●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, January 07, 2026 ●● ● Jan 07 [00:10] *wallacer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [00:55] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [00:55] *includeals (~includeal@2001:8a0:e95a:4e00::2000) has joined #techrights [00:58] admfubar https://www.ft.com/content/ad94db4c-95a0-4c65-bd8d-3b43e1251091?accessToken=zwAGR7kzep9gkdOtlNtMlaBMZdO9jTtD4SUQkQ.MEYCIQCdZajuC9uga-d9b5Z1t0HI2BIcnkVoq98loextLRpCTgIhAPL3rW72aTHBNL_lS7s1ONpM2vBgNlBNHDBeGbHkPkZj&sharetype=gift&token=a7473827-0799-4064-9008-bf22b3c99711 [00:58] TR Bot Client Challenge [00:59] admfubar try this link instead... https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/01/06/whos-who-at-x [00:59] TR Bot Daring Fireball: 'Whos Who at X, the Deepfake Porn Site Formerly Known as Twitter' ● Jan 07 [01:00] admfubar hhmmm the smell of it!... https://daringfireball.net/2026/01/pickle_smells_like_a_cult [01:00] TR Bot Daring Fireball: Pickle Smells Like a Cult [01:01] MinceR :> [01:20] admfubar i wonder what pickleball smells like??? [01:21] MinceR plastic [01:22] MinceR (residue of mold release agents, possibly monomers) [01:31] Isambard_Prince https://www.wfla.com/news/national/ai-generated-police-report-says-officer-turned-into-frog/ [01:31] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.wfla.com/news/national/ai-generated-police-report-says-officer-turned-into-frog/ ) [01:32] Isambard_Prince "(NewsNation) An artificial intelligence program generated a police report falsely claiming a Utah police officer shape-shifted into a frog last month. [01:32] Isambard_Prince The Heber City Police Department began testing an AI-powered software called Draft One, which automatically generates police reports from body camera footage, according to KSTU-TV. The goal was to reduce paperwork, but the software misinterpreted background audio, requiring the department to correct the report and explain what happened. [01:32] Isambard_Prince The body cam software and the AI [report-writing] software picked up on the movie that was playing in the background, which happened to be The Princess and the Frog,' Sgt. Keel told KTSU. Thats when we learned the importance of correcting these AI-generated reports. [01:32] Isambard_Prince Despite the error, Keel told the outlet that the technology has saved him six to eight hours of work weekly." [01:32] Isambard_Prince schestowitz[TR2], MinceR ^ [01:32] MinceR "Well, she turned me into a newt!" [01:32] *wallacer (~quassel@2x2w4qfz3wksg.irc) has joined #techrights [01:33] MinceR the question is, is the work Keel does also that shitty [01:36] admfubar https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/amd-hints-at-officially-open-sourcing-fsr-4-upscaling-and-frame-generation-technology-in-the-wake-of-accidental-release-accidental-release-may-have-forced-the-companys-hand [01:36] TR Bot AMD hints at officially open-sourcing FSR 4 upscaling and frame generation technology in the wake of accidental release accidental release may have forced the company's hand | Tom's Hardware [01:58] admfubar https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-semiconductor-etching.html [01:58] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-semiconductor-etching.html ) ● Jan 07 [02:04] admfubar https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-smart-glasses-purpose-users.html [02:04] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-smart-glasses-purpose-users.html ) [02:06] admfubar https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-tv-makers-tout-ai-ces.html [02:06] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-tv-makers-tout-ai-ces.html ) [02:07] admfubar https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/01/06/2231258/nyc-wegmans-is-storing-biometric-data-on-shoppers-eyes-voices-and-faces [02:07] TR Bot NYC Wegmans Is Storing Biometric Data On Shoppers' Eyes, Voices and Faces - Slashdot [02:08] admfubar https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/01/06/2148253/vietnam-bans-unskippable-ads?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed [02:08] TR Bot Vietnam Bans Unskippable Ads - Slashdot [02:12] *oarion7 (~ryan@ebmq5x6cde5zg.irc) has joined #techrights [02:26] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) 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[02:36] schestowitz[TR2] nothing [02:36] schestowitz[TR2] she is from america [02:37] admfubar https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/06/1000x-liability/ [02:37] TR Bot Pluralistic: Code is a liability (not an asset) (06 Jan 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [02:37] TR News Arch, Bazzite, elementary, Mint, Kali, Parrot OS, Qubes OS, & more 2026 GNU/Linux news https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/this-week-in-linux/twil-330/ [02:37] TR Bot Bazzite, elementary, Mint, Kali, Parrot OS, Qubes OS, & more 2026 Linux news - This Week in Linux - TuxDigital [02:38] TR News Late Night Linux Episode 367 https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-367/ [02:38] TR Bot Late Night Linux Episode 367 Late Night Linux [02:38] Isambard_Prince https://apnews.com/article/abortion-wyoming-ruling-legal-a8396f0ed4a3229eed5e9fea575be63e [02:38] TR Bot Wyoming Supreme Court keeps abortion legal, strikes down pill ban | AP News [02:39] admfubar https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/05/fisher-price-steering-wheel/ [02:39] TR Bot Pluralistic: A world without people (05 Jan 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [02:39] TR News South Koreas Lee snaps selfie with Chinas Pooh-tin using gifted backdoor phone https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/06/south-koreas-lee-snaps-selfie-with-chinas-xi-using-gifted-backdoor-phone/ [02:39] TR Bot South Korea's Lee snaps selfie with China's Xi using gifted 'backdoor' phone [02:40] TR News Is TikTok USA Really a Done Deal? Chinese Officials New Comments Raise Questions About the Divestments Status https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/05/tiktok-usa-status/ [02:40] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/05/tiktok-usa-status/ ) [02:40] Isambard_Prince schestowitz[TR2], A late Christmas present. One of the worst GOP Congress Critters died today. [02:40] Isambard_Prince Leaving them with another empty seat. [02:41] TR News Bits from Debian: Debian welcomes Outreachy interns for December 2025-March 2026 round https://bits.debian.org/2026/01/welcome-outreachy-interns-2025.html [02:41] TR Bot Debian welcomes Outreachy interns for December 2025-March 2026 round - Bits from Debian [02:41] Isambard_Prince Another one resigned. [02:42] TR News Jonathan McDowell: Free Software Activities for 2025 https://www.earth.li/~noodles/blog/2026/01/a-year-in-free-software.html [02:42] TR Bot Free Software Activities for 2025 | Noodles Emptiness [02:42] Isambard_Prince https://apnews.com/article/nevada-james-smack-general-news-23940585437a479ce6c5d6a036da4657 [02:42] TR Bot Nevada has written off more than $106 million in bad debt since 2023 | AP News [02:42] Isambard_Prince Nevada is in a full blown recession. [02:42] admfubar https://www.icij.org/investigations/coin-laundry/elite-portuguese-investigative-unit-to-probe-spacey-movie-producer-with-ties-to-alleged-crypto-scammer/ [02:42] TR Bot Elite Portuguese investigative unit to probe Spacey movie producer with ties to alleged crypto scammer - ICIJ [02:42] Isambard_Prince Vegas has apparently died and there's not much else there. [02:46] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-060126.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-060126.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-060126.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-060126.txt [02:46] TR Bot IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, January 06, 2026 [02:46] TR News Fedora Community Blog: DEADLINE 2026-01-07: Fedora GNU/Linux 43 FESCo Elections https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/deadline-2026-01-07-fedora-linux-43-fesco-elections/ [02:46] TR Bot DEADLINE 2026-01-07: Fedora Linux 43 FESCo Elections Fedora Community Blog [02:47] TR News Yesterday's #techrights IRC logs ready. 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HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-060126.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-060126.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-060126.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-060126.txt [02:48] TR Bot IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, January 06, 2026 [02:48] TR News Gnome Says No to AI-Generated Extensions http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Gnome-Says-No-to-AI-Generated-Extensions [02:48] TR Bot Gnome Says No to AI-Generated Extensions Linux Magazine [02:48] TR News Mozilla Plans to AI-ify Firefox http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Mozilla-Plans-to-AI-ify-Firefox [02:48] TR Bot Mozilla Plans to AI-ify Firefox Linux Magazine [02:49] admfubar https://www.ghacks.net/2026/01/05/boston-dynamics-is-training-atlas-to-handle-real-factory-tasks-with-ai/ [02:49] TR Bot Boston Dynamics Is Training Atlas to Handle Real Factory Tasks With AI - gHacks Tech News [02:49] TR News Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-060126.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-060126.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-060126.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-060126.txt [02:49] TR Bot IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, January 06, 2026 [02:49] TR News There Is No One Left On Debian's Data Protection Team https://www.phoronix.com/news/No-Debian-Data-Protection-Team [02:49] TR Bot Is No One Left On Debian's Data Protection Team - Phoronix [02:49] TR News Yesterday's bulletin is now ready! : http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2026-01-06.txt | gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2026-01-06.txt (tentative address, to work an hour from now) [02:49] TR News Debian people dox people, so there's that [02:50] TR News (NEW): Firefox Becomes Slop, "Gnome Says No to [Slop] Extensions" https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/Firefox_Becomes_Slop_Gnome_Says_No_to_AI_Generated_Extensions.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/Firefox_Becomes_Slop_Gnome_Says_No_to_AI_Generated_Extensions.gmi [02:50] TR Bot Tux Machines Firefox Becomes Slop, "Gnome Says No to [Slop] Extensions" [02:50] TR News CentOS 10-20260105 is out https://distrowatch.com/centos [02:50] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/centos ) [02:50] TR News Talos 1.12.1 is out as well https://distrowatch.com/talos [02:50] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/talos ) [02:50] TR News Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2026-01-06.txt [02:51] TR News GNU ddrescue 1.30 released https://lwn.net/Articles/1052796/ [02:51] TR Bot ddrescue 1.30 released [LWN.net] [02:52] TR News GNU Taler news: GNU Taler presented at 39C3 https://taler.net/en/news/2026-01.html [02:52] TR Bot GNU Taler [02:52] TR News The Real GNU Anniversary (Not Manifesto or Announcement) is Today (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/The_Real_GNU_Anniversary_Not_Manifesto_or_Announcement_is_Today.shtml [02:52] TR Bot Techrights The Real GNU Anniversary (Not Manifesto or Announcement) is Today [02:54] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, January 06, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/IRC_Proceedings_Tuesday_January_06_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/IRC_Proceedings_Tuesday_January_06_2026.gmi [02:54] TR Bot Techrights IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, January 06, 2026 [02:56] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [02:56] TR Bot Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [02:56] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [02:56] TR Bot Tux Machines Today in Techrights [02:58] TR News "There's a reorg every January. In response to failure to "achieve plan" the C-Level brainiacs at IBM reshuffle all of those failed leaders into new roles and then a year from now act shocked when once again plans were not realized, and so they will again reshuffle those same leaders into new roles." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ke7exa4g [02:58] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ke7exa4g ) [02:59] TR News "and sometimes, those reshuffles takes the failed leaders back again to their original roles and the C-Level brainiacs announce it as an unqualified success. But...It is just rearranging deckchairs on the IBM Titanic !" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ke7exa4g ● Jan 07 [03:00] TR News XBox the console is dead, so they redefine the brand https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/microsoft-will-soon-turn-some-hisense-smart-tvs-into-an-xbox [03:00] TR Bot Xbox Cloud Streaming heading to select Hisense Smart TVs [03:06] TR News AnduinOS 1.4.2 is out https://distrowatch.com/anduin [03:06] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/anduin ) [03:07] TR News Meet Canonical at CES 2026: A trusted foundation for your device lifecycle https://canonical.com//blog/canonical-at-ces-2026 [03:07] TR Bot Canonical at CES 2026: A trusted foundation for your device lifecycle [03:07] TR News Canonical announces Ubuntu support for the NVIDIA Rubin platform https://canonical.com//blog/nvidia-vera-rubin-ubuntu-support [03:07] TR Bot announces Ubuntu support for the NVIDIA Rubin platform [03:08] TR News Digital Sovereignty Briefing on the Cybersecurity Bill https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/digital-sovereignty-briefing-on-the-cybersecurity-bill/ [03:08] TR Bot Digital Sovereignty Briefing on the Cybersecurity Bill | Open Rights Group [03:08] TR News Netflix withdraws Chinese drama in Vietnam over nine-dash line map https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/netflix-withdraws-chinese-drama-in-vietnam-over-nine-dash-line-map [03:08] TR Bot Netflix withdraws Chinese drama in Vietnam over nine-dash line map | The Straits Times [03:09] TR News Kimwolf Android Botnet Grows Through Residential Proxy Networks https://www.securityweek.com/kimwolf-android-botnet-grows-through-residential-proxy-networks/ [03:09] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/kimwolf-android-botnet-grows-through-residential-proxy-networks/ ) [03:10] TR News "To keep the OSS momentum, Richard Stallman, in 1985, authored the GNU Manifesto" https://arxiv.org/html/2601.01944v1 OSS???? [03:10] TR Bot The Invisible Hand of AI Libraries Shaping Open Source Projects and Communities [03:11] TR News "Negative posts that I post tend to do better than neutral or positive ones. I have a classifier that judges titles on "most likely to get upvoted" for which "Richard Stallman is Dead" is the optimal title" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46512881 [03:11] TR Bot 65% of Hacker News posts have negative sentiment, and they outperform | Hacker News [03:12] TR News Researcher Spotlights WhatsApp Metadata Leak as Meta Begins Rolling Out Fixes https://www.securityweek.com/researcher-spotlights-whatsapp-metadata-leak-as-meta-begins-rolling-out-fixes/ [03:12] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/researcher-spotlights-whatsapp-metadata-leak-as-meta-begins-rolling-out-fixes/ ) [03:34] TR News Chinas top chip foundries move to consolidate as Beijing pushes semiconductor self-sufficiency SMIC and Hua Hong Semiconductor deals pave the path to unified power https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/chinas-top-chip-foundries-move-to-consolidate [03:34] TR Bot Chinas top chip foundries move to consolidate as Beijing pushes semiconductor self-sufficiency SMIC and Hua Hong Semiconductor deals pave the path to unified power | Tom's Hardware [03:34] TR News Not about condoms: Chinese shrug off new contraceptive tax https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/05/not-about-condoms-chinese-shrug-off-new-contraceptive-tax/ [03:34] TR Bot 'Not about condoms': Chinese shrug off new contraceptive tax [03:36] *SomeGoat has quit (connection closed) [03:41] TR News Commodore Disk Drive Becomes General Purpose Computer https://hackaday.com/2026/01/05/commodore-disk-drive-becomes-general-purpose-computer/ | Source: Hackaday [03:41] TR Bot Disk Drive Becomes General Purpose Computer | Hackaday [03:44] TR News Helping Others May Be an Easy Way to Keep Your Brain Young, Study Finds https://www.sciencealert.com/helping-others-may-be-an-easy-way-to-keep-your-brain-young-study-finds [03:44] TR Bot Others May Be an Easy Way to Keep Your Brain Young, Study Finds : ScienceAlert [03:46] TR News Turkeys annual inflation at 30.89% in December, housing costs up nearly 50% https://bianet.org/haber/turkeys-annual-inflation-at-30-89-in-december-housing-costs-up-nearly-50-315245 [03:46] TR Bot Turkeys annual inflation at 30.89% in December, housing costs up nearly 50% ● Jan 07 [04:08] TR News Techrights Media Gaslighting Dooms the Media https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/Media_Gaslighting_Dooms_the_Media.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/Media_Gaslighting_Dooms_the_Media.gmi [04:08] TR Bot Techrights Media Gaslighting Dooms the Media [04:20] TR News (NEW): The Crazy Weather is Finished https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/The_Crazy_Weather_is_Finished.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/The_Crazy_Weather_is_Finished.gmi [04:20] TR Bot Tux Machines The Crazy Weather is Finished [04:49] Isambard_Prince https://www.originsapp.ai/train-ai [04:49] TR Bot Origins Lab | Earn Ownership by Training the Future of AI [04:49] Isambard_Prince schestowitz[TR2], A debit card with 6% cash back. [04:49] Isambard_Prince It says you train AI and it goes into a "treasury" and that funds the cashback. ● Jan 07 [05:00] TR News Techrights EPO People Power - Part XXVII - Science- and Principles-First Journalism About Issues That Matter https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/EPO_People_Power_Part_XXVII_Science_and_Principles_First_Journa.