●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, November 04, 2025 ●● ● Nov 04 [00:01] TR News Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights https://techrights.org/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ [00:01] TR News Techrights Akira Urushibata on How Grokipedia Fails to Work https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/03/Akira_Urushibata_on_How_Grokipedia_Fails_to_Work.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/11/03/Akira_Urushibata_on_How_Grokipedia_Fails_to_Work.gmi [00:01] TR Bot Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights [00:01] TR Bot Techrights Akira Urushibata on How Grokipedia Fails to Work [00:02] TR News It says "GPL usage has collapsed from 72% in 2009 to just 15% in 2024a 57 percentage point freefall." But it does not say where the figures come from. Microsoft GitHub? https://paragraph.com/@holonic-horizons/the-stallman-paradox-how-web3-became-the-ultimate-open-source-theater [00:02] TR Bot The Stallman Paradox: How Web3 Became the Ultimate Open Source Theater [00:03] TR News "No source is given for these questionable statistics. It makes me suspect that the entire point of the article is to make people unquestionably accept the statement that GPL usage has collapsed. It also speaks about Stallman exclusively in the past tense." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45802600 [00:03] TR Bot The Stallman Paradox: How Web3 Became the Ultimate Open Source Theater | Hacker News [00:04] *SomeGoat has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [00:05] TR News "This is crypto spam content" [00:09] TR News Toys 'R' Us Canada notifies customers of breach that may have compromised personal data https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/toys-r-us-data-breach-9.6950584 [00:09] TR Bot Toys 'R' Us Canada notifies customers of breach that may have compromised personal data | CBC News [00:10] TR News s 'difficult decision' to cut management jobs https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/air-canada-management-job-cuts-9.6950749 [00:10] TR Bot Air Canada makes 'difficult decision' to cut management jobs | CBC News [00:11] TR News Say goodbye to rent control, indefinite leases if Ontario passes housing proposal https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/proposal-rent-control-removal-ontario-9.6952992 [00:11] TR Bot Say goodbye to rent control, indefinite leases if Ontario passes housing proposal: advocates | CBC News [00:11] TR News Meet the man who will only travel by train https://www.dw.com/en/forget-planes-meet-the-man-who-will-only-travel-by-train/a-74276312 [00:11] TR Bot planes. Meet the man who will only travel by train DW 10/27/2025 [00:12] MinceR will he live at the train station or in a train? [00:12] MinceR probably the latter, as getting on/off a train requires walking... [00:12] MinceR or travel by wheelchair [00:12] TR News Arson attack disrupts train traffic https://www.dw.com/en/france-arson-attack-disrupts-train-traffic/a-74513411 [00:12] TR Bot Arson attack disrupts train traffic DW 10/27/2025 [00:13] schestowitz[TR2] who loves in the train will die by the train [00:13] schestowitz[TR2] *he who lives [00:13] MinceR live by the sword; trip and fall on your sword; die by the sword. [00:14] TR News Hamburgers https://www.dw.com/en/germany-news-hamburgers-are-happiest-germans-study-says/live-74511183 [00:14] TR Bot news: Hamburgers are happiest Germans, study says DW 10/27/2025 [00:14] TR News So try to be more like a Hamburger [00:14] MinceR the happy steak [00:16] TR News China rare earth dependence https://www.dw.com/en/eu-trying-to-end-china-rare-earth-dependence-von-der-leyen/a-74496790 [00:16] TR Bot trying to end China rare earth dependence Von der Leyen DW 10/25/2025 [00:16] TR News Epstein scandal: 'Different rules' for Donald Cheeto Mussolini? https://www.dw.com/en/epstein-scandal-different-rules-for-donald-trump/a-74490884 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/business/jeffrey-epstein-bill-gates.html [00:16] TR Bot scandal: Consequences for Andrew what about Trump? DW 10/31/2025 [00:16] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/business/jeffrey-epstein-bill-gates.html ) [00:17] TR News rare earth https://www.dw.com/en/can-the-west-break-china-s-grip-on-rare-earths/a-74474562 [00:17] TR Bot the West break China's grip on rare earths? DW 10/25/2025 [00:20] schestowitz[TR2] MinceR: do you have any Hamburger in the outcome? [00:23] MinceR the outcome of what? [00:23] TR News I Tried Using a Classic Netbook in 2025, and It Didn't Go Well https://www.howtogeek.com/i-tried-a-netbook-in-2025-and-it-didnt-go-well/ [00:23] TR Bot I Tried Using a Classic Netbook in 2025, and It Didn't Go Well [00:24] TR News "I replaced the netbook's original hard drive with an SSD a few years ago, and I maxed out the RAM to 2GB. That's still not much memory, though, and most modern desktop operating systems have dropped support for 32-bit processors. Windows 11 and recent versions of Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, and Linux Mint require 64-bit CPUs." [00:24] TR News "It's unclear if you get a fun animal name upon completion." https://www.howtogeek.com/you-can-show-off-your-linux-skills-with-an-official-ubuntu-exam-now/ [00:24] TR Bot Show Off Your Linux Skills With an Official Ubuntu Exam [00:25] TR News "Less is more, and more is less. Cheating is how the pros win." https://www.howtogeek.com/these-simple-tools-help-you-quickly-learn-the-linux-terminal/ [00:25] TR Bot These 3 Simple Tools Helped Me Quickly Learn the Linux Terminal [00:25] MinceR oh no, all the shittiest distros of systemd/Linux require a 64-bit CPU! [00:25] TR News 3 Self-Hosted Alternatives to Google Photos https://www.howtogeek.com/self-hosted-alternatives-to-google-photos/ [00:25] TR Bot 3 Self-Hosted Alternatives to Google Photos [00:26] TR News "Looking for a way to keep your files safe?" https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-apps-to-try-this-weekend-october-24/ [00:26] TR Bot 3 Handy Linux Apps to Try This Weekend (October 24 - 26) [00:26] TR News "Here's everything you ever wanted to know about file systems and the Linux terminal." https://www.howtogeek.com/414634/how-to-mount-and-unmount-storage-devices-from-the-linux-terminal/ [00:26] TR Bot How to Mount and Unmount Storage Devices from the Linux Terminal [00:27] TR News 5 Lightweight Services You Can Self-Host on a Raspberry Pi https://www.howtogeek.com/5ightweight-services-you-can-self-host-on-a-raspberry-pi/ [00:27] TR Bot 5 Lightweight Services You Can Self-Host on a Raspberry Pi [00:27] MinceR (wait till they find out how much RAM all that bloatware eats...) [00:28] TR News How the Steam Deck Kicked Off a PC Gaming Revolution https://www.howtogeek.com/how-the-steam-deck-kicked-off-a-pc-gaming-revolution/ [00:28] TR Bot How the Steam Deck Kicked Off a PC Gaming Revolution [00:28] TR News "CLI: Colorful Logo Interface." https://www.howtogeek.com/heres-how-linux-users-get-that-cool-logo-in-their-terminal/ [00:28] TR Bot Heres How Linux Users Get That Cool Logo in Their Terminal [00:29] TR News "Who knew one-liners could do so much?" https://www.howtogeek.com/perl-one-liners-to-replace-common-linux-utilities/ [00:29] TR Bot 6 Perl One-Liners to Replace Common Linux Utilities [00:29] TR News "It definitely helped, though." https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-breaches-3-percent-steams-userbase-not-all-steamos/ [00:29] TR Bot Linux breaches 3% of Steam's userbase for the first time, and no, it's not all SteamOS's doing [00:30] TR News "I don't miss it." https://www.xda-developers.com/deleted-windows-after-using-linux/ [00:30] TR Bot I deleted Windows from my PC after using Linux for five months [00:30] TR News I built a home lab with Canonical MicroCloud, and it works better than I expected https://www.xda-developers.com/i-built-a-home-lab-with-canonical-microcloud/ [00:30] TR Bot I built a home lab with Canonical MicroCloud, and it works better than I expected [00:31] TR News I embraced IPv6 at home, and it went better than I expected https://www.xda-developers.com/i-embraced-ipv6-at-home-and-it-went-better-than-i-expected/ [00:31] TR Bot I embraced IPv6 at home, and it went better than I expected [00:31] TR News This Proxmox feature changed how I manage my backups https://www.xda-developers.com/this-proxmox-feature-changed-how-i-manage-my-backups/ [00:31] TR Bot This Proxmox feature changed how I manage my backups [00:32] TR News "Grep is dead. Ripgrep." https://www.howtogeek.com/grep-ripgrep-the-silver-searcher-which-tool-is-best-to-find-text-in-files/ [00:32] TR Bot grep? ripgrep? The Silver Searcher? Which Tool is Best to Find Text in Files? [00:33] TR News Why Do Some Open-Source Apps Get Multiple Updates Every Day? https://www.howtogeek.com/why-do-some-open-source-apps-get-multiple-updates-every-day/ [00:33] TR Bot Why Do Some Open-Source Apps Get Multiple Updates Every Day? [00:34] TR News I switched from Proxmox to XCP-ng for my home lab, but I'd rather go back to PVE https://www.xda-developers.com/i-switched-from-proxmox-to-xcp-ng-for-my-home-lab/ [00:34] TR Bot I switched from Proxmox to XCP-ng for my home lab, but I'd rather go back to PVE [00:35] TR News "Learning Linux can be a bumpy road, but it's worth going through a little adversity" https://www.xda-developers.com/4-hard-linux-lessons-i-learned-early/ [00:35] TR Bot 4 hard Linux lessons I learned early - and I was better off for it [00:35] TR News 5 things I do to protect my home lab from potentially malicious services https://www.xda-developers.com/things-i-do-to-protect-my-home-lab-from-malicious-services/ [00:35] TR Bot 5 things I do to protect my home lab from potentially malicious services [00:36] TR News "I love the smell of a new Linux version." https://www.xda-developers.com/favorite-linux-distro-just-got-brand-new-release/ [00:36] TR Bot My favorite Linux distro just got a brand new release, and I love it even more now [00:37] *SomeGoat (~SomeGoat@r9ruxqydtdctn.irc) has joined #techrights [00:37] TR News "Keeping track of Linux server maintenance has never been so easy" https://www.xda-developers.com/patchmon-is-perfect-for-monitoring-your-linux-servers/ [00:37] TR Bot This self-hosted dashboard is perfect for monitoring your Linux servers [00:37] TR News "Give your aging Windows 10 laptop a new lease on life with one of these lightweight Linux distros. Find out which system is the perfect fit for your needs and hardware." https://www.xda-developers.com/lightweight-linux-distros-breathe-life-into-old-windows-10-laptops/ [00:37] TR Bot 5 lightweight Linux distros that breathe life into old Windows 10 laptops [00:37] TR News "How I'm using Linux to help develop my kids' technical aptitude." https://www.howtogeek.com/i-plan-to-install-one-of-these-distros-on-my-kids-pcs/ [00:37] TR Bot My Kid's First PC Won't Run WindowsI'll Use One of These 5 Linux Distros Instead [00:38] TR News "Fedora 43 brings a revamped installer to all spins and GNOME 49 to Workstation. Get the details here." https://www.howtogeek.com/fedora-43-is-now-available/ [00:38] TR Bot Fedora Linux 43 Is Now Available. Here's What's New [00:38] TR News "Your favorite jams are just a command away." https://www.howtogeek.com/listen-to-music-in-the-linux-terminal-with-these-apps/ [00:38] TR Bot 4 Terminal Apps for Listening to Music [00:39] TR News Your Steam Deck's USB-C Port Has a Wild Number of Uses https://www.howtogeek.com/your-steam-decks-usb-c-port-has-a-wild-number-of-uses/ [00:39] TR Bot Your Steam Deck's USB-C Port Has a Wild Number of Uses [00:39] TR News "Proprietary operating systems harvest your data; Linux does not. It's your choice." https://www.howtogeek.com/why-the-best-time-ditch-windows-mac-for-linux-is-now/ [00:39] TR Bot Now's the Best Time to Ditch Windows and Mac for Linux [00:40] TR News "The good and the bad of switching to Linux. There's no ugly!" https://www.howtogeek.com/pros-and-cons-of-switching-to-linux-from-windows/ [00:40] TR Bot Switching to Linux From Windows: 5 Pros and 5 Cons You Need to Consider [00:40] TR News "Ubuntu might not be perfect, but you can make it perfect with extensions." https://www.howtogeek.com/i-fixed-ubuntus-most-annoying-problems-with-these-gnome-extensions/ [00:40] TR Bot I Fixed Ubuntu's 5 Most Annoying Problems With These GNOME Extensions [00:41] TR News SPAM? https://www.howtogeek.com/best-vpns-for-linux/ [00:41] TR Bot The Best VPNs for Linux in 2025 [00:41] TR News "And it's pretty safe as long as I keep my tinkering antics in moderation" https://www.xda-developers.com/kali-linux-is-my-favorite-linux-distro-to-play-around-with/ [00:41] TR Bot Kali Linux is my favorite Linux distro to play around with [00:42] TR News "It's just not worth fighting Microsoft anymore." https://www.xda-developers.com/use-local-accounts-switch-to-linux/ [00:42] TR Bot Want to use local accounts? Just switch to Linux [00:43] TR News (NEW): 6 exciting and niche OS projects that are quietly growing as users leave Windows https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/6_exciting_and_niche_OS_projects_that_are_quietly_growing_as_us.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/6_exciting_and_niche_OS_projects_that_are_quietly_growing_as_us.gmi [00:43] TR Bot Tux Machines 6 exciting and niche OS projects that are quietly growing as users leave Windows [00:43] TR News I didn't know how to get started with Linux, but these tips helped me out https://www.xda-developers.com/get-started-with-linux-with-these-simple-tricks/ [00:43] TR Bot I didn't know how to get started with Linux, but these tips helped me out [00:44] TR News "It's a promising modern successor to Vim and Kakoune" https://www.xda-developers.com/why-switched-helix-linux-editor/ [00:44] TR Bot 5 reasons why I switched to this new Linux text editor and never looked back [00:44] TR News "I set up Timeshift on my Linux machine and discovered its the easiest way to protect your system from a sudden crash or unresponsiveness" https://www.xda-developers.com/timeshift-brings-time-machine-to-linux-machine/ [00:44] TR Bot This free tool brings Time Machine to any Linux PC [00:45] TR News "It's here with a rebase to Fedora 43." https://www.howtogeek.com/bazzite-fall-update-is-here/ [00:45] TR Bot Bazzite's Fall Update Adds Support for More Handhelds [00:45] TR News "Need to benchmark your new Linux build? I've got an app for you." https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-apps-to-try-this-weekend-october-31/ [00:45] TR Bot 3 Useful Linux Apps to Try This Weekend (Oct. 31 - Nov. 2) [00:46] TR News "You should try at least these three distros before calling it quits on Linux!" https://www.howtogeek.com/these-are-the-top-3-linux-distros-i-recommend-to-newcomers/ [00:46] TR Bot These are the only 3 Linux distros I recommend to newcomers [00:46] TR News "It has all the tools you could ever need for your remote management tasks" https://www.xda-developers.com/syslinuxos-is-great-for-managing-home-labs/ [00:46] TR Bot SysLinuxOS is an underrated distro for managing home labs [00:47] TR News 4 reasons Clonezilla is the perfect tool for cloning and backing up your drives https://www.xda-developers.com/reasons-clonezilla-perfect-for-cloning-and-backing-up-drives/ [00:47] TR Bot 4 reasons Clonezilla is the perfect tool for cloning and backing up your drives [00:47] TR News "It may be rather barebones, but it has all the packages I'll need in a NAS" https://www.xda-developers.com/i-built-an-ultra-light-nas-setup-instead-of-using-truenas-or-proxmox/ [00:47] TR Bot I built an ultra-light NAS setup instead of using TrueNAS or Proxmox [00:48] admfubar https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/03/tech_firms_continue_to_burn/ [00:48] TR Bot Microsoft, Alphabet throw more cash on AI bonfire The Register [00:48] TR News My home server goes to sleep when I don't need it, and instantly wakes up when I do https://www.xda-developers.com/home-server-goes-to-sleep-when-i-dont-need-it-instantly-wakes-up/ [00:48] TR Bot My home server goes to sleep when I don't need it, and instantly wakes up when I do [00:51] TR News (NEW): Self-Hosting on a Raspberry Pi, Proxmox, Homelabs, and Home Servers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/Self_Hosting_on_a_Raspberry_Pi_Proxmox_Homelabs_and_Home_Server.