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[00:34]	Isambard_Prince	schestowitz[TR2], I spoke to a reporter who wanted to interview me for a story about credit cards.
[00:35]	Isambard_Prince	So we'll be doing that call tomorrow.
[00:35]	Isambard_Prince	It's for an article on Bankrate.
[00:35]	Isambard_Prince	It's about predatory loan products. I mentioned that I had some family members that have had some dealings with predatory credit card companies and what those banks have ended up doing with them.
[00:36]	Isambard_Prince	And how they've managed the card accounts.
[00:41]	Isambard_Prince	schestowitz[TR2], "My ex-partner also worked for OneMain Financial and he said he had to quit working there because they were doing personal loans in excess of 40% interest and he told me that they would "basically approve anyone with a pulse". I said that maybe some of them were using the money to further substance abuse? He said that some of them told him that's what they were going to use the loan for and he told them "I didn't 
[00:41]	Isambard_Prince	hear that. I can't know that." and then he gave them the loan. He said he was rated by how many loans he originated."
[00:41]	Isambard_Prince	John
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[01:01]	Isambard_Prince	MinceR, schestowitz[TR2] I said: It will be interesting to see how Chase rehabilitates the Apple card given that Apple's stipulations were exactly why Goldman lost so much money on it. Approve anyone with a pulse, high limits, designed to discourage paying interest. How do you profit with a card like that?
[01:01]	Isambard_Prince	
[01:01]	Isambard_Prince	It's standard operating procedure with cobrands to maybe share some write-offs to get the bank to agree to soften approval requirements, but I don't think Apple even stepped in to offer that.
[01:02]	Isambard_Prince	Apple sez: Hey Goldman, please lend people like Mandy $15,000 for Apple stuff.
[01:02]	Isambard_Prince	They totally won't buy a pile of airpods and a Pro Max Ultra and walk off and stiff you.
[01:02]	Isambard_Prince	And even if they do pay, we'll discourage them from owing you interest, so it still won't be profitable.
[01:04]	Isambard_Prince	"Goldman Sachs is expected to offload the roughly $20 billion of outstanding card balances at a more than $1 billion discount, according to people familiar with the matter"
[01:04]	Isambard_Prince	OUCH
[01:05]	Isambard_Prince	https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/01/chase-to-become-new-issuer-of-apple-card/
[01:05]	TR Bot	to become new issuer of Apple Card - Apple
[01:06]	Isambard_Prince	Apple is an iconic brand recognized globally for its innovation, design excellence, and commitment to delivering exceptional customer experiences, said Allison Beer, Chases chief executive officer of Card & Connected Commerce.
[01:06]	Isambard_Prince	Hooray! Beer!
[01:35]	MinceR	rotfl
[01:36]	MinceR	recognized globally for copying what the market does, but poorly, and at least 5 years late; design flaws and lying about their designs; and "you're holding it wrong"
[01:36]	MinceR	fixed that for the cultist
[01:36]	MinceR	i hope this ruins chase
[01:49]	admfubar	https://www.discovermagazine.com/people-with-red-hair-carry-a-gene-that-may-change-how-pain-is-felt-and-treated-48510
[01:49]	TR Bot	 People With Red Hair Carry a Gene That May Change How Pain Is Felt and Treated | Discover Magazine
[01:57]	admfubar	https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/01/in-car-ai-assistant-coming-to-fords-and-lincolns-in-2027/
[01:57]	TR Bot	 Ford is getting ready to put AI assistants in its cars - Ars Technica
[01:59]	admfubar	https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/01/bose-open-sources-its-soundtouch-home-theater-smart-speakers-ahead-of-eol/
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[02:00]	TR Bot	 Bose open-sources its SoundTouch home theater smart speakers ahead of end-of-life - Ars Technica
[02:01]	admfubar	https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/01/steamos-continues-its-slow-spread-across-the-pc-gaming-landscape/
[02:01]	TR Bot	 SteamOS continues its slow spread across the PC gaming landscape - Ars Technica
[02:02]	admfubar	https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/01/expired-certificate-completely-breaks-macos-logitech-apps-user-customizations/
[02:02]	TR Bot	 Expired certificate completely breaks macOS Logitech apps, user customizations - Ars Technica
[02:22]	admfubar	https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/01/new-battery-idea-gets-lots-of-power-out-of-unusual-sulfur-chemistry/
[02:22]	TR Bot	 New battery idea gets lots of power out of unusual sulfur chemistry - Ars Technica
[02:32]	admfubar	aren't all their bugs just "classic"???...  https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-classic-outlook-bug-prevents-opening-encrypted-emails/
[02:32]	TR Bot	 Microsoft: Classic Outlook bug prevents opening encrypted emails
[02:37]	Isambard_Prince	MinceR, So Amazon changed their policy for free Prime accounts for people in your household.
[02:37]	Isambard_Prince	Your default delivery address has to be the same household, but you can just manually send everything to where you actually live.
[02:37]	admfubar	https://world.hey.com/jason/the-big-regression-da7fc60d
[02:37]	TR Bot	 The big regression
[02:38]	Isambard_Prince	I get free Prime from being on my mother's plan, so to keep that I changed my default address to hers.
[02:38]	Isambard_Prince	Then Amazon did not take it away from me.
[02:38]	Isambard_Prince	Of course, twice now I've almost sent a 24 ounce bottle of sex lube to my mother's house
[02:38]	Isambard_Prince	This time I only had 3 minutes and 34 second to stop them.
[02:39]	Isambard_Prince	The last bottle lasted me about a month. Would have been about 6-7 weeks but I accidentally knocked it over and some of it got all over the floor.
[02:39]	Isambard_Prince	Long story.
[02:40]	Isambard_Prince	Fortunately it was a laminate flooring at that hotel.
[02:40]	Isambard_Prince	Unfortunately, I had just asked the front desk to send someone to hook up my blu ray player to the TV.
[02:42]	Isambard_Prince	Fortunately I played it off as having spilled some water. I worked the towels into the laundry on the maid's cart and snagged some fresh ones the next time they went by.
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[02:47]	admfubar	in the state of "I de hoe"... https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/national-weather-service-ai-hallucinates-town
[02:47]	TR Bot	 National Weather Service Uses AI to Generate Forecasts, Accidentally Hallucinates Town With Dirty Joke Name
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[02:52]	admfubar	https://www.geekwire.com/2025/sorcha-software-rubin-observatory-millions/
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[03:16]	admfubar	https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/01/openai-microsoft-partnership-chatgpt-oracle-google-gemini.html
[03:16]	TR Bot	 The Tangled OpenAI and Microsoft Alliance Frayed Under Pressure
[03:22]	TR News	Cancerous Tumors https://hackaday.com/2026/01/06/the-use-of-ultrasound-to-take-on-cancerous-tumors/ | Source: Hackaday
[03:22]	TR Bot	Use Of Ultrasound To Take On Cancerous Tumors | Hackaday
[03:22]	TR News	Retro Amiga Experience https://hackaday.com/2026/01/06/pistorm68k-offers-supercharged-retro-amiga-experience/ | Source: Hackaday
[03:22]	TR Bot	Offers Supercharged Retro Amiga Experience | Hackaday
[03:23]	TR News	Even Mild Strength Training Now Can Save Your Mobility Later https://www.sciencealert.com/even-mild-strength-training-now-can-save-your-mobility-later
[03:23]	TR Bot	Mild Strength Training Now Can Save Your Mobility Later : ScienceAlert
[03:23]	TR News	DC Thomson reports flat revenue but growing profit https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_business/dc-thomson-reports-flat-revenue-but-growing-profit/
[03:23]	TR Bot	 DC Thomson reports flat revenue but growing profit - Press Gazette
[03:24]	admfubar	https://petapixel.com/2026/01/07/british-people-fatten-themselves-with-ai-to-get-weight-loss-drugs/
[03:24]	TR Bot	People Fatten Themselves With AI to Get Weight Loss Drugs | PetaPixel
[03:24]	TR News	A bit of glass and freedom is all you need https://lemire.me/blog/2026/01/07/a-bit-of-glass-and-freedom-is-all-you-need/
[03:24]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/01/07/a-bit-of-glass-and-freedom-is-all-you-need/ )
[03:26]	TR News	"Tired Of Burnt Fingers?" https://hackaday.com/2026/01/06/tired-of-burnt-fingers-try-pid-tuning-the-hot-glue-gun/ | Source: Hackaday
[03:26]	TR Bot	Of Burnt Fingers? Try PID Tuning The Hot Glue Gun | Hackaday
[03:27]	TR News	We Emit a Visible Light That Vanishes When We Die, Surprising Study Says https://www.sciencealert.com/we-emit-a-visible-light-that-vanishes-when-we-die-surprising-study-says
[03:27]	TR Bot	Emit a Visible Light That Vanishes When We Die, Surprising Study Says : ScienceAlert
[03:28]	TR News	Darwin's Headache: Evolution's Clock Might Tick at Different Speeds https://www.sciencealert.com/darwins-headache-evolutions-clock-might-tick-at-different-speeds
[03:28]	TR Bot	Headache: Evolution's Clock Might Tick at Different Speeds : ScienceAlert
[03:29]	TR News	"8-Bit Commodore" https://hackaday.com/2026/01/06/this-8-bit-commodore-pet-was-hard-to-fix/ | Source: Hackaday
[03:29]	TR Bot	8-Bit Commodore PET Was Hard To Fix | Hackaday
[03:30]	admfubar	https://www.sciencealert.com/we-emit-a-visible-light-that-vanishes-when-we-die-surprising-study-says
[03:37]	TR News	Techrights IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, January 07, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/08/IRC_Proceedings_Wednesday_January_07_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/08/IRC_Proceedings_Wednesday_January_07_2026.gmi 
[03:37]	TR Bot	 Techrights IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, January 07, 2026
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[03:38]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Today in Techrights
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[03:38]	TR Bot	 Techrights Over at Tux Machines...
[03:41]	admfubar	https://petapixel.com/2026/01/06/radioshacks-2026-catalog-is-a-chaotic-trashcan-of-photo-and-tech/
[03:41]	TR Bot	2026 Catalog is a Chaotic Trashcan of Photo and Tech | PetaPixel
[03:44]	admfubar	https://petapixel.com/2026/01/05/photographers-accused-of-shooing-away-tourists-at-popular-buddhist-temple/
[03:44]	TR Bot	Accused of Shooing Away Tourists at Popular Buddhist Temple | PetaPixel
[03:45]	TR News	Microsoft might "Delay" it to "Prove it Wrong" https://www.greatandhra.com/articles/special-articles/microsoft-braces-for-massive-job-cuts-151997 https://www.mixvale.com.br/2026/01/07/rumors-indicate-layoffs-of-11000-to-22000-at-microsoft-due-to-artificial-intelligence-costs-en/amp/
[03:45]	TR Bot	Braces for Massive Job Cuts | greatandhra.com
[03:45]	TR Bot	 Rumors indicate layoffs of 11,000 to 22,000 at Microsoft due to artificial intelligence costs | Mix Vale
[03:46]	TR News	"Or copying the Valve / Steam model...." (Microsoft) https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9xrq91e
[03:46]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9xrq91e )
[03:47]	TR News	"ah yes because those people will never get another job I suppose. Companies are not charities. They don't keep people employed so they can "buy more stuff", they keep people employed to make more money for the company. When they don't, they get laid off. It's really simple math here. You may not like it, but that's the way it is." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kcyazpc9
[03:47]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kcyazpc9 )
[03:48]	TR News	"Total horsepucky. Am manager, have not been directed to "issue 30% more PIPs"" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ke65sa3y
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[03:51]	TR News	DIY Hydroelectric Generators https://hackaday.com/2026/01/06/the-many-questions-and-challenges-with-diy-hydroelectric-generators/ | Source: Hackaday
[03:51]	TR Bot	Many Questions And Challenges With DIY Hydroelectric Generators | Hackaday
[03:51]	TR News	Optical Magnetic Field https://hackaday.com/2026/01/06/faraday-effects-emerging-from-the-optical-magnetic-field/ | Source: Hackaday
[03:51]	TR Bot	Effects Emerging From The Optical Magnetic Field | Hackaday
[03:52]	TR News	Once High-Flying Ticketing Startup Fanimal Sues Ticketmaster/Live Nation for Putting It Out of Business https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/05/fanimal-sues-ticketmaster-live-nation/
[03:52]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/05/fanimal-sues-ticketmaster-live-nation/ )
[03:56]	TR News	Housing crisis puts rent control in spotlight, in New York and beyond https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2026/0106/rent-control-housing-mamdani
[03:56]	TR Bot	and others push rent control. Can it help a housing crisis? - CSMonitor.com
[03:58]	TR News	On IBM: Any layoffs planned in Austin office? https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kedsm8dt "Just keep free bird on, no worries."
[03:58]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kedsm8dt )
[03:58]	admfubar	https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/01/07/2135246/jpmorgan-chase-reaches-a-deal-to-take-over-the-apple-credit-card
[03:58]	TR Bot	 JPMorgan Chase Reaches a Deal To Take Over the Apple Credit Card - Slashdot
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[04:03]	TR News	8 hours ago by Anonymous: https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdzx31jp "Has anyone who signed the release also brought an age discrimination case in arbitration? I'm the in NY area and looking for a lawyer recommendation"
[04:03]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdzx31jp )
[04:08]	TR News	atlanticcouncil shilling some illegal policies. strike 1. atlanticcouncil shilling abduction of leaders. strike 2.
[04:08]	TR News	NordVPN Denies Breach After Hacker Leaks Data https://www.securityweek.com/nordvpn-denies-breach-after-hacker-leaks-data/
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[04:09]	TR News	Dozens of Major Data Breaches Linked to Single Threat Actor https://www.securityweek.com/dozens-of-major-data-breaches-linked-to-single-threat-actor/
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[04:09]	TR News	Sophisticated ClickFix Campaign Targeting Hospitality Sector https://www.securityweek.com/sophisticated-clickfix-campaign-targeting-hospitality-sector/
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[04:12]	TR News	US appellate court upholds injunction on federal funding cuts to medical research https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/us-appellate-court-upholds-injunction-on-federal-funding-cuts-to-medical-research/
[04:12]	TR Bot	 US appellate court upholds injunction on federal funding cuts to medical research - JURIST - News
[04:13]	TR News	virt-manager works in EasyOS https://bkhome.org/news/202601/virt-manager-works-in-easyos.html
[04:13]	TR Bot	 virt-manager works in EasyOS
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[04:26]	Isambard_Prince	schestowitz[TR2], So the interview will be tomorrow with that reporter.
[04:26]	Isambard_Prince	She wanted to talk about financial products from banks that hurt people.
[04:27]	Isambard_Prince	I meantioned that they can all hurt you if you're not careful, but some banks walk right up to the line of what's technically legal in their exploitation.
[04:27]	Isambard_Prince	And we see that a lot with banks like Credit One.
[04:28]	Isambard_Prince	Many peoplee have no idea what interest rate they owe, but all credit cards have high interest. But amazingly, the "better" ones start out at 20% or so if you're not careful to pay off at least the statement balance every month.
[04:29]	TR News	Kushal Das: 2025 blog review https://kushaldas.in/posts/2025-blog-review.html "I wrote only 8 blog posts. The year was difficult in many different ways"
[04:29]	TR Bot	 Kushal Das
[04:29]	Isambard_Prince	The former CEO of Providian said "Go ahead and pass your stupid laws and I'll figure out a way around them."
[04:29]	TR News	Tomasz Torcz: I Voted, F43 edition https://enotty.pipebreaker.pl/posts/2026/01/i-voted-f43-edition/
[04:29]	TR Bot	 I Voted, F43 edition | -ENOTTY
[04:29]	Isambard_Prince	That's the problem with regulating certain behaviors. The banks just slap (or increase) a fee on something else.
