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Try these apps for a better experience." https://www.xda-developers.com/i-recommend-people-apps-moving-windows-linux/ [02:12] TR Bot I recommend people use these apps when moving from Windows to Linux [02:13] TR News I migrated my self-hosted services from one Proxmox node to another, and it was shockingly easy https://www.xda-developers.com/i-migrated-my-self-hosted-services-from-one-proxmox-node-to-another/ [02:13] TR Bot I migrated my self-hosted services from one Proxmox node to another, and it was shockingly easy [02:13] TR News "Windows apps on Linux? It's possible, with some patience" https://www.xda-developers.com/tried-run-microsoft-office-photoshop-more-linux-with-winapps-heres-how-it-went/ [02:13] TR Bot I used Microsoft Office, Photoshop, and more on Linux with WinApps here's how it went [02:14] TR News "Yazi makes file management faster" https://www.xda-developers.com/best-free-fast-file-manager-on-linux/ [02:14] TR Bot This free and fast File Manager is the best I've used on Linux [02:14] TR News "It's just so useful" https://www.xda-developers.com/after-windows-want-raycast-come-linux-next/ [02:14] TR Bot After Windows, I want Raycast to come to Linux next [02:15] TR News "With its virtualization-heavy nature, Qubes OS is equal parts quirky and useful" https://www.xda-developers.com/qubes-os-is-the-coolest-linux-distro-out-there/ [02:15] TR Bot 4 reasons why Qubes OS is the coolest Linux distro out there [02:15] TR News "It was surprisingly simple, too" https://www.xda-developers.com/i-built-a-usb-image-with-everything-i-need-for-the-perfect-linux-setup/ [02:15] TR Bot This tool helped me create a USB image with everything I need for the perfect Linux setup [02:17] TR News I replaced all my bash scripts with Python, and heres what happened https://www.xda-developers.com/replaced-bash-scripts-python-what-happened/ [02:17] TR Bot I replaced all my bash scripts with Python, and heres what happened [02:17] TR News SMB over QUIC is a game-changer, and I can't wait for it to come to the home lab ecosystem https://www.xda-developers.com/smb-over-quic-is-a-game-changer/ [02:17] TR Bot SMB over QUIC is a game-changer, and I can't wait for it to come to the home lab ecosystem [02:18] TR News Wine is for very specific instances https://www.xda-developers.com/tried-running-windows-apps-linux-with-wine-but-virtualization-still-better/ [02:18] TR Bot I tried running Windows apps on Linux with Wine, but virtualization is still better [02:19] TR News "Radeon HD 7000 series enjoyers, today is your lucky day." https://www.xda-developers.com/valve-keeping-13-year-old-gpu-alive-linux-updates/ [02:19] TR Bot It turns out that there's one guy at Valve keeping a 13-year-old GPU alive via Linux updates [02:19] TR News "Say goodbye to the fear of system-breaking updates with this game-changing Linux feature." https://www.xda-developers.com/use-btrfs-snapshots-make-linux-system-bulletproof/ [02:19] TR Bot How I use Btrfs snapshots to make my Linux system practically bulletproof [02:20] TR News "This one BIOS setting could stand in your way of Windows 11." https://www.xda-developers.com/changing-this-one-bios-setting-could-let-you-upgrade-to-windows-11/ [02:20] TR Bot Changing this one BIOS setting could let you upgrade your gaming PC to Windows 11Here's how [02:20] TR News Upgrade?? [02:23] TR News (NEW): I replaced WSL with a full Linux VM, and heres why its actually better https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/05/I_replaced_WSL_with_a_full_Linux_VM_and_here_s_why_it_s_actuall.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/05/I_replaced_WSL_with_a_full_Linux_VM_and_here_s_why_it_s_actuall.gmi [02:23] TR Bot Tux Machines I replaced WSL with a full Linux VM, and heres why its actually better [02:23] TR News 11 Linux apps Windows refugees need to know about https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-apps-windows-refugees-need-know-about/ [02:23] TR Bot 11 Linux apps Windows refugees need to know about [02:25] TR News "How is CachyOS able to catch everyone's attention?" https://www.howtogeek.com/why-this-distro-is-more-popular-than-ubuntu-and-linux-mint-right-now/ [02:25] TR Bot Why This Distro Is More Popular Than Ubuntu and Linux Mint Right Now [02:26] TR News "You've probably been stuck at some point, or perhaps curl is too boring?" https://www.howtogeek.com/ways-to-download-files-via-the-linux-terminal-that-arent-curl-or-wget/ [02:26] TR Bot 5 Ways to Download Files via the Linux Terminal (That Aren't curl or wget) [02:26] TR News 6 Text Filtering Uses for the Linux awk Command https://www.howtogeek.com/text-filtering-uses-for-the-linux-awk-command/ [02:26] TR Bot 6 Text Filtering Uses for the Linux awk Command [02:26] TR News (NEW): Raspberry Pi 500+ Launches as the Ultimate All-In-One PC Based on Raspberry Pi 5 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/09/26/Raspberry_Pi_500_Launches_as_the_Ultimate_All_In_One_PC_Based_o.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/09/26/Raspberry_Pi_500_Launches_as_the_Ultimate_All_In_One_PC_Based_o.gmi [02:26] TR Bot Tux Machines Raspberry Pi 500+ Launches as the Ultimate All-In-One PC Based on Raspberry Pi 5 [02:27] TR News "Say goodbye to Notepad++." https://www.howtogeek.com/i-replaced-notepad-plus-plus-on-linux-with-this-text-editor/ [02:27] TR Bot I Replaced Notepad++ on Linux With This Text Editor [02:27] TR News 3 Terminal Tricks You'll Wish You Knew Earlier https://www.howtogeek.com/terminal-tricks-youll-wish-you-knew-earlier/ [02:27] TR Bot 3 Terminal Tricks You'll Wish You Knew Earlier [02:28] TR News "The Gnome Shell replacement is shaping up." https://www.howtogeek.com/system76-sends-out-pop-os-2404-beta-and-cosmic-desktop-beta/ [02:28] TR Bot System76's Cosmic Desktop Arrives in Pop!_OS 24.04 Beta [02:29] TR News 3 DIY E-Ink Projects for Beginners https://www.howtogeek.com/diy-e-ink-projects-for-beginners/ [02:29] TR Bot 3 DIY E-Ink Projects for Beginners [02:29] TR News "An actual huge breakthrough." https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-apps-on-android-are-one-step-closer-to-reality/ [02:29] TR Bot Linux Apps on Android Are One Step Closer to Reality [02:30] TR News "Building a brand new PC? Check out these distros first." https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-distros-that-play-nice-with-brand-new-hardware/ [02:30] TR Bot 5 Linux Distros That Play Nice With Brand-New Hardware [02:30] TR News What a dumb thing to do and waste of a Pi https://www.howtogeek.com/why-windows-31-is-my-operating-system-for-my-raspberry-pi/ [02:30] TR Bot Why Windows 3.1 Is My Favorite Operating System for My Raspberry Pi [02:31] TR News This Linux Laptop Makes the Most of Kubuntu's Capabilities https://www.howtogeek.com/kubuntu-focus-m2-gen-6-review/ [02:31] TR Bot This Linux Laptop Makes the Most of Kubuntu's Capabilities [02:31] MinceR so, nothing? [02:31] TR News "The Raspberry Pi 5 and Apple Silicon devices are also getting better support." https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-kernel-3-17-released/ [02:31] TR Bot Linux Kernel 6.17 Released With Better Support for Intel Graphics [02:31] TR News 4 Interesting and Unusual Linux Shells https://www.howtogeek.com/interesting-and-unusual-linux-shells/ [02:31] TR Bot 4 Interesting and Unusual Linux Shells [02:32] TR News "Turn over a new page." https://www.howtogeek.com/upgrade-your-man-pager-for-better-linux-help/ [02:32] TR Bot Upgrade Your man Pager for Better Linux Help [02:33] *SomeGoat has quit (connection closed) [02:33] TR News "The beginning of the end of Fire OS." https://www.howtogeek.com/amazons-linux-based-vega-os-finally-arrives-on-the-fire-tv-4k-select/ [02:33] TR Bot Amazon's Linux-based 'Vega OS' Finally Arrives on the Fire TV 4K Select [02:33] TR News openSUSE Leap's First Major Update in 7 Years Has Arrived https://www.howtogeek.com/opensuse-leap-16-released/ [02:33] TR Bot openSUSE Leap's First Major Update in 7 Years Has Arrived [02:34] MinceR why would anyone want to use amazon's trash, though? [02:35] TR News (NEW): openSUSE Leap 16 Is Now Available for Download with Linux Kernel 6.12 LTS https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/01/openSUSE_Leap_16_Is_Now_Available_for_Download_with_Linux_Kerne.