●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, February 08, 2026 ●● ● Feb 08 [00:26] admfubar As per media reports, Bill Gates is in Epstein files too and unlike Bash Reference Manual, the reasons are not innocent. And if some reports are to be believed, he contracted STDs from these adventures. Not the first time Microsoft software got infected by a virus. [00:26] admfubar https://itsfoss.com/news/bash-manual-in-epstein-files/ [00:26] TR Bot Not Kidding! Bash Shell Manual is Part of Epstein Files [00:36] schestowitz[TR2] hi yes. the head of Microsoft Windows is in the Epstein files. [00:36] schestowitz[TR2] thgis was covered in 2019 [00:36] schestowitz[TR2] sinofsky and his wife [00:36] schestowitz[TR2] in https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/business/jeffrey-epstein-bill-gates.html [00:36] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/business/jeffrey-epstein-bill-gates.html ) [00:39] TR News with [00:39] TR News LibreOffice 26.2 released https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/libreoffice-26-2-new-features [00:39] TR Bot LibreOffice 26.2: Better Excel Compatibility & Markdown Support [00:40] TR News Canonical and SpacemiT team up for Ubuntu on SpacemiT K1 and K3 RISC-V chips https://liliputing.com/canonical-and-spacemit-team-up-for-ubuntu-on-spacemit-k1-and-k3-risc-v-chips/ [00:40] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://liliputing.com/canonical-and-spacemit-team-up-for-ubuntu-on-spacemit-k1-and-k3-risc-v-chips/ ) [00:43] TR News $199+ M5Stack AI Pyramid Computing Box Linux AI mini PC is based on Axera AX8850 SoC https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/02/06/199-m5stack-ai-pyramid-computing-box-linux-ai-mini-pc-is-based-on-axera-ax8850-soc/ [00:43] TR Bot $199+ M5Stack AI Pyramid Computing Box Linux AI mini PC is based on Axera AX8850 SoC - CNX Software [00:44] TR News Nvidia launches native GeForce NOW app for Linux in beta https://www.notebookcheck.net/Nvidia-launches-native-GeForce-NOW-app-for-Linux-in-beta.1221221.0.html [00:44] TR Bot launches native GeForce NOW app for Linux in beta - NotebookCheck.net News [00:44] TR News Im done pretending open-source software is free https://www.howtogeek.com/i-used-to-chase-open-source-purity-but-now-i-chase-reliability/ [00:44] TR Bot Im done pretending open-source software is free [00:45] TR News I tried the god mode of productivity apps on Linux and my workflow changed forever https://www.makeuseof.com/tried-god-mode-of-productivity-apps-linux-my-workflow-changed-forever/ [00:45] TR Bot I tried the god mode of productivity apps on Linux and my workflow changed forever [00:46] TR News If Linux is going to thrive, some distros have to die https://www.howtogeek.com/if-linux-is-going-to-thrive-some-distros-must-go/ [00:46] TR Bot If Linux is going to thrive, some distros have to die [00:46] TR News I tried replacing Windows with Linux Mint, here's how it went https://www.howtogeek.com/tried-replacing-windows-with-linux-mint-heres-how-it-went/ [00:46] TR Bot I tried replacing Windows with Linux Mint, here's how it went [00:46] TR News These are the 3 coolest Linux apps you should try this weekend https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-apps-to-try-this-weekend-february-6/ [00:46] TR Bot These are the 3 coolest Linux apps you should try this weekend [00:46] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@8xntp9i7yykq8.irc) has joined #techrights [00:47] MinceR (cat) https://desu-usergeneratedcontent.xyz/int/image/1769/28/1769281647456.jpg [00:47] TR News 5 ways Linux beats Windows that you only notice after you switch https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-advantages-you-only-notice-after-you-switch/ Source: HowTo Geek | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.howtogeek.com/linux-advantages-you-only-notice-after-you-switch/ [00:47] TR Bot 5 ways Linux beats Windows that you only notice after you switch [00:48] TR News Linux PCs Get Native NVIDIA GeForce NOW Support - TechPowerUp https://www.techpowerup.com/346037/linux-pcs-get-native-nvidia-geforce-now-support [00:48] TR Bot ( status 404 @ https://www.techpowerup.com/346037/linux-pcs-get-native-nvidia-geforce-now-support ) [00:49] TR News "Another day, another load of bug fixes coming from Valve for all Steam users and an especially nice one for Linux / SteamOS if you have a lot of games." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/steam-beta-fixes-games-from-large-libraries-on-linux-steamos-showing-as-not-valid-on-current-platform/ [00:49] TR Bot Beta fixes games from large libraries on Linux / SteamOS showing as not valid on current platform | GamingOnLinux [00:51] TR News AMD GFX1170 RDNA 4M spotted in Linux patches, possible RDNA3 APU refresh https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-gfx1170-rdna-4m-spotted-in-linux-patches-possible-rdna3-apu-refresh [00:51] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-gfx1170-rdna-4m-spotted-in-linux-patches-possible-rdna3-apu-refresh ) [00:52] TR News Intel Arc B390 iGPU beats AMD Radeon 890M by 23% in Phoronix Linux gaming tests https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-arc-b390-igpu-beats-amd-radeon-890m-by-23-in-phoronix-linux-gaming-tests [00:52] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-arc-b390-igpu-beats-amd-radeon-890m-by-23-in-phoronix-linux-gaming-tests ) [00:53] TR News Slop marketing disguised as science, from a company selling slop https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/building-c-compiler [00:53] TR Bot a C compiler with a team of parallel Claudes \ Anthropic [00:54] TR News ShadowHS: A Fileless Linux PostExploitation Framework Built on a Weaponized Hackshell https://socprime.com/active-threats/shadowhs-fileless-linux-framework/ [00:54] TR Bot ShadowHS: Fileless Linux Framework for Post-Exploitation [00:54] TR News "System76 have outlined some of their plans for upcoming upgrades to the new COSMIC desktop, and I have to admit I'm quite excited about what's coming to it." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/system76-cosmic-vulkan-hdr-linux-gaming/ [00:54] TR Bot plans for COSMIC include Vulkan, HDR, gaming improvements and more | GamingOnLinux [00:55] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [00:55] TR News After decades on Linux, FreeBSD finally gave me a reason to switch operating systems https://www.zdnet.com/article/freebsd-linux-review/ [00:55] *includeals (~includeal@bl18-27-126.dsl.telepac.pt) has joined #techrights [00:55] TR Bot decades on Linux, FreeBSD finally gave me a reason to switch operating systems | ZDNET ● Feb 08 [01:05] TR News Forget VirtualBox - I discovered a better, more reliable VM manager for Linux https://www.zdnet.com/article/virt-manager-better-vm-manager-than-virtualbox/ [01:05] TR Bot VirtualBox - I discovered a better, more reliable VM manager for Linux | ZDNET [01:06] TR News "ShaniOS maintains two separate environments. If an update - or anything - goes wrong with one environment, simply reboot and switch to the other." https://www.zdnet.com/article/shanios-linux-review/ [01:06] TR Bot found an immutable Linux distro that never breaks and is effortless to use | ZDNET [01:16] TR News Techrights Crowdfunding vs Bitcoins: donations are better investment than digital tulip mania https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/08/Crowdfunding_vs_Bitcoins_donations_are_better_investment_than_d.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/08/Crowdfunding_vs_Bitcoins_donations_are_better_investment_than_d.gmi [01:16] TR Bot Techrights Crowdfunding vs Bitcoins: donations are better investment than digital tulip mania [01:18] *MinceR has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [01:24] *MinceR (~mincer@bringer.of.light) has joined #techrights [01:24] *irc.techrights.org gives channel operator status to MinceR [01:27] TR News MSFT layoffs. "thanks, I was hoping for around the 15th, just got a job offer tho!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kfe36tba [01:27] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kfe36tba ) [01:28] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kg3ctq05 [01:28] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kg3ctq05 ) [01:28] schestowitz[TR2] "Yes, she very much HB favorite. Maybe number one favorite. [01:28] schestowitz[TR2] Not say she bad person. But she not deserve this and she know how use the real system. [01:28] schestowitz[TR2] She get three promotion in two, three year. Everybody confused like how? For what? [01:28] schestowitz[TR2] No big accomplishment. No big achievement. Teams she is on didnt do anything. Miss major milestone many quarter with important client. [01:28] schestowitz[TR2] How this make sense? [01:28] schestowitz[TR2] ^nepotism [01:29] TR News "doesnt matter. A lot of high preformers were let go last round" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgsqzeab [01:29] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgsqzeab ) [01:31] TR News IBM layoffs by PIPs. "They are liars" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgqs2dpd "People internally and in the office need to be way more vocal about the stacks 15/70/15 doesnt work. Not whispering and rumors but calling out directly to mgt and leadership" [01:31] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgqs2dpd ) [01:34] admfubar https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/printers/microsoft-stops-distrubitng-legacy-v3-and-v4-printer-drivers [01:34] TR Bot Microsoft purges Windows 11 printer drivers, putting millions of devices on borrowed time legacy printers face extinction as Microsoft stops distributing V3 and V4 drivers | Tom's Hardware [01:44] psydruid lol [01:47] schestowitz[TR2] quick, make slop code [01:47] schestowitz[TR2] as drivers [01:47] schestowitz[TR2] expect BSoDs [01:49] psydruid it's as if they want people to abandon their malware OS [01:51] schestowitz[TR2] it is a problem and they know it [01:51] schestowitz[TR2] from admfubar: [01:52] schestowitz[TR2] https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/07/Microsoft_stock_Crashed_When_Alleged_Vista_11_Numbers_Disclosed.shtml [01:52] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Stock Crashed When Alleged Vista 11 Numbers Disclosed [01:54] TR News Techrights Slop and Flop (IBM), Slopfarms and Hybrids (Linuxiac) https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/08/Slop_and_Flop_IBM_Slopfarms_and_Hybrids_Linuxiac.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/08/Slop_and_Flop_IBM_Slopfarms_and_Hybrids_Linuxiac.gmi [01:54] TR Bot Techrights Slop and Flop (IBM), Slopfarms and Hybrids (Linuxiac) [01:54] schestowitz[TR2] kaniini: are you the "real" one? [01:55] schestowitz[TR2] if not, this can lead to confusion [01:55] schestowitz[TR2] we want to reduce confusion [01:55] schestowitz[TR2] like SLAPP Matt hijacking the names of other people (identity theft) in IRC [01:55] schestowitz[TR2] the judge condemned him over this ● Feb 08 [02:07] TR News Techrights When Identifying "Low Performers" and "PIPs" Aren't About Improving Performance But Reinforcing a Clique in Your Company/Organisation https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/08/When_Identifying_Low_Performers_and_PIPs_Aren_t_About_Improving.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/08/When_Identifying_Low_Performers_and_PIPs_Aren_t_About_Improving.gmi [02:07] TR Bot Techrights When Identifying "Low Performers" and "PIPs" Aren't About Improving Performance But Reinforcing a Clique in Your Company/Organisation [02:13] admfubar https://www.tomshardware.com/software/vpn/dutch-authorities-allegedly-seize-vpn-server-without-a-warrant-company-claims-that-law-enforcement-will-return-it-after-analyzing-the-device-fully [02:13] TR Bot Dutch authorities allegedly seize VPN server without a warrant company claims that law enforcement will return it after analyzing the device fully | Tom's Hardware [02:21] TR News Techrights Microsoft 'Open' 'AI' is 'Dead Meat' https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/08/Microsoft_Open_AI_is_Dead_Meat.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/08/Microsoft_Open_AI_is_Dead_Meat.gmi [02:21] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft 'Open' 'AI' is 'Dead Meat' [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] admfubar: they can just say "terrorism" [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] as the ultimate excuse with urgency [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] for CP there is less urgency [02:23] *IsambardPrince has quit (Quit: Leaving) [02:29] admfubar https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/06/amazon-georgia-warehouse-tour-robots [02:29] TR Bot Hail our new robot overlords! Amazon warehouse tour offers glimpse of future | Amazon | The Guardian [02:29] admfubar cp? [02:32] admfubar pass!!!!!!... https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/feb/06/penisgate-winter-olympics-ski-jumpers-acid-penis-health-risks-explainer [02:32] TR Bot Penisgate at the Olympics: why inject acid into your penis, and what are the health risks? | Winter Olympics 2026 | The Guardian [02:37] schestowitz[TR2] wikileaks complained about such clickbait in guardian [02:37] schestowitz[TR2] saying they put penis in headlines [02:37] schestowitz[TR2] to get clkicks [02:38] schestowitz[TR2] CP is child pron [02:38] schestowitz[TR2] they nowadays use other, more generic acronyms [02:38] schestowitz[TR2] if dutch auths say terrorism [02:38] schestowitz[TR2] and saayh "imminent attacks" [02:38] schestowitz[TR2] the public won't mind [02:38] schestowitz[TR2] no warrant needed [02:38] schestowitz[TR2] "protect us from islamists" [02:41] TR News Techrights IRC is a Lot Better Than Social Control Media (They're Not the Same at All) https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/08/IRC_is_a_Lot_Better_Than_Social_Control_Media_They_re_Not_the_S.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/08/IRC_is_a_Lot_Better_Than_Social_Control_Media_They_re_Not_the_S.gmi [02:41] TR Bot Techrights IRC is a Lot Better Than Social Control Media (They're Not the Same at All) [02:41] admfubar if you had used csam i would not think you were coping files instead.. [02:42] admfubar and it is RFK approved! so it has to be good!... https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/2026/feb/05/injectable-peptides-trend [02:42] TR Bot People are turning themselves into lab rats: the injectable peptides craze sweeping the US | Well actually | The Guardian [02:45] admfubar i bet they used "ai" for their marketing... https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/06/higgsfield_ai_job_loss/ [02:45] TR Bot AI video startup boasts it ended jobs, gets backlash The Register [02:46] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-070226.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-070226.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-070226.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-070226.txt [02:46] TR Bot IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, February 07, 2026 [02:46] *darwin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [02:47] TR News Yesterday's #techrights IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-070226.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-070226.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-070226.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-070226.txt [02:47] TR Bot IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, February 07, 2026 [02:48] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. 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HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-070226.