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● May 05
[00:00]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, So I finally figured out where TNG got the plot for that episode with David Ogden Stiers from.
[00:00]	IsambardPrince	You know, the one where everyone who gets old has to kill themselves so they won't be a burden to society?
[00:01]	IsambardPrince	Lwaxanna Troi convinces him to seek asylum from Captain Picard, but then he chooses to return to his planet and go through with it because his family will be dishonored if he doesn't.
[00:01]	IsambardPrince	It was a Japanese move called The Ballad of Narayama.
[00:02]	IsambardPrince	It's about a remote village in the hillside where people who turned 70 were expected to go to the top of the mountain and die so they wouldn't compete with the others for food.
[00:03]	IsambardPrince	The movie follows the story of a woman who turns 70 and is in good health but who is expected to do it anyway just because she turned 70.
[00:03]	MinceR	:)
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[00:03]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: May 4th, 2025
[00:08]	IsambardPrince	I've seen Ice Station Zebra a few times.
[00:08]	IsambardPrince	That was Howard Hughes's favorite movie.
[00:09]	IsambardPrince	When he became a recluse and lived in a hotel in Vegas, he bought a TV station and he'd call them and tell them to interrupt the schedule to start whatever movie he wanted to watch. Which is a billionaire solution for not having VCRs yet. :)
[00:09]	IsambardPrince	He had them play Ice Station Zebra dozens of times.
[00:10]	MinceR	:)
[00:12]	IsambardPrince	If it was me and I had the means to do that, and had to do it, they would get SO sick of Blade Runner, Spirited Away, and Stop Making Sense.
[00:14]	IsambardPrince	I remember when... ;)
[00:15]	IsambardPrince	Anyway, getting the 65" TV home and hooking up the Blu Ray player and skipping straight to Girlfriend Is Better so I could see Savid Byrne come onto the stage in the big suit.
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[00:22]	MinceR	https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1305.html
[00:22]	TR Bot	 1305 Termination Claws - Giant in the Playground Games
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[00:36]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, Amazon be like "Used Like New"
[00:36]	IsambardPrince	Put the CD on my radio and it starts skipping.
[00:36]	MinceR	:>
[00:36]	IsambardPrince	Turns out someone left a big smudgy fingerprint on it.
[00:36]	IsambardPrince	I had to clean it with eyeglass spray.
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[00:56]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, It's usually safe to buy used discs when they say Like New, but obviously not always.
[00:56]	IsambardPrince	I looked at an ebay listing for a Blu Ray a couple days ago and someone's dog had chewed it and it had library markings on the front.
[00:57]	IsambardPrince	I'm like "I don't think we mean the same thing by Very Good."
[00:58]	MinceR	lol
[00:58]	MinceR	"well, i mean, the dog liked it a lot!"
● May 05
[01:08]	IsambardPrince	The dog thought Seven Samurai on Blu Ray remastered by Criterion and originally retailed for $51.98 was 5 star. Would chew again.
[01:09]	IsambardPrince	Criterion tends to lower their price after the movie has been in their catalog for a while.
[01:10]	IsambardPrince	Most people who will pay the original retail price already have it.
[01:12]	IsambardPrince	I usually wait until the release is at least 3-4 years old and the market is flooded.
[01:12]	IsambardPrince	The price will be about as low as it's going to get.
[01:57]	admfubar	https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/check-your-dvds-for-disc-rot-warner-bros-says-its-replacing-them.456402/
[01:57]	TR Bot	 Check your DVDs for disc rot Warner Bros. says its replacing them | Wilders Security Forums
● May 05
[02:01]	admfubar	https://www.themarshallproject.org/2025/05/03/trump-order-bondi-crime-data-prevention
[02:01]	TR Bot	 How Trump Is Hiding Information on the Justice System and Crime Data | The Marshall Project
[02:04]	IsambardPrince	WB has always been very reasonable.
[02:04]	IsambardPrince	For people who bought HD DVD movies, all they had to do was send the WB titles in with $5 per disc and WB would send them out Blu Ray replacements.
[02:04]	IsambardPrince	So if you had a stack of WB titles you didn't have to buy them all over again at full price.
[02:06]	IsambardPrince	Many studios said buy the title again on Blu Ray, full retail.
[02:07]	IsambardPrince	All the disc formats are backward compatible. So there's really very little risk here of investing in one format then becoming unable to play it, like what happened with VHS or Beta.
[02:08]	IsambardPrince	HD DVD was not compatible with Blu Ray obviously, but it also didn't last long, and the discs are not totally worthless if you find some for a dollar at a thrift shop.
[02:08]	IsambardPrince	They all have a DVD side.
[02:08]	IsambardPrince	That will play in a DVD or Blu Ray player, in DVD quality.
[02:17]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, I liked what someone said about Stanley Kubrick. That he'd never tell people what they did wrong in that take that Kubrick didn't like. They'd say "What do you want me to do differently?" He'd say, "How about some better acting?"
[02:20]	admfubar	https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musk-reveals-how-he-was-radicalized-by-twitter/
[02:20]	TR Bot	 Elon Musk Reveals How He Was Radicalized by Twitter
[02:22]	MinceR	:>
[02:24]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, There are definitely people I'd trap in a room with a TV and VCR and a copy of Bio-Dome on VHS. Just so I could do my take on James Bond in Quantum of Solace when he gives the guy a quart of motor oil and makes him walk through a desert. "I'll bet you make it an entire week before you're desperate enough to watch that.
[02:26]	IsambardPrince	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=powHUXrTqNs
[02:26]	TR Bot	https://yt.oelrichsgarcia.de/watch?v=powHUXrTqNs
[02:26]	TR Bot	not resolve host: yt.oelrichsgarcia.de ( status 0 @ https://yt.oelrichsgarcia.de/watch?v=powHUXrTqNs )
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● May 05
[03:01]	admfubar	https://techxplore.com/news/2025-05-catalytic-technology-toxic-chemicals-microchip.html
[03:01]	TR Bot	( status 422 @ https://techxplore.com/news/2025-05-catalytic-technology-toxic-chemicals-microchip.html )
[03:03]	admfubar	https://prospect.org/justice/2025-05-02-apples-monopoly-finally-held-accountable/
[03:03]	TR Bot	 Apples Monopoly Is Finally Held Accountable - The American Prospect
[03:04]	admfubar	https://prospect.org/civil-rights/2025-05-01-policing-cities-fbi-joint-terrorism-task-force/
[03:04]	TR Bot	 This One Weird Trick Could Keep the Feds Out of Your City - The American Prospect
[03:14]	MinceR	https://files.catbox.moe/xj3u9b.png
[03:16]	admfubar	https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/05/04/1815242/tech-leaders-launch-campaign-to-make-cs-and-ai-a-graduation-requirement
[03:16]	TR Bot	 Tech Leaders Launch Campaign To Make CS and AI a Graduation Requirement - Slashdot
[03:17]	admfubar	https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/05/04/0934243/we-may-be-in-a-post-herd-immunity-world-says-immunology-expert
[03:17]	TR Bot	 We May Be In a 'Post-Herd Immunity World', says Immunology Expert - Slashdot
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[03:24]	admfubar	banzia!!! https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/01/business/first-driverless-semis-started-regular-routes
[03:24]	TR Bot	 The first driverless semis have started running regular longhaul routes | CNN Business
[03:37]	admfubar	https://www.protectprivacynow.org/news/what-the-leaking-of-21-million-employee-screenshots-tells-us-about-the-threat-of-worker-surveillance-apps
[03:37]	TR Bot	 NEWS & UPDATES | FISA REFORM | PPSA - Project for Privacy and Surveillance Accountability (PPSA)
[03:38]	TR News	Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights https://techrights.org/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ 
[03:38]	TR Bot	 Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights
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[03:38]	TR Bot	 Techrights IRC Proceedings: Sunday, May 04, 2025
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[03:39]	TR Bot	 Techrights Over at Tux Machines...
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[03:40]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Today in Techrights
[03:42]	TR News	 (NEW):  Linux 6.15-rc5 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/05/Linux_6_15_rc5.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/05/Linux_6_15_rc5.gmi 
[03:42]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Linux 6.15-rc5
[03:44]	TR News	shrank https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-gdp-february-1.7522455
[03:44]	TR Bot	 Canada's economy shrank 0.2% in February, but signs point to growth in March: StatsCan | CBC News
[03:46]	admfubar	https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/05/02/phone-theft-cybersecurity-threat/
[03:46]	TR Bot	 Phone theft is turning into a serious cybersecurity risk - Help Net Security
[03:47]	schestowitz[TR2]	admfubar: redudant words there: theft
[03:47]	schestowitz[TR2]	could say
[03:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	Phone \ is turning into a serious cybersecurity risk
[03:49]	IsambardPrince	Yes, I think I'll force my phone usage down some more when it's renewal time.
[03:49]	IsambardPrince	I can save a further $60 a year by cutting the high speed data down to 5 GB a month.
[03:50]	TR News	Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-05-05.gmi
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[03:51]	TR News	"There are various levels of meaning; if one does not understand this language, then the entire text will be meaningless, a potential future Linear A for folks to perhaps puzzle over, or not, if that culture is not into peering back into prehistory." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2025/05/05/meaning.gmi
[03:52]	TR News	"People like warm and fuzzy garden writing for one reason: People like stories that paint people as the heroes and that offer heroes with which we feel good identifying." gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2025-05-04
[03:53]	TR News	Severance and Stitching gemini://quietsystems.smol.pub/qsys-010-timebinding
[03:53]	IsambardPrince	I talked a guy down on a stack of Blu Rays.
[03:54]	TR News	[cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1635.jpg
[03:54]	IsambardPrince	I offered to buy all the Criterion discs he had if he knocked the price per item down by 20%.
[03:54]	TR News	[cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1285.jpg
[03:54]	TR News	"I have updated my POWER9 box to the Fedora 41 recently (before a month or so). Since that moment I was suffering mouse problems." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/jirka/Phlog/2025_05_01.txt
[03:57]	IsambardPrince	It's easier for me to pay attention to a movie if I watch it on disc with the phone on silent and out of reach.
[03:58]	IsambardPrince	When there's a lull in anything, people have been trained to grab their phone.
[03:58]	TR News	Techrights Gemini Links 05/05/2025: XL Bullies and Luddites https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/05/Gemini_Links_05_05_2025_XL_Bullies_and_Luddites.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/05/Gemini_Links_05_05_2025_XL_Bullies_and_Luddites.gmi 
[03:58]	TR Bot	 Techrights Gemini Links 05/05/2025: XL Bullies and Luddites
● May 05
[04:01]	TR News	"Debt isn't the only thing that is getting bloated. Alvind is too" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jtc7vbb3
[04:01]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jtc7vbb3 )
[04:01]	TR News	"Seems that all the responses to this comment have disappeared from earlier today - Alvind is thin skinned and can't handle the truth. Expect this posting to disappear too ! LOL." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jtbx8axn
[04:01]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jtbx8axn )
[04:02]	TR News	"Alvind and Krabanaugh can talk about moving IBM to India all they want, but if the dividend so much as get reduced by one cent, they will find themselves in very unfortunate circumstances in a New York minute or less. Corporate investors who have billions invested in IBM will never let these unethical fools leave at the drop of a hat. It sounds worse than the Italian Mafia and it is." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jt7xrzef
[04:02]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jt7xrzef )
[04:03]	TR News	"There are multiple aspects to the current US based jobs situation. 1- The US technical population background is increasingly weak. It has been challenged by the know how of Chinese engineering breakthrough (DeepSeek, as an example)." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jtdybsyb
[04:03]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jtdybsyb )
[04:03]	TR News	"2- The US technical corporation has been invaded by Indians. Most of these Indians have split allegiance, the primary allegiance to their motherland. So, these people have a different understanding of the concept of cost. In the long run, they work for the prosperity of their motherland (India)." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jtdybsyb
[04:04]	TR News	"IBM continues to think RCG recent college grads are the way to go and most of IBM's "recruiters" are in S America etc not the US and they put ads in LinkedIn saying you do not need years of experience just apply."
[04:04]	TR News	"SMH. At IBM these days, at least in sales, you get hired, go to GSS global sales school where you are told you are the smartest people on the planet, then you get your laptop and then you get your quota and thats it. Go make it happen! And after 6 mos if you come up short you are RA'd. Rise and repeat. Dumpste fire."
[04:04]	TR News	"Much too early to say the company is turning around." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsne585r
[04:04]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsne585r )
[04:05]	TR News	"One out of six low performer - So on each team of six supposedly one will have to be ranked a lot performer and go on structured coaching and if same person for two years they get exited (with a pip as a formality). Is this the way they did things a few years ago? Some people have been saying this. What was it like?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jtewgazm
[04:05]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jtewgazm )
[04:05]	TR News	"Stacked ranking is a total demoralizing way to rate a team. IBM did this in the past , but did away with it several years ago. Now it is back. This is just another tactic to make it easier to fire people. Good luck to the remaining US employees. Going to be a bumpy ride. After 18 years, I left the company 6 months ago." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jtewgazm
[04:06]	TR News	Microsoft MSN: "Are Indian Employees At Risk In Googles Latest Layoffs? Find Out Here"
[04:06]	TR News	"Over 3,000 USC contract employees laid off"
[04:07]	TR News	Wayfair software engineer fired during COVID getting his day in court for age discrimination lawsuit https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/04/business/wayfair-software-engineer-fired-during-covid-getting-his-day-court-age-discrimination-lawsuit/
[04:07]	TR Bot	 Wayfair firing lawsuit: Company denies age discrimination
[04:07]	TR News	"software engineer Richard DiBona". Any relation to Chris? Google sacked Chris.
[04:09]	IsambardPrince	"The Microsoft Office paperclip is back.
[04:09]	IsambardPrince	Walmart calls theirs "Sparky" and Amazon calls theirs "Rufus".
[04:09]	IsambardPrince	It comes up while you're trying to shop, blocks the screen, and prevents you from reading the product details and reviews.
[04:09]	IsambardPrince	"It looks like you're trying to buy a Blu Ray Disc, want some help with that?"
[04:09]	IsambardPrince	Thanks, I got it.
[04:09]	IsambardPrince	"Are you sure?"
[04:09]	IsambardPrince	I said I've got it.
[04:09]	IsambardPrince	*takes over the screen*
[04:09]	IsambardPrince	Okay, okay. Tell me all about this product.
[04:09]	IsambardPrince	*proceeds to get basic details hilariously wrong*"
[04:10]	IsambardPrince	https://www.ebay.com/itm/388352993892
[04:10]	TR Bot	[The Criterion Collection] 715515009324| eBay
[04:11]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, RoboCop the Criterion Collection edition.
[04:11]	IsambardPrince	I'd buy that for a dollar!
[04:17]	MinceR	:>
[04:18]	IsambardPrince	https://www.criterion.com/films/542-robocop
[04:18]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.criterion.com/films/542-robocop )
[04:19]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, This is early Criterion (in their second ownership.
[04:21]	TR News	Techrights Richard Stallman is in Alicante Today to Give a Talk, Czech Republic in Two Days (Wednesday) https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/05/Richard_Stallman_is_in_Alicante_Today_to_Give_a_Talk_Czech_Repu.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/05/Richard_Stallman_is_in_Alicante_Today_to_Give_a_Talk_Czech_Repu.gmi 
[04:21]	TR Bot	 Techrights Richard Stallman is in Alicante Today to Give a Talk, Czech Republic in Two Days (Wednesday)
[04:21]	IsambardPrince	"Criterion entered the DVD market in 1998 with a reset numbering system, beginning with Seven Samurai, spine #2 (Grand Illusion, #1, was delayed for a year while restoration was underway on a then-newly-found camera negative)."
[04:22]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, RoboCop is Spine #23.
[04:22]	TR News	68,000 job losses possible in Ontario this year due to U.S. trade war https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/fao-report-ontario-impact-us-trade-war-1.7522571
[04:22]	TR Bot	 68,000 job losses possible in Ontario this year due to U.S. trade war: report | CBC News
[04:23]	TR News	Trade Representative https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-04-30/us-ready-to-work-with-canadas-new-pm-us-trade-representative-says
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[04:23]	TR News	Inequality https://truthout.org/articles/canadas-liberal-party-will-face-down-trump-but-will-it-address-inequality/
[04:23]	TR Bot	 Canadas Liberal Party Will Face Down Trump. But Will It Address Inequality? | Truthout
[04:23]	IsambardPrince	"Criterion began to release Blu-ray editions of select films from its collection, beginning with the Blu-ray release of Wong Kar-wai's Chungking Express (#453"
[04:24]	TR News	Cheeto Mussolini knows exactly what he just triggered in Canada https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-canadian-election-analysis-1.7521255
[04:24]	TR Bot	 Trump knows exactly what he just triggered in Canada | CBC News
[04:24]	IsambardPrince	So between 1998 and 2008, they went from Spine #1 to Spine #453. But Spine #2 was their first release on DVD, and was Seven Samurai.