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/01/openSUSE_Leap_16_Is_Now_Available_for_Download_with_Linux_Kerne.gmi [02:35] TR Bot Tux Machines openSUSE Leap 16 Is Now Available for Download with Linux Kernel 6.12 LTS [02:35] schestowitz[TR2] not me [02:35] schestowitz[TR2] and clearly not you, either [02:35] TR News "Save yourself some time by using these simple commands." https://www.howtogeek.com/how-i-batch-install-all-my-old-apps-when-switching-linux-distros/ [02:35] TR Bot Here's How I Batch Install All My Old Apps When Switching Linux Distros [02:37] TR News What's at stake? https://www.dw.com/en/taliban-s-internet-shutdown-in-afghanistan-what-s-at-stake/a-74043564 [02:37] TR Bot internet shutdown in Afghanistan: What's at stake? DW 09/30/2025 [02:38] TR News (NEW): Recent Valnet Articles With Focus on GNU/Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/05/Recent_Valnet_Articles_With_Focus_on_GNU_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/05/Recent_Valnet_Articles_With_Focus_on_GNU_Linux.gmi [02:38] TR Bot Tux Machines Recent Valnet Articles With Focus on GNU/Linux [02:40] TR News misinformation surge https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-pakistan-s-hpv-vaccine-campaign-faces-misinformation-surge/a-74151132 https://www.csis.org/blogs/smart-global-health/fake-cia-vaccine-campaign-when-end-doesnt-justify-means [02:40] TR Bot check: HPV vaccine myths debunked in Pakistan rollout DW 09/27/2025 [02:40] TR Bot Fake CIA Vaccine Campaign: When the End Doesnt Justify the Means | Smart Global Health | CSIS [02:41] TR News Chimps regularly consume alcohol https://www.dw.com/en/chimps-regularly-consume-alcohol-study-finds/a-74159059 [02:41] TR Bot regularly consume alcohol, study finds DW 09/27/2025 [02:42] TR News Zurich votes to restrict leaf blowers in pollution row https://www.dw.com/en/zurich-votes-to-restrict-leaf-blowers-in-pollution-row/a-74163808 [02:42] TR Bot votes to restrict leaf blowers in pollution row DW 09/28/2025 [02:43] TR News Coup by skinnerboxes https://www.dw.com/en/nepal-s-gen-z-protesters-look-to-the-future/a-74134471 http://techrights.org/n/2025/09/13/Nepal_Will_Fall_Without_a_Single_Shot_Fired_Thanks_to_Social_Co.shtml [02:43] TR Bot Gen Z protesters look to the future DW 09/28/2025 [02:43] TR Bot Techrights Nepal Will Fall Without a Single Shot Fired, Thanks to Social Control Media [02:46] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. 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HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-041025.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-041025.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-041025.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-041025.txt [02:49] TR Bot IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, October 04, 2025 [02:49] TR News Yesterday's bulletin is now ready! : http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2025-10-04.txt | gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2025-10-04.txt (tentative address, to work an hour from now) [02:50] TR News Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2025-10-04.txt [02:50] TR News Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-10-05.gmi [02:51] MinceR https://ircz.de/p/25061150 [02:51] TR Bot WHOOPSIE [02:51] TR News [japan] [jp] [photos] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2025-10-04.gmi [02:53] TR News Techrights Links 05/10/2025: Political Leftovers, Climate Change, and Security Incidents https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/05/Links_05_10_2025_Political_Leftovers_Climate_Change_and_Securit.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/05/Links_05_10_2025_Political_Leftovers_Climate_Change_and_Securit.gmi [02:53] TR Bot Techrights Links 05/10/2025: Political Leftovers, Climate Change, and Security Incidents ● Oct 05 [03:19] TR News "too-big-to-care" https://www.gamesradar.com/platforms/xbox/amid-xbox-layoffs-and-a-50-percent-game-pass-price-hike-former-ftc-chair-slams-too-big-to-care-microsofts-activision-blizzard-buyout-thats-harming-both-gamers-and-developers/ [03:19] TR Bot Xbox layoffs and a 50% Game Pass price hike, former FTC chair slams "too-big-to-care" Microsoft's Activision-Blizzard buyout that's "harming both gamers and developers" | GamesRadar+ [03:21] TR News Gamers owe Lina Khan an apology after Microsoft price hikes https://ppc.land/gamers-owe-lina-khan-an-apology-after-microsoft-price-hikes/ [03:21] TR Bot Gamers owe Lina Khan an apology after Microsoft price hikes [03:21] TR News Ex-FTC chair criticises Microsoft over 50% Game Pass price hike after Activision Blizzard merger https://tribune.com.pk/story/2570602/ex-ftc-chair-criticises-microsoft-over-50-game-pass-price-hike-after-activision-blizzard-merger [03:21] TR Bot Ex-FTC chair criticises Microsoft over 50% Game Pass price hike after Activision Blizzard merger [03:21] TR News Former FTC Chair Fires Shots at Game Pass Price Hike: They Can Make Things Worse https://insider-gaming.com/ftc-chair-shots-game-pass-price-hike/ [03:21] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://insider-gaming.com/ftc-chair-shots-game-pass-price-hike/ ) [03:23] TR News "Three volunteers had a lot to say about their extensive work on free software projects. Amin Bandali, a computing scientist, has worked on various programs in the GNU project, EmacsConf, Debian development, Trisquel GNU/Linux distribution contributions, and with the the FSF SysOps team for many years" https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-turns-forty-with-a-new-president-and-a-new-campaign [03:23] TR Bot FSF turns forty with a groundbreaking new project and a new president Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [03:31] admfubar https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-hallucination-landmarks-tourists [03:31] TR Bot AI Endangering Tourists by Sending Them to Nonexistent Landmarks in Hazardous Locations [03:34] admfubar https://futurism.com/future-society/tesla-xai-staff-fleeing [03:34] TR Bot Tesla and xAI Staff Are Fleeing as Musk Becomes Increasingly Erratic [03:37] admfubar https://futurism.com/future-society/elon-musk-china-invest-spacex-military-contractor [03:37] TR Bot Elon Musk Caught Letting China Invest in SpaceX, a Huge US Military Contractor [03:38] admfubar https://futurism.com/future-society/ai-friend-startup-overwhelmed-hatred [03:38] TR Bot AI "Friend" Startup Overwhelmed With Hatred [03:43] admfubar https://futurism.com/ai-industry-warns-lawsuit-destroy [03:43] TR Bot AI Industry Warns That New Lawsuit Could Destroy It Entirely [03:48] admfubar https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-shop-cash-grab [03:48] TR Bot OpenAI Ridiculed for Its Latest Cash Grab [03:52] TR News Techrights Software Patents as a Bubble https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/05/Software_Patents_as_a_Bubble.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/05/Software_Patents_as_a_Bubble.gmi [03:52] TR Bot Techrights Software Patents as a Bubble [03:53] TR News influenza https://www.dw.com/en/h3n2-influenza-spreads-rapidly-in-delhi-northern-india/a-74154442 [03:53] TR Bot influenza spreads rapidly in Delhi, northern India DW 09/28/2025 [03:53] TR News Denmark bans civil drones https://www.dw.com/en/denmark-bans-civil-drones-after-more-sightings/a-74166973 [03:53] TR Bot bans civil drones after more sightings DW 09/28/2025 [03:54] TR News Argentina: Thousands march for women murdered on livestream https://www.dw.com/en/argentina-thousands-march-for-women-murdered-on-livestream/a-74162968 [03:54] TR Bot Thousands march for women murdered on livestream DW 09/28/2025 [03:56] admfubar WTF? https://www.informationweek.com/ai-innovations/aids-healthcare-foundation-cio-values-the-personal-touch-of-ai- [03:56] TR Bot AHF CIO Values the 'Personal Touch of AI' ● Oct 05 [04:01] *oarion7 has quit (Quit: Running IRC on a charmed medieval abacus.) [04:05] TR News Techrights "Bullshit Generators" (What RMS Calls LLMs) and Fake Images Already Target the FSF https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/05/Bullshit_Generators_What_RMS_Calls_LLMs_and_Fake_Images_Already.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/05/Bullshit_Generators_What_RMS_Calls_LLMs_and_Fake_Images_Already.gmi [04:05] TR Bot Techrights "Bullshit Generators" (What RMS Calls LLMs) and Fake Images Already Target the FSF [04:12] TR News (NEW): Tux Machines Loves Software Freedom https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/05/Tux_Machines_Loves_Software_Freedom.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/05/Tux_Machines_Loves_Software_Freedom.gmi [04:12] TR Bot Tux Machines Tux Machines Loves Software Freedom [04:13] admfubar https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/10/04/2142243/microsofts-cto-hopes-to-swap-most-amd-and-nvidia-gpus-for-in-house-chips [04:13] TR Bot Microsoft's CTO Hopes to Swap Most AMD and NVIDIA GPUs for In-House Chips - Slashdot [04:14] schestowitz[TR2] "MS sez" [04:14] schestowitz[TR2] slashdot... REPEATS [04:15] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/21/Hype_Watch_Weeks_After_Microsoft_Disappointed_Investors_With_He.shtml [04:15] TR Bot Techrights Hype Watch: Weeks After Microsoft Disappointed Investors With "Hey Hi" It's Trying Some "Quantum" Hype (Adding Impractical Vapourware to Accompany This Hype and Even LLM Slop in 'News' Clothing) [04:16] admfubar https://www.snopes.com/articles/471357/spinach-send-emails/ [04:16] TR Bot taught spinach plants to send emails? Not exactly | Snopes.com [04:16] TR News Bluewashing: "Today marks my last day at Red Hat. Tomorrow I am moving to IBM as part of the Middleware group. I will continue to work on Apache Camel in the same awesome team! Looking forward to that! The end has been a wild ride but it has always been an honor to wear the Red Fedora Hat!" https://x.com/freaky_styley/status/1939749624643797231 [04:16] TR Bot NO TITLE [04:17] TR News "After 17 years I feel that it is time to change things up a bit and for a new challenge. I'm leaving Red Hat and my last day at Red Hat will be October 31st." https://hansdegoede.dreamwidth.org/30910.html [04:17] TR Bot Captcha Check [04:18] TR News iophl: This goes against the very nature of social control media which encourages and almost requires that people make as long a chain from the original sources as possible: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/10/01/C2PA-For-Social-Media In contrast, authenticity requires citing the primary source or at most a secondary source should a primary source be unavailable. [04:18] TR Bot ongoing by Tim Bray Social Media Provenance Challenge [04:21] admfubar https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/10/04/0327256. [04:21] TR Bot OpenNvidia Could Become the AI Generation's WinTel - SoylentNews [04:25] TR News (NEW): IBM is Changing Fedora and Red Hat for the Worse https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/05/IBM_is_Changing_Fedora_and_Red_Hat_for_the_Worse.