●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Friday, January 09, 2026 ●● ● Jan 09 [00:15] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [00:24] Isambard_Prince schestowitz[TR2], I talked to that reporter for about an hour about credit cards. [00:24] Isambard_Prince I even quoted a banker about banking products. "It's free until you make a mistake, and then it will cost you dearly." [00:25] Isambard_Prince MinceR, ^ [00:26] MinceR :> [00:28] Isambard_Prince I sort of walked her through the Credit CARD Act and how banks went from about 7-8% interest in the 90s to 20-40% now. [00:29] Isambard_Prince I said you can't really get ahead of these people because they'll always make money doing it some other way. [00:29] Isambard_Prince Every 10 or 20 years there's some new law, but they only box in like 2-3 of the money makers, and so the banks turn to something else. And for every defeat the banks get through the law, they get 20-30 wins through the courts. 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Is It? | [04:44] TR News Techrights EPO Workers' Industrial Action to Include Many Strikes, to Last Several Months https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/09/EPO_Workers_Industrial_Action_to_Include_Many_Strikes_to_Last_S.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/09/EPO_Workers_Industrial_Action_to_Include_Many_Strikes_to_Last_S.gmi [04:44] TR Bot Techrights EPO Workers' Industrial Action to Include Many Strikes, to Last Several Months [04:49] TR News "C,mon Man! This is IBM who has been down sizing and off shoring and laying off for 4 decades! EVERYONE at IBM is in a massive Quantum database and EVERYONE has a RA resource action (ie layoff) bingo number in that database and it is only a matter of time until your number hits BINGO and your are cast off the island with not a nana second of 2nd thought or remorse etc." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kedsm8dt [04:49] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kedsm8dt ) [04:58] Isambard_Prince https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/22/trumps-100000-visa-plan-could-hit-these-companies-the-hardest.html [04:58] TR Bot Trump's $100,000 visa plan could hit these companies the hardest [04:59] Isambard_Prince I actually do agree with this for H1-Bs. Companies have been abusing this forever. [04:59] Isambard_Prince USCIS is a fee funded agency and they were doling out H1-Bs to trillion dollar companies for pennies while they kept raising fees on marriage cases and stuff. ● Jan 09 [05:01] TR News Techrights IBM Albany Layoffs https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/09/IBM_Albany_Layoffs.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/09/IBM_Albany_Layoffs.gmi [05:01] TR Bot Techrights IBM Albany Layoffs [05:03] Isambard_Prince https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/Even_Microsofters_Now_Speak_About_Microsoft_Reportedly_Planning.shtml [05:03] TR Bot Techrights Even Microsofters Now Speak About Microsoft Reportedly Planning to Sack 10% of Its Staff (as Early as This Month, or 2 Weeks From Now) as Real Income Falls [05:03] Isambard_Prince schestowitz[TR2], Ludicrous amounts of money. [05:03] Isambard_Prince You have to look at Mr. Coffee and Mr. Radar and then you can go to Ludicrous Speed. [05:03] Isambard_Prince MinceR, ^ [05:04] Isambard_Prince What is a "truly obscene" amount of money these days, anyway? [05:04] Isambard_Prince The value of the dollar seems to go down about 10-12% every year based on rent, food, utilities, and insurance. [05:19] TR News Techrights This Is Not a Drill, GNU/Linux is Really Going 'Mainstream' on Laptops (and Desktops) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/09/This_Is_Not_a_Drill_GNU_Linux_is_Really_Going_Mainstream_on_Lap.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/09/This_Is_Not_a_Drill_GNU_Linux_is_Really_Going_Mainstream_on_Lap.gmi [05:19] TR Bot Techrights This Is Not a Drill, GNU/Linux is Really Going 'Mainstream' on Laptops (and Desktops) [05:20] schestowitz[TR2] USCIS is a fee funded agency and they were doling out H1-Bs to trillion dollar companies for pennies while they kept raising fees on marriage cases and stuff. [05:20] schestowitz[TR2] the system is run by billionaiires [05:20] schestowitz[TR2] and the 90% of the population has not even 1% impact on political decisions [05:20] schestowitz[TR2] lessig talked about this a lot ~2 decades ago [05:20] schestowitz[TR2] a decade ago he vanished, gradually [05:21] schestowitz[TR2] after failing to run for pres. [05:21] schestowitz[TR2] he cited some relevant studies [05:21] schestowitz[TR2] this is why the rich people get slave labour [05:21] schestowitz[TR2] and abandon "spoiled" [05:21] schestowitz[TR2] Americans [05:21] schestowitz[TR2] they are not spoiled [05:21] schestowitz[TR2] they just want a living wage [05:22] schestowitz[TR2] you can hope that the D-Party won't just go, [05:22] schestowitz[TR2] "f cheeto, he's taking away visas!" [05:22] schestowitz[TR2] because this stance won't rhyme well with anyone [05:22] schestowitz[TR2] not even registered Dems [05:23] schestowitz[TR2] they need to acknowledge there is a problem here [05:23] schestowitz[TR2] not limited to the us but a lot worse in the us, esp. in tech [05:24] Isambard_Prince Biden tried to give them twice as many H1-Bs [05:24] Isambard_Prince I'm sure that went over well among educated professionals who sank a lot of money into student loans only to be replaced. [05:24] Isambard_Prince Biden was a piece of shit that made it POSSIBLE for Trump to return. [05:24] Isambard_Prince The Ds have to acknowledge THAT. [05:25] Isambard_Prince His administration was more like a decentralized mess making decisions behind his back because he was too far gone mentally to grasp what they were doing. [05:25] Isambard_Prince And when they put him on stage at 9 PM and it was clear that he had lost his marbles, the election was lost. [05:26] Isambard_Prince The Ds shot their credibility. Even after replacing him, people found out what the party had pulled on us. [05:31] Isambard_Prince It's not even the ones he let in to do subminimum wage work that I'm pissed about. [05:32] Isambard_Prince It's the street criminals and the H1-Bs. [05:32] Isambard_Prince They're the ones that people had bad reactions to and why people who don't deserve it are suffering now. [05:32] schestowitz[TR2] I'm sure that went over well among educated professionals who sank a lot of money into student loans only to be replaced. [05:33] schestowitz[TR2] this is what they say [05:33] schestowitz[TR2] 200k student loan [05:33] schestowitz[TR2] cxompany hired friom india w/ diploma mill [05:34] Isambard_Prince LOL [05:35] schestowitz[TR2] it's about costs and control [05:35] schestowitz[TR2] 1. you pay them less [05:36] schestowitz[TR2] 2. they would do anything, they can be deported if they don't [05:36] schestowitz[TR2] 3. no whistleblowing [05:36] schestowitz[TR2] 4. no unions [05:36] schestowitz[TR2] 5. divide and rule [05:44] TR News (NEW): I Thought This Wikipedia App for Linux was Pointless (I Was Wrong) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/I_Thought_This_Wikipedia_App_for_Linux_was_Pointless_I_Was_Wron.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/I_Thought_This_Wikipedia_App_for_Linux_was_Pointless_I_Was_Wron.gmi [05:44] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Rose to 6% in Benin, Says statCounter https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/GNU_Linux_Rose_to_6_in_Benin_Says_statCounter.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/GNU_Linux_Rose_to_6_in_Benin_Says_statCounter.gmi [05:44] TR Bot Tux Machines I Thought This Wikipedia App for Linux was Pointless (I Was Wrong) [05:44] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux Rose to 6% in Benin, Says statCounter [05:56] TR News Techrights In Western Africa GNU/Linux Flirts With 5% Market Share https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/09/In_Western_Africa_GNU_Linux_Flirts_With_5_Market_Share.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/09/In_Western_Africa_GNU_Linux_Flirts_With_5_Market_Share.gmi [05:56] TR Bot Techrights In Western Africa GNU/Linux Flirts With 5% Market Share ● Jan 09 [06:01] *FANTOM (~fantom@87.75.185.177) has joined #techrights [06:07] *FANTOM (~fantom@freenode-j7o.kqt.de6qkt.IP) has joined #techrights [06:10] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Free_and_Open_Source_Software_howtos_and_Installations.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Free_and_Open_Source_Software_howtos_and_Installations.gmi [06:10] TR News (NEW): CuerdOS 2.0 Skycatcher Xfce: Spanish Distro Takes Chances, Mostly Succeeds https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/CuerdOS_2_0_Skycatcher_Xfce_Spanish_Distro_Takes_Chances_Mostly.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/CuerdOS_2_0_Skycatcher_Xfce_Spanish_Distro_Takes_Chances_Mostly.gmi [06:10] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations [06:10] TR Bot Tux Machines CuerdOS 2.0 Skycatcher Xfce: Spanish Distro Takes Chances, Mostly Succeeds [06:14] schestowitz[TR2] "Microsofts Chief Communications Officer, Frank X. Shaw, dismissed the claims on a social media response. Replying to posts about the alleged layoffs, Shaw stated the layoff reports were 100 percent made up / speculative / wrong. Upon being provoked in another exchange, which stated, Will revisit this and will change the post status to CONFIRMED layoffs in a few weeks, Shaw replied I eagerly await." [06:15] TR News Will revisit this and will change the post status to CONFIRMED layoffs in a few weeks, Microsoft has said [06:15] TR News Contradicting the earlier tweet. [06:16] TR News So, yes, mass layoffs are coming. They just don't say when. [06:17] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [06:17] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [06:20] TR News (NEW): MUSE Book laptop review Testing an octa-core RISC-V Linux laptop in 2026 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/MUSE_Book_laptop_review_Testing_an_octa_core_RISC_V_Linux_lapto.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/MUSE_Book_laptop_review_Testing_an_octa_core_RISC_V_Linux_lapto.gmi [06:20] TR Bot Tux Machines MUSE Book laptop review Testing an octa-core RISC-V Linux laptop in 2026 [06:22] TR News CGSuite computer algebra system https://www.linuxlinks.com/cgsuite-computer-algebra-system/ [06:22] TR Bot - computer algebra system - LinuxLinks [06:23] TR News Seer GUI frontend to GDB https://www.linuxlinks.com/seer-gui-frontend-gdb/ [06:23] TR Bot - GUI frontend to GDB - LinuxLinks [06:23] TR News Waypin sleek clipboard viewer https://www.linuxlinks.com/waypin-sleek-clipboard-viewer/ [06:23] TR Bot - sleek clipboard viewer - LinuxLinks [06:24] TR News (NEW): This lightweight distro loaded with apps is not your father's GNU/Linux - here's why https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/This_lightweight_distro_loaded_with_apps_is_not_your_father_s_G.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/This_lightweight_distro_loaded_with_apps_is_not_your_father_s_G.gmi [06:24] TR Bot Tux Machines This lightweight distro loaded with apps is not your father's GNU/Linux - here's why [06:24] TR News 98kalculator scientific calculator https://www.linuxlinks.com/98kalculator-scientific-calculator/ [06:24] TR Bot - scientific calculator - LinuxLinks [06:24] TR News 6 Best Free and Open Source eBook Tools https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-ebook-tools/ [06:24] TR Bot Best Free and Open Source eBook Tools - LinuxLinks [06:24] TR News VHS write terminal GIFs as code https://www.linuxlinks.com/vhs-write-terminal-gifs-code/ [06:24] TR Bot - write terminal GIFs as code - LinuxLinks [06:25] TR News xls ls utility https://www.linuxlinks.com/xls-ls-utility/ [06:25] TR Bot - ls utility - LinuxLinks [06:25] TR News sqruff SQL linter and formatter https://www.linuxlinks.com/sqruff-sql-linter-formatter/ [06:25] TR Bot - SQL linter and formatter - LinuxLinks [06:25] TR News (NEW): Why do I use Linux? It's the apps, and here are 7 of my favorites https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/Why_do_I_use_Linux_It_s_the_apps_and_here_are_7_of_my_favorites.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/Why_do_I_use_Linux_It_s_the_apps_and_here_are_7_of_my_favorites.gmi [06:25] TR Bot Tux Machines Why do I use Linux? It's the apps, and here are 7 of my favorites [06:25] TR News Tock simple timetracker https://www.linuxlinks.com/tock-simple-timetracker/ [06:25] TR Bot - simple timetracker - LinuxLinks [06:26] TR News Bayesian SSH SSH session manager https://www.linuxlinks.com/bayesian-ssh-session-manager/ [06:26] TR Bot SSH - SSH session manager - LinuxLinks [06:26] TR News Orange Pi RV2: Setting Up a RISC-V Media Server with Ubuntu https://www.linux.org/threads/orange-pi-rv2-setting-up-a-risc-v-media-server-with-ubuntu.58545/ [06:26] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.linux.org/threads/orange-pi-rv2-setting-up-a-risc-v-media-server-with-ubuntu.58545/ ) [06:27] TR News Smarter troubleshooting with the new MCP server for Red Bait Enterprise GNU/Linux (now in developer preview) https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/smarter-troubleshooting-new-mcp-server-red-hat-enterprise-linux-now-developer-preview [06:27] TR Bot Smarter troubleshooting with the new MCP server for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (now in developer preview) [06:29] TR News FEX 2601 Tagged https://fex-emu.com/FEX-2601/ [06:29] TR Bot 2601 Tagged FEX-Emu A fast linux usermode x86 and x86-64 emulator [06:29] TR News SmartOS 20260108 is out https://distrowatch.com/smartos [06:29] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/smartos ) [06:30] Isambard_Prince it's about costs and control [06:30] Isambard_Prince 1. you pay them less [06:30] Isambard_Prince 2. they would do anything, they can be deported if they don't [06:30] Isambard_Prince 3. no whistleblowing [06:30] Isambard_Prince 4. no unions [06:30] Isambard_Prince 5. divide and rule [06:30] Isambard_Prince --- [06:30] Isambard_Prince Yes, I should make clear I'm not against Indian people as a racist thing. [06:31] Isambard_Prince They're victims of corporate greed here. [06:31] Isambard_Prince But the corporations are taking advantage of the cheap H1-Bs until now. [06:31] Isambard_Prince They have to pay $100,000 for each new one now, and that is whether it gets approved or not. [06:31] Isambard_Prince And they have to pay them a minimum salary that's higher than a lot of them make now. [06:31] TR News MUSE Book laptop review Testing an octa-core RISC-V GNU/Linux laptop in 2026 https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/08/muse-book-laptop-review-testing-an-octa-core-risc-v-linux-laptop-in-2026/ [06:32] Isambard_Prince AND you have to show why they possess high talent and why you are having trouble hiring an American or lawful resident to do that job. [06:32] TR News powerstat measures the power consumption of a laptop https://www.linuxlinks.com/powerstat-measures-power-consumption-laptop/ [06:32] TR Bot MUSE Book laptop review - Testing an octa-core RISC-V Linux laptop in 2026 - CNX Software [06:32] TR Bot - measures the power consumption of a laptop - LinuxLinks [06:32] TR News Zashterminal modern terminal emulator https://www.linuxlinks.com/zashterminal-modern-terminal-emulator/ [06:32] TR Bot - modern terminal emulator - LinuxLinks [06:32] Isambard_Prince So it's expensive, and you have to pay them well and need skills. [06:33] Isambard_Prince So on that one issue, I applaud the Trump administration. [06:33] Isambard_Prince And on a few others. [06:33] TR News Pentoo 2026.0 is out https://distrowatch.com/pentoo [06:33] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/pentoo ) [06:33] Isambard_Prince He said today that he'll be "working with Congress" to stop hedge fund landlords from buying single family houses. [06:33] TR News Ultimate 2026.01.07 is out too https://distrowatch.com/ultimate [06:33] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/ultimate ) [06:33] Isambard_Prince So much for Invitation Homes. [06:34] TR News Fedora Community Blog: Fedora GNU/Linux 43 (F43) election results https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/f43-election-results/ [06:34] TR Bot Fedora Linux 43 (F43) election results Fedora Community Blog [06:41] Isambard_Prince schestowitz[TR2], I get to go out of town for the night tomorrow due to a scheduling quirk with the person I am seeing now. I'm happy for that because my stupid car was in the shop again. The only good thing about the car in the shop was they didn't do the job right, so they got to do it again for free (warranty), so I'll be keeping an eye on it but it was an inconvenience, not a financial disaster this time. [06:42] Isambard_Prince I ended up taking Uber to a physical therapy session, so that was bad. [06:42] TR News (NEW): The state of Enterprise Linux for networking https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/The_state_of_Enterprise_Linux_for_networking.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/The_state_of_Enterprise_Linux_for_networking.gmi [06:42] TR Bot Tux Machines The state of Enterprise Linux for networking [06:42] Isambard_Prince But my PT is progressing fast enough that my therapist wants to cut me down to only one session a week. [06:43] Isambard_Prince So there won't be any more out of state trips for a PT session while I'm in the middle of enjoying a couple days in the city. [06:43] Isambard_Prince I had a free consult with a dentist yesterday. [06:44] Isambard_Prince Not sure how to proceed. Still sleeping on it. [06:44] Isambard_Prince But they took some really high resolution X-rays and gave me a copy. [06:44] TR News Techrights Only One Person in Charge of Fedora is Not IBM Staff https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/09/Only_One_Person_in_Charge_of_Fedora_is_Not_IBM_Staff.