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/Self_Hosting_on_a_Raspberry_Pi_Proxmox_Homelabs_and_Home_Server.gmi [00:51] TR Bot Tux Machines Self-Hosting on a Raspberry Pi, Proxmox, Homelabs, and Home Servers [00:51] TR News (NEW): Steam Deck Kicked Off a PC Gaming Revolution and Steam Deck's USB-C Port Has a Wild Number of Uses https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/Steam_Deck_Kicked_Off_a_PC_Gaming_Revolution_and_Steam_Deck_s_U.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/Steam_Deck_Kicked_Off_a_PC_Gaming_Revolution_and_Steam_Deck_s_U.gmi [00:51] TR Bot Tux Machines Steam Deck Kicked Off a PC Gaming Revolution and Steam Deck's USB-C Port Has a Wild Number of Uses [00:53] schestowitz[TR2] admfubar: debt bonnaza [00:53] schestowitz[TR2] https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/02/Microsoft_s_Debt_Has_Skyrocketed_by_More_Than_15_Billion_Dollar.shtml [00:53] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft's Debt Has Skyrocketed by More Than 15 Billion Dollars in 6 Months or 8.2 Billion Dollars in the Past 3 Months Alone [00:53] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/15/OpenAI_If_OpenAI_Survives_Another_2_Years_It_ll_be_About_30_Bil.shtml [00:53] TR Bot Techrights OpenAI: If OpenAI Survives Another 2 Years, It'll be About 30 Billion Dollars in Cumulative Losses/Debt [00:55] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [00:55] *includeals (~includeal@2001:8a0:e95a:4e00::2000) has joined #techrights [00:56] TR News "Disneyland hit by mass layoffs despite charging record prices for entry" [00:56] TR News Because or despite? [00:58] TR News "Taking inspiration from Richard Stallman's famous dictum that free software was "free as in speech, not as in beer", it was meant as a kind of promotional tool." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cory_Doctorow [00:58] TR Bot Cory Doctorow - Wikipedia [00:58] TR News "Christmas is coming, the GNOME is getting fat please put a penny in the old red hat?" https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/03/cosmic_1_before_xmas/ [00:58] TR Bot Cosmic version 1 to hit desktops on December 11 The Register ● Nov 04 [01:01] MinceR (javascript) https://clocks.brianmoore.com/ [01:01] TR Bot AI World Clocks [01:01] TR News "Often they are very long, computer generated alphanumeric strings, mixing upper case and lower case." gopher://box.matto.nl/0/entering-wifi-passwords.txt [01:02] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1464.jpg [01:02] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1814.jpg [01:15] *HumanG33k (~HumanG33k@82.66.65.160) has joined #techrights [01:23] *whatA____ (~chatzilla@ysp7x95pfcvnw.irc) has joined #techrights [01:30] TR News Techrights Techrights Turns 19 in Three Days https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/Techrights_Turns_19_in_Three_Days.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/Techrights_Turns_19_in_Three_Days.gmi [01:30] TR Bot Techrights Techrights Turns 19 in Three Days [01:42] TR News (NEW): Rianne's Fish Have Survived Our Absence https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/Rianne_s_Fish_Have_Survived_Our_Absence.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/Rianne_s_Fish_Have_Survived_Our_Absence.gmi [01:42] TR Bot Tux Machines Rianne's Fish Have Survived Our Absence [01:54] TR News Techrights Search @ Techrights: Almost There Now (Maybe an Anniversary Gift) https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/Search_Techrights_Almost_There_Now_Maybe_an_Anniversary_Gift.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/Search_Techrights_Almost_There_Now_Maybe_an_Anniversary_Gift.gmi [01:54] TR Bot Techrights Search @ Techrights: Almost There Now (Maybe an Anniversary Gift) ● Nov 04 [02:07] TR News Techrights A Lot of Fake News About Microsoft Headcount (Also: Microsoft's Debt Rose by About 24 Billion Dollars in Past 12 Months) https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/A_Lot_of_Fake_News_About_Microsoft_Headcount_Also_Microsoft_s_D.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/A_Lot_of_Fake_News_About_Microsoft_Headcount_Also_Microsoft_s_D.gmi [02:07] TR Bot Techrights A Lot of Fake News About Microsoft Headcount (Also: Microsoft's Debt Rose by About 24 Billion Dollars in Past 12 Months) [02:18] TR News (NEW): 10 Reasons to Choose GNU/Linux, Not Apple, After End of (Vista) 10 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/10_Reasons_to_Choose_GNU_Linux_Not_Apple_After_End_of_Vista_10.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/10_Reasons_to_Choose_GNU_Linux_Not_Apple_After_End_of_Vista_10.gmi [02:18] TR Bot Tux Machines 10 Reasons to Choose GNU/Linux, Not Apple, After End of (Vista) 10 [02:20] TR News Techrights Escaping Proprietary Software, Not Just Escaping Microsoft https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/Escaping_Proprietary_Software_Not_Just_Escaping_Microsoft.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/Escaping_Proprietary_Software_Not_Just_Escaping_Microsoft.gmi [02:20] TR Bot Techrights Escaping Proprietary Software, Not Just Escaping Microsoft [02:34] TR News Techrights IBM Layoffs in "Software", This Likely Impacts Red Hat as Well https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/IBM_Layoffs_in_Software_This_Likely_Impacts_Red_Hat_as_Well.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/IBM_Layoffs_in_Software_This_Likely_Impacts_Red_Hat_as_Well.gmi [02:34] TR Bot Techrights IBM Layoffs in "Software", This Likely Impacts Red Hat as Well [02:42] TR News Techrights The Register MS Continues Looking for Money in Promotion of the "AI" Ponzi Scheme https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/The_Register_MS_Continues_Looking_for_Money_in_Promotion_of_the.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/The_Register_MS_Continues_Looking_for_Money_in_Promotion_of_the.gmi [02:42] TR Bot Techrights The Register MS Continues Looking for Money in Promotion of the "AI" Ponzi Scheme [02:46] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. 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[02:49] TR News Yesterday's bulletin is now ready! : http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2025-11-03.txt | gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2025-11-03.txt (tentative address, to work an hour from now) [02:50] TR News Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2025-11-03.txt [02:51] TR News "For those of you who got the call for a meeting tomorrow, If the ax does fall, you will actually be better for your mental health in the long run. I spent 18 years at IBM. Went through many of these. I finally left right before last years big cut in October. The years of stress., lies, understaffing, being treated like a number, not a human , really do affect your state of mind. Good luck to you all.." [02:51] TR News " There is life after the toxic culture that has become Ibm." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k95fj0qj [02:51] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k95fj0qj ) [02:52] schestowitz[TR2] "I'm a reporter for The Register. I've heard from a source about a round of layoffs expected this week. If anyone can confirm this confidentially, please feel free to get in touch: tclaburn (at) theregister (dot) com [02:52] schestowitz[TR2] Signal: ThomasClaburn.49" [02:52] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k95atr1d [02:52] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k95atr1d ) [02:52] TR News "Any canada? Or just us." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k95fj0qj ● Nov 04 [03:04] *HumanG331 (~HumanG33k@82.66.65.160) has joined #techrights [03:07] *HumanG33k has quit (*.net *.split) [03:11] TR News Techrights Free Software Does Not Always Speak for Itself, It Needs Advocates https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/Free_Software_Does_Not_Always_Speak_for_Itself_It_Needs_Advocat.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/Free_Software_Does_Not_Always_Speak_for_Itself_It_Needs_Advocat.gmi [03:11] TR Bot Techrights Free Software Does Not Always Speak for Itself, It Needs Advocates [03:15] TR News "There were no new claims filed on the media and communications list last week." https://inforrm.org/2025/11/03/law-and-media-round-up-3-november-2025/ [03:15] TR Bot Law and Media Round Up 3 November 2025 Inforrm's Blog [03:18] TR News "With SW there are only two possibilities: either the users control the program or the program controls the users. If the program controls the users, and the developer controls the program, then the program is an instrument of unjust power. " -- Richard M Stallman (RMS was right) [03:22] *SomeGoat has quit (connection closed) [03:36] TR News Techrights EPO Staff Losing Holidays, as Usual, as the Office Increases Profits by Illegally Granting Invalid Patents While Reducing Salaries https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/EPO_Staff_Losing_Holidays_as_Usual_as_the_Office_Increases_Prof.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/EPO_Staff_Losing_Holidays_as_Usual_as_the_Office_Increases_Prof.gmi [03:36] TR Bot Techrights EPO Staff Losing Holidays, as Usual, as the Office Increases Profits by Illegally Granting Invalid Patents While Reducing Salaries [03:39] schestowitz[TR2] "Free to publish ... :-)" [03:41] admfubar https://xkcd.com/3163/ [03:41] TR Bot Repair Video [03:46] TR News Techrights Techrights Will Contact German Media About the EPO's Substance Abuse https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/Techrights_Will_Contact_German_Media_About_the_EPO_s_Substance_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/Techrights_Will_Contact_German_Media_About_the_EPO_s_Substance_.gmi [03:46] TR Bot Techrights Techrights Will Contact German Media About the EPO's Substance Abuse [03:49] TR News "US Band 10 F&O notified today. More than half my team will be notified tomorrow - all super stars. Sad for them and everyone else impacted but I am so excited about leaving toxic IBM behind and starting a new chapter in my life! " https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k95fj0qj [03:49] TR News "I assume anyone who has a 1:1 scheduled is definitely getting RAd." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k95fj0qj [03:49] admfubar https://www.firstpost.com/tech/week-after-amazon-outage-microsoft-users-face-massive-cloud-service-disruptions-13946276.html [03:49] TR Bot after Amazon outage, Microsoft users face massive cloud service disruptions Firstpost [03:50] schestowitz[TR2] "As the outage saga continues, several Microsoft cloud customers faced disruptions in services on Wednesday due to what the company called an inadvertent configuration change that hit its widely used Azure service." [03:50] schestowitz[TR2] inadvertent configuration change [03:50] schestowitz[TR2] as if users care [03:50] schestowitz[TR2] to them, it is down [03:50] schestowitz[TR2] excuses, excuses [03:52] admfubar is "minuscule" hitting a close personal mark???... https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/sam-altman-loses-cool-revenue [03:52] TR Bot Sam Altman Loses His Cool When Asked About OpenAI's Minuscule Revenue [03:52] admfubar m$'s ai made a dns change... [03:53] schestowitz[TR2] revenue? [03:53] schestowitz[TR2] losses [03:53] schestowitz[TR2] ask about losses [03:56] admfubar apparently they are heavy enough to fall off... https://futurism.com/future-society/cybertruck-lightbar-recall [03:56] TR Bot Tesla's "Apocalypse-Proof" Cybertruck Gets Recalled for the 10th Time Because Its Lightbars Are Falling Off [03:59] TR News Techrights Holding Institutions Such as the EPO Accountable Through Public Information https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/Holding_Institutions_Such_as_the_EPO_Accountable_Through_Public.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/Holding_Institutions_Such_as_the_EPO_Accountable_Through_Public.gmi [03:59] TR Bot Techrights Holding Institutions Such as the EPO Accountable Through Public Information [03:59] admfubar https://www.protectprivacynow.org/news/just-what-we-need-hack-makes-recordings-by-wearable-glasses-undetectable [03:59] TR Bot NEWS & UPDATES | FISA REFORM | PPSA - Project for Privacy and Surveillance Accountability (PPSA) ● Nov 04 [04:02] *whatA____ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [04:09] admfubar https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/11/04/0011221/spotify-sued-over-billions-of-fraudulent-drake-streams [04:09] TR Bot Spotify Sued Over 'Billions' of Fraudulent Drake Streams - Slashdot [04:09] TR News Techrights Analytics From US Government Affirm a Trend: Microsoft's "Market Share" in Search is Falling https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/Analytics_From_US_Government_Affirm_a_Trend_Microsoft_s_Market_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/Analytics_From_US_Government_Affirm_a_Trend_Microsoft_s_Market_.gmi [04:09] TR Bot Techrights Analytics From US Government Affirm a Trend: Microsoft's "Market Share" in Search is Falling [04:15] admfubar https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/11/03/1534209/microsoft-ai-chief-says-only-biological-beings-can-be-conscious [04:15] TR Bot Microsoft AI Chief Says Only Biological Beings Can Be Conscious - Slashdot [04:17] admfubar i'm a little teapot, here's my spout.... https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jcpenney-hitler-teapot/ [04:17] TR Bot once advertised a tea kettle that some said resembled Hitler | Snopes.com [04:17] TR News Techrights Arch Linux Seems Like the New Debian https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/Arch_Linux_Seems_Like_the_New_Debian.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/Arch_Linux_Seems_Like_the_New_Debian.gmi [04:17] TR Bot Techrights Arch Linux Seems Like the New Debian [04:19] admfubar i think i achieved fusion several times when i was constipated.... https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nuclear-fusion-child-fbi-visit/ [04:19] TR Bot boy achieved nuclear fusion from his bedroom in 2018. The FBI visited afterwards | Snopes.com [04:20] admfubar what's in you're wallet?... https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/11/01/1951249 [04:20] TR Bot Massive Surge of NFC Relay Malware Steals Europeans Credit Cards - SoylentNews [04:20] TR News Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-11-04.gmi [04:21] TR News "I've come to realize that supporting foward references in a two-pass assembler [1] isn't always easy. The simple case of forward references I support: [...]" gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2025/11/03.1 [04:22] TR News "A blocking FIFO has various gotchas. First up the open needs to be done non-blocking so that the process does not wedge at that point, as presumably you want other parts of the daemon to get up and running first: [...]" gemini://thrig.me/blog/2025/11/04/fifofum.gmi [04:23] *whatA____ (~chatzilla@xy8f3cfvrmnvi.irc) has joined #techrights [04:24] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 04/11/2025: Entering WiFi Passwords and Programming Rambles https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/Gemini_Links_04_11_2025_Entering_WiFi_Passwords_and_Programming.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/Gemini_Links_04_11_2025_Entering_WiFi_Passwords_and_Programming.gmi [04:24] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 04/11/2025: Entering WiFi Passwords and Programming Rambles [04:25] TR News (NEW): Recent Valnet Articles in XDA and HowTo Geek https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/Recent_Valnet_Articles_in_XDA_and_HowTo_Geek.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/Recent_Valnet_Articles_in_XDA_and_HowTo_Geek.gmi [04:25] TR Bot Tux Machines Recent Valnet Articles in XDA and HowTo Geek [04:27] TR News Techrights Links 04/11/2025: Conflicts, Politics, and IPv6 at Home https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/Links_04_11_2025_Conflicts_Politics_and_IPv6_at_Home.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/Links_04_11_2025_Conflicts_Politics_and_IPv6_at_Home.gmi [04:27] TR Bot Techrights Links 04/11/2025: Conflicts, Politics, and IPv6 at Home [04:28] TR News Many ibm layoffs today and tomorrow. Panic. [04:42] TR News Techrights IBM's CEO Already Has the Excuse for the Latest Wave of Mass Layoffs https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/IBM_s_CEO_Already_Has_the_Excuse_for_the_Latest_Wave_of_Mass_La.