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/05/IBM_is_Changing_Fedora_and_Red_Hat_for_the_Worse.gmi [04:25] schestowitz[TR2] open? [04:25] TR Bot Tux Machines IBM is Changing Fedora and Red Hat for the Worse [04:25] schestowitz[TR2] OpenNvidia? [04:25] schestowitz[TR2] openwashing much? [04:25] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2025/07/04/NVidia_is_a_Bubble.shtml [04:25] TR Bot Techrights NVidia is a Bubble [04:35] admfubar https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=308372&p=3 [04:35] TR Bot gdm broken after update (Page 3) / Applications & Desktop Environments / Arch Linux Forums [04:46] admfubar the shark jumping is free... https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artificial-intelligence/opera-wants-you-to-pay-1990-per-month-for-its-new-ai-browser/ [04:47] TR Bot Opera wants you to pay $19.90 per month for its new AI browser [04:50] TR News Techrights Linux and the Freedom Paradox https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/05/Linux_and_the_Freedom_Paradox.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/05/Linux_and_the_Freedom_Paradox.gmi [04:50] TR Bot Techrights Linux and the Freedom Paradox [04:56] TR News "Autoformatters that remove linefeeds are utter trash that should get nuked out of the universe." https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/phoronix/latest-phoronix-articles/1582335-linus-torvalds-vents-over-completely-crazy-rust-format-checking [04:56] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/phoronix/latest-phoronix-articles/1582335-linus-torvalds-vents-over-completely-crazy-rust-format-checking ) ● Oct 05 [05:00] TR News This one says GitHub https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/02/cybercrims_claim_raid_on_28000/ same site later says GitLAB. Does The Register MS KNOW THE DIFFERENCE??? https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/03/red_hat_gitlab_breach/?td=keepreading [05:00] TR Bot Red Hat repos raided, claims cybercrew, files stolen The Register [05:00] TR Bot Red Hat fesses up to GitLab breach after attackers brag The Register [05:10] TR News Techrights The Register MS Does Not Know the Difference Between Microsoft GitHub and GitLab https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/05/The_Register_MS_Does_Not_Know_the_Difference_Between_Microsoft_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/05/The_Register_MS_Does_Not_Know_the_Difference_Between_Microsoft_.gmi [05:10] TR Bot Techrights The Register MS Does Not Know the Difference Between Microsoft GitHub and GitLab [05:10] schestowitz[TR2] decided it was worth QUICK post [05:11] schestowitz[TR2] they like to belittle "blogs" like ours [05:11] schestowitz[TR2] for being wrong on facts [05:11] schestowitz[TR2] but. [05:11] schestowitz[TR2] it's them who get simple facts wrong [05:11] schestowitz[TR2] and WILL NOT correct them [05:11] admfubar who? [05:12] schestowitz[TR2] El Regf [05:12] schestowitz[TR2] *Reg [05:13] admfubar ah [05:14] TR News Bubble targets LOW wages https://www.dw.com/en/nvidia-s-armenian-ai-factory-to-boost-local-tech-talent-and-opportunities/a-74174869 http://techrights.org/n/2025/07/04/NVidia_is_a_Bubble.shtml [05:14] TR Bot chips in millions for AI factory in Armenia DW 09/29/2025 [05:15] TR News "help from AI" is a lie; it's a cut due to income problems https://www.dw.com/en/lufthansa-to-shed-4-000-jobs-with-help-from-ai/a-74173278 [05:15] TR Bot to shed 4,000 jobs with help from AI DW 09/29/2025 [05:16] TR News How a gloomy German loaf of bread went viral in the US https://www.dw.com/en/how-a-gloomy-german-loaf-of-bread-went-viral-in-the-us/a-74177114 [05:16] TR Bot a gloomy German loaf of bread went viral in the US DW 09/29/2025 [05:16] TR News FIFPRO https://www.dw.com/en/fifpro-risk-to-player-health-rising-ahead-of-2026-world-cup/a-74148515 [05:16] TR Bot 'Risk to player health rising' DW 09/29/2025 [05:17] TR News Environmental damage threatens prosperity in Europe https://www.dw.com/en/environmental-damage-threatens-prosperity-in-europe/a-74175943 [05:17] TR Bot damage threatens prosperity in Europe DW 09/29/2025 [05:18] TR News Does Germany champion animal protection? https://www.dw.com/en/world-animal-day-does-germany-champion-animal-protection/a-74185608 [05:18] TR Bot Animal Day: Does Germany champion animal protection? DW 09/30/2025 [05:21] TR News FSF chose a platform for videos that is NOT compatible with Falkon, hence BLOCKED. How many OTHER browsers are NOT supported? https://framatube.org/c/fsf_channel/videos [05:21] TR Bot Free Software Foundation channel - Framatube [05:21] TR News This one is a lot simpler and better https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/ [05:21] TR Bot libreplanet's profile GNU MediaGoblin [05:24] schestowitz[TR2] lxo: will the steam be uploaded to https://framatube.org/c/fsf_channel/videos ? [05:26] schestowitz[TR2] *stream [05:28] schestowitz[TR2] i can edit http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/05/FSF_s_Anniversary_Party_Will_Hopefully_be_Uploaded_to_PeerTube.shtml when i get a firmer answer [05:28] TR Bot Tux Machines FSF's Anniversary Party Will Hopefully be Uploaded to PeerTube [05:28] TR News (NEW): FSF's Anniversary Party Will Hopefully be Uploaded to PeerTube https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/05/FSF_s_Anniversary_Party_Will_Hopefully_be_Uploaded_to_PeerTube.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/05/FSF_s_Anniversary_Party_Will_Hopefully_be_Uploaded_to_PeerTube.gmi [05:28] TR Bot Tux Machines FSF's Anniversary Party Will Hopefully be Uploaded to PeerTube [05:34] schestowitz[TR2] https://thelounge.chat/docs [05:34] TR Bot Getting started The Lounge [05:35] schestowitz[TR2] is prawnsalad's code reused [05:35] schestowitz[TR2] iirc, andrew lee funded his work [05:35] schestowitz[TR2] pn kiwiirc [05:44] TR News Techrights The Free Software Foundation's Livestream Has Ended, Video/s Might be Online Next https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/05/The_Free_Software_Foundation_s_Livestream_Has_Ended_Video_s_Mig.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/05/The_Free_Software_Foundation_s_Livestream_Has_Ended_Video_s_Mig.gmi [05:44] TR Bot Techrights The Free Software Foundation's Livestream Has Ended, Video/s Might be Online Next [05:51] TR News "If you're unhappy with Microsoft, you're not the only one." https://mashable.com/article/xbox-game-pass-price-hike-how-to-cancel [05:51] TR Bot Pass Ultimate price hike more than you want to pay? How to cancel or downgrade | Mashable [05:51] TR News LinkedIn down almost 5% https://www.similarweb.com/website/linkedin.com/#ranking [05:51] TR Bot NO TITLE [05:53] TR News "TCS layoffs: Techies share humiliation and hopelessness on social media as India's biggest IT company announces job cuts" ● Oct 05 [06:25] TR News (NEW): Agate (or AGate) is 5 This Year, It's Running Our Gemini Capsule https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/05/Agate_or_AGate_is_5_This_Year_It_s_Running_Our_Gemini_Capsule.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/05/Agate_or_AGate_is_5_This_Year_It_s_Running_Our_Gemini_Capsule.gmi [06:25] TR Bot Tux Machines Agate (or AGate) is 5 This Year, It's Running Our Gemini Capsule [06:37] TR News (NEW): Don't Use YouTube, Use inv.nadeko.net Instead (to Access YouTube Videos Without All the Nasty Parts of YouTube) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/05/Don_t_Use_YouTube_Use_inv_nadeko_net_Instead_to_Access_YouTube_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/05/Don_t_Use_YouTube_Use_inv_nadeko_net_Instead_to_Access_YouTube_.gmi [06:37] TR Bot Tux Machines Don't Use YouTube, Use inv.nadeko.net Instead (to Access YouTube Videos Without All the Nasty Parts of YouTube) [06:47] *GNUmoon2 has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [06:48] *GNUmoon2 (~GNUmoon@gateway/tor-sasl/gnumoon) has joined #techrights ● Oct 05 [08:44] *lxo has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [08:47] *schestowitz[TR] has quit (Ping timeout: 245 seconds) [08:47] *Disconnected (Remote host closed socket). 