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-070226.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-070226.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-070226.txt [02:49] TR Bot IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, February 07, 2026 [02:49] TR News Yesterday's bulletin is now ready! : http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2026-02-07.txt | gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2026-02-07.txt (tentative address, to work an hour from now) [02:50] *darwin (~darwin@ezriia7nzimpg.irc) has joined #techrights [02:50] TR News Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2026-02-07.txt [02:54] TR News Techrights The Right Wing in the United States Does Not Support Free Speech, It Supports Its Own Speech https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/08/The_Right_Wing_in_the_United_States_Does_Not_Support_Free_Speec.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/08/The_Right_Wing_in_the_United_States_Does_Not_Support_Free_Speec.gmi [02:54] TR Bot Techrights The Right Wing in the United States Does Not Support Free Speech, It Supports Its Own Speech [02:57] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Saturday, February 07, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/08/IRC_Proceedings_Saturday_February_07_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/08/IRC_Proceedings_Saturday_February_07_2026.gmi [02:57] TR Bot Techrights IRC Proceedings: Saturday, February 07, 2026 [02:58] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/08/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/08/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [02:58] TR Bot Tux Machines Today in Techrights [02:59] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/08/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/08/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [02:59] TR Bot Techrights Over at Tux Machines... ● Feb 08 [03:00] admfubar https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/02/05/1924252/court-rules-that-ripping-youtube-clips-can-violate-the-dmca [03:00] TR Bot Court Rules That Ripping YouTube Clips Can Violate the DMCA - Slashdot [03:16] TR News Techrights In Today's World, One Must be Tough and Principled to Get Ahead Morally https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/08/In_Today_s_World_One_Must_be_Tough_and_Principled_to_Get_Ahead_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/08/In_Today_s_World_One_Must_be_Tough_and_Principled_to_Get_Ahead_.gmi [03:16] TR Bot Techrights In Today's World, One Must be Tough and Principled to Get Ahead Morally [03:16] schestowitz[TR2] admfubar: what about "AI" companies ripping content from billions of pages? [03:17] schestowitz[TR2] DMCA has prison sentences provisiooned iirc [03:17] schestowitz[TR2] will they arrest Scam Altman, Epsteingate, and Nadella? [03:28] TR News (NEW): 22 Years of Curating GNU/Linux Links https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/08/22_Years_of_Curating_GNU_Linux_Links.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/08/22_Years_of_Curating_GNU_Linux_Links.gmi [03:28] TR Bot Tux Machines 22 Years of Curating GNU/Linux Links [03:39] TR News Techrights Our Gemini Protocol Support Turns 5 Today https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/08/Our_Gemini_Protocol_Support_Turns_5_Today.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/08/Our_Gemini_Protocol_Support_Turns_5_Today.gmi [03:39] TR Bot Techrights Our Gemini Protocol Support Turns 5 Today [03:43] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@3senzxgmnhh64.irc) has joined #techrights [03:51] IsambardPrince AmEx business cards are pretty sweet. They have a feature called "enhanced purchasing power". [03:51] IsambardPrince Basically you can go over your credit limit and things will still generally get approved, but the overage is added to your minimum payment. [03:52] IsambardPrince They have credit and charge cards for businesses. The charge ones seem rather pointless. The Plum Card has to be paid back in full, so there is no interest rate, but there's a huge annual fee. [03:53] schestowitz[TR2] plum card [03:53] schestowitz[TR2] we have "nectar cards" here [03:53] schestowitz[TR2] they call it loyalty [03:53] schestowitz[TR2] but those are data brokers [03:53] schestowitz[TR2] they sell your data [03:54] TR News Techrights Gemini Protocol is Not a Waste of Time of Effort https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/08/Gemini_Protocol_is_Not_a_Waste_of_Time_of_Effort.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/08/Gemini_Protocol_is_Not_a_Waste_of_Time_of_Effort.gmi [03:54] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Protocol is Not a Waste of Time of Effort [03:56] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], They offered me $500 to take the Business Cash card. [03:56] IsambardPrince I accepted. [03:56] IsambardPrince I have a bunch of (mostly) medical bills to blast it with and pay right back. [03:56] IsambardPrince So I'll get a good running start on that bonus. [03:57] IsambardPrince MinceR, I didn't mind the McDonald's placement in The Fifth Element, actually. [03:57] IsambardPrince "I'm too old, too tired, and too hungry to go chasing after some hotrod. And I'm definitely too thirsty." [03:58] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], American Express is pretty loose with what constitutes a business for the purposes of getting a business card. [03:59] IsambardPrince If you have any income that's technically self-employment or a side hustle on your tax return, you are a business as far as they're concerned. [03:59] IsambardPrince You'd need to say you're a sole proprietorship and personally guarantee it though. [03:59] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Piyush Limited Liability Criminal probably tied a bunch of credit cards to his LLCs. [03:59] IsambardPrince I'm guessing. ● Feb 08 [04:00] IsambardPrince When they fall apart, the creditors can all dogpile to see if there's any value in a building that fell over into the street after racking up code violations. [04:00] IsambardPrince MinceR, ^ [04:00] MinceR :> [04:00] IsambardPrince The Creditor [04:00] IsambardPrince "You are one ugly motherfucker!" [04:00] MinceR lol [04:00] IsambardPrince Krrrrr... [04:02] IsambardPrince MinceR, When you're losing the fight against The Creditors, you have a self-destruct weapon. [04:02] IsambardPrince It's called Bankruptcy. [04:02] IsambardPrince And you can go "HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!" [04:02] IsambardPrince Bit of a twist. [04:02] MinceR i'd prefer a kilonova [04:02] MinceR it would be a kindness to devil apes to be wiped out by a kilonova [04:02] MinceR one they do not deserve [04:05] TR News (NEW): The Media Isn't Dying, It's Being Assassinated (Divestment), We Need to Fill the Gap https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/08/The_Media_Isn_t_Dying_It_s_Being_Assassinated_Divestment_We_Nee.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/08/The_Media_Isn_t_Dying_It_s_Being_Assassinated_Divestment_We_Nee.gmi [04:05] TR Bot Tux Machines The Media Isn't Dying, It's Being Assassinated (Divestment), We Need to Fill the Gap [04:09] TR News Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2026-02-08.gmi [04:09] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1560.jpg [04:10] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1910.jpg [04:11] TR News "The weather report yesterday said there was a 60% chance of snow, from noon to midnight or so. I guess it was Tokyo's turn, since the north of Japan has been a winter wonderland for a few weeks now." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/nm03/2026/FEB2026/entry-1 [04:14] IsambardPrince The ones that the Predators had didn't seem to be a weapon of mass destruction as we know them today. [04:14] MinceR looked like a nuke to me [04:14] IsambardPrince The one that went off in the jungle might have had the destructive power of 1/5th of the Hiroshima bomb. [04:14] IsambardPrince Of course, it was much smaller. [04:20] TR News (NEW): This Year Gemini Protocol Will Turn Four for Us https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/08/This_Year_Gemini_Protocol_Will_Turn_Four_for_Us.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/08/This_Year_Gemini_Protocol_Will_Turn_Four_for_Us.gmi [04:20] TR Bot Tux Machines This Year Gemini Protocol Will Turn Four for Us [04:26] IsambardPrince Cockroach LLC [04:26] IsambardPrince Piyush Limited Liability Criminal [04:29] TR News Techrights We're Still Fast https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/08/We_re_Still_Fast.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/08/We_re_Still_Fast.gmi [04:29] TR Bot Techrights We're Still Fast [04:30] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I was thinking about setting up an LLC. [04:30] IsambardPrince You know, maybe do some consulting work for Mozilla. [04:31] IsambardPrince Like that black trans woman that's bigger than a Buick down in Chicago. [04:31] schestowitz[TR2] LLC, LLC [04:31] MinceR lol [04:31] schestowitz[TR2] LeeLoo Cat, LLC [04:31] IsambardPrince She's the Managing Director [04:31] schestowitz[TR2] "yes, as a matter of fact I DID call my company after my pet!" [04:31] IsambardPrince Well, there's no law that says you can't. [04:32] schestowitz[TR2] right [04:32] schestowitz[TR2] i have a friend who called his firm after his two kids\ [04:32] schestowitz[TR2] joseph leah [04:32] schestowitz[TR2] he didmpersonal training [04:33] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Did you see how many billions Mozilla says they have in "AI" now. [04:33] IsambardPrince They've just about forgotten about their web browser. [04:33] MinceR long ago [04:34] MinceR also about the whole 'take back the web' thing [04:34] schestowitz[TR2] they are gafam front [04:34] schestowitz[TR2] and gafam relies on the ponzi scheme [04:34] MinceR they also stopped giving a fuck about their users long ago [04:34] schestowitz[TR2] so the purpsoe of mozila, now is, [04:34] IsambardPrince Yes, the WebExtensions thing really pissed me off. [04:34] schestowitz[TR2] collect data [04:34] schestowitz[TR2] and say slop is the future [04:34] schestowitz[TR2] to inflate the bubble [04:34] MinceR i couldn't even list all the things they did to piss me off [04:34] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2026/02/07/Biggest_AI_Companies_Meta_Alphabet_Microsoft_Borrowed_Additiona.shtml [04:34] TR Bot Techrights Biggest "AI Companies" (Meta, Alphabet, Microsoft) Borrowed (Additional Debt) About $100,000,000,000 in a Year [04:35] schestowitz[TR2] MinceR: yes, they mmory-hole these [04:35] schestowitz[TR2] they like to say people are angry about "woke" things [04:35] schestowitz[TR2] not technical sabotage [04:35] schestowitz[TR2] inc. removing rss support [04:35] schestowitz[TR2] and breaking loads of actually useful extensions, themes etc.\ [04:35] schestowitz[TR2] inc. some of mine [04:36] schestowitz[TR2] mozilla is run by gafam dirtbags now [04:36] schestowitz[TR2] some are from or in microsoft [04:36] schestowitz[TR2] many fb execs [04:36] schestowitz[TR2] oh, wow [04:36] schestowitz[TR2] 1.5% [04:36] schestowitz[TR2] https://analytics.usa.gov/ [04:36] TR Bot The US government's web traffic. [04:36] schestowitz[TR2] topic [04:43] TR News Techrights Mozilla Firefox Sinks to Just 1.5% in the United States https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/08/Mozilla_Firefox_Sinks_to_Just_1_5_in_the_United_States.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/08/Mozilla_Firefox_Sinks_to_Just_1_5_in_the_United_States.gmi [04:43] TR Bot Techrights Mozilla Firefox Sinks to Just 1.5% in the United States [04:46] *nobody has quit (Quit: connection closed.) [04:59] *Guest38620 has quit (Ping timeout: 180 seconds) ● Feb 08 [05:14] TR News Techrights They Tell Us Slop Replaces Workers, But the Reality Is, US Debt Has Surged 2,300 Billion Dollars in Six Months (the Economy is Collapsing) https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/08/They_Tell_Us_Slop_Replaces_Workers_But_the_Reality_Is_US_Debt_H.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/08/They_Tell_Us_Slop_Replaces_Workers_But_the_Reality_Is_US_Debt_H.gmi [05:14] TR Bot Techrights They Tell Us Slop Replaces Workers, But the Reality Is, US Debt Has Surged 2,300 Billion Dollars in Six Months (the Economy is Collapsing) ● Feb 08 [06:11] TR News "The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has since said it had taken the decision to "intervene into the group of firms", which include Proddow Mackay, Butterworths Solicitors, WB Pennine Solicitors and Angela Viney Conveyancing Services." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz7y4nn2l4ro [06:11] TR Bot 'Sudden closure of PM Law has left us stuck in ongoing nightmare' - BBC News [06:12] TR News Too little, too late https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/07/The_Solicitors_Regulation_Authority_SRA_Delusion_Part_III_Women.shtml [06:12] TR Bot Techrights The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Delusion - Part III - Women Failing Women to Help Violent Americans From Microsoft [06:37] TR News (NEW): Busy months in KDE Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/08/Busy_months_in_KDE_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/08/Busy_months_in_KDE_Linux.gmi [06:37] TR Bot Tux Machines Busy months in KDE Linux [06:42] TR News (NEW): Beserk Arch bleeding-edge, security-centric Arch-based Linux distribution https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/08/Beserk_Arch_bleeding_edge_security_centric_Arch_based_Linux_dis.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/08/Beserk_Arch_bleeding_edge_security_centric_Arch_based_Linux_dis.gmi [06:42] TR Bot Tux Machines Beserk Arch bleeding-edge, security-centric Arch-based Linux distribution [06:49] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/08/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/08/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [06:49] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [06:59] TR News (NEW): GCompris 26.0 Released with 2 New Activities & Teachers Tool https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/08/GCompris_26_0_Released_with_2_New_Activities_Teachers_Tool.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/08/GCompris_26_0_Released_with_2_New_Activities_Teachers_Tool.gmi [06:59] TR Bot Tux Machines GCompris 26.0 Released with 2 New Activities & Teachers Tool ● Feb 08 [07:10] *nobody (~nobody@e7reguau4nben.irc) has joined #techrights [07:27] TR News (NEW): 4 reasons I stopped using Ubuntu and don't miss it https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/08/4_reasons_I_stopped_using_Ubuntu_and_don_t_miss_it.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/08/4_reasons_I_stopped_using_Ubuntu_and_don_t_miss_it.gmi [07:27] TR Bot Tux Machines 4 reasons I stopped using Ubuntu and don't miss it [07:37] TR News (NEW): 5 open-source apps I install immediately after installing Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/08/5_open_source_apps_I_install_immediately_after_installing_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/08/5_open_source_apps_I_install_immediately_after_installing_Linux.gmi [07:37] TR Bot Tux Machines 5 open-source apps I install immediately after installing Linux [07:39] TR News (NEW): January brought major updates to these 6 Linux distros https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/08/January_brought_major_updates_to_these_6_Linux_distros.