[04:30]	TR News	ESP32-S3 development board features 4.2-inch Reflective LCD (RLCD), dual microphone array, onboard speaker https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/06/esp32-s3-development-board-features-4-2-inch-reflective-lcd-rlcd-dual-microphone-array-onboard-speaker/
[04:30]	TR Bot	 ESP32-S3 development board features 4.2-inch Reflective LCD (RLCD), dual microphone array, onboard speaker - CNX Software
[04:31]	TR News	Meet the Man Hunting Spies in Your Smartphone: MIT Tech Review https://citizenlab.ca/2026/01/meet-the-man-hunting-spies-in-your-smartphone-mit-tech-review/
[04:31]	TR Bot	 Meet the Man Hunting Spies in Your Smartphone: MIT Tech Review - The Citizen Lab
[04:32]	TR News	Software Patent: CAFC Upholds District Court Invalidation of Wireless Transmission Decoding Claims Under 101 https://ipwatchdog.com/2026/01/06/cafc-upholds-district-court-invalidation-wireless-transmission-decoding-claims-101/
[04:32]	TR Bot	 CAFC Upholds District Court Invalidation of Transmission Decoding Claims Under 101
[04:33]	TR News	100,000 Foot View of Core-Banking Systems https://yottadb.com/100000-foot-view-of-core-banking-systems/
[04:33]	TR Bot	Foot View of Core-Banking Systems - YottaDB
[04:35]	TR News	Software Patent: Ascend Innovations entity, Byteweavr, cloud data patent monopoly found invalid https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/1/2/ascend-innovations-entity-byteweavr-patent-found-invalid
[04:35]	TR Bot	 Ascend Innovations entity, Byteweavr, cloud data patent found invalid Unified Patents
[04:35]	TR News	Ariscales Failed Ordered Combination 101 Argument https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/01/ariscales-combination-argument.html
[04:35]	TR Bot	 Ariscale's Failed Ordered Combination 101 Argument
[04:38]	TR News	An X11 Thing! Your Favorite Middle-Click Paste is Likely to be Disabled in Future GNOME Releases https://itsfoss.com/news/gnome-firefox-middle-click-paste-removal/ https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/06/Mozilla_s_Assisted_Suicide_Assisted_by_GNOME.shtml
[04:38]	TR Bot	 An X11 Thing! Your Favorite Middle-Click Paste is Likely to be Disabled in Future GNOME Releases
[04:38]	TR Bot	 Techrights Mozilla's Assisted Suicide, Assisted by GNOME
[04:39]	TR News	Lawfare at Oxford: No student outlet can afford to go against Carter-Ruck https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/lawfare-at-oxford-no-student-outlet-can-afford-to-go-against-carter-ruck/ "Student journalist Eleanor Grant says lawfare is stifling free speech." https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2025/10/13/justice-means-justice/
[04:39]	TR Bot	 Lawfare at Oxford: 'No student outlet can afford to go against Carter-Ruck' - Press Gazette
[04:39]	TR Bot	Blog Archive Justice Means Justice, Not Lawfare and Financial Warware
[04:40]	TR News	openSUSE 15.6 to 16.0 upgrade notes https://freeaptitude.altervista.org/articles/opensuse-15-6-to-16-0-upgrade-notes.html
[04:40]	TR Bot	 FreeAptitude - openSUSE 15.6 to 16.0 upgrade notes
[04:41]	TR News	Jonathan Almeida: Rebase all WIPs to the new main https://jonalmeida.com/til/jj-rebase-all/
[04:41]	TR Bot	 Rebase all WIPs to the new main | Jonathan Almeida
[04:41]	TR News	Jonathan Almeida: Update jj bookmarks to the latest revision https://jonalmeida.com/til/jj-tug/
[04:41]	TR Bot	 Update jj bookmarks to the latest revision | Jonathan Almeida
[04:41]	TR News	Lenovo brings handheld-favorite SteamOS to the flagship Legion Go 2 the AMD Z2 Extreme gets official SteamOS support for the first time https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/handheld-gaming/lenovo-brings-handheld-favorite-steamos-to-the-flagship-legion-go-2-the-amd-z2-extreme-gets-official-steamos-support-for-the-first-time
[04:41]	TR Bot	 Lenovo brings handheld-favorite SteamOS to the flagship Legion Go 2 the AMD Z2 Extreme gets official SteamOS support for the first time | Tom's Hardware
[04:43]	TR News	Live Nation Continues Its Global Expansion With the Acquisition of Frances Paris La Dfense Arena, Plans To Host Significantly More Productions Year-Round https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/06/live-nation-paris-la-defense-arena-acquisition/
[04:43]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/06/live-nation-paris-la-defense-arena-acquisition/ )
[04:43]	TR News	Berlin households grapple with prolonged blackout as a cold snap grips Europe https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/business/20260106-berlin-households-grapple-with-prolonged-blackout-as-a-cold-snap-grips-europe
[04:43]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/business/20260106-berlin-households-grapple-with-prolonged-blackout-as-a-cold-snap-grips-europe )
[04:45]	TR News	If the capital of Germany and economic core (one of several) of the EU cannot provide basics such as power, just because climate change hits, what hope is there for poorer countries where rent doesn't start at 1k (EUR) a month?
[04:46]	TR News	Schachfreunde Berlin https://schachfreunde.berlin/
[04:46]	TR Bot	 
[04:48]	TR News	Schadenfreude rather
[04:49]	TR News	Maduro's legal team includes seasoned lawyer who defended WikiLeaks' Assange https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260106-maduro-s-legal-team-includes-seasoned-lawyer-who-defended-wikileaks-assange
[04:49]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260106-maduro-s-legal-team-includes-seasoned-lawyer-who-defended-wikileaks-assange )
[04:50]	TR News	The Forgotten Campuses of American Higher Education https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-forgotten-campuses-of-american-higher-education
[04:50]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-forgotten-campuses-of-american-higher-education )
[04:50]	TR News	Amazons Hey Hi (AI) agents spark backlash from retailers after listing their products without permission https://siliconangle.com/2026/01/06/amazons-ai-agents-spark-backlash-retailers-listing-products-without-knowledge/
[04:50]	TR Bot	AI agents spark backlash from retailers after listing their products without permission - SiliconANGLE
[04:50]	TR News	Raspberry Pi and mini PC home lab prices hit parity as DRAM costs skyrocket price hikes force hobbyists to weigh up performance versus power consumption https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pi-and-mini-pc-home-lab-prices-hit-parity-as-dram-costs-skyrocket-price-hikes-force-hobbyists-to-weigh-up-performance-versus-power-consumption
[04:50]	TR Bot	 Raspberry Pi and mini PC home lab prices hit parity as DRAM costs skyrocket price hikes force hobbyists to weigh up performance versus power consumption | Tom's Hardware
[04:54]	TR News	Verifier-state pruning in BPF https://lwn.net/Articles/1050779/
[04:54]	TR Bot	pruning in BPF [LWN.net]
[04:55]	TR News	A high-memory elimination timeline for the kernel https://lwn.net/Articles/1051010/
[04:55]	TR Bot	high-memory elimination timeline for the kernel [LWN.net]
[04:56]	TR News	Episode 29 of the Dirk and Linus show https://lwn.net/Articles/1050317/
[04:56]	TR Bot	29 of the Dirk and Linus show [LWN.net]
[04:58]	TR News	 (NEW):  Kernel: BPF, Memory Use, and "Episode 29 of the Dirk and Linus show" https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Kernel_BPF_Memory_Use_and_Episode_29_of_the_Dirk_and_Linus_show.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Kernel_BPF_Memory_Use_and_Episode_29_of_the_Dirk_and_Linus_show.gmi 
[04:58]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Kernel: BPF, Memory Use, and "Episode 29 of the Dirk and Linus show"
[04:59]	TR News	Monolithic https://lwn.net/Articles/1051235/
[04:59]	TR Bot	new in systemd v259 [LWN.net]
[04:59]	TR News	Tools for successful documentation projects https://lwn.net/Articles/1049976/
[04:59]	TR Bot	for successful documentation projects [LWN.net]
● Jan 08
[05:02]	TR News	A 2025 retrospective https://lwn.net/Articles/1051230/
[05:02]	TR Bot	2025 retrospective [LWN.net]
[05:04]	TR News	"If you build it, you can create just about anything" https://www.makeuseof.com/transform-linux-into-a-ruthless-content-creation-beast/
[05:05]	TR Bot	 Linux can be the perfect system for heavy content creation
[05:05]	TR News	"Containers > Virtual Machines." https://www.makeuseof.com/i-stopped-distro-hopping/
[05:05]	TR Bot	 I stopped distro-hopping because this tool lets me run everything at once
[05:05]	TR News	"Plus, I can learn and play with Ubuntu when I'm not monitoring my home" https://www.makeuseof.com/linux-home-assistant-chromebook/
[05:06]	TR Bot	 I turned my old Chromebook into a Linux-powered smart hub, and it's incredible
[05:06]	TR News	Everyones switching to this GPU-accelerated terminal and I get it https://www.makeuseof.com/everyones-switching-to-this-gpu-accelerated-terminal/
[05:06]	TR Bot	 Everyones switching to this GPU-accelerated terminal and I get it
[05:07]	TR News	"Manage Docker containers faster with a visual terminal UI." https://www.makeuseof.com/this-gorgeous-terminal-ui-changed-how-i-use-docker-on-linux/
[05:07]	TR Bot	 This gorgeous terminal UI changed how I use Docker on Linux
[05:08]	TR News	"4 years in the making." https://www.makeuseof.com/system76s-rust-based-cosmic-desktop-for-linux-is-here-and-its-amazing/
[05:08]	TR Bot	 System76's Rust-based COSMIC desktop for Linux is here and it's amazing
[05:08]	TR News	"Use Linux without fearing updates, breakage, or drift." https://www.makeuseof.com/a-week-with-nixos-changed-how-i-think-about-linux/
[05:08]	TR Bot	 I spent a week with NixOS and it completely changed how I think about Linux
[05:09]	TR News	"The new amifuse project uses an original AmigaOS driver in Motorola 68k CPU emulation." https://www.howtogeek.com/amiga-filesystem-is-now-on-linux-and-mac-thanks-to-an-emulated-driver/
[05:09]	TR Bot	 The Amiga's filesystem is now on Linux and Mac, thanks to an emulated driver
[05:10]	TR News	"It's time for your game to rumble." https://www.howtogeek.com/this-linux-app-for-cooperative-controller-gaming-just-got-a-big-update/
[05:10]	TR Bot	 This Linux app for cooperative controller gaming just got a big update
[05:10]	TR News	An introduction to the most useful special and environment variables in Bash https://www.howtogeek.com/bash-variables-i-use-in-almost-every-script/
[05:10]	TR Bot	 An introduction to the most useful special and environment variables in Bash
[05:11]	TR News	"Congrats on installing Linux. Now install these five apps to get the best experience." https://www.howtogeek.com/install-these-5-must-have-apps-on-day-one/
[05:11]	TR Bot	 New to Linux? 5 must-have apps to install on day one
[05:12]	TR News	Taiwan heavily reliant on Russian energy for chip manufacturing https://www.dw.com/en/taiwan-heavily-reliant-on-russian-energy-for-chip-manufacturing/a-75222206
[05:12]	TR Bot	reliant on Russian energy for chip manufacturing DW 12/29/2025
[05:13]	TR News	Russia expands biometric ID system (again) https://off-guardian.org/2025/12/29/russia-expands-biometric-id-system-again/
[05:13]	TR Bot	 Russia expands biometric ID system (again) OffGuardian
[05:17]	TR News	A gentle introduction to Bash functions https://www.howtogeek.com/stop-repeating-yourself-learning-bash-functions-keeps-your-code-dry/
[05:17]	TR Bot	 A gentle introduction to Bash functions
[05:17]	TR News	Why printf is superior to echo in Linux scripts https://www.howtogeek.com/heres-why-printf-beats-echo-in-your-linux-scripts/
[05:17]	TR Bot	 Why printf is superior to echo in Linux scripts
[05:18]	TR News	52 years later, UNIX V4 has been rediscovered and digitized https://www.howtogeek.com/52-years-later-unix-v4-has-been-rediscovered-and-digitized/
[05:18]	TR Bot	 52 years later, UNIX V4 has been rediscovered and digitized
[05:20]	TR News	"There's a simple shortcut for connecting to VPNs that everyone should use." https://www.howtogeek.com/how-to-connect-to-a-vpn-service-from-the-linux-command-line/
[05:20]	TR Bot	 Connecting to a VPN Service from the Linux Command Line
[05:20]	TR News	"Discover why learning the terminal is powerful and inevitable for all Linux users alike." https://www.howtogeek.com/reasons-learning-the-linux-terminal-is-worth-it-even-for-beginners/
[05:20]	TR Bot	 Why you should learn the Linux terminal
[05:20]	TR News	 (NEW):  Newly discovered Unix V4 tape https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/25/Newly_discovered_Unix_V4_tape.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/25/Newly_discovered_Unix_V4_tape.gmi 
[05:20]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Newly discovered Unix V4 tape
[05:20]	TR News	"Tired of Nano's confusing keyboard shortcuts? Let's modernize your terminal text editor." https://www.howtogeek.com/terminal-text-editors-that-are-better-than-nano/
[05:21]	TR Bot	 4 Linux terminal text editors I use instead of nano
[05:21]	TR News	"Who said Linux Mint was a Windows-like distro? I'm customizing it for Apple fans." https://www.howtogeek.com/i-made-linux-mint-look-like-macos-with-these-tweaks/
[05:21]	TR Bot	 How to customize Linux Mint to look like macOS
[05:22]	TR News	"Linux doesn't have to look like Linuxand these five desktops prove it." https://www.howtogeek.com/best-windows-like-linux-desktops-for-a-familiar-look-and-feel/
[05:22]	TR Bot	 5 best Windows-like Linux desktop environments for a familiar look and feel
[05:22]	TR News	"The boy who cried "Year of Linux" might finally be right this time." https://www.howtogeek.com/reasons-2026-could-finally-be-the-year-of-desktop-linux/
[05:22]	TR Bot	 6 reasons 2026 could finally be the year of desktop Linux
[05:23]	TR News	"Get the Mac experience without the Mac priceor the limitations." https://www.howtogeek.com/the-best-macos-like-linux-desktop-environments/
[05:23]	TR Bot	 The 5 best mac-OS like Linux desktop environments
[05:23]	TR News	"Explore refreshing alternatives to tired-looking ancient unix commands." https://www.howtogeek.com/modern-cli-tools-that-have-replaced-ps-df-and-curl-for-me/
[05:23]	TR Bot	 3 modern CLI tools that have replaced ps, df, and curl for me
[05:24]	TR News	"From the utilitarian to just the plain cute and fun, I've found several apps that I refuse to uninstall." https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-apps-i-tried-in-2025-that-are-actually-worth-installing/
[05:24]	TR Bot	 10 Linux apps I tried in 2025 that I'm still using daily
[05:24]	TR News	"Now based on Alpine Linux 3.23." https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-phones-are-getting-even-better-with-postmarketos-25-12/
[05:24]	TR Bot	 Linux phones are getting even better with postmarketOS 25.12
[05:25]	TR News	A beginner's guide on expanding Bash arrays and word splitting https://www.howtogeek.com/bash-for-loops-confused-me-until-i-learned-these-expansion-rules/
[05:25]	TR Bot	 A beginner's guide on expanding Bash arrays and word splitting
[05:25]	TR News	"Sometimes, the best way to get ready for a switch is nothing at all." https://www.howtogeek.com/x11-is-going-away-on-linux-heres-how-to-prepare/
[05:25]	TR Bot	 The writing is on the wall for X11 on Linux, here's what is replacing it
[05:26]	TR News	This is NOT a feature https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-distros-that-work-with-windows-secure-boot/ see http://techrights.org/wiki/UEFI/
[05:26]	TR Bot	 5 Linux distros that work with Windows Secure Boot
[05:26]	TR Bot	 UEFI
[05:26]	TR News	"I prefer KDE Plasma, but these changes made me feel more at home." https://www.howtogeek.com/i-finally-fixed-my-xfce-workflow-with-these-simple-settings-and-apps/
[05:26]	TR Bot	 I finally fixed my Xfce workflow with these simple settings and apps
[05:31]	TR News	Putin in the White House? https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trump-calls-american-general-ukraine-negotiations-idiot-saying-zelensky-was-courageous-1767505
[05:31]	TR Bot	 Trump Calls American General For Ukraine Negotiations An 'Idiot' For Saying Zelensky Was 'Courageous' | IBTimes UK
[05:32]	TR News	Also spreading disinformation from the Kremlin https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trump-tries-save-face-after-believing-putins-made-ukraine-attack-plot-1767494
[05:32]	TR Bot	 Trump Tries to Save Face After Believing Putin's 'Made Up' Ukraine Attack Plot | IBTimes UK
[05:32]	TR News	Disinformation is fast becoming the norm in the world
[05:33]	TR News	the
[05:33]	TR News	Microsoft, seeing that MSM talks about mass layoffs, might DELAY these to "disprove" the media
[05:33]	TR News	So no point repeating the lies, which were just some tweet from a military-connected PR man of Microsoft
[05:34]	TR News	"This brings with it several improvements and what will be a disappointment for 32-bit owners." https://www.howtogeek.com/alternative-nas-operating-system-openmediavault-version-8-released/
[05:34]	TR Bot	 Alternative NAS operating system OpenMediaVault got a big Christmas Eve update
[05:35]	TR News	"Soon it won't just be a gaming distro anymore." https://www.howtogeek.com/cachyos-announces-upcoming-server-edition/
[05:35]	TR Bot	 CachyOS wants to be your NAS operating system
[05:36]	TR News	"The project is starting just in time for GNOME and KDE to rip out X11 support." https://www.howtogeek.com/another-x11-revival-has-arrived-but-what-is-the-point/
[05:36]	TR Bot	 Another X11 revival for Linux has arrived, but what's the point?
[05:36]	TR News	"That old laptop you installed Linux on will collect dust no more." https://www.howtogeek.com/ways-to-have-fun-on-linux-this-weekend-december-26/
[05:36]	TR Bot	 3 ways to have more fun with a Linux PC this weekend (December 26 - 28)
[05:36]	TR News	"Will any of these new distros last? Only time will tell." https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-distributions-that-first-appeared-in-2025/
[05:36]	TR Bot	 4 interesting Linux distributions that first appeared in 2025
[05:37]	TR News	"Otherwise, it was just going to rot in storage forever." https://www.howtogeek.com/i-repurposed-my-old-chromebook-as-a-linux-server-heres-how-it-went/
[05:37]	TR Bot	 How to turn a Chromebook into a Linux server
[05:37]	TR News	"Taking bullets for all of us, to keep the world running." https://www.howtogeek.com/what-exactly-makes-linux-so-bulletproof/
[05:37]	TR Bot	 What exactly makes Linux so bulletproof?
[05:38]	TR News	"Begun, the Linux Wars have." https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-wars-that-shaped-the-os-you-use-today/
[05:38]	TR Bot	 3 Linux wars that shaped the OS you use today
[05:38]	TR News	The best laptop for learning to code is probably the one you already have https://www.howtogeek.com/the-best-laptop-for-learning-to-code-is-probably-the-one-you-already-have/
[05:38]	TR Bot	 Think you need a high-end PC to learn coding? Think again
[05:38]	TR News	"While you might think you need a high-powered machine to learn to code, your current machine or even an older laptop will likely be all you need to get started. Here's why."
[05:39]	TR News	"Want to ditch Windows but you're stuck with Adobe? You have options." https://www.howtogeek.com/photoshop-on-linux/
[05:39]	TR Bot	 How to run Photoshop on Linux
[05:39]	TR News	"An all in one solution to bid farewell to your text manipulation woes." https://www.howtogeek.com/the-linux-command-that-makes-text-processing-ridiculously-easy/
[05:40]	TR Bot	 This one Linux terminal tool replaced half my text-processing commands
[05:40]	TR News	"Hint: I had to solve 10 CAPTCHAs just to install Windows 11" https://www.howtogeek.com/new-article-1766610469/
[05:40]	TR Bot	 Installing Linux is easier than Windows 11 now (heres what changed)
[05:40]	TR News	"And why Canonical's movements have such an effect on the Linux community." https://www.howtogeek.com/what-is-canonical-the-company-behind-ubuntu/
[05:40]	TR Bot	 What exactly is Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu?