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[04:27]	TR News	Stargate Fiasco https://www.projectcensored.org/stargate-fiasco-data-centers/
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[04:27]	TR News	Mexico President Open to Modifying Telecoms Bill After Censorship Accusations https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-04-25/mexico-president-open-to-modifying-telecoms-bill-after-censorship-accusations
[04:27]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-04-25/mexico-president-open-to-modifying-telecoms-bill-after-censorship-accusations )
[04:29]	TR News	DW Freedom of Speech award goes to Georgian journalist https://www.dw.com/en/dw-freedom-of-speech-award-goes-to-georgian-journalist/a-72342146
[04:29]	TR Bot	Freedom of Speech award goes to Georgian journalist DW 04/29/2025
[04:29]	TR News	Cheeto Mussolinis Aggressive Actions Against Free Speech Speak a Lot Louder Than His Words Defending It https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/05/01/trumps-aggressive-actions-against-free-speech-speak-a-lot-louder-than-his-words-defending-it/
[04:29]	TR Bot	Aggressive Actions Against Free Speech Speak a Lot Louder Than His Words Defending It - CounterPunch.org
[04:29]	TR News	Texas Pols Think They Can Control Speech. Nope. https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/05/01/texas-pols-think-they-can-control-speech-nope/
[04:29]	TR Bot	Pols Think They Can Control Speech. Nope. - CounterPunch.org
[04:30]	TR News	Meet The Think Tanks Behind MAGAs New Free Speech Crackdown https://scheerpost.com/2025/05/01/meet-the-think-tanks-behind-magas-new-free-speech-crackdown/
[04:30]	TR Bot	 Meet The Think Tanks Behind MAGAs New Free Speech Crackdown
[04:32]	TR News	New Yorks Latest Cyber Rules Pressure Small Companies, Vendors https://news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-data-security/new-yorks-latest-cyber-rules-pressure-small-companies-vendors
[04:32]	TR Bot	 New Yorks Latest Cyber Rules Pressure Small Companies, Vendors
[04:33]	IsambardPrince	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criterion_Closet
[04:33]	TR Bot	 Criterion Closet - Wikipedia
[04:33]	TR News	Data breach at collections vendor could affect some Bristol, Tennessee accounts https://heraldcourier.com/news/article_08b0d329-1882-458f-9b73-a5e2aff5018c.html
[04:33]	TR Bot	 Data breach at third-party vendor could affect some Bristol accounts
[04:34]	IsambardPrince	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criterion_Closet#Criterion_Collection_40
[04:34]	TR Bot	 Criterion Closet - Wikipedia
[04:34]	IsambardPrince	Repo Man and House are both good.
[04:34]	TR News	Barnstable County Sheriffs Office Employee On Leave, Suspected In Data Breach https://www.capenews.net/bourne/news/bcso-employee-on-leave-suspected-in-data-breach/article_9b9d658d-1f7e-4b47-b961-96df681563f0.html
[04:34]	TR Bot	Employee On Leave, Suspected In Data Breach | Bourne News | capenews.net
[04:34]	TR News	45 CHS hospitals were affected by the Oracle Health outage https://databreaches.net/2025/05/01/45-chs-hospitals-were-affected-by-the-oracle-health-outage/
[04:34]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://databreaches.net/2025/05/01/45-chs-hospitals-were-affected-by-the-oracle-health-outage/ )
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[04:35]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, The last time I watched an Italian movie it turned out to be about a 14 year old boy with foreskin that was too tight, and I'm like "Who the fuck is running this library....and the Cannes Film Festival?"
[04:35]		*hvxgr (~wl2v_usrn@freenode-ong.pov.c33bnd.IP) has joined #techrights
[04:35]	TR News	Social Security May Lose Thousands More Staff Under New Cheeto Mussolini Rule https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-04-25/social-security-may-lose-thousands-more-staff-under-new-trump-rule
[04:35]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-04-25/social-security-may-lose-thousands-more-staff-under-new-trump-rule )
[04:35]	IsambardPrince	It said it was a comedy which probably explains why there was a scene where he buys and fucks a dead squid.
[04:35]	IsambardPrince	You Europeans are weird.
[04:36]	TR News	White House Wants to Defund Independent Social Security Board, Sources Say https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-04-25/exclusive-white-house-wants-to-defund-independent-social-security-board-sources-say
[04:36]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-04-25/exclusive-white-house-wants-to-defund-independent-social-security-board-sources-say )
[04:36]	IsambardPrince	Probably the most controversial movies by US standards that I've seen were Kids and Ken Park.
[04:39]	IsambardPrince	https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/short_skin
[04:39]	TR Bot	 Short Skin | Rotten Tomatoes
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[04:47]	TR News	mobility aid made of Lego https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/root-wood-turtle-mobility-aid-lego-1.7517211
[04:47]	TR Bot	 Meet Root, the turtle with a mobility aid made of Lego | CBC News
[04:47]	TR News	Peace Bridge duty-free shop goes into receivership as cross-border travel plummets https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/duty-free-shops-1.7520595
[04:47]	TR Bot	 Peace Bridge duty-free shop goes into receivership as cross-border travel plummets | CBC News
[04:48]	TR News	Suicide Hotline https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/canada-opens-suicide-hotline-american-lgbtq-youth-trump-moves-shut-it-down-what-we-know-1733133
[04:48]	TR Bot	 Canada 'Opens' Suicide Hotline to American LGBTQ+ Youth as Trump Moves to Shut It Down What We Know | IBTimes UK
[04:49]	TR News	Windows TCO https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/04/hackers-stole-the-driver-license-info-of-millions-of-oregonians-but-judge-tosses-lawsuit-that-faulted-dmv.html
[04:49]	TR Bot	stole the driver license info of millions of Oregonians, but judge tosses lawsuit that faulted DMV - oregonlive.com
[04:50]	TR News	High Court rules landlord entitled to additional 6m indemnity from insurance broker after data breach https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/high-court-rules-landlord-entitled-to-additional-6m-indemnity-from-insurance-broker-after-data-breach-91450
[04:50]	TR Bot	 Inside Housing - News - High Court rules landlord entitled to additional 6m indemnity from insurance broker after data breach
[04:50]	TR News	SK Telecom vows to take full responsibility for damage from recent data leak https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20250427003100320
[04:50]	TR Bot	 SK Telecom vows to take full responsibility for damage from recent data leak | Yonhap News Agency
[04:51]	TR News	Windows TCO https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/marks-and-spencer-breach-linked-to-scattered-spider-ransomware-attack/
[04:51]	TR Bot	 Marks & Spencer breach linked to Scattered Spider ransomware attack
[04:51]	TR News	Investigators dont know who leaked a Wisconsin Supreme Court draft order on abortion case https://www.wpr.org/news/investigators-dont-know-who-leaked-a-wisconsin-supreme-court-draft-abortion-order
[04:51]	TR Bot	 Investigators don't know who leaked a Wisconsin Supreme Court draft order on abortion case - WPR
[04:52]	TR News	Cell C confirms data breach, warns users to remain vigilant https://iol.co.za/business/2025-04-09-cell-c-confirms-data-breach-warns-users-to-remain-vigilant/
[04:52]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://iol.co.za/business/2025-04-09-cell-c-confirms-data-breach-warns-users-to-remain-vigilant/ )
[04:53]	TR News	Texas Health and Human Services Commission Notifies Additional Individuals Regarding Insider Wrongdoing Breach https://www.hhs.texas.gov/news/2025/04/hhsc-notifies-additional-individuals-regarding-privacy-breach
[04:53]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.hhs.texas.gov/news/2025/04/hhsc-notifies-additional-individuals-regarding-privacy-breach )
[04:56]	TR News	"Command history on Linux allows you to review and repeat previous commands with little effort. It is built into the bash shell (included in the shell executable)" https://www.networkworld.com/article/3542724/making-use-of-command-history-on-linux.html
[04:56]	TR Bot	 Making use of your command history on Linux | Network World
[04:56]	TR News	"Useful commands for Linux beginners can help you get comfortable on the command line." https://www.networkworld.com/article/3958246/18-essential-commands-for-new-linux-users.html
[04:56]	TR Bot	 18 essential commands for new Linux users | Network World
[04:57]	TR News	Maybe today is the day we resume the OSI series. Maybe.
[04:57]	TR News	"Here's a look at eight Linux commands that you might not have tried. There's always something new to learn." https://www.networkworld.com/article/3960514/8-unusual-linux-commands.html
[04:57]	TR Bot	 8 unusual Linux commands | Network World
[04:58]	TR News	SJVN not blogging in his own site for 2 months already https://opensourcewatch.beehiiv.com/
[04:58]	TR Bot	 Open Source Watch
[04:59]	IsambardPrince	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Temptation_of_Christ_(film)
[04:59]	TR Bot	 The Last Temptation of Christ (film) - Wikipedia
[04:59]	TR News	And only 1 post in 3 months at blogs.oracle.com/authors/simon-coter ... blogs.oracle.com/scoter/post/oracle-linux-and-unbreakable-enterprise-kernel-uek-releases
● May 05
[05:00]	IsambardPrince	Wonder if that's worth grabbing.
[05:00]	TR News	Oracle is mostly rebranding RHEL to take more control of its OS
[05:01]	TR News	Forbes is mostly dead these days. Very few articles, even about "Linux" https://www.forbes.com/search/?sort=recent&q=linux&sh=45b26491279f
[05:01]	TR Bot	 NO TITLE
[05:02]	TR News	Amazon ditches Android for its Linux-based Vega OS https://www.fudzilla.com/news/60944-amazon-ditches-android-for-its-linux-based-vega-os SLOP?
[05:02]	TR Bot	 Amazon ditches Android for its Linux-based Vega OS
[05:03]	TR News	 (NEW):  Amazon smart TVs could soon replace Fire OS with Linux-based Vega OS | TechSpot https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/19/Amazon_smart_TVs_could_soon_replace_Fire_OS_with_Linux_based_Ve.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/19/Amazon_smart_TVs_could_soon_replace_Fire_OS_with_Linux_based_Ve.gmi 
[05:03]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Amazon smart TVs could soon replace Fire OS with Linux-based Vega OS | TechSpot
[05:04]	TR News	Site dead for just over a year. What killed it? https://conservativenerds.locals.com/landing/article
[05:04]	TR Bot	 ConservativeNerds
[05:05]	TR News	SUSE is all about buzzwords these days https://www.suse.com/c/blog/ they only get about 40 people to read their stuff, e.g. in https://www.suse.com/c/overcoming-modern-manufacturing-challenges-with-edge-computing/ https://www.suse.com/c/enterprise-ai/
[05:05]	TR Bot	Software Blog with Expert Views & Technical Solutions | SUSE
[05:05]	TR Bot	Modern Manufacturing Challenges with Edge Computing | SUSE Communities
[05:05]	TR Bot	Is Enterprise AI? The Total SUSE Guide | SUSE Blog
[05:08]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, There are no Christian terrorists.
[05:08]	IsambardPrince	Also, the Catholics burned down a movie theater for showing The Last Temptation of Christ in 1988.
[05:08]	IsambardPrince	:)
[05:09]	IsambardPrince	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Michel_cinema_attack
[05:09]	TR Bot	 Saint-Michel cinema attack - Wikipedia
[05:28]	TR News	Techrights SUSE the Company Now Uses LLM Slop to 'Write' Its Blog, What Does That Tell Us About SUSE? https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/05/SUSE_the_Company_Now_Uses_LLM_Slop_to_Write_Its_Blog_What_Does_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/05/SUSE_the_Company_Now_Uses_LLM_Slop_to_Write_Its_Blog_What_Does_.gmi 
[05:28]	TR Bot	 Techrights SUSE the Company Now Uses LLM Slop to 'Write' Its Blog, What Does That Tell Us About SUSE?
[05:33]	TR News	Vroom vroom https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/nicole-coenen-axe-in-hand-a-woodchopper-s-guide-to-blades-wood-and-fire-1.7519089
[05:33]	TR Bot	 This B.C. woman is internet-famous for chopping wood. So, she wrote a book about it | CBC News
[05:35]	TR News	Threesome? More? https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/multi-parent-families-rights-children-quebec-civil-code-1.7519867
[05:35]	TR Bot	 Quebec must recognize families with more than 2 parents, Superior Court rules | CBC News
[05:40]	TR News	Travel from Canada to Michigan plummets amid tariffs, border scrutiny https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/travel-canada-michigan-plummets-amid-tariffs-border-scrutiny
[05:40]	TR Bot	 Travel from Canada to Michigan plummets amid tariffs, border scrutiny | Bridge Michigan
[05:40]	TR News	"net-zero" is a PR lie https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/dow-petrochemical-plant-alberta-1.7517545
[05:40]	TR Bot	 Dow delays plans for $8.9B net-zero project in Alberta's Industrial Heartland | CBC News
[05:43]	TR News	Techrights Links 05/05/2025: Breaches, Environment, and Conflicts https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/05/Links_05_05_2025_Breaches_Environment_and_Conflicts.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/05/Links_05_05_2025_Breaches_Environment_and_Conflicts.gmi 
[05:43]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 05/05/2025: Breaches, Environment, and Conflicts
[05:45]	TR News	Liquidation https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/hudson-bay-liquidation-begins-toronto-flagship-1.7518676
[05:45]	TR Bot	 Liquidation begins at remaining Hudson's Bay stores, including Toronto flagship | CBC News
[05:45]	TR News	access to information request https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/medical-records-privacy-breach-dalhousie-university-health-1.7517812"
[05:45]	TR Bot	 She only learned her privacy had been breached by filing an access to information request | CBC News
[05:46]	TR News	Tree::DAG_Node V 1.34 uploaded to CPAN https://blogs.perl.org/users/ron_savage/2025/04/treedag-node-v-134-uploaded-to-cpan.html
[05:46]	TR Bot	V 1.34 uploaded to CPAN | Ron Savage [blogs.perl.org]
[05:47]	TR News	Winner, Name that Ware March 2025 https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/2025/winner-name-that-ware-march-2025/ Name that Ware, April 2025 https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/2025/name-that-ware-april-2025/
[05:47]	TR Bot	 Winner, Name that Ware March 2025 bunnie's blog
[05:47]	TR Bot	 Name that Ware, April 2025 bunnie's blog
[05:48]	TR News	UPC is illegal and this event is run by Microsoft et al to sell monopolies as a "law" http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/04/fordham-32-post-2-judicial-landscape.html
[05:48]	TR Bot	 Fordham 32 (Post 2): Judicial Landscape, the UPC and BSH v Electrolux - The IPKat
[05:48]	TR News	Pure propaganda from oligarchs and lawyers who lick their toes http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/04/world-ip-day-2025-feeling-beat-of-ip.html
[05:48]	TR Bot	 World IP Day 2025: Feeling the beat of IP! - The IPKat
[05:49]	TR News	Impact of LLM scrapers and plagiarism http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/04/paws-off-new-licensing-terms-for-ipkat.html
[05:49]	TR Bot	 Paws off! New licensing terms for IPKat content - The IPKat
[05:50]	TR News	Clown computing as a bubble https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-05-01/amazon-forecasts-quarterly-revenue-largely-above-estimates
[05:50]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-05-01/amazon-forecasts-quarterly-revenue-largely-above-estimates )
[05:51]	TR News	Bezos oligarchy https://scheerpost.com/2025/04/30/amazon-wont-display-tariff-costs-after-trump-whines-to-bezos/ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/25/The_Fall_of_Corporate_Media_Controlled_by_Oligarchs_Who_Boost_o.shtml
[05:51]	TR Bot	 Amazon Wont Display Tariff Costs After Trump Whines to Bezos
[05:51]	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
[05:51]	TR News	Italy Shows How Amazon Can Be Forced to Bargain: Shut Down Its Distribution https://truthout.org/articles/italy-shows-how-amazon-can-be-forced-to-bargain-shutting-down-its-distribution/
[05:51]	TR Bot	 Italy Shows How Amazon Can Be Forced to Bargain: Shut Down Its Distribution | Truthout
[05:52]	TR News	Cheeto Mussolinis Tussle With Amazon Reveals Tariff Vulnerability https://www.usnews.com/news/u-s-news-decision-points/articles/2025-04-30/trumps-tussle-with-amazon-reveals-tariff-vulnerability
[05:52]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/u-s-news-decision-points/articles/2025-04-30/trumps-tussle-with-amazon-reveals-tariff-vulnerability )
[05:52]	TR News	Amazon Bends to Cheeto Mussolini, Denies It Planned to Post US Tariff Costs on Website https://truthout.org/articles/amazon-bends-to-trump-denies-it-planned-to-post-us-tariff-costs-on-website/
[05:52]	TR Bot	 Amazon Bends to Trump, Denies It Planned to Post US Tariff Costs on Website | Truthout
[05:53]	TR News	The Tax Debate: Whats In it for Jeff Bezos and Amazon CEO Andrew Jassy https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/04/29/the-tax-debate-whats-in-it-for-jeff-bezos-and-amazon-ceo-andrew-jassy/
[05:53]	TR Bot	Tax Debate: What's In it for Jeff Bezos and Amazon CEO Andrew Jassy - CounterPunch.org
[05:53]	TR News	Some Amazon Sellers Are Pulling Out of Prime Day Amid Cheeto Mussolini Tariffs https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-04-28/exclusive-some-amazon-sellers-are-pulling-out-of-prime-day-amid-trump-tariffs
[05:53]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-04-28/exclusive-some-amazon-sellers-are-pulling-out-of-prime-day-amid-trump-tariffs )
[05:54]	TR News	specific brain cells that enable intelligent behaviour https://theconversation.com/how-we-discovered-specific-brain-cells-that-enable-intelligent-behaviour-254233
[05:54]	TR Bot	 How we discovered specific brain cells that enable intelligent behaviour
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[05:54]	TR News	bring nature back to cities https://theconversation.com/how-dandelions-conquered-concrete-to-bring-nature-back-to-cities-254849
[05:54]	TR Bot	 How dandelions conquered concrete to bring nature back to cities
[05:55]	TR News	How the UKs microchip industry is bouncing back after a quarter of a century https://theconversation.com/how-the-uks-microchip-industry-is-bouncing-back-after-a-quarter-of-a-century-253772
[05:55]	TR Bot	 How the UKs microchip industry is bouncing back after a quarter of a century
[05:56]	TR News	"submarines" is an understatement http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/04/guest-post-appeals-from-ipec-costs.html
[05:56]	TR Bot	 [Guest Post] Appeals from the IPEC - costs, fairness and submarines - The IPKat
[05:57]	TR News	Necros http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/04/is-it-deceptive-to-use-designers-name.html
[05:57]	TR Bot	 Is it deceptive to use a designers name in a trade mark if the designer is no longer with the company? - The IPKat
[05:58]	TR News	EUIPO rules in favour of Mercedes-Benz in radiator grille EUTM appeal (R 2316/2024-1) http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/04/euipo-rules-in-favour-of-mercedes-benz.html EUIPO and its tribunals are extremely corrupt, it's EU corruption that EU is unwilling to investigate http://techrights.org/wiki/EUIPO/
[05:58]	TR Bot	 EUIPO rules in favour of Mercedes-Benz in radiator grille EUTM appeal (R 2316/2024-1) - The IPKat
[05:58]	TR Bot	 EUIPO
[05:59]	TR News	zero growth in 2025 https://www.dw.com/en/germany-expects-zero-growth-in-2025-blames-trump-tariffs/a-72338707
[05:59]	TR Bot	expects zero growth in 2025, blames Trump tariffs DW 04/24/2025
● May 05
[06:00]	TR News	cognitive decline https://www.dw.com/en/uk-studies-link-contaminated-air-to-cognitive-decline/a-72354328
[06:00]	TR Bot	studies link contaminated air to cognitive decline DW 04/25/2025
[06:02]	TR News	Penalising people who reject spying any time they pay https://www.dw.com/en/can-germany-ditch-its-1-and-2-cent-coins/a-72216366
[06:02]	TR Bot	Germany ditch its 1 and 2-cent coins? DW 04/25/2025
[06:07]	TR News	 (NEW):  Review: CachyOS 250330 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/05/Review_CachyOS_250330.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/05/Review_CachyOS_250330.gmi 
[06:07]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Review: CachyOS 250330
[06:12]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/05/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/05/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi 
[06:12]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software
[06:13]	TR News	Cheeto Mussolinis attacks on media tests US First Amendment press freedom https://www.dw.com/en/trump-s-attacks-on-media-tests-us-first-amendment-press-freedom/a-72359073
[06:13]	TR Bot	attacks on media test US press freedom rules DW 05/02/2025
[06:14]	TR News	 (NEW):  9 of the best atomic or immutable Linux distributions https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/05/9_of_the_best_atomic_or_immutable_Linux_distributions.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/05/9_of_the_best_atomic_or_immutable_Linux_distributions.gmi 
[06:14]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines 9 of the best atomic or immutable Linux distributions
[06:14]	TR News	Virginia Giuffre https://www.dw.com/en/epstein-accuser-virginia-giuffre-takes-own-life/a-72358685 http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/15/Meme_Well_He_s_Dead_So_Bill_Gates_Tells_the_Media_Which_He_Pays.shtml
[06:14]	TR Bot	accuser Virginia Giuffre takes own life DW 04/26/2025
[06:14]	TR Bot	 Techrights [Meme] "Well, Hes Dead So," Bill Gates Tells the Media (Which He Pays) About His Close Friend Jeffrey Epstein
[06:17]		*IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@2f23pkmaifejk.irc) has joined #techrights
[06:21]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, I replied to AOC (the congresswoman from New York):
[06:22]	IsambardPrince	"CNBC had a list of degrees that lead to the lowest salaries.
