hxjgkydyjube.irc) has joined #techrights [11:47] *jelly has quit () [11:59] TR News (NEW): 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: March 2nd, 2025 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/03/9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup_March_2nd_2025.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/03/9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup_March_2nd_2025.gmi [11:59] TR Bot Tux Machines 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: March 2nd, 2025 ● Mar 03 [12:15] *jelly-hme (jelly@twilight.kladdkaka.org) has joined #techrights [12:35] TR News (NEW): Ubuntu Touch OTA-8 Released with VoLTE Support for Volla Phone Users https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/03/Ubuntu_Touch_OTA_8_Released_with_VoLTE_Support_for_Volla_Phone_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/03/Ubuntu_Touch_OTA_8_Released_with_VoLTE_Support_for_Volla_Phone_.gmi [12:35] TR Bot Tux Machines Ubuntu Touch OTA-8 Released with VoLTE Support for Volla Phone Users ● Mar 03 [13:15] *jelly-hme has quit () [13:35] *jelly (jelly@00012145.user.oftc.net) has joined #techrights [13:53] *\join_subline has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [13:55] schestowitz[TR2] hi kalleanki [13:56] TR News New Video Clip of Richard Stallman's Latest Visit to and Talks in Italy (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/02/New_Video_Clip_of_Richard_Stallman_s_Latest_Visit_to_and_Talks_.shtml [13:56] TR Bot Techrights New Video Clip of Richard Stallman's Latest Visit to and Talks in Italy [13:56] TR News The Media Barely Reported This (Late Friday): I.C.B.M. Lays Off About 2,000 More Workers, Effective Hours Ago (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/02/The_Media_Barely_Reported_This_Late_Friday_IBM_Lays_Off_About_2.shtml [13:56] TR Bot Techrights The Media Barely Reported This (Late Friday): IBM Lays Off About 2,000 More Workers, Effective Hours Ago [13:59] TR News Microsoft backdoored Windows Falls to All-Time Low in Thailand https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/02/Microsoft_Windows_Falls_to_All_Time_Low_in_Thailand.shtml [13:59] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Windows Falls to All-Time Low in Thailand ● Mar 03 [14:00] TR News Windows Used by Only One in Six Asians to Access the Web, According to statCounter https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/02/Windows_Used_by_Only_One_in_Six_Asians_to_Access_the_Web_Accord.shtml [14:00] TR Bot Techrights Windows Used by Only One in Six Asians to Access the Web, According to statCounter [14:00] TR News Over 2 Years of LLM Hype and Nothing to Show for It https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/02/Over_2_Years_of_LLM_Hype_and_Nothing_to_Show_for_It.shtml [14:00] TR Bot Techrights Over 2 Years of LLM Hype and Nothing to Show for It [14:00] TR News Apple's iOS Almost Bigger Than backdoored Windows Now (Internationally), backdoored Windows Falls to 22% According to statCounter https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/02/Apple_s_iOS_Almost_Bigger_Than_Windows_Now_Internationally_Wind.shtml [14:00] TR Bot Techrights Apple's iOS Almost Bigger Than Windows Now (Internationally), Windows Falls to 22% According to statCounter [14:01] TR News Microsoft Money Being Spent to Bully Techrights Only Legitimises Techrights https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/02/Microsoft_Money_Being_Spent_to_Bully_Techrights_Only_Legitimise.shtml [14:01] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Money Being Spent to Bully Techrights Only Legitimises Techrights [14:03] TR News Suing One's Way Out of Real Trouble Won't Work (It Merely Increases the Trouble) https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/02/Suing_One_s_Way_Out_of_Real_Trouble_Won_t_Work_It_Merely_Increa.shtml [14:03] TR Bot Techrights Suing One's Way Out of Real Trouble Won't Work (It Merely Increases the Trouble) [14:03] *oarion7 (~ryan@e6jyc88uwxv5c.irc) has joined #techrights [14:03] TR News Microsoft Writing Articles About Microsoft, Using Abusive Monopolist Microsoft LLMs https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/02/Microsoft_Writing_Articles_About_Microsoft_Using_Microsoft_LLMs.shtml [14:03] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Writing Articles About Microsoft, Using Microsoft LLMs [14:03] TR News Alexandru Blu: Practical intro to fiber-optic networks https://aleb.ro/post/2025-02-28-fiber-optic-networks-practical-intro/ [14:03] TR Bot Practical intro to fiber-optic networks - Notes [14:04] TR News The UEFI hype and Microsoft's lies https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/03/The_UEFI_hype_and_Microsoft_s_lies.shtml [14:04] TR Bot Techrights The UEFI hype and Microsoft's lies [14:04] TR News March Already, Rumours of I.C.B.M. Layoffs in Brazil https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/01/March_Already_Rumours_of_IBM_Layoffs_in_Brazil.shtml [14:04] TR Bot Techrights March Already, Rumours of IBM Layoffs in Brazil [14:04] TR News Justice Will Find Its Way at the End https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/01/Justice_Will_Find_Its_Way_at_the_End.shtml [14:04] TR Bot Techrights Justice Will Find Its Way at the End [14:04] TR News Getting Serial Sloppers to Knock the Habit of Plagiarism by LLM Slop https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/01/Getting_Serial_Sloppers_to_Knock_the_Habit_of_Plagiarism_by_LLM.shtml [14:04] TR Bot Techrights Getting Serial Sloppers to Knock the Habit of Plagiarism by LLM Slop [14:07] TR News Kernel prepatch 6.14-rc5 https://lwn.net/Articles/1012659/ [14:07] TR Bot prepatch 6.14-rc5 [LWN.net] [14:07] darwin did freenode ever recover or did it become a loser network? I am aware there are two sides to the story, but freenode became unsuccessful/mismanaged, and libera became successful, whether they took enough measures to prevent repeat [14:08] TR News Making The Alarmo Customizable, By Any Means Necessary https://hackaday.com/2025/03/02/making-the-alarmo-customizable-by-any-means-necessary/ | Source: Hackaday [14:08] TR Bot The Alarmo Customizable, By Any Means Necessary | Hackaday [14:16] TR News drinkflation is real https://theconversation.com/how-drinkflation-affects-the-price-of-your-pint-209167 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12206607/After-shrinkflation-drinkflation-Brewers-pocket-millions-cutting-alcohol-beers.html akin to shrinkflation: less alcohol volume over time [14:16] TR Bot How drinkflation affects the price of your pint [14:16] TR Bot After shrinkflation, now it's drinkflation! Brewers pocket millions by cutting alcohol in beers | Daily Mail Online [14:18] schestowitz[TR2] darwin: you can see the trends: [14:18] schestowitz[TR2] https://netsplit.de/networks/statistics.php?net=freenode [14:18] TR Bot NO TITLE [14:18] schestowitz[TR2] vs [14:19] schestowitz[TR2] https://netsplit.de/networks/statistics.php?net=Libera.Chat [14:19] TR Bot NO TITLE [14:19] schestowitz[TR2] my opinion on what happaned in 2021 [14:19] schestowitz[TR2] (we did LOTS of videos and articles about it back then) [14:19] schestowitz[TR2] they got split along class and politics [14:19] schestowitz[TR2] and it blew up [14:20] schestowitz[TR2] this was months after insurrection [14:20] schestowitz[TR2] bad political climate [14:20] schestowitz[TR2] and 'freenode' republicans caused some stir [14:21] schestowitz[TR2] also, some "staff" didn't want to work for fake rich charlatan Lee [14:21] schestowitz[TR2] for free [14:22] nobody old freenode had reported an elasticsearch cluster attached to their infrastructure [14:22] nobody this exact