●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, January 11, 2026 ●● ● Jan 11 [00:15] *ryjen has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [00:17] *ryjen (~ryjen@159.203.7.32) has joined #techrights [00:17] *ryjen has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [00:19] *ryjen (~ryjen@159.203.7.32) has joined #techrights [00:46] MinceR https://pleated-jeans.com/2025/09/02/funny-anakin-skywalker-memes-for-star-wars-fans-who-would-100-turn-to-the-dark-side-for-less/ [00:46] TR Bot 25 Funny Anakin Skywalker Memes For Star Wars Fans Who Would 100% Turn To The Dark Side For Less [00:55] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [00:55] *includeals (~includeal@2001:8a0:e95a:4e00::2000) has joined #techrights ● Jan 11 [01:01] *phebus (~phebus@y62br8unm5ssk.irc) has joined #techrights [01:31] admfubar https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/01/10/2231218/four-more-tech-bloggers-are-switching-to-linux [01:31] TR Bot Four More Tech Bloggers are Switching to Linux - Slashdot [01:34] admfubar https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/01/10/054252/more-us-states-are-preparing-age-verification-laws-for-app-stores [01:34] TR Bot More US States Are Preparing Age-Verification Laws for App Stores - Slashdot [01:36] admfubar https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-oled-corrugated-panel-longevity-efficiency.html [01:36] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-oled-corrugated-panel-longevity-efficiency.html ) [01:37] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [01:40] admfubar https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-heat-pumps-will-soon-be.html [01:40] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-heat-pumps-will-soon-be.html ) [01:49] admfubar https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/09/fair-use-is-a-right-ignoring-it-has-consequences/ [01:49] TR Bot Use Is A Right. Ignoring It Has Consequences. | Techdirt [01:53] admfubar https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/xs-half-assed-attempt-to-paywall-grok-doesnt-block-free-image-editing/ [01:53] TR Bot Xs half-assed attempt to paywall Grok doesnt block free image editing - Ars Technica [01:55] admfubar https://daringfireball.net/2026/01/fuck_you_make_me_without_saying_the_words [01:55] TR Bot Daring Fireball: Fuck You, Make Me Without Saying the Words ● Jan 11 [02:03] MinceR crApple and goolag are both multinational corporations and they could shift their operations from nazi america to elsewhere [02:06] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [02:25] *superkuh has quit (Ping timeout: 246 seconds) [02:39] *superkuh (~superkuh@user/superkuh) has joined #techrights [02:46] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. 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HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-100126.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-100126.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-100126.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-100126.txt [02:49] TR Bot IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, January 10, 2026 [02:49] TR News Yesterday's bulletin is now ready! : http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2026-01-10.txt | gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2026-01-10.txt (tentative address, to work an hour from now) [02:50] TR News Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2026-01-10.txt [02:51] MinceR (cat) https://imgchest.com/p/md7ogaeryp6 [02:51] TR Bot NO TITLE ● Jan 11 [03:14] *FANTOM has quit (Quit: Connection error?!) [03:14] *FANTOM has quit (Connection closed) [03:19] TR News "I'm trying to understand why the fund managers aren't selling off the Magnificent Seven. Apple, Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon, Tesla, Alphabet, and Meta Platforms make up about 35% of S&P 500." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-01-10-ai-bulls [03:20] TR News ls but 'The Unix Way' gemini://spell.mywire.org:1960/~stack/0257.gmi [03:21] TR News Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights https://techrights.org/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ [03:21] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Saturday, January 10, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/11/IRC_Proceedings_Saturday_January_10_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/11/IRC_Proceedings_Saturday_January_10_2026.gmi [03:21] TR Bot Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights [03:21] TR Bot Techrights IRC Proceedings: Saturday, January 10, 2026 [03:22] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [03:22] TR Bot Tux Machines Today in Techrights [03:23] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/11/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/11/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [03:23] TR Bot Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [03:25] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 11/01/2026: Scott Morgan aad 'The Unix Way' https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/11/Gemini_Links_11_01_2026_Scott_Morgan_aad_The_Unix_Way.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/11/Gemini_Links_11_01_2026_Scott_Morgan_aad_The_Unix_Way.gmi [03:25] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 11/01/2026: Scott Morgan aad 'The Unix Way' [03:27] TR News Andy has a new post: https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/shortwave/ [03:27] TR Bot A shortwave radio message from the last man on Earth [03:31] *No_Hat (~cmorrow7@vihxfttet3e3y.irc) has joined #techrights [03:38] Isambard_Prince schestowitz[TR2], There's actually a job posting for cleaning dog shit out of people's lawns. [03:38] Isambard_Prince MinceR, ^ [03:39] MinceR good [03:39] MinceR now they can start thinking about how to prevent it, too. [03:41] schestowitz[TR2] Isambard_Prince: did you apply? [03:41] *admfubar has quit (Quit: Leaving.) [03:43] TR News Techrights Dr. Andy Farnell Explains Why He'll Stop Sending E-mail to Microsoft and Gmail Users https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/11/Dr_Andy_Farnell_Explains_Why_He_ll_Stop_Sending_E_mail_to_Micro.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/11/Dr_Andy_Farnell_Explains_Why_He_ll_Stop_Sending_E_mail_to_Micro.gmi [03:43] TR Bot Techrights Dr. Andy Farnell Explains Why He'll Stop Sending E-mail to Microsoft and Gmail Users [03:44] *admfubar (~admfubar@ae6yc8gqwe7jq.irc) has joined #techrights [03:45] schestowitz[TR2] now they can start thinking about how to prevent it, too. [03:45] schestowitz[TR2] kill dogs is cruel [03:45] schestowitz[TR2] you probably thought of replacing them with foxes and wolves [03:45] schestowitz[TR2] without leashes [03:45] MinceR no [03:45] schestowitz[TR2] that would not solve the issue :) [03:45] schestowitz[TR2] they to... poo [03:45] MinceR but killing them is one way [03:45] schestowitz[TR2] *too [03:46] schestowitz[TR2] give them diapers [03:46] schestowitz[TR2] like some horses? [03:46] schestowitz[TR2] sack at the back? [03:46] MinceR have humans progress to the point where they don't feel the need to have filthy, stinky, aggressive, destructive little sycophants around themselves [03:47] MinceR maybe let their children (since they obviously insist on having them despite the increasingly horrid circumstances they're being brought into) grow to have a sense of self-worth? [03:50] MinceR also, trying to breed wolves into pets has already been shown to be a bad idea. i don't know how we'd fare with foxes. maybe it's better to leave them alone. [03:53] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [03:56] TR News Techrights IBM to Be 'Reorganised' https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/11/IBM_to_Be_Reorganised.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/11/IBM_to_Be_Reorganised.gmi [03:56] TR Bot Techrights IBM to Be 'Reorganised' ● Jan 11 [04:19] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Rises to 6% in Bhutan This Year https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/GNU_Linux_Rises_to_6_in_Bhutan_This_Year.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/GNU_Linux_Rises_to_6_in_Bhutan_This_Year.gmi [04:19] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux Rises to 6% in Bhutan This Year [04:36] TR News new year resolution https://theconversation.com/what-to-do-if-you-fail-at-your-new-year-resolution-271050 [04:36] TR Bot What to do if you fail at your new year resolution [04:37] TR News procrastination isnt laziness https://theconversation.com/why-procrastination-isnt-laziness-its-rigid-thinking-that-your-brain-can-unlearn-270838 [04:37] TR Bot Why procrastination isnt laziness its rigid thinking that your brain can unlearn [04:44] TR News (NEW): Intermittent Networking Issue Resoled https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/Intermittent_Networking_Issue_Resoled.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/Intermittent_Networking_Issue_Resoled.gmi [04:44] TR Bot Tux Machines Intermittent Networking Issue Resoled [04:46] TR News What a dumb new comment (also false): "Let's not forget IBM reached 107 billion due to the whites. After the Asians came it stared to burn like the Cali fires. Sell your stock as fast as possible if you are white. Do it asap" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ked3sgr0 [04:46] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ked3sgr0 ) [04:54] TR News (NEW): Red Hat Employees Worry About Layoffs Tomorrow https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/Red_Hat_Employees_Worry_About_Layoffs_Tomorrow.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/Red_Hat_Employees_Worry_About_Layoffs_Tomorrow.gmi [04:54] TR Bot Tux Machines Red Hat Employees Worry About Layoffs Tomorrow [04:54] TR News The thugs who attack Tux Machines and Techrights are HYPER-sensitive about being called 'hired guns' https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/feb/16/uk-solicitors-warned-not-to-act-as-hired-guns-to-silence-critics-of-super-rich [04:54] TR Bot Solicitors in UK warned not to act as hired guns to silence critics of super-rich | Law | The Guardian [04:54] TR News BECAUSE it IS what they are [04:54] MinceR if you don't make new year's resolutions, then you can't fail them >> http://i.imgur.com/4RZEL9m.gif [04:56] TR News Bing is losing a lot this year https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share/all/morocco/#monthly-200902-202601 [04:56] TR Bot Search Engine Market Share Morocco | Statcounter Global Stats [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] MinceR: uk blocks imgur OR [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] the site blocks uk IPs [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] i think due to ofcom [04:58] MinceR the world is going to shit [04:58] schestowitz[TR2] uk goes to moscow [04:58] schestowitz[TR2] they protect me [04:58] schestowitz[TR2] from imgur [04:59] MinceR all of europe does [04:59] MinceR catbox doesn't like this image either... [04:59] MinceR rehosted >> https://i.ibb.co/1BsWW6Z/4RZEL9m.gif [04:59] schestowitz[TR2] cats are vicious animals anyway ● Jan 11 [05:00] schestowitz[TR2] each mor we need to de-cat the garden [05:00] schestowitz[TR2] the cats try to catch the birds [05:00] MinceR no, they're not [05:00] schestowitz[TR2] i am sarcastic [05:00] schestowitz[TR2] btw, stay woke is widepsread [05:00] MinceR hi sarcastic, i'm dad [05:00] schestowitz[TR2] no need to upload it [05:02] MinceR what does this have to do with stay woke? [05:07] schestowitz[TR2] the meme's name [05:07] schestowitz[TR2] iirc [05:10] TR News Techrights Microsoft's linkedin.com is Shrinking, Expect LinkedIn Layoffs to Carry on in 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/11/Microsoft_s_linkedin_com_is_Shrinking_Expect_LinkedIn_Layoffs_t.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/11/Microsoft_s_linkedin_com_is_Shrinking_Expect_LinkedIn_Layoffs_t.gmi [05:10] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft's linkedin.com is Shrinking, Expect LinkedIn Layoffs to Carry on in 2026 [05:10] MinceR i don't recognize that. the character's called Roll Safe, the actor is Kayode Ewumi and the series is Hood Documentary [05:10] schestowitz[TR2] Roll Safe [05:12] schestowitz[TR2] https://gifs9z.wordpress.com/tag/stay-woke/ [05:12] TR Bot stay woke GIF [05:12] schestowitz[TR2] ok, i see where the confusion came from [05:12] schestowitz[TR2] many use this mem to communicate "stay woke" [05:12] schestowitz[TR2] https://imgflip.com/i/28fhfi [05:12] TR Bot Safe Think About It Meme - Imgflip [05:13] schestowitz[TR2] https://makeameme.org/meme/stay-woke-5ae5fd [05:13] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://makeameme.org/meme/stay-woke-5ae5fd ) [05:14] TR News GNU/Linux up https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/moldova/#monthly-200902-202601 [05:14] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Republic Of Moldova | Statcounter Global Stats [05:15] MinceR i see [05:15] TR News Windows all-time low https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/kuwait/#monthly-200902-202601 [05:15] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Kuwait | Statcounter Global Stats [05:18] TR News Here also https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/swaziland/#monthly-200902-202601 [05:18] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Swaziland | Statcounter Global Stats [05:32] TR News Techrights Higher Adoption Rates of GNU/Linux in Cyprus in Recent Years https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/11/Higher_Adoption_Rates_of_GNU_Linux_in_Cyprus_in_Recent_Years.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/11/Higher_Adoption_Rates_of_GNU_Linux_in_Cyprus_in_Recent_Years.gmi [05:32] TR Bot Techrights Higher Adoption Rates of GNU/Linux in Cyprus in Recent Years [05:33] TR News Canonical call for testing their Steam gaming Snap for Arm Linux | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/canonical-call-for-testing-their-steam-gaming-snap-for-arm-linux/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/canonical-call-for-testing-their-steam-gaming-snap-for-arm-linux/ [05:33] TR Bot call for testing their Steam gaming Snap for Arm Linux | GamingOnLinux [05:34] TR News (NEW): Turning freedom values into freedom practice with the FSF tech team https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/10/Turning_freedom_values_into_freedom_practice_with_the_FSF_tech_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/10/Turning_freedom_values_into_freedom_practice_with_the_FSF_tech_.gmi [05:34] TR Bot Tux Machines Turning freedom values into freedom practice with the FSF tech team [05:40] TR News "Specifically, the suit against Sony Music Entertainment focuses on unpaid royalties for the song Cancin del Mariachi featured in the movie Desperado." https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/09/los-lobos-lawsuits-sony-music-sony-pictures/ | Source: Digital Music News [05:40] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/09/los-lobos-lawsuits-sony-music-sony-pictures/ ) [05:41] TR News "For the past few weeks, Elon Musks Grok AI bot has been generating pornographic images of women and underage girls, without their consent, at an astounding rate." https://www.vox.com/culture/474772/grok-deepfake-porn-elon-musk | Source: Vox [05:41] TR Bot nonconsensual porn problem is part of techs long, gross legacy | Vox [05:41] TR News "As Lopatto rightly points out, this exposes Apples entire argument that the App Store is there to protect its users for the sham that it has always been." https://sixcolors.com/link/2026/01/apple-cowardly-still-has-not-pulled-x-and-grok-from-the-app-store/ | Source: Six Colors [05:41] TR Bot Apple cowardly still has not pulled X and Grok from the App Store Six Colors [05:42] TR News "Whats happening on X and Grok is sick, and clearly breaks Apples terms." https://birchtree.me/blog/apple-could-do-the-right-thing-im-not-holding-my-breath/ | Source: Matt Birchler [05:42] TR Bot Apple could do the right thing. Im not holding my breath. [05:42] TR News "Message boards are not just relics from the past, but a fascinating pocket of the Old Internet that still persists among the algorithms" https://www.theringer.com/2024/12/10/tech/internet-forum-message-board-90s-nostalgia-social-media | [05:42] TR Bot An Ode to the Old-School Internet Forum - The Ringer [05:43] TR News "So let's say you can find the email address you want. The chances of your message getting there are slimmer every day." https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/shortwave/ | Source: The Cyber Show [05:43] TR Bot A shortwave radio message from the last man on Earth [05:43] TR News "The prime minister's first question, according to Eutelsat and French defence officials, was how the proposal would affect the Telesat Corporation, a former Canadian Crown corporation that was privatized in the 1990s." https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/satellite-eutelsat-starlink-musk-defence-communications-9.7038830 | Source: CBC [05:43] TR Bot French-U.K. Starlink rival pitches Canada on 'sovereign' satellite service for Arctic military operations | CBC News [05:45] TR News "Southwest to Cut 15% of Corporate Jobs in First-Ever Layoffs" [05:45] TR News Indonesia blocks access to Grok over sexualised images https://m.economictimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/indonesia-temporarily-blocks-access-to-grok-over-sexualised-images/amp_articleshow/126449412.cms [05:45] TR Bot Indonesia temporarily blocks access to Grok over sexualised images - The Economic Times [05:46] TR News Nope. https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/is-ai-replacing-workers_uk_6960d472e4b0120ab25d0392 [05:46] TR Bot Is AI Actually Taking Our Jobs? | HuffPost UK Life [05:48] TR News Because XBox is dead/dying https://gamerant.com/rumor-xbox-exclusive-fable-ps5-launch/ [05:48] TR Bot Rumor: Fable Is Coming to PS5 at Launch [05:49] TR News "HP to Lay Off 4,000 to 6,000 Employees by 2028" [05:59] TR News "The administrations explicit attempts at censorship work alongside the more insidious ways in which press freedoms are eroded, like the right-wing capture of legacy media institutions and social media platforms by ideologues and billionaires." https://truthout.org/articles/this-tribal-news-agency-shows-how-to-defend-a-free-press-at-the-grassroots/ | Source: TruthOut [05:59] TR Bot This Tribal News Agency Shows How to Defend a Free Press at the Grassroots | Truthout [05:59] TR News "Just to be crystal clear about what were talking about here: a member of Congress subpoenaed a journalist and referred him for criminal prosecution for posting information that was publicly available on a university website." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/09/rep-luna-threatens-journalist-with-prison-for-posting-public-university-bio/ | Source: Techdirt [05:59] TR Bot Luna Threatens Journalist With Prison For Posting Public University Bio | Techdirt [05:59] TR News "Guzman is said to have expressed disagreement over the editorial direction of the evening newscast, which has undergone a revamp under CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss. Guzman did not respond to a request for comment." https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2026-01-09/cbs-evening-news-producer-fired-amid-turbulent-relaunch | Source: Los Angeles Times [05:59] TR Bot 'CBS Evening News' producer fired amid turbulent relaunch - Los Angeles Times ● Jan 11 [06:00] TR News "grasping models of power are unsustainable and require ever-greater levels of escalation; and that models predicated on care and equity are both more natural and more sustainable. Solidarity and compassion therefore become threats." https://truthout.org/articles/amid-trumps-war-on-antifa-activists-face-arrest-for-zines-and-group-chats/ | Source: TruthOut [06:00] TR Bot Amid Trumps War on Antifa, Activists Face Arrest for Zines and Group Chats | Truthout [06:00] TR News "Lydia Gall, a senior Europe and Central Asia researcher for HRW, summarized the organizations position on these approaches, saying: [...]" https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/group-warns-uk-protest-restrictions-undermine-democracy-and-human-rights/ | Source: JURIST [06:00] TR Bot Watchdog warns UK protest restrictions undermine democracy and human rights - JURIST - News [06:00] TR News "Following the decision, X made the account invisible to users accessing the platform from within Turkey. MA announced its new X handle as "@maturkce2"." https://bianet.org/haber/two-pro-kurdish-news-agencies-x-accounts-banned-in-turkey-315429 | Source: BIA Net [06:00] TR Bot Two pro-Kurdish news agencies' X accounts banned in Turkey [06:01] TR News "Influencers and OnlyFans models" https://www.wlrn.org/immigration/2025-11-19/the-o1-visa-is-for-extraordinary-talent-among-its-users-influencers-and-onlyfans-models | [06:01] TR Bot The O1 visa is for extraordinary talent: Among its users? Influencers and OnlyFans models | WLRN [06:02] TR News "Darshan himself now has over seven lakh followers on Instagram, which only adds more 'weight to his application'." https://www.ndtv.com/lifestyle/why-influencers-and-onlyfans-models-are-on-top-of-us-extraordinary-artist-visa-list-10391245 | Source: NDTV [06:02] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.ndtv.com/lifestyle/why-influencers-and-onlyfans-models-are-on-top-of-us-extraordinary-artist-visa-list-10391245 ) [06:02] TR News "and a high salary or other reliable remuneration. As it's a