[05:41]	TR News	"Locked out of your Linux system? Here are two safe and easy ways to reset your password without reinstalling." https://www.howtogeek.com/how-to-reset-a-forgotten-password-in-linux/
[05:41]	TR Bot	 Reset your Linux password in minutes: 2 proven methods
[05:42]	TR News	9 easy Linux terminal commands that make you faster right away https://www.howtogeek.com/the-terminal-doesnt-have-to-be-scary-or-slow-just-learn-these-easy-commands/
[05:42]	TR Bot	 Linux terminal: 9 easy commands to boost your speed
[05:42]	TR News	"Zorin OS says it hit 1M downloads in just over a month, mostly from Windows PCs. I installed it to see if its a real Windows 10 replacement." https://www.howtogeek.com/this-linux-distro-has-windows-10-users-flocking-to-it-heres-why/
[05:42]	TR Bot	 Zorin OS says Windows users drove nearly 1M downloads, so I installed it to see why
[05:43]	TR News	"Do you wish you could switch Linux devices without switching keyboards? Look inside." https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-apps-to-try-this-weekend-january-2/
[05:43]	TR Bot	 3 legitimately useful Linux apps to try this weekend (January 2 - 4)
[05:43]	TR News	"Miss glossy, playful UI? These GNOME extensions add 3D flair and fun effects in minutes, no theme overhaul required." https://www.howtogeek.com/take-your-linux-distro-back-to-the-2000s-with-these-3d-gnome-extensions/
[05:43]	TR Bot	 I made GNOME feel like the 2000s again with these 3D extensions
[05:44]	TR News	"Don't want to look away from the terminal to check the time? Use these methods to add a live clock to your terminal!" https://www.howtogeek.com/i-wanted-to-tell-time-in-the-terminal-heres-how-i-added-a-live-clock/
[05:44]	TR Bot	 How to show a live clock in your Linux terminal (3 easy methods)
[05:45]	TR News	Docker Desktop is convenient, but native containers taught me how Docker actually works https://www.xda-developers.com/docker-desktop-convenient-native-containers-taught-how-docker-works/
[05:45]	TR Bot	 Docker Desktop is convenient, but native containers taught me how Docker actually works
[05:46]	TR News	I switched to the COSMIC Linux desktop, and I can't wait for the future https://www.xda-developers.com/switched-cosmic-linux-desktop-and-cant-wait-for-the-future/
[05:46]	TR Bot	 I switched to the COSMIC Linux desktop, and I can't wait for the future
[05:48]	TR News	 (NEW):  System76's Rust-based COSMIC desktop for Linux is here and it's amazing https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/System76_s_Rust_based_COSMIC_desktop_for_Linux_is_here_and_it_s.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/System76_s_Rust_based_COSMIC_desktop_for_Linux_is_here_and_it_s.gmi 
[05:48]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines System76's Rust-based COSMIC desktop for Linux is here and it's amazing
[05:48]	TR News	 (NEW):  6 Linux distros that are perfect for rescuing your PC https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/6_Linux_distros_that_are_perfect_for_rescuing_your_PC.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/6_Linux_distros_that_are_perfect_for_rescuing_your_PC.gmi 
[05:48]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines 6 Linux distros that are perfect for rescuing your PC
[05:49]	TR News	I stopped installing Linux distros for fun and finally settled on one https://www.xda-developers.com/i-stopped-installing-linux-distros-for-fun-finally-settled-on-one/
[05:49]	TR Bot	 I stopped installing Linux distros for fun and finally settled on one
[05:50]	TR News	Flathub breaks its previous record of yearly app downloads for 2025 https://www.xda-developers.com/flathub-breaks-its-previous-record-of-yearly-app-downloads-for-2025/
[05:50]	TR Bot	 Flathub breaks its previous record of yearly app downloads for 2025
[05:52]	TR News	 (NEW):  Linux package managers beat the Microsoft Store in every way https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Linux_package_managers_beat_the_Microsoft_Store_in_every_way.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Linux_package_managers_beat_the_Microsoft_Store_in_every_way.gmi 
[05:52]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Linux package managers beat the Microsoft Store in every way
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[05:54]		*Isambard_Prince (~Isambard_Prince@ajs7h345iv5dn.irc) has joined #techrights
[05:54]	TR News	 (NEW):  Red Hat: Elections in Fedora, systemd Update, and Flathub Record https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Red_Hat_Elections_in_Fedora_systemd_Update_and_Flathub_Record.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Red_Hat_Elections_in_Fedora_systemd_Update_and_Flathub_Record.gmi 
[05:54]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Red Hat: Elections in Fedora, systemd Update, and Flathub Record
[05:54]	TR News	Now IBM and GAFAM will need to find some 'nazi' connection or some other BS https://www.xda-developers.com/phoenix-keep-x-server-ball-rolling/
[05:54]	TR Bot	 As Linux begins to drop X11 for Wayland, Phoenix wants to keep the X server ball rolling
[05:56]	TR News	I ran a modern-day Linux distro off a floppy disk, and here's how it went https://www.xda-developers.com/i-ran-modern-day-linux-distro-off-floppy-disk-heres-how-it-went/
[05:56]	TR Bot	 I ran a modern-day Linux distro off a floppy disk, and here's how it went
[05:57]	TR News	 (NEW):  5 tiny Linux tools that replace big, heavy apps https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/5_tiny_Linux_tools_that_replace_big_heavy_apps.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/5_tiny_Linux_tools_that_replace_big_heavy_apps.gmi 
[05:57]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines 5 tiny Linux tools that replace big, heavy apps
[05:59]	TR News	 (NEW):  Recent Valnet Articles on GNU/Linux Work Through the Shell/Bash/Terminal https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Recent_Valnet_Articles_on_GNU_Linux_Work_Through_the_Shell_Bash.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Recent_Valnet_Articles_on_GNU_Linux_Work_Through_the_Shell_Bash.gmi 
[05:59]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Recent Valnet Articles on GNU/Linux Work Through the Shell/Bash/Terminal
[05:59]	TR News	 (NEW):  Simon Batt's (Valnet) Journey Through GNU/Linux Distros, Including One on a Floppy Disk https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Simon_Batt_s_Valnet_Journey_Through_GNU_Linux_Distros_Including.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Simon_Batt_s_Valnet_Journey_Through_GNU_Linux_Distros_Including.gmi 
[05:59]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Simon Batt's (Valnet) Journey Through GNU/Linux Distros, Including One on a Floppy Disk
● Jan 08
[06:04]	TR News	 (NEW):  GNU/Linux and Hardware Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/GNU_Linux_and_Hardware_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/GNU_Linux_and_Hardware_Leftovers.gmi 
[06:04]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines GNU/Linux and Hardware Leftovers
[06:05]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_Programming_Leftoversd.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_Programming_Leftoversd.gmi 
[06:05]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Programming Leftovers
[06:05]	TR News	Techrights Links 08/01/2026: More Software Patents Squashed, White House Repeats Misinformation From the Kremlin https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/08/Links_08_01_2026_More_Software_Patents_Squashed_White_House_Rep.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/08/Links_08_01_2026_More_Software_Patents_Squashed_White_House_Rep.gmi 
[06:05]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 08/01/2026: More Software Patents Squashed, White House Repeats Misinformation From the Kremlin
[06:07]	TR News	Conic Sections https://xkcd.com/3189/
[06:07]	TR Bot	Conic Sections
[06:10]	TR News	Comments on Formatting Gopher Posts gopher://gopher.unixlore.net:70/0/glog/comments-on-formatting-gopher-posts.md
[06:11]	TR News	"We used ngircd because it can federate so now we have a little network of two servers. That's good for resilience. There are more modern IRC servers but they don't federate like that. If you don't need federation, then by all means pick something new like Ergo." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-01-07-discord
[06:12]	schestowitz[TR2]	MinceR: ^
[06:12]	schestowitz[TR2]	might be of interest
[06:12]	TR News	Some context: gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-03-09-discord-ipo
[06:13]	TR News	"Plato hated myth and would have poets banished from his Most Excellent If Perhaps Hypothetical Of Republics. He of course invented his own story to replace their stories, with his being obviously superior in every which way." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/01/08/stories.gmi
[06:14]	TR News	"When two potentiometers are chained together, the fractional voltages are multiplied. I.e., if you set the two potentiometers each to output 50% of their input voltage, the final output would be 25% of the first input voltage, or hopefully something close to that depending on several actual engineering details" gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20260107-0.gmi
[06:14]	TR News	"They're just a rip-off and they are mainly used to extort and blackmail mail administrators to make themselves buy off the list, just to be readded later, to repeat the whole process. And for mail administrators: DON'T PAY THEM! They are scammers!" gemini://redterminal.org/gemlog/2026-01-07-Dont_use_UCEPROTECT_Spam_DNSBLs.gmi
[06:16]	TR News	"Anyone dismayed at the news that Roomba maker iRobot has entered into bankruptcy proceedings may be wondering about building their own robotic cleaning devices and if you want something simple as a starting point, mononymous maker Tsufai has released designs for a floor-sweeper driven by nothing more than a battery and two motors." gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202601/20260107-sweep.gmi
[06:16]	TR News	[cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1529.jpg
[06:16]	TR News	[cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1879.jpg
[06:18]	TR News	power outage gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/powerOutage
[06:18]	TR News	High Altitude Cooking Instructions https://xkcd.com/3187/
[06:18]	TR Bot	High Altitude Cooking Instructions
[06:18]	TR News	Anyone Else Here https://xkcd.com/3188/
[06:18]	TR Bot	Anyone Else Here
[06:19]	TR News	"The FSFE had the most impactful intervention in the EUs highest court https://fsfe.org/news/2026/news-20260102-01.en.html
[06:19]	TR Bot	 "The FSFE had the most impactful intervention in the EUs highest court - FSFE
[06:22]	TR News	linux
[06:22]	TR News	GNU/Linux https://www.maketecheasier.com/use-old-pc-linux/
[06:22]	TR Bot	 6 Ways to Repurpose Old Desktop PC - Make Tech Easier
[06:23]	TR News	Fedora Continued At The Forefront Of Upstream Linux Innovations In 2025 https://linux.slashdot.org/story/25/12/29/2330252/fedora-continued-at-the-forefront-of-upstream-linux-innovations-in-2025
[06:23]	TR Bot	 Fedora Continued At The Forefront Of Upstream Linux Innovations In 2025 - Slashdot
[06:23]	TR News	How to Control Hidden Background Apps in Linux https://www.maketecheasier.com/control-hidden-background-apps-linux/
[06:23]	TR Bot	 How to Control Hidden Background Apps in Linux - Make Tech Easier
[06:23]	TR News	Quick Fixes for Docker Permission Denied Error on Linux to Save Time https://www.maketecheasier.com/docker-permission-denied-error-fixed/
[06:23]	TR Bot	 Quick Fixes for Docker Permission Denied Error on Linux to Save Time - Make Tech Easier
[06:24]	TR News	What to Do When Your Linux Hard Disk Is Running Out of Space https://www.maketecheasier.com/fix-linux-hard-disk-running-out-of-space/
[06:24]	TR Bot	 What to Do When Your Linux Hard Disk Is Running Out of Space - Make Tech Easier
[06:24]	TR News	Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (01/2026): Happy New Year! https://linmob.net/weekly-update-01-2026/
[06:24]	TR Bot	- Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (01/2026): Happy New Year!
[06:25]	TR News	Fedora Community Blog: DEADLINE 2026-01-07: Fedora Linux 43 FESCo Elections https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/deadline-2026-01-07-fedora-linux-43-fesco-elections/
[06:25]	TR Bot	 DEADLINE 2026-01-07: Fedora Linux 43 FESCo Elections Fedora Community Blog
[06:29]	TR News	Techrights Gemini Links 08/01/2026: Potentiometer Calculator, Power Outages, Why You Should Abandon Discord for IRC (e.g. Ergo), and Formatting Gopher Posts https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/08/Gemini_Links_08_01_2026_Potentiometer_Calculator_Power_Outages_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/08/Gemini_Links_08_01_2026_Potentiometer_Calculator_Power_Outages_.gmi 
[06:29]	TR Bot	 Techrights Gemini Links 08/01/2026: Potentiometer Calculator, Power Outages, Why You Should Abandon Discord for IRC (e.g. Ergo), and Formatting Gopher Posts
[06:30]	TR News	 (NEW):  Recent HowTos From Make Tech Easier https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Recent_HowTos_From_Make_Tech_Easier.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Recent_HowTos_From_Make_Tech_Easier.gmi 
[06:30]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Recent HowTos From Make Tech Easier
[06:35]	TR News	 (NEW):  One Week of 2026 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/One_Week_of_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/One_Week_of_2026.gmi 
[06:35]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines One Week of 2026
● Jan 08
[07:00]	TR News	So Isis is now repeatedly saying, in public (every few weeks or months), that "if I die", then it's the fault of the husband Matthew Garrett. Also keeps saying last year of my life, as if a death is imminent and should be blamed on Matthew Garrett. Matthew Garrett has made absolutely no comment about this.
[07:01]	TR News	Techrights Age Discrimination at IBM Discussed Amid Mass Layoffs (Especially in the United States) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/08/Age_Discrimination_at_IBM_Discussed_Amid_Mass_Layoffs_Especiall.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/08/Age_Discrimination_at_IBM_Discussed_Amid_Mass_Layoffs_Especiall.gmi 
[07:01]	TR Bot	 Techrights Age Discrimination at IBM Discussed Amid Mass Layoffs (Especially in the United States)
[07:03]	TR News	That sort of makes one think of Hans Reiser, which is odd because it was his ilk that kept comparing innocent men like Eben Moglen to Reiser
[07:54]	TR News	Techrights EPO People Power - Part XXVIII - A Sensitive Issue for Germany and The Netherlands https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/08/EPO_People_Power_Part_XXVIII_A_Sensitive_Issue_for_Germany_and_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/08/EPO_People_Power_Part_XXVIII_A_Sensitive_Issue_for_Germany_and_.gmi 
[07:54]	TR Bot	 Techrights EPO People Power - Part XXVIII - A Sensitive Issue for Germany and The Netherlands
[07:57]	TR News	 (NEW):  Try Joplin: Your Open Source Evernote Alternative https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Try_Joplin_Your_Open_Source_Evernote_Alternative.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Try_Joplin_Your_Open_Source_Evernote_Alternative.gmi 
[07:57]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Try Joplin: Your Open Source Evernote Alternative
● Jan 08
[08:00]	TR News	Lenovo Legion Go 2 will get a SteamOS version in June | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/lenovo-legion-go-2-will-get-a-steamos-version-in-june/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[08:00]	TR Bot	Legion Go 2 will get a SteamOS version in June | GamingOnLinux
[08:00]	TR News	SteamOS 3.7.19 arrives with a bunch of essential bug fixes | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/steamos-3-7-19-arrives-with-a-bunch-of-essential-bug-fixes/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[08:00]	TR Bot	3.7.19 arrives with a bunch of essential bug fixes | GamingOnLinux
[08:00]	TR News	 (NEW):  Fedora 44 Will Be the First Distro to Adopt KDE's Plasma Login Manager https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Fedora_44_Will_Be_the_First_Distro_to_Adopt_KDE_s_Plasma_Login_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Fedora_44_Will_Be_the_First_Distro_to_Adopt_KDE_s_Plasma_Login_.gmi 
[08:00]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Fedora 44 Will Be the First Distro to Adopt KDE's Plasma Login Manager
[08:01]	TR News	007 First Light gets PC specifications released and that's a lot of RAM needed | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/007-first-light-gets-pc-specifications-released-and-thats-a-lot-of-ram-needed/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[08:01]	TR Bot	First Light gets PC specifications released and that's a lot of RAM needed | GamingOnLinux
[08:02]	TR News	"It aint over til the fat lady sings." https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/01/07/chat-control-hall-motstandet-levande/
[08:02]	TR Bot	 Chat Control hll motstndet levande
[08:03]	TR News	"Saudi opens stock market to all" https://www.semafor.com/article/01/07/2026/saudi-opens-stock-market-to-all
[08:03]	TR Bot	opens stock market to all | Semafor
[08:05]	TR News	Read and listen Agnes Ravatn! | "Les og hyr Agnes Ravatn! Biblioteket tar saka #librarycase" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&u=https://bibliotekettarsaka.com/2026/01/07/les-og-hoyr-agnes-ravatn/
[08:05]	TR Bot	( status 429 @ https://bibliotekettarsaka-com.translate.goog/2026/01/07/les-og-hoyr-agnes-ravatn/?_x_tr_sl=no&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB )
[08:06]	TR News	After a poor relaunch, SPLITGATE: Arena Reloaded devs release a statement | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/after-a-poor-relaunch-splitgate-arena-reloaded-devs-release-a-statement/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[08:06]	TR Bot	a poor relaunch, SPLITGATE: Arena Reloaded devs release a statement | GamingOnLinux
[08:07]	TR News	Sprint City from the creators of SpeedRunners sounds like a great spiritual successor | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/sprint-city-from-the-creators-of-speedrunners-sounds-like-a-great-spiritual-successor/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[08:07]	TR Bot	City from the creators of SpeedRunners sounds like a great spiritual successor | GamingOnLinux
[08:07]	TR News	See the new trailer for Antivirus Survivors 2003 Professional taking survivor-likes to an infested family computer | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/see-the-new-trailer-for-antivirus-survivors-2003-professional-taking-survivor-likes-to-an-infested-family-computer/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[08:07]	TR Bot	the new trailer for Antivirus Survivors 2003 Professional taking survivor-likes to an infested family computer | GamingOnLinux
[08:08]	TR News	"Riot police raid Moscow punk concert and search attendees phones for anti-war content" https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/01/07/batons-stun-guns-the-full-package | Source: Meduza
[08:08]	TR Bot	 Batons, stun guns the full package Riot police raid Moscow punk concert and search attendees phones for anti-war content Meduza
[08:12]	TR News	Dystopian Future? https://fair.org/home/is-it-worth-running-a-race-where-the-prize-is-some-dystopian-future/ | Source: FAIR
[08:12]	TR Bot	 Is It Worth Running a Race Where the Prize Is Some Dystopian Future?: FAIR
[08:21]	TR News	Mesa RADV driver on Linux looks set for a big ray tracing performance boost | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/mesa-radv-driver-on-linux-looks-set-for-a-big-ray-tracing-performance-boost/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/mesa-radv-driver-on-linux-looks-set-for-a-big-ray-tracing-performance-boost/
[08:21]	TR Bot	RADV driver on Linux looks set for a big ray tracing performance boost | GamingOnLinux
[08:21]	TR News	Popular mobile creature collector EvoCreo now available on PC | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/popular-mobile-creature-collector-evocreo-now-available-on-pc/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/popular-mobile-creature-collector-evocreo-now-available-on-pc/
[08:21]	TR Bot	mobile creature collector EvoCreo now available on PC | GamingOnLinux
[08:21]	TR News	Humble Bundle have a nice collection of games for handhelds | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/humble-bundle-have-a-nice-collection-of-games-for-handhelds/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/humble-bundle-have-a-nice-collection-of-games-for-handhelds/
[08:21]	TR Bot	Bundle have a nice collection of games for handhelds | GamingOnLinux
[08:23]	TR News	AI will compromise your cybersecurity posture https://rys.io/en/181.html
[08:23]	TR Bot	 AI will compromise your cybersecurity posture | Songs on the Security of Networks
[08:24]	TR News	Anthropic who has vested interest in convincing everyone that their coding automation product is the next best thing since sliced bread makes pretty bombastic claims, using sciencey-sounding language"
[08:24]	TR News	 (NEW):  Games: Humble Bundle, More Gaming Handhelds Running GNU/Linux, SteamOS 3.7.19 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Games_Humble_Bundle_More_Gaming_Handhelds_Running_GNU_Linux_Ste.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Games_Humble_Bundle_More_Gaming_Handhelds_Running_GNU_Linux_Ste.gmi 
[08:24]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Games: Humble Bundle, More Gaming Handhelds Running GNU/Linux, SteamOS 3.7.19
[08:25]	TR News	"In other words, code regurgitation machine was able to regurgitate code when example code was provided to it. Again, in no way is this an actual, real threat to you, your infrastructure, or your data."