same staff who did it moved on to libera.chat later [14:28] schestowitz[TR2] i doubt they need an elastic one [14:29] schestowitz[TR2] the loads are predictable [14:29] schestowitz[TR2] seems like someone threw the kitchen sink at it [14:29] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [14:29] schestowitz[TR2] they had a fffixed # of servers [14:29] schestowitz[TR2] that had been donated [14:29] schestowitz[TR2] or rather leased freely to them [14:30] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techrights [14:33] nobody they only mentioned it in their news section on the website, but never disclosed what the elasticsearch cluster was used for [14:33] nobody however, such can be used for protocol log and archival of _everything_ [14:34] nobody and, otherwise it's not needed, even when there's a few hundred thousand accounts registered [14:35] nobody libera.chat didn't announce any such cluster got attached, yet who knows [14:37] TR News Huge OS and RAM usage swings in Steam Survey likely to have been influenced by China influx https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/gaming-pcs/huge-os-and-ram-usage-swings-in-steam-survey-likely-to-have-been-influenced-by-china-influx [14:37] TR Bot Huge OS and RAM usage swings in Steam Survey likely to have been influenced by China influx | Tom's Hardware [14:38] TR News Overview of Content Published in February https://blog.didierstevens.com/2025/03/02/overview-of-content-published-in-february-8/ [14:38] TR Bot Overview of Content Published in February | Didier Stevens [14:39] TR News Wireshark 4.4.5 Released, (Sun, Mar 2nd) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31728 [14:39] TR Bot Wireshark 4.4.5 Released - SANS Internet Storm Center [14:40] TR News Lisandro Damin Nicanor Prez Meyer: PGP/GPG transition from 0x6286A7D0 to 0xB48C1072 https://perezmeyer.com.ar/blog/2025/03/02/pgp-transition-6286a7d0-to-B48C1072/ [14:40] TR Bot PGP/GPG transition from 0x6286A7D0 to 0xB48C1072 Solo s que se querer, que tengo Dios y tengo fe [14:42] TR News Jonathan McDowell: RIP: Steve Langasek https://www.earth.li/~noodles/blog/2025/03/fuck-cancer.html [14:42] TR Bot RIP: Steve Langasek | Noodles Emptiness [14:42] TR News (NEW): Remembering and thanking Steve Langasek https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/07/Remembering_and_thanking_Steve_Langasek.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/07/Remembering_and_thanking_Steve_Langasek.gmi [14:42] TR Bot Tux Machines Remembering and thanking Steve Langasek [14:43] TR News Junichi Uekawa: Network is unreliable. http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/diary/daily/2025-Mar-2.html.en#2025-Mar-2-07:01:58 [14:43] TR Bot Network is unreliable. [14:46] TR News House of cards: northern Australias liquid fuel resilience https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/house-of-cards-northern-australias-liquid-fuel-resilience/ [14:46] TR Bot House of cards: northern Australias liquid fuel resilience | The Strategist [14:49] TR News "said in a Facebook (Farcebook) post on Saturday" https://hongkongfp.com/2025/03/03/founder-of-ethnic-minority-ngo-unison-says-she-supports-move-to-disband-after-director-called-decision-irresponsible/ [14:49] TR Bot Founder of ethnic minority NGO Unison supports move to disband [14:50] TR News POLL: Trust in Firefox and Mozilla is Gone - Let's Talk Alternatives https://boilingsteam.com/poll-trust-in-firefox-mozilla-is-gone/index.html [14:50] TR Bot POLL: Trust in Firefox and Mozilla is Gone - Let's Talk Alternatives [14:51] TR News Turning WebP Off in SeaMonkey and LibreWolf http://techrights.org/o/2023/09/18/turning-webp-off/ [14:51] TR Bot Turning WebP Off in SeaMonkey and LibreWolf [14:51] TR News Discovering Extra Software Freedom With LibreWolf https://news.tuxmachines.org/node/158708 [14:51] TR