[06:22]	IsambardPrince	Early Childhood Education started out at $42,000 and Theology started at $60,000.
[06:22]	IsambardPrince	When you pay people almost $20,000 more to bullshit people than to teach them, you can't expect to live in a very good society or country."
[06:22]	TR News	Is driving becoming a luxury in Germany? https://www.dw.com/en/is-driving-becoming-a-luxury-in-germany/a-72272097
[06:22]	TR Bot	driving becoming a luxury in Germany? DW 04/28/2025
[06:24]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, Meanwhile on Reddit, I posted:
[06:24]	IsambardPrince	"I might be arrested, should I intentionally encounter federal officials at the airport?" is the best one today. OP wins.
[06:27]	TR News	Brazilian study links ultraprocessed foods to early death https://www.dw.com/en/brazilian-study-links-ultraprocessed-foods-to-early-death/a-72376669
[06:27]	TR Bot	study links ultraprocessed foods to early death DW 04/28/2025
[06:29]	TR News	How protest music fueled a movement https://www.dw.com/en/vietnam-war-how-protest-music-fueled-a-movement/a-72321527
[06:29]	TR Bot	War: How protest music fueled a movement DW 04/29/2025
[06:31]	TR News	US study links everyday plastics to heart disease https://www.dw.com/en/us-study-links-everyday-plastics-to-heart-disease/a-72379367
[06:31]	TR Bot	study links everyday plastics to heart disease DW 04/29/2025
[06:32]	TR News	3 month's silence https://www.howtogeek.com/author/david-mckay/
[06:32]	TR Bot	 Dave McKay | How-To Geek
[06:36]	TR News	"From desktops to supercomputers, Linux is the OS of choice for scientists." https://www.howtogeek.com/why-linux-rules-the-world-of-science/
[06:36]	TR Bot	 Why Linux Rules the World of Science
[06:37]	TR News	How to Install and Optimize Obsidian on Linux https://www.howtogeek.com/how-to-install-and-optimize-obsidian-on-linux/
[06:37]	TR Bot	 How to Install and Optimize Obsidian on Linux
[06:38]	IsambardPrince	ERROR: [generic] Got HTTP Error 403 caused by Cloudflare anti-bot challenge; see  https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#impersonation  for how to install the required impersonation dependency, and try again with  --extractor-args "generic:impersonate"
[06:38]	TR Bot	- yt-dlp/yt-dlp: A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader
[06:38]	IsambardPrince	FUCKING CLOUDFLARE!
[06:38]	darwin	so LGNUBTQIA2* is becoming a major social force?
[06:38]	TR News	"The latest version of Ubuntu always brings something new, but should you get excited this time around?" https://www.howtogeek.com/everything-new-in-ubuntu-25-04/
[06:38]	TR Bot	 Here's Everything New in Ubuntu 25.04 'Plucky Puffin'
[06:39]	TR News	"Nvidia is known for being somewhat tricky on Linux, but is that reputation earned or exaggerated?" https://www.howtogeek.com/nvidia-drivers-on-linux-what-you-need-to-know/
[06:39]	TR Bot	 Nvidia Drivers on Linux: What You Need to Know
[06:42]	TR News	Everything You Need to Build a Custom NAS Box https://www.howtogeek.com/everything-you-need-to-build-a-custom-nas-box/
[06:42]	TR Bot	 Everything You Need to Build a Custom NAS Box
[06:43]	TR News	"This is why you need to visit your distro's forums from time to time." https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-install-took-eight-hours-missed-this-simple-fix/
[06:43]	TR Bot	 My Linux Install Took 8 Hours Because I Missed This Simple Fix
[06:43]	TR News	3 Reasons to Replace Your NAS' OS (and 3 Reasons Not To) https://www.howtogeek.com/reasons-to-replace-your-nas-os/
[06:43]	TR Bot	 3 Reasons to Replace Your NAS' OS (and 3 Reasons Not To)
[06:44]	TR News	"Want to build your own mini HTPC with Linux? This guide will get you started." https://www.howtogeek.com/how-to-build-an-htpc-with-linux-and-a-mini-pc/
[06:44]	TR Bot	 How to Build an HTPC With Linux and a Mini PC
[06:45]	TR News	7 Settings I Change After Installing Ubuntu https://www.howtogeek.com/settings-i-change-after-installing-ubuntu/
[06:45]	TR Bot	 7 Settings I Change After Installing Ubuntu
[06:46]	TR News	Albanian forest crisis https://www.dw.com/en/italy-s-appetite-for-wood-fuels-albanian-forest-crisis/a-72384406
[06:46]	TR Bot	appetite for wood fuels Albanian forest crisis DW 04/29/2025
[06:48]	TR News	How secure is the critical infrastructure in Germany? https://www.dw.com/en/how-secure-is-the-critical-infrastructure-in-germany/a-72389328
[06:48]	TR Bot	secure is Germany's critical infrastructure? DW 04/29/2025
[06:50]		*oarion7 has quit (Quit: Running IRC on a charmed medieval abacus.)
[06:55]	TR News	death of author Alexandra Frhlich https://www.dw.com/en/germany-police-probe-death-of-author-alexandra-frhlich/a-72384438
[06:55]	TR Bot	Police probe death of author Alexandra Frhlich DW 04/29/2025
[06:56]	TR News	Docker vs. Virtual Machines Whats Best for Your Homelab? https://www.howtogeek.com/docker-vs-virtual-machines-whats-best-for-your-homelab/
[06:56]	TR Bot	 Docker vs. Virtual Machines Whats Best for Your Homelab?
[06:57]	TR News	"Ubuntu and KDE Plasma might be the open source match you've been looking for." https://www.howtogeek.com/what-is-kubuntu-linux/
[06:57]	TR Bot	 What Is Kubuntu Linux, and Should You Use It?
[06:57]	TR News	Tariffs https://www.howtogeek.com/pre-order-the-framework-laptop-12-starting-today/
[06:57]	TR Bot	 Framework's Laptop 12 Pre-orders Start Today, But Not in the US
[06:58]	TR News	The 34-Year-Old AmigaOS 3 Just Got a Surprise Update https://www.howtogeek.com/amigaos-3-update/
[06:58]	TR Bot	 The 34-Year-Old AmigaOS 3 Just Got a Surprise Update
● May 05
[07:04]	TR News	"10 tricks to supercharge your new Fedora installation!" https://www.howtogeek.com/things-you-should-do-right-after-installing-fedora-linux/
[07:04]	TR Bot	 10 Things You Should Do Right After Installing Fedora Linux
[07:05]	TR News	"Which popular Linux distro is meant for you?" https://www.howtogeek.com/5-popular-linux-distros-and-who-theyre-meant-for/
[07:05]	TR Bot	 5 Popular Linux Distributions and Who They're Meant For
[07:05]	TR News	"A Linux distribution comes in all shapes and sizes." https://www.howtogeek.com/most-unconventional-linux-distributions/
[07:05]	TR Bot	 5 of the Most Unconventional Linux Distributions
[07:06]	TR News	EU top court rules Malta's 'golden passport' scheme illegal https://www.dw.com/en/eu-top-court-rules-malta-s-golden-passport-scheme-illegal/a-72387585
[07:06]	TR Bot	top court rules Malta's 'golden passport' scheme illegal DW 04/29/2025
[07:06]	TR News	Amnesty International warns global human rights are at risk https://www.dw.com/en/amnesty-international-warns-global-human-rights-are-at-risk/a-72379029
[07:06]	TR Bot	Human rights at risk worldwide DW 04/29/2025
[07:07]	TR News	bold promises burst https://www.dw.com/en/100-days-of-trump-us-recession-looms-as-bold-promises-burst/a-72374395
[07:07]	TR Bot	days of Trump: US recession looms as bold promises burst DW 04/29/2025
[07:07]	IsambardPrince	<techrights-news> Techrights SUSE the Company Now Uses LLM Slop to 'Write' Its Blog, What Does That Tell Us About SUSE? https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/05/SUSE_the_Company_Now_Uses_LLM_Slop_to_Write_Its_Blog_What_Does_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/05/SUSE_the_Company_Now_Uses_LLM_Slop_to_Write_Its_Blog_What_Does_.gmi 
[07:07]	TR Bot	 Techrights SUSE the Company Now Uses LLM Slop to 'Write' Its Blog, What Does That Tell Us About SUSE?
[07:07]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz-pi, OpenSUSE is worse off.
[07:07]	TR News	Murder mystery: Who was best-selling author Alexandra Frhlich? https://www.dw.com/en/murder-mystery-who-was-best-selling-author-alexandra-frhlich/a-72395735
[07:07]	TR Bot	was murdered best-selling novelist Alexandra Frhlich? DW 04/30/2025
[07:08]	IsambardPrince	The current corporate entity doesn't really care about it or what they'll do, and they can't find volunteers that want to rebase on "ALP" and brain damage Linux.
[07:09]	TR News	US economy shrinks by unexpected 0.3% https://www.dw.com/en/us-economy-shrinks-by-unexpected-0-3/a-72399375
[07:09]	TR Bot	economy shrinks by unexpected 0.3% DW 04/30/2025
[07:26]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz-pi, Unexpected?
[07:32]	IsambardPrince	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granny_dumping
[07:32]	TR Bot	 Granny dumping - Wikipedia
[07:35]	darwin	IsambardPrince, there are Christian territs: some/much African Christianity is stuck in Dark Ages through 1700s thinking and still does witch-hunts/killings
[07:35]	darwin	which mixed with a lot of previous culture about witchcraft, like kill certain people to either get or prevent magic
[07:37]	darwin	'terrists'.  In general, it's over elsewhere except a few rare ultraconservatives advocating same
[07:37]	darwin	which is psychological terrism
[07:37]	darwin	same as with threatening Hell, etc.
● May 05
[08:25]	IsambardPrince	Now they're remaking Lilo & Stitch.
[08:25]	IsambardPrince	This needs to stop.
[08:34]	schestowitz[TR2]	do they?
[08:34]	schestowitz[TR2]	url?
[08:35]	IsambardPrince	https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lilo_and_stitch_2025
[08:35]	TR Bot	 Lilo & Stitch (2025) | Rotten Tomatoes
[08:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	ew
[08:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	we talked about it
[08:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	recycling past successes
[08:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	ruining their brand
[08:35]	IsambardPrince	Lilo & Stitch was a great animation.
[08:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	we spoke about it last month
[08:35]	IsambardPrince	Yes, squeezing juice out of a spent orange.
[08:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	maybe you blogged that part too
[08:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	remakes
[08:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	star wars
[08:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	flop!
[08:36]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], I liked Sanjuro more than Yojimbo, but they were both good. Sometimes there's room for a sequel.
[08:36]	IsambardPrince	But you should know when to quit and stop trying to milk it.
[08:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	wait till x-files
[08:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	the new x-files
[08:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	x-files redux
[08:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	x-files returns
[08:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	x-files the new generation
[08:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	with spyphones
[08:37]	schestowitz[TR2]	and iphones
[08:37]	schestowitz[TR2]	and "apps"
[08:37]	schestowitz[TR2]	and mulder saying "the cloud"
[08:37]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], The Original Trilogy Star Wars, theatrical cuts, were the best of the series.
[08:37]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_Mulder
[08:37]	TR Bot	 Fox Mulder - Wikipedia
[08:37]	IsambardPrince	The prequels could have been better had Lucas not cut out parts they shot to getthe runtime down for Revenge of the Sith.
[08:38]	IsambardPrince	And had the first one not had the pod racing scene.
[08:38]	IsambardPrince	And some other changes.
[08:38]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Duchovny
[08:38]	TR Bot	 David Duchovny - Wikipedia
[08:38]	schestowitz[TR2]	he vanished from the limelight it seems
[08:38]	schestowitz[TR2]	about a decade ago
[08:38]	schestowitz[TR2]	then came back 2020
[08:38]	schestowitz[TR2]	ish
[08:38]	schestowitz[TR2]	after 7 years hiatus
[08:39]	schestowitz[TR2]	maybe he ran low on moey
[08:39]	schestowitz[TR2]	*money
[08:39]	schestowitz[TR2]	like mike tyson
[08:40]	TR News	"EU citizenship no longer for sale" https://www.dw.com/en/eu-citizenship-no-longer-for-sale/a-72416965
[08:40]	TR Bot	citizenship no longer for sale DW 05/04/2025
[08:40]	IsambardPrince	I have the first three Indiana Jones movies but not Crystal Skull or this most recent one.
[08:40]	TR News	iophk: legal embezzlement instead of reinvesting the money into the company https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/anthropic-to-buy-back-employee-shares-at-61-5-billion-valuation/articleshow/120841177.cms ("Anthropic to buy back employee shares at $61.5 billion valuation: The Information") http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/15/OpenAI_If_OpenAI_Survives_Another_2_Years_It_ll_be_About_30_Bil.shtml
[08:40]	TR Bot	 Anthropic to buy back employee shares at $61.5 billion valuation: The Information - The Economic Times
[08:40]	TR Bot	 Techrights OpenAI: If OpenAI Survives Another 2 Years, It'll be About 30 Billion Dollars in Cumulative Losses/Debt
[08:41]	IsambardPrince	The last two are crap. The directing was bad, the scripts were bad, Harrison Ford has been way too old for a while.
