●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, January 04, 2025 ●● ● Jan 04 [00:01] *Despatche has quit (Quit: Read error: Connection reset by deer) [00:44] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@3i6zqudrxkzue.irc) has joined #techrights [00:55] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [00:56] *includeals (~includeal@2001:8a0:e974:da00::1d7f) has joined #techrights ● Jan 04 [01:09] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [01:09] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [01:29] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [01:29] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [01:39] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [01:39] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [01:49] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [01:49] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [01:51] MinceR https://ircz.de/p/2409038 [01:51] TR Bot WHOOPSIE [01:58] darwin everybody went to 2600 Club today, right? I'm there [01:59] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [01:59] MinceR no [01:59] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights ● Jan 04 [02:00] darwin it's a major group concerned with technology rights [02:00] darwin and magazine [02:01] psydruid we should all go clubbing some day [02:01] psydruid with billy clubs in our hands [02:02] darwin www.2600.com [02:05] MinceR and where is it? [02:05] darwin worldwide 5PM first Friday [02:06] darwin founded in NYC, magazine being '2600: The Hacker Quarterly'... check website or back of magazine for locations, or start one (at any public place) [02:06] darwin i'm concerned about kids in future because lately I'm getting boobs pics spam... nice spam, but they'll compete to send better (more revealing) spam [02:06] MinceR is seeing boobs going to harm kids? [02:07] darwin no, but they could see full nudity or then even more gory stuff [02:07] darwin when other spammers try to do more to get more attention [02:07] darwin boobs shouldn't be illegal [02:09] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [02:10] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [02:19] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [02:20] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [02:27] MinceR i've checked www.2600.com, now i have a better idea of what it is [02:29] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [02:30] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [02:39] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [02:40] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [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-techrights-030125.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-030125.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-030125.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-030125.txt [02:47] TR Bot IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Friday, January 03, 2025 [02:47] psydruid https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/norway [02:47] TR Bot Operating System Market Share Norway | Statcounter Global Stats [02:47] psydruid Windows will soon be a minority OS there [02:48] darwin is there any way we can report github.com/volkerdi , etc. for identity theft? [02:48] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. 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HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-030125.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-030125.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-030125.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-030125.txt [02:49] TR Bot IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Friday, January 03, 2025 [02:49] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [02:49] TR News Yesterday's bulletin is now ready! : http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2025-01-03.txt | gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2025-01-03.txt (tentative address, to work an hour from now) [02:49] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [02:49] darwin in early 1990s at school computer laboratory, you could type that without restriction (people were honest so no one did) or use PC/Internet without any login/password [02:50] psydruid https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/norway/#monthly-202312-202501 [02:50] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Norway | Statcounter Global Stats [02:50] TR News Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2025-01-03.txt [02:51] psydruid FORMAT C:\ is what I had to do on the first day I got my first PC, because Windows 95 OSR2 had killed itself in an act of terrorism [02:55] psydruid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pebP891V0c [02:55] TR Bot https://onion.tube/watch?v=0pebP891V0c [02:55] TR Bot onion.tube | NO TITLE [02:56] psydruid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu1JuwVfYTc [02:56] TR Bot https://vid.priv.au/watch?v=Bu1JuwVfYTc [02:56] TR Bot not resolve host: vid.priv.au ( status 0 @ https://vid.priv.au/watch?v=Bu1JuwVfYTc ) [02:58] psydruid https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/india#monthly-202312-202501 [02:58] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share India | Statcounter Global Stats [02:58] psydruid some weird things happening in India [02:59] psydruid unless Unknown is GNU/Linux there ● Jan 04 [03:01] darwin unlikely because it'd be shown in user agent strings. More likely is a modified Android [03:01] darwin modified by manufacturer [03:03] Righty Statcounter only measures useragents from a selection of normie websites, thus it's only loosely correlated to reality. [03:52] *newyear2025 has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [03:52] admfubar https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/03/reevaluating_basics_legacy/ [03:52] TR Bot How a good business deal torpedoed BASIC's reputation The Register ● Jan 04 [04:08] IsambardPrince https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/02/tech/meta-nick-clegg-stepping-down-joel-kaplan/index.html?iid=cnn_buildContentRecirc_end_recirc [04:08] TR Bot Just before Trump takes office, Meta is replacing its top policy exec with a prominent Republican | CNN Business [04:08] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], ^ [04:11] schestowitz[TR2] "badass"! [04:12] schestowitz[TR2] unless Unknown is GNU/Linux there [04:12] schestowitz[TR2] maybe they updated their user-agent parser [04:12] schestowitz[TR2] it still does not recognise chinese OSes [04:16] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Friday, January 03, 2025 https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/04/IRC_Proceedings_Friday_January_03_2025.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/04/IRC_Proceedings_Friday_January_03_2025.gmi [04:16] TR Bot Techrights IRC Proceedings: Friday, January 03, 2025 [04:18] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [04:18] TR Bot Tux Machines Today in Techrights [04:18] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/04/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/04/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [04:18] TR Bot Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [04:19] TR News Yacht company layoffs to continue until late January https://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/yacht-company-layoffs-continue-until-182342292.html [04:19] TR Bot Yacht company layoffs to continue until late January [04:21] TR News Microsoft Vice President Leaves https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/2025/microsoft-vp-of-silicon-engineering-jumps-to-google-cloud-to-head-chip-technology-and-manufacturing [04:21] TR Bot Microsoft VP Of Silicon Engineering Jumps To Google Cloud To Head Chip Technology And Manufacturing [04:21] TR News "Lion Electric announced Friday its temporarily laying off around 150 workers in Canada and the U.S., in the context of its ongoing proceedings under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA)." https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/company-news/2025/01/03/lion-electric-temporarily-reduces-workforce-amid-ccaa-proceedings/ [04:21] TR Bot Lion Electric temporarily reduces workforce amid CCAA proceedings BNN Bloomberg [04:22] TR News "Badge readers/office security is GRE, not CIO." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1wfs0utp [04:22] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1wfs0utp ) [04:24] TR News Covering up for BAD PLANES https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-choi-orders-immediate-action-on-aircraft-inspection-as-crash-probe-ramps-up [04:24] TR Bot South Korean police search Jeju Air, airport operator offices over fatal plane crash | The Straits Times [04:25] TR News Facing unprecedented arrest over martial law, South Koreas Yoon vows to fight till the end https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-yoon-facing-unprecedented-arrest-over-martial-law-vows-to-fight-till-end [04:25] TR Bot Facing unprecedented arrest over martial law, South Koreas Yoon vows to fight till the end | The Straits Times [04:25] TR News River cruise firm gets 6-month ban for fireworks despite Seoul request to cancel after Jeju tragedy https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/6-month-ban-for-s-korea-river-cruise-operator-after-going-ahead-with-fireworks-despite-jeju-tragedy [04:25] TR Bot River cruise firm gets 6-month ban for fireworks despite Seoul request to cancel after Jeju tragedy | The Straits Times [04:26] TR News Asian Insider: Three presidents in one month in South Korea https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/asian-insider-three-presidents-in-one-month-in-south-korea-why-the-us-media-struggles-to-cover-trump [04:26] TR Bot Asian Insider: Three presidents in one month in South Korea | Why the US media struggles to cover Trump | The Straits Times [04:26] TR News South Korea investigators fail to execute arrest warrant for President Yoon https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-authorities-moving-to-arrest-impeached-president-yoon-yonhap [04:26] TR Bot South Korean presidential guards prevent arrest of impeached Yoon after tense stand-off | The Straits Times [04:26] TR News Looks like a faulty plane, and perhaps "bird" as cover-up/lie/excuse https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-extends-boeing-737-800-inspections-following-fatal-crash [04:27] TR Bot Engine maker GE joins South Korean probe of fatal plane crash | The Straits Times [04:27] TR News Boeing murders whisleblowers (most likely), why not kill hundreds of people too? https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-to-lift-jeju-air-plane-tail-after-fatal-crash [04:27] TR Bot South Korea begins lifting Jeju Air wreckage after fatal crash | The Straits Times [04:30] TR News Two flights, same airline, same type of plane, same fault (landing gear did not work). Don't let them blame "bird". Seems airport staff helped them cover this up to avoid payout of major compensation (probably over 200 million dollars). Now they raid the airport. WHO CAN STILL BE TRUSTED IN THE AVIATION INDUSTRY?? [04:32] TR News MakuluLinux 2024-12-22 is released [04:33] TR News ExTiX 24.12 is out, but nobody covered that https://www.extix.se/ https://distrowatch.com/extix [04:33] TR Bot [04:33] *newyear2025 (~newyear@freenode-drv.aab.2jssns.IP) has joined #techrights [04:33] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/extix ) [04:36] TR News v24.12: The One With Androids & Cameras, But It's Mainline Linux https://postmarketos.org/blog/2024/12/23/v24.12-release/ [04:36] TR Bot postmarketOS // v24.12: The One With Androids & Cameras, But It's Mainline Linux [04:38] TR News (NEW): postmarketOS 24.12 Released with KDE Plasma Mobile 6.2.4, GNOME Shell 46 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/23/postmarketOS_24_12_Released_with_KDE_Plasma_Mobile_6_2_4_GNOME_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/23/postmarketOS_24_12_Released_with_KDE_Plasma_Mobile_6_2_4_GNOME_.gmi [04:38] TR Bot Tux Machines postmarketOS 24.12 Released with KDE Plasma Mobile 6.2.4, GNOME Shell 46 [04:38] TR News ArchBang 241 is out [04:39] TR News 12.6-amd64-exton :: Build 241223 http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/ExTiX_24_12_based_on_Ubuntu_24_10_with_LXQt_2_0_Calamares_Insta.shtml [04:39] TR Bot Tux Machines ExTiX 24.12 - based on Ubuntu 24.10 - with LXQt 2.0, Calamares Installer, Refracta Snapshot and kernel 6.12.6-amd64-exton :: Build 241223 [04:39] TR News ExTiX 24.12 - based on Ubuntu 24.10 - with LXQt 2.0, Calamares Installer, Refracta Snapshot and kernel 6.12.6-amd64-exton :: Build 241223 http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/ExTiX_24_12_based_on_Ubuntu_24_10_with_LXQt_2_0_Calamares_Insta.shtml [04:40] TR News Release Notes for siduction 2024.1.0 Shine on https://siduction.org/2024/12/release-notes-for-siduction-2024-1-0-shine-on/ [04:40] TR Bot Release Notes for siduction 2024.1.0 Shine on siduction Linux [04:41] TR News (NEW): siduction Linux 2024.1.0 Released with Xfce 4.20, KDE Plasma 6.2, and LXQt 2.1 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/23/siduction_Linux_2024_1_0_Released_with_Xfce_4_20_KDE_Plasma_6_2.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/23/siduction_Linux_2024_1_0_Released_with_Xfce_4_20_KDE_Plasma_6_2.gmi [04:41] TR Bot Tux Machines siduction Linux 2024.1.0 Released with Xfce 4.20, KDE Plasma 6.2, and LXQt 2.1 [04:41] TR News What Happened to Carters White House Solar Panels? 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They Lived On. - The New York Times [04:42] TR News Chinas 2024 GDP growth set to hit target of around 5%: Pooh-tin Jinping https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/xi-says-chinas-2024-gdp-growth-set-to-hit-target-of-around-5 [04:42] TR Bot Chinas 2024 GDP growth set to hit target of around 5%: Xi Jinping | The Straits Times [04:42] *newyear2025 has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [04:42] TR News China slaps sanctions on US firms over Taiwan arms sales https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-slaps-sanctions-on-us-firms-over-taiwan-arms-sales [04:42] TR Bot China slaps sanctions on US firms over Taiwan arms sales | The Straits Times [04:43] TR News Trouble in Chinese shopping paradise as Hainans duty-free spending falls 29% https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/trouble-in-chinas-shopping-paradise-as-hainan-duty-free-spending-falls-29 [04:43] TR Bot Trouble in Chinese shopping paradise as Hainans duty-free spending falls 29% | The Straits Times [04:43] *SomeGoat has quit (connection closed) [04:44] TR News China places new restrictions on Tibetan students during winter school break https://rfa.org/english/tibet/2025/01/02/tibet-china-enforces-restrictions-students/ [04:44] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://rfa.org/english/tibet/2025/01/02/tibet-china-enforces-restrictions-students/ ) [04:46] TR News FOSS Weekly #25.01: 2 New Free Books, Homelab Dashboards, Plan 9 and More https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-25-01/ [04:46] TR Bot FOSS Weekly #25.01: 2 New Free Books, Homelab Dashboards, Plan 9 and More [04:46] TR News "As The Hardware World Turns" https://hackaday.com/2025/01/02/2024-as-the-hardware-world-turns/ | Source: Hackaday [04:46] TR Bot As The Hardware World Turns | Hackaday [04:46] TR News "Modern Battery" https://hackaday.com/2025/01/02/a-modern-battery-for-a-classic-laptop/ | Source: Hackaday [04:47] TR Bot Modern Battery For A Classic Laptop | Hackaday [04:47] TR News Programming Ada https://hackaday.com/2025/01/02/programming-ada-atomics-and-other-low-level-details/ | Source: Hackaday [04:47] TR Bot Ada: Atomics And Other Low-Level Details | Hackaday [04:47] TR News Technocracy Ascending-Part 2: Trust Me, Im a Technocrat https://off-guardian.org/2025/01/03/technocracy-ascending-part-2-trust-me-im-a-technocrat/ [04:47] TR Bot Technocracy Ascending-Part 2: Trust Me, Im a Technocrat OffGuardian [04:48] TR News Precedential No. 30: Illustration of Block Puzzle Merely Descriptive of Computer Game Software, Says TTAB http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/01/precedential-no-30-illustration-of_2.html [04:48] TR Bot The TTABlog: Precedential No. 30: Illustration of Block Puzzle Merely Descriptive of Computer Game Software, Says TTAB [04:48] TR News Anthropic Agrees to Maintain Copyright Guardrails In Concession to Music Publishers In Late-Year Legal Agreement https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/31/anthropic-copyright-guardrails/ [04:48] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/31/anthropic-copyright-guardrails/ ) [04:51] *newyear2025 (~newyear@freenode-drv.aab.2jssns.IP) has joined #techrights ● Jan 04 [05:01] TR News Adam Young: Building the Linux Kernel on one machine, deploying on another https://adam.younglogic.com/2025/01/linux-multi-machine-development/ [05:01] TR Bot Building the Linux Kernel on one machine, deploying on another | Adam Young's Web Log [05:05] TR News Avenged Sevenfolds M. Shadows Says Its Incredibly Hard to Make Money On Tour Now https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/02/avenged-sevenfold-m-shadows-comments-tour-money/ [05:05] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/02/avenged-sevenfold-m-shadows-comments-tour-money/ ) [05:07] TR News Is this news or yet more marketing chaff from JUVE, basically a marketing front for a rogue industry of bullies and people who break the law? https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/aramis-ip-team-moves-to-jeantet/ [05:07] TR Bot Aramis IP team moves to Jeantet - JUVE Patent [05:08] TR News [Meme] Wrestling With Pigs in Social Control Media https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/02/Meme_Wrestling_With_Pigs_in_Social_Control_Media.shtml [05:08] TR Bot Techrights [Meme] Wrestling With Pigs in Social Control Media [05:08] TR News When Your Get Your "Latest Technology News" From an LLM Slop Farm https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/02/When_Your_Get_Your_Latest_Technology_News_From_an_LLM_Slop_Farm.shtml [05:08] TR Bot Techrights When You Get Your "Latest Technology News" From an LLM Slop Farm [05:08] TR News Windows Falls to ~22% in France and Spain, Based on statCounter https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/02/Windows_Falls_to_22_in_France_and_Spain_Based_on_statCounter.shtml [05:08] TR Bot Techrights Windows Falls to ~22% in France and Spain, Based on statCounter [05:08] TR News The Free Software Foundation Extends Cutoff Date (Two More Weeks), Raises About 330,000 Dollars https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/03/The_Free_Software_Foundation_Extends_Cutoff_Date_Two_More_Weeks.shtml [05:08] TR Bot Techrights The Free Software Foundation Extends Cutoff Date (Two More Weeks), Raises About 330,000 Dollars [05:09] TR News Puzzle Bobble https://hackaday.com/2025/01/02/crafting-a-cardboard-tribute-to-puzzle-bobble/ | Source: Hackaday [05:09] TR Bot A Cardboard Tribute To Puzzle Bobble | Hackaday [05:11] TR News Three new stable kernels https://lwn.net/Articles/1003984/ [05:11] TR Bot new stable kernels [LWN.net] [05:12] TR News Eaton 5PX console booting screen shots https://dan.langille.org/2025/01/02/eaton-5px-console-booting-screen-shots/ [05:12] TR Bot Eaton 5PX console booting screen shots Dan Langille's Other Diary [05:12] TR News ESP Offline Programmer flashes firmware to ESP32 and ESP8266 modules without PC https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/01/03/esp-offline-programmer-flashes-firmware-to-esp32-and-esp8266-modules-without-pc/ [05:12] TR Bot ESP Offline Programmer flashes firmware to ESP32 and ESP8266 modules without PC - CNX Software [05:13] TR News ESP32-C61-DevKitC-1 development board features ESP32-C61 low-cost WiFi 6 and Bluetooth LE 5.0 SoC https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/01/02/esp32-c61-devkitc-1-development-board-features-esp32-c61-low-cost-wifi-6-and-bluetooth-le-5-0-soc/ [05:13] TR Bot ESP32-C61-DevKitC-1 development board features ESP32-C61 low-cost WiFi 6 and Bluetooth LE 5.0 SoC - CNX Software [05:14] TR News WordPress Themes Need More Weird: A Call for Creative Digital Homes https://wordpress.org/news/2025/01/wordpress-themes-need-more-weird-a-call-for-creative-digital-homes/ [05:14] TR Bot WordPress Themes Need More Weird: A Call for Creative Digital Homes WordPress News [05:14] TR News Goodware Hash Sets, (Thu, Jan 2nd) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31556 [05:14] TR Bot Goodware Hash Sets - SANS Internet Storm Center [05:17] TR News Ex-Computer Weekly journalist given OBE for Post Office reporting https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/new-year-honours-2025-computer-weekly/ [05:17] TR Bot Ex-Computer Weekly journalist given OBE for Post Office reporting - Press Gazette [05:17] TR News Tortoise reports falling turnover but reduced losses after 2023 cutbacks https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_business/tortoise-media-losses-2023/ [05:17] TR Bot Tortoise Media losses to date grow to 20.3m [05:18] TR News The LattePanda Mu SoM is now available with defective chip maker Intel Core i3-N305 octa-core SoC https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/01/02/attepanda-mu-som-intel-core-i3-n305-octa-core-soc/ [05:18] TR Bot The LattePanda Mu SoM is now available with Intel Core i3-N305 octa-core SoC - CNX Software [05:18] TR News pg_chameleon 2.0.20 https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pg_chameleon-2020-2991/ [05:18] TR Bot PostgreSQL: pg_chameleon 2.0.20 [05:20] TR News "Microsoft is forcing .NET developers to quickly update their apps and developer pipelines so they do not use 'azureedge.net' domains to install .NET components, as the domain will soon be unavailable due to the bankruptcy and imminent shutdown of CDN provider Edgio." https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-issues-urgent-dev-warning-to-update-net-installer-link/ [05:20] TR Bot Microsoft issues urgent dev warning to update .NET installer link [05:21] TR News Very bad design from Microsoft, as the dependency ought not even exist [05:23] TR News (NEW): Postgres Extension Wizard and pg_chameleon 2.0.20 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Postgres_Extension_Wizard_and_pg_chameleon_2_0_20.