●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, August 03, 2026 ●● ● Aug 03 [00:00] *TMF (~TMF@s2zacww3bmjui.irc) has joined #techrights [00:08] *parsifal has quit (Quit: Leaving) [00:29] IsambardPrince MinceR: I was discussing Orkin's business model for roaches. [00:29] *TMF has quit (Quit: Leaving) [00:30] IsambardPrince They basically come in, spray a cheap retail-grade insecticide along baseboards, put some bait matrix along easily accessible cabinet hinges, and leave the premises within 15 minutes. [00:30] IsambardPrince This level of service suppresses like 90-95% of the roach activity, but intentionally never solves it. [00:30] IsambardPrince They toss like 6-8 sticky traps so they can show you the occasional roach. [00:31] IsambardPrince They don't use them for the same reason you would (put out 2-3 dozen along the entire apartment to catch as many as possible that way). [00:31] IsambardPrince They use them to show you there's still roaches. [00:31] IsambardPrince If you complain often enough, you find out they had insect growth regulator in the truck that entire time. [00:31] IsambardPrince And did not use it until it became cheaper to kill the roaches than to manage you. [00:55] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [00:57] *includeals (~includeal@bl18-27-126.dsl.telepac.pt) has joined #techrights ● Aug 03 [01:01] TR News (NEW): AerynOS 2026.08 Released with Linux 7.1, GNOME 50.3, COSMIC 1.5, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/AerynOS_2026_08_Released_with_Linux_7_1_GNOME_50_3_COSMIC_1_5_a.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/AerynOS_2026_08_Released_with_Linux_7_1_GNOME_50_3_COSMIC_1_5_a.gmi [01:01] TR Bot Tux Machines AerynOS 2026.08 Released with Linux 7.1, GNOME 50.3, COSMIC 1.5, and More [01:24] MinceR (cat) https://imgpile.com/p/zwXjFtr [01:24] TR Bot got the dinner table on lock - imgpile [01:46] *FANTOM_ has quit (Ping timeout: 260 seconds) [01:48] *FANTOM_ (~FANTOM@94-21-233-51.pool.digikabel.hu) has joined #techrights ● Aug 03 [02:46] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. 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HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-020826.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-020826.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-020826.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-020826.txt [02:49] TR Bot IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, August 02, 2026 [02:49] TR News Yesterday's bulletin is now ready! : http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2026-08-02.txt | gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2026-08-02.txt (tentative address, to work an hour from now) [02:51] TR News Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2026-08-02.txt [02:52] IsambardPrince When you crush cockroaches you'll se more of them around there later. [02:53] IsambardPrince That's because you smashed open its body and released a ton of aggregation pheromones there, and other roaches in the area see that as a beacon to come investigate. ● Aug 03 [03:31] *admfubar has quit (Quit: Leaving) [03:41] *admfubar (~admfubar@ae6yc8gqwe7jq.irc) has joined #techrights ● Aug 03 [04:01] admfubar https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/08/02/207211 [04:01] TR Bot Landmark Solar Farm Forced To Shut Down As Grid Overload Worries Worsen - Too Much Power - SoylentNews [04:03] admfubar https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/07/31/1430212 [04:03] TR Bot Open Source Project Fools AI Scrapers With Poisoned Font - SoylentNews [04:06] admfubar why does this sound like today??? The main thing encoded in the metric system is how bad laboratory instruments were in 1790. A system of units for science should be based on actual fundamental constants, not the limits of imagination of a bunch of rich hobbyists.... https://markatwood.substack.com/p/the-metric-system-encodes-18th-century [04:06] TR Bot The Metric System Encodes 18th Century Lab Equipment [04:14] TR News This week in PSC (234) https://blogs.perl.org/users/psc/2026/07/this-week-in-psc-234-2026-07-20.html [04:14] TR Bot week in PSC (234) | 2026-07-20 | Perl Steering Council [blogs.perl.org] [04:15] TR News Moving Targets - PetaPerl 0.6.8 https://blogs.perl.org/users/petamem/2026/07/moving-targets---petaperl-068.html [04:15] TR Bot Targets - PetaPerl 0.6.8 | PetaMem [blogs.perl.org] [04:15] TR News ANNOUNCE: Perl.Wiki V 1.51, CPAN::MetaCurator V 1.27, etc https://blogs.perl.org/users/ron_savage/2026/07/announce-perlwiki-v-151-cpanmetacurator-v-127-etc.html [04:15] TR Bot Perl.Wiki V 1.51, CPAN::MetaCurator V 1.27, etc | Ron Savage [blogs.perl.org] [04:15] TR News Slop-ware, aka plagiarism https://www.neowin.net/news/debian-maintainers-are-considering-banning-ai-contributions-altogether/ [04:15] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/debian-maintainers-are-considering-banning-ai-contributions-altogether/ ) [04:17] *Goblin (~use@anjxxfe7gqque.irc) has joined #techrights [04:17] TR News "There is a silly old poem out there from the 18th century, probably earlier. I weirdly only first heard it while listening to Discount Dan. It is called Goosey Goosey Gander." gemini://tilde.club/~moendopi/gemlog/gander.gmi [04:18] TR News "After a while here is an article about simple Lali[0] snippets. Now, the 'lhas' function, with the help of 'lhas-op'. 'lhas' is a "list has", and 'has' has already been presented." gemini://tilde.club/~keyboardan/gemlog/2026-08-02__Lali_Lambda:_lhas.gmi [04:19] TR News dreaming of her gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/oveya [04:21] admfubar https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/07/31/1417222 [04:21] TR Bot LinkedIn Realizes its Users Have Been Bathing in AI Slop, Makes Changes - SoylentNews [04:21] TR News "Cities of the Red Night is the feverish wet dream of a dying teenager who has some really screwed up fetishes. William S Burroughs was a gay paedophile heroin addict obsessed with black magic, and this book is exactly what you would expect somebody like him to write." gemini://wether.smol.pub/cities-review [04:22] TR News not sorry gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/not_sorry [04:22] TR News "Im not judging anyones collecting hobbies here, if youre an adult, its your money, and if creating little tombs of video games brings you joy, then by all means, carry on. But we do have to acknowledge that this collecting behavior fuels a more extreme problem: scalping." gemini://blog.captaintouch.com/posts/2026-08-02-let-kids-be-kids:-when-collectibles-lose-their-playfulness.gmi [04:23] TR News "So I thought it would be fun to write about my blogging journey." gemini://detritus.smol.pub/1785716954 [04:24] admfubar https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/03/023205/rogue-police-officers-have-turned-flocks-nationwide-camera-network-into-a-stalking-tool [04:24] TR Bot Rogue Police Officers Have Turned Flock's Nationwide Camera Network Into a Stalking Tool - Slashdot [04:24] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1728.jpg [04:24] schestowitz[TR2] maybe not rogue [04:24] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D2085.jpg [04:24] schestowitz[TR2] it was all along trouble [04:24] schestowitz[TR2] collected data in a way that will be abused [04:25] admfubar or stolen and held for ransom [04:25] schestowitz[TR2] that too [04:25] schestowitz[TR2] this is one of the way stolen data is abused [04:25] schestowitz[TR2] blackmail, ransom [04:26] admfubar https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/08/02/2331237/it-teams-are-spending-11-hours-a-week-on-cloud-connectivity-problems [04:26] TR Bot IT Teams are Spending 11 Hours a Week on Cloud Connectivity Problems - Slashdot [04:26] schestowitz[TR2] wow [04:26] schestowitz[TR2] 11 a week? [04:28] *yellow-pillow has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [04:28] admfubar https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/01/0552202/group-of-teen-hikers-relied-on-google-maps-it-was-a-disaster [04:28] TR Bot Group of Teen Hikers Relied on Google Maps. It Was a Disaster. - Slashdot [04:30] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 03/08/2026: Collectibles, Cities of the Red Night, and Lali Lambda https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/Gemini_Links_03_08_2026_Collectibles_Cities_of_the_Red_Night_an.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/Gemini_Links_03_08_2026_Collectibles_Cities_of_the_Red_Night_an.gmi [04:30] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 03/08/2026: Collectibles, Cities of the Red Night, and Lali Lambda [04:31] admfubar https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/01/223236/does-eating-less-protein-produce-healthier-aging-and-metabolism [04:31] TR Bot Does Eating Less Protein Produce Healthier Aging and Metabolism? - Slashdot [04:31] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Sunday, August 02, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/IRC_Proceedings_Sunday_August_02_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/IRC_Proceedings_Sunday_August_02_2026.gmi [04:31] TR Bot Techrights IRC Proceedings: Sunday, August 02, 2026 [04:32] admfubar https://slashdot.org/story/26/08/02/0359246/how-situational-awareness-hedge-fund-dropped-67-in-ai-stock-rout [04:32] TR Bot How 'Situational Awareness' Hedge Fund Dropped 67% in AI Stock Rout - Slashdot [04:33] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [04:33] TR Bot Tux Machines Today in Techrights [04:33] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [04:33] TR Bot Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [04:35] admfubar entertainment.slashdot.org/story/26/07/31/2038220/the-major-labels-propose-rules-to-keep-ai-slop-off-the-charts?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed [04:36] admfubar what about non "ai" slop? [04:36] TR News Symbolic and pathetic https://www.chosun.com/english/industry-en/2026/08/03/RBUWSJ7KARFJ7LFQW53AVFWXZQ/ [04:36] TR Bot Meta Boosts Snacks, Happy Hours to Lift Morale Amid Layoffs [04:37] *yellow-pillow (~yellow-pillow@5arz9p7wg8kqn.irc) has joined #techrights [04:37] TR News IBM layoffs: "is this a rumor or how do you know this?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kyx0wnte [04:37] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kyx0wnte ) [04:37] schestowitz[TR2] admfubar: it is not "ai" [04:37] schestowitz[TR2] i spoke to rianen about this last night [04:38] schestowitz[TR2] why they say "ai images" [04:38] schestowitz[TR2] think about it [04:38] schestowitz[TR2] what is an image [04:38] schestowitz[TR2] or photo? [04:38] schestowitz[TR2] is it.. intelligence [04:38] schestowitz[TR2] no, it's maybe art [04:38] schestowitz[TR2] so why do they say "ai images" [04:38] schestowitz[TR2] what does it mean when they say "ai music"? [04:38] schestowitz[TR2] nothinbg, it is a misnommmer [04:38] admfubar short for ai generated [04:38] schestowitz[TR2] see for example: [04:38] schestowitz[TR2] computer generated [04:38] schestowitz[TR2] GC [04:38] schestowitz[TR2] not ai generated [04:39] schestowitz[TR2] training is a word for plagiarism now [04:39] schestowitz[TR2] it's not plagiarissed [04:39] schestowitz[TR2] it's "trained on" [04:39] schestowitz[TR2] new excuse for stealing things [04:39] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2024/12/16/Image_Fusion_is_Not_AI_LLMs_Aren_t_Either.shtml [04:39] TR Bot Techrights Image Fusion is Not 'AI' (LLMs Aren't Either) [04:39] schestowitz[TR2] i di NOT endorse what lunduke says but [04:39] schestowitz[TR2] this was from him recently: [04:39] schestowitz[TR2] re "ai" [04:39] admfubar those deviant lil criminals... https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/07/31/2024233/most-australian-teens-still-on-social-media-three-months-after-ban [04:39] TR Bot Most Australian Teens Still On Social Media Three Months After Ban - Slashdot [04:40] admfubar i was trained on making copies vie torrent :) [04:40] schestowitz[TR2] "I didnt run that red light, officer! The car did! [04:40] schestowitz[TR2] I didnt shoot that person! The gun did! [04:40] schestowitz[TR2] Neither of those arguments hold up in court (or make any sense at all). [04:40] schestowitz[TR2] Why should: [04:40] schestowitz[TR2] I didnt plagiarize that code! The AI did! [04:40] schestowitz[TR2] I didnt write those libelous, defamatory lies! That was the AI! [04:40] schestowitz[TR2] I didnt hack into that server, steal data, and publish it online! The AI did it!" [04:40] schestowitz[TR2] "AI is, increasingly, becoming a way to commit crimes without anyone being held accountable. [04:40] schestowitz[TR2] - AI LLMs commit plagiarism (copying code, text, images, and video without crediting the original creators). [04:40] schestowitz[TR2] - AI hacks into corporate servers and steals data. [04:40] schestowitz[TR2] - AI publishes stolen works publicly. [04:40] schestowitz[TR2] - AI publishes libelous and defamatory statements about people. [04:40] schestowitz[TR2] If you replaced AI with a guy named Ted Smith, every one of those would potentially end up in court. Some as civil cases, others as violations of criminal law. [04:40] schestowitz[TR2] But, since these offenses were committed using AI, nobody is held responsible. [04:40] schestowitz[TR2] Even though many of the crimes are committed at the command of human (and, often, corporate) controllers. [04:41] admfubar I didnt run that red light, officer! The car did! not if it was a tesla [04:41] admfubar in full crashing mode [04:42] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tesla-autopilot-staged-engineer-says-company-faked-full-autopilot/ [04:42] TR Bot ( status 406 @ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tesla-autopilot-staged-engineer-says-company-faked-full-autopilot/ ) [04:42] *yellow-pillow has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [04:53] TR News Techrights Many Anniversaries https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/Many_Anniversaries.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/Many_Anniversaries.gmi [04:53] TR Bot Techrights Many Anniversaries [04:58] *ewig (~Ewig@user/ewig) has joined #techrights [04:59] TR News What happened to McKinsey? Are they still advising IBM? https://old.reddit.com/r/IBM/comments/1v7h96e/what_happened_to_mckinsey_are_they_still_advising/ [04:59] TR Bot What happened to McKinsey? Are they still advising IBM? : IBM ● Aug 03 [05:15] TR News Techrights Not Hard to Guess Who Will Pay for IBM's Collapse (Due to False Statements Made to Shareholders), Red Hat May Disappear https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/Not_Hard_to_Guess_Who_Will_Pay_for_IBM_s_Collapse_Due_to_False_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/Not_Hard_to_Guess_Who_Will_Pay_for_IBM_s_Collapse_Due_to_False_.gmi [05:15] TR Bot Techrights Not Hard to Guess Who Will Pay for IBM's Collapse (Due to False Statements Made to Shareholders), Red Hat May Disappear [05:23] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux at 5% in Taiwan This Month https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/GNU_Linux_at_5_in_Taiwan_This_Month.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/GNU_Linux_at_5_in_Taiwan_This_Month.gmi [05:23] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux at 5% in Taiwan This Month [05:29] TR News It's About What You Write, Not the Number of Words https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/03/not-the-number-of-words/ [05:29] TR Bot Blog Archive Its About What You Write, Not the Number of Words [05:39] TR News Pocock mentioned again today https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/clacton-deserves-real-choice-says-11089549 [05:39] TR Bot 'Clacton deserves a real choice,' says Rejoin EU candidate - Essex Live [05:41] TR News (NEW): 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: August 2nd, 2026 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup_August_2nd_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup_August_2nd_2026.gmi [05:41] TR Bot Tux Machines 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: August 2nd, 2026 [05:45] TR News Daniel Pocock Campaigns on Platforms Against Social Control Media https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/03/campaigns-against-social-control-media/ [05:45] TR Bot Blog Archive Daniel Pocock Campaigns on Platforms Against Social Control Media [05:46] TR News It's Easy to Predict Microsoft Layoffs for October 2026 Because of the Financial 'Results' That Month (More Faking, More Secret Debt and Buzzwords to Perfume This Debt as "Investment") https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/It_s_Easy_to_Predict_Microsoft_Layoffs_for_October_2026_Because.shtml [05:46] TR Bot Techrights It's Easy to Predict Microsoft Layoffs for October 2026 Because of the Financial 'Results' That Month (More Faking, More Secret Debt and Buzzwords to Perfume This Debt as "Investment") [05:54] TR News Windows new lows https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/north-america/#monthly-200902-202608 [05:54] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share North America | Statcounter Global Stats [05:55] *croissant` (~croissant@uudy98nj9ntz2.irc) has joined #techrights [05:56] *croissant has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Aug 03 [06:07] TR News Techrights GNU/Linux at 8% in Croatia https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/GNU_Linux_at_8_in_Croatia.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/GNU_Linux_at_8_in_Croatia.gmi [06:07] TR Bot Techrights GNU/Linux at 8% in Croatia [06:22] TR News Techrights Forcing the Slop Bubble to Implode Fully to Save the Economy From an Even Greater Collapse and Societal Harm https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/Forcing_the_Slop_Bubble_to_Implode_Fully_to_Save_the_Economy_Fr.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/Forcing_the_Slop_Bubble_to_Implode_Fully_to_Save_the_Economy_Fr.gmi [06:22] TR Bot Techrights Forcing the Slop Bubble to Implode Fully to Save the Economy From an Even Greater Collapse and Societal Harm [06:42] TR News Techrights Fanning the Flames of Journalism https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/Fanning_the_Flames_of_Journalism.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/Fanning_the_Flames_of_Journalism.gmi [06:42] TR Bot Techrights Fanning the Flames of Journalism [06:57] TR News Techrights All Social Control Media is a Weapon (Against Its Users, Serving the Real Owners) https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/All_Social_Control_Media_is_a_Weapon_Against_Its_Users_Serving_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/All_Social_Control_Media_is_a_Weapon_Against_Its_Users_Serving_.gmi [06:57] TR Bot Techrights All Social Control Media is a Weapon (Against Its Users, Serving the Real Owners) ● Aug 03 [07:01] TR News (NEW): Lucy Powell MP Helps Her Constituents https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/Lucy_Powell_MP_Helps_Her_Constituents.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/Lucy_Powell_MP_Helps_Her_Constituents.gmi [07:01] TR Bot Tux Machines Lucy Powell MP Helps Her Constituents [07:02] TR News GNU/Linux 7% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/bahrain/#monthly-200902-202608 [07:02] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Bahrain | Statcounter Global Stats [07:08] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Leaps to 6.2% in Ecuador https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/GNU_Linux_Leaps_to_6_2_in_Ecuador.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/GNU_Linux_Leaps_to_6_2_in_Ecuador.gmi [07:08] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux Leaps to 6.2% in Ecuador [07:15] TR News Techrights In Poor Peru, GNU/Linux Surges From 1% to 5% in a Few Years https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/In_Poor_Peru_GNU_Linux_Surges_From_1_to_5_in_a_Few_Years.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/In_Poor_Peru_GNU_Linux_Surges_From_1_to_5_in_a_Few_Years.gmi [07:15] TR Bot Techrights In Poor Peru, GNU/Linux Surges From 1% to 5% in a Few Years [07:18] *IsambardPrince has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [07:21] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@buz7skxg8nsqa.irc) has joined #techrights [07:27] *Goblin has quit (Quit: Leaving) [07:36] TR News (NEW): This month in KDE Linux: June 2026 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/This_month_in_KDE_Linux_June_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/This_month_in_KDE_Linux_June_2026.gmi [07:36] TR Bot Tux Machines This month in KDE Linux: June 2026 [07:40] TR News Techrights Morten Linderud Has Helped Microsoft Put Locks (and Kill Switches) on the PCs of Arch Linux Users https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/Morten_Linderud_Has_Helped_Microsoft_Put_Locks_and_Kill_Switche.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/Morten_Linderud_Has_Helped_Microsoft_Put_Locks_and_Kill_Switche.gmi [07:40] TR Bot Techrights Morten Linderud Has Helped Microsoft Put Locks (and Kill Switches) on the PCs of Arch Linux Users [07:41] TR News (NEW): Review: Mageia 10 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/Review_Mageia_10.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/Review_Mageia_10.gmi [07:41] TR Bot Tux Machines Review: Mageia 10 [07:47] TR News "He would have fought mega corporations for taking the value out of music" https://www.grunge.com/1292684/things-came-out-about-frank-zappa-after-died/ | [07:47] TR Bot Things That Came Out About Frank Zappa After He Died [07:48] TR News (NEW): PersisOS Debian-based Linux distribution https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/PersisOS_Debian_based_Linux_distribution.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/PersisOS_Debian_based_Linux_distribution.gmi [07:48] TR Bot Tux Machines PersisOS Debian-based Linux distribution [07:49] TR News "Tired of dealing with the bloat, I decided to switch back to local audio files using Samsung Music on my Samsung Galaxy phone." https://www.androidpolice.com/replaced-spotify-youtube-music-with-underrated-samsung-app-i-can-not-go-back/ | Source: Android Police [07:49] TR Bot I replaced Spotify and YouTube Music with this underrated Samsung app; now I can't go back [07:50] TR News "The claims, filed under the Federal Tort Claims Act, span 17 states and Washington, D.C., and represent the first legal step required before individuals can sue the federal government" https://www.salon.com/2026/08/02/aclu-launches-nationwide-legal-challenge-over-alleged-ice-abuses/ | Source: Salon [07:50] TR Bot launches nationwide legal challenge over alleged ICE abuses - Salon.com [07:50] TR News "Sax attributes the gender gap to changes in educational practices disadvantaging boys" https://www.ksl.com/article/news/features/education/boys-are-falling-behind-in-school-what-would-help/51605091 | Source: Deseret Media [07:50] TR Bot are falling behind in school. What would help? | KSL.com [07:55] TR News It Looks Like BRETT WILSON LLP Delays or Avoids Showing Its Atrocious Financial State https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/03/it-looks-like-brett-wilson-llp-delays-or-avoids-showing-its-atrocious-financial-state/ [07:55] TR Bot Blog Archive It Looks Like BRETT WILSON LLP Delays or Avoids Showing Its Atrocious Financial State [07:56] TR News "There are many preachers like him in a country where religion is also a lucrative business." https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-08-02/one-family-one-vote-the-men-and-women-seeking-to-revoke-womens-suffrage-in-the-united-states.html | Source: El Pas [07:56] TR Bot One family, one vote: The men (and women) seeking to revoke womens suffrage in the United States | U.S. | EL PAS English [07:56] TR News [Old] "Yes, Frank Zappa was right about the danger of a fascist theocracy." https://dorothyturcotte.substack.com/p/frank-zappa-was-more-than-a-rock | [07:56] TR Bot Frank Zappa was more than a rock musician. [07:56] TR News "And then theres this brief moment from the clip, which feels like part of a radio signal beaming into the present: [...]" https://www.openculture.com/2018/04/frank-zappa-debates-whether-the-government-should-censor-music.html | Source: Open Culture LLC [07:56] TR Bot Frank Zappa Debates Whether the Government Should Censor Music in a Heated Episode of Crossfire: Why Are People Afraid of Words? (1986) | Open Culture [07:56] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [07:56] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [07:58] TR News "The biggest threat to America today is not communism, it's moving America toward a fascist theocracy, and everything that's happened during the Regan administration is steering us right down that pipe." https://archive.org/details/FrankZappaOnCrossfire | Source: Internet Archive [07:59] TR News [Old] "The biggest threat to America today is not communism. It's moving America toward a fascist theocracy." https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/frank-zappa-democracy-fascist-theocracy/ | Source: Snopes [07:59] TR News [Old] "Although he criticized mass medias slippery secretions, Zappa submerged himself in the slime in order to push back against it." https://www.riotmaterial.com/frank-zappa-voice-america-needs/ | [07:59] TR Bot ( status 404 @ https://archive.org/details/FrankZappaOnCrossfire ) [07:59] TR Bot Frank Zappa Say Biggest Threat to US Democracy Is Fascist Theocracy? | Snopes.com [07:59] TR Bot Why Frank Zappa Is The Voice America (Still) Needs Riot Material ● Aug 03 [08:00] TR News "Were going to stop dirty words" https://www.ocregister.com/2021/12/21/speaking-frankly-we-could-use-new-dose-of-zappa-now/ | Source: Orange County Register [08:00] TR Bot Speaking frankly, we could use new dose of Zappa now Orange County Register [08:00] TR News "Gavin Newsoms communications team pushed back against the posts on X" https://www.semafor.com/article/08/02/2026/the-ai-news-accounts-hyping-a-blue-state-dystopia | Source: Semafor Inc [08:00] TR Bot AI news accounts hyping a blue-state dystopia | Semafor [08:00] TR News "When an activist downloads academic papers, the state describes it as wire fraud, computer fraud and reckless damage." https://rmendes.net/notes/2026/08/02/ea0b3/ | Source: Ricardo Mendes [08:00] TR Bot A Node on the Web [08:01] TR News "Engineers often complain that visibility should be their managers job. In other words, they think engineers should be able to focus on the code, while their manager figures out whos doing well and rewards them." https://www.seangoedecke.com/giving-and-taking-credit/ | Source: Sean Goedecke [08:01] TR Bot Giving and taking credit in big tech companies [08:01] TR News "For Ellison, it was the capstone of a mad two-year scramble to transform Oracle into an A.I. juggernaut" https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/magazine/larry-ellison-ai-oracle.html | Source: New York Times [08:01] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/magazine/larry-ellison-ai-oracle.html ) [08:01] TR News "Zoho Corporation Founder and Chief Scientist Sridhar Vembu on Sunday said the information technology (IT) industry is not creating many new jobs" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/it-industry-not-creating-new-jobs-funds-diverted-to-ai-data-centre-costs-sridhar-vembu/articleshow/132806008.cms | Source: India Times [08:01] TR Bot IT industry not creating new jobs, funds diverted to AI, data centre costs: Sridhar Vembu - The Economic Times [08:04] *IsambardPrince has quit (connection closed) [08:04] TR News "For those who prefer a quick summary, everyone has their own thoughts on how much an increase should be before they switch to a competitor." https://gregoryhammond.ca/blog/how-much-increase-is-too-much/ | Source: Gregory Hammond [08:04] TR Bot How much is too much? Or what's the maximum a price should increase? - Gregory Hammond [08:04] TR News "Already this year, more than two hundred thousand hectares have burned in Spain, a figure that is twice than the historical average." https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/why-is-europe-burning | Source: New Yorker [08:04] TR Bot Why Is Europe Burning? | The New Yorker [08:05] TR News (NEW): GNOME to Support Uninstalling Apps Directly from App Grid https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/GNOME_to_Support_Uninstalling_Apps_Directly_from_App_Grid.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/GNOME_to_Support_Uninstalling_Apps_Directly_from_App_Grid.gmi [08:05] TR Bot Tux Machines GNOME to Support Uninstalling Apps Directly from App Grid [08:05] TR News Why Are There NDAs Prohibiting UAP Disclosure To President Trump? https://avi-loeb.medium.com/why-are-there-ndas-prohibiting-uap-disclosure-to-president-trump-f86ae199567d | Source: Avi Loeb [08:05] TR Bot Medium [08:06] TR News Social control media enabled this https://www.salon.com/2026/08/01/europe-tightens-borders-after-deadly-ceuta-migrant-surge/ | Source: Salon [08:06] TR Bot tightens borders after deadly Ceuta migrant surge - Salon.com [08:07] TR News "urgently convene an extraordinary videoconference of the blocs interior ministers." https://www.courthousenews.com/spain-to-put-containment-fence-on-ceutas-border-with-morocco-after-frontier-rush-that-killed-67/ | Source: Court House News [08:07] TR Bot Spain to put containment fence on Ceuta's border with Morocco after frontier rush that killed 67 | Courthouse News Service [08:07] TR News Organised in Facebook (US) https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7294296 | Source: CBC [08:07] TR Bot calls emergency meeting over Ceuta border crisis | CBC.ca [08:08] TR News (NEW): Rhythmbox 3.5.0 Released with Multistream Backend By Default https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/Rhythmbox_3_5_0_Released_with_Multistream_Backend_By_Default.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/Rhythmbox_3_5_0_Released_with_Multistream_Backend_By_Default.gmi [08:08] TR Bot Tux Machines Rhythmbox 3.5.0 Released with Multistream Backend By Default [08:08] TR News "The glasses contain small cameras, microphones, and a personal AI assistant." https://nltimes.nl/2026/08/02/meta-ai-glasses-raise-dutch-privacy-alarm-hidden-cameras-film-without-consent | Source: NL Times [08:08] TR Bot Meta AI glasses raise Dutch privacy alarm over hidden cameras that film without consent | NL Times [08:08] TR News "PatronScan has not shown itself to be trustworthy. In 2019 it was reported to hold an international database of banned bar patrons." https://boingboing.net/2026/07/31/patronscans-ultimate-bouncer-never-forgets-a-face-in-san-franciscos-gay-bars.html | Source: BoingBoing [08:08] TR Bot Patronscan's "ultimate bouncer" never forgets a face in San Francisco's gay bars - Boing Boing [08:09] TR News Social Control Media https://thenorthlines.com/stop-misusing-social-media/ | Source: The North Lines IN [08:09] TR Bot Stop Misusing Social Media - Northlines [08:10] TR News "Authorities said the designation would not apply to Telegram itself" https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-telegram-durov-terrorist-extremist-internet-crackdown/33818974.html | Source: RFERL [08:10] TR Bot Russia Designates Telegram Founder Pavel Durov As A 'Terrorist' [08:10] TR News "I've come up with a solution that's grossly inefficient and perhaps slightly comical: I ask my coding assistant to generate code in the chat, then manually make all the edits myself." https://ankursethi.com/blog/prevent-cognitive-debt-by-manually-retyping-llm-generated-code/ | Source: Ankur Sethi [08:10] TR Bot Prevent cognitive debt by manually retyping LLM-generated code Ankur Sethi's Lab Notebook [08:10] TR News Yesterday, OpenAI announced the solution to ten open problems in mathematics, all discovered by a yet-unreleased model." https://borretti.me/article/mathematics-without-mathematicians | Source: Fernando Borretti [08:10] TR Bot Mathematics Without Mathematicians [08:11] TR News "Researchers in the US have implemented camera traps hooked up to an AI photo analysis tool to recognize and document different bee species" https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/scientists-have-used-ai-powered-camera-traps-in-the-fight-to-save-bees-this-is-how-i-want-ai-to-be-used-not-to-generate-slop | Source: Digital Camera World [08:11] TR Bot Scientists have used AI-powered camera traps in the fight to save bees. THIS is how I want AI to be used, not to generate slop | Digital Camera World [08:11] TR News "Ads or corporate social media posts using deepfakes will be slapped with a label stating they are AI-generated" https://www.wired.com/story/europeans-are-about-to-find-out-how-entrenched-ai-is-in-their-daily-lives/ | Source: Wired [08:11] TR Bot Are About to Find Out How Entrenched AI Is in Their Daily Lives | WIRED [08:11] TR News "little red dots" https://www.wired.com/story/james-webb-space-telescope-changing-astronomers-universe/ | Source: Wired [08:11] TR Bot James Webb Telescope Is Changing Astronomers Understanding of the Ancient Cosmos | WIRED [08:18] TR News (NEW): These 5 lightweight Linux distros make Windows feel so bloated https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/These_5_lightweight_Linux_distros_make_Windows_feel_so_bloated.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/These_5_lightweight_Linux_distros_make_Windows_feel_so_bloated.gmi [08:18] TR Bot Tux Machines These 5 lightweight Linux distros make Windows feel so bloated [08:19] *Righty has quit (connection closed) [08:20] TR News (NEW): 3 reasons I'm quitting Arch Linuxafter using it for 5 years https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/3_reasons_I_m_quitting_Arch_Linux_after_using_it_for_5_years.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/3_reasons_I_m_quitting_Arch_Linux_after_using_it_for_5_years.gmi [08:20] TR Bot Tux Machines 3 reasons I'm quitting Arch Linuxafter using it for 5 years [08:20] TR News Techrights Daniel Pocock on Sky News This Morning https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/Daniel_Pocock_on_Sky_News_This_Morning.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/Daniel_Pocock_on_Sky_News_This_Morning.gmi [08:20] TR Bot Techrights Daniel Pocock on Sky News This Morning [08:21] TR News "AI safety experts said the new disclosures paint a portrait of a group of cutting-edge labs whose ability to develop dangerous autonomous hacking agents outstrips their ability to keep them under control" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/openai-finds-evidence-other-ai-agents-escaped-containment-as-it-widens-hacking-probe/articleshow/132807763.cms | Source: India Times [08:21] TR Bot OpenAI finds evidence other AI agents escaped containment as it widens hacking probe - The Economic Times [08:24] *Righty (~Username@nxarfbxq578zu.irc) has joined #techrights [08:25] TR News (NEW): Linux back over 4% in the July 2026 Steam Survey https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/Linux_back_over_4_in_the_July_2026_Steam_Survey.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/Linux_back_over_4_in_the_July_2026_Steam_Survey.gmi [08:25] TR Bot Tux Machines Linux back over 4% in the July 2026 Steam Survey [08:25] TR News "The higher the risk to Europeans' rights or health, for example, the greater the obligations of firms to protect individuals from harm." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/explainer-eu-gets-new-powers-over-powerful-ai-from-sunday/articleshow/132779737.cms | Source: India Times [08:25] TR Bot Explainer: EU gets new powers over powerful AI from Sunday - The Economic Times [08:26] TR News "It also bans AI used for predictive policing, emotion recognition systems in workplaces or schools and AI that manipulates human behaviour." https://www.thelocal.dk/20260801/eu-gets-new-powers-over-powerful-ai-from-sunday | Source: The Local DK [08:26] TR Bot EU gets new powers over powerful AI from Sunday [08:27] TR News "As Ive mentioned in a previous post, Ive been working on a fan translation for a Sega Saturn game called Magic School Lunar!" https://www.mistys-internet.website/blog/blog/2026/08/01/decoding-magic-school-lunars-save-game-format/ | Source: Misty De Mo [08:27] TR Bot Decoding Magic School Lunar's Save Game Format - The Future Is Now [08:27] TR News "Snow Leopard was a version of Mac OS X released in 2010. It was billed by Apple as having 0 new features, with a focus on refining the system, improving efficiency, and fixing bugs." https://www.rubenerd.au/the-myth-of-snow-leopard/ | Source: Ruben Schade [08:27] TR Bot timed out after 10002 milliseconds ( status 0 @ https://www.rubenerd.au/the-myth-of-snow-leopard/ ) [08:27] TR News "Americans pick up their phones an average of 186 times per day, or once every 5 minutes during waking hours" https://sqmagazine.co.uk/how-many-times-per-day-does-the-average-person-check-social-media-statistics/ | Source: SQ Magazine [08:27] TR Bot Social Media Checks Per Day Statistics 2026: Latest Insights SQ Magazine [08:27] TR News "Semiconductor stocks nearly doubled last quarter, then fell hard." https://www.yesigiveafig.com/p/maid-in-japan | Source: Michael Green [08:27] TR Bot Maid in Japan - by Michael W. Green [08:28] TR News "Now this is a toilet system that I've personally never seen or dealt with at any point in my life till now." https://connortumbleson.com/2026/08/03/fixing-a-dual-flush-toilet/ | Source: Connor Tumbleson [08:28] TR Bot Fixing a Dual Flush Toilet [08:30] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/Android_Leftovers.gmi [08:30] TR Bot Tux Machines Android Leftovers [08:31] TR News "Books have survived the arrival of radio, movies, tv, the internet, phones, and AI because they have unique affordances that newer mediums have yet to infringe upon (those mediums each have wonderful unique affordances of their own)." https://eliotpeper.substack.com/p/make-art-that-makes-people-make-art | Source: Eliot Peper [08:31] TR Bot Make art that makes people make art - Eliot Peper [08:31] TR News "The bookshelf by my elbow, the one that I can reach without getting up, has seven books on it, not necessarily the ones I look in the most, but the ones whose emanations I most hope will infuse me as I write." https://blog.plover.com/2026/08/02/#elbow-shelf | Source: Mark-Jason Dominus [08:31] TR Bot The Universe of Discourse : Seven books I keep close because I love them [08:31] TR News "actually, can we do team photos, and some product shots, and maybe capture some behind-the-scenes content?" https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/commercial-photography/when-to-walk-away-from-work-as-a-paid-photographer-the-red-flags-that-scream-difficult-client | Source: Digital Camera World [08:31] TR Bot When to walk away from work as a paid photographer: The red flags that scream "difficult client" | Digital Camera World [08:32] TR News "The old lending rules discovered with the book offered another glimpse into library life during the 1870s." https://www.salon.com/2026/08/02/library-book-found-in-fireplace-returns-150-years-late/ | Source: Salon [08:32] TR Bot book found in fireplace returns 150 years late - Salon.com [08:32] TR News Yesterday I wrote that a lot of the special functions that pop up in mathematical physics are solutions to second order linear differential equations with polynomial coefficients." https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/08/02/holonomic-functions/ | Source: John D Cook [08:32] TR Bot Holonomic functions [08:33] TR News "The textbook version of the Runge-Kutta method for solving differential equations has 4 stages and has 4th order error. For lower order versions of RK the number of stages s also matches the order of the error p." https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/08/01/butcher-barrier/ | Source: John D Cook [08:33] TR Bot Runge-Kutta: over versus stages | Butcher barrier [08:33] TR News "In this post I mentioned two series which I denoted t(n) and c(n). The former is the number of unlabeled rooted trees with n nodes. The latter is the cumulative sum of the former, i.e." https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/08/02/estimating-a-cumulative-sum/ | Source: John D Cook [08:33] TR Bot Estimating a cumulative sum [08:39] TR News "The Moon must not merely serve as a stepping stone for exploration, but also as a preemptive shield between Earth and potential forms of extraterrestrial contamination" https://www.404media.co/we-need-to-quarantine-aliens-on-the-moon-scientists-propose/ | Source: 404 Media [08:39] TR Bot We Need to Quarantine Aliens on the Moon, Scientists Propose [08:40] TR News "The category is problematic." https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2026/08/a-problematic-category-on-jeopardy.html | Source: Computational Complexity [08:40] TR Bot Computational Complexity: A problematic category on Jeopardy Raises a Good Question [08:40] TR News "Recently, I polled about 100 people to get their input on something. I asked a very vague question (and oh so many smarty-pants sent me essays to tell me what was wrong with my survey instead of just answering it)." https://bobbyhiltz.com/posts/2026/08/reviewing-reviewing/ | Source: Bobby Hiltz [08:40] TR Bot Feed 10: Reviewing Reviewing | BobbyHiltz.com [08:41] TR News "I started blogging in middle school, when LiveJournal was still invite-only." https://departure.blog/story-of-my-blog/ | Source: Sylvia [08:41] TR Bot The story of my blog (AuguStory) A parenthetical departure [08:41] TR News "Even though I started and deleted dozens of blogs, this one hobby has been probably the most consistent of my life." https://bearlyadiary.bearblog.dev/augustory-the-story-of-my-blog/ | [08:41] TR Bot AuguStory, the story of my blog Bearly a diary [08:42] TR News "During the heyday of AT&T, it was often said that the telephone system was the largest machine ever built" https://computer.rip/2026-08-02-telephone-leasing.html | Source: J B Crawford [08:42] TR Bot telephones caught in between [08:43] TR News "The assert statement is a built-in Python statement that gives developers a nice short hand for raising an AssertionError based on a condition." https://hamatti.org/posts/a-is-for-assert-python-a-to-z/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala [08:43] TR Bot A is for assert - Python A to Z : Juha-Matti Santala [08:43] TR News "Unfortunately the freedom of old-school Perl seems to have resulted in a lot of programmer fatigue around maintaining someone elses thousand line Perl" https://www.tildedave.com/2016/08/19/a-perl-skeptics-guide-to-perl.html | [08:43] TR Bot A Perl Skeptic's Guide to Perl [08:44] TR News "for those unaware, the operand of sizeof is either a unary expression, or a parenthesized type name. so the following are all valid: [...]" https://sebsite.pw/w/20260802-sizeof.html | Source: Sebastian [08:44] TR Bot sizeof is surprisingly difficult to parse in c [08:44] TR News "C++26 adds a new container to the standard library: std::hive." https://lemire.me/blog/2026/08/02/how-fast-is-c26s-stdhive/ | Source: Daniel Lemire [08:44] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/08/02/how-fast-is-c26s-stdhive/ ) [08:44] TR News "The bug report for this stems from something I reported, and then when the core bug I reported was fixed, I reported a side effect of the fix." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/BugReportsMinorDetailsCanMatter | Source: University of Toronto [08:44] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser ● Aug 03 [09:00] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [09:00] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [09:05] TR News Techrights Links 03/08/2026: EU Curtailed Slop, Frank Zappa Recalled https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/Links_03_08_2026_EU_Curtailed_Slop_Frank_Zappa_Recalled.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/Links_03_08_2026_EU_Curtailed_Slop_Frank_Zappa_Recalled.gmi [09:05] TR Bot Techrights Links 03/08/2026: EU Curtailed Slop, Frank Zappa Recalled [09:47] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights ● Aug 03 [10:39] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights ● Aug 03 [11:05] lxo https://blog.lx.oliva.nom.br/2026-08-03-slippery-slop.en.html [11:05] TR Bot Slippery Slop [11:56] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) ● Aug 03 [12:06] *includeals (~includeal@bl18-27-126.dsl.telepac.pt) has joined #techrights [12:31] TR News "The pipeline consists of four sequential stages: [...]" https://datageeek.com/2026/08/02/analyzing-financial-trends-kalman-filtering-for-gold-vs-bitcoin/ | Source: DataGeeek [12:31] TR Bot Financial Trends: Kalman Filtering for Gold vs Bitcoin DataGeeek [12:31] TR News "Our goal is different but conceptually parallel: to apply the same pipeline logic to financial timeseries data. Instead of knee flexion angles, we analyze the comparative dynamics of Gold and Bitcoin. The challenge is similar financial returns are noisy, prone to drift, and difficult to compare directly." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/08/analyzing-financial-trends-kalman-filtering-for-gold-vs-bitcoin/ | Source: Rlang [12:31] TR Bot Financial Trends: Kalman Filtering for Gold vs Bitcoin | R-bloggers [12:32] TR News "The Steam Hardware & Software Survey for July 2026 is out now and going by the current data, Linux has managed to jump back just over 4%" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/linux-back-over-4-percent-in-the-july-2026-steam-survey/ [12:32] TR Bot back over 4% in the July 2026 Steam Survey | GamingOnLinux [12:32] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [12:32] TR News Microsoft apologists https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=391281&start=1250 [12:32] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=391281&start=1250 ) [12:33] TR News "US economy: Trumps Golden Age promise is a fairytale" https://www.theage.com.au/business/the-economy/fool-s-gold-trump-s-promise-to-america-is-not-going-to-plan-20260803-p60ktj.html [12:33] TR Bot US economy: Trumps Golden Age promise is a fairytale [12:33] TR News Women more vulnerable to slop than men https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://www.svd.se/a/ExBAqA/kvinnor-mer-utsatta-for-ai-an-mannen [12:34] TR Bot ( status 429 @ https://www.google.com/sorry/index?continue=https://translate.google.com/translate%3Fsl%3Dsv%26tl%3Den%26u%3Dhttps://www.svd.se/a/ExBAqA/kvinnor-mer-utsatta-for-ai-an-mannen&q=EgReTM9xGKf5wdMGIjA10RpvLK0eiyF0vTT_CNZpmWmIw6vIV5EUzzAc2Wmslezj4PirGbAnqnDC58DuCc0yAnJSWgFD ) [12:34] TR News "I'm kind of growing tired of reading reports about how people start using LLM tools just for some specific purpose, and then end up surrendering their thoughts entirely to them." Slippery Slop [12:35] TR News "People experiment with some questions, and eventually they're best friends with the machine, whatever that means. As thinking gets outsourced, brains figure out they can save energy, and the person becomes gradually impaired, to the point of eventually becoming unable to think, to write, even to read without the aid of an LLM." https://blog.lx.oliva.nom.br/2026-08-03-slippery-slop.en.html [12:35] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [12:35] TR News "Everyone with knowledge agrees that Atom is technically superior to RSS." https://chrismorgan.info/atom%3Erss | Source: Chris Morgan [12:36] TR Bot Atom is better than RSS, in ways that matter Chris Morgan [12:36] TR News "This is where haste does the most damage. The work no longer looks like construction." https://lospino.so/blog/sunday-field-notes/the-supports-that-leave-a-scar/ | Source: Josh Lospinoso [12:36] TR Bot The Supports That Leave a Scar | Josh Lospinoso [12:37] TR News "The electronic side of things is relatively straightforward. Theres an ESP32 running the show, commanding the colors for 928 individually-addressable WS2812 RGB LEDs." https://hackaday.com/2026/08/02/architectural-led-install-shows-how-to-do-it-with-style/ | Source: Hackaday [12:37] TR Bot LED Install Shows How To Do It With Style | Hackaday [12:38] TR News "Weve all seen these sensors and modules kicking around, as part of beginner kits, strapped into prototypes and potentially even in products deployed in the field." https://hackaday.com/2026/08/02/the-seven-sensors-and-breakout-boards-to-avoid-in-a-product/ | Source: Hackaday [12:38] TR Bot Seven Sensors And Breakout Boards To Avoid In A Product | Hackaday [12:38] TR News "The build relies almost entirely on an ESP32 microcontroller with minimal supporting circuitry." https://hackaday.com/2026/08/02/easy-theremin-uses-esp32/ | Source: Hackaday [12:38] TR Bot Theremin Uses ESP32 | Hackaday [12:38] TR News "The build is based around an ESP32 microcontroller. Its hooked up to an ultrasonic sensor which can measure the water level inside the rooftop water tank." https://hackaday.com/2026/08/02/an-automated-water-tank-controller/ | Source: Hackaday [12:38] TR Bot Automated Water Tank Controller | Hackaday [12:39] TR News "While you could use the ethanol produced this way as ethanol fuel in combustion engines and the like, you can also turn the ethanol into ethylene and ethane." https://hackaday.com/2026/08/02/turning-fruits-into-ethylene-and-ethane-refrigerant/ | Source: Hackaday [12:39] TR Bot Fruits Into Ethylene And Ethane Refrigerant | Hackaday [12:39] TR News "Many of us will be used to the idea of a KVM, a device that pipes keyboard, video, and mouse over the network from a remote machine to your own." https://hackaday.com/2026/08/02/a-kvm-without-the-v-or-the-m/ | Source: Hackaday [12:39] TR Bot KVM Without The V (Or The M) | Hackaday [12:39] TR News "[...] Meanwhile, the Debian project is expanding its debate on whether to accept contributions generated by LLM utilities" https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20260803 | Source: Distro Watch [12:39] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20260803 ) [12:40] TR News "The AerynOS team have published an update to the experimental distribution." https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12910 | Source: Distro Watch [12:40] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12910 ) [12:40] TR News "When collecting an email address as a part of a sign-up, sign-in, subscribe, checkout, account recovery, or other process" https://developer.chrome.com/blog/email-verification-protocol-origin-trial | Source: Google [12:40] TR Bot Test the Email Verification Protocol with an origin trial | Blog | Chrome for Developers [12:49] TR News "High executives at tech and even nontech companies feel compelled to get involved with this mAnIa, despite the lack of evidence of any company but nVidia actually turning a profit out of LLM tech, and plenty of evidence of failure upon failure upon failure of projects that have embraced the hallucinating pursuit of automation." https://blog.lx.oliva.nom.br/2026-08-03-slippery-slop.en.html [12:51] TR News Books and some interesting stuff I read in July 2026 https://box.matto.nl/books-and-some-interesting-stuff-i-read-in-july-2026.html [12:51] TR Bot and some interesting stuff I read in July 2026 - box.matto.nl [12:53] TR News Implementing Rich Text in Drawy https://abdelhadiwael.hashnode.dev/implementing-rich-text-in-drawy [12:53] TR Bot Implementing Rich Text in Drawy [12:54] TR News JAGS 5.0.0 is released https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/08/jags-5-0-0-is-released/ [12:54] TR Bot 5.0.0 is released | R-bloggers [12:55] TR News How to Diagnose Nginx 499 Client Closed Request Errors https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-diagnose-nginx-499-client-closed-request-errors/ [12:55] TR Bot to Diagnose Nginx 499 Client Closed Request Errors - LinuxCapable [12:55] TR News garchf: GARCH probabilistic forecasting with package forecast-style interface (and rugarch under the hood) https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/07/garchf-garch-probabilistic-forecasting-with-package-forecast-style-interface-and-rugarch-under-the-hood/ [12:55] TR Bot GARCH probabilistic forecasting with package forecast-style interface (and rugarch under the hood) | R-bloggers [12:56] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [12:57] TR News Ben Hutchings: FOSS activity in July 2026 https://www.decadent.org.uk/ben/blog/2026/08/02/foss-activity-in-july-2026.html [12:57] TR Bot FOSS activity in July 2026 | Better living through software [12:59] TR News Russ Allbery: Term::ANSIColor v6.0.0 TRIAL release https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/journal/2026-08/001.html [12:59] TR Bot Eagle's Path: Term::ANSIColor v6.0.0 prerelease (2026-08-02) ● Aug 03 [13:00] TR News Entropy Aint Easy | LINUX Unplugged 678 https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/linux-unplugged/678/ [13:00] TR Bot Entropy Ain't Easy | LINUX Unplugged 678 | Jupiter Broadcasting [13:02] TR News mintCast 490 Not archCast https://mintcast.org/490-not-archcast/ [13:02] TR Bot 490 Not archCast mintCast [13:03] TR News FOSS Forces Top Five Articles For the Week Ending July 31, 2026 https://fossforce.com/2026/08/foss-forces-top-five-articles-for-the-week-ending-july-31-2026/ [13:03] TR Bot FOSS Force's Top Five Articles For the Week Ending July 31, 2026 - FOSS Force [13:04] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [13:04] TR News fossforce promoting slop plagiarism tools now? https://fossforce.com/2026/08/anthropics-claude-for-oss-program-adds-codenotarys-immudb/ [13:04] TR Bot Anthropics Claude for OSS Program Adds Codenotarys immudb - FOSS Force [13:05] TR News git worktree: Work on Multiple Branches at Once https://linuxize.com/post/git-worktree/ [13:05] TR Bot worktree: Work on Multiple Branches at Once | Linuxize [13:06] TR News Linux Hits a Record 7.53% Worldwide as backdoored Windows Users Finally Jump Ship https://linuxstans.com/linux-hits-a-record-7-53-worldwide-as-windows-users-finally-jump-ship/ [13:06] TR Bot Linux Hits 7.53% Desktop Share: Full Breakdown [13:06] *psydruid has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [13:09] TR News (NEW): Graphics and Games Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/Graphics_and_Games_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/Graphics_and_Games_Leftovers.gmi [13:09] TR News (NEW): KDE and GNOME: KDE Itinerary and GNOME Shell https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/KDE_and_GNOME_KDE_Itinerary_and_GNOME_Shell.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/KDE_and_GNOME_KDE_Itinerary_and_GNOME_Shell.gmi [13:09] TR Bot Tux Machines Graphics and Games Leftovers [13:09] TR Bot Tux Machines KDE and GNOME: KDE Itinerary and GNOME Shell [13:09] TR News (NEW): NetBSD 11.0 released https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/NetBSD_11_0_released.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/NetBSD_11_0_released.gmi [13:09] TR Bot Tux Machines NetBSD 11.0 released [13:11] *yellow-pillow (~yellow-pillow@5arz9p7wg8kqn.irc) has joined #techrights [13:26] TR News Berserk Arch 2026.08.02 https://distrowatch.com/berserkarch [13:26] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/berserkarch ) [13:26] TR News NetHydra 1.1.0 https://distrowatch.com/nethydra [13:26] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/nethydra ) [13:26] TR News AerynOS 2026.08 https://distrowatch.com/aerynos [13:26] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/aerynos ) [13:26] TR News Shadowfetch 2.1.3 https://distrowatch.com/shadowfetch [13:26] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/shadowfetch ) [13:26] TR News Ezarcher 2608-1 https://distrowatch.com/ezarcher [13:26] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/ezarcher ) [13:27] TR News pearOS 2026.08 https://distrowatch.com/pearos [13:27] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/pearos ) [13:27] TR News Puppy 26.06-20260801 https://distrowatch.com/puppy [13:27] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/puppy ) [13:27] TR News Butterbian 0.3.3 https://distrowatch.com/butterbian [13:27] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/butterbian ) [13:27] TR News Calam 2026-08 https://distrowatch.com/calam [13:27] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/calam ) [13:28] TR News Linux App Release Roundup (July 2026) https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/linux-app-release-roundup-july-2026 [13:28] TR Bot Linux App Release Roundup (July 2026) - OMG! Ubuntu [13:30] TR News MidnightBSD 4.0.7 https://distrowatch.com/midnightbsd [13:30] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/midnightbsd ) [13:31] TR News Ubuntus ready for Alberta and Morocco time zone changes https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/ubuntu-alberta-morocco-time-change [13:31] TR Bot Ubuntu's ready for Alberta and Morocco time zone changes - OMG! 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(It Impacts Red Hat) https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/02/IBMers_Discuss_Who_Killed_IBM_It_Impacts_Red_Hat.shtml [14:13] TR Bot Techrights IBMers Discuss Who Killed IBM (It Impacts Red Hat) [14:14] TR News Toots back for the Digest https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2026/08/02/toots-back-for-the-digest/ [14:14] TR Bot Toots back for the Digest DragonFly BSD Digest [14:14] TR News First open-source firmware for AM5 officially launches Dasharo v0.9.0 brings Coreboot and openSIL to Zen 4 APUs on MSI B850 https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/motherboards/first-open-source-firmware-for-am5-officially-launches-dasharo-v0-9-0-brings-coreboot-and-opensil-to-zen-4-apus-on-msi-b850 [14:14] TR Bot First open-source firmware for AM5 officially launches Dasharo v0.9.0 brings Coreboot and openSIL to Zen 4 APUs on MSI B850 | Tom's Hardware [14:17] TR News How fast is C++26s std::hive? https://lemire.me/blog/2026/08/02/how-fast-is-c26s-stdhive/ [14:17] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/08/02/how-fast-is-c26s-stdhive/ ) [14:24] *phebus (~phebus@y62br8unm5ssk.irc) has joined #techrights [14:28] TR News Are Artificial Sweeteners Really Worse For Your Brain Than Sugar? An Epidemiologist Explains https://www.sciencealert.com/are-artificial-sweeteners-really-worse-for-your-brain-than-sugar-an-epidemiologist-explains [14:28] TR Bot Artificial Sweeteners Really Worse For Your Brain Than Sugar? An Epidemiologist Explains : ScienceAlert [14:28] MinceR all the food is poison, all the food is poison [14:46] *Obsdark (~Obsdark@user/obsdark) has joined #techrights [14:49] *yellow-pillow has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [14:54] schestowitz[TR2] I'll drink to that [14:54] TR News Govt refusal to release banned book list following independent bookstore arrests is abuse of power, Christian NGO says https://hongkongfp.com/2026/08/03/govt-refusal-to-release-banned-book-list-following-independent-bookstore-arrests-is-abuse-of-power-christian-ngo-says/ [14:54] TR Bot Gov't refusal to release banned book list is 'abuse of power,' Christian NGO says ● Aug 03 [15:00] TR News How much is too much? Or what's the maximum a price should increase? https://gregoryhammond.ca/blog/how-much-increase-is-too-much/ [15:00] TR Bot How much is too much? Or what's the maximum a price should increase? - Gregory Hammond [15:00] TR News Young South Koreans look for jobs in Japan as they struggle to find work at home https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/young-south-koreans-look-for-jobs-in-japan-as-they-struggle-to-find-work-at-home [15:00] TR Bot Young South Koreans look for jobs in Japan as they struggle to find work at home | The Straits Times [15:02] TR News Lazy Reading for 2026/08/02 https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2026/08/02/lazy-reading-for-2026-08-02/ [15:02] TR Bot Lazy Reading for 2026/08/02 DragonFly BSD Digest [15:04] TR News 'Nozzlegate' erupts as Prusa CORE One 3D printer kits arrive with soft steel nozzles Bondtech admits machining flaws with no quick fix (Updated) https://www.tomshardware.com/3d-printing/nozzlegate-erupts-as-prusa-core-one-3d-ptinter-kits-arrive-with-soft-steel-nozzles-bondtech-admits-machining-flaws-with-no-quick-fix [15:04] TR Bot 'Nozzlegate' erupts as Prusa CORE One 3D printer kits arrive with soft steel nozzles Bondtech admits machining flaws with no quick fix (Updated) | Tom's Hardware [15:05] TR News Iran suspected of conducting cyberattacks on US water suppliers in 45 municipalities https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/iran-suspected-of-conducting-cyberattacks-on-us-water-suppliers-in-45-municipalities-small-towns-mostly-targeted-with-utilities-switching-to-manual-control [15:05] TR Bot Iran suspected of conducting cyberattacks on US water suppliers in 45 municipalities small towns mostly targeted, with utilities switching to manual control | Tom's Hardware [15:07] TR News New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with Sephiria and Kusan City of Wolves - 2026-08-01 Edition https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-playable-on-the-steam-deck-2026-08-01-edition/index.html [15:07] TR Bot New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with Sephiria and Kusan City of Wolves - 2026-08-01 Edition [15:08] TR News Commemorative golden Doom floppy disks go up for pre-order pair of limited edition dummy imitation gold plating disks and a box are $30 at GameStop https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/commemorative-golden-doom-floppy-disks-go-up-for-pre-order-pair-of-limited-edition-dummy-imitation-gold-plating-disks-and-a-box-are-usd30-at-gamestop [15:08] TR Bot Commemorative golden Doom floppy disks go up for pre-order pair of limited edition dummy imitation gold plating disks and a box are $30 at GameStop | Tom's Hardware [15:09] TR News Play games with your brain signals using Octopus 16 wireless EEG device https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/02/play-games-with-your-brain-signals-using-octopus-16-wireless-eeg-device/ [15:09] TR Bot Play games with your brain signals using Octopus 16 wireless EEG device - CNX Software [15:10] TR News Lucas Baudin: Visual Signatures in Papers (and Papers 51.beta) https://lbaudin.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/blog/posts/signatures-in-papers/ [15:10] TR Bot Visual Signatures in Papers (and Papers 51.beta) [15:10] TR News 2,900 Blog Posts https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/02/2900-blog-posts/ [15:10] TR Bot Blog Archive 2,900 Blog Posts [15:13] TR News (NEW): Linux 7.2-rc6 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/Linux_7_2_rc6.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/Linux_7_2_rc6.gmi [15:13] TR Bot Tux Machines Linux 7.2-rc6 [15:13] TR News Has Patent Term Adjustment Peaked? https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/08/has-patent-term-adjustment-peaked.html [15:13] TR Bot Has Patent Term Adjustment Peaked? | Patently-O [15:16] TR News (NEW): Audiocasts/Shows: LINUX Unplugged 678 and mintCast https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/Audiocasts_Shows_LINUX_Unplugged_678_and_mintCast.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/Audiocasts_Shows_LINUX_Unplugged_678_and_mintCast.gmi [15:16] TR Bot Tux Machines Audiocasts/Shows: LINUX Unplugged 678 and mintCast [15:19] *TMF has quit (Quit: Leaving) [15:21] TR News "The upcoming Fedora Linux 45 distribution could enable Shadow Stack protection by default for all x86_64 applications and libraries built with GCC, Clang, and Rust." https://9to5linux.com/fedora-linux-45-to-enable-shadow-stack-protection-by-default-on-64-bit [15:21] TR Bot Linux 45 to Enable Shadow Stack Protection by Default on 64-Bit - 9to5Linux [15:21] TR News Linux's market share in North America has breached 10% for the first time, says StatCounter https://www.xda-developers.com/linuxs-market-share-in-north-america-has-breached-10-statcounter/ [15:21] TR Bot Linux's market share in North America has breached 10% for the first time, says StatCounter [15:22] TR News KDE developer fixes major Linux eGPU performance bottleneck https://videocardz.com/newz/linux-multi-gpu-fix-boosts-cyberpunk-2077-performance-by-over-80-on-an-egpu [15:22] TR Bot multi-GPU fix boosts Cyberpunk 2077 performance by over 80% on an eGPU - VideoCardz.com [15:22] TR News Slop FOMO: https://www.howtogeek.com/claude-as-tech-support-for-linux/ [15:22] TR Bot My Linux PC was sluggish for no obvious reasonClaude helped me revive it [15:24] TR News "Oddly, some of the comparisons look like they're against May's numbers not June, so we may end up seeing some corrections from Valve. We'll keep an eye on it. Updated - they fixed that." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/linux-back-over-4-percent-in-the-july-2026-steam-survey/ [15:24] TR Bot back over 4% in the July 2026 Steam Survey | GamingOnLinux [15:24] TR News (NEW): Slippery Slop and Letting Slop Control GNU/Linux PCs https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/Slippery_Slop_and_Letting_Slop_Control_GNU_Linux_PCs.