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/09/Only_One_Person_in_Charge_of_Fedora_is_Not_IBM_Staff.gmi [06:44] TR Bot Techrights Only One Person in Charge of Fedora is Not IBM Staff [06:44] Isambard_Prince I don't see anything to be concerned with going on in my head (as far as things that shouldn't be there) on the X-ray but I'll show it to my doctor. [06:45] schestowitz[TR2] too much personal indo [06:45] schestowitz[TR2] what do you think of fedora? [06:48] TR News Olivier Mehani: Pausing a background process https://blog.narf.ssji.net/2026/01/06/pausing-a-background-process/ [06:48] TR Bot Pausing a background process - Narf [06:48] TR News FOSS Weekly #26.02: Level Up in 2026, Liquorix Kernel, Open Source Apps from Web Browser and More https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-26-02/ [06:48] TR Bot FOSS Weekly #26.02: Level Up in 2026, Liquorix Kernel, Open Source Apps from Web Browser and More [06:49] TR News BlueOnyx 5212R-20260107 is out https://distrowatch.com/blueonyx [06:49] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/blueonyx ) [06:49] TR News Omarchy 3.3.0 also is out https://distrowatch.com/omarchy [06:49] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/omarchy ) [06:50] TR News 20% of Linux Kernel Bugs Hide for More Than 5 Years https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-kernel-bugs-arent-found-for-years/ [06:50] TR Bot Linux Kernel Bugs Hide for 2+ Years on Average [06:50] TR News IPFire 2.29-core199 is out https://distrowatch.com/ipfire [06:50] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/ipfire ) [06:50] TR News Nitrux 5.1.0 is out as well https://distrowatch.com/nitrux [06:50] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/nitrux ) [06:51] TR News Security updates for Wednesday https://lwn.net/Articles/1053057/ [06:51] TR Bot updates for Wednesday [LWN.net] [06:51] Isambard_Prince what do you think of fedora? [06:51] Isambard_Prince I stopped using it when the KDE spin finally went straight to hell. [06:51] Isambard_Prince That was years ago. [06:51] TR News IPFire 2.29 Core Update 199 released https://lwn.net/Articles/1053083/ [06:51] TR Bot 2.29 Core Update 199 released [LWN.net] [06:52] Isambard_Prince It occurred to me I should not be using it when I had a power management issue with KDE that nobody maintaining the spin could reproduce because they were running it in a VM on Windows. [06:53] TR News Bazaar Flatpak Manager Gets New Icon, Permission Warnings + More https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/bazaar-linux-app-new-icon-other-changes [06:53] TR Bot Bazaar Flatpak Manager Gets New Icon, Permission Warnings + More - OMG! Ubuntu [06:53] TR News KDE Gear 25.12.1 Released with Various Improvements for Your Favorite KDE Apps https://9to5linux.com/kde-gear-25-12-1-released-with-various-improvements-for-your-favorite-kde-apps [06:53] TR Bot Gear 25.12.1 Released with Various Improvements for Your Favorite KDE Apps - 9to5Linux [06:53] TR News TUXEDO InfinityBook Max 16 Gen10 GNU/Linux Laptop Unveiled with New OLED Display https://9to5linux.com/tuxedo-infinitybook-max-16-gen10-linux-laptop-unveiled-with-new-oled-display [06:53] TR Bot InfinityBook Max 16 Gen10 Linux Laptop Unveiled with New OLED Display - 9to5Linux [06:54] TR News IPFire GNU/Linux Firewall Distro Adds Wi-Fi 7 and Wi-Fi 6 Support, LLDP and CDPv2 https://9to5linux.com/ipfire-linux-firewall-distro-adds-wi-fi-7-and-wi-fi-6-support-lldp-and-cdpv2 [06:54] TR Bot Linux Firewall Distro Adds Wi-Fi 7 and Wi-Fi 6 Support, LLDP and CDPv2 - 9to5Linux [06:54] TR News Immutable Distro Nitrux 5.1 Released with GNU/Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS, New Tools https://9to5linux.com/immutable-distro-nitrux-5-1-released-with-linux-kernel-6-18-lts-new-tools [06:54] TR Bot Distro Nitrux 5.1 Released with Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS, New Tools - 9to5Linux [06:54] TR News EU Launches Call for Evidence on European Open Digital Ecosystems https://linuxiac.com/eu-launches-call-for-evidence-on-european-open-digital-ecosystems/ [06:54] TR Bot EU Launches Call for Evidence on European Open Digital Ecosystems [06:55] TR News Security updates for Thursday https://lwn.net/Articles/1053277/ [06:55] TR Bot updates for Thursday [LWN.net] [06:57] TR News Gentoo looks back on 2025 https://lwn.net/Articles/1053289/ [06:57] TR Bot looks back on 2025 [LWN.net] [06:57] TR News Make Gnome Screenshot Work Again in Ubuntu 25.10 https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/01/make-gnome-screenshot-work-ubuntu/ [06:57] TR Bot Make Gnome Screenshot Work Again in Ubuntu 25.10 | UbuntuHandbook [06:57] TR News (NEW): Distributions and Operating Systems: AnduinOS, NeXT, EasyOS, FreeBSD, and Gentoo https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/06/Distributions_and_Operating_Systems_AnduinOS_NeXT_EasyOS_FreeBS.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/06/Distributions_and_Operating_Systems_AnduinOS_NeXT_EasyOS_FreeBS.gmi [06:57] TR News (NEW): This free tool gives you one easy way to install apps on Linux and Mac - here's how https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/This_free_tool_gives_you_one_easy_way_to_install_apps_on_Linux_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/This_free_tool_gives_you_one_easy_way_to_install_apps_on_Linux_.gmi [06:57] TR Bot Tux Machines Distributions and Operating Systems: AnduinOS, NeXT, EasyOS, FreeBSD, and Gentoo [06:57] TR Bot Tux Machines This free tool gives you one easy way to install apps on Linux and Mac - here's how [06:58] TR News GNU Taler news: P15 CoNetWorking Space accepts GNU Taler payments in eCHF https://taler.net/en/news/2025-04.html [06:58] TR Bot GNU Taler [06:59] TR News KDE Gear 25.12.1 Apps Collection Rolls Out, Heres Whats New https://linuxiac.com/kde-gear-25-12-1-apps-collection-released/ [06:59] TR Bot KDE Gear 25.12.1 Apps Collection Rolls Out, Heres Whats New ● Jan 09 [07:00] TR News VLC 3.0.23 https://www.videolan.org/news.html#news-1 [07:00] TR Bot News - VideoLAN [07:00] TR News Our top articles for developers in 2025 https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/01/08/our-top-articles-developers-2025 [07:00] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/01/08/our-top-articles-developers-2025 ) [07:09] TR News Mirror publisher seeks legal disclosures to prove 61 hacking claims are out of time https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/mirror-publisher-seeks-legal-disclosures-to-prove-61-hacking-claims-are-out-of-time/ [07:09] TR Bot Mirror publisher seeks disclosures to prove hacking claims are out of time - Press Gazette [07:13] TR News Anon: in Savukoski it was below -42C earlier today , almost -43C https://yle.fi/a/74-20203281 https://www.lansi-savo.fi/uutissuomalainen/9123840 ... as climate collapse continues to be intentionally exacerbated globally [07:13] TR Bot Talven pakkasenntys jlleen rikki: Savukoskella mitattiin -42,8 astetta | Uutisia lyhyesti | Yle [07:13] TR Bot Kuluvan talven pakkasenntys rikki Savukoskella mitattiin lhes 43 astetta | Uutissuomalainen | Lnsi-Savo [07:18] TR News Congratulations Qt Champions 2025! https://www.qt.io/blog/congratulations-qt-champions-2025 [07:18] TR Bot Congratulations Qt Champions 2025! [07:19] TR News Building on Diverse Experience: Shaping the Future of Customer Success at Qt Group https://www.qt.io/blog/building-on-diverse-experience-shaping-the-future-of-customer-success-at-qt-group [07:19] TR Bot Building on Diverse Experience: Shaping the Future of Customer Success at Qt Group [07:21] TR News "it gives an indication who has power in this country ... it is the group of people that sit above alvind's kind" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ked3sgr0 [07:21] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ked3sgr0 ) [07:24] TR News Frank Shaw has LONG lied for Microsoft https://techrights.org/o/2010/07/27/financier-of-antitrust-attacks-on-linux/index.shtml [07:24] TR Bot Antitrust Attacks on IBM Carried Out by Microsoft and its Satellite Proxies, According to IBM [07:24] TR News He came from Waggener Edstrom https://techrights.org/o/2013/06/15/nsa-and-microsoft/index.shtml [07:24] TR Bot Confirmed: Microsoft Tells the NSA About Back Doors in Windows [07:25] TR News "Heck, with Frank Shaw, their head of PR, being a former marine and graduate of the Department of Defense Information School (DINFOS), its safe to assume that Microsoft is leveraging military grade PR tactics too." https://techrights.org/o/2021/04/04/microsoft-nationalism/index.shtml [07:25] TR Bot Microsoft: Nationalism As A Service (NaaS) [07:25] TR News "its not a coincidence that Frank Shaw from Microsoft is an ex marine that graduated from DINFOS (Department of Defense Information School) where soldiers literally learn to foster such dynamics locally and abroad." https://techrights.org/o/2022/07/31/russia-styled-microsoft-pr/index.shtml [07:25] TR Bot Inside the Minds of Microsoft's Media Operatives Part IV Same Sort of Journalistic Bias Infecting Russia at the Moment [07:26] TR News Microsoft's New President for Activision Blizzard Has No Background in Technology, Just Like Frank X. Shaw (Whom Microsoft Took From the Military for Propaganda) https://techrights.org/n/2024/01/30/Microsoft_s_New_President_for_Activision_Blizzard_Has_No_Backgr.shtml [07:26] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft's New President for Activision Blizzard Has No Background in Technology, Just Like Frank X. Shaw (Whom Microsoft Took From the Military for Propaganda) [07:26] TR News "Shaw did not comment on whether the reorg included Teams layoffs." https://techrights.org/n/2024/04/02/Beware_the_Microsoft_Spin_in_Microsoft_and_Bill_Gates_Funded_Me.shtml [07:26] TR Bot Techrights Beware the Microsoft Spin in Microsoft- and Bill Gates-Funded 'Media' (the Real News is More Layoffs at Microsoft, Revealed This Month and Definitely Not a Prank) [07:28] TR News "Frank Shaw is a liar. We did a series about Frank Shaw several years ago. He's colluding with a Microsoft-bribed publisher [1, 2] that burns Microsoft whistleblowers and keeps spreading lies about "headcount" at Microsoft. Why does anyone take any word from Frank Shaw at face value?" https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/06/Microsoft_Laid_Off_Several_Thousands_of_Workers_Not_Counting_Th.shtml [07:28] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Laid Off Several Thousands of Workers (Not Counting Those Driven Out) in 3+ Waves of Layoffs in 2 Months in 2025 [07:28] TR News "Lying is his profession. He was trained to do this." [07:41] TR News Techrights No, Microsoft Did Not Deny the Q1 Mass Layoffs (Microsoft Can Delay These) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/09/No_Microsoft_Did_Not_Deny_the_Q1_Mass_Layoffs_Microsoft_Can_Del.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/09/No_Microsoft_Did_Not_Deny_the_Q1_Mass_Layoffs_Microsoft_Can_Del.gmi [07:41] TR Bot Techrights No, Microsoft Did Not Deny the Q1 Mass Layoffs (Microsoft Can Delay These) [07:46] *Isambard_Prince has quit (connection closed) [07:49] TR News Ghana teachers threaten mass protests and legal action over unpaid salary arrears https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/ghana-teachers-threaten-mass-protests-and-legal-action-over-unpaid-salary-arrears/ [07:49] TR Bot Ghana teachers threaten mass protests and legal action over unpaid salary arrears - JURIST - News [07:50] TR News For the record (FTR), nytimes has been a HUGE participant in the slop PONZI SCHEME. This will be the downfall of nytimes as reliable publish rather than scammer disguised as news. [07:51] TR News siliconangle also, but siliconangle was always about coverage (puff pieces) in exchange for bribes. siliconangle is a corrupt but prolific site. Red Hat too sponsors this. [07:52] TR News MElon is playing with fire: All the legal risks that apply to Groks deepfake disaster https://cyberscoop.com/elon-musk-x-grok-deepfake-crisis-section-230/ [07:52] TR Bot Musk is playing with fire: All the legal risks that apply to Groks deepfake disaster | CyberScoop [07:53] TR News atlanticcouncil now openly promotes and glorifies violations of international laws... unless Putin does them [07:55] TR News Well, problem solved, feed removed; no more traffic, let atlanticcouncil lick Cheeto's balls all they want... [07:56] TR News there are many fish (domains) in the ocean (www) ● Jan 09 [08:01] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/Android_Leftovers.gmi [08:01] TR Bot Tux Machines Android Leftovers [08:06] TR News Fedora Community Blog: Improve traceability with the tmt web app https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/improve-traceability-with-the-tmt-web-app/ [08:06] TR Bot Improve traceability with the tmt web app Fedora Community Blog [08:08] TR News BGP in 2025 https://blog.apnic.net/2026/01/08/bgp-in-2025/ [08:08] TR Bot BGP in 2025 | APNIC Blog [08:08] TR News Three of the best: Capacity development https://blog.apnic.net/2026/01/08/three-of-the-best-capacity-development/ [08:08] TR Bot Three of the best: Capacity development | APNIC Blog [08:09] TR News European Commission issues call for evidence on open source https://lwn.net/Articles/1053107/ [08:09] TR Bot Commission issues call for evidence on open source [LWN.net] [08:11] TR News Try Joplin: Your Open Source Evernote Alternative https://fossforce.com/2026/01/try-joplin-your-open-source-evernote-alternative/ [08:11] TR Bot Try Joplin: Your Open Source Evernote Alternative - FOSS Force [08:12] TR News Pluralistic: Where did the money go? 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(08 Jan 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [08:12] TR News (NEW): European Commission issues call for evidence on Free/Libre Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/European_Commission_issues_call_for_evidence_on_Free_Libre_Soft.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/European_Commission_issues_call_for_evidence_on_Free_Libre_Soft.gmi [08:12] TR Bot Tux Machines European Commission issues call for evidence on Free/Libre Software [08:13] TR News Danish Music Festival AiaSound Officially Shuts Down https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/07/danish-music-festival-aiasound-shuts-down-2026/ [08:13] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/07/danish-music-festival-aiasound-shuts-down-2026/ ) [08:13] TR News KDE Gear 25.12.1 https://kde.org/announcements/gear/25.12.1/ [08:13] TR Bot KDE Gear 25.12.1 - KDE Community [08:14] TR News Dirk Eddelbuettel: RcppSpdlog 0.0.24 on CRAN: New Upstream http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/01/08#rcppspdlog_0.0.24 [08:14] TR Bot Thinking inside the box [08:15] TR News Artificial Intelligence Play or break the deck https://traficantes.net/libros/inteligencia-artificial-jugar-o-romper-la-baraja https://gwolf.org/2026/01/artificial-intelligence-play-or-break-the-deck.html [08:15] TR Bot INTELIGENCIA ARTIFICIAL: JUGAR O ROMPER LA BARAJA | Traficantes de Sueos [08:15] TR Bot Gunnar Wolf Artificial Intelligence Play or break the deck [08:18] TR News side effect of not enforcing the kernel's licensing: https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/attackers-exploit-zero-day-end-of-life-d-link-routers [08:18] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/attackers-exploit-zero-day-end-of-life-d-link-routers ) [08:19] TR News iophk: effectively proprietary 'Linux' becoems a long term security threat and not just a threat, the dangers have been realized again and again [08:22] TR News (NEW): Red Hat and Fedora Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/Red_Hat_and_Fedora_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/Red_Hat_and_Fedora_Leftovers.gmi [08:22] TR Bot Tux Machines Red Hat and Fedora Leftovers [08:24] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.gmi [08:24] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux Leftovers [08:24] TR News (NEW): Orange Pi RV2 and Octa-core RISC-V GNU/Linux laptop in 2026 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/Orange_Pi_RV2_and_Octa_core_RISC_V_GNU_Linux_laptop_in_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/Orange_Pi_RV2_and_Octa_core_RISC_V_GNU_Linux_laptop_in_2026.gmi [08:24] TR Bot Tux Machines Orange Pi RV2 and Octa-core RISC-V GNU/Linux laptop in 2026 [08:26] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi [08:26] TR Bot Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers [08:27] TR News (NEW): Security Patching in GNU/Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/Security_Patching_in_GNU_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/Security_Patching_in_GNU_Linux.gmi [08:27] TR Bot Tux Machines Security Patching in GNU/Linux [08:29] TR News Techrights Links 09/01/2026: Cambodia and China Extradition, "NATOs High-risk Patrols Near Ukraine" https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/09/Links_09_01_2026_Cambodia_and_China_Extradition_NATO_s_High_ris.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/09/Links_09_01_2026_Cambodia_and_China_Extradition_NATO_s_High_ris.gmi [08:29] TR Bot Techrights Links 09/01/2026: Cambodia and China Extradition, "NATOs High-risk Patrols Near Ukraine" [08:30] TR News "I own an F(x)tec Pro1 X, a smartphone with a sliding-keyboard form factor. The device had a troubled production, badly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and F(x)tec essentially ran out of money in the middle of the fulfillment process." gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2026/202601/20260108-pro1-x-repair.gmi [08:33] TR News "Early on I asked questions about why we bother with TLS here. I still ask those questions." gemini://spell.mywire.org:1960/~stack/0255.gmi [08:36] TR News "I was pondering how an analog computer such as THAT could be programmed to solve a practical control problem." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20260108-0.gmi [08:36] TR News "Minimal code would be a script that selects from the set of letters G, E, and B. This could produce B, GB, EBG, or longer such chains or characters if left to run for too long." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/01/09/markov.gmi [08:37] TR News "Every so often I get these. I was scared the first time, but then I learned that it is not that unusual -- I am experiencing a pre-migraine aura, which, in my case, _does not_ develop into a headache. Thank god for that at least." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/u/stack/36492 [08:38] TR News Notes on an overheard conversation while on the way to lunch gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2026/01/07.1 [08:38] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@89kp6hcktzh7n.irc) has joined #techrights [08:39] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1530.jpg [08:39] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1880.jpg [08:46] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 09/01/2026: Pro1 X Repair and the Mercury Protocol https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/09/Gemini_Links_09_01_2026_Pro1_X_Repair_and_the_Mercury_Protocol.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/09/Gemini_Links_09_01_2026_Pro1_X_Repair_and_the_Mercury_Protocol.gmi [08:46] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 09/01/2026: Pro1 X Repair and the Mercury Protocol [08:47] TR News Microsoft Stock (NASDAQ:MSFT) Slips in Response to Layoff Rumors https://www.tipranks.com/news/100-percent-made-up-microsoft-stock-nasdaqmsft-slips-in-response-to-layoff-rumors [08:47] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.tipranks.com/news/100-percent-made-up-microsoft-stock-nasdaqmsft-slips-in-response-to-layoff-rumors ) [08:48] TR News Old-School MTV Superfan Creates a Simulator of What the Channel Was Like In the 80s https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/07/mtv-simulator-paramount-copyright-strikes/ [08:48] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/07/mtv-simulator-paramount-copyright-strikes/ ) [08:49] *nobody has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [08:49] TR News In 2025, What Was The Rate of TTAB Affirmance of Section 2(d) Refusals to Register? http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/01/in-2025-what-was-rate-of-ttab.html [08:49] TR Bot The TTABlog: In 2025, What Was The Rate of TTAB Affirmance of Section 2(d) Refusals to Register? [08:49] TR News The TTAB Issued 11 Precedential Opinions in 2025 http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-ttab-issued-30-precedential.html [08:50] TR Bot The TTABlog: The TTAB Issued 11 Precedential Opinions in 2025 [08:50] TR News California Court Grants Summary Judgment for Pinterest in Copyright Suit Over Email Notifications https://ipwatchdog.com/2026/01/07/california-court-grants-summary-judgment-pinterest-copyright-suit-email-notifications/ [08:50] TR Bot California Court Grants Summary Judgment for Pinterest in Copyright Suit Over Email Notifications [08:50] TR News LibreOffice project and community recap: December 2025 https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/01/07/libreoffice-project-and-community-recap-december-2025/ [08:50] TR Bot LibreOffice project and community recap: December 2025 - TDF Community Blog [08:51] TR News How to Install and Enable SSH on Ubuntu 26.04 https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-enable-ssh-on-ubuntu-26-04 [08:51] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-enable-ssh-on-ubuntu-26-04 ) [08:51] TR News How to Set Up SSH Server on Ubuntu 26.04 (Hardened Production Ready) https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-set-up-ssh-server-on-ubuntu-26-04 [08:51] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-set-up-ssh-server-on-ubuntu-26-04 ) [08:51] TR News How to Set Timezone on Ubuntu 26.04 https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-set-timezone-on-ubuntu-26-04 [08:51] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-set-timezone-on-ubuntu-26-04 ) [08:52] *schestowitz-TR has quit (connection closed) [08:52] *schestowitz-TR has quit (Connection closed) [08:52] *schestowitz-TR (~acer-box@i8wm8zwjwfwd8.irc) has joined #techrights [08:52] *schestowitz-TR (~acer-box@freenode-2cl4u7.ldvb.0amm.hij1op.IP) has joined #techrights [08:56] TR News Open Policy Alliance Welcomes the Open Source Technology Improvement Fund as New Member https://opensource.org/blog/open-policy-alliance-welcomes-the-open-source-technology-improvement-fund-as-new-member published exactly a date after https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/Open_Source_Initiative_OSI_Not_Doing_Its_Job_Instead_It_s_Promo.shtml [08:56] TR Bot Open Policy Alliance Welcomes the Open Source Technology Improvement Fund as New Member Open Source Initiative [08:56] TR Bot Techrights Open Source Initiative (OSI) Not Doing Its Job, Instead It's Promoting Microsoft Ponzi Schemes [08:57] TR News So someone in the kitchen held up a kitchen knife and did nothing, this somehow becomes big news? https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/07/woman-faces-holding-charges-after-wielding-cleaver-at-police-in-sheung-shui/ [08:57] TR Bot Woman faces holding charges after wielding cleaver at police in Sheung Shui [08:59] TR News Samsung Magician SSD software High Severity vulnerability patched upgrade to the newest v9.0.0 to prevent potential DLL hijacking and privilege escalation https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/samsung-magician-ssd-software-high-severity-vulnerability-patched-upgrade-to-the-newest-v9-0-0-to-prevent-potential-dll-hijacking-and-privilege-escalation [08:59] TR Bot Samsung Magician SSD software High Severity vulnerability patched upgrade to the newest v9.0.0 to prevent potential DLL hijacking and privilege escalation | Tom's Hardware ● Jan 09 [09:00] TR News Demographic cliff: Lithuanias birth rate continues to fall despite local incentives https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2798122/demographic-cliff-lithuania-s-birth-rate-continues-to-fall-despite-local-incentives An incentive given means the regime is attempting to somehow compensate for common sense [09:00] TR Bot Demographic cliff: Lithuanias birth rate continues to fall despite local incentives - LRT [09:02] TR News They speak of school-to-trenches pipelines, not womb-to-grave pipelines [09:04] TR News Veeam issues patch to close critical remote code execution flaw https://cyberscoop.com/veeam-backup-replication-security-flaw-remote-code-execution-fix/ [09:04] TR Bot issues patch to close critical remote code execution flaw | CyberScoop [09:04] TR News Taiwan blames Chinese cyber army for rise in millions of daily intrusion attempts https://cyberscoop.com/taiwan-china-cyberattacks-2025-energy-hospitals-nsb-report/ [09:04] TR Bot blames Chinese cyber army for rise in millions of daily intrusion attempts | CyberScoop [09:07] TR News "Actually, almost everything regarding my home NAS setup has been done there is VPN access from various networks, different shares are available, and the security has been slightly tuned." https://rtfm.co.ua/en/freebsd-home-nas-part-8-nfs-and-samba-data-backups-using-restic/ | Source: Arseny [09:07] TR Bot FreeBSD: Home NAS, part 8 NFS and Samba data backups using restic [09:07] TR News "Surprisingly, this time around I actually had a really good time, and the part I enjoyed the most was dipping my toes into CSS view transitions." https://giacomocavalieri.me/writing/effortless-animations-with-css-view-transitions | [09:07] TR Bot Effortless animations with CSS view transitions [09:07] TR News "The Amanda backup system is what we use to handle our backups. One of Amanda's core concepts is a 'dump cycle', the amount of time between normally scheduled full backups for filesystems." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/AmandaDumpPromotionIssue | Source: University of Toronto [09:07] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser [09:09] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/today_s_howtos.gmi [09:09] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [09:10] TR News "In its defense, Google argued that rightsholders should target intermediaries higher up the chain first, such as Cloudflare's CDN, but the court rejected that." https://torrentfreak.com/french-court-orders-google-dns-to-block-pirate-sites-dismisses-cloudflare-first-defense/ | Source: Torrent Freak [09:10] TR Bot Court Orders Google DNS to Block Pirate Sites, Dismisses Cloudflare-First Defense * TorrentFreak [09:10] TR News "The complaint, filed in Puerto Rico by Tainaly Y. Serrano Rivera, claims that a vocal recording of her reciting the phrase," https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/08/bad-bunny-lawsuit-unlicensed-vocal-samples/ | Source: Digital Music News [09:10] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/08/bad-bunny-lawsuit-unlicensed-vocal-samples/ ) [09:11] TR News "EU antitrust regulators will decide by February 10 whether to clear Alphabet's $32 billion acquisition of cybersecurity company Wiz" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/eu-antitrust-regulators-to-decide-on-googles-wiz-deal-by-february-10/articleshow/126425812.cms | Source: India Times [09:11] TR Bot EU antitrust regulators to decide on Google's Wiz deal by February 10 - The Economic Times [09:11] TR News "This complaint echoes earlier criticisms, including FTC action on deceptive pricing involving fees hidden until checkout, which inflated costs by up to 44%." https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/06/ticketmaster-class-action-surveillance-2026/ | Source: Digital Music News [09:11] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/06/ticketmaster-class-action-surveillance-2026/ ) [09:12] TR News "Subpoenas Journalist" https://thedissenter.org/house-committee-subpoenas-journalist-for-reporting-on-commander-involved-in-maduro-raid/ | Source: The Dissenter [09:12] TR Bot House Subpoenas Journalist Over Reporting On Maduro Raid [09:12] TR News "Powerful Corporations Have a Shared Interest" https://fair.org/home/these-two-powerful-corporations-have-a-shared-interest-in-trying-to-bust-this-union/ | Source: FAIR [09:12] TR Bot These Two Powerful Corporations Have a Shared Interest in Trying to Bust This Union: FAIR [09:14] TR News "Logitech Certificate Expiration Breaks App" https://mjtsai.com/blog/2026/01/07/logitech-certificate-expiration-breaks-app/ | Source: Michael Tsai [09:14] TR Bot Michael Tsai - Blog - Logitech Certificate Expiration Breaks App [09:14] TR News "So what happened with the Logitech mouse software? The blame here lies entirely with Logitech and not with macOS or Developer ID." https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/2026/1/2.html | Source: Lap Cat Software [09:14] TR Bot Myths about Logitech Developer ID certificate expiration [09:14] TR News "This futuristic, high-contrast 2025 design depicts 597 cable systems and 1,712 landings. For those keeping score, that's 38 more cable systems and 76 more landings than the 2024 edition." https://blog.telegeography.com/submarine-cables-over-time-through-the-years | [09:15] TR Bot The Submarine Cable Boom as Told by a Decade of TeleGeography Maps [09:15] TR News "However, the scalability of BGP as the Internets routing protocol is not only dependent on the number of prefixes carried in the routing table." https://blog.apnic.net/2026/01/09/bgp-updates-in-2025/ | Source: APNIC [09:15] TR Bot BGP updates in 2025 | APNIC Blog [09:15] TR News
  • [09:15] TR News "At the start of each year, its been my practice to report on the behaviour of the Internets inter-domain routing system over the previous 12 months" https://blog.apnic.net/2026/01/08/bgp-in-2025/ | Source: APNIC [09:15] TR Bot BGP in 2025 | APNIC Blog [09:19] TR News "The right of citizens to record the police is a critical check and balance." https://www.aclu.org/issues/free-speech/photographers-rights/filming-and-photographing-police | Source: ACLU [09:19] TR Bot Filming and Photographing the Police | American Civil Liberties Union [09:19] TR News "The First Amendment protects your right to assemble and express your views through protest." https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/protesters-rights#i-want-to-take-pictures-or-shoot-video-at-a-protest | Source: ACLU [09:19] TR Bot Protesters Rights | American Civil Liberties Union [09:25] TR News "Cut Off From Interne" https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/world/middleeast/iran-protests-internet-shutdown.html | Source: New York Times [09:25] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/world/middleeast/iran-protests-internet-shutdown.html ) [09:25] TR News "Live metrics show Iran is now in the midst of a nationwide [Internet] blackout" https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/09/iran_russia_ukraine_internet_outages/ | Source: The Register UK [09:25] TR Bot Irans internet goes dark amid mass protests The Register [09:26] TR News "The professor, Darren Michael, 56, who teaches acting and directing, was reinstated on Dec. 30 as part of the settlement with the university" https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/us/austin-peay-professor-charlie-kirk-settlement-reinstated.html | Source: New York Times [09:26] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/us/austin-peay-professor-charlie-kirk-settlement-reinstated.html ) [09:27] TR News "A network of websites known as Portal Kombat is spreading messages about U.S. military hardware, according to tracking firms." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/us/politics/russia-propaganda-venezuela.html | Source: New York Times [09:27] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/us/politics/russia-propaganda-venezuela.html ) [09:29] TR News "The study revealed four striking findings." https://phys.org/news/2026-01-pocketbook-realities-reshape-americans-commitment.html | Source: Omicron Limited [09:29] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://phys.org/news/2026-01-pocketbook-realities-reshape-americans-commitment.html ) [09:29] TR News "In October, OpenAI closed a deal that values the company at $500 billion. On Tuesday, Elon Musks xAI said it had raised $20 billion in a funding round that most likely put its value at above $230 billion." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/technology/anthropic-funding-valuation.html | Source: New York Times [09:29] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/technology/anthropic-funding-valuation.html ) [09:29] TR News "Twenty billion dollars is a ghastly sum of money to give anyone, let alone someone who, in his official capacity, cut funding and killed over half a million people." https://pxlnv.com/linklog/xai-20-billion-funding/ | Source: Nick Heer [09:29] TR Bot CSAM Generator xAI, Run by Elon Musk, Raises $20 Billion Pixel Envy [09:34] TR News "America is trudging through its third consecutive K-shaped recovery (an economic rally where the rich get richer and everyone else gets poorer)." https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/08/after-the-moneys-gone/#who-took-the-money-away | Source: CoryDoctorow [09:34] TR Bot Pluralistic: Where did the money go? (08 Jan 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [09:35] TR News "The report contains many surprises. Some of them might shock you." https://brucelawson.co.uk/2026/dma-review-consultation-responses/ | Source: Bruce Lawson [09:35] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://brucelawson.co.uk/2026/dma-review-consultation-responses/ ) [09:35] TR News "And whats funny about that is that all of these bleak depictions of the future can largely be traced back to a very small handful of sources." https://explodingcomma.com/posts/its-time-for-a-different-future | Source: Pete Brown [09:35] TR Bot Its time for a different future. - Exploding Comma [09:36] TR News Job Layoffs Surge but Hiring Rate Hits Record Low How to Survive It https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/job-layoffs-surge-hiring-rate-hits-record-low-how-survive-it-1769551 [09:36] TR Bot Job Layoffs Surge but Hiring Rate Hits Record Low How to Survive It | IBTimes UK [09:37] TR News Ponzi scheme ongoing: "$15 billion from Microsoft Corp. and Nvidia Corp." https://siliconangle.com/2026/01/07/anthropic-reportedly-seeking-raise-10b-350b-valuation/ | Source: Silicon Angle http://techrights.org/n/2025/11/28/Circular_Financing_in_NVidia_NVidia_Pays_Its_Clients_to_Buy_Fro.shtml [09:37] TR Bot reportedly seeking to raise $10B at $350B valuation - SiliconANGLE [09:37] TR Bot Techrights Circular Financing in NVidia (NVidia Pays Its Clients to Buy From NVidia) and "Lessons From the Dotcom Crash" [09:38] TR News fraudulent accounting has gone mainstream and the perpetrators pay the media to call that "AI" [09:38] TR News "And what a difference in experience! To go the same distance, in about the same time, but one way leaves me exhausted, and the other way, rejuvenated." https://sive.rs/relax | Source: Derek Sivers [09:38] TR Bot Relax for the same result | Derek Sivers [09:39] TR News "$51 billion in debt" https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/russia-weighs-how-prop-up-russian-railways-which-is-51-billion-debt-sources-2025-11-25/ | Source: Reuters [09:39] TR Bot ( status 401 @ https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/russia-weighs-how-prop-up-russian-railways-which-is-51-billion-debt-sources-2025-11-25/ ) [09:39] TR News "The government cannot, and will not, let it go bankrupt" https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-railways-trains-financial-problems-bankruptcy-debt/33641372.html | Source: RFERL [09:39] TR Bot Russia's State-Owned Railway Giant Is In Serious Trouble. Blame The Ukraine War. [09:39] TR News "Despite their evident value to the community, warming houses do not feature prominently in written records." https://phys.org/news/2026-01-medieval-monks-stay-winter.html | Source: Omicron Limited [09:39] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://phys.org/news/2026-01-medieval-monks-stay-winter.html ) [09:41] TR News "AI is the Main Culprit" = Bull****, accounting fraud is what is happening https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/microsoft-cut-20000-jobs-immediately-heres-why-ai-main-culprit-1769331 [09:41] TR Bot Microsoft to Cut 20000 Jobs Immediately Here's Why AI is the Main Culprit | IBTimes UK [09:42] TR News Slopfarms repeat the same false narrative of "AI" https://www.whalesbook.com/news/English/Tech/Microsoft-Prepares-Massive-Job-Cuts-Amid-Soaring-AI-Costs/695fb125ef4ed95f9806cd9b [09:42] TR Bot Prepares Massive Job Cuts Amid Soaring AI Costs | Whalesbook [09:43] *olspookishmagus (~pookie@wb66mmn79knys.irc) has joined #techrights [09:43] olspookishmagus any tecrights server supporting SSL? [09:46] *olspookishmagus (~pookie@wb66mmn79knys.irc) has left #techrights [09:54] TR News Techrights Microsoft Isn't Denying the Mass Layoffs https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/09/Microsoft_Isn_t_Denying_the_Mass_Layoffs.