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Postgres_Extension_Wizard_and_pg_chameleon_2_0_20.gmi [05:23] TR Bot Tux Machines Postgres Extension Wizard and pg_chameleon 2.0.20 [05:24] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: RISC-V, LattePanda, ESP, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Open_Hardware_Modding_RISC_V_LattePanda_ESP_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Open_Hardware_Modding_RISC_V_LattePanda_ESP_and_More.gmi [05:24] TR Bot Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: RISC-V, LattePanda, ESP, and More [05:26] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [05:26] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [05:29] TR News The Linux Link Tech Show Episode 1079 was a month ago (Wed, 11 Dec 2024 22:30:00 EDT). Are they stopping after so many years? [05:29] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [05:29] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [05:30] TR News (NEW): Videos: Recently in Invidious https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Videos_Recently_in_Invidious.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Videos_Recently_in_Invidious.gmi [05:30] TR Bot Tux Machines Videos: Recently in Invidious [05:32] TR News Microsoft "HEY HI" is like Apple Vision Pro - billions down the drain based on wrong economics and bad understanding of what the "market" needs [05:33] TR News (NEW): GNU/FSF Events: Free Software Directory, Raising Money to "keep putting pressure on Microsoft" https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/GNU_FSF_Events_Free_Software_Directory_Raising_Money_to_keep_pu.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/GNU_FSF_Events_Free_Software_Directory_Raising_Money_to_keep_pu.gmi [05:33] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/FSF Events: Free Software Directory, Raising Money to "keep putting pressure on Microsoft" [05:33] TR News Frappe Mail Server is Here: A Promising Start for Open-source, But There's a Catch https://medevel.com/frappe-mail-server/ [05:33] TR Bot Frappe Mail Server is Here: A Promising Start for Open-source, But There's a Catch [05:35] TR News Latvian central bank hopes to hear from crypto [sic] companies https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/banks/02.01.2025-latvian-central-bank-hopes-to-hear-from-crypto-companies.a582067/ https://techrights.org/o/2023/06/18/no-such-thing-as-cryptocurrency/ [05:35] TR Bot Latvian central bank hopes to hear from crypto companies / Article [05:35] TR Bot There is No Such Thing as 'Cryptocurrency' and Please Stop Referring to It as Cryptocurrency [05:36] TR News "Crypto? You do crypto? Oh, you mean Ponzi scheme. You mean you created some false/fake money. What's the connection to cryptography?" [05:36] TR News Hong Kong redevelopment body signs HK$13 billion bank loan amid deficit https://hongkongfp.com/2025/01/02/hong-kong-redevelopment-body-signs-hk13-billion-bank-loan-amid-deficit/ [05:36] TR Bot Hong Kong's URA signs HK$13 billion bank loan amid deficit [05:39] TR News "If you have an aging computer and want to give it new life, there are plenty of lightweight Linux distributions that will serve you for years to come." https://www.zdnet.com/article/5-lightweight-linux-distributions-with-very-low-system-requirements/ [05:39] TR Bot lightweight Linux distributions with very low system requirements | ZDNET [05:39] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [05:39] TR News "A new year has arrived, bringing with it many new possibilities, and the occasional failure. However, we must always try our best to challenge ourselves to do something new, something that opens up the path to newer frontiers." https://news.itsfoss.com/linux-open-source-resolutions-2025/ [05:39] TR Bot My Linux and Open Source Resolutions for 2025 [05:39] TR News "While GNOME and KDE Plasma stand as Linux's most popular desktop environments (DEs), they couldn't be more different. Let's compare the desktop experience, customizability, and performance to give you a better idea of what each has to offer." https://www.howtogeek.com/gnome-vs-kde-plasma-top-linux-desktops-compared/ [05:39] TR Bot GNOME vs. KDE Plasma: Top Linux Desktops Compared [05:39] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [05:40] TR News "Want to utterly wipe a drive? ShredOS will do it for you. Install it to a USB stick, boot from said stick, and let it annihilate all those ones and zeroes." https://boingboing.net/2025/01/02/shredos-is-an-entire-os-just-for-destroying-data.html [05:40] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2025/01/02/shredos-is-an-entire-os-just-for-destroying-data.html ) [05:40] TR News "It's time to up your game on Linux with Nobara 41 in 2025. Let's check out the upgrades!" https://news.itsfoss.com/nobara-41-release/ [05:40] TR Bot Fedora-based Gaming Distro 'Nobara 41' Releases With a New Tweak Tool and a Change for NVIDIA Users [05:41] TR News The Linux Kernel Hit A Decade Low In 2024 For The Number Of New Commits Per Year https://hardforum.com/threads/the-linux-kernel-hit-a-decade-low-in-2024-for-the-number-of-new-commits-per-year.2038932/#post-1046025993 Commits are not all equal; how many lines changed? [05:41] TR Bot The Linux Kernel Hit A Decade Low In 2024 For The Number Of New Commits Per Year | [H]ard|Forum [05:42] TR News Make The Terminal More Enjoyable with These Linux Terminal Tools https://www.maketecheasier.com/linux-terminal-tools/ [05:42] TR Bot Linux Terminal Tools to Make The Terminal More Enjoyable - Make Tech Easier [05:43] TR News (NEW): Applications and HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Applications_and_HowTos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Applications_and_HowTos.gmi [05:43] TR Bot Tux Machines Applications and HowTos [05:43] TR News "Google Chrome has a staggering desktop market share; according to the latest data, it maintains over 66% of the market share. Most Linux distributions come with Firefox, which is fine, but if your data is synced to Chrome, then that's what you want." https://www.neowin.net/guides/top-10-must-have-apps-for-new-linux-users-in-2025/ [05:43] TR Bot Top 10 must-have apps for new Linux users in 2025 - Neowin [05:45] TR News (NEW): Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Security_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Security_Leftovers.gmi [05:45] TR Bot Tux Machines Security Leftovers [05:45] *IsambardPrince has quit (Quit: Leaving) [05:48] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and the Web https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_the_Web.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_the_Web.gmi [05:48] TR Bot Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and the Web [05:50] TR News (NEW): Games: Stunt Rally 3.3, Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Clients, Godot's Microsoft Sellout (Money With Strings Attached) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Games_Stunt_Rally_3_3_Steam_Games_with_Native_GNU_Linux_Clients.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Games_Stunt_Rally_3_3_Steam_Games_with_Native_GNU_Linux_Clients.gmi [05:50] TR Bot Tux Machines Games: Stunt Rally 3.3, Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Clients, Godot's Microsoft Sellout (Money With Strings Attached) [05:51] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.gmi [05:51] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers [05:59] TR News "I wanted to make things feel a little fresh, so for folks looking at this page via the web (HTTP/S), you will probably notice that I changed up the look of the site. I like designs that don't go out of their way to hide things." gemini://vigrey.com/journal/2025-new-year-new-look.gmi [05:59] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [05:59] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights ● Jan 04 [06:00] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1164.jpg [06:00] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1514.jpg [06:01] TR News "I am thrilled to finally start making my own contributions (content/information wise) to Geminispace. I have been lurking since early 2023 after discovering the protocol and decided that one of my goals for 2025 is to engage more with Geminispace and everything else that is Gemini protocol related." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2442 [06:03] TR News "A Colossal Wreck, Boundless and Bare": A Living Eulogy for Literary Twitter gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2025/1-03.gmi [06:04] TR News A more bingeable XKCD interface gemini://gemi.dev/gemlog/2025-01-03-xkcd-update.gmi [06:05] TR News The Annual Christmas Tree Burn gemini://gem.sdf.org/beej/blog/2025-01-03-treeburn.gmi [06:05] TR News "I'm a bit farther than this post implies, but I figured I'd give an update explaining that I have arbitrary tarot spreads working! At least for now, I have 13 different tarot spreads represented." gemini://vigrey.com/tarot/gb/log/5.gmi [06:06] TR News It's more like computer security theater than actual security gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2025/01/03.1 [06:07] TR News UEFI 'security' brought to you by drug addicts and people on crack [06:09] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [06:09] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [06:10] TR News "You need to forgive the semi incoherent vibe of this gemlog post - it is full of a lot of half-processed observations, and incomplete reflections on my experienes in South Africa to date." gemini://villastraylight.online/gemlog/20250103-1.gmi [06:13] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 04/01/2025: Geminispace Contributions and Security Theatre https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/04/Gemini_Links_04_01_2025_Geminispace_Contributions_and_Security_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/04/Gemini_Links_04_01_2025_Geminispace_Contributions_and_Security_.gmi [06:13] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 04/01/2025: Geminispace Contributions and Security Theatre [06:15] TR News Techrights Links 04/01/2025: Demolition of IBM Building (Its Birthplace), Microsoft Layoffs, Microsoft Vice President Quits https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/04/Links_04_01_2025_Demolition_of_IBM_Building_Its_Birthplace_Micr.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/04/Links_04_01_2025_Demolition_of_IBM_Building_Its_Birthplace_Micr.gmi [06:15] TR Bot Techrights Links 04/01/2025: Demolition of IBM Building (Its Birthplace), Microsoft Layoffs, Microsoft Vice President Quits [06:19] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [06:19] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [06:27] TR News GNU/Linux up in Mongolia https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/mongolia/#monthly-200902-202501 [06:27] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Mongolia | Statcounter Global Stats [06:28] *schestowi has quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) [06:28] *Disconnected (Remote host closed socket). [06:29] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [06:29] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [06:29] TR News iophk: The press is now more or less universally parroting Bytedance's Tiktok's lies about freedom and rights, ignoring the ongoing censorship and manipulation https://techrights.org/o/2023/08/26/fentanylware-threat-to-freedom/ [06:29] TR Bot Bytedance/TikTok is a Threat to Freedom, Including Free Speech [06:30] TR News iophk: Disinformation abounds: the truck burst into flames, it did not actually explode in any way shape or form https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/tesla-cybertruck-explosion-solider-left-notes-1235225106/ [06:30] TR Bot Soldier in Cybertruck Explosion Left Note Saying U.S. Headed for Collapse': Police [06:32] TR News Windows down to 2.07% in Haiti https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/haiti/#monthly-200902-202501 [06:32] TR Bot Operating System Market Share Haiti | Statcounter Global Stats [06:33] TR News Windows at 1.24% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/central-african-republic/#monthly-200902-202501 [06:33] TR Bot Operating System Market Share Central African Republic | Statcounter Global Stats [06:34] TR News 22.1% in Macao https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/macao/#monthly-200902-202501 [06:34] TR Bot Operating System Market Share Macao | Statcounter Global Stats [06:34] TR News Blow 10% in Viet Nam https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/viet-nam/#monthly-200902-202501 [06:34] TR Bot Operating System Market Share Viet Nam | Statcounter Global Stats [06:36] TR News Blow 30% in Argentina https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/argentina/#monthly-200902-202501 [06:36] TR Bot Operating System Market Share Argentina | Statcounter Global Stats [06:37] TR News Windows all-time low (6%) in Nigeria https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/nigeria/#monthly-200902-202501 [06:37] TR Bot Operating System Market Share Nigeria | Statcounter Global Stats [06:38] TR News All-time low of 26% in Brazil https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/brazil/#monthly-200902-202501 [06:38] TR Bot Operating System Market Share Brazil | Statcounter Global Stats [06:39] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [06:39] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [06:40] TR News "Distraction Free Writing" https://hackaday.com/2025/01/02/the-ultimate-distraction-free-writing-environment/ | Source: Hackaday [06:40] TR Bot Ultimate Distraction Free Writing Environment | Hackaday [06:40] TR News Timers https://hackaday.com/2025/01/02/555-timers-bring-christmas-charm-to-miniature-village/ | Source: Hackaday [06:40] TR Bot Timers Bring Christmas Charm To Miniature Village | Hackaday [06:40] TR News 3D Prints https://hackaday.com/2025/01/02/dress-up-your-3d-prints-with-toner-transfer-labels/ | Source: Hackaday [06:40] TR Bot Up Your 3D Prints With Toner-Transfer Labels | Hackaday [06:49] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [06:49] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [06:53] TR News Fancy terms for a form of spam https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishing-services-content/how-publishers-can-avoid-affiliate-marketing-pitfalls-and-find-new-revenue/ [06:53] TR Bot Affiliate marketing for publishers: How to avoid pitfalls [06:53] TR News Sounds a bit like a pyramid scheme https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/byline-times-investment-marketing-revenue-shares/ [06:53] TR Bot Professionalised Byline Times invites readers to invest [06:55] TR News Pyramid schemes https://siliconangle.com/2025/01/02/morgan-stanleys-etrade-reportedly-considering-cryptocurrency-trading-amid-regulatory-shift/ [06:55] TR Bot Stanley's E*TRADE reportedly considering cryptocurrency trading amid regulatory shift - SiliconANGLE [06:55] TR News IBM, GlobalFoundries settle legal dispute over chip technology https://siliconangle.com/2025/01/02/ibm-globalfoundries-settle-legal-dispute-chip-technology/ [06:55] TR Bot GlobalFoundries settle legal dispute over chip technology - SiliconANGLE [06:56] TR News Scientists Trace Fast Radio Burst to Surprise Source For First Time https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-trace-fast-radio-burst-to-surprise-source-for-first-time [06:56] TR Bot Trace Fast Radio Burst to Surprise Source For First Time : ScienceAlert [06:57] TR News US Is Dealing With Troubling Surge in Norovirus Cases, CDC Reports https://www.sciencealert.com/us-is-dealing-with-troubling-surge-in-norovirus-cases-cdc-reports [06:57] TR Bot Is Dealing With Troubling Surge in Norovirus Cases, CDC Reports : ScienceAlert [06:59] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) ● Jan 04 [07:00] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [07:09] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [07:10] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [07:13] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@txqrr3n5ikkt4.irc) has joined #techrights [07:13] TR News C++ Committee Divided on Memory Safety Plans https://thenewstack.io/c-committee-divided-on-memory-safety-plans/ [07:13] TR Bot C++ Committee Divided on Memory Safety Plans - The New Stack [07:14] IsambardPrince schestowitz-pi, Now there's something called Bank of India (California). [07:14] IsambardPrince LOL [07:14] IsambardPrince It has the two words you don't want to see in the name of a bank. [07:15] schestowitz[TR2] there are many indian banks [07:15] schestowitz[TR2] around the worl [07:15] schestowitz[TR2] there used to be one here [07:15] schestowitz[TR2] it seems to be gone [07:15] schestowitz[TR2] the one we saw in northern quaters at least [07:16] schestowitz[TR2] some were tied to switzeland [07:16] schestowitz[TR2] think hsbc [07:16] IsambardPrince https://www.sbical.bank/Who-We-Are.aspx [07:16] TR