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[09:41] *Now talking on #techrights [09:41] *irc.soylentnews.org sets mode +n #techrights [09:41] *irc.soylentnews.org sets mode +t #techrights ● Oct 05 [10:36] TR News "when you onboard to Sora" https://blog.davemo.com/posts/2025-10-03-sora-bugs.html | [10:36] TR Bot Sora 2 Bugs [10:37] TR News "As I rail against The Internet, I have to remind myself that people wanted it. I wanted it." https://idiomdrottning.org/our_hardearned_dystopia | Source: Idiomdrottning [10:37] TR Bot Our hard-earned dystopia [10:37] TR News "YouTube, which is also a unit of Alphabet, will also offer NBCUniversal's Peacock streaming service through its Primetime Channels" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/google-nbcuniversal-reach-agreement-to-keep-shows-on-youtube-tv/articleshow/124280881.cms | Source: India Times [10:37] TR Bot Google, NBCUniversal reach agreement to keep shows on YouTube TV - The Economic Times [10:37] TR News "The Verge reached out to a number of artists and labels who had removed their music from Spotify" https://www.theverge.com/report/791593/daniel-ek-stepping-down-changes-nothing-for-artists-boycotting-spotify | Source: The Verge [10:37] TR Bot Daniel Ek stepping down changes nothing for artists boycotting Spotify | The Verge [10:39] TR News "" https://jacobin.com/2025/10/weekend-minimum-wage-unemployment-child-labor/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine [10:39] TR Bot Elites Always Say We Cant Have Nice Things. Theyre Wrong. [10:39] TR News "Antoni Lallican, 37, was embedded with Ukraine's Fourth Armored Brigade near the front line in the Donbas region when he was killed in a drone attack on the area" https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/10/04/macron-blames-russia-as-drone-kills-french-photojournalist-in-ukraine-a90718 | Source: The Moscow Times [10:39] TR Bot Macron Blames Russia as Drone Kills French Photojournalist in Ukraine - The Moscow Times [10:40] TR News "It seems to me that, like all products, the question is: what do you actually get from it?" https://werd.io/dont-dwell-on-democracy-and-other-new-findings-about-how-to-market-local-news/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller [10:40] TR Bot Dont dwell on democracy, and other new findings about how to market local news [10:40] TR News "Setting aside how this is a much more extreme case, wasnt the whole radicalizing force behind the rightward shift of people like Rogan and Zuckerberg that the federal government was suggesting tech platforms moderate legal speech?" https://birchtree.me/blog/thank-you-sir-can-i-have-another/ | Source: Matt Birchler [10:40] TR Bot Thank you sir, can I have another? [10:41] TR News "I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never the right move" https://www.404media.co/iceblock-owner-after-apple-removes-app-we-are-determined-to-fight-this/ | Source: 404 Media [10:41] TR Bot ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: We Are Determined to Fight This [10:42] TR News "The tech giant confirmed it had removed ICEBlock and other similar software from its App Store at the direction of Attorney General Pam Bondi" https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/03/apple_iceblock/ | Source: The Register UK [10:42] TR Bot Apple ices ICE agent tracker app under government heat The Register [10:51] *acer-box__ (~acer-box@freenode-ch27p8.ldvb.0amm.hij1op.IP) has joined #techrights [10:51] *acer-box has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [10:54] TR News "But now we have an actual, crystal-clear example of government officials using direct threats to pressure a tech company into removing disfavored speechand suddenly, the free speech warriors have gone mysteriously quiet." https://www.techdirt.com/2025/10/03/doj-demands-removal-of-iceblock-app-why-are-the-free-speech-warriors-suddenly-so-quiet/ | Source: Techdirt [10:54] TR Bot Demands Removal Of ICEBlock App; Why Are The Free Speech Warriors Suddenly So Quiet? | Techdirt [10:55] TR News "Georgian police cracked down on protesters with water cannons and pepper spray the evening of Oct. 4 as activists attempted to break into the presidential palace in Tbilisi." https://kyivindependent.com/georgian-police-crack-down-on-protesters-as-thousands-march-on-presidential-palace/ | Source: The Kyiv Independent [10:55] TR Bot Georgian police crack down on protesters as thousands march on presidential palace [10:56] TR News "Their aim was to revitalize daily demonstrations that began last year following alleged violations in parliamentary elections and a subsequent government decision to halt talks on joining the European Union." https://www.rferl.org/a/georgia-protests-police-election-clashes/33549697.html | Source: RFERL [10:56] TR Bot Georgian Police Deploy Pepper Spray, Water Cannons As Thousands Protest In Tbilisi [10:56] TR News "The opposition also criticized what it saw as the government's growing Russia-friendly policies." https://www.rferl.org/a/georgia-protests-arrests-election-burchuladze-kobakhidze/33550089.html | Source: RFERL [10:56] TR Bot Georgian Riot Police Break Up Tbilisi Demonstration, Detain Protest Organizers [10:58] TR News "In a nutshell: the states have total power over their affairs, except where the Constitution says otherwise." https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/04/fiscal-antifa/#post-trump | Source: CoryDoctorow [10:58] TR Bot Pluralistic: Blue Bonds (04 Oct 2025) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [10:58] TR News "It doesnt have to be that way. We can have private right of action without statutory damages for bugs, bullshit, or failing to hire the right compliance consultant." https://blog.zgp.org/private-right-of-action/ | Source: Don Marti [10:58] TR Bot private right of action [10:58] TR News "An Act to Prevent Pernicious Political Activities." https://doc.searls.com/2025/10/03/questions-of-law-not-politics/ | Source: Doc Searls [10:58] TR Bot Questions of Law, not Just Politics Doc Searls Weblog ● Oct 05 [11:01] TR News "Few problems have been detected with EVs electrical technology" https://yle.fi/a/74-20186654 | Source: YLE [11:01] TR Bot Electric cars fare worse in Finnish car inspections up to half of Teslas flunk | Yle News | Yle [11:02] TR News "reveals an enormous gap in quality between brand-name batteries and low-cost cells" https://www.theverge.com/news/784966/lumafield-x-ray-ct-scan-lithium-ion-battery-risks-manufacturing-defect | Source: The Verge [11:02] TR Bot X-ray scans reveal the hidden risks of cheap batteries | The Verge [11:02] TR News "Im not blaming the tech, it is a miracle I will never take for granted." https://blog.jonudell.net/2025/10/04/maps-old-and-new/ | Source: Jon Udell [11:02] TR Bot Maps old and new Jon Udell [11:08] TR News "Old millennials like me, and those of you who grew up with battery-operated toys and devices, know instinctively what these barrel batteries are. Theyre: [...]" https://rubenerd.com/younger-people-and-aa-batteries/ | Source: Ruben Schade [11:08] TR Bot Younger people and AA batteries [11:08] TR News "The US has a particularly chaotic energy system. How much people pay to light their homes, stay warm, and get around varies a lot from state to state and even among neighbors." https://www.wired.com/story/power-bills-in-the-us-are-soaring-and-will-rise-further-still/ | Source: Wired [11:08] TR Bot US Power Bills Are Surging | WIRED [11:08] TR News "However, even if we can make putting bit barns in orbit economical, there is no shortage of challenges to overcome. Datacenters are massively complex facilities." https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/03/bezos_space_dcs/ | Source: The Register UK [11:08] TR Bot Bezos dreams of orbital datacenters powered by the sun The Register [11:09] TR News "The Maserati Boomerang is one of the most striking concept cars of the 1970s, a radical design that pushed the boundaries of automotive styling." https://www.vintag.es/2025/10/maserati-boomerang.html | Source: Vintage Everyday [11:09] TR Bot Maserati Boomerang: The Futuristic Wedge-Shaped Concept Car of the 1970s ~ Vintage Everyday [11:10] TR News "A very granular Bloomberg analysis of wholesale electricity prices across the country paints a picture of doubled wholesale prices and soaring consumer costs over the past five years" https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-data-centers-electricity-bills | Source: Futurism [11:10] TR Bot AI Data Centers Are Skyrocketing Regular People's Energy Bills [11:11] TR News "Renewables a combination of solar PV, wind, hydro and biomass overtook coal on a monthly basis for the first time in September, according to a leading energy analyst." https://reneweconomy.com.au/renewables-overtake-coal-for-first-time-on-monthly-basis-in-australias-main-grid/ | [11:11] TR Bot Renewables overtake coal for first time on monthly basis in Australia's main grid [11:12] TR News "The march of the energy transition is a long one, but it has to start somewhere. And with this approach, China has already taken quite a few steps." https://www.wired.com/story/china-clean-energy-un-climate-summit-goals/ | Source: Wired [11:12] TR Bot Is Leading the World in the Clean Energy Transition. Here's What That Looks Like | WIRED [11:13] TR News "Her popular book, In the Shadow of Man, an account of her early years at Gombe, was published in 1971 and became an international bestseller." https://www.vintag.es/2025/10/young-jane-goodall.html | Source: Vintage Everyday [11:13] TR Bot 18 Amazing Photos of a Young Jane Goodall in the 1960s and 1970s ~ Vintage Everyday [11:14] TR News "The cuts are likely to affect battery plants, hydrogen technology projects, upgrades to the electric grid and carbon-capture