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/EPO_People_Power_Part_XXVII_Science_and_Principles_First_Journa.gmi [05:00] TR Bot Techrights EPO People Power - Part XXVII - Science- and Principles-First Journalism About Issues That Matter [05:03] schestowitz[TR2] Isambard_Prince: sounds like BS [05:03] schestowitz[TR2] probably is BS [05:03] schestowitz[TR2] slopcards [05:06] TR News AI, voting machine conspiracies fill information vacuum around Venezuela operation https://cyberscoop.com/ai-voting-machine-conspiracies-fill-information-vacuum-venezuela-raid/ [05:06] TR Bot voting machine conspiracies fill information vacuum around Venezuela operation | CyberScoop [05:09] TR News Tech Giants Pushing Hey Hi (AI) Into Schools Is a Huge, Ethically Bankrupt Experiment on Innocent Children That Will Likely End in Disaster https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/tech-giants-pushing-ai-schools [05:09] TR Bot Tech Giants Pushing AI Into Schools Is a Huge, Ethically Bankrupt Experiment on Innocent Children That Will Likely End in Disaster [05:09] TR News That Video of Happy Crying Venezuelans After Maduros Kidnapping? Its Hey Hi (AI) Slop https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/venezuela-maduro-ai-misinformation [05:09] TR Bot That Video of Happy Crying Venezuelans After Maduro's Kidnapping? It's AI Slop [05:09] TR News Lawmakers boost funding for NIST after proposed cuts https://federalnewsnetwork.com/artificial-intelligence/2026/01/lawmakers-boost-funding-for-nist-after-proposed-cuts/ [05:09] TR Bot Lawmakers boost funding for NIST after proposed cuts [05:10] TR News Raindrops https://hackaday.com/2026/01/05/close-up-look-reveals-that-raindrops-are-more-erosive-than-assumed/ | Source: Hackaday [05:10] TR Bot Look Reveals That Raindrops Are More Erosive Than Assumed | Hackaday [05:10] TR News "Rope-based Robot Actuator" https://hackaday.com/2026/01/05/tying-up-loose-ends-on-a-rope-based-robot-actuator/ | Source: Hackaday [05:10] TR Bot Up Loose Ends On A Rope-based Robot Actuator | Hackaday [05:11] TR News Judge Rejects Royel Otis Guitarist Bid to Reveal Redditors Identities https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/04/judge-royel-otis-redditor-lawsuit/ [05:11] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/04/judge-royel-otis-redditor-lawsuit/ ) [05:11] TR News After judges ruling, HHS authorized to resume sharing some Medicaid data with deportation officers https://federalnewsnetwork.com/litigation/2026/01/after-judges-ruling-hhs-authorized-to-resume-sharing-some-medicaid-data-with-deportation-officers/ [05:11] TR Bot After judges ruling, HHS authorized to resume sharing some Medicaid data with deportation officers [05:14] TR News Hilton Maliciously Canceled Immigration Agents Reservations, DHS Says https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/travel/hilton-hotel-reservations-minneapolis-minnesota-immigration.html "claimed on social control media that a Hampton Inn had canceled agents bookings" [05:14] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/travel/hilton-hotel-reservations-minneapolis-minnesota-immigration.html ) [05:15] TR News AI, Software Development, Security, Tips, and the Future (Part 2) https://openssf.org/blog/2026/01/05/ai-software-development-security-tips-and-the-future-part-2/ [05:15] TR Bot AI, Software Development, Security, Tips, and the Future (Part 2) Open Source Security Foundation [05:16] TR News An appeal for climate action in Australias next National Defence Strategy https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/an-appeal-for-climate-action-in-australias-next-national-defence-strategy/ [05:16] TR Bot An appeal for climate action in Australias next National Defence Strategy | The Strategist [05:17] TR News CISA KEV Catalog Expanded 20% in 2025, Topping 1,480 Entries https://www.securityweek.com/cisa-kev-catalog-expanded-20-in-2025-topping-1480-entries/ [05:17] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/cisa-kev-catalog-expanded-20-in-2025-topping-1480-entries/ ) [05:17] TR News Sedgwick Confirms Cyberattack on Government Subsidiary https://www.securityweek.com/sedgwick-confirms-cyberattack-on-government-subsidiary/ [05:17] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/sedgwick-confirms-cyberattack-on-government-subsidiary/ ) [05:18] TR News Brightspeed Investigating Cyberattack https://www.securityweek.com/brightspeed-investigating-cyberattack/ [05:18] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/brightspeed-investigating-cyberattack/ ) [05:18] TR News Cyberattack Unlikely in Communications Failure That Grounded Flights in Greece https://www.securityweek.com/cyberattack-unlikely-in-communications-failure-that-grounded-flights-in-greece/ [05:18] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/cyberattack-unlikely-in-communications-failure-that-grounded-flights-in-greece/ ) [05:19] TR News Nominations to the APNIC EC now open https://blog.apnic.net/2026/01/05/nominations-to-the-apnic-ec-now-open-7/ [05:19] TR Bot Nominations to the APNIC EC now open | APNIC Blog [05:20] TR News trying to restart his life after his spouse unloads dirt on him https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/74084.html [05:20] TR Bot Captcha Check [05:21] TR News Ex-Indonesian minister faces graft charges over Surveillance Giant Google laptop procurement https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/ex-indonesian-minister-faces-graft-charges-over-google-laptop-procurement [05:21] TR Bot Ex-Indonesian minister faces graft charges over Google laptop procurement | The Straits Times [05:22] TR News The Hague upholds sales ban on Vivantas generic safinamide product https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/the-hague-upholds-sales-ban-on-vivantas-generic-safinamide-product/ [05:22] TR Bot The Hague upholds sales ban on Vivanta's generic safinamide product [05:22] TR News "The European Patent Reform" That Represents a Gross Violation of Laws, Constitutions, and Conventions (in Order to Make the Rich Even Richer, Mostly Outside Europe) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/The_European_Patent_Reform_That_Represents_a_Gross_Violation_of.shtml [05:22] TR Bot Techrights "The European Patent Reform" That Represents a Gross Violation of Laws, Constitutions, and Conventions (in Order to Make the Rich Even Richer, Mostly Outside Europe) [05:23] TR News "Although this approach might be valid for the US, patentees shall remain aware that this might not apply anywhere else, e.g. in Europe, where a deposit is not only necessary, but has to exist at the date of filing" http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/12/guest-post-enablement-commercial.html?showComment=1767609637363#c7254168518563089666 [05:23] TR Bot [Guest Post] Enablement, Commercial Availability, and the Durability of Agro-Biotech Patents: Lessons from Inari v. Corteva - The IPKat [05:23] TR News When the Director Can Do Anything: Fashion Company Apple v. Squires and the Limits of APA Process https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/01/director-anything-squires.html [05:23] TR Bot When the Director Can Do Anything: Apple v. Squires and the Limits of APA Process | Patently-O [05:24] TR News Everything from Intel and AMD is now "Hey Hi (AI)" something. That merely DILUTES the term "Hey Hi (AI)"... it'll die off soon. [05:24] TR News Hands On With The Raspberry Pi Compute Module Zero https://hackaday.com/2026/01/05/hands-on-with-the-raspberry-pi-compute-module-zero/ | Source: Hackaday [05:24] TR Bot On WIth The Raspberry Pi Compute Module Zero | Hackaday [05:25] TR News Maduro Laywer Is Barry Pollack, Who Also Defended Assange https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/world/americas/barry-pollack-maduro-lawyer-assange.html [05:25] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/world/americas/barry-pollack-maduro-lawyer-assange.html ) [05:25] TR News Googles Hey Hi (AI) Overviews Caught Giving Dangerous Health Advice https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/google-ai-overviews-dangerous-health-advice [05:25] TR Bot Google's AI Overviews Caught Giving Horrifically Dangerous "Health" Advice [05:26] TR News PGConf India 2026: Talks, trainings published and early bird registration closes soon https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pgconf-india-2026-talks-trainings-published-and-early-bird-registration-closes-soon-3208/ [05:26] TR Bot PostgreSQL: PGConf India 2026: Talks, trainings published and early bird registration closes soon [05:27] TR News QualcommDragonwing Q7790 and Q8750 AIoT SoCs target AI-enhanced drones, cameras, TVs and media hubs https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/06/qualcomm-dragonwing-q-7790-and-q-8750-aiot-socs-target-ai-enhanced-drones-cameras-tvs-and-media-hubs/ [05:27] TR Bot QualcommDragonwing Q7790 and Q8750 AIoT SoCs target AI-enhanced drones, cameras, TVs and media hubs - CNX Software [05:28] TR News Messing With JPEGs https://hackaday.com/2026/01/05/messing-with-jpegs-in-a-text-editor-is-fun-and-glitchy/ | Source: Hackaday [05:28] TR Bot With JPEGs In A Text Editor Is Fun And Glitchy | Hackaday [05:28] TR News 1985 Photophone CP220 Videoconference System https://hackaday.com/2026/01/06/powering-on-a-1985-photophone-cp220-videoconference-system/ | Source: Hackaday [05:28] TR Bot On A 1985 Photophone CP220 Videoconference System | Hackaday [05:29] TR News AI photos fuel fake news about Nicolas Maduros capture https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/truth-or-fake/20260105-ai-photos-fuel-fake-news-about-nicolas-maduro-s-capture [05:29] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/truth-or-fake/20260105-ai-photos-fuel-fake-news-about-nicolas-maduro-s-capture ) [05:30] TR News Risks of OOB Access via IP KVM Devices, (Mon, Jan 5th) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32598 [05:30] TR Bot Risks of OOB Access via IP KVM Devices - SANS ISC [05:31] TR News Indonesias new criminal code takes effect, stirring concerns over civil rights and free speech https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesias-new-criminal-code-takes-effect-stirring-concerns-over-civil-rights-and-free-speech [05:31] TR Bot Indonesias new criminal code takes effect, stirring concerns over civil rights and free speech | The Straits Times [05:32] TR News "Dumpster Fire" is something everyone USES??? https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Firefox-MiddleClick-Paste see https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/06/Mozilla_s_Assisted_Suicide_Assisted_by_GNOME.shtml [05:32] TR Bot & Firefox Consider Disabling Middle Click Paste By Default: "An X11'ism...Dumpster Fire" - Phoronix [05:32] TR Bot Techrights Mozilla's Assisted Suicide, Assisted by GNOME [05:33] TR News Cash for witnesses: Prince Harry legal teams tactics revealed ahead of Mail privacy trial https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/cash-for-witnesses-prince-harry-legal-teams-tactics-revealed-ahead-of-mail-privacy-trial/ [05:33] TR Bot Revealed: Harry legal team's tactics ahead of Mail privacy trial - Press Gazette [05:48] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/today_s_howtos.gmi [05:48] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [05:50] TR News (NEW): Audiocasts/Shows: This Week in Linux and Late Night Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/Audiocasts_Shows_This_Week_in_Linux_and_Late_Night_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/Audiocasts_Shows_This_Week_in_Linux_and_Late_Night_Linux.gmi [05:50] TR Bot Tux Machines Audiocasts/Shows: This Week in Linux and Late Night Linux [05:55] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Standards https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_Standards.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_Standards.gmi [05:55] TR Bot Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Standards [05:55] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.gmi [05:55] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux Leftovers [05:55] TR News (NEW): Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/Security_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/Security_Leftovers.gmi [05:55] TR Bot Tux Machines Security Leftovers ● Jan 07 [06:03] TR News Techrights Links 07/01/2026: More Signs XBox the Console is Dead/Dying, Convicted Felon Repeats Threats of Greenland Annexation https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/Links_07_01_2026_More_Signs_XBox_the_Console_is_Dead_Dying_Conv.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/Links_07_01_2026_More_Signs_XBox_the_Console_is_Dead_Dying_Conv.gmi [06:03] TR Bot Techrights Links 07/01/2026: More Signs XBox the Console is Dead/Dying, Convicted Felon Repeats Threats of Greenland Annexation [06:28] TR News Techrights Projection Tactics - Part I: What is "Serious Harm"? Or Whose? https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/Projection_Tactics_Part_I_What_is_Serious_Harm_Or_Whose.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/Projection_Tactics_Part_I_What_is_Serious_Harm_Or_Whose.gmi [06:28] TR Bot Techrights Projection Tactics - Part I: What is "Serious Harm"? Or Whose? [06:34] TR News (NEW): Immutable Distro Nitrux 5.1 Released with Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS, New Tools https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/Immutable_Distro_Nitrux_5_1_Released_with_Linux_Kernel_6_18_LTS.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/Immutable_Distro_Nitrux_5_1_Released_with_Linux_Kernel_6_18_LTS.gmi [06:34] TR Bot Tux Machines Immutable Distro Nitrux 5.1 Released with Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS, New Tools [06:52] TR News (NEW): Mageia: Happy New Year, 2026 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/Mageia_Happy_New_Year_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/Mageia_Happy_New_Year_2026.gmi [06:52] TR Bot Tux Machines Mageia: Happy New Year, 2026 ● Jan 07 [07:04] TR News epo, ibm coverage at techrights will accelerate next month. catastrophic trajectories this year. [07:05] TR News Trying a Rhodia Webbie: "The Webnotebook exists in several colors, like the Leuchtturm1917 ones. In this case, we picked a blue one. We wish we could have picked a different color, but they didn't have many others with dotted paper." gemini://mbox-sys.net/en/gemlog/2026-01-07_trying_a_rhodia_webbie.gmi [07:06] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1528.jpg [07:07] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1878.jpg [07:08] TR News "If there is something that I've dedicated time to learn and understand it is "Digital Color Management"; this is the discipline that allows colors to be properly rendered when you move from a medium to another." gemini://omg.pebcak.club/~freezr/gemlog/2026-01-06-inkscape-color-management.gmi [07:09] TR News (NEW): Kraft 2.0 Announcement https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/Kraft_2_0_Announcement.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/Kraft_2_0_Announcement.gmi [07:09] TR Bot Tux Machines Kraft 2.0 Announcement [07:11] TR News "I've been interested recently in building a classic diode-based variable function generator. The basic idea behind it is that a diode can act like a switch, not conducting when reverse biased, and otherwise conducting with low resistance. This is not exactly true, but it is close enough to be practical for this application." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20260106-0.gmi [07:12] TR News "With the publication of "Shadows of the Upper Peninsula" mid 2025, I finished a goal I have been wanted to do for a very long time. I have written many stories in the past, probably a couple of million words worth." gemini://leetaur.com/gemlog/entries/2026-01-06.gmi [07:13] *Isambard_Prince has quit (connection closed) [07:14] TR News "Today I felt like installing neofetch on my VPS. For no good reason, really, but why not." gemini://spell.mywire.org:1960/~stack/0254.gmi [07:15] TR News "American" is quickly become a derogatory term, an insult (because of what people associate this word with) [07:16] TR News Posting to antenna (for the first time) gemini://sdf.org/vatai/blog/2026-01-06-posting-to-antenna.gmi [07:17] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [07:17] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [07:18] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 07/01/2026: Looking at 2026, Linux Anti-Minimalism, Diode Function Generators, and Inkscape https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/Gemini_Links_07_01_2026_Looking_at_2026_Linux_Anti_Minimalism_D.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/Gemini_Links_07_01_2026_Looking_at_2026_Linux_Anti_Minimalism_D.gmi [07:18] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 07/01/2026: Looking at 2026, Linux Anti-Minimalism, Diode Function Generators, and Inkscape [07:22] TR News (NEW): The 6 Linux distros I expect to rule 2026 - and why https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/The_6_Linux_distros_I_expect_to_rule_2026_and_why.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/The_6_Linux_distros_I_expect_to_rule_2026_and_why.gmi [07:22] TR Bot Tux Machines The 6 Linux distros I expect to rule 2026 - and why [07:29] TR News (NEW): New Dell XPS 14 and 16 Announced, Ubuntu Version Coming This Year https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/New_Dell_XPS_14_and_16_Announced_Ubuntu_Version_Coming_This_Yea.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/New_Dell_XPS_14_and_16_Announced_Ubuntu_Version_Coming_This_Yea.gmi [07:29] TR Bot Tux Machines New Dell XPS 14 and 16 Announced, Ubuntu Version Coming This Year [07:30] TR News Techrights Slideshare is Slop https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/Slideshare_is_Slop.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/Slideshare_is_Slop.gmi [07:30] TR Bot Techrights Slideshare is Slop [07:37] TR News (NEW): Stick to the Science, the Facts, the Observable Reality https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/Stick_to_the_Science_the_Facts_the_Observable_Reality.