Bot About us | State Bank of India (California) [07:16] schestowitz[TR2] there are many chinese and indian p[eople [07:16] schestowitz[TR2] they are in many places [07:16] schestowitz[TR2] some prefer a bank they deem "one of us" [07:16] schestowitz[TR2] clifornia has many techs froim india [07:16] schestowitz[TR2] some of them would put their money in an indian bank [07:16] schestowitz[TR2] for nationality reasons [07:16] schestowitz[TR2] good or bad, that's what happens [07:16] schestowitz[TR2] but [07:17] schestowitz[TR2] i never saw a "christaian bank" [07:17] schestowitz[TR2] or "jewish bank" [07:17] schestowitz[TR2] (cue punch line about stigma) [07:17] schestowitz[TR2] i saw islamic banks [07:17] schestowitz[TR2] all this halal stuff [07:18] schestowitz[TR2] "Who-We-Are.aspx" [07:18] schestowitz[TR2] ASPX [07:18] schestowitz[TR2] because you want a bank that banks on BACK DOORS :)) [07:18] schestowitz[TR2] warning right there [07:19] schestowitz[TR2] and they do not even hude tge extension [07:19] schestowitz[TR2] which means they suck at IT [07:19] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [07:19] schestowitz[TR2] *hide the [07:20] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [07:21] TR News Appeals court ruling kills off efforts to restore FCC net neutrality rules https://siliconangle.com/2025/01/02/appeals-court-ruling-kills-off-efforts-restore-fcc-net-neutrality-rules/ [07:21] TR Bot timed out after 10000 milliseconds ( status 0 @ https://siliconangle.com/2025/01/02/appeals-court-ruling-kills-off-efforts-restore-fcc-net-neutrality-rules/ ) [07:22] TR News 2025 Is Here, Proprietary Chaffbot Company Opt-Out Tool Delay Angers Users! https://www.cloudbooklet.com/openai-opt-out-tool-delay [07:22] TR Bot Is Here, OpenAI Opt-Out Tool Delay Angers Users! - Cloudbooklet [07:23] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], They probably cut expenses on IT, security, and commit huge frauds and speculative investments in the back. [07:23] IsambardPrince Then they offer you 75 basis points more on a CD. [07:23] IsambardPrince Where does it come from? [07:24] schestowitz[TR2] no idea [07:24] schestowitz[TR2] not sure that matters here [07:24] schestowitz[TR2] look at their site [07:24] schestowitz[TR2] ASP [07:24] schestowitz[TR2] .ASPX even [07:24] schestowitz[TR2] and they expose that [07:24] schestowitz[TR2] in a main page [07:24] schestowitz[TR2] how dumb and incompetent [07:24] schestowitz[TR2] 1) choosing Microsoft [07:24] schestowitz[TR2] 2) signalling they use it [07:24] IsambardPrince Do you want to put your money there.aspx [07:24] IsambardPrince LOL [07:24] schestowitz[TR2] would you give them money? INSANE!!! [07:25] schestowitz[TR2] seems like a high school project [07:25] schestowitz[TR2] looking to prey on hb1s [07:25] schestowitz[TR2] h1bs [07:25] schestowitz[TR2] that means they made very cheap IR hires [07:25] schestowitz[TR2] you can imagine same for HR [07:26] schestowitz[TR2] and PR [07:26] schestowitz[TR2] just some "minimum wage" op; [07:26] schestowitz[TR2] but put your savings there, sure [07:26] schestowitz[TR2] and watch thebank come at midnight to clean up your sewer [07:26] schestowitz[TR2] like a true millionaire [07:26] IsambardPrince An amount of money that could ruin you if you lost it.aspx [07:26] IsambardPrince Put it right here.aspx [07:27] schestowitz[TR2] crypto-investmeent.aspx [07:27] schestowitz[TR2] under ~/DOGE [07:29] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [07:29] TR News US Appeals Court Slaps Down Biden-Backed Net Neutrality Laws https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/02/us-appeals-court-slaps-down-biden-backed-net-neutrality-laws/ [07:29] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [07:29] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/02/us-appeals-court-slaps-down-biden-backed-net-neutrality-laws/ ) [07:29] TR News US States Blocked Pornhub in 20 States Due to Age Verification Laws https://www.cloudbooklet.com/us-states-blocked-pornhub [07:29] TR Bot States Blocked Pornhub in 20 States Due to Age Verification Laws - Cloudbooklet [07:30] TR News Italy summons Iran envoy over detention of journalist Cecilia Sala https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250102-rome-summons-iran-envoy-demands-release-of-jailed-reporter [07:30] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250102-rome-summons-iran-envoy-demands-release-of-jailed-reporter ) [07:30] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: bonus [07:30] schestowitz[TR2] in the uk, we have a scheme [07:30] schestowitz[TR2] the gov. backs savings of failed banks [07:31] schestowitz[TR2] up to 85k last i checked [07:31] schestowitz[TR2] per person [07:31] schestowitz[TR2] or per bank account (person per bank) [07:31] IsambardPrince $250,000 per person here. [07:31] schestowitz[TR2] does the us have the same [07:31] IsambardPrince Used to be $100,000. [07:31] schestowitz[TR2] does that extent to indian bank? [07:31] IsambardPrince But the rich evade it. [07:31] schestowitz[TR2] is this bank covered? [07:31] schestowitz[TR2] bonus bonus (x2) [07:31] IsambardPrince They buy a "service" that deposits the money $250,000 at a time in multiple banks. [07:31] schestowitz[TR2] look up what indian did to banknotes [07:31] schestowitz[TR2] how it canceled them [07:31] IsambardPrince So they can put as much as they want in there and the feds are on the hook for all of it. [07:31] schestowitz[TR2] saying ca They only have about 3% of the actual cash in the deposit system. [07:41] schestowitz[TR2] i t's like 2008 [07:41] IsambardPrince The idea is they won't go all at the same time, and so far they haven't. [07:41] schestowitz[TR2] you hamble with money you do not have [07:41] schestowitz[TR2] or make assurances [07:42] schestowitz[TR2] based on things you cannot assure [07:42] schestowitz[TR2] hoping things will work out [07:42] schestowitz[TR2] like, all mortgage payers will keep up [07:42] schestowitz[TR2] what if they don't [07:42] schestowitz[TR2] then what? [07:42] schestowitz[TR2] they are not prepared for that [07:42] schestowitz[TR2] then they shout, "HELP! NEED BAILOUT!" [07:42] IsambardPrince The prudent thing to do is cut the insurance to $150,000 per depositor, between ALL institutions combined. [07:42] IsambardPrince And never ever use FDIC money on uninsured deposits again. [07:43] TR News Windows TCO https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/significant-u-s-treasury-cybersecurity-breach-is-the-latest-in-string-of-china-hack-attacks-claims-u-s-officials [07:43] TR Bot Significant U.S. Treasury cybersecurity breach is the latest in string of China hack attacks claims U.S. officials | Tom's Hardware [07:43] TR News New Captcha requires defeating three enemies or you're Doomed to repeat it https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/if-you-cant-defeat-three-enemies-youre-doomed-to-repeat-this-new-captcha [07:43] TR Bot New Captcha requires defeating three enemies or you're Doomed to repeat it | Tom's Hardware [07:44] TR News Myanmar enacts cybersecurity law that aims to restrict use of VPNs https://rfa.org/english/myanmar/2025/01/02/cybersecurity-law-vpn/ [07:44] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://rfa.org/english/myanmar/2025/01/02/cybersecurity-law-vpn/ ) [07:46] TR News What will 2025 bring for CISA? https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2025/01/what-will-2025-bring-for-cisa/ http://techrights.org/n/2023/12/17/U_S_Department_of_Homeland_Security_Cybersecurity_and_Infrastru.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2024/04/25/CISA_Has_a_Microsoft_Conflict_of_Interest_Problem_CISA_Cannot_A.shtml [07:46] TR Bot What will 2025 bring for CISA? [07:46] TR Bot Techrights U.S. Department of Homeland Security/Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Repeating or Parroting Microsoft Talking Points [07:46] TR Bot Techrights CISA Has a Microsoft Conflict of Interest Problem (CISA Cannot Achieve Its Goals, It Protects the Worst Culprit) [07:47] TR News Nick Clegg steps down as Metas global policy chief, replaced with Trump-friendly Joel Kaplan https://siliconangle.com/2025/01/02/nick-clegg-steps-metas-global-policy-chief-replaced-trump-friendly-joel-kaplan/ [07:47] TR Bot Clegg steps down as Metas global policy chief, replaced with Trump-friendly Joel Kaplan - SiliconANGLE [07:47] TR News Sixth Circuit Ruling on FCC Authority Threatens Consumer Protections and Open Internet https://publicknowledge.org/sixth-circuit-ruling-on-fcc-authority-threatens-consumer-protections-and-open-internet/ [07:47] TR Bot Sixth Circuit Ruling on FCC Authority Threatens Consumer Protections and Open Internet - Public Knowledge [07:48] schestowitz[TR2] And never ever use FDIC money on uninsured deposits again. [07:48] schestowitz[TR2] did that happen" [07:48] schestowitz[TR2] ? [07:48] TR News Supreme Court Preview: Will Skinny Labels Get a Weight Check? https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/01/supreme-preview-skinny.html [07:48] TR Bot Supreme Court Preview: Will "Skinny Labels" Get a Weight Check? [07:49] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [07:49] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [07:50] TR News This "Court" is illegal and unconstitutional. This publisher is well aware of it, but it was bribed by numerous parties to lobby for this fake kangaroo 'court'. This is corruption in the EU and the media. https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/the-court-that-never-sleeps/ [07:50] TR Bot The court that never sleeps - JUVE Patent [07:50] TR News Some publishers profit from participating in the corruption or covering it up. [07:52] TR News No, there was no "Cybertruck blast". It caught on fire, using materials at the back of it. https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250102-elite-soldier-shot-himself-before-cybertruck-blast-in-las-vegas-officials-say [07:52] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250102-elite-soldier-shot-himself-before-cybertruck-blast-in-las-vegas-officials-say ) [07:52] TR News "an era when Fentanylware (TikTok)" https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2025/0102/memphis-black-radio-icons-bev-johnson [07:52] TR Bot Memphis icons bolster Black radio and their communities - CSMonitor.com [07:54] TR News The jokesters at Red Hat are all buzzwords. It's horrific! https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/infusing-ai-it-operations [07:54] TR Bot Infusing AI into IT operations [07:55] TR News "HEY HI" this, "HEY HI" that... the just call ANYTHING "HEY HI" now... they used to do the same with "CLOWN".... now there is also CLOWN COMPUTING for the "HEY HI" [07:55] TR News So the "IT industry" is, in effect, a circus or circle jerk of marketing liars, not scientists [07:56] TR News HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI https://www.crn.com/news/ai/2024/red-hat-adds-granite-gaudi-support-in-latest-ai-release [07:56] TR Bot Red Hat Adds Granite, Gaudi Support In Latest AI Release [07:57] TR News "Red Hat is a contributor to and sponsor of many open source projects, so many Red Hatters are also part of the wider open source community." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/top-10-open-source-community-posts-2024 [07:57] TR Bot Top 10 blog posts about the open source community in 2024 [07:58] TR News The Red Hat CIRCUS!! https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/ai-use-cases-not-sure-how-ai-can-help-your-organization-start-here Circus by the "Senior Content Strategist" https://www.redhat.com/en/authors/deb-richardson [07:58] TR Bot AI use cases: Not sure how AI can help your organization? Start here. [07:58] TR Bot Deb Richardson [07:59] *includeals has quit (Ping timeout: 265 seconds) ● Jan 04 [08:00] TR News "Senior Content Strategist"... SERIOUSLY! Who needs a job like this? It's like loo planner or roof watcher. Content? Hire techs to write technical articles, not "CONTENT" [08:00] TR News The only SOCIAL CONTROL MEDIA promoted by Red Hat in its site is MICROSOFT. How telling. Because Microsoft is market leader in it? No. [08:01] TR News Red Hat is a company circling down Arvind's IBM toilet [08:02] TR News The URLs in Red Hat's sites aren't real links but trackers. A true Free software company would know NOT to do this... [08:03] TR News And Red Hat redirects the links through a THIRD PARTY: https://ipinfo.io/67.199.248.13 [08:04] TR Bot IP Address Details - IPinfo.io [08:05] TR News This is what IBM Red Hat outsourced the visitor tracking to: https://bitly.com/pages/solutions/digital-marketing "Send the right message to your audience and inspire them to take action" [08:05] TR Bot Links, QR Codes & URL Analytics for Marketing | Bitly [08:05] TR News So Red Hat is acting more like Facebook than a FOSS company [08:06] TR News Allulose https://www.dw.com/en/allulose-a-natural-sweetener-that-lowers-glucose-levels/a-71144130 [08:06] TR Bot A natural sweetener that lowers glucose levels? DW 12/23/2024 [08:07] TR News It's 2025 and making planes that work is still hard? Or airline systems that work? https://www.dw.com/en/us-american-airlines-flights-return-to-air-after-tech-issue/a-71153468 [08:07] TR Bot American Airlines flights return to air after tech issue DW 12/24/2024 [08:07] IsambardPrince And never ever use FDIC money on uninsured deposits again. [08:07] IsambardPrince did that happen" [08:07] IsambardPrince ? [08:07] TR News They don't have Windows issues, they have "tech issues". Because Windows and tech are the same thing, apparently... computing started only the moment Bill Gates came out of his father's anus. [08:07] IsambardPrince SVB [08:08] schestowitz[TR2] was that not insured? [08:08] schestowitz[TR2] at all? [08:08] schestowitz[TR2] for any account [08:08] schestowitz[TR2] regardless of limits? [08:08] IsambardPrince A lot of "tech companies" have CEOs that are so stupid they just put millions of dollars of company money in a bank account, uninsured. [08:08] schestowitz[TR2] i thought all us banks weere covered [08:08] IsambardPrince And Biden said he was making "an exception" or else 400 companies would go bust and have to fire everyone. [08:08] IsambardPrince Some couldn't even make payroll that week. [08:09] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], You're only insured up to $250,000 per institution. [08:09] IsambardPrince They could have split it up into different banks. [08:09] IsambardPrince But they didn't. [08:10] schestowitz[TR2] they can put it in the sofa [08:10] schestowitz[TR2] for the dog to eat [08:13] TR News currently [08:13] TR News "Netmarble F&C is a subsidiary of the mobile games company Netmarble. The studio is currently working on its new game Demis Reborn, which is scheduled to release sometime in 2025. According to YNA, the games art style and overall atmosphere were significantly revised in order to better suite adult taste." https://insider-gaming.com/the-first-gaming-layoffs-of-2025-have-happened/ [08:13] TR Bot The First Gaming Layoffs Of 2025 Have Happened - Insider Gaming [08:15] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/state-bank-of-india-california-fremont-3 [08:15] TR Bot for State Bank of India California - Yelp [08:15] IsambardPrince :) [08:15] IsambardPrince Put your money in the bank next to the curry restaurant.aspx [08:21] schestowitz[TR2] us bank: put money next to the rifle and ammo store [08:21] schestowitz[TR2] uk bank: next to the palace [08:22] schestowitz[TR2] so many branches were closed [08:22] schestowitz[TR2] the "main" streets are where they "consolidate" [08:22] schestowitz[TR2] so you can little or no service [08:22] schestowitz[TR2] unless you travel a lot [08:22] schestowitz[TR2] then they tell you "use the site" or "app" [08:22] schestowitz[TR2] unless you strongly insist [08:23] schestowitz[TR2] They then do it with a sour face [08:23] schestowitz[TR2] still better than no service at all [08:24] IsambardPrince They then do it with a sour face [08:24] IsambardPrince I think there's a tribunal for this. [08:24] IsambardPrince :D [08:29] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [08:29] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [08:36] schestowitz[TR2] in the sweet and sour chinese bank [08:37] IsambardPrince It puts the lotion on its skin or else it gets the unarmed cop again. [08:37] IsambardPrince It puts the lotion in the basket! [08:37] TR News Because making planes that work is hard https://www.dw.com/en/swiss-air-flight-makes-emergency-landing-over-smoke-on-board/a-71150311 [08:37] TR Bot Air flight makes emergency landing over smoke on board DW 12/24/2024 [08:38] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I joke about Indian people a lot. But the food is pretty good. [08:38] TR News mental health starts with secularism ttps://www.dw.com/en/muslims-in-india-struggle-for-access-to-mental-health-care/a-71152107 [08:38] IsambardPrince I cook it myself though. [08:39] IsambardPrince I don't really like restaurants. Food safety. [08:39] schestowitz[TR2] yes, the food is nice, the western versions of it [08:39] IsambardPrince If I do eat out, which is quite a bit, I look at the health inspections first. [08:39] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Jollibee on Michigan Ave in Chicago.... [08:39] IsambardPrince Raw chicken kept at 70 degrees. [08:39] IsambardPrince Lack of proper handwashing. [08:40] IsambardPrince Lots of others. [08:40] IsambardPrince Someone needs to teach these people about time and temperature, and handwashing. [08:41] IsambardPrince Hold raw chicken at no more than 40 degrees F for no more than 3-4 days once you thaw it. [08:41] TR News GAFAM.ir https://www.dw.com/en/iran-lifts-ban-on-whatsapp-and-google-play/a-71154869 [08:41] TR Bot lifts ban on WhatsApp and Google Play DW 12/24/2024 [08:41] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I have a little thermometer in my fridge. [08:41] IsambardPrince Fridge should be at 36-40. [08:41] IsambardPrince Freezer should be at -6 to 0. [08:42] TR News strangest fakes https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-the-strangest-fakes-of-2024/a-70935411 [08:42] TR Bot check: The strangest fakes of 2024 DW 12/24/2024 [08:42] IsambardPrince I have my fridge set to 38 degrees F. [08:42] IsambardPrince Which is also a great temperature to store drinking water at. [08:43] IsambardPrince The water out of the faucet here tastes like swimming pool, copper and brass (from pipe corrosion), and a hint of wet dog (TTHMs probably). [08:43] IsambardPrince The filters I use clean it all up nicely. [08:44] TR News Patent maximalists hedge their bet on a senile for patent maximalism https://www.patentdocs.org/2024/12/judge-newman-files-appeal-with-dc-circuit.html [08:44] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.patentdocs.org/2024/12/judge-newman-files-appeal-with-dc-circuit.html ) [08:44] IsambardPrince TTHMs are carcinogenic. [08:44] IsambardPrince The "metallic" taste leads me to believe we'd also have a problem with lead if I checked. [08:45] IsambardPrince I haven't. The filters are rated for lead removal though. [08:45] TR News The patent maximalists have clearly lost touch with reality and now rely on fossils who don't keep up with the harms of patents to actual scientific progress https://www.patentdocs.org/2024/12/enough-is-apparently-enough-part-i-1.html [08:45] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.patentdocs.org/2024/12/enough-is-apparently-enough-part-i-1.html ) [08:45] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [08:47] TR News re we living through the end of wildlife migrations? https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/391574/wildlife-migrations-threats-climate-change-habitat-loss [08:47] TR Bot to wildlife migrations: Many animals risk losing the ability to migrate as habitat shrinks due to human development, industrial agriculture, and climate change | Vox [08:47] TR News Climate change is pushing some governments to the breaking point ttps://www.vox.com/climate/392311/2024-record-warm-spain-climate-flood-disaster-valencia [08:47] TR News ] India Calls Out Rich Nations Over Climate Inaction at ICJ https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2024/12/25/india-calls-out-rich-nations-over-climate-inaction-at-icj/ [08:48] TR Bot India Calls Out Rich Nations Over Climate Inaction at ICJ - Modern Diplomacy [08:48] TR News New York to Charge Fossil Fuel Companies for Damage From Climate Change https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-york/articles/2024-12-26/new-york-to-charge-fossil-fuel-companies-for-damage-from-climate-change [08:48] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-york/articles/2024-12-26/new-york-to-charge-fossil-fuel-companies-for-damage-from-climate-change ) [08:48] TR News How close are we to positive climate tipping points? https://www.dw.com/en/how-close-are-we-to-positive-climate-tipping-points/a-69446170 [08:48] TR Bot close are we to positive climate tipping points? DW 12/26/2024 [08:48] TR News Journey of Climate Change Awareness https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2024/12/26/humanitys-journey-of-climate-change-awareness/ [08:48] TR Bot Humanitys Journey of Climate Change Awareness - Modern Diplomacy [08:49] TR News Seems more like greeenwashing https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-york/articles/2024-12-27/climate-friendly-electricity-sees-big-battery-projects-soar-again-for-2024 [08:49] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-york/articles/2024-12-27/climate-friendly-electricity-sees-big-battery-projects-soar-again-for-2024 ) [08:50] TR News agrivoltaics? https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/agriculture-calgary-alberta-solar-energy-green-1.7418978 [08:50] TR Bot How agrivoltaics is marrying food production with green energy in Alberta | CBC News [08:53] TR News How to deal with Matt Gulag https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2024/12/24/incels-how-they-are-radicalized-and-how-to-deradicalize-them/ [08:53] TR Bot Incels: How they are Radicalized, and How to Deradicalize Them - Modern Diplomacy [08:55] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I doubt Kroger-Albertsons will be back on under Trump. [08:55] IsambardPrince The states actually bothered to take action themselves. [08:57] IsambardPrince The state laws that block PornHub will backfire badly. [08:57] IsambardPrince PornHub has age verification for models and they comply with US federal laws. [08:58] IsambardPrince If users don't just grab Tor or get on a VPN and say they're in another state or country, then they'll go find porn on a site that doesn't obey US laws because they're not in the US. [08:58] IsambardPrince On those sites, all sorts of things could be lurking. ● Jan 04 [09:00] *Disconnected (Remote host closed socket). [09:01] *Now talking on #techrights [09:02] TR News "SystemRescue is a free tool with everything you need to get a PC back up and running. However, if you want to use something else, try Clonezilla-SysRescCD, Rescatux, or GParted Live. They're all Linux-based system rescue bootables that can save both Windows and Linux systems." https://www.makeuseof.com/reasons-keep-systemrescue-usb-troubleshoot-pc/ [09:02] TR Bot I Always Keep a Copy of This Rescue USB Handy (and You Should, Too) [09:03] TR News These 4 Killer Features Are Why I'm Upgrading to the Raspberry Pi 500 https://www.makeuseof.com/features-why-upgrade-raspberry-pi-500/ [09:03] TR Bot These 4 Killer Features Are Why I'm Upgrading to the Raspberry Pi 500 [09:04] TR News "Acclaim USAHERDS through 7.4.0.1 uses hard-coded credentials." https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/12/23/cisa-adds-one-known-exploited-vulnerability-catalog [09:04] TR Bot CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog | CISA [09:05] TR News "The ABCs of BSD." https://www.howtogeek.com/bsd-what-is-it-and-how-is-it-different-from-linux/ [09:05] TR Bot BSD: What Is It, and How Is It Different From Linux? [09:27] TR News BuzzFeed https://fair.org/home/why-didnt-nyt-tell-us-what-ben-smith-stood-to-gain-from-his-media-reporting/ | Source: FAIR [09:27] TR Bot Why Didnt NYT Tell Us What Ben Smith Stood to Gain From His Media Reporting? FAIR [09:27] TR News There is LOTS of evidence of manipulation, FAIR is now spreading Chinese propaganda and lies https://fair.org/home/theres-no-public-evidence-of-the-kind-of-manipulation-tiktok-is-accused-of/ | Source: FAIR https://techrights.org/o/2023/08/26/fentanylware-threat-to-freedom/ [09:27] TR Bot Theres No Public Evidence of the Kind of ManipulationTikTok Is Accused Of: FAIR [09:27] TR Bot Bytedance/TikTok is a Threat to Freedom, Including Free Speech [09:28] TR News "The epic retro-fuelled shooter Selaco managed to win an award as IndieDB crowned it their 2024 Indie of the Year and it seems overall the game has done really well on sales." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/selaco-won-indiedb-2024-indie-of-the-year-award-plus-a-big-sales-milestone-was-hit/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [09:28] TR Bot won IndieDB's 2024 Indie of the Year Award plus a big sales milestone was hit | GamingOnLinux [09:29] TR News FAIR used to make sense. Now it wants to make BRICS great again. Not the same people run the site. [09:29] TR News "Welcome to the first round-up of games you can claim from Prime Gaming for 2025, along with the expected compatibility across Steam Deck and desktop Linux. " https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/prime-gaming-january-3rd-2025-edition-round-up-for-steam-deck-linux/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [09:29] TR Bot Gaming January 3rd 2025 edition round-up for Steam Deck / Linux | GamingOnLinux [09:30] TR News "The End of the Sun is an upcoming Slavic fantasy story-driven mystery adventure that sounds interesting and it's ready for release on January 29." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/slavic-fantasy-story-driven-mystery-adventure-the-end-of-the-sun-releases-january-29/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [09:30] TR Bot fantasy story-driven mystery adventure The End of the Sun releases January 29 | GamingOnLinux [09:33] TR News "I'm genuinely looking forward to replaying through Medal of Honor: Allied Assault and the expansions thanks to the open source OpenMoHAA project that just put out a new Beta release. It works cross-platform across Linux, macOS and Windows." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/medal-of-honor-allied-assault-open-source-remake-new-beta-gets-lots-of-fixes/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [09:33] TR Bot of Honor: Allied Assault open source remake new Beta gets lots of fixes | GamingOnLinux [09:34] TR News "Kva med eit SKILTSTUNT i 2025? Biblioteket tar saka #librarycase" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&u=https://bibliotekettarsaka.com/2025/01/02/kva-med-eit-skiltstunt-i-2025/ [09:34] TR Bot Kva med eit SKILTSTUNT i 2025? Biblioteket tar saka #librarycase [09:35] TR News "Russian Economy is on the Brink of Collapse" https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2025/01/03/russian-economy-is-on-the-brink-of-collapse/ [09:35] TR Bot Russian Economy is on the Brink of Collapse - Modern Diplomacy [09:35] TR News "security" though obscurity https://yle.fi/a/74-20134737 [09:35] TR Bot Defence Committee on cable damage: "We have been naive" | Yle News | Yle [09:35] TR News (NEW): Ditana Arch-based Linux distribution https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Ditana_Arch_based_Linux_distribution.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Ditana_Arch_based_Linux_distribution.gmi [09:35] TR Bot Tux Machines Ditana Arch-based Linux distribution [09:35] TR News "Recently it came to my attention that Marvel Rivals did a ban-wave for a whole bunch of players on macOS and some on Steam Deck (Linux) too. Now, their team have issued a statement on the situation." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/marvel-rivals-team-issue-a-statement-on-recent-bans-for-steam-deck-and-macos-players/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [09:35] TR Bot Rivals team issue a statement on recent bans for Steam Deck and macOS players | GamingOnLinux [09:35] TR News "Need some more Monster Hunter games? Fanatical have brought back their Build your own Monster Hunter Bundle for you to fill up your collection again." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/fanaticals-monster-hunter-bundle-returns-to-prepare-you-for-monster-hunter-wilds/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [09:35] TR Bot Monster Hunter Bundle returns to prepare you for Monster Hunter Wilds | GamingOnLinux [09:36] TR News "Originally it was rated Steam Deck Playable, then after the major Feybreak update Valve set it as Steam Deck Unsupported and now it's back to Steam Deck Playable again." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/valve-set-palworld-back-as-steam-deck-playable-but-with-multiple-listed-problems/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [09:36] TR Bot set Palworld back as Steam Deck Playable but with multiple listed problems | GamingOnLinux [09:38] TR News (NEW): Games: Palworld, Marvel Rivals, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Games_Palworld_Marvel_Rivals_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Games_Palworld_Marvel_Rivals_and_More.gmi [09:38] TR Bot Tux Machines Games: Palworld, Marvel Rivals, and More [09:40] *newyear2025 has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [09:41] TR News More lies. TikTOk is AGAINST free speech! https://www.ekathimerini.com/in-depth/society-in-depth/1257744/albania-tiktok-ban-sparks-debate-over-freedom-of-speech/ ("Albania TikTok ban sparks debate over freedom of speech") [09:41] TR Bot TikTok ban sparks debate over freedom of speech | eKathimerini.com [09:41] TR News iophk: The manipulation has been documented in Germany, Romania, and Finland, to name only three of many. The US has also been affected but the 'media' has decided to throw in with the CCP and fight against freedom of speech while claiming to do the opposite and while distracting from the manipulation and influence operations. [09:42] TR News The same sites that tell you TikTok must be left to do its thing might as well recommend replacing the national broadcaster with RT. Same thing. [09:43] TR News "Why is Elon Musk tweeting about Britains grooming gangs?" https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/01/why-elon-musk-tweeting-about-britains-grooming-gangs [09:43] TR Bot Why is Elon Musk tweeting about Britains grooming gangs? - New Statesman [09:44] TR News "But Musk had already decided last summer that the new British government was his nemesis due to its response to the riots sparked by fatal stabbings in Southport." [09:47] TR News (NEW): Best Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [09:47] TR Bot Tux Machines Best Free and Open Source Software [09:51] TR News MElon versus democracies https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/world/europe/elon-musk-britain-social-media.html ("Elon Musk Trolls Britain and Defends Tommy Robinson in Flurry of Social Media Posts" ) [09:51] TR Bot Elon Musk Trolls Britain and Defends Tommy Robinson in Flurry of Social Media Posts - The New York Times [09:52] TR News Did Jeff take too many Microsoft gifts already? https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/system76-built-fastest-windows-arm-pc ("System76 built the fastest Windows Arm PC") [09:52] TR Bot System76 built the fastest Windows Arm PC | Jeff Geerling [09:53] TR News Another end to net neutrality | "USA: Erneutes Aus fr Netzneutralitt" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https://netzpolitik.org/2025/usa-erneutes-aus-fuer-netzneutralitaet/ [09:53] TR Bot USA: Erneutes Aus fr Netzneutralitt [09:53] TR News "Public Domain Day: I wanna be lazy" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https://netzpolitik.org/2025/public-domain-day-i-wanna-be-lazy/ [09:53] TR Bot Public Domain Day: I wanna be lazy [09:53] TR News windows tco https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/artikel/it-leverandoer-afviser-beskyldninger-om-aarsag-til-hackerangreb-det-var-et-isoleret-angreb ("It-leverandr afviser beskyldninger om rsag til hackerangreb: Det var et isoleret angreb | Version2") [09:53] TR Bot It-leverandr afviser beskyldninger om rsag til hackerangreb: Det var et isoleret angreb | Version2 [09:53] TR News "Lo mejor de 2024? KDE Plasma 6" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=es&tl=en&u=https://www.muylinux.com/2025/01/03/lo-mejor-de-2024-kde-plasma-6/ [09:53] TR Bot Lo mejor de 2024? KDE Plasma 6 [09:57] TR News (NEW): IPFire 2.29 - Core Update 191 is available for testing https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/IPFire_2_29_Core_Update_191_is_available_for_testing.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/IPFire_2_29_Core_Update_191_is_available_for_testing.gmi [09:57] TR Bot Tux Machines IPFire 2.29 - Core Update 191 is available for testing [09:57] *newyear2025 (~newyear@freenode-drv.aab.2jssns.IP) has joined #techrights [09:59] TR News "DMCA subpoena to compel X to expose" https://torrentfreak.com/manga-publisher-shueisha-wants-x-to-expose-one-piece-pirates-250103/ | Source: Torrent Freak [09:59] TR Bot Publisher Shueisha Wants X to Expose 'One Piece' Pirates * TorrentFreak [09:59] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [09:59] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights ● Jan 04 [10:01] *newyear2025 has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [10:05] TR News "This was promised by 2025." https://mjtsai.com/blog/2025/01/03/openai-failed-to-deliver-opt-out-tool/ | Source: Michael Tsai [10:05] TR Bot Michael Tsai - Blog - OpenAI Failed to Deliver Opt-out Tool [10:05] TR News "But people familiar tell TechCrunch that the tool was rarely viewed as an important launch internally." https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/01/openai-failed-to-deliver-the-opt-out-tool-it-promised-by-2025/ | Source: TechCrunch [10:05] TR Bot failed to deliver the opt-out tool it promised by 2025 | TechCrunch [10:06] TR News "Few people have heard of the Robinson-Patman Act, a New Dealera law that bans price discrimination" https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/southern-glazer-ftc-price-discrimination/ | Source: The Nation [10:06] TR Bot Can Fairness Fix the US Economy? | The Nation [10:06] *IsambardPrince has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [10:10] TR News "The ad-supported audio streaming service is a partnership with the Radioline platform" https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/02/lg-launches-lg-radio-for-smart-tvs/ | Source: Digital Music News [10:10] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/02/lg-launches-lg-radio-for-smart-tvs/ ) [10:10] TR News Digital Restrictions (DRM) https://jacobin.com/2025/01/digital-ownership-physical-media-control/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine [10:10] TR Bot Digital Ownership and the End of Physical Media [10:11] TR News "Why it matters: The all-Republican panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit handed a blow to the Biden administration, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and other Democrats who've pushed for fair and open [Internet] measures." https://www.axios.com/2025/01/02/net-neutrality-fcc-struck-dowbn-appeals-court | Source: Axios [10:11] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.axios.com/2025/01/02/net-neutrality-fcc-struck-dowbn-appeals-court ) [10:11] TR News "Internet service giants have fought against being regulated, arguing they should be left to run their businesses as they see fit." https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/2263948.html | Source: RTL [10:11] TR Bot RTL Today - Internet service providers: US court blocks Biden-era net neutrality rules [10:11] TR News "In doing so, the FCC aimed to make ISPs accountable for outages, require more robust network security, protect fast speeds, and require greater protections for consumer data." https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5247840 | Source: NPR [10:11] TR Bot Net neutrality is struck, ending a long battle to regulate ISPs like public utilities [10:12] TR News "To be clear, the FCCs net neutrality rules were actually very modest by international standards. They had ample loopholes for ISPs to stumble through." https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/03/trumplican-6th-circuit-just-killed-net-neutrality-and-whatever-was-left-of-pathetic-u-s-broadband-consumer-protection/ | Source: Techdirt [10:12] TR Bot 6th Circuit Just Killed Net Neutrality (And Whatever Was Left Of Pathetic U.S. Broadband Consumer Protection) | Techdirt [10:12] TR News "The 6th Circuit ruled nevertheless that broadband [Internet] access service should be classified as a Title I information service under the Communications Act." https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/6th-circuit-wrongly-rejects-federal-jurisdiction-over-essential-broadband-internet-access-services | Source: Common Dreams [10:12] TR Bot 6th Circuit Wrongly Rejects Federal Jurisdiction Over Essential Broadband Internet Access Services | Common Dreams [10:13] TR News "On Thursday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit struck down Net Neutrality rules that prevented internet service providers from degrading or blocking service to certain websites." https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/net-neutrality-ruling-an-ominous-giveaway-to-big-telecom | Source: Common Dreams [10:13] TR Bot Net Neutrality Ruling an Ominous Giveaway to Big Telecom | Common Dreams [10:13] TR News "Frogfoot, a local fibre network operator owned by Vox Telecom, had a 57 hour outage starting on New Years Eve, leaving all their Western Cape customers without a usable [Internet] connection." https://www.capeindependent.com/article/frogfoots-new-years-internet-outage | Source: South Africa [10:13] TR Bot Frogfoot's New Years Internet Outage | The Cape Independent [10:14] TR News "In a wide-ranging interview with CyberScoop, Rosenworcel discussed how the FCC has evolved to address the challenges posed by newer technologies, ongoing efforts to investigate and respond to Chinese intrusions into U.S. telecommunications networks" https://cyberscoop.com/fcc-jessica-rosenworcel-exit-interview-legacy-cybersecurity-ai/ | Source: Scoop News Group [10:14] TR Bot interview: FCCs Jessica Rosenworcel discusses her legacy on cybersecurity, AI and regulation | CyberScoop [10:15] TR News "In truth, the unlimited combinations of individuals and work requirements make generalizations impossible." https://federalnewsnetwork.com/tom-temin-commentary/2025/01/prepare-for-the-return-to-office-era-its-an-age-thing/ | Source: Federal News Network [10:15] TR Bot Prepare for the return-to-office era. Its an age thing [10:15] TR News "Walmart is, and has long been, the biggest private sector employer in America. It has more than two million employees." https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/from-walmart-to-amazon-to-walmart | Source: Hamilton Nolan [10:15] TR Bot From Walmart to Amazon to Walmart - by Hamilton Nolan [10:15] TR News "It's believed Scott-Windham requested the wrong type of leave, leading to it being turned down" https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/04/amazon_worker_health/ | Source: The Register UK [10:15] TR Bot Amazon worker shot in New Orleans terror attack denied leave The Register [10:17] TR News