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/09/Microsoft_Isn_t_Denying_the_Mass_Layoffs.gmi [09:54] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Isn't Denying the Mass Layoffs ● Jan 09 [10:01] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.teamblind.com/post/heard-a-grown-man-cry-in-the-bathroom-todaymsft-morale-is-in-the-toilet-vw5466p2 [10:01] TR Bot Heard a grown man cry in the bathroom todayMSFT morale is in the toilet | Layoffs - Blind [10:01] schestowitz[TR2] "Illogical to you. Do you know what the other person is going through? Maybe they have a health issue that is covered by the company and not covered by other insurances. Maybe theyre in debt, paying college fees to their child, or theyre just missing out on working with a good team and good people. Practice empathy. If youve nothing good to say, just dont say it. FFS." [10:08] TR News "But its unclear if Palantir wants any part of Project Matador. One unnamed clientrumored to be Amazondropped out of the project in December and cancelled a $150 million contract with Fermi America." https://www.404media.co/project-matador-datacenter-amarillo-texas/ | Source: 404 Media [10:08] TR Bot Texans Are Fighting a 6,000 Acre Nuclear-Powered Datacenter [10:08] TR News "This massive project by Elon Musk's artificial intelligence firm represents a historic milestone for the state's industrial landscape." https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/mississippi-lands-20b-xai-data-centre-jobs-surge-pollution-fears-grow-1769577 | Source: International Business Times [10:08] TR Bot Mississippi Lands $20B xAI Data Centre: Jobs Surge but Pollution Fears Grow | IBTimes UK [10:09] TR News "The U.S. government publishes volumes of detailed data on the money it spends, but searching through it and finding information can be challenging." https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/homeland-security-spending-trail-how-follow-money-through-us-government-databases | Source: EFF [10:09] TR Bot The Homeland Security Spending Trail: How to Follow the Money Through U.S. Government Databases | Electronic Frontier Foundation [10:09] TR News "The Washington Post, which exists mainly to serve the interests of its mega-billionaire owner Jeff Bezos, unsurprisingly thinks taxing the wealth of billionaires is a bad idea (FAIR.org, 12/11/19)." https://fair.org/home/billionaires-mouthpiece-searches-for-reasons-to-avoid-taxing-billionaires/ | Source: FAIR [10:09] TR Bot Billionaires Mouthpiece Searches for Reasons to Avoid Taxing Billionaires FAIR [10:14] TR News "The line chart in Figure 3 shows that non-EU+ nationals drove the large increases in immigration between 2020 and 2023." https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/bulletins/longterminternationalmigrationprovisional/yearendingjune2025 | Source: UK [10:14] TR Bot Long-term international migration, provisional - Office for National Statistics [10:14] TR News "BGP is the first thing that comes to mind. It's a protocol used by routers to determine what path data takes to get to it's destination, it does this by exchanging routing information between Autonomous Systems." https://loworbitsecurity.com/radar/radar16/ | [10:14] TR Bot Radar #16: Week of 01/05/2026 [10:14] TR News "Standing around at the forum, eating the delicious snacks and drinking the good coffee and chatting with friends old and new, that was what I kept thinking about." https://www.readtheline.ca/p/matt-gurney-we-will-never-fucking | [10:14] TR Bot Matt Gurney: 'We will never fucking trust you again' [10:21] *darwin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [10:21] *darwin (~darwin@ezriia7nzimpg.irc) has joined #techrights [10:24] TR News (NEW): 5 reasons I stopped using Ubuntu https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/5_reasons_I_stopped_using_Ubuntu.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/5_reasons_I_stopped_using_Ubuntu.gmi [10:24] TR News (NEW): Make Gnome Screenshot Work Again in Ubuntu 25.10 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Make_Gnome_Screenshot_Work_Again_in_Ubuntu_25_10.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/Make_Gnome_Screenshot_Work_Again_in_Ubuntu_25_10.gmi [10:24] TR Bot Tux Machines 5 reasons I stopped using Ubuntu [10:24] TR News (NEW): Does 1 in 10 Laptops/Desktops in Somalia Run GNU/Linux Now? https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/Does_1_in_10_Laptops_Desktops_in_Somalia_Run_GNU_Linux_Now.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/Does_1_in_10_Laptops_Desktops_in_Somalia_Run_GNU_Linux_Now.gmi [10:24] TR Bot Tux Machines Make Gnome Screenshot Work Again in Ubuntu 25.10 [10:24] TR Bot Tux Machines Does 1 in 10 Laptops/Desktops in Somalia Run GNU/Linux Now? [10:36] TR News Techrights GNU/Linux at 4% in Saudi Arabia, Says statCounter https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/09/GNU_Linux_at_4_in_Saudi_Arabia_Says_statCounter.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/09/GNU_Linux_at_4_in_Saudi_Arabia_Says_statCounter.gmi [10:36] TR Bot Techrights GNU/Linux at 4% in Saudi Arabia, Says statCounter [10:48] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [10:49] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@mrbj7bcsm3aye.irc) has joined #techrights [10:51] TR News Techrights Dr. Richard Stallman Has Done No Harm to the GNU Project or the FSF https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/09/Dr_Richard_Stallman_Has_Done_No_Harm_to_the_GNU_Project_or_the_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/09/Dr_Richard_Stallman_Has_Done_No_Harm_to_the_GNU_Project_or_the_.gmi [10:51] TR Bot Techrights Dr. Richard Stallman Has Done No Harm to the GNU Project or the FSF [10:55] *isak has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Jan 09 [11:04] *isak (~andreas@m4ykdtahh5hq8.irc) has joined #techrights [11:13] TR News Cory's talk has gotten a little discussion at SN: "A Post-American, Enshittification-Resistant Internet" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/01/06/1049201 [11:13] TR Bot A Post-American, Enshittification-Resistant Internet - SoylentNews [11:13] TR News "Trump did not notify Congress of his plans to depose Maduro, but he says he did tip off American oil executives" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-venezuela-oil-grab-violence-1235495953/ | Source: Rolling Stone [11:13] TR Bot Trumps Venezuela Oil Grab Could Lead to More Violence [11:14] TR News "Over on five of them being charged with child sex crimes, you won your bet." https://boingboing.net/2026/01/08/where-are-the-pardoned-january-6ers-now-how-many-have-been-charged-with-child-sex-crimes.html | Source: BoingBoing [11:14] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2026/01/08/where-are-the-pardoned-january-6ers-now-how-many-have-been-charged-with-child-sex-crimes.html ) [11:14] TR News "over $20,000 betting on an eminent attack on Venezuelan soil." https://futurism.com/future-society/polymarket-venezuela-insider-trading | Source: Futurism [11:14] TR Bot The Venezuela Polymarket Scandal Is Looking Really Bad [11:14] TR News "Artist and hacker Helena Nikonole has exploited the fact that surveillance cameras are used in many everyday situations in Russia and have built-in loudspeakers." https://netzpolitik.org/2026/hacking-art-art-alone-is-not-enough/ | Source: Netzpolitik [11:14] TR Bot Hacking & Art: Art alone is not enough [11:15] TR News "Likewise, US public health will suffer. It already is." https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/last-year-and-year-come | Source: AAAS [11:15] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/last-year-and-year-come ) [11:16] TR News "The New York City Wegmans is collecting biometric information about customers." https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/01/the-wegmans-supermarket-chain-is-probably-using-facial-recognition.html | Source: Bruce Schneier [11:16] TR Bot Wegman's Supermarket Chain Is Probably Using Facial Recognition - Schneier on Security [11:16] TR News "Google's mail platform, Gmail, is the latest to be integrated with artificial intelligence (AI)." https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/googles-gemini-ai-enters-gmail-are-your-private-emails-now-being-read-1769592 | Source: International Business Times [11:16] TR Bot Google's Gemini AI Enters Gmail Are Your Private Emails Now Being Read? | IBTimes UK [11:18] TR News "The most prominent change is the new AI Inbox view, which is rolling out to some users from today." https://siliconangle.com/2026/01/08/googles-gmail-getting-gemini-inspired-overhaul-ai-summaries/ | Source: Silicon Angle [11:18] TR Bot Gmail is getting a Gemini-inspired overhaul with AI priorities, summaries and more - SiliconANGLE [11:23] TR News "Lets start with Flock, the company behind a number of automated license plate reader (ALPR) and other camera technologies." https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01/how-hackers-are-fighting-back-against-ice | Source: EFF [11:23] TR Bot How Hackers Are Fighting Back Against ICE | Electronic Frontier Foundation [11:23] TR News "The new AI features announced Thursday could herald a pivotal moment for Gmail, a service that transformed email when it was introduced nearly 22 years ago." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/gmails-new-ai-features-turning-it-into-personal-assistant/articleshow/126418805.cms | Source: India Times [11:23] TR Bot Gmail's new AI features, turning it into personal assistant - The Economic Times [11:24] TR News Windows TCO https://therecord.media/cyberattack-forces-british-high-school-to-delay-opening | Source: The Record [11:24] TR Bot Cyberattack forces British high school to cancel classes and delay reopening | The Record from Recorded Future News [11:27] TR News "related to algorithms and dissemination of illegal content" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/eu-orders-musks-grok-ai-to-keep-data-after-nudes-outcry/articleshow/126419225.cms | Source: India Times [11:27] TR Bot EU orders X to keep Grok documents for longer amid sexualised AI photos furore - The Economic Times [11:33] TR News Guatemala: GNU/Linux new high https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/guatemala/#monthly-200902-202601 [11:33] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Guatemala | Statcounter Global Stats [11:51] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [11:51] TR News Techrights Escaping GAFAM Colonialism Requires Homegrown Free Software https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/09/Escaping_GAFAM_Colonialism_Requires_Homegrown_Free_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/09/Escaping_GAFAM_Colonialism_Requires_Homegrown_Free_Software.gmi [11:51] TR Bot Techrights Escaping GAFAM Colonialism Requires Homegrown Free Software ● Jan 09 [12:08] TR News Techrights More IBM Layoffs in India https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/09/More_IBM_Layoffs_in_India.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/09/More_IBM_Layoffs_in_India.gmi [12:08] TR Bot Techrights More IBM Layoffs in India [12:13] TR News "Grievances filed with social media platform X in India against synthetic or manipulated media surged to an estimated 983 in September 2025" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/elonn-musk-led-x-saw-ai-media-grievances-surge-post-grok-imagine-rollout-in-india/articleshow/126420172.cms | Source: India Times [12:13] TR Bot Elon Musk-led X saw AI media grievances surge post Grok Imagine rollout in India - The Economic Times [12:13] TR News "Apps have been kicked off the App Store for far less than what X is today. Removing it and the rest of xAIs apps would be a good start" https://pxlnv.com/linklog/telegram-grok-jailbreak/ | Source: Nick Heer [12:13] TR Bot The Telegram Group Jailbreaking Grok Pixel Envy [12:14] TR News "Apple and Google both explicitly ban apps containing CSAM" https://www.wired.com/story/x-grok-app-store-nudify-csam-apple-google-content-moderation/ | Source: Wired [12:14] TR Bot Are Grok and X Still Available in App Stores? | WIRED [12:14] TR News "The non-consensual images fall into child sexual abuse material (CSAM)" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/elon-musks-x-faces-uk-ban-ai-fake-nudes-row-sparks-outrage-free-speech-fears-1769559 | Source: International Business Times [12:14] TR Bot Elon Musk's X Faces UK Ban AI Fake Nudes Row Sparks Outrage and Free Speech Fears | IBTimes UK [12:15] TR News "What really winds me up is when Mosseri says individuals now matter more than publishers or brands." https://gregmorris.co.uk/instagrams-ai-crisis-is-not-an-accident/ | Source: Greg Morris [12:15] TR Bot Instagram's AI Crisis Is Not an Accident [12:15] TR News "Outside of the walls is the blogosphere. It is diverse and distributed." https://cagrimmett.com/2026/01/08/blogging-beyond-the-wall/ | Source: Chuck Grimmett [12:15] TR Bot Blogging Beyond the Wall Chuck Grimmett [12:15] TR News "Youre no longer in control of what you consume on the web. Algorithms are now in control" https://alexn.org/blog/2025/10/13/outsourced-voices-outsourced-minds/ | Source: Alexandru Nedelcu [12:15] TR Bot Outsourced Voices, Outsourced Minds - Alexandru Nedelcu [12:15] TR News "Instagram / Meta really don't care about stopping AI slop. They just care about numbers go up, regardless of the impact on society" https://chrisenns.com/2026/01/ai-slop-is-detectable/ | Source: Chris Enns [12:15] TR Bot AI Slop is Detectable [12:16] TR News "This slopification parallels the firehose of falsehood method of spreading disinformation: overwhelm the system with vast quantities of low-quality synthetic material so authenticity becomes impossible to discern" https://thewalrus.ca/can-canadian-culture-survive-the-age-of-ai-slop/ | Source: The Walrus [12:16] TR Bot AI Slop Will End Canadian Culture as We Know It | The Walrus [12:17] TR News "Their executives are willing to say the quiet part out loud that nobody is scrambling to buy an AI PC." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/dell-admits-customers-disgusted-pcs-ai | Source: Futurism [12:17] TR Bot Dell Admits That Customers Are Disgusted by PCs Stuffed With AI Features [12:19] TR News By default, blame slop for everything? https://devclass.com/2026/01/08/tailwind-labs-lays-off-75-percent-of-its-engineers-thanks-to-brutal-impact-of-ai/ [12:19] TR Bot Labs lays off 75 percent of its engineers thanks to 'brutal impact' of AI DEVCLASS [12:20] TR News "It's not that Dell doesn't care about AI or AI PCs anymore, it's just that over the past year or so it's come to realise that the consumer doesn't." https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/dells-ces-2026-chat-was-the-most-pleasingly-un-ai-briefing-ive-had-in-maybe-5-years/ | Source: PC Gamer [12:20] TR Bot Dell's CES 2026 chat was the most pleasingly un-AI briefing I've had in maybe 5 years | PC Gamer [12:20] TR News Amazon wants proof of productivity from employees https://www.inkl.com/news/amazon-wants-proof-of-productivity-from-employees [12:20] TR Bot Amazon wants proof of productivity from employees [12:21] TR News "Our research suggests that, because of how directly they seem to apply to hybrid teams of human and digital workers" https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/01/ai-humans-making-the-relationship-work.html | Source: Bruce Schneier [12:21] TR Bot & Humans: Making the Relationship Work - Schneier on Security [12:21] TR News "Elon Musks Grok chatbot has drawn outrage and calls for investigation after being used to flood X with undressed images of women and sexualized images of what appear to be minors." https://www.wired.com/story/grok-is-generating-sexual-content-far-more-graphic-than-whats-on-x/ | Source: Wired [12:21] TR Bot Is Generating Sexual Content Far More Graphic Than What's on X | WIRED [12:22] TR News "The Register has reported on Torvalds's various comments on LLM-bot-assisted coding several times in recent years. In 2024, he said that 90 percent of AI marketing is hype." https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/08/linus_versus_llms_ai_slop_docs/ | Source: The Register UK [12:22] TR Bot Linus: Stop making issue of AI slop in kernel docs The Register [12:24] TR News "Most of the gateways under attack are products that D-Link stopped actively supporting five or more years ago" https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/attackers-exploit-zero-day-end-of-life-d-link-routers | Source: Dark Reading [12:24] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/attackers-exploit-zero-day-end-of-life-d-link-routers ) [12:24] TR News "In the latest version of classic Outlook, users can't open encrypted emails. Microsoft confirms the issue and is investigating." https://www.pcworld.com/article/3027379/microsoft-confirms-bug-with-encrypted-emails-in-classic-outlook-app.html | Source: PC World [12:24] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.pcworld.com/article/3027379/microsoft-confirms-bug-with-encrypted-emails-in-classic-outlook-app.html ) [12:27] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@mrbj7bcsm3aye.irc) has joined #techrights [12:30] TR News "leisure crafting" https://phys.org/news/2026-01-hobbies-dont-personal-boost-workplace.html | Source: Omicron Limited [12:30] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://phys.org/news/2026-01-hobbies-dont-personal-boost-workplace.html ) [12:32] TR News "That may have changed. A user by the name of Nullcaller on the MacRumors forums has delivered the goods in the form of a set of schematics that looks a lot like a PowerBook G5." https://512pixels.net/2026/01/powerbook-g5-schematics/ | Source: Stephen Hackett [12:32] TR Bot Schematics Detailing What Looks Like the Mythical PowerBook G5 Have Appeared - 512 Pixels [12:40] TR News "I soon found myself looking very closely at the EPOS Sennheiser Impact 600 series" https://michael.kjorling.se/blog/2026/epos-impact-660-anc-usb-linux/ | Source: Michael Kjrling [12:40] TR Bot The Epos Sennheiser Impact 660 ANC USB headset (1395:028d) on Linux Michael Kjrling [12:40] TR News "Several of my cabinets have not only pull handles on the front of the drawers, but also have cut-out handles in the rear to be able to easily pull them out and move them around." https://boffosocko.com/2026/01/07/a-clever-affordance-of-card-index-filing-cabinet-drawers/ | Source: Chris Aldrich [12:40] TR Bot A clever affordance of card index filing cabinet drawers | Chris Aldrich [12:41] TR News "It bears mentioning and thoroughly understanding that even an expert typewriter collector or professional repair person can only tell very little of the condition of a typewriter by photos." https://boffosocko.com/2026/01/08/on-purchasing-typewriters-condition-is-king-context-is-queen/ | Source: Chris Aldrich [12:41] TR Bot On Purchasing Typewriters: Condition is King; Context is Queen | Chris Aldrich [12:42] *x-amarsh04 has quit (connection closed) [12:44] TR News "In 2024, the National Literacy Institute found that 79 percent of US adults were literate, but only 46 percent could read above a sixth-grade level." https://www.projectcensored.org/high-rates-of-illiteracy-among-us-adults/ | Source: Project Censored [12:44] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://www.projectcensored.org/high-rates-of-illiteracy-among-us-adults/ ) [12:45] TR News "Recently, the New Stack had a piece excerpting some of my conversation with Gergely Orosz." https://bcantrill.dtrace.org/2026/01/08/the-right-place-at-the-right-time/ | Source: Bryan Cantrill [12:45] TR Bot The right place at the right time | The Observation Deck [12:45] TR News "people dont fail because they dont try hard enough. They fail because the system theyre operating in makes sustained effort too costly." https://nesslabs.com/devotion-friction-matrix | Source: Ness Labs [12:45] TR Bot Discipline is Overrated: The DevotionFriction Matrix - Ness Labs [12:45] TR News "Libraries are lifelines, shared public spaces, and engines of opportunity" https://www.ala.org/news/2026/01/american-library-association-kicks-150th-anniversary-youth-media-awards | Source: American Library Association [12:45] TR Bot American Library Association Kicks Off 150th Anniversary with Youth Media Awards | ALA [12:47] TR News "short-notice press conference in Washington" https://www.reuters.com/science/nasa-is-considering-bringing-back-iss-crew-over-medical-issue-2026-01-08/ | Source: Reuters [12:47] TR Bot ( status 401 @ https://www.reuters.com/science/nasa-is-considering-bringing-back-iss-crew-over-medical-issue-2026-01-08/ ) [12:47] TR News "This history matters because scientific publishing today remains one of the most profitable legal industries on Earth." https://bjoern.brembs.net/2026/01/procurement-before-prestige/ | Source: Bjoern Brembs [12:47] TR Bot bjoern.brembs.blog Procurement Before Prestige [12:47] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@mrbj7bcsm3aye.irc) has joined #techrights [12:48] TR News "Back in 2024, I had New Years resolutions that had to do with habits. What a waste. New Years should be a time for reflection, not for TODO lists." https://alexn.org/blog/2026/01/08/new-year-old-me/?pk_campaign=rss | Source: Alexandru Nedelcu [12:48] TR Bot New Year, Old Me - Alexandru Nedelcu [12:49] TR News "There are, of course, two different issues here, I think. One issue is that there are other forms of dystopia we could depict as warnings against whatever path we seem to be on in the present." https://bix.blog/posts/2026-01-08-these-go-to-eleven/ | Source: Bix Frankonis [12:49] TR Bot These Go To Eleven Bix dot Blog [12:50] TR News "Here are some lessons I learnt while working on my book from the Fall of 2022 till the Summer of 2023." https://crookedtimber.org/2026/01/08/how-to-make-sure-the-writing-gets-done/ | Source: Crooked Timber [12:50] TR Bot How to make sure the writing gets done Crooked Timber [12:50] TR News "Any lessons learned that you want to share with the community?" https://writethatblog.substack.com/p/technical-blogging-lessons-learned | Source: Cynthia Dunlop [12:50] TR Bot Technical Blogging Lessons Learned - Write that blog! ● Jan 09 [13:03] TR News "All the options built into Safari Save As Web Archive, Save As Page Source, Save As PNG, and Export to PDF include the pages furniture, and some have other limitations, as explored previously." https://eclecticlight.co/2026/01/07/archive-webpages-using-textclippings/ | Source: Howard Oakley [13:03] TR Bot Archive webpages using textClippings The Eclectic Light Company [13:03] TR News "You end up making choices that please nobody, or worse, you try to please everyone and build something mediocre." https://gregmorris.co.uk/not-everything-deserves-equal-billing/ | Source: Greg Morris [13:03] TR Bot Not Everything Deserves Equal Billing [13:08] TR News "I wrote sporadically for years, most of my posts only getting a trickle of traffic" https://writethatblog.substack.com/p/sam-rose-on-technical-blogging | Source: Cynthia Dunlop [13:08] TR Bot Sam Rose on Technical Blogging - Write that blog! [13:08] TR News [Old] "I think blogs are important because its a structured form of writing." https://writethatblog.substack.com/p/jeff-atwood-on-technical-blogging | Source: Cynthia Dunlop [13:08] TR Bot Jeff Atwood on Technical Blogging - Write that blog! [13:11] TR News "Another reason for blogging is to spread the word about things Ive been working on, such as kcctl , a command-line client for Kafka Connect" https://writethatblog.substack.com/p/gunnar-morling-on-technical-blogging | Source: Cynthia Dunlop [13:11] TR Bot Gunnar Morling on Technical Blogging - Write that blog! [13:11] TR News [Old] "I needed to understand probabilistic programming for work, and writing about it every day for weeks on end definitely helped!" https://writethatblog.substack.com/p/eric-lippert-on-technical-blogging | Source: Cynthia Dunlop [13:11] TR Bot Eric Lippert on Technical Blogging - by Cynthia Dunlop [13:12] TR News [Old] "There are very few things in life that I am prouder of than the body of writing I have developed over the past 10 years." https://writethatblog.substack.com/p/charity-majors-on-technical-blogging | Source: Cynthia Dunlop [13:12] TR Bot Charity Majors on Technical Blogging - Write that blog! [13:13] TR News "I believe that communicating, for developers, is a key asset for their projects, startups, whatever, to have any chance to become popular." https://writethatblog.substack.com/p/antirez-on-technical-blogging | Source: Cynthia Dunlop [13:13] TR Bot antirez on Technical Blogging - by Cynthia Dunlop [13:15] TR News Techrights Links 09/01/2026: Technical Blogging Lessons Learned and Google's Gmail Getting a Lot Worse https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/09/Links_09_01_2026_Technical_Blogging_Lessons_Learned_and_Google_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/09/Links_09_01_2026_Technical_Blogging_Lessons_Learned_and_Google_.gmi [13:15] TR Bot Techrights Links 09/01/2026: Technical Blogging Lessons Learned and Google's Gmail Getting a Lot Worse [13:24] TR News slop https://blog.joss.theoj.org/2026/01/preparing-joss-for-a-generative-ai-future [13:24] TR Bot Preparing JOSS for a generative AI future: From code to human creativity and design | Journal of Open Source Software Blog [13:24] TR News "Des traces du PowerBook G5 - Le journal du lapin" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fr&tl=en&u=https://www.journaldulapin.com/2026/01/05/powerbook-g5/ [13:24] TR Bot ( status 429 @ https://www-journaldulapin-com.translate.goog/2026/01/05/powerbook-g5/?_x_tr_sl=fr&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB ) [13:30] schestowitz[TR2] "The illusion of freedom will continue as long [13:30] schestowitz[TR2] as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At [13:30] schestowitz[TR2] the point where the illusion becomes too [13:30] schestowitz[TR2] expensive to maintain, they will just take down [13:30] schestowitz[TR2] the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, [13:30] schestowitz[TR2] they will move the tables and chairs out of [13:30] schestowitz[TR2] the way and you will see the brick wall at [13:30] schestowitz[TR2] the back of the theater." [13:30] schestowitz[TR2] -- Frank Zappa [13:30] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/12280-the-illusion-of-freedom-will-continue-as-long-as-it-s [13:30] TR Bot Quote by Frank Zappa: The illusion of freedom will continue as long a... [13:31] TR News techrights picks unpopular topics, not contrarian topics. The goal isn't popularity, but it is to promote suppressed truths where promoting them means taking many blows. [13:39] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [13:55] MinceR well, apparently it ceased to be profitable ● Jan 09 [14:03] TR News Techrights 'Vice Coding' is Not "AI", It's a Sewer, It is Junk https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/09/Vice_Coding_is_Not_AI_It_s_a_Sewer_It_is_Junk.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/09/Vice_Coding_is_Not_AI_It_s_a_Sewer_It_is_Junk.gmi [14:03] TR Bot Techrights 'Vice Coding' is Not "AI", It's a Sewer, It is Junk [14:06] schestowitz[TR2] MinceR: blame the DAs [14:06] schestowitz[TR2] yesterday we said, [14:07] schestowitz[TR2] you stopped using the term [14:07] schestowitz[TR2] l;ike it was seasonal [14:07] schestowitz[TR2] so we used it aghain today [14:07] schestowitz[TR2] verbally, inforrmally [14:07] schestowitz[TR2] i forgot the context [14:07] schestowitz[TR2] i think some family cooking a pig [14:07] schestowitz[TR2] and then taking footage of his face [14:07] schestowitz[TR2] to post in youtube [14:07] schestowitz[TR2] i said, DAs [14:10] MinceR i guess i haven't talked much lately [14:23] TR News Techrights At IBM, "Employee Reviews" (or Appraisals in the UK) Are a "Trojan Horse" for RAs (Mass Layoffs), a Waste of Time https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/09/At_IBM_Employee_Reviews_or_Appraisals_in_the_UK_Are_a_Trojan_Ho.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/09/At_IBM_Employee_Reviews_or_Appraisals_in_the_UK_Are_a_Trojan_Ho.gmi [14:23] TR Bot Techrights At IBM, "Employee Reviews" (or Appraisals in the UK) Are a "Trojan Horse" for RAs (Mass Layoffs), a Waste of Time [14:27] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [14:37] TR News Techrights GNU/Linux May be Approaching 10% "Market Share" in Montenegro https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/09/GNU_Linux_May_be_Approaching_10_Market_Share_in_Montenegro.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/09/GNU_Linux_May_be_Approaching_10_Market_Share_in_Montenegro.gmi [14:37] TR Bot Techrights GNU/Linux May be Approaching 10% "Market Share" in Montenegro [14:45] *nobody (~nobody@tqe7crfj4xkaq.irc) has joined #techrights [14:51] MinceR https://explosm.net/comics/wonder-woman#comic [14:51] TR Bot & Happiness (Explosm.net) [14:58] TR News "In 2024, I started the year with my CSS wishlist. Since then, many of those wishes have been fulfilled, particularly in 2025." https://knowler.dev/blog/2026-css-wishlist | Source: Nathan Knowler [14:58] TR Bot 2026 CSS wishlist Nathan Knowler [14:58] TR News "So it happened again. A major mail provider proved that they do not, in fact, understand how modern email works." https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2026/01/a-major-mail-provider-demonstrate-they.html | Source: BSDly [14:58] TR Bot That grumpy BSD guy: A Major Mail Provider Demonstrate They Likely Do Not Understand Mail At All [14:58] TR News "The initiative is expected to culminate in a Commission communication to the European Parliament and the Council, with adoption planned for the first quarter of 2026." https://linuxiac.com/eu-launches-call-for-evidence-on-european-open-digital-ecosystems/ | Source: Linuxiac [14:58] TR Bot EU Launches Call for Evidence on European Open Digital Ecosystems [14:59] TR News "Luckily for me, I came up with a second idea: the Go modules ecosystem relies on a centralized public proxy" https://blog.thibaut-rousseau.com/blog/the-most-popular-go-dependency-is/ | [14:59] TR Bot The most popular Go dependency is | Thibaut Rousseau's Blog ● Jan 09 [15:00] TR News "The novelties mainly concern the RBridge class and the call_r function." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/01/rtopy-an-r-to-python-bridge-novelties/ | Source: Rlang [15:00] TR Bot an R to Python bridge novelties | R-bloggers [15:00] TR News "So you have used the excellent exiftool to extract all of the GPS-related information from a directory of photos in JPG format and write to a CSV file" https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/01/directional-markers-in-r-leaflet/ | Source: Rlang [15:00] TR Bot markers in R/leaflet | R-bloggers [15:01] TR News "However, bundling is not technically a necessary step of dependency management. Importing files through URLs is natively supported in every browser, via ESM imports." https://lea.verou.me/blog/2026/web-deps/ | [15:01] TR Bot Web dependencies are broken. Can we fix them? Lea Verou [15:01] TR News "Welcome to the premier destination for Resume-Driven Development, Over-Engineering, and Resume-Padding. Why build simple solutions when you can build a distributed monolith managed by 4 different committees?" https://worstofbreed.net/ | [15:01] TR Bot - Home [15:01] TR News "I have been in big tech, startups, consultancies, and even government. These are all different environments with one key similarity: code quality is low, especially as of late" https://www.pcloadletter.dev/blog/craftsmanship-is-dead/ | [15:01] TR Bot Software craftsmanship is dead [15:04] TR News "std::exchange() was introduced to the standard library with C++14 to replace the argument with a new value and return the previously held content." https://aatango.codeberg.page/cpp-self-exchange.html | [15:04] TR Bot We can clear a C++ std::string with std::exchange() [15:04] TR News "The result is very fast word count for AVX2 in just a handful lines of C." https://stoppels.ch/2022/11/30/io-is-no-longer-the-bottleneck-part-2.html | [15:04] TR Bot I/O is no longer the bottleneck? (part 2) [15:05] TR News "But it should be possible to count word frequencies at a speed of 1.6 GB/s even on a single thread, right?" https://stoppels.ch/2022/11/27/io-is-no-longer-the-bottleneck.html | [15:05] TR Bot I/O is no longer the bottleneck? [15:05] TR News "Indeed, the language is really minimalistic, but it has just enough to fulfill certain kinds of projects." https://maximullaris.com/program-in-awk.html | Source: Volodymyr Gubarkov [15:05] TR Bot How I program in AWK | Volodymyr Gubarkov [15:05] TR News "To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the initial article, here is a new cheat sheet with some new hardening flags to improve security." https://blog.quarkslab.com/clang-hardening-cheat-sheet-ten-years-later.html | Source: Quarkslab [15:05] TR Bot Clang Hardening Cheat Sheet - Ten Years Later - Quarkslab's blog [15:05] TR News "P seems to be fizzbuzz. I'll implement fizzbuzz in Q." https://felix.dognebula.com/art/html-parsers-in-portland.html | [15:05] TR Bot HTML parsers in Portland [15:06] TR News "So Marie and I made a few changes to the Git documentation!" https://jvns.ca/blog/2026/01/08/a-data-model-for-git/ | Source: Julia Evans [15:06] TR Bot A data model for Git (and other docs updates) [15:07] TR News "Being a backend developer, its sometimes nice to be given the option to do something different." https://lmika.org/2026/01/09/too-much-html.html | Source: Leon Mika [15:07] TR Bot Too Much HTML - Leon Mika [15:07] TR News "This blog post is the story of the latest developments in the quest for more general grammar combinatorsor as Mathieu Boespflug and I have been calling them, format descriptorsand how it led me to publish a new library, called Pup" https://www.tweag.io/blog/2026-01-08-grammar-combinators/ | Source: Modus Create LLC [15:07] TR Bot The quest for grammar combinators: introducing the Pup library - Tweag [15:08] TR News Projecting confidence, perseverance, and a lack of fear is the foundation of countering censorship attempts online and offline [15:08] TR News "The service was CPU-bound, yet active heap usage was surprisingly low (~200MB). P99 latency was spiking at random intervals, but database queries were returning in milliseconds." https://lorbic.com/dont-take-out-the-garbage-go-gc-deep-dive/ | Source: Vikash Patel [15:08] TR Bot Take Out the Garbage - A Go GC Deep Dive | Lorbic [15:08] TR News "There are at least two ways for users to learn how to use Tailwind: [...]" https://vlad.website/llms-are-accelerating-the-open-source-sustainability-crisis/ | Source: Vlad-Stefan Harbuz [15:08] TR Bot LLMs Are Accelerating the Open Source Sustainability Crisis [15:09] TR News "Scholarly authorship motivations are incredibly difficult to shift" https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/01/08/hot-takes-on-first-quarter-century-scholarly-publishing/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing [15:09] TR Bot Hot Takes on the First Quarter of 21st Century Scholarly Publishing - The Scholarly Kitchen [15:09] TR News "This transition is the result of extensive dialogue with authors, SIG leaders, editorial boards, libraries, and research institutions worldwide." https://www.acm.org/articles/bulletins/2026/january/acm-open-access | Source: ACM [15:09] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.acm.org/articles/bulletins/2026/january/acm-open-access ) [15:11] TR News "Why is it so much more complex than past years? Were previous years not a pretext for layoffs as well?