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/Stick_to_the_Science_the_Facts_the_Observable_Reality.gmi [07:37] TR Bot Tux Machines Stick to the Science, the Facts, the Observable Reality [07:39] TR News (NEW): 2026 could be the year of the (KDE) Linux desktop https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/2026_could_be_the_year_of_the_KDE_Linux_desktop.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/2026_could_be_the_year_of_the_KDE_Linux_desktop.gmi [07:39] TR Bot Tux Machines 2026 could be the year of the (KDE) Linux desktop [07:42] TR News (NEW): Linux players on Steam reached all-time high in December https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/Linux_players_on_Steam_reached_all_time_high_in_December.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/Linux_players_on_Steam_reached_all_time_high_in_December.gmi [07:42] TR Bot Tux Machines Linux players on Steam reached all-time high in December [07:46] TR News Techrights Africa's Search Market Has Been Unfavourable to Microsoft https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/Africa_s_Search_Market_Has_Been_Unfavourable_to_Microsoft.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/Africa_s_Search_Market_Has_Been_Unfavourable_to_Microsoft.gmi [07:46] TR Bot Techrights Africa's Search Market Has Been Unfavourable to Microsoft [07:50] TR News Techrights Stick to the Science, the Facts, the Observable Reality https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/Stick_to_the_Science_the_Facts_the_Observable_Reality.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/Stick_to_the_Science_the_Facts_the_Observable_Reality.gmi [07:50] TR Bot Techrights Stick to the Science, the Facts, the Observable Reality [07:55] *ewig has quit (Remote host closed the connection) ● Jan 07 [08:25] TR News Techrights Frankly Getting Sick of Slop About "AI" (Slop) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/Frankly_Getting_Sick_of_Slop_About_AI_Slop.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/Frankly_Getting_Sick_of_Slop_About_AI_Slop.gmi [08:25] TR Bot Techrights Frankly Getting Sick of Slop About "AI" (Slop) [08:29] TR News (NEW): Jellyfin Marks 7 Years With Major Desktop App Changes https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/Jellyfin_Marks_7_Years_With_Major_Desktop_App_Changes.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/Jellyfin_Marks_7_Years_With_Major_Desktop_App_Changes.gmi [08:29] TR Bot Tux Machines Jellyfin Marks 7 Years With Major Desktop App Changes [08:34] TR News (NEW): Why I use Qubes: 3 security reasons a normal Linux distro cant match https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/Why_I_use_Qubes_3_security_reasons_a_normal_Linux_distro_can_t_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/Why_I_use_Qubes_3_security_reasons_a_normal_Linux_distro_can_t_.gmi [08:34] TR Bot Tux Machines Why I use Qubes: 3 security reasons a normal Linux distro cant match [08:37] TR News Techrights Now It's a Mainstream Media (MSM) Story: Microsoft Layoffs Coming, They'll be Vast (and They Blame "AI", As Usual!) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/Now_It_s_a_Mainstream_Media_MSM_Story_Microsoft_Layoffs_Coming_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/Now_It_s_a_Mainstream_Media_MSM_Story_Microsoft_Layoffs_Coming_.gmi [08:37] TR Bot Techrights Now It's a Mainstream Media (MSM) Story: Microsoft Layoffs Coming, They'll be Vast (and They Blame "AI", As Usual!) [08:37] TR News (NEW): This is the tiniest Linux distro I've ever seen https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/This_is_the_tiniest_Linux_distro_I_ve_ever_seen.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/This_is_the_tiniest_Linux_distro_I_ve_ever_seen.gmi [08:37] TR Bot Tux Machines This is the tiniest Linux distro I've ever seen [08:39] TR News (NEW): Ubuntu 25.04 (Plucky Puffin) Officially Nears End of Life https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/Ubuntu_25_04_Plucky_Puffin_Officially_Nears_End_of_Life.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/Ubuntu_25_04_Plucky_Puffin_Officially_Nears_End_of_Life.gmi [08:39] TR Bot Tux Machines Ubuntu 25.04 (Plucky Puffin) Officially Nears End of Life [08:39] TR News NVIDIA announce a native Linux app for GeForce NOW | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/nvidia-announce-a-native-linux-app-for-geforce-now/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/nvidia-announce-a-native-linux-app-for-geforce-now/ [08:39] TR Bot announce a native Linux app for GeForce NOW | GamingOnLinux [08:40] TR News NVIDIA announce DLSS 4.5 with Dynamic Multi Frame Generation, plus DLSS Updater gets Linux support | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/nvidia-announce-dlss-4-5-with-dynamic-multi-frame-generation-plus-dlss-updater-gets-linux-support/ Source: GamingOnLinux [08:40] TR Bot announce DLSS 4.5 with Dynamic Multi Frame Generation, plus DLSS Updater gets Linux support | GamingOnLinux [08:41] TR News "Zensursula" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/01/06/zensursula/ [08:41] TR Bot Zensursula [08:42] TR News old: "Netflix and FreeBSD Using Open Source to Deliver Streaming Video - Invidious" https://yewtu.be/watch?v=vcyQBup-Gto [08:42] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=vcyQBup-Gto ) [08:42] TR News Linux = explosives? https://blog.adafruit.com/2025/12/30/nyc-mayoral-inauguration-bans-raspberry-pi-and-flipper-zero-alongside-explosives/ blocked by gratuitous javascript [08:42] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://blog.adafruit.com/2025/12/30/nyc-mayoral-inauguration-bans-raspberry-pi-and-flipper-zero-alongside-explosives/ ) [08:42] TR News KDE Plasma 6.6 will finally stop the system sleeping when gaming with a controller | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/kde-plasma-6-6-will-finally-stop-the-system-sleeping-when-gaming-with-a-controller/ Source: GamingOnLinux [08:42] TR Bot Plasma 6.6 will finally stop the system sleeping when gaming with a controller | GamingOnLinux [08:44] TR News Valve amended the Steam survey for December 2025 - Linux actually hit another all-time high | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/valve-amended-the-steam-survey-for-december-2025-linux-actually-hit-another-all-time-high/ Source: GamingOnLinux [08:44] TR Bot amended the Steam survey for December 2025 - Linux actually hit another all-time high | GamingOnLinux [08:44] TR News (NEW): This Week in Plasma: new year, new accessibility features! https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/04/This_Week_in_Plasma_new_year_new_accessibility_features.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/04/This_Week_in_Plasma_new_year_new_accessibility_features.gmi [08:44] TR Bot Tux Machines This Week in Plasma: new year, new accessibility features! [08:45] TR News Humble Choice for January 2026 has a great overall selection of games | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/humble-choice-for-january-2026-has-a-great-overall-selection-of-games/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/humble-choice-for-january-2026-has-a-great-overall-selection-of-games/ [08:45] TR Bot Choice for January 2026 has a great overall selection of games | GamingOnLinux [08:46] TR News "Tom the Dancing Bug: The Great Meritocracy Race" https://boingboing.net/2026/01/05/tom-the-dancing-bug-the-great-meritocracy-race.html [08:46] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2026/01/05/tom-the-dancing-bug-the-great-meritocracy-race.html ) [08:46] TR News (NEW): Games: Humble Choice, Steam, and DLSS https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/Games_Humble_Choice_Steam_and_DLSS.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/Games_Humble_Choice_Steam_and_DLSS.gmi [08:46] TR Bot Tux Machines Games: Humble Choice, Steam, and DLSS [08:46] TR News (NEW): Youre sleeping on Linux Mints most powerful feature: Cinnamons built-in gestures https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/You_re_sleeping_on_Linux_Mint_s_most_powerful_feature_Cinnamon_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/You_re_sleeping_on_Linux_Mint_s_most_powerful_feature_Cinnamon_.gmi [08:46] TR Bot Tux Machines Youre sleeping on Linux Mints most powerful feature: Cinnamons built-in gestures [08:51] TR News 3 used Dell servers go into a pub in Berlin | "3 brugte Dell servere gr ind p et vrtshus i Berlin | Version2" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/holdning/3-brugte-dell-servere-gaar-ind-paa-et-vaertshus-i-berlin [08:51] TR Bot 3 brugte Dell servere gr ind p et vrtshus i Berlin | Version2 [08:52] TR News "Capitalists Want You to Stop Worrying About Climate Change" https://jacobin.com/2026/01/capitalism-climate-crisis-malm-carton/ [08:52] TR Bot Capitalists Want You to Stop Worrying About Climate Change [08:56] TR News (NEW): Debian Urgently Seeks Volunteers After Data Protection Team Resigns https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/Debian_Urgently_Seeks_Volunteers_After_Data_Protection_Team_Res.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/Debian_Urgently_Seeks_Volunteers_After_Data_Protection_Team_Res.gmi [08:56] TR Bot Tux Machines Debian Urgently Seeks Volunteers After Data Protection Team Resigns [08:58] TR News "Below, Ill talk a bit about how I now publish my citation preferences on my website, touching on both design and content considerations." https://jamesg.blog/2026/01/06/citation-preferences | Source: James G [08:58] TR Bot Publishing my citation preferences | James' Coffee Blog [08:58] TR News "In a preprint paper titled Making Theft Useless: Adulteration-Based Protection of Proprietary Knowledge Graphs in GraphRAG Systems" https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/06/ai_data_pollution_defense/ | Source: The Register UK [08:58] TR Bot Researchers poison stolen data to make AI results wrong The Register [08:58] TR News "But Annas Archive operators have publicly stated that, despite the timing, they do not believe the .org suspension is related to the Spotify backup." https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/06/annas-archive-loses-org-address/ | Source: Digital Music News [08:58] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/06/annas-archive-loses-org-address/ ) [08:59] TR News "Grok is integrated into X, this growing pile of nonconsensual and seemingly illegal images are automatically published directly to the social media platform" https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/live-grok-nonconsensual-images | Source: Futurism [08:59] TR Bot Live Coverage: Is Grok Still Being Used to Create Nonconsensual Sexual Images of Women and Girls? ● Jan 07 [09:00] TR News "Spicy Mode" https://thecyberexpress.com/european-commission-investigates-grok-ai/ | Source: Cyble Inc [09:00] TR Bot European Commission Probes Grok AI Over Explicit Images [09:00] TR News "manipulating existing photos of them in order to create deepfakes in which they are shown wearing skimpy bikinis or underwear" https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/grok-ai-deepfake-porn-elon-musk-1235494809/ | Source: Rolling Stone [09:00] TR Bot Grok Is Creating Sexualized Deepfakes of Celebrities and Children [09:01] TR News "nudify" https://www.wired.com/story/grok-is-pushing-ai-undressing-mainstream/ | Source: Wired [09:01] TR Bot Is Pushing AI Undressing Mainstream | WIRED [09:02] TR News "It is extraordinary yet, sadly, predictable to me that xAI is not treating this as a problem." https://pxlnv.com/linklog/grok-violence-against-women/ | Source: Nick Heer [09:02] TR Bot Grok Is Being Used to Depict Horrific Violence Against Real Women Pixel Envy [09:03] TR News 3 hours ago: "Developer Advocacy as Cypherpunk Infrastructure" by Francesco Andreoli // Cypherpunk Congress 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTL9vhaVZ9g [09:03] TR Bot https://inv.perditum.com/watch?v=nTL9vhaVZ9g [09:03] TR Bot ( status 500 @ https://inv.perditum.com/watch?v=nTL9vhaVZ9g ) [09:04] TR News Some police DEPARTMENTS are STILL participating in a platform that undresses kids. Stay classy... https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/governments-ought-to-leave-twitter-but-not-for-something-worse [09:04] TR Bot Governments ought to leave Twitter, but not for something worse Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [09:06] TR News "The Cybercab, for the uninformed, is Teslas purpose-built vehicle for giving driverless rides." https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/tesla-loses-trademark-cybercab | Source: Futurism [09:06] TR Bot Tesla Loses Trademark to "Cybercab" Due to Its Own Staggering Incompetence [09:07] TR News "This is a tactic popularized last year by Microsoft that Nvidia has now adopted." https://cafetechinenglish.substack.com/p/nvidias-subterfuge-to-acquire-groq | Source: Jrme Marin [09:07] TR Bot Nvidias subterfuge to acquire Groq - by Jrme Marin [09:07] TR News "I think that entrapment system needs a name, because we need to position it. Make it a character in stories about business." https://doc.searls.com/2026/01/05/on-customer-captivity/ | Source: Doc Searls [09:07] TR Bot On Customer Captivity Doc Searls Weblog [09:07] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/Android_Leftovers.gmi [09:07] TR Bot Tux Machines Android Leftovers [09:23] *nobody has quit (Quit: reboot) [09:34] *nobody (~nobody@cawe7aczzgm68.irc) has joined #techrights [09:38] TR News "Over the past five decades, it has informed, entertained and connected South Africans through rapid technological change." https://techcentral.co.za/television-at-50-the-broadcast-that-changed-everything/275925/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa) [09:38] TR Bot Television at 50 | The broadcast that changed everything [09:40] TR News "Donald Trump and his authoritarian friends have successfully destroyed the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB)" https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/06/trump-successfully-murders-u-s-public-media/ | Source: Techdirt [09:40] TR Bot Successfully Murders U.S. Public Media | Techdirt [09:40] TR News "CPB existed to ensure that all Americansregardless of geography, income, or background" https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/05/corporation-for-public-broadcasting-shutdown-2/ | Source: Digital Music News [09:40] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/05/corporation-for-public-broadcasting-shutdown-2/ ) [09:40] TR News "The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the nonprofit corporation established by the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967" https://boingboing.net/2026/01/06/corporation-for-public-broadcasting-shuts-down-after-funding-cuts.html | Source: BoingBoing [09:40] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2026/01/06/corporation-for-public-broadcasting-shuts-down-after-funding-cuts.html ) [09:41] TR News "CBS News is responding to Pete Hegseth freezing out the press by ensuring he still gets his message out. This is journalism at its finest." https://boingboing.net/2026/01/05/cbs-rewards-hegseths-press-blackout-with-a-microphone.html | Source: BoingBoing [09:41] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2026/01/05/cbs-rewards-hegseths-press-blackout-with-a-microphone.html ) [09:41] TR News "CBS News gave Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth three uninterrupted segments on its flagship evening broadcast days after he effectively expelled the Pentagon press corps" https://www.mediaite.com/opinion/cbs-news-gave-hegseth-the-mic-after-he-shut-out-the-press-thats-not-journalism/ | Source: Mediaite [09:41] TR Bot OPINION: CBS Gave Hegseth the Mic After He Shut Out Press [09:46] TR News "While Trump and his henchmen are stripping Americans of our constitutional rights and illegally taking over other nations, Americas supposed leadership class is silent." https://robertreich.substack.com/p/where-the-hell-are-americas-leaders | Source: Robert Reich [09:46] TR Bot Where the hell are Americas leaders? - Robert Reich [09:46] TR News "Online age restrictions are imposed on many, many more users than in-person ID checks." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/06/why-isnt-online-age-verification-just-like-showing-your-id-in-person/ | Source: Techdirt [09:46] TR Bot Isnt Online Age Verification Just Like Showing Your ID In Person? | Techdirt [09:47] TR News "insulting the president" https://bianet.org/haber/demirtas-sentenced-to-prison-for-insulting-the-president-315317 | Source: BIA Net [09:47] TR Bot Demirta sentenced to prison for insulting the president [09:47] TR News "At least 36 protesters have died during protests in Iran as security forces fired tear gas at demonstrators in Tehrans grand bazaar on Tuesday." https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-protests-deaths-security-forces-tehran-b2895711.html | Source: The Independent UK [09:47] TR Bot At least 36 dead in Iran protests as security forces fire tear gas at demonstrators in Tehrans grand bazaar | The Independent [09:48] TR News "As demonstrators chanted antiestablishment slogans and threw stones at the building on January 3, IRGC members climbed on the roof and opened fire on the crowd." https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-protest-kurd-khamenei/33641405.html | Source: RFERL [09:48] TR Bot Iranian Protester Recounts Security Forces 'Shooting Directly' At Crowds [09:48] TR News "Collectively racking up millions of views" https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/ai-deepfakes-old-images-fuel-misinformation-after-maduros-capture-10437133#publisher=newsstand | Source: NDTV [09:48] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/ai-deepfakes-old-images-fuel-misinformation-after-maduros-capture-10437133#publisher=newsstand ) [09:49] TR News "Newsmax, a right wing propaganda organization pretending to be a cable news company" https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/06/right-wing-media-companies-begin-bickering-at-the-fcc-over-who-gets-to-dominate-the-exploding-right-wing-propaganda-market/ | Source: Techdirt [09:49] TR Bot Wing Media Companies Begin Bickering At The FCC Over Who Gets To Dominate The Exploding Right Wing Propaganda Market | Techdirt [09:52] TR News "One of the key points I repeated when talking about the state of the tech industry yesterday was the salient fact that half a million tech workers have been laid off since ChatGPT was released in late 2022." https://www.anildash.com/2026/01/06/500k-tech-workers-laid-off/ | Source: Anil Dash [09:52] TR Bot 500,000 tech workers have been laid off since ChatGPT was released - Anil Dash [09:53] TR News "deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter" https://www.ft.com/content/ad94db4c-95a0-4c65-bd8d-3b43e1251091 | Source: Financial Times [09:53] TR Bot Client Challenge [09:53] TR News "Future DJI drone launches won't be legal to sell in the US, but American pilots can still buy and fly existing models" https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/drones/is-dji-banned-in-the-us-yes-but-theres-some-fine-print-this-is-what-the-dji-ban-really-means | Source: Digital Camera World [09:53] TR Bot Is DJI banned in the US? Yes, but theres some fine print. This is what the DJI "ban" really means | Digital Camera World [09:53] TR News "Andreas Tille, a Debian Project Leader, recently sent an unexpected message to the Debian mailing lists" https://linuxiac.com/debian-urgently-seeks-volunteers-after-data-protection-team-resigns/ | Source: Linuxiac [09:53] TR Bot Debian Urgently Seeks Volunteers After Data Protection Team Resigns [09:53] TR News Debian people dox people https://linuxiac.com/debian-urgently-seeks-volunteers-after-data-protection-team-resigns/ [09:55] TR News Debian servers are also owned and controlled by surveillance giant Google [09:55] TR News "In an unusually candid admission on Tuesday" https://therecord.media/uk-government-cyber-action-plan | Source: The Record [09:55] TR Bot UK government admits years of cyber policy have failed, announces reset | The Record from Recorded Future News ● Jan 07 [10:05] TR News Still no real solution from Bush or Argos. We did vent about this in public though https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/24/My_New_CD_Player_Stereo_Didn_t_Even_Last_a_Year_My_CD_Player_St.shtml [10:05] TR Bot Techrights My New CD Player/Stereo Didn't Even Last a Year, My CD Player/Stereo From the Early 1990s Still Works [10:05] TR News Also in https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/25/The_Right_to_Repair_Especially_When_Products_Are_So_Poorly_Made.shtml and http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/26/Newer_is_Not_Better_the_Case_of_Bush_Argos_Sainsburys.shtml [10:05] TR Bot Techrights The Right to Repair (Especially When Products Are So Poorly Made) [10:05] TR Bot Tux Machines Newer is Not Better, the Case of Bush/Argos/Sainsburys [10:05] TR News "Brave Software has reworked its browser's Rust-based adblock engine to make it significantly more memory efficient and perhaps more secure. So you get fewer ads now with fewer MB of RAM." https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/06/brave_refurbishes_rust_adblocking_engine/ | Source: The Register UK [10:05] TR Bot Brave refurbishes Rust adblock engine for memory gain The Register [10:15] TR News "We of course hope that it is just the first of many, and thus will start to track Swiss shops accepting GNU Taler on our map." https://www.taler.net/en/news/2025-04.html | Source: GNU Taler [10:15] TR Bot GNU Taler [10:21] TR News "Both lawsuits were initially filed in the wake of an Aug. 22 stop work order from federal regulators on the 65-turbine project" https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/wind-power/offshore/ri-ct-attorneys-general-move-to-join-forces-with-revolution-wind-developers-in-case-against-feds/ | Source: Renewable Energy World [10:21] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/wind-power/offshore/ri-ct-attorneys-general-move-to-join-forces-with-revolution-wind-developers-in-case-against-feds/ ) [10:22] TR News "The demolition of the offshore wind sector in 2025 will reverberate for decades, resulting in lost jobs, higher utility bills" https://mainemorningstar.com/2026/01/06/how-trump-dismantled-a-promising-energy-industry-and-what-america-lost/ | Source: Maine Morning Star [10:22] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://mainemorningstar.com/2026/01/06/how-trump-dismantled-a-promising-energy-industry-and-what-america-lost/ ) [10:22] TR News "The administration has meanwhile been canceling major renewable energy projects in numerous states, which has set up various court battles." https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-assault-environment-climate-change-fight-1235494125/ | Source: Rolling Stone [10:22] TR Bot Trump's Assault on Environment Has Set Back Climate Change Fight [10:22] TR News "On this plot, it looks like humans are generally better than nature at not causing expensive disasters, but when we do mess up, we do it badly; recall that the last point on the green line is partially man-made." https://entropicthoughts.com/disaster-costs-1900-to-2024 | Source: Chris [10:22] TR Bot Disaster Costs, 19002024 [10:23] TR News "Stergiou warned that prolonged droughts are becoming more frequent and are often followed by intense rainfall that does little to replenish supplies." https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/environment/1291600/epiphany-events-marking-christs-baptism-highlight-concerns-about-water-scarcity/ | Source: Greece [10:23] TR Bot events marking Christs baptism highlight concerns about water scarcity | eKathimerini.com [10:31] TR News "Traditional financial markets have clear-cut rules around insider trading: Capitalizing on nonpublic information is plainly illegal." https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/01/venezuela-maduro-polymarket-prediction-markets/685526/ | Source: The Atlantic [10:31] TR Bot The Polymarket Bets on Maduro Are a Warning - The Atlantic [10:33] TR News "A hacktivist exposed and deleted three white supremacist websites during a presentation at a conference last week." https://thecyberexpress.com/hacktivist-deletes-white-supremacist-websites/ | Source: Cyble Inc [10:33] TR Bot Hacktivist Deletes White Supremacist Websites At Conference [10:40] TR News "pseudonym Martha Root made a big splash during the annual Chaos Communication Congress in Hamburg, Germany" https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/tinder-for-nazis-hacked | Source: Futurism [10:40] TR Bot Woman Hacks "Tinder for Nazis," Tricks the Racist Users Into Falling in Love With AI Chatbots [10:40] TR News "Teenagers average more than 70 minutes a day on their smartphones during school hours" https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2026-01-06/teens-smartphone-use-at-school-exceeds-an-hour-daily-tracking-app-reveals | Source: US News And World Report [10:40] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2026-01-06/teens-smartphone-use-at-school-exceeds-an-hour-daily-tracking-app-reveals ) [10:42] TR News "Open Rights Group has called on MPs to implement a digital sovereignty strategy to reduce the UKs reliance on US tech companies, such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Palantir" https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/cybersecurity-bill-org-calls-on-mps-to-reduce-uk-reliance-on-us-tech-companies/ | Source: OpenRightsGroup [10:42] TR Bot Cybersecurity Bill: ORG calls on MPs to reduce UK reliance on US tech companies | Open Rights Group [10:42] TR News "For too long, fraud an illicit economy rivaling the GDP of G20 nations has been seen as a cost of doing business" https://cyberscoop.com/industrialized-fraud-global-security-threat-international-task-force-op-ed/ | Source: Scoop News Group [10:42] TR Bot governments need to treat fraud like cyberwarfare, not customer service | CyberScoop [10:44] TR News "If true, it would mark one of the most public uses of U.S. cyber power against another nation in recent memory." https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/03/trump-venezuela-cyber-operation-maduro-00709816 | Source: Politico LLC [10:44] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/03/trump-venezuela-cyber-operation-maduro-00709816 ) [10:45] TR News "They threaten what we mean by civilization." https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-threat-to-civilization | Source: Robert Reich [10:45] TR Bot This is the Real Danger Posed by Trump - Robert Reich [10:46] TR News "He emphasized that watching peoples behavior whether in person or online cannot be understated." https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-military/2026/01/06/this-was-surgical-the-tactics-behind-the-maduro-mission/ | Source: Sightline Media Group [10:46] TR Bot This was surgical: The tactics behind the Maduro mission [10:47] TR News "At the heart of the cases is the fact that most smart TVs use Automatic Content Recognition (ACR)" https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/05/smart_tv_surveillance_opinion/ | Source: The Register UK [10:47] TR Bot Your smart TV is watching you and nobody's stopping it The Register [10:47] TR News "It should be noted that, even if I want to get rid of it, I still have a Github account and I was logged in." https://ploum.net/2026-01-05-unteaching_github.html | Source: Lionel Dricot [10:47] TR Bot How Github monopoly is destroying the open source ecosystem [10:48] TR News Windows TCO https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/06/russia_hackers_hotel_bsods/ | Source: The Register UK [10:48] TR Bot Hotel staff tricked into installing malware by bogus BSODs The Register [10:49] TR News "The Ministry said the regulatory provisions under the IT Act and rules were being flouted by the platform" https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/grok-obscene-ai-content-govt-gives-x-time-till-january-7-to-submit-report/article70478927.ece | Source: The Hindu [10:49] TR Bot Grok obscene AI content: govt. gives X time till January 7 to submit report - The Hindu [10:49] TR News "He died from an overdose" https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/calif-teen-chatgpt-drug-advice-fatal-overdose-21266718.php | Source: SFGate [10:49] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/calif-teen-chatgpt-drug-advice-fatal-overdose-21266718.php ) [10:49] TR News "With the mass adoption of AI chatbots comes immense potential for their abuse. These tools which cheer us on endlessly, no matter what we ask it, have already pushed vulnerable people to wild delusions, murder, and suicides." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/chatgpt-teenager-drug-overdose | Source: Futurism [10:49] TR Bot ChatGPT Gave Teen Advice to Get Higher on Drugs Until He Died [10:49] TR News (NEW): How Github monopoly is destroying the open source ecosystem https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/How_Github_monopoly_is_destroying_the_open_source_ecosystem.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/How_Github_monopoly_is_destroying_the_open_source_ecosystem.gmi [10:49] TR Bot Tux Machines How Github monopoly is destroying the open source ecosystem [10:53] TR News "I was shocked to see so many people posting a link to this thread credulously." https://pxlnv.com/linklog/reddit-food-delivery-scam/ | Source: Nick Heer [10:53] TR Bot A Viral Reddit Post About Food Delivery Apps Was an A.I. Scam Pixel Envy [10:53] TR News "efficiency and consistency." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/05/channel-9-australias-ai-tv-promo-and-cartoon/ | Source: Pivot to AI [10:53] TR Bot ( status 503 @ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/05/channel-9-australias-ai-tv-promo-and-cartoon/ ) [10:56] TR News "Samsung Electronics and SK hynix are reportedly planning to raise server memory prices by up to 70 percent this quarter, according to Korea Economic Daily" https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/06/memory_firm_profits_up_as/ | Source: The Register UK [10:56] TR Bot AI chip frenzy to wallop DRAM prices with 70% hike The Register [10:57] TR News "So something has to be figured out as far as what the AI companies are responsible for, [] and what they can prevent." https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/06/musician-loses-gig-ai-sex-offender-false/ | Source: Digital Music News [10:57] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/06/musician-loses-gig-ai-sex-offender-false/ ) [10:57] TR News Internet Policy/Net Reality: You Must Never Ever Rely on Surveillance Giant Google (no "S.E.O." Either) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/06/Internet_Policy_Net_Reality_You_Must_Never_Ever_Rely_on_Google_.shtml [10:57] TR Bot Techrights Internet Policy/Net Reality: You Must Never Ever Rely on Google (no "S.E.O." Either) [10:57] TR News Google Still Boosting Slopfarms https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/06/Google_Still_Boosting_Slopfarms.shtml [10:57] TR Bot Techrights Google Still Boosting Slopfarms [10:58] TR News "the judicial process of transferring property away from a deceased person." https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/alaskas-court-system-built-ai-chatbot-didnt-go-smoothly-rcna235985 | Source: NBC [10:58] TR Bot Alaska's court system built an AI chatbot. It didnt go smoothly. ● Jan 07 [11:03] TR News "Exhibiting a failing inherent to all large language models, the esteemed virtual assistant kept hallucinating, or making up facts and sharing exaggerated information, according to the people involved in its development." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/court-hallucinating-ai-ready-deployed | Source: Futurism [11:03] TR Bot Court System Says AI System Ready to Be Deployed After Disastrous Testing Period [11:04] TR News "I might sound like a broken record, but the CloudFlare outage is one more example of the consequences of the software industry making the wrong technical choices." https://bertrandmeyer.com/2026/01/06/cloudflare-outage-the-lesson-that-will-not-be-drawn/ | Source: Bertrand Meyer [11:04] TR Bot CloudFlare outage: the lesson that will not be drawn - Bertrand Meyer's technology+ blog [11:04] TR News "The confusion comes from Microsofts own Office.com domain, which for the past year has acted as a way to push businesses and consumers to use the Microsoft 365 Copilot app." https://www.theverge.com/tech/856149/microsoft-365-office-rebrand-copilot | Source: The Verge [11:04] TR Bot No,Microsoftdidntrebrand Office toMicrosoft365 Copilot | The Verge [11:24] Sompi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGvoBLQZVvQ [11:24] TR Bot https://inv.perditum.com/watch?v=HGvoBLQZVvQ [11:24] TR Bot ( status 500 @ https://inv.perditum.com/watch?v=HGvoBLQZVvQ ) [11:27] TR News Techrights Mass Layoffs in Microsoft's XBox Soon, Just Like We've Said for Months https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/Mass_Layoffs_in_Microsoft_s_XBox_Soon_Just_Like_We_ve_Said_for_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/Mass_Layoffs_in_Microsoft_s_XBox_Soon_Just_Like_We_ve_Said_for_.gmi [11:27] TR Bot Techrights Mass Layoffs in Microsoft's XBox Soon, Just Like We've Said for Months [11:28] Sompi Again someone noticed that removing Windows from modern UEFI computers is nigh impossible [11:30] schestowitz[TR2] how so? [11:30] schestowitz[TR2] cannot reformat? [11:30] schestowitz[TR2] also, [11:30] schestowitz[TR2] does this related in some way to 'secure' boot? [11:30] Sompi boot restrictions [11:30] schestowitz[TR2] (i did not watch the video) [11:31] schestowitz[TR2] so if windows is not present in any device, then what? [11:31] Sompi the video doesn't tell the specific, it was some professional computer guy who installed linux for him [11:31] Sompi but UEFI has also other boot restrictions than just secure boot [11:31] schestowitz[TR2] what is the key fact about this? [11:32] schestowitz[TR2] (i find it hard to believe) [11:35] TR News "As Pargin points out, it's indistinguishable from a ransomware attack" https://boingboing.net/2026/01/05/everyone-hates-onedrive-microsofts-cloud-app-that-steals-then-deletes-all-your-files.html | Source: BoingBoing [11:35] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2026/01/05/everyone-hates-onedrive-microsofts-cloud-app-that-steals-then-deletes-all-your-files.html ) [11:35] TR News "What if, rather than make a Linux distro that can run Windows apps, you built the whole distro around Windows binaries instead?" https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/06/loss32_crazy_or_inspired/ | Source: The Register UK [11:35] TR Bot Loss32: An idea for a Linux designed around Win32 apps The Register [11:36] TR News (NEW): HSBC blocks app users for having sideloaded password manager https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/HSBC_blocks_app_users_for_having_sideloaded_password_manager.