Bot content type. Ignoring. [14:52] TR News Removing Mozilla's Firefox and Installing LibreWolf and/or Brave, Instead http://techrights.org/o/2023/09/15/removing-mozilla-firefox/ [14:52] TR Bot Removing Mozilla's Firefox and Installing LibreWolf and/or Brave, Instead [14:55] TR News "Future-Ready" https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/turkcells-unified-telco-cloud-red-hat-future-ready | Source: Red Hat Official [14:55] TR Bot Turkcells Unified Telco Cloud with Red Hat is Future-Ready [14:56] TR News "This truly would make a better movie than office space. Kinda like running man meets office space!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jn2hy3cd [14:56] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jn2hy3cd ) [14:57] TR News Pure SPAM. Microsoft had MANY layoffs in Ireland. How is THIS journalism?? https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2025/0303/1499794-president-of-microsoft-to-receive-award-from-taoiseach/ [14:57] TR Bot Commitment to Ireland 'steadfast' - Microsoft President [14:58] TR News Microsoft LOBBYING By Brian O'Donovan, under the guise of "Work & Technology Correspondent". Repeating the lies of this man: http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/05/No_Microsoft_Does_Not_Invest_80B_in_Hey_Hi_AI_It_s_Just_Full_of.shtml [14:58] TR Bot Techrights No, Microsoft Does Not Invest $80B in Hey Hi (AI), It's Just Full of BS, Lies, and Over $80B in Debt ● Mar 03 [15:00] TR News More Good Programming Quotes, Part 6 https://henrikwarne.com/2025/03/02/more-good-programming-quotes-part-6/ [15:00] TR Bot More Good Programming Quotes, Part 6 | Henrik Warne's blog [15:03] TR News This is for sure worsened by what happened in 2021. Forcing people to take untested COVID-19 "stuff" ruined people's confidence in government recommendations. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/health/measles-vaccination-texas-kennedy.html [15:03] TR Bot Federal Officials Underplaying Measles Vaccination, Experts Say - The New York Times [15:06] TR News Measles alert issued in New Jersey county following three confirmed cases https://nypost.com/2025/03/02/us-news/measles-alert-issued-in-new-jersey-county-following-three-confirmed-cases/ [15:06] TR Bot Measles alert issued in New Jersey county following three confirmed cases [15:07] TR News Ukraine started the war and measles vaccines are bad. Welcome to MAGAmerica. 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SiliconANGLE [15:24] TR News This Much Weekly Exercise Can Slash Your Dementia Risk by 41 Percent https://www.sciencealert.com/this-much-weekly-exercise-can-slash-your-dementia-risk-by-41-percent [15:24] TR Bot Much Weekly Exercise Can Slash Your Dementia Risk by 41 Percent : ScienceAlert [15:25] MinceR dying slashes your dementia risk by 100 percent [15:26] MinceR (cat) https://apina.biz/206718.jpg?mode=sfw [15:26] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-http://apina.biz/206718.jpg [15:29] TR News Japans consumers hunt for bargains as food inflation bites https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japans-consumers-hunt-for-bargains-as-food-inflation-bites [15:29] TR Bot Japanese consumers forced to scrimp, bargain hunt as food inflation bites | The Straits Times [15:32] TR News The battle for the internet https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-battle-for-the-internet/ [15:32] TR Bot The battle for the internet | The Strategist [15:33] TR News Red Hat-sponsored puff pieces about Red Hat, without the publisher disclosing that https://siliconangle.com/2025/03/02/red-hat-cozies-telecom-providers-open-standards-gain-traction/ [15:33] TR Bot Hat cozies up with telecom providers as open standards gain traction - 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IBM clearly agrees with this definition. [15:44] TR News