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/IBM_s_CEO_Already_Has_the_Excuse_for_the_Latest_Wave_of_Mass_La.gmi [04:42] TR Bot Techrights IBM's CEO Already Has the Excuse for the Latest Wave of Mass Layoffs [04:49] whatA____ http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/25/The_Fall_of_Corporate_Media_Controlled_by_Oligarchs_Who_Boost_o.shtml [04:49] TR Bot Techrights The Fall of Corporate Media Controlled by Oligarchs Who Boost (or Are Compelled to Boost) Reckless Lies About the Poor While Normalising Rich People's Crimes [04:50] whatA____ GAFAM hates TechRights since we print what they don't want it printed [04:50] whatA____ mass media is just public relations now [04:50] whatA____ oh! [04:52] whatA____ Strangler: "Cannot silence Roy. Here, my buddy MJG, go and make a SLAPP out of him" [04:52] whatA____ ...or whatever that image was on TR, my memory is vague [04:56] TR News Techrights The Fall of IBM: What Happened? https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/The_Fall_of_IBM_What_Happened.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/The_Fall_of_IBM_What_Happened.gmi [04:56] TR Bot Techrights The Fall of IBM: What Happened? [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] we saw him in court the other day [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] https://techrights.org/n/2024/09/06/Why_We_Are_Suing_Matthew_J_Garrett_for_Harassment_and_Why_It_s_.shtml [04:57] TR Bot Techrights Why We Are Suing Matthew J. Garrett for Harassment and Why It's Important to Everybody in the Community [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2025/07/16/Why_I_am_Suing_the_Serial_Strangler_From_Microsoft_Alex_Balabha.shtml [04:57] TR Bot Techrights Why I am Suing the Serial Strangler From Microsoft, Alex Balabhadra Graveley, in the UK High Court This Week [04:58] schestowitz[TR2] http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/09/06/Why_Suing_Matthew_J_Garrett_After_Abusing_and_Harassing_My_Husb.shtml [04:58] TR Bot Tux Machines Why Suing Matthew J. Garrett After Abusing and Harassing My Husband and I for Well Over a Decade Became Imperative [04:58] schestowitz[TR2] they tried to settle with us [04:58] schestowitz[TR2] several times [04:58] schestowitz[TR2] they brought there their whole office [04:58] schestowitz[TR2] to try to seduce us [04:58] schestowitz[TR2] and to target my friend who is a media lawyer [04:58] schestowitz[TR2] we turned them down [04:58] schestowitz[TR2] every time ● Nov 04 [05:00] schestowitz[TR2] going to take a break now [05:00] schestowitz[TR2] bbl [05:19] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [05:25] darwin do you like hacking/coding? [05:25] darwin IBM fell when it sold its PC business to cheap Chinese company [05:35] *koo5_ has quit (Quit: http://quassel-irc.org - Chat comfortably. Anywhere.) 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That's like saying, don't criticise car accidents until you get run over? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45754764 [06:27] TR Bot choosing whether to use, or advocate for, a company's services is a form of supp... | Hacker News [06:27] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [06:28] whatA____ oh, the "see or feel yourself to believe" [06:28] TR News Amazon Layoffs Hit Managers, Software Engineers, Scientists And Recruiters https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/2025/amazon-layoffs-hit-managers-software-engineers-scientists-and-recruiters [06:28] TR Bot Amazon Layoffs Hit Managers, Software Engineers, Scientists And Recruiters [06:29] TR News The call it "the cloud" because it's just smoke (and mirrors) [06:30] TR News 10 major companies that just announced massive layoffs https://geekspin.co/10-major-companies-that-just-announced-massive-layoffs/ [06:30] TR Bot 10 major companies that just announced massive layoffs [06:32] *whatA____ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) 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News Windows down, GNU/Linux up https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/italy/#monthly-200902-202511 [07:01] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Italy | Statcounter Global Stats [07:11] TR News Techrights statCounter Says GNU/Linux Rose to 4% in the Russian Federation https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/statCounter_Says_GNU_Linux_Rose_to_4_in_the_Russian_Federation.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/statCounter_Says_GNU_Linux_Rose_to_4_in_the_Russian_Federation.gmi [07:11] TR Bot Techrights statCounter Says GNU/Linux Rose to 4% in the Russian Federation [07:19] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [07:29] TR News Techrights Media Coverage Regarding IBM is Vapourware and LLM Slop https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/Media_Coverage_Regarding_IBM_is_Vapourware_and_LLM_Slop.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/Media_Coverage_Regarding_IBM_is_Vapourware_and_LLM_Slop.gmi [07:29] TR Bot Techrights Media Coverage Regarding IBM is Vapourware and LLM Slop [07:51] TR News Techrights Many People Have Said That They "Leave" IBM in Recent Days (Ahead of Mass Layoffs) https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/Many_People_Have_Said_That_They_Leave_IBM_in_Recent_Days_Ahead_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/Many_People_Have_Said_That_They_Leave_IBM_in_Recent_Days_Ahead_.gmi [07:51] TR Bot Techrights Many People Have Said That They "Leave" IBM in Recent Days (Ahead of Mass Layoffs) [07:58] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights ● Nov 04 [08:01] TR News (NEW): Join Us in Internet Relay Chat (IRC) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/Join_Us_in_Internet_Relay_Chat_IRC.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/Join_Us_in_Internet_Relay_Chat_IRC.gmi [08:01] TR Bot Tux Machines Join Us in Internet Relay Chat (IRC) [08:08] TR News (NEW): Speaking Truth to Power 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Techrights Why I'm Always Proud of the Site I've Devoted My Life to [08:32] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [08:38] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [08:51] TR News Techrights "All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them." -Galileo Galilei https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/All_truths_are_easy_to_understand_once_they_are_discovered_the_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/All_truths_are_easy_to_understand_once_they_are_discovered_the_.gmi [08:51] TR Bot Techrights "All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them." -Galileo Galilei [08:53] TR News "should we not expect could cost to come down drastically, thank to AI - Why it is goin up instead- profiteering ?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k96j0y2y [08:53] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k96j0y2y ) ● Nov 04 [09:18] TR News Wine 10.18 brings OpenGL memory mapping using Vulkan in WoW64 mode | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/wine-10-18-brings-opengl-memory-mapping-using-vulkan-in-wow64-mode/ Source: GamingOnLinux [09:18] TR Bot 10.18 brings OpenGL memory mapping using Vulkan in WoW64 mode | GamingOnLinux [09:19] TR News Techrights We Turned Down Every Settlement Offer Because Truths Aren't Determined in Bank Accounts https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/We_Turned_Down_Every_Settlement_Offer_Because_Truths_Aren_t_Det.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/We_Turned_Down_Every_Settlement_Offer_Because_Truths_Aren_t_Det.gmi [09:19] TR Bot Techrights We Turned Down Every Settlement Offer Because Truths Aren't Determined in Bank Accounts [09:21] TR News (NEW): Wine 10.18 is Out https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/02/Wine_10_18_is_Out.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/02/Wine_10_18_is_Out.gmi [09:21] TR Bot Tux Machines Wine 10.18 is Out [09:24] TR News GE-Proton 10-25 brings fixes for Nioh 2, WoW, Rockstar Launcher and more | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/ge-proton-10-25-brings-fixes-for-nioh-2-wow-rockstar-launcher-and-more/ Source: GamingOnLinux [09:24] TR Bot 10-25 brings fixes for Nioh 2, WoW, Rockstar Launcher and more | GamingOnLinux [09:25] TR News Chizha Mount Ling Dock for Steam Deck looks premium and it's fully featured but pricey | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/chizha-mount-ling-dock-for-steam-deck-looks-premium-and-its-fully-featured-but-pricey/ Source: GamingOnLinux [09:25] TR Bot Mount Ling Dock for Steam Deck looks premium and it's fully featured but pricey | GamingOnLinux [09:25] TR News "Ubisoft have confirmed that The Crew Motorfest will be bumped up to Steam Deck Verified with the arrival of Season 8 on November 5th." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/the-crew-motorfest-plans-to-be-steam-deck-verified-for-november-5/ [09:25] TR Bot Crew Motorfest plans to be Steam Deck Verified for November 5 | GamingOnLinux [09:25] TR News "Police use Flock Cameras to Wrongfully Accuse Woman of Theft" https://odysee.com/@AlphaNerd:8/police-use-flock-cameras-to-wrongfully:3 [09:25] TR Bot Police use Flock Cameras to Wrongfully Accuse Woman of Theft [09:25] TR News "Trump says he has no idea who he just pardoned" https://www.citationneeded.news/trump-binance-changpeng-zhao-pardon/ [09:25] TR Bot Trump says he has no idea who he just pardoned [09:26] TR News "Trumps CZ Pardon Has the [Cryptocurrency] World Bracing for Impact" https://www.wired.com/story/trumps-cz-pardon-has-the-crypto-world-bracing-for-impact/ [09:26] TR Bot CZ Pardon Has the Crypto World Bracing for Impact | WIRED [09:27] TR News Nexus Mods app improves file conflict management ready for Fallout 4 and Skyrim | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/nexus-mods-app-improves-file-conflict-management-ready-for-fallout-4-and-skyrim/ Source: GamingOnLinux [09:27] TR Bot Mods app improves file conflict management ready for Fallout 4 and Skyrim | GamingOnLinux [09:27] TR News The Siege Update for Dwarf Fortress has arrived | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/the-siege-update-for-dwarf-fortress-has-arrived/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/the-siege-update-for-dwarf-fortress-has-arrived/ [09:27] TR Bot Siege Update for Dwarf Fortress has arrived | GamingOnLinux [09:28] TR News Anti-grav racer BallisticNG brings new tracks, enhanced online play and more for the final update | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/anti-grav-racer-ballisticng-brings-new-tracks-enhanced-online-play-and-more-for-the-final-update/ Source: GamingOnLinux [09:28] TR Bot racer BallisticNG brings new tracks, enhanced online play and more for the final update | GamingOnLinux [09:41] TR News Open source evolution sim Thrive adds graphics improvements and more planet customization | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/open-source-evolution-sim-thrive-adds-graphics-improvements-and-more-planet-customization/ Source: GamingOnLinux [09:41] TR Bot source evolution sim Thrive adds graphics improvements and more planet customization | GamingOnLinux [09:46] TR News The original Pillars of Eternity is getting a turn-based mode Beta on November 5 | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/the-original-pillars-of-eternity-is-getting-a-turn-based-mode-beta-on-november-5/ Source: GamingOnLinux [09:46] TR Bot original Pillars of Eternity is getting a turn-based mode Beta on November 5 | GamingOnLinux [09:48] TR News (NEW): Games: Pillars of Eternity, Thrive, BallisticNG, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/Games_Pillars_of_Eternity_Thrive_BallisticNG_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/Games_Pillars_of_Eternity_Thrive_BallisticNG_and_More.gmi [09:48] TR Bot Tux Machines Games: Pillars of Eternity, Thrive, BallisticNG, and More [09:49] TR News "Will Russia invade the E.U.?" https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/11/03/will-russia-invade-the-e-u | Source: Meduza [09:49] TR Bot Will Russia invade the E.U.? Meduzas military analysts answer readers biggest questions about the war Meduza [09:49] schestowitz[TR2] MinceR: hungary is in the EU [09:50] TR News "infernal atmosphere of 1990s St. Petersburg" https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/11/03/russia-s-city-of-shadows | Source: Meduza [09:50] TR Bot Russias city of shadows Alexey Titarenkos photos use long exposure to capture the infernal atmosphere of 1990s St. Petersburg Meduza [09:50] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [09:50] TR News "Russian clients living in the E.U. struggle to regain banking access after fintech company Revolut freezes accounts" https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/11/03/russian-clients-living-in-the-e-u-struggle-to-regain-banking-access-after-fintech-company-revolut-freezes-accounts | Source: Meduza [09:50] TR Bot Russian clients living in the E.U. struggle to regain banking access after fintech company Revolut freezes accounts Meduza [09:50] TR News "reparations loan." https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/11/04/russia-charges-woman-who-adopted-mariupol-teenager-with-child-trafficking-yes-you-read-that-right | Source: Meduza [09:50] TR Bot Russia charges woman who adopted Mariupol teenager with child trafficking. Yes, you read that right. Also, Belgium eases Russian asset unfreezing while stalling Europes reparations loan. Meduza [09:51] TR News Climate Change https://therevelator.org/climate-change-bird-declines/ | Source: The Revelator [09:51] TR Bot Studies: Extreme Weather Fueled by Climate Change Is Adding to Bird Declines The Revelator [09:52] TR News "Arti is our ongoing project to create a next-generation Tor implementation in Rust." https://blog.torproject.org/arti_1_7_0_released/ | Source: Tor [09:52] TR Bot Arti 1.7.0 released: Onion service restricted discovery, experimental HTTP proxy, relay development, and more. | The Tor Project [09:52] TR News "Most of us lose it when the wifi goes out for even 5 minutes. Now imagine what happens when the internet shuts down more permanently, or in a moment of crisis?" https://blog.torproject.org/state-of-the-onion-2025/ | Source: Tor [09:52] TR Bot Keeping the internet free together: Join us for State of the Onion 2025 | The Tor Project [09:55] TR News "You could argue this makes sense because, as Voorhees points out, it is not really a store so much as it is a catalogue: [...]" https://pxlnv.com/linklog/web-app-store/ | Source: Nick Heer [09:55] TR Bot Apple Recreated the App Store on the Web with No Way to Download or Buy Apps Pixel Envy [09:57] TR News "Sure, you can always share an app to yourself on a device where you can buy it." https://www.macstories.net/news/apple-recreated-the-app-store-on-the-web-with-no-way-to-download-or-buy-apps/ | Source: MacStories Inc [09:57] TR Bot Apple Recreated the App Store on the Web with No Way to Download or Buy Apps - MacStories ● Nov 04 [10:00] *CrystalMath has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [10:00] *CrystalMath (~coderain@zb8r4kfzknsge.irc) has joined #techrights [10:18] TR News Techrights 'Hacker' 'News' Makes Dumb Assertions Against Smart People https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/Hacker_News_Makes_Dumb_Assertions_Against_Smart_People.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/Hacker_News_Makes_Dumb_Assertions_Against_Smart_People.gmi [10:18] TR Bot Techrights 'Hacker' 'News' Makes Dumb Assertions Against Smart People [10:25] *whatA____ (~chatzilla@r7e3836y7qspa.irc) has joined #techrights [10:35] TR News (NEW): There Would be No Linux Without GNU https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/There_Would_be_No_Linux_Without_GNU.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/There_Would_be_No_Linux_Without_GNU.gmi [10:35] TR Bot Tux Machines There Would be No Linux Without GNU [10:35] whatA____ so much for the naming controversy [10:36] TR News Techrights GNU/Linux is American, Not Finnish https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/GNU_Linux_is_American_Not_Finnish.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/GNU_Linux_is_American_Not_Finnish.gmi [10:36] TR Bot Techrights GNU/Linux is American, Not Finnish [10:38] whatA____ mass media discredit the foundation (GNU) and always look the building (Linux) from the first glance [10:45] TR News Techrights What Julian Darley Wrote About the Stallman Talk About "AI" in Oxford (2025) https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/What_Julian_Darley_Wrote_About_the_Stallman_Talk_About_AI_in_Ox.