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kehdr23g [15:11] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kehdr23g ) [15:12] TR News "The current review cycle incorporates additional decision-making elements and authorization to layoff an individual that extends beyond performance assessment." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kehdr23g [15:13] TR News "December was quite an eventful month for me, with over 4,000 km travelled by train" https://carlschwan.eu/2026/01/08/events-in-december-2025/ | Source: Carl Schwan [15:13] TR Bot Events in December 2025 [15:13] TR News "The common belief is that nobody uses RSS feeds these days." https://adactio.com/journal/22301 | Source: Jeremy Keith [15:13] TR Bot JournalSpaceships, atoms, and cybernetics [15:14] TR News "The news service Reuters was looking to build an open source web map that could work for a variety of story types, with a focus on automated data." https://scottreinhardmaps.com/blogs/custom-mapping-projects/custom-reuters-open-source-mapping | [15:14] TR Bot Open Source Mapping for News: Reuters Scott Reinhard Maps [15:14] TR News "It is based on the "average male" dimensions from this diagram that I found online." https://incoherency.co.uk/blog/stories/freecad-mannequin.html | Source: James Stanley [15:14] TR Bot James Stanley - A parametric mannequin for FreeCAD [15:17] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #techrights [15:20] TR News "Years ago I wrote a tool called Brewdler that brought Bundler-style dependency management to Homebrew." https://nesbitt.io/2026/01/08/brew-vulns-cve-scanning-for-homebrew.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt [15:20] TR Bot brew-vulns: CVE scanning for Homebrew | Andrew Nesbitt [15:20] TR News "Taking that date, its already the 12th year I am blogging." https://jlelse.blog/posts/since-when-blogging | Source: Jan Lukas Else [15:20] TR Bot When did I start blogging? - Jan-Lukas Else [15:20] TR News "(How exactly the shutdown impacted the private business remains unclear.)" https://futurism.com/future-society/trumps-golden-smartphone-sketchy | Source: Futurism [15:20] TR Bot Trump's Golden Smartphone Is Getting Sketchier and Sketchier [15:21] TR News "Today, well dig through digital clues left behind by the hackers, network operators and services that appear to have benefitted from Kimwolfs spread." https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/01/who-benefited-from-the-aisuru-and-kimwolf-botnets/ | Source: Krebs On Security [15:21] TR Bot Who Benefited from the Aisuru and Kimwolf Botnets? Krebs on Security [15:22] TR News "The delays are also quite likely caused by either rank incompetence or the pointless tariffs, which they obviously cant admit." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/08/trump-phone-delayed-again-lazy-grifters-falsely-blame-government-shutdown/ | Source: Techdirt [15:22] TR Bot Phone Delayed Again, Lazy Grifters Falsely Blame Government Shutdown | Techdirt [15:22] TR News "When it was announced in June, the Trump phone was promised to launch in both August and September (one of the many impossible details in the launch announcement)." https://www.theverge.com/news/851151/trump-phone-missed-another-release-date | Source: The Verge [15:22] TR Bot The Trump phone just missed another release date | The Verge [15:23] TR News German Kommando Angry Birds claims responsibility for serious attack attempt and calls for sabotage network https://digit.site36.net/2026/01/08/german-kommando-angry-birds-claims-responsibility-for-serious-attack-attempt-and-calls-for-sabotage-network/ [15:23] TR Bot German "Kommando Angry Birds" claims responsibility for serious attack attempt and calls for sabotage network | Matthias Monroy [15:24] TR News How To Install Seafile on Fedora 43 https://idroot.us/install-seafile-fedora-43/ [15:24] TR Bot How To Install Seafile on Fedora 43 - idroot [15:24] TR News How To Install Apache Tomcat on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-apache-tomcat-debian-13/ [15:24] TR Bot How To Install Apache Tomcat on Debian 13 - idroot [15:25] TR News How to Install Krita on Linux Mint https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-krita-on-linux-mint/ [15:25] TR Bot to Install Krita on Linux Mint - LinuxCapable [15:27] TR News Brittle Plastic Retro Computer Cases https://hackaday.com/2026/01/08/repairing-brittle-plastic-retro-computer-cases/ | Source: Hackaday [15:27] TR Bot Brittle Plastic Retro Computer Cases | Hackaday [15:28] MinceR (cat) (video) (audio:unimportant) https://imgur.com/gallery/mine-TOdSI7t [15:28] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://imgur.com/gallery/mine-TOdSI7t ) [15:31] TR News SpellBinding: YEHLPSC Wordo: CIGAR gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2026-01-09.gmi [15:32] TR News kulturni boj gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2765 [15:33] TR News Retrieval-Augmented Generation: Setting up a Knowledge Store in R https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/01/retrieval-augmented-generation-setting-up-a-knowledge-store-in-r/ [15:33] TR Bot Generation: Setting up a Knowledge Store in R | R-bloggers [15:33] TR News R Studio or Positron? Time To Switch? https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/01/r-studio-or-positron-time-to-switch/ [15:33] TR Bot Studio or Positron? Time To Switch? | R-bloggers [15:34] TR News Dima Kogan: Meshroom packaged for Debian http://notes.secretsauce.net/notes/2026/01/08_meshroom-packaged-for-debian.html [15:34] TR Bot Meshroom packaged for Debian [15:35] TR News Reproducible Builds: Reproducible Builds in December 2025 https://reproducible-builds.org/reports/2025-12/ [15:35] TR Bot Builds in December 2025 reproducible-builds.org [15:41] TR News Brave Adblock Engine Rewrite Delivers 75 Percent Lower Memory Use https://linuxiac.com/brave-adblock-engine-rewrite-delivers-75-percent-lower-memory-use/ [15:41] TR Bot Brave Adblock Engine Rewrite Delivers 75 Percent Lower Memory Use [15:41] TR News Seafile 13.0 File Sync Server Launches With Hey Hi (AI) Search, Advanced Metadata https://linuxiac.com/seafile-13-0-file-sync-server-launches-with-ai-search-advanced-metadata/ [15:41] TR Bot Seafile 13.0 File Sync Server Launches With AI Search, Advanced Metadata [15:42] TR News Fedora GNU/Linux 43 election results https://lwn.net/Articles/1053333/ https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/09/Only_One_Person_in_Charge_of_Fedora_is_Not_IBM_Staff.shtml [15:42] TR Bot Linux 43 election results [LWN.net] [15:42] TR Bot Techrights Only One Person in Charge of Fedora is Not IBM Staff [15:43] TR News Matthew Gaudet: Non-Traditional Profiling https://www.mgaudet.ca/technical/2026/1/8/non-traditional-profiling [15:43] TR Bot Non-Traditional Profiling Matthew Gaudet [15:43] TR News SQLFluff dialect-flexible SQL linter https://www.linuxlinks.com/sqlfluff-dialect-flexible-sql-linter/ [15:43] TR Bot - dialect-flexible SQL linter - LinuxLinks [15:46] TR News bb process viewer https://www.linuxlinks.com/bb-process-viewer/ [15:46] TR Bot - process viewer - LinuxLinks [15:46] TR News Dayplan plan and track your time https://www.linuxlinks.com/dayplan-plan-track-time/ [15:46] TR Bot - plan and track your time - LinuxLinks [15:47] TR News Orbitiny Desktop modern looking desktop environment https://www.linuxlinks.com/orbitiny-desktop-modern-looking-desktop-environment/ [15:47] TR Bot Desktop - modern looking desktop environment - LinuxLinks [15:47] TR News The four freedoms and GNU/Linux naming controversy, by Akira Urushibata https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/The_four_freedoms_and_GNU_Linux_naming_controversy_by_Akira_Uru.shtml [15:47] TR Bot Techrights The four freedoms and GNU/Linux naming controversy, by Akira Urushibata [15:47] TR News LLM Slop About "Linux" Scarce and of Very Low Quality https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/08/LLM_Slop_About_Linux_Scarce_and_of_Very_Low_Quality.shtml [15:47] TR Bot Techrights LLM Slop About "Linux" Scarce and of Very Low Quality [15:48] TR News Linux Kernel Bugs Hide for 2+ Years on Average https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-kernel-bugs-arent-found-for-years/ [15:48] TR Bot Linux Kernel Bugs Hide for 2+ Years on Average [15:50] TR News Building the Future in 2026 https://creativecommons.org/2026/01/08/building-the-future-in-2026/ [15:50] TR Bot Building the Future in 2026 - Creative Commons [15:51] TR News The Mozilla Blog: Owners, not renters: Mozillas open source Hey Hi (AI) strategy https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-open-source-ai-strategy/ [15:51] TR Bot Owners, not renters: Mozilla's open source AI strategy [15:53] TR News "Oreshnik saw its first combat use on 21 November 2024, striking the Ukrainian city of Dnipro." Now used again. Test-run? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oreshnik_(missile) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-2_rocket [15:53] TR Bot Oreshnik (missile) - Wikipedia [15:53] TR Bot V-2 rocket - Wikipedia [15:55] TR News Dirk Eddelbuettel: RcppCCTZ 0.2.14 on CRAN: New Upstream, Small Edits http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/01/08#rcppcctz_0.2.14 [15:55] TR Bot Thinking inside the box [15:55] TR News Listening and responding to Member and community feedback from the second half of 2025 https://blog.apnic.net/2026/01/09/feedback-h2-2025/ [15:55] TR Bot Listening and responding to Member and community feedback from the second half of 2025 | APNIC Blog [15:58] TR News Local Email Debugging with Mailpit https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/mailpit-local-email-debugging/ [15:58] TR Bot Local Email Debugging with Mailpit - Jeff Geerling [15:59] TR News "Applied AI 2026 seminar series raises awareness of how AI is applied across disciplines, building community and common language." https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/how-can-we-teach-about-ai-in-the-arts-humanities-and-sciences-research-seminar-series-2026/ | Source: Raspberry Pi [15:59] TR Bot How can we teach about AI in the arts, humanities and sciences? Research seminar series 2026 - Raspberry Pi Foundation ● Jan 09 [16:00] TR News BSD Now 645: Unwrapping gifts https://www.bsdnow.tv/645 | Source: The BSD Now Podcast [16:00] TR Bot BSD Now 645: Unwrapping gifts [16:00] TR News Dig Dig Die sounds like a hilarious grave-robbing co-op horror game | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/dig-dig-die-sounds-like-a-hilarious-grave-robbing-co-op-horror-game/ Source: GamingOnLinux [16:00] TR Bot Dig Die sounds like a hilarious grave-robbing co-op horror game | GamingOnLinux [16:01] TR News Wire up various modules to survive in Wireworks - a base-defense roguelike auto-battler | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/wire-up-various-modules-to-survive-in-wireworks-a-base-defense-roguelike-auto-battler/ Source: GamingOnLinux [16:01] TR Bot up various modules to survive in Wireworks - a base-defense roguelike auto-battler | GamingOnLinux [16:01] TR News Valve update the Steam Workshop to allow mods to support multiple game versions | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/valve-update-the-steam-workshop-to-allow-mods-to-support-multiple-game-versions/ Source: GamingOnLinux [16:01] TR Bot update the Steam Workshop to allow mods to support multiple game versions | GamingOnLinux [16:03] TR News 1-4 player co-op hack-n-slash dungeon crawler Dungeon Rampage gets revived on Steam | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/1-4-player-co-op-hack-n-slash-dungeon-crawler-dungeon-rampage-gets-revived-on-steam/ Source: GamingOnLinux [16:03] TR Bot player co-op hack-n-slash dungeon crawler Dungeon Rampage gets revived on Steam | GamingOnLinux [16:04] TR News iophk: His Billness threatens to run his slush fund at full speed here on out https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15449553/Bill-Gates-melinda-8-billion-divorce-epstein.html https://www.cjr.org/criticism/gates-foundation-journalism-funding.php http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/26/Journalistic_Malpractice_Helps_Bill_Gates_Cover_Up_His_Marriage.shtml [16:04] TR Bot Bill Gates hands ex-wife Melinda $8 BILLION five years after their divorce over his cheating and ties to Jeffrey Epstein | Daily Mail Online [16:04] TR Bot Journalisms Gates keepers - Columbia Journalism Review [16:04] TR Bot Techrights Journalistic Malpractice Helps Bill Gates Cover Up His Marriage Collapsing Because of His Very Deep Ties to Jeffrey Epstein (and It's Melinda Who Dumped Him, Divorce Proceedings Started by Her in 2019) [16:05] TR News Steel Bounty https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/microprose-recently-revealed-the-first-person-mecha-sim-steel-bounty/ [16:05] TR Bot recently revealed the first-person mecha sim Steel Bounty | GamingOnLinux [16:05] TR News Linaro reveal they're collaborating with Valve for the Steam Frame | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/linaro-reveal-theyre-collaborating-with-valve-for-the-steam-frame/ Source: GamingOnLinux [16:05] TR Bot reveal they're collaborating with Valve for the Steam Frame | GamingOnLinux [16:07] TR News (NEW): Games: Steel Bounty, Dungeon Rampage, Wireworks, and Dig Dig Die https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/Games_Steel_Bounty_Dungeon_Rampage_Wireworks_and_Dig_Dig_Die.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/Games_Steel_Bounty_Dungeon_Rampage_Wireworks_and_Dig_Dig_Die.gmi [16:07] TR Bot Tux Machines Games: Steel Bounty, Dungeon Rampage, Wireworks, and Dig Dig Die [16:07] TR News "Graphics drivers in Flatpak have been a bit of a pain point. The drivers have to be built against the runtime to work in the runtime." https://blog.sebastianwick.net/posts/flatpak-graphics-drivers/ | Source: Sebastian Wick [16:07] TR Bot Improving the Flatpak Graphics Drivers Situation - swick's blog [16:08] TR News "When games disappear, that is culture disappearing. When no effort is made to preserve this art" https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/08/anthem-shuts-down-january-12th-and-poof-there-goes-all-that-creative-culture/ | Source: Techdirt [16:08] TR Bot Shuts Down January 12th And, Poof!, There Goes All That Creative Culture | Techdirt [16:10] TR News "Several widely used applications received targeted fixes." https://linuxiac.com/kde-gear-25-12-1-apps-collection-released/ | Source: Linuxiac [16:10] TR Bot KDE Gear 25.12.1 Apps Collection Rolls Out, Heres Whats New [16:11] TR News "David Heinemeier Hansson has announced the release of Omarchy 3.3.0" https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12696 | Source: Distro Watch [16:11] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12696 ) [16:12] TR News "Omarchy, a preconfigured Arch Linux setup packaged as a distro that ships with a Hyprland tiling window manager" https://linuxiac.com/arch-based-omarchy-3-3-brings-ai-dictation-hibernation/ | Source: Linuxiac [16:12] TR Bot Arch-Based Omarchy 3.3 Brings AI Dictation Hibernation and Hyprland Fixes [16:12] TR News [Old] "Together with my then-colleague Kalev Lember, I recently added support for pre-installing Flatpak applications." https://blog.sebastianwick.net/posts/flatpak-pre-installation/ | Source: Sebastian Wick [16:12] TR Bot Flatpak Pre-Installation Approaches - swick's blog [16:12] TR News [Old] "In the previous post we explored all the different ways to develop software on Fedora Silverblue when Toolbx and Flatpak are not enough." https://blog.sebastianwick.net/posts/silverblue-development-utils/ | Source: Sebastian Wick [16:12] TR Bot Fedora Silverblue Development Utils - swick's blog [16:13] TR News [Old] "For whatever reason I decided to go with Hetzner as my hoster. They have some reasonably priced low-end on-demand servers in their cloud." https://blog.sebastianwick.net/posts/personal-server-in-2023/ | Source: Sebastian Wick [16:13] TR Bot Setting up a personal server in 2023 - swick's blog [16:13] TR News "In a mini-project inspired by a Discord chat about a Rubiks cube solver" https://blog.mjbots.com/2026/01/08/optimizing-fast-movements/ | Source: Robotic Systems LLC [16:13] TR Bot Optimizing fast movements - mjbots blog [16:16] TR News IBM is drunk on Ponzi https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/ai-resolution-will-still-matter-2030 [16:16] TR Bot The AI resolution that will still matter in 2030 [16:18] TR News IBM is drunk on Ponzi, as usual, promoting slop instead of freedom-respecting stuff https://www.redhat.com/en/technically-speaking/production-ready-AI [16:18] TR Bot Technically Speaking | Build a production-ready AI toolbox [16:18] TR News Some more PAID-FOR propaganda for obvious Ponzi schemes https://www.sdxcentral.com/analysis/ai-inferencing-will-define-2026-and-the-markets-wide-open/ [16:18] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.sdxcentral.com/analysis/ai-inferencing-will-define-2026-and-the-markets-wide-open/ ) [16:19] TR News Riding a Ponzi scheme in a leather jacket https://www.wired.com/story/nvidias-rubin-chips-are-going-into-production/ see https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/23/Generative_AI_Bubble_Has_Begun_to_Pop_Nvidia_Rides_Circular_Fin.shtml [16:19] TR Bot Huang Says Nvidias New Vera Rubin Chips Are in Full Production | WIRED [16:19] TR Bot Techrights "Generative AI Bubble Has Begun to Pop", Nvidia Rides Circular Financing... a Strategy That Hearkens Back to the Dot-com Crisis [16:20] psydroid3 IBM is irrelevant, so is Microsoft [16:20] TR News IBM trying to ride the bubble https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-nvidia-pair-enterprise-open-source-rack-scale-ai-faster-production-ready-innovation [16:20] TR Bot Red Hat Expands Collaboration with NVIDIA to Pair Enterprise Open Source with Rack-Scale AI for Faster, Production-Ready Innovation [16:21] TR News Red Hat insists this bubble will "still matter in 2030" [16:22] MinceR when the survivors will eat raw rats? [16:22] TR News NASA Will Bring I.S.S. Astronauts Home Early After Medical Issue https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/science/nasa-astronaut-medical-problem.html [16:22] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/science/nasa-astronaut-medical-problem.html ) [16:22] MinceR and cockroaches? [16:23] psydroid3 much-needed proteins [16:23] schestowitz[TR2] MinceR eats crow [16:24] schestowitz[TR2] uber eats crap [16:27] TR News (NEW): Fedora Dominated by IBM Staff, Red Hat is 100% Focused on Promoting Slop and Riding Bubbles https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/Fedora_Dominated_by_IBM_Staff_Red_Hat_is_100_Focused_on_Promoti.