STMicro releases Teseo VI quad-band GNSS receivers for automotive and robotics applications https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/03/03/stmicro-teseo-vi-quad-band-gnss-receivers-for-automotive-and-robotics-applications/ [15:44] TR Bot STMicro releases Teseo VI quad-band GNSS receivers for automotive and robotics applications - CNX Software [15:44] TR News Why interrupt when your rival is engaging in self-harm?: China could gain amid Convicted Felon-Zelensky row https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-could-gain-diplomatic-leverage-as-trump-zelensky-clash-highlights-us-volatility [15:44] TR Bot Why interrupt when your rival is engaging in self-harm?: China could gain amid Trump-Zelensky row | The Straits Times [15:48] TR News www @ Savannah: Richard Stallman Interviewed in Bolzano, Italy https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10732 [15:48] TR Bot www.gnu.org - News [Savannah] [15:49] TR News New GnuCash PPA for Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04 & Ubuntu 24.04 https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/03/new-gnucash-ppa/ [15:49] TR Bot New GnuCash PPA for Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04 & Ubuntu 24.04 | UbuntuHandbook [15:51] *kalleanki has quit (Quit) [15:51] *kalleanki (~kalleanki@9hxjgkydyjube.irc) has joined #techrights [15:51] *kalleanki has quit (Quit) [15:51] *kalleanki (~kalleanki@9hxjgkydyjube.irc) has joined #techrights [15:51] *kalleanki has quit (Quit) [15:51] *kalleanki (~kalleanki@9hxjgkydyjube.irc) has joined #techrights [15:51] *kalleanki has quit (Quit) [15:51] *kalleanki (~kalleanki@9hxjgkydyjube.irc) has joined #techrights [15:51] *kalleanki has quit (Quit) [15:51] *kalleanki (~kalleanki@9hxjgkydyjube.irc) has joined #techrights [15:51] *kalleanki has quit (Quit) [15:53] TR News In Mongolia Windows fell below iOS https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/mongolia/#monthly-200902-202503 [15:53] TR Bot Operating System Market Share Mongolia | Statcounter Global Stats [15:55] *kalleanki (~kalleanki@9hxjgkydyjube.irc) has joined #techrights [15:56] *kalleanki has quit (Quit) [15:56] *kalleanki (~kalleanki@9hxjgkydyjube.irc) has joined #techrights [15:56] *kalleanki has quit (Quit) [15:56] *kalleanki (~kalleanki@9hxjgkydyjube.irc) has joined #techrights [15:56] *kalleanki has quit (Quit) [15:56] *kalleanki (~kalleanki@9hxjgkydyjube.irc) has joined #techrights [15:58] psydruid When will we see more Microsoft layoffs in Asia and Africa? [15:58] psydruid They appear to be really greedy for headcount reduction nowadays ● Mar 03 [16:01] schestowitz[TR2] i am writing about that [16:01] schestowitz[TR2] exactly that [16:01] schestowitz[TR2] want to see drfat [16:01] schestowitz[TR2] ? [16:04] psydruid sure [16:07] TR News Techrights In Central African Republic Windows Has Pretty Much Fallen to Zero https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/03/In_Central_African_Republic_Windows_Has_Pretty_Much_Fallen_to_Z.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/03/03/In_Central_African_Republic_Windows_Has_Pretty_Much_Fallen_to_Z.gmi [16:07] TR Bot Techrights In Central African Republic Windows Has Pretty Much Fallen to Zero [16:08] Sompi schestowitz[TR2]: Turns out that my "UEFI Fact Sheet" still had some facts wrong, so I updated it. The MS-DOS partition table was in fact originally designed by an IBM employee David Litton in 1982, not by Microsoft. Microsoft just used it. [16:14] schestowitz[TR2] psydroid2: http://techrights.org/n/2025/03/03/In_Central_African_Republic_Windows_Has_Pretty_Much_Fallen_to_Z.shtml [16:14] TR Bot Techrights In Central African Republic Windows Has Pretty Much Fallen to Zero [16:15] schestowitz[TR2] Sompi: if you can change the line to change then i can edit [16:17] psydruid schestowitz[TR2]: looks fine