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/08/January_brought_major_updates_to_these_6_Linux_distros.gmi [07:39] TR Bot Tux Machines January brought major updates to these 6 Linux distros [07:41] TR News (NEW): I broke my Linux system on purpose and recovered it without reinstalling https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/08/I_broke_my_Linux_system_on_purpose_and_recovered_it_without_rei.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/08/I_broke_my_Linux_system_on_purpose_and_recovered_it_without_rei.gmi [07:41] TR Bot Tux Machines I broke my Linux system on purpose and recovered it without reinstalling [07:41] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [07:42] TR News (NEW): GNU G-Golf https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/08/GNU_G_Golf.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/08/GNU_G_Golf.gmi [07:42] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU G-Golf [07:47] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@kcb99h722ua4g.irc) has joined #techrights ● Feb 08 [08:37] *IsambardPrince has quit (connection closed) ● Feb 08 [09:49] TR News tion ● Feb 08 [10:20] TR News Techrights Money Funneled to Protection of Software Freedom, But Nothing Really Lost https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/08/Money_Funneled_to_Protection_of_Software_Freedom_But_Nothing_Re.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/08/Money_Funneled_to_Protection_of_Software_Freedom_But_Nothing_Re.gmi [10:20] TR Bot Techrights Money Funneled to Protection of Software Freedom, But Nothing Really Lost [10:22] TR News Life-long commitment to good causes = happy life [10:57] TR News When articles cause 'resignations' (firings) those impacted will go out of their way to hide, to deny, to obfuscate, not to give any credit to those who rightly led to it. Face-saving exercise. [10:58] TR News For that matter, will the Zemlins ever be held accountable for running an ACTUAL pyramid scheme? Sheela ran away after class action lawsuit. ● Feb 08 [11:00] TR News Techrights Bitcoin warning followed immediately by network outage https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/08/Bitcoin_warning_followed_immediately_by_network_outage.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/08/Bitcoin_warning_followed_immediately_by_network_outage.gmi [11:00] TR Bot Techrights Bitcoin warning followed immediately by network outage [11:17] TR News Techrights Forbes: BitCoin, Cryptocurrency pages removed from investment database, links stop working https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/08/Forbes_BitCoin_Cryptocurrency_pages_removed_from_investment_dat.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/08/Forbes_BitCoin_Cryptocurrency_pages_removed_from_investment_dat.gmi [11:17] TR Bot Techrights Forbes: BitCoin, Cryptocurrency pages removed from investment database, links stop working [11:19] TR News "I theorized about a setup with notmuch, and I had even implemented it partway on one of my systems, but the reading/writing part wasnt quite there yet." gemini://thatit.be/2026-02-07-18-54-20.gmi [11:21] TR News snooze gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/snooze [11:23] TR News "Does shutting down major pirate sites simply drive people to other sites, or can it also increase legal consumption?" https://torrentfreak.com/research-major-pirate-site-shutdown-boosted-visits-to-other-pirate-sites-and-netflix/ | Source: Torrent Freak [11:23] TR Bot Major Pirate Site Shutdown Boosted Visits to other Pirate Sites (and Netflix) * TorrentFreak [11:23] TR News "The popular shadow library Anna's Archive has lost yet another domain name." https://torrentfreak.com/annas-archive-loses-pm-domain-adds-greenland-gl-backup/ | Source: Torrent Freak [11:23] TR Bot Archive Loses .PM Domain, Adds Greenland (.GL) Backup * TorrentFreak [11:24] TR News Trademarks: "National Football League" https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/06/reminder-dont-believe-the-nfls-lies-about-its-super-bowl-trademarks/ | Source: Techdirt [11:24] TR Bot Dont Believe The NFLs Lies About Its Super Bowl Trademarks | Techdirt [11:24] TR News "California Assemblymember Matt Haney (D-San Francisco) today introduced a bill to cap the resale of concert and live event tickets at no more than 10% above face value." https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/05/ca-ticket-resale-value-cap-proposed/ | Source: Digital Music News [11:24] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/05/ca-ticket-resale-value-cap-proposed/ ) [11:25] TR News "Europes emancipation from the US is the only alternative" https://www.ekathimerini.com/opinion/1294507/europes-emancipation-from-the-us-is-the-only-alternative/ [11:25] TR Bot emancipation from the US is the only alternative | eKathimerini.com [11:33] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #techrights [11:41] TR News "We object to the technology we build being used to power state violence around the world" https://www.wired.com/story/hundreds-of-google-employees-demand-answers-from-executives-about-ice/ | Source: Wired [11:41] TR Bot Than 800 Google Workers Urge Company to Cancel Any Contracts With ICE and CBP | WIRED [11:41] TR News "There's a catch, though: administrative subpoenas aren't self-enforcing." https://boingboing.net/2026/02/06/ice-can-demand-your-data-from-google-without-a-warrant.html | Source: BoingBoing [11:41] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2026/02/06/ice-can-demand-your-data-from-google-without-a-warrant.html ) [11:42] TR News "The posts will be internally archived but will no longer be on public view, the State Department confirmed to NPR." https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5704785 | Source: NPR [11:42] TR Bot State Department will delete X posts from before Trump returned to office [11:43] TR News "The service, launched in 2018 by Steven Brill and Gordon Crovitz, employs a team of journalists to review the reliability of news sites and give them a score of 0-100" https://deadline.com/2026/02/newsguard-trump-ftc-lawsuit-1236711308/ | Source: Deadline [11:43] TR Bot NewsGuard Sues Trump FTC, Claims Effort "To Censor Speech" [11:46] TR News "Media reliability organization NewsGuard sued the Federal Trade Commission on Friday, arguing the agency has used its regulatory muscle to attack it in retaliation for its low ratings of conservative outlets." https://www.courthousenews.com/media-watchdog-fires-back-at-ftc-over-retaliatory-probe/ | Source: Court House News [11:46] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.courthousenews.com/media-watchdog-fires-back-at-ftc-over-retaliatory-probe/ ) [11:46] TR News "Will Lewis, the embattled chief executive and publisher of The Washington Post, has stepped down, the company announced Saturday, days after the newspaper came under widespread criticism for laying off hundreds of its journalists." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/technology/washington-post-will-lewis.html | Source: New York Times [11:46] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/technology/washington-post-will-lewis.html ) [11:47] TR News "He arrived after years of genteel decline at a newspaper that could go one of two ways: It could be a collapsing metro paper like the Chicago Tribune; or a global powerhouse like the New York Times." https://www.semafor.com/article/02/07/2026/washington-post-ceo-resigns-leaving-no-clear-strategy | Source: Semafor Inc [11:47] TR Bot Post CEO resigns, leaving no clear strategy | Semafor ● Feb 08 [12:11] *ewig (~Ewig@user/ewig) has joined #techrights [12:12] TR News Techrights Getting the European Court of Justice to Annul the Illegal and Unconstitutional Unified Patent Kangaroo Court (UPC) https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/08/Getting_the_European_Court_of_Justice_to_Annul_the_Illegal_and_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/08/Getting_the_European_Court_of_Justice_to_Annul_the_Illegal_and_.gmi [12:12] TR Bot Techrights Getting the European Court of Justice to Annul the Illegal and Unconstitutional Unified Patent Kangaroo Court (UPC) [12:18] TR News "Surprise! That actually exists! It's called Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the "anticircumvention" clause," https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/07/aimsters-revenge/#effective-means-of-access-control | Source: CoryDoctorow [12:18] TR Bot Pluralistic: End of the line for video essays (07 Feb 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [12:18] TR News "A man identifying as a member of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) shared a video on Jan 21 showing him cutting the hair braid of a member of the Womens Protection Units (YPJ) in Raqqa" https://bianet.org/haber/sixteen-year-old-arrested-in-izmir-over-hair-braiding-video-316433 | Source: BIA Net [12:18] TR Bot Sixteen-year-old arrested in zmir over hair braiding video [12:19] TR News "But there is a difference between contextual pressure and visible reality distortion. When global audiences can compare feeds in real time, the latter begins to resemble something else entirely: not editorial judgment, but narrative management." https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/feb/07/jd-vance-boos-winter-olympics | Source: The Guardian UK [12:19] TR Bot The world heard JD Vance being booed at the Olympics. Except for viewers in the US | Winter Olympics 2026 | The Guardian [12:19] TR News "The allegations, which Gabbards office strongly denies, are part of a standoff between the whistleblower, who alleges intelligence officials have slow-walked the disclosure of their complaint" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/nsa-trump-whistleblower-tulsi-gabbard-b2916077.html | Source: The Independent UK [12:19] TR Bot NSA caught phone call between someone close to Trump and foreign intelligence actor: Whistleblower | The Independent [12:27] TR News "Software companies most at risk from the new tools were the hardest hit, as well as the investment funds that lend to these companies." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/the-dark-side-of-ai-weighs-on-the-stock-market/articleshow/128004564.cms | Source: India Times [12:27] TR Bot The dark side of AI weighs on the stock market - The Economic Times [12:29] TR News "HB204 is sponsored by Rep. Michael Petersen, R-North Logan" https://utahnewsdispatch.com/2026/02/06/utah-bill-higher-ed-accommodations-for-students-with-deeply-held-beliefs/ | Source: Utah News Dispatch [12:29] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://utahnewsdispatch.com/2026/02/06/utah-bill-higher-ed-accommodations-for-students-with-deeply-held-beliefs/ ) [12:29] TR News "There's so many interesting things to work on, things I have done before and things I haven't." https://www.brendangregg.com/blog/2026-02-07/why-i-joined-openai.html | Source: Brendan Gregg [12:29] TR Bot Why I joined OpenAI [12:30] TR News He joined a burning ship that burns money [12:31] TR News "Over on the Fediverse, I mentioned that we once missed noticing that there had been a power failure." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/NotNoticingPowerFailure | Source: University of Toronto [12:31] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser [12:31] TR News "The exchange had planned to distribute small cash rewards of 2,000 Korean won ($1.37) or more to each user as part of a promotional event" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/crypto-firm-accidentally-sends-44-billion-in-bitcoins-to-users/articleshow/128018884.cms | Source: India Times [12:31] TR Bot Crypto firm accidentally sends $44 billion in bitcoins to users - The Economic Times [12:31] TR News "Red and blue states alike have introduced legislation in recent weeks that would halt data center development, citing concerns from climate to high energy prices." https://www.wired.com/story/new-york-is-the-latest-state-to-consider-a-data-center-pause/ | Source: Wired [12:31] TR Bot York Is the Latest State to Consider a Data Center Pause | WIRED [12:31] TR News "Wired reporting on a proposed bill to pause building data centers in New York for three years: [...]" https://www.manton.org/2026/02/07/data-center-pause.html | Source: Manton Reece [12:32] TR Bot Manton Reece - Data center pause [12:32] TR News "Their findings, published in the Journal of Marketing Research, argue that those households should not be shamed or ignored. Instead, they should be targeted." https://phys.org/news/2026-02-entice-guzzlers-incentives-outperforms-years.html | Source: Omicron Limited [12:32] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://phys.org/news/2026-02-entice-guzzlers-incentives-outperforms-years.html ) [12:37] TR News "Researchers trying to find out about public attitudes to darkness attended events over three days in the North York Moors National Park." https://theconversation.com/why-walking-in-a-national-park-in-the-dark-prompts-people-to-turn-off-lights-at-home-272321 | Source: The Conversation [12:37] TR Bot Why walking in a national park in the dark prompts people to turn off lights at home [12:37] TR News "Without improved protections the group warned that these facilities could drive up energy bills, strain water resources and undermine the states effort to meet a 100% clean energy standard by 2040." https://michiganadvance.com/2026/02/06/michigan-sierra-club-presents-petition-calling-for-moratorium-on-data-centers/ | Source: Michigan Advance [12:37] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://michiganadvance.com/2026/02/06/michigan-sierra-club-presents-petition-calling-for-moratorium-on-data-centers/ ) [12:41] TR News "The Minerals Council of Australia says gold will overtake coal and natural gas to become the nations second-largest export earner this year." https://www.theage.com.au/business/markets/volatility-is-normal-price-collapse-is-not-gold-s-record-run-and-sharp-fall-20260203-p5nz26.html | Source: The Age AU [12:41] TR Bot Investing in gold: Why experts say it's a buying opportunity despite price volatility [12:41] TR News "In this context, the Zero Waste project that the government has boasted about for years is also a striking example." https://bianet.org/yazi/waste-the-class-face-of-the-ecological-crisis-316373 | Source: BIA Net [12:41] TR Bot Waste: the class face of the ecological crisis ● Feb 08 [13:07] TR News "I wouldnt pay too much attention to this, Schneier has a long tradition of dramatizing and misunderstanding things." https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/02/i-am-in-the-epstein-files.html | Source: Bruce Schneier [13:07] TR Bot Am in the Epstein Files - Schneier on Security [13:07] TR News "The DOJ's release of Epstein-related documents was supposed to be redacted, but whoever did the job left a backdoor wide open." https://boingboing.net/2026/02/06/how-sleuths-are-recovering-hidden-epstein-documents.html | Source: BoingBoing [13:07] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2026/02/06/how-sleuths-are-recovering-hidden-epstein-documents.html ) [13:07] TR News "By Tuesday, I had a scoopy piece almost ready to publishbut Ive been unable to finish it. I have, to be perfectly honest, been overwhelmed." https://broligarchy.substack.com/p/we-all-live-in-jeffrey-epsteins-world | Source: Carole Cadwalladr [13:07] TR Bot We all live in Jeffrey Epstein's world [13:08] TR News "while the Heritage Foundation portrays its efforts as oversight, the sheer number of requests made by these groups creates logjams for everyone thereby preventing oversight." https://pxlnv.com/linklog/publishers-weaponizing-foia/ | Source: Nick Heer [13:08] TR Bot How Bad Faith Publishers Are Weaponizing FOIA Pixel Envy [13:08] TR News "Only first-stage Pokemon are found on Epstein Island" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/epstein-island-has-pokemon-go-pokestop-sparking-discussion-among-netizens-1777173 | Source: International Business Times [13:08] TR Bot Epstein Island Has a Pokmon Go PokStop, Sparking Discussion Among Netizens | IBTimes UK [13:09] TR News "A prince, an ambassador, senior diplomats, top politicians. All brought down by the Jeffrey Epstein files. And all in Europe, rather than the United States." https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2026/0207/Epstein-fallout-in-Europe-contrasts-muted-reaction-in-US | Source: CS Monitor [13:09] TR Bot politicians are toppled by Epstein files. US response is muted. - CSMonitor.com [13:09] TR News "Chomsky flew on Epsteins Lolita Express jet, stayed at his mansions in Manhattan and Paris, and regularly met him for dinner and other social occasions" https://www.mintpressnews.com/the-chomsky-epstein-files/290658/ | Source: Mint Press News [13:09] TR Bot The Chomsky Epstein Files [13:09] nobody sigh, GNU, it's a never-ending madness [13:10] nobody yesterday i decided to backport another build onto tcc/linux2, that was midnight commander [13:11] nobody wtf. happened to Glib? glib-1.2 -> glib-2.x, the latter is a total clusterf*** [13:11] nobody i think that was in parallel to the GTK2->GTK3/dbus/systemd transition [13:11] nobody systemd wasn't the only sucker, by far [13:12] nobody anyway, an older midnight commander still works with glib1, and that was rather easy to backport [13:13] nobody another package i've re-added again, Bind9.... another dependency and api nightmare [13:13] nobody it's even more interesting, this one is a critical component to run DNS infrastructure (i guess most big DNS servers use Bind9) [13:14] nobody same with this one, finally i settled with an older 9.11.37 version, the latest one remained blocked against tinycc-support here [13:14] nobody now i remember, it's been some C11 __thread magic why i could not nor would not want to roll forward [13:15] nobody C11 is dangerous, with regards to vendor-neutral toolchain portability [13:15] nobody in practice, you won't find any C-compiler/toolchain for C11 which a complete system-integration could be accomplished with [13:16] nobody in this regard, C11 is some rust-lang lite, since it's too locking into g++/llvm/c++ [13:16] TR News "Russian Inspector SIGINT spacecraft operating in geostationary orbit have intercepted communications" https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/russian-inspector-satellites-suspected-of-intercepting-european-communications | Source: Tom's Hardware [13:16] TR Bot Russian 'Inspector' spacecraft intercepted communications from a dozen European satellites, report claims fears Moscow could even manipulate trajectories or crash satellites | Tom's Hardware [13:16] TR News "If the findings are sustained, TikTok could face a fine of up to 6% of its global annual turnover." https://therecord.media/eu-threatens-tiktok-with-fine-over-addictive-features | Source: The Record [13:16] TR Bot EU threatens TikTok with massive fine over addictive design features | The Record from Recorded Future News [13:18] TR News Surveillance https://arkansasadvocate.com/briefs/federal-funds-will-help-arkansas-modernize-health-data-collection/ | Source: Arkansas Advocate [13:18] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://arkansasadvocate.com/briefs/federal-funds-will-help-arkansas-modernize-health-data-collection/ ) [13:18] TR News "These tools will improve healthcare coordination for patients, eliminate duplicative testing, bolster partnerships between hospitals and community providers, and strengthen rural healthcare infrastructure." https://healthy.arkansas.gov/article/arkansas-department-of-health-secures-13-3-million-to-expand-statewide-health-data-infrastructure-investment-comes-thanks-to-sen-boozmans-support/ | [13:18] TR Bot Arkansas Department of Health Secures $13.3 Million to Expand Statewide Health Data Infrastructure: Investment Comes Thanks To Sen. Boozmans Support - Arkansas Department of Health [13:18] TR News "In the email, Flickr said it disabled access to the affected system and removed all links to the vulnerable endpoint before notifying its email provider and demanding an investigation into the incident." https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/06/flickr_emails_users_about_data_breach/ | Source: The Register UK [13:18] TR Bot Flickr emails users about data breach, pins it on 3rd party The Register [13:20] TR News Microsoft dictators in control while "maintainers are drowning in a sea of low-effort contributions." https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/02/reputation-scores-for-github-accounts/ | Source: Terence Eden [13:20] TR Bot Reputation Scores for GitHub Accounts Terence Edens Blog [13:20] TR News Windows TCO https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/nitrogen-ransomware-programmers-lock-themselves-out-of-a-payment-key-management-bug-encrypts-victims-data-forever | Source: Tom's Hardware [13:20] TR Bot Nitrogen ransomware programmers lock themselves out of a payment key management bug encrypts victims' data forever | Tom's Hardware [13:21] TR News "TikTok's U.S. algorithm will be retrained with only Americans' data, according to the reported agreement." https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/upscrolled-app-tiktok-users-downloading-censorship-9.7073441 | Source: CBC [13:21] TR Bot TikTok creators flock to UpScrolled app after U.S. takeover. Here's why | CBC News [13:22] TR News "The situation even led to currently pending criminal charges against two Michigan attorneys" https://michiganadvance.com/2026/02/06/trumps-racist-truth-social-post-also-included-whopper-on-debunked-michigan-election-fraud-theory/ | Source: Michigan Advance [13:22] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://michiganadvance.com/2026/02/06/trumps-racist-truth-social-post-also-included-whopper-on-debunked-michigan-election-fraud-theory/ ) [13:22] TR News "Finland's medicines agency (Fimea) is warning about social media challenges involving over-the-counter drugs" https://yle.fi/a/74-20208900 | Source: YLE [13:22] TR Bot Medicines watchdog warns of deadly social media pill challenges | Yle News | Yle [13:23] TR News "recent genenerative AI movement." [pyramid scheme] https://addisoncrump.info/research/a-horrible-conclusion/ | Source: Addison Crump [13:23] TR Bot A Horrible Conclusion Addison Crump [13:24] TR News "It is a profound waste of resources, a theft machine masquerading as intelligence, and generally a tool which enables numerous social harms at scale. I am a firm proponent that we (academics) should not be involved in the rat race to improve or to use these systems because of their enormous ethical violations." [13:24] TR News ">'AI' is a dick move" https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/02/ai-is-a-dick-move/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski [13:24] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/02/ai-is-a-dick-move/ ) [13:25] TR News "I didnt ask for this and neither did you." https://nolanlawson.com/2026/02/07/we-mourn-our-craft/ | Source: Nolan Lawson [13:25] TR Bot We mourn our craft | Read the Tea Leaves [13:26] TR News "I think whats been bothering me is that weve had a collective push by the anonymous them that everyone must use AI tools for everything or well all fall behind (whatever that means.)" https://schwarztech.net/articles/leave-me-behind | Source: SchwarzTech [13:26] TR Bot SchwarzTechArticle: Leave Me Behind [13:26] TR News "Venture funds tied in part to Canon Japan and Panasonic Corporation are among the AI start-ups most recent investments through the Canon Marketing Japan MIRAI Fund and the Panasonic Kurashi Visionary Fund." https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/genai-is-considered-a-threat-to-traditional-photography-so-why-have-these-two-camera-companies-invested-in-an-ai-startup | Source: Digital Camera World [13:26] TR Bot GenAI is considered a threat to traditional photography. So why have these two camera companies invested in an AI startup? | Digital Camera World [13:26] TR News "But not all efforts have been so successful" https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2026/02/when-you-do-the-math-humans-still-rule/ | Source: Harvard University [13:26] TR Bot When you do the math, humans still rule Harvard Gazette [13:27] TR News "Thomass case is an example of AI psychosis, a term some experts are using to describe dangerous mental health episodes in which users become entranced by the sycophantic responses of an AI chatbot." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-psychosis-man-wakes-up-homeless | Source: Futurism [13:27] TR Bot Man Wakes Up Homeless, Realizes He Fell Into AI Psychosis That Destroyed His Entire Life [13:28] TR News "Of Nerniacular Latin To An Evoolitun On Nance Langusages" https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/professor-defends-ai-textbook | Source: Futurism [13:28] TR Bot Professor Says Her Garbled AI Textbook Was a Huge Success [13:29] TR News "The service is an API that allows applications to access mailboxes and data stores in Exchange Online and Exchange Server." https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/06/microsoft_ews_shutdown/ | Source: The Register UK [13:29] TR Bot Microsoft sets Exchange Web Services shutdown dates The Register [13:29] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [13:29] TR News "Then I made an important choice: after just a few months, I sold my super high-end gaming PC." https://contino.com/blog/back-sort-of | Source: Andrea Contino [13:29] TR Bot Sort of - Andrea Contino - Go With The Flow [13:31] TR News "Early last week, the Lancet released a study predicting the impact of last years cuts to USAID based on showing the benefits of past funding. Heres CNNs summary: [...]" https://emptywheel.net/marco-rubio-will-let-2-5-million-children-die-so-sarah-rogers-can-fund-far-right-extremists-in-europe/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler [13:31] TR Bot Marco Rubio Will Let 2.5 Million Children Die so Sarah Rogers Can Fund Far Right Extremists in Europe - emptywheel [13:32] TR News "Now, a new study published in The Lancet medical journal aims to quantify the human toll of those budget decisions" https://edition.cnn.com/2026/02/04/world/lancet-usaid-global-aid-cuts-intl | Source: CNN [13:32] TR Bot One year on from dismantling of USAID, study projects that global aid cuts could lead to 9.4 million deaths by 2030 | CNN [13:32] TR News "This bothers me tremendously. It leads to this stupid toxic relationship with my phone" https://cliophate.wtf/posts/no-more-teleporting | Source: Kevin Wammer [13:32] TR Bot more teleporting - cliophate.wtf [13:32] TR News "The group is typically composed of experts in the area of autism research, along with policy experts and autistic people advocating for their own community." https://www.wired.com/story/rfk-jr-s-picks-for-a-key-autism-panel-include-advocates-for-bizarre-theories/ | Source: Wired [13:32] TR Bot Jr. Has Packed an Autism Panel With Cranks and Conspiracy Theorists | WIRED [13:33] TR News "In a sense, the decline of book reviews, like the decline of newspapers themselves, is a story about disaggregation" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/02/books-news-washington-post/685897/ | Source: The Atlantic [13:33] TR Bot The Literary Ecosystem Is Dying - The Atlantic [13:34] TR News "Earlier today I came across a since-deleted post that stirred up some drama on discovery/trending. The topic was about blogging, to put it simply." https://pretendtypewriter.net/who-do-you-blog-for/ | [13:34] TR Bot WHO DO YOU BLOG FOR? | PRETEND TYPEWRITER [13:35] TR News "Its a timeworn and tired tradition that bloggers love to blog about blogging" https://bix.blog/posts/2026-02-07-blogging-as-self-care/ | Source: Bix Frankonis [13:35] TR Bot Blogging As Self-Care BIX dot BLOG [13:35] TR News "The first month of 2026 is in the books." https://thenewleafjournal.com/january-2026-at-the-new-leaf-journal/ | Source: The New Leaf Journal [13:35] TR Bot January 2026 at The New Leaf Journal [13:35] TR News "Some of these processes and incentives are legible, like OKRs or promotion criteria." https://www.seangoedecke.com/heroism/ | Source: Sean Goedecke [13:35] TR Bot Large tech companies don't need heroes [13:38] TR News "the Big Turk and Tim Hortons" https://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-scriptovision-super-micro-script.html | Source: Old VCR [13:38] TR Bot Old Vintage Computing Research: The Scriptovision Super Micro Script video titler is almost a home computer [13:38] TR News "Which is exactly what that button is for. They market it as a way to permanently record precious memoriesand wear them on your sleeve." https://brainbaking.com/post/2026/02/creating-buttons-to-remember-things/ | Source: Wouter Groeneveld [13:38] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://brainbaking.com/post/2026/02/creating-buttons-to-remember-things/ ) [13:38] TR News "Sometimes you have this project idea in your mind that seems so simple and straightforward, and which feels just so right that you have to roll with it." https://hackaday.com/2026/02/07/when-clever-hardware-hacks-bite-back-a-password-keeper-device-autopsy/ | Source: Hackaday [13:38] TR Bot Clever Hardware Hacks Bite Back: A Password Keeper Device Autopsy | Hackaday [13:39] TR News "We like the hack, though we would be worried about adhesive tape anywhere near the shutter blind on an SLR camera." https://hackaday.com/2026/02/07/180-shots-on-a-roll-with-the-little-stupid-camera/ | Source: Hackaday [13:39] TR Bot Shots On A Roll With The Little Stupid Camera | Hackaday [13:39] TR News "The basic unit runs on a couple of LiPo packs, but a solar-powered circuit was also built and tested using two small-ish panels." https://hackaday.com/2026/02/07/making-a-diy-refrigerated-vest-with-battery-and-solar-power/ | Source: Hackaday [13:39] TR Bot A DIY Refrigerated Vest With Battery And Solar Power | Hackaday [13:39] TR News "You've got a shiny new Raspberry Pi 500+." https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/06/summoning_the_spirit_of_the/ | Source: The Register UK [13:39] TR Bot Raspberry Pi 500+ made to look like a BBC Micro PC The Register [13:40] TR News "Building HANX entailed over a thousand hours in the innovation lab and navigating government bureaucracy for approval, but the result is a drone that is secure" https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-military/2026/02/06/us-marine-designs-corps-first-ndaa-compliant-3d-printed-drone/ | Source: USMC [13:40] TR Bot US Marine designs Corps first NDAA-compliant 3D-printed drone [13:56] TR News "For a bit of a history lesson, here is the deployment screen from the original Gratuitous Space Battles: [..." https://www.positech.co.uk/cliffsblog/2026/02/07/deployment-range-ui-for-ridiculous-space-battles/ | Source: Positech Games [13:56] TR Bot Deployment Range UI for Ridiculous Space Battles Cliffski's Blog [13:57] TR News "404Media is reporting that the FBI could not access a reporters iPhone because it had Lockdown Mode enabled: [...]" https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/02/iphone-lockdown-mode-protects-washington-post-reporter.html | Source: Bruce Schneier [13:57] TR Bot Lockdown Mode Protects Washington Post Reporter - Schneier on Security [13:57] TR News "my Dad has been involved in studio and live broadcast" https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/exploring-a-modern-smpte-2110-broadcast-truck-with-my-dad/ | Source: Jeff Geerling [13:57] TR Bot Exploring a Modern SMTPE 2110 Broadcast Truck With My Dad - Jeff Geerling ● Feb 08 [14:00] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/07/Programming_Leftovers.