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/HSBC_blocks_app_users_for_having_sideloaded_password_manager.gmi [11:36] TR Bot Tux Machines HSBC blocks app users for having sideloaded password manager [11:37] TR News "Even though its easy to keep a calendar on a phone, one of my goals is to use my phone less." https://www.deseret.com/entertainment/2026/01/05/how-to-get-organized-and-stay-off-the-phone-in-the-new-year-2026-planners-journals-hobbies/ | Source: Deseret News [11:37] TR Bot The rise of the analog lifestyle Deseret News [11:37] *asusbox2 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [11:37] *rianne has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [11:37] TR News "If I turn the webcam off, I can stand up and move around." https://commaok.xyz/post/audio-only/ | Source: Josh Bleecher Snyder [11:37] TR Bot Why I leave my webcam off Don't Panic [11:40] TR News "Clarke said the revival of XPS will help Dell to boost its position in the premium laptop segment, where its facing rising competition from brands such as HP Inc. and Lenovo Group Ltd." https://siliconangle.com/2026/01/05/dell-revives-xps-laptop-brand-just-one-year-killing-off/ | Source: Silicon Angle [11:40] TR Bot revives the XPS laptop brand, just one year after killing it off - SiliconANGLE [11:40] TR News "240Hz anti-glare OLED displays." https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/gaming-laptops/alienware-brings-oled-to-its-gaming-laptops-for-the-first-time-in-years-anti-glare-oled-display-boasts-240hz-refresh-rate-and-0-2ms-response-time | Source: Tom's Hardware [11:40] TR Bot Alienware brings OLED to its gaming laptops for the first time in years anti-glare OLED display boasts 240Hz refresh rate and 0.2ms response time | Tom's Hardware [11:41] TR News "The Power Keyboard looks great. An easily detached battery pack with a keyboard is way more appealing than a case that makes your phone huge." https://mjtsai.com/blog/2026/01/06/clicks-communicator-and-clicks-power-keyboard/ | Source: Michael Tsai [11:41] TR Bot Michael Tsai - Blog - Clicks Communicator and Clicks Power Keyboard [11:42] TR News "But this happens. All the time. Institutions are blindly trusting monopolies that could lock you out randomly or for political reasons as experienced by the French magistrate Nicolas Guillou." https://ploum.net/2026-01-05-unteaching_github.html [11:42] TR Bot How Github monopoly is destroying the open source ecosystem [11:43] TR News "Well, I finished reading (most of) dspguide. The first half gave me some insights I had either forgotten, or never learned, including the convolution insight of my previous post." https://solhsa.com/oldernews2026.html#DSPGUIDE | Source: Jari Komppa [11:43] TR Bot - blog [11:43] TR News "It never, ever works like that. And it shouldnt. While its true that product managers are there to be the stewards of the products vision, strategy, and roadmap, they are stewards, not dictators." https://werd.io/how-i-hire-engineers/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller [11:43] TR Bot How I hire engineers [11:43] TR News "I have been working on a double-entry ledger implementation in PostgreSQL called pgledger, and I wanted to write some example scripts." https://www.pgrs.net/2026/01/06/postgresql-scripting-tips/ | Source: Paul Gross [11:43] TR Bot PostgreSQL Scripting Tips - Paul Grosss Blog [11:44] TR News "I want to focus on the first rule about preconditions and postconditions. This refers to the method's contract." https://buttondown.com/hillelwayne/archive/the-liskov-substitution-principle-does-more-than/ | Source: Buttondown LLC [11:44] TR Bot Liskov Substitution Principle does more than you think Buttondown [11:45] TR News "Shoin Wolfe, who runs a data-driven agency that works with major Japanese sites, tested minimal redesigns for real estate site Lifull Home. Cleaner pages, more negative space, and hidden rarely-clicked information." https://boingboing.net/2026/01/05/japanese-users-prefer-dense-busy-websites.html | Source: BoingBoing [11:45] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2026/01/05/japanese-users-prefer-dense-busy-websites.html ) [11:45] TR News [Old] "I have been fascinated by cl gaelach / seancl for years. It's the beautiful Irish script we see on sign posts or shop signage (I loved seeing it everywhere in Kerry last year)." https://www.ninearrow.com/blog/clo-gaelach-project | [11:45] TR Bot Cl Gaelach - Irish Script font project Nine Arrow [11:45] TR News "my parents primary association with it are literally being rapped on the knuckles for getting it wrong" https://www.djmurphy.net/blog/clo-gaelach/ | [11:45] TR Bot Adding insular script like it's 1626 [11:46] TR News "In the last few years, Ive lost my appetite for discovering new music." https://ankursethi.com/blog/no-full-albums/ | Source: Ankur Sethi [11:46] TR Bot I'm not listening to full albums anymore Ankur Sethi's Internet Website [11:52] TR News Techrights The Register MS: Installing Free Software on Your Device is 'Sideleading' https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/The_Register_MS_Installing_Free_Software_on_Your_Device_is_Side.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/The_Register_MS_Installing_Free_Software_on_Your_Device_is_Side.gmi [11:52] TR Bot Techrights The Register MS: Installing Free Software on Your Device is 'Sideleading' ● Jan 07 [12:00] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [12:03] TR News Techrights The four freedoms and GNU/Linux naming controversy, by Akira Urushibata https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/The_four_freedoms_and_GNU_Linux_naming_controversy_by_Akira_Uru.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/The_four_freedoms_and_GNU_Linux_naming_controversy_by_Akira_Uru.gmi [12:03] TR Bot Techrights The four freedoms and GNU/Linux naming controversy, by Akira Urushibata [12:11] TR News "This provocation is only intended to get you to think about what does it mean for a markup language to be human readable? Where do you draw the line?" https://danq.me/2026/01/06/a-small-collection-of-text-only-websites/ | Source: Dan Q [12:11] TR Bot A small collection of text-only websites Dan Q [12:11] TR News "Here's this post in plain text" https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/12/a-small-collection-of-text-only-websites/ | Source: Terence Eden [12:11] TR Bot A small collection of text-only websites Terence Edens Blog [12:12] TR News "We can see it in art and culture as well: A renaissance of live performances, physical art, analog photography, older or dumbed down devices, and unedited (or uneditable) recordings gain a sort of social currency." https://blog.avas.space/real-life-value/ | Source: Ava [12:12] TR Bot offline regains its value | ava's blog [12:22] TR News "That's how easy it is." https://chrisenns.com/2026/01/the-blogging-its-working/ | Source: Chris Enns [12:22] TR Bot The Blogging... It's Working! [12:23] TR News " of my blogging history in English, mainly thanks to WordPress.com which has hosted most of my posts without issues." https://scribbles.page/nicola/posts/20-years | [12:23] TR Bot 20 years | Nicola' Scribbles [12:25] TR News Techrights Links 07/01/2026: Microsoft ChatGPT Killing People and Microsoft "Github monopoly is destroying the open source ecosystem" https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/Links_07_01_2026_Microsoft_ChatGPT_Killing_People_and_Microsoft.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/Links_07_01_2026_Microsoft_ChatGPT_Killing_People_and_Microsoft.gmi [12:25] TR Bot Techrights Links 07/01/2026: Microsoft ChatGPT Killing People and Microsoft "Github monopoly is destroying the open source ecosystem" [12:29] TR News SpellBinding UDKLMOC Wordo: HANDY gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2026-01-07.gmi [12:31] TR News Fake "openness" ... code dumps https://www.androidauthority.com/aosp-source-code-schedule-3630018/ [12:31] TR Bot Google will now only release Android source code twice a year [12:32] TR News The "o" stands for... https://www.droid-life.com/2026/01/06/google-switches-to-publishing-android-source-code-twice-per-year/ [12:32] TR Bot Google Makes Major Android AOSP Change [12:33] TR News Google will be "kosher" or "halal" by doing a "cruel butchering" for one in 182 cows [12:34] TR News And OSI will just be like a bunch of "masturbating monkeys" (Torvalds' term), instead of enforcing Open Source just "masturbating" over "HEY HI" because Microsoft paid them to do it http://techrights.org/n/2025/03/10/The_Fall_of_the_Open_Source_Initiative_OSI_The_OSI_Election_is_.shtml [12:34] TR Bot Techrights The Fall of the Open Source Initiative (OSI): The OSI Election is Rigged, Biased Against People Who Oppose the Openwashing of GPL-Violating Bots Operated by Microsoft for Profit (OSI Gets Paid to Promote This) [12:41] TR News "The dimensions of A4 paper are the solution to a simple, elegant problem." https://susam.net/a4-paper-stories.html | Source: SusamPal [12:41] TR Bot A4 Paper Stories - Susam Pal [12:41] TR News "The company hasn't exactly gone out of its way to call attention to this like actually telling anybody anything." https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/05/gmail_dropping_pop3/ | Source: The Register UK [12:41] TR Bot Gmail preparing to drop POP3 mail fetching The Register [12:41] TR News "The whois protocol is dead. For decades, it was a fundamental tool for network reconnaissance, but its time has passed." https://kmcd.dev/posts/whois-from-scratch/ | Source: Kevin McDonald [12:41] TR Bot WHOIS is dead, long live RDAP [12:42] TR News "This is my response to The Weekly Challenge #355." https://raku-musings.com/mountain-separator.html | Source: Arne Sommer [12:42] TR Bot Mountain Separator with Raku - Arne Sommer [12:47] TR News "my day-to-day IDE for everything: Python, Go, C, occasional frontend development, and what not." https://tenthousandmeters.com/blog/i-switched-from-vscode-to-zed/ | [12:47] TR Bot I switched from VSCode to Zed [12:47] TR News "I think about this constantly in my day job. As a designer and product lead" https://gregmorris.co.uk/dont-fall-in-love-with-the-product/ | Source: Greg Morris [12:47] TR Bot Don't Fall In Love With The Product [12:48] TR News "This blog relies heavily on Drogons CSP (C++ Server Page) system - think of it as PHPs templating engine, but written in C++." https://clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2026/01-05-drogons-csp-template-system.gmi | Source: Martin Chang [12:48] TR Bot Drogon's CSP template system - Martin's website/blog thingy [12:48] TR News "At its core, CSP is just a template engine. While its mostly used to generate HTML, theres no technical barrier preventing it from outputting anything: CSV, Markdown, Gemtext." [12:49] TR News "They think AI is great because it produces 10,000 times more code than a programmer" https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/06/1000x-liability/#graceful-failure-modes | Source: CoryDoctorow [12:49] TR Bot Pluralistic: Code is a liability (not an asset) (06 Jan 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [12:49] TR News "Even if you never bisect, the knock-on effects of thinking about your commits in this way can be helpful both to you and others." https://www.olafalders.com/2026/01/05/On-the-Integrity-of-git-bisect/ | Source: Olaf Alders [12:49] TR Bot I just broke git-bisect olafalders.com [12:50] TR News "Twiggs County commissioners recently approved a massive data center project" https://georgiarecorder.com/2026/01/06/data-center-gold-rush-pits-local-officials-hunt-for-new-revenue-against-residents-concerns/ | Source: The Georgia Recorder [12:50] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://georgiarecorder.com/2026/01/06/data-center-gold-rush-pits-local-officials-hunt-for-new-revenue-against-residents-concerns/ ) [12:51] TR News "I am heading to FOSDEM again at the end of January. I go there every year and I have learned that there is a really sticker-happy audience there." https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/01/06/6000-curl-stickers/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg [12:51] TR Bot curl stickers | daniel.haxx.se [12:51] TR News "Next steps? Tweak the 11ty image plugin for sure." https://robinrendle.com/notes/v19/ | Source: Robin Rendle [12:51] TR Bot v19 [12:52] TR News "At a high level, there are two types of core-banking systems: batch and real-time." https://yottadb.com/100000-foot-view-of-core-banking-systems/ | Source: YottaDB [12:52] TR Bot Foot View of Core-Banking Systems - YottaDB [12:52] TR News [Old] "I have a different opinion based on my experience as a manager of engineering teams across multiple companies." https://sals.place/on-self-managing-postgres/ | [12:52] TR Bot On self-managing Postgres | Sal's [12:53] TR News "As we are now running a static website, you may be wondering how this feature actually works. Its not that complicated in terms of structure: [...]" https://boilingsteam.com/we-now-have-a-search-engine-on-boiling-steam/index.html | Source: Boiling Steam [12:53] TR Bot We Now Have a Search Engine on Boiling Steam [12:54] TR News "If instead you dont know what RSS is, heres a very brief explanation: RSS is a technology that allows you to create your own personal feed" https://manuelmoreale.com/thoughts/yearly-reminder-to-use-rss | Source: Manuel Moreale [12:54] TR Bot Yearly reminder to use RSS Manu ● Jan 07 [13:09] TR News Techrights Open Source Initiative (OSI) Not Doing Its Job, Instead It's Promoting Microsoft Ponzi Schemes https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/Open_Source_Initiative_OSI_Not_Doing_Its_Job_Instead_It_s_Promo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/Open_Source_Initiative_OSI_Not_Doing_Its_Job_Instead_It_s_Promo.gmi [13:09] TR Bot Techrights Open Source Initiative (OSI) Not Doing Its Job, Instead It's Promoting Microsoft Ponzi Schemes [13:22] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [13:23] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Measured as Having Risen to 5% in Burundi https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/GNU_Linux_Measured_as_Having_Risen_to_5_in_Burundi.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/GNU_Linux_Measured_as_Having_Risen_to_5_in_Burundi.gmi [13:23] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux Measured as Having Risen to 5% in Burundi [13:28] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [13:28] TR News Rwanda also https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/rwanda/#monthly-200902-202601 [13:28] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Rwanda | Statcounter Global Stats [13:31] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [13:37] TR News Techrights GNU/Linux Reaches All-Time High in Tanzania https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/GNU_Linux_Reaches_All_Time_High_in_Tanzania.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/GNU_Linux_Reaches_All_Time_High_in_Tanzania.gmi [13:37] TR Bot Techrights GNU/Linux Reaches All-Time High in Tanzania [13:38] TR News "Anyway, schools don't even teach C any more and do what they can to prevent any remaining educators from teaching computer science and the supporting skills." -iophk [13:40] TR News "Jellyfin, a free and open-source self-hosted media server that lets you organize, manage, and stream your own movies, TV shows, music, photos, and other media..." https://linuxiac.com/jellyfin-marks-7-years-with-major-desktop-app-changes/ | Source: Linuxiac [13:40] TR Bot Jellyfin Marks 7 Years With Major Desktop App Changes [13:40] TR News "across devices, has published its January 2026 State of the Fin update, marking seven years since the projects founding, with several important points." [13:40] TR News "On 30 October, the RIC-AP Summit expanded beyond conference halls into the real world with a series of curated site tours across Singapore" https://rosindustrial.org/news/2026/1/6/roscon-2025-amp-ric-ap-summit-2025-blog-series-singapores-defining-week-for-open-source-robotics | Source: ROS Industrial [13:40] TR Bot ROSCon 2025 & RIC-AP Summit 2025 Blog Series: Singapores Defining Week for Open-Source Robotics ROS-Industrial [13:50] TR News "Oh my. Well, how could you say no?" https://thejpster.org.uk/blog/blog-2026-01-06/ | Source: Jonathan Pallant [13:50] TR Bot JP's Website 2026-01-06 Sun made ATX UltraSPARC boards for OEMs... [13:52] TR News "Released on April 17, 2025, it was an interim release intended to provide early access to newer components and platform changes ahead of the next long-term support cycle. As with all non-LTS Ubuntu releases, support is limited to nine months, after which security updates and maintenance cease." https://linuxiac.com/ubuntu-25-04-plucky-puffin-officially-nears-end-of-life/ | Source: Linuxiac [13:52] TR Bot Ubuntu 25.04 (Plucky Puffin) Officially Nears End of Life [13:53] TR News "NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 rack presents a scalable architecture for integrated AI compute, pairing the custom Arm-based Vera CPU with the Rubin GPU." https://canonical.com/blog/nvidia-vera-rubin-ubuntu-support | Source: Canonical [13:53] TR Bot announces Ubuntu support for the NVIDIA Rubin platform [13:55] MinceR (cat) (video) (audio) https://imgur.com/gallery/introducing-kitten-to-older-boy-yVW1P3Q [13:55] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://imgur.com/gallery/introducing-kitten-to-older-boy-yVW1P3Q ) [13:55] TR News "Among the most consequential developments, the project outlined plans to move its repository mirrors and contribution workflows away from GitHub to Codeberg, underscoring broader concerns about platform direction and tooling autonomy." https://linuxiac.com/gentoo-2025-report-financial-health-and-the-push-away-from-github/ | Source: Linuxiac [13:55] TR Bot Gentoos 2025 Report: Financial Health and the Push Away From GitHub [13:55] TR News "The proposed migration away from GitHub is motivated primarily by community resistance to features that could compel the use of proprietary tooling. Gentoos leadership has cited ongoing attempts by GitHub to push Copilot and related services as a factor in the decision to adopt Codeberg, a Forgejo-based hosting service." [13:56] TR News "Gentoo currently consists of 31663 ebuilds for 19174 different packages. For amd64 (x86-64), there are 89 GBytes of binary packages available on the mirrors. Gentoo each week builds 154 distinct installation stages for different processor architectures and system configurations, with an overwhelming part of these fully up-to-date." https://www.gentoo.org/news/2026/01/05/new-year.html | Source: Gentoo [13:56] TR Bot 2025 in retrospect & happy new year 2026! Gentoo Linux ● Jan 07 [14:00] TR News [Old] "When choosing an operating system for servers, embedded systems, or even desktops, developers and system administrators often encounter two powerful, free, and open-source Unix-like options: FreeBSD and Linux." https://www.netdata.cloud/academy/freebsd-vs-linux/ | [14:00] TR Bot FreeBSD vs Linux - Which Is Better | Netdata [14:01] TR News "FreeBSDs jail feature is one of the oldest and most mature OS-level isolation mechanisms in use today, powering hosting environments, container frameworks, and security sandboxes." https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-escaping-containment-a-security-analysis-of-freebsd-jails | Source: CCC [14:01] TR Bot Containment: A Security Analysis of FreeBSD Jails - media.ccc.de [14:01] TR News "A large portion of my focus has been on the infrastructure, getting a build environment for the recently-created hardened/15-stable/main branch." https://hardenedbsd.org/article/shawn-webb/2025-12-28/hardenedbsd-december-2025-status-report | Source: HardenedBSD [14:01] TR Bot HardenedBSD December 2025 Status Report | HardenedBSD [14:03] TR News "With the right tools (also), I don't need to make this a pre-written shell script that runs on each machine" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/PrometheusLetsEncryptTLSChecking | Source: University of Toronto [14:03] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser [14:03] TR News How To Install Warp Terminal on AlmaLinux 10 https://idroot.us/install-warp-terminal-almalinux-10/ [14:03] TR Bot How To Install Warp Terminal on AlmaLinux 10 - idroot [14:04] TR News How To Install KubeSphere on Linux Mint 22 https://idroot.us/install-kubesphere-linux-mint-22/ [14:04] TR Bot How To Install KubeSphere on Linux Mint 22 - idroot [14:05] TR News "GeForce NOW is NVIDIAs cloud gaming service that lets users stream and play video games over the [Internet] from remote servers rather than running games on their local hardware." [14:05] TR News "The service hosts games on powerful NVIDIA servers and streams them to client devices, requiring only a stable [Internet] connection and a compatible client or browser." https://linuxiac.com/nvidia-geforce-now-gains-native-linux-support/ | Source: Linuxiac [14:05] TR Bot NVIDIA GeForce NOW Gains Native Linux Support [14:06] TR News "A Proxy is essentially a representative (acting) on behalf of another entity (the client)." https://thecyberexpress.com/what-is-a-proxy-server-forward-vs-reverse/ | Source: Cyble Inc [14:06] TR Bot Proxy Server Explained: Types, Uses, Forward Vs Reverse [14:07] TR News (NEW): IPFire Linux Firewall Distro Adds Wi-Fi 7 and Wi-Fi 6 Support, LLDP and CDPv2 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/IPFire_Linux_Firewall_Distro_Adds_Wi_Fi_7_and_Wi_Fi_6_Support_L.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/IPFire_Linux_Firewall_Distro_Adds_Wi_Fi_7_and_Wi_Fi_6_Support_L.gmi [14:07] TR Bot Tux Machines IPFire Linux Firewall Distro Adds Wi-Fi 7 and Wi-Fi 6 Support, LLDP and CDPv2 [14:08] TR News "The data paradigms framework helps educators distinguish ways of teaching about AI models and data science." https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/a-research-led-framework-for-teaching-about-models-in-ai-and-data-science/ | Source: Raspberry Pi [14:08] TR Bot A research-led framework for teaching about models in AI and data science - Raspberry Pi Foundation [14:09] TR News "The BOXER-8742AI is based on the NVIDIA Jetson T4000 module" https://linuxgizmos.com/aaeon-reveals-boxer-8742ai-embedded-ai-box-pc-based-on-nvidia-jetson-t4000/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [14:09] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/aaeon-reveals-boxer-8742ai-embedded-ai-box-pc-based-on-nvidia-jetson-t4000/ ) [14:09] TR News "Both modules are based on Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processors featuring a hybrid CPU architecture with performance (P), efficiency (E), and low-power efficiency (LPE) cores" https://linuxgizmos.com/adlink-express-ptl-and-com-hpc-mptl-pair-intel-core-ultra-series-3-processors-with-arc-xe3-graphics/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [14:09] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/adlink-express-ptl-and-com-hpc-mptl-pair-intel-core-ultra-series-3-processors-with-arc-xe3-graphics/ ) [14:11] TR News "EU Cyber Resilience Act" https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hats-commitment-eu-cyber-resilience-act-shaping-future-cybersecurity-standards | Source: Red Hat Official [14:11] TR Bot Red Hat's commitment to the EU Cyber Resilience Act: Shaping the future of cybersecurity standards [14:11] TR News "In this guide, we're answering your top questions about the console's evolution to help you understand how it fits into your modern operational workflow" https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-hybrid-cloud-console-your-questions-answered | Source: Red Hat Official [14:11] TR Bot Red Hat Hybrid Cloud Console: Your questions answered [14:12] TR News The Real GNU Anniversary (Not Manifesto or Announcement) is Today https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/The_Real_GNU_Anniversary_Not_Manifesto_or_Announcement_is_Today.shtml [14:12] TR Bot Techrights The Real GNU Anniversary (Not Manifesto or Announcement) is Today [14:13] TR News A million cooks thinking they can manage GNU better than the chef (RMS), yet this winter the FSF is raising 1.5 million dollars with RMS in the Board, mentioned in blog posts etc. [14:14] TR News So the chef can still cook better [14:14] TR News Even if he so oftens TALKS about the food, not PREPARING it like he had done for many decades [14:15] TR News Moglen = software developer. Sandler = NOT a software developer. https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/27/Linus_Torvalds_Blasts_Software_Freedom_Conservancy_SFC_for_Atte.shtml [14:15] TR Bot Techrights Linus Torvalds Blasts Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) for Attempting to 'Protect' Linux [14:16] TR News Sandler is like the wife of the Sirius CEO: pressurising coders with chants like "go geeks!" (but not helping them, only getting in their way, sometimes bullying them) [14:16] TR News Didn't we all have people like these in our companies? ;-) [14:17] TR News Zemlin: Go Linus!! Or I will pull our my CoC in your face. https://techrights.org/o/2022/10/12/jim-zemlin-applauding-bill-gates/ [14:17] TR Bot Jim Zemlin Idolises Microsoft and Bill Gates (in New Talk Published This Week), Applauding a Back Doors Company and Jeffrey Epstein's Enabler [14:20] TR News "Incidentally, a lot of journalists are now using ProtonMail, which is based in Switzerland and subject to surveillance by Swiss police. Remember how Arjen Kamphuis disappeared." https://juristgate.com/en/journalists-victims-families-protonmail-at-risk-police-raids/ [14:20] TR Bot JuristGate / JuristeGate Suisse -- Crans-Montana, Le Constellation: journalists, victims' families, ProtonMail users at risk, police raids [14:24] TR News Scapegoats, Crans-Montana, Le Constellation: candles, managers, commune are not the only ones at fault https://juristgate.com/en/scapegoating-candles-managers-commune-crans-montana-not-the-only-ones-at-fault/ [14:24] TR Bot JuristGate / JuristeGate Suisse -- Scapegoats, Crans-Montana, Le Constellation: candles, managers, commune are not the only ones at fault [14:26] schestowitz[TR2] https://juristgate.com/en/stardust-crans-montana-le-constellation-cover-up-already-under-way/ [14:26] TR Bot JuristGate / JuristeGate Suisse -- Stardust to Crans-Montana, Le Constellation: cover-up already under way [14:26] schestowitz[TR2] "When people like Mr Pocock try to offer professional advice, for example, after the Debian suicide cluster, they are subject to public humiliation and threats of violence (recorded). The lawyers, politicians and small business owners are a group of kissing-cousins. Protecting the reputations and business interests of their families and friends is inextricably intertwined with covering up all the people who failed to prevent this [14:26] schestowitz[TR2] disaster. [14:26] schestowitz[TR2] Look at the mayor of Basel, Diana von Bidder-Senn. They tell us that she has a PhD in cybersecurity from ETH Zurich but she didn't realize that her own husband was under the influence of social engineering. Can there be any more extreme example of social engineering than a victim who dies by suicide? IBM's annual Cost of a Data Breach report regularly concludes that social engineering is the number one risk for their clients." [14:41] *FANTOM_ (~fantom@92.40.180.43.threembb.co.uk) has joined #techrights [14:42] *FANTOM (~fantom@freenode-c28.krv.erf6uc.IP) has joined #techrights [14:46] TR News New Dell XPS 14 and 16 Announced, Ubuntu Version Coming This Year https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/new-dell-xps-2026-with-ubuntu [14:46] TR Bot New Dell XPS 14 and 16 Announced, Ubuntu Version Coming This Year [14:47] TR News Cutting away the cause of those pesky profits: "Jobs hit chopping block at Posti, Telia" https://yle.fi/a/74-20203002 [14:47] TR Bot Jobs hit chopping block at Posti, Telia | Yle News | Yle [14:49] TR News Ubuntu Got New Official Python PPA with Backports for LTS https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/01/official-python-ppa/ [14:49] TR Bot Ubuntu Got New Official Python PPA with Backports for LTS | UbuntuHandbook [14:50] TR News Kraft 2.0 Announcement https://dragotin.codeberg.page/posts/kraft-2.0/ [14:50] TR Bot Kraft 2.0 Announcement | Dragotins Blog [14:50] TR News (NEW): TUXEDO InfinityBook Max 16 Gen10 Linux Laptop Unveiled with New OLED Display https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/TUXEDO_InfinityBook_Max_16_Gen10_Linux_Laptop_Unveiled_with_New.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/TUXEDO_InfinityBook_Max_16_Gen10_Linux_Laptop_Unveiled_with_New.gmi [14:50] TR Bot Tux Machines TUXEDO InfinityBook Max 16 Gen10 Linux Laptop Unveiled with New OLED Display [14:51] TR News Happy New Year, 2026 https://blog.mageia.org/en/2026/01/06/happy-new-year-2026/ [14:51] TR Bot Happy New Year, 2026 | Mageia Blog (English) [14:51] TR News Enhance Kubernetes observability: Connect Hey Hi (AI) to Istio with Kiali https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/01/06/enhance-kubernetes-observability-connect-ai-istio-kiali [14:51] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/01/06/enhance-kubernetes-observability-connect-ai-istio-kiali ) [14:53] *FANTOM (~fantom@87.75.185.177) has joined #techrights [14:53] TR News NVIDIA Jetson T4000 Edge Hey Hi (AI) embedded system offers 5GbE networking, four PoE camera ports, DIO, CAN Bus, and more https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/06/nvidia-jetson-t4000-edge-ai-embedded-system-offers-5gbe-networking-four-poe-camera-ports-dio-can-bus-and-more/ [14:53] TR Bot NVIDIA Jetson T4000 Edge AI embedded system offers 5GbE networking, four PoE camera ports, DIO, CAN Bus, and more - CNX Software [14:55] TR News Espressif Systems showcases ESP32-E22 Wi-Fi 6E SoC and ESP32-H21 BLE MCU for battery-powered devices https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/07/espressif-systems-showcases-esp32-e22-wi-fi-6e-soc-and-esp32-h21-ble-mcu-for-battery-powered-devices/ [14:55] TR Bot Espressif Systems showcases ESP32-E22 Wi-Fi 6E SoC and ESP32-H21 BLE MCU for battery-powered devices - CNX Software [14:55] *FANTOM_ has quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) [14:56] *FANTOM has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [14:56] *FANTOM (~fantom@freenode-j7o.kqt.de6qkt.IP) has joined #techrights ● Jan 07 [15:03] TR News Sun Records Takes Prices Back to 1952 in Weeklong Birthday Bash Honoring Founder Sam Phillips https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/05/sun-records-takes-prices-back-to-1952-in-weeklong-birthday-bash-honoring-founder-sam-phillips/ [15:03] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/05/sun-records-takes-prices-back-to-1952-in-weeklong-birthday-bash-honoring-founder-sam-phillips/ ) [15:12] TR News Techrights Crans-Montana, Le Constellation: journalists, victims' families, ProtonMail users at risk, police raids https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/Crans_Montana_Le_Constellation_journalists_victims_families_Pro.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/Crans_Montana_Le_Constellation_journalists_victims_families_Pro.gmi [15:12] TR Bot Techrights Crans-Montana, Le Constellation: journalists, victims' families, ProtonMail users at risk, police raids [15:17] *FANTOM_ (~fantom@87.75.185.177) has joined #techrights [15:17] TR News Researchers Trap Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters in Honeypot https://www.securityweek.com/researchers-trap-scattered-lapsus-hunters-in-honeypot/ [15:17] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/researchers-trap-scattered-lapsus-hunters-in-honeypot/ ) [15:19] TR News This will flop like the last time and it's not clear why CNX plays ball with it https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/07/snapdragon-x2-plus-6-core-and-10-core-processors-target-low-power-windows-copilot-pcs/ [15:19] TR Bot Snapdragon X2 Plus 6-core and 10-core processors target low-power Windows Copilot+ PCs - CNX Software [15:19] *FANTOM has quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) [15:19] *FANTOM has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [15:21] TR News Ingo Juergensmann: Outages on Nerdculture.de due to Ceph Part 2 https://blog.windfluechter.net/2026/01/06/outages-on-nerdculture-de-due-to-ceph-part-2/ [15:21] TR Bot Outages on Nerdculture.de due to Ceph Part 2 WindfluechterNet Blog [15:21] *FANTOM (~fantom@freenode-j7o.kqt.de6qkt.IP) has joined #techrights [15:21] TR News AMD hints at officially open-sourcing FSR 4 upscaling and frame generation technology in the wake of accidental release https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/amd-hints-at-officially-open-sourcing-fsr-4-upscaling-and-frame-generation-technology-in-the-wake-of-accidental-release-accidental-release-may-have-forced-the-companys-hand [15:21] TR Bot AMD hints at officially open-sourcing FSR 4 upscaling and frame generation technology in the wake of accidental release accidental release may have forced the company's hand | Tom's Hardware [15:27] TR News First Look at Devuan GNU+Linux 6 Excalibur on Raspberry Pi 5 https://9to5linux.com/first-look-at-devuan-gnulinux-6-excalibur-on-raspberry-pi-5 [15:27] TR Bot Look at Devuan GNU+Linux 6 "Excalibur" on Raspberry Pi 5 - 9to5Linux [15:27] TR News StarBook Horizon GNU/Linux Laptop Now on Sale with 32GB RAM, Wi-Fi 6E, and Coreboot https://9to5linux.com/starbook-horizon-linux-laptop-now-on-sale-with-32gb-ram-wi-fi-6e-and-coreboot [15:27] TR Bot Horizon Linux Laptop Now on Sale with 32GB RAM, Wi-Fi 6E, and Coreboot - 9to5Linux [15:28] TR News GStreamer 1.28 Release Candidate Now Available for Testing with Rust Goodies https://9to5linux.com/gstreamer-1-28-release-candidate-now-available-for-testing-with-rust-goodies [15:28] TR Bot 1.28 Release Candidate Now Available for Testing with Rust Goodies - 9to5Linux [15:28] TR News PsychoPy create experiments in behavioural science https://www.linuxlinks.com/psychopy-create-experiments-behavioural-science/ [15:28] TR Bot - create experiments in behavioural science - LinuxLinks [15:28] TR News "Part of the reason is that the Freedesktop people created standards, so you dont typically have to worry about how it works on KDE vs. GNOME or any of the other desktop environments. Thats a big win." https://hackaday.com/2026/01/06/linux-fu-yet-another-shell-script-trick/ | Source: Hackaday [15:28] TR Bot Fu: Yet Another Shell Script Trick | Hackaday [15:29] TR News Bazaar Sets Out its Stall with a New App Icon, New Features https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/bazaar-linux-app-new-icon-other-changes [15:29] TR Bot Bazaar Flatpak Manager Gets New Icon, Permission Warnings + More - OMG! Ubuntu [15:30] TR News LainOS 2026.01.05 is out https://distrowatch.com/lainos [15:30] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/lainos ) [15:33] TR News Critical Dolby Vulnerability Patched in Android https://www.securityweek.com/critical-dolby-vulnerability-patched-in-android/ [15:33] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/critical-dolby-vulnerability-patched-in-android/ ) [15:34] TR News Civil Society and Access to Justice: Challenges of Seeking Remedy in the Global Fight Against Spyware https://citizenlab.ca/2026/01/civil-society-and-access-to-justice-challenges-of-seeking-remedy-in-the-global-fight-against-spyware/ [15:34] TR Bot Civil Society and Access to Justice: Challenges of Seeking Remedy in the Global Fight Against Spyware - The Citizen Lab [15:34] TR News 2025,theyear of the Infostealer https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/2025-the-year-of-the-infostealer/ [15:34] TR Bot 2025,theyear of the Infostealer | Pen Test Partners [15:35] TR News Chinese semiconductor outfit has GNU/Linux MPP repository on Microsoft's proprietary prison disabled after a DMCA takedown request https://www.tomshardware.com/software/chinese-semiconductor-outfit-has-linux-mpp-repository-on-github-disabled-after-a-dmca-takedown-request-ffmpeg-team-accuses-it-of-using-libavcodec-code-without-attribution [15:35] TR Bot Chinese semiconductor outfit has Linux MPP repository on Github disabled after a DMCA takedown request FFmpeg team accuses it of using libavcodec code without attribution | Tom's Hardware [15:36] TR News Lenovo's top ThinkPads and Yogas go all-in on Panther Lake business laptops come with backdoored Windows and GNU/Linux options https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/lenovos-top-thinkpads-and-yogas-go-all-in-on-panther-lake-business-laptops-come-with-windows-and-linux-options [15:36] TR Bot Lenovo's top ThinkPads and Yogas go all-in on Panther Lake business laptops come with Windows and Linux options | Tom's Hardware [15:36] TR News Nvidia GeForce NOW is gaining native GNU/Linux and Amazon Fire TV apps https://www.neowin.net/news/nvidia-geforce-now-is-gaining-native-linux-and-amazon-fire-tv-apps/ [15:36] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/nvidia-geforce-now-is-gaining-native-linux-and-amazon-fire-tv-apps/ ) [15:37] TR News AMD ROCm, open source Nvidia CUDA rival, gets massive backdoored Windows & GNU/Linux improvements https://www.neowin.net/news/amd-rocm-open-source-nvidia-cuda-rival-gets-massive-windows--linux-improvements/ [15:37] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/amd-rocm-open-source-nvidia-cuda-rival-gets-massive-windows--linux-improvements/ ) [15:37] TR News Not1MM ham radio contest logger https://www.linuxlinks.com/not1mm-ham-radio-contest-logger/ [15:37] TR Bot - ham radio contest logger - LinuxLinks [15:38] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #techrights [15:48] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [15:48] TR News nchat terminal-based chat client https://www.linuxlinks.com/nchat-terminal-based-chat-client/ [15:48] TR Bot - terminal-based chat client - LinuxLinks [15:48] TR News 24 Best Free and Open Source Stacking Window Managers https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-stacking-window-managers/ [15:48] TR Bot Best Free and Open Source Stacking Window Managers - LinuxLinks [15:49] TR News Earlier on: """I recognize another issue. Many people do not have the freedom to modify programs simply because they can't read computer code. Even experienced programmers cannot read all of the code with ...""" [15:49] TR News iophk: "An alternative finish to that sentence is about projects which are either so large or so convoluted, or both, that only a full-time, dedicated coder and no regular one can decipher and modify the code base. _*cough*systemd*cough*_" [15:50] TR News Kubero self-hosted PaaS https://www.linuxlinks.com/kubero-self-hosted-paas/ [15:50] TR Bot - self-hosted PaaS - LinuxLinks [15:50] MinceR one full-time, dedicated coder is not necessarily going to be enough to maintain a cancerd fork [15:53] TR News Outfieldr TLDR client https://www.linuxlinks.com/outfieldr-tldr-client/ [15:53] TR Bot - TLDR client - LinuxLinks [15:54] schestowitz[TR2] MinceR: it'll perish and fall behinmd [15:54] schestowitz[TR2] like linux forks [15:54] schestowitz[TR2] too much in size [15:54] TR News Linux Candy: ascii_moon displays the moon phase https://www.linuxlinks.com/linux-candy-ascii_moon-displays-moon-phase/ [15:54] TR Bot Candy: ascii_moon - displays the moon phase - LinuxLinks [15:55] TR News prox process manager https://www.linuxlinks.com/prox-process-manager/ [15:55] TR Bot - process manager - LinuxLinks [15:55] TR News trxsh trash manager https://www.linuxlinks.com/trxsh-trash-manager/ [15:55] TR Bot - trash manager - LinuxLinks [15:56] TR News Brief browse command-line cheatsheets https://www.linuxlinks.com/brief-browse-command-line-cheatsheets/ [15:56] TR Bot - browse command-line cheatsheets - LinuxLinks [15:57] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@89kp6hcktzh7n.irc) has joined #techrights [15:58] TR News A Cyberattack Was Part of the US Assault on Venezuela https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/01/a-cyberattack-was-part-of-the-us-assault-on-venezuela.html [15:58] TR Bot Cyberattack Was Part of the US Assault on Venezuela - Schneier on Security ● Jan 07 [16:00] TR News MIT promoting the NEXT Ponzi scheme already? https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/06/1128993/investing-in-the-promise-of-quantum/ [16:00] TR Bot Investing in the promise of quantum | MIT Technology Review [16:01] MinceR https://ircz.de/p/25062032 [16:01] TR Bot ( status 308 @ http://ircz.de/d?from=%2Fp%2F25062032 ) [16:02] TR News "They basically have been having blank check and no supervise for more than ten year. In this kind situation, nonsense illogical system grow and more." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ke7exa4g [16:02] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ke7exa4g ) [16:17] TR News Techrights Even Microsofters Now Speak About Microsoft Reportedly Planning to Sack 10% of Its Staff (as Early as This Month, or 2 Weeks From Now) as Real Income Falls https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/Even_Microsofters_Now_Speak_About_Microsoft_Reportedly_Planning.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/Even_Microsofters_Now_Speak_About_Microsoft_Reportedly_Planning.gmi [16:17] TR Bot Techrights Even Microsofters Now Speak About Microsoft Reportedly Planning to Sack 10% of Its Staff (as Early as This Month, or 2 Weeks From Now) as Real Income Falls [16:34] *Isambard_Prince (~Isambard_Prince@tyh9uypqaqvwk.irc) has joined #techrights [16:34] Isambard_Prince schestowitz[TR2], The Microsoft layoffs this month leave almost no division untouched, apparently. [16:34] Isambard_Prince But "AI" "investment" "accelerates". [16:34] Isambard_Prince After "disappointing" sales figures. [16:34] schestowitz[TR2] xbox is ai [16:34] schestowitz[TR2] cloud is ai [16:35] schestowitz[TR2] everything is ai [16:35] schestowitz[TR2] so ai *is*& touched [16:35] Isambard_Prince schestowitz[TR2], The sales figures are disappointing. INTENSIFY FORWARD FIREPOWER! TOO LATE!!!! AGGGGGHHHHH!!!! [16:35] schestowitz[TR2] thanks, nAIdella [16:35] Isambard_Prince MinceR, ^ [16:35] Isambard_Prince One of the best moments in all of Star Wars. [16:35] schestowitz[TR2] thanks, nAIdellAI [16:35] MinceR lol [16:35] Isambard_Prince Right up there with the Admiral failing Vader for the last time. [16:37] Isambard_Prince MinceR, I like to quote Darth Vader a lot because I have a pretty deep voice. It amuses people. [16:37] psydroid3 RecursiveAI [16:37] MinceR :> [16:37] Isambard_Prince "I hope so, Commander, for your sake. The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am!" [16:38] Isambard_Prince From a man who walks around using magic to choke people to death whenever he's annoyed. [16:38] Isambard_Prince :D [16:38] MinceR "The Emperor does not share your optimistic appraisal of the situation." [16:39] Isambard_Prince They had some Scottish actor in the suit apparently, and he was saying the lines. [16:39] Isambard_Prince Very interesting to say the least. [16:39] Isambard_Prince David Prowse I think, was the name? [16:40] Isambard_Prince "The Emperor does not share your optimistic appraisal of the situation." [16:40] Isambard_Prince To be fair, he did want them to construct something the size of a moon that destroys entire planets in one shot. [16:41] Isambard_Prince When Obama had his petition website, they actually did reply to a petition to have the US military construct a Death Star. [16:41] Isambard_Prince With estimates and figures. [16:41] Isambard_Prince It was pretty funny at least. [16:42] Isambard_Prince MinceR, I doubt there would be enough raw material to construct something like that. [16:42] Isambard_Prince The Galactic Empire apparently presided over at least most of a galaxy. [16:42] MinceR it would require a hyperdrive [16:42] Isambard_Prince So presumably could strip mine entire planets. [16:42] MinceR which humanity doesn't have [16:43] Isambard_Prince MinceR, Yeah, that's a problem. [16:43] Isambard_Prince Faster Than Light travel is just a sci-fi plot device. [16:43] Isambard_Prince There's no theory of how such a thing could actually work, for matter at least. [16:44] MinceR the big gun is the point of the Death Star, and that also requires technology humanity does not have [16:44] TR News TTAB Posts January 2026 Hearing Schedule http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/01/ttab-posts-january-2026-hearing-schedule.html [16:44] TR Bot The TTABlog: TTAB Posts January 2026 Hearing Schedule [16:44] Isambard_Prince You could get very close to liight speed, apparently, but time dilation would be a problem, and that's not very fast really. [16:44] Isambard_Prince You'd still need decades just to reach the nearest star systems. [16:45] Isambard_Prince And even then, there's probably no habitable planets for hundreds or thousands of years in any direction at such a speed. [16:45] Isambard_Prince If at that. [16:45] Isambard_Prince So you'd still need a generational ship with lots of redundancy for critical systems. [16:46] Isambard_Prince It's not feasible. [16:46] Isambard_Prince Humans are most likely doomed to whatever happens to Earth. [16:46] MinceR indeed [16:46] Isambard_Prince There's no chance at a colony, even in our own solar system, that could become truly independent of Earth. [16:47] MinceR also, that big gun requires kyber crystals, which are not found in the solar system [16:50] MinceR though this seems to be specific to disney canon [16:52] MinceR apparently in non-disney canon ("Legends") its power source requires hypermatter, which is only found in hyperspace [16:54] Isambard_Prince MinceR, Planetary bombardment using nuclear weapons is more feasible. [16:54] Isambard_Prince And we can do that already, to our own planet, without a space platform. ● Jan 07 [17:01] Isambard_Prince https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/07/politics/oil-tanker-us-seizure [17:01] TR Bot US seizes Russian-flagged oil tanker linked to Venezuela | CNN Politics [17:01] Isambard_Prince :) [17:06] Isambard_Prince https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dietary-guidelines-rfk-jr-sugar-processed-foods-gut-health/ [17:06] TR Bot RFK Jr.'s new dietary guidelines emphasize protein, healthy fats, less processed food. Here's what to know. - CBS News [17:07] Isambard_Prince One gallon of beef tallow daily, and skip your vaccines. :) [17:07] Isambard_Prince "As secretary of Health and Human Services, my message is clear: Eat real food," HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said [17:07] Isambard_Prince -- [17:08] Isambard_Prince Months ago he was at Steak and Shake saying "Everyone's raving about these fries!!!" [17:09] MinceR last time i checked, tallow was extracted through rendering, which is processing [17:09] MinceR so maybe Retarded Fucking Kennedy, Jr. should finally pick a fucking lane [17:19] TR News Techrights Projection Tactics - Part II: Causing "Serious Harm" to Many People (Even Animals) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/Projection_Tactics_Part_II_Causing_Serious_Harm_to_Many_People_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/Projection_Tactics_Part_II_Causing_Serious_Harm_to_Many_People_.gmi [17:19] TR Bot Techrights Projection Tactics - Part II: Causing "Serious Harm" to Many People (Even Animals) [17:23] *nobody has quit (Quit: reboot) [17:26] TR News Frank X Shaw, Chief Communications Officer over at Microsoft = known liar. Caught lying many times. This is "Damage control": https://xboxera.com/2026/01/07/as-microsoft-january-2026-lay-off-rumours-swirl-microsoft-cco-says-theyre-100-percent-made-up/ [17:26] TR Bot Microsoft January 2026 Lay-off Rumours Swirl, Microsoft CCO Says They're "100 percent made up' - XboxEra [17:26] TR News Learned in the US Army how to lie [17:26] TR News And Microsoft needed military-grade propaganda. He attacks whistleblowers, too. [17:27] TR News This information didn't come from a "tweet" or from "X". That's a straw man. [17:28] TR News XBox fan site panicking about death of XBox. Very surprising! [17:29] *Guest85 (~textual@ihsx5mtn23kzk.irc) has joined #techrights [17:29] TR News Minutes ago re "icrosoft Layoffs 2026: "This is solved via their Enterprise Agreements and price hikes." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kcyazpc9 [17:29] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kcyazpc9 ) [17:29] TR News Price hikes cannot fix everything, they may lead to fewer people paying you [17:29] TR News More leave, fewer join [17:31] TR News Microsoft: we debunk ACTUAL ARTICLES.... with TWEETS.... in deepfake porn site with kids in it [17:32] TR News "We had a roommate living with us for a while last year." gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2026/202601/20260107-the-smart-toaster.gmi [17:33] TR News "I really need to stop looking at comments on normie social media like Facebook. This has absolutely soured my perception of other humans. People are so angry about things that don't actually matter and everyone on all sides is such a hardline ideologue you can't even talk to them." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2764 [17:35] TR News How to Configure a Static IP Address on Ubuntu 26.04 Desktop https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-configure-a-static-ip-address-on-ubuntu-26-04-desktop [17:35] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-configure-a-static-ip-address-on-ubuntu-26-04-desktop ) [17:35] TR News How to Configure Static IP with Netplan on Ubuntu 26.04 Server https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-configure-static-ip-with-netplan-on-ubuntu-26-04 [17:35] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-configure-static-ip-with-netplan-on-ubuntu-26-04 ) [17:36] TR News Well, Venezuela helped Cheeto Cheese distract from him and Epstein and cheese (underage) [17:36] TR News How to Change Hostname on Ubuntu 26.04 https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-change-hostname-on-ubuntu-26-04 [17:36] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-change-hostname-on-ubuntu-26-04 ) [17:38] MinceR https://ircz.de/p/25062026 [17:38] TR Bot ( status 308 @ http://ircz.de/d?from=%2Fp%2F25062026 ) [17:39] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/today_s_howtos.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/today_s_howtos.1.gmi [17:39] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [17:39] TR News Photographer awarded compensation from news website whose owners cannot be found https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/regional-newspapers/photographer-wins-payout-from-news-website-whose-owners-cannot-be-found/ [17:39] TR Bot Photographer awarded compensation from news website whose owners cannot be found - Press Gazette [17:40] Isambard_Prince MinceR, "When I was a kid they just cooked the fries in Tallow Fat." -RFK Jr. [17:40] Isambard_Prince A good reason to do anything. [17:41] Isambard_Prince When I was a kid, they put lead in the gas. [17:41] Isambard_Prince When I was a kid, they put Teflon in the skillets. [17:41] Isambard_Prince :D [17:41] MinceR peeling, cutting and cooking/frying are all processing [17:41] MinceR when i was a kid, religious fundamentalists didn't run the world [17:41] schestowitz[TR2] When I was a kid I went to yale https://inv.nadeko.net/playlist?list=PLYZ_U1KWN97UQBE_ldYuMM84v9vUqO3aj [17:41] TR Bot Allan Sherman: Greatest Hits - Invidious [17:42] Isambard_Prince MinceR, So the car repair place has had my car since Friday. They said they'd get it back by Monday. It's Wednesday. [17:43] Isambard_Prince I called several times and they wouldn't be specific about when it would be done, then yesterday they said "Let me coordinate with the rest of the team to have it back by tomorrow." [17:43] Isambard_Prince And so I asked my mother what that means. She said, "They're going to hurry up and do it tomorrow morning." [17:43] Isambard_Prince She is funny, sometimes. [17:43] MinceR :> [17:43] Isambard_Prince bbiab [17:43] *Isambard_Prince has quit (connection closed) [17:46] TR News 10 Best Free and Open Source PaaS Clown Computing Stacks https://www.linuxlinks.com/paas/ [17:46] TR Bot Best Free and Open Source PaaS Cloud Computing Stacks - LinuxLinks [17:49] TR News Human makes mistake, now every person in Michigan needs to spare a couple of bucks to pay for this mistake [17:49] TR News Linux Matters: Lets get Trippy https://linuxmatters.sh/72/ [17:49] TR Bot Lets get Trippy [17:50] TR News Finally a solid-state battery production ready https://bkhome.org/news/202601/finally-a-solid-state-battery-production-ready.html [17:50] TR Bot Finally a solid-state battery production ready [17:51] TR News What a Viral YouTube Video Says About the Future of Journalism https://www.newyorker.com/news/fault-lines/what-a-viral-youtube-video-says-about-the-future-of-journalism [17:51] TR Bot What a Viral YouTube Video Says About the Future of Journalism | The New Yorker [17:51] TR News LazyMouse R package for randomly moving mouse cursor https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/01/lazymouse-r-package-for-randomly-moving-mouse-cursor/ [17:52] TR Bot R package for randomly moving mouse cursor | R-bloggers [17:52] TR News Manjaro 26 makes a strong case for leaving backdoored Windows 11 behind https://betanews.com/2026/01/05/manjaro-26-makes-a-strong-case-for-leaving-windows-11-behind/ [17:52] TR Bot 26 makes a strong case for leaving Windows 11 behind - BetaNews [17:52] TR News Three of the best: Podcasts https://blog.apnic.net/2026/01/06/three-of-the-best-podcasts-5/ [17:53] TR Bot Three of the best: Podcasts | APNIC Blog [17:54] TR News It is organised or led by IBM, so it'll use it to cause stock rallies based on a Ponzi schemes and lies, not FOSS substance https://fossforce.com/2026/01/therell-be-more-ai-than-open-source-at-spacewalk-2026/ [17:54] TR Bot There'll Be More AI Than Open Source at Spacewalk 2026 - But Not by Much - FOSS Force [17:55] TR News Gentoos 2025 Report: Financial Health and the Push Away From Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub https://linuxiac.com/gentoo-2025-report-financial-health-and-the-push-away-from-github/ [17:55] TR Bot Gentoos 2025 Report: Financial Health and the Push Away From GitHub [17:55] TR News Ubuntu Now Officially Supports NVIDIA Rubin Hey Hi (AI) Systems https://linuxiac.com/ubuntu-now-officially-supports-nvidia-rubin-ai-systems/ [17:55] TR Bot Ubuntu Now Officially Supports NVIDIA Rubin AI Systems [17:56] TR News Security updates for Tuesday https://lwn.net/Articles/1052955/ [17:56] TR Bot updates for Tuesday [LWN.net] [17:57] TR News "It's FOSS" promoting Microsoft and proprietary spyware https://itsfoss.com/install-github-desktop-ubuntu/ [17:57] TR Bot Installing GitHub Desktop on Ubuntu Linux (Because I Like it) [17:58] TR News iris config-driven file organizer https://www.linuxlinks.com/iris-config-driven-file-organizer/ [17:58] TR Bot - config-driven file organizer - LinuxLinks [17:58] TR News Manjaro 26.0 released https://lwn.net/Articles/1052986/ [17:58] TR Bot 26.0 released [LWN.net] ● Jan 07 [18:02] TR News (NEW): Ubuntu Leftovers and Proprietary Stuffing https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/Ubuntu_Leftovers_and_Proprietary_Stuffing.