to me [16:17] Sompi http://sininenankka.dy.fi/~sami/uefi_fact_sheet.php [16:17] TR Bot UEFI fact sheet [16:17] Sompi "The 2TB partition size limit comes from the so-called MBR partitioning scheme [16:17] psydruid like HPFS/NTFS and SMB? [16:17] Sompi that was designed by IBM in the 80s and Microsoft started using it in their PC-DOS 2.0 [16:17] Sompi operating system." [16:17] psydruid what did Microsoft ever invent? [16:18] Sompi I don't know [16:18] Sompi seems that everything DOS-related was just taken from others [16:19] TR News (NEW): Mozilla Firefox 136 Is Out with Vertical Tabs and Official ARM64 Linux Binaries https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/03/Mozilla_Firefox_136_Is_Out_with_Vertical_Tabs_and_Official_ARM6.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/03/Mozilla_Firefox_136_Is_Out_with_Vertical_Tabs_and_Official_ARM6.gmi [16:19] TR Bot Tux Machines Mozilla Firefox 136 Is Out with Vertical Tabs and Official ARM64 Linux Binaries [16:19] Sompi And telemetry! And selling your HTML form data! [16:21] schestowitz[TR2] Sompi: where does this text go? [16:22] psydruid people don't seem to like it, though [16:22] TR News A CaptionCall Phone Succumbs To Doom, Again https://hackaday.com/2025/03/02/a-captioncall-phone-succumbs-to-doom-again/ | Source: Hackaday [16:22] TR Bot CaptionCall Phone Succumbs To Doom, Again | Hackaday [16:23] psydruid the telemetry business isn't working out the way it should [16:23] schestowitz[TR2] it's an old bubble [16:23] schestowitz[TR2] from 20+ years ago [16:23] schestowitz[TR2] it goes like, [16:23] schestowitz[TR2] get many users [16:23] schestowitz[TR2] give them free stuff [16:23] schestowitz[TR2] spy on them [16:23] schestowitz[TR2] one day it'll pay off [16:23] schestowitz[TR2] how? [16:23] schestowitz[TR2] first they said targeted ads? [16:23] schestowitz[TR2] then what? [16:23] schestowitz[TR2] and then it turned out this data is not worth much [16:23] schestowitz[TR2] unlike whaaat was claimed [16:23] schestowitz[TR2] so the shareholders bailed out [16:24] schestowitz[TR2] then they said stuff like "big dataaa" and "hey hi" [16:24] schestowitz[TR2] the most profitable way to use people's data.... is blackmail [16:24] schestowitz[TR2] to blackmail them [16:24] schestowitz[TR2] but that's illegal [16:24] schestowitz[TR2] so they went with "targeted ads" [16:25] psydruid the bigger problem than Microsoft is Google's dominance with Android on bootlocked devices [16:26] psydruid and there is a real dearth of open mobile devices [16:26] psydruid as if no company wants to get burned selling those [16:27] Sompi Seems that the Finnish Pirate Party still continues to use Discord as their primary communication platform... [16:27] schestowitz[TR2] yes [16:27] schestowitz[TR2] it was mentuoned in latest post [16:27] Sompi They have truly sold all their founding principles [16:27] schestowitz[TR2] PP became extinct in many mnationsss [16:27] schestowitz[TR2] for various reasons [16:27] schestowitz[TR2] some got too close to putin [16:27] schestowitz[TR2] ime [16:29] Sompi The way how they reason using Discord is that otherwise they "don't reach the young people" [16:29] TR News (NEW): Software progress and source code release for CIX P1 Armv9 SoC and Orion O6 motherboard https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/03/Software_progress_and_source_code_release_for_CIX_P1_Armv9_SoC_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/03/Software_progress_and_source_code_release_for_CIX_P1_Armv9_SoC_.gmi [16:29] TR Bot Tux Machines Software progress and source code release for CIX P1 Armv9 SoC and Orion O6 motherboard [16:29] psydruid https://yle.fi/a/74-20104696 [16:29] TR Bot Finland struggles to draw top foreign talent many find immigration debate worrying | Yle News | Yle [16:29] schestowitz[TR2] today's young people? [16:29] schestowitz[TR2] PP started many years ago [16:30] schestowitz[TR2] its young people have families now [16:30] Sompi Well, if you have an attitude problem that prevents you from using communication programs with open protocols, then maybe the Pirate Party is not the right political party for you [16:30] schestowitz[TR2] gen z and alpha are not the same [16:30] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2024/03/26/Discord_Does_Not_Make_Money_It_s_Spying_on_People_and_Selling_D.shtml [16:30] TR Bot Techrights Discord Does Not Make Money, It's Spying on People and Selling Data/Control (38% is Allegedly Controlled by the Communist Party of China) [16:30] schestowitz[TR2] Sompi: you: http://techrights.org/n/2024/09/09/Modern_spyware_and_the_problems_of_Discord_newspeak.shtml [16:30] TR Bot Techrights Modern spyware and the problems of "Discord newspeak" [16:31] Sompi Discord is owned by China and it doesn't work properly on free platforms like Linux [16:31] TR News (NEW): This is the most effective way to build a Linux gaming machine https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/03/This_is_the_most_effective_way_to_build_a_Linux_gaming_machine.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/03/This_is_the_most_effective_way_to_build_a_Linux_gaming_machine.gmi [16:31] TR Bot Tux Machines This is the most effective way to build a Linux gaming machine [16:31] Sompi schestowitz[TR2]: Yes. Young people don't even know what "a server" is and that is mostly Discord's fault [16:31] TR News Jottr simple text editor https://www.linuxlinks.com/jottr-simple-text-editor/ [16:31] TR Bot - simple text editor - LinuxLinks [16:32] schestowitz[TR2] the cloud you mean? [16:32] TR News TOML Toms Obvious Minimal Language https://www.linuxlinks.com/toml-tom-obvious-minimal-language/ [16:32] TR Bot - Tom's Obvious Minimal Language - LinuxLinks [16:32] TR News tarug minimal Postgres SQL client https://www.linuxlinks.com/tarug-minimal-postgres-sql-client/ [16:32] TR Bot - minimal Postgres SQL client - LinuxLinks [16:32] schestowitz[TR2] "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.... you eam the CLOUD!" 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Theres a Pharmaverse Package for That | R-bloggers [16:38] TR News January 2025 Top 40 New CRAN Packages https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/02/january-2025-top-40-new-cran-packages/ [16:38] TR Bot 2025 Top 40 New CRAN Packages | R-bloggers [16:39] TR News The gooey rubber thats slowly ruining old hard drives https://www.downtowndougbrown.com/2025/03/the-gooey-rubber-thats-slowly-ruining-old-hard-drives/ [16:39] TR Bot Downtown Doug Brown The gooey rubber thats slowly ruining old hard drives [16:40] TR News One Week Left | LINUX Unplugged 604 https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/linux-unplugged/604/ [16:40] TR Bot One Week Left | LINUX Unplugged 604 | Jupiter Broadcasting [16:42] TR News This Week in Linux 300: TWIL 300, Fish Shell, Gentoo, NVIDIA, Mozilla mess, COSMIC Alpha 6 & more GNU/Linux news https://thisweekinlinux.com/300 [16:42] TR Bot Fish Shell, Gentoo, NVIDIA, Mozilla mess, COSMIC Alpha 6 & more Linux news - This Week in Linux - TuxDigital [16:43] TR News Exhibitors and Speakers Ramp-Up for Scale 22X https://fossforce.com/2025/03/exhibitors-and-speakers-ramp-up-for-scale-22x/ [16:43] TR Bot Exhibitors and Speakers Ramp-Up for Scale 22X - 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[18:10] TR Bot Browser Market Share Worldwide | Statcounter Global Stats [18:11] TR News Protocol extensions in SpaceBeans gemini://capsule.usebox.net/gemlog/20250303-protocol-extensions-in-spacebeans.gmi [18:12] TR News Toddler math games gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/agk/2025-03-03-tmath.txt [18:13] TR News The Graphene Saga: part 3 