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/07/Programming_Leftovers.1.gmi [14:00] TR News (NEW): Linux Graphics and Games https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/08/Linux_Graphics_and_Games.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/08/Linux_Graphics_and_Games.gmi [14:00] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [14:00] TR Bot Tux Machines Linux Graphics and Games [14:06] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/08/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/08/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.gmi [14:06] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux Leftovers [14:06] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, Old Systems, and DIY https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/08/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_Old_Systems_and_DIY.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/08/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_Old_Systems_and_DIY.gmi [14:06] TR Bot Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, Old Systems, and DIY [14:08] TR News "Sometimes its not that we dislike quieter places. Its that our system has been trained to live open by default." gemini://authentico.dev/resistance-negation/why-silent-spaces-start-to-feel-natural.gmi [14:09] TR News "Theres a quiet thing that happens when we spend a lot of time around high-impact inputs: strong flavors, strong colors, strong opinions, strong hooks." gemini://authentico.dev/resistance-negation/when-subtlety-starts-feeling-good-again.gmi [14:09] TR News "Some people are careful with food sourcing. Others are careful with finances. But information sourcing often gets treated as optional. Not because people are foolish because information doesnt arrive looking like a diet." gemini://authentico.dev/resistance-negation/clean-inputs-clearer-mind.gmi [14:10] TR News "Pressure is real. And sometimes its not optional." gemini://authentico.dev/conversation/transforming-pressure-into-growth.gmi [14:11] TR News "Most people dont lose direction in the middle of a normal moment. They lose it in transitions." gemini://authentico.dev/conversation/regain-control-of-transitions-2026.gmi [14:12] TR News Reclaiming Digital Agency gemini://authentico.dev/conversation/reclaiming-digital-agency.gmi [14:13] TR News "In a chaotic world, a lot of people are not cold. Theyre overloaded." gemini://authentico.dev/conversation/rebuilding-connection-and-trust.gmi [14:17] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 08/02/2026: "Doing Not Much Tweaking" and "Reclaiming Digital Agency" https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/08/Gemini_Links_08_02_2026_Doing_Not_Much_Tweaking_and_Reclaiming_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/08/Gemini_Links_08_02_2026_Doing_Not_Much_Tweaking_and_Reclaiming_.gmi [14:17] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 08/02/2026: "Doing Not Much Tweaking" and "Reclaiming Digital Agency" [14:19] TR News Techrights Links 08/02/2026: Microsoft GitHub as Burden on Developers and "The Chomsky Epstein Files" https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/08/Links_08_02_2026_Microsoft_GitHub_as_Burden_on_Developers_and_T.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/08/Links_08_02_2026_Microsoft_GitHub_as_Burden_on_Developers_and_T.gmi [14:19] TR Bot Techrights Links 08/02/2026: Microsoft GitHub as Burden on Developers and "The Chomsky Epstein Files" [14:21] TR News "Concerns that, as we noted at the time, turned out to be entirely justified." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/06/dojs-frivolous-boasberg-complaint-dismissed-while-nobody-can-explain-how-doj-got-the-evidence-it-never-provided/ | Source: Techdirt [14:21] TR Bot Frivolous Boasberg Complaint DismissedWhile Nobody Can Explain How DOJ Got The Evidence It Never Provided | Techdirt [14:23] TR News "The CIA World Factbook occupies a special place in the memories of elder Millennials like me." https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/02/trump-administration-information-war/685901/ | Source: The Atlantic [14:23] TR Bot America Is Losing the Facts That Hold It Together - The Atlantic [14:23] TR News valuable [14:24] TR News "CI is only valuable when it fails. When it passes, it's just overhead: the same outcome you'd get without CI." https://blog.nix-ci.com/post/2026-02-05_the-purpose-of-ci-is-to-fail | [14:24] TR Bot NixCI Blog - The purpose of Continuous Integration is to fail [14:24] TR News "If you have a Zig project with dependencies, two big changes just landed which I think you will be interested to learn about." https://ziglang.org/devlog/2026/#2026-02-06 | Source: Zig [14:24] TR Bot Devlog Zig Programming Language [14:24] TR News "Every package manager faces the same core problem: given a set of packages with version constraints" https://nesbitt.io/2026/02/06/dependency-resolution-methods.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt [14:24] TR Bot Dependency Resolution Methods | Andrew Nesbitt [14:24] TR News "For sensitive data that needs to be extremely accurate and timely, we use webhooks." https://www.jmduke.com/posts/insourcing-your-data-warehouse.html | Source: Justin Duke [14:24] TR Bot Building a data greenhouse | Applied Cartography [14:25] TR News "As I blogged last night, successful developers will now need to focus even more on other aspects of their business." https://www.manton.org/2026/02/07/read-the-code.html | Source: Manton Reece [14:25] TR Bot Manton Reece - Read the code [14:25] TR News "The cost of turning written business logic into code has dropped to zero. Or, at best, near-zero." https://brooker.co.za/blog/2026/02/07/you-are-here.html | Source: Marc Brooker [14:25] TR Bot You Are Here - Marc's Blog [14:25] TR News "Bill Hoffman, the original creator of the CMake language held a presentation at CppCon." https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2026/02/c-and-c-dependencies-dont-dream-it-be-it.html | Source: Jussi Pakkanen [14:25] TR Bot Nibble Stew: C and C++ dependencies, don't dream it, be it! [14:26] TR News "Sports are noisy. Teams change. Injuries happen. Upsets happen. But uncertainty is not the enemyits the input" https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/02/how-to-predict-sports-in-r-elo-monte-carlo-and-real-simulations/ | Source: Rlang [14:26] TR Bot to Predict Sports in R: Elo, Monte Carlo, and Real Simulations | R-bloggers [14:26] TR News "Stop playing diagnostics ping-pong with your users." https://drmowinckels.io/blog/2026/sitrep-functions/ | [14:26] TR Bot Why Every R Package Wrapping External Tools Needs a sitrep() Function - Dr. Mowinckel's [14:27] TR News "MP 160: When we're discussing functions in Python, what do we call the different parts?" https://www.mostlypython.com/anatomy-of-a-python-function/ | [14:27] TR Bot Anatomy of a Python Function [14:28] TR News "Normally I would use crontab for this job, but modern Linux systems come equipped with something more powerful" https://www.arjenwiersma.nl/automatically-storing-my-notes | Source: Arjen Wiersma [14:28] TR Bot Automatically storing my notes Arjen Wiersma [14:29] *ewig has quit (Ping timeout: 264 seconds) [14:39] TR News Techrights Finland's Dependence on GAFAM (US) Needs to be Lessened, EU Must Follow This Path https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/08/Finland_s_Dependence_on_GAFAM_US_Needs_to_be_Lessened_EU_Must_F.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/08/Finland_s_Dependence_on_GAFAM_US_Needs_to_be_Lessened_EU_Must_F.gmi [14:39] TR Bot Techrights Finland's Dependence on GAFAM (US) Needs to be Lessened, EU Must Follow This Path [14:49] TR News "KDE Linux hit its alpha release milestone last September, encompassing basic usability for developers, internal QA people, and technical contributors. Our marketing-speak goal was The best alpha release youve ever used." https://pointieststick.com/2026/02/06/busy-months-in-kde-linux/ | Source: Nate Graham [14:49] TR Bot Busy months in KDE Linux Adventures in Linux and KDE [14:50] TR News "For a bit of a history lesson, here is the deployment screen from the original Gratuitous Space Battles: [...]" https://www.positech.co.uk/cliffsblog/2026/02/07/deployment-range-ui-for-ridiculous-space-battles/ | Source: Positech Games [14:50] TR Bot Deployment Range UI for Ridiculous Space Battles Cliffski's Blog [14:51] TR News "If youre having an issue with your router, computer, or another device on your network" https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/internet-control-message-protocol/ | Source: PIA [14:51] TR Bot Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) Explained [14:51] TR News "In lieu of that, Ive decided to take matters into my own hands and build a NAS." https://arne.me/blog/buildlog-nas | Source: Arne Bahlo [14:51] TR Bot I built a NAS [14:51] TR News "There are two options for IPsec VPNs on NixOS: Libreswan and Strongswan." https://crumbles.blog/posts/2026-02-07-ipsec-vpn-nixos.html | Source: Daphne Preston-Kendal [14:51] TR Bot HOWTO: Set up an IPsec VPN on NixOS and connect to it with Mac OS and iOS ● Feb 08 [15:01] TR News "I love the clipboard; it's my favourite part of an OS, and it's so under-used." https://jasper.tandy.is/blogging/i-love-the-clipboard-its-my-favourite-part-of-an-os-and-its-so-under-used-on-my-laptop-i | Source: Jasper Tandy [15:01] TR Bot Jasper is blogging: I love the clipboard; it's my favourite part of an OS, and it's so under-used. On my laptop, I... [15:21] TR News A record 3.6 million young people in South Korea do not own homes https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/a-record-3-6-million-young-people-in-south-korea-do-not-own-homes [15:21] TR Bot A record 3.6 million young people in South Korea do not own homes | The Straits Times [15:22] TR News South Korean crypto exchange to reimburse some users after $51b error https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-crypto-exchange-to-reimburse-some-users-after-51b-error [15:22] TR Bot South Korean crypto exchange to reimburse some users after $51b error | The Straits Times [15:24] TR News UN experts condemn denial of medical treatment to human rights defender in China https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/02/un-experts-condemn-chinas-denial-of-medical-treatment-to-human-rights-defender/ [15:24] TR Bot UN experts condemn denial of medical treatment to human rights defender in China - JURIST - News [15:25] TR News I Tried the TerraMaster F4-425 Plus as My First NAS; Heres What I Liked (and Didnt) https://itsfoss.com/terramaster-f4-425-plus-review/ [15:25] TR Bot I Tried the TerraMaster F4-425 Plus as My First NAS; Heres What I Liked (and Didnt) [15:26] TR News We Ditched Clickup for Fizzy: An (Open Source) Kanban Board App https://itsfoss.com/fizzy-self-hostable-kanban-solution/ [15:26] TR Bot We Ditched Clickup for Fizzy: An (Open Source) Kanban Board App [15:28] TR News Fewer women in Japan plan to give Valentines chocolate as inflation bites https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/fewer-women-in-japan-plan-to-give-valentines-chocolate-as-inflation-bites [15:28] TR Bot Fewer women in Japan plan to give Valentines chocolate as inflation bites | The Straits Times [15:28] TR News Chaos in Minneapolis Exposes an Internet at War With Truth https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/technology/minneapolis-ai-disinformation-misinformation-truth.html [15:28] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/technology/minneapolis-ai-disinformation-misinformation-truth.html ) [15:29] TR News A collection of internet evergreens https://box.matto.nl/a-collection-of-internet-evergreens.html [15:29] TR Bot collection of internet evergreens - box.matto.nl [15:31] TR News The Reviews are in on Darren Aronofskys AI-Generated Show, and May We Just Say: Yikes https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/aronofsky-ai-show-reviews [15:31] TR Bot The Reviews are in on Darren Aronofsky's AI-Generated Show, and May We Just Say: "Yikes" [15:34] TR News coreutils @ Savannah: coreutils-9.10 released [stable] https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10854 [15:35] TR News Christian Hergert: Mid-life transitions https://blogs.gnome.org/chergert/2026/02/06/mid-life-transitions/ [15:35] TR News Allan Day: GNOME Foundation Update, 2026-02-06 https://blogs.gnome.org/aday/2026/02/06/gnome-foundation-update-2026-02-06/ [15:36] TR News Matthias Clasen: GTK hackfest, 2026 edition https://blogs.gnome.org/gtk/2026/02/06/gtk-hackfest-2026-edition/ [15:36] TR News This Week in GNOME: #235 Integrating Fonts https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2026/02/twig-235/ [15:36] *TechrightsBot-tr has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [15:39] *TechrightsBot-tr (~TR@iijacan2vrgta.irc) has joined #techrights [15:39] TR Bot to load module HelloWorld. 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[15:39] TR News Busy months in KDE GNU/Linux https://pointieststick.com/2026/02/06/busy-months-in-kde-linux/ [15:39] TR Bot Busy months in KDE Linux Adventures in Linux and KDE [15:40] TR News FOSS Weekly #26.06: Bash Manual in Epstein Files, GNU/Linux after Linus, Nano like Editors, France Takes on Big Tech and More https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-26-06/ [15:40] TR Bot FOSS Weekly #26.06: Bash Manual in Epstein Files, Linux after Linus, Nano like Editors, France Takes on Big Tech and More [15:41] TR News JetBrains will enable Wayland support in IntelliJ 2026.1 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/intellij-native-wayland-support-2026-1 [15:41] TR Bot JetBrains IntelliJ IDEs Get Native Wayland Support in 2026.1 [15:41] TR News Kapsule: Completing the KDE GNU/Linux Extensibility Story https://blog.lasath.org/2026/02/kapsule-completing-kde-linux.html [15:41] TR Bot Kapsule: Completing the KDE Linux Extensibility Story [15:42] TR News HackerOS 4.3 released https://distrowatch.com/hackeros [15:42] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/hackeros ) [15:42] TR News openmamba 20260206 released as well https://distrowatch.com/openmamba [15:42] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/openmamba ) [15:44] TR News Andy Wingo: ahead-of-time wasm gc in wastrel https://wingolog.org/archives/2026/02/06/ahead-of-time-wasm-gc-in-wastrel [15:44] TR Bot ahead-of-time wasm gc in wastrel wingolog [15:48] MinceR 08 140950 < nobody> sigh, GNU, it's a never-ending madness [15:48] MinceR it's nearly over [15:48] MinceR they've already capitulated to systemd [15:48] TR News UPC is illegal, but JUVE is in the pockets of Team UPC, so it keeps trying to legitimise this atrocity https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/berenice-thom-takes-over-second-panel-at-local-division-dusseldorf/ [15:48] TR Bot Brnice Thom takes over second panel at local division Dsseldorf [15:49] TR News So many European Patents are nowadays fake though https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/veolia-and-heuking-land-win-against-supratec/ [15:49] TR Bot Veolia and Heuking land win against Supratec [15:49] TR News Stratacor digital content patent monopoly campaign - invalidity charts coming soon https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/2/6/stratacor-digital-content-patent-campaign-invalidity-charts-coming-soon [15:49] TR Bot Stratacor digital content patent campaign - invalidity charts coming soon Unified Patents [15:50] TR News Thermalright's LCD software for backdoored Windows ported to GNU/Linux https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/liquid-cooling/enthusiast-ports-thermalrights-lcd-software-for-windows-to-linux-fully-fledged-port-supports-a-ton-of-models-and-enables-rgb-and-lcd-customization [15:50] TR Bot Thermalright's LCD software for Windows ported to Linux enthsuiast's full-fledged port supports a ton of models and enables RGB and LCD customization | Tom's Hardware [15:51] TR News KDE Plasma 6.6 will finally fix those pesky fingerprint authentication issues https://www.neowin.net/news/kde-plasma-66-will-finally-fix-those-pesky-fingerprint-authentication-issues/ [15:51] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/kde-plasma-66-will-finally-fix-those-pesky-fingerprint-authentication-issues/ ) [15:56] MinceR https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/conversion [15:56] TR Bot Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Conversion [15:59] TR News LibreOffice 26.2 Now Available http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/LibreOffice-26.2-Now-Available [15:59] TR Bot LibreOffice 26.2 Now Available Linux Magazine ● Feb 08 [16:02] TR News (NEW): Issue 304 of Linux Magazine https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/08/Issue_304_of_Linux_Magazine.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/08/Issue_304_of_Linux_Magazine.gmi [16:02] TR Bot Tux Machines Issue 304 of Linux Magazine [16:04] TR News Send a file to the first reachable KDE Connect device http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/43149/send-a-file-to-the-first-reachable-kde-connect-device [16:04] TR Bot Send a file to the first reachable KDE Connect device [16:05] TR News FOSDEM 2026 https://anditosan.wordpress.com/2026/02/04/fosdem-2026/ [16:05] TR Bot FOSDEM 2026 KDE and Plasma Design [16:06] TR News Introducing the latest Arduino App Lab release https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/02/04/introducing-the-latest-arduino-app-lab-release/ [16:06] TR Bot Introducing the latest Arduino App Lab release | Arduino Blog [16:06] TR News 3D printing with a 4,000-pound industrial robot https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/02/04/3d-printing-with-a-4000-pound-industrial-robot/ [16:06] TR Bot 3D printing with a 4,000-pound industrial robot | Arduino Blog [16:07] TR News KDE Gear 25.12.2 https://kde.org/announcements/gear/25.12.2/ [16:07] TR Bot KDE Gear 25.12.2 - KDE Community [16:07] TR News The first good Raspberry Pi Laptop https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/the-first-good-raspberry-pi-laptop/ [16:07] TR Bot The first good Raspberry Pi Laptop - Jeff Geerling [16:08] TR News How Jeff Bezos Brought Down the Washington Post https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-communications/how-jeff-bezos-brought-down-the-washington-post [16:08] TR Bot How Jeff Bezos Brought Down the Washington Post | The New Yorker [16:09] TR News Generating GTFS Feeds https://jbb.ghsq.de/kde/2026/02/07/Generating-GTFS-Feeds.html [16:09] TR Bot Generating GTFS Feeds [16:09] TR News SuperTux 0.7.0 Beta 2 Released with Editor & Gaming Improvements https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/02/supertux-0-7-0-beta-2-released-with-editor-gaming-improvements/ [16:09] TR Bot SuperTux 0.7.0 Beta 2 Released with Editor & Gaming Improvements | UbuntuHandbook [16:10] TR News Fix Giant Cursor Issue for Flatpak Apps in Ubuntu 24.04 | 22.04 https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/02/fix-giant-cursor-flatpak-apps-ubuntu/ [16:10] TR Bot Fix Giant Cursor Issue for Flatpak Apps in Ubuntu 24.04 | 22.04 | UbuntuHandbook [16:10] TR News Darktable 5.4.1 Released with Few Dozen Fixes [Ubuntu PPA Updated] https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/02/darktable-5-4-1-released/ [16:11] TR Bot Darktable 5.4.1 Released with Few Dozen Fixes [Ubuntu PPA Updated] | UbuntuHandbook [16:11] TR News Changan Nevo A06 EV with sodium-ion battery https://bkhome.org/news/202602/changan-nevo-a06-ev-with-sodium-ion-battery.html [16:11] TR Bot Changan Nevo A06 EV with sodium-ion battery [16:12] TR News Russian Recruiters Target Africans as Fodder for War https://adf-magazine.com/2026/02/russian-recruiters-target-africans-as-fodder-for-war/ "ran a Facebook (Farcebook) group helping Arab students go to Moscow to study" [16:12] TR Bot Russian Recruiters Target Africans as Fodder for War - Africa Defense Forum [16:14] *phebus has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [16:16] *phebus (~phebus@y62br8unm5ssk.irc) has joined #techrights [16:17] TR News At Ukraines Request, Starlink Denies Internet Access to Russian Troops https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/world/europe/starlink-blocks-russian-troops-access.html [16:17] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/world/europe/starlink-blocks-russian-troops-access.html ) [16:21] TR News Release GCompris 26.0 https://www.gcompris.net/newsall-en.html#2026-02-04 [16:21] TR Bot News - GCompris [16:25] TR News $199+ M5Stack Hey Hi (AI) Pyramid Computing Box GNU/Linux Hey Hi (AI) mini PC is based on Axera AX8850 SoC https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/02/06/199-m5stack-ai-pyramid-computing-box-linux-ai-mini-pc-is-based-on-axera-ax8850-soc/ [16:25] TR Bot $199+ M5Stack AI Pyramid Computing Box Linux AI mini PC is based on Axera AX8850 SoC - CNX Software [16:26] TR News FOSDEM 2026 https://www.volkerkrause.eu/2026/02/07/fosdem-2026.html [16:26] TR Bot FOSDEM 2026 [16:27] TR News (SOK) Weekly recap (1) - 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[16:29] TR Bot Script to run an app as any user [16:30] TR News One-third of consumers reject Hey Hi (AI) on their devices, with most saying they simply dont need it https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/one-third-of-consumers-reject-ai-on-their-devices-with-most-saying-they-simply-dont-need-it-latest-report-highlights-privacy-fears-and-potential-costs-among-other-real-world-concerns [16:30] TR Bot One-third of consumers reject AI on their devices, with most saying they simply dont need it latest report highlights privacy fears and potential costs among other real-world concerns | Tom's Hardware [16:31] TR News Parametrized Keyframes - Status Report, February 2026 https://kdenlive.org/news/2026/dopesheet-status-1-26/ [16:31] TR Bot Parametrized Keyframes - Status Report, February 2026 - Kdenlive [16:32] TR News Fedora 43 templates available for Qubes OS 4.3 https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2026/02/06/fedora-43-templates-available/ [16:32] TR Bot Fedora 43 templates available for Qubes OS 4.3 | Qubes OS [16:33] TR News OLED gaming monitor shows only light burn-in after 3,000-hour torture test 500 hours of Overwatch gameplay leaves a faint scar on the premium panel https://www.tomshardware.com/monitors/gaming-monitors/oled-gaming-monitor-shows-only-light-burn-in-after-3-000-hour-torture-test-500-hours-of-overwatch-gameplay-leaves-a-faint-scar-on-the-premium-panel [16:33] TR Bot OLED gaming monitor shows only light burn-in after 3,000-hour torture test 500 hours of Overwatch gameplay leaves a faint scar on the premium panel | Tom's Hardware [16:34] TR News FreeBSD 14.4-BETA1 is out https://distrowatch.com/freebsd [16:34] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/freebsd ) [16:34] TR News Netbsd 11.0_RC1 also ready https://distrowatch.com/netbsd [16:34] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/netbsd ) [16:34] TR News Lucas Baudin: Being a Mentor for Outreachy https://lbaudin.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/blog/posts/being-a-mentor-outreachy/ [16:34] TR Bot Being a Mentor for Outreachy [16:35] TR News CC at the Hey Hi (AI) Impact Summit: Core Interventions for the Public Interest https://creativecommons.org/2026/02/06/cc-at-the-ai-impact-summit-2026/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cc-at-the-ai-impact-summit-2026 [16:35] TR Bot CC at the AI Impact Summit: Core Interventions for the Public Interest - Creative Commons [16:36] TR News OpenJDK updates (Slackware packages) https://blog.slackware.nl/openjdk-updates-slackware-packages/ [16:36] TR Bot OpenJDK updates (Slackware packages) Alien Pastures [16:36] TR News Olimex HoT aims to be lightweight, easier-to-use alternative to Home Assistant https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/02/06/olimex-hot-aims-to-be-lightweight-easier-to-use-alternative-to-home-assistant/ [16:36] TR Bot Olimex HoT aims to be lightweight, easier-to-use alternative to Home Assistant - CNX Software [16:37] TR News An Old Trick in the Patent Book: Targeted Drafting from 1876 to 2026 https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/02/patent-targeted-drafting.html [16:37] TR Bot An Old Trick in the Patent Book: Targeted Drafting from 1876 to 2026 | Patently-O [16:38] TR News Cassidy James Blaede: ROOST at FOSDEM 2026 https://cassidyjames.com/blog/roost-osprey-fosdem-2026/ [16:38] TR Bot ROOST at FOSDEM 2026 Cassidy James Blaede [16:40] TR News systemctl Cheatsheet https://linuxize.com/cheatsheet/systemctl/ [16:40] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://linuxize.com/cheatsheet/systemctl/ ) [16:40] TR News journalctl Cheatsheet https://linuxize.com/cheatsheet/journalctl/ [16:40] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://linuxize.com/cheatsheet/journalctl/ ) [16:40] TR News Traceroute Command in GNU/Linux https://linuxize.com/post/traceroute-command-in-linux/ [16:40] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://linuxize.com/post/traceroute-command-in-linux/ ) [16:41] TR News xytz TUI frontend for yt-dlp https://www.linuxlinks.com/xytz-tui-frontend-youtube/ [16:41] TR Bot - TUI frontend for yt-dlp - LinuxLinks [16:47] TR News Techrights The Open Source Initiative (OSI) Lobbies for Microsoft in the EU, Promoting Proprietary Lock-in https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/08/The_Open_Source_Initiative_OSI_Lobbies_for_Microsoft_in_the_EU_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/08/The_Open_Source_Initiative_OSI_Lobbies_for_Microsoft_in_the_EU_.gmi [16:47] TR Bot Techrights The Open Source Initiative (OSI) Lobbies for Microsoft in the EU, Promoting Proprietary Lock-in [16:48] TR News Proprietary software people speak for OSI https://opensource.org/blog/open-source-at-the-heart-of-europes-and-the-worlds-digital-future [16:48] TR Bot Open Source at the Heart of Europes (and the Worlds) Digital Future - Open Source Initiative [16:49] TR News PC Play on GNU/Linux Is Growing in 2026, with 24k Titles and Steam Machines on the Horizon https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/linux-gaming-guide-2026/ [16:49] TR Bot Gaming on Linux in 2026, Performance Tips, Fixes & Best Hardware - Geeky Gadgets [16:49] TR News Celerator TUI to debug and monitor Celery tasks https://www.linuxlinks.com/celerator-tui-debug-monitor-celery-tasks/ [16:49] TR Bot - TUI to debug and monitor Celery tasks - LinuxLinks [16:49] TR News FuzPad minimalistic note management solution https://www.linuxlinks.com/fuzpad-minimalistic-note-management-solution/ [16:49] TR Bot - minimalistic note management solution - LinuxLinks [16:50] TR News Geminispace Net Growth in 2026 About a Capsule a Day https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/Geminispace_Net_Growth_in_2026_About_a_Capsule_a_Day.shtml [16:50] TR Bot Techrights Geminispace Net Growth in 2026 About a Capsule a Day [16:50] TR News 6 Best Free and Open Source Graphical Gemini Clients https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-graphical-gemini-clients/ [16:50] TR Bot Best Free and Open Source Graphical Gemini Clients - LinuxLinks [16:51] TR News IBM lobbied for software patents https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/FopFFlxXm-qL8lT0OiSc8hsfXy0ZSQNY [16:51] TR Bot High Court Backs Aristocrat on Software Patentability Its Time for IP Australia to Follow Suit ~ patentology ● Feb 08 [17:02] TR News Paris cyber crime unit raids X offices, concerned by deepfakes and child safeguarding online https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/a-week-in-france/20260207-paris-cyber-crime-unit-raids-x-offices-concerned-by-deepfakes-and-child-safeguarding-online [17:02] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/a-week-in-france/20260207-paris-cyber-crime-unit-raids-x-offices-concerned-by-deepfakes-and-child-safeguarding-online ) [17:02] TR News Hong Kong university student arrested for alleged doxxing after whistleblowing on academic integrity scandal https://hongkongfp.com/2026/02/06/hong-kong-university-student-arrested-for-alleged-doxxing-after-whistleblowing-on-academic-integrity-scandal/ [17:02] TR Bot HK university student nabbed for alleged doxxing after app scandal whistleblowing [17:03] TR News Microsoft purges backdoored Windows 11 printer drivers, putting millions of devices on borrowed time legacy printers face extinction as Abusive Monopolist Microsoft stops distributing V3 and V4 drivers https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/printers/microsoft-stops-distrubitng-legacy-v3-and-v4-printer-drivers [17:03] TR Bot Microsoft purges Windows 11 printer drivers, putting millions of devices on borrowed time legacy printers face extinction as Microsoft stops distributing V3 and V4 drivers | Tom's Hardware [17:03] TR News Microsofts Hey Hi (AI) Efforts Are Faceplanting https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/microsoft-ai-efforts-faceplanting [17:03] TR Bot Microsoft's AI Efforts Are Faceplanting [17:04] TR News Dutch authorities allegedly seize VPN server without a warrant https://www.tomshardware.com/software/vpn/dutch-authorities-allegedly-seize-vpn-server-without-a-warrant-company-claims-that-law-enforcement-will-return-it-after-analyzing-the-device-fully [17:04] TR Bot Dutch authorities allegedly seize VPN server without a warrant company claims that law enforcement will return it after analyzing the device fully | Tom's Hardware [17:05] TR News Legendary backdoored Windows dev codes demos and games for ancient War Games monitor interfaces with the HP1345a vector display using an ESP32 microcontroller https://www.tomshardware.com/monitors/legendary-windows-dev-codes-demos-and-games-for-ancient-war-games-monitor-interfaces-with-the-hp1345a-vector-display-using-an-esp32-microcontroller [17:05] TR Bot Legendary Windows dev codes demos and games for ancient War Games monitor interfaces with the HP1345a vector display using an ESP32 microcontroller | Tom's Hardware [17:07] TR News Frances Raid on X Escalates Trans-Atlantic Showdown Over Social Media https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/world/europe/social-media-free-speech.html [17:07] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/world/europe/social-media-free-speech.html ) [17:07] TR News Who Are You? YMTCs Refusal to Identify Its Real Parties in Interest https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/02/refusal-identify-interest.html [17:07] TR Bot Who Are You? YMTC's Refusal to Identify Its Real Parties in Interest [17:12] TR News The Narrow Question That Appears in Half of PTAB Obviousness Decisions https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/02/question-obviousness-decisions.html [17:12] TR Bot The 'Narrow' Question That Appears in Half of PTAB Obviousness Decisions [17:12] TR News Patent Suit Over NASAs Mars Helicopter Blocked by Government Contractor Immunity https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/02/helicopter-government-contractor.html [17:12] TR Bot by Dennis Cro [17:13] TR News Papers adds handwriting & text annotations in latest Nightly builds https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/papers-gnome-app-annotations-signature [17:13] TR Bot Papers adds handwriting & text annotations in latest Nightly builds - OMG! 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idroot [17:39] TR News How To Install Kotlin on Rocky GNU/Linux 10 https://idroot.us/install-kotlin-rocky-linux-10/ [17:39] TR Bot How To Install Kotlin on Rocky Linux 10 - idroot [17:40] TR News How To Install SDKMAN on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-sdkman-debian-13/ [17:40] TR Bot How To Install SDKMAN on Debian 13 - idroot [17:40] TR News How To Install PeaZip on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-peazip-debian-13/ [17:40] TR Bot How To Install PeaZip on Debian 13 - idroot [17:40] TR News How To Install Symfony PHP Framework on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-symfony-php-framework-debian-13/ [17:40] TR Bot How To Install Symfony PHP Framework on Debian 13 - idroot [17:40] TR News How To Install Micro Text Editor on Linux Mint 22 https://idroot.us/install-micro-text-editor-linux-mint-22/ [17:40] TR Bot How To Install Micro Text Editor on Linux Mint 22 - idroot [17:41] TR News 5 Best Free and Open Source Encrypted FUSE-Based File Systems https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-encrypted-fuse-based-file-systems/ [17:41] TR Bot Best Free and Open Source Encrypted FUSE-Based File Systems - LinuxLinks [17:42] TR News DailyDash head-up display for developers https://www.linuxlinks.com/dailydash-head-up-display-developers/ [17:42] TR Bot - head-up display for developers - LinuxLinks [17:42] *patrick_ (~patrick@freenode-5hq.osv.opok0b.IP) has joined #techrights [17:42] TR News LibreOffice 26.2 is here: a faster, more polished office suite that you control https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/02/04/libreoffice-26-2-is-here/ [17:42] TR Bot LibreOffice 26.2 is here: a faster, more polished office suite that you control - TDF Community Blog [17:43] *patrick_ has quit (Quit: ) [17:43] TR News Video: New features in LibreOffice 26.2 https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/02/07/video-new-features-in-libreoffice-26-2/ [17:43] TR Bot Video: New features in LibreOffice 26.2 - TDF Community Blog [17:43] TR News Why OOXML is not a standard format for office documents https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/02/06/why-ooxml-is-not-a-standard-format-for-office-documents/ [17:43] TR Bot Why OOXML is not a standard format for office documents - 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SoylentNews [18:16] TR News Techrights Links 08/02/2026: Microsoft OSI (Openwashing Lobby) in Europe, Raised Against Social Control Media Provocateurs in EU https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/08/Links_08_02_2026_Microsoft_OSI_Openwashing_Lobby_in_Europe_Rais.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/08/Links_08_02_2026_Microsoft_OSI_Openwashing_Lobby_in_Europe_Rais.gmi [18:16] TR Bot Techrights Links 08/02/2026: Microsoft OSI (Openwashing Lobby) in Europe, Raised Against Social Control Media Provocateurs in EU [18:16] schestowitz[TR2] https://images.pdimagearchive.org/collections/henrique-alvim-correa-war-of-the-worlds/laguerredesmonde00well_0195.jpg?width=1343&height=800 [18:16] schestowitz[TR2] oops [18:16] schestowitz[TR2] "Random Filipinos" [18:16] schestowitz[TR2] RF [18:16] schestowitz[TR2] not radio freqs [18:16] schestowitz[TR2] not lidar [18:17] schestowitz[TR2] just... people [18:17] schestowitz[TR2] on tiny salaries [18:17] schestowitz[TR2] "progress" at GAFAM (Google/Waymo) [18:17] schestowitz[TR2] known for large salaries [18:17] schestowitz[TR2] hiding their slaves [18:17] schestowitz[TR2] https://time.com/6247678/openai-chatgpt-kenya-workers/ [18:17] TR Bot ( status 406 @ https://time.com/6247678/openai-chatgpt-kenya-workers/ ) [18:20] *SomeGoat (~SomeGoat@y3syynzkwyc9u.irc) has joined #techrights [18:20] TR News Microsoft downtime https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/microsoft-confirms-power-outage-at-data-center-says-services-impacted-include-microsoft-store-and-windows-update/articleshow/128045559.cms [18:20] TR Bot Microsoft confirms power outage at data center; says services impacted include Microsoft Store and Windows Update - The Times of India [18:21] MinceR soon it will make more sense to post news updates about microslop having uptime [18:21] schestowitz[TR2] in windows there is a command (CMD) uptime [18:21] schestowitz[TR2] it shows how many days an hour since last uptime [18:22] schestowitz[TR2] and you can't run it [18:22] MinceR :) [18:22] MinceR or maybe it's more approprate to call it 'innage', i don't know [18:22] MinceR (opposite of outage) [18:22] schestowitz[TR2] innit [18:22] MinceR oi wot, innit? [18:22] schestowitz[TR2] uptime.ini.t [18:23] schestowitz[TR2] uptime.ini.t .EXE [18:23] schestowitz[TR2] (don't run this ^^) [18:23] MinceR lol [18:23] schestowitz[TR2] attachment in LookOut [18:24] MinceR unless it turns out to be just a link to a sharepoint you can't access [18:24] MinceR (which outhouse likes to do randomly instead of actually attaching files) [18:32] phebus pi pi5-ipfs0 pi__ prurigro psydroid2 psydroid3 psydruid [18:33] schestowitz[TR2] psydroid2: 16 mins extra time https://www.mancity.com/matchday/fixtures/mens/2025/premier-league/liverpool-v-man-city-8-feb-2026?page=Commentary [18:33] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.mancity.com/matchday/fixtures/mens/2025/premier-league/liverpool-v-man-city-8-feb-2026?page=Commentary ) [18:46] TR News Techrights Expensive errors: Forbes Gold price, $44 billion Bitcoin given away by Bithumb, South Korea https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/08/Expensive_errors_Forbes_Gold_price_44_billion_Bitcoin_given_awa.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/08/Expensive_errors_Forbes_Gold_price_44_billion_Bitcoin_given_awa.gmi [18:46] TR Bot Techrights Expensive errors: Forbes Gold price, $44 billion Bitcoin given away by Bithumb, South Korea [18:46] TR News Frustraciones modernas gemini://text.eapl.mx/frustraciones-modernas [18:51] TR News "As a customer, I cannot trust IBM and its product, when IBM admits that 15% are "low performers". Would anyone eat in a restaurant knowing that at least 15% of the employees don't wash their hands after using the bathroom and the restaurant has a sign displaying that info. The stup1d Indian at the top is full of garbage and needs to be fired." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgtrz521 [18:51] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgtrz521 ) [18:51] TR News "The issue with the 15/70/15 stack is this: I work on an R&D team of about ten people, and at the team level, all of our projects are important. We all understand that and respect each others work. But recently, some projects have been tied directly to customers. As a result, the people assigned to those projects are effectively exempt from the bottom 15%." [18:51] TR News "Meanwhile, those of us on projects without a direct customer tie are almost automatically at risk of falling into that category." [18:52] TR News "It stops being about performance and becomes about project assignment. This isnt new weve seen it before. The last time it happened, it created significant issues, especially when customer priorities shifted or projects changed direction. Thats part of why the approach was abandoned in the past. Its disappointing to see it being revived again." [18:53] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@yqqtiuy7x4gzq.irc) has joined #techrights [18:53] TR News "Whats a skill you use at work that AI will never be able to replicate? If you have one, great. If not, start expanding your skills." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgz0qa0f "Lying." Chatbots are actually very good at lying, but they're not AI, they're slop/LLMs and they have no notion of "lies". [18:53] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgz0qa0f ) [18:54] IsambardPrince I played around with WSL2 a bit a long time ago. [18:54] IsambardPrince It was really bad [18:54] IsambardPrince Crostini on my Chromebook Plus is almost seamless, and pretty responsive. [18:54] IsambardPrince For the most part, I can even play Linux games on it, which require OpenGL acceleration. [18:55] IsambardPrince There's some sort of containerless VM they're working on. [18:55] IsambardPrince Crostini isn't dead, the two serve different purposes. [18:55] IsambardPrince The containerless VM apparently trades some of the security boundaries of Crostini for more speed. [18:56] IsambardPrince I don't think that all the boundaries are necessary for the typical user. [18:56] IsambardPrince If anything managed to change system files in ChromeOS, the OS would detect and revert the changes. [18:57] IsambardPrince MinceR, For stability and security......the old Republic shall be REORGANIZED into the FIRST GALACTIC EMPIRE!!! [18:58] IsambardPrince B-) [18:58] MinceR lol [18:58] IsambardPrince MinceR, Compared with what's going on in the US, the Empire sounds pretty mild really. [18:58] MinceR well, they were both modelled after nazi germany [18:58] IsambardPrince Remember that Tarkin said that the Senate was "swept away" and that the regional governors had direct control over their territories. [18:59] IsambardPrince Trump thinks he's your local Governor, state legislature, mayor, and city council. [18:59] IsambardPrince And he apparently modeled a collection of various federal law enforcement after the United States Police Force from Escape From New York. ● Feb 08 [19:00] IsambardPrince MinceR, He recently said he will do a "softer touch" and he "won't interfere until Democrat cities ask for help and say please". [19:00] IsambardPrince Yes, "please" "help" us by going away and never coming back. [19:00] IsambardPrince Also, we would like a vote on seceding from the Union, please and thank you. [19:01] IsambardPrince MinceR, I'm considering starting a petition drive for an advisory question on our local ballots. [19:01] IsambardPrince Asking if the State should request from Congress permission to leave the United States. [19:02] IsambardPrince It's one of those questions that's legal because it doesn't do anything except express the sense of the public. [19:02] MinceR :) [19:02] IsambardPrince MinceR, I thought about one that would mock the referendums downstate about leaving the State of Illinois. [19:03] IsambardPrince Asking the public if the legislature should vote to throw them out, thus creating the poorest and most welfare-addled state in the country, even poorer than Mississippi and Alabama. [19:03] IsambardPrince But "lacking the tax base of Chicago and the collar counties". [19:04] IsambardPrince Pointing out that "they currently receive $4 from us in benefits for every $1 they put into the tax system" and that "we the people of Chicago and the collar counties find this intolerable given the fact that they're also so ungrateful that they wish to leave". [19:05] IsambardPrince Also, "They can leave as soon as they pay us for their share of the state's debt". [19:05] IsambardPrince :) [19:05] MinceR can't that debt just be transferred to them if they can't pay? [19:05] IsambardPrince "It would also be acceptable if Indiana's commission on the Indiana-Illinois border paid the debt for them." [19:06] IsambardPrince MinceR, Indiana created a commission to try to take over a third of Illinois. [19:06] IsambardPrince So I thought it would be funny to say "If you want to pay their portion of the state's debt by taking it onto Indiana's books, we'll consider that." [19:06] MinceR :> [19:07] IsambardPrince MinceR, Since they caused an outsized portion of the state's debt in infrastructure and welfare spending.... [19:07] IsambardPrince Indiana has a balanced budget amendment, so to pay for that, Indiana would have to raise taxes or cut services to their own citizens. [19:07] IsambardPrince To make way for the bond sale. [19:07] IsambardPrince So it puts them on the spot. [19:08] IsambardPrince Gets people in Indiana to question how much they want to suffer to expand into our poorest and least desirable counties. [19:08] IsambardPrince So just throw out the idea. Say this is what the bill would be and here's how much your taxes would have to go up to do that. [19:09] IsambardPrince Turn it into an embarrassment for the politicians in Indiana who created the "commission". [19:16] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [19:17] *hvxgr has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [19:20] IsambardPrince MinceR, There's still no travel ban on Russia, not even a regional one. [19:20] IsambardPrince I'd like to point out that one of the most horrific terrorist attacks on American soil was committed by the Russians. [19:20] IsambardPrince The Tsarnaev brothers, from Dagestan. [19:20] IsambardPrince They set off the pressure cooker bombs at the Boston Marathon. [19:20] MinceR unfortunately, your king loves putler [19:21] schestowitz[TR2] envies [19:21] schestowitz[TR2] russia has no real term limit anymore [19:21] MinceR that too [19:21] schestowitz[TR2] so vampire vlad can go on till 90 [19:22] *hvxgr (~wl2v_usrn@freenode-ong.pov.c33bnd.IP) has joined #techrights [19:22] MinceR well, nazi america has no constitutionality or even the shreds of rule of law it used to have, so adolf diddler could remain king as long as he wants to [19:22] MinceR his successor could declare him to be 'eternal president' and then we'd have 2 necrocracies on the planet [19:22] MinceR (the other one is north korea) [19:24] *techtrights-sec6 has quit (connection closed) [19:24] IsambardPrince I was absolutely delighted to hear about Ukraine sending the Moskva to the bottom of the Black Sea. The ship's sole purpose was apparently to beach itself and vomit out thousands of Russian bastards on them. Good riddance. Hundreds of Russians on the sea floor is called a GOOD START. [19:25] *schestowitz-pi2 (~pi@i8wm8zwjwfwd8.irc) has joined #techrights [19:25] *schestowitz-pi2 is now known as techrights-sec6 [19:26] MinceR i thought it was called pollution [19:30] IsambardPrince MinceR, The US is seizing Russian shadow fleet tankers. [19:30] MinceR maybe one of these years, they'll make up their mind on whose side they're on [19:30] IsambardPrince We can drain the oil out, sell it, and then scrap the tanker and make sure that it doesn't spill oil everywhere. [19:30] IsambardPrince All of ours are double hull tankers because of the Exxon Valdez disaster. [19:30] MinceR well, as long as it's not in the hands of orcs, it can't rip up undersea cables [19:31] IsambardPrince Russia is using old single hull tankers that have been poorly maintained. [19:33] IsambardPrince MinceR, It's hard to imagine that Russia, briefly, was on its way towards becoming a normal country with western European values and democracy. [19:33] MinceR it wasn't [19:33] MinceR they were merely pretending to [19:33] MinceR so that they could get money from the west [19:34] MinceR maybe they also hoped to join the NATO so that if they attack a member, article 5 wouldn't be triggered [19:35] IsambardPrince Yes, it was Putin that asked to join NATO. [19:36] IsambardPrince He apparently held a grudge against Bill Clinton for saying that would not happen. [19:36] MinceR sure, but i don't know if he expected to succeed [19:36] MinceR or it was just part of the theater [19:37] IsambardPrince Knowing Putin, his intentions were certainly not to strengthen