[08:27]	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 
[08:27]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Debian Urgently Seeks Volunteers After Data Protection Team Resigns
[08:28]	TR News	TLP: Polkit Authentication Bypass in Profiles Daemon in Version 1.9.0 (CVE-2025-67859) https://security.opensuse.org/2026/01/07/tlp-polkit-authentication-bypass.html
[08:28]	TR Bot	 TLP: Polkit Authentication Bypass in Profiles Daemon in Version 1.9.0 (CVE-2025-67859) | SUSE Security Team Blog
[08:31]	TR News	"One of the taxi drivers affected by the vandalism, Omar Al-Qarttani, noted to the newspaper that only cars that do not belong to local taxi firms were targeted in the attack." https://yle.fi/a/74-20203076
[08:31]	TR Bot	 Thursday's papers: The Estonian example, a taxi turf war, and hope springs eternal | Yle News | Yle
[08:35]	TR News	"2025 was the year of technoligarchy." https://www.citationneeded.news/the-year-of-technoligarchy/ | Source: Molly White
[08:35]	TR Bot	 The year of technoligarchy
[08:36]	TR News	"People who use a Logitech mouse on macOS spent a few hours" https://manualdousuario.net/en/logitech-options-plus-g-hub-issue-certificate/ | Source: Rodrigo Ghedin
[08:36]	TR Bot	 People who use a Logitech mouse on macOS spent a few hours Manual do Usurio
[08:37]	TR News	"The sentence shouted in resistance was not a threat. It was a refusal. A refusal to accept the rewriting of events, the minimization of a life lost, or the idea that Americans will unilaterally surrender to fascism." https://boingboing.net/2026/01/07/you-cant-kill-us-all-nazis-shouted-after-ice-killed-an-observer-in-minneapolis.html | Source: BoingBoing
[08:37]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2026/01/07/you-cant-kill-us-all-nazis-shouted-after-ice-killed-an-observer-in-minneapolis.html )
[08:37]	TR News	"The job simply cannot be done remotely. Also tech CEOs: Most workers can be replaced by AI. Hosted remotely." https://manualdousuario.net/en/tech-ceo-workers-ia-office-remote/ | Source: Rodrigo Ghedin
[08:37]	TR Bot	 Tech CEOs: Workers MUST be present in the office. The job simply cannot be done remotely.Also tech CEOs: Most workers can be replaced by AI. Hosted remotely. Manual do Usurio
[08:38]	TR News	"This is Nicks story, as told to me: [...]" https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/kavanaugh-stop-maryland-colombia | Source: Marisa Kabas
[08:38]	TR Bot	 The hell of being a Kavanaugh stop victim
[08:38]	TR News	"Tonight, I was honored to speak at a vigil for Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother who was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis earlier today." https://organizingmythoughts.org/the-cost-of-staying-human/ | Source: Kelly Hayes
[08:38]	TR Bot	 The Cost of Staying Human
[08:39]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Free_and_Open_Source_Software_howtos_and_Installations.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Free_and_Open_Source_Software_howtos_and_Installations.gmi 
[08:39]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations
[08:41]	TR News	"But later in the day, a DHS officer shot and killed an ICE observer, Renee Good, in Minneapolis. Both the Star Tribune and MPR have a running threads of developments." https://www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/07/time-to-ask-if-stephen-miller-has-authorized-assault-and-murder-on-peaceful-ice-observers/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler
[08:41]	TR Bot	 Time to Ask if Stephen Miller Has Authorized Assault and Murder of Peaceful ICE Observers - emptywheel
[08:41]		*darwin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s)
[08:41]	TR News	"Without accurate data, communities underestimate both the magnitude and the urgency of the crisis." https://utahnewsdispatch.com/2026/01/07/why-utah-still-cant-confront-violence-against-women/ | Source: Utah News Dispatch
[08:41]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://utahnewsdispatch.com/2026/01/07/why-utah-still-cant-confront-violence-against-women/ )
[08:41]	TR News	"Its not clear how Renee Nicole Goods SUV ended up in the street between ICE vehiclesand many other details of what preceded the shooting remain unknown." https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/ice-shooting-minneapolis-trump/685548/ | Source: The Atlantic
[08:41]	TR Bot	 ICE Shooting in Minneapolis Deepens Immigration Rift - The Atlantic
[08:41]	TR News	"According to Mahmoudian, protesters are no longer calling for reforms to the clerically dominated political system but are demanding fundamental change." https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-protests-activists-change-military-intervention/33642208.html | Source: RFERL
[08:41]	TR Bot	 Activists In Iran Call For Internal Change, Not Foreign Intervention, As Protests Rage On
[08:42]		*darwin (~darwin@ezriia7nzimpg.irc) has joined #techrights
[08:43]	TR News	"STV Central is currently produced in Glasgow while STV North runs in Aberdeen, with the latter set to be cut." https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/up-to-80-journalists-strike-in-scotland-over-stv-job-cuts/ | Source: Press Gazette
[08:43]	TR Bot	 Up to 80 journalists strike in Scotland over STV job cuts - Press Gazette
[08:43]	TR News	"On January 5, 13 journalists and media workers affiliated with international media outlets and news agencies, and one working for a national outlet" https://cpj.org/2026/01/at-least-14-journalists-detained-during-presidential-inauguration-in-venezuela/ | Source: CPJ
[08:43]	TR Bot	 At least 14 journalists detained during presidential inauguration in Venezuela - Committee to Protect Journalists
[08:44]	TR News	"The developments at APSU follow the filing of a federal lawsuit by a former state employee who was fired over comments made about Kirk." https://www.wkrn.com/news/local-news/clarksville/apsu-settles-with-professor-fired-over-charlie-kirk-post/ |
[08:44]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.wkrn.com/news/local-news/clarksville/apsu-settles-with-professor-fired-over-charlie-kirk-post/ )
[08:44]	TR News	"Charlie Kirk says gun deaths are unfortunately worth it to keep 2nd Amendment" https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/professor-fired-for-charlie-kirk-post-gets-500000-from-school-is-reinstated/ | Source: Mediaite
[08:44]	TR Bot	 Professor Reinstated After Being Fired For Charlie Kirk Post
[08:45]	TR News	"Michael shared a factual headline from a news outlet. He didn't celebrate anything or add commentary." https://boingboing.net/2026/01/07/professor-fired-for-sharing-charlie-kirk-headline-gets-500000-and-his-job-back.html | Source: BoingBoing
[08:45]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2026/01/07/professor-fired-for-sharing-charlie-kirk-headline-gets-500000-and-his-job-back.html )
[08:45]	TR News	"Maybe it's late capitalism, maybe it's a side effect of new drugs circulating among the bigwigs of the world's most powerful companies. Or maybe it's just plain stupidity. The fact is that the practice is spreading, and fast." https://manualdousuario.net/en/microsoft-office-dell-xps-rebranding/ | Source: Rodrigo Ghedin
[08:45]	TR Bot	 Dell and Microsoft, marketing geniuses Manual do Usurio
[08:46]	TR News	"From threats to the first concrete retaliation. Fiercely opposed to Europes digital regulations, Washington crossed a new line in late December by directly targeting former European commissioner Thierry Breton, who has now been barred from entering the United States." https://cafetechinenglish.substack.com/p/us-threatens-europe-over-tech-regulation | Source: Jrme Marin
[08:46]	TR Bot	 US threatens Europe over tech regulation - by Jrme Marin
[08:46]	TR News	"Why think about these metaphors? In the last weeks, Ive been conducting interviews for a project, and I tried to reach out to some people whose wider worldviews are, I guess, rather different from mine" https://crookedtimber.org/2026/01/07/changing-beliefs-moving-house-suggestion-for-a-change-of-metaphor/ | Source: Crooked Timber
[08:46]	TR Bot	 Changing beliefs, moving house suggestion for a change of metaphor Crooked Timber
[08:46]	TR News	"rOpenScis activities and spaces are supported by a Code of Conduct that applies to all people participating in the rOpenSci community, including rOpenSci staff and leadership." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/01/ropensci-code-of-conduct-annual-review-7/ | Source: Rlang
[08:46]	TR Bot	Code of Conduct Annual Review | R-bloggers
[08:47]	TR News	"How much energy is consumed when querying an LLM? We're largely in the dark when it comes to proprietary models" https://muxup.com/2026q1/per-query-energy-consumption-of-llms | Source: Muxup
[08:47]	TR Bot	energy consumption of LLMs - Muxup
[08:48]	TR News	"The spending package would fund several federal agencies and scientific bodies, including the EPA" https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/energy-business/policy-and-regulation/epa-funding-salvaged-in-us-congress-spending-bill/ | Source: Renewable Energy World
[08:48]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/energy-business/policy-and-regulation/epa-funding-salvaged-in-us-congress-spending-bill/ )
[08:48]	TR News	"Much of the oil is extra-heavy, which has low recovery and a high cost to produce." https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-emperors-new-oil-wealth | Source: Paul Krugman
[08:48]	TR Bot	 The Emperors New Oil Wealth - Paul Krugman
[08:52]	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 
[08:52]	TR News	 (NEW):  I Thought This Wikipedia App for Linux was Pointless (I Was Wrong) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/I_Thought_This_Wikipedia_App_for_Linux_was_Pointless_I_Was_Wron.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/I_Thought_This_Wikipedia_App_for_Linux_was_Pointless_I_Was_Wron.gmi 
[08:52]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines GNU/Linux Measured as Having Risen to 5% in Burundi
[08:52]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines I Thought This Wikipedia App for Linux was Pointless (I Was Wrong)
[08:54]	TR News	"Nebraska sued TikTok in May 2024 claiming TikTok marketed itself as family friendly and safe when it actually contributed to a mental health crisis" https://www.courthousenews.com/tiktok-accuses-nebraska-of-public-record-violations/ | Source: Court House News
[08:54]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.courthousenews.com/tiktok-accuses-nebraska-of-public-record-violations/ )
[08:56]	TR News	"Our telemetry from Caracas on the night of the operation doesn't expose or indicate the use of any specific cyber capability" https://www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/cyberattacks-part-military-operation-venezuela | Source: Dark Reading
[08:56]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/cyberattacks-part-military-operation-venezuela )
● Jan 08
[09:06]	TR News	 (NEW):  3 must-try tools if you want Windows-like desktop widgets on Ubuntu https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/3_must_try_tools_if_you_want_Windows_like_desktop_widgets_on_Ub.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/3_must_try_tools_if_you_want_Windows_like_desktop_widgets_on_Ub.gmi 
[09:06]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines 3 must-try tools if you want Windows-like desktop widgets on Ubuntu
[09:07]	TR News	 (NEW):  This Linux distro is for people who just want games to work https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/This_Linux_distro_is_for_people_who_just_want_games_to_work.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/This_Linux_distro_is_for_people_who_just_want_games_to_work.gmi 
[09:07]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines This Linux distro is for people who just want games to work
[09:17]	TR News	 (NEW):  6 things Windows users always get wrong about Linux (and whats actually true) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/6_things_Windows_users_always_get_wrong_about_Linux_and_what_s_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/6_things_Windows_users_always_get_wrong_about_Linux_and_what_s_.gmi 
[09:17]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines 6 things Windows users always get wrong about Linux (and whats actually true)
[09:29]	TR News	 (NEW):  Disable Lock Screen Media Controls in GNOME 49 (Ubuntu 25.10, Fedora 43) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/06/Disable_Lock_Screen_Media_Controls_in_GNOME_49_Ubuntu_25_10_Fed.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/06/Disable_Lock_Screen_Media_Controls_in_GNOME_49_Ubuntu_25_10_Fed.gmi 
[09:29]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Disable Lock Screen Media Controls in GNOME 49 (Ubuntu 25.10, Fedora 43)
[09:31]	TR News	"In response to the GPG.Fail attacks, a Hacker News user made this claim about the 64-bit Long Key IDs used by OpenPGP and GnuPG" https://soatok.blog/2026/01/07/practical-collision-attack-against-long-key-ids-in-pgp/ | Source: Dhole Moments
[09:31]	TR Bot	 Practical Collision Attack Against Long Key IDs in PGP - Dhole Moments
[09:31]	TR News	"U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has a new budget under the current administration" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01/ice-going-surveillance-shopping-spree | Source: EFF
[09:31]	TR Bot	 ICE Is Going on a Surveillance Shopping Spree | Electronic Frontier Foundation
[09:34]	TR News	"Multi Theft Auto (MTA), one of the longest-running and best known modding projects in gaming history, has officially returned to GitHub." https://torrentfreak.com/github-restores-repo-of-gta-mod-multi-theft-auto-after-take-two-fails-to-sue/ | Source: Torrent Freak
[09:34]	TR Bot	Restores Repo of GTA Mod 'Multi Theft Auto' After Take-Two Fails to Sue * TorrentFreak
[09:35]	TR News	"Developers I spoke to said the community estimated around 80 to 90 repositories containing the work of 40 to 50 people went down recently" https://www.404media.co/github-ban-suspension-adult-modding-games-illusion/ | Source: 404 Media
[09:35]	TR Bot	 Github Banned a Ton of Adult Game Developers and Wont Explain Why
[09:36]	TR News	"This interview has been edited for length and clarity." https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/piper-rockelle-onlyfans-interview-1235494798/ | Source: Rolling Stone
[09:36]	TR Bot	 Piper Rockelle Joined OnlyFans. Here's Why
[09:36]	TR News	"The European Commission called the content "appalling" and "disgusting."" https://boingboing.net/2026/01/06/x-faces-global-investigations-as-grok-generates-deepfake-porn-of-women-and-minors.html | Source: BoingBoing
[09:36]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2026/01/06/x-faces-global-investigations-as-grok-generates-deepfake-porn-of-women-and-minors.html )
[09:38]	TR News	"AI slop is bad enough, but when its outright harmful, a line has been crossed." https://512pixels.net/2026/01/grok-images/ | Source: Stephen Hackett
[09:38]	TR Bot	 Grok Gleefully Makes Heinous Content, but Does Anyone With the Power to Change It Actually Care? - 512 Pixels
[09:38]	TR News	"When immensely complex, poorly-understood systems get hurriedly integrated into your toolset and workflow, or deployed in your infrastructure, what inevitably follows is leaks, compromises, downtime, and a whole lot of grief." https://rys.io/en/181.html | Source: Micha Woniak
[09:38]	TR Bot	 AI will compromise your cybersecurity posture | Songs on the Security of Networks
[09:39]	TR News	"In 2025, 42% of companies abandoned most of their AI initiatives - up from just 17% the year before." https://robertgreiner.com/the-1-percent-error-that-ruins-everything/ | Source: Robert Greiner
[09:39]	TR Bot	 The 1% Error That Ruins Everything | Robert Greiner
[09:39]	TR News	"Ive been programming in C for 25 years and have not yet found AI useful for writing code." https://danielchasehooper.com/posts/code-agents/ | Source: Daniel Hooper
[09:39]	TR Bot	 An Experienced C Programmer Tries AI Agents Daniel Hooper
[09:39]	TR News	"It appears AI is simultaneously the problem and the solution." https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/ai-security-shakedown/ | Source: Jim Nielsen
[09:39]	TR Bot	 The AI Security Shakedown - Jim Nielsens Blog
[09:39]	TR News	"An Act of Resistance" https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1112/an-act-of-resistance | Source: David Revoy
[09:39]	TR Bot	 An Act of Resistance - David Revoy
[09:40]	TR News	"Venture capital turns out to work the same way now. Theyre just putting their whole bag on red and spinning the wheel: [...]" https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/06/most-venture-capital-deals-are-now-ai/ | Source: Pivot to AI
[09:40]	TR Bot	( status 503 @ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/06/most-venture-capital-deals-are-now-ai/ )
[09:40]	TR News	"Despite the overwhelming marketing push in all the media all the time, it turns out normal people still think AI sucks." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/07/us-voters-hate-ai-and-politicians-are-noticing/ | Source: Pivot to AI
[09:40]	TR Bot	( status 503 @ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/07/us-voters-hate-ai-and-politicians-are-noticing/ )
[09:40]	TR News	"Researchers investigate such questions by peering inside AI systems and studying how they represent scenes and sentences." https://www.quantamagazine.org/distinct-ai-models-seem-to-converge-on-how-they-encode-reality-20260107/ | Source: Quanta Magazine
[09:40]	TR Bot	 Distinct AI Models Seem To Converge On How They Encode Reality | Quanta Magazine
[09:41]	TR News	"Grok did no such thing. Grok cannot apologize. Grok is not a human. Grok has no sense of what is happening. Grok just generates content." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/07/journalistic-malpractice-no-llm-ever-admits-to-anything-and-reporting-otherwise-is-a-lie/ | Source: Techdirt
[09:41]	TR Bot	Malpractice: No LLM Ever Admits To Anything, And Reporting Otherwise Is A Lie | Techdirt
[09:41]	TR News	"The only reason Stuxnet was discovered was because it accidentally spread beyond the Iranian nuclear facility." https://defenceweb.co.za/cyber-defence/the-rise-of-cyber-security-in-modern-warfare/ |
[09:41]	TR Bot	 The rise of cyber security in modern warfare - DefenceWeb
[09:42]	TR News	"I was just minding my own business this week, not thinking about my simmering annoyance with Logi Options+" https://mattstein.com/thoughts/replacing-logi-options/ | Source: Matt Stein
[09:42]	TR Bot	 Replacing Logi Options Matt Stein
[09:42]	TR News	"My PS5 is going to travel to college with one of my daughters, so I picked up a lightly-used one to replace it. Some points of reference if you ever are doing this and have trouble transferring data between the systems on your network." https://bjhess.com/posts/problems-transferring-from-an-old-to-new-playstation-5 | Source: Barry Hess
[09:42]	TR Bot	 Problems Transferring from an Old to New Playstation 5 - I am BARRY HESS
[09:42]	TR News	"we were able to do this with the access we had on their infrastructure" https://thecyberexpress.com/crimson-collective-disconnects-brightspeed/ | Source: Cyble Inc
[09:42]	TR Bot	 Crimson Collective Claims To Disconnect Brightspeed Users
[09:42]	TR News	"He was joined by dozens of netizens who jeered the misfiring feature using a tough-but-fair new pejorative: Microslop." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/video-microsoft-ruining-windows-ai | Source: Futurism
[09:42]	TR Bot	 "Microslop": Infuriating Video Sums Up How Microsoft Is Ruining Windows With AI
[09:43]	TR News	 (NEW):  Sick of Microslop? New Linux distro could win over Windows 11 haters https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Sick_of_Microslop_New_Linux_distro_could_win_over_Windows_11_ha.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Sick_of_Microslop_New_Linux_distro_could_win_over_Windows_11_ha.gmi 
[09:43]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Sick of Microslop? New Linux distro could win over Windows 11 haters
[09:44]	TR News	 (NEW):  This new Linux app lets you control your PC with your voice, and it's free https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/This_new_Linux_app_lets_you_control_your_PC_with_your_voice_and.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/This_new_Linux_app_lets_you_control_your_PC_with_your_voice_and.gmi 
[09:44]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines This new Linux app lets you control your PC with your voice, and it's free
[09:48]	TR News	[Old] "The Liberal Democrat MP Roger Williams said in an adjournment debate in the Commons that there was "compelling and reliable evidence for this carcinogenic substance to be banned from the UK food and drinks market altogether"." https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2005/dec/15/immigrationpolicy.foodanddrink | Source: The Guardian UK
[09:48]	TR Bot	 MP calls for ban on 'unsafe' sweetener | Politics | The Guardian
[09:48]	TR News	 (NEW):  Someone made a sticky notes app within the Linux terminal, and you can download it right now https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Someone_made_a_sticky_notes_app_within_the_Linux_terminal_and_y.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Someone_made_a_sticky_notes_app_within_the_Linux_terminal_and_y.gmi 
[09:48]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Someone made a sticky notes app within the Linux terminal, and you can download it right now
[09:48]	TR News	[Old] "At the time, Donald Rumsfeld was the CEO of Searle. He was also on the transition team for Ronald Reagan, who was inaugurated in 1981." https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-story-of-how-fake-sugar-got-approved-is-scary-as-hell/ | Source: Vice Media Group
[09:48]	TR Bot	 Why Did the FDA Ever Approve Fake Sugar?