  • [10:17] TR News "These bargaining tactics require a significant amount of time and energy" https://www.vox.com/even-better/392930/medical-bill-debt-insurance-costs-pharmacy-payment-plan | Source: Vox [10:17] TR Bot the doctor overcharging me? How to avoid huge medical bills and lower existing ones. | Vox [10:17] TR News "accusing Elon Musk of defending the program" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/bernie-sanders-elon-musk-h1b-visas-immigration-b2673148.html | Source: The Independent UK [10:17] TR Bot Bernie Sanders accuses Musk of seeking cheaper, not brainier, immigrant labor with H-1B visas | The Independent [10:23] TR News "Sala is being held in Iran's Evin prison following her arrest in the capital, Tehran, on Dec. 19. The journalist was on assignment in Iran and had a valid journalist visa." https://www.voanews.com/a/italy-summons-iranian-ambassador-demands-release-of-journalist/7921945.html | Source: VOA News [10:23] TR Bot Italy meets with Iran ambassador to demand release of Italian journalist [10:23] TR News "Google has sent the $100 million it agreed to pay Canadian news outlets in exchange for an exemption from the Online News Act to a journalism organization designed to disperse the funds." https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/google-online-news-act-exemption-1.7422690 | Source: CBC [10:23] TR Bot Google sends $100M in funds to journalism collective in exchange for Online News Act exemption | CBC News [10:23] TR News "The body of a journalist, who is known for his ground reporting of the Maoist conflict in Chhattisgarhs Bastar region, was found in a septic tank on the premises of a construction contractor in Bijapur." https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/chhattisgarh/bastar-journalist-found-dead-in-septic-tank-murder-suspected/article69058812.ece | Source: The Hindu [10:23] TR Bot Bastar journalist found dead in septic tank, murder suspected - The Hindu [10:23] TR News "Chapter 16 is a template for exploring relationships between political alignment (liberal or conservative) and other beliefs and attitudes." https://www.allendowney.com/blog/2025/01/04/confidence-in-the-press/ | Source: Allen Downey [10:23] TR Bot Confidence In the Press Probably Overthinking It [10:24] TR News "However, it if couldnt demonstrate this, the association of librarians and libraries would be free to continue running their libraries without government interference" https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/03/federal-judge-strikes-down-unconstitutional-arkansas-book-ban-law/ | Source: Techdirt [10:24] TR Bot Judge Strikes Down Unconstitutional Arkansas Book Ban Law | Techdirt [10:25] TR News "The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County is bringing back Barbara Carrascos L.A. History: A Mexican Perspective, a 1981 masterpiece that spent decades in storage" https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-01-02/the-chicano-mural-that-overcame-censorship-to-shine-in-the-heart-of-los-angeles.html | Source: El Pas [10:25] TR Bot The Chicano mural that overcame censorship to shine in the heart of Los Angeles | Culture | EL PAS English [10:25] TR News "Banned in Rasoulofs home country, the film has already garnered international recognition for its poignant narrative and exploration of political themes." https://variety.com/2025/film/global/mohammad-rasoulof-the-seed-of-the-sacred-fig-goteborg-film-festival-1236264600/ | Source: Variety [10:25] TR Bot Mohammad Rasoulof Attending 2025 Gteborg Film Festival [10:26] TR News "sought to divide the American people through targeted disinformation campaigns" https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2766 | [10:26] TR Bot Treasury Sanctions Entities in Iran and Russia That Attempted to Interfere in the U.S. 2024 Election | U.S. Department of the Treasury [10:27] TR News "The governments of Iran and Russia have targeted our election processes and institutions and sought to divide the American people through targeted disinformation campaigns" https://www.securityweek.com/us-imposes-sanctions-on-russian-and-iranian-groups-over-disinformation-targeting-american-voters/ | Source: Security Week [10:27] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/us-imposes-sanctions-on-russian-and-iranian-groups-over-disinformation-targeting-american-voters/ ) [10:27] TR News "Europe has taken significant steps to deal with misinformation, yet this bullshit culture continues to spread its curses into different landscapes." https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2025/01/03/the-global-crisis-of-bullshit-culture-and-media-manipulation/ | Source: Modern Diplomacy [10:27] TR Bot The Global Crisis of Bullshit Culture and Media Manipulation - Modern Diplomacy [10:28] TR News "On Dec. 28, a content creator with about 20,000 TikTok followers shared phony footage of Trump threatening to withhold U.S. aid from Kenya if the alleged abductions continued." https://www.voanews.com/a/ai-generated-deepfakes-of-trump-aimed-at-misleading-kenyans-nigerians/7923816.html | Source: VOA News [10:28] TR Bot AI-generated deepfakes of Trump aimed at misleading Kenyans, Nigerians [10:29] TR News "his own proprietary social media disinformation ... Its the $44 billion donation, as much as the $250 million one." https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/01/02/artificial-frameworks-about-elon-on-adrian-dittmann-and-tommy-robinson/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler [10:29] TR Bot Artificial Frameworks about Elon: On Adrian Dittmann and Tommy Robinson - emptywheel [10:30] TR News "The NICE framework, spelled out in the National Institute of Standards and Technologys Special Publication 800-181" https://fedscoop.com/federal-contracting-cyber-workforce-far/ | Source: Scoop News Group [10:30] TR Bot acquisition agencies want cyber workforce changes in federal contracting rules | FedScoop [10:31] TR News Lies and fake claims from a company deep in debt and still trying to look big https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/microsoft-expects-to-spend-80-billion-on-ai-this-fiscal-year/articleshow/116930000.cms | Source: India Times [10:31] TR Bot Microsoft AI investment: Microsoft expects to spend $80 billion on AI this fiscal year - The Economic Times [10:31] TR News "In the United States" Apple supports convicted criminals who assault women https://pxlnv.com/linklog/trump-inaugural-fund/ | Source: Nick Heer [10:31] TR Bot Tim Cook Becomes the Newest Big Donor to the Trump Inaugural Fund Pixel Envy [10:32] TR News This is what Apple stands for https://www.axios.com/2025/01/03/tim-cook-apple-donate-1-million-trump-inauguration | Source: Axios [10:32] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.axios.com/2025/01/03/tim-cook-apple-donate-1-million-trump-inauguration ) [10:33] TR News "Its no surprise that with the incoming Donald Trump as U.S. president, this new appointment has been made. Metas Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg hasnt always had a smooth relationship with Trump" https://siliconangle.com/2025/01/02/nick-clegg-steps-metas-global-policy-chief-replaced-trump-friendly-joel-kaplan/ | Source: Silicon Angle [10:33] TR Bot Clegg steps down as Metas global policy chief, replaced with Trump-friendly Joel Kaplan - SiliconANGLE [10:33] TR News "The clue lies in who is replacing Clegg. Joel Kaplan, Cleggs current deputy" https://www.newstatesman.com/international-politics/2025/01/why-is-meta-replacing-nick-clegg-with-republican-insider-facebook | Source: New Statesman [10:33] TR Bot Has Facebook fallen in behind Trump? - New Statesman [10:34] TR News "served as deputy chief of staff for policy under then-president George W. Bush from 2006" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/nick-clegg-leaves-meta-global-policy-team-after-six-years/articleshow/116898862.cms | Source: India Times [10:34] TR Bot Meta: Nick Clegg leaves Meta global policy team after six years - The Economic Times [10:34] TR News "Clegg, a former deputy prime minister of Britain, had handled policy and regulatory issues globally for Meta since 2018." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-bytes/nick-clegg-who-set-up-metas-oversight-board-exits-company-ahead-of-trump-return/articleshow/116908271.cms | Source: India Times [10:34] TR Bot Nick Clegg: Nick Clegg, who set up Meta's oversight board, exits company ahead of Trump return - The Economic Times [10:35] TR News "Clegg announced he was joining Meta, then Facebook, in October 2018 around 18 months after he had been voted out of office" https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/03/nick_clegg_meta/ | Source: The Register UK [10:35] TR Bot Nick Clegg steps down as Meta's top flack The Register [10:35] TR News "three weeks before Donald Trumps inauguration" https://www.semafor.com/article/01/02/2025/meta-will-appoint-joel-kaplan-to-lead-global-policy-team-replacing-nick-clegg | Source: Semafor Inc [10:35] TR Bot will appoint Republican Joel Kaplan to lead global policy team, as Nick Clegg steps down | Semafor [10:35] TR News "shortly after CEO Mark Zuckerberg dined with President-elect Trump at Mar-a-lago" https://www.axios.com/2025/01/02/meta-nick-clegg-step-down-republican-joel-kaplan | Source: Axios [10:35] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.axios.com/2025/01/02/meta-nick-clegg-step-down-republican-joel-kaplan ) [10:36] TR News "It goes without saying that this is all happening on top of the core work that the FSF does to support the free software community" https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/help-us-in-this-last-stretch-of-our-fundraiser | Source: FSF [10:36] TR Bot Help us in this last stretch of our fundraiser Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [10:37] TR News (NEW): This Week in Plasma: Artistry and accessibility https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/This_Week_in_Plasma_Artistry_and_accessibility.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/This_Week_in_Plasma_Artistry_and_accessibility.gmi [10:37] TR Bot Tux Machines This Week in Plasma: Artistry and accessibility [10:38] TR News "Two wild elephants were spotted near Rangarayanadoddi lake in Ramanagara" https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/two-wild-elephants-seen-wandering-in-ramanagara/article69058494.ece | Source: The Hindu [10:38] TR Bot Two wild elephants seen wandering in Ramanagara - The Hindu [10:38] TR News "Trees that didn't find a home this festive season were given to some of the animals on Friday" https://www.usnews.com/news/offbeat/articles/2025-01-03/its-christmas-for-the-elephants-as-unsold-trees-are-fed-to-the-animals-at-berlin-zoo | Source: US News And World Report [10:38] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/offbeat/articles/2025-01-03/its-christmas-for-the-elephants-as-unsold-trees-are-fed-to-the-animals-at-berlin-zoo ) [10:38] TR News "The zoo takes only fresh, unsold trees from select vendors. " https://www.independent.co.uk/news/elephants-ap-trees-max-b2673291.html | Source: The Independent UK [10:38] TR Bot It's Christmas for the elephants as unsold trees are fed to the animals at Berlin Zoo | The Independent [10:39] *newyear2025 (~newyear@freenode-drv.aab.2jssns.IP) has joined #techrights [10:39] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [10:39] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [10:42] TR News "It was difficult to get the UPS back online." https://dan.langille.org/2025/01/03/complete-network-shutdown-wtf/ | Source: Dan Langille [10:42] TR Bot Complete network shutdown wtf? Dan Langille's Other Diary [10:42] TR News "Both are smart batteries with advanced features, but they differ in flight times, weight, and price." https://www.thedronegirl.com/2025/01/03/intelligent-flight-batteries/ | Source: The Drone Girl [10:42] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://www.thedronegirl.com/2025/01/03/intelligent-flight-batteries/ ) [10:42] TR News "Constellation Energy has won contracts worth more than $1 billion from the US government to supply nuclear power" https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/03/us_gov_nuclear_energy/ | Source: The Register UK [10:42] TR Bot US government goes atomic as datacenter power crisis looms The Register [10:43] TR News "The report found that per unit carbon dioxide emissions have fallen by over two-thirds in a decade" https://www.ecowatch.com/uk-electricity-clean-sources-2024.html | Source: EcoWatch [10:43] TR Bot Electricity Reached a Record 58% From Low-Carbon Sources in 2024 - EcoWatch [10:44] TR News "Whether the Wisconsin delays are tied to the closed-loop design, or some other element of datacenter design, is unknown. Microsoft didn't answer questions to that end." https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/03/microsoft_pauses_datacenter_construction/ | Source: The Register UK [10:44] TR Bot Microsoft pauses datacenter construction in Wisconsin The Register [10:44] TR News "In the early 1990s Iraqs marshes still covered some 20,000 square kilometres but they have since shrunk to around 4,000 by the latest estimates." https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/climate-and-people/iraqs-marshes-drought-climate-change-water-wars-middle-east/ | Source: The Telegraph UK [10:44] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/climate-and-people/iraqs-marshes-drought-climate-change-water-wars-middle-east/ ) [10:47] TR News "Americans 4 Security Inc.s contributions to two super PACs accounted for as much as 90% of its total spending in 2020, its first year of existence." https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/americans-4-security-appears-to-be-a-political-group-in-disguise-the-fec-and-irs-must-investigate | Source: Common Dreams [10:47] TR Bot Americans 4 Security appears to be a political group in disguise. The FEC and IRS must investigate. | Common Dreams [10:48] TR News "Federal authorities indicted Cameron John Wagenius, 20, last month on two counts of unlawful transfer of confidential phone records information, court documents show." https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2025/01/03/us-soldier-arrested-for-allegedly-trying-to-sell-trump-phone-records/ | Source: Sightline Media Group [10:48] TR Bot US soldier arrested for allegedly trying to sell Trump phone records [10:49] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [10:49] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [10:53] TR News Techrights Free Software Foundation (FSF) Almost 85% Funded https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/04/Free_Software_Foundation_FSF_Almost_85_Funded.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/04/Free_Software_Foundation_FSF_Almost_85_Funded.gmi [10:53] TR Bot Techrights Free Software Foundation (FSF) Almost 85% Funded [10:55] TR News "GRE is real estate...you'd think they'd be stable, albeit shrinking." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1wfs0utp [10:55] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1wfs0utp ) [10:56] TR News "The culture of people running Indian companies is as corrupt as that in the US. More often than not, the leaders are accused of and get caught in fraud. You cannot change human nature any more than a leopard can change its spots." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jggm3tqf [10:56] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jggm3tqf ) [10:59] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [10:59] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights ● Jan 04 [11:04] TR News "his support for TikTok on Friday" https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5065359-trump-why-would-i-want-to-get-rid-of-tiktok/ | Source: The Hill http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/03/Memes_Two_Dictators_Donald_Trump_Loves_TikTok.shtml [11:04] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5065359-trump-why-would-i-want-to-get-rid-of-tiktok/ ) [11:04] TR Bot Techrights [Memes] Two Dictators. Donald Trump Loves TikTok. [11:04] TR News If it's a free speech matter, then they should ban it for attacking it https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/us/politics/tiktok-ban-supreme-court.html | Source: New York Times https://techrights.org/o/2023/08/26/fentanylware-threat-to-freedom/ [11:04] TR Bot TikTok and Government Clash in Last Round of Supreme Court Briefs - The New York Times [11:04] TR Bot Bytedance/TikTok is a Threat to Freedom, Including Free Speech [11:05] TR News "Their briefs were part of a high-stakes showdown over the government's insistence that ByteDance" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/tiktok-and-government-clash-in-last-round-of-supreme-court-briefs/articleshow/116931616.cms | Source: India Times [11:05] TR Bot TikTok users rights: TikTok and government clash in last round of Supreme Court briefs - The Economic Times [11:05] TR News "Jabbars high school friend Chris Pousson told NBC that he had posted several times on Facebook" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/shamsud-din-jabbar-new-orleans-terrorist-military-b2673287.html | Source: The Independent UK [11:05] TR Bot Shamsud-Din Jabbars former commanding officer speaks out about New Orleans attackers radicalization | The Independent [11:09] TR News "Fingrid said in a statement it had filed an application with the Helsinki District Court to seize" https://www.rferl.org/a/finland-ukraine-russia-war-tanker-cable-baltic-sea/33261907.html | Source: RFERL [11:09] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [11:09] TR Bot Finland Seeks Seizure Of Oil Tanker Suspected Of Damaging Undersea Cable [11:09] TR News "According to Savola, Finland still does not face a direct military threat" https://yle.fi/a/74-20134737 | Source: YLE [11:09] TR Bot Defence Committee on cable damage: "We have been naive" | Yle News | Yle [11:09] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [11:11] TR News "social media" https://www.ksl.com/article/51221695/utah-accuses-tiktok-of-knowing-about-risks-to-children-in-unredacted-legal-filing | Source: Deseret Media [11:11] TR Bot accuses TikTok of knowing about risks to children in unredacted legal filing | KSL.com [11:14] TR News Remi Collet: New server for 2025 and later https://blog.remirepo.net/post/2025/01/03/New-server-for-2025-and-later [11:14] TR Bot New server for 2025 and later - Remi's RPM repository - Blog [11:14] TR News Remi Collet: PHP version 8.3.16RC1 and 8.4.3RC1 https://blog.remirepo.net/post/2025/01/03/PHP-version-8.3.16RC1-and-8.4.3RC1 [11:14] TR Bot PHP version 8.3.16RC1 and 8.4.3RC1 - Remi's RPM repository - Blog [11:15] TR News Kevin Fenzi: Apps I use https://www.scrye.com/blogs/nirik/posts/2025/01/03/apps-i-use/ [11:15] TR Bot Apps I use | Kevin's musings [11:17] TR News "Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging that its Siri digital assistant improperly recorded private conversations, while maintaining that it denies any wrongdoing." https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/2263932.html | Source: RTL [11:17] TR Bot RTL Today - Not so private conversations: Apple agrees to $95 mn deal to settle Siri eavesdropping suit [11:18] TR News "The company, one of the most valuable in the world, signed off on the payment to settle a class-action lawsuit claiming its virtual assistant Siri can be accidentally activated, and subsequently