[08:42]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], It's not just franchises, it's actors.
[08:42]	IsambardPrince	They milk actors past their prime.
[08:42]	IsambardPrince	Last Action Hero was almost a good movie.
[08:43]	TR News	"Trump Orders 100% Tariff On Movies Made Outside US" https://www.deccanchronicle.com/world/americas/trump-orders-100-tariff-on-movies-made-outside-us-1876974 forcing people not to see BETTER cultures of HAPPIER people (not on antidepressants)
[08:43]	TR Bot	 Trump Orders 100% Tariff On Movies Made Outside US
[08:43]	IsambardPrince	They should never have put in an animated cat at the end and "Humphrey Bogart".
[08:43]	TR News	"US: Trump announces 100% tariff on movies produced abroad" https://www.dw.com/en/us-trump-announces-100-tariff-on-movies-produced-abroad/a-72432458 killing people's ability to see a better life; what North Korea and Taliban would do...
[08:43]	TR Bot	Trump announces 100% tariff on movies produced abroad DW 05/05/2025
[08:44]	TR News	"Donald Trump Orders 100% Tariff On Movies Produced Outside US: Hollywood Being Devastated" https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/trump-orders-100-tariff-on-movies-produced-outside-us-8331661#publisher=newsstand This will not save Hollywood; Hollywood is NOT PRODUCING ANYTHING GOOD ANYMORE.
[08:44]	TR Bot	 Donald Trump Orders 100% Tariff On Movies Produced Outside US: Hollywood Being Devastated
[08:44]	schestowitz[TR2]	IsambardPrince: buy AGAISN, this time REMASTERED
[08:44]	schestowitz[TR2]	rent again
[08:45]	schestowitz[TR2]	with DRM
[08:45]	schestowitz[TR2]	then it 'expires'
[08:45]	TR News	"Trump Threatens 100% Tariff on Foreign-Made Films" https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-york/articles/2025-05-04/trump-threatens-100-tariff-on-foreign-made-films hilarious on many levels! Seems the GOP is afraid of people finding out cultures better than "US TALIBAN"
[08:45]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-york/articles/2025-05-04/trump-threatens-100-tariff-on-foreign-made-films )
[08:46]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], Tariffs aren't going to fix no talent.
[08:46]	TR News	"Donald Trump Wants 100% Tariff on U.S. Films Made Outside Country" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/donald-trump-movies-tariffs-hollywood-1235331166/ that will solve it!!! MAGA saved.
[08:46]	TR Bot	 Donald Trump Wants 100% Tariff on U.S. Films Made Outside Country
[08:46]	TR News	"Trump Falsely Claims Gas and Grocery Prices Are Down" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-gas-grocery-prices-pencils-dolls-1235331051/
[08:46]	TR Bot	 Trump Falsely Claims Gas and Grocery Prices Are Down
[08:46]	IsambardPrince	The US film industry is dying because of endless bad movies.
[08:47]	TR News	iophk: the real difference is that one is for interactive use and the other for scripting https://thenewstack.io/linux-an-introduction-to-user-management/ ("Linux: An Introduction to User Management")
[08:47]	TR Bot	 Linux: An Introduction to User Management - The New Stack
[08:47]	schestowitz[TR2]	IsambardPrince: yes, people lose a desire to watch\
[08:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	then
[08:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	theey lose a desire to check what's on
[08:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	then
[08:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	they forget this habitual activity of going to the films
[08:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	or they go
[08:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	then it's "meh"
[08:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	and they doon't bother again
[08:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	the last very good movied we watched was Captain America Winter whatever that was
[08:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	Soldier??
[08:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	it was 2014 or 2013
[08:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	then transformers was meh
[08:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	and many others after that
[08:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	the first guardians of the galaxy was ok
[08:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	and was 3d
[08:50]	schestowitz[TR2]	(ish
[08:50]	schestowitz[TR2]	not really 3d
[08:50]	schestowitz[TR2]	it's stereovision
[08:50]	schestowitz[TR2]	pedudo-stero
[08:50]	schestowitz[TR2]	pseudo-stereo
[08:51]	TR News	shortages
[08:51]	TR News	"Empty shelves? Tariffs are about to hit US shoppers in a variety of ways." https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2025/0503/tariffs-shoppers-shortages-price-hikes
[08:51]	TR Bot	shelves? Tariffs are about to hit US shoppers in a variety of ways. - CSMonitor.com
[08:52]	TR News	SANS pumping microsoft github (back doors) at an ostensible security site https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31910 ("Steganography Challenge") http://techrights.org/o/2019/07/14/blaming-canonical-for-github/
[08:52]	TR Bot	 Steganography Challenge - SANS Internet Storm Center
[08:52]	TR Bot	 GitHub is Microsoft's Proprietary Software and Centralised (Monopoly) Platform, But When Canonical's Account There Gets Compromised Suddenly It's Ubuntu's Fault?
[08:52]	TR News	"Understanding Trumps Budget Proposal - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/understanding-trumps-budget-proposal
[08:52]	TR Bot	 Understanding Trumps Budget Proposal - Paul Krugman
[08:52]	TR News	"Mozillas CEO weighs in on U.S. v. Google Josh Betz" https://josh.blog/2025/04/mozillas-ceo-weighs-in-on-u-s-v-google http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/03/Mozilla_on_Google_Conflict_of_Interest.shtml
[08:52]	TR Bot	 Mozillas CEO weighs in on U.S. v. Google Josh Betz
[08:52]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Mozilla on Google (Conflict of Interest)
[08:53]	TR News	"How to reduce the spread of crypto" [sic] https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/05/how-to-reduce-the-spread-of-crypto/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/03/05/Just_Because_Common_Currencies_Including_the_US_Dollars_Are_Con.shtml http://techrights.org/o/2023/06/18/no-such-thing-as-cryptocurrency/
[08:53]	TR Bot	 jwz: How to reduce the spread of crypto
[08:53]	TR Bot	 Techrights Just Because Common Currencies (Including the US Dollar) Are Considered Uncertain Doesn't Mean People Should Adopt Volatile Multi-Level (Pyramid) Schemes
[08:53]	TR Bot	 There is No Such Thing as 'Cryptocurrency' and Please Stop Referring to It as Cryptocurrency
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● May 05
[09:02]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], I said,
[09:02]	IsambardPrince	"ICE claimed that it could stop "ideas" from getting into the United States, then deleted the post.
[09:02]	IsambardPrince	A few weeks later, Trump says he'll put a 100% tax on foreign movies.
[09:02]	IsambardPrince	To "save the American film industry", which is "dying" for sure, but due to its own greed and propensity to put out really SHITTY movies.
[09:02]	IsambardPrince	A tax is not going to save the American film industry, but it might finish it.
[09:02]	IsambardPrince	Stanley Kubrick sometimes told actors "How about some better acting?"
[09:02]	IsambardPrince	How about some better movies?"
[09:02]	IsambardPrince	"In his announcement on the movie tax, Trump said that all foreign films are "propaganda".
[09:02]	IsambardPrince	What he means is that the United States, under a regime like North Korea's or Russia's, wants a monopoly on propaganda that its citizens are exposed to."
[09:07]	IsambardPrince	https://www.ebay.com/itm/127089037252
[09:07]	TR Bot	Lion King VHS Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection RARE | eBay
[09:07]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], The Lion King on VHS for $10,000.
[09:07]	schestowitz[TR2]	?
[09:07]	IsambardPrince	And it's not even factory sealed. :)
[09:07]	schestowitz[TR2]	haha
[09:07]	schestowitz[TR2]	asking price
[09:07]	schestowitz[TR2]	will anyone pay?
[09:07]	schestowitz[TR2]	you can list also
[09:07]	schestowitz[TR2]	for 10,001 dollars
[09:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	<IsambardPrince> "In his announcement on the movie tax, Trump said that all foreign films are "propaganda".
[09:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	unlike hollywood
[09:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://www.imdb.com/news/ni56648529/ https://eu.capecodtimes.com/story/news/2014/01/11/hollywood-figures-spied-for-cia/40953959007/
[09:08]	TR Bot	routinely recruits Hollywood stars as spies - IMDb
[09:08]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://eu.capecodtimes.com/story/news/2014/01/11/hollywood-figures-spied-for-cia/40953959007/ )
[09:09]	schestowitz[TR2]	IsambardPrince: british movies https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=f4KbJLpu7yo
[09:09]	TR Bot	 Making sure you're not a bot!
[09:09]	schestowitz[TR2]	Directed by: Ken Loach
[09:09]	schestowitz[TR2]	i spoke to him when i was 17 or 18
[09:11]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/07/operation-tinseltown-how-the-cia-manipulates-hollywood/491138/
[09:11]	TR Bot	 From 'Argo' to 'Homeland' to 'Zero Dark Thirty,' How the CIA Used Hollywood to Promote Itself - The Atlantic
[09:11]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://www.cia.gov/stories/story/hollywood-and-the-office-of-strategic-services/
[09:11]	TR Bot	 Hollywood and the Office of Strategic Services - CIA
[09:11]	schestowitz[TR2]	 Covert operations: How the CIA works with Hollywood - Listening Post (Feature)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYYXnTdObKI
[09:11]	TR Bot	https://invidious.tiekoetter.com/watch?v=kYYXnTdObKI
[09:11]	TR Bot	invidious.tiekoetter.com | Making sure you're not a bot!
[09:11]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/cia-hollywood-how-agency-shapes-film-and-television-tricia-jenkins
[09:11]	TR Bot	 "The CIA in Hollywood: How the Agency Shapes Film and Television," by Tricia Jenkins | Lawfare
[09:12]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/12/us/john-rizzo-dead.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2536630/From-Hollywood-stars-demanding-cocaine-waterboarding-terror-suspects-The-CIAs-lawyer-tells-new-book-three-decades-intelligence-agency.html
[09:12]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/12/us/john-rizzo-dead.html )
[09:12]	TR Bot	 CIA's top lawyer John Rizzo tells all in new book | Daily Mail Online
[09:13]	schestowitz[TR2]	oh, he died
[09:13]	schestowitz[TR2]	i forgot
[09:13]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/politicsnow/la-pn-hollywood-spies-20140110-story.html
[09:13]	TR Bot	 Hollywood figures spied for CIA, book asserts - Los Angeles Times
[09:13]	schestowitz[TR2]	they were making pro-torture films
[09:13]	schestowitz[TR2]	that belittled impact, utility, legality
[09:13]	schestowitz[TR2]	and then trump says:
[09:13]	schestowitz[TR2]	<IsambardPrince> "In his announcement on the movie tax, Trump said that all foreign films are "propaganda".
[09:13]	schestowitz[TR2]	look at the mirror, nazi
[09:16]	TR News	"Theyre also just as unhelpful as the staggering annual loss estimates spouted by rightsholders." https://torrentfreak.com/end-game-twitch-servers-among-hundreds-blocked-for-piracy-by-spanish-isps-250504/ | Source: Torrent Freak
[09:16]	TR Bot	Blocked For Piracy as LaLiga & ISPs Prioritize Football Over Everything * TorrentFreak
[09:16]	TR News	"Half. Half of the data Google uses to train its A.I. models was removed when publishers were made aware they could opt out." https://pxlnv.com/linklog/publisher-opt-outs-google-ai/ | Source: Nick Heer
[09:16]	TR Bot	 Publisher Opt-Outs Affected Half of Googles A.I. Training Pixel Envy
[09:20]	darwin	is LGNUBTQIA2* a major thing now?
[09:21]	IsambardPrince	Brandon Lobster thinks I'm some sort of gay Nazi.
[09:22]	IsambardPrince	Like Ernst Rohm I guess.
[09:24]	schestowitz[TR2]	there are false narratives out theree
[09:24]	schestowitz[TR2]	if you look at mastodon for example:
[09:24]	schestowitz[TR2]	http://techrights.org/n/2025/04/30/Techrights_Statement_The_Solution_is_Not_More_Censorship_or_Mov.shtml
[09:24]	TR Bot	 Techrights Techrights Statement: The Solution is Not More Censorship or Moving to Another Mastodon Instance, the Core Problem is Social Control Media Including Mastodon
[09:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	" this isn't about nazism or death threats or anything illegal"
[09:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	nazi became catch-all term
[09:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	so you lose track of actual nazis
[09:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-hitler-speeches-ivana-poisoning-blood-b2466500.html
[09:25]	TR Bot	 Ivana claims Trump kept Hitler quotes by bed in resurfaced interview | The Independent
[09:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	even women are now nazis, esp. feminists, apparently
[09:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	russia uses thee term to speak of many groups
[09:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	nazi nazi nazi
[09:25]	IsambardPrince	https://www.ebay.com/itm/385803362788
[09:25]	TR Bot	Artists : Godzilla: The Album (1998 Film) CD 74646933824| eBay
[09:26]	schestowitz[TR2]	nazi thiss, nazi that
[09:26]	IsambardPrince	Godzilla 1998 the soundtrack
[09:26]	schestowitz[TR2]	so you need a real world for actual Nazis
[09:26]	schestowitz[TR2]	with capital N
[09:26]	TR News	"CPB is not a federal executive agency subject to the Presidents authority. Congress directly authorized and funded CPB to be a private nonprofit corporation wholly independent of the federal government." https://cpb.org/pressroom/Corporation-Public-Broadcasting-Statement-Regarding-Executive-Order-Public-Media |
[09:26]	TR Bot	 Press Release | Corporation for Public Broadcasting Statement Regarding Executive Order on Public Media | CPB
[09:32]	TR News	"Watching conservatives set out to destroy public broadcasting is a tragedy. But I see today that NPR and PBS are spending significant resources on fawning profiles of far-right activists such as Steve Bannon and Chris Rufo." https://boingboing.net/2025/05/02/trump-executive-order-demands-end-to-npr-and-pbs-funding.html | Source: BoingBoing
[09:32]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2025/05/02/trump-executive-order-demands-end-to-npr-and-pbs-funding.html )
[09:32]	TR News	"U.S. fell from 55th to 57th place on RSFs World Press Freedom Index" https://truthout.org/articles/reporters-without-borders-sounds-alarm-on-us-press-freedom-under-trump/ | Source: TruthOut
[09:32]	TR Bot	 Reporters Without Borders Sounds Alarm on US Press Freedom Under Trump | Truthout
[09:33]	TR News	[Old] "The online edition of Nicaragua's oldest newspaper La Prensa on Thursday said its journalists, photographers and other staff had left the country for fear of being jailed" https://www.dw.com/en/staff-of-nicaragua-newspaper-la-prensa-newspaper-flee-abroad/a-62559924 | Source: Deutsche Welle
[09:33]	TR Bot	of Nicaragua newspaper La Prensa newspaper flee abroad DW 07/22/2022
[09:33]	TR News	"Nicaragua has withdrawn from the United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organization after UNESCO acknowledged the exiled La Prensa newspaper as part of the organization's press freedom awards." https://www.dw.com/en/nicaragua-leaves-unesco-after-exiled-newspaper-wins-award/a-72431357 | Source: Deutsche Welle
[09:33]	TR Bot	leaves UNESCO after exiled newspaper wins award DW 05/04/2025
[09:34]	TR News	"Four reporters from RFE/RL's Georgian Service are among those who have been fined, often receiving notifications of the penalties by text message" https://www.rferl.org/a/georgia-media-crackdown-journalists-rights/33401113.html | Source: RFERL
[09:34]	TR Bot	 World Press Freedom Day: Georgia's Media Crackdown Has Journalists 'Counting Our Last Months'
[09:39]	TR News	"Its a very dangerous experiment in speech restriction and the ability to peacefully protest" https://truthout.org/articles/midwest-activists-challenge-anti-boycott-laws-in-fight-for-free-speech/ | Source: TruthOut
[09:39]	TR Bot	 Midwest Activists Challenge Anti-Boycott Laws in Fight for Free Speech | Truthout
[09:39]	TR News	"He's underscoring that pledge even as federal law prohibits senior members of the executive branch from asking the Internal Revenue Service to conduct or terminate an audit or an investigation." https://www.deccanchronicle.com/world/americas/trump-re-ups-his-threat-to-strip-harvards-tax-exempt-status-1876574 | Source: Deccan Chronicle
[09:39]	TR Bot	 Trump Re-ups His Threat To Strip Harvard's Tax-Exempt Status
[09:39]	TR News	"In mid-April we learned about Bluesky censoring accounts as demanded by the government of Trkiye." https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/04/28/Censoring-Social-Media | Source: Tim Bray
[09:39]	TR Bot	 ongoing by Tim Bray Censoring Social Media
[09:40]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], I hear that some people are obsessed with VHS again.
[09:40]	IsambardPrince	I'm not exactly sure why.
● May 05
[10:25]	TR News	"The buyback programme comes at a time when many late-stage startups are struggling to balance valuations with internal morale" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/anthropic-to-buy-back-employee-shares-at-61-5-billion-valuation/articleshow/120841177.cms | Source: India Times
[10:25]	TR Bot	 Anthropic to buy back employee shares at $61.5 billion valuation: The Information - The Economic Times
[10:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	IsambardPrince: sarcastic?