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/What_Julian_Darley_Wrote_About_the_Stallman_Talk_About_AI_in_Ox.gmi [10:45] TR Bot Techrights What Julian Darley Wrote About the Stallman Talk About "AI" in Oxford (2025) ● Nov 04 [11:03] TR News Techrights But he Was Born in Manchester! (Origin Stories) https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/But_he_Was_Born_in_Manchester_Origin_Stories.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/But_he_Was_Born_in_Manchester_Origin_Stories.gmi [11:03] TR Bot Techrights But he Was Born in Manchester! (Origin Stories) [11:08] TR News (NEW): SUSE delivers Raspberry Pi 5 U-Boot support https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/SUSE_delivers_Raspberry_Pi_5_U_Boot_support.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/SUSE_delivers_Raspberry_Pi_5_U_Boot_support.gmi [11:08] TR Bot Tux Machines SUSE delivers Raspberry Pi 5 U-Boot support [11:10] TR News (NEW): Leap Fuels Hands-On Learning, Exploration https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/Leap_Fuels_Hands_On_Learning_Exploration.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/Leap_Fuels_Hands_On_Learning_Exploration.gmi [11:10] TR Bot Tux Machines Leap Fuels Hands-On Learning, Exploration [11:11] TR News (NEW): Ikey Doherty Missing from AerynOS for Six Months https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/02/Ikey_Doherty_Missing_from_AerynOS_for_Six_Months.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/02/Ikey_Doherty_Missing_from_AerynOS_for_Six_Months.gmi [11:11] TR Bot Tux Machines Ikey Doherty Missing from AerynOS for Six Months [11:15] TR News Techrights Static Site Generators (SSGs) Made Techrights Better, Faster, Easier to Manage https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/Static_Site_Generators_SSGs_Made_Techrights_Better_Faster_Easie.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/Static_Site_Generators_SSGs_Made_Techrights_Better_Faster_Easie.gmi [11:15] TR Bot Techrights Static Site Generators (SSGs) Made Techrights Better, Faster, Easier to Manage [11:15] TR News (NEW): Incus 6.18 Container & Virtual Machine Manager Released https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/02/Incus_6_18_Container_Virtual_Machine_Manager_Released.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/02/Incus_6_18_Container_Virtual_Machine_Manager_Released.gmi [11:15] TR Bot Tux Machines Incus 6.18 Container & Virtual Machine Manager Released [11:18] TR News (NEW): Turris Omnia NG Introduced with OpenWRT-Derived OS, Wi-Fi 7, and 10 Gbps Networking https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/Turris_Omnia_NG_Introduced_with_OpenWRT_Derived_OS_Wi_Fi_7_and_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/Turris_Omnia_NG_Introduced_with_OpenWRT_Derived_OS_Wi_Fi_7_and_.gmi [11:18] TR Bot Tux Machines Turris Omnia NG Introduced with OpenWRT-Derived OS, Wi-Fi 7, and 10 Gbps Networking [11:23] TR News (NEW): ZimaOS simplified, focused and Open NAS operating system https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/ZimaOS_simplified_focused_and_Open_NAS_operating_system.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/ZimaOS_simplified_focused_and_Open_NAS_operating_system.gmi [11:23] TR Bot Tux Machines ZimaOS simplified, focused and Open NAS operating system [11:25] TR News (NEW): Vitalinux Ubuntu-based Linux distribution https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/Vitalinux_Ubuntu_based_Linux_distribution.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/Vitalinux_Ubuntu_based_Linux_distribution.gmi [11:25] TR Bot Tux Machines Vitalinux Ubuntu-based Linux distribution [11:30] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [11:30] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [11:35] TR News Techrights Envy Makes People Do Self-Harming Things (and Harm to Others) https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/Envy_Makes_People_Do_Self_Harming_Things_and_Harm_to_Others.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/Envy_Makes_People_Do_Self_Harming_Things_and_Harm_to_Others.gmi [11:35] TR Bot Techrights Envy Makes People Do Self-Harming Things (and Harm to Others) [11:35] TR News Digital Restrictions (DRM) https://www.androidpolice.com/google-pulled-the-plug-on-nest-thermostats-but-this-project-revives-them/ | Source: Android Police [11:35] TR News (NEW): This minimalist Linux distro is built for small business - and runs like a dream https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/This_minimalist_Linux_distro_is_built_for_small_business_and_ru.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/This_minimalist_Linux_distro_is_built_for_small_business_and_ru.gmi [11:35] TR Bot Google pulled the plug on Nest Thermostats, but you can now bring them back to life [11:35] TR Bot Tux Machines This minimalist Linux distro is built for small business - and runs like a dream [11:35] TR News "The Report and Order adopts new rules to streamline submarine cable application review" https://insidetowers.com/new-submarine-cable-rules-effective-this-month/ | Source: Inside Towers [11:35] TR Bot New Submarine Cable Rules Effective This Month - Inside Towers [11:36] TR News "I am passing it on hoping it helps you as well." https://raforall.blogspot.com/2025/11/in-praise-of-librarians-in-dangerous.html | Source: Becky Spratford [11:36] TR Bot RA for All: In Praise of Librarians in Dangerous Times vis LitHub [11:36] TR News "And were seeing it again today." https://lithub.com/in-praise-of-librarians-in-dangerous-times/ | Source: Literary Hub [11:36] TR Bot Literary Hub In Praise of Librarians in Dangerous Times [11:37] TR News 3% of Steam Users Play on Linux, a Third of Them on SteamOS https://www.techpowerup.com/342552/3-of-steam-users-play-on-linux-a-third-of-them-on-steamos [11:37] TR Bot of Steam Users Play on Linux, a Third of Them on SteamOS | TechPowerUp [11:38] TR News "It's the start of another month, which means Valve has released the results of its latest Steam survey. October was a good period for AMD and Linux, both of which reached record highs, while the three top GPUs constantly fighting for the number one spot switched places again." https://www.techspot.com/news/110106-amd-cpus-linux-hit-record-highs-latest-steam.html [11:38] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.techspot.com/news/110106-amd-cpus-linux-hit-record-highs-latest-steam.html ) [11:39] TR News "Grokpedia positions itself as the future of reference media by promising instant answers synthesized by proprietary models." https://machaddr.com/blog/articles/2025-11-03-grokpedia-ai-encyclopedia/ | Source: Andr Machado [11:39] TR Bot Grokpedia and the Betrayal of Open Knowledge [11:40] TR News "While three percent may sound modest, it signals the steady rise of Linux-based gaming led by the Steam Deck and a growing number of handheld PCs and mini PCs that ship with open-source operating systems" https://www.notebookcheck.net/Linux-gaming-growth-SteamOS-share-exceeds-three-percent-on-Steam-as-hardware-makers-take-notice.1154553.0.html [11:40] TR Bot gaming growth: SteamOS share exceeds three percent on Steam as hardware makers take notice - NotebookCheck.net News ● Nov 04 [12:01] TR News EPO Cocaine Chronicles: Our Aim Will be to Ensure This Becomes a Mainstream Media Topic, Not a Suppressed Scandal (Which the German State Deems Embarrassing and Detrimental to Its Pan-European Patent Franchise) http://techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/EPO_Cocaine_Chronicles_Our_Aim_Will_be_to_Ensure_This_Becomes_a.shtml [12:01] TR Bot Techrights EPO Cocaine Chronicles: Our Aim Will be to Ensure This Becomes a Mainstream Media Topic, Not a Suppressed Scandal (Which the German State Deems Embarrassing and Detrimental to Its Pan-European Patent Franchise) [12:03] TR News Selling a scam using buzzwords https://www.itweb.co.za/article/altron-to-grow-ai-staff-amid-worldwide-job-cuts/Kjlyr7wB6YBvk6am [12:03] TR Bot Altron to grow AI staff amid worldwide job cuts | ITWeb [12:04] TR News "Superstars ? Do you mean that a lot of Joann Wright's talentless, overpaid and underworked bootlickers are being shown the door ? What a surprise. IBM F&O is out of date and out of touch. AI reality is catching up fast. Krabanaugh and Wright need to be shown the door also." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k95fj0qj [12:04] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k95fj0qj ) [12:04] TR News "AI isn't taking over anything at IBM unless by AI you mean All Indians in which case it is taking over." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k8kzxz6m [12:04] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k8kzxz6m ) [12:05] TR News "Best way to know when layoffs are imminent at IBM is to check the month that you're in. If it's a month with a vowel in the name, layoffs are imminent." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k95atr1d [12:05] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k95atr1d ) [12:10] TR News (NEW): LibreELEC 12.2.1 Media Center Arrives with Kodi 21.3 Omega https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/LibreELEC_12_2_1_Media_Center_Arrives_with_Kodi_21_3_Omega.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/LibreELEC_12_2_1_Media_Center_Arrives_with_Kodi_21_3_Omega.gmi [12:10] TR Bot Tux Machines LibreELEC 12.2.1 Media Center Arrives with Kodi 21.3 Omega [12:22] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/Android_Leftovers.gmi [12:22] TR Bot Tux Machines Android Leftovers [12:35] whatA____ http://techrights.org/o/2009/01/12/bill-gates-jihad-vs-linux/ [12:35] TR Bot Bill Gates: Where Are We on This Jihad? (Against Linux at Intel) [12:35] whatA____ how far we've come since Mr. Bars himself calls hardware-level DRM "jihad" [12:35] whatA____ from Nintendo's CIC chip to UEFI 9/11 [12:37] MinceR 04 104942 < schestowitz[TR2]> MinceR: hungary is in the EU [12:37] MinceR nominally [12:39] MinceR as in the NATO [12:45] schestowitz[TR2] both [12:45] schestowitz[TR2] RU.TO [12:45] schestowitz[TR2] just put 6,000+ pages in the loft [12:45] schestowitz[TR2] that many sheets [12:45] schestowitz[TR2] from the idiots who lost his cabin [12:45] schestowitz[TR2] back on the keyboard now [12:46] schestowitz[TR2] over 10,000 if you count the two copies sent [12:46] schestowitz[TR2] what a waste of trees/paper [12:47] schestowitz[TR2] they should pass laws against misuse of paper resources [12:47] schestowitz[TR2] for the sold purpose of scaring us [12:47] schestowitz[TR2] (in vain) [12:50] TR News "Again, I cant point out the reason why, I mean, the more I think about it, I think its 75% boredom and 25% ecosystem lock-in." https://gabz.blog/posts/it-doesnt-matter-how-i-slice-it | Source: Gabriel [12:50] TR Bot It doesnt matter how I slice it... - GABZ/ML [12:50] TR News "Zerodha created FLOSS/fund to support free and open source software projects" https://krita.org/en/posts/2025/floss-fund/ | Source: Krita [12:50] TR Bot Floss.fund supports Krita | Krita [12:51] TR News "I have a GPS bike computer primarily for following pre-planned routes, because it became a better supported option than our old paper cue sheets." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/GPSBikeComputerLessDistraction | Source: University of Toronto [12:51] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser [12:51] TR News "The following excerpt from Abrahim Ladha's comment on Lance's post about AI and intro theory caught my attention: [...]" https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2025/11/did-euclid-exist-is-it-okay-to-quote.html | Source: Computational Complexity [12:52] TR Bot Computational Complexity: Did Euclid exist? Is it okay to quote people that did not exist? [12:56] TR News "The company, named for an Elvish video conferencing system hacked by the evil Sauron in The Lord of the Rings" https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/04/palantir_ceo_celebrates_one_culture/ | Source: The Register UK [12:56] TR Bot Palantir CEO celebrates one cash culture to rule them all The Register [12:56] TR News "backdoors in Xiaomi smartphones" https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/04/chinas_president_xi_jinping_jokes/ | Source: The Register UK [12:56] TR Bot Xi Jinping jokes about backdoors in Xiaomi smartphones The Register [12:57] MinceR (video) (audio:important) https://imgur.com/gallery/0xn71cE = https://imgur.artemislena.eu/gallery/0xn71cE [12:57] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://imgur.com/gallery/0xn71cE ) [12:57] TR Bot Making sure you're not a bot! [12:57] TR News "Anubis doesnt work." https://fxgn.dev/blog/anubis/ | [12:57] TR Bot you don't need anubis fxgn [12:58] TR News "Safe Security the customer for this paper have spent since April touting the paper around as solid science from MIT you can totally rely on. It turns out the papers got a few problems." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/03/mit-releases-then-quietly-removes-nonsense-ai-cybersecurity-paper/ | Source: Pivot to AI [12:58] TR Bot ( status 503 @ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/03/mit-releases-then-quietly-removes-nonsense-ai-cybersecurity-paper/ ) [12:58] TR News "In July of this year, MIT NANDA released a report called The GenAI Divide: State of AI in Business 2025." https://www.seangoedecke.com/why-do-ai-enterprise-projects-fail/ | Source: Sean Goedecke [12:58] TR Bot Is it worrying that 95% of AI enterprise projects fail? [12:58] TR News "another indication that the historic company is taking back control over how people buy its film." https://www.404media.co/kodak-quietly-begins-directly-selling-kodak-gold-and-ultramax-film-again/ | Source: 404 Media [12:58] TR Bot Kodak Quietly Begins Directly Selling Kodak Gold and Ultramax Film Again [12:59] TR News "Because of an onslaught of AI-generated research [sic], specifically in the computer science (CS) section, arXiv is going to limit which papers can be published." https://www.404media.co/arxiv-changes-rules-after-getting-spammed-with-ai-generated-research-papers/ | Source: 404 Media [12:59] TR Bot arXiv Changes Rules After Getting Spammed With AI-Generated 'Research' Papers [12:59] TR News "On each of the last two Fridays, Google has suspended SSLMate's Google Cloud access without notification, having previously suspended it in 2024 without notification." https://www.agwa.name/blog/post/google_suspended_sslmates_cloud_account_again | Source: Ayer [12:59] TR Bot Google Just Suspended My Company's Google Cloud Account for the Third Time ● Nov 04 [13:00] TR News "The problem Well, I mean, Google is definitely Part Of The Problem in advertising, surveillance, and Internet search." https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/11/01/Blog-Search-Pagefind | Source: Tim Bray [13:00] TR Bot ongoing by Tim Bray Bye, Google Search [13:00] TR News "I connect the locks to various smart home platforms and test integrations through automations and routines.I assess all control methods offered physical keys, codes, biometrics, Home Key, and auto-lock/unlock checking for speed and reliability." https://www.theverge.com/23393163/best-smart-door-lock | Source: The Verge [13:00] TR Bot I tested 30 smart locks, and these are the best | The Verge [13:01] TR News "I have mostly been of the opinion that I do not really care all that much about it being dark in the morning" https://explodingcomma.com/posts/the-few-days-a-year-when-anyone-cares-about-the-changing-of-the-clocks | Source: Pete Brown [13:01] TR Bot The few days a year when anyone cares about the changing of the clocks - Exploding Comma [13:01] TR News "offline mindset" https://idiomdrottning.org/unplug-weirdo | Source: Idiomdrottning [13:01] TR Bot Being an unplug weirdo to not be a FOSS weirdo [13:01] TR News "As amazing as these miniatures are, I might not have made the visit just to see them." https://blog.jonudell.net/2025/11/02/release-the-kraken/ | Source: Jon Udell [13:01] TR Bot Release the Kraken! Jon Udell [13:01] TR News "Well be co-exhibiting at booth #5061 with Edge Impulse and Foundries.io, our sister companies within the Qualcomm Technologies family." https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/11/03/arduino-heads-to-embedded-world-north-america-2025-join-us-at-booth-5061/ | Source: Arduino [13:01] TR Bot Arduino heads to Embedded World North America 2025 join us at booth #5061 | Arduino Blog [13:07] TR News "The experiment was a success. Not because it reduced his case-load and allowed a tech company to profit from misery." https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/11/political-experiments/ | Source: Terence Eden [13:07] TR Bot Political Experiments