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/Ubuntu_Leftovers_and_Proprietary_Stuffing.gmi [18:02] TR Bot Tux Machines Ubuntu Leftovers and Proprietary Stuffing [18:02] TR News Why I use Qubes: 3 security reasons a normal Linux distro cant match https://www.howtogeek.com/why-i-use-qubes-the-security-reasons-a-normal-linux-distro-cant-match/ [18:02] TR Bot Why I use Qubes: 3 security reasons a normal Linux distro cant match [18:03] TR News I carry every Windows and Linux installer on a single drive with this open-source tool https://www.makeuseof.com/carry-every-windows-linux-installer-on-single-drive-with-open-source-tool/ [18:03] TR Bot I carry every Windows and Linux installer on a single drive with this open-source tool [18:04] TR News "One is the world's oldest Linux distro, the other isn't Linux at all. Each delivers superb stability - let's compare." https://www.zdnet.com/article/freebsd-vs-slackware/ [18:04] TR Bot vs. Slackware: Which super stable OS is right for you? | ZDNET [18:04] TR News GeForce NOW will soon get native Linux support https://news.instant-gaming.com/en/articles/16959-geforce-now-will-soon-get-native-linux-support [18:04] TR Bot GeForce NOW will soon get native Linux support - IG News [18:05] TR News How to check RAM in Linux? https://www.aboutchromebooks.com/how-to-check-ram-in-linux/ [18:05] TR Bot How to check RAM in Linux? [18:06] TR News "Along with announcing a Native Linux app for GeForce NOW, NVIDIA also revealed the new DLSS 4.5 with Dynamic Multi Frame Generation." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/nvidia-announce-dlss-4-5-with-dynamic-multi-frame-generation-plus-dlss-updater-gets-linux-support/ [18:06] TR Bot announce DLSS 4.5 with Dynamic Multi Frame Generation, plus DLSS Updater gets Linux support | GamingOnLinux [18:07] TR News GeForce NOW gets native Linux client and better support for Flight Controls https://videocardz.com/newz/geforce-now-gets-native-linux-client-and-better-support-for-flight-controls [18:07] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://videocardz.com/newz/geforce-now-gets-native-linux-client-and-better-support-for-flight-controls ) [18:08] TR News But not all GNU/Linux gamers use Steam https://frvr.com/blog/news/valves-brilliant-steam-deck-now-accounts-for-over-21-percent-of-all-linux-gamers/ [18:08] TR Bot brilliant Steam Deck now accounts for over 21% of all Linux gamers - FRVR [18:08] TR News "I've used Linux for several years. My introduction was with Kali Linux, but it turned out not to be the ideal starting point, so I left the ecosystem for a few years. When I next tried, it was Zorin OS, one of the most beautiful Linux distributions. Ever since, I've used Fedora, Debian, Arch, Ubuntu, and Manjaro. Today, Linux Mint is my daily driver." https://www.makeuseof.com/a-week-with-nixos-changed-how-i-think-about-linux/ [18:08] TR Bot I spent a week with NixOS and it completely changed how I think about Linux [18:09] TR News NVIDIA Announces Major Updates to GeForce NOW: Sim Controllers, Linux and Fire TV Clients https://www.techpowerup.com/344721/nvidia-announces-major-updates-to-geforce-now-sim-controllers-linux-and-fire-tv-clients [18:09] TR Bot Announces Major Updates to GeForce NOW: Sim Controllers, Linux and Fire TV Clients | TechPowerUp [18:09] TR News NVIDIA GeForce Now Available In Native Linux & Fire TV Clients, More Games Added To 5080 Tier https://wccftech.com/nvidia-geforce-now-available-linux-fire-tv-clients-more-games/ [18:09] TR Bot NVIDIA GeForce Now Available In Native Linux & Fire TV Clients, More Games Added To 5080 Tier [18:09] TR News Amazon Fire TV apps [sic] https://www.neowin.net/news/nvidia-geforce-now-is-gaining-native-linux-and-amazon-fire-tv-apps/ [18:09] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/nvidia-geforce-now-is-gaining-native-linux-and-amazon-fire-tv-apps/ ) [18:10] TR News "You may have seen reports elsewhere a few days ago as it seems some decided to break the embargo and leak this - but yes it's real and confirmed by NVIDIA now officially." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/nvidia-announce-a-native-linux-app-for-geforce-now/ [18:10] TR Bot announce a native Linux app for GeForce NOW | GamingOnLinux [18:10] TR News NVIDIA Brings GeForce NOW To Linux And Fire TV With RTX 5080Class Cloud Gaming https://hothardware.com/news/nvidia-geforce-now-linux-fire-tv-rtx-5080class-cloud-gaming [18:10] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://hothardware.com/news/nvidia-geforce-now-linux-fire-tv-rtx-5080class-cloud-gaming ) [18:11] TR News NVIDIA Brings GeForce RTX Gaming to More Devices With New GeForce NOW Apps for Linux PC and Amazon Fire TV https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/geforce-now-ces-2026/ [18:11] TR Bot GeForce NOW at CES: Linux, Amazon Fire TV | NVIDIA Blog [18:12] TR News GeForce Now Is Finally Getting A Native Linux App https://www.ubergizmo.com/2026/01/geforce-now-native-linux-app/ [18:12] TR Bot Now Is Finally Getting A Native Linux App | Ubergizmo [18:13] TR News "Enforcement could send ripples through Linux multimedia stacks, SBC communities, Android builds, and more." https://www.tomshardware.com/software/chinese-semiconductor-outfit-has-linux-mpp-repository-on-github-disabled-after-a-dmca-takedown-request-ffmpeg-team-accuses-it-of-using-libavcodec-code-without-attribution [18:13] TR Bot Chinese semiconductor outfit has Linux MPP repository on Github disabled after a DMCA takedown request FFmpeg team accuses it of using libavcodec code without attribution | Tom's Hardware [18:13] TR News Sharp increase https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/valve-amended-the-steam-survey-for-december-2025-linux-actually-hit-another-all-time-high/ [18:13] TR Bot amended the Steam survey for December 2025 - Linux actually hit another all-time high | GamingOnLinux [18:16] TR News "Tiny Core: a ~20MB modular Linux that boots into RAM and revives 90s-era PCs." https://www.howtogeek.com/this-is-the-tiniest-linux-distro-ive-ever-seen/ [18:16] TR Bot This is the tiniest Linux distro I've ever seen [18:17] TR News Linux at CES 2026: Tux is alive and well in IoT, cars, and AI https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-at-ces-tux-is-alive-and-well-in-iot-cars-and-ai/ [18:17] TR Bot at CES 2026: Tux is alive and well in IoT, cars, and AI | ZDNET [18:17] TR News "Valve has released the results of its Steam Hardware & Software Survey for December 2025, and they show Linux continuing to gain ground and reaching record highs among the Steam userbase. Meanwhile, the share of Windows users is reducing." https://www.howtogeek.com/steam-survey-linux-usage-for-december-2025/ [18:17] TR Bot Linux players on Steam reached all-time high in December [18:18] TR News "Thanks to Linux systems like Bazzite, getting Linux on various PC handhelds is quite easy. There's quite a number of quirks though, as I unfortunately found out. But, the experience overall now things have settled has been awesome." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/the-legion-go-with-bazzite-is-an-excellent-machine-for-gaming/ [18:18] TR Bot Legion Go with Bazzite is an excellent machine for gaming | GamingOnLinux [18:19] *Guest85 has quit (Quit: Textual IRC Client: www.textualapp.com) [18:20] TR News (NEW): AMD Claims to be Releasing Details or Code for Linux and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/AMD_Claims_to_be_Releasing_Details_or_Code_for_Linux_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/AMD_Claims_to_be_Releasing_Details_or_Code_for_Linux_and_More.gmi [18:20] TR Bot Tux Machines AMD Claims to be Releasing Details or Code for Linux and More [18:22] TR News (NEW): BSD Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/BSD_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/BSD_Leftovers.gmi [18:22] TR Bot Tux Machines BSD Leftovers [18:22] TR News (NEW): Devices With Linux and Open Hardware https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/Devices_With_Linux_and_Open_Hardware.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/Devices_With_Linux_and_Open_Hardware.gmi [18:22] TR Bot Tux Machines Devices With Linux and Open Hardware [18:24] TR News (NEW): Red Hat, Bazaar (Flatpak), and Hey Hi (AI) Hype Instead of GNU/Linux or FOSS https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/Red_Hat_Bazaar_Flatpak_and_Hey_Hi_AI_Hype_Instead_of_GNU_Linux_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/Red_Hat_Bazaar_Flatpak_and_Hey_Hi_AI_Hype_Instead_of_GNU_Linux_.gmi [18:24] TR Bot Tux Machines Red Hat, Bazaar (Flatpak), and Hey Hi (AI) Hype Instead of GNU/Linux or FOSS [18:24] TR News "Which Linux distributions will rise above the competition in 2026 to dethrone the old guard? These are my picks." https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-2026-top-distros/ [18:24] TR Bot 6 Linux distros I expect to rule 2026 - and why | ZDNET [18:25] TR News "Linux Mint is known for being intuitive and beginner-friendly, but did you know it packs one of the most powerful gesture systems in the Linux ecosystem? Here's a closer look at Cinnamons built-in gestures and how they outshine other [18:25] TR News "...desktop environments." https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-mint-cinnamons-built-in-gestures/ [18:25] TR Bot How to enable and customize Linux Mint Cinnamons built-in gestures [18:25] TR News A lot less Microsoft-oriented Linux FUD in the news lately. Microsoft budget issues? [18:25] TR News (NEW): ThinkPads and Yogas With GNU/Linux Preloaded, Rave About Ventoy https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/ThinkPads_and_Yogas_With_GNU_Linux_Preloaded_Rave_About_Ventoy.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/ThinkPads_and_Yogas_With_GNU_Linux_Preloaded_Rave_About_Ventoy.gmi [18:25] TR Bot Tux Machines ThinkPads and Yogas With GNU/Linux Preloaded, Rave About Ventoy [18:27] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [18:27] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [18:29] TR News (NEW): Databases: YottaDB and Postgres Self-managing https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/Databases_YottaDB_and_Postgres_Self_managing.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/Databases_YottaDB_and_Postgres_Self_managing.gmi [18:29] TR Bot Tux Machines Databases: YottaDB and Postgres Self-managing [18:31] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Standards https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_Standards.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_Standards.1.gmi [18:31] TR Bot Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Standards [18:31] TR News (NEW): Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/Security_Leftovers.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/Security_Leftovers.1.gmi [18:31] TR Bot Tux Machines Security Leftovers [18:31] TR News (NEW): Web Browsers/Clients: Curl, Search, and RSS https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/Web_Browsers_Clients_Curl_Search_and_RSS.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/Web_Browsers_Clients_Curl_Search_and_RSS.gmi [18:31] TR Bot Tux Machines Web Browsers/Clients: Curl, Search, and RSS [18:32] TR News (NEW): Today's Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/today_s_leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/today_s_leftovers.gmi [18:32] TR Bot Tux Machines today's leftovers [18:34] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 07/01/2026: Smart Toaster and Social Control Media Fatigue https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/Gemini_Links_07_01_2026_Smart_Toaster_and_Social_Control_Media_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/Gemini_Links_07_01_2026_Smart_Toaster_and_Social_Control_Media_.gmi [18:34] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 07/01/2026: Smart Toaster and Social Control Media Fatigue [18:36] TR News Techrights Links 07/01/2026: Europe's 'Binding Commitments' on Ukraine's Security, "Venezuelan Leaders Project Independence" https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/Links_07_01_2026_Europe_s_Binding_Commitments_on_Ukraine_s_Secu.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/Links_07_01_2026_Europe_s_Binding_Commitments_on_Ukraine_s_Secu.gmi [18:36] TR Bot Techrights Links 07/01/2026: Europe's 'Binding Commitments' on Ukraine's Security, "Venezuelan Leaders Project Independence" [18:37] TR News Anon: "marketing / astroturfing budget declines until the next bailout there are still a lot of cultists about and working unpaid" (Re "A lot less Microsoft-oriented Linux FUD in the news lately. Microsoft budget issues?") [18:47] TR News Microsoft did not debunk this at all https://www.newsbytesapp.com/news/business/microsoft-may-lay-off-10-of-employees-this-month-report/story https://inshorts.com/en/amp_news/microsoft-may-fire-5-10--of-workforce-in-january-to-cut-out-middle-management--report-1767777936024 [18:47] TR Bot Microsoft may lay off 10% of employees this month: Report [18:47] TR Bot Microsoft may fire 5-10% of workforce in January to cut out middle management: Report [18:55] admfubar https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/01/06/0727248 [18:55] TR Bot Stingless Bees from the Amazon Granted Legal Rights in World First - SoylentNews ● Jan 07 [19:01] TR News Techrights Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) Formally Announces Upcoming Richard Stallman Talk https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/Georgia_Institute_of_Technology_Georgia_Tech_Formally_Announces.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/Georgia_Institute_of_Technology_Georgia_Tech_Formally_Announces.gmi [19:01] TR Bot Techrights Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) Formally Announces Upcoming Richard Stallman Talk [19:01] admfubar https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/video-microsoft-ruining-windows-ai [19:01] TR Bot "Microslop": Infuriating Video Sums Up How Microsoft Is Ruining Windows With AI [19:04] MinceR i did not realize it could be ruined even further [19:07] *nobody (~nobody@yxuiaie2t7tfn.irc) has joined #techrights [19:11] TR News Techrights Only Google is Still Spreading Lots of Slopfarms' Fake News and Plagiarism About Linux https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/Only_Google_is_Still_Spreading_Lots_of_Slopfarms_Fake_News_and_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/Only_Google_is_Still_Spreading_Lots_of_Slopfarms_Fake_News_and_.gmi [19:11] TR Bot Techrights Only Google is Still Spreading Lots of Slopfarms' Fake News and Plagiarism About Linux [19:14] schestowitz[TR2] microsoft sloppy disk [19:14] schestowitz[TR2] AI-DOS 6.0 [19:16] TR News seizure of Putin was really simple. He was in Alaska. [19:17] TR News "If leader seizures are normalise" https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/if-leader-seizures-are-normalised-china-may-see-a-taiwanese-opportunity/ anyone but Putin... [19:17] TR Bot If leader seizures are normalised, China may see a Taiwanese opportunity | The Strategist [19:17] TR News Chinese Fusion Reactor Achieves Plasma Density Previously Thought to Be Impossible https://futurism.com/science-energy/china-fusion-artificial-sun [19:17] TR Bot Chinese Fusion Reactor Achieves Plasma Density Previously Thought to Be Impossible [19:29] TR News Techrights The Free Software Foundation (FSF) Looking to Add Associate Members https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/The_Free_Software_Foundation_FSF_Looking_to_Add_Associate_Membe.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/The_Free_Software_Foundation_FSF_Looking_to_Add_Associate_Membe.gmi [19:29] TR Bot Techrights The Free Software Foundation (FSF) Looking to Add Associate Members ● Jan 07 [20:08] MinceR https://ircz.de/p/25062017 [20:08] TR Bot ( status 308 @ http://ircz.de/d?from=%2Fp%2F25062017 ) ● Jan 07 [21:27] admfubar https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/investors-bracing-ai-bubble-reckoning [21:27] TR Bot Terrified Investors Are Bracing for an AI Bubble "Reckoning" [21:28] admfubar https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/video-microsoft-ruining-windows-ai [21:31] admfubar https://www.geekwire.com/2026/wsus-inflatable-robotic-apple-picker-could-take-a-bite-out-of-farm-labor-shortages/ [21:31] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.geekwire.com/2026/wsus-inflatable-robotic-apple-picker-could-take-a-bite-out-of-farm-labor-shortages/ ) ● Jan 07 [22:17] *Isambard_Prince (~Isambard_Prince@fcmv3ef58wswq.irc) has joined #techrights [22:29] Isambard_Prince schestowitz[TR2], At least Mandy didn't have me kidnapped, drugged, and raped. [22:29] Isambard_Prince :) [22:30] Isambard_Prince schestowitz[TR2], My aunt has been in State Hospitals before. [22:30] Isambard_Prince She said the staff routinely drug and rape people there. [22:30] Isambard_Prince Men, women. Children. [22:30] Isambard_Prince It's very easy for them because they just give you psych drugs to make you too loopy or asleep to fight them. [22:30] Isambard_Prince Then they rape you and it's the word of a crazy person vs. them. [22:31] Isambard_Prince It's very common for inmates or psych patients to be sexually abused because they're a vulnerable population. [22:31] Isambard_Prince It went on pervasively for many years in the Los Angeles juvenile detention center. [22:32] Isambard_Prince The Sheriff Deputies would all take turns on the children in custody. [22:32] Isambard_Prince It's all on record now because of whistleblowers and the news. [22:32] Isambard_Prince There's also a class action against Illinois because it happened here too in Cook County. [22:33] Isambard_Prince What do people think will happen when they put children in the custody of the State? [22:33] Isambard_Prince The State doesn't do a good job with anything else, and they're supposed to take care of children? [22:33] Isambard_Prince Rape is a disgusting unforgivable crime. [22:34] Isambard_Prince They should have a mandatory minimum sentence of life without parole that they can opt into to avoid a death penalty trial, which is the other option. [22:34] Isambard_Prince And THAT is if the victim was not a child. [22:35] Isambard_Prince That should be the choice. Plea agreement to avoid an expensive death penalty trial and you can live in prison and be condemned to hard labor until your natural death. [22:35] Isambard_Prince With no medical care. [22:36] Isambard_Prince The federal government has a new policy where they have to seek the death penalty in every case where that's a possibility, if it goes to trial. [22:36] Isambard_Prince There's going to be a lot more plea agreements. ● Jan 07 [23:05] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/)