record parts of peoples conversations without their consent." https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/01/02/apple-siri-class-action-lawsuit-95-million/ | Source: The Washington Post [11:18] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/01/02/apple-siri-class-action-lawsuit-95-million/ ) [11:19] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [11:19] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [11:29] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [11:29] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [11:39] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [11:39] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [11:44] TR News "As of Wednesday, a total of 36 Chrome extensions injected with data-stealing code have been detected, mostly related to artificial intelligence (AI) tools and virtual private networks (VPNs)" https://therecord.media/hackers-target-vpn-ai-extensions-google-chrome-malicious-updates | Source: The Record [11:44] TR Bot Hackers target dozens of VPN and AI extensions for Google Chrome to compromise data | The Record from Recorded Future News [11:44] TR News "The alleged recordings occurred even when people didn't seek to activate the virtual assistant with the trigger words" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/apple-to-pay-95-million-to-settle-lawsuit-accusing-siri-of-snoopy-eavesdropping/articleshow/116898706.cms | Source: India Times [11:44] TR Bot Apple Siri lawsuit: Apple to pay $95 million to settle lawsuit accusing Siri of snoopy eavesdropping - The Economic Times [11:45] TR News "The proposed settlement filed Tuesday in an Oakland, California" https://www.deccanchronicle.com/world/apple-to-pay-95-million-to-settle-lawsuit-accusing-siri-of-snoopy-eavesdropping-1851573 | Source: Deccan Chronicle [11:45] TR Bot Apple to pay $95 million to settle lawsuit accusing Siri of snoopy eavesdropping [11:45] TR News "had thought this controversy was about contractors hearing the audio. The advertising angle is new to me. If Apple actually did that, it would be one of the biggest Apple news stories ever." https://mjtsai.com/blog/2025/01/03/apple-settles-siri-spying-lawsuit/ | Source: Michael Tsai [11:45] TR Bot Michael Tsai - Blog - Apple Settles Siri Spying Lawsuit [11:46] TR News "If youve always suspected that Siri is listening to you even though you havent called upon it, a new class-action lawsuit may give you some peace of mind." https://www.macworld.com/article/2567667/if-you-owned-an-apple-device-in-the-past-decade-a-check-is-headed-your-way.html | Source: Macworld [11:46] TR Bot you owned an Apple device in the past decade, a check is headed your way | Macworld [11:46] TR News "Many people no longer take a wallet with them when they go out, he said." https://www.thelocal.dk/20250103/why-denmark-hasnt-had-a-bank-robbery-in-three-years | Source: The Local DK [11:46] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelocal.dk/20250103/why-denmark-hasnt-had-a-bank-robbery-in-three-years ) [11:47] TR News "The feature, known as Enhanced Visual Search, was called out last week by software developer Jeff Johnson" https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/03/apple_enhanced_visual_search/ | Source: The Register UK [11:47] TR Bot Apple opts everyone into having their Photos analyzed by AI The Register [11:48] TR News "advanced digital identity verification technology" https://siliconangle.com/2025/01/02/digital-identity-verification-startup-ver-id-raises-e2m-help-euro-firms-adhere-eidas-2-0/ | Source: Silicon Angle [11:48] TR Bot identity verification startup Ver.ID raises 2M to help Euro firms adhere to eIDAS 2.0 - SiliconANGLE [11:48] TR News "As license plate-reading cameras to fight crime become more common on Michigan roads, their use is raising concerns about personal privacy." https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/police-use-license-plate-readers-raising-privacy-concerns-michigan | Source: Bridge Michigan [11:48] TR Bot Police use of license plate readers raising privacy concerns in Michigan | Bridge Michigan [11:49] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [11:50] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [11:54] *includeals (~includeal@bl18-27-126.dsl.telepac.pt) has joined #techrights [11:59] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) ● Jan 04 [12:00] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [12:09] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [12:10] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights ● Jan 04 [13:07] *psydruid has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [13:08] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [13:34] TR News Windows TCO: "The operation, dubbed Flax Typhoon, is one of multiple alleged [intrusion] efforts by Chinese-affiliated cyber actors to infiltrate U.S. data and infrastructure in recent months." https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5065489-china-hacking-integrity-technology/ | Source: The Hill [13:34] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5065489-china-hacking-integrity-technology/ ) [13:35] TR News Windows TCO: "Flax Typhoon [attackers] made use of infrastructure at Integrity Technology Group to exploit victims, according to the Treasury Departments Office of Foreign Assets Control." https://cyberscoop.com/treasury-sanctions-chinese-company-flax-typhoon/ | Source: Scoop News Group [13:35] TR Bot sanctions take aim at Chinese company said to aid hackers massive botnet | CyberScoop [13:35] TR News Windows TCO: "In an announcement, the department said the company, Integrity Technology Group" https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/us/politics/treasury-chinese-sanctions.html | Source: New York Times [13:35] TR Bot U.S. Hits Chinese Cybersecurity Company With Sanctions After Breach - The New York Times [13:35] TR News Windows TCO: "The healthcare facility, which serves residents in Staten Island, New York, suffered significant disruptions in May 2023 after being targeted in a ransomware attack." https://www.securityweek.com/new-york-hospital-says-ransomware-attack-data-breach-impacts-670000/ | Source: Security Week [13:35] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/new-york-hospital-says-ransomware-attack-data-breach-impacts-670000/ ) [13:36] TR News Windows TCO: "The contract is for business application support and maintenance services for HMRC's National Insurance and PAYE System (NPS), which is part of the UK's critical national infrastructure" https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/03/accenture_wins_35_million_more/ | Source: The Register UK [13:36] TR Bot Accenture wins 35M more UK tax work without competition The Register [13:36] TR News Windows TCO: "The issue, tracked as CVE-2024-49113 (CVSS score of 7.5), was patched on December 10 along with a critical remote code execution (RCE) flaw in LDAP (CVE-2024-49112, CVSS score of 9.8)." https://www.securityweek.com/exploit-code-published-for-potentially-dangerous-windows-ldap-vulnerability/ | Source: Security Week [13:36] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/exploit-code-published-for-potentially-dangerous-windows-ldap-vulnerability/ ) [13:38] TR News "A big problem for Meta is that it is institutionally very dumb." https://pxlnv.com/linklog/meta-ai-generated-social/ | Source: Nick Heer [13:38] TR Bot Meta Envisages Social Media Filled With A.I.-Generated Users Pixel Envy [13:38] TR News "On a rational planet this might have led a large majority of social media users to withhold their data and creativity from Zuckerberg until he agreed to pay them for it, but they didnt." https://www.newstatesman.com/business/2025/01/mark-zuckerbergs-fake-internet-empire | Source: New Statesman [13:38] TR Bot Mark Zuckerbergs fake internet empire - New Statesman [13:39] TR News "This has been an exceptionally painful decision for each of us" https://www.wired.com/story/editors-at-science-journal-resign-en-masse-over-bad-use-of-ai-high-fees/ | Source: Wired [13:39] TR Bot at Science Journal Resign En Masse Over Bad Use of AI, High Fees | WIRED [13:40] TR News "Facebook and Instagram parent Meta, whose platforms are already flooded with AI-generated content" https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/instagram-facebook-delete-ai-accounts-1235224758/ | Source: Rolling Stone [13:40] TR Bot Instagram and Facebook Delete Experimental AI Accounts [13:40] TR News "It is possible, as some suggested to me on Bluesky, that there was a contractual agreement between Cronometer and ESHA to delete any data if the contract concluded." https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/03/food-tracking-app-pressured-to-delete-users-previously-recorded-meals-after-losing-access-to-nutritional-data/ | Source: Techdirt [13:40] TR Bot Tracking App To Delete Users Previously Recorded Meals After Being Sued By Food Data Company | Techdirt [13:40] TR News "Alongside Meta AI, the company rolled out 28 AI-powered Facebook and Instagram profiles. Most were inspired by celebrities with whom Meta partnered on the project." https://siliconangle.com/2025/01/03/meta-deletes-ai-powered-facebook-instagram-profiles-following-criticism/ | Source: Silicon Angle [13:40] TR Bot deletes its AI-powered Facebook and Instagram profiles following criticism - SiliconANGLE [13:41] TR News generated [13:41] TR News Instagram [13:41] TR News "But the Meta controlled, AI-generated Instagram and Facebook profiles going viral right now have been on the platform for well over a year and all of them stopped posting 10 months ago after users almost universally ignored them." https://www.404media.co/metas-ai-profiles-are-indistinguishable-from-terrible-spam-that-took-over-facebook/ | Source: 404 Media [13:41] TR Bot Meta's AI Profiles Are Indistinguishable From Terrible Spam That Took Over Facebook [13:42] TR News "The lawsuit against Tian Keyu highlights ByteDance's determination to protect its intellectual [sic] property [sic] and operational integrity." https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/tiktoks-parent-company-sues-ex-intern-860k-demands-public-apology-over-ai-project-sabotage-1729811 | Source: International Business Times [13:42] TR Bot TikTok's Parent Company Sues Ex-Intern For 860K, Demands Public Apology Over 'AI Project Sabotage' | IBTimes UK [13:43] TR News "Autodesk Deletes Old Forum Posts" https://mjtsai.com/blog/2025/01/03/autodesk-deletes-old-forum-posts/ | Source: Michael Tsai [13:43] TR Bot Michael Tsai - Blog - Autodesk Deletes Old Forum Posts [13:43] TR News "My Computer Had Nice Things to Say About Me Today" https://louplummer.lol/my-computer-had-nice-things-to-say-about-me-today/ | Source: Lou Plummer [13:43] TR Bot My Computer Had Nice Things to Say About Me Today | Living Out Loud [13:47] TR News (NEW): Windows TCO and Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Windows_TCO_and_Security_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Windows_TCO_and_Security_Leftovers.gmi [13:47] TR Bot Tux Machines Windows TCO and Security Leftovers [13:55] TR News "Just before Christmas I blogged about the positive correlation between depression incidence in US counties" https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/01/revisiting-depression-incidence-by-county-and-vote-for-trump-by-ellis2013nz/ | Source: Rlang [13:55] TR Bot depression incidence by county and vote for Trump by @ellis2013nz | R-bloggers [13:55] TR News "The current marine laws in the bay dictate that jet-skis must operate at least 200 metres out from the shoreline" https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/nearly-13-years-after-robert-s-death-jet-skis-are-still-a-danger-at-melbourne-s-beaches-20241216-p5kyph.html | Source: The Age AU [13:55] TR Bot Jet-skis are still a danger at Melbournes beaches [13:56] TR News "The average UK 12-year-old now spends 29 hours a week equivalent to a part-time job on their smartphone." https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/03/psychiatrist-children-smartphones-mental-health-harm | Source: The Guardian UK [13:56] TR Bot As a child psychiatrist, I see what smartphones are doing to kids mental health and its terrifying | Emily Sehmer | The Guardian [13:58] TR News "the tech we have constantly at hand has convinced" https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2025/01/parents-childhood-phone-cameras-video/681198/ | Source: The Atlantic [13:58] TR Bot Parents, Put Down Your Phone Cameras - The Atlantic [13:58] TR News "One of Denmark's leading child welfare charities, Brns Vilkr" https://www.thelocal.dk/20250102/what-do-danish-experts-advise-parents-on-kids-use-of-screens | Source: The Local DK [13:58] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelocal.dk/20250102/what-do-danish-experts-advise-parents-on-kids-use-of-screens ) ● Jan 04 [14:01] TR News "The Title I grant program, which helps schools serve children from low-income households" https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Education/2025/0103/trump-department-of-education-students | Source: CS Monitor [14:01] TR Bot does Trump want to dismantle the Department of Education? - CSMonitor.com [14:01] TR News "Recent research shows that curiosity does more than help us learn it makes us better at solving problems, connecting with others, and adapting to change." https://nesslabs.com/a-year-of-curiosity | Source: Ness Labs [14:01] TR Bot A Year of Curiosity - Ness Labs [14:01] TR News "I've found myself using serious as a mental shorthand for what I recognise as things done right in an academic department, which in my case means computer science (CS) departments. I thought it would be interesting to make a list of these things, so here it is." https://www.humprog.org/~stephen/blog/2025/01/03/#department-serious | Source: Stephen Kell [14:01] TR Bot Rambles around computer science [14:04] TR News "Supporting Artemis mission is the Lunar Gateway, a space station that will orbit the moon and serve as a key logistics hub for missions to the lunar surface." https://www.wired.com/story/moon-humanity-industrial-space-hub/ | Source: Wired [14:04] TR Bot the Moon Into Humanitys First Space Hub | WIRED [14:04] TR News "The first shower of the year is the Quadrantids, which peaks overnight on January 23 but will be visible until mid-January." https://www.wired.com/story/watch-meteor-showers-2025-shooting-stars-ursids-geminids-leonids-orionids-perseids-southern-delta-aquariids-lyrids-quadrantids/ | Source: Wired [14:04] TR Bot to Watch the Spectacular Quadrantids Meteor Shower Tonight | WIRED [14:05] TR News [Old] "Zooming into the intricate boundary of the shape reveals ever more detail, but one needs higher precision numbers and higher iteration counts as you go deeper." https://mathr.co.uk/blog/2021-05-14_deep_zoom_theory_and_practice.html | [14:05] TR Bot Deep zoom theory and practice :: mathr [14:05] TR News "Certain physical activities, if repeated on a daily basis, may lead to changes in bone morphology." https://phys.org/news/2025-01-medieval-female-burial-weapons-hungary.html | Source: Omicron Limited [14:05] TR Bot ( status 422 @ https://phys.org/news/2025-01-medieval-female-burial-weapons-hungary.html ) [14:12] TR News iophk: 29 hours per week immersed in Tiktokistan. Not counting the additional hours they are thinking about Tiktokistan. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/03/psychiatrist-children-smartphones-mental-health-harm [14:13] TR News "The Canadian-born singer-songwriter, 79, who headlined the festival in 2009, said he and his band were told to "do a lot of things" they were not interested in, in a post to his website." https://www.scotsman.com/news/neil-young-turns-down-glastonbury-festival-due-to-bbcs-corporate-control-4927943 | Source: The Scotsman [14:13] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.scotsman.com/news/neil-young-turns-down-glastonbury-festival-due-to-bbcs-corporate-control-4927943 ) [14:14] TR News "Neil Young has walked back his decision to boycott this years Glastonbury Festival." https://variety.com/2025/music/global/neil-young-play-glastonbury-error-in-information-2025-1236264644/ | Source: Variety [14:14] TR Bot Neil Young Will Play Glastonbury, Blames 'Error in Information' [14:14] TR News "Neil Young has confirmed that he will headline this years Glastonbury festival, clarifying on his blog that he had received an error in information that had initially prompted him to pull out." https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jan/03/neil-young-confirms-he-will-play-glastonbury-after-error-in-information-prompted-him-to-pull-out | Source: The Guardian UK [14:14] TR Bot Neil Young confirms he will headline Glastonbury after error in information prompted him to pull out | Neil Young | The Guardian [14:18] TR News "Young, 79, had accused Glastonbury of being under the corporate control of the broadcaster but has now said in a statement: Due to an error in the information received" https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/neil-young-glastonbury-2025-tour-b2673286.html | Source: The Independent UK [14:18] TR Bot Neil Young to headline Glastonbury 2025 after singer backtracks on festival criticism | The Independent [14:19] TR News "Due to an error in the information received, I had decided to not play the Glastonbury festival, Young wrote on the Neil Young Archives, which I have always loved." https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/neil-young-agrees-headline-glastonbury-1235224227/ | Source: Rolling Stone [14:19] TR Bot Neil Young Reverses Himself, Agrees to Headline Glastonbury [14:19] TR News "a case gets dismissed if a defendant avoids re-arrest." https://www.scotsman.com/news/world/donald-trump-to-be-sentenced-in-hush-money-case-next-week-4930072 | Source: The Scotsman [14:19] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.scotsman.com/news/world/donald-trump-to-be-sentenced-in-hush-money-case-next-week-4930072 ) [14:19] TR News "In America we have a love-hate relationship with our stuff. We covet new stuff even as we discard the old. Ive recognized this year just how much cruft Ive accumulated in the past decade in this house." https://tracydurnell.com/2025/01/02/letting-go-past-selves/ | Source: Tracy Durnell [14:19] TR Bot Questioning collections: the emotional weight of uncollecting (Part 2) Tracy Durnell's Mind Garden [14:20] psydruid > [notice] techrights.org | Techrights Windows Falls to ~22% in France and Spain, Based on statCounter [14:20] psydruid Europe is in the process of being lost, what will they do now? Call in the help of the likes of Canonical and SUSE? Bribe some more politicians? Where is Ballmer? [14:20] TR News "Website stats are funny old things. For a start, its become deeply unfashionable to actually care about them." https://www.dirtyfeed.org/2025/01/while-we-have-still-got-some-insanity-left/ | Source: John J Hoare [14:20] TR Bot While We Have Still Got Some Insanity Left Dirty Feed [14:20] TR News "There are 293 top level folders in my Music folder on my desktop PC." https://odonnellweb.com/pelican/revisiting-my-music-collection.html | Source: Chris O'Donnnell [14:20] TR Bot Revisiting my Music Collection [14:22] TR News "Im aware that GoReleaser is kind of famous in the Go community" https://carlosbecker.com/posts/goreleaser-rust-zig/ | Source: Carlos Becker [14:22] TR Bot Using GoReleaser and GitHub Actions to release Rust and Zig projects [14:22] TR News "Advent of code has come and passed, what should I do now with so much free time? Fear not!" https://ochagavia.nl/blog/the-jit-calculator-challenge/ | Source: Adolfo Ochagava [14:22] TR Bot The JIT calculator challenge | Adolfo Ochagava [14:23] TR News "The International Obfuscated C Code Contest has a newly revamped web site" https://dotat.at/@/2024-12-30-ioccc.html | Source: Tony Finch [14:23] TR Bot obfuscated C revisited Tony Finch [14:24] TR News "What I find annoying is the lack of any type of attack as an example." https://boston.conman.org/2025/01/03.1 | Source: Sean Conner [14:24] TR Bot It's more like computer security theater than actual security - The Boston Diaries - Captain Napalm [14:26] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Programming_Leftovers.