Terence Edens Blog [13:11] TR News "If you just memorize and obey the rules of the system any system youre not running the system. The systems running you." https://anniemueller.com/posts/whos-in-charge-here-anyway | Source: Annie Mueller [13:11] TR Bot Whos in charge here anyway - annie's blog [13:11] TR News "It's been a while since I've shared some behind-the-scenes updates here, and today I have an important one." https://afranca.com.br/same-blog-new-domain | [13:11] TR Bot Same Blog, New Domain Andre Franca [13:12] TR News "I wanted to respond to some of that feedback, both the supportive and the critical. That said, I don't plan to spend nearly as much time editing this as I normally would, so you an expect a more casual tone." https://cryptography.dog/blog/algorithmic-sabotage-debrief/ | Source: Cryptography.doc O [13:12] TR Bot Algorithmic Sabotage Debrief [13:12] TR News "But Im not writing about cities here. Its a useful metaphor for software, online networks and the tools we use to do our jobs and live our digital lives." https://seths.blog/2025/11/living-in-ghost-cities/ | Source: Seth Godin [13:12] TR Bot Living in ghost cities | Seth's Blog [13:12] TR News "SPAs broke the browsers most fundamental contract: refresh should restore, not destroy." https://robertgreiner.com/how-we-forgot-the-url/ | Source: Robert Greiner [13:12] TR Bot The Internet's Forgotten Superpower | Robert Greiner [13:13] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi [13:14] TR Bot Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers [13:16] TR News "Malcolm, who shared with the openSUSE community how his setup is helping to track aviation through the Mississippi Delta with FlightRadar24 and OpenSky Network" https://news.opensuse.org/2025/11/03/leap-fuels-hands-on-learning/ | Source: OpenSUSE [13:16] TR Bot Leap Fuels Hands-On Learning, Exploration - openSUSE News [13:16] TR News Techrights Links 04/11/2025: Google Cloud Account Engages in Censorship of the Innocent, arXiv Spammed by LLM Slop https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/Links_04_11_2025_Google_Cloud_Account_Engages_in_Censorship_of_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/Links_04_11_2025_Google_Cloud_Account_Engages_in_Censorship_of_.gmi [13:17] TR Bot Techrights Links 04/11/2025: Google Cloud Account Engages in Censorship of the Innocent, arXiv Spammed by LLM Slop [13:18] TR News Vitalinux Ubuntu-based GNU/Linux distribution https://www.linuxlinks.com/vitalinux-ubuntu-based-linux-distribution/ [13:18] TR Bot - Ubuntu-based Linux distribution - LinuxLinks [13:25] *isak has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [13:28] TR News PCLinuxOS Screenshot Showcase https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202511/page16.html [13:28] TR Bot PCLinuxOS Magazine - Page 16 [13:29] TR News "If you want more hours of sunlight, get yo assets out of bed earlier like when the sun comes up. If you sleep in, the wasted hours of daylight are solely on YOU. You snooze, you lose! Its really that simple." https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202511/editorial.html [13:29] TR Bot PCLinuxOS Magazine - Welcome From The Chief Editor [13:29] TR News GIMP Tutorial: Create A Gold Paint Effect https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202511/page08.html [13:29] TR Bot PCLinuxOS Magazine - Page 8 [13:30] TR News Tip Top Tips: My IP Address https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202511/page12.html [13:30] TR Bot PCLinuxOS Magazine - Page 12 [13:30] TR News Wiki Pick: Backup & Restore Using Timeshift https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202511/page10.html [13:30] TR Bot PCLinuxOS Magazine - Page 10 [13:31] TR News Flock's Gunshot Detection Microphones Will Start Listening For Human Voices https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/flocks-gunshot-detection-microphones-will-start-listening-human-voices [13:31] TR Bot Flocks Gunshot Detection Microphones Will Start Listening for Human Voices | Electronic Frontier Foundation [13:32] TR News They do not tackle the UNDERLYING issue: iot (internet of s---t) https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/tiles-lack-encryption-danger-users-everywhere [13:32] TR Bot Tiles Lack of Encryption Is a Danger for Users Everywhere | Electronic Frontier Foundation [13:33] TR News EFF protecting slop again https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/protecting-access-law-and-beneficial-uses-ai https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/31/Google_Bribes_EFF_EFF_Promotes_LLM_Slop_as_Fair_Use_To_GAFAM_It.shtml [13:33] TR Bot Protecting Access to the Lawand Beneficial Uses of AI | Electronic Frontier Foundation [13:33] TR Bot Techrights Google Bribes EFF. EFF Promotes LLM Slop as 'Fair Use'. To GAFAM It's a Low-Cost Lobby Hedge. [13:33] *isak (~andreas@m4ykdtahh5hq8.irc) has joined #techrights [13:34] TR News Windows TCO: Asahi Group Holdings has reported a cyberattack on its domestic operations in Japan https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202511/page01.html [13:34] TR Bot PCLinuxOS Magazine - Page 1 [13:38] TR News DOSBOX Pure: Run Your Old DOS Games On PCLinuxOS https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202511/page03.html [13:38] TR Bot PCLinuxOS Magazine - Page 3 [13:38] TR News It Still Must Be Stopped https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/chat-control-back-menu-eu-it-still-must-be-stopped-0 [13:38] TR Bot Chat Control Is Back on the Menu in the EU. It Still Must Be Stopped | Electronic Frontier Foundation [13:39] TR News (NEW): An Alternative to Microsoft Office: SoftMaker FreeOffice 2024 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/An_Alternative_to_Microsoft_Office_SoftMaker_FreeOffice_2024.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/An_Alternative_to_Microsoft_Office_SoftMaker_FreeOffice_2024.gmi [13:39] TR Bot Tux Machines An Alternative to Microsoft Office: SoftMaker FreeOffice 2024 [13:39] TR News LLM Slop / Plagiarism https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/when-ai-and-secure-chat-meet-users-deserve-strong-controls-over-how-they-interact [13:39] TR Bot When AI and Secure Chat Meet, Users Deserve Strong Controls Over How They Interact | Electronic Frontier Foundation [13:40] TR News FSF Blogs: October GNU Spotlight with Amin Bandali featuring nine new GNU releases: GNUnet, Marst, and more! http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/2025-october-gnu-spotlight [13:40] TR Bot October GNU Spotlight with Amin Bandali featuring nine new GNU releases: GNUnet, Marst, and more! Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [13:40] TR News FSF Events: Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, November 7, starting at 12:00 EST (17:00 UTC) http://www.fsf.org/events/fsd-2025-11-07-irc [13:40] TR Bot Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, November 7, starting at 12:00 EST (17:00 UTC) Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [13:40] TR News Voyager 26.04-alpha is out https://distrowatch.com/voyager [13:40] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/voyager ) [13:41] TR News Ubuntu 25.10 Offers x86-64-v3 Architecture Variant Packages https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/11/ubuntu-amd64v3-x86-64-v3-support [13:41] TR Bot Ubuntu 25.10 Offers x86-64-v3 Architecture Variant Packages - OMG! Ubuntu [13:41] TR News "Kitty, one of the most feature-rich, GPU-accelerated, and highly efficient cross-platform terminal emulators, has just unveiled its latest updateversion 0.44" https://linuxiac.com/kitty-terminal-0-44-released-with-unicode-17-support/ | Source: Linuxiac [13:41] *FANTOM (~fantom@212.228.181.156) has joined #techrights [13:41] TR Bot Kitty Terminal 0.44 Released with Unicode 17 Support [13:42] TR News "This book is a journey through the design space and history of programming languages from the perspective of control structures: the language mechanisms that enable programs to control their execution flows." https://xavierleroy.org/control-structures/ | [13:42] TR Bot Control structures in programming languages | Control structures in programming languages: from goto to algebraic effects [13:42] *whatA____ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [13:42] TR News "Maybe it should define "boring technology", beyond its association with the emotion of boredom. A boring technology is one that has had enough time to have been well tested." https://itwont.work/blog/prefer-boring-technology | [13:42] TR Bot Prefer boring technology. [13:43] TR News "What other options did you test? Just because your design worked, doesnt mean its the best!" https://adamsilver.io/blog/why-i-dont-test-different-designs-at-the-same-time/ | Source: Adam Silver [13:43] TR Bot Why I dont test different designs at the same time Adam Silver designer, London, UK [13:44] TR News "This is a load of garbage. Why keep repeating the words of this useless intellectually incompetent." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k96jtj7s [13:44] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k96jtj7s ) [13:44] TR News "Three decades after its enactment, much ADA litigation has nothing to do with accessibility, but rather has become characterized by abusive lawsuits run by a small group of lawyers and law firms" https://www.shopify.com/news/accessibility-lawsuits | [13:44] TR Bot The small business shakedown: Why thousands of entrepreneurs are getting buried in lawsuits [13:45] TR News "Shopify is legitimately angry at drive-by ADA lawsuits, as outlined in its recent post The small business shakedown: Why thousands of entrepreneurs are getting buried in lawsuits." https://adrianroselli.com/2025/11/shopify-needs-a-mirrorfy.html | Source: Adrian Roselli [13:45] TR Bot Shopify Needs a Mirrorfy Adrian Roselli [13:45] TR News "I've come to realize that supporting foward references in a two-pass assembler isn't always easy. The simple case of forward references I support: [...]" https://boston.conman.org/2025/11/03.1 | Source: Sean Conner [13:45] TR Bot Limitations of a two-pass assembler - The Boston Diaries - Captain Napalm [13:55] TR News Techrights At IBM, Layoffs Start at 1AM (at Night) https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/At_IBM_Layoffs_Start_at_1AM_at_Night.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/At_IBM_Layoffs_Start_at_1AM_at_Night.gmi [13:55] TR Bot Techrights At IBM, Layoffs Start at 1AM (at Night) [13:58] TR News A Dave Ramsey Caller Is Losing His High-Paying Job In December, Yet He's In A Position Most People Dream Of. 'This Is Just An Inconvenience' https://www.inkl.com/news/a-dave-ramsey-caller-is-losing-his-high-paying-job-in-december-yet-he-s-in-a-position-most-people-dream-of-this-is-just-an-inconvenience [13:58] TR Bot A Dave Ramsey Caller Is Losing His High-Paying Job In [13:59] TR News Just Cause Creator Doesnt Think There Will Be a Fifth Game in the Series https://wccftech.com/just-cause-creator-doesnt-think-there-will-be-fifth-game-series/ [13:59] TR Bot Just Cause Creator Doesn't Think There Will Be a Fifth Game in the Series ● Nov 04 [14:01] TR News "The state is important." https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2025/11/3/absurd-workflows/ | Source: Armin Ronacher [14:01] TR Bot Absurd Workflows: Durable Execution With Just Postgres | Armin Ronacher's Thoughts and Writings [14:02] TR News "Alexander put serious effort into making the smart paddle useful for real players and real training, so it has proper balance and rebound." https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/11/04/this-electronic-paddle-improves-table-tennis-training/ | Source: Arduino [14:02] TR Bot This electronic paddle improves table tennis training | Arduino Blog [14:02] TR News "Kids kept coming and we were running so low on candy we had like 6 pieces left and a few larger king sizes." https://connortumbleson.com/2025/11/03/halloween-candy-wheel/ | Source: Connor Tumbleson [14:02] TR Bot Halloween Candy Wheel [14:03] TR News "LibreELEC has just released version 12.2.1 as the first maintenance update in the 12.2 series of its lightweight, Kodi-based media center OS" https://linuxiac.com/libreelec-12-2-1-media-center-arrives-with-kodi-21-3-omega/ | Source: Linuxiac [14:03] TR Bot LibreELEC 12.2.1 Media Center Arrives with Kodi 21.3 Omega [14:03] TR News "This tutorial will take you through updating a server managed by ISPConfig from Debian 11 (bullseye) to Debian 12 (bookworm)." https://www.howtoforge.com/update-the-ispconfig-perfect-server-from-debian-11-to-debian-12/ | Source: HowTo Forge [14:03] TR Bot Update the ISPConfig Perfect Server from Debian 11 to Debian 12 [14:04] TR News How to install PHP 5.6 and 7.0 - 8.4 with PHP-FPM and FastCGI mode for ISPConfig 3.2 with apt on Ubuntu 22.04 - 24.04 https://www.howtoforge.com/ispconfig-php-ubuntu/ [14:04] TR Bot How to install PHP 5.6 and 7.0 - 8.4 with PHP-FPM and FastCGI mode for ISPConfig 3.2 with apt on Ubuntu 22.04 - 24.04 [14:04] TR News How to install PHP 5.6 and 7.0 - 8.4 with PHP-FPM and FastCGI mode for ISPConfig 3.2 with apt on Debian 11 to 12 https://www.howtoforge.com/ispconfig-php-debian/ [14:04] TR Bot How to install PHP 5.6 and 7.0 - 8.4 with PHP-FPM and FastCGI mode for ISPConfig 3.2 with apt on Debian 11 to 12 [14:05] TR News How To Install Fastfetch on Fedora 43 https://idroot.us/install-fastfetch-fedora-43/ [14:05] TR Bot How To Install Fastfetch on Fedora 43 - idroot [14:05] TR News How To Install Kodi on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-kodi-debian-13/ [14:06] TR Bot How To Install Kodi on Debian 13 - idroot [14:06] MinceR https://explosm.net/comics/thanksgiving#comic [14:06] TR Bot & Happiness (Explosm.net) [14:06] TR News How To Install Incus on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-incus-debian-13/ [14:06] TR Bot How To Install Incus on Debian 13 - idroot [14:11] *FANTOM has quit (Quit: Connection error?!) [14:14] TR News Techrights is lining up future epo articles [14:14] TR News How To Install Wine on Fedora 43 https://idroot.us/install-wine-fedora-43/ [14:14] TR Bot How To Install Wine on Fedora 43 - idroot [14:15] TR News Deploy an LLM inference service on OpenShift Hey Hi (AI) https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/11/03/deploy-llm-inference-service-openshift-ai [14:15] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/11/03/deploy-llm-inference-service-openshift-ai ) [14:17] TR News TTAB Finds PALAPA to be Merely Descriptive of Event Venue Services http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/11/ttab-finds-palapa-to-be-merely.html [14:17] TR Bot The TTABlog: TTAB Finds PALAPA to be Merely Descriptive of Event Venue Services [14:17] TR News Using eBPF to attribute packet drops to netfilter rules https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/11/03/using-ebpf-attribute-packet-drops-netfilter-rules [14:17] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/11/03/using-ebpf-attribute-packet-drops-netfilter-rules ) [14:18] TR News Melissa Wen: Kworkflow at Kernel Recipes 2025 https://melissawen.github.io/blog/2025/11/03/kworkflow-talk-at-kernel-recipes-2025 [14:18] TR Bot Kworkflow at Kernel Recipes 2025 | Wen.onweb [14:19] TR News Python steering council accepts lazy imports https://lwn.net/Articles/1044844/ [14:19] TR Bot steering council accepts lazy imports [LWN.net] [14:24] TR News "Why leave voluntarily ? You are solving IBM problem. Let the incompetent crowd running IBM make the decision to let you go. Hoping, they make a mistake that allow to make IBM pay big. Like some kind of discrimination." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k96xp4jh [14:24] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k96xp4jh ) [14:27] *whatA____ (~chatzilla@uz2d8wqpdebs4.irc) has joined #techrights [14:28] TR News Hong Kong court rejects Tiananmen activist Chow Hang-tungs bid to have subversion charge quashed https://hongkongfp.com/2025/11/03/hong-kong-court-rejects-tiananmen-activist-chow-hang-tungs-bid-to-have-subversion-charge-quashed/ [14:28] TR Bot Tiananmen activist Chow Hang-tungs subversion charge upheld by HK court [14:28] TR News "[Dhananjay Gadre] happened across a useful little trick the other day. Take any old 1N4148 or 1N914 glass-package signal diode and wire it up right, and youve got yourself a nifty little IR detector." https://hackaday.com/2025/11/03/regular-old-diodes-can-be-more-photosensitive-than-you-think/ | Source: Hackaday [14:28] TR Bot Old Diodes Can Be More Photosensitive Than You Think | Hackaday [14:29] TR News "The main highlight is that a merged-/usr filesystem is now mandatory, following Debians policy. In light of this, users upgrading from Devuan 5 Daedalus must ensure they have installed the usrmerge package before proceeding." https://linuxiac.com/devuan-6-excalibur-arrives-with-debian-13-trixie-base/ | Source: Linuxiac [14:29] TR Bot Devuan 6 Excalibur Released with Debian 13 "Trixie" Base [14:29] TR News "This document includes technical notes relevant to Devuan 6 Excalibur." https://files.devuan.org/devuan_excalibur/Release_notes.txt | [14:30] TR News "Why BSD? I guess Id have to admit that I have an affinity for oddball setups - but I also wondered if itd be simpler than a Linux solution." https://www.blog.montgomerie.net/posts/2025-10-11-setting-up-a-very-simple-but-ipv6-capable-home-router-with-openbsd-7.7/ | [14:30] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.blog.montgomerie.net/posts/2025-10-11-setting-up-a-very-simple-but-ipv6-capable-home-router-with-openbsd-7.7/ ) [14:30] TR News "During zfs: setting compression and adding new vdevs I replace 2x 1TB drives with 2x 4TB drives." https://dan.langille.org/2025/11/03/what-will-i-do-with-those-2-x-1tb-drives/ | Source: Dan Langille [14:30] TR Bot What will I do with those 2 x 1TB drives? Dan Langille's Other Diary [14:31] TR News "Whether you're disabling JavaScript for security or performance reasons or are visiting using a tool that does not support it" https://www.coryd.dev/posts/2025/no-javascript-necessary | Source: Cory Dransfeldt [14:31] TR Bot No JavaScript necessary Cory Dransfeldt [14:31] TR News "I have an unusual X desktop environment that has evolved over a long period" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/MyDesktopURLHandling | Source: University of Toronto [14:31] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser [14:32] TR News "This shift presents a unique challenge for IT managers and business leaders." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/navigating-industrial-edge-how-platform-approach-unlocks-business-value | Source: Red Hat Official [14:32] TR Bot Navigating the industrial edge: How a platform approach unlocks business value [14:32] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/today_s_howtos.gmi [14:32] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [14:33] TR News Floss.fund supports Krita https://krita.org/en/posts/2025/floss-fund/ [14:33] TR Bot Floss.fund supports Krita | Krita [14:33] TR News Mozilla Localization (L10N): L10n Report: November Edition 2025 https://blog.mozilla.org/l10n/2025/11/03/l10n-report-november-edition-2025/ [14:33] TR Bot L10n Report: November Edition 2025 Mozilla L10N [14:33] TR News Windows TCO: Chinese APT Uses Airstalk Malware in Supply Chain Attacks https://www.securityweek.com/chinese-apt-uses-airstalk-malware-in-supply-chain-attacks/ "PowerShell and .NET" [14:33] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/chinese-apt-uses-airstalk-malware-in-supply-chain-attacks/ ) [14:33] TR News Cyber firm warns that hackers are teaming up with crime rings to hijack cargo phishing emails and social engineering deployed to steal physical shipments https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/cyber-firm-warns-hackers-are-teaming-up-with-crime-rings-to-hijack-cargo [14:33] TR Bot Cyber firm warns that hackers are teaming up with crime rings to hijack cargo phishing emails and social engineering deployed to steal physical shipments | Tom's Hardware [14:41] TR News Windows below 20% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/turkey/#monthly-200902-202511 [14:41] TR Bot Operating System Market Share Turkey | Statcounter Global Stats [14:42] TR News Vista 11 down this month https://gs.statcounter.com/windows-version-market-share/desktop/worldwide/#monthly-200902-202511 [14:42] TR Bot Desktop Windows Version Market Share Worldwide | Statcounter Global Stats [14:43] TR News "I thought we were done with RAs for the year ... Talk about being a naive id--t." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k97mg4b3 "This is the Halloween surprise! I think well have a new year party too" [14:43] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k97mg4b3 ) [14:50] TR News When life gives you trauma, make a career https://stanforddaily.com/2025/11/02/when-life-gives-you-trauma-make-a-career/ [14:50] TR Bot When life gives you trauma, make a career [14:52] TR News Halloween Becomes Another Target of the Kremlins Culture Wars https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/world/europe/halloween-party-canceled-russia.html [14:52] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/world/europe/halloween-party-canceled-russia.html ) [14:54] MinceR the ruscists also targeted halloween in orbanistan [14:55] TR News Christian Hergert: Status Week 44 https://blogs.gnome.org/chergert/2025/11/03/status-week-44/ [14:55] TR Bot Status Week 44 Happenings in GNOME [14:56] TR News Colourful Spotify Controller (+ More) for GNOME Shell https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/10/gspotify-gnome-extension [14:56] TR Bot Colourful Spotify Controller (+ More) for GNOME Shell - OMG! Ubuntu [14:56] schestowitz[TR2] what did they say? [14:57] MinceR the mayor of zebegeny refused to allow some event involving carving pumpkins to use local government property with some christian taliban bullshit as the excuse [14:57] MinceR they ended up holding the event on private property [14:57] MinceR the mayor had trouble difficulty deciding whether halloween makes light of death or is too scary [14:57] TR News Defeating KASLR by Doing Nothing at All (Project Zero) https://lwn.net/Articles/1044867/ [14:57] TR Bot KASLR by Doing Nothing at All (Project Zero) [LWN.net] [14:58] TR News I did a thing, and exit excuses https://rubenerd.com/i-did-a-thing/ [14:58] TR Bot I did a thing, and exit excuses [14:59] TR News Is Hey Hi (AI) the re-Democratization of the Web? https://heathermeeker.com/2025/11/03/is-ai-the-re-democratization-of-the-web/ haha, how foolish [14:59] TR Bot Is AI the re-Democratization of the Web? Copyleft Currents [14:59] MinceR the mayor is connected to fidesz, the pedophile communist party [14:59] TR News The (Almost) Perfect GNU/Linux Marketplace App for Flatpak Lovers https://itsfoss.com/bazaar-app/ [14:59] TR Bot The (Almost) Perfect Linux Marketplace App for Flatpak Lovers [14:59] TR News I Used Instagram from the GNU/Linux Terminal. Its Cool Until Its Not. https://itsfoss.com/instagram-cli/ [14:59] TR Bot I Used Instagram from the Linux Terminal. Its Cool Until Its Not. ● Nov 04 [15:00] TR News 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: November 2nd, 2025 https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-november-2nd-2025 [15:00] TR Bot Weekly Roundup: November 2nd, 2025 - 9to5Linux [15:00] TR News Systemd-Free Devuan GNU/Linux 6.0 Distro Is Out Based on Debian 13 Trixie https://9to5linux.com/systemd-free-devuan-gnu-linux-6-0-distro-is-out-based-on-debian-13-trixie [15:00] TR Bot Devuan GNU/Linux 6.0 Distro Is Out Based on Debian 13 "Trixie" - 9to5Linux [15:01] *Sompi_ (~sami@xqs9xcb7ea7an.irc) has joined #techrights [15:02] *Sompi has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [15:04] TR News Linux App Release Roundup (October 2025) https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/11/linux-app-release-roundup-october-2025 [15:04] TR Bot Linux App Release Roundup (October 2025) - OMG! Ubuntu [15:04] TR News Devuan 6.0.0 is out https://distrowatch.com/devuan [15:04] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/devuan ) [15:05] TR News Google Pays $100,000 in Rewards for Two Chrome Vulnerabilities https://www.securityweek.com/google-pays-100000-in-rewards-for-two-chrome-vulnerabilities/ [15:05] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/google-pays-100000-in-rewards-for-two-chrome-vulnerabilities/ ) [15:06] TR News Chris H-C: Ten-Year Moziversary https://chuttenblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/03/ten-year-moziversary/ [15:06] TR Bot Ten-Year Moziversary chuttenblog [15:07] TR News Reduce bootc system update size https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/11/03/reduce-bootc-system-update-size [15:07] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/11/03/reduce-bootc-system-update-size ) [15:08] TR News LibreELEC 12.2.1 is out https://distrowatch.com/libreelec [15:08] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/libreelec ) [15:08] TR News Omarchy 3.1.5 is out as well https://distrowatch.com/omarchy [15:08] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/omarchy ) [15:09] TR News 10 Things to do After Installing Fedora 43 (Workstation) https://www.debugpoint.com/10-things-to-do-fedora-43-after-install/ [15:09] TR Bot 10 Things to do After Installing Fedora 43 (Workstation) [15:10] TR News Linux Now Runs Most backdoored Windows Games http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Linux-Now-Runs-Most-Windows-Games [15:10] TR Bot Linux Now Runs Most Windows Games Linux Magazine [15:10] TR News (NEW): Nearly 90% of Windows Games now run on GNU/Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/29/Nearly_90_of_Windows_Games_now_run_on_GNU_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/29/Nearly_90_of_Windows_Games_now_run_on_GNU_Linux.gmi [15:10] TR Bot Tux Machines Nearly 90% of Windows Games now run on GNU/Linux [15:11] TR News Slopwatch: Brian Fagioli and LinuxSecurity https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/03/Slopwatch_Brian_Fagioli_and_LinuxSecurity.shtml [15:11] TR Bot Techrights Slopwatch: Brian Fagioli and LinuxSecurity [15:11] TR News GNU/Linux as a Boarding Pass https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/03/GNU_Linux_as_a_Boarding_Pass.shtml [15:11] TR Bot Techrights GNU/Linux as a Boarding Pass [15:12] TR News (NEW): Linux 6.18-rc4 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/03/Linux_6_18_rc4.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/03/Linux_6_18_rc4.gmi [15:12] TR Bot Tux Machines Linux 6.18-rc4 [15:13] TR News Holiday season could delay Linux 6.19, Torvalds warns after smooth GNU/Linux 6.18-rc4 https://www.neowin.net/news/holiday-season-could-delay-linux-619-torvalds-warns-after-smooth-linux-618-rc4/ [15:13] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/holiday-season-could-delay-linux-619-torvalds-warns-after-smooth-linux-618-rc4/ ) [15:14] TR News jet Just Edit Text https://www.linuxlinks.com/jet-just-edit-text/ [15:14] TR Bot - Just Edit Text - LinuxLinks [15:15] TR News Pineapple Steam Recording Exporter https://www.linuxlinks.com/pineapple-steam-recording-exporter/ [15:15] TR Bot Steam Recording Exporter - LinuxLinks [15:15] TR News Rosalies Mupen GUI frontend to play Nintendo 64 games https://www.linuxlinks.com/rosalies-mupen-gui-frontend-play-nintendo-64-games/ [15:15] TR Bot Mupen GUI - frontend to play Nintendo 64 games - LinuxLinks [15:15] TR News insomnia frontend for the hii IRC client https://www.linuxlinks.com/insomnia-frontend-hii-irc-client/ [15:15] TR Bot - frontend for the hii IRC client - LinuxLinks [15:15] TR News Kiro minimal, flexible, and customizable Arch-based GNU/Linux distribution https://www.linuxlinks.com/kiro-minimal-flexible-customizable-arch-based-linux-distribution/ [15:15] TR Bot - minimal, flexible, and customizable Arch-based Linux distribution - LinuxLinks [15:15] TR News Useful Ubuntu Touch Apps Radio https://www.linuxlinks.com/useful-ubuntu-touch-apps-radio/ [15:15] TR Bot Ubuntu Touch Apps - Radio - LinuxLinks [15:15] TR News Noctalia minimal desktop shell for Wayland https://www.linuxlinks.com/noctalia-minimal-desktop-shell-wayland/ [15:15] TR Bot - minimal desktop shell for Wayland - LinuxLinks [15:17] TR News Meet the SIG leaders elected at APNIC 60 https://blog.apnic.net/2025/11/03/meet-the-sig-leaders-elected-at-apnic-60/ [15:17] TR Bot Meet the SIG leaders elected at APNIC 60 | APNIC Blog [15:17] TR News (NEW): Linux Magazine's Latest Issue (301) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/Linux_Magazine_s_Latest_Issue_301.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/Linux_Magazine_s_Latest_Issue_301.gmi [15:17] TR Bot Tux Machines Linux Magazine's Latest Issue (301) [15:18] TR News XWiki SolrSearch Exploit Attempts (CVE-2025-24893) with link to Chicago Gangs/Rappers, (Mon, Nov 3rd) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32444 [15:18] TR Bot XWiki SolrSearch Exploit Attempts (CVE-2025-24893) with link to Chicago Gangs/Rappers [15:21] TR News "There are many incredible open-source robotic arm projects out there, but theres a dearth of affordable, stable, and mobile robotic platforms with arms." https://hackaday.com/2025/11/03/dual-arm-mobile-bot-built-on-ikea-cart-costs-hundreds-not-thousands/ | Source: Hackaday [15:21] TR Bot Mobile Bot Built On IKEA Cart Costs Hundreds, Not Thousands | Hackaday [15:23] TR News Did they say that? https://rubenerd.com/did-they-say-that/ [15:23] TR Bot Did they say that? [15:24] TR News Openwashing nonsense and proprietary festival https://opensource.org/blog/state-of-the-source-at-ato-2025-sustaining-the-open-source-ecosystem https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/11/All_Things_Open_is_Proprietary.shtml [15:24] TR Bot State of the Source at ATO 2025: Sustaining the Open Source Ecosystem Open Source Initiative [15:24] TR Bot Techrights All Things Open is Proprietary [15:24] TR News Birger Schacht: Status update, October 2025 https://bisco.org/notes/status-update-october-2025/ [15:24] TR Bot Status update, October 2025 [15:26] TR News Defeating KASLR by Doing Nothing at All https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2025/11/defeating-kaslr-by-doing-nothing-at-all.html [15:26] TR Bot Project Zero: Defeating KASLR by Doing Nothing at All [15:26] TR News UMG v. Udio Voluntary Dismissal Officially Signed, Sealed, Delivered to NY District Court Docket https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/11/03/umg-v-udio-dismissal-signed-sealed-delivered/ [15:26] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/11/03/umg-v-udio-dismissal-signed-sealed-delivered/ ) [15:27] TR News TTAB Posts November 2025 Hearing Schedule http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/11/ttab-posts-november-2025-hearing.html [15:27] TR Bot The TTABlog: TTAB Posts November 2025 Hearing Schedule [15:27] TR News Kentaro Hayashi: Migrating from hugo-theme-learn to alternative theme https://kenhys.hatenablog.jp/entry/2025/11/03/190428 [15:27] TR Bot Migrating from hugo-theme-learn to alternative theme - [15:28] whatA____ http://techrights.org/n/2025/11/03/Two_Years_of_Uptime.shtml [15:28] TR Bot Techrights Two Years of Uptime [15:28] whatA____ whoa [15:29] whatA____ is the cooling system adequate to keep the CPU cold enough for years [15:29] TR News The Mess Machine | LINUX Unplugged 639 https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/linux-unplugged/639/ [15:29] whatA____ or any electric system for that matter [15:29] TR Bot The Mess Machine | LINUX Unplugged 639 | Jupiter Broadcasting [15:29] TR News Destination Linux 441: COSMIC Desktop Launches Into Beta https://destinationlinux.net/441 [15:29] TR Bot ( status 404 @ https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/destination-linux/dl-441/ ) [15:29] TR News Late Night Linux Episode 358 https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-358/ [15:29] TR Bot Late Night Linux Episode 358 Late Night Linux [15:30] schestowitz[TR2] why not? [15:30] TR News Linux User Space Episode 6:03: Boot Slide N' Boogie https://www.linuxuserspace.show/603 [15:30] TR Bot Linux User Space: Episode 6:03: Boot Slide N' Boogie [15:30] TR News The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 248: Mark Surman on Why Canadas Hey Hi (AI) Strategy Should Prioritize Public Hey Hi (AI) Models https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/11/the-law-bytes-podcast-episode-248-mark-surman-on-why-canadas-ai-strategy-should-prioritize-a-public-ai-model/ [15:31] TR Bot The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 248: Mark Surman on Why Canada's AI Strategy Should Prioritize Public AI Models - Michael Geist [15:31] TR News SUSE 16 Puts Agentic Hey Hi (AI) in the Cockpit https://fossforce.com/2025/11/suse-16-puts-agentic-ai-in-the-cockpit/ [15:31] TR Bot SUSE 16 Puts Agentic AI in the Cockpit - FOSS Force [15:32] TR News FOSS Forces Top Ten for October https://fossforce.com/2025/11/foss-forces-top-ten-for-october/ [15:32] TR Bot FOSS Forces Top Ten for October - FOSS Force [15:32] TR News (NEW): SUSE Hugs Buzzwords and Hack Week Project in OpenSUSE https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/01/SUSE_Hugs_Buzzwords_and_Hack_Week_Project_in_OpenSUSE.