gopher://hoi.st:70/0/posts/2025-03-03-the-graphene-saga-part-3.txt [18:14] TR News SpellBinding: EMNOSUV Wordo: SLANG gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-03-03.gmi [18:16] TR News Growing your talents gemini://charptr.fyi/post/2025-03-03.gmi [18:17] TR News Like an audience apologizing for theatrics gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2518 [18:17] TR News "I dont have anything to say about this film (or really anything else). I think about it a lot, though (and many other things). It makes me think of Blood Meridian, which I restarted the other night, and then from there, Heart of Darkness." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2519 [18:18] TR News ZINE ABOUT SMALL WEB - 6 issue is out gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2520 [18:20] TR News Copyright, but Punk gemini://mediocregopher.com/posts/copypunk.gmi [18:23] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 03/03/2025: Copyrights, GrapheneOS, and SpaceBeans https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/03/Gemini_Links_03_03_2025_Copyrights_GrapheneOS_and_SpaceBeans.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/03/03/Gemini_Links_03_03_2025_Copyrights_GrapheneOS_and_SpaceBeans.gmi [18:23] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 03/03/2025: Copyrights, GrapheneOS, and SpaceBeans [18:50] MinceR https://imgur.com/gallery/Rm37RNW = https://rimgo.pussthecat.org/gallery/Rm37RNW [18:50] TR Bot d+d memes - Album on Imgur [18:50] TR Bot More d+d memes - rimgo ● Mar 03 [19:07] *ryjen has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [19:08] *ryjen (~ryjen@159.203.7.32) has joined #techrights [19:25] *darwin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [19:33] *darwin (~darwin@7d3n498busjrn.irc) has joined #techrights ● Mar 03 [20:36] MinceR https://imgur.com/t97Y5WJ = https://rimgo.pussthecat.org/t97Y5WJ.png [20:36] TR Bot The magic of the Internet ● Mar 03 [21:10] *fantom has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [21:11] *fantom has quit (Ping timeout: 244 seconds) [21:38] *fantom (~fantom@2.219.56.221) has joined #techrights [21:39] *lxo has quit (Quit: later) [21:49] MinceR (cat) https://pleated-jeans.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/funny-random-pictures-3-2-25-39.jpg ● Mar 03 [22:40] *GNUmoon has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [22:43] *GNUmoon (~GNUmoon@gateway/tor-sasl/gnumoon) has joined #techrights ● Mar 03 [23:33] *\join_subline (~join_subline@thzqinx2f4dxs.irc) has joined #techrights [23:39] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@28bsz4xmwyah6.irc) has joined #techrights [23:39] *oarion7 has quit (Quit: Running IRC on a charmed medieval abacus.) [23:40] IsambardPrince https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGWYdGYjMlg [23:40] TR Bot https://invidious.projectsegfau.lt/watch?v=YGWYdGYjMlg [23:40] TR Bot ( status 502 @ https://invidious.projectsegfau.lt/watch?v=YGWYdGYjMlg ) [23:47] IsambardPrince MinceR, Dignity and an empty sack is worth the sack. [23:47] IsambardPrince It implies that the Ferengi might even file bankruptcy, if the alternative is negative net worth. [23:49] MinceR and most humans don't even have dignity [23:49] MinceR they sure like to talk a lot about it, though [23:49] MinceR kind of like how they talked about freedom for hundreds of years and then proved that they never wanted it anyway [23:53] IsambardPrince America....was founded by slave owners, who wanted to be free! -George Carlin [23:53] MinceR :> [23:53] IsambardPrince Stupid British with their goddamned king always telling us what to do! [23:53] IsambardPrince We shit on them and their king. [23:54] IsambardPrince Now watch us as we create something equally horrible! [23:54] IsambardPrince :D [23:55] MinceR :> [23:55] MinceR and then something even worse