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Programming_Leftovers.1.gmi [14:26] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [14:27] TR News (NEW): IBM, Red Hat, and Fedora Family/Volunteers/Staff https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/IBM_Red_Hat_and_Fedora_Family_Volunteers_Staff.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/IBM_Red_Hat_and_Fedora_Family_Volunteers_Staff.gmi [14:27] TR Bot Tux Machines IBM, Red Hat, and Fedora Family/Volunteers/Staff [14:29] TR News (NEW): MakeUseOf on SystemRescue (GNU/Linux) and Raspberry Pi 500 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/MakeUseOf_on_SystemRescue_GNU_Linux_and_Raspberry_Pi_500.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/MakeUseOf_on_SystemRescue_GNU_Linux_and_Raspberry_Pi_500.gmi [14:29] TR Bot Tux Machines MakeUseOf on SystemRescue (GNU/Linux) and Raspberry Pi 500 [14:30] psydruid > [notice] www.cnx-software.com | The LattePanda Mu SoM is now available with Intel Core i3-N305 octa-core SoC - CNX Software [14:30] psydruid I'll stick with my used 30 Jetson Nano, tyvm. If I have to choose defective hardware, I'd rather have it cheap. [14:47] TR News "After an avalanche of lawsuits over scraping everyones copyrighted works for their LLMs to regurgitate" https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/01/03/shock-as-openais-media-manager-opt-out-tool-turns-out-to-be-vaporware/ | Source: Pivot to AI [14:47] TR Bot Shock as OpenAIs Media Manager opt-out tool turns out to be vaporware Pivot to AI [14:50] TR News Techrights Links 04/01/2025: Social Control Media Deemed Very Unhealthy, Nick Clegg Leaves Zuckerberg's Influence Operations https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/04/Links_04_01_2025_Social_Control_Media_Deemed_Very_Unhealthy_Nic.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/04/Links_04_01_2025_Social_Control_Media_Deemed_Very_Unhealthy_Nic.gmi [14:50] TR Bot Techrights Links 04/01/2025: Social Control Media Deemed Very Unhealthy, Nick Clegg Leaves Zuckerberg's Influence Operations [14:54] TR News "A long time ago I wrote a program that is accessible via `ssh`. Use the arrows to move around on the map, use `u` and `d` to raise and lower the land. The program recomputes water flow, forests, swamps, settlements, and so on. It's cute." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-01-04-ssh-app-bots [14:54] *SomeGoat (~SomeGoat@r9ruxqydtdctn.irc) has joined #techrights [14:54] TR News "An "arbitrary code execution" vulnerability lets an attacker do whatever they want, and w3m has had several of these, and may have more" gemini://thrig.me/blog/2025/01/04/attacks.gmi [14:55] TR News SpellBinding: GIJSNOM Wordo: RAMPS gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2025-01-04.gmi [14:57] TR News the fourth New Year's issue has been released gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2443 ● Jan 04 [15:05] TR News "Closed-source browser extension Pie Adblock was this week accused of copying code and text from rival uBlock Origin" https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/04/pie_adblock_ublock_origin_code/ | Source: The Register UK [15:05] TR Bot Pie Adblock called out for copying uBlock Origin code The Register [15:06] TR News SCALE 22x Presentations https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/22x/presentations | Source: SoCal Linux Expo [15:06] TR Bot Presentations | SCALE 22x [15:06] psydruid > [notice] Marvel Rivals team issue a statement on recent bans for Steam Deck and macOS players | GamingOnLinux [15:06] psydruid The dying malware OS must be propped up at all times [15:08] TR News "For 'every executable' you should read 'every piece of JavaScript'" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/WebBrowsersProgrammingInevitable | Source: University of Toronto [15:08] TR Bot Chris's Wiki :: blog/web/WebBrowsersProgrammingInevitable [15:09] psydruid > [notice] www-version2-dk.translate.goog | It-leverandr afviser beskyldninger om rsag til hackerangreb: Det var et isoleret angreb | Version2 [15:09] psydruid Isolated Microsoft negligence for sure [15:09] TR News "For the last few months, I have been working on Artemis, my calm web reader." https://jamesg.blog/2025/01/03/refinement/ | Source: James G [15:09] TR Bot Refinement | James' Coffee Blog [15:09] TR News "When you click the bookmark(let), the current page including its title will be copied into your clipboard." https://darekkay.com/blog/bookmarklet-copy-browser-tab/ | Source: Darek Kay [15:09] TR Bot Grab browser links and titles in one click [15:09] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [15:09] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [15:12] TR News "I wrote about Ghostty last week" https://birchtree.me/blog/my-lil-ghosty-terminal-config-2/ | Source: Matt Birchler [15:12] TR Bot My lil' Ghostty terminal config [15:18] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@n5ik7pxgjf366.irc) has joined #techrights [15:18] TR News "In this week's "Look Back at 2024" post, we're taking a moment to celebrate the highlights." https://www.sparkfun.com/news/12648 | Source: SparkFun Electronics [15:18] TR Bot in Retrosparktive - News - SparkFun Electronics [15:18] TR News "The Ware for November 2024 is the NLP-16A by cherry-takuan. Its a bespoke 16-bit CPU made entirely from 74HC00 NAND gates." https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/2024/winner-name-that-ware-november-2024/ | Source: Bunnie Huang [15:18] TR Bot Winner, Name that Ware, November 2024 bunnie's blog [15:19] TR News "This one should be a cakewalk, and Im mostly sharing it because I had trouble searching for a recent example at an image quality sufficient to make out most of the part numbers." https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/2024/name-that-ware-december-2024/ | Source: Bunnie Huang [15:19] TR Bot Name that Ware, December 2024 bunnie's blog [15:19] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [15:19] TR News "According to Gutjahr, this device is essentially a sensor array that can be used to gather a wide variety of information including depth measurements, thermal and even RGB data." https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/maker-uses-raspberry-pi-5-and-pico-to-power-this-multi-sensor-project | Source: Tom's Hardware [15:19] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [15:19] TR Bot Maker uses Raspberry Pi 5 and Pico to power this multi-sensor project | Tom's Hardware [15:20] TR News "fuel filters" https://www.wired.com/story/fuel-filter-gun-silencer-ads-facebook-instagram/ | Source: Wired [15:20] TR Bot and Instagram Ads Push Gun Silencers Disguised as Car Parts | WIRED [15:20] psydruid > [notice] Why does Trump want to dismantle the Department of Education? - CSMonitor.com [15:20] psydruid Because he wants to make room for the Department of Indoctrination and Misinformation [15:25] TR News "Turn setscreensize() into a signal handler for SIGWINCH. [...]" https://lists.dragonflybsd.org/pipermail/commits/2024-December/923293.html | Source: DragonFly BSD [15:25] TR Bot git: mail(1): Catch SIGWINCH to adapt to terminal size changes [15:29] TR News "Home Assistant, the best open source home automation tool out there supports all of this" http://blog.davidedmundson.co.uk/blog/adding-home-automation-to-kde/ | Source: David Edmundson [15:29] TR Bot Adding Home Automation to KDE David Edmundson's Web Log [15:31] TR News "Following my post about 10 games to know me" https://www.ncartron.org/the-games-i-played-on-the-nintendo-n64.html | Source: Nico Cartron [15:31] TR Bot The games I played on the Nintendo N64 [15:31] TR News "It was the nerdiest thing ever, and I loved it!" https://ounapuu.ee/posts/2025/01/03/dungeons-and-dragons/ | Source: Herman unapuu [15:31] TR Bot My very first Dungeons and Dragons campaign :: ./techtipsy [15:32] TR News "Bethesda, for any other faults you might find with the company" https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/03/will-bethesdas-tradition-of-supporting-fan-game-mods-continue-under-microsofts-ownership/ | Source: Techdirt [15:32] TR Bot Bethesdas Tradition Of Supporting Fan-Game Mods Continue Under Microsofts Ownership? | Techdirt [15:33] TR News [Old] "IdleRPG is a game for internet relay chat where people join a channel and depending on how long they "idle" there without talking their "character" gets experience and levels." http://superkuh.com/blog/2024-06-01-1.html | [15:33] TR Bot NO TITLE [15:34] TR News "Earlier this year I decided to put my main project Tangerine" https://zone.dog/braindump/spline_fields/ | [15:34] TR Bot Spline Distance Fields [15:34] TR News "Content representations let you serve a pages content in different formats by adding a file extension to your URL" https://medienbaecker.com/articles/content-representations | Source: Thomas Gnther [15:34] TR Bot Content representations Medienbcker Thomas Gnther [15:36] TR News "When building performance-critical systems or debugging performance issues due to context switching" https://blog.codingconfessions.com/p/linux-context-switching-internals | [15:36] TR Bot Linux Context Switching Internals: Process State and Memory [15:38] TR News How To Install GIMP on CentOS Stream 10 https://idroot.us/install-gimp-centos-stream-10/ [15:38] TR Bot How To Install GIMP on CentOS Stream 10 - idroot [15:38] TR News How to Install Jupyter Notebook on CentOS Stream 10 https://idroot.us/install-jupyter-notebook-centos-stream-10/ [15:38] TR Bot How to Install Jupyter Notebook on CentOS Stream 10 - idroot [15:38] TR News How To Install Steam on Rocky GNU/Linux 9 https://idroot.us/install-steam-rocky-linux-9/ [15:38] TR Bot How To Install Steam on Rocky Linux 9 - idroot [15:39] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [15:39] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [15:40] TR News How To Install Caddy on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-caddy-ubuntu-24-04/ [15:40] TR Bot How To Install Caddy on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - idroot [15:40] TR News How To Install RustDesk on Rocky GNU/Linux 9 https://idroot.us/install-rustdesk-rocky-linux-9/ [15:40] TR Bot How To Install RustDesk on Rocky Linux 9 - idroot [15:40] TR News How To Install Jupyter Notebook on Rocky GNU/Linux 9 https://idroot.us/install-jupyter-notebook-rocky-linux-9/ [15:40] TR Bot How To Install Jupyter Notebook on Rocky Linux 9 - idroot [15:49] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [15:49] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [15:53] TR News Finland court denies release of oil tanker suspected in Baltic Sea cable damage https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/01/finland-court-denies-release-of-oil-tanker-suspected-in-baltic-sea-cable-damage/ [15:53] TR Bot Finland court denies release of oil tanker suspected in Baltic Sea cable damage - JURIST - News [15:55] TR News Rga wants to ban Moscow-time New Year fireworks https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/03.01.2025-riga-wants-to-ban-moscow-time-new-year-fireworks.a582199/ [15:55] TR Bot Rga wants to ban Moscow-time New Year fireworks / Article [15:56] TR News HAPPINESS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. Plus, acceptance of Russian policy, inc. foreign, is a must. STOP RESISTING. [15:57] TR News FSF funds raised: 335k us dollars [15:58] TR News even at 5k a day they'll make it to 400k [15:59] TR News Discovery Delays Surface in Music Publishers NBA Infringement Suits As Intensifying TuneSat Sub-Dispute Takes Center Stage https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/03/music-publishers-nba-lawsuits-discovery-delays/ [15:59] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/03/music-publishers-nba-lawsuits-discovery-delays/ ) [15:59] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [15:59] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights ● Jan 04 [16:08] TR News TTABlog Quarterly Index: October - December 2024 http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/01/ttab-quarterly-index-october-december.html [16:08] TR Bot The TTABlog: TTABlog Quarterly Index: October - December 2024 [16:09] TR News Are There Any Non-Woke Operating Systems? https://lunduke.substack.com/p/are-there-any-non-woke-operating [16:09] TR Bot Are There Any Non-Woke Operating Systems? 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[16:09] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [16:11] TR News "Seeed Studio recently announced the XIAO Plus series, an update to its popular XIAO lineup." https://linuxgizmos.com/seeedstudio-unveils-xiao-plus-series-with-expanded-io-and-enhanced-connectivity/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [16:11] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/seeedstudio-unveils-xiao-plus-series-with-expanded-io-and-enhanced-connectivity/ ) [16:12] TR News "HackerBox 0110 offers a hands-on kit for synthesizer technology, showcasing the capabilities of the Raspberry Pi Pico 2" https://linuxgizmos.com/hackerbox-0110-explores-midi-and-synth-technology-with-raspberry-pi-pico-2/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [16:12] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/hackerbox-0110-explores-midi-and-synth-technology-with-raspberry-pi-pico-2/ ) [16:15] TR News "there are basic tools like mv and rename, theres an advanced tool called mmv that makes the process much easier" https://www.tecmint.com/mmv-command-linux/ | Source: TecMint [16:15] TR Bot How to Use mmv for Bulk File Renaming in Linux [16:15] TR News [Meme] Be a Good and Obedient Citizen. Use Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Windows. https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/03/Meme_Be_a_Good_and_Obedient_Citizen_Use_Microsoft_Windows.shtml [16:15] TR Bot Techrights [Meme] Be a Good and Obedient Citizen. Use Microsoft Windows. [16:18] TR News [Meme] Crushing Free Speech Before Even Taking Public Office... https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/03/Meme_Crushing_Free_Speech_Before_Even_Taking_Public_Office.shtml [16:18] TR Bot Techrights [Meme] Crushing Free Speech Before Even Taking Public Office... [16:19] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [16:19] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [16:22] TR News Engineering Things to Last 70 Years in an 8-Bit, 16-Bit, and 32-Bit World https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/03/Engineering_Things_to_Last_70_Years_in_an_8_Bit_16_Bit_and_32_B.shtml [16:22] TR Bot Techrights Engineering Things to Last 70 Years in an 8-Bit, 16-Bit, and 32-Bit World [16:22] TR News Apple 'Articles' That Aren't... Just SPAM From Beta'News', Generated by LLMs https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/03/Apple_Articles_That_Aren_t_Just_SPAM_From_Beta_News_Generated_b.shtml [16:22] TR Bot Techrights Apple 'Articles' That Aren't... Just SPAM From Beta'News', Generated by LLMs [16:23] TR News Slow News, But Not Slow for Us (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/03/Slow_News_But_Not_Slow_for_Us.shtml [16:23] TR Bot Techrights Slow News, But Not Slow for Us [16:23] TR News For Software Freedom (and for Broader Personal Freedom), the Goalposts Are Moving (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/02/For_Software_Freedom_and_for_Broader_Personal_Freedom_the_Goalp.shtml [16:23] TR Bot Techrights For Software Freedom (and for Broader Personal Freedom), the Goalposts Are Moving [16:23] TR News When You Get Your "Latest Technology News" From an LLM Slop Farm (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/02/When_Your_Get_Your_Latest_Technology_News_From_an_LLM_Slop_Farm.shtml [16:23] TR Bot Techrights When You Get Your "Latest Technology News" From an LLM Slop Farm [16:23] TR News Jeff Bezos (Washington Post) Spreads Political Propaganda Against the Internet (and the Web) (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/03/Jeff_Bezos_Washington_Post_Spreads_Political_Propaganda_Against.shtml [16:23] TR Bot Techrights Jeff Bezos (Washington Post) Spreads Political Propaganda Against the Internet (and the Web) [16:24] TR News Second Circuit revives free speech challenge to New York anti-discrimination labor law https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/01/second-circuit-revives-free-speech-challenge-to-new-york-anti-discrimination-labor-law/ [16:24] TR Bot Second Circuit revives free speech challenge to New York anti-discrimination labor law - JURIST - News [16:27] TR News Atari Crashes The 2025 Handheld Gaming Party https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2025/01/03/atari-has-entered-the-chat/ [16:27] TR Bot Atari Crashes The 2025 Handheld Gaming Party With Gamestation Go [16:29] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [16:29] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [16:35] TR News It is all about the CPU! https://harishpillay.com/2025/01/04/it-is-all-about-the-cpu/ [16:35] TR Bot It is all about the CPU! life one degree north, one-o-three degrees east [16:35] TR News Harish (IBM): "The answer, I will posit, is to get RISC-V RVA23 to become the baseline from edge to the centre and out to space." [16:37] TR News Windows TCO https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31554 [16:37] TR Bot SwaetRAT Delivery Through Python - SANS Internet Storm Center [16:39] TR News ShredOS https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/01/shredos.html [16:39] TR Bot - Schneier on Security [16:39] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [16:39] TR News Unpatched Active Directory Flaw Can Crash Any Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Server https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/active-directory-flaw-can-crash-any-microsoft-server-connected-to-the-internet [16:39] TR Bot Active Directory Flaw Can Crash Any Microsoft Server [16:39] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [16:41] TR News Severe Security Flaws Patched in Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Apps Web API https://thehackernews.com/2025/01/severe-security-flaws-patched-in.html [16:41] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://thehackernews.com/2025/01/severe-security-flaws-patched-in.html ) [16:42] TR News "Microsoft claims Edge had a great year"... BUT LAYS OFF its developers. Contradiction there... [16:43] TR News Scratch That: Neil Young Says Hes Playing Glastonbury After All https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/03/scratch-that-neil-young-says-hes-playing-glastonbury-after-all/ "calling it a corporate turn-off. Now hes walked the statement back." 