[10:26]	TR News	"Hyper scale data centers bring few benefits to communities" https://futurism.com/small-towns-ai-data-centers | Source: Futurism
[10:26]	TR Bot	 Small Towns Are Rising Up Against AI Data Centers
[10:26]	schestowitz[TR2]	IsambardPrince: tuner is also ok
[10:26]	TR News	"That victim, David Balland, had co-founded a [cryptocurrency] firm, Ledger, valued at more than $1.0 billion." https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/2299849.html | Source: RTL
[10:26]	TR Bot	 RTL Today - Ransom demand in the millions: Kidnapped father of crypto-millionaire freed in French police raid
[10:27]	schestowitz[TR2]	last week i hard tuner over mumble from my inlaws
[10:27]	TR News	"The victim appears to be the father of a man who made his fortune in cryptocurrencies, with the crime involving a ransom demand" https://www.deccanchronicle.com/world/europe/french-police-free-kidnapped-father-of-crypto-millionaire-1876973 | Source: Deccan Chronicle
[10:27]	TR Bot	 French Police Free Kidnapped Father Of Crypto-Millionaire
[10:28]	TR News	"Britain plans to ban credit card purchases of [cryptocurrency] and tighten access to [cryptocurrency] lending, aiming to protect retail investors as it brings the sector under formal regulation." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/britain-to-bar-consumers-from-borrowing-to-buy-crypto-under-new-regime/articleshow/120855854.cms | Source: India Times
[10:28]	TR Bot	 Britain to bar consumers from borrowing to buy crypto under new regime - The Economic Times
[10:29]	TR News	"Testing also revealed elevated levels of arsenic, lead and mercury in the yards of three homes that survived the Eaton fire although these homeowners did not have the benefit of a federal cleanup." https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-05-04/the-government-wont-test-soil-on-properties-burned-in-the-la-fires-so-we-did-it-ourselves | Source: Los Angeles Times
[10:29]	TR Bot	 FEMA didn't test for toxic substances in the soil after Eaton, Palisades fires - Los Angeles Times
[10:29]	TR News	"Months after the fires, Los Angeles is beginning to rebuild, but current proposals dont address the citys long-standing housing issues." https://jacobin.com/2025/05/la-fires-singapore-public-housing/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine
[10:29]	TR Bot	 To Rebuild Post-Fire, Los Angeles Should Look to Singapore
[10:29]	TR News	"One of the common misconceptions about electric vehicles is that they're a net positive for the environment." https://futurism.com/electric-car-mining-leaching-chemicals | Source: Futurism
[10:29]	TR Bot	 Electric Car Battery Mining Operation Allegedly Hid Evidence It Was Leaching Dangerous Chemical Into Water System
[10:31]	TR News	"On April 8, 2025, President Hakainde Hichilema signed the Cyber Crime and Cyber Security bills into law. Yet, more than a week later, many Zambians remained unaware of the new legislation." https://www.lusakatimes.com/2025/05/05/we-learnt-about-new-cyber-law-through-the-us-embassy/ | Source: Lusaka ZM
[10:31]	TR Bot	 Zambia : We Learnt About New Cyber Law Through the US Embassy
[10:31]	TR News	"However, as some journalists noted, a banner at the bottom of the screen showed that Waltz was using a companion app made by a firm called TeleMessage" https://truthout.org/articles/waltz-reportedly-archived-signal-messages-on-israeli-intelligence-linked-app/ | Source: TruthOut
[10:31]	TR Bot	 Waltz Reportedly Archived Signal Messages on Israeli Intelligence-Linked App | Truthout
[10:31]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], VHS is really old and now people are collecting them.
[10:40]	schestowitz[TR2]	old is not bad
[10:40]	schestowitz[TR2]	linus is old
[10:40]	schestowitz[TR2]	but still a better programmer than some high schooler with shithub account
[10:41]	TR News	"The couriers, many of whom are banned from working because of their immigration status" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05/04/illegal-migrants-britain-easy-money-deliveroo-jobs/ | Source: The Telegraph UK
[10:41]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05/04/illegal-migrants-britain-easy-money-deliveroo-jobs/ )
[10:42]	TR News	"Tech giant Google is reportedly planning to allow children under 13 whose parents use Googles Family Link parental controls to access its Gemini AI chatbot." https://www.deccanchronicle.com/technology/google-to-allow-children-under-13-to-use-its-gemini-ai-1876827 | Source: Deccan Chronicle
[10:42]	TR Bot	 Google to Allow Children Under 13 to Use Its Gemini AI
[10:42]	TR News	"Rolling Stone reached out to Klein for a conversation about Trumps unique shock doctrine as well as his administrations confounding war on science and basic research." https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/naomi-klein-trump-musk-thiel-oligarchs-climate-science-1235330780/ | Source: Rolling Stone
[10:42]	TR Bot	 Naomi Klein Interview: Trump, Musk, Pandemic Rage, and Climate Denial
[10:42]	TR News	"His attack on the institution is threefold: He is using the mechanisms of justice to go after political opponents" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/05/trump-destroying-doj/682681/ | Source: The Atlantic
[10:42]	TR Bot	 Trump Is Destroying the DOJ - The Atlantic
[10:43]	TR News	"TikTok is a division of Chinese tech company ByteDance." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/china-denies-accessing-data-after-tiktok-hit-with-huge-eu-fine/articleshow/120874263.cms | Source: India Times
[10:43]	TR Bot	 China denies accessing data after TikTok hit with huge EU fine - The Economic Times
[10:43]	TR News	"TikTok is - it's very interesting, but it will be protected." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/trump-says-would-extend-tiktok-deadline-if-there-is-still-no-deal/articleshow/120874560.cms | Source: India Times
[10:43]	TR Bot	 Trump says would extend TikTok deadline if there is still no deal - The Economic Times
[10:50]	TR News	"The hack shows that an app gathering messages of the highest ranking officials in the government" https://www.404media.co/the-signal-clone-the-trump-admin-uses-was-hacked/ | Source: 404 Media
[10:50]	TR Bot	 The Signal Clone the Trump Admin Uses Was Hacked
[10:50]	TR News	"Unsurprisingly, regulators around the world have raised concerns about this whole idea of an upstart collecting and storing people's biometric data." https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/04/sam_altman_startup_world/ | Source: The Register UK
[10:50]	TR Bot	 Sam Altman's World brings biometric eyeball scans to US The Register
[10:51]	TR News	Windows TCO: "The UK will warn companies to treat cybersecurity as an "absolute priority" in the wake of attacks on retailers." https://techcentral.co.za/uk-cybersecurity-absolute-priority/263026/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)
[10:51]	TR Bot	 UK to warn companies that cybersecurity must be 'absolute priority' - TechCentral
[10:52]	TR News	"Several leaders who I follow have provided differing opinions on BlueSky." https://troypatterson.me/2025/05/04/thoughts-on-bluesky/ | Source: Troy Patterson
[10:52]	TR Bot	 Thoughts on BlueSky Troy Patterson
[10:52]	TR News	"The White House then reposted it on its official X account." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/new-york-cardinal-says-trump-ai-pope-image-wasnt-good/articleshow/120885049.cms | Source: India Times
[10:52]	TR Bot	 New York cardinal says Trump AI pope image 'wasn't good' - The Economic Times
[10:53]	TR News	"The irreverent posting drew instant outrage on X, including from Republicans against Trump" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/trump-posts-ai-generated-photo-of-himself-as-pope/articleshow/120854166.cms | Source: India Times
[10:53]	TR Bot	 Trump posts AI-generated photo of himself as pope - The Economic Times
[10:53]	TR News	"Not even the beloved World Science Fiction Convention, often known affectionately as Worldcon, is immune to the AI takeover." https://futurism.com/worldcon-ai-panelists | Source: Futurism
[10:53]	TR Bot	 Worldcon Is Getting Eviscerated for Using AI to Select Panelists
[10:54]	TR News	"The biggest site for nonconsensual deepfake porn on the internet says its shutting down and not coming back." https://www.404media.co/mr-deepfakes-the-biggest-deepfake-porn-site-on-the-internet-says-its-shutting-down-for-good/ | Source: 404 Media
[10:54]	TR Bot	 Mr. Deepfakes, the Biggest Deepfake Porn Site on the Internet, Says Its Shutting Down for Good
[10:54]	TR News	"This is how I explain adding in Anubis to others. There is a more detailed example, with Nginx configuration below." https://dan.langille.org/2025/05/03/implement-anubis-to-give-the-bots-a-harder-time/ | Source: Dan Langille
[10:54]	TR Bot	 Implement Anubis to give the bots a harder time Dan Langille's Other Diary
[10:55]	TR News	"Waymo analyzed the safety performance of its autonomous vehicles over the course of 56.7 million miles driven in Austin, Los Angeles, Phoenix, and San Francisco" https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/411522/self-driving-car-artificial-intelligence-autonomous-vehicle-safety-waymo-google | Source: Vox
[10:55]	TR Bot	study finds self-driving cars safer than human drivers | Vox
[10:58]	TR News	"create new content dramatically faster." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/04/duolingo-replaces-its-contractors-with-ai-courses-with-slop/ | Source: Pivot to AI
[10:58]	TR Bot	 Duolingo replaces its contractors with AI, courses with slop Pivot to AI
[10:58]	TR News	"This trap is obvious when you think about it for a few minutes. But it really hit home when I was tinkering with a logo design in ChatGPT and getting nowhere." https://lmika.org/2025/05/05/kind-of-realised-something-about.html | Source: Leon Mika
[10:58]	TR Bot	 The Alluring Trap Of Tying Your Fortunes To AI | Leon Mika
[10:59]	TR News	"Its becoming increasingly apparent that one of the reasons why tech companies are so enthusiastic about shoving AI into every product and service is that they fundamentally do not understand why people dislike AI." https://soatok.blog/2025/05/04/tech-companies-apparently-do-not-understand-why-we-dislike-ai/ | Source: Dhole Moments
[10:59]	TR Bot	 Tech Companies Apparently Do Not Understand Why We Dislike AI - Dhole Moments
● May 05
[11:01]	TR News	"The current LLM craze is also coming for the jobs of system administrators for the same reason; we're overhead, just like internal development at (most) non-tech companies" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/LLMsVersusOurJobs | Source: University of Toronto
[11:01]	TR Bot	 You're using a too-old browser
[11:12]	TR News	"all new Microsoft accounts will use passkeys" https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/04/security_news_in_brief/ | Source: The Register UK http://techrights.org/n/2025/05/02/Passkeys_Are_Vendor_Lock_in_and_Imperialism_Not_Security_So_Esc.shtml
[11:12]	TR Bot	 Passkeys are now the standard for new Microsoft accounts The Register
[11:12]	TR Bot	 Techrights Passkeys Are Vendor Lock-in and Imperialism, Not Security, So Escape Them Before They Latch Onto Your Workflows
[11:13]	TR News	"And the honeybees Peterson is setting up in northern Michigan are actually from Florida." https://michiganadvance.com/2025/05/03/florida-bees-hard-at-work-in-michigan-cherry-orchards/ | Source: Michigan Advance
[11:13]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://michiganadvance.com/2025/05/03/florida-bees-hard-at-work-in-michigan-cherry-orchards/ )
[11:14]	TR News	"task force made up of members from various federal departments" https://alabamareflector.com/2025/05/04/repub/technologists-welcome-executive-order-on-ai-in-schools-but-say-more-detail-is-needed/ | Source: Alabama Reflector
[11:14]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://alabamareflector.com/2025/05/04/repub/technologists-welcome-executive-order-on-ai-in-schools-but-say-more-detail-is-needed/ )
[11:15]	TR News	"What scientific things in Star Wars are just not scientific? I'm going to go over some of the more interesting ideas" https://www.wired.com/story/the-phony-physics-of-star-wars-are-a-blast/ | Source: Wired
[11:15]	TR Bot	Phony Physics of Star Wars Are a Blast | WIRED
[11:17]	TR News	"You are given a list of words containing alphabetic characters only." https://raku-musings.com/common-count.html | Source: Arne Sommer
[11:17]	TR Bot	 Common Count with Raku - Arne Sommer
[11:17]	TR News	"This blog is about the improved function, quicksummary in the Dyn4cast package." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/05/quicksummary-of-data-for-modeling-and-machine-learning/ | Source: Rlang
[11:17]	TR Bot	of data for modeling and Machine Learning | R-bloggers
[11:19]	TR News	 (NEW):   Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/05/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/05/Programming_Leftovers.gmi 
[11:19]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Programming Leftovers
[11:19]	TR News	"Linux kernel developers target outdated CPU support, with major code cleanup and a push for streamlined x86 architecture support" https://linuxiac.com/linux-kernel-to-drop-support-for-legacy-i486-and-early-586-cpus/ | Source: Linuxiac
[11:19]	TR Bot	 Linux Kernel to Drop Support for Legacy i486 and Early 586 CPUs
[11:22]	TR News	"Look, Im not going to justify this experiment. It makes no sense that it pleases me that my websites html/css/js is pretty when you pull up the source. So thats it." https://alan.norbauer.com/articles/dying-for-beauty/ |
[11:22]	TR Bot	 Dying for Beauty | Alan Norbauer
[11:22]	TR News	"In fact, it's not especially even hard to run a DNS server." https://simonsafar.com/2025/running_dns/ | Source: Simon Safar
[11:22]	TR Bot	Can Run a DNS Server - simonsafar.com
[11:22]	TR News	[Old] "Its no secret that most consumer routers ship with software thats flaky at best, and prohibitively insecure at worst." https://www.azabani.com/2015/08/06/modern-openbsd-home-router.html |
[11:22]	TR Bot	modern OpenBSD home router | delan azabani
[11:23]	TR News	How To Install VLC Media Player on Fedora 42 https://idroot.us/install-vlc-media-player-fedora-42/
[11:23]	TR Bot	 How To Install VLC Media Player on Fedora 42 - idroot
[11:24]	TR News	How To Install Stable Diffusion on Linux Mint 22 https://idroot.us/install-stable-diffusion-linux-mint-22/
[11:24]	TR Bot	 How To Install Stable Diffusion on Linux Mint 22 - idroot
[11:24]	TR News	How To Install Varnish on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-varnish-ubuntu-24-04/
[11:24]	TR Bot	 How To Install Varnish on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - idroot
[11:24]	TR News	How To Install Linkwarden on Manjaro https://idroot.us/install-linkwarden-manjaro/
[11:24]	TR Bot	 How To Install Linkwarden on Manjaro - idroot
[11:25]	TR News	How To Install Vivaldi Browser on Fedora 42 https://idroot.us/install-vivaldi-browser-fedora-42/
[11:25]	TR Bot	 How To Install Vivaldi Browser on Fedora 42 - idroot
[11:26]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today's HowTos   https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/05/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/05/today_s_howtos.gmi 
[11:26]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines today's howtos
[11:28]	TR News	 (NEW):  Last Month From HowTo Geek and Bunnie Huang https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/05/Last_Month_From_HowTo_Geek_and_Bunnie_Huang.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/05/Last_Month_From_HowTo_Geek_and_Bunnie_Huang.gmi 
[11:28]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Last Month From HowTo Geek and Bunnie Huang
[11:28]	TR News	I tried Hannah Montana Linux in 2025 - heres how it went https://www.xda-developers.com/i-tried-hannah-montana-linux-in-2025/
[11:28]	TR Bot	 I tried Hannah Montana Linux in 2025 - heres how it went
[11:28]	TR News	Techrights Links 05/05/2025: US Economy Shrinks, US Presidency Spreading Deepfakes https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/05/Links_05_05_2025_US_Economy_Shrinks_US_Presidency_Spreading_Dee.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/05/Links_05_05_2025_US_Economy_Shrinks_US_Presidency_Spreading_Dee.gmi 
[11:28]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 05/05/2025: US Economy Shrinks, US Presidency Spreading Deepfakes
[11:30]	TR News	Wifislax Slackware-based live distribution https://www.linuxlinks.com/wifislax-slackware-based-live-distribution/
[11:30]	TR Bot	- Slackware-based live distribution - LinuxLinks
[11:34]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], Yeah, but DVDs are really cheap and even those work a lot better than VHS.
[11:34]	IsambardPrince	So they picked an odd thing to get into.
[11:34]	TR News	The real issue here is that Microsoft transmits malware to Linux machines, but the press wants people to think it's something wrong in Linux rather than Microsoft "neglect" (at best) https://securityaffairs.com/177411/malware/malicious-go-modules-designed-to-wipe-linux-systems.html
[11:34]	TR Bot	 Malicious Go Modules designed to wipe Linux systems
[11:34]	IsambardPrince	You know, tape noise, rewinding, degradation, bulky, low res.
[11:34]	TR News	 (NEW):  Huawei unveils MateBook X Pro 2024 Linux Edition notebook https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/05/Huawei_unveils_MateBook_X_Pro_2024_Linux_Edition_notebook.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/05/Huawei_unveils_MateBook_X_Pro_2024_Linux_Edition_notebook.gmi 
[11:34]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Huawei unveils MateBook X Pro 2024 Linux Edition notebook
[11:35]	IsambardPrince	Small CRT televisions actually did a really good job covering this up, in retrospect.