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/01/SUSE_Hugs_Buzzwords_and_Hack_Week_Project_in_OpenSUSE.gmi [15:32] TR Bot Tux Machines SUSE Hugs Buzzwords and Hack Week Project in OpenSUSE [15:32] TR News Ikey Dohertys Gone Missing Again https://fossforce.com/2025/11/ikey-dohertys-gone-missing-again/ [15:32] TR Bot Ikey Doherty's Gone Missing Again - FOSS Force [15:34] TR News Chinese, South Korean leaders trade jokes about phone spying in gift swap https://hongkongfp.com/2025/11/03/chinese-south-korean-leaders-trade-jokes-about-phone-spying-in-gift-swap/ [15:34] TR Bot Chinese, South Korean leaders trade jokes about phone espionage in gift swap [15:34] TR News $200 SpecFive Spectre Pro Android 12 smartphone integrates LoRa Mesh connectivity https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/11/04/200-specfive-spectre-pro-android-12-smartphone-integrates-lora-mesh-connectivity/ [15:34] TR Bot $200 SpecFive Spectre Pro Android 12 smartphone integrates LoRa Mesh connectivity - CNX Software [15:34] TR News Security updates for Monday https://lwn.net/Articles/1044763/ [15:34] TR Bot updates for Monday [LWN.net] [15:37] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/Programming_LKe.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/Programming_LKe.gmi [15:37] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [15:37] TR News (NEW): Security Leftovers and Windows TCO https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/Security_Leftovers_and_Windows_TCO.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/Security_Leftovers_and_Windows_TCO.gmi [15:37] TR Bot Tux Machines Security Leftovers and Windows TCO [15:38] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [15:39] TR News ""Let...IBM make the decision to let you go." Been doing this since Oct 2024 layoff. IBM keeps insisting on sending paychecks, so they get cashed. Consider this 12 months of severance pay so far and counting. Way better than what others are receiving (3 months severance)." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k96xp4jh [15:39] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k96xp4jh ) [15:39] TR News (NEW): Red Hat and Fedora Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/Red_Hat_and_Fedora_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/Red_Hat_and_Fedora_Leftovers.gmi [15:39] TR Bot Tux Machines Red Hat and Fedora Leftovers [15:39] TR News "I got notified today via text message - Not trying to spin this too much but in a weird way its a relief - I dont have to tie my stomach in knots anymore - And to be honest Im going to continue to perform like I always do until the last day - I dont have Alvinds and Krabanaughs perk packages but Ill always be a better man than those 2 ever will be" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k97mg4b3 [15:39] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k97mg4b3 ) [15:40] TR News "Something very heartless about laying people off before Christmas. Here I'm thinking about the impact on families.... Merry Christmas from IBM." [15:40] TR News "One year, IBM Management even did an RA the day before Thanksgiving in the US. You can imagine how horrible that was as it was a large RA. That is the sort of soul destroying inhuman experience that Comrade Alvind and his bloodthirsty Pipmunk executives want the IBM employees to experience." [15:40] TR News "They waited until the employee engagement survey was done." [15:41] TR News "I had a call with my Manager at 9:30 AM, Tuesday, 11/4/25, and told that my last date is Dec 4. I'm Band 9. I worked for 6 years and have a good rare skill sets, but that doesn't matter to IBM, what mattered is my band and pay. I should have not joined IBM at first place." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k95fj0qj [15:41] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k95fj0qj ) [15:42] TR News "so sorry to hear that. Which department us or canada?" ]...] "anyone from Client Engineering? US or Canada?" [15:42] TR News "Well it happened. Band 9 US cloud. Big bad blue spinning the corporate buzzwords. Oh well. Heres to brighter days ahead." [15:42] TR News "it was 3 months of severance from IBM for over 20 years of service for layoffs done in 2024. IBM is very cheap, particularity when it comes to jettisoning employees." [15:43] TR News "And meanwhile, as the RAs go down, Alvind and Krabanaugh are enjoying a nice round of drinks on the deckchairs of the IBM Titanic. Alvind will no doubt be asking for his golden handshake in addition to his undeserved and oversized bonus in early 2026." [15:46] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights ● Nov 04 [16:02] admfubar and they will have a special chase mode know as "shark jumping"... https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/11/03/0135217&from=rss [16:02] TR Bot Las Vegas Police Debut the World's First Tesla Cybertruck Patrol Fleet - SoylentNews [16:04] whatA____ http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/13.1.0/ [16:04] TR Bot Index of /debian-cd/13.1.0 [16:04] whatA____ Thanks Debian for e-wasting i386 [16:05] whatA____ and Devuan succumbed to it http://files.devuan.org/devuan_excalibur/installer-iso/ [16:05] TR Bot Devuan Download Zone [16:06] whatA____ no wonder Gnuinos sticked to Debian 12/Devuan 5 http://gnuinos.org/mirror/daedalus/installer-iso/ [16:06] TR Bot NO TITLE [16:06] TR News The same ASRock B850 motherboard kills three Ryzen 7 9700X CPUs worth $1,000 one by one in South Korea https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/motherboards/the-same-asrock-b850-motherboard-kills-three-ryzen-7-9700x-cpus-worth-usd1-000-one-by-one-in-south-korea-victim-used-updated-bios-and-never-overclocked-but-still-lost-all-their-processors [16:06] TR Bot The same ASRock B850 motherboard kills three Ryzen 7 9700X CPUs worth $1,000 one by one in South Korea victim used updated BIOS and never overclocked, but still lost all their processors | Tom's Hardware [16:07] TR News Bemyfriends Takes Majority Stake in Dreamus, Sets Sights on Building An Unprecedented Music Fandom Experience in the Global Market https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/11/03/bemyfriends-dreamus-deal/ [16:07] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/11/03/bemyfriends-dreamus-deal/ ) [16:07] TR News Roblox faces scrutiny in Malaysia after child stabbing case https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/roblox-faces-scrutiny-in-malaysia-after-child-stabbing-case [16:07] TR Bot Roblox faces scrutiny in Malaysia after child stabbing case | The Straits Times [16:08] TR News That Time Pooh-tin Jinping Joked About Espionage https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/world/asia/xi-jinping-china-south-korea-spying.html [16:08] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/world/asia/xi-jinping-china-south-korea-spying.html ) [16:08] TR News Starbucks to Sell 60% of Its China Business to a Private Equity Firm https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/business/starbucks-china-boyu-capital.html [16:08] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/business/starbucks-china-boyu-capital.html ) [16:09] TR News Hong Kong court rejects bid to terminate trial against Tiananmen vigil group https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/hong-kong-court-rejects-bid-to-terminate-trial [16:09] TR Bot Hong Kong court rejects bid to terminate trial against Tiananmen vigil group | The Straits Times [16:10] admfubar https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/04/windows_10_out_of_support_update/ [16:10] TR Bot ESU and LTSC WIn 10 devices hit by 'out-of-support' bug The Register [16:12] TR News (NEW): Audiocasts/Shows: Linux User Space, Late Night Linux, Destination Linux, and LINUX Unplugged https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/Audiocasts_Shows_Linux_User_Space_Late_Night_Linux_Destination_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/Audiocasts_Shows_Linux_User_Space_Late_Night_Linux_Destination_.gmi [16:12] whatA____ Windows TCO [16:12] TR Bot Tux Machines Audiocasts/Shows: Linux User Space, Late Night Linux, Destination Linux, and LINUX Unplugged [16:13] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [16:14] TR News IBM "Confirmed RA. Band 7 in Tech Sales - 30 day runway Either find position within IBM or leave. 3 months severance and other benefits. Should I stay or should I go" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k95fj0qj [16:14] TR News "Do you have to stay the 30 days or can you just take the 3 months severance and start a full-time job search now?" [16:15] TR News "I haven't read the paper work yet. Pretty sure staying the 30 days is required to get the severance package. Why would you leave before 30 days? You literally get 4-months of pay by letting the RA get fulfilled. You should start job hunting TODAY, but don't leave your IBM position. That is a disservice to you. Let IBM do the hard work of RA'ing you. Don't make it easy for them." [16:17] TR News Many IBM layoffs today, all that the "media" says about it is mindless stuff, parroting AK on "AI" https://www.slashgear.com/2016679/ibm-lays-off-8000-workers-amidst-ai-revolution-harsh-reality/ [16:17] TR Bot IBM's 8,000 Layoffs Reveal The Harsh Reality Of The AI Revolution [16:18] *chaos_2001 has quit (Quit: ) [16:18] TR News The Forrest Dump Administration Plans to Offer Only Partial Food Stamp Benefits https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/briefing/food-stamps-tylenol-maker-margaret-atwood.html [16:18] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/briefing/food-stamps-tylenol-maker-margaret-atwood.html ) [16:19] *cow_20012 (~username@wusiwah4aa7ye.irc) has joined #techrights [16:20] admfubar surprise, surprise, surprise... https://databreaches.net/2025/11/04/chicago-firm-that-resolves-ransomware-attacks-had-rogue-workers-carrying-out-their-own-hacks-fbi-says/ [16:20] TR Bot firm that resolves ransomware attacks had rogue workers carrying out their own hacks, FBI says DataBreaches.Net [16:20] TR News Design competition launched as UK journalists memorial secures 300k funding https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/design-competition-launched-as-uk-journalists-memorial-secures-300k-funding/ [16:20] TR Bot Design competition as UK journalists' memorial secures 300k funding - Press Gazette [16:21] TR News Times journalists urged to make basic checks after two humiliating hoaxes https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/times-journalists-urged-to-make-basic-checks-after-two-humiliating-hoaxes/ [16:21] TR Bot Times: 'Serious damage' done by fake royal cleaner and Bill de Blasio stories - Press Gazette [16:21] TR News Being a shock jock doesnt excuse you from impartiality rules, Ofcom tells Talk https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/newspaper-corrections-media-mistakes-errors-legal/kevin-o-sullivan-ofcom-talk-shock-jock-local-elections/ [16:21] TR Bot Being a 'shock jock' doesn't excuse you from impartiality rules - Ofcom - Press Gazette [16:31] TR News (NEW): NebiOS Ubuntu-based Linux distribution https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/NebiOS_Ubuntu_based_Linux_distribution.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/NebiOS_Ubuntu_based_Linux_distribution.gmi [16:31] TR Bot Tux Machines NebiOS Ubuntu-based Linux distribution [16:32] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/Free_and_Open_Source_Software_howtos_and_Installations.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/Free_and_Open_Source_Software_howtos_and_Installations.gmi [16:32] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations [16:35] TR News Techrights Corporate Media That Fails to Report Cocaine at EPO is Totally Failing to Report Mass Layoffs at IBM https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/Corporate_Media_That_Fails_to_Report_Cocaine_at_EPO_is_Totally_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/Corporate_Media_That_Fails_to_Report_Cocaine_at_EPO_is_Totally_.gmi [16:35] TR Bot Techrights Corporate Media That Fails to Report Cocaine at EPO is Totally Failing to Report Mass Layoffs at IBM [16:36] TR News "Just got a note of this ilk from a colleague recently and this was foremost in my mind. There's something incredibly gross about being forced to write a note saying you've "decided to retire" when in fact you're being pushed out and they want to keep it on the DL." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k96xp4jh [16:36] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k96xp4jh ) [16:36] TR News "I hope they make it worth their while to make those statements. Otherwise, just fire my a-s and save me the humiliation of telling white lies to cover for your stealth layoffs." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k96xp4jh [16:38] TR News Not a single news site speaks about this week's IBM layoffs https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/Corporate_Media_That_Fails_to_Report_Cocaine_at_EPO_is_Totally_.shtml [16:41] TR News choreographed departures from IBM are pure evil [16:44] TR News (NEW): Devuan 6 Excalibur Released with Debian 13 Trixie Base https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/03/Devuan_6_Excalibur_Released_with_Debian_13_Trixie_Base.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/03/Devuan_6_Excalibur_Released_with_Debian_13_Trixie_Base.gmi [16:44] TR Bot Tux Machines Devuan 6 Excalibur Released with Debian 13 Trixie Base [16:47] TR News The Economic Crisis in Egypt Raises Another Dilemma: Tipping https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/world/middleeast/the-economic-crisis-in-egypt-raises-another-dilemma-tipping.html [16:47] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/world/middleeast/the-economic-crisis-in-egypt-raises-another-dilemma-tipping.html ) [16:47] TR News Turkeys inflation rises to 32.87% in October https://bianet.org/haber/turkeys-inflation-rises-to-32-87-in-october-313174 [16:47] TR Bot Turkeys inflation rises to 32.87% in October [16:48] TR News How much does a wheelbarrow (for the money) cost in today's banknotes? [16:48] TR News Dirk Eddelbuettel: duckdb-mlpack 0.0.3: macOS binaries, unit tests, more outputs http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/11/03#duckdb-mlpack_0.0.3 [16:48] TR Bot Thinking inside the box [16:49] TR News (NEW): NVIDIA Releases Linux Driver 580.105 With HDMI and Game Crash Fixes https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/NVIDIA_Releases_Linux_Driver_580_105_With_HDMI_and_Game_Crash_F.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/NVIDIA_Releases_Linux_Driver_580_105_With_HDMI_and_Game_Crash_F.gmi [16:49] TR Bot Tux Machines NVIDIA Releases Linux Driver 580.105 With HDMI and Game Crash Fixes [16:52] TR News (NEW): Systemd-Free Devuan GNU/Linux 6.0 Distro Is Out Based on Debian 13 Trixie https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/03/Systemd_Free_Devuan_GNU_Linux_6_0_Distro_Is_Out_Based_on_Debian.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/03/Systemd_Free_Devuan_GNU_Linux_6_0_Distro_Is_Out_Based_on_Debian.gmi [16:52] TR Bot Tux Machines Systemd-Free Devuan GNU/Linux 6.0 Distro Is Out Based on Debian 13 Trixie [16:56] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.1.gmi [16:56] TR Bot Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers [16:57] TR News (NEW): Applications, Games, Hardware, and Distributions https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/Applications_Games_Hardware_and_Distributions.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/Applications_Games_Hardware_and_Distributions.gmi [16:57] TR Bot Tux Machines Applications, Games, Hardware, and Distributions [16:59] TR News Techrights Links 04/11/2025: Tensions Around Belarus Grow, Turkeys Hype-inflation Continues https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/Links_04_11_2025_Tensions_Around_Belarus_Grow_Turkey_s_Hype_inf.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/Links_04_11_2025_Tensions_Around_Belarus_Grow_Turkey_s_Hype_inf.gmi [16:59] TR Bot Techrights Links 04/11/2025: Tensions Around Belarus Grow, Turkeys Hype-inflation Continues [16:59] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights ● Nov 04 [17:02] *SomeGoat (~SomeGoat@r9ruxqydtdctn.irc) has joined #techrights [17:04] TR News Comparing Data Serialization Formats: Code, Size, and Performance https://www.qt.io/blog/comparing-data-serialization-formats [17:04] TR Bot Comparing Data Serialization Formats: Code, Size, and Performance [17:05] TR News Like It Or Not, Rust Is Coming To Debian's APT Package Manager https://news.itsfoss.com/rust-integration-for-apt/ [17:05] TR Bot Like It Or Not, Rust Is Coming To Debian's APT Package Manager [17:05] TR News Devuan 6.0 released https://lwn.net/Articles/1044823/ [17:05] TR Bot 6.0 released [LWN.net] [17:06] TR News Facebook Dating Has Become a Surprise Hit for the Social Network https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/technology/facebook-dating-surprise-hit.html [17:06] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/technology/facebook-dating-surprise-hit.html ) [17:07] TR News Arduino heads to Embedded World North America 2025 join us at booth #5061 https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/11/03/arduino-heads-to-embedded-world-north-america-2025-join-us-at-booth-5061/ [17:07] TR Bot Arduino heads to Embedded World North America 2025 join us at booth #5061 | Arduino Blog [17:07] TR News Improving bicycle safety with voice-activated turn signals https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/11/02/improving-bicycle-safety-with-voice-activated-turn-signals/ [17:07] TR Bot Improving bicycle safety with voice-activated turn signals | Arduino Blog [17:07] TR News A Pi Cluster That Fits in the Palm of Your Hand The Sipeed Nanocluster https://www.the-diy-life.com/a-pi-cluster-that-fits-in-the-palm-of-your-hand-the-sipeed-nanocluster/ [17:07] TR Bot A Pi Cluster That Fits in the Palm of Your Hand The Sipeed Nanocluster - The DIY Life [17:09] TR News "The news sites don't care any more about layoffs which have become so common that no one even raises an eyebrow (any more) when IBM lays of a few thousand (or even tens of thousands) of US employees. IBM is no longer a big name to reckon with either." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k97vrbhj [17:09] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k97vrbhj ) [17:09] TR News "After all, AI and Trump are putting lots of people out of work all over the US. The economy is not growing strong except for a few areas and that will likely continue for a while." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k97vrbhj [17:11] TR News "Christmas is coming, the GNOME is getting fat please put a penny in the old red hat?" https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/03/cosmic_1_before_xmas/ [17:11] TR Bot Cosmic version 1 to hit desktops on December 11 The Register [17:11] TR News "The Register FOSS desk sat down with Canonical's vice-president for engineering, Jon Seager, during Ubuntu Summit earlier this month. This is a heavily condensed version of our conversation." https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/03/canonical_jon_seager_qa/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/03/19/Is_Ubuntu_Compromised_Push_Away_From_GNU_and_GPL_Led_by_Army_Of.shtml [17:11] TR Bot Canonical on Core Desktop and the future of Ubuntu The Register [17:11] TR Bot Techrights Is Ubuntu Compromised? Push Away From GNU and GPL Led by Army Officers. [17:11] TR News "Despite criticism, major open source projects keep adopting it. The Linux kernel and Ubuntu have already made significant progress on this front. Now, Debian's APT package manager is set to join that growing list." https://news.itsfoss.com/rust-integration-for-apt/ [17:14] TR News Repurposing Dodgy Android TV Boxes As Linux Boxes https://hackaday.com/2025/11/03/repurposing-dodgy-android-tv-boxes-as-linux-boxes/ [17:14] TR Bot Dodgy Android TV Boxes As Linux Boxes | Hackaday [17:14] TR News Torvalds expects delay for Linux 6.19 https://www.techzine.eu/news/applications/135971/torvalds-expects-delay-for-linux-6-19/ [17:14] TR Bot Torvalds expects delay for Linux 6.19 - Techzine Global [17:15] TR News "It is time to talk about the most important love-hate relationship that has ever been. It is Instagram and... you." https://itsfoss.com/instagram-cli/ [17:15] TR Bot I Used Instagram from the Linux Terminal. Its Cool Until Its Not. [17:16] TR News is-out-based-on-debian-13-trixie [17:16] TR News "This release restores support for /run/utmp for registering sessions and reduces support for the i386 architecture." https://9to5linux.com/systemd-free-devuan-gnu-linux-6-0-distro-is-out-based-on-debian-13-trixie [17:16] TR Bot Devuan GNU/Linux 6.0 Distro Is Out Based on Debian 13 "Trixie" - 9to5Linux [17:16] TR News "Big hitters included Mozilla Firefox 144, Thunderbird 144, ONLYOFFICE 9.1, Ghostty 1.2, GIMP 3.0.6 and the all-new Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0. Plus, a big virtualisation update in VMWare Workstation 25H2 and a more confusing one in VirtualBox 7.2.4." https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/11/linux-app-release-roundup-october-2025 [17:16] TR Bot Linux App Release Roundup (October 2025) - OMG! Ubuntu [17:16] TR News Linux breaches 3% of Steam's userbase for the first time, and no, it's not all SteamOS's doing https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-breaches-3-percent-steams-userbase-not-all-steamos/ [17:16] TR Bot Linux breaches 3% of Steam's userbase for the first time, and no, it's not all SteamOS's doing [17:17] TR News "Looking for Flatpak recommendations that go beyond the usual LibreOffice and GIMP suggestions? Want to know which apps a Linux enthusiast actually uses every single day? Here are my seven must-have Flatpaks that I install on all my Linux systems!" https://www.howtogeek.com/i-always-install-these-flatpak-apps-on-my-linux-pcs/ [17:17] TR Bot I always install these 7 Flatpak apps on my Linux PCs [17:17] TR News Steam on Linux exceeds 3% share for the first time, with nearly 1/3 running SteamOS https://videocardz.com/newz/steam-on-linux-exceeds-3-share-for-the-first-time-with-nearly-1-3-running-steamos [17:17] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://videocardz.com/newz/steam-on-linux-exceeds-3-share-for-the-first-time-with-nearly-1-3-running-steamos ) [17:19] TR News "According to posts on The Layoff, some individuals have allegedly been offered 3 months [of] severance and other benefits" https://stlawyers.ca/blog-news/ibm-job-cuts-november-2025/ [17:19] TR Bot NO TITLE [17:21] whatA____ apt-rs go away http://techrights.org/o/2020/06/18/rusty-censorship/ http://techrights.org/o/2022/09/21/going-rusty-faster/ [17:21] TR Bot Beware Mozilla and Rust, They're Not Friends of Free Software or Even of Free Speech [17:21] TR Bot The Life of Linux Will Be Shortened by a Misguided Adoption of Rust [17:22] TR News "Too early to report yet other than some unknown number of people getting the axe. Give it a day or two." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k97vrbhj [17:22] TR News "i just had an hour ago, its about 1 month work from today n 3 months in lumpsum at base pay" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k95fj0qj [17:22] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k95fj0qj ) [17:22] TR News "Any first or second line managers get the call to join the unemployment lines ?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k95fj0qj [17:23] TR News IBM. "just got RA'ed after 9 years" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k97mg4b3 [17:23] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k97mg4b3 ) [17:23] *jkl has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [17:28] MinceR https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/signal-2 [17:28] TR Bot Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Signal [17:31] *jkl (~jkl@freenode/user/jkl) has joined #techrights [17:35] TR News Techrights Slopwatch: The WebProNews Slopfarm and the Serial Slopper https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/Slopwatch_The_WebProNews_Slopfarm_and_the_Serial_Slopper.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/Slopwatch_The_WebProNews_Slopfarm_and_the_Serial_Slopper.gmi [17:35] TR Bot Techrights Slopwatch: The WebProNews Slopfarm and the Serial Slopper [17:37] TR News "i have friends at ibm that said to me they got laid off today so idk" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k95atr1d [17:37] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k95atr1d ) [17:50] TR News Techrights "Last Day" at IBM and Red Hat as "Stealth Layoffs" (They Force People to Pretend It's Wilful) https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/Last_Day_at_IBM_and_Red_Hat_as_Stealth_Layoffs_They_Force_Peopl.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/Last_Day_at_IBM_and_Red_Hat_as_Stealth_Layoffs_They_Force_Peopl.gmi [17:50] TR Bot Techrights "Last Day" at IBM and Red Hat as "Stealth Layoffs" (They Force People to Pretend It's Wilful) [17:52] TR News "Merry Christmas right ! Not surprised. Truly heartless company ." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k97mg4b3 [17:53] TR News xkcd: Repair Video #3163 gemini://8by3.net/~xkcd/3163.gmi [17:54] TR News SpellBinding: BDEHXTI Wordo: COMAS gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2025-11-04.gmi [17:54] *whatA____ has quit (connection closed) [17:58] *whatA____ (~chatzilla@tjyeecr8dbswi.irc) has joined #techrights ● Nov 04 [18:00] TR News Techrights Richard Stallman's 2005 Article on Why Patents on Software Should be Denied https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/Richard_Stallman_s_2005_Article_on_Why_Patents_on_Software_Shou.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/Richard_Stallman_s_2005_Article_on_Why_Patents_on_Software_Shou.gmi [18:00] TR Bot Techrights Richard Stallman's 2005 Article on Why Patents on Software Should be Denied [18:02] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@yu29f4abyrsnc.irc) has joined #techrights [18:13] whatA____ http://endsoftwarepatents.org [18:13] TR Bot End Software Patents [18:14] whatA____ http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/limit-patent-effect.html http://web.archive.org/web/20000815064858/http://www.researchoninnovation.org/patent.pdf [18:14] TR Bot to connect to www.gnu.org port 80 after 10001 ms: Timeout was reached ( status 0 @ http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/limit-patent-effect.html ) [18:14] whatA____ http://gnu.org/philosophy/essays-and-articles.html#patents [18:14] TR Bot to connect to gnu.org port 80 after 10001 ms: Timeout was reached ( status 0 @ http://gnu.org/philosophy/essays-and-articles.html#patents ) [18:15] *psydroid|2 (~psydroid@yu29f4abyrsnc.irc) has joined #techrights [18:16] *psydroid3 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [18:26] whatA____ SLAPPfarm http://besser.tsoa.nyu.edu/howard/Papers/pw-public-spaces.html [18:26] TR Bot Copyright ● Nov 04 [19:09] *whatA____ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [19:26] TR News (NEW): NVIDIA 580.105.08 Linux Graphics Driver Released with a New Environment Variable https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/NVIDIA_580_105_08_Linux_Graphics_Driver_Released_with_a_New_Env.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/04/NVIDIA_580_105_08_Linux_Graphics_Driver_Released_with_a_New_Env.gmi [19:26] TR Bot Tux Machines NVIDIA 580.105.08 Linux Graphics Driver Released with a New Environment Variable [19:45] Sompi_ schestowitz[TR2]: apparently our prime minister is planning to support Microsoft's datacenter project with taxpayer money because the AI datacenter "supports the electric grid" or something [19:45] Sompi_ http://sininenankka.dy.fi/kuvauppi/upload/auzl1.jpg [19:46] Sompi_ and he's calling them "datacenters with high added value" [19:54] psydroid|2 the Finnish Minister of Microsoftism [19:54] psydroid|2 after destroying Nokia they will destroy Finnish nature too [19:57] Sompi_ those politicians are all WEF-positive so of course they support everything that can be used to spy european citizens [19:58] Sompi_ the electricity is already ridiculously expensive during cold winter days... we have had prices of 2 /kWh [19:58] Sompi_ it will be even more expensive after they build that 1 GW datacenter ● Nov 04 [20:29] MinceR (cat) https://pleated-jeans.com/2025/10/19/funny-cats-with-jobs-pics/ [20:29] TR Bot 45 Hard Working Cats With Jobs Keeping The Economy Purring [20:35] admfubar some people have this on their feet, and it isnt considered a feature... https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/11/some-stinkbugs-legs-carry-a-mobile-fungal-garden/ [20:35] TR Bot Some stinkbugs legs carry a mobile fungal garden - Ars Technica [20:52] admfubar if it is secret... how did they find out about it? https://futurism.com/robots-and-machines/elon-musk-robot-lab-robot-human-activity [20:52] TR Bot Secret Elon Musk Lab Is Collecting Data on Every Human Activity to Train Robots [20:52] MinceR maybe melon fusk keeps secrets the way he does most other things ● Nov 04 [21:01] *Disconnected (Remote host closed socket). [21:02] *Now talking on #techrights [21:16] admfubar https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/11/03/0140258&from=rss [21:16] TR Bot Matrix Collapses: Mathematics Proves the Universe Cannot be a Computer Simulation - SoylentNews [21:17] admfubar banzai!... https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/11/02/2015201&from=rss [21:17] TR Bot Tesla's Robotaxis' Keep Crashing-Even With Human Safety Monitors' Onboard - SoylentNews [21:24] admfubar https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/04/ibm_cutting_several_thousand_jobs/ [21:24] TR Bot IBM cutting several thousand jobs in latest layoffs The Register [21:27] admfubar be hilarious if they dont giveit to him, he leaves and the stock surges... https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/04/norway_wealth_fund_says_ingen/ [21:27] TR Bot Norway wealth fund pushes back on Musk $1T stock demand The Register [21:27] admfubar maga bots??? https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/03/llms_struggle_to_distinguish_facts_beliefs/ [21:27] TR Bot LLMs struggle to distinguish between facts and beliefs The Register [21:28] admfubar oh yum!!! https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/03/esa_launches_study_phase_of/ [21:28] TR Bot ESA tests bacterial powder to feed Moon and Mars crews The Register [21:28] MinceR humans struggle to do so, too [21:28] MinceR when they can be bothered to even try [21:34] admfubar hence the reference to maga... [21:34] admfubar https://thedebrief.org/4000-year-old-labyrinth-discovery-dubbed-one-of-the-most-important-archaeological-finds-of-the-century-brings-new-life-to-the-myth-of-the-labyrinth/ [21:34] TR Bot 4000-Year-Old Labyrinth Discovery, Dubbed One of the Most Important Archaeological Finds of the Century, Brings New Life to the Myth of the Labyrinth - The Debrief [21:44] admfubar https://therecord.media/wyden-letter-ftc-flock-safety-investigate-cybersecurity-practices [21:44] TR Bot Lawmakers ask FTC to probe Flock Safetys cybersecurity practices | The Record from Recorded Future News [21:45] admfubar https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/windows-10-update-incorrectly-tells-some-users-theyve-reached-end-of-life-despite-having-extended-support-microsoft-confirms-message-sent-to-enterprise-pro-and-education-users-in-error [21:45] TR Bot Windows 10 update incorrectly tells some users they've reached end-of-life, despite having extended support Microsoft confirms message sent to Enterprise, Pro, and Education users in error | Tom's Hardware [21:51] admfubar i'm sorry dave i cant believe it's not butter.... https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/stressed-out-llm-powered-robot-vacuum-cleaner-goes-into-meltdown-during-simple-butter-delivery-experiment-im-afraid-i-cant-do-that-dave#xenforo-comments-3888539 [21:51] TR Bot Stressed-out AI-powered robot vacuum cleaner goes into meltdown during simple butter delivery experiment I'm afraid I can't do that, Dave... | Tom's Hardware [21:53] admfubar what is elon smoking?? everything of course! https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/tesla-roadster-to-demo-soon-musk-hints-it-might-fly [21:53] TR Bot Elon Musk hints that second-gen Tesla Roadster might fly new model to demo soon | Tom's Hardware ● Nov 04 [22:33] *psydroid|2 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [22:40] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [22:43] *includeals (~includeal@bl18-27-126.dsl.telepac.pt) has joined #techrights [22:45] *includeals has quit (Client Quit) [22:47] *includeals (~includeal@2001:8a0:e95a:4e00::2000) has joined #techrights