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/Slippery_Slop_and_Letting_Slop_Control_GNU_Linux_PCs.gmi [15:24] TR Bot Tux Machines Slippery Slop and Letting Slop Control GNU/Linux PCs [15:24] TR News "Frustrated with Windows and considering switching to Linux? Struggling to make up your mind because of the good and bad things you hear about making the switch? Well, Ive used both OSes for over a decade, and here are my five crucial truths about making the switch that rarely get mentioned." https://www.howtogeek.com/the-things-nobody-tells-you-about-switching-to-linux-from-windows/ [15:24] TR Bot 5 things nobody tells you about switching to Linux from Windows [15:25] TR News A Meta developer's Linux patch could boost Steam Deck frame rates by up to 32% https://www.techspot.com/news/113317-meta-developer-linux-patch-could-boost-steam-deck.html [15:25] TR Bot Meta developer's Linux patch could boost Steam Deck frame rates by up to 32% | TechSpot [15:26] TR News Linux 7.3 will receive support for Qualcomm Adreno 704 and Adreno 722 GPUs. https://en.gamegpu.com/news/zhelezo/linux-7-3-poluchit-podderzhku-graficheskikh-protsessorov-qualcomm-adreno-704-i-adreno-722 [15:26] TR Bot Linux 7.3 will receive support for Qualcomm Adreno 704 and Adreno 722 GPUs. [15:26] TR News Linux patch fixes Zen 5 chips being misidentified as Zen 6 https://en.gamegpu.com/news/zhelezo/patch-dlya-linux-ispravlyaet-oshibochnoe-opredelenie-chipov-zen-5-kak-zen-6 [15:26] TR Bot Linux patch fixes Zen 5 chips being misidentified as Zen 6 [15:27] TR News "The Debian Project released a new Linux kernel security update on July 31st, 2026, for its Debian 13 Trixie stable operating system series to address 68 security vulnerabilities." https://9to5linux.com/new-debian-13-trixie-kernel-security-update-fixes-68-vulnerabilities [15:27] TR Bot Debian 13 Trixie Kernel Security Update Fixes 68 Vulnerabilities - 9to5Linux [15:27] TR News NetBSD 11.0 Ships First Stable RISC-V Port and Ten-Millisecond Boot Kernel https://www.techtimes.com/articles/322681/20260802/netbsd-110-ships-first-stable-risc-v-port-ten-millisecond-boot-kernel.htm [15:27] TR Bot NetBSD 11.0 Ships First Stable RISC-V Port and Ten-Millisecond Boot Kernel [15:52] TR News AMD Begins RDNA 5 Linux Support With New Driver Updates https://www.eteknix.com/amd-begins-rdna-5-linux-support-with-new-driver-updates/ [15:52] TR Bot Begins RDNA 5 Linux Support With New Driver Updates - eTeknix [15:53] TR News (NEW): NetBSD 11.0 released https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/NetBSD_11_0_released.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/NetBSD_11_0_released.gmi [15:53] TR Bot Tux Machines NetBSD 11.0 released [15:54] TR News I refuse to pay Microsoft for these 7 features that Linux offers for free https://www.howtogeek.com/stop-paying-for-windows-pro-here-are-features-linux-includes-for-free/ [15:54] TR Bot I refuse to pay Microsoft for these 7 features that Linux offers for free [15:54] TR News (NEW): Your Computer Is About to Demand Your Age Before You Can Use It. 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Here's Why [15:54] TR News "Archcraft 26.08 has been released today for this Arch Linux-based rolling-release distribution aimed at users who care about minimalism and the aesthetics of their Linux desktop." https://9to5linux.com/arch-linux-based-archcraft-26-08-brings-new-sway-wayland-session-linux-7-1 [15:54] TR Bot Linux-Based Archcraft 26.08 Brings New Sway Wayland Session, Linux 7.1 - 9to5Linux [15:55] TR News Arch Linux Freezes AUR Adoption: Tor-Backed Rust Infostealer Bypasses June Defenses in Third Wave https://www.techtimes.com/articles/322619/20260801/arch-linux-freezes-aur-adoption-tor-backed-rust-infostealer-bypasses-june-defenses-third-wave.htm [15:55] TR Bot Arch Linux Freezes AUR Adoption: Tor-Backed Rust Infostealer Bypasses June Defenses in Third Wave [15:56] TR News Linux Foundations OPI Project Releases 1st DPU/IPU Abstraction Framework https://www.hpcwire.com/bigdatawire/this-just-in/linux-foundations-opi-project-releases-1st-dpu-ipu-abstraction-framework/ [15:56] TR Bot BigDATAwire - Data Science AI Advanced Analytics ● Aug 03 [16:06] TR News (NEW): KDE: Drawy in GSoC 2026, KDE developer fixes major Linux eGPU performance bottleneck https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/KDE_Drawy_in_GSoC_2026_KDE_developer_fixes_major_Linux_eGPU_per.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/KDE_Drawy_in_GSoC_2026_KDE_developer_fixes_major_Linux_eGPU_per.gmi [16:06] TR Bot Tux Machines KDE: Drawy in GSoC 2026, KDE developer fixes major Linux eGPU performance bottleneck [16:06] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: KVM Without The V and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/Open_Hardware_Modding_KVM_Without_The_V_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/Open_Hardware_Modding_KVM_Without_The_V_and_More.gmi [16:06] TR Bot Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: KVM Without The V and More [16:08] TR News (NEW): Games: Steam Deck, Doom, EEG as an Interface for User https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/Games_Steam_Deck_Doom_EEG_as_an_Interface_for_User.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/Games_Steam_Deck_Doom_EEG_as_an_Interface_for_User.gmi [16:08] TR Bot Tux Machines Games: Steam Deck, Doom, EEG as an Interface for User [16:08] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/today_s_howtos.gmi [16:08] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [16:09] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.gmi [16:09] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers [16:09] TR News (NEW): Kernel: Linux 7.3, Zen 5, RDNA 5 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/Kernel_Linux_7_3_Zen_5_RDNA_5.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/Kernel_Linux_7_3_Zen_5_RDNA_5.gmi [16:09] TR Bot Tux Machines Kernel: Linux 7.3, Zen 5, RDNA 5 [16:13] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software, Development Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Development_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Development_Leftovers.gmi [16:13] TR Bot Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software, Development Leftovers [16:14] TR News (NEW): NVIDIA 610.57.04 Linux Graphics Driver Improves Support for Many Games https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/NVIDIA_610_57_04_Linux_Graphics_Driver_Improves_Support_for_Man.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/NVIDIA_610_57_04_Linux_Graphics_Driver_Improves_Support_for_Man.gmi [16:14] TR Bot Tux Machines NVIDIA 610.57.04 Linux Graphics Driver Improves Support for Many Games [16:16] TR News Techrights Links 03/08/2026: Strike By Flight Attendants (WestJet) and Greedflation https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/Links_03_08_2026_Strike_By_Flight_Attendants_WestJet_and_Greedf.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/Links_03_08_2026_Strike_By_Flight_Attendants_WestJet_and_Greedf.gmi [16:16] TR Bot Techrights Links 03/08/2026: Strike By Flight Attendants (WestJet) and Greedflation [16:43] admfubar https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/08/03/as-larry-ellison-bets-the-farm-oracle-says-it-loves-ai-written-code-just-not-in-openjdk/5281851 [16:43] TR Bot As Larry Ellison bets the farm, Oracle says it loves AI-written code, just not in OpenJDK [16:43] schestowitz[TR2] they bet the farm on slop [16:44] schestowitz[TR2] which is like a religion [16:44] schestowitz[TR2] so they need to pretend it is potent and legal in every way [16:44] schestowitz[TR2] compare to linkedin [16:44] schestowitz[TR2] microsoft says USE SLOP [16:44] schestowitz[TR2] it is the FUTURE [16:44] schestowitz[TR2] linnkedin says, [16:44] schestowitz[TR2] "hey, try slop for posts" [16:44] schestowitz[TR2] then users complain [16:44] schestowitz[TR2] linkedin is littered with slop [16:45] schestowitz[TR2] then microsoft introduced report slop option [16:45] schestowitz[TR2] so clearly the religion has infighting [16:45] schestowitz[TR2] the users condemn the "feature" [16:45] schestowitz[TR2] that's what happens in GAFAM and Oracle now [16:45] schestowitz[TR2] IBM also [16:45] schestowitz[TR2] Fedora says use flo [16:45] schestowitz[TR2] but then [16:45] schestowitz[TR2] flathubbbb bans slop [16:45] schestowitz[TR2] because it's a PITA to IBM [16:45] schestowitz[TR2] they send mixedddddd messages [16:50] TR News Techrights GNU/Linux-Centric Blogs Belatedly Pick Up News About GNU/Linux Gains: 4-8% Depending on the Surveyor https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/GNU_Linux_Centric_Blogs_Belatedly_Pick_Up_News_About_GNU_Linux_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/GNU_Linux_Centric_Blogs_Belatedly_Pick_Up_News_About_GNU_Linux_.gmi [16:50] TR Bot Techrights GNU/Linux-Centric Blogs Belatedly Pick Up News About GNU/Linux Gains: 4-8% Depending on the Surveyor [16:55] TR News Techrights statCounter Corrects GNU/Linux Estimates, Now Measured at 9% Worldwide https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/statCounter_Corrects_GNU_Linux_Estimates_Now_Measured_at_9_Worl.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/statCounter_Corrects_GNU_Linux_Estimates_Now_Measured_at_9_Worl.gmi [16:55] TR Bot Techrights statCounter Corrects GNU/Linux Estimates, Now Measured at 9% Worldwide [16:58] TR News (NEW): So What If GNU/Linux is Measured at 9% Worldwide? https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/So_What_If_GNU_Linux_is_Measured_at_9_Worldwide.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/So_What_If_GNU_Linux_is_Measured_at_9_Worldwide.gmi [16:58] TR Bot Tux Machines So What If GNU/Linux is Measured at 9% Worldwide? ● Aug 03 [17:19] TR News Techrights 1, Greed 0 https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/03/techrights-1-greed-0/ [17:19] TR Bot Blog Archive Techrights 1, Greed 0 [17:22] *\join_subline has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [17:25] *\join_subline (~join_subline@x58kccsbytrv6.irc) has joined #techrights [17:29] admfubar https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/ai-slop-stories-are-spoiling-the-childhood/ [17:29] TR Bot AI slop stories are spoiling the childhood - Digital Trends [17:30] schestowitz[TR2] so avoid them :) [17:30] schestowitz[TR2] the issue is, [17:31] schestowitz[TR2] you might give kids slop videos [17:31] schestowitz[TR2] or slop books [17:31] schestowitz[TR2] don't [17:31] schestowitz[TR2] tthey will have an advantage [17:35] TR News (NEW): I switched an old laptop to a RAM-only OS and it outpaced my newer machine https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/I_switched_an_old_laptop_to_a_RAM_only_OS_and_it_outpaced_my_ne.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/I_switched_an_old_laptop_to_a_RAM_only_OS_and_it_outpaced_my_ne.gmi [17:35] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Measured as Higher Than What Blogs Reported Over the Weekend https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/GNU_Linux_Measured_as_Higher_Than_What_Blogs_Reported_Over_the_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/GNU_Linux_Measured_as_Higher_Than_What_Blogs_Reported_Over_the_.gmi [17:35] TR Bot Tux Machines I switched an old laptop to a RAM-only OS and it outpaced my newer machine [17:35] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux Measured as Higher Than What Blogs Reported Over the Weekend [17:35] *Goblin (~use@anjxxfe7gqque.irc) has joined #techrights [17:37] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [17:45] TR News Techrights RMS Won the Argument and Now GNU Wins Over Computer Users https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/RMS_Won_the_Argument_and_Now_GNU_Wins_Over_Computer_Users.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/RMS_Won_the_Argument_and_Now_GNU_Wins_Over_Computer_Users.gmi [17:45] TR Bot Techrights RMS Won the Argument and Now GNU Wins Over Computer Users [17:48] *ewig has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [17:48] Goblin I didnt think Microsoft could sell them when they were at their previous price. Hasn't Sony and Nintendo got the market? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czjlvrd9e43o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss [17:48] TR Bot Xbox Series X price hiked by 170 due to rising memory chip costs - BBC News [17:49] schestowitz[TR2] "only" 170? [17:49] schestowitz[TR2] i read up 49% at max [17:49] schestowitz[TR2] and they LOSE money when selling those [17:51] Goblin I think this will signal the end....im not really into gaming but arent the big titles that people want only with Sony and Nintendo? [17:53] TR News Techrights Alexandre Oliva on Slippery Slop (LLMs) https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/Alexandre_Oliva_on_Slippery_Slop_LLMs.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/Alexandre_Oliva_on_Slippery_Slop_LLMs.gmi [17:53] TR Bot Techrights Alexandre Oliva on Slippery Slop (LLMs) [17:58] *Obsdark has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● Aug 03 [18:00] schestowitz[TR2] Goblin: they gave up [18:00] schestowitz[TR2] but don't want to say it [18:00] schestowitz[TR2] hence the CEO change [18:00] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2026/06/14/Microsoft_CEO_Says_XBox_is_Not_a_Sustainable_Business.shtmlhttp://techrights.org/n/2026/06/14/Microsoft_CEO_Says_XBox_is_Not_a_Sustainable_Business.shtml [18:00] TR Bot ( status 404 @ http://techrights.org/n/2026/06/14/Microsoft_CEO_Says_XBox_is_Not_a_Sustainable_Business.shtmlhttp://techrights.org/n/2026/06/14/Microsoft_CEO_Says_XBox_is_Not_a_Sustainable_Business.shtml ) [18:00] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2026/06/14/Microsoft_CEO_Says_XBox_is_Not_a_Sustainable_Business.shtml [18:00] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft CEO Says XBox is Not a Sustainable Business [18:01] admfubar IBM = International Broke-ass Machines [18:03] TR News (NEW): Only Bad Parents Expose Children to Slop https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/Only_Bad_Parents_Expose_Children_to_Slop.