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/Fedora_Dominated_by_IBM_Staff_Red_Hat_is_100_Focused_on_Promoti.gmi [16:27] TR Bot Tux Machines Fedora Dominated by IBM Staff, Red Hat is 100% Focused on Promoting Slop and Riding Bubbles [16:27] TR News Your Guide to the OpenSSF OSPS Baseline for More Secure Open Source Projects https://openssf.org/blog/2026/01/07/your-guide-to-the-openssf-osps-baseline-for-more-secure-open-source-projects/ http://techrights.org/o/2020/10/30/openssf-microsoft/ [16:27] TR Bot Your Guide to the OpenSSF OSPS Baseline for More Secure Open Source Projects Open Source Security Foundation [16:27] TR Bot With Microsoft in Charge, OpenSSF Seems More Like It's About Back Doors -- Not Real Security -- Inside the Linux Foundation [16:28] TR News Slop kills https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/technology/google-characterai-teenager-lawsuit.html [16:28] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/technology/google-characterai-teenager-lawsuit.html ) [16:29] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/today_s_howtos.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/today_s_howtos.1.gmi [16:29] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [16:29] TR News Google will now only release Android source code twice a year (Android Authority) https://lwn.net/Articles/1053061/ https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/Open_Source_Initiative_OSI_Not_Doing_Its_Job_Instead_It_s_Promo.shtml [16:29] TR Bot will now only release Android source code twice a year (Android Authority) [LWN.net] [16:29] TR Bot Techrights Open Source Initiative (OSI) Not Doing Its Job, Instead It's Promoting Microsoft Ponzi Schemes [16:30] TR News New CrowView Note 15.6 Fixes the Original Models Biggest Flaw https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/crowview-note-15-6-portable-monitor-with-keyboard [16:30] TR Bot CrowView Note 15.6 Portable Monitor with Keyboard Launches for $169 [16:30] TR News Ubuntu 25.04 Support Ends Next Week (Jan 15th) https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/ubuntu-25-04-end-of-life [16:30] TR Bot Ubuntu 25.04 Support Ends on January 15, 2026 [16:34] TR News Ubuntu 25.04 Support Ends Soon on January 15th, 2026 https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/01/ubuntu-25-04-support-ends/ [16:34] TR Bot Ubuntu 25.04 Support Ends Soon on January 15th, 2026 | UbuntuHandbook [16:39] admfubar https://arstechnica.com/culture/2026/01/ungentrified-craigslist-may-be-the-last-real-place-on-the-internet/ [16:39] TR Bot Ungentrified Craigslist may be the last real place on the Internet - Ars Technica [16:40] *phebus has quit (Quit: POKE 1,0) [16:41] admfubar https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/fcc-to-authorize-more-powerful-wireless-devices-in-6-ghz-wi-fi-band/ [16:41] TR Bot Wi-Fi advocates get win from FCC with vote to allow higher-power devices - Ars Technica [16:45] TR News Two new stable kernels https://lwn.net/Articles/1053279/ [16:45] TR Bot new stable kernels [LWN.net] [16:45] admfubar https://www.alternet.org/trump-greenland-2674864002/ [16:45] TR Bot Greenland obsession stems from how big it appears on maps: White House insider - Alternet.org [16:49] TR News Thai FDA seeks to tighten controls on GLP-1 slimming pens, proposing special controlled-drug status https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/thai-fda-seeks-to-tighten-controls-on-glp-1-slimming-pens-proposing-special-controlled-drug-status [16:49] TR Bot Thai FDA seeks to tighten controls on GLP-1 slimming pens, proposing special controlled-drug status | The Straits Times [16:49] schestowitz[TR2] admfubar: "penis envy" (putin, his idol) [16:52] admfubar donny boy keep looking at greenland on Mercator maps.. thinkng "it's huuuuuge!!!" [16:53] admfubar was just checking out the :https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/09/Vice_Coding_is_Not_AI_It_s_a_Sewer_It_is_Junk.shtml" ... i think you mean vibe coding, not vice? [16:53] TR Bot Techrights 'Vice Coding' is Not "AI", It's a Sewer, It is Junk [16:55] TR News A phishing campaign with QR codes rendered using an HTML table, (Wed, Jan 7th) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32606 [16:56] TR Bot A phishing campaign with QR codes rendered using an HTML table ● Jan 09 [17:02] schestowitz[TR2] oh, right, oops [17:04] schestowitz[TR2] i made the same typo in https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/12/Smart_or_Intelligent_Agents_and_Vice_Coding_Deletes_Everything_.shtml [17:04] TR Bot Techrights "Smart" or "Intelligent" Agents and "Vibe Coding" Deletes Everything You Have [17:05] schestowitz[TR2] as you can tell from the URL above [17:05] admfubar of course, vibe coding is a vice...soooo... [17:06] schestowitz[TR2] twice the same typo... in a headline [17:06] admfubar that's it... 50 lashes with a we noodle for you... [17:06] admfubar wet [17:07] TR News Analysis using Gephi with DShield Sensor Data, (Wed, Jan 7th) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32608 [17:07] TR Bot Analysis using Gephi with DShield Sensor Data - SANS ISC [17:07] schestowitz[TR2] thnk you, sir, may i have another noodle? [17:07] schestowitz[TR2] *thank [17:08] TR News BBCs Noor Nanji on investigating her own employer https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/broadcast/bbcs-noor-nanji-on-invesigating-her-own-employer/ [17:08] TR Bot BBCs Noor Nanji on investigating her own employer - Press Gazette [17:09] TR News An Act of Resistance https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1112/an-act-of-resistance [17:09] TR Bot An Act of Resistance - David Revoy [17:09] schestowitz[TR2] Resistance(TM) [17:10] schestowitz[TR2] like 2017 USA? [17:10] schestowitz[TR2] didn't work [17:10] schestowitz[TR2] the dDems did it again [17:10] schestowitz[TR2] alienating so many [17:10] schestowitz[TR2] working for the super-rich, like GOP does [17:10] schestowitz[TR2] didn't distinguish tehmsleves [17:10] schestowitz[TR2] now the "left" gets associated with something more obscene [17:10] schestowitz[TR2] the corporate visas are one example [17:10] schestowitz[TR2] to keep this on tech [17:11] schestowitz[TR2] they cheapen the work [17:11] schestowitz[TR2] and the work gets worse [17:11] schestowitz[TR2] many smart people replaced not by the best [17:11] schestowitz[TR2] the promise sold with mass immigration is, [17:11] schestowitz[TR2] you will attract the best frfom all countires [17:11] schestowitz[TR2] somalia, uae, china [17:11] schestowitz[TR2] the doctors, the rocket sientists [17:11] schestowitz[TR2] that's cute [17:11] schestowitz[TR2] what happens in prictice [17:11] schestowitz[TR2] some come [17:11] schestowitz[TR2] but some already have good lives there [17:12] schestowitz[TR2] the people with nothing to lose try to jump the queue [17:12] schestowitz[TR2] so even ifg you can attract some of the brightest [17:12] schestowitz[TR2] with the vcias programs [17:12] schestowitz[TR2] the quality control is lost fast [17:12] schestowitz[TR2] and you justr get lots of mediocre newcomers [17:12] schestowitz[TR2] then the locals get aauupset [17:12] schestowitz[TR2] and treat them, all collectively, as stupid [17:12] schestowitz[TR2] some don't even speak the lanmuage and have no will to learn it [17:13] schestowitz[TR2] so then people elect some hitler like cheeto [17:13] schestowitz[TR2] and nothing improves [17:14] TR News Repairing the new Fairbuds XL https://www.fairphone.com/en/2026/01/08/repairing-the-new-fairbuds-xl/ [17:14] TR Bot the new Fairbuds XL - Fairphone [17:17] TR News Researchers Just Discovered Something Extremely Unflattering About People Who Believe Conspiracy Theories https://futurism.com/health-medicine/conspiracy-theories-psychology [17:17] TR Bot Researchers Just Discovered Something Extremely Unflattering About People Who Believe Conspiracy Theories [17:18] admfubar https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2026/jan/09/rise-of-analogue-bag-fashion-answer-to-doomscrolling [17:18] TR Bot The rise of the analogue bag: fashions answer to doomscrolling | Handbags | The Guardian [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] doomscrolling... fashion [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] both are issues [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] the faasion " [17:19] schestowitz[TR2] industry" [17:19] schestowitz[TR2] waste, sweatshops, etc [17:19] schestowitz[TR2] and the social control media and skinnerboxes peddlers [17:19] MinceR i prefer 3D doom traversal to doomscrolling [17:19] schestowitz[TR2] try strife [17:19] schestowitz[TR2] < and > [17:19] schestowitz[TR2] doomm stridfing [17:20] MinceR i think you mean strafing [17:20] schestowitz[TR2] probably :) [17:20] schestowitz[TR2] that was like 30 years ago [17:21] schestowitz[TR2] strafing while doomscrolling on a chainsaw [17:22] TR News Why Cambodia Handed Over a Man Accused of Stealing Billions in Crypto Scam https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/world/asia/cambodia-scam-china-prince-group-chen.html [17:22] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/world/asia/cambodia-scam-china-prince-group-chen.html ) [17:22] TR News 'Crypto' IS scam [17:22] TR News Why Cambodia handed over Chen Zhi, accused of billion-dollar crypto scam, to China https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/why-cambodia-handed-over-a-man-accused-of-stealing-billions-in-crypto-scam [17:22] TR Bot Chen Zhi extradited to China: Why Cambodia handed over man accused of billion-dollar crypto scam | The Straits Times [17:24] TR News Chinese Moon Astronauts Emerge From Month-Long Journey Into Deep Cave https://futurism.com/space/china-moon-astronauts-cave-cnsa [17:24] TR Bot Chinese Moon Astronauts Emerge From Month-Long Journey Into Deep Cave [17:25] TR News The Time Clock Has Stood The Test Of Time https://hackaday.com/2026/01/08/the-time-clock-has-stood-the-test-of-time/ | Source: Hackaday [17:25] TR Bot Time Clock Has Stood The Test Of Time | Hackaday [17:27] TR News AI Faces Fool Most of Us, But 5 Minutes of Training May Help You Spot Fakes https://www.sciencealert.com/ai-faces-fool-most-of-us-but-5-minutes-of-training-may-help-you-spot-fakes [17:27] TR Bot Faces Fool Most of Us, But 5 Minutes of Training May Help You Spot Fakes : ScienceAlert [17:30] TR News Live Blog: Death Toll Rises, Internet Restricted In Iran Amid Nighttime Protests https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-protests-live-blog-trump-khamenei/33640284.html [17:30] TR Bot Live Blog: Khamenei Says Islamic Republic Won't Back Down In Face Of Protests [17:30] TR News CuerdOS 2.0 Skycatcher Xfce: Spanish Distro Takes Chances, Mostly Succeeds https://fossforce.com/2026/01/cuerdos-2-0-skycatcher-xfce-spanish-distro-takes-chances-mostly-succeeds/ [17:30] TR Bot CuerdOS 2.0 Skycatcher Xfce: Spanish Distro Takes Chances, Mostly Succeeds - FOSS Force [17:32] TR News Full-Sized 32-Wheeled, Articulated Bus Built For A 1976 Movie https://hackaday.com/2026/01/08/the-full-sized-32-wheeled-articulated-bus-built-for-a-1976-movie/ | Source: Hackaday [17:32] TR Bot Full-Sized 32-Wheeled, Articulated Bus Built For A 1976 Movie | Hackaday [17:34] TR News Group warns UK protest restrictions undermine democracy and human rights https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/group-warns-uk-protest-restrictions-undermine-democracy-and-human-rights/ [17:34] TR Bot Watchdog warns UK protest restrictions undermine democracy and human rights - JURIST - News [17:36] TR News This headline contains a TERRIBLE LIE https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/microsoft-addresses-22-000-layoffs-in-january-to-recoup-80-billion-ai-investment/ss-AA1TSckz?ocid=finance-verthp-feeds#image=2 this one from last January: https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/05/No_Microsoft_Does_Not_Invest_80B_in_Hey_Hi_AI_It_s_Just_Full_of.shtml [17:36] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-MSN [17:36] TR Bot Techrights No, Microsoft Does Not Invest $80B in Hey Hi (AI), It's Just Full of BS, Lies, and Over $80B in Debt [17:36] admfubar https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/01/09/0312218/ultimate-camouflage-tech-mimics-octopus-in-scientific-first [17:36] TR Bot Ultimate Camouflage Tech Mimics Octopus In Scientific First - Slashdot [17:36] TR News "Walmart's Bay Area tech layoffs are far worse than they appear" [17:40] TR News (NEW): Dima Kogan has the Meshroom packaged for Debian, Reproducible Builds in December 2025 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/Dima_Kogan_has_the_Meshroom_packaged_for_Debian_Reproducible_Bu.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/Dima_Kogan_has_the_Meshroom_packaged_for_Debian_Reproducible_Bu.gmi [17:40] TR Bot Tux Machines Dima Kogan has the Meshroom packaged for Debian, Reproducible Builds in December 2025 [17:44] TR News (NEW): Omarchy 3.3.0 Released https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/Omarchy_3_3_0_Released.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/Omarchy_3_3_0_Released.gmi [17:44] TR Bot Tux Machines Omarchy 3.3.0 Released [17:44] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: Fairphone, Raspberry Pi, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/Open_Hardware_Modding_Fairphone_Raspberry_Pi_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/Open_Hardware_Modding_Fairphone_Raspberry_Pi_and_More.gmi [17:44] TR Bot Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: Fairphone, Raspberry Pi, and More [17:45] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [17:45] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [17:49] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software, Open Access, and Standards https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Open_Access_and_Standards.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Open_Access_and_Standards.gmi [17:49] TR Bot Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software, Open Access, and Standards [17:50] TR News (NEW): Security and BSD Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/Security_and_BSD_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/Security_and_BSD_Leftovers.gmi [17:50] TR Bot Tux Machines Security and BSD Leftovers [17:57] TR News 5 reasons I stopped using Ubuntu https://www.howtogeek.com/reasons-i-stopped-using-ubuntu/ [17:57] TR Bot 5 reasons I stopped using Ubuntu [17:57] TR News Techrights Links 09/01/2026: Google and Character.AI Implicitly Accept Chatbots Kill Kids and GLP-1 Slimming Pens Turn Out to be a Lot Worse Than Advertised https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/09/Links_09_01_2026_Google_and_Character_AI_Implicitly_Accept_Chat.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/09/Links_09_01_2026_Google_and_Character_AI_Implicitly_Accept_Chat.gmi [17:57] TR Bot Techrights Links 09/01/2026: Google and Character.AI Implicitly Accept Chatbots Kill Kids and GLP-1 Slimming Pens Turn Out to be a Lot Worse Than Advertised ● Jan 09 [18:07] TR News Techrights Plot Twist: Microsoft MSN Relays Articles Hinting at or Pointing to Mass Layoffs Soon, Other Gossip https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/09/Plot_Twist_Microsoft_MSN_Relays_Articles_Hinting_at_or_Pointing.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/09/Plot_Twist_Microsoft_MSN_Relays_Articles_Hinting_at_or_Pointing.gmi [18:07] TR Bot Techrights Plot Twist: Microsoft MSN Relays Articles Hinting at or Pointing to Mass Layoffs Soon, Other Gossip [18:11] TR News China-Linked UAT-7290 Targets Telecoms with Linux Malware and ORB Nodes https://thehackernews.com/2026/01/china-linked-uat-7290-targets-telecoms.html [18:11] TR Bot China-Linked UAT-7290 Targets Telecoms with Linux Malware and ORB Nodes [18:12] TR News "As the networking stack shifts toward automation and the edge, we examine the key players and features driving enterprise Linux in 2026" https://www.networkworld.com/article/4114186/the-state-of-enterprise-linux-for-networking.html [18:12] TR Bot The State of Enterprise Linux for networking | Network World [18:12] TR News Nvidia Brings GeForce Now to Linux and Fire TV https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/nvidia-brings-geforce-now-to-linux-and-fire-tv [18:12] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/nvidia-brings-geforce-now-to-linux-and-fire-tv ) [18:14] *SomeGoat (~SomeGoat@y3syynzkwyc9u.irc) has joined #techrights [18:14] TR News (NEW): New GeForce NOW native Linux support could lure Windows 10 refugees https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/New_GeForce_NOW_native_Linux_support_could_lure_Windows_10_refu.