●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, August 10, 2026 ●● ● Aug 10 [00:03] admfubar https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/08/059204/flock-camera-vandalism-continues-around-america-while-100-communities-reject-alprs [00:03] TR Bot Flock Camera Vandalism Continues Around America, While 100 Communities Reject ALPRs - Slashdot [00:07] *fantom has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [00:12] *Righty has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [00:16] *Righty (~Username@z3ahu5vhsurga.irc) has joined #techrights [00:25] IsambardPrince MinceR: Bobbi is grieving Leeloo in her own way. [00:32] *fantom (~fantom@freenode-crc.udo.r9g5d1.IP) has joined #techrights [00:55] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [00:55] *includeals (~includeal@bl18-27-126.dsl.telepac.pt) has joined #techrights ● Aug 10 [01:03] *Righty has quit (connection closed) [01:04] *Righty (~Username@5sh8zsccenmai.irc) has joined #techrights [01:30] *yellow-pillow has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [01:36] admfubar gettin flocked... https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/08/0621205/flock-accused-of-reactivating-its-cameras-without-notifying-a-town [01:36] TR Bot Flock Accused of Reactivating Its Cameras Without Notifying a Town - Slashdot [01:38] admfubar well aint this some sh!t... https://www.salon.com/2026/08/09/fecal-matter-mocked-luxury-fashion-then-luxury-fashion-bought-it/ [01:38] TR Bot Matter" mocked luxury fashion. Then luxury fashion bought it - Salon.com [01:44] IsambardPrince MinceR: Nice people get used. Hard workers get more work. [01:44] IsambardPrince Shitty people climb, the worst climb to the top. [01:48] IsambardPrince I call it my four laws. [01:48] IsambardPrince The Four Laws explain everything about how organizations and government work. [01:51] admfubar https://craphound.com/news/2026/08/09/why-businesses-lie-about-ai/ [01:51] TR Bot businesses lie about AI | Cory Doctorow's craphound.com ● Aug 10 [02:32] TR News (NEW): DebConf27 Debian Developers Conference to Be Held in Asahikawa, Japan https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/DebConf27_Debian_Developers_Conference_to_Be_Held_in_Asahikawa_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/DebConf27_Debian_Developers_Conference_to_Be_Held_in_Asahikawa_.gmi [02:32] TR Bot Tux Machines DebConf27 Debian Developers Conference to Be Held in Asahikawa, Japan [02:43] schestowitz[TR2] MinceR: Bobbi is grieving Leeloo in her own way. [02:44] schestowitz[TR2] despite never seeing her [02:44] schestowitz[TR2] she made it into my dream [02:44] schestowitz[TR2] hours ago [02:45] TR News "I'm talking about the 2006 Billy Bob Thornton vehicle. What a pile of absolute shit. I saw this in my recommended section of YT for free with ads." gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~np89/glog/20260809-mr_woodc.txt [02:46] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-090826.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-090826.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-090826.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-090826.txt [02:46] TR Bot IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, August 09, 2026 [02:46] TR News Yesterday went well - we played down our set (more or less, took out two pieces, added one) for the second time in a week, and it felt something like autopilot. I made fewer mistakes. I played probably about as well I could've hoped. After the performance, I dug into the catered lunch, had half a cup of lukewarm coffee, and headed home." gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2026/8-09.gmi [02:46] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1735.jpg [02:46] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D2092.jpg [02:47] TR News Yesterday's #techrights IRC logs ready. 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Its funny (a bit). It mostly keeps you guessing. It has how-can-he-possibly-get-away-with-this energy, reminiscent of the also-apparently-true Catch Me If You Can." gemini://lab6.com/mlog/2026/08/09/hitman/ [02:50] TR News Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2026-08-09.txt [02:51] TR News "Today was a nice day! That cute neighbor I've been talking-staging with spent the night and it was oh so nice to wake up to a friendly face instead of an empty bed for the first time in a while." gemini://flares-space.me/gemlog/2026-08-08-Sleepy-Saturday.gmi [02:52] TR News "Today was a rather relaxed day! Work was busy as always, though I managed to scavenge some downtime to take care of architectural work I needed to get done." gemini://flares-space.me/gemlog/2026-08-03-Mild-Monday.gmi [02:52] TR News Vuelvo a casa tras casi 4 aos (De vacaciones!) gemini://caleb.subnet.city/gemlog/vacaciones2026.gmi [02:53] TR News "When the OUYA had come out, I had never heard of it. It wasn't until a family member got one for his kids. I was around 14 (I think) at the time and developed two of my own Atari 2600 games." gemini://spazzy.xyz/gemlog/2026-08-05.gmi [02:54] TR News interaction gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/slowMind [02:58] TR News Techrights https://techrights.org/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ [02:58] TR Bot Techrights [02:58] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 10/08/2026: A Mild Monday, Sleepy Saturday, OUYA, and Moving to GNU/Linux https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/Gemini_Links_10_08_2026_A_Mild_Monday_Sleepy_Saturday_OUYA_and_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/Gemini_Links_10_08_2026_A_Mild_Monday_Sleepy_Saturday_OUYA_and_.gmi [02:58] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 10/08/2026: A Mild Monday, Sleepy Saturday, OUYA, and Moving to GNU/Linux [02:59] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Sunday, August 09, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/IRC_Proceedings_Sunday_August_09_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/IRC_Proceedings_Sunday_August_09_2026.gmi [02:59] TR Bot Techrights IRC Proceedings: Sunday, August 09, 2026 ● Aug 10 [03:00] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [03:00] TR Bot Tux Machines Today in Techrights [03:01] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [03:01] TR Bot Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [03:09] TR News Clacton by-election bias favoritism for Nigel Farage and Count Binface https://danielpocock.com/en/clacton-by-election-bias-favoritism-for-nigel-farage-count-binface/ https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/04/media-helps-farage/ [03:09] TR Bot Clacton by-election bias favoritism for Nigel Farage and Count Binface [03:09] TR Bot Blog Archive Media Helps Farage Win by Boosting False (Invalid, Satirical) Choices [03:15] TR News Techrights DebConf6 fight denied by Google artificial intelligence https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/DebConf6_fight_denied_by_Google_artificial_intelligence.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/DebConf6_fight_denied_by_Google_artificial_intelligence.gmi [03:15] TR Bot Techrights DebConf6 fight denied by Google artificial intelligence [03:25] TR News "Bravo - a masterpiece!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kzc7rhrr [03:25] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kzc7rhrr ) [03:26] TR News "People still use LinkedIn?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kzed80jf [03:26] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kzed80jf ) [03:41] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: https://i.imgur.com/9ZhoKPJ.jpeg [03:41] IsambardPrince MinceR: ^ [03:41] IsambardPrince That was Leeloo about 10 years ago. [03:41] IsambardPrince That's how I want to remember her. [03:42] MinceR :3 [03:43] IsambardPrince https://i.imgur.com/OVegSbn.jpeg [03:46] MinceR :3 [03:54] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: https://archive.ph/EHiBT and https://archive.ph/9fc0m [03:54] TR Bot Imgur: The magic of the Internet [03:54] TR Bot Imgur: The magic of the Internet [03:54] schestowitz[TR2] imgur blocked in uk [03:56] schestowitz[TR2] https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/10/rip-leeloo/ [03:56] TR Bot Blog Archive RIP, Leeloo ● Aug 10 [04:00] TR News (NEW): Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Users Get Linux 7.0 HWE Kernel Ahead of Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/Ubuntu_24_04_LTS_Users_Get_Linux_7_0_HWE_Kernel_Ahead_of_Ubuntu.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/Ubuntu_24_04_LTS_Users_Get_Linux_7_0_HWE_Kernel_Ahead_of_Ubuntu.gmi [04:00] TR Bot Tux Machines Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Users Get Linux 7.0 HWE Kernel Ahead of Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS [04:05] TR News Techrights Microsoft's "XBOX Ranks Last", IBM is Headed for Extinction https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/Microsoft_s_XBOX_Ranks_Last_IBM_is_Headed_for_Extinction.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/Microsoft_s_XBOX_Ranks_Last_IBM_is_Headed_for_Extinction.gmi [04:05] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft's "XBOX Ranks Last", IBM is Headed for Extinction [04:20] TR News Techrights Explaining How Someone Attempted to Cancel RMS This Year (and Failed) https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/Explaining_How_Someone_Attempted_to_Cancel_RMS_This_Year_and_Fa.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/Explaining_How_Someone_Attempted_to_Cancel_RMS_This_Year_and_Fa.gmi [04:20] TR Bot Techrights Explaining How Someone Attempted to Cancel RMS This Year (and Failed) [04:25] *Righty has quit (connection closed) [04:26] *Righty (~Username@btcf55tqjmids.irc) has joined #techrights [04:26] *phebus has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [04:28] *phebus (~phebus@y62br8unm5ssk.irc) has joined #techrights [04:30] TR News Techrights statCounter: GNU/Linux Up to 8.95% Globally https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/statCounter_GNU_Linux_Up_to_8_95_Globally.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/statCounter_GNU_Linux_Up_to_8_95_Globally.gmi [04:30] TR Bot Techrights statCounter: GNU/Linux Up to 8.95% Globally [04:30] IsambardPrince Thank you Roy. :) [04:31] schestowitz[TR2] np [04:31] schestowitz[TR2] i will show rianne when she wakes up [04:31] schestowitz[TR2] she wanted to see a photo [04:31] IsambardPrince We've discussed eventually rescuing another cat. Nothing ever replaces the ones you've lost. They are always unique and someone that was unique can't be replaced. [04:32] IsambardPrince They have litters of kittens because in nature, which is very cruel, it's always a numbers game. [04:32] IsambardPrince There are still human countries that work this way. My partner was one of 8 children. [04:32] IsambardPrince 6 of them made it past early childhood. [04:33] IsambardPrince In nature, which is very cruel, something always feeds off something else, there's no medicine, nobody watching out for any individual. [04:33] IsambardPrince So the response to losing most of them is to design a fast reproductive cycle, and most of them will make it. [04:34] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Measured at 8.95% on Desktops and Laptops https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/GNU_Linux_Measured_at_8_95_on_Desktops_and_Laptops.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/GNU_Linux_Measured_at_8_95_on_Desktops_and_Laptops.gmi [04:34] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux Measured at 8.95% on Desktops and Laptops [04:34] IsambardPrince Humans are not apart from nature. [04:34] IsambardPrince We're an apex predator species. [04:34] IsambardPrince We're so good at it the only thing left to prey on is each other. [04:34] IsambardPrince And we do that in all sorts of terrible ways. [04:34] IsambardPrince Give me your wallet. [04:34] IsambardPrince Give me your country! [04:35] IsambardPrince "It's only $27 more a month!" [04:36] IsambardPrince Leeloo went through a lot of painful ordeals and she was there for a lot of mine. [04:36] IsambardPrince Probably 90% of the bad things that have ever happened to me have all happened in the last 7 years. [04:37] IsambardPrince I can't say the same about me, but I can say it didn't eat up any of her goodness. [04:37] IsambardPrince She had an absolute bastard for her last owner, who cat dumped her into the apartment hallway, after underfeeding a pregnant cat. [04:38] IsambardPrince She forced me to realize that I have kindness in me when I thought "I've seen everything by now, and it's all gone." [04:40] *ewig has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [04:43] IsambardPrince The modern world, in so-called civilized countries, has replaced actual violence with systemic violence. It's worse. [04:43] IsambardPrince Basically the way it's worse is this. [04:44] IsambardPrince If you mug someone or carjack them, it's a felony. [04:44] IsambardPrince If you sue them, that's "the system". [04:46] IsambardPrince In some ways, the mugging is better. [04:47] IsambardPrince It's lower stakes and the law says you can shoot them. [04:47] schestowitz[TR2] even dogs [04:47] schestowitz[TR2] south korea eats them [04:47] schestowitz[TR2] ate them [04:47] schestowitz[TR2] now they ban it [04:47] schestowitz[TR2] in 2026 [04:48] IsambardPrince Better late than never. [04:49] IsambardPrince I'm a big fan of frontier justice. [04:49] IsambardPrince No cops, no system. [04:49] IsambardPrince Someone tries to take what they can from you, all bets are off. [04:51] schestowitz[TR2] i don't get it [04:51] IsambardPrince The UK isn't a young country, so British law doesn't really recognize the Rights of Man. [04:51] IsambardPrince I don't think most of the people there seem to either. [04:51] IsambardPrince It's beginning to disappear here too. [04:52] IsambardPrince Oh, I occasionally get a glimpse of something ridiculous going on in the UK. [04:53] IsambardPrince Like the (unarmed) cops giving that piano player a hard time in the mall. [04:53] IsambardPrince Because some Chinese tourists came up and started some bullshit with him. [04:53] IsambardPrince Claiming they had "Image Rights" against the guy recording him playing the piano. [04:53] IsambardPrince When London is one of the least private cities in the world and they probably walked past hundreds of police cameras already. [04:54] IsambardPrince All he says is "This isn't China." and the lady cop comes up to push him around (unarmed) and say "You can't say that." [04:54] IsambardPrince Like, here I'd just say "Fuck off, lady. And quit telling me what I can't say." [04:55] IsambardPrince Like, no patience for this. You know what we call an unarmed cop here? A security guard that can call the cops. [04:55] IsambardPrince And millions of people see that video. And they get the same impression of the UK I got. [04:58] IsambardPrince I pity the place that lets tourists from an authoritarian dictatorship trample their own citizens. [04:58] TR News Anon: Google's style of SEO has contributed to the race to the bottom. If they gave elevated visibility to valid, well-formed pages, there'd quickly be a feedback loop in a positive direction. [04:59] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: yes there are issues [04:59] schestowitz[TR2] unique to yours [04:59] schestowitz[TR2] but your issues are big too ● Aug 10 [05:00] schestowitz[TR2] like deranged people with ar [05:00] IsambardPrince Here's what I say, Roy. About tourists. [05:00] IsambardPrince "When you are a visitor in someone else's country (or house, or whatever), it is best to like everyone, until you leave." [05:00] IsambardPrince (The King and I, I know, not original, but true.) [05:01] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: I was talking about this thing with the cops somewhere else. [05:01] IsambardPrince They were running that low rent grindr roach motel that I discussed here the other day. [05:01] IsambardPrince But they tried to bait me and I said "I'm not interested in minors and I know you're a cop." [05:01] IsambardPrince And I blocked that profile [05:02] IsambardPrince Then others started messaging me. Eventually one took a picture of white powder (cocaine?) and sent that to me. [05:02] IsambardPrince And I said, "I already told you. Fuck off, pigs." [05:02] IsambardPrince So then another one messaged me and I said "I know you're the police." [05:02] IsambardPrince They said "I'm not a cop." [05:03] IsambardPrince I said, "First off, the police can lie, and secondly, I dropped a GPS pin on your police station in a fake GPS app and now you're less than a foot from me on the app. So I know you're a cop." [05:03] IsambardPrince That one banned me and they stopped talking to me at that point. [05:05] TR News Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 145 Out of 200: They Tried Hard to Hide the Fact Their Client Had Been Sued, Twice Even https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_145_Out_of_200_They_Tried_Hard_to_Hide_th.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_145_Out_of_200_They_Tried_Hard_to_Hide_th.gmi [05:05] TR Bot Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 145 Out of 200: They Tried Hard to Hide the Fact Their Client Had Been Sued, Twice Even [05:07] IsambardPrince MinceR: Remember Screamers. [05:08] IsambardPrince "This is Don Giovanni. Come on down, over." [05:08] IsambardPrince :D [05:11] *ewig (~Ewig@user/ewig) has joined #techrights [05:12] IsambardPrince The job of the Screamers was to trick people into thinking they were a wounded soldier or a lost child to get victims to come rushing to them. [05:13] IsambardPrince Then they would fire up the saws and the Terminator strength and start killing all the people that came rushing towards them. [05:13] IsambardPrince The human-type Screamers upgraded their overall intelligence by generation. [05:13] IsambardPrince The David model (the boy with the teddy bear) was the least "evolved". [05:14] IsambardPrince Then they had the guy that pretended to be a human soldier, then there was the "Jessica" that was almost human. [05:15] IsambardPrince The problem was that they made her too human and she overcame what she was. So the whole idea is these things are evolving at a geometric rate. What would they turn into next? Well, the direct to DVD sequels ruined that branch. [05:16] *Righty has quit (connection closed) [05:17] *Righty (~Username@z3ahu5vhsurga.irc) has joined #techrights [05:17] IsambardPrince The Grindr Roach Motel was the David model. [05:17] schestowitz[TR2] Screamers? [05:17] schestowitz[TR2] movie reference? [05:17] IsambardPrince Yeah. [05:17] IsambardPrince Screamers bombed at the box office. [05:17] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux in Argentina: Doubling in Two Years https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/GNU_Linux_in_Argentina_Doubling_in_Two_Years.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/GNU_Linux_in_Argentina_Doubling_in_Two_Years.gmi [05:17] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux in Argentina: Doubling in Two Years [05:17] IsambardPrince But it was one of my favorites. [05:17] schestowitz[TR2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screamers_(1995_film) [05:17] IsambardPrince Soldier was good too, pretty forgotten by now though. [05:17] TR Bot Screamers (1995 film) - Wikipedia [05:18] IsambardPrince They throw Kurt Russell out because he's obsolete, then they run into him again and he fights and kills an entire squad of superior models by out-thinking them. [05:18] schestowitz[TR2] Budget$14 million [05:18] schestowitz[TR2] Box office$5.7 million [05:19] IsambardPrince They were superior in physical one-on-one combat. [05:19] IsambardPrince But that's what he kept denying them once they were in a real war with each other. [05:22] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: Yeah, the critics hated it. [05:22] IsambardPrince They hated a lot of movies that either should have done better or went on to do very well on VHS/DVD. [05:29] TR News (NEW): GNOME Disks Has Finally Been Ported to GTK4 and LibAdwaita First Look https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/GNOME_Disks_Has_Finally_Been_Ported_to_GTK4_and_LibAdwaita_Firs.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/GNOME_Disks_Has_Finally_Been_Ported_to_GTK4_and_LibAdwaita_Firs.gmi [05:29] TR Bot Tux Machines GNOME Disks Has Finally Been Ported to GTK4 and LibAdwaita First Look [05:35] TR News Techrights Google's "AI Overview" as Proprietary Censorship Engine and Gatekeeper https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/Google_s_AI_Overview_as_Proprietary_Censorship_Engine_and_Gatek.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/Google_s_AI_Overview_as_Proprietary_Censorship_Engine_and_Gatek.gmi [05:35] TR Bot Techrights Google's "AI Overview" as Proprietary Censorship Engine and Gatekeeper [05:42] TR News Fifth Heatwave and Its Only Early August https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/10/fifth-heatwave-and-its-only-early-august/ [05:42] TR Bot Blog Archive Fifth Heatwave and Its Only Early August [05:43] TR News GNU/Linux 6.4% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/europe/#monthly-200902-202608 [05:43] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Europe | Statcounter Global Stats [05:58] TR News Techrights Microsoft Killing Morale https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/Microsoft_Killing_Morale.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/Microsoft_Killing_Morale.gmi [05:58] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Killing Morale ● Aug 10 [06:10] TR News Techrights When You're Evil and You're Publicly Attacking Something, That Something Will Become More Popular https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/When_You_re_Evil_and_You_re_Publicly_Attacking_Something_That_S.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/When_You_re_Evil_and_You_re_Publicly_Attacking_Something_That_S.gmi [06:10] TR Bot Techrights When You're Evil and You're Publicly Attacking Something, That Something Will Become More Popular [06:28] TR News Techrights When the LLM Chatbots Industry (Trillions in the Red) Quits Paying the Media for FOMO https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/When_the_LLM_Chatbots_Industry_Trillions_in_the_Red_Quits_Payin.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/When_the_LLM_Chatbots_Industry_Trillions_in_the_Red_Quits_Payin.gmi [06:28] TR Bot Techrights When the LLM Chatbots Industry (Trillions in the Red) Quits Paying the Media for FOMO [06:35] TR News "Some years ago, I co-wrote a commissioned pilot for a TV series that centred around a bunch of unlikely female spies." https://broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-invisible-women | Source: Carole Cadwalladr [06:35] TR Bot The Invisible Women - by Carole Cadwalladr [06:35] TR News "Since 2000, however, an entirely different dynamic has emerged: the share of labor compensation in total income has declined sharply." https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/against-oligarchy-part-iii-taxing | Source: Paul Krugman [06:35] TR Bot Against Oligarchy, Part III: Taxing Capital vs. Taxing Labor [06:35] TR News "Work under capitalism sucks, and Gen Zs disillusionment with the labor market is justified. But work itself is socially necessary and the only way to transform it is through collective power, not withdrawal." https://jacobin.com/2026/08/generation-z-capitalism-work-alienation | Source: Jacobin Magazine [06:35] TR Bot Gen Z Cant Go On. It Must Go On. [06:35] TR News "To address the USs severe inequality, we can and should raise taxes on the rich. " https://jacobin.com/2026/08/taxes-inequality-markets-regulation-finance | Source: Jacobin Magazine [06:35] TR Bot Dont Just Tax the Rich Attack Inequality at the Root [06:35] TR News "It said the Talibans rule has been characterized by the elimination of civil liberties, systematic repression, widespread human rights violations, the denial of womens fundamental rights, and worsening poverty and discrimination." https://english.anf-news.com/women/afghan-women-condemn-taliban-women-have-been-excluded-from-public-life-86683 | Source: ANF News [06:35] TR Bot ANF | Afghan women condemn Taliban: Women have been excluded from public life [06:36] TR News "Jerusalem is struggling to retain its secular population" https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/tech-news/2026-08-08/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/why-secular-tech-workers-are-fleeing-jerusalem/0000019f-d0a8-de65-a5df-f9feb0d50000 | Source: Haaretz [06:36] TR Bot 'Everyone Moves to Tel Aviv': Why Secular Tech Workers Are Fleeing Jerusalem - Tech News [06:36] TR News "Could a pledge that scales with a companys success come to justify unsavory business practices or reckless accelerationism? And is this go-around any different from previous iterations of Silicon Valley giving?" https://www.wired.com/story/ai-billionaires-are-pledging-their-wealth-good-or-bad/ | Source: Wired [06:36] TR Bot AI Barons Are Ready to Give Away Their Fortunes | WIRED [06:36] TR News "This will be kind of an unusual post. I got a recent email about my writing that I thought was such a good articulation of one common criticism that Id like to share it (and my response) in full." https://www.seangoedecke.com/i-got-an-email-about-resistance/ | Source: Sean Goedecke [06:36] TR Bot I got an email about resistance [06:37] TR News "Until Linux Journal hired me in 1996, no publicationtech or otherwisewould employ me." https://doc.searls.com/2026/08/09/the-web-and-the-new-reality-2/ | Source: Doc Searls [06:37] TR Bot The Web and the New Reality Doc Searls Weblog [06:40] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: Heatwaves aren't the worst of it here. [06:40] IsambardPrince It's these damned storms. [06:47] TR News (NEW): Blogs Are the Future, RSS (or Atom) Feeds Are "The Plumbing" https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/Blogs_Are_the_Future_RSS_or_Atom_Feeds_Are_The_Plumbing.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/Blogs_Are_the_Future_RSS_or_Atom_Feeds_Are_The_Plumbing.gmi [06:47] TR Bot Tux Machines Blogs Are the Future, RSS (or Atom) Feeds Are "The Plumbing" [06:49] TR News "The Korea Aerospace Research Institute shared the first photographs captured by its lunar orbiter." https://www.wired.com/story/first-images-spacex-rocket-moon-crater/ | Source: Wired [06:49] TR Bot Are the First Images of the Crater Left on the Moon by SpaceXs Rocket | WIRED [06:49] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: does ILL have twisters? [06:49] TR News "And that could get worse as Amazon and tech companies back the development of huge natural gas plants to support their power-hungry data centers." https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/08/planned-amazon-data-center-could-become-the-biggest-climate-polluter-in-the-u-s/ | Source: TechCrunch [06:49] TR Bot Amazon data center could become the biggest climate polluter in the U.S. | TechCrunch [06:50] TR News "An Amazon-owned site in Pecos County, Texas, received a permit to release up to 33 million tons of CO2." https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/977124/amazon-data-center-worst-polluting-power-plant | Source: The Verge [06:50] TR Bot An Amazon data center could have the worst polluting power plant in the country | The Verge [06:50] TR News "Conversely, Amazon had pledged to achieve net-zero carbon emissions across all its global business operations by 2040." https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/amazons-new-7-65gw-texas-ai-data-center-power-plant-could-become-the-largest-source-of-co2-pollution-in-the-us-custom-35-turbine-gas-plant-authorized-to-emit-33-million-tons-of-annual-greenhouse-gases | Source: Tom's Hardware [06:50] TR Bot Amazons new 7.65GW Texas AI data center power plant could become the largest source of CO pollution in the US custom 35-turbine gas plant authorized to emit 33 million tons of annual greenhouse gases | Tom's Hardware [06:50] TR News "The new gas-burning plant, if built to specifications, would be permitted to release 33 million tons of carbon dioxide a year, regulatory records show, more planet-warming gases than any other power plant in the country." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/08/climate/amazon-data-center-texas-pollution.html | Source: New York Times [06:50] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/08/climate/amazon-data-center-texas-pollution.html ) [06:51] TR News "This should have been bigger news than it was." https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-accent-of-rigor | Source: Mike Brock [06:51] TR Bot The Accent of Rigor - by Mike Brock - Notes from the Circus [06:51] TR News "From the outside, the Phantom Drive, created by Rootkit Labs, appears like a boring old USB." https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/usb-flash-drives/open-source-stealth-usb-hides-an-encrypted-partition-behind-an-8gb-decoy-drive-phantom-drive-appears-as-a-regular-usb-stick-until-you-create-a-text-file-to-unlock-the-hidden-data | Source: Tom's Hardware [06:51] TR Bot Open-source stealth USB hides an encrypted partition behind an 8GB decoy drive 'Phantom Drive' appears as a regular USB stick until you create a text file to unlock the hidden data | Tom's Hardware [06:52] TR News "When you read the newspaper, does it read you back?" https://futurism.com/future-society/usa-today-palatnir-reader-intelligence | Source: Futurism [06:52] TR Bot USA Today Partners With Palantir to Gain "Actionable Intelligence" On Its Audiences [06:52] TR News stanforddaily [06:53] TR News "ALPRs are cameras that take pictures of cars and record metadata, including license plate information." https://stanforddaily.com/2026/08/09/stanford-ends-flock-contract/ | Source: Stanford University [06:53] TR Bot Stanford ends contract with Flock cameras [06:53] TR News Windows TCO https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/09/ransomware-gangs-skip-the-ceo-head-straight-for-the-40-something-it-manager/5284499 | Source: The Register UK [06:53] TR Bot Ransomware gangs skip the CEO, head straight for the 40-something IT manager [06:54] TR News "CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg is among the star witnesses the prosecution plans to call to the stand" https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/meta-will-soon-face-another-high-stakes-trial-in-us-1722867114 | Source: RTL [06:54] TR Bot Nearly $1 billion in damages: Meta will soon face another high-stakes trial in US - RTL Today [06:54] TR News "So, for now I think Ill just leave things as is." https://ryan.himmelwright.net/post/echofeed-retired/ | Source: Ryan Himmelwright [06:54] TR Bot is Shutting Down | ryan.himmelwright.net [06:55] TR News "Having to create a new X account, then being exposed to ads, tracking, etc. killed my desire to understand." https://blog.numericcitizen.me/2026/08/09/happy-ignorant-here.html | Source: Numeric Citizen [06:55] TR Bot Happy ignorant here Numeric Citizen Blog [06:56] TR News (NEW): Stable kernels: Linux 7.1.8, Linux 6.18.44, Linux 6.12.103, and Linux 6.6.151 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/Stable_kernels_Linux_7_1_8_Linux_6_18_44_Linux_6_12_103_and_Lin.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/Stable_kernels_Linux_7_1_8_Linux_6_18_44_Linux_6_12_103_and_Lin.gmi [06:56] TR Bot Tux Machines Stable kernels: Linux 7.1.8, Linux 6.18.44, Linux 6.12.103, and Linux 6.6.151 [06:57] TR News (NEW): Review: Battle of the Children of Void https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/Review_Battle_of_the_Children_of_Void.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/Review_Battle_of_the_Children_of_Void.gmi [06:57] TR Bot Tux Machines Review: Battle of the Children of Void ● Aug 10 [07:02] IsambardPrince [00:49] IsambardPrince: does ILL have twisters? [07:02] IsambardPrince Yes, and people wonder why Tornado Alley has moved to Central and Southern Illinois. [07:04] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [07:04] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [07:08] TR News Techrights Social Control Media Deathwatch: After Nearly a Million Posts Sent EchoFeed Shuts Down https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/Social_Control_Media_Deathwatch_After_Nearly_a_Million_Posts_Se.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/Social_Control_Media_Deathwatch_After_Nearly_a_Million_Posts_Se.gmi [07:08] TR Bot Techrights Social Control Media Deathwatch: After Nearly a Million Posts Sent EchoFeed Shuts Down [07:09] TR News "The best way to prevent a rogue AGI from processing the Earth into maximum paperclips is to unleash a second AGI that will work to stop it." https://interconnected.org/home/2026/08/08/alignment | Source: Matt Webb [07:09] TR Bot AI alignment is a red herring (Interconnected) [07:10] TR News "I believe that's a gross insult to all programmers everywhere." https://blog.senko.net/code-was-never-the-hard-part-is-an-insult-to-all-programmers?pk_campaign=rss-feed | Source: Senko Rai [07:10] TR Bot "Code was never the hard part" is an insult to all programmers Senko Rai [07:10] TR News "I dont know if frontier AI models are less sycophantic in general." https://www.seangoedecke.com/advanced-ai-sycophancy/ | Source: Sean Goedecke [07:10] TR Bot Advanced AI sycophancy [07:10] TR News "While it can be contested whether Gruhn actually came up with the term "meat proxy", he can definitely be credited with popularising it." https://lindbakk.com/blog/no-meat-proxy | Source: John Mikael Lindbakk [07:10] TR Bot M. Lindbakk [07:11] TR News "35 year old version" https://hackaday.com/2026/08/09/hackaday-links-august-9-2026/ | Source: Hackaday [07:11] TR Bot Links: August 9, 2026 | Hackaday [07:11] TR News (NEW): I tried 5 Linux distros in a week to find one that "just works" https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/I_tried_5_Linux_distros_in_a_week_to_find_one_that_just_works.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/I_tried_5_Linux_distros_in_a_week_to_find_one_that_just_works.gmi [07:11] TR Bot Tux Machines I tried 5 Linux distros in a week to find one that "just works" [07:11] TR News "Word for Windows 1.1a arrived in 1990 as the second update to Word 1.0" https://www.neowin.net/news/developer-ported-word-for-windows-11a-from-1990-to-run-natively-on-windows-11/ | Source: Neowin [07:11] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/developer-ported-word-for-windows-11a-from-1990-to-run-natively-on-windows-11/ ) [07:12] TR News (NEW): Linux finally gave me back the joy of tinkering that Windows killed https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/Linux_finally_gave_me_back_the_joy_of_tinkering_that_Windows_ki.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/Linux_finally_gave_me_back_the_joy_of_tinkering_that_Windows_ki.gmi [07:12] TR Bot Tux Machines Linux finally gave me back the joy of tinkering that Windows killed [07:12] TR News "These cuts begin a snowball effect. While the bill rips away health care access for millions of Americans, it also kneecaps health centers by cutting a major funding stream." https://jacobin.com/2026/08/fqhcs-medicaid-cuts-health-care-billionaire-tax | Source: Jacobin Magazine [07:13] TR Bot Medicaid Cuts Could Kill Safety-Net Health Centers [07:13] TR News "But how did so many breeds emerge during these 15,000 years of co-evolution?" https://phys.org/news/2026-08-dogs-evolved-differently-globe-human.html | Source: Omicron Limited [07:13] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://phys.org/news/2026-08-dogs-evolved-differently-globe-human.html ) [07:13] TR News "A new report published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by an international team of nutrition" https://www.sciencealert.com/the-worlds-vegetables-are-vanishing-and-its-quietly-wrecking-our-diets | Source: Science Alert [07:13] TR Bot World's Vegetables Are Vanishing, And It's Quietly Wrecking Our Diets : ScienceAlert [07:13] TR News "Under updated housing rules, students are prohibited from skinning, butchering, or otherwise processing wild game animals inside residential buildings." https://www.salon.com/2026/08/08/cornell-has-a-new-dorm-rule-dont-butcher-bears/ | Source: Salon [07:13] TR Bot has a new dorm rule: Don't butcher bears - Salon.com [07:14] TR News (NEW): I finally found the Linux distro I'd recommend to almost anyone https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/I_finally_found_the_Linux_distro_I_d_recommend_to_almost_anyone.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/I_finally_found_the_Linux_distro_I_d_recommend_to_almost_anyone.gmi [07:14] TR Bot Tux Machines I finally found the Linux distro I'd recommend to almost anyone [07:14] TR News "You just picked up a dusty" https://boffosocko.com/2026/08/08/a-stopgap-repair-solution-for-impatient-new-olympia-sm3-typewriter-owners/ | Source: Chris Aldrich [07:14] TR Bot A Stopgap Repair Solution for Impatient New Olympia SM3 Typewriter Owners | Chris Aldrich [07:16] TR News "For five years, I have worked at a firm called Simplify. The irony has never been lost on me." https://www.yesigiveafig.com/p/its-time-to-complicate | Source: Michael Green [07:16] TR Bot Its Time to Complicate - by Michael W. Green [07:16] TR News "Im trying to decide whether to keep my elementary school-age kid in the neighborhood public school or move him to a more exclusive private school." https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/484136/private-public-school-best-education-ethics | Source: Vox [07:16] TR Bot vs. private education: How to find the best school for your kid | Vox [07:17] TR News "When the Norse god Odin offers advice, one should probably listen." https://www.medievalists.net/2026/08/10-sayings-from-odin-medieval-norse-wisdom-from-the-havamal/ | Source: Medievalists.net [07:17] TR Bot ( status 503 @ https://www.medievalists.net/2026/08/10-sayings-from-odin-medieval-norse-wisdom-from-the-havamal/ ) [07:25] TR News Imagine someone in Karachi paying to the British government, "hey! I have lots of money to spend to try to convince you that some critics of mine in the UK need to be arrested along with their spouses! I HAVE MONEY TO SPEND. PLEASE DO THIS!" This is what The Loser did this year. https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_145_Out_of_200_They_Tried_Hard_to_Hide_th.shtml [07:25] TR Bot Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 145 Out of 200: They Tried Hard to Hide the Fact Their Client Had Been Sued, Twice Even [07:31] TR News "If you want to compute the sine or cosine of an angle x you could start by reducing x mod 2 since that would not change the result." https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/08/09/simple-range-reduction/ | Source: John D Cook [07:31] TR Bot Simple range reduction algorithm by Cody and Waite [07:31] TR News "The video has a lot of cool shots of old tech: magnetic tape drives, teletypes, paper tape readers, and giant dish antennas" https://hackaday.com/2026/08/09/retrotechtacular-a-view-of-the-moon-from-1964/ | Source: Hackaday [07:31] TR Bot A View Of The Moon From 1964 | Hackaday [07:31] TR News "The petals appearing in the image are generated by the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability." https://www.wired.com/story/the-sharpest-image-ever-taken-of-the-sun-reveals-a-beautiful-hidden-phenomenon/ | Source: Wired [07:31] TR Bot Sharpest Image Ever Taken of the Sun Reveals a Hidden Phenomenon | WIRED [07:32] TR News "Mind-bending self-replicating GIF code prints an exact copy of itself, is both a program and its own visual output champion coder shows off 'Piet Quine' technique" https://www.tomshardware.com/software/programming/mind-bending-self-replicating-gif-code-prints-an-exact-copy-of-itself-is-both-a-program-and-its-own-visual-output-champion-coder-shows-off-piet-quine-technique | Source: Tom's Hardware [07:32] TR Bot Mind-bending self-replicating GIF code prints an exact copy of itself, is both a program and its own visual output champion coder shows off 'Piet Quine' technique | Tom's Hardware [07:38] TR News "I appreciate the sentiment behind this, and done with the right intentions it can become a practice I admire." https://benjaminhollon.com/musings/maybe-i-am-minimalist/ | Source: Benjamin Hollon [07:38] TR Bot maybe i am minimalist after all [07:40] TR News "One of the prompts for this Blaugust that I felt like answering today!" https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/some-more-facts-about-me/ | Source: Joel Chrono [07:40] TR Bot Some more facts about me [07:40] TR News Evil Plans Doomed to Fail https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/10/evil-plans-doomed-to-fail/ [07:40] TR Bot Blog Archive Evil Plans Doomed to Fail [07:40] TR News "The point is that nobody in the room could have produced the thing alone." https://lospino.so/blog/sunday-field-notes/the-sentence-changed-the-room/ | Source: Josh Lospinoso [07:40] TR Bot The Sentence Changed the Room | Josh Lospinoso [07:41] TR News "I realised I'd already done the writing part of it with my post entitled My Favourite Type of Time Travel." https://rknight.me/blog/types-of-time-travel-zine/ | Source: Rob Knight [07:41] TR Bot Types of Time Travel Zine Robb Knight [07:41] TR News "and I'm thankful for many blessings over the years. But I think the world is not as good as I would have imagined it in 2002." https://roytang.net/2026/08/forty-eight/ | Source: Roy Tang [07:41] TR Bot roytang.net [07:41] TR News "The history of computers and the vision of computing is intricately tied to the history and study of tools" https://blog.viditb.com/why-computers-need-to-evolve/ | Source: Vidit Bhargava [07:41] TR Bot Computers need a paradigm shift [07:41] TR News "Anyway, it took four hands to screw out the old metal ones that were rusted up and hopelessly stuck." https://brainbaking.com/post/2026/08/to-begin-begin/ | Source: Wouter Groeneveld [07:41] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://brainbaking.com/post/2026/08/to-begin-begin/ ) [07:45] *agentcasey has quit (Quit: Lost terminal) [07:54] TR News (NEW): 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: August 9th, 2026 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup_August_9th_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup_August_9th_2026.gmi [07:54] TR Bot Tux Machines 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: August 9th, 2026 [07:55] TR News He Tried to Put My Wife and I in Prison, Now He Feels Sentimental https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/10/he-tried-to-put-my-wife-and-i-in-prison-now-he-feels-sentimental/ [07:55] TR Bot Blog Archive He Tried to Put My Wife and I in Prison, Now He Feels Sentimental ● Aug 10 [08:05] TR News Techrights Links 10/08/2026: "Against Oligarch" and "The Invisible Women" https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/Links_10_08_2026_Against_Oligarch_and_The_Invisible_Women.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/Links_10_08_2026_Against_Oligarch_and_The_Invisible_Women.gmi [08:05] TR Bot Techrights Links 10/08/2026: "Against Oligarch" and "The Invisible Women" [08:06] TR News "ESP32 Bit Pirate has released version 1.7 of its ESP32-S3-based hardware debugging platform" https://linuxgizmos.com/esp32-bit-pirate-1-7-gains-lora-meshtastic-and-browser-based-bpio2-control/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [08:06] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/esp32-bit-pirate-1-7-gains-lora-meshtastic-and-browser-based-bpio2-control/ ) [08:07] TR News "Radxa has revealed two Qualcomm-based system-on-modules aimed at edge AI, multimedia, robotics, and industrial applications" https://linuxgizmos.com/radxa-broadens-rcore-series-with-qualcomm-based-ai-soms/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [08:07] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/radxa-broadens-rcore-series-with-qualcomm-based-ai-soms/ ) [08:08] TR News Politics instead of science. "Rails is done | lucas.dohmen.io" https://lucas.dohmen.io/posts/2026/08/09/rails-is-done/ [08:08] TR Bot is done | lucas.dohmen.io [08:08] TR News blocked by gratuitous javascript https://schedule.hope.net/hope26/schedule/ [08:11] TR News mastodon of karen sandler: "cyborg lawyer". Greedy lawyer, platforms men whose spouse call "rapist". Men who try to put women victims in prison. https://mstdn.social/@karen@floss.social [08:11] TR Bot Mastodon [08:14] TR News She is also boosting Free Software Foundation Europe. They fake the real FSF, just like SFC fakes the real SFLC (Moglen), while the two of them jointly defame Moglen. [08:30] TR News "EU vljer kontroll fre information" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/08/09/eu-valjer-kontroll-fore-information/ [08:30] TR Bot EU vljer kontroll fre information [08:30] TR News "Tips: Jottacloud nr du trttnat p molnlagring frn USA - PCforAlla" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://www.pcforalla.se/article/3178048/jottacloud-molnlagrning.html [08:30] TR Bot Tips: Jottacloud nr du trttnat p molnlagring frn USA - PCforAlla [08:30] TR News "Ingen valgte Copilot: Sagen hos Sundhedsdatastyrelsen viser et hul i hele AI-debatten | Version2" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/holdning/ingen-valgte-copilot-sagen-hos-sundhedsdatastyrelsen-viser-et-hul-i-hele-ai-debatten [08:30] TR Bot Ingen valgte Copilot: Sagen hos Sundhedsdatastyrelsen viser et hul i hele AI-debatten | Version2 [08:31] TR News [Old] "This document attempts to present a much more detailed, thorough, and easily-understood form of the key formats used by OpenSSH" https://sshref.dev/ | [08:31] TR Bot OpenSSH Key Structure Guide [08:34] TR News "When a compiler optimizes your program, it has to guess. Which functions are worth inlining?" https://lemire.me/blog/2026/08/09/profile-guided-optimization-in-go/ | Source: Daniel Lemire [08:34] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/08/09/profile-guided-optimization-in-go/ ) [08:34] TR News "Solod reuses much of Go's existing tooling, including syntax highlighting, LSP, linters, and the package management system." https://antonz.org/relying-on-go/ | Source: Anton Zhiyanov [08:34] TR Bot Relying on Go [08:34] TR News "A single call can carry up to 16 user Subjects. Ill cover in the series' next part how they travel on the JERI wire, and what service code does with them on arrival." https://blog.frankel.ch/security-baked-into-jvm/3/ | Source: Nicolas Frnkel [08:34] TR Bot Security Baked Into the JVM: two Subjects, one call [08:37] TR News "Lets take our first journey into the wonders of Django, my favourite web backend. One of the reasons I love it is its ORM which well talk a bit more when we reach the midway of the month and letter O." https://hamatti.org/posts/g-is-for-get-or-create-python-a-to-z/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala [08:37] TR Bot G is for get_or_create - Python A to Z : Juha-Matti Santala [08:37] TR News "For the past couple of years, all my new Django projects have been built with htmx and Ive worked on couple of other, non-Django projects that uses it as well. Its a blast!" https://hamatti.org/posts/h-is-for-htmx-python-a-to-z/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala [08:38] TR Bot H is for htmx - Python A to Z : Juha-Matti Santala [08:38] TR News "Emacs VC is the built-in Emacs version control interface." https://box.matto.nl/git-branches-and-emacs-builtin-vc.html | Source: MJ Fransen [08:38] TR Bot branches and Emacs built-in VC - box.matto.nl [08:38] TR News "But the old code had an advantage: because each error condition had its own raise line, coverage measurement could tell me whether I had tested every func_name for the wrong number of arguments." https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202608/callerspecific_coverage | Source: Ned Batchelder [08:38] TR Bot Caller-specific coverage | Ned Batchelder [08:38] TR News "But Id argue that Crawshaw underappreciates the ongoing cost when he writes [...]" https://lalitm.com/post/changing-devtools-is-cheap-owning-them-isnt/ | Source: Lalit Maganti [08:38] TR Bot Changing Devtools Is Cheap. Owning Them Isnt. - Lalit Maganti [08:38] TR News "Technical debt is materialized as drag against the ability to deliver customer value." https://www.jmduke.com/posts/tech-debt-is-weird.html | Source: Justin Duke [08:38] TR Bot Tech debt is weird | Applied Cartography [08:39] TR News "I wrote this in my notes shortly after attending the first of two HTML Day online sessions today, hosted by Zachary." https://jamesg.blog/2026/08/08/html-day-2026 | Source: James G [08:39] TR Bot HTML Day 2026 - with words, wonder [08:39] TR News Yesterday I attended HTML Day London 2026. I set myself the challenge of working entirely offline for the event." https://billglover.me/2026/08/09/html-day-london/ | Source: Bill Glover [08:39] TR Bot HTML Day London [08:40] TR News "Right now I'm using Pagecord to blog (almost) daily for Blaugust, since it has awesome features like posting from Obsidian with micro.pub API" https://binarydigit.net/enjoying-multiple-blog-platforms/ | Source: BinaryDigit [08:40] TR Bot Enjoying Multiple Blog Platforms Raging Against the Machines [08:40] TR News "As threatened, I moved the blog to pico.sh pgs because pico.sh is so dang cool and much more in the spirit of indiewebbing than Cloudflare." https://sals.place/blog/moved-to-pico/ | Source: Sal [08:40] TR Bot Moved the blog to pico.sh, and I'm done blogging about this blog for August | Sal's [08:40] TR News "Baty just posted this and I just have to follow suit. Its hilarious and painful how relevant it is to my blog lately: [...]" https://sals.place/blog/elaborate-blogging-setups/ | Source: Sal [08:40] TR Bot Blog posts about elaborate blogging setups | Sal's [08:40] TR News "Other than reading docs, it seems I interact with pico.sh entirely over ssh and rsync. Auth is handled via ssh key." https://sals.place/blog/pico-sh-cool/ | Source: Sal [08:40] TR Bot pico.sh! | Sal's [08:41] TR News "In this ~15-minute video I show how to add conditions to abbrev-mode abbreviations that you define." https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2026-08-09-emacs-expand-abbrev-mode-definitions-conditionally/ | Source: Protesilaos Stavrou [08:41] TR Bot conditionally expand abbrev-mode definitions | Protesilaos [08:41] TR News "This toolchain exists because of demos and the demoscene" https://hugodaniel.com/posts/wgslender-my-wgsl-toolchain/ | Source: Hugo Daniel [08:41] TR Bot wgslender: My WGSL Toolchain [08:41] TR News "So to eBay I went, and 4-6 weeks later I had myself a Cisco / AT&T branded DP-153-AT a UMTS femtocell capable of Band 8 and Band 2." https://nickvsnetworking.com/3g-at-last/ | Source: Nick [08:41] TR Bot 3G at last! | Nick vs Networking [08:42] TR News "modem ports removed and replaced by the cannon plug" https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/space/nasa-modded-space-stations-laptops-so-everyone-could-use-the-same-charger-standardizing-iss-chargers-eliminated-useless-weight-and-reduced-failure-points | Source: Tom's Hardware [08:42] TR Bot NASA modded space station's laptops so everyone could use the same charger standardizing ISS chargers eliminated useless weight and reduced failure points | Tom's Hardware [08:42] TR News "At present, this project is really only a proof-of-concept." https://kevinboone.me/picotrain.html | Source: Kevin Boone [08:42] TR Bot Kevin Boone: Using a Raspberry Pi Pico to control a large-scale model locomotive [08:42] TR News "In this article we are going to look at how these two systems work" https://devblog.archlinux.page/2026/on-scripts-and-hooks/ | [08:43] TR Bot On scripts and hooks | Arch Linux Dev Blog [08:43] TR News "While the Democratic CSI driver is suited mostly for Linux based systems like TrueNAS SCALE for example" https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/08/09/freebsd-openshift-democratic-csi/ | Source: Vermaden [08:43] TR Bot FreeBSD Storage for OpenShift with Democratic CSI | [08:44] TR News "[...] This week we are pleased to summarize recent releases in the Linux community and then we ask our readers" https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20260810 | Source: Distro Watch [08:44] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20260810 ) [08:44] TR News "Week twelve of the roundup, built from the package manager OPML feed collection and whatever Ive posted or boosted on Mastodon." https://nesbitt.io/2026/08/08/this-week-in-package-management.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt [08:44] TR Bot This Week in Package Management: 8 August 2026 | Andrew Nesbitt [08:44] TR News "The concept is less a static boardgame, but a whole campaign you can play through with different paths, missions and outcomes." https://blog.avas.space/ass-defect-boardgame/ | Source: Ava [08:44] TR Bot playing the mass effect board game ava's blog [08:52] TR News Four weekend stable kernel updates https://lwn.net/Articles/1087949/ [08:52] TR Bot weekend stable kernel updates [LWN.net] [08:52] TR News After 24 years, Return to Castle Wolfenstein is finally distributed uncut in Germany game was censored due to strict laws regarding Nazi symbolism https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/after-24-years-return-to-castle-wolfenstein-is-finally-distributed-uncut-in-germany-game-was-censored-due-to-strict-laws-regarding-nazi-symbolism [08:52] TR Bot After 24 years, Return to Castle Wolfenstein is finally distributed uncut in Germany game was censored due to strict laws regarding Nazi symbolism | Tom's Hardware [08:54] *IsambardPrince has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [08:54] TR News (NEW): Jasem's Ekosphere: KStars 3.8.4 Released https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/Jasem_s_Ekosphere_KStars_3_8_4_Released.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/Jasem_s_Ekosphere_KStars_3_8_4_Released.gmi [08:55] TR Bot Tux Machines Jasem's Ekosphere: KStars 3.8.4 Released ● Aug 10 [09:02] TR News Techrights Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) Does Not Support Women, It Imitates Authentic Organisations, Embraces Misogynists, Then Projects https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/Software_Freedom_Conservancy_SFC_Does_Not_Support_Women_It_Imit.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/Software_Freedom_Conservancy_SFC_Does_Not_Support_Women_It_Imit.gmi [09:02] TR Bot Techrights Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) Does Not Support Women, It Imitates Authentic Organisations, Embraces Misogynists, Then Projects ● Aug 10 [12:03] *\join_subline has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [12:04] *\join_subline (~join_subline@x58kccsbytrv6.irc) has joined #techrights [12:25] TR News Unhealthy air quality hits seven areas in Sarawak, Selangor https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/unhealthy-air-quality-hits-seven-areas-in-sarawak-selangor [12:25] TR Bot Unhealthy air quality hits seven areas in Sarawak, Selangor | The Straits Times [12:25] TR News Malaysian students in a bind over new US visa rules https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysian-students-in-a-bind-over-new-us-visa-rules [12:25] TR Bot Malaysian students in a bind over new US visa rules | The Straits Times [12:26] TR News How Does Your Dog Impact Your Family's Health? Here's What We Know. https://www.sciencealert.com/how-does-your-dog-impact-your-familys-health-heres-what-we-know [12:26] TR Bot a Dog in The House Could Improve Children's Respiratory Outcomes : ScienceAlert [12:30] TR News Git branches and Emacs built-in VC https://box.matto.nl/git-branches-and-emacs-builtin-vc.html [12:30] TR Bot branches and Emacs built-in VC - box.matto.nl [12:31] TR News Profile-guided optimization in Go https://lemire.me/blog/2026/08/09/profile-guided-optimization-in-go/ [12:31] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/08/09/profile-guided-optimization-in-go/ ) [12:32] TR News Mind-bending self-replicating GIF code prints an exact copy of itself, is both a program and its own visual output champion coder shows off 'Piet Quine' technique https://www.tomshardware.com/software/programming/mind-bending-self-replicating-gif-code-prints-an-exact-copy-of-itself-is-both-a-program-and-its-own-visual-output-champion-coder-shows-off-piet-quine-technique [12:32] TR Bot Mind-bending self-replicating GIF code prints an exact copy of itself, is both a program and its own visual output champion coder shows off 'Piet Quine' technique | Tom's Hardware [12:41] TR News The World's Vegetables Are Vanishing, And It's Quietly Wrecking Our Diets https://www.sciencealert.com/the-worlds-vegetables-are-vanishing-and-its-quietly-wrecking-our-diets [12:41] TR Bot World's Vegetables Are Vanishing, And It's Quietly Wrecking Our Diets : ScienceAlert [12:42] TR News USA Today Partners With Palantir to Gain Actionable Intelligence On Its Audiences https://futurism.com/future-society/usa-today-palatnir-reader-intelligence [12:42] TR Bot USA Today Partners With Palantir to Gain "Actionable Intelligence" On Its Audiences [12:44] TR News Advancing a Connected Future for Indigenous Communities https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2026/08/advancing-a-connected-future-for-indigenous-communities/ [12:44] TR Bot Advancing a Connected Future for Indigenous Communities - Internet Society [12:45] TR News Jeff Bezos Harshly Criticized for $200 Million Pledge to Protect the Worlds Most Endangered Species https://futurism.com/future-society/jeff-bezos-leonardo-dicaprio-greenwashing-amazon-pollution [12:45] TR Bot Jeff Bezos Harshly Criticized for $200 Million Pledge to Protect the World's Most Endangered Species [12:53] TR News Experimental Alzheimer's Treatment Restores Two Hours of Sleep When Tested in Mice https://www.sciencealert.com/experimental-alzheimers-treatment-restores-two-hours-of-sleep-when-tested-in-mice [12:53] TR Bot Not Amyloid Plaques Stealing Sleep in Alzheimer's It's Immune Cells : ScienceAlert [12:54] TR News Hong Kong 47: 11 jailed democrats granted permission to appeal to top court https://hongkongfp.com/2026/08/10/hong-kong-47-11-jailed-democrats-granted-permission-to-appeal-to-top-court/ [12:54] TR Bot Hong Kong 47: 11 jailed democrats granted permission to appeal to top court ● Aug 10 [13:18] TR News x64 port of Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Word for backdoored Windows 1.1a arrives you can now run this seminal 1990 word processor natively in backdoored Windows 11 https://www.tomshardware.com/software/microsoft-office/x64-port-of-microsoft-word-for-windows-1-1a-arrives-you-can-now-run-this-seminal-1990-word-processor-natively-in-windows-11 [13:18] TR Bot x64 port of Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a arrives you can now run this seminal 1990 word processor natively in Windows 11 | Tom's Hardware [13:19] TR News Libreville grapples with water shortage https://www.france24.com/en/libreville-grapples-with-water-shortage open taps to refill them, and max up the A/Cs, to cool down the city [13:19] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/libreville-grapples-with-water-shortage ) [13:19] TR News Interview With Enzo Maresca https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/10/interview-with-enzo-maresca/ [13:19] TR Bot Blog Archive Interview With Enzo Maresca [13:19] schestowitz[TR2] psydroid2: ^ [13:23] TR News (NEW): Linux 7.2-rc7 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/Linux_7_2_rc7.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/Linux_7_2_rc7.gmi [13:23] TR Bot Tux Machines Linux 7.2-rc7 [13:24] TR News Examiner Allowance Rates Under Director Squires https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/08/examiner-allowance-rates-under-director-squires.html [13:24] TR Bot Examiner Allowance Rates Under Director Squires | Patently-O [13:24] TR News Ex parte Baurin and the Anti-Harassment Rationale for Double Patenting https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/08/ex-parte-baurin-and-the-anti-harassment-rationale-for-double-patenting.html [13:24] TR Bot Ex parte Baurin and the Anti-Harassment Rationale for Double Patenting | Patently-O [13:25] TR News Where Your Secrets Really Live: From IaC State to a Running Container https://kerneltalks.com/cloud-services/where-your-secrets-really-live-from-iac-state-to-a-running-container/ [13:25] TR Bot Where Your Secrets Really Live: From IaC State to a Running Container - Kernel Talks [13:27] TR News (NEW): FreeBSD 14.5-BETA1 Now Available https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/FreeBSD_14_5_BETA1_Now_Available.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/FreeBSD_14_5_BETA1_Now_Available.gmi [13:27] TR Bot Tux Machines FreeBSD 14.5-BETA1 Now Available [13:28] TR News "hat suggests Farage's likely winning margin, rather than the outcome itself, is where the genuine betting value sits." https://www.oddschecker.com/insight/politics/20260810-when-is-the-clacton-by-election-odds-favourites-candidates [13:28] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.oddschecker.com/insight/politics/20260810-when-is-the-clacton-by-election-odds-favourites-candidates ) [13:34] TR News Kernel prepatch 7.2-rc7 https://lwn.net/Articles/1087961/ [13:34] TR Bot prepatch 7.2-rc7 [LWN.net] [13:35] TR News The Real Victims of the Hey Hi (AI) Surveillance Panopticon? Crime Fiction Writers https://futurism.com/future-society/crime-writers-ai-surveillance-panopticon-crime-writers [13:35] TR Bot The Real Victims of the AI Surveillance Panopticon? Crime Fiction Writers [13:38] TR News Elecrow ThinkNode M9 A standalone ESP32-S3 MeshCore communication terminal with color LCD, QWERTY keyboard https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/10/elecrow-thinknode-m9-a-standalone-esp32-s3-meshcore-communication-terminal-with-color-lcd-qwerty-keyboard/ [13:38] TR Bot Elecrow ThinkNode M9 - A standalone ESP32-S3 MeshCore communication terminal with color LCD, QWERTY keyboard - CNX Software [13:39] TR News Reading the Room Perfectly, The Insurrectionist Becomes Greatest Defender of Data Centers https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/donald-trump-greatest-defender-data-centers [13:39] TR Bot Reading the Room Perfectly, Donald Trump Becomes Greatest Defender of Data Centers [13:39] TR News Xlibre and gtk2-ng are back! https://bkhome.org/news/202608/xlibre-and-gtk2-ng-are-back.html [13:39] TR Bot Xlibre and gtk2-ng are back! [13:47] TR News LightDM Released Version 1.33.0 After Four-Year Hiatus https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/08/lightdm-released-version-1-33-0-after-four-year-hiatus/ [13:47] TR Bot LightDM Released Version 1.33.0 After Four-Year Hiatus | UbuntuHandbook [13:48] TR News Elana Hashman: Managing virtualenvs with a little bash https://hashman.ca/managing-venvs/ [13:48] TR Bot :: Managing virtualenvs with a little bash [13:49] TR News Personal Stories, Personal Blog https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/10/personal-stories-personal-blog/ [13:49] TR Bot Blog Archive Personal Stories, Personal Blog [13:49] TR News Ivan Molodetskikh: Easy Sandboxing on GNU/Linux with Bubblewrap https://bxt.rs/blog/easy-sandboxing-on-linux-with-bubblewrap/ [13:49] TR Bot Easy Sandboxing on Linux with Bubblewrap | Ivan Molodetskikhs Webpage [13:50] TR News Orion for GNU/Linux beta update adds private browsing and link previews https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/orion-for-linux-0-4-1-beta [13:50] TR Bot Orion for Linux beta update adds private browsing and link previews - OMG! Ubuntu [13:51] TR News Orion for GNU/Linux beta update adds private browsing and link previews https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/orion-for-linux-0-4-1-beta [13:51] TR News Windows 11s Weather app uses ~1GB RAM, GNU/Linux apps a fraction https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/linux-vs-windows-weather-app-ram [13:51] TR Bot Windows 11's Weather app uses ~1GB RAM, Linux apps a fraction - OMG! Ubuntu [13:52] TR News CachyOS 260809 https://distrowatch.com/cachyos [13:52] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/cachyos ) [13:52] TR News Zenwalk Burst Oriented kernel brings true low latency desktop experience http://www.zenwalk.org/2026/08/zenwalk-burst-oriented-kernel-brings.html [13:52] TR Bot Zenwalk GNU Linux: Zenwalk Burst Oriented kernel brings true low latency desktop experience [13:53] TR News Slop is drowning out the kernel with BS no human will audit or bother with. https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.2-rc7-Released lxo, take note [13:53] TR Bot 7.2-rc7 Released Following Another Exhausting AI-Driven Week - Phoronix [13:53] TR News If GNU/Linux Rising is Just "Bots" (It's Not, Many Surveys Show the Same), Why Does Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Rush to Lie About System Requirements of Vista 11? https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/08/If_GNU_Linux_Rising_is_Just_Bots_It_s_Not_Many_Surveys_Show_the.shtml [13:54] TR Bot Techrights If GNU/Linux Rising is Just "Bots" (It's Not, Many Surveys Show the Same), Why Does Microsoft Rush to Lie About System Requirements of Vista 11? ● Aug 10 [14:04] TR News The Bank of England in Manchester Becoming Residential Building https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/10/the-bank-of-england-in-manchester/ [14:04] TR Bot Blog Archive The Bank of England in Manchester Becoming Residential Building [14:07] TR News Try out these fun FIGlet commands and customize your GNU/Linux terminal https://www.neowin.net/guides/try-out-these-fun-figlet-commands-and-customize-your-linux-terminal/ [14:07] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/guides/try-out-these-fun-figlet-commands-and-customize-your-linux-terminal/ ) [14:07] TR News Lazy Reading for 2026/08/09 https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2026/08/09/lazy-reading-for-2026-08-09/ [14:07] TR Bot Lazy Reading for 2026/08/09 DragonFly BSD Digest [14:08] TR News Linux Saloon 215 | Odyssey GNU/Linux https://cubiclenate.com/2026/08/08/linux-saloon-215-odyssey-linux/ [14:08] TR Bot Join the Odyssey Linux Discussion and Share Your Tech Tips [14:08] TR News On scripts and hooks https://devblog.archlinux.page/2026/on-scripts-and-hooks/ [14:08] TR Bot On scripts and hooks | Arch Linux Dev Blog [14:10] TR News Can you turn any dog into a boxer dog ("I want to be a boxer!") by enlarging its head and, if so, would that be dubbed breed-affirming surgery? [14:10] TR News 22 Years Later, Still Blogging in WordPress https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/09/22-years-later-still-blogging-in-wordpress/ [14:10] TR Bot Blog Archive 22 Years Later, Still Blogging in WordPress [14:11] TR News How to Install, Secure, and Set Up MySQL on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS https://linuxhint.com/install-secure-and-set-up-mysql-on-ubuntu-26-04-lts/ [14:11] TR Bot How to Install, Secure, and Set Up MySQL on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Linux Hint [14:12] TR News Reproducible Builds: Reproducible Builds in July 2026 https://reproducible-builds.org/reports/2026-07/ [14:12] TR Bot Builds in July 2026 reproducible-builds.org [14:14] TR News Cyprus natural gas will help supply Europe by first half of 2028, official says https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2026/0809/cyprus-natural-gas-europe [14:14] TR Bot natural gas to help supply Europe by first half of 2028, official says - CSMonitor.com [14:17] TR News Long COVID Linked to Lasting Damage in The Brain's Dopamine System https://www.sciencealert.com/long-covid-linked-to-lasting-damage-in-the-brains-dopamine-system [14:17] TR Bot COVID Patients Have 18% Fewer Dopamine Nerve Endings, Brain Scans Reveal : ScienceAlert [14:18] TR News How to list installed packages on Ubuntu https://www.hostinger.com/au/tutorials/how-to-list-installed-packages-on-ubuntu/ [14:18] TR Bot How to List Installed Packages on Ubuntu in 2026 [14:19] TR News I tried 5 Linux distros in a week to find one that "just works" https://www.howtogeek.com/i-tried-5-linux-distros-in-a-week-to-find-one-that-just-works/ [14:19] TR Bot I tried 5 Linux distros in a week to find one that "just works" [14:22] TR News Linux finally gave me back the joy of tinkering that Windows killed https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-joy-windows-killed/ [14:22] TR Bot Linux finally gave me back the joy of tinkering that Windows killed [14:24] TR News They depend on PROPRIETARY things https://www.makeuseof.com/open-source-apps-you-wont-pay-for-again/ [14:24] TR Bot 5 open-source apps that are so good you'll never need to pay for them [14:24] TR News EEE that BREAKS the originals https://www.makeuseof.com/microsofts-coreutils-brings-real-linux-commands-to-windows-i-tested-it-as-a-wsl-replacement/ [14:24] TR Bot Microsoft's Coreutils finally gave Windows the eight commands I was using Linux for [14:25] TR News This free tool runs Windows apps on the Linux I already have and it's not Wine https://www.makeuseof.com/this-free-tool-runs-windows-apps-on-the-linux-i-already-have-and-its-not-wine/ [14:25] TR Bot This free tool runs Windows apps on the Linux I already have and it's not Wine [14:28] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/today_s_howtos.gmi [14:29] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [14:29] *Obsdark (~Obsdark@user/obsdark) has joined #techrights [14:30] TR News (NEW): Content Management Systems (CMS) / Static Site Generators 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gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [14:55] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [14:57] TR News (NEW): Free Software, Education, and Standards https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/Free_Software_Education_and_Standards.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/Free_Software_Education_and_Standards.gmi [14:57] TR Bot Tux Machines Free Software, Education, and Standards ● Aug 10 [15:00] TR News (NEW): Applications: FIGlet, Calibre, Bottles, and Weather https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/Applications_FIGlet_Calibre_Bottles_and_Weather.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/Applications_FIGlet_Calibre_Bottles_and_Weather.gmi [15:00] TR Bot Tux Machines Applications: FIGlet, Calibre, Bottles, and Weather [15:04] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.gmi [15:04] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers [15:05] TR News (NEW): Reproducible Builds in July 2026 and Critical Linux SCTP Flaw https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/Reproducible_Builds_in_July_2026_and_Critical_Linux_SCTP_Flaw.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/Reproducible_Builds_in_July_2026_and_Critical_Linux_SCTP_Flaw.gmi [15:05] TR Bot Tux Machines Reproducible Builds in July 2026 and Critical Linux SCTP Flaw [15:07] TR News Techrights Links 10/08/2026: "Long COVID Linked to Lasting Damage in The Brain's Dopamine System", Microsofts Weather App Uses Over 1,000 Megabytes of RAM https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/Links_10_08_2026_Long_COVID_Linked_to_Lasting_Damage_in_The_Bra.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/Links_10_08_2026_Long_COVID_Linked_to_Lasting_Damage_in_The_Bra.gmi [15:07] TR Bot Techrights Links 10/08/2026: "Long 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[15:41] TR News 1 to 200 in Just Over a Year https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/10/1-to-200-in-just-over-a-year/ [15:41] TR Bot Blog Archive 1 to 200 in Just Over a Year [15:50] TR News (NEW): Linux Mint 22.3 HWE ISOs Now Available for Download with Linux Kernel 7.0 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/Linux_Mint_22_3_HWE_ISOs_Now_Available_for_Download_with_Linux_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/Linux_Mint_22_3_HWE_ISOs_Now_Available_for_Download_with_Linux_.gmi [15:50] TR Bot Tux Machines Linux Mint 22.3 HWE ISOs Now Available for Download with Linux Kernel 7.0 [15:51] TR News Techrights statCounter Now Sees GNU/Linux "Market Share Worldwide" at 9.21%, Soon 10% https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/statCounter_Now_Sees_GNU_Linux_Market_Share_Worldwide_at_9_21_S.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/statCounter_Now_Sees_GNU_Linux_Market_Share_Worldwide_at_9_21_S.gmi [15:51] TR Bot Techrights statCounter Now Sees GNU/Linux "Market Share Worldwide" at 9.21%, Soon 10% [15:52] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Market Share Quickly Catching Up With Vista 11 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/GNU_Linux_Market_Share_Quickly_Catching_Up_With_Vista_11.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/GNU_Linux_Market_Share_Quickly_Catching_Up_With_Vista_11.gmi [15:52] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux Market Share Quickly Catching Up With Vista 11 ● Aug 10 [16:01] TR News Techrights Nigel Farage crisis: Taylor Swift & Jeffrey Epstein both shunned cryptocurrency bosses https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/Nigel_Farage_crisis_Taylor_Swift_Jeffrey_Epstein_both_shunned_c.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/Nigel_Farage_crisis_Taylor_Swift_Jeffrey_Epstein_both_shunned_c.gmi [16:01] TR Bot Techrights Nigel Farage crisis: Taylor Swift & Jeffrey Epstein both shunned cryptocurrency bosses [16:31] TR News Techrights Microsoft/GAFAM Operating at a Loss https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/Microsoft_GAFAM_Operating_at_a_Loss.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/Microsoft_GAFAM_Operating_at_a_Loss.gmi [16:31] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft/GAFAM Operating at a Loss [16:36] TR News They ripped off wordpress https://www.aol.com/articles/wix-investor-alert-wix-com-163400000.html [16:36] TR Bot INVESTOR ALERT: Wix.com Ltd. Investors with Substantial Losses Have Opportunity to Lead the Wix Class Action Lawsuit - AOL [16:46] TR News iophk: lennart's polkit mess spreads further https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8626-1 [16:46] TR Bot timed out after 10000 milliseconds ( status 0 @ https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8626-1 ) [16:50] TR News Software Freedom Conservancy Inc lost $600,000 last year, so its chief took a salary hike :) https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/412203632 [16:50] TR Bot Software Freedom Conservancy Inc - Nonprofit Explorer - ProPublica [16:51] *croissant` (~croissant@uudy98nj9ntz2.irc) has joined #techrights [16:52] *croissant has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Aug 10 [17:01] TR News Techrights For Second Year in a Row Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) Loses Money (Over $3,000,000 Lost in 2 Years), Bradley M Kuhn Steps Down as Treasurer https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/For_Second_Year_in_a_Row_Software_Freedom_Conservancy_SFC_Loses.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/For_Second_Year_in_a_Row_Software_Freedom_Conservancy_SFC_Loses.gmi [17:01] TR Bot Techrights For Second Year in a Row Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) Loses Money (Over $3,000,000 Lost in 2 Years), Bradley M Kuhn Steps Down as Treasurer [17:03] TR News ICYMI, SFC is not a millionaire, it just funnels millions for projects to avoid tax. OSI began doing the same for Microsoft. It's dirty. [17:07] MinceR https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/08/10/our-helpful-guide [17:07] TR Bot Our Helpful Guide - Penny Arcade [17:07] TR News Windows 11% in India https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/india/#monthly-200902-202608 [17:07] TR Bot Operating System Market Share India | Statcounter Global Stats [17:08] TR News Windows all-time low in Russia https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/russian-federation/#monthly-200902-202608 [17:08] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Russian Federation | Statcounter Global Stats [17:15] TR News (NEW): Singapore: GNU/Linux Reaches 9% This Month https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/Singapore_GNU_Linux_Reaches_9_This_Month.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/Singapore_GNU_Linux_Reaches_9_This_Month.gmi [17:15] TR Bot Tux Machines Singapore: GNU/Linux Reaches 9% This Month [17:32] *ewig has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [17:48] TR News Techrights Escaping Ads https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/Escaping_Ads.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/Escaping_Ads.gmi [17:48] TR Bot Techrights Escaping Ads [17:54] TR News Even Manchester Evening News Features Daniel Pocock Today https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/10/even-manchester-evening-news-features-daniel-pocock-today/ [17:54] TR Bot Blog Archive Even Manchester Evening News Features Daniel Pocock Today [17:56] *Obsdark has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● Aug 10 [18:01] *\join_subline has quit (Quit: leaving) [18:09] TR News Techrights Microsoft and Apple Lose Ground to GNU/Linux in the United States https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/Microsoft_and_Apple_Lose_Ground_to_GNU_Linux_in_the_United_Stat.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/Microsoft_and_Apple_Lose_Ground_to_GNU_Linux_in_the_United_Stat.gmi [18:09] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft and Apple Lose Ground to GNU/Linux in the United States [18:11] MinceR microslop loses ground to microslop? :> [18:11] schestowitz[TR2] lfslop? [18:11] MinceR microslop/ibm gnome and microslop/ibm systemd running on top of microslop Linux [18:12] MinceR following microslop's ideas of what counts as good design and general corporate attitudes to control [18:13] schestowitz[TR2] > No worries! Thanks for your time and help per usual :-) [18:13] schestowitz[TR2] > [18:13] schestowitz[TR2] > Please do reach out to my colleague Rose if you can, [18:13] schestowitz[TR2] > as I think what she was talking to me about deserves [18:13] schestowitz[TR2] > to be reported on. Can't think of a better outlet than TR! [18:13] schestowitz[TR2] Yes! I did not forget... [18:14] MinceR ("you don't get to change the color of the panel because our brand identity is more important than your interests") [18:16] schestowitz[TR2] Re: Sunday Times article> [18:16] schestowitz[TR2] > worth a look [18:16] schestowitz[TR2] > [18:16] schestowitz[TR2] > https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/clacton-by-election-34-candidates-nigel-farage-h3089b70zhttps://techrights.org/n/2026/08/09/Daniel_Pocock_in_the_Sunday_Times_Today.shtml [18:16] TR Bot Verifying Device [18:27] *\join_subline (~join_subline@x58kccsbytrv6.irc) has joined #techrights [18:31] *Goblin (~use@ggawdriywb4qi.irc) has joined #techrights [18:32] TR News People in Their Twenties Tend to Miss the Point https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/10/people-in-their-twenties-tend-to-miss-the-point/ [18:32] TR Bot Blog Archive People in Their Twenties Tend to Miss the Point [18:33] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@f3xhhw92gkhnw.irc) has joined #techrights [18:37] TR News Back to Blogging More After 22 Years of This Neglect of Blogging https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/10/back-to-blogging-more-after-22-years-of-this-neglect-of-blogging/ [18:37] TR Bot Blog Archive Back to Blogging More After 22 Years of This Neglect of Blogging [18:37] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: you ought to blog more [18:43] IsambardPrince Yeah. [18:44] IsambardPrince I'm probably going to talk to the management company about Leeloo soon. [18:44] IsambardPrince The local cat shelter has a special adoption day on the 22nd. I'm considering going there. [18:44] IsambardPrince Bobbi Jo is throwing a fit. She does not like to be the only cat here. [18:45] IsambardPrince She's always been around other cats. [18:46] schestowitz[TR2] not sure [18:46] schestowitz[TR2] if cats are like this [18:46] schestowitz[TR2] fish ar [18:47] schestowitz[TR2] *ar [18:47] schestowitz[TR2] >are ● Aug 10 [19:05] TR News Techrights The Slop Bubble (Pyramid Scheme) is Becoming Bigger and Everyone Should be Terrified (Its Implosion Will Cause More Damage) https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/The_Slop_Bubble_Pyramid_Scheme_is_Becoming_Bigger_and_Everyone_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/The_Slop_Bubble_Pyramid_Scheme_is_Becoming_Bigger_and_Everyone_.gmi [19:05] TR Bot Techrights The Slop Bubble (Pyramid Scheme) is Becoming Bigger and Everyone Should be Terrified (Its Implosion Will Cause More Damage) [19:14] TR News ""success" is real loosely defined at IBM these days. There is no success except jobs to India so they can get cheaper and be closer to the basement like TCS, Cognizant, Accenture and the other Indian companies who do it cheaper, not better." https://old.reddit.com/r/IBM_Employees/comments/1vk5qlk/heard_about_cuts_in_yorktown_office/ [19:14] TR Bot Heard about cuts in Yorktown office. : IBM_Employees [19:20] TR News Techrights Claims of Mass Layoffs at IBM (in Finance) https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/Claims_of_Mass_Layoffs_at_IBM_in_Finance.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/Claims_of_Mass_Layoffs_at_IBM_in_Finance.gmi [19:20] TR Bot Techrights Claims of Mass Layoffs at IBM (in Finance) [19:21] TR News Slop riding the "LINUX" brand https://www.infoq.com/podcasts/new-blueprint-cloud-security/ [19:21] TR Bot Engineering: a New Blueprint for Cloud Security in the AI Native Era - InfoQ [19:22] TR News Azure = Proprietary with Back Doors. GitHub = Proprietary with Back Doors. https://www.ghacks.net/2026/07/02/microsoft-releases-azure-linux-4-iso-files-on-github-for-local-testing/ [19:22] TR Bot Microsoft Releases Azure Linux 4 ISO Files on GitHub for Local Testing - gHacks Tech News [19:22] -Global-[r0d3nt] [16:14:21] [2600] Hope 26 ticket sales close to selling out https://www.2600.com/content/hope-26-ticket-sales-close-selling-out - https://hope.net [19:23] TR News You Cant Patent a Trench: The Real Biotechnology the Green Revolution Forgot https://off-guardian.org/2026/07/15/you-cant-patent-a-trench-the-real-biotechnology-the-green-revolution-forgot/ [19:23] TR Bot You Cant Patent a Trench: The Real Biotechnology the Green Revolution Forgot OffGuardian [19:24] TR News Patent = monopoly, not revelation https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/sony-playstation-6-revolutionary-cooling-system-patent-1809383 [19:24] TR Bot PlayStation 6 Release Date Leak: Sony Patent Reveals Crucial Next Gen Hardware Cooling Upgrade | IBTimes UK [19:24] TR News Software Patents https://patentdocs.org/2026/07/20/ptab-%c2%a7-101-affirmance-rates-dip-under-director-squires/ [19:24] TR Bot PTAB 101 Affirmance Rates Dip under Director Squires Patent Docs [19:24] TR News a "patent ban" for plants http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/07/us-congress-faces-its-own-debate-about.html [19:24] TR Bot US Congress faces its own debate about a "patent ban" for plants - The IPKat [19:26] TR News Patent nationalism https://patentdocs.org/2026/07/22/uspto-requires-foreign-domiciled-patent-applicants-and-owners-to-be-represented-by-uspto-registered-practitioners/ [19:26] TR Bot USPTO Requires Foreign-domiciled Patent Applicants and Owners to Be Represented by USPTO-registered Practitioners Patent Docs [19:26] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: [19:26] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.theage.com.au/money/saving/banks-are-quietly-gutting-credit-card-perks-here-s-what-you-stand-to-lose-20260731-p60kaq.html [19:27] TR Bot Banks are quietly gutting credit card perks. Heres what you stand to lose [19:30] TR News Windows all-time low https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/canada/#monthly-200902-202608 [19:30] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Canada | Statcounter Global Stats [19:33] TR News Africa ~5% GNU/Linux as Clownflare sees it https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=52w&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP&loc=africa [19:33] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=52w&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP&loc=africa ) [19:36] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: Yes, cutting perks and raising annual fees. [19:36] IsambardPrince They realize that they're selling you the illusion of "being in a club". [19:37] IsambardPrince It works very well, I ran into an article for investors about the hooks American Express has on people. Seen it firsthand too. [19:37] TR News Russia about 6% https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=52w&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP&loc=RU [19:37] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=52w&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP&loc=RU ) [19:37] IsambardPrince There was a guy saying he was going to spend 6 months saving $10,000 to pay AmEx for a debt that was no longer collectible so that he could have his Gold Card reinstated with a $5,000 credit limit and a $325 annual fee. [19:38] IsambardPrince I asked what the logic in that was. Nobody could tell me. [19:40] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: Banks like to issue high dollar rewards that you can only use in their travel portal. [19:40] IsambardPrince Then when you think you're earning rewards points real fast and go to their portal, you find out it's like Capital One's portal. [19:40] IsambardPrince Where an $80 hotel room on Priceline is $152 on Capital One Travel. [19:41] IsambardPrince :D [19:41] IsambardPrince And since the "miles" are only redeemable at half of face value if you choose the cash option, you lose either way. [19:41] IsambardPrince You either pay twice the face value of the miles for travel, or you take half the face value as cash. [19:41] IsambardPrince Either way they are actually worth the same. [19:42] IsambardPrince The Capital One Venture X says that you earn 3 miles per dollar. A mile is worth a penny in their travel portal, or half a penny in cash. [19:42] IsambardPrince So really what you're earning with a $395 annual fee, is 1.5% cash back, which you can get with a Capital One QuickSilver with no annual fee. [19:42] TR News (NEW): Clownflare Sees a Lot of GNU/Linux in China, Unlike statCounter https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/Clownflare_Sees_a_Lot_of_GNU_Linux_in_China_Unlike_statCounter.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/Clownflare_Sees_a_Lot_of_GNU_Linux_in_China_Unlike_statCounter.gmi [19:42] TR Bot Tux Machines Clownflare Sees a Lot of GNU/Linux in China, Unlike statCounter [19:43] IsambardPrince You spend $395, you get $400 of travel credit. [19:43] IsambardPrince That means you're $5 ahead, except it's only worth $200. [19:44] IsambardPrince That leaves you with an effective annual fee of $195 a year for something that's got the same cash value on rewards as a no annual fee card. [19:44] IsambardPrince And you can only spend that credit in their overpriced portal. [19:45] IsambardPrince They will price match with "publicly available offers for the exact same travel" but then you have to log out of all the other travel sites, find a lower PUBLIC offer, and submit a claim to Capital One. [19:45] IsambardPrince After which, they will go look at it and give you an adjustment for the difference, but not in cash, in travel credit for Capital One. [19:46] IsambardPrince The publicly available offers don't count express deals on Priceline or whatever other sites call them, because they're unbranded. You can figure out what the hotel is yourself because there's enough clues if you spend 10 minutes figuring it out. [19:46] IsambardPrince But they don't count for price match. [19:47] IsambardPrince You have to look at the branded listing that you get while you are logged out and your cookies are cleared. [19:47] schestowitz[TR2] buy cat get one free [19:48] IsambardPrince It's just a lot of work. [19:48] IsambardPrince Then they could deny it or they might give you a Miles adjustment. [19:49] schestowitz[TR2] air miles are bs [19:49] schestowitz[TR2] i used to chase these [19:49] schestowitz[TR2] and chase the airlines to add these [19:49] schestowitz[TR2] at the end i either got nothing or passed the points to someone else [19:49] schestowitz[TR2] it's like playing with tokens in an arade [19:49] schestowitz[TR2] it's fake money [19:49] schestowitz[TR2] that most people won't redeem in any way [19:49] schestowitz[TR2] but feel like they have 'wealth' in funny money [19:50] schestowitz[TR2] also, gamifying travel is bad for the planet [19:50] schestowitz[TR2] it encourages people toi fly more [19:50] schestowitz[TR2] when they don't neeed to [19:50] schestowitz[TR2] or fly further [19:50] schestowitz[TR2] they inevnted a game [19:50] schestowitz[TR2] the more pollutioon you cause [19:50] schestowitz[TR2] the more 'rich' you will feel [19:50] schestowitz[TR2] the incentive should be opposite [19:51] TR News "Like my millenial generation being obsessed with the 70s, it seems the gen Z/gen alpha(?) has the strange fascination with the 90s. Since I lived the 90s I figure I'd write down some random memories I have of them." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/canfood/phlog/2026-08-09 [19:52] TR News "The complaints of fab and of Robert Benchley are surprisingly similar, only the dates differ, and of course, the subject. Tomorrow's profits are what it is all about, and certainly not the actual needs of the customer." gopher://box.matto.nl/0/re--my-washing-machine.txt [19:53] TR News new cycles gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/newCycle [19:54] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: Yeah, Dave Ramsey discussed this. [19:54] IsambardPrince They have blackout dates, they inflate them massively just before you go to use them. [19:54] IsambardPrince They're not worth it. It's like hotel points. [19:55] TR News "My weekend #diy #maker project: a compact, battery-powered #guitar practice amp which is meant to be paired with an effects pedal. It provides a clean 9V power plug for the pedal, and runs off any 10V -> 20V power supply (such as a laptop power supply, or in my case, a 3-cell 21700 battery pack)." gemini://tobykurien.com/microblog.gmi [19:56] admfubar https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/owner-of-original-intel-8080-pre-production-layout-seeks-restorer-handcrafted-rubylith-mask-shows-5-000-transistors-and-interconnect-patterns-of-the-fabled-2-mhz-cpu [19:56] TR Bot Owner of original Intel 8080 pre-production layout seeks restorer handcrafted Rubylith mask shows 5,000 transistors and interconnect patterns of the fabled 2 MHz CPU | Tom's Hardware [19:58] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: they expire [19:58] schestowitz[TR2] so at some point you thhink oof buying a useless flight just to reach some level ● Aug 10 [20:02] schestowitz[TR2] 20+ years ago itraked those points on the PDA [20:02] schestowitz[TR2] it was a waste of time [20:04] admfubar https://www.techspot.com/news/113418-cybersecurity-researcher-covered-toyota-ai-generated-pattern-confuse.html [20:04] TR Bot cybersecurity researcher covered a Toyota in an AI-generated pattern to confuse Flock cameras | TechSpot [20:04] admfubar https://www.techspot.com/news/113417-myspace-owners-confirm-they-planning-another-comeback-but.html [20:04] TR Bot owners confirm they are planning another comeback | TechSpot [20:10] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: I had an interview at Discover. [20:10] IsambardPrince They canceled it. [20:11] IsambardPrince I asked why. [20:11] IsambardPrince They said Capital One came in and laid off another 300 people and took down the job listings. [20:11] TR News (NEW): Paul Buetow's Uptime Records https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/Paul_Buetow_s_Uptime_Records.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/Paul_Buetow_s_Uptime_Records.gmi [20:11] TR Bot Tux Machines Paul Buetow's Uptime Records [20:11] schestowitz[TR2] did toy discover why? [20:11] schestowitz[TR2] *&you [20:11] IsambardPrince They actually fired the person that was supposed to interview me. [20:11] IsambardPrince It's brutal out there, Roy. [20:11] IsambardPrince Nobody says it, but it is. [20:12] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: For now you still call 1-800-DISCOVER or whatever it is on the back of that card. [20:12] IsambardPrince You still get an American. [20:12] IsambardPrince But I noticed things have changed. [20:13] IsambardPrince It used to ring once, say "Thanks for calling Discover! Hold on and I'll get someone to help you!" and then they'd answer immediately and say "Thanks for calling Discover, this is Bill in Utah. How can I help you today?" [20:13] IsambardPrince And now it rings and rings and you get hold music and it takes 10 minutes to get anyone. [20:13] IsambardPrince Then they're very obviously in a bad mood. [20:13] schestowitz[TR2] so you lose patience [20:13] schestowitz[TR2] hang up [20:13] schestowitz[TR2] might not phone again [20:14] schestowitz[TR2] and they say they manage to reduce workload [20:14] schestowitz[TR2] because people phone less [20:14] IsambardPrince Yeah. [20:14] schestowitz[TR2] or give up [20:14] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: Capital One's "support" is basically like this. [20:14] IsambardPrince They outsource to India or the Philippines. [20:14] schestowitz[TR2] "YOU. ARE. NUMBER. 99. IN THE QUEUE [MUSIC]" [20:14] IsambardPrince You can't talk to a credit analyst because there isn't one. The computer's decision is final. [20:15] IsambardPrince If you need help doing more than reporting a stolen, lost, or damaged card, disputing a transaction, or asking for a credit line increase (which goes to the same computers you could have asked yourself on the app), they can't do it. [20:17] schestowitz[TR2] today i got spam for insurance company [20:17] schestowitz[TR2] they contact people yuears later [20:17] schestowitz[TR2] based on some excuse [20:17] schestowitz[TR2] to get you to phone their free numnber [20:18] schestowitz[TR2] i assume to sell you more insurance [20:18] schestowitz[TR2] i.e. sales [20:18] schestowitz[TR2] and today we spoke about some company called edward mellor [20:18] schestowitz[TR2] they keep chasing and spamming people about homs [20:18] schestowitz[TR2] even using databases more than a decade old [20:18] schestowitz[TR2] very desperate to find people who buy or sell homes [20:22] IsambardPrince Yes, I asked a few years ago. [20:22] IsambardPrince There was one that said Mandy and I could buy a 500,000 house. [20:22] IsambardPrince And there's nothing in the area that isn't at least $1 million. [20:22] IsambardPrince And yet this guy still calls me. [20:25] schestowitz[TR2] ha [20:25] schestowitz[TR2] re insurance [20:25] schestowitz[TR2] best kind is, [20:25] schestowitz[TR2] be safe and healthy [20:25] schestowitz[TR2] smoke alarms, vits, low stress [20:25] schestowitz[TR2] that lessens chance of emergencies [20:25] schestowitz[TR2] but society does not work that way [20:25] schestowitz[TR2] people chase highest paying job [20:26] schestowitz[TR2] get stressed [20:26] schestowitz[TR2] get burned out or ill [20:26] schestowitz[TR2] then pay for that [20:26] schestowitz[TR2] rianne asked how old leeloo was [20:26] schestowitz[TR2] you said the photo was 10 years ago [20:26] schestowitz[TR2] and that yoiu rescued her [20:26] schestowitz[TR2] i said she was likely old cat by now [20:26] schestowitz[TR2] we actually spoke a lot today about leeloo [20:26] schestowitz[TR2] which is funny [20:26] schestowitz[TR2] as i never met the cat or even you [20:27] schestowitz[TR2] last time i visited us was 2006 [20:27] IsambardPrince The tech at the emergency vet clinic said she "looked a lot older than 14". [20:27] schestowitz[TR2] and before this site or irc channel existed [20:27] IsambardPrince 14 was just a guess. [20:27] IsambardPrince Someone looked at her teeth and said "Maybe 3?" when I found her. [20:27] schestowitz[TR2] ok, sold cat then [20:27] schestowitz[TR2] too old for peter bright [20:28] schestowitz[TR2] rianne saw the photo and was touched [20:28] IsambardPrince Pedo not so Bright [20:28] schestowitz[TR2] but we are more like "dog people" [20:28] schestowitz[TR2] she asked how you sent it [20:28] schestowitz[TR2] i said you shared with me and MinceR [20:28] IsambardPrince he got baited into a low effort roach motel. [20:28] schestowitz[TR2] i could not access that [20:29] schestowitz[TR2] uk blocked by imgur or vice versa [20:29] schestowitz[TR2] sso i archive.ph'ed it [20:29] IsambardPrince It's probably one of those "Think of the children." laws. [20:29] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: he was being very cozy with The Loser [20:29] MinceR > dog people [20:29] MinceR "I'm a Mawg. Half-man, half-dog. I'm my own best friend." [20:29] schestowitz[TR2] And the Loser was desperate to get that article deleted\ [20:30] schestowitz[TR2] MinceR: dogpigsomething [20:30] IsambardPrince You know where the UK says you have to call your ISP and say you want to look at porn. [20:30] MinceR manbearpig? [20:30] schestowitz[TR2] i think IsambardPrince caled someone that [20:30] schestowitz[TR2] like 15 yeras agfo [20:30] MinceR it's from south park [20:30] schestowitz[TR2] ah [20:30] MinceR my quote is from spaceballs [20:30] IsambardPrince "You know, nothing weird, just you know, I'm an admirer of the human form." [20:30] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: not sure it happened [20:31] schestowitz[TR2] ORG made a videio about it [20:31] IsambardPrince "Once you've seen one you want to see the rest." [20:31] schestowitz[TR2] like 15 years ago [20:31] schestowitz[TR2] when OIRG was not a mass immigration NGO [20:31] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: Good luck getting anything removed from archive.ph. [20:31] schestowitz[TR2] i once read about who runs it [20:31] schestowitz[TR2] and it does not matter [20:32] schestowitz[TR2] unless you are a fool [20:32] schestowitz[TR2] for trying [20:32] schestowitz[TR2] like spending 130k+ [20:32] schestowitz[TR2] for reasons [20:32] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/litigation.shtml [20:32] TR Bot Matthew J. Garrett Tried to Put My Wife and I in Prison [20:33] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: They have a new kind of Cheetos. [20:33] IsambardPrince They don't have that orange dust on them anymore. [20:33] MinceR lol [20:33] schestowitz[TR2] barron? [20:33] IsambardPrince They're called "NKD" or something. [20:33] MinceR i thought that was an integral part of the experience or some bullshit like that [20:33] schestowitz[TR2] we have nakd [20:33] schestowitz[TR2] i bought a ton of nakd [20:33] MinceR nakd at home? [20:33] schestowitz[TR2] it's based on things like dates [20:33] schestowitz[TR2] and it's small bars [20:34] schestowitz[TR2] sweet and simple [20:34] schestowitz[TR2] MinceR: no [20:34] schestowitz[TR2] /home/nakd/ [20:34] schestowitz[TR2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Bakeries [20:34] TR Bot Lotus Bakeries - Wikipedia [20:34] MinceR service nakd stop [20:34] schestowitz[TR2] nkd [20:35] schestowitz[TR2] oh, Belgium [20:35] schestowitz[TR2] i thought this was british [20:35] schestowitz[TR2] sily me [20:35] schestowitz[TR2] *silly [20:35] schestowitz[TR2] East Flanders [20:35] schestowitz[TR2] i think close to zoobab [20:37] schestowitz[TR2] wow, i published a lot today [20:37] schestowitz[TR2] 13 in personal blog [20:37] schestowitz[TR2] half a dozen originals in tuxmachines [20:37] schestowitz[TR2] many in TR also [20:37] schestowitz[TR2] very enjoyable though [20:38] schestowitz[TR2] and messing about most of the time [20:38] schestowitz[TR2] gonna do a job soon [20:38] schestowitz[TR2] 9pm [20:38] schestowitz[TR2] *jog [20:41] TR News crypto miners [sic] https://www.dw.com/en/how-crypto-miners-are-stealing-power-in-southeast-asia/a-78175364 [20:41] TR Bot How crypto miners are stealing power in Southeast Asia [20:41] TR News minijobs https://www.dw.com/en/germany-weighs-the-future-of-minijobs/a-78147900 [20:41] TR Bot Germany weighs the future of minijobs [20:45] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 10/08/2026: Recollections and Washing Machine That Only Last a Few Years https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/Gemini_Links_10_08_2026_Recollections_and_Washing_Machine_That_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/Gemini_Links_10_08_2026_Recollections_and_Washing_Machine_That_.gmi [20:45] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 10/08/2026: Recollections and Washing Machine That Only Last a Few Years [20:51] TR News (NEW): SparkyLinux 8.4 Released with Support for Linux Kernel 7.1, Debian 13.6 Base https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/SparkyLinux_8_4_Released_with_Support_for_Linux_Kernel_7_1_Debi.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/SparkyLinux_8_4_Released_with_Support_for_Linux_Kernel_7_1_Debi.gmi [20:51] TR Bot Tux Machines SparkyLinux 8.4 Released with Support for Linux Kernel 7.1, Debian 13.6 Base [20:56] TR News Techrights Tell Me Something I Don't Know https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/Tell_Me_Something_I_Don_t_Know.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/Tell_Me_Something_I_Don_t_Know.gmi [20:56] TR Bot Techrights Tell Me Something I Don't Know ● Aug 10 [21:06] TR News (NEW): Clownflare Says 7.6% of Web Traffic in the United Kingdom Comes From GNU/Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/Clownflare_Says_7_6_of_Web_Traffic_in_the_United_Kingdom_Comes_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/Clownflare_Says_7_6_of_Web_Traffic_in_the_United_Kingdom_Comes_.gmi [21:06] TR Bot Tux Machines Clownflare Says 7.6% of Web Traffic in the United Kingdom Comes From GNU/Linux [21:36] TR News Purchasable Stuff Not the Same as Bliss https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/10/purchasable-stuff-not-the-same-as-bliss/ [21:36] TR Bot Blog Archive Purchasable Stuff Not the Same as Bliss [21:48] TR News Techrights The Open Web Is Not Coming Back https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/The_Open_Web_Is_Not_Coming_Back.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/The_Open_Web_Is_Not_Coming_Back.gmi [21:48] TR Bot Techrights The Open Web Is Not Coming Back ● Aug 10 [22:01] TR News (NEW): Linux Mint Devs Change the Way Linux Kernels Are Tracked https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/Linux_Mint_Devs_Change_the_Way_Linux_Kernels_Are_Tracked.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/Linux_Mint_Devs_Change_the_Way_Linux_Kernels_Are_Tracked.gmi [22:01] TR News (NEW): Thank You, Rianne https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/Thank_You_Rianne.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/Thank_You_Rianne.gmi [22:01] TR Bot Tux Machines Linux Mint Devs Change the Way Linux Kernels Are Tracked [22:01] TR Bot Tux Machines Thank You, Rianne [22:15] TR News Techrights Clownflare Affirms Disturbing Trend of Web Monoculture (Which Extents to Clownflare Itself) https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/Clownflare_Affirms_Disturbing_Trend_of_Web_Monoculture_Which_Ex.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/Clownflare_Affirms_Disturbing_Trend_of_Web_Monoculture_Which_Ex.gmi [22:15] TR Bot Techrights Clownflare Affirms Disturbing Trend of Web Monoculture (Which Extents to Clownflare Itself) [22:20] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: Jeffrey Eisner put anti-adblock on his Pressure Luck cooking site. [22:20] IsambardPrince He hasn't added a new recipe in over a year but there's anti-adblock now. [22:21] IsambardPrince I went there in Firefox where the anti-adblock doesn't work and printed off all the recipes I know I like without the ads. [22:22] IsambardPrince Richard leaving him and moving from New York to San Francisco has obviously left him in a worse financial spot. [22:22] IsambardPrince Two incomes down to just one and moving to an even more expensive city than NYC. [22:22] IsambardPrince So instead of adding value to Pressure Luck he added a script designed to pressure people into disabling adblock. [22:33] IsambardPrince I don't know who wants to eat Cheetos without the orange coating. [22:33] IsambardPrince That was the part that made it visibly appealing. [22:33] IsambardPrince Without the dye it looks basically like cardboard. [22:33] MinceR those who don't want to get it all over their hands and face? [22:33] MinceR dunno, i prefer flips with peanut flavor [22:34] IsambardPrince [16:33] those who don't want to get it all over their hands and face? [22:34] IsambardPrince And sweatpants. [22:34] MinceR :> [22:36] lxo techrights-news, noted. but I don't see that GNU Linux-libre as a project is up to the task of undoing that sort of harm. it's not even part of its goal. [22:40] TR News If Your Software Project Welcomes Bots, Then All You'll Have Left at the End Is Bots (Same for Sites Which Permit LLM Slop; They End up as Slopfarms and No Human Wants to Contribute Anymore) http://techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/If_Your_Software_Project_Welcomes_Bots_Then_All_You_ll_Have_Lef.shtml [22:40] TR Bot Techrights If Your Software Project Welcomes Bots, Then All You'll Have Left at the End Is Bots (Same for Sites Which Permit LLM Slop; They End up as Slopfarms and No Human Wants to Contribute Anymore) [22:40] schestowitz[TR2] lxo: mentioned you and linux-libre ^^ [22:41] lxo perfect timing, I'm just about to start my techrights reading for the day ;-) [22:41] schestowitz[TR2] And sweatpants.The Loser [22:42] schestowitz[TR2] lxo: I wrote 14 or 15 posts in schestowitz.com today [22:42] schestowitz[TR2] but they are not tech focused [22:44] lxo that site of yours hasn't been very welcoming to my browsing habits, I'm afraid, so I haven't made it an habit of reading it. I've struggled a lot the few times I tried to read something there :-( [22:45] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: When a bank denies you a loan, it doesn't look like it but you actually got off light. [22:45] IsambardPrince They have risk models, their risk model told them you were unlikely to pay. They denied the loan. If they wrote it and you can't pay they will sue you and your life becomes hard. [22:45] IsambardPrince Not getting the loan means you don't get that thing you wanted, but it also means there's no debt. [22:45] IsambardPrince You'll have to take the bus or something, but at least there's no car loan you can't pay, for example. [22:46] IsambardPrince The alternative isn't "I get the car and everything's fine." The alternative is "I get the car, I can't pay for it, and now I'm in default, my credit is destroyed, I'm being sued, and I still don't have a car because it got repossessed." [22:47] TR News "Finance and Operations is so big because at its core IBM is a financial engineering company NOT a tech company." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kzfrptd2 [22:47] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kzfrptd2 ) [22:47] TR News "The atmosphere souring is really accelerating since July." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kzfrptd2 [22:50] IsambardPrince The nightmare situation for a finance company is you get a car loan, they wrote it at a stupid low or even zero interest to move the car. You pay for like a year or two then they get the car back. [22:50] IsambardPrince For the first two years, you pay off about 30-40% of the car, but it can lose up to 70% of its market value. [22:53] IsambardPrince It works beautifully on credit cardsunsecured, intangible, no collateral that rots. The person pays interest forever, or they're in default either way and the company has already gotten paid. It works on mortgages because houses don't depreciate 70% in two years; they're stable or appreciative assets. You can hold a mortgage and collect payments for 30 years on something that's worth more than the loan. [22:53] IsambardPrince But a car? The thing you're financing is actively working against you. The lender needs the borrower to keep paying just to stay ahead of the depreciation curve. If they stop paying, the math collapses immediately. [22:53] IsambardPrince That's why "zero percent financing to move inventory" is a desperate move. They need the car gone. But the ones who actually default on those deals are the nightmarethey turned the lender's inventory problem into a loss. [22:53] IsambardPrince When you can't pay your credit card, it'll still sit there accumulating late fees and 20-30% APR for six months. [22:54] IsambardPrince When they "charge it off" and sell the debt, you're looking at a lot more than you really spent, so even selling for partial amounts gets them a recovery of most of the loan. [22:54] IsambardPrince Then that next outfit goes after the cardholder. [22:55] IsambardPrince Six months of this and that $5,000 card is now $7,500, maybe more. [22:55] IsambardPrince Letting it continue to sit there open for six months maximizes their recovery. [22:55] IsambardPrince When they sell it as bad debt, you still owe $7500 for a place that probably paid $1500 for it. [22:56] IsambardPrince If the original bank charged it off when it went late, they would have gotten maybe $1,000. [22:56] IsambardPrince So they run your bill up by $2500 to recover another $500 and let the collection agency come after you. [22:57] TR News Techrights IBM's Age Discrimination Leads Workers to Contemplate Suicide While the CEO Becomes Billionaire for Lying to the Press and Faking Performance (Fraudulent Accounting) https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/IBM_s_Age_Discrimination_Leads_Workers_to_Contemplate_Suicide_W.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/IBM_s_Age_Discrimination_Leads_Workers_to_Contemplate_Suicide_W.gmi [22:57] TR Bot Techrights IBM's Age Discrimination Leads Workers to Contemplate Suicide While the CEO Becomes Billionaire for Lying to the Press and Faking Performance (Fraudulent Accounting) ● Aug 10 [23:32] lxo schestowitz[TR2], I can't disagree with the article with the mentions, alas