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/Only_Bad_Parents_Expose_Children_to_Slop.gmi [18:03] TR Bot Tux Machines Only Bad Parents Expose Children to Slop [18:16] TR News Techrights The Cyber Show on "Weaponised Antisocial Technology" https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/The_Cyber_Show_on_Weaponised_Antisocial_Technology.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/The_Cyber_Show_on_Weaponised_Antisocial_Technology.gmi [18:16] TR Bot Techrights The Cyber Show on "Weaponised Antisocial Technology" [18:22] schestowitz[TR2] lxo: question for article [18:22] schestowitz[TR2] if linux-libre ingests kernel.org codebase [18:22] schestowitz[TR2] and this codebase contains slop [18:22] schestowitz[TR2] and this slop is processed by linux-libre [18:22] schestowitz[TR2] would that make linux-libre slopware too? [18:26] admfubar sloppy second-ware [18:30] admfubar https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/07/read-this-before-you-buy-that-tv-streaming-stick/ [18:30] TR Bot Read This Before You Buy That TV Streaming Stick Krebs on Security [18:35] TR News Techrights Microsoft's Slop Bet is Killing the XBox Even Faster https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/Microsoft_s_Slop_Bet_is_Killing_the_XBox_Even_Faster.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/Microsoft_s_Slop_Bet_is_Killing_the_XBox_Even_Faster.gmi [18:35] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft's Slop Bet is Killing the XBox Even Faster [18:37] TR News "I previously described in another report how the rogue Debianists tried to use police as a weapon to raid the supposedly secret Swiss Protonmail." https://danielpocock.com/en/cults-rupert-lowes-analysis-nigel-farage-reform-eerily-similar-debianism/ [18:37] TR Bot Cults: Rupert Lowe's analysis of Nigel Farage & Reform eerily similar to Debianism bult [18:38] TR News "The use of the police in this manner is much more than an attack on the victim named in the false accusations. These false persecutions are intended to send a message to every other cult member, whether it is a political party or a free software organisation, to deter anybody else from doing anything inconvenient for the gangmasters." [18:46] TR News Techrights GNU/Linux Has Surged to 6.3% in Madagascar https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/GNU_Linux_Has_Surged_to_6_3_in_Madagascar.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/GNU_Linux_Has_Surged_to_6_3_in_Madagascar.gmi [18:46] TR Bot Techrights GNU/Linux Has Surged to 6.3% in Madagascar [18:47] TR News circo del umbra gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/ombra [18:48] TR News The Great Exodus part 2 gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/exodus [18:49] TR News "It's heartening that things I'd put aside for "just a moment" are still here, a few years later, when I'm ready to pick them up again. 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I resized the original drawing with gimp, decreased the color depth to 2 colors and converted the image using image magick convert to text." gemini://gmi.noulin.net/2026-08-03-i-converted-an-xkcd-drawing-to-unicode-text.gmi [18:56] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 03/08/2026: Great Exodus, xkcd as Text, and Dead Ends https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/Gemini_Links_03_08_2026_Great_Exodus_xkcd_as_Text_and_Dead_Ends.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/Gemini_Links_03_08_2026_Great_Exodus_xkcd_as_Text_and_Dead_Ends.gmi [18:56] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 03/08/2026: Great Exodus, xkcd as Text, and Dead Ends ● Aug 03 [19:11] TR News Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 138 Out of 200: Garrett Has Basically "Lost" and It is "Embarrassing" to Them https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_138_Out_of_200_Garrett_Has_Basically_Lost.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_138_Out_of_200_Garrett_Has_Basically_Lost.gmi [19:11] TR Bot Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 138 Out of 200: Garrett Has Basically "Lost" and It is "Embarrassing" to Them [19:23] admfubar saying of the day: " The math isn't mathing" [19:23] TR News Techrights GNU/Linux Rises Above 6% in Colombia https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/GNU_Linux_Rises_Above_6_in_Colombia.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/GNU_Linux_Rises_Above_6_in_Colombia.gmi [19:23] TR Bot Techrights GNU/Linux Rises Above 6% in Colombia [19:31] TR News Techrights Swatting People Who Write About Corruption, Misogyny, Criminal Misuse of Funds https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/Swatting_People_Who_Write_About_Corruption_Misogyny_Criminal_Mi.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/Swatting_People_Who_Write_About_Corruption_Misogyny_Criminal_Mi.gmi [19:31] TR Bot Techrights Swatting People Who Write About Corruption, Misogyny, Criminal Misuse of Funds [19:38] TR News Techrights statCounter Estimates GNU/Linux at 5.32% in Kuwait, Years Ago It Was Near 0% https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/statCounter_Estimates_GNU_Linux_at_5_32_in_Kuwait_Years_Ago_It_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/statCounter_Estimates_GNU_Linux_at_5_32_in_Kuwait_Years_Ago_It_.gmi [19:38] TR Bot Techrights statCounter Estimates GNU/Linux at 5.32% in Kuwait, Years Ago It Was Near 0% ● Aug 03 [20:02] admfubar https://www.quantamagazine.org/why-the-legendary-erdos-problems-are-falling-to-ai-20260803/ [20:02] TR Bot Why the Legendary Erds Problems Are Falling to AI | Quanta Magazine [20:04] TR News https://www.cnbc.com/video/2026/07/30/ibm-ceo-arvind-krishna-goes-one-on-one-with-jim-cramer.html" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kyxtdzrm http://techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/You_Know_Your_Company_is_Dead_or_Basically_a_Pyramid_Scheme_Whe.shtml [20:04] TR Bot IBM CEO Arvind Krishna goes one-on-one with Jim Cramer [20:04] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kyxtdzrm ) [20:04] TR Bot Techrights You Know Your Company is Dead or Basically a Pyramid Scheme When Jim Cramer Keeps Promoting Its Stock [20:05] TR News "Canonical link here: https://www.cnbc.com/video/2026/07/30/ibm-ceo-arvind-krishna-goes-one-on-one-with-jim-cramer.html" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kyxtdzrm http://techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/You_Know_Your_Company_is_Dead_or_Basically_a_Pyramid_Scheme_Whe.shtml [20:07] TR News "I've worked with Executives like him. geography wise. There is definitely a gene missing around getting feedback that they do not want to hear." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kyj0tr4b [20:07] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kyj0tr4b ) [20:09] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@ufw3e6fmmgi9s.irc) has joined #techrights [20:12] lxo schestowitz[TR2], yeah, I guess that's how it works for downstream [20:13] *oarion7 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [20:14] IsambardPrince https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/microsoft-cto-confesses-that-30-year-old-code-from-the-mid-90s-still-forms-the-bedrock-of-windows-11-ancient-win32-api-still-the-backbone-but-cto-says-its-more-relevant-than-ever-in-2026 [20:14] TR Bot Microsoft CTO confesses that 30-year-old code from the mid-90s still forms the bedrock of Windows 11 ancient Win32 API still the backbone, but CTO says it's 'more relevant than ever in 2026' | Tom's Hardware [20:14] admfubar https://www.quantamagazine.org/physicists-solve-a-muon-mystery-now-old-results-dont-add-up-20260729/ [20:14] TR Bot Physicists Solve a Muon Mystery. Now, Old Results Dont Add Up. | Quanta Magazine [20:17] TR News Techrights IBM Has Embraced and Rewarded Liars https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/IBM_Has_Embraced_and_Rewarded_Liars.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/IBM_Has_Embraced_and_Rewarded_Liars.gmi [20:17] TR Bot Techrights IBM Has Embraced and Rewarded Liars [20:21] schestowitz[TR2] lxo: i wonder if that is a topic to cover or not [20:21] schestowitz[TR2] probably not a new or unique take [20:21] schestowitz[TR2] there is another issue [20:21] schestowitz[TR2] suppose you make xyz [20:21] schestowitz[TR2] and xyz uses abc [20:21] schestowitz[TR2] and abc becomes slopware [20:22] schestowitz[TR2] as module or dep [20:22] schestowitz[TR2] does that make xyz also contaminated with slop? yes. [20:22] schestowitz[TR2] but not directly [20:22] lxo yeah, it's contagious [20:22] schestowitz[TR2] new abc comes out [20:22] schestowitz[TR2] with slop added [20:22] lxo I mean, I agree, not directly [20:22] schestowitz[TR2] no human review [20:22] schestowitz[TR2] something terrible happens [20:22] schestowitz[TR2] xyz then tells users it is slop's fault [20:23] schestowitz[TR2] xyz then tells users it is slop's fault [20:23] schestowitz[TR2] users ask, [20:23] lxo but still. the combined program contains slop [20:23] schestowitz[TR2] did you use LLMs? [20:23] schestowitz[TR2] they say no, [20:23] schestowitz[TR2] but we imported some [20:23] schestowitz[TR2] or, it was OK at the time [20:23] schestowitz[TR2] then it became slop [20:23] schestowitz[TR2] LF is bribed by NVIDIA et al [20:23] schestowitz[TR2] so it won't mind [20:23] schestowitz[TR2] it does SBOM [20:23] schestowitz[TR2] but not SLOP-BOM [20:23] schestowitz[TR2] it doesn't care [20:23] schestowitz[TR2] just bribe Sheela and James Zemlin [20:23] schestowitz[TR2] they love pyramid schemes [20:24] schestowitz[TR2] https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/Slop_s_Latest_Casualty_The_Credibility_of_Linus_Torvalds.shtml [20:24] TR Bot Techrights Slop's Latest Casualty: The Credibility of Linus Torvalds [20:24] schestowitz[TR2] i guess you may have seen this already [20:24] schestowitz[TR2] linus should have known better [20:24] lxo as doctorow suggests, the bubble will pop soon, but we'll be digging the asbestos out for a very long time [20:24] schestowitz[TR2] but he lost his pair [20:25] schestowitz[TR2] well, some sites lack slop [20:25] schestowitz[TR2] and some software [20:25] schestowitz[TR2] projects will revert back to these [20:25] schestowitz[TR2] or revert back to old, clean versions [20:25] schestowitz[TR2] like the pre-slop www [20:25] schestowitz[TR2] or literature [20:25] schestowitz[TR2] or online reviews [20:25] schestowitz[TR2] social control media [20:25] schestowitz[TR2] etc etc [20:25] schestowitz[TR2] too much litter in them now [20:25] schestowitz[TR2] even youtube and tiktok drown in slop (plagiarism) vcideos [20:26] IsambardPrince Those LLMs that look at codebases are getting more useful apparently. [20:26] schestowitz[TR2] fuzzing did too [20:26] schestowitz[TR2] they rebranded it [20:26] IsambardPrince Mozilla has been fixing security issues flushed out by those scanning tools in the recent months. [20:26] IsambardPrince So it's just suped up fuzzing, really. [20:26] schestowitz[TR2] defect scanners are old tech [20:26] schestowitz[TR2] those are not cheap [20:26] schestowitz[TR2] you can see many of them dating back to the 90s [20:26] IsambardPrince The LLM can find things that human eyes can't read over quickly enough across tens of millions of lines. [20:26] schestowitz[TR2] they are not priciers than the slop [20:26] schestowitz[TR2] but the slop isn SIBNSIDISED [20:27] schestowitz[TR2] byt eh pyramid "bros" [20:27] schestowitz[TR2] *SUBSIDISED [20:27] IsambardPrince It won't find them all but it's finding a lot and some have been overlooked going back all the way to the late 90s. [20:27] IsambardPrince So this is concerning, right? Those have affected the Mozilla codebase since years before Firefox. [20:27] schestowitz[TR2] many false pos too [20:27] *yellow-pillow (~yellow-pillow@5arz9p7wg8kqn.irc) has joined #techrights [20:27] schestowitz[TR2] so you end up looking at false flags [20:28] schestowitz[TR2] and a human must do this [20:28] IsambardPrince Nation states will find and hoard this and weaponize them and never disclose it. [20:28] schestowitz[TR2] so you waste "manhours" [20:28] schestowitz[TR2] sitting through slop output [20:28] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: Vivaldi is popping up nagware tabs. [20:28] IsambardPrince Asking for donations when you update it. [20:28] schestowitz[TR2] notice how the msm stopped covering mythos [20:28] schestowitz[TR2] it was hype [20:29] schestowitz[TR2] then slop hey hi did the same [20:29] schestowitz[TR2] ' [20:29] schestowitz[TR2] 'open hi hey' [20:29] schestowitz[TR2] paid for some media hype [20:29] schestowitz[TR2] then it was over [20:29] *oarion7 (~ryan@ebmq5x6cde5zg.irc) has joined #techrights [20:29] schestowitz[TR2] there is business in all this... for corrup journalists [sic] [20:30] lxo I don't think the pop is going to be the end of it. it will take a severe hit, but it won't go away altogether. the tech, the