efforts" https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/energy-business/policy-and-regulation/trump-administration-cuts-nearly-8b-in-clean-energy-projects-in-states-that-backed-harris/ | Source: Renewable Energy World [11:14] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/energy-business/policy-and-regulation/trump-administration-cuts-nearly-8b-in-clean-energy-projects-in-states-that-backed-harris/ ) [11:23] TR News "On Tuesday, Donald Trump stood in front of more than 800 generals and admirals in the U.S. military and informed them of their new enemy: their fellow Americans." https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-npsm-7-memo-crackdown-opposition-1235440530/ | Source: Rolling Stone [11:23] TR Bot Trump's NPSM-7 Memo Could Enable Crackdown on Opposition [11:24] TR News "Let us be clear about whats happening here: the federal government is announcing it will use immigration enforcement as a tool of cultural intimidation." https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/bad-bunny | Source: Mike Brock [11:24] TR Bot Bad Bunny - by Mike Brock - Notes From The Circus [11:25] TR News "The Trump administration ordered National Guard troops not the 82nd Airborne to Portland this week." https://www.startribune.com/trump-officials-discussed-sending-elite-army-division-to-portland-text-messages-show/601485729 | Source: Star Tribune [11:25] TR Bot Trump officials discussed sending elite Army division to Portland, text messages show [11:26] TR News "LinkedIn has been sued by Premium customers who said the business-focused social media platform disclosed their private messages to third parties without permission to train generative artificial intelligence models." https://www.reuters.com/legal/microsofts-linkedin-sued-disclosing-customer-information-train-ai-models-2025-01-22/ | Source: Reuters [11:26] TR Bot ( status 401 @ https://www.reuters.com/legal/microsofts-linkedin-sued-disclosing-customer-information-train-ai-models-2025-01-22/ ) [11:27] TR News "Eric Lai, a Senior Fellow at the Georgetown Center for Asian Law" https://hongkongfp.com/2025/10/04/hong-kong-to-install-surveillance-cameras-with-ai-facial-recognition/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press [11:27] TR Bot Hong Kong to install surveillance cameras with AI facial recognition [11:27] TR News Windows TCO https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/03/asahi_beer_attack/ | Source: The Register UK [11:27] TR Bot No suds for you! Asahi attack leaves Japanese drinkers dry The Register [11:28] TR News "change the global Internet conversation for the better, by making it harder for liars to lie and easier for truth-tellers to be believed." https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/10/01/C2PA-For-Social-Media | Source: Tim Bray [11:28] TR Bot ongoing by Tim Bray Social Media Provenance Challenge [11:29] TR News "Its the latest in a wave of youth discontent rolling across continents." https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2025/1003/gen-z-protest-one-piece-global | Source: CS Monitor [11:29] TR Bot Z protesters worldwide organize on social media to oust governments - CSMonitor.com [11:29] TR News "Theories behind the increase range from bullying on social media, since Gen Z was the first generation to grow up with the internet [sic], to economic despair, to cultural resistance to seeking help for depression" https://mainemorningstar.com/2025/10/04/repub/suicide-claims-more-gen-z-lives-than-previous-generation/ | Source: Maine Morning Star [11:29] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://mainemorningstar.com/2025/10/04/repub/suicide-claims-more-gen-z-lives-than-previous-generation/ ) [11:31] TR News "At present, both apps offer a chronological timeline, but the feature is hidden and cannot be made the default. The court said this undermines the autonomy promised by the DSA." https://www.dutchnews.nl/2025/10/court-tells-meta-to-give-dutch-users-algorithm-free-feed-option/ | Source: Dutch News [11:31] TR Bot tells Meta to give Dutch users algorithm-free feed option - DutchNews.nl [11:32] TR News "A Dutch court on Thursday ordered Meta Platforms (META.O) , opens new tab to provide Facebook and Instagram users with simpler options for a timeline that does not rely on profiling." https://www.reuters.com/technology/dutch-court-orders-meta-change-facebook-instagram-timeline-settings-2025-10-02/ | Source: Reuters [11:32] TR Bot ( status 401 @ https://www.reuters.com/technology/dutch-court-orders-meta-change-facebook-instagram-timeline-settings-2025-10-02/ ) [11:32] TR News "The court gave Meta two weeks to ensure users have access to a different timeline for example in chronological order if they wish." https://www.courthousenews.com/meta-must-ease-access-to-non-profiled-timeline-dutch-court/ | Source: Court House News [11:32] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.courthousenews.com/meta-must-ease-access-to-non-profiled-timeline-dutch-court/ ) [11:35] TR News "The decision comes in response to a lawsuit filed by the Dutch nonprofit Bits of Freedom, which argued that by controlling users feeds Meta has been improperly skewing what news consumers receive." https://therecord.media/dutch-court-meta-violated-european-law-social-feeds | Source: The Record [11:35] TR Bot Dutch court rules Meta violated European law by pushing users to profiled feeds | The Record from Recorded Future News [11:35] TR News "Moldovas recent parliamentary election was widely billed as a straight choice between rival European and Russian trajectories, with the Kremlin accused of unprecedented interference in a bid to sway the vote in Moscows favor." https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/putins-moldova-election-failure-highlights-russias-declining-influence/ | Source: Atlantic Council [11:35] TR Bot Putins Moldova election failure highlights Russia's declining influence - Atlantic Council [11:36] TR News "Its safe to say that Norwoods image has gone viral over the past week, more so out of panic and scrutiny than genuine interest in her as a future Hollywood commodity." https://www.vox.com/culture/463825/tilly-norwood-hollywood-ai-generated-actress-sag-meta-openai | Source: Vox [11:36] TR Bot AI-generated actress Tilly Norwood the next Scarlett Johansson? | Vox [11:36] TR News "The problem is finding enough quality data, according to Neema Raphael, Goldman Sachs' chief data officer and head of data engineering. Some developers may be resorting to synthetic data or training models on the output of existing AI systems." https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/03/ai_training_requires_more_data/ | Source: The Register UK [11:36] TR Bot AI devs close to scraping bottom of data barrel The Register [11:37] TR News "The stunt, which uses Snapchat's AI features, aims to trick parents into believing a homeless person has broken into their home, leading to real-world panic" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ai-homeless-man-challenge-sparks-outrage-police-called-over-dangerous-viral-trend-1746441 | Source: International Business Times [11:37] TR Bot AI 'Homeless Man' Challenge Sparks Outrage as Police Called Over Dangerous Viral Trend | IBTimes UK [11:48] TR News "Now, Cassidy, youre being a bit strict with these AI tools, these are pretty dang close. One might say, even, that they are okay." https://cassidoo.co/post/moose-go-park-boba-ai/ | Source: Cassidy Williams [11:48] TR Bot A moose playing Go in a park while drinking boba [11:48] TR News "You switch this on in YouTube Labs, if youre one of the lucky few selected users." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/03/youtubes-ai-dj-interrupts-your-paid-ad-free-music/ | Source: Pivot to AI [11:48] TR Bot ( status 503 @ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/03/youtubes-ai-dj-interrupts-your-paid-ad-free-music/ ) [11:49] TR News "The main caveat with free Xbox Cloud Gaming will be the presence of ads" https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/cloud-gaming/microsoft-reportedly-mulls-ad-infested-free-xbox-cloud-gaming-plan-game-pass-ultimate-subscriber-allegedly-catches-ad-during-game-loading | Source: Tom's Hardware [11:49] TR Bot Microsoft reportedly mulls ad-infested free Xbox Cloud Gaming plan Game Pass Ultimate subscriber allegedly catches ad during game loading | Tom's Hardware [11:49] TR News "Install Zoom on Debian. Does not really need a blog post, but I did it, so why not? Really all you need is: [...]" https://darrengoossens.wordpress.com/2025/10/05/zoom-on-debian/ | Source: Darren Goossens [11:49] TR Bot Zoom on Debian DSPACE [11:56] TR News "As the leafy patch begins to expand, growers remove smaller pumpkins so all the water and nutrients funnel into a single fruit." https://www.usnews.com/news/news/articles/2025-10-04/how-to-grow-a-giant-pumpkin-with-help-from-science | Source: US News And World Report [11:56] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/news/articles/2025-10-04/how-to-grow-a-giant-pumpkin-with-help-from-science ) [11:57] TR News "It's becoming more and more clear that the obsession with eating meat and dairy products and eggs is totally destroying the environment. It's creating methane, it's wasting water, and it's bad for our health." https://www.aarp.org/health/healthy-living/jane-goodall-meatless-recipes/ | [11:57] TR Bot Jane Goodall Launches Vegan Cookbook [11:58] TR News "What we could call "familiarity-driven design" is a thing, and it can even be a confining thing, one where you shape your problems to conform to the tools you already know." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/UsingSystemsYouKnow | Source: University of Toronto [11:58] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser [11:59] TR News "The easiest way is to actively work to make a high-profile project successful." https://www.seangoedecke.com/how-to-influence-politics/ | Source: Sean Goedecke [11:59] TR Bot How I influence tech company politics as a staff software engineer [11:59] TR News "Its a powerful tool that will change how you communicate forever." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/merriam-websters-ai-model | Source: Futurism [11:59] TR Bot You Are Not Prepared for Merriam-Webster's Announcement of Its New AI Model ● Oct 05 [12:02] TR News "The Face Lab team digitally peeled back the masks to reveal the face and used CT X-ray scans to capture 3D images of it." https://interestingengineering.com/science/colombian-mummies-faces-reconstructed-new-method | Source: Interesting Engineering [12:02] TR Bot Faces of hundreds of years old Colombian mummies reconstructed [12:03] TR News "We even love them so much that weve dedicated a special day to honor this delicious pastry: Kanelbullens dag (Cinnamon Bun Day). And that day is today! " https://birming.com/2025/10/04/happy-cinnamon-bun-day/ | Source: Robert Birming [12:03] TR Bot cinnamon bun day | Robert Birming [12:03] TR News "He asked me to explain how we got here. That conversation became this essay." https://alfy.blog/2025/10/04/how-functional-programming-shaped-modern-frontend.html | Source: Ahmad Alfy [12:03] TR Bot How Functional Programming Shaped (and Twisted) Frontend Development [12:03] TR News "These players know the significance of it all: theylike Oaklandhave something to prove. " https://bcantrill.dtrace.org/2025/10/04/a-parade-in-oakland/ | Source: Bryan Cantrill [12:03] TR Bot A parade in Oakland | The Observation Deck [12:04] TR News "Xnet is a network of specialists and activists that proposes advanced solutions in different fields related to digital rights and updating democracy to the 21st century such as Digital Rights, Privacy, Data, AI and NetNeutrality; Freedom of expression and information vs fake news" https://xnet-x.net/en/who-we-are/ [12:04] TR Bot Who we are - [12:09] TR News Techrights Links 05/10/2025: Lufthansa Layoffs (4,000) and More Spotify Woes (Aside From Massive Debt) https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/05/Links_05_10_2025_Lufthansa_Layoffs_4_000_and_More_Spotify_Woes_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/05/Links_05_10_2025_Lufthansa_Layoffs_4_000_and_More_Spotify_Woes_.gmi [12:09] TR Bot Techrights Links 05/10/2025: Lufthansa Layoffs (4,000) and More Spotify Woes (Aside From Massive Debt) [12:38] *schestowitz[TR] has quit (Ping timeout: 245 seconds) [12:38] *Disconnected (Remote host closed socket). 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[12:46] TR News "The problem in a nutshell." https://blog.cr.yp.to/20251004-weakened.html | Source: DJ Bernstein [12:46] TR Bot cr.yp.to: 2025.10.04: NSA and IETF [12:47] TR News "A great systems-oriented programming language Ive taken up to complement Python due to its ability to cross-compile" https://taoofmac.com/space/dev/golang | Source: Rui Carmo [12:47] TR Bot Go (lang) - Tao of Mac [12:47] TR News "Write a script to return the total words in the given sentence can be typed completely." https://raku-musings.com/reverse-broken-again.html | Source: Arne Sommer [12:47] TR Bot Reverse Broken Again with Raku - Arne Sommer [12:48] TR News "Given that diversity, is there some kind of map of the cliff face that we can give a young software engineer to know what getting better can look like for them?" https://madhadron.com/getting_better_at_programming.html | Source: Frederick J Ross [12:48] TR Bot - Getting better at software engineering [12:48] TR News "In the first part of this article, I focused on the algorithm itself, removing parts I wouldnt use (like color), making it simpler, less loopy, etc. This yielded a ten-times improvement on a modern architecture" https://www.colino.net/wordpress/en/archives/2025/10/03/optimizing-a-6502-image-decoder-part-ii-assembly/ | Source: Colin Leroy-Mira [12:48] TR Bot a 6502 image decoder part II: assembly colin@colino.net [12:48] TR News "My recent posts have been diving deep into Zig and C, a shift from my earlier focus on React and JavaScript." https://dayvster.com/blog/is-odin-just-a-more-boring-c/ | Source: Dayvi Schuster [12:49] TR Bot Is Odin Just a More Boring C? [12:49] TR News "Because I am an idiot, I finished the fun one yesterday and still have about half the tedious one left." https://jasper.tandy.is/blogging/the-blue-door | Source: Jasper Tandy [12:49] TR Bot Jasper is blogging: The Blue Door [12:49] TR News "Version 0.120 of Game of Trees has been released (and the port updated): [...]" https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20251004112732 | Source: Undeadly [12:49] TR Bot timed out after 10000 milliseconds ( status 0 @ https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20251004112732 ) [12:50] TR News Open Data https://www.sciencealert.com/50-year-old-data-reveals-venuss-clouds-are-mostly-water | Source: Science Alert [12:50] TR Bot Data Reveals Venus's Clouds Are Mostly Water : ScienceAlert [12:50] TR News "Thats as far as I can take that Outkast song. I upgraded to Hugo v0.150.1 and thought I fixed all the breaking changes but I was wrong" https://brainbaking.com/post/2025/10/im-sorry-rss-subscribers/ | Source: Wouter Groeneveld [12:50] TR Bot I'm Sorry RSS Subscribers, Ooh I Am For Real | Brain Baking [12:51] TR News "Parquet is excellent for analytical workloads. Columnar layout, aggressive compression, predicate pushdown, but deletes require rewriting entire files." https://www.shayon.dev/post/2025/277/an-mvcc-like-columnar-table-on-s3-with-constant-time-deletes/ | Source: Shayon Mukherjee [12:51] TR Bot An MVCC-like columnar table on S3 with constant-time deletes [12:51] TR News "ARM development board to begin with that was upgraded to a very reasonably performing quad-core CPU" https://taoofmac.com/space/hw/raspberry_pi | Source: Rui Carmo [12:52] TR Bot Raspberry Pi - Tao of Mac [12:52] TR News "2025 list of healthy hardcore distros in alphabetical order with date/activity indicator (xxx)" https://sysdfree.wordpress.com/2025/10/04/363/ | Source: Systemd Free [12:52] TR Bot 2025 hardcore list of 21 linux distributions without elogind and other systemd parts | systemd-free linux community [12:53] TR News "A RAM disk exactly what it sounds like: using a portion of a computer's RAM as a disk." https://www.datagubbe.se/ramdisk/ | Source: Carl Svensson [12:53] TR Bot with the Amiga's RAM and RAD disks | datagubbe.se [12:53] TR News "I still see this mentioned on forums and YouTube videos today." https://pointieststick.com/2025/10/04/a-mac-like-experience-on-linux/ | Source: Nate Graham [12:53] TR Bot A Mac-like experience on Linux Adventures in Linux and KDE [12:56] TR News "PAM (Pluggable Authentication Module) is the most reliable, low-friction way to fire a hook exactly when an SSH session opens (and closes)." https://linuxiac.com/how-to-get-notified-on-ssh-logins-on-linux/ | Source: Linuxiac [12:56] TR Bot How to Get Notified on SSH Logins on Linux [12:56] TR News "A few weeks ago I experimented with VNET jails and Netgraph, and noticed that one of my FreeBSD 14.3 VMs kept kernel panicking" https://www.subnetspider.com/2025/10/04/netgraph-crash-with-vtnet-workaround.html | Source: Subnetspider [12:56] TR Bot Crash with vtnet Workaround | subnetspider.com [12:56] TR News "For more information, visit the announcement." https://linuxiac.com/wine-10-16-brings-fast-ntsync-support/ | Source: Linuxiac [12:56] TR Bot Wine 10.16 Brings Fast NTSync Support [12:57] TR News "The Deportation Of Mario Guevara Is Chilling For Journalism" https://thedissenter.org/the-deportation-of-mario-guevara-is-chilling-for-journalism/ | Source: The Dissenter [12:57] TR Bot US Deports Mario Guevara For Engaging In Journalism [12:59] TR News The week we all do something about chat control | "KW 40: Die Woche, in wir alle etwas gegen die Chatkontrolle tun" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https://netzpolitik.org/2025/kw-40-die-woche-in-wir-alle-etwas-gegen-die-chatkontrolle-tun/ [12:59] TR Bot KW 40: Die Woche, in wir alle etwas gegen die Chatkontrolle tun [12:59] TR News "Air filters have DRM now " https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/air-filters-have-drm-now-%F0%9F%A4%A6%E2%80%8D%E2%99%82%EF%B8%8F:a [12:59] TR Bot Air filters have DRM now [12:59] *Now talking on #techrights [12:59] *irc.soylentnews.org sets mode +n #techrights [12:59] *irc.soylentnews.org sets mode +t #techrights [12:59] TR News "UK government wants access to your iCloud." https://odysee.com/@davidbombal:0/uk-government-wants-access-to-your:a https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/08/Unlike_GAFAM_Free_Software_Serves_You_It_Does_Not_Serve_Governm.shtml [12:59] TR Bot UK government wants access to your iCloud. [12:59] TR Bot Techrights Unlike GAFAM, Free Software Serves You, It Does Not Serve Governments and MElons (Overlapping Forces) [12:59] TR News "UK Age Checks Just Blocked Imgur" https://odysee.com/@davidbombal:0/uk-age-checks-just-blocked-imgur:c [12:59] TR Bot UK Age Checks Just Blocked Imgur ● Oct 05 [13:03] TR News Top 10 Things To Do After Installing Debian 13 https://www.linuxtechi.com/top-things-to-do-after-installing-debian/ [13:03] TR Bot Top 10 Things To Do After Installing Debian 13 [13:04] *schestowitz[TR] has quit (Ping timeout: 245 seconds) [13:04] *Disconnected (Remote host closed socket). [13:04] TR News How To Install Ntopng on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-ntopng-debian-13/ [13:04] TR Bot How To Install Ntopng on Debian 13 - idroot [13:04] *SomeGoat (~SomeGoat@r9ruxqydtdctn.irc) has joined #techrights [13:04] TR News How To Install phpMyAdmin on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-phpmyadmin-debian-13/ [13:04] TR Bot How To Install phpMyAdmin on Debian 13 - idroot [13:05] TR News Most Certificates Don't Improve Security, They Mostly Increase Downtime (for No Good Reason) https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/04/Most_Certificates_Don_t_Improve_Security_They_Mostly_Increase_D.shtml [13:05] TR Bot Techrights Most Certificates Don't Improve Security, They Mostly Increase Downtime (for No Good Reason) [13:05] TR News How To Install Grafana on Linux Mint 22 https://idroot.us/install-grafana-linux-mint-22/ [13:05] TR Bot How To Install Grafana on Linux Mint 22 - idroot [13:06] TR News How to Get Notified on SSH Logins on GNU/Linux https://linuxiac.com/how-to-get-notified-on-ssh-logins-on-linux/ [13:06] TR News How To Install Geany on Linux Mint 22 https://idroot.us/install-geany-linux-mint-22/ [13:06] TR Bot How To Install Geany on Linux Mint 22 - idroot [13:07] *Now talking on #techrights [13:07] *irc.soylentnews.org sets mode +n #techrights [13:07] *irc.soylentnews.org sets mode +t #techrights [13:07] TR News How To Install Zsh on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-zsh-debian-13/ [13:07] TR Bot How To Install Zsh on Debian 13 - idroot [13:07] TR News How To Enable SSH Login Alerts on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS https://idroot.us/enable-ssh-login-alerts-ubuntu-24-04/ [13:07] TR Bot How To Enable SSH Login Alerts on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - idroot [13:08] TR News Custom LCDs https://hackaday.com/2025/10/04/how-to-design-custom-lcds-for-your-own-projects/ | Source: Hackaday [13:08] TR Bot To Design Custom LCDs For Your Own Projects | Hackaday [13:08] TR News A Mac-like experience on GNU/Linux https://pointieststick.com/2025/10/04/a-mac-like-experience-on-linux/ [13:09] TR News Wine 10.16 Brings Fast NTSync Support https://linuxiac.com/wine-10-16-brings-fast-ntsync-support/ [13:12] *schestowitz[TR] has quit (Ping timeout: 245 seconds) [13:12] *Disconnected (Remote host closed socket). [13:12] TR News 2025 hardcore list of 21 linux distributions without elogind and other systemd parts https://sysdfree.wordpress.com/2025/10/04/363/ [13:13] TR News 50-Year-Old Data Reveals Venus's Clouds Are Mostly Water https://www.sciencealert.com/50-year-old-data-reveals-venuss-clouds-are-mostly-water [13:13] TR Bot Data Reveals Venus's Clouds Are Mostly Water : ScienceAlert [13:14] TR News You Are Not Prepared for Merriam-Websters Announcement of Its New Hey Hi (AI) Model https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/merriam-websters-ai-model [13:14] TR Bot You Are Not Prepared for Merriam-Webster's Announcement of Its New AI Model [13:15] TR News Microsoft reportedly mulls ad-infested free Xbox Cloud Gaming plan Game Pass Ultimate subscriber allegedly catches ad during game loading https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/cloud-gaming/microsoft-reportedly-mulls-ad-infested-free-xbox-cloud-gaming-plan-game-pass-ultimate-subscriber-allegedly-catches-ad-during-game-loading [13:15] TR Bot Microsoft reportedly mulls ad-infested free Xbox Cloud Gaming plan Game Pass Ultimate subscriber allegedly catches ad during game loading | Tom's Hardware [13:15] TR News Putins Moldova election failure highlights Russias declining influence https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/putins-moldova-election-failure-highlights-russias-declining-influence/ [13:15] TR Bot Putins Moldova election failure highlights Russia's declining influence - Atlantic Council [13:16] TR News AI Data Centers Are Skyrocketing Regular Peoples Energy Bills https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-data-centers-electricity-bills [13:16] TR Bot AI Data Centers Are Skyrocketing Regular People's Energy Bills [13:17] TR News Younger people and AA batteries https://rubenerd.com/younger-people-and-aa-batteries/ [13:17] TR Bot Younger people and AA batteries [13:18] TR News Pluralistic: Blue Bonds (04 Oct 2025) https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/04/fiscal-antifa/ [13:18] TR Bot Pluralistic: Blue Bonds (04 Oct 2025) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [13:20] TR News "In general I love reading stuff from the internet but refuse to do it with a computer or a phone" https://macwright.com/2025/10/04/recently.html [13:20] TR Bot - macwright.com [13:21] TR News August/September in KDE Itinerary https://www.volkerkrause.eu/2025/10/04/kde-itinerary-august-september-2025.html [13:21] TR Bot August/September in KDE Itinerary [13:25] TR News (NEW): 40 Years of Freedom https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/05/40_Years_of_Freedom.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/05/40_Years_of_Freedom.gmi [13:25] TR Bot Tux Machines 40 Years of Freedom [13:25] *Now talking on #techrights [13:25] *irc.soylentnews.org sets mode +n #techrights [13:25] *irc.soylentnews.org sets mode +t #techrights [13:26] TR News Simon Ser: Announcing vali, a C library for Varlink https://emersion.fr/blog/2025/announcing-vali/ [13:26] TR Bot Announcing vali, a C library for Varlink emersion [13:28] TR News Kevin Fenzi: infra weekly recap: Early October 2025 https://www.scrye.com/blogs/nirik/posts/2025/10/04/infra-weekly-recap-early-october-2025/ [13:28] TR Bot infra weekly recap: Early October 2025 | Kevin's musings [13:33] TR News FreeBSD 15.0-ALPHA5 is out https://distrowatch.com/freebsd https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-stable/2025-October/ https://download.freebsd.org/snapshots/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/15.0/ [13:33] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/freebsd ) [13:33] TR Bot freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org [13:33] TR Bot Index of /snapshots/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/15.0/ [13:34] TR News Crazy Surveillance Giant Google Japan keyboard design switches keys for dials the Gboard Dial Edition shows why the software team isn't allowed to design hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/keyboards/crazy-google-japan-keyboard-design-switches-keys-for-dials-the-gboard-dial-edition-shows-why-the-software-team-isnt-allowed-to-design-hardware [13:34] TR Bot Crazy Google Japan keyboard design switches keys for dials the Gboard Dial Edition shows why the software team isn't allowed to design hardware | Tom's Hardware [13:36] TR News "The only people who will make money on AI are the few that build the best and get there first. That leaves IBM in the trashcan. Unlike oil companies that buy up nimble new start-up with a new well head or ground analyzing software, IBM has no one to buy. They don't have much of a future in this. Coming in 3rd or 7th will bankrupt you. Their fate is sealed." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k6m1hv5s [13:36] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k6m1hv5s ) [13:38] TR News Massive Xbox Layoffs Expected Again in Q1 2026, Likely as Big as the Last Round https://tech4gamers.com/xbox-layoffs-expected-q1-2026/ [13:38] TR Bot Massive Xbox Layoffs Expected Again in Q1 2026, Likely as Big as the Last Round [13:38] TR News Hahahahaha https://www.eteknix.com/microsoft-reportedly-considering-turning-xbox-into-a-full-time-publisher/ [13:38] TR Bot Reportedly Considering Turning Xbox into a Full-Time Publisher - eTeknix [13:39] TR News Next-Gen Xbox Hardware Plans Are Allegedly Up In The Air, More Retailers To Stop Selling Xbox Consoles https://twistedvoxel.com/next-gen-xbox-hardware-plans-up-in-the-air/ [13:39] TR Bot Next-Gen Xbox Hardware Plans Are Allegedly "Up In The Air", More Retailers To Stop Selling Xbox Consoles [13:40] TR News RUMOR: The Future of Xbox is Software Publishing as Next Console Generation Faces Doubts https://insider-gaming.com/future-of-xbox-software-publishing-next-console-doubt/ [13:40] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://insider-gaming.com/future-of-xbox-software-publishing-next-console-doubt/ ) [13:41] TR News Microsoft Xbox could be dead: rumors suggest 'hardware production has ceased' on Xbox consoles https://www.tweaktown.com/news/108067/microsoft-xbox-could-be-dead-rumors-suggest-hardware-production-has-ceased-on-xbox-consoles/index.html [13:41] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.tweaktown.com/news/108067/microsoft-xbox-could-be-dead-rumors-suggest-hardware-production-has-ceased-on-xbox-consoles/index.html ) [13:42] TR News Several Insiders Claim Next-Gen Xbox Console Is "Up In The Air" https://www.thegamer.com/xbox-next-gen-console-might-not-happen/ [13:42] TR Bot There Might Not Be A Next-Gen Xbox, Say Insiders [13:56] TR News Techrights Microsoft XBox is Dying as More Retailers Stop Stocking It and Massive Layoffs Planned Again https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/05/Microsoft_XBox_is_Dying_as_More_Retailers_Stop_Stocking_It_and_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/05/Microsoft_XBox_is_Dying_as_More_Retailers_Stop_Stocking_It_and_.gmi [13:56] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft XBox is Dying as More Retailers Stop Stocking It and Massive Layoffs Planned Again ● Oct 05 [14:05] schestowitz[TR2] gmnisrdThe Wind [14:23] TR News (NEW): A Mac-like experience on Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/05/A_Mac_like_experience_on_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/05/A_Mac_like_experience_on_Linux.gmi [14:23] TR Bot Tux Machines A Mac-like experience on Linux [14:33] TR News Techrights We'll Continue Covering the Moribund OSI and Other Dysfunctional if Not Hostile Institutions https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/05/We_ll_Continue_Covering_the_Moribund_OSI_and_Other_Dysfunctiona.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/05/We_ll_Continue_Covering_the_Moribund_OSI_and_Other_Dysfunctiona.gmi [14:33] TR Bot Techrights We'll Continue Covering the Moribund OSI and Other Dysfunctional if Not Hostile Institutions [14:35] TR News (NEW): Best Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/05/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software_howtos_and_Installations.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/05/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software_howtos_and_Installations.gmi [14:35] TR Bot Tux Machines Best Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations [14:37] TR News Serial And UPDI Handled Together With One Convenient Circuit https://hackaday.com/2025/10/04/serial-and-updi-handled-together-with-one-convenient-circuit/ | Source: Hackaday [14:37] TR Bot And UPDI Handled Together With One Convenient Circuit | Hackaday [14:37] *schestowitz[TR] has quit (Ping timeout: 245 seconds) [14:37] *Disconnected (Remote host closed socket). 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[17:03] schestowitz[TR2] or is that a slip-up? [17:31] TR News Techrights #HowTo Tell Your Community, Project or Company is Being Infiltrated by Saboteurs https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/05/How_to_Tell_Your_Community_Project_or_Company_is_Being_Infiltra.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/05/How_to_Tell_Your_Community_Project_or_Company_is_Being_Infiltra.gmi [17:31] TR Bot Techrights How to Tell Your Community, Project or Company is Being Infiltrated by Saboteurs [17:35] TR News Dead site. Microsoft site. https://devclass.com/ [17:35] TR Bot DEVCLASS [17:36] TR News Quantumspam from IBM ahead of the next wave of RAs https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k6m1hv5s informative comments on IBM [17:36] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k6m1hv5s ) [17:39] *Disconnected (Remote host closed socket). 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It's a whole new paradigm to get used to, and in the case of Linux compared to Windows, there are a ton of apps you may be used to that don't have Linux versions." https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-apps-windows-refugees-need-know-about/ [17:52] TR Bot 11 Linux apps Windows refugees need to know about [17:53] *Disconnected (Connection reset by peer). 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And nobody knows why! There are many reasons this may be the case. Obtaining a packet trace (with tcpdump, or equivalent) ideally on both sides of the connection is a good thing to do." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2025/10/05/telnet-debugging.gmi [18:13] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 05/10/2025: Telnet Debugging and The Programmers Brain https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/05/Gemini_Links_05_10_2025_Telnet_Debugging_and_The_Programmer_s_B.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/05/Gemini_Links_05_10_2025_Telnet_Debugging_and_The_Programmer_s_B.gmi [18:13] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 05/10/2025: Telnet Debugging and The Programmers Brain [18:17] TR News (NEW): Introducing KRetro: a Libretro game emulator from KDE! 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Modern Kernels [18:29] MinceR https://files.catbox.moe/5hss23.jpeg [18:30] TR News Setup Cosmic Beta as dual DE for openSUSE Krypton ( KDE Plasma 6.5 Beta2) https://dbaxps.blogspot.com/2025/10/setup-cosmic-beta-as-dual-de-for.html [18:30] TR Bot Openstack RDO && KVM Hypervisor: Setup Cosmic Beta as dual DE for openSUSE Krypton ( KDE Plasma 6.5 Beta2) [18:30] TR News (NEW): 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: October 5th, 2025 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/05/9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup_October_5th_2025.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/05/9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup_October_5th_2025.gmi [18:30] TR Bot Tux Machines 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: October 5th, 2025 [18:37] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/05/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/05/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [18:37] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [18:37] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos 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address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/05/Links_05_10_2025_Slow_News_Day_and_Wondering_About_the_Canada_P.gmi [18:40] TR Bot Techrights Links 05/10/2025: Slow News Day and Wondering About the Canada Post Walkout [18:51] *rianne (~rianne@qiysgnj2chdjg.irc) has joined #techrights [18:51] *asusbox (~rianne@qiysgnj2chdjg.irc) has joined #techrights ● Oct 05 [19:01] *Isambard_Prince has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [19:01] *asusbox has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [19:02] *rianne has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [19:03] *Isambard_Prince (~Isambard_Prince@yp8eg7wnsxmje.irc) has joined #techrights [19:04] Isambard_Prince https://www.npr.org/2025/10/05/nx-s1-5558181/homeless-mental-health-commitment [19:04] TR Bot Some Democrats share Trump's goal of forcing more homeless people into medical care : NPR [19:05] Isambard_Prince schestowitz[TR2], 5150 hold [19:17] MinceR https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/fame [19:17] TR Bot Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Fame [19:44] *Isambard_Prince 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https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/tesla-lawsuit-krysta-tsukahara [21:07] TR Bot College Student Died Locked Inside a Cybertruck on Fire, Family Now Suing Tesla [21:09] admfubar https://futurism.com/future-society/openai-sora-2-spongebob-cooking-meth-copyright [21:09] TR Bot OpenAI's Sora 2 Is Generating Video of SpongeBob Cooking Meth, Highlighting Copyright Concerns [21:16] *libredev has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [21:36] *libredev (~libredev@w4s7ck52qnvc2.irc) has joined #techrights [21:37] admfubar double uh oh!!!.. https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/25/10/05/0418224/amazons-prime-video-rolls-back-controversial-stylized-james-bond-thumbnails-without-guns [21:37] TR Bot Amazon's Prime Video Rolls Back Controversial 'Stylized' James Bond Thumbnails Without Guns - Slashdot [21:44] MinceR https://explosm.net/comics/platonic#comic [21:44] TR Bot & Happiness (Explosm.net) [21:56] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [21:58] admfubar 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Right after warning of a bubble in August, Altman acknowledged that someone will lose a phenomenal amount of money, but that, of course, we dont know who. ● Oct 05 [23:00] *GNUmoon2 has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [23:01] *GNUmoon2 (~GNUmoon@gateway/tor-sasl/gnumoon) has joined #techrights [23:15] admfubar num num num..... https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/10/05/2032200/first-evidence-that-plastic-nanoparticles-can-accumulate-in-edible-parts-of-vegetables [23:15] TR Bot First Evidence That Plastic Nanoparticles Can Accumulate in Edible Parts of Vegetables - Slashdot [23:16] MinceR :) [23:44] admfubar https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/10/05/2149250/californias-uber-and-lyft-drivers-get-union-rights?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed [23:44] TR Bot California's Uber and Lyft Drivers Get Union Rights - Slashdot [23:45] admfubar https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/05/mount-everest-rescue-underway-as-snowstorm-traps-nearly-1000-people [23:45] TR Bot Mount Everest rescue under way after snowstorm traps nearly 1,000 people | Mount Everest | The Guardian