the alliance and participate in an institution aimed at collective security for the majority of the world. [19:37] MinceR indeed [19:37] IsambardPrince With Russia, NATO would cover the majority of the world, but it would also be ruined. [19:37] IsambardPrince Because of the sabotage. [19:37] IsambardPrince It's bad enough that we have Hungary and Turkey in it. [19:37] MinceR well, with mango mussolini in charge of the USA, the NATO is already ruined [19:37] IsambardPrince They're already demanding too much in exchange for just getting out of the way. [19:37] IsambardPrince And what would they do under Article V? [19:37] MinceR nothing [19:38] *IsambardPrince has quit (connection closed) [19:40] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@kcb99h722ua4g.irc) has joined #techrights [19:46] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [19:52] MinceR (audio:important) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-ngYCvOh14 = https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=n-ngYCvOh14 [19:52] TR Bot https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=n-ngYCvOh14 [19:53] TR Bot ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=n-ngYCvOh14 ) [19:53] TR Bot Select instance - Invidious [19:53] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [19:55] MinceR ^ Cleaning my Hardwood Deck ● Feb 08 [20:26] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [20:34] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [20:40] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights ● Feb 08 [21:25] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@8xntp9i7yykq8.irc) has joined #techrights [21:30] IsambardPrince MinceR, I made my doctor laugh. [21:30] IsambardPrince She asked if I did any drugs. [21:31] IsambardPrince I said "Not voluntarily." [21:31] IsambardPrince She asked what that meant. [21:31] IsambardPrince I said "I have to run six air purifiers because of the neighbor's drugs, and it still isn't enough." [21:32] MinceR :> [21:33] IsambardPrince Air purifiers don't really do much about marijuana and tobacco smoke. They might get rid of some of the smoke particles and volatile organic compounds, but the stench is so overpowering that you'll never get rid of it all. [21:42] TR News (NEW): Linux Kernel 6.19 Officially Released, This Is Whats New https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/08/Linux_Kernel_6_19_Officially_Released_This_Is_What_s_New.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/08/Linux_Kernel_6_19_Officially_Released_This_Is_What_s_New.gmi [21:42] TR Bot Tux Machines Linux Kernel 6.19 Officially Released, This Is Whats New [21:48] *\join_subline has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [21:50] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Mom keeps saying "There are no debtor's prisons in America." I said, "You're absolutely right, they figured out that it's much easier to call it a Chapter 13 Repayment Plan." [21:51] IsambardPrince "You go to work, turn over all your bank statements to the court, and work the debt off, and you need permission to do anything that involves a loan for the next 5 years." [21:51] IsambardPrince "It depends on how you define 'prison', doesn't it?" [21:51] IsambardPrince MinceR, ^ [21:54] IsambardPrince If you're too broke for a Chapter 13, there's Chapter 7, but if you don't lose any property or money in one of those, it means you truly had nothing anyway. And there's also a price to pay for that. You can only do business with slumlords who deal in roach-infested apartments. If anyone offers you a car loan, it'll be at 27% APR, and you can't get a mortgage for two years at all and by the time you can, it will be 3 points higher [21:54] IsambardPrince than anyone else pays, which is already so expensive that almost nobody can buy a house and keep paying it. [21:54] IsambardPrince I keep seeing people post about how they had a bankruptcy very recently and they want a mortgage. [21:54] IsambardPrince Some motherfuckers truly never learn. [21:56] IsambardPrince Speaking of some motherfuckers never learn, the people who were complaining about mortgage rates at about 7% under Biden with good credit don't seem to have noticed that they've gone up another 0.6 percentage points under Trump. [21:57] IsambardPrince Just the amount they've gone up under Trump amounts to about another $30,000 over 30 years on a $500,000 house. ● Feb 08 [22:03] IsambardPrince MinceR, I've been needling my father over TrumpRX. [22:03] IsambardPrince Here's the latest: [22:03] IsambardPrince "Well, I'm just pointing out that most of the fake Trump discounts are GoodRX cards with the GRP and BIN replaced with MAHA and TrumpRX. [22:03] IsambardPrince You can replace those with anything and pay the same price, you know. I could print out the GoodRX card and replace MAHA and TrumpRX with FUCKTRUMP and BULLSHITPRICES, and it would come back with the same price at the pharmacy. [22:03] IsambardPrince $50 million tax dollars down the shitter for a site with drug discounts that don't exist or are coupons that you could already use, or patient assistance programs that nobody on Medicare, Medicaid, Commercial Insurance, or TriCARE can actually use. [22:04] IsambardPrince Try it. I recommend the cherry flavoring to the Trump Bullshit RX prices. It makes them go down easier. [22:05] IsambardPrince MinceR, You can replace the GRP and BIN with anything. The system totally ignores them when you use the GoodRX numbers on the other two slots on the card. [22:17] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [22:29] IsambardPrince MinceR, I posted on a conservative site.... [22:30] IsambardPrince That TrumpRX isn't saving anyone money. [22:30] IsambardPrince But if you're a nutbag who hates pharma and thinks drugs and vaccines are toxic, why would you care what they cost? [22:30] MinceR :> [22:34] IsambardPrince Now, you know, one thing I found out that I did not like anyway that can add 200-300 calories to a hamburger, is the damned bun. [22:34] IsambardPrince You replace it with a lettuce wrap and there's 5 calories and it's a vegetable. [22:35] IsambardPrince 200-300 calories for a bun that usually just tastes like cardboard anyway and is a carbohydrate bomb is sort of counterproductive. [22:36] MinceR strange, the burger buns over here taste nice [22:38] IsambardPrince MinceR, Someone asked how we should handle ICE after Trump is gone. I posted: [22:38] IsambardPrince "Many of the German Nazis who lost the war got a fair trial followed by a hanging. [22:38] IsambardPrince Many of the US soldiers that were disgusted and horrified by their crimes made sure that the rope was too short so the neck wouldn't break and they'd choke out. [22:38] IsambardPrince I'm just saying, that's how they handled the German Nazis after the war." [22:38] MinceR yeah, but that was a better time [22:41] IsambardPrince MinceR, A hanging with a short rope would be a fitting punishment for the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Unfortunately lethal injection is the most our laws allow for premeditated murder. [22:42] MinceR strange, i thought nazi america lost access to the chemicals used for lethal injections years ago [22:42] MinceR and had to resort to other means [22:42] IsambardPrince We can still do lethal injections. [22:42] IsambardPrince But it's messier without the two drugs they used to use. [22:43] IsambardPrince They used to use one to make you pass out and then another one to stop the heart. [22:43] IsambardPrince Now it's just one. [22:43] MinceR now it's just bleach, and you become immune to SARS-CoV-2? [22:43] IsambardPrince Can't remember which it is but there's been a lot of botched executions that just leave the person there dying painfully. [22:43] IsambardPrince <@MinceR> now it's just bleach, and you become immune to SARS-CoV-2? [22:43] IsambardPrince A gas chamber full of Lysol, you know. I heard that works too. [22:43] MinceR :> [22:43] IsambardPrince The President said it so it must be true. [22:47] TR News (NEW): Linux 7.0 Kernel Confirmed by Linus Torvalds, Expected in Mid-April 2026 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/08/Linux_7_0_Kernel_Confirmed_by_Linus_Torvalds_Expected_in_Mid_Ap.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/08/Linux_7_0_Kernel_Confirmed_by_Linus_Torvalds_Expected_in_Mid_Ap.gmi [22:48] TR Bot Tux Machines Linux 7.0 Kernel Confirmed by Linus Torvalds, Expected in Mid-April 2026 [22:48] IsambardPrince MinceR, Watching Dredd (2012) [22:48] IsambardPrince Not as good as the 1995 Judge Dredd, sadly. [22:48] IsambardPrince But passable. [22:48] MinceR indeed [22:49] IsambardPrince MinceR, I was one of the people who signed the petition to the Obama website to replace the courts with street judges like in Judge Dredd. [22:49] IsambardPrince It got way more signatures than it needed for a response, so they closed the petition website. [22:49] IsambardPrince Without responding. [22:49] IsambardPrince MinceR, The Halls of Justice. [22:49] IsambardPrince You know where that is right? [22:50] IsambardPrince It's across the street from the Halls of Menthol. [22:50] MinceR probably where two neutron starts will meet [22:50] IsambardPrince :D [22:50] MinceR close enough to sterilize Earth with a gamma ray burst [22:50] IsambardPrince Remember those old TV commercials for Halls cough drops? [22:50] IsambardPrince "From the Halls of Menthol." [22:50] MinceR (human extinction, also known as justice) [22:50] MinceR well, they were translated into hungarian here [22:51] MinceR and i'm not sure if they were those commercials and if they were close to the original [22:51] MinceR s/arts/ars/ [22:56] MinceR https://ircz.de/p/2507056 [22:56] TR Bot ( status 308 @ http://ircz.de/d?from=%2Fp%2F2507056 ) ● Feb 08 [23:08] IsambardPrince https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/08/asia/japan-takaichi-snap-election-exit-polls-intl [23:08] TR Bot Japans Takaichi tightens grip on power with stunning victory in snap election | CNN [23:09] IsambardPrince The LDP is the one that brought in the Unification Church that ripped off that poor man's elderly mother. [23:09] IsambardPrince They didn't mention that Shinzo Abe was the reason that guy's mother went broke and died. [23:09] IsambardPrince They acted like he shot Abe for no reason at all. [23:09] IsambardPrince That's how the "news" works. [23:12] MinceR wonderful [23:13] IsambardPrince MinceR, My mother said the church she goes to closes and locks the doors and they're all armed. I asked "Because of their 'satisfied customers' or just the standard persecutory delusions?" [23:14] MinceR because their false god can't even protect them [23:14] MinceR the one they claim to be omniscient and omnipotent [23:14] IsambardPrince They don't seem to realize that there's one guy in the whole church who is doing well. It's the pastor, and he's living off of the money they give him while they can't even afford their medicine at the pharmacy. [23:15] MinceR they still believe in medicine? [23:16] IsambardPrince Eh, one of them told my mom that he couldn't afford his medicine at the pharmacy. She told him about drug discount coupons. He said he didn't have $100 to his name but he could afford $30. [23:16] IsambardPrince These people are so close to the edge that it's a wonder they're even still alive. [23:18] IsambardPrince You know. If I had less than $100, the rent was due, and I needed medicine, I mean, I've been in that situation before. [23:18] IsambardPrince And you know, a smart person realizes "Hey, this God fellow isn't doing much for me." [23:18] IsambardPrince "I hurt all the time and my shoulder is fractured and rotting and needs surgery." [23:19] IsambardPrince "And the surgeon will try to help me, for money, but this God fellow, he hasn't done a lot. I'm broke and I hurt all the time." [23:20] IsambardPrince You know, when people say they'll pray for you it means they plan on doing nothing. [23:20] IsambardPrince They're saying "Gee that sounds bad, man. Lemme play the world's smallest violin." [23:20] IsambardPrince It's like with the school shootings, but it could be about my shoulder, it could be about anything. [23:21] IsambardPrince They pray that the war in Ukraine will end. Nope, Putin is still ruining Russia's economy and murdering and kidnapping children in Ukraine after 5 years. No sign of stopping. [23:22] IsambardPrince You can pray that Trump will "go away somehow" and that he'll stop sending ICE to murder Americans with four gunshots to the back and a coverup, and kidnapping children. It doesn't amount to a hill of beans. Fucker's still there. [23:23] IsambardPrince Pray for whatever you want. It's a bunch of vainglorious words. [23:24] IsambardPrince I get that it provides some comfort to people who are struggling, and afraid. But other than self-soothing it doesn't do much. [23:26] admfubar https://futurism.com/health-medicine/epstein-improve-human-dna [23:26] TR Bot Jeffrey Epstein Had a Bizarre Obsession With "Improving" Human DNA, and He Was Emailing With Top Scientists About It [23:28] IsambardPrince I say ICE murders Americans with 4 shots to the back and a coverup. It's the same thing basically that the protesters were shouting after Chicago Police officer Jason Van Dyke (found guilty of Murder) murdered Laquan MacDonald, "16 shots and a coverup!" [23:29] IsambardPrince ICE murdered Alex Pretti with 4 gunshots to the back and a coverup. [23:30] IsambardPrince Officer Van Dyke shot and killed MacDonald then walked up to his lifeless body and shot him 15 more times in the back. [23:30] IsambardPrince The DOJ report said that the Chicago Police have a culture of "corruption, excessive violence, and racism". Well no shit, Sherlock. [23:31] IsambardPrince Not long after that, in a separate incident, they murdered a 14 year old Latino boy and tried to cover it up. [23:31] admfubar https://futurism.com/future-society/olympics-crotch-allegations [23:31] TR Bot The Crotch-Based Allegations at the Winter Olympics Are Getting Stranger and Stranger [23:31] IsambardPrince They got caught by their own body cameras trying to plant a gun on his body after they killed him. [23:32] IsambardPrince Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson issued an executive order saying the Chicago Police should investigate ICE. [23:32] IsambardPrince What it should have said was they're ordered to pretend ICE agents are unarmed 14 year old boys. [23:32] IsambardPrince Maybe we could scare ICE out of town that way. [23:33] admfubar incells, c-cells, by the sea shore... https://futurism.com/robots-and-machines/robot-human-face-unsettling [23:33] TR Bot This Robot With a Working Human Face Is Incredibly Unsettling [23:39] IsambardPrince MinceR, There was a debate over whether the Snoopy Lunar Module from Apollo 10 would still be possible to power up if it was salvaged. [23:39] IsambardPrince Someone said he had NiCad cells from that era that still accepted a charge and worked. [23:39] IsambardPrince I said that the cells used on Snoopy were silver oxide cells that are not rechargeable. [23:40] IsambardPrince So those batteries are definitely dead and the module couldn't be powered on now except maybe by an umbilical cord that was compatible with the electrical system, like the type the Apollo module had. [23:40] IsambardPrince The LM didn't switch to battery power until it detached from the CSM. [23:40] IsambardPrince So you might be able to power it up from another craft, but not by the batteries. [23:51] admfubar https://nerds.xyz/2026/02/savannah-guthrie-bitcoin-ransom/ [23:51] TR Bot Savannah Guthrie family nightmare sparks an uncomfortable debate about banning bitcoin and crypto