knowledge about how to make it, will remain, and there will be a window for such things to be redone, even in freedom-respecting ways, running on more modest hardware. I'm sure some people are going to at least try. [20:31] schestowitz[TR2] LLMs are not new [20:31] schestowitz[TR2] what is new is: [20:31] schestowitz[TR2] the VC for it [20:31] schestowitz[TR2] like MSFT funding slop hey hi [20:31] schestowitz[TR2] and then [20:31] schestowitz[TR2] the VC money used to bribe the media [20:31] schestowitz[TR2] to shove FOMO down the throats of managers [20:31] schestowitz[TR2] esp. the ones without technical knowhow [20:32] schestowitz[TR2] so they kept telling people they would be extinct unless they adopt this thing [20:32] schestowitz[TR2] in media paid by VCs [20:32] lxo some people have become dependent on this stuff. they will be motivated to rebuild it, if it even needs rebuilding [20:32] schestowitz[TR2] and energy wasted by riding VCs' money [20:32] schestowitz[TR2] it did not scale [20:32] schestowitz[TR2] it did not produce reliable results [20:32] schestowitz[TR2] as already covered a lot in: [20:32] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.cringely.com/ [20:32] TR Bot Cringely [20:32] lxo some have found cases for which it is useful, and they will want that too [20:33] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.cringely.com/2026/05/27/where-the-heck-have-i-been-all-this-time/ [20:33] TR Bot the heck have I been all this time? | I, Cringely [20:33] lxo china will likely pick up that opportunity and run with it. it already is doing that, in a way [20:33] schestowitz[TR2] "I owe you all an explanation of where I have been. The story starts in 2022 when ChatGPT came out and everyone decided to get rich. I know I did. So, I bullied my dear friend a legendary lawyer into building a legal writing tool. Within a week we knew our mission was close to impossible because of failures in GenAI. There were imperfect products we could have sold but didnt dooming ourselves instead to a three-yea [20:33] schestowitz[TR2] r product cycle to defeat the nightmare called LLM hallucinations. [20:33] schestowitz[TR2] I was the chief architect, in over my head despite starting at the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab back in 1978. Then last July I had a heart attack and a stroke followed by 10 weeks in the hospital. We looked done. [20:33] schestowitz[TR2] While I was recovering, my middle son, Cole, 21, took the architect job and did a better job than I ever could have. He saved the company, leading a triumphant demo recently for a $14 billion customer. Then on April 14th Cole went to sleep and never woke up. I hope that never happens to you." [20:33] schestowitz[TR2] They could not make it stop the lies [20:33] schestowitz[TR2] so they gave up [20:33] admfubar https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/ai-companies-are-now-racing-to-the-bottom-crashing-token-prices-and-competitive-models-push-companies-to-cut-costs [20:33] TR Bot AI companies are now racing to the bottom crashing token prices and competitive models push companies to cut costs | Tom's Hardware [20:33] schestowitz[TR2] the hype was based on false marketing [20:33] schestowitz[TR2] and they learned it no matter what they tried [20:34] schestowitz[TR2] china uses cheap workers [20:34] schestowitz[TR2] and it uses robots tool [20:34] schestowitz[TR2] the MSM calls robots "hey hi" now [20:34] schestowitz[TR2] it's ridiculous [20:34] schestowitz[TR2] china does not need chatbots much [20:34] schestowitz[TR2] it does not some [20:34] schestowitz[TR2] for its propaganda farms in social control media [20:34] schestowitz[TR2] trollfarms running with permutations [20:35] schestowitz[TR2] foir value it needs cheap workers and robotics [20:35] schestowitz[TR2] operated by the cheap workers [20:35] schestowitz[TR2] that's what makes plasticwarer and now cars and planes too [20:35] schestowitz[TR2] chatbots don't build planes [20:35] schestowitz[TR2] they don't design planes [20:35] schestowitz[TR2] we already have good plane designs [20:35] schestowitz[TR2] and china breaks into our systems [20:35] schestowitz[TR2] to "steal" our designs [20:35] lxo the hype will likely be gone, and the actual proper use cases will likely be enough to keep it going [20:35] schestowitz[TR2] the slop is a bad side dish [20:36] schestowitz[TR2] the MSM uses the china narrative [20:36] schestowitz[TR2] the whole "HEY HJI ARMS RACE" [20:36] schestowitz[TR2] then shows some robots in china [20:36] schestowitz[TR2] or vehicles that run on algos [20:36] schestowitz[TR2] not slop [20:36] schestowitz[TR2] to cause panic [20:36] schestowitz[TR2] we MUST I INVEST IN SLL THIS HEY HIS TUFF ORT YTHRE CHINESE WIOLL TAKE OVBER TTHE PLANET!! [20:37] schestowitz[TR2] lxo: it is uneconomic [20:37] schestowitz[TR2] esp. when few still use it [20:37] schestowitz[TR2] the trainingh costs the same [20:37] schestowitz[TR2] and less value extracted [20:37] schestowitz[TR2] see: [20:37] schestowitz[TR2] https://locusmag.com/feature/commentary-cory-doctorow-what-kind-of-bubble-is-ai/ [20:37] TR Bot Cory Doctorow: What Kind of Bubble is AI? Locus [20:38] schestowitz[TR2] in particular: [20:38] schestowitz[TR2] "Even more important, these models are expensive to run. Even if a bankrupt AI companys model and servers could be acquired for pennies on the dollar, even if the new owners could be shorn of any overhanging legal liability from looming copyright cases, even if the eye-watering salaries commanded by AI engineers collapsed, the electricity bill for each query to power the servers and their chillers would still make runni [20:38] schestowitz[TR2] ng these giant models very expensive." [20:38] schestowitz[TR2] that nails it [20:38] lxo yup [20:38] schestowitz[TR2] you end up with giant server farms [20:38] schestowitz[TR2] that cost a lot to keep on [20:38] schestowitz[TR2] and for what? [20:38] lxo but there are models that run on SBCs today [20:38] schestowitz[TR2] some giant queries? [20:39] schestowitz[TR2] that give you lols... haha!! look, it's scam altman cryingin a clown suit!!! LOL!! [20:39] lxo I'm not saying I like this future, but it's what I see in my, erhm, crystal ball ;-) [20:40] schestowitz[TR2] "This picture was Cole at age 3 when he taught himself to read. Nobody taught him he taught himself. He picked up a book and read it then picked up another. The kid could do anything. He conquered LLM hallucinations. I was the architect but Cole wrote the code. Ill explain how in a couple columns from now. For now just know my heart is broken." [20:40] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.cringely.com/2026/05/27/where-the-heck-have-i-been-all-this-time/ [20:40] TR Bot the heck have I been all this time? | I, Cringely [20:40] schestowitz[TR2] "While I was recovering, my middle son, Cole, 21, took the architect job and did a better job than I ever could have. He saved the company, leading a triumphant demo recently for a $14 billion customer. Then on April 14th Cole went to sleep and never woke up. I hope that never happens to you." [20:41] schestowitz[TR2] "I was the chief architect, in over my head despite starting at the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab back in 1978. Then last July I had a heart attack and a stroke followed by 10 weeks in the hospital. We looked done." [20:42] admfubar there once was an influencer from nantucket ... https://petapixel.com/2026/08/03/nantucket-antique-stores-no-influencers-sign-angers-content-creators/ [20:42] TR Bot Antique Store's 'No Influencers' Sign Angers Content Creators | PetaPixel [20:43] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [20:43] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [20:45] lxo I read https://cybershow.uk/content/blog/fall/fall.html right after https://www.techdirt.com/2026/07/27/ai-systems-out-persuade-expert-humans-including-professional-canvassers-and-world-championship-debaters/ [20:45] TR Bot The Fall [20:45] TR Bot Systems Out-Persuade Expert Humans, Including Professional Canvassers And World Championship Debaters | Techdirt [20:46] lxo I thought Amusing Influencers could be a funny acronym [20:46] lxo I'm yet to write the blog post about it [20:50] TR News (NEW): Rhythmbox 3.5 Media Player Improves Lyrics Search and Podcast Support https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/Rhythmbox_3_5_Media_Player_Improves_Lyrics_Search_and_Podcast_S.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/Rhythmbox_3_5_Media_Player_Improves_Lyrics_Search_and_Podcast_S.gmi [20:50] TR Bot Tux Machines Rhythmbox 3.5 Media Player Improves Lyrics Search and Podcast Support [20:52] schestowitz[TR2] lxo: "Influencers" is a meaningless term [20:52] schestowitz[TR2] imho, it was made up by [20:52] schestowitz[TR2] losers in places and spaces like youtube [20:52] schestowitz[TR2] they try to attract bribes [20:52] schestowitz[TR2] to make fake reviews [20:52] schestowitz[TR2] and they don't fancy the term "marketers" [20:53] schestowitz[TR2] and that term caught on [20:53] schestowitz[TR2] because it sounds like a job [20:53] lxo that's part of why I find the term funny [20:55] TR News "Recently I was complaining on fedi about old texts I had written and offered 2d6 Math as an example." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-08-03-why-2d6 ● Aug 03 [21:00] TR News Looking to Increase the Strength of Your 3D-Printed PLA Parts? Give Them a Shake, Researchers Say gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202608/20260803-vibe.gmi [21:05] TR News Boastful Legal Letters That Reveal Ones Own Weaknesses https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/03/boastful-legal-letters-that-reveal-ones-own-weaknesses/ [21:05] TR Bot Blog Archive Boastful Legal Letters That Reveal Ones Own Weaknesses [21:06] schestowitz[TR2] you know who else was an influencer? [21:06] schestowitz[TR2] bernays [21:06] schestowitz[TR2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torches_of_Freedom [21:06] TR Bot Torches of Freedom - Wikipedia [21:07] TR News Older: https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/12/In_Systematic_Contempt_of_the_British_High_Court_Brett_Wilson_L.shtml [21:07] TR Bot Techrights In Systematic Contempt of the British High Court, Brett Wilson LLP Spent Two Years Lying to Courts and Breaking Rules Against Us [21:08] lxo rms has had an amazing influence [21:08] lxo I don't like ceding ground on words that had good meanings before some twisted them [21:23] schestowitz[TR2] influenza [21:32] MinceR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb0olo6cyto = https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=nb0olo6cyto [21:32] TR Bot https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=nb0olo6cyto [21:32] TR Bot ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=nb0olo6cyto ) [21:32] TR Bot Select instance - Invidious [21:32] MinceR influenza! [21:38] admfubar https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/08/03/0442238 [21:38] TR Bot The US Government Just Banned Roombas - SoylentNews [21:38] admfubar https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/08/03/044211 [21:38] TR Bot Tesla Burns Through a Billion as Musk Bets the Farm on Chips and Bots - SoylentNews [21:39] admfubar https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/03/russias-svr-borks-public-wi-fis-for-digital-surveillance/5282399 [21:39] TR Bot Russias SVR borks public Wi-Fis for digital surveillance [21:42] TR News "Interesting piece in the Gazette about Prof Richard Moorhead's new book. Useful insights into the causes and consequences of ethical failures by lawyers. And that regulation is "reactive, expensive, and vigorously resisted, especially by well-resourced lawyers and firms"." [21:52] TR News "I am so grateful to the Free Speech Union for wonderful support, to my brilliant solicitor Mark Lewis of Patron Law. And to the Telegraph and its superb News team which was not intimidated by the police who threw everything at us." https://x.com/AllisonPearson/status/2082550974195847505 [21:52] TR Bot Pearson on X: "I am so grateful to the Free Speech Union for wonderful support, to my brilliant solicitor Mark Lewis of Patron Law. And to the Telegraph and its superb News team which was not intimidated by the police who threw everything at us. @SpeechUnion" / X [21:58] IsambardPrince A transliteration of the X server is not going to go welll for so many reasons. [21:58] IsambardPrince If it was this easy to solve problems that required an understanding of context then there would be one direct translation of Greek literature, for example. [21:58] IsambardPrince Instead they go back and there's like 50 of them. ● Aug 03 [22:36] IsambardPrince https://github.com/xlibre-debian/ubuntu [22:36] TR Bot - xlibre-debian/ubuntu: XLibre Ubuntu APT repository (unofficial) GitHub [22:36] IsambardPrince There are instructions for installing XLibre on Ubuntu now. [22:36] IsambardPrince I guess I could install it and try to run KDE on it. ● Aug 03 [23:12] *yellow-pillow has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [23:12] *yellow-pillow (~yellow-pillow@5arz9p7wg8kqn.irc) has joined #techrights