[11:35]	IsambardPrince	On modern high def TVs, even DVD has trouble.
[11:35]	IsambardPrince	Tapes are really not meant for TVs like the ones we have now.
[11:35]	IsambardPrince	DVD got production costs down for the studios too.
[11:36]	IsambardPrince	There were more shipping costs, more plastic and material, etc. to make each tape.
[11:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	<IsambardPrince> So they picked an odd thing to get into.
[11:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	tapes do not have crc errors per se
[11:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	they might work for 200 years, i think
[11:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	maybe not good picture
[11:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	acrylic stuff would fail
[11:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	and recovery from bumbs and wear wwwould be hard
[11:37]	IsambardPrince	Right, humidity and heat.
[11:37]	schestowitz[TR2]	that''s why backup tapes are still common
[11:37]	IsambardPrince	They start separating.
[11:37]	schestowitz[TR2]	they are cheap iand in some sense might last longer
[11:37]	schestowitz[TR2]	put it in good storage
[11:37]	schestowitz[TR2]	and not lie... ain the kitchen above your kettle
[11:37]	schestowitz[TR2]	*like
[11:38]	IsambardPrince	I have DVDs that are 27 years old and still play.
[11:39]	schestowitz[TR2]	acrylic has its limits
[11:39]	IsambardPrince	Kids movies tend to be scratched up the worst. Those are a total loss more often than a Criterion disc because adults with quite a bit of money buy movies that would bore a kid to tears.
[11:39]	schestowitz[TR2]	iirc, in most ways ssssd or similar are worse
[11:39]	IsambardPrince	And adults like this are not usually hard on their stuff.
[11:39]	schestowitz[TR2]	esp. if you neglect them for a while
[11:39]	schestowitz[TR2]	no power
[11:41]	IsambardPrince	Laser rot is still a thing.
[11:41]	IsambardPrince	If they ran a bad batch of discs.
[11:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	the old film projectors were simple
[11:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	so simple you can probably 3d print one
[11:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	at home
[11:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	it just beams light
[11:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	thhrough a strip
[11:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	i see some iin the market sometimes
[11:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	but maybe the rotation would not work
[11:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	it's like 70s/80s machinery
[11:42]	IsambardPrince	You can probably still get super 8 film.
[11:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	even in the 90s i could not get my dad's roll moving
[11:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	and the spirals of films were hard to play
[11:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	if you wanted to see his childhood on film
[11:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	formats are a;wayus an issue, but now the change is more rapid\
[11:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	lesss than 10 years
[11:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	you said they "officially"
[11:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	 stopped blu-ray
[11:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	how long has it been around, since 2007?
[11:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	not even 20 years
[11:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	aand worse for hd-dvd
[11:48]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], They haven't officially stopped making Blu Ray players.
[11:48]	IsambardPrince	There's still a ton of new releases.
[11:48]	IsambardPrince	But there's less brands, less models, for the players.
[11:49]	IsambardPrince	They just keep making players that came out in 2016 or so.
[11:49]	IsambardPrince	I suppose it's all you really need.
[11:50]	IsambardPrince	Criterion is giving a Blu Ray in every UHD Blu Ray they sell.
[11:50]	IsambardPrince	I think that says something.
[11:50]	IsambardPrince	With Blu Ray, they only give you the BD.
[11:50]	IsambardPrince	With DVD, it's just the DVD.
[11:50]	IsambardPrince	Many people hand off the DVD that comes in those combo packs to a friend or something.
[11:51]	IsambardPrince	I think Criterion is hedging on the UHD Blu Ray because they only started doing those releases in November of 2021, and they're handing you a Blu Ray in case they stop making UHD players I guess?
[11:51]	IsambardPrince	So they don't have angry customers with huge libraries of discs that won't play at all.
[11:51]	IsambardPrince	:)
[11:52]	TR News	Golden Week 2025 gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/nm03/2025/MAY2025/entry-1
[11:52]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], I think standard Blu Ray has enough users that someone will sell players for years to come.
[11:52]	IsambardPrince	Walmart has a house brand Blu Ray player now.
[11:52]	IsambardPrince	So if nothing else, you could use that one.
[11:53]	IsambardPrince	There's a lot of use cases where streaming wouldn't work even if you wanted it.
[11:53]	TR News	"How small can a virtual machine get before dwindling into a fully esoteric state (like FlipJump, BytePusher, Subleq or even my own NRJ16)?" gopher://hoi.st:70/0/posts/2025-05-05-the-anatomy-of-a-tiny-vm.txt
[11:54]	IsambardPrince	I'm glad people broke the encryption on Blu Ray so there will at least be something if they fuck us and stop making players.
[11:55]	TR News	My Dygma Raise 2 keyboard review gemini://gmi.bacardi55.io/2025/05/04/my-dygma-raise-2-keyboard-review/
[11:56]	TR News	"Each time I do a re-install, I update these notes as I go while using them as a reference. I'm finding this activity teaches me a great deal. I plan on doing this regularly to keep me engaged with my tools." gemini://gmi.zkbro.com/gemlog/2025-05-04-setting-up-debian-and-gnome-de.gmi
[11:56]	TR News	SpellBinding: EFKLOYW Wordo: BUSED gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-05-05.gmi
[11:58]	TR News	'Tastefully Yours' gemini://gemini.kpopify.me/Le_casting_de_Tastefully_Yours_sinvite_dans_Amazing_Saturday_.gmi
[11:59]	TR News	My keyboard journey lead me to the Dygma Raise 2 gemini://gmi.bacardi55.io/2025/05/03/my-keyboard-journey-lead-me-to-the-dygma-raise-2/
● May 05
[12:00]	TR News	"Hi, New to this and just testing a script to post from the CLI. I promise I won't pollute the pub. Greetings all." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2608
[12:00]	TR News	"This is a proper post from the CLI." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2607
[12:01]	TR News	Planning cycle routes in Washington DC gemini://republic.circumlunar.space/users/johngodlee/posts/2025-05-03-dc_bike_routes.gmi
[12:02]	TR News	"A colleague had a list of plant species names from a regional checklist they have compiled. They wanted to add a description of the growth form to each species, but with over 2000 species it was becoming laborious to look up each species individually online." gemini://republic.circumlunar.space/users/johngodlee/posts/2025-04-26-life_form.gmi
[12:04]	TR News	"Originally slated for release in early 2025, the launch has been postponed to later this year to allow for further enhancements and to address integration challenges." gemini://mygemini.space/gemlogs/10/posts/34 yet more false promises and vapourware http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/15/OpenAI_If_OpenAI_Survives_Another_2_Years_It_ll_be_About_30_Bil.shtml
[12:04]	TR Bot	 Techrights OpenAI: If OpenAI Survives Another 2 Years, It'll be About 30 Billion Dollars in Cumulative Losses/Debt
[12:04]	TR News	"Welcome, Simple Articles aims to give you simple, straightforward news on whats happening in tech. Simple Articles sources stories from well established sites, but in good faith by linking directly to the source." gemini://mygemini.space/gemlogs/10/posts/31
[12:05]	TR News	And still no proper keyboard normal people can get real work done on. "The foldable iPad is expected to feature an expansive 18.8-inch display when unfolded, positioning it as a potential hybrid between a tablet and a laptop." gemini://mygemini.space/gemlogs/10/posts/32
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[12:14]	IsambardPrince	https://www.ebay.com/itm/365582190687
[12:14]	TR Bot	Wind Rises [Blu-ray + DVD] 786936840322| eBay
[12:14]	IsambardPrince	That's a good one.
[12:14]	IsambardPrince	Fair price too.
[12:20]	TR News	GNU/Linux Above 7% in Bulgaria, Rising Just Like in Most of Europe (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/04/GNU_Linux_Above_7_in_Bulgaria_Rising_Just_Like_in_Most_of_Europ.shtml
[12:20]	TR Bot	 Techrights GNU/Linux Above 7% in Bulgaria, Rising Just Like in Most of Europe
[12:20]	TR News	Data Shows Largest EU Economies Shifting to GNU/Linux (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/02/Data_Shows_Largest_EU_Economies_Shifting_to_GNU_linux.shtml
[12:20]	TR Bot	 Techrights Data Shows Largest EU Economies Shifting to GNU/Linux
[12:20]	TR News	Techrights Gemini Links 05/05/2025: Debian and GNOME and a "Welcome to Simple Articles" https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/05/Gemini_Links_05_05_2025_Debian_and_GNOME_and_a_Welcome_to_Simpl.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/05/Gemini_Links_05_05_2025_Debian_and_GNOME_and_a_Welcome_to_Simpl.gmi 
[12:20]	TR Bot	 Techrights Gemini Links 05/05/2025: Debian and GNOME and a "Welcome to Simple Articles"
[12:30]	TR News	Buy a NAS for the Hardware, Not the Operating System https://www.howtogeek.com/buy-a-nas-for-the-hardware-not-the-operating-system/
[12:30]	TR Bot	 Buy a NAS for the Hardware, Not the Operating System
[12:30]	TR News	10 Docker Containers Every Homelabber Should Run https://www.howtogeek.com/10-docker-containers-every-homelabber-should-run/
[12:30]	TR Bot	 10 Docker Containers Every Homelabber Should Run
[12:31]	TR News	"Is different really better?" https://www.howtogeek.com/what-is-gobolinux/
[12:31]	TR Bot	 What Is GoboLinux? A Unique Distro Explained
[12:31]	TR News	"Discover which GNOME based distro matches your style." https://www.howtogeek.com/these-linux-distros-use-gnome-as-default-desktop/
[12:31]	TR Bot	 Love GNOME? These 5 Linux Distros Use It as Their Default Desktops
[12:33]	TR News	Video: Multisystem 2 http://www.montanalinux.org/video-multisystem2-250504.html
[12:33]	TR Bot	Multisystem 2 | www.montanalinux.org
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[12:39]	TR News	PCLinuxOS Recent Updates https://www.pclinuxos.com/?p=5962
[12:39]	TR Bot	Updates PCLinuxOS
[12:41]	TR News	iBeacons https://computer.rip/2025-05-04-iBeacons.html "gets lodged in your brain for the next decade? Let's talk about one of those: the iBeacon."
[12:41]	TR Bot	 2025-05-04 iBeacons
[12:51]	TR News	Men Tend to Fall in Love Faster Than Women, New Study Shows https://www.sciencealert.com/men-tend-to-fall-in-love-faster-than-women-new-study-shows
[12:51]	TR Bot	Tend to Fall in Love Faster Than Women, New Study Shows : ScienceAlert
[12:51]	TR News	"By now, youve probably heard about Kosmos 482, a Soviet probe destined for Venus in 1972 that fell a bit short of the mark and stayed in Earth orbit for the last 53 years." https://hackaday.com/2025/05/04/hackaday-links-may-4-2025/ | Source: Hackaday
[12:51]	TR Bot	Links: May 4, 2025 | Hackaday
[12:52]	TR News	TikTok in the spotlight as far-right candidate leads Romania's presidential rerun https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250504-tiktok-in-the-spotlight-as-far-right-candidate-leads-romania-s-presidential-rerun
[12:52]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250504-tiktok-in-the-spotlight-as-far-right-candidate-leads-romania-s-presidential-rerun )
[12:54]	TR News	"In these days of everything-streaming, its great to see an old school radio build." https://hackaday.com/2025/05/04/all-band-radio-records-signals-plays-mp3s/ | Source: Hackaday
[12:54]	TR Bot	Radio Records Signals, Plays MP3s | Hackaday
[12:55]	TR News	Dirk Eddelbuettel: #47: r2u at its Third Birthday http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/05/04#047_r2u_at_three
[12:55]	TR Bot	 Thinking inside the box
[12:59]	TR News	Passkeys Are Vendor Lock-in and Imperialism, Not Security, So Escape Them Before They Latch Onto Your Workflows https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/02/Passkeys_Are_Vendor_Lock_in_and_Imperialism_Not_Security_So_Esc.shtml
[12:59]	TR Bot	 Techrights Passkeys Are Vendor Lock-in and Imperialism, Not Security, So Escape Them Before They Latch Onto Your Workflows
● May 05
[13:00]	TR News	Don Marti: mlp 4 May 2025 https://blog.zgp.org/mlp-4-may-2025/
[13:00]	TR Bot	( status 404 @ https://blog.zgp.org/mlp-4-may-2025/ )
[13:01]	schestowitz[TR2]	MinceR: trump want putin to have ukraine peace
[13:01]	schestowitz[TR2]	*piece
[13:03]	TR News	statCounter Says Only One in 6 Web-Connected Clients in Hungary Are Using Windows, iOS Almost Bigger Than backdoored Windows Now (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/04/statCounter_Says_Only_One_in_6_Web_Connected_Clients_in_Hungary.shtml
[13:03]	TR Bot	 Techrights statCounter Says Only One in 6 Web-Connected Clients in Hungary Are Using Windows, iOS Almost Bigger Than Windows Now
[13:05]	TR News	Happy 20th Birthday to OpenDocument Format (ODF) https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/03/Happy_20th_Birthday_to_OpenDocument_Format_ODF.shtml
[13:05]	TR Bot	 Techrights Happy 20th Birthday to OpenDocument Format (ODF)
[13:07]	TR News	Brain interface used to edit YouTube video paralyzed Neuralink patient also uses Hey Hi (AI) to narrate with his own voice https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/wearable-tech/brain-interface-used-to-edit-youtube-video-paralyzed-neuralink-patient-also-uses-ai-to-narrate-with-his-own-voice
[13:07]	TR Bot	 Brain interface used to edit YouTube video paralyzed Neuralink patient also uses AI to narrate with his own voice | Tom's Hardware
[13:08]	TR News	How To Install and Play League of Legends GNU/Linux (2025) https://dekisoft.com/league-of-legends-linux-2021/
[13:08]	TR Bot	 How To Install and Play League of Legends Linux (2025)
[13:08]	TR News	Iconic Open Source Hub Appeals for Lifesaving Donations https://linuxiac.com/iconic-open-source-hub-appeals-for-lifesaving-donations/
[13:08]	TR Bot	 Iconic Open Source Hub Appeals for Lifesaving Donations
[13:09]	TR News	Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 18 (Apr 28 May 4, 2025) https://linuxiac.com/linuxiac-weekly-wrap-up-week-18-apr-28-may-4-2025/
[13:09]	TR Bot	Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 18 (Apr 28 May 4, 2025)
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[13:12]	TR News	People leak a lot of material to techrights because they know, based on the track record, that the sources will be protected and whatever gets published will stay online, in full, no matter how stubborn an effort (even lawsuits and blackmail) will be sent its way. The site has a firm obligation to its sources and whistleblowers.
[13:12]	whatA_	TL;DR "Streisand Effect"
[13:17]	schestowitz[TR2]	that too
[13:17]	schestowitz[TR2]	i am drafting something
[13:17]	schestowitz[TR2]	for afternoon
[13:19]	schestowitz[TR2]	http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/22/The_Streisand_Effect_is_Real.shtml
[13:19]	TR Bot	 Techrights The Streisand Effect is Real
[13:24]	TR News	Colin Watson: Free software activity in April2025 https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~cjwatson/blog/activity-2025-04.html
[13:24]	TR Bot	 Free software activity in April2025 | Colin Watson's blog
[13:24]	TR News	Linux: An Introduction to User Management https://thenewstack.io/linux-an-introduction-to-user-management/
[13:24]	TR Bot	 Linux: An Introduction to User Management - The New Stack
[13:24]	TR News	bmk is a command-line bookmark manager https://www.linuxlinks.com/bmk-command-line-bookmark-manager/
[13:24]	TR Bot	is a command-line bookmark manager - LinuxLinks
[13:25]	TR News	snapborg synchronizes snapper snapshots to a borg repository https://www.linuxlinks.com/snapborg-synchronizes-snapper-snapshots-to-a-borg-repository/
[13:25]	TR Bot	synchronizes snapper snapshots to a borg repository - LinuxLinks
[13:25]	TR News	Tockler tracks time by monitoring your active window title https://www.linuxlinks.com/tockler-tracks-time-monitoring-active-window-title/
[13:25]	TR Bot	tracks time by monitoring your active window title - LinuxLinks
[13:25]	TR News	nbcat previews Jupyter notebooks in the terminal https://www.linuxlinks.com/nbcat-previews-jupyter-notebooks-terminal/
[13:25]	TR Bot	previews Jupyter notebooks in the terminal - LinuxLinks
[13:26]	TR News	OpenCPN is a ship-borne GUI navigation application https://www.linuxlinks.com/opencpn-ship-borne-gui-navigation-application/
[13:26]	TR Bot	is a ship-borne GUI navigation application - LinuxLinks
[13:28]	TR News	3 Graphical Frontends for ImageMagick https://www.linuxlinks.com/graphical-frontends-imagemagick/
[13:28]	TR Bot	Graphical Frontends for ImageMagick - LinuxLinks
[13:28]	TR News	6 Best Free and Open Source Virtual Globes https://www.linuxlinks.com/virtualglobe/
[13:28]	TR Bot	Best Free and Open Source Virtual Globes - LinuxLinks
[13:28]	TR News	Facteur is mail-merge software https://www.linuxlinks.com/facteur-mail-merge-software/
[13:28]	TR Bot	is mail-merge software - LinuxLinks
[13:40]	TR News	#Japan2025 Toyama Tower, Castle, and French Pentax https://rubenerd.com/japan2025-toyama-tower-and-castle/
[13:40]	TR Bot	#Japan2025 Toyama Tower, Castle, and French Pentax
[13:42]	TR News	EA Confirms Codemasters Had Both Layoffs And Staff Redeployed To Other Studios https://gameranx.com/updates/id/537386/article/ea-confirms-codemasters-had-both-layoffs-and-staff-redeployed-to-other-studios/
[13:42]	TR Bot	Confirms Codemasters Had Both Layoffs And Staff Redeployed To Other Studios - Gameranx
[13:43]	TR News	Lazy Reading for 2025/05/04 https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2025/05/04/lazy-reading-for-2025-05-04/
[13:43]	TR Bot	 Lazy Reading for 2025/05/04 DragonFly BSD Digest
[13:45]	TR News	What brought what? TLDR culture brought about social control media? Or social control media encouraged laziness? That's debatable, may depend on the person or be a loop/two-way/imposed by habits over time and by design.