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/New_GeForce_NOW_native_Linux_support_could_lure_Windows_10_refu.gmi [18:14] TR Bot Tux Machines New GeForce NOW native Linux support could lure Windows 10 refugees [18:14] TR News It can also break things if not tested, supervised etc. https://securityboulevard.com/2026/01/the-myth-of-linux-invincibility-why-automated-patch-management-is-key-to-securing-the-open-source-enterprise/ [18:14] TR Bot The Myth of Linux Invincibility: Why Automated Patch Management is Key to Securing the Open Source Enterprise - Security Boulevard [18:14] TR News Why do I use Linux? It's the apps, and here are 7 of my favorites https://www.howtogeek.com/why-do-i-use-linux-its-the-apps-and-here-are-some-of-my-favorites/ [18:14] TR Bot Why do I use Linux? It's the apps, and here are 7 of my favorites [18:15] TR News "Study of 20 years of kernel history finds bugs hide for 2+ years on average, some for decades." https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-kernel-bugs-arent-found-for-years/ [18:15] TR Bot Linux Kernel Bugs Hide for 2+ Years on Average [18:16] TR News Brand dilution, but he uses GNU/Linux and respects RMS https://www.tradingview.com/news/cointelegraph:328ad23e7094b:0-ethereum-is-the-linux-of-blockchain-says-co-founder-vitalik-buterin/ [18:16] TR Bot is the Linux of blockchain, says co-founder Vitalik Buterin TradingView News [18:16] TR News I built a project management dashboard with Linux KDE Plasma widgets (no apps needed) https://www.howtogeek.com/i-built-a-project-management-dashboard-with-linux-kde-plasma-widgets-no-apps-needed/ [18:16] TR Bot How I used Linux KDE Plasma widgets to build a project management dashboard (no apps needed) [18:17] TR News "With Homebrew, you get access to even more apps - maintained by both Linux and MacOS developers." https://www.zdnet.com/article/homebrew-package-manager-linux-macos-apps/ [18:17] TR Bot free tool gives you one easy way to install apps on Linux and Mac - here's how | ZDNET [18:18] TR News "SpacemiT sent me a sample of the MUSE Book RISC-V Linux laptop for review. Its based on the SpacemiT K1/M1 octa-core 64-bit RISC-V SoC, ships with up to 16 GB of RAM, eMMC flash and/or NVMe SSD, and features a 14.1-inch IPS display with 19201080 resolution, WiFi 6 connectivity, a few USB ports, and more." https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/08/muse-book-laptop-review-testing-an-octa-core-risc-v-linux-laptop-in-2026/ [18:18] TR Bot MUSE Book laptop review - Testing an octa-core RISC-V Linux laptop in 2026 - CNX Software [18:18] TR News Vitalik Buterin Compares Ethereum to BitTorrent and Linux https://www.coinspeaker.com/vitalik-buterin-compares-ethereum-to-bittorrent-and-linux/ [18:18] TR Bot Buterin Compares Ethereum to BitTorrent and Linux - Coinspeaker [18:19] TR News t 0.035: Vitalik Compares Ethereum to Linux https://coinpaper.com/13612/ethbtc-at-0-035-vitalik-compares-ethereum-to-linux-as-breakout-test-looms [18:19] TR Bot ETHBTC at 0.035 as Vitalik Compares Ethereum to Linux [18:23] TR News "I don't need to tell you that this application is for the people who enjoy the free and open knowledge provided by Wikipedia." https://itsfoss.com/wike-wikipedia/ [18:23] TR Bot I Thought This Wikipedia App for Linux was Pointless (I Was Wrong) [18:23] TR News Vitalik Buterin Compares Ethereum to BitTorrent and Linux https://forklog.com/en/vitalik-buterin-compares-ethereum-to-bittorrent-and-linux/ [18:23] TR Bot Buterin Compares Ethereum to BitTorrent and Linux | ForkLog [18:23] TR News Vitalik Buterin Shares Ethereum Roadmap: BitTorrent-Style Scale, Linux-Level Adoption https://coinpedia.org/news/vitalik-buterin-shares-ethereum-roadmap-bittorrent-style-scale-linux-level-adoption/ [18:23] TR Bot Vitalik Buterin Shares Ethereum Roadmap: BitTorrent-Style Scale, Linux-Level Adoption [18:24] TR News Vitalik Buterin compares Ethereum to BitTorrent and Linux https://www.cryptopolitan.com/vitalik-buterin-compares-ethereum-bittorrent/ [18:24] TR Bot Buterin compares Ethereum to BitTorrent and Linux - Cryptopolitan [18:24] TR News Buterin: Ethereum Should Mirror BitTorrent Scale With Linux Trust Model https://yellow.com/news/buterin-ethereum-should-mirror-bittorrent-scale-with-linux-trust-model [18:24] TR Bot Ethereum Should Mirror BitTorrent Scale With Linux Trust Model | Yellow.com [18:27] TR News "Keep on learning in, keep on Linux-ing. 2026 is your year of Linux." https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-26-02/ [18:27] TR Bot FOSS Weekly #26.02: Level Up in 2026, Liquorix Kernel, Open Source Apps from Web Browser and More [18:27] TR News (NEW): Vitalik Buterin Rides the Credibility of Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/Vitalik_Buterin_Rides_the_Credibility_of_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/Vitalik_Buterin_Rides_the_Credibility_of_Linux.gmi [18:27] TR News "One thing currently a bit lacking on Linux is the performance of ray tracing with the open source Mesa RADV driver, but a big improvement is coming. And to no surprise, it's thanks to funding from Valve as they continue to improve Linux graphics drivers." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/mesa-radv-driver-on-linux-looks-set-for-a-big-ray-tracing-performance-boost/ [18:27] TR Bot Tux Machines Vitalik Buterin Rides the Credibility of Linux [18:27] TR Bot RADV driver on Linux looks set for a big ray tracing performance boost | GamingOnLinux [18:27] *Isambard_Prince (~Isambard_Prince@57mp77k2cp9ci.irc) has joined #techrights [18:28] Isambard_Prince The US seized another Russian oil tanker. [18:28] Isambard_Prince :) [18:28] TR News Tuxedo InfinityBook Max 16 Gen 10 Linux Laptop Preorders Open with Intel Core Ultra 9 and RTX 50 Series https://www.technetbooks.com/2026/01/tuxedo-infinitybook-max-16-gen-10-linux.html [18:28] TR Bot Tuxedo InfinityBook Max 16 Gen 10 Linux Laptop Preorders Open with Intel Core Ultra 9 and RTX 50 Series | Technetbook [18:28] TR News This Linux distro is for people who just want games to work https://www.makeuseof.com/linux-distro-for-people-who-want-games-to-work/ [18:28] TR Bot This Linux distro is for people who just want games to work [18:29] TR News Someone made a sticky notes app within the Linux terminal, and you can download it right now https://www.xda-developers.com/sticky-notes-app-linux-terminal/ [18:29] TR Bot Someone made a sticky notes app within the Linux terminal, and you can download it right now [18:29] TR News Nvidia GeForce Now Is Coming to Amazon Fire TV Sticks, Linux PCs https://uk.pcmag.com/game-streaming-services/162403/nvidia-geforce-now-is-coming-to-amazon-fire-tv-sticks-linux-pcs [18:29] TR Bot Nvidia GeForce Now Is Coming to Amazon Fire TV Sticks, Linux PCs [18:31] TR News Linux Foundation promotes Ponzi schemes https://itbrief.co.uk/story/linux-foundation-launches-agentic-ai-open-standards-hub https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/09/Linux_Foundation_Has_Found_a_New_Business_Pyramid_Schemes.shtml [18:31] TR Bot Linux Foundation launches Agentic AI open standards hub [18:31] TR Bot Techrights Linux Foundation Has Found a New Business: Pyramid Schemes [18:32] TR News Microsoft is a founding member or founder of this Ponzi group. 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[18:35] TR News Bizarre and unbelievable data https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/bahamas/#monthly-200902-202601 [18:35] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Bahamas | Statcounter Global Stats [18:36] TR News Same here https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/armenia/#monthly-200902-202601 [18:36] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Armenia | Statcounter Global Stats [18:43] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [18:46] TR News (NEW): Barbados Joining Growing Number of Nations Where GNU/Linux is Measured at Around 10% https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/Barbados_Joining_Growing_Number_of_Nations_Where_GNU_Linux_is_M.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/Barbados_Joining_Growing_Number_of_Nations_Where_GNU_Linux_is_M.gmi [18:46] TR Bot Tux Machines Barbados Joining Growing Number of Nations Where GNU/Linux is Measured at Around 10% [18:50] admfubar https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/ford-gas-arrow-inventor-jim-moylan-6b2ef066?st=uhr6ym [18:50] TR Bot ( status 401 @ https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/ford-gas-arrow-inventor-jim-moylan-6b2ef066?st=uhr6ym ) [18:54] admfubar https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/illicit-crypto-economy-surges-nation-states [18:54] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/illicit-crypto-economy-surges-nation-states ) ● Jan 09 [19:09] TR News Techrights IBM is a Cancer That Attaches Itself to Everything https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/09/IBM_is_a_Cancer_That_Attaches_Itself_to_Everything.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/09/IBM_is_a_Cancer_That_Attaches_Itself_to_Everything.gmi [19:09] TR Bot Techrights IBM is a Cancer That Attaches Itself to Everything [19:11] admfubar https://www.firstpost.com/tech/microsoft-denies-rumours-of-22000-job-cuts-calls-reports-100-made-up-13966838.html [19:11] TR Bot denies rumours of 22,000 job cuts, calls reports 100% made up Firstpost [19:13] schestowitz[TR2] nope [19:13] schestowitz[TR2] lie [19:13] schestowitz[TR2] microsofgt did not deny it [19:13] schestowitz[TR2] one man ta microsoft did [19:13] schestowitz[TR2] in a tweet [19:13] schestowitz[TR2] a reply to a tweet [19:14] admfubar just like the article says [19:14] admfubar https://www.firstpost.com/tech/new-tech-race-splits-the-world-china-builds-robots-europe-flies-drones-and-us-programs-them-13966717.html [19:14] TR Bot tech race splits the world: China builds robots, Europe flies drones and US programs them Firstpost [19:15] schestowitz[TR2] right, so the headline misleads [19:15] schestowitz[TR2] https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/09/No_Microsoft_Did_Not_Deny_the_Q1_Mass_Layoffs_Microsoft_Can_Del.shtml [19:15] TR Bot Techrights No, Microsoft Did Not Deny the Q1 Mass Layoffs (Microsoft Can Delay These) [19:16] schestowitz[TR2] https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/09/Microsoft_Isn_t_Denying_the_Mass_Layoffs.shtml [19:16] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Isn't Denying the Mass Layoffs [19:16] admfubar https://futurism.com/health-medicine/zyn-nicotine-cold-turkey [19:16] TR Bot Horrendous Things Happen When You Quit Zyn Cold Turkey [19:19] admfubar https://futurism.com/space/nasa-library-shutdown-scandal [19:19] TR Bot NASA's Library Shutdown Scandal Is Ballooning [19:24] admfubar https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/tesla-fan-praises-fsd-veering-car-highway [19:24] TR Bot Tesla Fan Profusely Praises FSD For Veering His Car off the Side of the Highway [19:27] admfubar https://futurism.com/health-medicine/conspiracy-theories-psychology [19:27] TR Bot Researchers Just Discovered Something Extremely Unflattering About People Who Believe Conspiracy Theories [19:32] Isambard_Prince Medicare Part B covers Pneumococcal vaccines now. It was under Part D when I took them, but that's okay. I think it only cost me like $4 each. [19:32] Isambard_Prince schestowitz[TR2], There's only one way a company cuts this many cumulative jobs. [19:32] Isambard_Prince It's when the company is in serious trouble. [19:33] Isambard_Prince RCA didn't have one round of layoffs. [19:33] Isambard_Prince It kept happening until the plant was shut down, an entire plant that employed over 1500 people. [19:33] Isambard_Prince Eventually the only person working in the entire plant was the HR person who stayed on for 3 more years to handle benefits and COBRA and the pension stuff and everything. [19:34] Isambard_Prince She said she'd come to work in an empty plant and clock in and handle her own paycheck and then she handled the layoff paperwork for herself too. [19:34] Isambard_Prince That must have been depressing. [19:34] admfubar https://www.geekwire.com/2026/bill-gates-makes-nearly-8b-payout-to-melinda-french-gates-as-part-of-divorce-settlement/ [19:34] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.geekwire.com/2026/bill-gates-makes-nearly-8b-payout-to-melinda-french-gates-as-part-of-divorce-settlement/ ) [19:34] Isambard_Prince Come work in an empty factory meant for 1500 people. [19:35] Isambard_Prince It's totally quiet, nobody else is in the entire building. [19:35] Isambard_Prince And you have to be there 8 hours a day, 40 hours a week, for three years. [19:35] admfubar could windows be next???... https://www.geekwire.com/2026/microchipped-at-work-washington-state-bill-aims-to-ban-employers-from-using-dehumanizing-tech/ [19:35] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.geekwire.com/2026/microchipped-at-work-washington-state-bill-aims-to-ban-employers-from-using-dehumanizing-tech/ ) [19:35] Isambard_Prince Knowing that in the end you're responsible for firing yourself. [19:35] Isambard_Prince I think her name was Janet. [19:36] Isambard_Prince I remember dad talking abut her. [19:37] Isambard_Prince schestowitz[TR2], The French really mishandled RCA. [19:37] Isambard_Prince They had no interest in competing with Sony. [19:37] Isambard_Prince They figured they could just fire all the Americans, not invest in any new designs, and make the same stuff forever in Mexico. [19:38] Isambard_Prince And so they built a new plant for picture tubes in Mexico and then 7-8 years later nobody was buying TVs with tubes in them. [19:38] Isambard_Prince Even Samsung built some tube sets that had an HD picture. [19:38] Isambard_Prince And it was a much better picture than the LCD/LED TVs, but they were VERY heavy. [19:39] Isambard_Prince I could barely lift one when I was in my 20s. [19:39] admfubar https://www.geekwire.com/2026/microsoft-launches-copilot-checkout-joining-the-ai-shopping-race-against-amazon-google-and-openai/ [19:39] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.geekwire.com/2026/microsoft-launches-copilot-checkout-joining-the-ai-shopping-race-against-amazon-google-and-openai/ ) [19:41] Isambard_Prince I didn't get rid of it because it broke. I got rid of it because I was tired of carrying it. [19:41] Isambard_Prince It must have weighed almost 150 pounds. [19:42] Isambard_Prince If I still had it I would not have been able to carry it now for sure. I'd end up back in surgery. [19:47] admfubar https://www.linuxtoday.com/blog/why-i-wouldnt-want-john-solomons-new-cmo-job-at-mozilla/ [19:47] TR Bot Why I Wouldnt Want John Solomons New CMO Job at Mozilla [19:52] Isambard_Prince Firefox is anemic now because they sat back and made it spyware and adware and didn't really innovate in the browser and did nothing, while Google paid them to stand back and let it happen. [19:53] Isambard_Prince When you have very bad people running a company that are only concerned about their own paycheck, not the long term health of the company, things like this can happen, because they'll be kept fat and happy on a steady diet of Google's money, until they're totally irrelevant. [19:55] Isambard_Prince They tore a page out of Microsoft's playbook. [19:55] Isambard_Prince Back in 1997 when Apple was worthless and almost dead, Microsoft bought up over $140 million (I think, something like that) of non-voting shares. [19:56] Isambard_Prince They said "People could choose to buy Apple." at their antitrust trial. [19:56] Isambard_Prince And the bailout came with strings, like making Internet Explorer for the Mac the default web browser, which in itself furthered their abusive monopoly and hurt Netscape. [19:57] Isambard_Prince Up until that point if you wanted a browser on a Mac, you got Netscape because Microsoft wasn't making a browser for it. [19:57] Isambard_Prince I didn't like IE, so I never used it regularly, I used Netscape, but the same thing that happened to Netscape is happening to Firefox. [19:57] Isambard_Prince Incompatible sites. Stuff liket hat. [19:57] Isambard_Prince *that [19:57] Isambard_Prince People stop testing in Gecko. [19:58] Isambard_Prince Mozilla occasionally adds kludges to it to make it act like Chrome. [19:58] *Isambard_Prince has quit (connection closed) ● Jan 09 [20:04] TR News (NEW): KDE Frameworks 6.22 Fixes Multiple Clipboard-Related Issues on Wayland https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/KDE_Frameworks_6_22_Fixes_Multiple_Clipboard_Related_Issues_on_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/KDE_Frameworks_6_22_Fixes_Multiple_Clipboard_Related_Issues_on_.gmi [20:04] TR Bot Tux Machines KDE Frameworks 6.22 Fixes Multiple Clipboard-Related Issues on Wayland [20:06] admfubar https://www.osnews.com/story/144152/gnu-hurd-gets-dhcpcd-port-further-smp-improvements/ [20:06] TR Bot gets dhcpcd port, further SMP improvements OSnews [20:13] *superkuh has quit (Ping timeout: 264 seconds) [20:28] *superkuh (~superkuh@user/superkuh) has joined #techrights [20:30] admfubar https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/09/quantity-break/#so-many-chips [20:30] TR Bot Pluralistic: bunnies piggyback hack (09 Jan 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [20:35] admfubar https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/08/after-the-moneys-gone/#who-took-the-money-away [20:35] TR Bot Pluralistic: Where did the money go? 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