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Here are the top three. https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/bidens-blocked-us-steel-deal-carries-big-risks-here-are-the-top-three/ [16:51] TR Bot Bidens blocked US Steel deal carries big risks. Here are the top three. - Atlantic Council [16:59] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) ● Jan 04 [17:00] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [17:09] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [17:10] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [17:20] TR News Palestinian Authority suspends Qatari channel Al Jazeera in West Bank https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250103-palestinian-authority-suspends-qatari-channel-al-jazeera-in-west-bank [17:20] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250103-palestinian-authority-suspends-qatari-channel-al-jazeera-in-west-bank ) [17:21] MinceR https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/pro [17:21] TR Bot Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Pro [17:22] TR News Biden blocks $14.9 billion US-Japan steel deal over national security concerns https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250103-biden-blocks-us-japan-steel-deal [17:22] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250103-biden-blocks-us-japan-steel-deal ) [17:22] TR News In the West Bank, Palestinian Authority clashes with militant groups and suspends Al Jazeera https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250103-in-the-west-bank-palestinian-authority-clashes-with-militant-groups-and-suspends-al-jazeera [17:22] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250103-in-the-west-bank-palestinian-authority-clashes-with-militant-groups-and-suspends-al-jazeera ) [17:24] TR News US sanctions China cybersecurity firm for alleged role in critical infrastructure hacks https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/01/us-sanctions-china-cybersecurity-firm-for-alleged-role-in-critical-infrastructure-hacks/ [17:24] TR Bot US sanctions China cybersecurity firm for alleged role in critical infrastructure hacks - JURIST - News [17:24] TR News Biden blocks Nippon bid to buy US Steel over national security concerns https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/01/biden-blocks-nippon-bid-to-buy-us-steel-over-national-security-concerns/ [17:24] TR Bot Biden blocks Nippon bid to buy US Steel over national security concerns - JURIST - News [17:27] *zelu (~zelu@bz4qhce7p43wn.irc) has joined #techrights [17:28] TR News The surprising existence of the erase button on cockpit voice recorders https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/the-surprising-existence-of-the-erase-button-on-cockpit-voice-recorders/ [17:28] TR Bot The surprising existence of the erase button on cockpit voice recorders | Pen Test Partners [17:28] TR News Windows TCO https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/01/03/china-us-treasury-hacking/ [17:28] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/01/03/china-us-treasury-hacking/ ) [17:29] TR News Beijing slams US over potential Chinese drone ban https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/beijing-slams-us-over-potential-chinese-drone-ban [17:29] TR Bot Beijing slams US over potential Chinese drone ban | The Straits Times [17:29] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [17:29] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [17:31] TR News Biden Blocks Takeover Bid of U.S. Steel by Japans Nippon https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/us/politics/us-steel-nippon-biden.html [17:31] TR Bot Biden Blocks Takeover Bid of U.S. Steel by Japans Nippon - The New York Times [17:35] *zelu has quit (Quit: Leaving) [17:38] TR News "GlobalFoundries and IBM announced on January 2, 2025, that they had settled their ongoing legal battles, which included claims of breach of contract, trade secrets, and intellectual property disputes." https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20250103PD212/ibm-globalfoundries-legal-ceo-rapidus.html [17:38] TR Bot GlobalFoundries and IBM resolve legal battles [17:40] TR News IBM trains them for BRICS https://www.ceoinsightsasia.com/news/stateowned-ai-firm-bedi-appoints-former-ibm-executive-xie-dong-as-cto-nwid-13146.html [17:40] TR Bot State-Owned AI Firm BEDI Appoints Former IBM Executive Xie Dong as CTO [17:40] TR News Endicott issues statement on IBM lawsuit https://www.yahoo.com/news/endicott-issues-statement-ibm-lawsuit-220617595.html [17:40] TR Bot Endicott issues statement on IBM lawsuit [17:41] TR News SOSS Community Day India 2024: Wrap Up https://openssf.org/blog/2025/01/03/soss-community-day-india-2024-wrap-up/ http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/07/Open_Source_Security_Foundation_OpenSSF_Hosted_SOSS_as_Microsof.shtml [17:41] TR Bot SOSS Community Day India 2024: Wrap Up Open Source Security Foundation [17:41] TR Bot Techrights Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) Hosted SOSS as Microsoft Propaganda Platform With Microsoft Front Group OSI [17:44] TR News The Glaring Hypocrisy and Embedded Deceptions of the Global Food Giants https://off-guardian.org/2025/01/03/the-glaring-hypocrisy-and-embedded-deceptions-of-the-global-food-giants/ [17:44] TR Bot The Glaring Hypocrisy and Embedded Deceptions of the Global Food Giants OffGuardian [17:45] TR News Diplo Revenge Porn Case Takes a New Twist As Judge Rules Jane Doe Must Reveal Her Identity https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/03/diplo-revenge-porn-case-jane-doe/ [17:45] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/03/diplo-revenge-porn-case-jane-doe/ ) [17:45] TR News collaboration [17:45] *zelu (~zelu@bz4qhce7p43wn.irc) has joined #techrights [17:45] TR News IBM and GlobalFoundries settle lawsuits over chipmaking tech given to defective chip maker Intel and Rapidus https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/globalfoundries-and-ibm-have-buried-the-hatchet-paving-the-way-for-future-collaboration [17:45] TR Bot IBM and GlobalFoundries settle lawsuits over chipmaking tech given to Intel and Rapidus | Tom's Hardware [17:47] TR News US appeals court overturns FCC decision reinstating net neutrality rules https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/01/us-appeals-court-overturns-fcc-decision-reinstating-net-neutrality-rules/ [17:47] TR Bot US appeals court overturns FCC decision reinstating net neutrality rules - 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[18:09] TR News GNU/Linux Rose to 5% in Belgium (It Was 1.66% Last January) https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/03/GNU_Linux_Rose_to_5_in_Belgium_It_Was_1_66_Last_January.shtml [18:09] TR Bot Techrights GNU/Linux Rose to 5% in Belgium (It Was 1.66% Last January) [18:09] TR News A Salad of Abusive Monopolist Microsoft FUD Against Linux, Published by LinuxSecurity.com Using LLM Slop/Copypasta https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/03/A_Salad_of_Microsoft_FUD_Against_Linux_Published_by_LinuxSecuri.shtml [18:09] TR Bot Techrights A Salad of Microsoft FUD Against Linux, Published by LinuxSecurity.com Using LLM Slop/Copypasta [18:09] TR News In Mexico, backdoored Windows Down to All-Time Low, GNU/Linux Up to All-Time High (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/03/In_Mexico_Windows_Down_to_All_Time_Low_GNU_Linux_Up_to_All_Time.shtml [18:09] TR Bot Techrights In Mexico, Windows Down to All-Time Low, GNU/Linux Up to All-Time High [18:09] TR News Canada: backdoored Windows at All-Time Lows, ChromeOS and GNU/Linux Rise to Almost 8% (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/03/Canada_Windows_at_All_Time_Lows_ChromeOS_and_GNU_Linux_Rise_to_.shtml [18:09] TR Bot Techrights Canada: Windows at All-Time Lows, ChromeOS and GNU/Linux Rise to Almost 8% [18:09] TR News In Hong Kong and Taiwan People Flock to GNU/Linux (Unlike Windows, GNU/Linux Doesn't Capture Screenshots of Everything You Do and Add Back Doors to Encryption) (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/03/In_Hong_Kong_and_Taiwan_People_Flock_to_GNU_Linux_Unlike_Window.shtml [18:09] TR Bot Techrights In Hong Kong and Taiwan People Flock to GNU/Linux (Unlike Windows, GNU/Linux Doesn't Capture Screenshots of Everything You Do and Add Back Doors to Encryption) [18:10] TR News MP wins complaint against Birmingham Live over UKs grimmest village article https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/newspaper-corrections-media-mistakes-errors-legal/gavin-williamson-wins-complaint-against-birmingham-live-over-grimmest-village-article/ [18:10] TR Bot Gavin Williamson wins complaint over 'grimmest village' article - Press Gazette [18:11] TR News ESET recommends installing GNU/Linux if your unsupported backdoored Windows 11 PC can't update from 10 https://www.neowin.net/news/eset-recommends-installing-linux-if-your-unsupported-windows-11-pc-cant-update-from-10/ https://techrights.org/n/2024/11/24/ESET_Finds_Rootkits_Does_Not_Explain_How_They_Get_Installed_Med.shtml [18:11] TR Bot ESET recommends installing Linux if your unsupported Windows 11 PC can't update from 10 - Neowin [18:11] TR Bot Techrights ESET Finds Rootkits, Does Not Explain How They Get Installed, Media Says It Means "Previously Unknown Linux Backdoors" (Useful Distraction From CALEA and CALEA2) [18:15] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/today_s_howtos.gmi [18:15] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [18:16] TR News (NEW): Security and Windows TCO https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Security_and_Windows_TCO.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Security_and_Windows_TCO.gmi [18:16] TR Bot Tux Machines Security and Windows TCO [18:18] TR News (NEW): Linux Devices and Open Hardware/Modding https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Linux_Devices_and_Open_Hardware_Modding.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Linux_Devices_and_Open_Hardware_Modding.gmi [18:18] TR Bot Tux Machines Linux Devices and Open Hardware/Modding [18:18] TR News (NEW): Wine 10.0-rc4 and Games https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Wine_10_0_rc4_and_Games.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Wine_10_0_rc4_and_Games.gmi [18:18] TR Bot Tux Machines Wine 10.0-rc4 and Games [18:21] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and the Web https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_the_Web.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_the_Web.1.gmi [18:21] TR Bot Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and the Web [18:23] TR News Ditana Arch-based GNU/Linux distribution https://www.linuxlinks.com/ditana-arch-based-linux-distribution/ [18:23] TR Bot - Arch-based Linux distribution - LinuxLinks [18:23] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.1.gmi [18:23] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers [18:24] TR News This Week in Plasma: Artistry and accessibility https://blogs.kde.org/2025/01/04/this-week-in-plasma-artistry-and-accessibility/ [18:24] TR Bot This Week in Plasma: Artistry and accessibility - KDE Blogs [18:26] TR News "Ive been shoveling for days. My hands are quite sore and tired from all of it. I have a fair amount of muscle soreness in my back, my ribs, and my arms. 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[19:44] MinceR https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/split [19:44] TR Bot Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Split ● Jan 04 [20:09] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [20:09] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [20:19] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [20:19] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [20:23] TR News Techrights What Would Dennis Ritchie Say About the "Memory-Safe" Hype (or Cargo Cult)? https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/04/What_Would_Dennis_Ritchie_Say_About_the_Memory_Safe_Hype_or_Car.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/04/What_Would_Dennis_Ritchie_Say_About_the_Memory_Safe_Hype_or_Car.gmi [20:23] TR Bot Techrights What Would Dennis Ritchie Say About the "Memory-Safe" Hype (or Cargo Cult)? 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Phoronix Days Ago: Oh, Never Mind. https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/04/Phoronix_in_Past_Years_X_is_Dead_Phoronix_Days_Ago_Oh_Never_Min.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/04/Phoronix_in_Past_Years_X_is_Dead_Phoronix_Days_Ago_Oh_Never_Min.gmi [22:14] TR Bot Techrights Phoronix in Past Years: X is Dead. Phoronix Days Ago: Oh, Never Mind. [22:19] TR News "If youve ever played around with customising Ubuntu (or any GNOME Shell-based Linux distribution) youll have encountered GNOME Tweaks, an official app giving you GUI access to options, settings, and controls not otherwise exposed in the UI." https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/01/refine-advanced-tweak-tool-for-gnome [22:19] TR Bot Want to Tweak Advanced Settings in GNOME? Try Refine - OMG! Ubuntu [22:20] TR News Trademark-infringing parasite still at it. LF won't do anything... https://www.papermag.com/new-year-new-york-linux [22:20] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.papermag.com/new-year-new-york-linux ) [22:22] TR News (NEW): 5 of the Best Flashcard Apps in Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/5_of_the_Best_Flashcard_Apps_in_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/5_of_the_Best_Flashcard_Apps_in_Linux.gmi [22:22] TR Bot Tux Machines 5 of the Best Flashcard Apps in Linux [22:22] TR News These Enhancements Make Flutter Beast At Making Apps For Windows, macOS, and Linux. https://medium.com/@rk0936626/these-enhancements-make-flutter-beast-at-making-apps-for-windows-macos-and-linux-b13a00c821e5 [22:22] TR Bot Enhancements Make Flutter Beast At Making Apps For Windows, macOS, and Linux. | by Ranjan Kumar | Jan, 2025 | Medium [22:22] IsambardPrince schestowitz-pi, I heard on the radio that an Irish-American immigrant was arrested today. [22:22] IsambardPrince For trying to join Hamas. [22:23] IsambardPrince Do you know anyone like that? [22:23] TR News "ESET Germany has published a new blog post about the upcoming end of support for Windows 10 and how it is going to affect around 65% or roughly 32 million PCs there. The security firm has expressed concern over this since the vast majority of desktop PC owners are still on the outgoing OS" https://www.neowin.net/news/eset-recommends-installing-linux-if-your-unsupported-windows-11-pc-cant-update-from-10/ [22:23] TR Bot ESET recommends installing Linux if your unsupported Windows 11 PC can't update from 10 - Neowin [22:24] TR News Foolish headline that mixes a kernel with company names https://www.entrepreneur.com/en-in/news-and-trends/linux-microsoft-google-responsible-for-62-of-2024/485113 [22:24] TR Bot Microsoft, Google Responsible for 62% of 2024 Vulnerabilities | Entrepreneur [22:25] TR News Linux filesystems: Ext4, Btrfs, XFS, ZFS and more https://www.networkworld.com/article/3631604/linux-filesystems-ext4-btrfs-xfs-zfs-and-more.html [22:25] TR Bot Linux filesystems: Ext4, Btrfs, XFS, ZFS and more | Network World [22:25] TR News "Gaming on Linux has taken off in a big way over the last decade, with Microsoft taking its position as the leading member of the market for gaming on PC for granted." https://www.xda-developers.com/reasons-linux-best-alternative-windows-gamers/ [22:25] TR Bot Why Linux is a great Windows alternative for gamers [22:25] *IsambardPrince has quit (Quit: Leaving) [22:27] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@z7ykwxu689kwq.irc) has joined #techrights [22:27] IsambardPrince https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/04/politics/mike-johnson-donald-trump-gop-agenda/index.html [22:27] TR Bot Johnson tells Republicans Trump wants one big policy bill as party charts course on agenda | CNN Politics [22:27] IsambardPrince Historically, these bills tend to fail in narrowly divided control of Congress for many reasons. [22:28] IsambardPrince Including always having lots of provisions some will vote no on. [22:28] IsambardPrince And failing the Byrd rule. [22:29] TR News "As a side project this year I'm going to be creating another game for Palm OS. Seeing the positive remarks I got on creating Captain's MiniGolf last summer, I thought why not give it another shot." gemini://gemini.ctrl-c.club/~captain/posts/2025-01-04-stargrid-a-new-game-im-making-for-palm-os-in-2025.gmi [22:33] IsambardPrince Trying to pack everything into one bill is insane. [22:33] IsambardPrince Especially with the filibuster. [22:33] MinceR insane is totally on brand with the fascist party [22:33] MinceR and ruscists in general [22:34] IsambardPrince schestowitz-pi, Regarding random photo ops with people you don't know. [22:35] IsambardPrince Rosalynn Carter got duped a couple times. Including one with John Wayne Gacy. [22:35] IsambardPrince The dems just told her that Gacy was a major Democrat Party fundraiser in Chicago. [22:36] MinceR lol [22:36] IsambardPrince MinceR, He was a clown for a side hustle. It was for the children, you know. [22:36] IsambardPrince Meanwhile he was fucking teenage boys and bashing their heads in and burying them in his crawlspace. [22:36] TR News Techrights Today's "Latest Technology News" is Marketing SPAM Authored by a Bot https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/04/Today_s_Latest_Technology_News_is_Marketing_SPAM_Authored_by_a_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/04/Today_s_Latest_Technology_News_is_Marketing_SPAM_Authored_by_a_.gmi [22:36] TR Bot Techrights Today's "Latest Technology News" is Marketing SPAM Authored by a Bot [22:36] IsambardPrince He told the police that he paid them $50 for sex. [22:37] IsambardPrince So he could "break them if he wanted to since he bought them". [22:37] MinceR lol [22:37] IsambardPrince He managed some KFC restaurants in Chicago. [22:37] IsambardPrince He told his employees to "Just call me the Colonel" [22:38] MinceR it would be pretty weird to call anyone _the_ something [22:38] MinceR or at least when you address them [22:39] schestowitz[TR2] https://onefootball.com/en/news/manchester-city-goalkeeper-ederson-denies-supporting-tommy-robinson-25426988 [22:39] TR Bot City goalkeeper Ederson denies supporting Tommy Robinson | OneFootball [22:40] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-48121067 [22:40] TR Bot Man City star Ederson denies supporting Tommy Robinson - BBC News [22:40] MinceR https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/replicant-2 [22:40] TR Bot Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Replicant [22:40] schestowitz[TR2] https://m.allfootballapp.com/news/EPL/Ederson-says-he-doesnt-support-Tommy-Robinson-after-a-photo-with-the-extremist/1341202 [22:40] TR Bot Ederson says he doesn't support Tommy Robinson after a photo with the extremist| All Football [22:40] IsambardPrince MinceR, Harland Sanders was the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken. [22:40] IsambardPrince And he was a Kentucky Colonel. [22:40] IsambardPrince It's an honorary title. [22:40] MinceR i know [22:41] IsambardPrince He became known as "Colonel Sanders" or just "The Colonel". [22:41] MinceR still, it would be weird for an employee to say "hey, The Colonel, i'd like to take next week off" [22:41] IsambardPrince The Colonel gave me the week off. [22:41] IsambardPrince But his boss, the Lt. General said no. [22:41] MinceR :> [22:41] IsambardPrince Bummer. 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[23:43] IsambardPrince Assumes that people will be able to next year when the Biden/Pritzker Green New Scam increases electricity prices another 40%. [23:44] IsambardPrince I guess it sounds better than "Should you throw 6 comforters and a bed tent on the bed and stay in bed all the time with your teeth chattering thanks to "green energy"? [23:45] MinceR it's gonna be great next winter when supporters of orange mussolini freeze to death and still blame biden for it [23:50] *newyear2025 (~newyear@freenode-drv.aab.2jssns.IP) has joined #techrights [23:54] *newyear2025 has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds)