●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, January 07, 2025 ●● ● Jan 07 [00:03] psydruid https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-war/article/3293610/chip-war-chinese-scientists-vow-launch-breakthrough-risc-v-open-source-cpu-2025 [00:03] TR Bot Chip war: Chinese scientists vow to launch breakthrough RISC-V open-source CPU in 2025 | South China Morning Post [00:09] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [00:09] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [00:19] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [00:19] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [00:25] IsambardPrince https://finance.yahoo.com/personal-finance/mortgages/article/can-a-felon-buy-a-house-214336902.html [00:25] TR Bot Can a felon buy a house? [00:25] IsambardPrince Just think of swiping a debit card and having a PIN number, Wiley said. Even if someone was arrested in the past 10 years, they may not have used [these tools] because of their criminal lifestyle. [00:25] IsambardPrince LOL [00:28] IsambardPrince This smells of chaffbot spew. [00:28] IsambardPrince "A felon would need a minimum credit score of 580 with a 3.5% down payment or 500 with a 10% down payment to buy a house using an FHA mortgage widely recognized as the most lenient with employment and credit. Building credit through secured cards and other tools can help you meet these requirements." [00:29] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [00:29] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [00:36] IsambardPrince https://wgntv.com/news/lake-county/waukegan-man-16-year-old-boy-charged-after-shooting-extensive-police-chase-in-lake-county-driver-at-large/ [00:36] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://wgntv.com/news/lake-county/waukegan-man-16-year-old-boy-charged-after-shooting-extensive-police-chase-in-lake-county-driver-at-large/ ) [00:36] IsambardPrince MinceR, Now I have a machine gun....ho...ho...ho. [00:36] IsambardPrince :D [00:36] IsambardPrince And a 100 round drum magazine, and a silencer... [00:36] IsambardPrince It's nice that they can have this stuff and the Democrats are trying to stop people with no criminal record from buying any gun at all. 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[03:44] IsambardPrince https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgXEKtLB5mY [03:44] TR Bot https://yewtu.be/watch?v=RgXEKtLB5mY [03:44] TR Bot ( status 500 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=RgXEKtLB5mY ) [03:44] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], LOL [03:44] IsambardPrince Trudeau "Do you know who that's going to benefit?" [03:45] IsambardPrince Steel worker: "Probably my neighbor who doesn't go to work because she's lazy and gets to live the same standard of living as me." [03:46] IsambardPrince Steel worker: "What about the 40% taxes I'm paying and I don't have a doctor?" [03:46] IsambardPrince Canada [03:46] IsambardPrince LOL [03:48] IsambardPrince @jebjed3998 [03:48] IsambardPrince 4 months ago [03:48] IsambardPrince This is like when you work for a toxic company and the company tries to fix it with a pizza party. [03:49] IsambardPrince https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/06/americas/justin-trudeau-set-to-resign-canadian-prime-minister-intl/index.html [03:49] TR Bot Justin Trudeau: Canadian Prime Minister has announced his resignation. What happens now? | CNN [03:49] IsambardPrince Trudeau just resigns and suspends Parliament so that they don't have to have an election and lose right now. [03:50] IsambardPrince He's completely fucked Canada and nobody is even running the country now until March 28th, and even then, it's so his party can stay in power for about 6 months until the election happens. [03:51] IsambardPrince "In a blistering letter of resignation, she criticized Trudeaus political gimmicks, likely referring to a two-month sales tax holiday and 250 Canadian dollar ($175) rebates for most workers. [03:51] IsambardPrince Freeland said Canada could ill afford these policies, seen as a pre-election handout to claw back some voters, and coming as the country faces the serious prospect of huge tariffs which could be levied by the incoming Trump administration." [03:51] IsambardPrince --- [03:51] IsambardPrince George W. Bush pulled one of these. [03:51] IsambardPrince In 2008 they sent people $800 checks or something, before the election. [03:51] IsambardPrince Then after the election, you filed your taxes. [03:52] IsambardPrince And it says something like "Did you get an $800 check?" "Yes." "Okay, add $800 to your tax bill." [03:52] IsambardPrince MinceR, ^ [03:52] IsambardPrince So they give you the check before the election and take it back from you after the election. [03:52] IsambardPrince Because there's people out there stupid enough to fall for it. [03:53] IsambardPrince In the mean time they spent millions of dollars sending out a letter saying "The check is coming." and then millions more dollars sending the check in a different mailing. The check they were going to take back. [03:54] Sompi Did Trudeau resign? [03:54] IsambardPrince Yes. [03:54] Sompi Why I don't see any news about it in the mainstream media? [03:56] IsambardPrince https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/06/americas/justin-trudeau-set-to-resign-canadian-prime-minister-intl/index.html [03:57] IsambardPrince "Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced his resignation. What happens now?" [03:57] IsambardPrince https://www.npr.org/2025/01/06/nx-s1-5249766/justin-trudeau-resignation-canada [03:57] TR Bot Canada's Justin Trudeau to resign as Liberal Party leader and prime minister : NPR [03:58] IsambardPrince https://www.npr.org/2025/01/06/g-s1-41236/cfpb-lawsuit-vanderbilt-berkshire-hathaway [03:58] TR Bot CFPB sues Vanderbilt Mortgage & Finance, alleging predatory loans : NPR ● Jan 07 [04:07] TR News race to the Moon https://theconversation.com/as-the-us-and-china-race-to-the-moon-these-loopholes-in-space-law-could-cause-conflict-243577 [04:07] TR Bot As the US and China race to the Moon, these loopholes in space law could cause conflict [04:07] TR News Data centres in space https://theconversation.com/data-centres-in-space-theyre-a-brilliant-idea-but-a-herculean-challenge-246635 [04:07] TR Bot Data centres in space: theyre a brilliant idea, but a herculean challenge [04:09] TR News German Amazon Workers Can Apply To Work From Home Despite Company's Global RTO Mandate https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/german-amazon-workers-can-apply-work-home-despite-companys-global-rto-mandate-1729816 [04:09] TR Bot German Amazon Workers Can Apply To Work From Home Despite Company's Global RTO Mandate | IBTimes UK [04:09] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [04:09] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [04:10] TR News The Teamsters Amazon Strikes: a Critical Assessment https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/01/02/the-teamsters-amazon-strikes-a-critical-assessment/ [04:10] TR Bot Teamsters' Amazon "Strikes": a Critical Assessment - CounterPunch.org [04:11] admfubar https://www.rawstory.com/amazon-warehouses/ [04:11] TR Bot Amazon threw 'feel-good blitz' for staff worked so hard they were ordered to bathe: report - Raw Story [04:12] TR News Trade mark trouble in Paris: Pierre Cadaults journey beyond Netflix http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/12/guest-post-trade-mark-trouble-in-paris.html [04:12] TR Bot [Guest post] Trade mark trouble in Paris: Pierre Cadaults journey beyond Netflix - The IPKat [04:12] TR News Trade marks for virtual goods and services to be assessed like trade marks for the real goods and services http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/12/general-court-trade-marks-for-virtual.html [04:12] TR Bot General Court: Trade marks for virtual goods and services to be assessed like trade marks for the real goods and services - The IPKat [04:13] TR News "Do all of your modules have up-to-date contact information? If not, please release new versions with an updated email address in the AUTHOR section." https://blogs.perl.org/users/robert_rothenberg/2024/12/please-keep-your-information-up-to-date.html [04:13] TR Bot keep your information up-to-date | Robert Rothenberg [blogs.perl.org] [04:14] TR News This week in PSC (174) https://blogs.perl.org/users/psc/2025/01/this-week-in-psc-174-2025-01-02.html [04:14] TR Bot week in PSC (174) | 2025-01-02 | Perl Steering Council [blogs.perl.org] [04:16] TR News Cecilia Sala https://www.dw.com/en/rome-urges-iran-to-free-italian-journalist-cecilia-sala/a-71177126 [04:16] TR Bot urges Iran to free Italian journalist Cecilia Sala DW 12/28/2024 [04:17] schestowitz[TR2] Why I don't see any news about it in the mainstream media? [04:17] schestowitz[TR2] it was in BillBC yetserday afte rnoon [04:17] schestowitz[TR2] it was not ignored [04:18] admfubar he prolly isnt watching mainstream media [04:18] TR News "Efforts by the Chinese Academy of Sciences form part of Beijings push to reduce reliance on foreign semiconductor technology" https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-war/article/3293610/chip-war-chinese-scientists-vow-launch-breakthrough-risc-v-open-source-cpu-2025 [04:18] TR Bot Chip war: Chinese scientists vow to launch breakthrough RISC-V open-source CPU in 2025 | South China Morning Post [04:19] admfubar https://www.alternet.org/musk-visa/ [04:19] TR Bot Musk abuse the Visa program and US workers? - Alternet.org [04:19] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [04:19] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [04:20] schestowitz[TR2] admfubar: https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-media-outsourced-jobs-mexico-truth-social [04:20] TR Bot Trump Media Outsourced Jobs to Mexico Despite Trumps America First Push ProPublica [04:21] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.dw.com/en/trump-sides-with-musk-in-right-wing-visa-debate/a-71177931 [04:21] TR Bot sides with Musk in right-wing visa debate DW 12/29/2024 [04:21] admfubar he's always done that [04:21] admfubar https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/01/the-end-of-an-era-dell-will-no-longer-make-xps-computers/ [04:21] TR Bot Dell will no longer make XPS computers - Ars Technica [04:22] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Monday, January 06, 2025 https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/07/IRC_Proceedings_Monday_January_06_2025.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/07/IRC_Proceedings_Monday_January_06_2025.gmi [04:22] TR Bot Techrights IRC Proceedings: Monday, January 06, 2025 [04:22] admfubar https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cryptocurrency-wallet-drainers-stole-494-million-in-2024/ [04:22] TR Bot Cryptocurrency wallet drainers stole $494 million in 2024 [04:23] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], The trend in Canadian politics is fairly Trumpy. [04:24] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/07/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/07/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [04:24] TR Bot Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [04:24] IsambardPrince So people who live off others and scheme all the time up there should brace for a sea change. [04:24] IsambardPrince Know anyone like that? [04:24] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/07/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/07/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [04:24] TR Bot Tux Machines Today in Techrights [04:25] IsambardPrince The truth is that Canadians put up with their version of "bidenomics" for a long time. [04:25] IsambardPrince And they put up with it for 10 years and their reward was housing costs more than tripling. [04:25] IsambardPrince Not being able to go to the doctor because freeloaders who do no work are in there getting sex changes with public money. [04:26] IsambardPrince Someone in Canada told me how the mood is souring on this, last year. [04:26] IsambardPrince And it's going to flip the government soon. The Liberals have no idea how to stop this except shutdown Parliament and hope nobody remembers that Trudeau was there for 10 years. [04:27] TR News " A sign of the times, albeit many years late. The word is out that globalism (and specifically investing in China) has been a bad deal for the US. The US got a lot of cheap stuff, but it got that cheap stuff by exporting value-add jobs, technology and knowledge to every cheap location around the world." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jgx6fw6m [04:27] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jgx6fw6m ) [04:27] TR News "Our politicians waxed poetic over the years about how we have helped the world, but that's cold comfort to local workers who lost their jobs to foreign countries. It was one thing to lose car workers, IT geeks and call center operators, but now the job losses are hitting the medical, insurance and legal sectors that are so prized by those same politicians. The impacts are now being felt at home, as the saying goes." [04:28] TR News "China got what it wanted (help developing its economy and society), and so did the US (we got lots of cheap stuff that we couldn't afford to make ourselves). Now the whole thing is falling apart, and politicians are crying for changes." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jgx6fw6m [04:28] TR News "leadership loves to cheer each other on. Each telling the other, how great of job theyve done and how the company is moving forward due to their superior efforts. Literally kissing each others butts and they think the general population buys this garbage all while there are more lay offs and transition of work to low cost tech centers." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1vNE1xYy [04:28] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1vNE1xYy ) [04:29] TR News IBM demolished. "Same with Poughkeepsie 1981-1984. Sad and demoralizing." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jgpeqhqq [04:29] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jgpeqhqq ) [04:29] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [04:29] IsambardPrince https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241219703825/en/Capital-One-Receives-Approval-of-Delaware-State-Bank-Commissioner-for-Acquisition-of-Discover-Financial-Services [04:29] IsambardPrince Fuck. [04:29] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [04:29] TR News www [04:30] TR News "Bet AI could do it! Hahaha!" the catch-all buzzword https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1wfs0utp [04:30] admfubar https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/01/03/the-real-story-of-yellowstone/ [04:30] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], https://www.npr.org/2025/01/06/g-s1-41236/cfpb-lawsuit-vanderbilt-berkshire-hathaway [04:30] TR News "This was happening 15yrs ago - diff countries but same logic training cheaper labor to reduce costs!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1weq2rws [04:30] IsambardPrince "The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Monday that it is suing a Tennessee-based mortgage lender owned by Berkshire Hathaway, accusing the company of predatory practices aimed at steering borrowers into manufactured homes they could not afford." [04:30] IsambardPrince [04:30] IsambardPrince [...] [04:30] IsambardPrince [04:30] IsambardPrince "CFPB said that Vanderbilt manipulated its own lending standards when borrowers did not have sufficient income to obtain a mortgage. It said the company used "artificially low estimates of living expenses" to approve borrowers who wouldn't otherwise qualify. In one case, it "approved a loan for a family with 33 debts in collection and two young children. The borrowers fell behind only eight months after getting the mortgage," the [04:31] IsambardPrince watchdog agency said. [04:31] TR News "Group Christmas party was the norm at IBM when I worked there. People would bring in food and management covered the main course. Does this still occur? [...] Last party for me was 2018" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jgz1xj3r [04:31] IsambardPrince [04:31] IsambardPrince In addition, the CFPB said that when potential buyers could not meet Vanderbilt's own "overly optimistic estimates" of their ability to repay, the company still approved them in some cases. In one instance, Vanderbilt issued a mortgage to "a single mother with two dependents after estimating she had insufficient income, and then sent her loan to collections when she missed a mortgage payment after only four months in the home," CFPB [04:31] IsambardPrince said." [04:31] IsambardPrince [04:31] IsambardPrince [...] [04:31] IsambardPrince [04:31] IsambardPrince A 2016 report by the Center for Public Integrity cited Clayton Homes for lending at interest rates of 15% or more while tacking on thousands of dollars in additional loan fees. It also said that former Clayton dealers reported that the company "encouraged them to steer buyers to finance with Clayton's own high-interest lenders." [04:31] IsambardPrince [04:31] IsambardPrince At a Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholder meeting in 2015, [Warren] Buffett defended the lending practices of Clayton Homes, saying he had "no apologies whatsoever" for the way the company issued loans, according to Reuters. [04:31] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Philanthropy [04:31] IsambardPrince Then he spent the money on Bill and LOLITA [04:31] IsambardPrince Right? [04:31] TR News IBM. "Rob Thomas will be next CEO. And he will also try to save IBM into prosperity. Continues to devolve into thin air in an eco chamber like none I have seen in 24 years at IBM, total 44 in IT." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1waJEpFd Layoffs "Usually on a Tuesday!!" [04:31] *TechrightsBot-tr has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [04:32] *Righty has quit (connection closed) [04:32] IsambardPrince https://www.npr.org/2025/01/06/nx-s1-5250310/meta-dana-white-ufc [04:32] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Facebook is stacking their Board with Trump associates. [04:34] TR News Bayer attacked bureaucracy by firing some 5,000 managers and asking teams to self-organize. Heres how its going after one year https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bayer-attacked-bureaucracy-firing-5-124450019.html [04:36] TR News "AI-generated" or just CG with misleading buzzwords? http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/12/ecss-opinion-on-pelham-ii-and-its.html [04:38] TR News EUIPO the very corrupt EU agency http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/01/tetra-lavals-3d-shape-mark-not.html http://techrights.org/wiki/EUIPO/ [04:39] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [04:39] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [04:40] *Righty (~Username@4m2ne5gc3fcy8.irc) has joined #techrights [04:41] *TechrightsBot-tr (~TR@iijacan2vrgta.irc) has joined #techrights [04:41] TR Bot to load module HelloWorld. Reason: Not found! [04:41] TR Bot HelloWorld has been removed until restarted! [04:43] TR News Half-life 3 is in the FINAL STAGE of development. | Steam Deck Gaming News https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=0T1t8ok5Vqw [04:43] TR Bot ( status 500 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=0T1t8ok5Vqw ) [04:49] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [04:49] TR News Quick Guide to nslookup in Linux: Resolve Hostnames Fast https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=B8Ci5uipgQI [04:49] TR Bot ( status 500 @ https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=B8Ci5uipgQI ) [04:49] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [04:50] TR News Github's fake stars https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=BbZvf4_C-lA [04:50] TR Bot ( status 500 @ https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=BbZvf4_C-lA ) [04:50] TR News How to install siduction 24.1.0 https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=IFicAUqYG80 [04:50] TR Bot How to install siduction 24.1.0 - Invidious [04:51] IsambardPrince https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/01/06/nx-s1-5247724/transgender-teens-gender-affirming-care-hormones-jama [04:51] TR Bot Few transgender minors receive gender-affirming care medicines, study finds : Shots - Health News : NPR [04:51] IsambardPrince I support care to affirm their actual gender. [04:51] IsambardPrince :) [04:52] IsambardPrince That should include MRT to help uncover why they have persistent false beliefs. [04:52] admfubar plummets just like on auto pilot off a cliff https://www.firstpost.com/tech/tesla-stock-plummets-as-ev-giant-reports-decline-in-annual-deliveries-for-the-first-time-13849501.html [04:52] TR Bot stock plummets as EV giant reports decline in annual deliveries for the first time Firstpost [04:55] TR News Fish Shell Is Reborn Again As A RUST Rewrite!! https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=ioFvq38MNOE [04:55] TR Bot Fish Shell Is Reborn Again As A RUST Rewrite!! - Invidious [04:55] TR News Siduction...This Linux Distro Keeps Shining On https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=JtW1faCVVCQ [04:55] TR Bot Siduction...This Linux Distro Keeps Shining On - Invidious [04:56] TR News 9 BIG UPDATES in Elementary OS 8 That Will Make You Want To SWITCH (NEW DOCK!) https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=vq4khKB9ZrI [04:56] TR Bot 9 BIG UPDATES in Elementary OS 8 That Will Make You Want To SWITCH (NEW DOCK!) - Invidious [04:56] TR News Ghostty Terminal https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=XiTYYMqrYnU [04:56] TR Bot ( status 500 @ https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=XiTYYMqrYnU ) [04:57] TR News BackBox Linux 9 Quick Overview https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=z6IwkSpzGb4 [04:57] TR Bot ( status 500 @ https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=z6IwkSpzGb4 ) [04:57] TR News Ranking Linux Distributions for 2025: a tier list for my use case ! https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=N0Gmcz2CywE [04:57] TR Bot ( status 502 @ https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=N0Gmcz2CywE ) [04:59] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [04:59] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights ● Jan 07 [05:03] IsambardPrince https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/28/business/coffee-prices-climate-change.html [05:03] TR Bot Why Coffee Prices Are Soaring (Again) - The New York Times [05:03] IsambardPrince "In the past, Mr. Conary said, he typically dealt with the volatility by raising prices gradually less than a dollar each time for a cup of coffee at the roasters flagship cafes and for a bag of beans. For the coming years, he said, he is most worried about big increases in transportation and storage costs." [05:03] IsambardPrince Inflation is Weimar Germany. [05:03] IsambardPrince A cup of coffee could double in price by the time you finished drinking it. [05:05] admfubar https://www.geekwire.com/2025/barnes-noble-sells-a-better-book-than-amazon-ceo-credits-bookstore-experience-at-revived-chain/ [05:05] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.geekwire.com/2025/barnes-noble-sells-a-better-book-than-amazon-ceo-credits-bookstore-experience-at-revived-chain/ ) [05:06] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], They should just go slash and burn something and get more coffee. [05:06] IsambardPrince MOAR COFFEE [05:07] IsambardPrince "The associations research data for the year 2004 noted that 49% of Americans daily consumed coffee. By 2023, this daily consumption rate has zoomed up to 67%. The data added the most significant coffee consumption rate was those aged 60-plus increasing from 67% to 73%. This was followed by age groups 25 to 39 and 40 to 59 years, both increasing consumption by 3% during this time period. At the same time, ages 18 to 24-year-old [05:07] IsambardPrince s remained at 47%." [05:09] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [05:09] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [05:19] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [05:19] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [05:21] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: i checked coffee on sunday [05:21] schestowitz[TR2] this past sunday [05:21] schestowitz[TR2] we'll run out by year's end [05:21] schestowitz[TR2] given the current quantity inside the cabinets [05:21] admfubar do you know where your bits are... https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/01/03/digital-activity-2024/ [05:21] TR Bot Every minute, 4,080 records are compromised in data breaches - Help Net Security [05:21] schestowitz[TR2] the lady said she'd bring more next weekend [05:22] schestowitz[TR2] admfubar: probably more [05:22] schestowitz[TR2] companies [05:22] schestowitz[TR2] 1) don't disloclose [05:22] schestowitz[TR2] 2) downplay the number of records affected or lowball that [05:29] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [05:29] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [05:32] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], It's time to get real. [05:32] IsambardPrince Trump should threaten to invade Colombia and Brazil unless they starve out China and Europe and give all the coffee to us. [05:32] *agentcas- has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [05:33] *agentcas- (~agentcasey@b6dc92btrdtrn.irc) has joined #techrights [05:34] IsambardPrince Having to compete with China for the world's coffee, which is grown in our backyard, while at the same time having them dump all the citizens they don't want (prisoners, the insane, the moochers, etc.) on us, is a disgrace. [05:34] IsambardPrince Of course California gotta California. [05:34] IsambardPrince It put the illegals on public insurance and offered them sex changes. [05:39] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [05:39] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [05:40] IsambardPrince The North Koreans in Ukraine: https://www.yahoo.com/tech/bored-party-2001-windows-xp-195635057.html [05:40] TR Bot Bored? Party like it's 2001 with this Windows XP ghosting error web simulator. [05:40] IsambardPrince :P [05:42] IsambardPrince "This error actually still exists in post-Windows Vista versions of the OS, but Microsoft introduced a "trick" to hide the worming effect. When a program crashes or hangs on modern Windows, it still paints ghost windows like in XP or earlier they've simply become invisible. The newer versions of Windows' composer now hides the crashed window, and creates a new screenshot copy of the last known functional version of said program [05:42] IsambardPrince . The new instance will not be functional, and will fade out with a grey filter to represent the fact it's crashed. While it's far less fun than worming windows, this method prevents the ghost windows from filling up your screen and interacting with programs that might still be functioning." [05:42] IsambardPrince --- [05:42] IsambardPrince I figured they would just hide it. [05:42] IsambardPrince It was funny when it happened. You sat there playing with it for a few minutes until you forgot what it was you had been doing. [05:47] IsambardPrince https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/06/business/party-city-bankruptcy/index.html [05:47] TR Bot Party City sent employees to meet suppliers in China just before its bankruptcy,: You sent us there and you left us out to dry | CNN Business [05:48] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Not much reason to party these days. [05:48] IsambardPrince The Party of the Iraq War, 2008, and COVID is back in power. [05:49] IsambardPrince And even then they're only slightly worse than the token opposition party. [05:49] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [05:49] IsambardPrince Which doesn't really care if it loses because they want most of the same things anyway. [05:49] *SomeGoat has quit (connection closed) [05:49] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [05:50] IsambardPrince In fact, being out of power is better sometimes, because the other party can do all the things you would get punished for. [05:50] TR News Techrights Google (Blogger) is Already Disintegrating and It's a Reminder of the Great Dangers of Outsourcing Blogs to Companies (Including Automattic or WordPress.com) https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/07/Google_Blogger_is_Already_Disintegrating_and_It_s_a_Reminder_of.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/07/Google_Blogger_is_Already_Disintegrating_and_It_s_a_Reminder_of.gmi [05:50] TR Bot Techrights Google (Blogger) is Already Disintegrating and It's a Reminder of the Great Dangers of Outsourcing Blogs to Companies (Including Automattic or WordPress.com) [05:51] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I've noticed that Google and DuckDuckGo have just been intentionally refusing to return more search results lately. [05:51] IsambardPrince Even when it's completely obvious what you've searched. [05:51] IsambardPrince Yandex returns pages and pages of it and Google and DuckDuckGo hide all of it. Internal blacklists. [05:53] schestowitz[TR2] schestowitz[TR2], I've noticed that Google and DuckDuckGo have just been intentionally refusing to return more search results lately. [05:53] schestowitz[TR2] DDG is Microsoft [05:53] schestowitz[TR2] with a mask on [05:54] schestowitz[TR2] like gulagboy's lawyer, who gets Microsoft money [05:54] schestowitz[TR2] the search results suck [05:54] schestowitz[TR2] but that's because they serve what [05:54] schestowitz[TR2] 's good for them [05:54] schestowitz[TR2] not for the user [05:54] schestowitz[TR2] about 20 years ago Google was blasted for promoting its own products [05:54] schestowitz[TR2] like, if you searched for calendar [05:54] schestowitz[TR2] now? [05:54] schestowitz[TR2] nobody would complain. [05:54] schestowitz[TR2] you use a "search engine" [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] but it's more like the "HEY HI" hype [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] they tell you what to do [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] google also curates for 'legal safety' [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] e.g. remove "pirate" sites [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] it's not about serving users [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] it's "playing safe" [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] for Google and its bottom line [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] nothing to do with users [05:56] schestowitz[TR2] a good bookmark is better than search in many cases [05:56] schestowitz[TR2] because it's already curated [05:56] schestowitz[TR2] i used to export my bookmarks [05:56] schestowitz[TR2] and upload them to a password-protected part of my site [05:57] schestowitz[TR2] because i worked from many desks [05:57] schestowitz[TR2] and there was no good way for managing across types of browser [05:57] schestowitz[TR2] i used like 4 browsers [05:59] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [05:59] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights ● Jan 07 [06:02] admfubar https://scheerpost.com/2025/01/05/raffi-berg-bbc-middle-east-editor-exposed-as-cia-mossad-collaborator/ [06:02] TR Bot Raffi Berg: BBC Middle East Editor Exposed as CIA, Mossad Collaborator [06:04] schestowitz[TR2] "Collaborator" [06:05] schestowitz[TR2] by "MintPress News" [06:05] schestowitz[TR2] Hamas propaganda site [06:05] schestowitz[TR2] almost all their articles are Hamas propaganda [06:05] schestowitz[TR2] and have been for years [06:05] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Good thing you didn't give anyone the password. [06:06] IsambardPrince To be friendly and help out. [06:06] schestowitz[TR2] which one? [06:06] admfubar but will it extend intel's life??... https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/01/06/1830247/intel-says-new-laptop-chips-will-extend-computer-battery-life [06:06] TR Bot Intel Says New Laptop Chips Will Extend Computer Battery Life - Slashdot [06:07] schestowitz[TR2] they make it sound like the batteries get better [06:07] schestowitz[TR2] they do not [06:07] schestowitz[TR2] they just know their chips are too power-thirsty [06:07] schestowitz[TR2] and this is a fancy way of saying [06:07] schestowitz[TR2] "we made it a bit less wasteful" [06:07] schestowitz[TR2] instead referring to laptops [06:07] schestowitz[TR2] and to batteries [06:08] schestowitz[TR2] that sounds better than [06:08] schestowitz[TR2] intel says it'll lower your electric bills by 10 cents a month [06:08] IsambardPrince My first laptop was a 386SX 16 Mhz I think. [06:08] schestowitz[TR2] "just buy our $1000 desktop with our latest CPU" [06:08] IsambardPrince You were lucky if it ran for 45 minutes off the wall. [06:08] IsambardPrince NiCad. [06:09] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [06:09] IsambardPrince LCD display, monochrome. [06:09] IsambardPrince It ran doom but the ghosting was pretty bad. [06:09] IsambardPrince Made it hard to play without an external VGA monitor. [06:10] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [06:13] TR News "The Mecha Comet is made for hackers and makers." https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/linux-powered-handheld-computer-connects-to-raspberry-pi-hats-snap-on-modules [06:13] TR Bot Linux-powered handheld computer connects to Raspberry Pi HATs, snap-on modules | Tom's Hardware [06:14] TR News Linux Lite 7.2 Quick Overview https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=RMcI6KnIYZk [06:14] TR Bot ( status 500 @ https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=RMcI6KnIYZk ) [06:14] TR News Ghostty is a Fast and Feature-Rich Terminal https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=zbFwf8tjrWk [06:14] TR Bot ( status 500 @ https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=zbFwf8tjrWk ) [06:15] TR News Bottles Still Hates Linux Distro Packaging https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=WpuwIo2y4a4 [06:15] TR Bot Bottles Still Hates Linux Distro Packaging - Invidious [06:15] TR News Arch Linux Is Objectively The Best Distro https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=xSyUvkpHv6M [06:15] TR Bot Arch Linux Is Objectively The Best Distro - Invidious [06:15] TR News Open Source worth $7B https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=SgSvnsjRRhQ [06:15] TR Bot Open Source worth $7B, no Apple search, custom kernels no longer useful: Linux & Open Source News - Invidious [06:18] TR News (NEW): Recent GNU/Linux Videos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/07/Recent_GNU_Linux_Videos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/07/Recent_GNU_Linux_Videos.gmi [06:18] TR Bot Tux Machines Recent GNU/Linux Videos [06:19] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [06:20] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [06:22] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1167.jpg [06:22] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1517.jpg [06:23] TR News In praise of email gopher://box.matto.nl/0/in-praise-of-email.txt [06:26] TR News Let's Encrypt is DOWN again: "2659 (91.2 %) capsules are self-signed, 14 (0.5 %) use the Certificate Authority Let's Encrypt, 243 (8.3 %) are signed by another CA (may be not a trusted one)." gemini://gemini.bortzmeyer.org/software/lupa/stats.gmi [06:29] TR News Windows down by a lot this year to 71% in laptops (and desktops) https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide/#monthly-200902-202501 [06:29] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Worldwide | Statcounter Global Stats [06:30] TR News Microsoft still about 100,000 million dollars in DEBT (100 BILLION) https://finbox.com/NASDAQGS:MSFT/explorer/total_debt/ this is DECOY: http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/05/No_Microsoft_Does_Not_Invest_80B_in_Hey_Hi_AI_It_s_Just_Full_of.shtml [06:30] TR Bot Complete Toolbox For Investors | finbox.com [06:30] TR Bot Techrights No, Microsoft Does Not Invest $80B in Hey Hi (AI), It's Just Full of BS, Lies, and Over $80B in Debt [06:42] *IsambardPrince has quit (Quit: Leaving) ● Jan 07 [07:04] TR News Techrights The Google Exodus That Wasn't https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/07/The_Google_Exodus_That_Wasn_t.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/07/The_Google_Exodus_That_Wasn_t.gmi [07:04] TR Bot Techrights The Google Exodus That Wasn't [07:04] TR News Windows lost a lot in Australia this year https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/australia/#monthly-200902-202501 http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/02/GNU_Linux_and_ChromeOS_in_Australia_Tripled_in_5_Years_That_s_H.shtml [07:04] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Australia | Statcounter Global Stats [07:04] TR Bot Techrights GNU/Linux and ChromeOS in Australia Tripled in 5 Years? That's How statCounter Sees It.... [07:05] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@hdvbcunuvs2xw.irc) has joined #techrights [07:06] TR News Bing fell sharply, no gains made since the LLM hype and "BING CHAT" https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share/all/australia/#monthly-200902-202501 [07:06] TR Bot Search Engine Market Share Australia | Statcounter Global Stats [07:12] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], You figure that they're just in so much debt that they figure what difference does it make anymore? [07:12] IsambardPrince Like my landlord, just...bigger. [07:12] IsambardPrince And without Mr. Ballster after him. [07:21] schestowitz[TR2] probably [07:21] schestowitz[TR2] does your landlord have the Balls to fight back? [07:25] TR News Techrights In Europe, Russia's Yandex About to Become Bigger Than Microsoft's Bing, Google Search Estimated to Have Grown Since the LLM Hype Began https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/07/In_Europe_Russia_s_Yandex_About_to_Become_Bigger_Than_Microsoft.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/07/In_Europe_Russia_s_Yandex_About_to_Become_Bigger_Than_Microsoft.gmi [07:25] TR Bot Techrights In Europe, Russia's Yandex About to Become Bigger Than Microsoft's Bing, Google Search Estimated to Have Grown Since the LLM Hype Began [07:27] IsambardPrince does your landlord have the Balls to fight back? [07:27] IsambardPrince If Mr. Ballster doesn't take them next month. [07:27] IsambardPrince :D [07:28] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Dave's up shit creek in two more days. [07:28] IsambardPrince With the mortgage people from 2006. [07:28] IsambardPrince LOL [07:41] schestowitz[TR2] came back to bite hard [07:41] IsambardPrince I know, I know. [07:41] IsambardPrince The Mortgage People. [07:41] schestowitz[TR2] turns out the "credit card" BS is not opportunity [07:41] IsambardPrince Sounds like a bad 70s band. [07:41] schestowitz[TR2] but a ttrap, eh? [07:41] IsambardPrince Yes. [07:44] IsambardPrince It's fun to pay all the A.P.Y! It's fun to pay all the A.P.Y! [07:44] IsambardPrince :D [07:46] IsambardPrince It's pretty clear that Trudeau was already weak, Trump finished him off with all the jabbing. [07:46] IsambardPrince Which is all it seems to have taken by this point. [07:47] IsambardPrince I do not understand what "proroguing parliament" means. I think it means it's basically shut down. So if it's shut down, who is actually running things up there? [07:47] IsambardPrince And what shape does shutting them down until March 28th leave Canada in, as it pertains to responding to Trump's tariffs if he decides to implement them? [07:48] IsambardPrince Voters around the world just seem to be randomly taking all the suffering out on whatever party is controlling government. [07:48] IsambardPrince What comes next isn't necessarily a party with a good plan, it's just "the other guys". [07:49] IsambardPrince Nobody wants their food bill going up 45% in just 55 months. [07:49] IsambardPrince Or their electric bill to go up 40% next year. [07:49] IsambardPrince First they respond by "punishing" the party they figure helped do it to them. [07:50] TR News Techrights With 10 Days Left the Free Software Foundation (FSF) Looks to Raise Just Over $50,000 More https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/07/With_10_Days_Left_the_Free_Software_Foundation_FSF_Looks_to_Rai.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/07/With_10_Days_Left_the_Free_Software_Foundation_FSF_Looks_to_Rai.gmi [07:50] TR Bot Techrights With 10 Days Left the Free Software Foundation (FSF) Looks to Raise Just Over $50,000 More [07:52] *zelu (~zelu@bz4qhce7p43wn.irc) has joined #techrights [07:52] *zelu (~zelu@user/zelu) has joined #techrights ● Jan 07 [08:15] TR News Techrights Diversity of Views, Diversity of Sources https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/07/Diversity_of_Views_Diversity_of_Sources.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/07/Diversity_of_Views_Diversity_of_Sources.gmi [08:15] TR Bot Techrights Diversity of Views, Diversity of Sources [08:38] psydruid https://www.notebookcheck.net/Nvidia-unveils-Project-DIGITS-AI-supercomputer-for-the-desktop-AI-developer.942881.0.html [08:38] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.notebookcheck.net/Nvidia-unveils-Project-DIGITS-AI-supercomputer-for-the-desktop-AI-developer.942881.0.html ) [08:38] psydruid time for Intel and AMD to start worrying [08:40] psydruid https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-puts-grace-blackwell-on-every-desk-and-at-every-ai-developers-fingertips [08:40] TR Bot NVIDIA Puts Grace Blackwell on Every Desk and at Every AI Developers Fingertips | NVIDIA Newsroom [08:41] psydruid squeezed on the low end and the high end [08:50] TR News iophk: censorship was not grass roots complaints against the group but instead the private radio network pulling the plug on them https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/pamela-anderson-mistaken-the-chicks-member-1235227234/ [08:50] TR Bot Pamela Anderson: She Was Mistaken for the Chicks, 'Almost Got Killed' ● Jan 07 [09:00] TR News (NEW): An easier way to read Linux manual pages https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/07/An_easier_way_to_read_Linux_manual_pages.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/07/An_easier_way_to_read_Linux_manual_pages.gmi [09:00] TR Bot Tux Machines An easier way to read Linux manual pages [09:07] TR News (NEW): Remembering and thanking Steve Langasek https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/07/Remembering_and_thanking_Steve_Langasek.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/07/Remembering_and_thanking_Steve_Langasek.gmi [09:07] TR Bot Tux Machines Remembering and thanking Steve Langasek [09:07] TR News Techrights Microsoft Continues to Attack Users' Choice https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/07/Microsoft_Continues_to_Attack_Users_Choice.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/07/Microsoft_Continues_to_Attack_Users_Choice.gmi [09:07] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Continues to Attack Users' Choice [09:12] TR News (NEW): KDE Plasma 5.27.12, Bugfix Release for January https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/07/KDE_Plasma_5_27_12_Bugfix_Release_for_January.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/07/KDE_Plasma_5_27_12_Bugfix_Release_for_January.gmi [09:12] TR Bot Tux Machines KDE Plasma 5.27.12, Bugfix Release for January [09:15] TR News (NEW): Hotfix: KPhotoAlbum 6.0.1 And Kwave Nightly Flatpak https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/07/Hotfix_KPhotoAlbum_6_0_1_And_Kwave_Nightly_Flatpak.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/07/Hotfix_KPhotoAlbum_6_0_1_And_Kwave_Nightly_Flatpak.gmi [09:15] TR Bot Tux Machines Hotfix: KPhotoAlbum 6.0.1 And Kwave Nightly Flatpak [09:25] *IsambardPrince has quit (Quit: Leaving) [09:28] TR News And exactly 3 hours from now: "10th anniversary of the censorship of Charlie Hebdo by armed moslem insurgents in France." (12:30 UTC) [09:28] TR News Have online cartoons been spiked out of fear after that incident? [09:29] TR News Or put another way, HOW many got spiked? Self-censorship can be imposed by violence. [09:31] TR News Google as high as even in Africa, LLMs did nothing to it https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share/all/africa/#monthly-200902-202501 [09:31] TR Bot Search Engine Market Share Africa | Statcounter Global Stats [09:33] TR News Google also gained a lot in Asia this year https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share/all/asia/#monthly-200902-202501 see https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/04/In_Asia_Microsoft_s_Bing_Became_Smaller_Than_Yandex_and_It_Shri.shtml [09:33] TR Bot Search Engine Market Share Asia | Statcounter Global Stats [09:33] TR Bot Techrights In Asia, Microsoft's Bing Became Smaller Than Yandex and It Shrinks Every Month [09:39] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [09:39] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [09:41] TR News "Anderson has pointed out that "IoT devices frequently suffer from weak security and poor patching practices," a concern that continues to plague the sector (Anderson, 2020). In 2024, vulnerabilities in IoT devices were responsible for over 60% of all data breaches in critical infrastructure sectors, according to a 2024 report by the IoT Security Foundation (IoTSF, 2024)." https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/cyber-2025/ [09:41] TR Bot Cyber Security in 2025: A Guide for the Critically Minded [09:49] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [09:49] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [09:50] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/07/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/07/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [09:50] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [09:53] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@f8sjdavnvbxji.irc) has joined #techrights [09:53] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I just noticed something. [09:53] IsambardPrince You used to get 20 ounces in a bottle of water. [09:53] IsambardPrince Then they switched to metric and gave you 16.9 ounces. [09:57] TR News (NEW): FSF associate members to decide the logo for the FSF's fortieth anniversary https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/07/FSF_associate_members_to_decide_the_logo_for_the_FSF_s_fortieth.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/07/FSF_associate_members_to_decide_the_logo_for_the_FSF_s_fortieth.gmi [09:57] TR Bot Tux Machines FSF associate members to decide the logo for the FSF's fortieth anniversary [09:59] schestowitz[TR2] Then they switched to metric and gave you 16.9 ounces. [09:59] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [09:59] schestowitz[TR2] litres in US? [09:59] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights ● Jan 07 [10:00] IsambardPrince Yeah, they use it as a secondary food labeling, but they measure it in metric and then give you whatever that is in ounces, then they put odd numbers of ounces on the label, and them metric in parenthesis. [10:00] IsambardPrince It's very stupid. [10:01] IsambardPrince For most packaged goods anyway. [10:01] IsambardPrince That's why you get things like 25.7 ounces of coffee in a can. [10:03] IsambardPrince You get 500 ml in a water bottle, so that's 16.9 ounces. They used to be 20 ounce bottles of water. [10:04] TR News Any company that behaves like Microsoft and does NOT have lobbyists and moles in government would be subjected to a corporate DEATH SENTENCE, a shutdown. [10:04] TR News Techrights From 92% to Less Than 25%: How Microsoft Lost Norway (and Still Loses What's Left) https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/07/From_92_to_25_How_Microsoft_Lost_Norway_and_Still_Loses_What_s_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/07/From_92_to_25_How_Microsoft_Lost_Norway_and_Still_Loses_What_s_.gmi [10:04] TR Bot Techrights From 92% to Less Than 25%: How Microsoft Lost Norway (and Still Loses What's Left) [10:08] TR News "With CES starting tomorrow, there's already lots of leaks and speculation going around and Valve have been quick to shoot down an AMD Z2 Steam Deck." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/there-is-no-amd-z2-steam-deck-model-coming-valve/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [10:08] TR Bot is no AMD Z2 Steam Deck model coming - Valve | GamingOnLinux [10:08] TR News "Hardware vendor GPD have updated their store page for the GPD WIN 4 (2025) which notes they plan to support SteamOS on it with help from Valve." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/gpd-win-4-handheld-plans-to-support-valves-steamos-in-2025/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [10:08] TR Bot WIN 4 handheld plans to support Valve's SteamOS in 2025 (updated: nope) | GamingOnLinux [10:09] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [10:09] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [10:11] TR News "Recently I shared the news that Discord Canary had fixed full Wayland screen-sharing on Linux with working audio, but it has been removed again." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/discord-canary-on-linux-breaks-wayland-screen-sharing-support-for-now/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [10:11] TR Bot Canary on Linux breaks Wayland screen-sharing support for now | GamingOnLinux [10:11] TR News "If you plan on picking up the Wireless HORIPAD for Steam for use with a Steam Deck OLED, you'll likely want to upgrade the firmware on the HORIPAD." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/wireless-horipad-for-steam-gets-a-firmware-fix-for-the-steam-deck-oled/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [10:11] TR Bot HORIPAD for Steam gets a firmware fix for the Steam Deck OLED | GamingOnLinux [10:11] TR News "One missed from last month is the massive update to survival game Project Zomboid is now available as an Unstable Beta for testing. It has Native Linux support and is Steam Deck Verified." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/project-zomboid-build-42-unstable-is-out-with-lots-new-for-testing/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [10:11] TR Bot Zomboid - Build 42 Unstable is out with lots new for testing | GamingOnLinux [10:12] TR News "With a style that would have fit right in on something like the Nintendo 64 or the PlayStation 1, the upcoming retro collectathon 3D platformer Kero Quest 64 is coming to Linux and Steam Deck." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/kero-quest-64-looks-like-a-classic-nintendo-64-ps1-game-and-its-coming-to-linux-steam-deck/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [10:12] TR Bot Quest 64 looks like a classic Nintendo 64 / PS1 game and it's coming to Linux / Steam Deck | GamingOnLinux [10:13] *psydroid2 has quit (connection closed) [10:16] TR News "VoxeLibre continues advancing towards helping you replace Minecraft with a free and open source alternative." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/voxelibre-the-free-and-open-source-minecraft-like-v088-brings-huge-improvements/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [10:16] TR Bot the free and open source Minecraft-like v0.88 brings huge improvements | GamingOnLinux [10:19] TR News (NEW): Slackware-Based Absolute Linux Has Been Discontinued https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/07/Slackware_Based_Absolute_Linux_Has_Been_Discontinued.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/07/Slackware_Based_Absolute_Linux_Has_Been_Discontinued.gmi [10:19] TR Bot Tux Machines Slackware-Based Absolute Linux Has Been Discontinued [10:19] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [10:19] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [10:20] TR News (NEW): Linkwarden 2.9 Makes Bookmarking Smarter https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/07/Linkwarden_2_9_Makes_Bookmarking_Smarter.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/07/Linkwarden_2_9_Makes_Bookmarking_Smarter.gmi [10:20] TR Bot Tux Machines Linkwarden 2.9 Makes Bookmarking Smarter [10:27] *IsambardPrince has quit (connection closed) [10:29] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [10:29] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [10:33] TR News "Quest Master has Native Linux support and is Steam Deck Verified" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/zelda-inspired-dungeon-maker-quest-master-10-due-out-in-spring-with-a-single-player-campaign/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [10:33] TR Bot dungeon maker 'Quest Master' 1.0 due out in Spring with a single-player campaign | GamingOnLinux [10:33] TR News "With 2025 looking potentially like the year of SteamOS Linux with it coming to more handhelds, perhaps we might finally see a solution to the anti-cheat problem that has plagued the Steam Deck and desktop Linux for so long" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/steamos-moving-from-steam-deck-to-more-handhelds-gives-me-hope-for-better-anti-cheat-compatibility/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [10:33] TR Bot moving from Steam Deck to more handhelds gives me hope for better anti-cheat compatibility | GamingOnLinux [10:39] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [10:39] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [10:47] TR News Techrights President Biden Had Less Than a Fortnight Left to Pardon Julian Assange (Donald Trump's Regime Plotted to Assassinate Assange) https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/07/President_Biden_Had_Less_Than_a_Fortnight_Left_to_Pardon_Julian.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/07/President_Biden_Had_Less_Than_a_Fortnight_Left_to_Pardon_Julian.gmi [10:47] TR Bot Techrights President Biden Had Less Than a Fortnight Left to Pardon Julian Assange (Donald Trump's Regime Plotted to Assassinate Assange) [10:49] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [10:49] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [10:57] TR News (NEW): Games: SteamOS, VoxeLibre, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/07/Games_SteamOS_VoxeLibre_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/07/Games_SteamOS_VoxeLibre_and_More.gmi [10:57] TR Bot Tux Machines Games: SteamOS, VoxeLibre, and More [10:59] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [10:59] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights ● Jan 07 [11:05] psydruid https://www.deccanherald.com/technology/google-workspace-gains-significant-traction-among-indian-firms-userbase-outranks-us-3313458 [11:05] TR Bot Google Workspace gains significant traction among Indian firms, userbase outranks US [11:09] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [11:10] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [11:12] TR News Techrights [Meme] Removing Correct Information https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/07/Meme_Removing_Correct_Information.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/07/Meme_Removing_Correct_Information.gmi [11:12] TR Bot Techrights [Meme] Removing Correct Information [11:15] TR News "Meta's AI Profiles Are Already Polluting Instagram and Facebook With Slop" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/01/05/1821250 [11:15] TR Bot Meta's AI Profiles Are Already Polluting Instagram and Facebook With Slop - SoylentNews [11:16] schestowitz[TR2] psydruid: yay, proprietary spyware [11:16] schestowitz[TR2] and no control over their tools [11:16] psydruid indeed [11:16] psydruid I don [11:17] psydruid I don't know how it fares in North America and Europe [11:17] schestowitz[TR2] not sure who measures [11:17] schestowitz[TR2] or how [11:17] schestowitz[TR2] could even be false [11:17] schestowitz[TR2] so much of the media now is lies and LLM slop [11:18] schestowitz[TR2] so you need to trace down to a good souce [11:18] schestowitz[TR2] not like all those "microsoft to invest 80 billion in BS generator" [11:19] TR News "Broadcom teases major VMware releases in March, July" https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/06/vmware_major_releases_2025/ iophk: stolen, proprietary linux http://techrights.org/o/2020/04/28/openwashing-vmware-after-gpl-abuses/ [11:19] TR Bot Broadcom teases major VMware releases in March, July The Register [11:19] TR Bot The Linux Foundation Has Helped VMware Lie About Its Deliberate GPL Violations That are Connected to Microsoft, Another Prolific GPL Violator [11:19] TR News "Instagram blocked teens from searching LGBTQ-related content for months" https://www.usermag.co/p/instagram-blocked-teens-from-searching [11:19] TR Bot Instagram blocked teens from searching LGBTQ-related content for months [11:20] TR News We know where your car is | "Volkswagen-Konzern - Datenleck: Wir wissen, wo dein Auto steht - DER SPIEGEL" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/volkswagen-konzern-datenleck-wir-wissen-wo-dein-auto-steht-a-e12d33d0-97bc-493c-96d1-aa5892861027 [11:20] TR Bot Volkswagen-Konzern - Datenleck: Wir wissen, wo dein Auto steht - DER SPIEGEL [11:20] TR News "Hulk Hogan Booed Heavily During 'Monday Night Raw' Netflix Debut" https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/hulk-hogan-booed-monday-night-raw-netflix-1236268003/ [11:20] TR Bot Hulk Hogan Booed Heavily During 'Monday Night Raw' Netflix Debut [11:21] TR News charliehebdo.fr ... massacre turns 10 in an hour. Islamic fanatics imposing censorship by terrorism in Europe. https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fr&tl=en&u=https://charliehebdo.fr/2025/01/societe/increvable-et-universel/ [11:21] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://charliehebdo-fr.translate.goog/2025/01/societe/increvable-et-universel/?_x_tr_sl=fr&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB ) [11:23] TR News "Blogging: youre doing it right" https://manuelmoreale.com/blogging-you-re-doing-it-right [11:23] TR Bot Blogging: youre doing it right Manu [11:23] TR News "Number 24, a powerful WW II movie" https://bobmonsour.com/notes/number-24-a-powerful-ww-ii-movie/ [11:23] TR Bot Number 24, a powerful WW II movie [11:24] TR News windows tco, not some "malware" https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31560 ("Make Malware Happy") [11:24] TR Bot Make Malware Happy - SANS Internet Storm Center [11:36] TR News 2025 From A to https://therevelator.org/2025-from-a-to-z/ | Source: The Revelator [11:36] TR Bot 2025 From A to Z The Revelator [11:50] TR News "protect time-sensitive live sports streams" https://torrentfreak.com/anti-piracy-group-wants-to-expand-italys-piracy-shield-to-protect-movies-250106/ | Source: Torrent Freak [11:50] TR Bot Group Wants to Expand Italy's 'Piracy Shield' to Protect Movies * TorrentFreak [11:51] TR News "Once the shift to hide the actual Bing bar is complete" https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/06/microsoft_bing_spoof_google/ | Source: The Register UK [11:51] TR Bot Microsoft mimics Google UI when Bing users search for Google The Register [11:59] TR News "Disney will combine its Hulu+ Live TV service with Fubo, merging together two [Internet] TV bundles." https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/06/disney-hulu-live-tv-fubo.html | Source: CNBC [11:59] TR Bot Disney Hulu+ Live TV and Fubo to combine [11:59] TR News "Not that users have much of a choice to move with Microsoft to a Windows 11 world" https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/06/microsoft_2025_windows_refresh/ | Source: The Register UK [11:59] TR Bot Microsoft declares 2025 the year of Windows 11 The Register ● Jan 07 [12:00] TR News "The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down net neutrality rules recently reinstated by the FCC." https://insidetowers.com/federal-appeals-court-strikes-down-net-neutrality-rules/ | Source: Inside Towers [12:00] TR Bot Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Net Neutrality Rules - Inside Towers [12:00] TR News "Heres the latest ruling that changes the probable cause calculus, via FourthAmendment.com." https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/06/another-court-says-a-drug-dog-sniff-is-a-search-requires-probable-cause-to-justify-it/ | Source: Techdirt [12:00] TR Bot Court Says A Drug Dog Sniff Is A Search, Requires Probable Cause To Justify It | Techdirt [12:00] TR News "Since the end of 2023, the Marseille collective Le Nuage tait sous nos pieds" https://www.laquadrature.net/en/2025/01/06/investigation-in-marseille-as-elsewhere-digital-infrastructures-are-taking-over-the-territory/ | Source: La Quadature Du Net [12:00] TR Bot Investigation: in Marseille as elsewhere, digital infrastructures are taking over the territory La Quadrature du Net [12:01] TR News "The essential issue is journalism apparently we need to burn it all down and start with the basics, by which I mean crack a book used as journalism curriculum in J-school." https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/01/05/open-thread-reading-is-fundamental-as-is-journalism/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler [12:01] TR Bot Open Thread: Reading Is Fundamental As Is Journalism - emptywheel [12:01] TR News "Most of the incidents involved threats, which occurred 99 times, followed by discrimination or intimidation (72 incidents) and physical violence (56 cases)." https://nltimes.nl/2025/01/06/harassment-journalists-netherlands-surges-2024 | Source: NL Times [12:01] TR Bot Harassment of journalists in the Netherlands surges in 2024 | NL Times [12:01] TR News "India was ranked 159th last year on the World Press Freedom Index, run by Reporters Without Borders." https://www.dw.com/en/indian-journalist-found-dead-in-septic-tank/a-71222528 | Source: Deutsche Welle [12:01] TR Bot journalist found dead in septic tank DW 01/05/2025 [12:03] TR News When France discovered how Islam views the free press and deals with press in general https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2025/01/07/the-charlie-hebdo-and-hype-casher-attacks-three-days-of-blood-terror-and-tears_6736774_7.html | Source: Le Monde [12:03] TR Bot The 'Charlie Hebdo' and Hyper Casher attacks: Three days of blood, terror and tears [12:04] TR News "murdering its star cartoonists" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8ew0lzggr7o | Source: BBC [12:04] TR Bot Hebdo: Magazine releases special issue decade after attack - BBC News [12:05] TR News " The edition unveiled to the media on Monday will go on sale on Tuesday when public commemorations by President Emmanuel Macron and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo are set to take place." https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2025/01/06/indestructible-charlie-hebdo-unveils-special-edition-10-years-after-attack_6736744_7.html | Source: Le Monde [12:05] TR Bot 'Indestructible': 'Charlie Hebdo' unveils special edition 10 years after attack [12:05] TR News "the French and the right to caricature, blasphemy and freedom of expression" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/06/charlie-hebdo-marks-10-years-after-terror-attack-with-special-issue | Source: The Guardian UK [12:05] TR Bot Charlie Hebdo marks 10 years after terror attack with special issue | France | The Guardian [12:06] TR News "Dozens of countries, from Poland to Italy to Saudi Arabia to Bangladesh, maintain blasphemy laws" https://www.thefire.org/news/decade-after-charlie-hebdo-killings-we-are-still-failing-blasphemers | Source: The Fire [12:06] TR Bot A decade after Charlie Hebdo killings, we are still failing blasphemers | The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression [12:06] TR News "revenge for Charlie Hebdos decision to repeatedly publish caricatures" https://www.timesofisrael.com/charlie-hebdo-to-mark-10-years-since-terror-attack-with-special-god-mocking-edition/ | Source: The Times Of Israel [12:06] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.timesofisrael.com/charlie-hebdo-to-mark-10-years-since-terror-attack-with-special-god-mocking-edition/ ) [12:07] TR News "has long tested the limits of free speech" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/french-weekly-charlie-hebdo-marks-10th-anniversary-attack-with-special-edition-2025-01-06/ | Source: Reuters [12:07] TR Bot ( status 401 @ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/french-weekly-charlie-hebdo-marks-10th-anniversary-attack-with-special-edition-2025-01-06/ ) [12:07] TR News "Charlie Hebdo has published a special edition to mark the 10-year anniversary that features a front-page cartoon" https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250107-france-to-remember-charlie-hebdo-attacks-10-years-on | Source: France24 [12:07] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250107-france-to-remember-charlie-hebdo-attacks-10-years-on ) [12:08] TR News "targeting satirical magazine" https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20250106-charlie-hebdo-defies-terror-with-special-issue-for-attack-anniversary-france | Source: RFI [12:08] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20250106-charlie-hebdo-defies-terror-with-special-issue-for-attack-anniversary-france ) [12:08] TR News "defend the right to satire and blasphemy in the face of censors and extremists" https://www.cartooningforpeace.org/en/editos/10-years-after-the-attack-on-charlie-hebdo/ | [12:08] TR Bot 10 years after the attack on Charlie Hebdo - Cartooning for Peace [12:08] TR News "Remember that whole Dixie Chick thing?" https://variety.com/2025/film/news/pamela-anderson-airplane-attack-mistaken-dixie-chicks-1236267735/ | Source: Variety [12:08] TR Bot Pamela Anderson Shares Airplane Attack, Mistaken for a Dixie Chick [12:10] TR News "Anderson didnt specify when the incident happened" https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/pamela-anderson-mistaken-the-chicks-member-1235227234/ | Source: Rolling Stone [12:10] TR Bot Pamela Anderson: She Was Mistaken for the Chicks, 'Almost Got Killed' [12:10] TR News "This tactic has resurfaced with a vengeance with the rediscovery of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (FARA)" https://original.antiwar.com/joseph_terwilliger/2025/01/05/how-the-foreign-agents-law-is-used-to-silence-american-dissidents/ | Source: AntiWar [12:10] TR Bot How the Foreign Agents Law Is Used To Silence American Dissidents - Antiwar.com [12:10] TR News "The statement uses the beta tag it has placed on Apple Intelligence features as a shield" https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/01/apple-intelligence-summaries-might-get-warning-labels-thats-not-enough/ | Source: Six Colors [12:10] TR Bot Apple Intelligence summaries might get warning labels. Thats not enough. Six Colors [12:15] TR News "Section 1260 list" https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/07/tencent_catl_chinese_military_company_list/ | Source: The Register UK [12:15] TR Bot Tencent added to US list of 'Chinese military companies' The Register [12:15] TR News "Dana is the President and CEO of UFC, and he has built it into one of the most valuable, fastest growing" https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/01/06/dana-white-meta-board-directors-trump/ | Source: The Washington Post [12:15] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/01/06/dana-white-meta-board-directors-trump/ ) [12:17] TR News "a longtime friend of President-elect Donald J. Trump" https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/06/technology/dana-white-meta-board-ufc.html | Source: New York Times [12:17] TR Bot Dana White, U.F.C. Head, Joins Metas Board - The New York Times [12:17] TR News "Roskomnadzor" https://therecord.media/russia-widespread-accident-outage-wifi | Source: The Record [12:17] TR Bot Russia blames telecom network accident for widespread internet outage | The Record from Recorded Future News [12:17] TR News "Winning an election is easier than it looks" https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/06/how-the-sausage-gets-made/#governing-is-harder | Source: CoryDoctorow [12:17] TR Bot Pluralistic: Winning coalitions arent always governing coalitions (06 Jan 2025) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [12:18] TR News "Does a regulation requiring a social media company to publish statistics about the number of minor users on its website and their aggregate settings" https://epic.org/documents/netchoice-v-bonta-2/ | Source: EPIC [12:18] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://epic.org/documents/netchoice-v-bonta-2/ ) [12:18] TR News "The FCC and NTIA have played key roles in efforts to bridge the digital divide." https://insidetowers.com/what-happens-to-bead-grants-under-trump/ | Source: Inside Towers [12:18] TR Bot What Happens to BEAD Grants Under Trump? - Inside Towers [12:18] TR News "Nokia has concluded the sale of Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN), its submarine networks business, to the French State" https://itwire.com/business-it-news/business-technology/nokia-completes-sale-of-%e2%80%98leading-submarine-networks-business%e2%80%99,-asn-alcatel-submarine-networks-,-to-the-french-state.html | Source: IT Wire [12:18] TR Bot - Nokia completes sale of Alcatel Submarine Networks to French State [12:19] TR News "An industry unable to learn something in 40 years has no legitimacy." https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/06/opinion_column_cybersec/ | Source: The Register UK [12:19] TR Bot After China's Salt Typhoon, the reconstruction starts now The Register [12:19] TR News [Old] "Thirteen organizations, including the Eclipse Foundation, Linux Foundation Europe" https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/18/in-letter-to-european-commission-open-source-bodies-say-cyber-resilience-act-could-have-chilling-effect-on-software-development/ | Source: TechCrunch [12:19] TR Bot letter to EU, open source bodies say Cyber Resilience Act could have 'chilling effect' on software development | TechCrunch [12:19] schestowitz[TR2] Sompi: ^^ [12:19] TR News "This site does not have programmatic ads on it." https://blog.zgp.org/ads-txt-for-a-site-with-no-ads/ | Source: Don Marti [12:20] TR Bot ads.txt for a site with no ads [12:24] TR News "70th anniversary of providing aerial event coverage" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-brief-history-of-the-goodyear-blimp-which-celebrates-its-100th-anniversary-this-year-180985772/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine [12:24] TR Bot A Brief History of the Goodyear Blimp, Which Celebrates Its 100th Anniversary This Year | Smithsonian [12:25] TR News "The Pentagon will blacklist Chinas largest EV battery manufacturer and its largest tech firm beginning in June 2026" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/01/06/pentagon-blacklist-china-technology-ev/ | Source: The Washington Post [12:25] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/01/06/pentagon-blacklist-china-technology-ev/ ) [12:25] TR News "700,000 megawatt hours of electricity to power Chicagos more than 400 municipal buildings" https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/solar/utility-scale/chicago-keeps-its-new-years-resolution-all-city-buildings-now-use-100-clean-power/ | Source: Renewable Energy World [12:25] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/solar/utility-scale/chicago-keeps-its-new-years-resolution-all-city-buildings-now-use-100-clean-power/ ) [12:26] TR News "Nearly a half-century later, environmental advocates are remembering Carter, who died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100" https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/georgia/articles/2025-01-06/jimmy-carter-raised-climate-change-concerns-35-years-before-the-paris-accords | Source: US News And World Report [12:26] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/georgia/articles/2025-01-06/jimmy-carter-raised-climate-change-concerns-35-years-before-the-paris-accords ) [12:26] TR News "The appliance-like laptop devices were introduced by megacorp in 2011, running its Linux-based ChromeOS platform." https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/06/chromebook_end_of_life/ | Source: The Register UK [12:26] TR Bot Chromebooks still set for scrap, even with 10-year lifecycle The Register [12:27] TR News "So far, the mainstream U.S. media is mostly ignoring the story, continuing its decades-long indifference to what continues to be one of the greatest humanitarian disasters since World War II." https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-blood-in-our-phones/ | Source: Truthdig [12:27] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-blood-in-our-phones/ ) [12:39] TR News "assailing the Labour prime minister" https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/06/world/europe/uk-elon-musk-far-right.html | Source: New York Times [12:39] TR Bot Elon Musk and His Megaphone, X, Rattle British Politics - The New York Times [12:40] TR News "That's it. It isn't rocket science. People that "can't" cut back on Facebook simply don't want to cut back on Facebook." https://odonnellweb.com/pelican/an-easy-way-to-cut-back-on-facebook-use.html | Source: Chris O'Donnnell [12:40] TR Bot An Easy Way to Cut Back on Facebook Use [12:41] TR News "Donald Trumps second term wont bring smaller government as promised." https://jacobin.com/2025/01/trump-doge-bailouts-fdic-crypto/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine [12:41] TR Bot Trumps Bailout Philosophy: Too Loyal to Fail [12:42] TR News "As most already know, the app and its ByteDance parent have long been pushing back against the relevant law" https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/06/tiktok-ban-supreme-court-update/ | Source: Digital Music News [12:42] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/06/tiktok-ban-supreme-court-update/ ) [12:47] TR News "What do these privacy violations have in common? They share a source of data thats shockingly pervasive and unregulated: the technology powering nearly every ad you see online" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/online-behavioral-ads-fuel-surveillance-industry-heres-how | Source: EFF [12:47] TR Bot Online Behavioral Ads Fuel the Surveillance IndustryHeres How | Electronic Frontier Foundation [12:54] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@8p6k6zizq5nqc.irc) has joined #techrights ● Jan 07 [13:01] TR News "We're just as shocked as you that a massive firm left data exposed online, but here we are yet again. This time the issue began at VW subsidiary Cariad, per German outlet Der Spiegel." https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/06/volkswagen_ev_data_exposed/ | Source: The Register UK [13:01] TR Bot Data describing 800K VW EVs exposed online The Register [13:01] TR News "Back in 2023 Mozilla issued a report indicating that automakers have some of the worst privacy and security standards in all of tech, routinely hoovering up oceans of consumer behavior and phone data then failing to adequately secure it." https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/06/whoops-volkswagen-leaks-sensitive-data-of-800000-electric-vehicle-owners/ | Source: Techdirt [13:01] TR Bot Volkswagen Leaks Sensitive Data Of 800,000 Electric Vehicle Owners | Techdirt [13:02] TR News "Which surveillance technologies are California police using? Are they buying access to your location data?" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/12/eff-goes-court-uncover-police-surveillance-tech-california | Source: EFF [13:02] TR Bot EFF Goes to Court to Uncover Police Surveillance Tech in California | Electronic Frontier Foundation [13:02] TR News "You might want law enforcement to have the data to crack down on criminals, but can anyone have access to it?" https://www.securityweek.com/is-your-car-spying-on-you-what-it-means-that-tesla-shared-data-in-the-las-vegas-explosion/ | Source: Security Week [13:02] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/is-your-car-spying-on-you-what-it-means-that-tesla-shared-data-in-the-las-vegas-explosion/ ) [13:03] TR News "Instagram has begun testing a feature in which Metas AI will automatically generate images of users in various situations and put them into that users feed." https://www.404media.co/instagram-begins-randomly-showing-users-ai-generated-images-of-themselves/ | Source: 404 Media [13:03] TR Bot Instagram Begins Randomly Showing Users AI-Generated Images of Themselves [13:03] TR News "Members of an underground criminal community that hack massive companies, steal swathes of cryptocurrency" https://www.404media.co/violent-hackers-are-using-u-haul-to-dox-targets/ | Source: 404 Media [13:03] TR Bot Violent Hackers Are Using U-Haul To Dox Targets [13:03] TR News "all sorts of serious criminal activity, provided U.S. authorities with data on more than 2,200 users last year, according to newly released data from Telegram." https://www.404media.co/telegram-hands-u-s-authorities-data-on-thousands-of-users/ | Source: 404 Media [13:03] TR Bot Telegram Hands U.S. Authorities Data on Thousands of Users [13:26] TR News Windows TCO https://therecord.media/school-cyberattacks-holidays-maine-tennessee | Source: The Record [13:26] TR Bot School districts in Maine, Tennessee respond to holiday cyberattacks | The Record from Recorded Future News [13:26] TR News Windows TCO https://fedscoop.com/rethinking-cybersecurity-in-government-prioritizing-recovery-and-resilience/ | Source: Scoop News Group [13:26] TR Bot cybersecurity in government: Prioritizing recovery and resilience | FedScoop [13:28] TR News Another nazi died today. The father of MLP (France). [13:29] TR News "Even going back to the old Aqua toolbar design would be fine. The new Big Sur waywhere theres lots of empty space, yet the window title gets truncated and important buttons, and sometimes even the search field, get stuffed into the overflow menuis a regression." https://mjtsai.com/blog/2025/01/06/25-years-of-the-dock-and-aqua/ | Source: Michael Tsai [13:29] TR Bot Michael Tsai - Blog - 25 Years of the Dock and Aqua [13:29] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [13:29] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [13:30] TR News "Finally, Elsevier demanded JHE reduce its number of editors presumably thinking an LLM could do well enough." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/01/05/elsevier-rewrites-academic-papers-with-ai-without-telling-editors-or-authors/ | Source: Pivot to AI [13:30] TR Bot Elsevier rewrites academic papers with AI without telling editors or authors Pivot to AI [13:30] TR News "Personally I'm not a huge fan of LLMs. I don't really think there is something like a "trustworthy LLM"." https://matduggan.com/review-of-orbit-by-mozilla/ | Source: Mat Duggan [13:30] TR Bot Review of Orbit by Mozilla [13:30] TR News "This is the holy grail for remotely attested trusted compute. This OS is the kind of thing that Richard Stallman was warning about in The Right to Read. You don't get root there. You don't get a compiler." https://xeiaso.net/blog/2025/squandered-holy-grail/ | Source: Xe's Blog [13:30] TR Bot They squandered the holy grail - Xe Iaso [13:45] TR News "Maines original and vague law requires manufacturers to give car owners, independent repair shops and licensed dealers transparent access to vehicle data for repair and diagnostic purposes." https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/06/maine-still-hashing-out-the-details-of-its-year-old-right-to-repair-law-as-auto-lobbyists-loom/ | Source: Techdirt [13:45] TR Bot Still Hashing Out The Details Of Its Year Old Right To Repair Law As Auto Lobbyists Loom | Techdirt [13:45] TR News "run $200 per month" https://futurism.com/the-byte/openai-chatgpt-pro-subscription-losing-money | Source: Futurism https://techrights.org/n/2024/11/15/OpenAI_If_OpenAI_Survives_Another_2_Years_It_ll_be_About_30_Bil.shtml [13:45] TR Bot It Costs So Much to Run ChatGPT That OpenAI Is Losing Money on $200 ChatGPT Pro Subscriptions [13:45] TR Bot Techrights OpenAI: If OpenAI Survives Another 2 Years, It'll be About 30 Billion Dollars in Cumulative Losses/Debt [13:46] TR News "I think this speaks to a bubble on the one hand as every executive is going to want to advocate for more investment now, but things like DeepSeek v3 also points towards radically cheaper training in the future." https://birchtree.me/blog/a-lot-changed-for-llms-in-2024/ | Source: Matt Birchler [13:46] TR Bot A lot changed for LLMs in 2024 [13:46] TR News "it is very bad for them to put essential information on a private website they dont own and that blocks access from logged out users." https://birchtree.me/blog/sign-up-for-x-to-see-that-amber-alert-yikes/ | Source: Matt Birchler [13:46] TR Bot Sign up for X to see that amber alert. Yikes [13:47] TR News "The requirements to take the test remotely are to have a Windows machine, a second computer running zoom to watch you on the first computer" https://levlaz.org/reinstalling-windows-at-1am/ | Source: Lev Lazinskiy [13:47] TR Bot Reinstalling Windows at 1am | Lev Lazinskiy [13:47] TR News "Over the last few months, my team has decided to utilize Linux more in our environment and I took on most of the Linux management processes. For all of our resources we utilize tags to help identify and group resources together." https://claytonerrington.com/blog/tagging-aws-ebs-volumes/ | Source: Clayton Errington [13:47] TR Bot How to tag AWS EBS volumes on Linux EC2 Servers [13:48] TR News "ChatGPT Pro is losing money" https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/01/06/sam-altman-ai-agents-will-totally-replace-your-employees-any-year-now-also-chatgpt-pro-is-losing-money/ | Source: Pivot to AI [13:48] TR Bot Sam Altman: AI agents will totally replace your employees any year now! Also, ChatGPT Pro is losing money Pivot to AI [13:48] TR News "Active since at least 2021, Flax Typhoon has hit entities in North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia, with a focus on Taiwan, exploiting known vulnerabilities to hack computers and establishing persistent access to the compromised networks." https://www.securityweek.com/us-sanctions-chinese-firm-linked-to-flax-typhoon-attacks-on-critical-infrastructure/ | Source: Security Week [13:48] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/us-sanctions-chinese-firm-linked-to-flax-typhoon-attacks-on-critical-infrastructure/ ) [13:49] TR News "An investigation by a Telegraph reporter has uncovered shocking behaviour by an AI chatbot" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ai-chatbot-tells-13-year-old-how-kill-his-bully-death-grip-how-dispose-his-body-1729899 | Source: International Business Times [13:49] TR Bot AI Chatbot Tells '13-Year-Old' How To Kill His Bully With a 'Death Grip' and How To Dispose of His Body | IBTimes UK [13:49] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [13:49] TR News "This article is inspired by a research paper by @PKD. While the original paper is an excellent read, I decided to expand on its findings with my own experiments." https://theholytachanka.com/posts/political-bias-in-ai/ | Source: THT [13:49] TR Bot Political Bias in AI [13:49] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [13:56] TR News "But we are dealing with some of the usual infirmities required by aging" https://doc.searls.com/2025/01/06/the-health-care-mess/ | Source: Doc Searls [13:56] TR Bot The Health Care Mess Doc Searls Weblog [13:56] TR News "healthcare was not Luigi's gripe" https://www.tmz.com/2025/01/06/luigi-mangione-went-to-gun-range-thailand-vacation/ | Source: TMZ [13:56] TR Bot Luigi Mangione Went To Gun Range On Thailand Trip Months Before CEO Shooting [13:57] TR News "A paper in the British Journal of Ophthalmology, which reviewed 276 studies published to June 2023 from around the world" https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/myopia-children-shortsightedness-prevalence-outdoor-indoor-1.7399141 | Source: CBC [13:57] TR Bot Did your kid get glasses post-pandemic? Study says myopia rates are soaring around the world | CBC News [13:59] TR News "Apple uses the words energy and power interchangeably" https://eclecticlight.co/2025/01/06/power-modes-and-apple-silicon-gpus/ | Source: Howard Oakley [13:59] TR Bot Power Modes and Apple Silicon GPUs The Eclectic Light Company [13:59] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [13:59] TR News "Gone are the XPS, Inspiron, Latitude, and Precision PC brands" https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/07/dell_renaming_pc_brands/ | Source: The Register UK [13:59] TR Bot RIP XPS, Inspiron, Latitude, Precision. It's now just Dell The Register [13:59] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights ● Jan 07 [14:00] TR News "Starting in 2025, though, Dell laptops and desktops will just be Dell" https://www.pcworld.com/article/2567199/dell-drops-xps-inspiron-and-latitude-brands.html | Source: PC World [14:00] TR Bot drops long-running XPS, Inspiron, and Latitude brands | PCWorld [14:00] TR News "The tech industrys relentless march toward labeling everything plus, pro, and max soldiers on" https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/6/24325799/dell-pro-max-premium-plus-ces-laptop-pc-rebrand-announcement | Source: The Verge [14:00] TR Bot Dell kills the XPS brand - The Verge [14:00] TR News "the event formally kicks off on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025 and runs through Friday, Jan. 10" https://www.thedronegirl.com/2025/01/06/ces-2025/ | Source: The Drone Girl [14:00] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://www.thedronegirl.com/2025/01/06/ces-2025/ ) [14:00] TR News "One ProLiant Gen 11 server can replace eight ProLiant Generation 8 machines" https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/02/cloud_hardware_research_hpe/ | Source: The Register UK [14:00] TR Bot Screwed by the cloud: Hardware vendors need DCs to refresh The Register [14:01] TR News "I am convinced there exists something we can call statistical literacy." https://entropicthoughts.com/statistical-literacy | Source: Chris [14:01] TR Bot Statistical Literacy [14:02] TR News "If the problem is important enough, we should pick the best available solution, not turn it into a situation." https://seths.blog/2025/01/working-with-problems-2/ | Source: Seth Godin [14:02] TR Bot Working with problems | Seth's Blog [14:02] TR News "More recently, Ive had the same struggles as everyone else with the cesspitisation of social [control] media." https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jan/06/i-was-lost-in-the-cesspit-of-social-media-then-jane-austen-showed-me-the-way-out | Source: The Guardian UK [14:02] TR Bot I was lost in the cesspit of social media. Then Jane Austen showed me the way out | Books | The Guardian [14:03] TR News "One unknown is NASA's incoming administrator Jared Isaacman" https://futurism.com/elon-musk-scrap-nasa-moon-program | Source: Futurism [14:03] TR Bot Elon Musk Trying to Scrap NASA's Moon Program [14:03] TR News "The conjecture states that repeating this operation will eventually reach 1 for all numbers." https://soatok.blog/2025/01/06/collatzeral-damage-bitwise-and-proof-foolish/ | Source: Dhole Moments [14:03] TR Bot Collatzeral Damage: Bitwise and Proof Foolish - Dhole Moments [14:04] TR News "Thank you so much to everyone who participated in the FSF Anniversary Logo Contest!" https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/fsf-anniversary-logo-contest-voting | Source: FSF [14:04] TR Bot FSF associate members to decide the logo for the FSF's fortieth anniversary Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [14:05] TR News "What is your tool for?" https://matthewrocklin.com/hammers-and-nailguns.html | Source: Matthew Rocklin [14:05] TR Bot Hammers and Nailguns Matthew Rocklin [14:05] TR News "Its time for my 15th yearly review." https://www.jonashietala.se/blog/2025/01/05/2024_in_review/ | Source: Jonas Hietala [14:05] TR Bot Jonas Hietala: 2024 in review [14:05] TR News "Im always down for writing about writing, so here goes!" https://heydingus.net/blog/2025/1/blog-questions-challenge | Source: Jarrod Blundy [14:05] TR Bot My Blogging Origin Story & Other Questions: A Blogging Challenge - HeyDingus [14:05] TR News "My intent wasnt to be rude. Merely to point out that readers like me want and expect hyperlinks the backbone of the web" https://heydingus.net/blog/2025/1/the-verge-hyperlinks | Source: Jarrod Blundy [14:05] TR Bot Some personal news: Im an unpaid volunteer editor at The Verge (at least until theyre better at linking to things) - HeyDingus [14:07] TR News "more than just traditional posts" https://coryd.dev/posts/2025/most-pages-are-actually-posts | Source: Cory Dransfeldt [14:07] TR Bot (Most) pages are actually posts [14:07] TR News "While deciding what goals I wanted for my website and blog for this next year, I reviewed what Ive already done." https://claytonerrington.com/blog/reviewing-2024/ | Source: Clayton Errington [14:07] TR Bot Reviewing 2024 [14:07] TR News "Not a great year, but also not the worst." https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/notes/2025/2024-in-review/ | Source: Baldur Bjarnason [14:07] TR Bot Quick and only partially coherent review of 2024 [14:09] TR News "But for some recent Marine recruits, the uniforms in their photos were photoshopped on." https://taskandpurpose.com/news/marines-recruits-photoshop/ | Source: Task And Purpose [14:09] TR Bot The Marines tried photoshopping uniforms on recruits at boot camp [14:09] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [14:09] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [14:10] TR News "Ive always kept screenshots and bookmarks of interesting visual ideas" https://colly.com/journal/accumulated-instinct | [14:10] TR Bot Simon Collison | Accumulated instinct [14:11] TR News 2024 in Review https://tracydurnell.com/2025/01/05/2024-in-review/ | Source: Tracy Durnell [14:11] TR Bot 2024 in Review Tracy Durnell's Mind Garden [14:17] TR News Embroidery and resilient software freedom in 2025 https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2025/jan/06/embroidery-and-resilient-software-freedom-in-2025/ [14:18] TR Bot Embroidery and resilient software freedom in 2025 - Conservancy Blog - Software Freedom Conservancy [14:19] Sompi schestowitz[TR2]: That CE marking for software is way too expensive [14:19] Sompi It isn't even needed at all [14:20] Sompi It is not bad for only open source and free software [14:20] Sompi It is bad for every small software producer [14:21] TR News Absent from SFC, due to very serious injury it seems http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/01/Software_Freedom_Conservancy_Inc_SFC_Lost_Revenue_and_Also_Got_.shtml [14:21] TR Bot Techrights Software Freedom Conservancy Inc (SFC) Lost Revenue and Also Got Rid of "Senior Director of Diversity and Inclusion" (Sage A Sharp, Formerly Known as Sarah Sharp, Who Ran an Ill-Spirited Campaign Against Linus Torvalds, Theodore Tso, and Other Prominent Linux Developers) [14:24] TR News "I decided to take another approach. I wrote a custom Python script that did most of that for me." https://hamatti.org/posts/the-ability-to-code-sometimes-feels-like-magic-to-me/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala [14:24] TR Bot The ability to code sometimes feels like magic to me : Juha-Matti Santala [14:25] TR News "Changing nearly any character, including the C before the G, or removing the parens, makes it match." https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/01/now-i-have-two-problems/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski [14:25] TR Bot jwz: Now I have two problems [14:25] TR News "That said, if you like RegEx, youre gonna love Perl." https://blog.aschoch.ch/posts/aoc-2024#19 | [14:25] TR Bot Advent of Code 2024 25 Languages Alexander Schoch's Blog [14:26] TR News "The heart of pl_synth is a loop that creates the raw PCM samples for a single note of an instrument." https://phoboslab.org/log/2025/01/synth | Source: Dominic Szablewski [14:26] TR Bot PhobosLab [14:26] TR News "Lets play with some words. More in particular with vanishing words." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/01/little-useless-useful-r-functions-vanishing-sentences/ | Source: Rlang [14:26] TR Bot useless-useful R functions Vanishing sentences | R-bloggers [14:27] TR News "In the title Im kindof punning on the word a" https://www.sicpers.info/2025/01/is-software-engineering-a-thing/ | Source: SICP [14:27] TR Bot Is software engineering a thing? | Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programmers [14:27] TR News "Apple introduced Swift Testing at WWDC24" https://useyourloaf.com/blog/swift-parameterized-testing/ | [14:27] TR Bot Swift Parameterized Testing [14:27] TR News "Nearly every line of code I write for fun is in Rust." https://ntietz.com/blog/great-things-about-rust-beyond-perf/ | Source: Nicholas Tietz-Sokolsky [14:27] TR Bot Great things about Rust that aren't just performance | nicole@web [14:27] TR News [Old] "What is the grammar and meaning of awk code? Maybe a yacc expert could know." https://www.raygard.net/awkdoc/pages/awk_parsing_is_tricky.html | [14:27] TR Bot Parsing awk is tricky | An awk implementation [14:27] TR News "An aspect I think you are discounting is the effort required to implement the mitigations." https://boston.conman.org/2025/01/05.1 | Source: Sean Conner [14:28] TR Bot Security Theater - The Boston Diaries - Captain Napalm [14:29] TR News "BGP protocol behaviour in the form of dynamic routing updates is also part of this story." https://blog.apnic.net/2025/01/07/bgp-updates-in-2024/ | Source: APNIC [14:29] TR Bot BGP updates in 2024 | APNIC Blog [14:29] TR News "HTML is somehow simultaneously paper and the printing press for the electronic age." https://www.wired.com/story/html-is-actually-a-programming-language-fight-me/ | Source: Wired [14:29] TR Bot Is Actually a Programming Language. Fight Me | WIRED [14:30] TR News "Its day 15 of Blogvent, where I blog every day in December!" https://cassidoo.co/post/prettify-rss/ | Source: Cassidy Williams [14:30] TR Bot How to make your RSS feed pretty [14:33] *Righty has quit (connection closed) [14:36] MinceR 07 045214 < IsambardPrince> And it says something like "Did you get an $800 check?" "Yes." "Okay, add $800 to your tax bill." [14:36] MinceR lol [14:36] MinceR statism at its finest [14:37] *Righty (~Username@qhha6r7fcwmzu.irc) has joined #techrights [14:39] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [14:39] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [14:49] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [14:49] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [14:50] TR News "Sure, your phone is fun, but if you want the fun and power of a full-fledged Linux computer in your pocket" https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/linux-powered-handheld-computer-connects-to-raspberry-pi-hats-snap-on-modules | Source: Tom's Hardware [14:50] TR Bot Linux-powered handheld computer connects to Raspberry Pi HATs, snap-on modules | Tom's Hardware [14:51] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/07/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/07/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [14:51] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [14:52] TR News "Commodore 64 devotee Side Projects Lab has released a video teaser showcasing a "true Full-HD HDMI" adaptor for the iconic 8-bit home computer." https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/commodore-64-gets-a-true-full-hd-hdmi-plus-stereo-sound-daughterboard | Source: Tom's Hardware [14:52] TR Bot Commodore 64 gets a true Full-HD HDMI plus stereo sound daughterboard | Tom's Hardware [14:52] TR News "The Stacy shipped with Rainbow TOS 1.04 in 192K of ROM, newly introduced with the Stacy and provided as an upgrade for the original Megas, 520ST and 1040ST. Like all STs TOS uses Digital Research's GEM and, underlying it" https://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2025/01/refurb-weekend-atari-stacy.html | Source: Old VCR [14:52] TR Bot Old Vintage Computing Research: Refurb weekend: Atari Stacy [14:54] TR News "I needed repair" https://www.ksl.com/article/51220602/86-year-old-in-california-one-of-only-antique-slot-machine-repairmen | Source: Deseret Media [14:54] TR Bot in California one of only antique-slot-machine repairmen | KSL.com [14:54] TR News "The last couple of electronics repairs Ive written about on this blog were both quite involved. Fixing stuff doesnt always involve crazy rabbit holes though! Heres a quicker fix that I recently performed." https://www.downtowndougbrown.com/2025/01/easy-repair-of-a-defective-nzxt-signal-4k30-capture-card/ | Source: Doug Brown [14:54] TR Bot Downtown Doug Brown Easy repair of a defective NZXT Signal 4K30 capture card [14:55] TR News "Hello, everyone and welcome to the first full week of 2025! Today, we are proud to announce another new collaboration with Digi International to release a new board and two new kits, each capable of working for LoRaWAN." https://www.sparkfun.com/news/12681 | Source: SparkFun Electronics [14:55] TR Bot ( status 404 @ https://www.sparkfun.com/news/12681 ) [14:55] TR News "An Arduino Nano ESP32 board monitors the remote rotary encoder and communicates the detected position (via pulse-counting) to another ESP32 board by the DAC over ESP-NOW." https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/01/06/control-your-volume-with-a-wireless-rotary-encoder-as-you-deserve/ | Source: Arduino [14:55] TR Bot Control your volume with a wireless rotary encoder, as you deserve | Arduino Blog [14:56] TR News This Raspberry Pi Pico W-powered Inky Frame display will help keep you organized https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/this-raspberry-pi-pico-w-powered-inky-frame-display-will-help-keep-you-organized [14:56] TR Bot This Raspberry Pi Pico W-powered Inky Frame display will help keep you organized | Tom's Hardware [14:59] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [14:59] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi, RISC-V, Arduino, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/07/Open_Hardware_Raspberry_Pi_RISC_V_Arduino_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/07/Open_Hardware_Raspberry_Pi_RISC_V_Arduino_and_More.gmi [14:59] TR Bot Tux Machines Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi, RISC-V, Arduino, and More [14:59] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [14:59] TR News "Hugo hosted on Cloudflare Pages. Why? No reason." https://www.lkhrs.com/blog/2025/blog-questions-challenge/ | Source: Luke Harris [14:59] TR Bot Blog questions challenge | Luke's Wild Website ● Jan 07 [15:00] TR News "The Hugo static site generator is the first one I want to call out. Ive bounced around almost a dozen CMSs here" https://rubenerd.com/a-big-thank-you-to-hugo/ | Source: Ruben Schade [15:00] TR Bot A big thank you to Hugo [15:03] TR News (NEW): Content Management Systems (CMS) / Static Site Generators (SSG) Perspectives https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/07/Content_Management_Systems_CMS_Static_Site_Generators_SSG_Persp.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/07/Content_Management_Systems_CMS_Static_Site_Generators_SSG_Persp.gmi [15:03] TR Bot Tux Machines Content Management Systems (CMS) / Static Site Generators (SSG) Perspectives [15:05] TR News Long-Time Ubuntu Contributor Steve Langasek Has Passed Away https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/01/long-time-ubuntu-contributor-steve-langasek-has-passed-away [15:05] TR Bot Long-Time Ubuntu Contributor Steve Langasek Has Passed Away - OMG! Ubuntu [15:05] TR News Mourning Steve Langasek https://lwn.net/Articles/1004297/ [15:05] TR Bot Steve Langasek [LWN.net] [15:07] TR News "In recent years he battled illness" https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/remembering-and-thanking-steve-langasek/52665 [15:07] TR Bot Remembering and thanking Steve Langasek - Community - Ubuntu Community Hub [15:07] TR News KDE Plasma 5.27.12, Bugfix Release for January https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/5/5.27.12/ [15:07] TR Bot KDE Plasma 5.27.12, Bugfix Release for January - KDE Community [15:09] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [15:09] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [15:10] TR News Jim Zemlin is right man for the job. As chief of Microsoft (et al) front group called after "Linux". There is this theory folks once heard and it's something along the lines of, people not qualified for the role that they hold are easy to control/oust/overwork. Zemlin boasts in his public talks his wife (Sheela Microsoft) CONTROLS him. [15:10] TR News Kwave Nightly Flatpak https://markpenner.space/blog/2025-01-06-kwave-flatpak/ [15:10] TR Bot Nightly Flatpak - markpenner.space [15:11] TR News IOW, Zemlin is just "disposable charlatan" to the Real Owners of LF [15:11] TR News Hotfix: KPhotoAlbum 6.0.1 https://www.kphotoalbum.org//2025/01/06/hotfix-kphotoalbum-6.0.1/ [15:11] TR Bot Hotfix: KPhotoAlbum 6.0.1 | KPhotoAlbum [15:12] TR News AB Download Manager manage and organize downloading files https://www.linuxlinks.com/ab-download-manager-manage-organize-downloading-files/ [15:12] TR Bot Download Manager - manage and organize downloading files - LinuxLinks [15:13] TR News Ghostty feature-rich and cross-platform terminal emulator https://www.linuxlinks.com/ghostty-feature-rich-and-cross-platform-terminal-emulator/ [15:13] TR Bot - feature-rich and cross-platform terminal emulator - LinuxLinks [15:13] TR News ns-3 discrete-event network simulator https://www.linuxlinks.com/ns-3-discrete-event-network-simulator/ [15:13] TR Bot - discrete-event network simulator - LinuxLinks [15:19] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [15:19] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [15:29] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [15:29] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [15:32] TR News "As can be seen, citing age, expenses, andmost notablya lack of time" https://linuxiac.com/slackware-based-absolute-linux-has-been-discontinued/ | Source: Linuxiac [15:32] TR Bot Slackware-Based Absolute Linux Has Been Discontinued [15:33] TR News "Among the most notable features in this release is the Local AI Tagging function." https://linuxiac.com/linkwarden-2-9-makes-bookmarking-smarter/ | Source: Linuxiac [15:33] TR Bot Linkwarden 2.9 Makes Bookmarking Smarter [15:36] TR News "This may be of interest to people here or may actually be something Carmens project could tap in to in some way." https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2024-12/msg00025.html [15:36] TR Bot Hackathon in 2025 [15:37] TR News Cartoon: Happy Gnu Year https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/1/1/2294695/-Cartoon-Happy-Gnu-Year [15:37] TR Bot Cartoon: Happy Gnu Year [15:38] TR News Also here https://www.zazzle.com/happy_gnu_year_holiday_card-137818206324666811 [15:38] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.zazzle.com/happy_gnu_year_holiday_card-137818206324666811 ) [15:39] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [15:39] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [15:41] TR News How To Install Redmine on AlmaLinux 9 https://idroot.us/install-redmine-almalinux-9/ [15:41] TR Bot How To Install Redmine on AlmaLinux 9 - idroot [15:42] TR News How To Install Linkwarden on Debian 12 https://idroot.us/install-linkwarden-debian-12/ [15:42] TR Bot How To Install Linkwarden on Debian 12 - idroot [15:43] TR News How To Install Budgie Desktop on Rocky GNU/Linux 9 https://idroot.us/install-budgie-desktop-rocky-linux-9/ [15:43] TR Bot How To Install Budgie Desktop on Rocky Linux 9 - idroot [15:43] TR News How To Install Backdrop CMS on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-backdrop-cms-ubuntu-24-04/ [15:43] TR Bot How To Install Backdrop CMS on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - idroot [15:44] TR News How to resolve WiFi Issues on Ubuntu 24.04 https://net2.com/how-to-resolve-wifi-issues-on-ubuntu-24-04/ [15:44] TR Bot How to resolve WiFi Issues on Ubuntu 24.04 [15:44] TR News How To Install AbanteCart on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-abantecart-ubuntu-24-04/ [15:44] TR Bot How To Install AbanteCart on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - idroot [15:45] TR News Don Marti: Links for 4 Jan 2025: news from the low-trust society https://blog.zgp.org/mlp-2025-01-04/ [15:45] TR Bot Links for 4 Jan 2025: news from the low-trust society [15:45] TR News How to Make Surveillance Giant Google Home Announcements from Smarttthings https://www.putorius.net/how-to-make-google-home-announcements-from-smarttthings.html [15:45] TR Bot How to Make Google Home Announcements from Smarttthings - Putorius [15:45] TR News How to Run a Command That Requires sudo via SSH https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-run-a-command-that-requires-sudo-via-ssh/ [15:45] TR Bot How to Run a Command That Requires sudo via SSH [15:48] TR News "This tutorial will help you export and import history of Mozilla Firefox web browser." https://www.ubuntubuzz.com/2025/01/how-to-import-and-export-firefox-history.html | Source: Ubuntubuzz [15:48] TR Bot How To Import and Export Firefox History [15:48] TR News How to download and install a kernel from Chaotic-aur repo with a script https://arcolinux.com/how-to-download-and-install-a-kernel-from-chaotic-aur-repo-with-a-script/ [15:48] TR Bot to download and install a kernel from Chaotic-aur repo with a script | ArcoLinux [15:49] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [15:49] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [15:50] *zelu has quit (Quit: WeeChat 4.5.1) [15:50] *zelu has quit (Quit: WeeChat 4.5.1) [15:50] TR News How to Install Linux Kernel 6.12 LTS on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.10 https://9to5linux.com/how-to-install-linux-kernel-6-12-lts-on-ubuntu-24-04-lts-and-ubuntu-24-10 [15:50] TR Bot to Install Linux Kernel 6.12 LTS on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.10 - 9to5Linux [15:51] MinceR (cat) https://pleated-jeans.com/2025/01/01/amazing-posts-january-1-2024/ [15:51] TR Bot 25 Amazing Posts To Start Your New Year On A Positive Note (January 1, 2025) [15:51] TR News 10 Top Most Popular GNU/Linux Distributions of 2024 https://www.tecmint.com/top-most-popular-linux-distributions/ [15:51] TR Bot 10 Top Most Popular Linux Distributions in 2024 ● Jan 07 [16:09] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/07/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/07/today_s_howtos.gmi [16:09] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [16:15] TR News HTTPSY Leave the Certificate Authority Behind - IIW https://iiw.idcommons.net/HTTPSY__Leave_the_Certificate_Authority_Behind [16:15] TR Bot HTTPSY Leave the Certificate Authority Behind - IIW [16:16] MinceR nice [16:16] TR News SpellBinding: ALCFHKB Wordo: BEAUS gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2025-01-07.gmi [16:18] MinceR though it would be nice to also be able to leave DNS behind [16:18] TR News "It was late 1993 or early 1994 or so, and I was in my early-mid teens." gemini://the-brannons.com/appstore/ [16:19] TR News A kind deed for the youngest member of the family gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/emily/20250106.gmi [16:21] TR News Some people's "purpose" on the planet is to reproduce (in a planet that has more than enough or maybe way too many already), but that's not everyone, it's just for the majority of people - sometimes those to whom maximal accomplishment is being incapable or using contraception or find sex without booze/drugs involved [16:22] TR News People who attack RMS and the likes of him for the love of programming/code are typically jealous, child-saddled people who work a job they hate just to keep up with bills [16:22] TR News The good news, however, is that RMS doesn't give a ---- about them. [16:23] TR News "i always wanted to become a hunter." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2446 [16:26] TR News "It's been a while since I last wrote here, huh? This semester was easily the hardest one so far. Many projects, many rehearsals, and many sleepless nights later, I've pulled through and now it's time for archival and regression into calm." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2447 [16:27] TR News "another digital camera i recently purchased is the nikon d2h." gemini://x.smol.pub/1736232457 [16:31] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 07/01/2025: Praise of E-mail and App Store 'Invention' https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/07/Gemini_Links_07_01_2025_Praise_of_E_mail_and_App_Store_Inventio.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/07/Gemini_Links_07_01_2025_Praise_of_E_mail_and_App_Store_Inventio.gmi [16:31] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 07/01/2025: Praise of E-mail and App Store 'Invention' [16:34] TR News Techrights Links 06/01/2025: 10 Years Since Terrorism Against Satire in France https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/07/Links_06_01_2025_10_Years_Since_Terrorism_Against_Satire_in_Fra.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/07/Links_06_01_2025_10_Years_Since_Terrorism_Against_Satire_in_Fra.gmi [16:34] TR Bot Techrights Links 06/01/2025: 10 Years Since Terrorism Against Satire in France [16:43] TR News (NEW): Windows TCO Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/07/Windows_TCO_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/07/Windows_TCO_Leftovers.gmi [16:43] TR Bot Tux Machines Windows TCO Leftovers [16:44] TR News (NEW): How can software that is free be high quality? https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/07/How_can_software_that_is_free_be_high_quality.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/07/How_can_software_that_is_free_be_high_quality.gmi [16:44] TR Bot Tux Machines How can software that is free be high quality? [16:45] TR News "It is important to understand that the term "free" can lead to prejudice. When one is told that something is free, he may decline to invest his time and effort to examine it, out of prejudice that it cannot be valuable." https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2025-01/msg00002.html | Source: GNU [16:45] TR Bot How can software that is free be high quality? [16:46] TR News Akira Urushibata: "One way to avoid the abuse is to keep ourselves reminded on what li originally meant. This can be done by studying old Chinese characters. Chinese is written in ideograms and old forms were graphic and are often reasonably easy to decode." https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2025-01/msg00002.html [16:49] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [16:49] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [16:50] TR News "Looking for an elevator talk, or even something more brief, that might set the stage for persuading complete novices beginning with their devices" https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2025-01/msg00003.html [16:50] TR Bot Looking for an elevator talk, or even someting more brief [16:54] TR News "Maybe at his next Office Hours someone can ask AK why IBM is still partnering with Inspur when the U.S. DoD has them on the current list of Chinese Military Companies? He shuts down the Research and Systems labs last year but this partnership persists?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jgztr591 [16:54] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jgztr591 ) [16:55] TR News "AK needs to fill the depleted IBM coffers and get his supersized bonus for 2024 in any way he can. He's the leader of Corruption at IBM, that is why he is CEO. #join-arvind - ask him yourself. Partnership required to maintain support agreement with Inspur customers utilizing IBM storage." ● Jan 07 [17:09] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@n5ik7pxgjf366.irc) has joined #techrights [17:16] TR News Techrights The Free Software Foundation (FSF) Turns 40 This Year, Now It Shows Possible Logos for the Special Event That Celebrates Sharing https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/07/The_Free_Software_Foundation_FSF_Turns_40_This_Year_Now_It_Show.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/07/The_Free_Software_Foundation_FSF_Turns_40_This_Year_Now_It_Show.gmi [17:16] TR Bot Techrights The Free Software Foundation (FSF) Turns 40 This Year, Now It Shows Possible Logos for the Special Event That Celebrates Sharing [17:36] TR News Techrights Who Says Microsoft Is Actually Succeeding as a Business? (It's Faking a Lot) https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/07/Who_Says_Microsoft_Is_Actually_Succeeding_as_a_Business_It_s_Fa.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/07/Who_Says_Microsoft_Is_Actually_Succeeding_as_a_Business_It_s_Fa.gmi [17:36] TR Bot Techrights Who Says Microsoft Is Actually Succeeding as a Business? (It's Faking a Lot) [17:36] TR News (NEW): Firefox 135 Is Now Available for Public Beta Testing with XZ Packaging on Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/07/Firefox_135_Is_Now_Available_for_Public_Beta_Testing_with_XZ_Pa.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/07/Firefox_135_Is_Now_Available_for_Public_Beta_Testing_with_XZ_Pa.gmi [17:36] TR Bot Tux Machines Firefox 135 Is Now Available for Public Beta Testing with XZ Packaging on Linux ● Jan 07 [18:03] TR News Techrights LLMs Destroy the Web Not Just by Filling It With Cruft and Chaff (Slop) https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/07/LLMs_Destroy_the_Web_Not_Just_by_Filling_It_With_Cruft_and_Chaf.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/07/LLMs_Destroy_the_Web_Not_Just_by_Filling_It_With_Cruft_and_Chaf.gmi [18:03] TR Bot Techrights LLMs Destroy the Web Not Just by Filling It With Cruft and Chaff (Slop) [18:22] *SomeGoat (~SomeGoat@r9ruxqydtdctn.irc) has joined #techrights [18:26] TR News Techrights [Meme] The LLM Salesperson https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/07/Meme_The_LLM_Salesperson.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/07/Meme_The_LLM_Salesperson.gmi [18:26] TR Bot Techrights [Meme] The LLM Salesperson [18:29] MinceR (cat) https://imgur.com/gallery/1I6Mrvk = https://rimgo.pussthecat.org/gallery/1I6Mrvk [18:29] TR Bot Cat - Album on Imgur [18:29] TR Bot Today's Cat - rimgo [18:32] psydroid2 no more travelling salesman, now is the era of the on-demand LLM salesperson [18:33] MinceR :> [18:33] MinceR or perhaps the unsolicited LLM salesperson [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] a bad gremlin [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] a bad gremlininux [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] lenin linux [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] lenux [18:36] schestowitz[TR2] joseph llennart [18:40] TR News Techrights Less Than a Tenth of a Second https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/07/Less_Than_a_Tenth_of_a_Second.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/07/Less_Than_a_Tenth_of_a_Second.gmi [18:40] TR Bot Techrights Less Than a Tenth of a Second [18:48] MinceR https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ggn2_7tXIAU4kCJ.jpg?name=orig [18:51] TR News Techrights Microsoft Has a Google Problem (and GNU/Linux Problem) in Sweden https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/07/Microsoft_Has_a_Google_Problem_and_GNU_Linux_Problem_in_Sweden.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/07/Microsoft_Has_a_Google_Problem_and_GNU_Linux_Problem_in_Sweden.gmi [18:51] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Has a Google Problem (and GNU/Linux Problem) in Sweden [18:52] TR News Report: The Washington Post staff brace for layoffs [18:52] TR News Layoffs Loom At Washington Post Amid Talent Exodus, Financial Struggles: Report [18:53] TR News Less competition for small news sites then? Bezos is no friend... [18:53] TR News Will there be a recession in the U.S, will companies go for massive layoffs, how much money will you earn? Top economists predict what's in store for 2025 https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/will-there-be-a-recession-in-the-u-s-will-companies-go-for-massive-layoffs-how-much-money-will-you-earn-top-economists-predict-whats-in-store-for-2025/articleshow/117028591.cms [18:53] TR Bot u.s. economic outlook 2025: Will there be a recession in the U.S, will companies go for massive layoffs, how much money will you earn? Top economists predict what's in store for 2025 - The Economic Times [18:54] TR News Bridgewater Cuts 7% of Staff in Effort to Remain Nimble [18:59] psydroid2 oh, I see Michael Proprietarix isn't doing well with his forum software [18:59] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [18:59] psydroid2 maybe he can take it completely offline [18:59] MinceR won't somebody think of the advertisers? [18:59] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights ● Jan 07 [19:06] TR News Techrights All the Latest 'Articles' in This Fake 'News' Site Are SPAM, LLM Slop, or Both (to Googlebomb CES) https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/07/All_the_Latest_Articles_in_This_Fake_News_Site_Are_SPAM_LLM_Slo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/07/All_the_Latest_Articles_in_This_Fake_News_Site_Are_SPAM_LLM_Slo.gmi [19:06] TR Bot Techrights All the Latest 'Articles' in This Fake 'News' Site Are SPAM, LLM Slop, or Both (to Googlebomb CES) [19:09] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [19:09] TR News "If youre interested in learning more about Raspberry Pis imaging and computer vision tools, our Senior Principal Engineer, Naushir Patuck, recently hosted a webinar with DigiKey. You can sign up to watch it on demand if you missed it." https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/get-started-with-the-raspberry-pi-ai-hat/ | Source: Raspberry Pi [19:09] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/get-started-with-the-raspberry-pi-ai-hat/ ) [19:09] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [19:10] TR News "Linux users will be excited to learn about the newly supported touchpad hold gestures" https://linuxiac.com/mozilla-firefox-134-now-available-for-download/ | Source: Linuxiac [19:10] TR Bot Firefox 134 Now Available for Download, Heres Whats New [19:12] TR News "I recently changed my terminal app to Ghostty and have been surprised by its performance, simpleness, and cleanliness." https://victor.kropp.name/blog/2025/ghostty/ | Source: Victor Kropp [19:12] TR Bot Ghostty terminal [19:13] TR News "One of the big selling points of Ghostty is its native platform integration." https://www.jonashietala.se/blog/2025/01/06/first_impressions_of_ghostty/ | Source: Jonas Hietala [19:13] TR Bot Jonas Hietala: First impressions of Ghostty [19:19] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [19:19] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [19:24] TR News "These days Fedora uses DNF as its high(er) level package management software, replacing yum." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/FedoraDnf5ScriptOutputIssue | Source: University of Toronto [19:24] TR Bot Chris's Wiki :: blog/linux/FedoraDnf5ScriptOutputIssue [19:25] TR News "you can also book your VM from OpenBSD Amsterdam and let the 100% OpenBSD journey begin." https://www.tumfatig.net/2025/cruising-a-vps-at-openbsd-amsterdam/ | Source: TuMFatig [19:25] TR Bot TuM'Fatig - Cruising a VPS at OpenBSD Amsterdam [19:25] TR News (NEW): Release of Ghostty 1.0 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/28/Release_of_Ghostty_1_0.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/28/Release_of_Ghostty_1_0.gmi [19:25] TR Bot Tux Machines Release of Ghostty 1.0 [19:25] TR News "I recently read this great piece by Timur Tukaev discussing how to approach the growing complexity of Kubernetes." https://matduggan.com/kubernetes-as-a-distro/ | Source: Mat Duggan [19:25] TR Bot Kubernetes as a Distro [19:26] *oarion7 (~ryan@e6jyc88uwxv5c.irc) has joined #techrights [19:27] TR News "In a recent post, Joshua Strobl, a well-known open-source advocate and lead contributor to the Budgie Desktop project" https://linuxiac.com/budgie-desktop-in-2025-the-end-of-x11-and-the-dawn-of-wayland-only/ | Source: Linuxiac [19:27] TR Bot Budgie Desktop in 2025: The End of X11 and the Dawn of Wayland-Only [19:27] MinceR the end of budgie desktop [19:28] TR News in the wild https://danq.me/2025/01/06/endlessh-on-debian-12/ | Source: Dan Q [19:28] TR Bot Endless SSH Tarpit on Debian Dan Q [19:28] TR News "WireGuard's AllowedIPs setting for a particular peer controls two things at once: what (inside-WireGuard) source IP addresses you will accept from the peer" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/WireGuardAllowedIPsVsRoutes | Source: University of Toronto [19:28] TR Bot Chris's Wiki :: blog/linux/WireGuardAllowedIPsVsRoutes [19:29] schestowitz[TR2] MinceR: y u no like wayland [19:29] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [19:29] schestowitz[TR2] that's sexist [19:29] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [19:30] TR News "The simplest example for why not is that video transcripts appear" https://adrianroselli.com/2025/01/brief-note-on-figure-and-figcaption-support.html | Source: Adriaan Roselli [19:30] psydroid2 we all wayland from 2009 until 2039 [19:30] TR Bot Brief Note on Figure and Figcaption Support Adrian Roselli [19:30] psydroid2 when it's finally ready to be used and to be retired [19:30] schestowitz[TR2] next month [19:30] MinceR because it's a cult and i hate cults [19:30] schestowitz[TR2] if not, text year [19:30] schestowitz[TR2] maybe next decade [19:30] schestowitz[TR2] ask IBM [19:30] schestowitz[TR2] or michaeel pho' [19:31] psydroid2 michael wayland? [19:31] MinceR phichael moronix [19:31] schestowitz[TR2] luxy larabel; [19:31] schestowitz[TR2] lucy larabel [19:32] psydroid2 michael fatwah [19:32] psydroid2 fatwa* [19:32] TR News "The CPico RP2040 is a microcontroller board based on the RP2040 microcontroller" https://linuxgizmos.com/cpico-rp2040-a-cost-effective-mcu-board-with-debugging-enhancements/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [19:32] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/cpico-rp2040-a-cost-effective-mcu-board-with-debugging-enhancements/ ) [19:32] TR News Spitz https://linuxgizmos.com/spitz-plus-gl-x2000-is-an-upcoming-wi-fi-6-and-4g-lte-cat-12-router/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [19:32] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/spitz-plus-gl-x2000-is-an-upcoming-wi-fi-6-and-4g-lte-cat-12-router/ ) [19:34] TR News OpenMandriva : The Non-Woke GNU/Linux Distro? https://lunduke.substack.com/p/openmandriva-the-non-woke-linux-distro [19:34] TR Bot OpenMandriva : The Non-Woke Linux Distro? [19:35] TR News Anti-Conservative openSUSE GNU/Linux Spends December Begging for Board Candidates, Finds None https://lunduke.substack.com/p/anti-conservative-opensuse-linux http://techrights.org/n/2024/07/17/SUSE_Goes_Aryan_You_May_Not_Use_the_Germanic_Brand_Anymore_It_s.shtml [19:35] TR Bot Anti-Conservative openSUSE Linux Spends December Begging for Board Candidates, Finds None [19:35] TR Bot Techrights SUSE Goes Aryan: You May Not Use the Germanic Brand Anymore (It's Monopolised by the Corporation) [19:37] TR News Microsoft's method for competing with Linux: make better prod... wait, no. The method is, bribe and vandalise the competition from within. [19:37] TR News Understanding File Descriptors in GNU/Linux https://linuxhandbook.com/file-descriptors/ [19:37] TR Bot What are File Descriptors in Linux? [19:38] TR News Budgie Desktop in 2025: The End of X11 and the Dawn of Wayland-Only https://linuxiac.com/budgie-desktop-in-2025-the-end-of-x11-and-the-dawn-of-wayland-only/ [19:38] TR Bot Budgie Desktop in 2025: The End of X11 and the Dawn of Wayland-Only [19:38] TR News Linkwarden 2.9 Makes Bookmarking Smarter https://linuxiac.com/linkwarden-2-9-makes-bookmarking-smarter/ [19:38] TR Bot Linkwarden 2.9 Makes Bookmarking Smarter [19:38] TR News Firefox 134 Now Available for Download, Heres Whats New https://linuxiac.com/mozilla-firefox-134-now-available-for-download/ [19:38] TR Bot Firefox 134 Now Available for Download, Heres Whats New [19:38] TR News Slackware-Based Absolute GNU/Linux Has Been Discontinued https://linuxiac.com/slackware-based-absolute-linux-has-been-discontinued/ [19:38] TR Bot Slackware-Based Absolute Linux Has Been Discontinued [19:39] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [19:39] TR News Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 1 (Dec 30 Jan 5, 2025) https://linuxiac.com/linuxiac-weekly-wrap-up-week-1-dec-30-jan-5-2025/ [19:39] TR Bot Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 1 (Dec 30 - Jan 5, 2025) [19:39] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [19:42] TR News Stephen Smoogen: Issues I found with CentOS Stream 10 http://smoogespace.blogspot.com/2025/01/issues-i-found-with-centos-stream-10.html [19:42] TR Bot SmoogeSpace: Issues I found with CentOS Stream 10 [19:44] TR News Help The Site: Suggest an Active GNU/Linux Distribution https://www.linuxlinks.com/suggest-active-linux-distribution/ [19:44] TR Bot The Site: Suggest an Active Linux Distribution - LinuxLinks [19:48] *nobody has quit (connection closed) [19:48] *GNUmoon has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [19:49] *nobody (~nobody@35y6qu4xa9eva.irc) has joined #techrights [19:49] *GNUmoon (~GNUmoon@gateway/tor-sasl/gnumoon) has joined #techrights [19:49] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [19:49] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [19:55] TR News 5 Best Free and Open Source Frontends for GnuPG https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-frontends-gnupg/ [19:55] TR Bot Best Free and Open Source Frontends for GnuPG - LinuxLinks [19:56] psydruid > Microsoft's method for competing with Linux: make better prod... wait, no. The method is, bribe and vandalise the competition from within. [19:56] psydruid That means the same thing must be done to Microsoft [19:57] psydruid Devour it from the inside [19:58] psydruid Belluzzo-style [19:59] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [19:59] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights ● Jan 07 [20:00] schestowitz[TR2] https://baronhk.wordpress.com/2023/04/16/microsoft-bing-hides-news-regarding-microsoft-stabber-joseph-cantrell/ [20:00] TR Bot Microsoft Bing Hides News Regarding Microsoft Stabber Joseph Cantrell. | BaronHK's Rants [20:00] schestowitz[TR2] https://baronhk.wordpress.com/2023/02/28/microsoft-stabber-joseph-cantrell-boasts-of-nazi-lineage-and-made-disturbing-video-games/ [20:00] TR Bot Microsoft Stabber Joseph Cantrell Boasts of Nazi Lineage and Made Disturbing Video Games. | BaronHK's Rants [20:00] schestowitz[TR2] gulagboy has a fascination with blades too [20:00] MinceR "I like knives. They make me feel all tingly..." [20:07] TR News SPAM https://linuxsecurity.com/news/privacy/best-linux-free-vpn-options [20:07] TR Bot Using Linux Privacy to Protect Your Digital Footprint [20:09] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [20:09] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [20:19] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [20:19] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [20:27] TR News No, Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Does Not Invest $80B in Hey Hi (AI), It's Just Full of BS, Lies, and Over $80B in Debt https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/05/No_Microsoft_Does_Not_Invest_80B_in_Hey_Hi_AI_It_s_Just_Full_of.shtml [20:27] TR Bot Techrights No, Microsoft Does Not Invest $80B in Hey Hi (AI), It's Just Full of BS, Lies, and Over $80B in Debt [20:27] TR News Credit to Jessica Lyons at The Register for Covering the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA), Proving That Authorities Do Not Want and Probably Never Wanted Computer Security (Except for Themselves) https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/05/Credit_to_Jessica_Lyons_at_The_Register_for_Covering_the_Commun.shtml [20:27] TR Bot Techrights Credit to Jessica Lyons at The Register for Covering the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA), Proving That Authorities Do Not Want and Probably Never Wanted Computer Security (Except for Themselves) [20:27] TR News statCounter's 2025 Data: backdoored Windows Sinks to All-Time Low in Switzerland https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/05/statCounter_s_2025_Data_Windows_Sinks_to_All_Time_Low_in_Switze.shtml [20:27] TR Bot Techrights statCounter's 2025 Data: Windows Sinks to All-Time Low in Switzerland [20:27] TR News Links 06/01/2025: Leftover General News and Dangers of US Debt Default https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/06/Links_06_01_2025_Leftover_General_News_and_Dangers_of_US_Debt_D.shtml [20:27] TR Bot Techrights Links 06/01/2025: Leftover General News and Dangers of US Debt Default [20:28] TR News [Meme] A Corporate Wolf in Sheep Clothing https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/06/Meme_A_Corporate_Wolf_in_Sheep_Clothing.shtml [20:28] TR Bot Techrights [Meme] A Corporate Wolf in Sheep Clothing [20:29] TR News British Police: Register a New Account With Unscrupulous American Companies (Microsoft and MElon X) to "Follow" Us (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/06/British_Police_Register_a_New_Account_With_Unscrupulous_America.shtml [20:29] TR Bot Techrights British Police: Register a New Account With Unscrupulous American Companies (Microsoft and MElon X) to "Follow" Us [20:29] TR News TRILLIONS! And TRILLIONS and TRILLIONS and TRILLIONS! Invest today! (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/06/TRILLIONS_And_TRILLIONS_and_TRILLIONS_and_TRILLIONS_Invest_toda.shtml [20:29] TR Bot Techrights TRILLIONS! And TRILLIONS and TRILLIONS and TRILLIONS! Invest today! [20:29] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [20:29] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@3i6zqudrxkzue.irc) has joined #techrights [20:29] TR News [Meme] Don't Worry, They Say There's 7 Trillion Dollars Waiting at the Top (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/06/Meme_Don_t_Worry_They_Say_There_s_7_Trillion_Dollars_Waiting_at.shtml [20:29] TR Bot Techrights [Meme] Don't Worry, They Say There's 7 Trillion Dollars Waiting at the Top [20:29] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [20:31] TR News On BetaNews Latest Technology News: "We are moderately confident this text was [LLM Chatbot] generated" (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/21/On_BetaNews_Latest_Technology_News_We_are_moderately_confident_.shtml [20:31] TR Bot Techrights On BetaNews Latest Technology News: "We are moderately confident this text was [LLM Chatbot] generated" [20:31] TR News BetaNews Has Basically Become a Spamfarm, All the Latest 'Articles' Are SPAM and LLM Slop (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/06/BetaNews_Has_Basically_Become_a_Spamfarm_All_the_Latest_Article.shtml [20:31] TR Bot Techrights BetaNews Has Basically Become a Spamfarm, All the Latest 'Articles' Are SPAM and LLM Slop [20:32] TR News Neverending beeps in the night https://rubenerd.com/neverending-beeps-in-the-night/ [20:32] TR Bot Neverending beeps in the night [20:33] TR News Raku Weekly 2025.01 Happy (^10) https://rakudoweekly.blog/2025/01/06/2025-01/ [20:33] TR Bot 2025.01 Happy (^10) Rakudo Weekly News [20:35] TR News (NEW): GStreamer 1.24.11 Enhances Stability Across Platforms https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/07/GStreamer_1_24_11_Enhances_Stability_Across_Platforms.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/07/GStreamer_1_24_11_Enhances_Stability_Across_Platforms.gmi [20:35] TR Bot Tux Machines GStreamer 1.24.11 Enhances Stability Across Platforms [20:37] TR News Marekting spam instead of patent news https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/finnegan-henderson-adds-fifth-ip-partner-in-munich-from-quinn-emanuel/ [20:37] TR Bot Finnegan Henderson adds fifth IP partner in Munich from Quinn Emanuel - JUVE Patent [20:38] TR News And yet more chaff or marketing spam for a sponsor? https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/morgan-lewis-expands-european-patent-litigation-team-in-munich-with-baker-partner/ [20:38] TR Bot Morgan Lewis expands European patent litigation team in Munich with Baker partner - JUVE Patent [20:38] TR News Software Patent: Wrinkl messaging patent monopoly challenge instituted https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/1/6/wrinkl-messaging-patent-challenge-instituted [20:38] TR Bot Wrinkl messaging patent challenge instituted Unified Patents [20:39] TR News Software Patent: IP Investments entity, DigiMedia Tech, video stitching patent monopoly challenge instituted https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/1/6/ip-investments-entity-digimedia-tech-patent-challenge-instituted [20:39] TR Bot IP Investments entity, DigiMedia Tech, video stitching patent challenge instituted Unified Patents [20:39] TR News $2,000 awarded for Ortiz & Assoc. wireless patent monopoly prior art https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/1/6/2000-awarded-for-ortiz-amp-assoc-wireless-patent-prior-art [20:39] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [20:39] TR Bot $2,000 awarded for Ortiz & Assoc. wireless patent prior art Unified Patents [20:39] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [20:43] TR News Redmonk the voice of Redmond, funded by Microsoft https://redmonk.com/sogrady/2025/01/06/discussing-open-source/ Microsoft still a top sponsor https://redmonk.com/clients/ see http://techrights.org/o/2022/03/30/microsoft-osi-and-redmonk/ [20:43] TR Bot Open Source Discussion Archetypes tecosystems [20:43] TR Bot RedMonk [20:43] TR Bot Microsoft: Bribing With Both Hands [20:44] TR News Study Shows Patent Lawsuit Filings Drop After Disclosure Rule https://patentprogress.org/2025/01/study-shows-patent-lawsuit-filings-drop-after-disclosure-rule/ "an order requiring the disclosure of third-party investments in any case before the court." [20:44] TR Bot Study Shows Patent Lawsuit Filings Drop After Disclosure Rule - Patent Progress [20:45] TR News Not Quite Teaching Away: Federal Circuit Clarifies Evidence Needed to Defeat Motivation to Combine https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/01/teaching-clarifies-motivation.html [20:45] TR Bot Not Quite Teaching Away: Federal Circuit Clarifies Evidence Needed to Defeat Motivation to Combine | Patently-O [20:45] TR News SPCs: the CJEU recognizes that A + B = C https://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2025/01/06/spcs-the-cjeu-recognizes-that-a-b-c/ [20:45] TR Bot SPCs: the CJEU recognizes that A + B = C - Kluwer Patent Blog [20:46] TR News MA, JINNEWS and Yeni Yaam accounts withheld on X https://bianet.org/haber/ma-jinnews-and-yeni-yasam-accounts-withheld-on-x-303358 [20:46] TR Bot MA, JINNEWS and Yeni Yaam accounts withheld on X [20:48] TR News This Week in Linux 292: Ghostty terminal, Nobara, CachyOS, GIMP, & more GNU/Linux news https://thisweekinlinux.com/292 [20:48] TR Bot Ghostty terminal, Nobara, CachyOS, GIMP, & more Linux news - This Week in Linux - TuxDigital [20:49] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [20:49] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [20:50] TR News Late Night Linux Episode 315 https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-315/ [20:50] TR Bot Late Night Linux Episode 315 Late Night Linux [20:57] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/07/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/07/Android_Leftovers.gmi [20:57] TR Bot Tux Machines Android Leftovers ● Jan 07 [21:11] lxo schestowitz[TR2], why don't you make it MElon Mukus? :-) [21:18] lxo "Looks to Raise Just Over $50,000 More" no, if more is donated, the FSF will be able to do more for our freedom! [21:26] lxo I just heard doctorow say hype cycle,but I misheard it as hype psycho at first. I loved the new term ;-) [21:27] MinceR twisted cycle path [21:28] lxo pray to the LLM gods, they say. if they don't deliver, you're not praying hard enough, or you're praying wrong. re: http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/07/Meme_The_LLM_Salesperson.shtml [21:28] TR Bot Techrights [Meme] The LLM Salesperson ● Jan 07 [22:36] admfubar https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/big-landlord-settles-with-us-will-cooperate-in-price-fixing-investigation/ [22:36] TR Bot US sues six of the biggest landlords over algorithmic pricing schemes - Ars Technica [22:37] *SomeGoat has quit (connection closed) [22:38] psydruid https://www.iamexpat.nl/expat-info/dutch-expat-news/netherlands-records-highest-inflation-almost-18-months [22:38] TR Bot The Netherlands records highest inflation in almost 18 months [22:38] psydruid best in class performance when it cones to making the country unlivable [22:38] MinceR i doubt that [22:38] MinceR unless orbanistan is in a different class [22:39] psydruid it's in a wholly different universe [22:39] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [22:39] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [22:48] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [22:51] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [22:58] IsambardPrince Kekius Muskius [22:58] admfubar https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/01/teslas-remote-parking-under-federal-scrutiny-after-multiple-crashes/ [22:58] TR Bot Tesla Summon under federal safety investigation - Ars Technica [22:58] IsambardPrince I make mah momma sleep on the garage floor! [22:58] IsambardPrince :P [22:58] IsambardPrince Of mah $50,000 house. [22:58] IsambardPrince Billionaires, they're just like us! [22:59] IsambardPrince MinceR, His mom said she just sleeps on the floor in his garage when she's over. [22:59] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [22:59] IsambardPrince I don't doubt he's that big of a dick. [22:59] IsambardPrince Rich people are the worst. [22:59] IsambardPrince $458 billion and you make your mom sleep on the garage floor? [22:59] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights ● Jan 07 [23:00] admfubar sooo linux gaming is gathering stream??? https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/01/bye-bye-windows-gaming-steamos-officially-expands-past-the-steam-deck/ [23:00] TR Bot Bye-bye Windows gaming? SteamOS officially expands past the Steam Deck. - Ars Technica [23:00] MinceR lol [23:00] MinceR systemd gaming is gathering steam [23:01] MinceR but i thought there already were Steam Machines with steamos [23:11] IsambardPrince https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/07/tech/meta-hateful-conduct-policy-update-fact-check/index.html [23:11] TR Bot Calling women household objects now permitted on Facebook after Meta updated its guidelines | CNN Business [23:12] IsambardPrince schestowitz-pi, How is the household plant treating you? [23:12] IsambardPrince I'm jesting. [23:12] MinceR lol [23:12] IsambardPrince :P [23:12] MinceR hi jesting, i'm dad [23:13] IsambardPrince https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/ap25007608765278.jpg [23:14] IsambardPrince MinceR, I hope they keep doing Trump's hair like this so I can at least laugh that he's like an orange Herman Munster. [23:14] MinceR lol [23:15] MinceR "Tristan, why are YOU laughing?" "Your hair looks like a box." [23:16] IsambardPrince https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/07/us/bodies-found-in-jetblue-flight-compartment/index.html [23:16] TR Bot 2 bodies found in the wheel well of a JetBlue plane in Fort Lauderdale, airline says | CNN [23:16] IsambardPrince MinceR, So I guess dead bodies falling out of passenger planes is now a thing. [23:16] IsambardPrince Second time it's happened this month. [23:17] MinceR how do they know the bodies were dead when they left the plane? [23:17] IsambardPrince "Users are now allowed to, for example, refer to women as household objects or property or transgender or non-binary people as it, according to a section of the policy prohibiting such speech that was crossed out. A new section of the policy notes Meta will allow allegations of mental illness or abnormality when based on gender or sexual orientation, given political and religious discourse about t [23:17] IsambardPrince ransgenderism and homosexuality." [23:17] IsambardPrince Am I allowed to refer to trannies as a "heshe"? [23:18] *IsambardPrince gets excited for Facebook for some reason [23:18] MinceR why would you use faecesbook? [23:18] IsambardPrince MinceR, I ran into an article about some illegal immigrants in Illinois now. [23:19] IsambardPrince THey said that someone's family came from El Salvidor or something and thought getting US citizenship would be easy. [23:19] IsambardPrince So they overstayed their visa and started accruing unlawful presence. [23:19] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [23:19] IsambardPrince Because that makes it easier, you know? :P [23:19] IsambardPrince And it said that this person uses "she/they" pronouns. [23:19] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [23:20] IsambardPrince I said, "Oh good, an illegal alien tranny. You know when they start telling you they use pronouns that something is really wrong with this person, that or their boss is making them do it." [23:21] IsambardPrince https://ipmnewsroom.org/what-illinois-families-are-doing-to-prepare-amid-fears-of-being-deported-during-trumps-second-term/ [23:21] TR Bot What Illinois families are doing to prepare amid fears of being deported during Trumps second term - IPM Newsroom [23:21] IsambardPrince Oh, Costa Rica. [23:21] IsambardPrince Anyway, I hope ICE finds she/they. [23:22] IsambardPrince The last thing we need in this country are more headcases with pronouns. [23:22] MinceR "Look, for example, at the obvious, immediate, practical example of illegal Mexican immigration. Now, that Mexican immigration, over the border, is a good thing. Its a good thing for the illegal immigrants. Its a good thing for the United States. Its a good thing for the citizens of the country. But, its only good so long as its illegal." -- Milton Friedman [23:22] IsambardPrince Send them back. [23:23] IsambardPrince Return to Sender. [23:23] MinceR tell that to the people who employ them. [23:23] IsambardPrince Send the people who employ them to prison. [23:24] IsambardPrince https://apnews.com/article/lgbtq-transgender-law-bill-illinois-pronouns-gender-4d8de21c313ec6f4fb07894529fd2e07 [23:24] TR Bot Illinois moves toward gender inclusivity as others move away | AP News [23:24] IsambardPrince MinceR, A picture really is worth a thousand words. [23:25] IsambardPrince Guy with ridiculous hair is speaking while man wearing mask 2 years after everyone stopped looks at him. [23:25] MinceR also, i'm pretty sure most headcases don't have unusual pronouns [23:26] IsambardPrince "Before her no vote, Republican Caucus Whip Sen. Jil Tracy said: I gave birth to two boys that weighed over 10 pounds (4.5 kilograms). I think I deserve more dignity that just a person who gave birth. Im a mother." [23:27] IsambardPrince Person whose husband leaned over andd asked the doctor "That's going to go back the way it was, right?" [23:27] MinceR is jil tracy's greatest achievement shitting out two apes? [23:27] MinceR typical fundamentalist scum. [23:28] IsambardPrince MinceR, No, it's ending up being in the Republican minority of a state senate and a backbencher. [23:29] MinceR that doesn't sound like an achievement either [23:29] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [23:29] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [23:29] MinceR such submissive people talk about dignity way too much. they don't have any dignity. they want to be owned by someone else. [23:29] IsambardPrince It is, you get paid to occasionally get speaking time where people have to hear you complain about things like "Why is the minimum wage going up to accomodate rent and food? When I was that age I made a dollar an hour and I loved it!" [23:30] MinceR lol [23:30] MinceR they could vote to make her salary a dollar an hour [23:30] MinceR see if she still loves it. [23:32] IsambardPrince They should. [23:32] IsambardPrince The state is having a budget crisis. [23:32] IsambardPrince Yet they still give her over $100,000 in pay and benefits to do nothing. [23:32] IsambardPrince She's not even as important to the economy as a person slinging french fries at McDonalds, who at least has a real job in the private sector, producing product. [23:32] IsambardPrince What's wrong with this picture? [23:32] IsambardPrince She gets a lot of money for complaining and token no votes. [23:32] *IsambardPrince has quit (connection closed) [23:33] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@3i6zqudrxkzue.irc) has joined #techrights [23:33] *forkbombe has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [23:39] IsambardPrince MinceR, I wish I could get $150,000 in pay, benefits, and an apartment I could use while I was in town, and all I had to do for it was bitch and moan. [23:39] IsambardPrince I could do this shit all day. [23:40] MinceR :> [23:40] MinceR sure, but are you a good enough liar to 1) get the other liars to tolerate you and 2) get enough people to vote for you? [23:41] IsambardPrince Not really, no. I don't get along with others well enough to lie, cheat, and steal effectively. [23:41] IsambardPrince So I could never be a politician. [23:43] IsambardPrince MinceR, On the other hand, I don't have a big problem with doing what I have to do in order to attain what goals I set. [23:44] IsambardPrince MinceR, No matter how brilliant a person is, they usually get hamstrung by some idiot "upstairs". [23:44] IsambardPrince That's what happened to Rommel, you know? [23:44] MinceR poor little rommel [23:45] IsambardPrince It was tragic. [23:45] IsambardPrince His boss is the reason he failed, then because he failed, his boss had him murdered, but then also gave him a gigantic state funeral and claimed it was related to old battle wounds. [23:47] IsambardPrince When Hitler became completely unglued, he demanded a scorched earth defense of what remained of Nazi Germany, even though it was hopeless, to "make the allies pay for every inch", basically. [23:47] IsambardPrince They didn't realize it but he was also saying that the Germans that were carrying this out deserved to die for failing him. [23:48] IsambardPrince Near the end, it was even down to child soldiers who were barely big enough to carry a rifle or a grenade launcher. [23:49] MinceR well, it looks like humanity is giving hitler the victory posthumously [23:52] IsambardPrince Voluntarily reverting to Nazism? [23:52] IsambardPrince Kind of. [23:53] IsambardPrince MinceR, The Nazis had something we didn't though. [23:53] IsambardPrince Nicer uniforms. [23:53] IsambardPrince We need nicer uniforms. [23:53] MinceR well, too bad. [23:54] IsambardPrince MinceR, The younger people running around in short shorts and pajamas and getting tattoos. Trash, utter trash.