[13:48]	TR News	Many Reports About Microsoft's Financial Report/Performance Are False, Fake News, Churnalism/Parroting, and LLM Slop (Machine-Generated Lies) (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/04/Many_Reports_About_Microsoft_s_Financial_Report_Performance_Are.shtml
[13:48]	TR Bot	 Techrights Many Reports About Microsoft's Financial Report/Performance Are False, Fake News, Churnalism/Parroting, and LLM Slop (Machine-Generated Lies)
[13:48]	TR News	In the First 3 Months of 2025 GAFAM Debt Rose by More Than $14.4 Billion https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/04/In_the_First_3_Months_of_2025_GAFAM_Debt_Rose_by_More_Than_14_4.shtml
[13:48]	TR Bot	 Techrights In the First 3 Months of 2025 GAFAM Debt Rose by More Than $14.4 Billion
[13:49]	TR News	10-Step Strategy to Get BRETT WILSON LLP ("Gun for Hire"), Microsoft's Serial Strangler, and the Serial Defamer to Compensate Techrights and Tux Machines for Years of SLAPPs and Abusive Litigation https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/04/10_Step_Strategy_to_Get_BRETT_WILSON_LLP_Gun_for_Hire_Microsoft.shtml
[13:49]	TR Bot	 Techrights 10-Step Strategy to Get BRETT WILSON LLP ("Gun for Hire"), Microsoft's Serial Strangler, and the Serial Defamer to Compensate Techrights and Tux Machines for Years of SLAPPs and Abusive Litigation
[13:49]	MinceR	05 072204 < IsambardPrince> When you pay people almost $20,000 more to bullshit people than to teach them, you can't expect to live in a very good society or country."
[13:49]	MinceR	yeah
[13:50]	MinceR	05 060830 < IsambardPrince> MinceR, There are no Christian terrorists.
[13:50]	TR News	Let's Put Slop In the Casket Once and for All (Call Out the Sites and People Who Produce and Spread Slop) https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/03/Let_s_Put_Slop_In_the_Casket_Once_and_for_All_Call_Out_the_Site.shtml
[13:50]	TR Bot	 Techrights Let's Put Slop In the Casket Once and for All (Call Out the Sites and People Who Produce and Spread Slop)
[13:50]	MinceR	plenty of them claim to be christian, though
[13:50]	TR News	Windows Down in the Largest Countries, Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Cannot Dodge This Reality Forever https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/03/Windows_Down_in_the_Largest_Countries_Microsoft_Cannot_Dodge_Th.shtml
[13:50]	TR Bot	 Techrights Windows Down in the Largest Countries, Microsoft Cannot Dodge This Reality Forever
[13:54]	TR News	Eight former UMich employees file lawsuit against University of Michigan for wrongful termination https://www.michigandaily.com/news/news-briefs/eight-former-umich-employees-file-lawsuit-against-university-of-michigan-for-wrongful-termination/
[13:54]	TR Bot	 Eight former UMich employees file lawsuit against University of Michigan for wrongful termination
[13:55]	TR News	The categories of "wrong" or "bad" protests/dissent will expand over time. This will doom academic freedom, not only in the realm of politics. https://www.michigandaily.com/news/news-briefs/eight-former-umich-employees-file-lawsuit-against-university-of-michigan-for-wrongful-termination/
[13:55]	TR News	Framework 2nd Gen Event | Blathering https://cubiclenate.com/2025/05/04/framework-2nd-gen-event-blathering/
[13:55]	TR Bot	 Exciting Updates from Framework's 2nd Gen Event Unveiled
● May 05
[14:00]	TR News	I'll be at the Geek Faries 2025 festival! https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1076/ill-be-at-the-geek-faeries-2025-festival
[14:00]	TR Bot	 I'll be at the Geek Faries 2025 festival! - David Revoy
[14:01]	whatA_	I just love how people have their own "Free Software-HOSTILE Militants", we have http://techrights.org/wiki/Free_Software-Hostile_Militants
[14:01]	TR Bot	 Free Software-Hostile Militants
[14:01]	whatA_	Dr. RMS have it in "Reasons not to use (insert militant here)": http://stallman.org
[14:01]	TR Bot	 Richard Stallman's Personal Page
[14:01]	whatA_	GNU Project lists the militants in http://gnu.org/malware
[14:01]	TR Bot	 Proprietary Software - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation
[14:01]	schestowitz[TR2]	not quite the same thing
[14:01]	schestowitz[TR2]	pls seE:
[14:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	http://techrights.org/o/credibility-index/
[14:02]	TR Bot	 The Free Software Credibility Index
[14:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	rms talks about companies
[14:03]	schestowitz[TR2]	we do too, but we also name some of the troublemakers so other people can be aware
[14:03]	schestowitz[TR2]	and proactive
[14:04]	TR News	EDATEC launches 7-inch, 10.1-inch and 15.6-inch Industrial HMI displays powered by Raspberry Pi CM5 https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/05/04/edatec-launches-7-inch-10-1-inch-and-15-6-inch-industrial-hmi-displays-powered-by-raspberry-pi-cm5/
[14:04]	TR Bot	 EDATEC launches 7-inch, 10.1-inch and 15.6-inch Industrial HMI displays powered by Raspberry Pi CM5 - CNX Software
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[14:14]	TR News	Dihydroxyacetone Man announces 100% tariff for movies produced outside US: National Security threat https://nypost.com/2025/05/04/us-news/trump-announces-100-tariff-for-movies-produced-outside-us-national-security-threat/
[14:14]	TR Bot	 Trump announces 100% tariff for movies produced outside US: 'National Security threat'
[14:14]	TR News	Signal app clone used by Convicted Felon officials was hacked in less than 30 mins https://siliconangle.com/2025/05/04/signal-app-clone-used-trump-officials-hacked-less-30-mins/
[14:14]	TR Bot	app clone used by Trump officials was hacked in less than 30 mins - SiliconANGLE
[14:15]	TR News	Dihydroxyacetone Man administration proposes $491M cut to CISA in 2026 budget plan https://siliconangle.com/2025/05/04/trump-administration-proposes-491m-cut-cisa-2026-budget-plan/
[14:15]	TR Bot	administration proposes $491M cut to CISA in 2026 budget plan - SiliconANGLE
[14:16]	TR News	US Justice Department sues four states over climate initiatives https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/05/us-justice-department-sues-four-states-over-climate-initiatives/
[14:16]	TR Bot	 US Justice Department sues four states over climate initiatives - JURIST - News
[14:17]	TR News	Poor Oral Hygiene Could Be Taking a Toll on Your Heart, Expert Says https://www.sciencealert.com/poor-oral-hygiene-could-be-taking-a-toll-on-your-heart-expert-says
[14:17]	TR Bot	Oral Hygiene Could Be Taking a Toll on Your Heart, Expert Says : ScienceAlert
[14:18]	TR News	Dead cheap trip through Qantas-owned holiday website TripADeal ends in $3.2K shock https://nypost.com/2025/05/04/lifestyle/cheap-trip-through-website-tripadeal-has-shock-twist/
[14:18]	TR Bot	 Cheap trip through website TripADeal has shock twist
[14:19]	TR News	Main Line Health battles healthcare hackers with zero-trust strategy https://siliconangle.com/2025/05/04/elisity-main-line-health-cyber-threats-healthcare-rsac/
[14:19]	TR Bot	security: Combating threats with zero trust - SiliconANGLE
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[14:21]	whatA_	Justice Dept. MORE LIKE Jail Dept. no wonder Dr. RMS calls him "The Wrecker" or whatever in https://stallman.org/glossary.html
[14:21]	TR Bot	 Glossary
[14:21]	whatA_	We have yet to rename DOGE (sic) to DOSE (Dept. of SABOTAGE and EXTERMINATION)
[14:23]	TR News	GAFAM-bribed "media" (siliconangle) making excuses for GAFAM having financial difficulties despite laying off so many people https://siliconangle.com/2025/05/04/power-hungry-clouds-inside-techs-expensive-quarter/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/05/04/In_the_First_3_Months_of_2025_GAFAM_Debt_Rose_by_More_Than_14_4.shtml
[14:23]	TR Bot	clouds: Inside techs most expensive quarter - SiliconANGLE
[14:23]	TR Bot	 Techrights In the First 3 Months of 2025 GAFAM Debt Rose by More Than $14.4 Billion
[14:25]	TR News	"Alvind and Krabanaugh are pathetic low performers since IBM isn't growing any more, but these crass incompetents always manage to get big multi-million dollar bonuses - go figure that one ! LOL." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jtewgazm
[14:25]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jtewgazm )
[14:30]	TR News	US tariffs dont hurt: Chongqings car sector a bright spot amid trade turmoil https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/us-tariffs-dont-hurt-chongqings-car-sector-a-bright-spot-amid-trade-turmoil
[14:30]	TR Bot	 Chongqing, one of China's major automotive hub, is unfazed by the tariff war with the US | The Straits Times
[14:31]	TR News	PCB Renewal Aims To Make Old Boards Useful Again https://hackaday.com/2025/05/04/pcb-renewal-aims-to-make-old-boards-useful-again/ | Source: Hackaday
[14:31]	TR Bot	Renewal Aims To Make Old Boards Useful Again | Hackaday
[14:34]	TR News	Morse code https://hackaday.com/2025/05/04/train-with-morse-master/ | Source: Hackaday
[14:34]	TR Bot	With Morse Master | Hackaday
[14:35]	TR News	School Deans told to prepare for budget cuts https://stanforddaily.com/2025/04/30/school-of-humanities-and-sciences-told-to-prepare-for-budget-cuts/
[14:35]	TR Bot	 School Deans told to prepare for budget cuts
[14:35]	TR News	"[...] A few weeks ago we reviewed EndeavourOS, a project with a similar design and approach to CachyOS, and this week we compare how CachyOS performs compared to Endeavour." https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20250505 | Source: Distro Watch
[14:35]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20250505 )
[14:36]	TR News	"Since declaring in my last post that it was time to return to slightly less frivolous projects for a bit I instead spent the last week-and-change attempting to make Chimera Linux run on Pentium class 32-bit x86 hardware." https://www.wezm.net/v2/posts/2025/chimera-i586/ | Source: Wesley Moore
[14:36]	TR Bot	 Trying to Get Chimera Linux Running on Pentium Class Hardware - Wesley Moore
[14:37]	TR News	"LoRa: proprietary radio communication technique for sending a few bytes[*] of data to other similarly equipped devices" https://planb.nicecupoftea.org/2025/04/29/a-lora-lora-faff/ |
[14:37]	TR Bot	 A LoRa LoRa Faff PlanB
[14:37]	TR News	"According to Chiswick Auctions, Luke's hilt was built from a "1940s Graflex camera, with a 3-cell flash gun" by Roger for just $15 (about $83 / 63 / AU$129 adjused for inflation)" https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/cameras/film-cameras/i-had-no-idea-luke-skywalkers-lightsaber-was-made-from-a-vintage-camera-flash | Source: Digital Camera World
[14:37]	TR Bot	 I had no idea Luke Skywalker's Lightsaber was made from a vintage camera flash | Digital Camera World
[14:38]	TR News	"Single Sign-On (SSO) services often use the same email address everywhere, making it easier to correlate accounts." https://sagi.io/the-national-security-case-for-email-plus-addressing/ | Source: Sagi Kedmi
[14:38]	TR Bot	 The National Security Case for Email Plus Addressing
[14:38]	TR News	"This is what I did: [...]" https://ostwilkens.se/blog/setting-up-blog |
[14:38]	TR Bot	 Carl st Wilkens Blog - Minimum viable blog
[14:42]	TR News	Germany updates: Thousands rally in Berlin for Labor Day https://www.dw.com/en/germany-updates-thousands-rally-in-berlin-for-labor-day/live-72405492
[14:42]	TR Bot	updates: Thousands rally in Berlin for Labor Day DW 05/01/2025
[14:44]	TR News	EVERY person can run a company or become "CEO" while merely borrowing money http://techrights.org/n/2025/05/04/In_the_First_3_Months_of_2025_GAFAM_Debt_Rose_by_More_Than_14_4.shtml
[14:45]	TR News	"Heres what surprised her, what broke, and why Linux might be worth the switch (or not)." https://www.howtogeek.com/my-partner-tried-linux-for-a-week/
[14:45]	TR Bot	 I Made My Partner Use Linux for a WeekHeres How It Went
[14:46]	TR News	"VeraCrypt is a disk encryption tool that works on Windows, MacOS, and Linux, and can be used for encrypting backups stored on external drives." https://www.howtogeek.com/create-an-encrypted-backup-drive-that-works-on-windows-mac-and-linux/ http://techrights.org/o/2014/07/31/microsoft-back-doors-admission/
[14:46]	TR Bot	 Creating an Encrypted Backup Drive That Works on Windows, Mac, and Linux
[14:46]	TR Bot	 Former Microsoft Engineer Working on Windows BitLocker Confirms Government Asks Microsoft for Back Doors
[14:46]	TR News	How Linux Exit Codes Help You Write Robust Scripts https://www.howtogeek.com/how-linux-exit-codes-help-you-write-robust-scripts/
[14:46]	TR Bot	 How Linux Exit Codes Help You Write Robust Scripts
[14:47]	TR News	"This Linux distribution has gone atomic." https://www.howtogeek.com/manjaro-summit-alpha-released/
[14:47]	TR Bot	 Manjaro Has a New 'Semi-Immutable' Edition You Can Test Right Now
[14:47]	TR News	"Grab a USB stick and get booting!" https://www.howtogeek.com/what-is-porteux-linux/
[14:47]	TR Bot	 What Is PorteuX, and Should You Use It?
[14:48]	TR News	"We'll spare you the obvious Hitchhiker's reference." https://www.howtogeek.com/fedora-42-full-release/ https://www.howtogeek.com/fedora-linux-x86-emulation-arm-pc/
[14:48]	TR Bot	 Fedora Linux 42 Is Here With GNOME 48
[14:48]	TR Bot	 Fedora Linux Now Runs Windows Games (and Other x86 Apps) on ARM PCs
[14:48]	TR News	This Linux Command Lets You Copy & Paste Without a Mouse https://www.howtogeek.com/xclip-command-lets-you-copy-paste-without-a-mouse/
[14:48]	TR Bot	 This Linux Command Lets You Copy & Paste Without a Mouse
[14:49]	TR News	"It's a big update." https://www.howtogeek.com/ubuntu-25-04-released/
[14:49]	TR Bot	 Ubuntu Linux 25.04 'Plucky Puffin' Is Now Available
[14:49]	TR News	"Let me turn you into a Linux terminal power user!" https://www.howtogeek.com/how-to-install-and-remove-software-in-linux-using-the-terminal/
[14:49]	TR Bot	 Linux Terminal for Beginners: How to Install and Remove Software
[14:50]	TR News	10 Kubuntu Linux Keyboard Shortcuts I Use Every Day https://www.howtogeek.com/kubuntu-shortcuts-i-use-every-day/
[14:50]	TR Bot	 10 Kubuntu Linux Keyboard Shortcuts I Use Every Day
[14:50]	TR News	"Making things greener, one Linux computer at a time." https://www.howtogeek.com/installing-linux-is-the-perfect-earth-day-activity/
[14:50]	TR Bot	 Why Installing Linux Is the Perfect Earth Day Activity
[14:52]	TR News	Homelab Dashboard: What It Is and Why You Need One https://www.howtogeek.com/homelab-dashboard-what-it-is-and-why-you-need-one/
[14:52]	TR Bot	 Homelab Dashboard: What It Is and Why You Need One
[14:54]	TR News	"Despite their perks, you might want to put these distros on the back burner until you're a Linux expert" https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-distros-that-are-better-than-windows-but-you-should-avoid-them/
[14:54]	TR Bot	 5 amazing Linux distros that are better than Windows, but you should avoid them as a beginner
[14:55]	TR News	"It's non-destructive, so you might as well give it a try if you can." https://www.xda-developers.com/installed-linux-on-my-nintendo-switch/
[14:55]	TR Bot	 I installed Linux on my Nintendo Switch, because why wouldn't I?