[09:51]	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 
[09:51]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines TUXEDO InfinityBook Max 16 Gen10 Linux Laptop Unveiled with New OLED Display
[09:52]	TR News	"the American Beverage Association; Ajinomoto, an aspartame supplier; and the Calorie Control Council, to name just a few." https://www.vox.com/2023/7/1/23780348/aspartame-cancer-carcinogenic-health-risk-who-iarc-fda-efsa-diet-coke-sugar-free | Source: Vox
[09:52]	TR Bot	WHOs statement on cancer and aspartame yes, the stuff in Diet Coke is worth hearing out | Vox
[09:53]	TR News	"This phenomenon, also known as mind wandering, lasts much longer than the notification itself. Even after the sound is gone, those thoughts linger in your head, and your performance continues to decline." https://jeroensangers.com/2026/01/07/mobile-notifications-cause-significant-distraction.html | Source: Jeroen Sangers
[09:53]	TR Bot	 Jeroen Sangers brain tags - Mobile notifications cause significant distraction and performance reduction due to prolonged mind-wandering
[09:53]	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 
[09:53]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Immutable Distro Nitrux 5.1 Released with Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS, New Tools
[09:53]	TR News	"One of the dominant ways of thinking about addiction is as a disease. While there is evidence for this approach, it often leads to a dismissal of addictions social causes, rooted in alienation and purposelessness." https://jacobin.com/2026/01/social-causes-drug-addiction/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine
[09:53]	TR Bot	 Were Thinking About Addiction Entirely Wrong
[09:53]	TR News	"To support this effort, researchers at Texas A&M University have developed an innovative solution by chemically modifying sand into a highly hydrophobic material" https://phys.org/news/2026-01-sand-layer-resilience-drought.html | Source: Omicron Limited
[09:53]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://phys.org/news/2026-01-sand-layer-resilience-drought.html )
[09:54]	TR News	"American dietary guidelines have gotten an overhaul. The Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Agriculture unveiled a new food pyramid on January 7." https://www.sciencenews.org/article/new-dietary-guidelines-food-pyramid | Source: Science News
[09:54]	TR Bot	 New dietary guidelines flip the food pyramid
[09:56]	TR News	"After launching the InfinityBook Max 15 in November 2025, TUXEDO has now introduced the next generation of its powerful Linux laptop line, the InfinityBook Max 16. Its a new ultra-slim 16-inch Linux workstation designed to combine business-class portability with desktop-level CPU and discrete GPU performance." https://linuxiac.com/tuxedo-launches-infinitybook-max-16-linux-laptop/ | Source: Linuxiac
[09:56]	TR Bot	 TUXEDO Launches InfinityBook Max 16 With OLED Display and RTX Graphics
[09:57]	TR News	"Every year, for my birthday, I collect my thoughts. This year I want to share some things Ive learned: one lesson for each year I've been around. You might agree or disagree with them; maybe a bit of both." https://werd.io/47-lessons/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller
[09:57]	TR Bot	 47 lessons
[09:58]	TR News	"Compare this to someone over at a large corporation selecting hardware based on my go ahead, pick anything! advice. Theyd be left holding the bag if anything disappoints. This is not good for you at a corporate place." https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/aws-and-microsoft-are-selling-much-more-than-cloud/ | Source: Bert Hubert
[09:58]	TR Bot	 AWS and Microsoft are selling much more than cloud services - Bert Hubert's writings
[09:58]	TR News	"And so, we end up with huge competency gaps between people who are in their 30s, 40s, 50s." https://lemire.me/blog/2026/01/08/what-i-got-wrong-about-hard-work-in-my-20s/ | Source: Daniel Lemire
[09:58]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/01/08/what-i-got-wrong-about-hard-work-in-my-20s/ )
[09:59]	TR News	"Here's the thing about every successful writing workshop I've been in: they don't necessarily make writing enjoyable (indeed, they can be painful), but they make it profoundly satisfying." https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/07/delicious-pizza/#hold-the-gravel | Source: CoryDoctorow
[09:59]	TR Bot	 Pluralistic: Writing vs AI (07 Jan 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
● Jan 08
[10:01]	TR News	"Williams and Beer (2010) introduced partial information decomposition (PID) as a way to split the mutual information that a set of sources has about a target into nonnegative atoms corresponding to redundant, unique, and synergistic information" https://danmackinlay.name/notebook/information_decomposition.html | Source: Dan MacKinlay
[10:01]	TR Bot	 Multivariate information decomposition The Dan MacKinlay stable of variably-well-considerd enterprises
[10:01]	TR News	"With less than a month to go until NASA attempts to send astronauts around the Moon, the agency is demolishing facilities that got it there the first time around." https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/07/nasa_test_stand_demolition/ | Source: The Register UK
[10:01]	TR Bot	 Historic NASA test towers face their final countdown The Register
[10:02]	TR News	"The nonprofit museum, which first opened in 2016, is based in Norman, Oklahoma." https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-is-the-only-museum-dedicated-to-weather-artifacts-in-america-it-may-shut-down-due-to-funding-shortages-180987962/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine
[10:02]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-is-the-only-museum-dedicated-to-weather-artifacts-in-america-it-may-shut-down-due-to-funding-shortages-180987962/ )
[10:03]	TR News	[Old] "This is just a short note to document how my current blog is deployed with zero downtime." https://blog.martin-haehnel.de/2025/11/26/zero-downtime-deploys-at-last/ | Source: Martin Hhne
[10:03]	TR Bot	 Zero Downtime Deploys, At Last
[10:03]	TR News	[Old] "I will now try to go-live with the self-hosted blog version. I expect some small amount of downtime when the dns cutover happens, but I don't expect any problems otherwise." https://blog.martin-haehnel.de/2025/11/23/the-move-of-the-blog-is-happening-now/ | Source: Martin Hhne
[10:03]	TR Bot	 The Move Of The Blog Is Happening Now
[10:03]	TR News	[Old] "I am not updating the blog as much, because the few brain cycles I have left for doing "blog things" are spent moving the blog off of Cloudflare and onto OVHCloud (previously)." https://blog.martin-haehnel.de/2025/11/14/rough-roadmap-and-status-quo-of-moving-the-blog/ | Source: Martin Hhne
[10:03]	TR Bot	 Rough Roadmap Of Moving The Blog
[10:03]	TR News	"I'm in the middle of moving my things off of Cloudflare and on to a VPS with OVHCloud. OVH is a European (French to be precise) Hosting company that offers everything I need and is maybe not as problematic as Cloudflare. I wrote about this recently Where To Go From Here." https://blog.martin-haehnel.de/2025/11/06/another-try-at-self-hosting/ | Source: Martin Hhne
[10:03]	TR Bot	 Another Try (at Self Hosting)
[10:04]	TR News	[Old] "At the moment all my projects live on Github. Github is Microsoft and Microsoft is not exactly EU-based. Github has also become a symbol for "AI" hate" https://blog.martin-haehnel.de/2025/10/27/where-to-go-from-here/ | Source: Martin Hhne
[10:04]	TR Bot	 Where To Go From Here
[10:04]	TR News	 (NEW):   : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Android_Leftovers.gmi 
[10:04]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Android Leftovers
[10:05]	TR News	"I set as a threshold a number of recorded page visits an article needed in order to be included in our year end ranking." https://thenewleafjournal.com/our-most-visited-articles-of-2025/ | Source: The New Leaf Journal
[10:05]	TR Bot	 Our Most-Visited Articles of 2025 The New Leaf Journal
[10:05]	TR News	"Tech Shadow Work is a concept I have been thinking about ever since I saw this meme." https://rebeccawilliams.info/welcome-to-tech-shadow-work/ | Source: Rebecca Williams
[10:05]	TR Bot	 Welcome to Tech Shadow Work
[10:05]	TR News	"But do it yourself, and for yourself, on a platform you own if you can." https://jasper.tandy.is/blogging/this-got-shared-on-mastodon-i-think-but-i-dont-know-by-whom-it-got-my-mind-all-in-knots-about | Source: Jasper Tandy
[10:05]	TR Bot	 Jasper is blogging: This got shared on Mastodon, I think, but I don't know by whom. It got my mind all in knots about...
[10:06]	TR News	"The guide launched as a 1200 page book at CD-ROM in 1992, moved onto the Gopher text-based information service in 1994 and onto the web shortly after." https://ethanzuckerman.com/2026/01/07/listening-to-all-the-music/ | Source: Ethan Zuckerman
[10:06]	TR Bot	 Listening to All the Music - Ethan Zuckerman
[10:06]	TR News	"This is the one thousandth post to this blog in the 212 months since the first post. That is an average of 4.7 posts per month" https://blog.dshr.org/2026/01/meta-post-1000.html | Source: David Rosenthal
[10:06]	TR Bot	 DSHR's Blog: Meta: Post #1000
[10:07]	TR News	"I went back and checked other links from LWN to this blog and other places. I am trying to get rid of twitter dot com links, because news among other reasons." https://blog.zgp.org/lwn/ | Source: Don Marti
[10:07]	TR Bot	 I got in LWN
[10:08]	TR News	"The small web thrives on links, visibility, and reuse. Hiding content (even unintentionally) in favor of aesthetic choices may please you, but it weakens discoverability and discourages return visits, regardless of the quality of whats being published." https://afranca.com.br/your-content-should-be-easy-to-find/ | Source: Andre Franca
[10:08]	TR Bot	 Your Content Should Be Easy to Find
[10:13]	TR News	 (NEW):  Fedora, GNU-like Mobile Linux, and Fake 'FSF' (FSF-EEE) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Fedora_GNU_like_Mobile_Linux_and_Fake_FSF_FSF_EEE.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Fedora_GNU_like_Mobile_Linux_and_Fake_FSF_FSF_EEE.gmi 
[10:13]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Fedora, GNU-like Mobile Linux, and Fake 'FSF' (FSF-EEE)
[10:16]	TR News	Techrights Links 08/01/2026: Possible "Collapse of NATO Over Greenland"; Journalistic Malpractice and "US Voters Hate Slop" https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/08/Links_08_01_2026_Possible_Collapse_of_NATO_Over_Greenland_Journ.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/08/Links_08_01_2026_Possible_Collapse_of_NATO_Over_Greenland_Journ.gmi 
[10:16]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 08/01/2026: Possible "Collapse of NATO Over Greenland"; Journalistic Malpractice and "US Voters Hate Slop"
[10:16]	TR News	Why Microsoft Employees Over 40 Fear They're Being 'Targeted' in January 2026 Layoffs https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/why-microsoft-employees-over-40-fear-theyre-being-targeted-january-2026-layoffs-1769297
[10:16]	TR Bot	 Why Microsoft Employees Over 40 Fear They're Being 'Targeted' in January 2026 Layoffs | IBTimes UK
[10:19]	TR News	"This was about metadata, but also generally data retention and what the server sees in general." https://blog.mathieui.net/xmpp-and-metadata.html |
[10:19]	TR Bot	 XMPP and metadata
● Jan 08
[12:46]		*SomeGoat (~SomeGoat@y3syynzkwyc9u.irc) has joined #techrights
● Jan 08
[13:10]	TR News	 (NEW):  KDE Gear 25.12.1 Released with Various Improvements for Your Favorite KDE Apps https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/KDE_Gear_25_12_1_Released_with_Various_Improvements_for_Your_Fa.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/KDE_Gear_25_12_1_Released_with_Various_Improvements_for_Your_Fa.gmi 
[13:10]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines KDE Gear 25.12.1 Released with Various Improvements for Your Favorite KDE Apps
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[13:22]	MinceR	(cat) https://imgchest.com/p/o24a6rmw3yl
[13:22]	TR Bot	 NO TITLE
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[13:56]	TR News	"A live coding stream with Bill Kennedy, Kevin Enriquez, Andrey Nering, and me." https://carlosbecker.com/posts/live-ardanlabs-software-design-63/ | Source: Carlos Becker
[13:56]	TR Bot	 Ultimate Go Software Design LIVE: Ep.63
[13:57]	TR News	"Time in C++: Additional clocks in C++20" https://www.sandordargo.com/blog/2026/01/07/clocks-part-6-cpp20 | Source: Sandor Dargo
[13:57]	TR Bot	 Time in C++: Additional clocks in C++20 | Sandor Dargo's Blog
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[13:57]	TR News	"ID.me is a shining example of why Agile is not a valid software development methodology." https://www.logikalsolutions.com/wordpress/information-technology/id-me/ | Source: Logikal Solutions
[13:57]	TR Bot	 ID.me Duth Sucketh Logikal Blog
[13:58]	TR News	"The popular go web framework Gin has a middleware that allows you to recover from and log panics while serving HTTP." https://eblog.fly.dev/faststack.html | Source: Efron Licht
[13:58]	TR Bot	 a tale of two stacks: optimizing gins panic recovery handler
[13:58]	TR News	"This isnt the same as prioritizing things." https://world.hey.com/jason/the-obvious-the-easy-and-the-possible-2e11a3fb | Source: 37signals LLC
[13:58]	TR Bot	 The Obvious, the Easy, and the Possible
[13:58]	TR News	"Big-O is a way to mathematically express the upper bound on an algorithms scalability. Understanding this requires covering three key aspects: [...]" https://pythonspeed.com/articles/big-o-tests/ | Source: Python Speed
[13:58]	TR Bot	 Unit testing your codes performance, part 1: Big-O scaling
[13:59]	TR News	divide, isolate, conquer: "Interest in languages overall is waning." https://yle.fi/a/74-20203171 ("Finnish border town cools on Russian language")
[13:59]	TR Bot	 Finnish border town cools on Russian language | Yle News | Yle
● Jan 08
[14:00]	TR News	"I am very sympathetic to free software. (And I regret not using more software of this kind.)" https://manualdousuario.net/en/fsf-free-software-creation-printer-jam/ | Source: Rodrigo Ghedin
[14:00]	TR Bot	 Your digital life isnt yours: The hidden battle for software freedom Manual do Usurio
[14:00]	TR News	"Ok, you aren't here (I assume) to peruse my books and see how few books I consume (teenage Ray would be embarrassed by the number)." https://www.raymondcamden.com/2026/01/07/adding-hardcoverapp-data-to-eleventy | Source: Raymond Camden
[14:00]	TR Bot	 Adding Hardcover.app Data to Eleventy
[14:01]	TR News	"That most recent post struck a chord. " https://rubenerd.com/shame-surrounding-spreadsheets/ | Source: Ruben Schade
[14:01]	TR Bot	Shame surrounding spreadsheets
[14:02]	TR News	"Not only is RSS the best way to keep up with websites, its also a great way to follow channels on YouTube and the best method for consuming and distributing media in general." https://initialcharge.net/2026/01/use-rss-moreale/ | Source: Mike Rockwell
[14:02]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://initialcharge.net/2026/01/use-rss-moreale/ )
[14:02]	TR News	"A Website To Destroy All Websites" https://bix.blog/posts/2026-01-05-quite-achievable-for-whom/ |
[14:02]	TR Bot	 Quite Achievable For Whom? Bix dot Blog
[14:09]	TR News	"Maybe that means starting up a small server or instance or domain where some of your friends and family can post." https://explodingcomma.com/posts/an-open-web-that-real-people-can-actually-use | Source: Pete Brown
[14:09]	TR Bot	 An open web that real people can actually use - Exploding Comma
[14:09]	TR News	"When your code runs long, youre not causing jank in some abstract technical sense; youre ignoring someone whos trying to talk to you" https://denodell.com/blog/the-main-thread-is-not-yours | Source: Den Odell
[14:09]	TR Bot	 The Main Thread Is Not Yours Den Odell
[14:10]	TR News	"These days there are a lot of things crawling everything in sight, and our server has no general defenses against them (we don't even have much of a robots.txt)." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/OurWebServer24Hours-2026 | Source: University of Toronto
[14:10]	TR Bot	 You're using a too-old browser
[14:11]	TR News	"This time there is no less than six separate vulnerabilities announced." https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/01/07/curl-8-18-0/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg
[14:11]	TR Bot	8.18.0 | daniel.haxx.se
[14:11]	TR News	"I am not the official spokesperson for the group. I just got into the habit of summarizing the meetings every month, and adding my own opinions about things." https://macadie.info/2026/01/07/2025-12-austin-emacs-meetup/ | Source: Eric MacAdie
[14:11]	TR Bot	 2025-12 Austin Emacs Meetup MacAdie Web Blog
[14:11]	TR News	"This Emacs thing is getting out of hand and eating away all my free time." https://brainbaking.com/post/2026/01/thinking-about-email-workflows/ | Source: Wouter Groeneveld
[14:11]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://brainbaking.com/post/2026/01/thinking-about-email-workflows/ )
[14:15]	TR News	"Well, maintaining a Jellyfin instance allows you to have a centralized access point for all your music, movies, tv shows, etc. that you own." https://blog.martin-haehnel.de/2026/01/06/trying-out-jellyfin/ | Source: Martin Hhne
[14:15]	TR Bot	 Trying Out Jellyfin
[14:15]	TR News	"I think I have polished it enough to publish it without too much shame. It is a C application. You only need a C compiler and the GNU version of Make to build it. The principal design goals are: [...]" https://lists.dyne.org/lurker/message/20260107.155832.f6507e8f.en.html | Source: Dyne
[14:15]	TR Bot	 [DNG] Introducing Otari
[14:16]	TR News	"To be certain what kind I had, Charlie and I pulled my quill out and took it apart." https://cagrimmett.com/2026/01/07/shopsmith-mark-v-single-vs-double-bearing-quills/ | Source: Chuck Grimmett
[14:16]	TR Bot	 Shopsmith Mark V Single vs Double Bearing Quills Chuck Grimmett
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[14:24]	TR News	"The latest issue of Raspberry Pi Official Magazine featured half a dozen products from around the world that are helping improve things like driver and passenger safety, drone pilots chances of a successful landing, and marine pilots navigation accuracy." https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/hundreds-of-products-now-powered-by-raspberry-pi/ | Source: Raspberry Pi
[14:24]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/hundreds-of-products-now-powered-by-raspberry-pi/ )
[14:25]	TR News	"They don't have anywhere near enough cooling power to cover all of the systems we normally have running in our machine rooms, but we might be able to keep a few critical systems up rather than being completely down." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/NetworkedACUnits | Source: University of Toronto
[14:25]	TR News	"The Senseair S88 is a pretty great CO sensor for its price. It can be bought locally (NL) for ~22 Euro and it has a stated accuracy of 40 ppm and 3% of reading." https://danieldk.eu/Hardware/Smart-Home/ESPHome-Senseair-S88 | Source: Danil de Kok
[14:25]	TR Bot	 ESPHome Senseair S88
[14:25]	TR News	"Getting Started with Java on the Raspberry Pi" https://webtechie.be/post/2026-01-07-x86-arm-riscv/ | Source: Frank Delporte
[14:25]	TR Bot	Board Computers: x86 vs ARM vs RISC-V | webtechie.be
[14:26]	TR News	"and would be production-ready for hobbyist projects (if youre a professional, youll just manufacture your own board). " https://qsantos.fr/2026/01/07/no-alternatives-to-the-rp2350-usb-a/ | Source: Quentin Santos
[14:26]	TR Bot	 (No) alternatives to the RP2350-USB-A - Quentin Santos
[14:30]	TR News	"By default FreeBSD does not work well in such environments in this article we will configure FreeBSD to make everything work as needed." https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/01/07/freebsd-and-poudriere-in-high-security-environments/ | Source: Vermaden
[14:30]	TR Bot	 FreeBSD and Poudriere in High Security Environments | 
[14:36]	TR News	"After OpenBSD had split from NetBSD, there had been no real work on the VAX support in OpenBSD" http://miod.online.fr/software/openbsd/stories/dragon.html | Source: Miod Vallat
[14:36]	TR Bot	 Taming dragons
[14:37]	TR News	IPFire 2.29 Core 199 https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12695 | Source: Distro Watch
[14:37]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12695 )
[14:37]	TR News	"It's not just in GNOME he's additionally filed bug 1747207 against Firefox, also proposing to remove this behavior." https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/07/gnome_middle_click_paste/ | Source: The Register UK
[14:37]	TR Bot	 GNOME dev gives middle-click paste fans the middle finger The Register
[14:39]	TR News	"Quake is the mythical game created by John Carmack and the rest of the id Software folks, and solely responsible for an entire generations vastly enhanced spatial visualization skills (as well as the uncanny ability to hit moving objects in mid-air with other moving objects)." https://taoofmac.com/space/games/quake | Source: Rui Carmo
[14:39]	TR Bot	 Quake - Tao of Mac
[14:39]	TR News	"integrated into Mover as a more up-to-date replacement to the very old default Walking Mode of the Character Movement Component which as far as I know dates back to the Unreal Tournament days." https://theorangeduck.com/page/new-movement-model | Source: Daniel Holden
[14:39]	TR Bot	 New Movement Model
[14:47]	TR News	"I was having trouble visualising the dice probabilities for some Forged in the Dark-based1 RPGs2, so I drew myself a diagram." https://danq.me/2026/01/07/probabilities-in-the-dark/ | Source: Dan Q
[14:47]	TR Bot	 Visualising Forged In The Dark probabilities Dan Q
[14:49]	TR News	"Rugby is a sport defined by collisions, structure, and constant tactical adaptation." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/01/rugby-analytics-with-r-complete-guide-to-performance-analysis-in-rugby-union-and-league/ | Source: Rlang
[14:49]	TR Bot	Analytics with R: Complete Guide to Performance Analysis in Rugby Union and League | R-bloggers
[14:59]	TR News	"Here's how MDN describes the new color function: [...]" https://www.stefanjudis.com/today-i-learned/light-dark-isnt-the-same-as-prefers-color-scheme/ | Source: Stefan Judis
[14:59]	TR Bot	 light-dark() isn't always the same as prefers-color-scheme | Stefan Judis Web Development
● Jan 08
[15:00]	TR News	"The Nitrux team has announced the release of Nitrux 5.1, an immutable, systemd-free Debian-based Linux distro that bets on AppImage-based software delivery and ships with Hyprland as its default desktop environment." https://linuxiac.com/nitrux-5-1-drops-virtual-machine-support-and-shifts-fully-to-bare-metal/ | Source: Linuxiac
[15:00]	TR Bot	 Nitrux 5.1 Drops Virtual Machine Support and Shifts Fully to Bare Metal
[15:00]	TR News	"The logical solution to this is to split it in the smallest chunks instead. Have one package for every module in the kernel." https://blog.brixit.nl/splitting-a-linux-kernel-package/ | Source: Martijn Braam
[15:00]	TR Bot	 Splitting a Linux kernel package
[15:00]	TR News	"I'm not a kernel developer, but I found myself poking around kernel source code to understand the problem better and figure out what was going on under the hood." https://questdb.com/blog/async-profiler-kernel-bug/ |
[15:00]	TR Bot	a Kernel Bug Froze My Machine: Debugging an Async-profiler Deadlock | QuestDB
[15:01]	TR News	"This has been a fun project, but as I worked with it, I realized that there wasnt really a single resource available" https://oxcrag.net/projects/self-hosted-grafana-server/ | Source: Mikael Hansson
[15:01]	TR Bot	Grafana Server - oxcrag.net
[15:01]	TR News	"I couldnt find any good resource describing the complete process, so Ive documented my setup, and am sharing the documentation via my Projects page." https://oxcrag.net/blog/2026/01/04/server-monitoring-with-grafana.html | Source: Mikael Hansson
[15:01]	TR Bot	Monitoring with Grafana - oxcrag.net
[15:02]	TR News	"A special Hello World podcast reflects on key developments in computing education during 2025 and considers trends shaping 2026" https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/what-shaped-computing-education-in-2025-and-what-comes-next/ | Source: Raspberry Pi
[15:02]	TR Bot	 What shaped computing education in 2025 and what comes next - Raspberry Pi Foundation
[15:08]	TR News	"Was the rumor stemming from just that one Blind user, or are there other people claiming that they've also heard about it? I'm not sure who to believe here." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ked3b7br
[15:08]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ked3b7br )
[15:09]	TR News	IBM's "Huiming and his circle really need to go." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ke7exa4g
[15:09]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ke7exa4g )
[15:10]	TR News	Even some MICROSOFT INSIDERS are sceptical of Microsoft's weak denial (a mete "tweet" in a deepfake child porn site) to the mass layoffs, which can be merely delayed
[15:11]	TR News	IBM "Research is going to get sla-ghtered" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kedsm8dt "The answer to the @OP question is the same as the answer to the following question: Can the work be moved to India immediately ?"
[15:11]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kedsm8dt )
[15:12]	TR News	"Just came here after reading the Reddit thread. Another immigration program IBM was abusing. These "landed" resources were supposed to be brought over short term to support a specific project/client. Not be on the bench or switch clients. Yet many of them would do just that." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1keeqnjw3
[15:12]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1keeqnjw3 )
[15:12]	TR News	"It's not that IBM is ending the program it's that they're sending back the ones who were violating the law. Which is over 90% of them." "Is HCAM no more in the US?" "Good finally cracking down on this stuff."
[15:13]	TR News	"OP must be referring to something that happened at IBM a few years ago. The craze to promote women and minorities over white males no longer exists at IBM. Mainly because there aren't many Black or White employees left. The company is almost entirely Indian now. The current discrimination is more caste/language based within that demographic."
[15:14]	TR News	"Alvind and his pipmunks were caught on tape being r@cist sc*m" "Its funny how they really were yet nothing really happened" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ked3sgr0 moderator already censored some comments previously shown in this page
[15:14]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ked3sgr0 )
[15:15]	TR News	It's the comment that said "DEI is deport every Indian" (3rd from top here) https://techrights.org/i/2026/01/demography-ibm.png
[15:19]	TR News	New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with My Winter Car - 2026-01-03 Edition https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-playable-on-the-steam-deck-2026-01-03-edition/index.html
[15:19]	TR Bot	 New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with My Winter Car - 2026-01-03 Edition
[15:19]	TR News	Kubernetes v1.35: A Better Way to Pass Service Account Tokens to CSI Drivers https://kubernetes.io/blog/2026/01/07/kubernetes-v1-35-csi-sa-tokens-secrets-field-beta/
[15:19]	TR Bot	 Kubernetes v1.35: A Better Way to Pass Service Account Tokens to CSI Drivers | Kubernetes
[15:20]	TR News	curl 8.18.0 https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/01/07/curl-8-18-0/
[15:20]	TR Bot	8.18.0 | daniel.haxx.se
[15:24]	TR News	Microslop: Infuriating Video Sums Up How Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Is Ruining backdoored Windows With Hey Hi (AI) https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/video-microsoft-ruining-windows-ai
[15:24]	TR Bot	 "Microslop": Infuriating Video Sums Up How Microsoft Is Ruining Windows With AI
[15:25]	TR News	Three of the best: George Michaelson https://blog.apnic.net/2026/01/07/three-of-the-best-george-michaelson-4/
[15:25]	TR Bot	 Three of the best: George Michaelson | APNIC Blog
[15:25]	TR News	Chrome Extensions With 900,000 Downloads Caught Stealing Hey Hi (AI) Chats https://www.securityweek.com/chrome-extensions-with-900000-downloads-caught-stealing-ai-chats/
[15:25]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/chrome-extensions-with-900000-downloads-caught-stealing-ai-chats/ )
[15:26]	TR News	Debian's Data Protection Team is No More, Maybe You Can Help? https://itsfoss.com/news/debian-data-protection-team/ will they help dox people? https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/Projection_Tactics_Part_II_Causing_Serious_Harm_to_Many_People_.shtml
[15:26]	TR Bot	 Debian's Data Protection Team is No More, Maybe You Can Help?
[15:26]	TR Bot	 Techrights Projection Tactics - Part II: Causing "Serious Harm" to Many People (Even Animals)
[15:27]	TR News	Or will Debian harbour people who threaten to punch people?
[15:27]	TR News	Backdoors in VStarcam cameras https://palant.info/2026/01/07/backdoors-in-vstarcam-cameras/
[15:27]	TR Bot	 Backdoors in VStarcam cameras | Almost Secure
[15:32]	TR News	Jon Chiappetta: Surveillance Giant Google Cancels Gmailify! :O :( https://fossjon.wordpress.com/2026/01/07/google-cancels-gmailify-o/ "Ive been using Gmail for many many years since it was Beta as my default mail client but now that time has come to an end sadly"
[15:32]	TR Bot	 Google Cancels Gmailify! :O :( | Jon's FOSS Blog
[15:33]	TR News	Manage AI-powered inventory with Red Bait Lightspeed MCP https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/01/07/manage-ai-powered-inventory-using-red-hat-lightspeed
[15:33]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/01/07/manage-ai-powered-inventory-using-red-hat-lightspeed )
[15:37]	TR News	Fedora 44 Will Be the First Distro to Adopt KDE's Plasma Login Manager https://itsfoss.com/news/fedora-44-plasma-login-manager/
[15:37]	TR Bot	 Fedora 44 Will Be the First Distro to Adopt KDE's Plasma Login Manager
[15:38]	TR News	Ravi Dwivedi: Why my Riseup account got suspended (and reinstated) https://ravidwivedi.in/posts/suspension-of-my-riseup-account/
[15:38]	TR Bot	 Why my Riseup account got suspended (and reinstated)
[15:38]	TR News	most possible basic apache2 web log file analyze script https://dwaves.de/2026/01/07/most-possible-basic-apache2-web-log-file-analyze-script/
[15:38]	TR Bot	most possible basic apache2 web log file analyze script | dwaves.de
[15:40]	TR News	2026
[15:40]	TR News	Pluralistic: Writing vs Hey Hi (AI) (07 Jan 2026) https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/07/delicious-pizza/
[15:40]	TR Bot	 Pluralistic: Writing vs AI (07 Jan 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
[15:40]	TR News	This Week In Rust: This Week in Rust 633 https://this-week-in-rust.org/blog/2026/01/07/this-week-in-rust-633/
[15:40]	TR Bot	 This Week in Rust 633 This Week in Rust
[15:42]	TR News	This Week in Linux 330: Arch, Bazzite, elementary, Mint, Kali, Parrot OS, Qubes OS, & more 2026 GNU/Linux news https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/this-week-in-linux/twil-330/
[15:42]	TR Bot	Arch, Bazzite, elementary, Mint, Kali, Parrot OS, Qubes OS, & more 2026 Linux news - This Week in Linux - TuxDigital
[15:42]	TR News	Back doors sold as "confidential containers" https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/01/07/tee-backed-zero-trust-integrating-spire-confidential-containers
[15:42]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/01/07/tee-backed-zero-trust-integrating-spire-confidential-containers )
[15:47]	TR News	What I Got Wrong About Hard Work in My 20s https://lemire.me/blog/2026/01/08/what-i-got-wrong-about-hard-work-in-my-20s/
[15:47]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/01/08/what-i-got-wrong-about-hard-work-in-my-20s/ )
[15:48]	TR News	5 Easy Tips to Have a Great Day at Work, From a Workplace Psychologist https://www.sciencealert.com/5-easy-tips-to-have-a-great-day-at-work-from-a-workplace-psychologist
[15:48]	TR Bot	Easy Tips to Have a Great Day at Work, From a Workplace Psychologist : ScienceAlert
[15:48]	TR News	Caffeine in Your Blood Might Affect Body Fat And Diabetes Risk, Study Shows https://www.sciencealert.com/caffeine-in-your-blood-might-affect-body-fat-and-diabetes-risk-study-shows
[15:48]	TR Bot	in Your Blood Might Affect Body Fat And Diabetes Risk, Study Shows : ScienceAlert
[15:52]	TR News	"How Do PAL And NTSC Really Work?" https://hackaday.com/2026/01/07/how-do-pal-and-ntsc-really-work/ | Source: Hackaday
[15:52]	TR Bot	Do PAL And NTSC Really Work? | Hackaday
[15:53]	TR News	"Laughing Gas For Rocket Propellant" https://hackaday.com/2026/01/07/testing-laughing-gas-for-rocket-propellant/ | Source: Hackaday
[15:53]	TR Bot	Laughing Gas For Rocket Propellant | Hackaday
[15:54]	TR News	"USB-C Upgrade" https://hackaday.com/2026/01/07/graphing-calculator-gets-usb-c-upgrade/ | Source: Hackaday
[15:54]	TR Bot	Calculator Gets USB-C Upgrade | Hackaday
[15:55]	TR News	DIY Grid Dip Meter Teardown https://hackaday.com/2026/01/07/diy-grid-dip-meter-teardown/ | Source: Hackaday
[15:55]	TR Bot	Grid Dip Meter Teardown | Hackaday
[15:56]	TR News	"Carbon Fiber FDM Filament" https://hackaday.com/2026/01/07/co-extrusion-carbon-fiber-fdm-filament-investigated/ | Source: Hackaday
[15:56]	TR Bot	Carbon Fiber FDM Filament Investigated | Hackaday
[15:59]	TR News	Terrified Investors Are Bracing for an Hey Hi (AI) Bubble Reckoning https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/investors-bracing-ai-bubble-reckoning https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/03/Definitely_Not_a_Ponzi_Scheme.shtml
[15:59]	TR Bot	 Terrified Investors Are Bracing for an AI Bubble "Reckoning"
[15:59]	TR Bot	 Techrights Definitely Not a Ponzi Scheme
[15:59]	TR News	Dell Admits That Customers Are Disgusted by PCs Stuffed With Hey Hi (AI) Features https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/dell-admits-customers-disgusted-pcs-ai
[15:59]	TR Bot	 Dell Admits That Customers Are Disgusted by PCs Stuffed With AI Features
● Jan 08
[16:00]	TR News	National Weather Service Uses Hey Hi (AI) to Generate Forecasts, Accidentally Hallucinates Town With Dirty Joke Name https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/national-weather-service-ai-hallucinates-town
[16:00]	TR Bot	 National Weather Service Uses AI to Generate Forecasts, Accidentally Hallucinates Town With Dirty Joke Name
[16:01]	TR News	Complex Routing, Misconfigurations Exploited for Domain Spoofing in Phishing Attacks https://www.securityweek.com/complex-routing-misconfigurations-exploited-for-domain-spoofing-in-phishing-attacks/
[16:01]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/complex-routing-misconfigurations-exploited-for-domain-spoofing-in-phishing-attacks/ )
[16:01]	TR News	Hackers Exploit Zero-Day in Discontinued D-Link Devices https://www.securityweek.com/hackers-exploit-zero-day-in-discontinued-d-link-devices/
[16:01]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/hackers-exploit-zero-day-in-discontinued-d-link-devices/ )
[16:02]	TR News	Several Code Execution Flaws Patched in Veeam Backup & Replication https://www.securityweek.com/several-code-execution-flaws-patched-in-veeam-backup-replication/
[16:02]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/several-code-execution-flaws-patched-in-veeam-backup-replication/ )
[16:02]	TR News	Vulnerability in Totolink Range Extender Allows Device Takeover https://www.securityweek.com/vulnerability-in-totolink-range-extender-allows-device-takeover/
[16:02]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/vulnerability-in-totolink-range-extender-allows-device-takeover/ )
[16:05]	TR News	The Loudest Voices in Security Often Have the Least to Lose https://www.securityweek.com/the-loudest-voices-in-security-often-have-the-least-to-lose/
[16:05]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/the-loudest-voices-in-security-often-have-the-least-to-lose/ )
[16:06]	TR News	"3D Resin Printer For Cheap" https://hackaday.com/2026/01/07/build-a-2k-resolution-msla-3d-resin-printer-for-cheap/ | Source: Hackaday
[16:06]	TR Bot	A 2K Resolution MSLA 3D Resin Printer For Cheap | Hackaday
[16:07]	TR News	Mozilla Localization (L10N): Mozilla Localization in 2025 https://blog.mozilla.org/l10n/2026/01/07/mozilla-localization-in-2025/
[16:07]	TR Bot	 Mozilla Localization in 2025 Mozilla L10N
[16:08]	TR News	Shame surrounding spreadsheets https://rubenerd.com/shame-surrounding-spreadsheets/
[16:08]	TR Bot	Shame surrounding spreadsheets
[16:09]	TR News	Practical Collision Attack Against Long Key IDs in PGP https://soatok.blog/2026/01/07/practical-collision-attack-against-long-key-ids-in-pgp/
[16:09]	TR Bot	 Practical Collision Attack Against Long Key IDs in PGP - Dhole Moments
[16:12]	TR News	Thorsten Alteholz: My Debian Activities in December 2025 http://blog.alteholz.eu/2026/01/my-debian-activities-in-december-2025/
[16:12]	TR Bot	Debian Activities in December 2025 blog.alteholz.eu
[16:12]	TR News	Ludovic Hirlimann: Are mozilla's fork any good? https://ludovic.hirlimann.net/2026/01/are-mozillas-fork-any-good.html
[16:12]	TR Bot	 Are mozilla's fork any good?
[16:15]	TR News	I Thought This Wikipedia App for GNU/Linux was Pointless (I Was Wrong) https://itsfoss.com/wike-wikipedia/
[16:15]	TR Bot	 I Thought This Wikipedia App for Linux was Pointless (I Was Wrong)
[16:15]	TR News	Nitrux 5.1 Drops Virtual Machine Support and Shifts Fully to Bare Metal https://linuxiac.com/nitrux-5-1-drops-virtual-machine-support-and-shifts-fully-to-bare-metal/
[16:15]	TR Bot	 Nitrux 5.1 Drops Virtual Machine Support and Shifts Fully to Bare Metal
[16:16]	TR News	IPFire 2.29 Core Update 199 Brings WiFi 6 and WiFi 7 to the Firewall Platform https://linuxiac.com/ipfire-2-29-core-update-199-brings-wifi-6-and-wifi-7-to-the-firewall-platform/
[16:16]	TR Bot	 IPFire 2.29 Core Update 199 Brings WiFi 6 and WiFi 7 to the Firewall Platform
[16:17]	TR News	TUXEDO Launches InfinityBook Max 16 With OLED Display and RTX Graphics https://linuxiac.com/tuxedo-launches-infinitybook-max-16-linux-laptop/
[16:17]	TR Bot	 TUXEDO Launches InfinityBook Max 16 With OLED Display and RTX Graphics
[16:17]	TR News	Netplan Configuration Guide on Ubuntu 26.04 https://linuxconfig.org/netplan-configuration-guide-on-ubuntu-26-04
[16:17]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://linuxconfig.org/netplan-configuration-guide-on-ubuntu-26-04 )
[16:18]	TR News	New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Clients, including DunHero - 2026-01-07 Edition https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-clients-2026-01-07-edition/index.html
[16:18]	TR Bot	 New Steam Games with Native Linux Clients, including DunHero - 2026-01-07 Edition
[16:18]	TR News	Ewww! https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/01/ropensci-2025-code-of-conduct-transparency-report/
[16:18]	TR Bot	2025 Code of Conduct Transparency Report | R-bloggers
[16:19]	TR News	penguins: Cloze Quiz for Exploratory Analysis of Penguins Data https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/01/penguins-cloze-quiz-for-exploratory-analysis-of-penguins-data/
[16:19]	TR Bot	Cloze Quiz for Exploratory Analysis of Penguins Data | R-bloggers
[16:19]	TR News	More ewwww https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/01/ropensci-code-of-conduct-annual-review-7/
[16:19]	TR Bot	Code of Conduct Annual Review | R-bloggers
[16:20]	TR News	Nikos Roussos: 39c3 notes https://www.roussos.cc/2026/01/07/39c3/
[16:20]	TR Bot	 Nikos Roussos 39c3 notes
[16:22]	TR News	How To Install Stremio on Manjaro https://idroot.us/install-stremio-manjaro/
[16:22]	TR Bot	 How To Install Stremio on Manjaro - idroot
[16:22]	TR News	How To Install Asterisk on Fedora 43 https://idroot.us/install-asterisk-fedora-43/
[16:22]	TR Bot	 How To Install Asterisk on Fedora 43 - idroot
[16:23]	TR News	How To Install PostfixAdmin on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-postfixadmin-debian-13/
[16:23]	TR Bot	 How To Install PostfixAdmin on Debian 13 - idroot
[16:24]	TR News	How To Install Plotly on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-plotly-debian-13/
[16:24]	TR Bot	 How To Install Plotly on Debian 13 - idroot
[16:28]	TR News	How to Disable Firewall on Ubuntu 26.04 https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-disable-firewall-on-ubuntu-26-04
[16:28]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-disable-firewall-on-ubuntu-26-04 )
[16:28]	TR News	The state of open source Hey Hi (AI) models in 2025 https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/01/07/state-open-source-ai-models-2025
[16:28]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/01/07/state-open-source-ai-models-2025 )
[16:30]	Isambard_Prince	MinceR, Maybe Chase will make money on the Apple Card.
[16:30]	Isambard_Prince	In any event, Chase DOES sue if you don't pay them.
[16:30]	Isambard_Prince	And they do it fast.
[16:30]	TR News	 (NEW):  Stable kernels: Linux 6.18.4, and Linux 6.12.64 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Stable_kernels_Linux_6_18_4_and_Linux_6_12_64.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Stable_kernels_Linux_6_18_4_and_Linux_6_12_64.gmi 
[16:30]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Stable kernels: Linux 6.18.4, and Linux 6.12.64
[16:30]	Isambard_Prince	So those people that got used to getting away from Goldman Sachs won't do well with Chase.
[16:30]	TR News	Dev snapshot: Godot 4.6 beta 3 https://godotengine.org/article/dev-snapshot-godot-4-6-beta-3/
[16:30]	TR Bot	 Dev snapshot: Godot 4.6 beta 3 Godot Engine
[16:37]	schestowitz[TR2]	Isambard_Prince: why are they called chase?
[16:37]	schestowitz[TR2]	i bet there are many puns around this
[16:38]	TR News	Another video about Donut battery at CES2026 https://bkhome.org/news/202601/another-video-about-donut-battery-at-ces2026.html
[16:38]	TR Bot	 Another video about Donut battery at CES2026
[16:38]	TR News	Help button in BootManager doesn't work https://bkhome.org/news/202601/help-button-in-bootmanager-doesnt-work.html
[16:38]	TR Bot	 Help button in BootManager doesn't work
[16:38]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi 
[16:38]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software
[16:39]	TR News	Daiki Ueno: GNOME.Asia Summit 2025 https://blogs.gnome.org/dueno/gnome-asia-summit-2025/
[16:39]	TR Bot	 GNOME.Asia Summit 2025 Daiki Ueno
[16:40]	TR News	Dihydroxyacetone Mans Golden Smartphone Is Getting Sketchier and Sketchier https://futurism.com/future-society/trumps-golden-smartphone-sketchy
[16:40]	TR Bot	 Trump's Golden Smartphone Is Getting Sketchier and Sketchier
[16:40]	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 
[16:40]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Ubuntu 25.04 (Plucky Puffin) Officially Nears End of Life
[16:41]	TR News	"There are many misconceptions about Linux, and some I've believed myself. Long ago, I stuck with Windows because I misjudged Linux. Now, I wish to clear up some misunderstandings; here are 6 things that people often get wrong." https://www.howtogeek.com/things-windows-users-always-get-wrong-about-linux-and-whats-actually-true/
[16:41]	TR Bot	 6 things Windows users always get wrong about Linux (and whats actually true)
[16:42]	TR News	"During a recent visit to Stack Exchange's Unix and Linux section, I came across an interesting question from a user who wanted desktop widgets on their Zorin OS desktop." https://www.howtogeek.com/3-must-try-tools-if-you-want-windows-like-desktop-widgets-on-ubuntu/
[16:42]	TR Bot	 3 must-try tools if you want Windows-like desktop widgets on Ubuntu
[16:44]	TR News	Because.... BECAUSE! https://www.spiceworks.com/software/rust-moves-from-experiment-to-a-core-linux-kernel-language/
[16:44]	TR Bot	moves from experiment to a core Linux kernel language - Spiceworks
[16:44]	Isambard_Prince	<schestowitz[TR2]> Isambard_Prince: why are they called chase?
[16:44]	Isambard_Prince	They have a Chase Freedom credit card.
[16:44]	Isambard_Prince	Then you can Chase your Freedom.
[16:44]	TR News	Sabotage... because they CAN https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/07/gnome_middle_click_paste/
[16:44]	TR Bot	 GNOME dev gives middle-click paste fans the middle finger The Register
[16:45]	TR News	As RAM prices skyrocket and Windows 11 flounders, Linux gains native NVIDIA GeForce NOW support turning the cloud into a sanctuary for priced-out gamers https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/pc-gaming/linux-gains-native-nvidia-geforce-now-support
[16:45]	TR Bot	 Linux gains native NVIDIA GeForce NOW support | Windows Central
[16:45]	TR News	"The IPFire 2.29 Core Update 199 release also brings improvements to the Intrusion Prevention System (IPS), Web UI, OpenVPN, and proxy." https://9to5linux.com/ipfire-linux-firewall-distro-adds-wi-fi-7-and-wi-fi-6-support-lldp-and-cdpv2
[16:45]	TR Bot	Linux Firewall Distro Adds Wi-Fi 7 and Wi-Fi 6 Support, LLDP and CDPv2 - 9to5Linux
[16:46]	TR News	"This release features a Hyprland 0.52.2 desktop with new key bindings, revamped Waybar with a modern floating island design, and more." https://9to5linux.com/immutable-distro-nitrux-5-1-released-with-linux-kernel-6-18-lts-new-tools
[16:46]	TR Bot	Distro Nitrux 5.1 Released with Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS, New Tools - 9to5Linux
[16:47]	TR News	Want to try the original KDE desktop from 1996? I did, and it took me back - here's how https://www.zdnet.com/article/midesktop-experience-original-kde-linux-desktop/
[16:47]	TR Bot	to try the original KDE desktop from 1996? I did, and it took me back - here&apos;s how | ZDNET
[16:47]	TR News	Sick of Microslop? New Linux distro could win over Windows 11 haters https://www.techradar.com/computing/software/sick-of-microslop-new-linux-distro-could-win-over-windows-11-haters
[16:47]	TR Bot	of Microslop? New Linux distro could win over Windows 11 haters | TechRadar
[16:48]	TR News	"The laptop also features up to 96 GB DDR5 5600MHz RAM, up to 16TB NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD storage, and a 99 Wh Lithium polymer battery." https://9to5linux.com/tuxedo-infinitybook-max-16-gen10-linux-laptop-unveiled-with-new-oled-display
[16:48]	TR Bot	InfinityBook Max 16 Gen10 Linux Laptop Unveiled with New OLED Display - 9to5Linux
[16:48]	TR News	AMD highlights ROCm 7.2.2 at CES 2026 with Ryzen AI 400 support and a single Windows plus Linux release https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-highlights-rocm-7-2-2-at-ces-2026-with-ryzen-ai-400-support-and-a-single-windows-plus-linux-release
[16:48]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-highlights-rocm-7-2-2-at-ces-2026-with-ryzen-ai-400-support-and-a-single-windows-plus-linux-release )
[16:49]	TR News	ZAWYA-PRESSR: Red Hat expands collaboration with NVIDIA to pair enterprise open source with rack-scale AI https://www.tradingview.com/news/reuters.com,2026-01-07:newsml_Zaw8cVnrF:0-zawya-pressr-red-hat-expands-collaboration-with-nvidia-to-pair-enterprise-open-source-with-rack-scale-ai/
[16:49]	TR Bot	Red Hat expands collaboration with NVIDIA to pair enterprise open source with rack-scale AI TradingView News
[16:49]	TR News	What if Linux ran Windows and meant it? Meet Loss32 https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/06/loss32_crazy_or_inspired/
[16:49]	TR Bot	 Loss32: An idea for a Linux designed around Win32 apps The Register
[16:50]	TR News	 (NEW):  Make Gnome Screenshot Work Again in Ubuntu 25.10 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Make_Gnome_Screenshot_Work_Again_in_Ubuntu_25_10.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Make_Gnome_Screenshot_Work_Again_in_Ubuntu_25_10.gmi 
[16:50]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Make Gnome Screenshot Work Again in Ubuntu 25.10
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[16:51]	TR News	"In fact, it is simple enough that you can even make your own tray icons with a lowly shell script. Well, of course, like most interesting shell scripts, you need some helper programs and, in this case, well use YAD which is yet another dialog, a derivative of Zenity." https://hackaday.com/2026/01/06/linux-fu-yet-another-shell-script-trick/
[16:51]	TR Bot	Fu: Yet Another Shell Script Trick | Hackaday
[16:51]	TR News	"A new, fully local voice control application called EasySpeak has arrived on the Linux desktop, with accessibility and hands-free control for users running modern GNOME environments. Developed by Matt Hartley, EasySpeak is free, open source, and designed to turn voice commands into action." https://www.howtogeek.com/this-new-linux-app-lets-you-control-your-pc-with-your-voice-and-its-free/
[16:51]	TR Bot	 This new Linux app lets you control your PC with your voice, and it's free
[16:52]	TR News	Nvidias GeForce Now is getting native Linux and Fire TV apps https://www.theverge.com/tech/854688/nvidias-geforce-now-is-getting-native-linux-and-fire-tv-apps
[16:52]	TR Bot	 Nvidias GeForce Now is getting native Linux and Fire TV apps | The Verge
[16:52]	TR News	"Linux hardware vendor StarLabs announced today that its StarBook Horizon Linux-powered laptop is now on sale as a 13-inch Coreboot notebook designed for privacy and as a daily driver." https://9to5linux.com/starbook-horizon-linux-laptop-now-on-sale-with-32gb-ram-wi-fi-6e-and-coreboot
[16:52]	TR Bot	Horizon Linux Laptop Now on Sale with 32GB RAM, Wi-Fi 6E, and Coreboot - 9to5Linux
[16:54]	TR News	"You hear declarations every year about the long-told "year of the Linux desktop" arriving this year, having arrived years ago, or maybe not ever arriving. I think it's easier to predict, though, that inside the Linux world, 2026 is definitely KDE's year to take." https://www.howtogeek.com/2026-could-be-the-year-of-the-kde-linux-desktop/
[16:54]	TR Bot	 2026 could be the year of the (KDE) Linux desktop
[16:55]	TR News	Nvidia Announces DLSS 4.5 and GeForce Now Apps for Linux and Fire TV https://www.thurrott.com/games/331399/nvidia-announces-dlss-4-5-and-geforce-now-apps-for-linux-and-fire-tv
[16:55]	TR Bot	 Nvidia Announces DLSS 4.5 and GeForce Now Apps for Linux and Fire TV
[16:56]	TR News	"The community behind the Devuan GNU+Linux project has published Raspberry Pi images of the latest release, Devuan 6.1 (codename Excalibur), so I took it for a test drive on my Raspberry Pi 5 to give you guys a first look at what Devuan can do on the tiny single-board computer." https://9to5linux.com/first-look-at-devuan-gnulinux-6-excalibur-on-raspberry-pi-5
[16:56]	TR Bot	Look at Devuan GNU+Linux 6 "Excalibur" on Raspberry Pi 5 - 9to5Linux
[16:56]	TR News	"This is not some super-heavy technical talk, but more of a chilled out chat about the industry amongst friends so hopefully you will enjoy the casual nature of it. It's a lot of fun to do collabs like this, especially as I don't really get to do this sort of thing very often." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/check-out-the-new-games-for-everyone-podcast-and-have-a-listen/
[16:56]	TR Bot	out the new Games For Everyone podcast and have a listen | GamingOnLinux
[16:57]	Isambard_Prince	schestowitz[TR2], I always turned off middle click paste.
[16:57]	TR News	 (NEW):  5 reasons I stopped using Ubuntu https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/5_reasons_I_stopped_using_Ubuntu.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/5_reasons_I_stopped_using_Ubuntu.gmi 
[16:57]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines 5 reasons I stopped using Ubuntu
[16:57]	Isambard_Prince	But it would be fine to leave the option and just ignore the input from the X server by default.
[16:57]	Isambard_Prince	Removing it is a bit much.
[16:58]	Isambard_Prince	They had GNOME Tweaks that let the user change things that were off by default.
[16:58]	Isambard_Prince	Just put it there.
[16:59]	TR News	 (NEW):  I built a project management dashboard with Linux KDE Plasma widgets (no apps needed) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/I_built_a_project_management_dashboard_with_Linux_KDE_Plasma_wi.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/I_built_a_project_management_dashboard_with_Linux_KDE_Plasma_wi.gmi 
[16:59]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines I built a project management dashboard with Linux KDE Plasma widgets (no apps needed)
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[17:00]	TR News	 (NEW):  Games: Titles in Steam, Godot 4.6 Beta 3, Vista 11 at Risk as GNU/Linux Gains (RAM Prices Favour the Latter) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Games_Titles_in_Steam_Godot_4_6_Beta_3_Vista_11_at_Risk_as_GNU_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Games_Titles_in_Steam_Godot_4_6_Beta_3_Vista_11_at_Risk_as_GNU_.gmi 
[17:00]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Games: Titles in Steam, Godot 4.6 Beta 3, Vista 11 at Risk as GNU/Linux Gains (RAM Prices Favour the Latter)
[17:00]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today's HowTos   https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/today_s_howtos.gmi 
[17:00]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines today's howtos
[17:02]	TR News	 (NEW):  Kernel deadlock and splitting a Linux kernel package https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Kernel_deadlock_and_splitting_a_Linux_kernel_package.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Kernel_deadlock_and_splitting_a_Linux_kernel_package.gmi 
[17:02]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Kernel deadlock and splitting a Linux kernel package
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[17:05]	schestowitz[TR2]	Isambard_Prince: it is a useful feature
[17:06]	schestowitz[TR2]	you can grab several things at the same time
[17:06]	schestowitz[TR2]	with ctrl+v and mouse
[17:07]	TR News	 (NEW):  Want to try the original KDE desktop from 1996? I did, and it took me back - here's how https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Want_to_try_the_original_KDE_desktop_from_1996_I_did_and_it_too.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Want_to_try_the_original_KDE_desktop_from_1996_I_did_and_it_too.gmi 
[17:07]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Want to try the original KDE desktop from 1996? I did, and it took me back - here's how
[17:09]	Isambard_Prince	schestowitz[TR2], GNOME is too simple but it's not really fixing much of anything. What it does tend to do is work one way and not care what you want and it's still very buggy.
[17:09]	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 
[17:09]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines This Week in Plasma: new year, new accessibility features!
[17:09]	TR News	 (NEW):  Devices With GNU/Linux and Open Hardware, 3-D Printing https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Devices_With_GNU_Linux_and_Open_Hardware_3_D_Printing.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Devices_With_GNU_Linux_and_Open_Hardware_3_D_Printing.gmi 
[17:09]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Devices With GNU/Linux and Open Hardware, 3-D Printing
[17:10]	TR News	 (NEW):  Red Hat is Promoting Slop and Back Doors (Sold as "Confidential") https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Red_Hat_is_Promoting_Slop_and_Back_Doors_Sold_as_Confidential.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Red_Hat_is_Promoting_Slop_and_Back_Doors_Sold_as_Confidential.gmi 
[17:10]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Red Hat is Promoting Slop and Back Doors (Sold as "Confidential")
[17:11]	Isambard_Prince	schestowitz[TR2], I told the reporter "When you drill down into the numbers, a significant portion of the population can't even afford to have one credit card in their wallet, but the average is now 4.8 and some people have over a dozen. Combined, banks will extend twice or even three times your annual gross income on credit cards. With just the interest on any credit card, this can get away from you quickly if you mismanage them. 
[17:11]	Isambard_Prince	That's assuming you're dealing with a bank that doesn't also want a reputation for loan sharking and adding junk fees."
[17:12]	TR News	 (NEW):   : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Android_Leftovers.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Android_Leftovers.1.gmi 
[17:12]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Android Leftovers
[17:12]	TR News	 (NEW):  Servers: Self-Hosted Grafana and Latest From Kubernetes https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Servers_Self_Hosted_Grafana_and_Latest_From_Kubernetes.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Servers_Self_Hosted_Grafana_and_Latest_From_Kubernetes.gmi 
[17:12]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Servers: Self-Hosted Grafana and Latest From Kubernetes
[17:14]	TR News	 (NEW):  Linux and BSD Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.gmi 
[17:14]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Linux and BSD Leftovers
[17:15]	TR News	 (NEW):   Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Programming_Leftovers.gmi 
[17:15]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Programming Leftovers
[17:15]	TR News	 (NEW):  Web Browsers/Web Servers: curl, RSS, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Web_Browsers_Web_Servers_curl_RSS_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Web_Browsers_Web_Servers_curl_RSS_and_More.gmi 
[17:15]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Web Browsers/Web Servers: curl, RSS, and More
[17:17]	Isambard_Prince	They all want to get in your wallet and it causes a disaster for all of them in the end sometimes.
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[17:17]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Standards
[17:17]	Isambard_Prince	Because you get customers that have the ability to overextend by a lot because banking is so competitive that they just tend to look at the limits the last banks gave you and try to upstage the other ones.
[17:18]	TR News	Techrights Links 08/01/2026: "Golden Smartphone" Scam and Riseup Account Issues https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/08/Links_08_01_2026_Golden_Smartphone_Scam_and_Riseup_Account_Issu.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/08/Links_08_01_2026_Golden_Smartphone_Scam_and_Riseup_Account_Issu.gmi 
[17:18]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 08/01/2026: "Golden Smartphone" Scam and Riseup Account Issues
[17:19]	Isambard_Prince	It would be better if the law said you can have up to four credit cards and no more than 75% of your annual income in available credit. It would be an improvement.
[17:20]	Isambard_Prince	If you have $60,000 income the banks should have to cut you off at $45,000 total, not over $100,000.
[17:22]	Isambard_Prince	What we need are higher incomes and more take home pay.
[17:22]	Isambard_Prince	Not another credit card.
[17:23]	Isambard_Prince	Credit cards tend to sprawl once you get them for a lot of reasons. Sign up bonuses, different rewards rates, etc. Then once you have them, you are of course tempted to spend.
[17:23]	Isambard_Prince	Too much.
[17:30]	CrystalMath	cash is king
[17:30]	CrystalMath	there's a reason the FBI director isn't Credit Card Patel
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[18:10]	Isambard_Prince	<CrystalMath> there's a reason the FBI director isn't Credit Card Patel
[18:10]	Isambard_Prince	Credit Card Patel ran Providian, right?
[18:10]	Isambard_Prince	:)
[18:13]	Isambard_Prince	The Credit CARD Act didn't make the situation any better, it just moved the problem around.
[18:14]	Isambard_Prince	Instead of surprise fees, the banks went and raised their interest rates, a lot, because that's still basically unregulated.
[18:14]	Isambard_Prince	Credit card interest rates in the 90s were like 7-9% usually.
[18:15]	Isambard_Prince	The banks didn't see them as a highly profitable product, it was rates at about where a personal loan was at, just on a card you could buy things with.
[18:15]	Isambard_Prince	But after the Credit Card Act banned junk fees, the rates eventually ended up at 20-40%.
[18:15]	Isambard_Prince	20% is almost unheard of because you basically need perfect credit to get THAT now.
[18:16]	Isambard_Prince	There's cheaper ways to get money but the banks sort of gatekeep those. When you get a credit card, you tell a bank how much you make, but they don't usually check.
[18:17]	Isambard_Prince	When you get a car loan there's more underwriting, you might get 4-7% because the bank has to make sure you have the income. They need proof of where you live. The car is collateral.
[18:18]	MinceR	is Credit Card Patel related to Synthesizer Patel?
[18:19]	Isambard_Prince	2nd cousin once removed.
[18:20]	Isambard_Prince	It's like how there's Moog synthesizers and Moog car parts.
[18:20]	MinceR	:>
[18:28]	Isambard_Prince	MinceR, I told the reporter about credit counseling and financial literacy lessons and how the credit card companies even get in with some high schools and that's like letting the inmates run the asylum.
[18:29]	Isambard_Prince	Banks that want you to owe them money are teaching you how to manage your monney.
[18:30]	MinceR	:>
[18:30]	MinceR	will they actually give overtly bad advice?
[18:31]	Isambard_Prince	I donn't know that it's bad advice but it's not terribly helpful.
[18:31]	Isambard_Prince	Like Capital One's financial literacy thing was like how to save up for an air conditioner you'll need next year by socking away $50 a month.
[18:32]	Isambard_Prince	It's just not really helpful, right>
[18:32]	MinceR	:>
[18:32]	MinceR	maybe it's not obvious to some people
[18:33]	Isambard_Prince	Yeah, saving money back and realizing you'll need an air conditioner is the obvious thing. Some people don't budget and then they realize it's 100 degrees and they're sweating bad and they need one now. And they have a credit card.
[18:34]	Isambard_Prince	And that credit card is charging them like 30% interest.
[18:34]	Isambard_Prince	Well, even at 4% interest, the US government is now paying so much interest that it rivals the military budget.
[18:34]	Isambard_Prince	And we're not even getting anything when we pay it because that's how interest works.
[18:34]	Isambard_Prince	So if 4% can become that bad, 30% is horrible.
[18:35]	Isambard_Prince	At a certain point you can't pay your credit cards even if you want to, because the math no longer works, and bankruptcy might be your only option.
[18:35]	Isambard_Prince	I mean, I don't recommend bankruptcy if you can avoid it. I recommend negotiations with your creditors. If you say I need a hardship program because I'm about to file bankruptcy if I don't get one, then they'll pick up on that.
[18:36]	Isambard_Prince	Bankruptcy gives you horrible credit for the first few years and may make it difficult or impossible to even secure basic housing.
[18:37]	Isambard_Prince	So I would say call and negotiate before anything goes late and you can spare yourself many years of credit problems and embarrassment.
[18:37]	Isambard_Prince	But that only works if you owe money to a few creditors.
[18:38]	Isambard_Prince	When it's a dozen and it's all maxed it doesn't matter what settlement you can arrange with Chase. Even if Chase, for example, says they'd take 25% of your unpaid debt, that doesn't help you in the big picture at that point.
[18:42]	Isambard_Prince	https://www.phillyburbs.com/story/news/local/2026/01/07/bucks-county-287g-immigration-enforcement-ice-sheriff-ceisler-harran-aclu-pennsylvania-government/88046712007/?gps-source=CPROADBLOCKDH&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=true&gca-epti=z11xx97p000550c000550d00----v11xx97d--92--b--92--&gca-ft=179&gca-ds=sophi
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[18:50]	TR News	Techrights Attempts to Undermine This Site's Latest Series Using Intimidation, Threats, and Presumptuous Accusations https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/08/Attempts_to_Undermine_This_Site_s_Latest_Series_Using_Intimidat.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/08/Attempts_to_Undermine_This_Site_s_Latest_Series_Using_Intimidat.gmi 
[18:50]	TR Bot	 Techrights Attempts to Undermine This Site's Latest Series Using Intimidation, Threats, and Presumptuous Accusations
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[19:07]	TR News	Techrights IBM's "Forever Layoffs" (to Bypass Warnings or Notices as Required by WARN Act) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/08/IBM_s_Forever_Layoffs_to_Bypass_Warnings_or_Notices_as_Required.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/08/IBM_s_Forever_Layoffs_to_Bypass_Warnings_or_Notices_as_Required.gmi 
[19:07]	TR Bot	 Techrights IBM's "Forever Layoffs" (to Bypass Warnings or Notices as Required by WARN Act)
[19:23]	TR News	Techrights LLM Slop About "Linux" Scarce and of Very Low Quality https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/08/LLM_Slop_About_Linux_Scarce_and_of_Very_Low_Quality.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/08/LLM_Slop_About_Linux_Scarce_and_of_Very_Low_Quality.gmi 
[19:23]	TR Bot	 Techrights LLM Slop About "Linux" Scarce and of Very Low Quality
[19:28]	MinceR	https://ircz.de/p/25062013
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[19:28]	TR News	 xkcd Superstition #3191 gemini://8by3.net/~xkcd/3191.gmi
[19:29]	TR News	SpellBinding BEMSTYU Wordo: BASES gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2026-01-08.gmi
[19:30]	TR News	"i'm putting together a big feature grid of all the gemini clients and what features they support. the first step is to know which features are important for a gemini browser / client to have." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/Gemini/36458
[19:31]	TR News	"The Mastodon web interface is so sluggish on a #raspberrypi 4 that I decided to write a quick-and-dirty lightweight CGI script to display just the content and links to media (deliberately avoided embedding previews). Now I can read my Mastodon feeds anywhere in comfort, even on Netsurf or w3m." gemini://tobykurien.com/microblog.gmi
[19:31]	TR News	"My usual web client for fedi is @phanpy@hachyderm.io and I wonder if there's a way to add the following feature using tamper script or grease monkey: Replace every image attachment with the clickable alt text. If there is no alt text, no problem, just drop it." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-01-08-phanpy
[19:34]	TR News	New Year, Old Plans gopher://jonsharp.net:70/0/gl2/01-07-2026-New-Year-Old-Plans.md
[19:36]	TR News	"Pseudonymous maker "alyssagsmi," hereafter simply "Alyssa," has built a guitar-shaped electronic instrument with a difference taking inspiration from the nautilus shell and the concept of cognitive flow states: the Sensory Neurofeedback Acoustic Instrument, or SNAIL." gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202601/20260108-snail.gmi
[19:36]	TR News	A good investment gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/ralfwause/phlog/printer.txt
[19:37]	TR News	"The artificial intelligence bros are scraping the net and they don't care if the small websites fall over or not for days on end. But you already know all that. It's the founding story of my Butlerian Jihad." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-01-08-shared-block-lists
[19:39]	TR News	Phirst Phost! gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/xiled/phlog/2026/20260107_1st_phost
[19:40]	TR News	secret society gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/spiritual
[19:43]	TR News	Techrights Gemini Links 08/01/2026: "New Year, Old Plans" and Alex's &quot;Butlerian Jihad&quot; https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/08/Gemini_Links_08_01_2026_New_Year_Old_Plans_and_Alex_s_Butlerian.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/08/Gemini_Links_08_01_2026_New_Year_Old_Plans_and_Alex_s_Butlerian.gmi 
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