[14:56]	TR News	"He even has a fave distro now." https://www.xda-developers.com/pewdiepie-install-linux-tortured-by-windows/
[14:56]	TR Bot	 Even PewDiePie thinks you should install Linux on your computer after saying he was "tortured by Windows"
[14:56]	TR News	"But there's a steep learning curve" https://www.xda-developers.com/reasons-nixos-exciting-linux-distro/
[14:56]	TR Bot	 5 reasons NixOS is the most exciting Linux distro in years
[14:57]	TR News	"SteamOS might not quite be ready but these distros are." https://www.xda-developers.com/alternative-linux-distributions-to-steamos/
[14:57]	TR Bot	 3 alternatives to SteamOS to check out for Linux gaming
[14:57]	TR News	Has MUO just sort of abandoned this topic? https://www.makeuseof.com/search/?q=linux
[14:58]	TR Bot	 linux | MUO
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[15:01]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today's HowTos   https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/05/today_s_howtos.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/05/today_s_howtos.1.gmi 
[15:01]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines today's howtos
[15:03]	TR News	 (NEW):  Raspberry Pi, Hackable Hardware, Homelabs, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/05/Raspberry_Pi_Hackable_Hardware_Homelabs_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/05/Raspberry_Pi_Hackable_Hardware_Homelabs_and_More.gmi 
[15:03]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Raspberry Pi, Hackable Hardware, Homelabs, and More
[15:05]	TR News	 (NEW):  Security FUD and Patches https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/05/Security_FUD_and_Patches.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/05/Security_FUD_and_Patches.gmi 
[15:05]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Security FUD and Patches
[15:08]	TR News	 (NEW):  Distributions and Operating Systems: BSD, GNU/Linux and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/05/Distributions_and_Operating_Systems_BSD_GNU_Linux_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/05/Distributions_and_Operating_Systems_BSD_GNU_Linux_and_More.gmi 
[15:08]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/05/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/05/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi 
[15:08]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Distributions and Operating Systems: BSD, GNU/Linux and More
[15:08]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
[15:10]	TR News	Techrights Links 05/05/2025: TikTok Still a Romanian Woe/Foe, Signal Perils Showing https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/05/Links_05_05_2025_TikTok_Still_a_Romanian_Woe_Foe_Signal_Perils_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/05/Links_05_05_2025_TikTok_Still_a_Romanian_Woe_Foe_Signal_Perils_.gmi 
[15:10]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 05/05/2025: TikTok Still a Romanian Woe/Foe, Signal Perils Showing
[15:16]	TR News	"Western societies accommodate various beliefs, particularly religious beliefs. Up to a point. The more long-standing the practices, the more they are respected, but this is not the only factor." gemini://gemini.ucant.org/gemlog/2025-05-05_why-no-digital-vegetarianism.gmi
[15:42]	TR News	Techrights 'Simple Articles' in MyGemini Just One of Many New 'Sites' in Geminispace https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/05/Simple_Articles_in_MyGemini_Just_One_of_Many_New_Sites_in_Gemin.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/05/Simple_Articles_in_MyGemini_Just_One_of_Many_New_Sites_in_Gemin.gmi 
[15:42]	TR Bot	 Techrights 'Simple Articles' in MyGemini Just One of Many New 'Sites' in Geminispace
[15:46]	MinceR	https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1306.html
[15:46]	TR Bot	 1306 Out of Pocket - Giant in the Playground Games
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[16:59]	TR News	Techrights Skype is Officially Dead Today and This is Why People Should Use Free Software Instead (Goodbye, Microsoft) https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/05/Skype_is_Officially_Dead_Today_and_This_is_Why_People_Should_Us.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/05/Skype_is_Officially_Dead_Today_and_This_is_Why_People_Should_Us.gmi 
[16:59]	TR Bot	 Techrights Skype is Officially Dead Today and This is Why People Should Use Free Software Instead (Goodbye, Microsoft)
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[17:24]	psydruid	https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin
[17:24]	TR Bot	 Android Security and Update Bulletins | Android Open Source Project
[17:24]	psydruid	"security"
[17:25]	psydruid	"bulletin"?
[17:25]	psydruid	"yes, put a bullet in it right now"
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[17:32]	schestowitz[TR2]	put it in
[17:32]	schestowitz[TR2]	putin
[17:34]	TR News	Windows down to (almost) all-time lows in Cuba https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/cuba/#monthly-200902-202505 https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/cuba/#monthly-200902-202505
[17:34]	TR Bot	 Operating System Market Share Cuba | Statcounter Global Stats
[17:34]	TR Bot	 Desktop Operating System Market Share Cuba | Statcounter Global Stats
[17:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	>> http://techrights.org/n/2025/05/03/Corporate_Media_a_Cheerleader_of_Wall_Street_Facade_Spent_Days_.shtml
[17:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	> Thank you.
[17:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	> 
[17:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	> Have you read any documents on how companies manipulate accounts?
[17:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	> In fact it is quite easy.  It is especially so with sales of software
[17:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	> for it is hard to observe how many units are actually shipped out.
[17:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	> 
[17:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	> You don't need AI/LLM for this.
[17:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	> 
[17:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	> Try searching online for "financial manipulation inflate revenue"
[17:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	> "accounting fraud" "accounting cook the books" or some similar term.
[17:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	http://techrights.org/n/2024/10/31/Cooking_the_Books_With_Cloud_And_AI_Was_Not_Enough_to_Fool_Micr.shtml
[17:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	http://techrights.org/n/2024/08/22/Microsoft_Cooking_the_Books_to_Hide_the_Losses_and_Disguise_the.shtml
[17:35]	TR Bot	 Techrights Corporate Media, a Cheerleader of Wall Street Facade, Spent Days Saying "META" and "MSFT" Lifted "the Market", But Their Debt Soared
[17:35]	TR Bot	 Techrights Cooking the Books With "Cloud" And "AI" Was Not Enough to Fool Microsoft Investors
[17:35]	TR Bot	 Techrights Microsoft Cooking the Books to Hide the Losses and Disguise the Failure of Its Clown Computing Ventures
[17:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	> Thank you for the link for the following article.
[17:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	> It was informative.
[17:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	> 
[17:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	> No, Microsoft did not state `strong AI demand' in Q1 2025 - the FT is
[17:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	> wrong - Pivot to AI
[17:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	> https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/02/no-microsoft-did-not-state-strong-ai-demand-in-q1-2025-the-ft-is-wrong/
[17:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	> 
[17:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	> ---
[17:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	> 
[17:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	> Meanwhile the New York Times reports fat earnings:
[17:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	> 
[17:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	> Microsoft Earnings Report: AI Spending Slows as Profit Increases 18%
[17:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	> The New York Times
[17:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	> https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/technology/microsoft-earnings-ai-spending.html
[17:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	> 
[17:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	> Same article available from the Seattle Times:
[17:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	> 
[17:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	> https://www.seattletimes.com/business/microsoft-puts-brakes-on-ai-spending-as-profit-increases-18/
[17:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	> 
[17:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	>     ...
[17:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	> 
[17:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	>     Overall, Microsoft's results showed unexpected strength in its
[17:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	>     business. Sales surpassed $70 billion, up 13% from the same period
[17:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	>     a year earlier. Profit rose to $25.8 billion, up 18%. The results
[17:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	>     far surpassed Wall Street's expectations.
[17:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	> 
[17:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	>     Despite the economic uncertainty, the company predicted more
[17:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	>     strength ahead, saying revenue would surpass $73 billion in the
[17:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	>     current quarter.
[17:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	> 
[17:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	>     ...
[17:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	> 
[17:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	>     Sales of Microsoft's flagship cloud computing service, Azure, grew
[17:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	>     33% in the quarter, well over Wall Street's expectations. Almost
[17:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	>     half of that growth came from artificial intelligence services.
[17:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	> 
[17:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	>     ...
[17:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	> 
[17:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	>     Microsoft's personal computing business grew 6% to $13.4
[17:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	>     billion. That benefited in part from computer manufacturers making
[17:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	>     more laptops with the Windows operating system, so they have
[17:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	>     inventory available amid the tariff uncertainty.
[17:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	> 
[17:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	>     Commercial sales for its online productivity tools for businesses,
[17:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	>     including Excel, Teams and Word, grew 15%.
[17:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	I thought Seattle Times (Gates-funded) died years ago, maybe it's just licensing to use other sites' catalogue.
[17:36]	TR Bot	 No, Microsoft did not state strong AI demand in Q1 2025 the FT is wrong Pivot to AI
[17:37]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/technology/microsoft-earnings-ai-spending.html )
[17:37]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.seattletimes.com/business/microsoft-puts-brakes-on-ai-spending-as-profit-increases-18/ )
[17:45]	TR News	#046 | S5 | In The Chair | Rebuilding US Government Tech | Part 1 https://cybershow.uk/episodes.php?id=46
[17:45]	TR Bot	 The Cyber Show - Episodes
[17:49]	TR News	Linux Foundation promoting shrewdly marketed scams using the brand "Linux" because the scammers pay for this to be done https://bitcoinist.com/cardano-linux-confidential-computing-consortium/
[17:49]	TR Bot	 Cardano Joins Linuxs Confidential Computing Consortium
[17:50]	TR News	This site is promoting Linux plug-ins with resources for developers and users https://cdm.link/promoting-linux-plugins-lapd/
[17:50]	TR Bot	 This site is promoting Linux plug-ins with resources for developers and users - CDM Create Digital Music
[17:50]	TR News	"And that means native as in built for the OS. Yes, libraries like yabridge are cool, but no, they dont always translate to reliable and complete support for Linux users. In contrast, see developers like Audio Damage or Sinevibes the latter Ill be joining at Superbooth this week."
[17:51]	TR News	KDE Plasma kills off its half-baked LTS https://www.fudzilla.com/news/60969-kde-plasma-kills-off-its-half-baked-lts
[17:51]	TR Bot	 KDE Plasma kills off its half-baked LTS
[17:53]	TR News	Now is the time to promote GNU/Linux and escape from Vista 10, not more Windows that misuses the "Linux" brand to confuse people https://www.xda-developers.com/tools-run-wsl-better-windows-counterparts/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/Proprietary_Windows_Versus_Linux_News_Trying_to_Keep_People_on_.shtml
[17:53]	TR Bot	 4 tools I run in WSL that are better than their Windows counterparts
[17:53]	TR Bot	 Techrights Proprietary Windows Versus "Linux" News (Trying to Keep People on Windows, Never Exploring GNU/Linux)
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[18:01]	whatA_	those "wall of text" containing nothing but revisionists, "it's cheaper to pay bribes and produce PRs rather than paying for negative publicity"
[18:05]	whatA_	I was warned during high school that the No. 1 most powerful entity is not the rich one (go away Lemon Muskrat), but those who control Information
[18:06]	whatA_	AFAIK most notorious according to TR is Macro$haft themselves (the Whorshippers of Gates' Open [sic] Letter to Hobbyists)
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[18:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	http://techrights.org/wiki/AstroTurfing/
[18:25]	TR Bot	 AstroTurfing
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[18:49]	TR News	Techrights From EPO to "MAGA Regime": A Shift Away From Reality to Fake News and False Metrics https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/05/From_EPO_to_MAGA_Regime_A_Shift_Away_From_Reality_to_Fake_News_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/05/From_EPO_to_MAGA_Regime_A_Shift_Away_From_Reality_to_Fake_News_.gmi 
[18:49]	TR Bot	 Techrights From EPO to "MAGA Regime": A Shift Away From Reality to Fake News and False Metrics
[18:53]	whatA_	or, should Dr. RMS say: MAGAts https://stallman.org/glossary.html#magat
[18:53]	TR Bot	 Glossary
[18:54]	whatA_	and what kind of Patent (sic) empowers innovation? Just an intimidation on programmers (http://endsoftwarepatents.org)
[18:54]	TR Bot	 End Software Patents
[18:58]	whatA_	e.g. last year Nintendo patent (sic)-SLAPPed Palworld just for the Porkyman game mechanics, not realizing Digimon also have the same raise monster mechanic
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[19:15]	schestowitz[TR2]	whatA_: that is the goal
[19:15]	schestowitz[TR2]	to discourage competition
[19:15]	schestowitz[TR2]	even without having to sue
[19:22]	TR News	 (NEW):  This Week in KDE Apps https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/05/This_Week_in_KDE_Apps.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/05/This_Week_in_KDE_Apps.gmi 
[19:22]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines This Week in KDE Apps
[19:27]	TR News	 (NEW):  Stable kernels: Linux 6.12.27, and Linux 6.1.137 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/05/Stable_kernels_Linux_6_12_27_and_Linux_6_1_137.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/05/Stable_kernels_Linux_6_12_27_and_Linux_6_1_137.gmi 
[19:27]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Stable kernels: Linux 6.12.27, and Linux 6.1.137
[19:33]	TR News	 (NEW):   : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/05/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/05/Android_Leftovers.gmi 
[19:33]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Android Leftovers
[19:52]	TR News	Techrights Weaponisation of For-Profit Dockets - Part I: Hiding Behind Lawyers (or Guns for Hire) After Abusing Many People and Even Strangling Women While Microsoft Paid Salaries https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/05/Weaponisation_of_For_Profit_Dockets_Part_I_Hiding_Behind_Lawyer.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/05/Weaponisation_of_For_Profit_Dockets_Part_I_Hiding_Behind_Lawyer.gmi 
[19:52]	TR Bot	 Techrights Weaponisation of For-Profit Dockets - Part I: Hiding Behind Lawyers (or Guns for Hire) After Abusing Many People and Even Strangling Women While Microsoft Paid Salaries
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[20:06]	admfubar	https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/software-update-makes-hdr-content-unwatchable-on-roku-tvs/
[20:06]	TR Bot	 Software update makes HDR content unwatchable on Roku TVs - Ars Technica
[20:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jtewgazm
[20:10]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jtewgazm )
[20:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	"
[20:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	They get huge bonuses to keep shareholders happy... think stock price and dividend.
[20:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	That is all that count. The rest, though it is a shame, is just what it is.
[20:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	No yeah... if they could grow the revenue like Amazon, Microsoft and the likes, they would see even more bonuses. But they just decided to do the strict minimum because they can. "
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[20:36]	TR News	"Bug reports by AI are a denial of service attacks. Here's curl staff and curl maintainer fending of the slop: [...]" gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-05-05-ai-is-sapping-our-strength
[20:37]	TR News	"I had this idea for a while for reasons outside of communication and ended up deciding it's the best to do it for communication." gemini://cyi1341.smol.pub/random52
[20:37]	admfubar	oh what could go wrong?? ... https://www.geekwire.com/2025/childhood-friends-turn-a-coffee-shop-meeting-into-a-seattle-legal-tech-startup-that-just-raised-60m/
[20:37]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.geekwire.com/2025/childhood-friends-turn-a-coffee-shop-meeting-into-a-seattle-legal-tech-startup-that-just-raised-60m/ )
[20:39]	admfubar	now this look promising.... https://www.geekwire.com/2025/recycling-gets-smarter-ai-robots-from-amazon-backed-startup-are-sorting-waste-in-seattle/
[20:39]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.geekwire.com/2025/recycling-gets-smarter-ai-robots-from-amazon-backed-startup-are-sorting-waste-in-seattle/ )
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[21:52]	MinceR	https://i.imgur.com/WmfOSMy.jpeg   =   https://rimgo.bloat.cat/WmfOSMy.jpeg
[21:54]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], A film reel doesn't have to be extremely old to have significant problems. Look at what happened to Star Wars between approximately 1977 and 1997, or Disney's Beauty and The Beast between 1991 and 2011..
[21:55]	IsambardPrince	It costs a ton of money to go back and clean and rescan film.
[21:55]	IsambardPrince	Disney said in the insert that there was "white dust" and "water spots" all over Beauty and The Beast and it had only been 20 years.
[21:55]	IsambardPrince	And they're Disney, right? They have the money to store the film in ideal conditions.
[21:56]	IsambardPrince	Did they not do this or what happened?
[21:58]	IsambardPrince	The Disney Vault wasn't just a metaphor, although it was also a marketing rub.
[21:58]	IsambardPrince	What they used to do was run a batch of tapes or DVDs or something then take the film out of print again for a while.
[21:59]	IsambardPrince	That controls supply and adds urgency for people to buy a copy while they can.
[21:59]	IsambardPrince	Then some time goes by and some people's kids are monsters that destroy some of the tapes and discs.
[21:59]	IsambardPrince	Then years later Disney runs off another batch.
[21:59]	IsambardPrince	But with Disney Plus, the idea is it's always there but when you stop paying you have no copies.
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[22:06]	IsambardPrince	In the late 1980s, George Lucas testified to Congress in support of the rights of directors. He complained that the studios were micromanaging film and taking creative control from directors and putting out a version the director didn't want.
[22:07]	IsambardPrince	In the testimony, he said that people who change the meaning of classic films with revisionist edits are "barbarians".
[22:07]	IsambardPrince	I suppose that was a dig at Ted Turner colorizing black and white movies.
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[22:57]	MinceR	(cat) (video) (no audio) https://imgur.com/gallery/eivq3ia   =   https://rimgo.bloat.cat/gallery/eivq3ia
[22:57]	TR Bot	has glorious toe fluffs - Album on Imgur
[22:57]	TR Bot	 Freya has glorious toe fluffs - rimgo
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