merit-based, non-immigrant visa for temporary stays, there's no annual limit on O-1B visas." https://hyperallergic.com/influencers-and-onlyfans-models-turn-to-artist-visas-to-enter-us/ | Source: HyperAllergic [06:02] TR Bot Influencers and OnlyFans Models Turn to Artist Visas to Enter US [06:03] TR News "Concerns have been raised by immigration lawyers that this shift, relying on algorithm-based metrics, may dilute the visa's original purpose and overlook traditional artistic talent." https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/onlyfans-influencers-us-artist-visas-b2895612.html | Source: The Independent UK [06:03] TR Bot OnlyFans creators now snagging extraordinary artist visas in US | The Independent [06:03] TR News "the total number of non-immigrant visas issued grew by 10 per cent." https://www.ft.com/content/8816fcec-4148-4cda-be7f-fc59d5bcbf59 | Source: Financial Times [06:03] TR Bot Client Challenge [06:03] TR News "You want change? Pick up the phone and start calling your representatives." https://crescentro.se/posts/llm-discourse/ | Source: Ivan [06:03] TR Bot aruging each other over LLMs, you stupid fucks // crescentro.se [06:03] *superkuh has quit (Ping timeout: 264 seconds) [06:04] TR News "What's the point of fining Apple billions of Euros if they refuse to pay? What's the point of ordering Apple to open up its App Store if it just refuses?" https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/10/markets-are-regulations/#carney-found-a-spine | Source: CoryDoctorow [06:04] TR Bot Pluralistic: Predistribution vs redistribution (Big Tech edition) (10 Jan 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [06:04] TR News "The criminals know this. Thats why they work so hard to make you think youre alone." https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/there-are-more-of-us-than-there-are | Source: Mike Brock [06:04] TR Bot There Are More of Us Than There Are of Them - by Mike Brock [06:04] TR News "Given this threat landscape, why does the UK's flagship Cyber Security and Resilience (CSR) Bill exclude both central and local government?" https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/10/csr_bill_analysis/ | Source: The Register UK [06:04] TR Bot Should the UK cyber resilience bill cover the public sector? The Register [06:05] TR News "The entrepreneur, who owns a point-of-sale payments company and has little in the way of traditional credentials or experience for the job" https://futurism.com/space/billionaire-nasa-head-bizarre-perk | Source: Futurism [06:05] TR Bot Billionaire NASA Head Offers Bizarre Perk for Top Staff [06:05] TR News "Those devices, Ternus reasoned, tended to be purchased by Apple's most loyal customers, who would be excited about new technology. Average consumers, on the other hand, probably wouldn't care." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/the-man-who-could-be-apples-next-ceo/articleshow/126457264.cms | Source: India Times [06:05] TR Bot The man who could be Apple's next CEO - The Economic Times [06:05] TR News "One recent bet on Venezuela paid off particularly well, and has raised concerns about whether someone used inside information to their advantage." https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/prediction-markets-maduro-bets-9.7038860 | Source: CBC [06:05] TR Bot Someone made big money betting on Maduro. What are prediction markets, and is it time they had tighter rules? | CBC News [06:09] TR News "Frequent WestJet flyer Alexandra West said in an interview with CBC News that she first noticed she couldnt comfortably fit in their economy seats last year." https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/westjet-passenger-legroom-regulations-9.7040507 | Source: CBC [06:09] TR Bot Airlines dont have to tell you how much legroom youll have on your flight. Heres what you need to know | CBC News [06:10] TR News "Against this backdrop, climate and energy expert Hans-Josef Fell sees the world at a crossroads." https://truthout.org/articles/fossil-fuel-subsidies-are-leading-the-us-and-eu-into-industrial-decline/ | Source: TruthOut [06:10] TR Bot Fossil Fuel Subsidies Are Leading the US and EU Into Industrial Decline | Truthout [06:10] TR News "Thankfully today has gone from 42 back down to 21, which is a huge relief." https://rubenerd.com/it-was-hot-in-sydney-yesterday/ | Source: Ruben Schade [06:10] TR Bot It was HOT in Sydney yesterday [06:12] TR News "These couples reasons run the gamut from high child-rearing costs to career concerns." https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/11/dual-income-no-kids-chinas-birth-rate-push-sputters-as-couples-stay-child-free/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press [06:12] TR Bot China's birth-rate push sputters as couples stay child-free [06:13] TR News "The river and the 40 million people who depend on it cannot wait" https://www.courthousenews.com/colorado-river-basin-states-get-first-look-at-proposed-operating-rules/ | Source: Court House News [06:13] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.courthousenews.com/colorado-river-basin-states-get-first-look-at-proposed-operating-rules/ ) [06:15] TR News "New photos from Afghanistan show a Taliban law banning images of people and animals is now being enforced across most of the country" https://www.rferl.org/a/afghanistan-taliban-ban-on-living-images-censorship/33644012.html | Source: RFERL [06:15] TR Bot Censored Fish, Tinfoil Mannequins: How The Taliban Redacts Life In Afghanistan [06:15] TR News "Open-source technologies have the potential to enable greater control over digital infrastructure and to reduce the EUs dependencies" https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/16213-European-Open-Digital-Ecosystems_en#PDF | Source: European Commission [06:15] TR Bot Have your say [06:16] TR News "a strategic approach to the open source sector in the EU that addresses the importance of open source as a crucial contribution to EU technological sovereignty" https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/16213-European-Open-Digital-Ecosystems_en | Source: European Commission [06:16] TR Bot Have your say [06:18] *superkuh (~superkuh@user/superkuh) has joined #techrights [06:19] TR News "Europe is experiencing a crisis of digital autonomy." https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/ft-on-european-cloud/ | Source: Bert Hubert [06:19] TR Bot Europe's executives need to skill up to solve our total US cloud dependency - Bert Hubert's writings [06:20] TR News "To prepare AI agents for office work, the company is asking contractors to upload projects from past jobs, leaving it to them to strip out confidential and personally identifiable information" https://www.wired.com/story/openai-contractor-upload-real-work-documents-ai-agents/ | Source: Wired [06:20] TR Bot Is Asking Contractors to Upload Work From Past Jobs to Evaluate the Performance of AI Agents | WIRED [06:20] TR News "Such geopolitical volatility has also brought to the fore key questions that national intelligence services, including Indias own, must grapple with." https://www.orfonline.org/research/swords-and-shields-navigating-the-modern-intelligence-landscape | Source: Observer Research Foundation [06:20] TR Bot Swords and Shields: Navigating the Modern Intelligence Landscape [06:21] TR News Openwashing https://www.theverge.com/news/860294/elon-musk-open-source-x-algorithm | Source: The Verge [06:21] TR Bot Elon Musk says hes going to open-source the new X algorithm next week | The Verge [06:22] TR News "The screenshot above shows a page from the Help book of one of my apps" https://eclecticlight.co/2026/01/09/hiding-text-in-pdfs/ | Source: Howard Oakley [06:22] TR Bot Hiding text in PDFs The Eclectic Light Company [06:23] TR News "What I do think is going to happen more and more is far more dynamic inference pricing, with 'off peak' times being significantly cheaper than when demand is at its highest through the day" https://martinalderson.com/posts/the-coming-ai-compute-crunch/ | Source: Martin Alderson [06:23] TR Bot The Coming AI Compute Crunch - Martin Alderson [06:23] TR News "If you ask people why they are using AI (or want other people to use it) you get a ton of different answers. Typically none of them contain the real reason" https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2026/01/ai-and-money.html | Source: Jussi Pakkanen [06:23] TR Bot Nibble Stew: AI and money [06:23] TR News "They are features for no one." https://www.pcloadletter.dev/blog/ai-features-for-no-one/ | Source: Rnb37 [06:23] TR Bot Features for no one (AI edition) [06:24] TR News "MCP is bidirectional. Servers can request LLM completions from the host. The tool asks the agent for help. This isnt RPC. Its a conversation. REST cant express this pattern at all." https://yuexun.me/why-mcp-matters/ | Source: Yuexun [06:24] TR Bot Why MCP Matters [06:24] TR News "Both X and Grok are units of Musks xAI company." https://therecord.media/lawmakers-call-on-app-stores-to-remove-grok-x | Source: The Record [06:24] TR Bot Lawmakers call on app stores to remove Grok, X over sexualized deepfakes | The Record from Recorded Future News [06:25] TR News "In 2022, a friend recommended the book Fettlogik berwinden (also available in English: Conquering Fat Logic) by Nadja Hermann" https://blinry.org/weight-loss/ | Source: Blinry [06:25] TR Bot My best tricks from 13 years of losing weight [06:25] TR News "Perhaps it sounds like a strange thing to say, but Ive been feeling a lot of guilt whenever Ive felt even the smallest amount of joy lately." https://nikitagill.substack.com/p/the-guilt-of-feeling-joy | [06:25] TR Bot The Guilt of Feeling Joy - by Nikita Gill [06:25] TR News "agreed to settle a lawsuit that had accused the companies of providing harmful chatbots that led a teenager to kill himself, according to a legal filing on Wednesday" https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/technology/google-characterai-teenager-lawsuit.html | Source: New York Times [06:26] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/technology/google-characterai-teenager-lawsuit.html ) [06:26] TR News "In summer of 2024, Google injected $3 billion into Character.AI" https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/google-settlement-lawsuit-teen | Source: Futurism [06:26] TR Bot Google Settles With Families Who Say It Killed Their Teen Children [06:27] TR News "Point and shoot cameras are back in some sort of fashion." https://chrisglass.com/2026/01/09/camera-broke/ | Source: Chris Glass [06:27] TR Bot Camera broke Chris Glass [06:27] TR News "As the stats above show, adoption is extremely rapid. The other curve that is happening from my last post which blew me away is the improvement in agent success rates from METR." https://martinalderson.com/posts/travel-agents-developers/ | Source: Martin Alderson [06:27] TR Bot Travel agents took 10 years to collapse. Developers are 3 years in. - Martin Alderson [06:27] TR News "This week on the People and Blogs series we have an interview with Bix Frankonis, whose blog can be found at bix.blog." https://manuelmoreale.com/interview/bix-frankonis | Source: Manuel Moreale [06:27] TR Bot Bix Frankonis Manu [06:28] TR News "I have a vague sense that if I keep track of everything that I read, Ill be able to analyze it in some meaningful way to identify trends or new ideas." https://matt.routleynet.org/2026/01/10/why-am-i-bookmarking-everything.html | Source: Matt Routley [06:28] TR Bot Why am I bookmarking everything that I read online? | Various Contrivances [06:29] TR News "Donald Knuth wrote his 1989 paper A Simple Program Whose Proof Isnt as part of a tribute to Edsger Dijkstra on the occasion of Dijkstras 60th birthday." https://research.swtch.com/fp-knuth | Source: Russ Cox [06:29] TR Bot research!rsc: Pulling a New Proof from Knuths Fixed-Point Printer [06:29] TR News "An international group of researchers says that biodiversity conservation and scientific research are not benefiting from the vast knowledge about the world's plants held by botanic gardens" https://phys.org/news/2026-01-botanic-gardens-vast-knowledge-untapped.html | Source: Omicron Limited [06:29] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://phys.org/news/2026-01-botanic-gardens-vast-knowledge-untapped.html ) [06:29] *FANTOM (~fantom@87.75.185.177) has joined #techrights [06:29] TR News "And risk is exactly what omniscient agents are designed to eliminate" https://www.jonoalderson.com/conjecture/the-middle-is-a-graveyard/ | Source: Jono Alderson [06:29] TR Bot The middle is a graveyard - Jono Alderson [06:30] TR News "Your thoughts, your ideas, your personality and quirks are the essence of your website. Everything else is optional." https://susam.net/writing-first-tooling-second.html | Source: SusamPal [06:30] TR Bot Writing First, Tooling Second - Susam's Maze [06:30] TR News "Recently, I have been pretty bored with what I am reading. Online or otherwise. My RSS feed is full of the same voices writing about similar topics." https://www.amitgawande.com/blog/2026/losing-patience-reading/ | Source: Amit Gawande [06:30] TR Bot Losing Patience with Reading [06:30] TR News David Rosen, RIP https://mjtsai.com/blog/2026/01/09/david-rosen-rip/ | Source: Michael Tsai [06:30] TR Bot Michael Tsai - Blog - David Rosen, RIP [06:31] TR News "In 2025 I made 8 blog posts, totalling around 36k words. Less than last year, mostly just because Ive been busier (or at least in less of a normal routine, which would usually have me writing more)" https://nate.mecca1.net/posts/2026-01-10_2025-retrospective/ | Source: Nate [06:31] TR Bot 2025 Wrap Up Post | An Untitled Blog [06:31] TR News "I made my first website when I was in third grade, and I've maintained some sort of web presence since that first version of Tim's World." https://timbornholdt.com/blog/we-re-so-back-baby | [06:31] TR Bot We're so back, baby! [06:32] TR News "Neither a computer engineer nor a programmer, Mr. Cheifet had a law degree from Harvard and a background in television production and journalism." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/technology/stewart-cheifet-dead.html | Source: New York Times [06:32] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/technology/stewart-cheifet-dead.html ) [06:32] TR News "AI agents" is a passing fad already, so they move on to "AI factories". What a bloody PONZI SCHEME!! [06:33] TR News "Singer-songwriter-guitarist Bob Weir, a cornerstone of the Grateful Dead and the San Francisco psychedelic bands many latter-day offshoots for more than half a century" https://variety.com/2026/music/news/bob-weir-dead-grateful-dead-1236628170/ | Source: Variety [06:33] TR Bot Bob Weir Dead: Grateful Dead Co-Founder, Singer-Guitarist Was 78 [06:33] TR News "The Dead also released eight official live albums, as well as a long-running series of curated live shows known as Dicks Picks and, later, Daves Picks" https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2026-01-10/bob-weir-grateful-dead-dies-obituary | Source: Los Angeles Times [06:33] TR Bot Bob Weir, founding member of the Grateful Dead, dies at 78 - Los Angeles Times [06:33] TR News "Weir was one of the group's two frontmen and main vocalists for most of the band's history." https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-01-10/bob-weir-grateful-dead-co-founder-has-died-at-age-78 | Source: US News And World Report [06:33] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-01-10/bob-weir-grateful-dead-co-founder-has-died-at-age-78 ) [06:33] *FANTOM (~fantom@freenode-j7o.kqt.de6qkt.IP) has joined #techrights [06:34] TR News "The acoustic Mother McCrees Uptown Jug Champions evolved into the electric Warlocks, who changed their name to the Grateful Dead." https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bob-weir-grateful-dead-dead-obituary-1234810106/ | Source: Rolling Stone [06:34] TR Bot Bob Weir, Grateful Dead Co-Founder and Guitarist, Dead at 78 [06:34] TR News Almost 100 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/obit-ruth-jones-mcveigh-mariposa-9.7041034 | Source: CBC [06:34] TR Bot Ruth Jones McVeigh, co-founder of long-running Mariposa Folk Festival, dead at 99 | CBC News [06:37] TR News Techrights Links 11/01/2026: Bob Weir and Stewart Cheifet Perish https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/11/Links_11_01_2026_Bob_Weir_and_Stewart_Cheifet_Perish.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/11/Links_11_01_2026_Bob_Weir_and_Stewart_Cheifet_Perish.gmi [06:37] TR Bot Techrights Links 11/01/2026: Bob Weir and Stewart Cheifet Perish [06:46] Isambard_Prince Isambard_Prince: did you apply? [06:47] Isambard_Prince No. I'm not going to pick up dog shit out of rich people's lawns for less than minimum wage through an app. [06:47] Isambard_Prince I'll kill myself before that happens. [06:47] MinceR :> [06:54] Isambard_Prince MinceR, I took a picture of the job posting. [06:54] Isambard_Prince And put it on Reddit. [06:54] Isambard_Prince And said that Trump managed to outdo Bush. [06:54] Isambard_Prince Even under Bush's recessions, you didn't have to talk to a chatbot about cleaning up dog poop from people's lawns. ● Jan 11 [07:02] TR News (NEW): Radxa NX4 system-on-module runs RK3576 with LPDDR5 and 6 TOPS AI https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/Radxa_NX4_system_on_module_runs_RK3576_with_LPDDR5_and_6_TOPS_A.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/Radxa_NX4_system_on_module_runs_RK3576_with_LPDDR5_and_6_TOPS_A.gmi [07:02] TR Bot Tux Machines Radxa NX4 system-on-module runs RK3576 with LPDDR5 and 6 TOPS AI [07:04] TR News (NEW): KJournald Update January 2026 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/KJournald_Update_January_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/KJournald_Update_January_2026.gmi [07:04] TR Bot Tux Machines KJournald Update January 2026 [07:07] MinceR maybe lump can manage to have fewer recessions, in that there won't be anything else :> [07:17] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [07:17] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [07:32] TR News (NEW): Linux made my old PC fast again, and it hasnt slowed down since https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/Linux_made_my_old_PC_fast_again_and_it_hasn_t_slowed_down_since.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/Linux_made_my_old_PC_fast_again_and_it_hasn_t_slowed_down_since.gmi [07:32] TR Bot Tux Machines Linux made my old PC fast again, and it hasnt slowed down since [07:36] *wallacer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [07:41] TR News (NEW): 5 Windows-like Linux distros you should try out https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/5_Windows_like_Linux_distros_you_should_try_out.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/5_Windows_like_Linux_distros_you_should_try_out.gmi [07:41] TR Bot Tux Machines 5 Windows-like Linux distros you should try out [07:44] *wallacer (~quassel@2x2w4qfz3wksg.irc) has joined #techrights [07:47] TR News (NEW): Manjaro Is Arch Linux for Newbies https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/Manjaro_Is_Arch_Linux_for_Newbies.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/Manjaro_Is_Arch_Linux_for_Newbies.gmi [07:47] TR Bot Tux Machines Manjaro Is Arch Linux for Newbies [07:51] TR News (NEW): I replaced Windows with Linux and everythings going great https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/I_replaced_Windows_with_Linux_and_everything_s_going_great.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/I_replaced_Windows_with_Linux_and_everything_s_going_great.gmi [07:51] TR Bot Tux Machines I replaced Windows with Linux and everythings going great [07:54] TR News (NEW): Orion Browser Takes First Step Toward Linux Availability https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/Orion_Browser_Takes_First_Step_Toward_Linux_Availability.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/Orion_Browser_Takes_First_Step_Toward_Linux_Availability.gmi [07:54] TR Bot Tux Machines Orion Browser Takes First Step Toward Linux Availability ● Jan 11 [08:06] *Isambard_Prince has quit (connection closed) [08:07] *ewig (~ewig@user/ewig) has joined #techrights ● Jan 11 [11:05] TR News These comments are interesting: https://www.version2.dk/holdning/mit-svar-til-eu#comments [11:05] TR Bot Mit svar til EU | Version2 [11:08] TR News "Anil Dashs essay on how Markdown conquered everything is a good reminder that most standards dont win because theyre perfect they win because theyre good enough" https://taoofmac.com/space/links/2026/01/10/1511 | Source: Rui Carmo [11:08] TR Bot How Markdown Took Over the World - Tao of Mac [11:09] TR News "Markdown is a text-to-HTML idiom, conversion tool and all-out ecosystem for web writers, content editors and" https://taoofmac.com/space/markup/markdown | Source: Rui Carmo [11:09] TR Bot Markdown - Tao of Mac [11:10] TR News "Team Rcpp is thrilled to share that an exciting new version 1.1.1 of Rcpp is now on CRAN (and also uploaded to Debian and already built for r2u)." https://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/01/10/#rcpp_1.1.1 | Source: Dirk Eddelbuettel [11:10] TR Bot Thinking inside the box [11:10] TR News "In this post, I want to extrapolate these thoughts a bit and write out what could be the final stages of software." https://blog.sshh.io/p/most-code-is-just-cache | Source: Shrivu Shankar [11:10] TR Bot Most Code is Just Cache - by Shrivu Shankar [11:11] TR News "About three months ago I started using Jujutsu (JJ), a new Version Control System, for my personal projects." https://abhinavsarkar.net/posts/jj-usage/ | Source: Abhinav Sarkar [11:11] TR Bot I use Jujutsu | abhinavsarkar.net [11:11] TR News "Unbeknownst to me, SQLite3 now has a UUID extension that can generate valid UUIDs on the fly." https://rubenerd.com/messing-with-uuid-in-sqlite3/ | Source: Ruben Schade [11:11] TR Bot Messing with uuid() in SQLite3 [11:12] TR News "At its core, Orion is built on WebKit, the same browser engine used by Apple Safari." https://linuxiac.com/orion-browser-takes-first-step-toward-linux-availability/ | Source: Linuxiac [11:12] TR Bot Orion Browser Takes First Step Toward Linux Availability [11:12] TR News "Here, I think its safe to assume the page is going to contain details of different products." https://calendar.perfplanet.com/2025/fixing-the-url-params-performance-penalty/ | Source: Web Performance Calendar [11:12] TR Bot Fixing the URL params performance penalty - Web Performance Calendar [11:12] TR News "A few months ago, users started reporting that Ghostty was consuming absurd amounts of memory, with one user reporting 37 GB after 10 days of uptime." https://mitchellh.com/writing/ghostty-memory-leak-fix | Source: Mitchell Hashimoto [11:12] TR Bot Finding and Fixing Ghostty's Largest Memory Leak Mitchell Hashimoto [11:13] TR News "I hope these numbers set off an alarm in Apple's design department." https://manualdousuario.net/en/ios-26-low-traction-iphone-users/ | Source: Rodrigo Ghedin [11:13] TR Bot iOS 26 still struggles to gain traction with iPhone users Manual do Usurio [11:13] TR News "Robb Knight inspired this post, although my list is not nearly as long or as exhaustively researched as his." https://mihobu.lol/my-mobile-phone-history | Source: Michael Burkhardt [11:13] TR Bot My Mobile Phone History - Michael Burkhardts Whirled Wide Web [11:14] TR News "Our friends over at Sixfab, one of our long-standing Raspberry Pi Design Partners, are kicking off 2026 in serious style." https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/sixfab-wins-big-at-ces-with-raspberry-pi-powered-ai-gateway/ | Source: Raspberry Pi [11:14] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/sixfab-wins-big-at-ces-with-raspberry-pi-powered-ai-gateway/ ) [11:15] TR News "What's the difference between my left and right hand? On my left, I wear my wedding ring, on my right, I wear an NFC ring!" https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/01/why-my-nfc-passport-didnt-work-at-heathrows-egates/ | Source: Terence Eden [11:15] TR Bot Why my NFC passport didnt work at Heathrows eGates Terence Edens Blog [11:16] TR News "Palo Alto Crosswalk Signals Had Default Passwords" https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/01/palo-alto-crosswalk-signals-had-default-passwords.html | Source: Bruce Schneier [11:16] TR Bot Alto Crosswalk Signals Had Default Passwords - Schneier on Security [11:16] TR News "Turns out Caltrans didnt change the passwords for the crosswalks that the manufacturers set, making them vulnerable to hackers." https://padailypost.com/2025/12/29/crosswalk-signals-were-hacked-because-of-a-weak-password/ | [11:16] TR Bot Crosswalk signals were hacked because of a weak password Palo Alto Daily Post [11:17] TR News "Over two months after the previous 13.2 release, the Debian Project rolled out the third update to the stable 13 Trixie series, consolidating corrections for security vulnerabilities and serious functional issues across a wide range of packages." https://linuxiac.com/debian-13-3-released-with-security-fixes-and-stability-updates/ | Source: Linuxiac [11:17] TR Bot Debian 13.3 Released with Security Fixes and Stability Updates [11:20] TR News "The Mageia team has announced an alpha development snapshot of the upcoming Mageia 10 release. The final release is expected in April 2026. [...]" https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12698 | Source: Distro Watch [11:20] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12698 ) [11:20] TR News "In mid-December, I informed you about Mageias plans for its upcoming tenth release." https://linuxiac.com/mageia-linux-10-first-alpha-iso-is-ready-for-public-testing/ | Source: Linuxiac [11:20] TR Bot Mageia 10 First Alpha ISO Approved and Ready for Public Testing [11:20] TR News "Today, that takes a step forward with the arrival of the first alpha ISO for Mageia 10, powered by the Linux kernel 6.18 LTS and officially available, giving developers, testers, and early adopters the opportunity to evaluate what is coming next." [11:21] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/10/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/10/Android_Leftovers.gmi [11:21] TR Bot Tux Machines Android Leftovers [11:24] TR News "ArchBANG Linux has been through many changes in recent times, including the renaming of ArchBANG, to GreenBANG and back to ArchBANG again. The most recent update involves a new desktop user interface, moving from the Openbox window manager to the labwc Wayland compositor. [11:24] TR News "Inspired by Openbox, labwc is a window-stacking compositor for Wayland. The latest release of ArchBANG also comes with a new wmenu: [...]" https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12697 | Source: Distro Watch [11:24] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12697 ) [11:26] TR News [Old] "It is finally happening. Raspberry Pi 5 users can now look forward to proper support in openSUSE Tumbleweed." https://news.opensuse.org/2025/11/04/raspberrypi5-opensuse/ | Source: OpenSUSE [11:26] TR Bot SUSE delivers Raspberry Pi 5 support - openSUSE News [11:26] TR News "And it is not just about U-Boot, it is so much more. This is thanks to the hard work of many parties like SUSE Hardware Enablement team, RaspberryPi, Ideas on Board, Linaro, and many other engineers, along with Linux and U-Boot subsystem maintainers and many other engineers were patient enough to review our patches." [11:28] TR News "The Arch approach is isomorphic to the source RPM format, which has various extras and instructions plus a pre-downloaded set of upstream sources." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/SourcePackagesEmbedSourceOrNot | Source: University of Toronto [11:28] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser [11:28] TR News "Nobody wants a computer. They want what it does. Not the annoying machine. Including phones." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/10/if-users-notice-your-software-youre-already-a-loser/ | Source: Pivot to AI [11:28] TR Bot ( status 503 @ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/10/if-users-notice-your-software-youre-already-a-loser/ ) [11:29] TR News "The KDE desktop has long been known for offering nearly limitless customization, but one option has always felt oddly missing: the ability to adjust frame border intensity and contrast for Breeze-themed UI elements, letting users make frames more subtle or more pronounced according to their preference." https://linuxiac.com/kde-plasma-6-6-adds-a-feature-users-have-been-asking-for-forever/ | Source: Linuxiac [11:29] TR Bot KDE Plasma 6.6 Adds a Feature Users Have Been Asking for Forever [11:31] TR News "In not so distant past I used shar(1) tool that was part of the FreeBSD Base System to generate information needed to either create new port or to update the old one." [11:31] TR News "It was also one of the officially supported ways to do that but shar(1) tool is no more it was removed from the FreeBSD Base System and (fortunately) kept as sysutils/freebsd-shar port." https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/01/10/add-port-to-freebsd-ports/ | Source: Vermaden [11:31] TR Bot Add Port to FreeBSD Ports | [11:37] TR News "Budgie Desktop 10.10 has been released, delivering its first full migration from X11 to Wayland and marking the end of a development spanning more than a decade" https://linuxiac.com/budgie-10-10-released-as-the-desktops-first-wayland-based-version/ | Source: Linuxiac [11:37] TR Bot Budgie 10.10 Released as the Desktops First Wayland-Based Version [11:37] TR News "(the initial 10s release came out in December 2015). With that said, with the new 10.10 release, Budgie 10 series now enters maintenance mode as the project shifts its primary focus toward the upcoming Budgie 11." [11:37] TR News "These are two of the defining features of the Macintosh, pioneered in the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center" https://eclecticlight.co/2026/01/10/explainer-copy-and-paste-drag-and-drop/ | Source: Howard Oakley [11:37] TR Bot Explainer: Copy and paste, drag and drop The Eclectic Light Company [11:38] TR News "This is a the first post in a series about building a virtio-serial device in Verilog for a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) development board." https://blog.vmsplice.net/2026/01/building-virtio-serial-fpga-device-part.html | Source: Stefan Hajnoczi [11:38] TR Bot Stefan Hajnoczi: Building a virtio-serial FPGA device (Part 1): Overview [11:38] TR News "This is the second post in a series about building a virtio-serial device in Verilog for an FPGA development board." https://blog.vmsplice.net/2026/01/building-virtio-serial-fpga-device-part_01619779257.html | Source: Stefan Hajnoczi [11:38] TR Bot Stefan Hajnoczi: Building a virtio-serial FPGA device (Part 2): MMIO registers, DMA, and interrupts [11:39] TR News "This is the third post in a series about building a virtio-serial device in Verilog for an FPGA development board." https://blog.vmsplice.net/2026/01/building-virtio-serial-fpga-device-part_01938158793.html | Source: Stefan Hajnoczi [11:39] TR Bot Stefan Hajnoczi: Building a virtio-serial FPGA device (Part 3): virtio-serial device design [11:39] TR News "This is the fourth post in a series about building a virtio-serial device in Verilog for an FPGA development board." https://blog.vmsplice.net/2026/01/building-virtio-serial-fpga-device-part_01060935865.html | Source: Stefan Hajnoczi [11:39] TR Bot Stefan Hajnoczi: Building a virtio-serial FPGA device (Part 4): Virtqueue processing [11:40] TR News "This time we'll look at the UART receiver" https://blog.vmsplice.net/2026/01/building-virtio-serial-fpga-device-part_04001134.html | Source: Stefan Hajnoczi [11:40] TR Bot Stefan Hajnoczi: Building a virtio-serial FPGA device (Part 5): UART receiver and transmitter [11:40] TR News "This time we'll look at the firmware running on the PicoRV32 RISC-V soft-core in the FPGA." https://blog.vmsplice.net/2026/01/building-virtio-serial-fpga-device-part_01486670629.html | Source: Stefan Hajnoczi [11:40] TR Bot Stefan Hajnoczi: Building a virtio-serial FPGA device (Part 6): Writing the RISC-V firmware [11:40] TR News "Somehow when I tried to access my new Hetzner service from my laptop I got myself in a terrible muddle." https://www.jeremycherfas.net/blog/hetzner-login-problems-solved | Source: Jeremy Cherfas [11:40] TR Bot Hetzner login problems, solved | Jeremy Cherfas [11:41] TR News [Old] "The answer unsurprisingly is yes. All you need to do is add an AAAA (IPv6 version of an A) record to the DNS and it all just works." https://martinalderson.com/posts/i-finally-found-a-use-for-ipv6/ | Source: Martin Alderson [11:41] TR Bot I Finally Found a Use for IPv6 - Martin Alderson [11:41] TR News "When I first encountered virtualization, I was quite confused about the exact roles of KVM and QEMU." https://popovicu.com/posts/how-kvm-and-qemu-run-vms-in-linux/ | Source: Uros Popovic [11:41] TR Bot How KVM and QEMU run VMs in Linux [11:42] TR News Tithon IRC client https://www.linuxlinks.com/tithon-irc-client/ [11:42] TR Bot - IRC client - LinuxLinks [11:42] TR News Hammer story editor https://www.linuxlinks.com/hammer-story-editor/ [11:42] TR Bot - story editor - LinuxLinks [11:44] TR News Orion Browser Takes First Step Toward GNU/Linux Availability https://linuxiac.com/orion-browser-takes-first-step-toward-linux-availability/ [11:44] TR Bot Orion Browser Takes First Step Toward Linux Availability [11:45] TR News Tiny Deer Takes on 1.7-Ton Rhinoceros https://futurism.com/science-energy/deer-vs-rhinoceros [11:45] TR Bot Tiny Deer Takes on 1.7-Ton Rhinoceros [11:53] *darwin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [11:54] *darwin (~darwin@ezriia7nzimpg.irc) has joined #techrights [11:54] TR News People Who Go Off GLP-1s Are Experiencing a Sudden and Terrible Hunger https://futurism.com/health-medicine/go-off-glp-1s-sudden-hunger [11:54] TR Bot People Who Go Off GLP-1s Are Experiencing a Sudden and Terrible Hunger [11:57] *darwin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Jan 11 [12:02] *darwin (~darwin@ezriia7nzimpg.irc) has joined #techrights [12:04] *darwin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [12:08] TR News Nearly all Seoul students use generative Hey Hi (AI) as teachers warn of overreliance https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/nearly-all-seoul-students-use-generative-ai-as-teachers-warn-of-overreliance [12:08] TR Bot Nearly all Seoul students use generative AI, teachers warn of over-reliance | The Straits Times [12:09] *darwin (~darwin@ezriia7nzimpg.irc) has joined #techrights [12:13] TR News Rights groups praise Istanbul bar association acquittal https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/rights-groups-praise-istanbul-bar-association-acquittal/ [12:13] TR Bot Rights groups praise Istanbul bar association acquittal - JURIST - News [12:14] *darwin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [12:15] TR News Anon: Bob Weir, a close friend and collaborator of the late John Perry Barlow, passed away the other day. He was an indirect influence on the EFF in the early, pre-GAFAM days. [12:15] *darwin (~darwin@ezriia7nzimpg.irc) has joined #techrights [12:33] TR News HP reportedly eyes Chinese suppliers for DRAM as global shortage sparks shake-up analyst says memory chips are commodities that can easily be replaced https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ram/hp-reportedly-eyes-chinese-suppliers-for-dram-as-global-shortage-sparks-shake-up-analyst-says-memory-chips-are-commodities-that-can-easily-be-replaced [12:33] TR Bot HP reportedly eyes Chinese suppliers for DRAM as global shortage sparks shake-up analyst says memory chips are commodities that can easily be replaced | Tom's Hardware [12:33] TR News HRW calls on Canada to confront Chinas heightened repression https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/rights-group-urges-canada-to-confront-chinas-heightened-repression/ [12:33] TR Bot HRW calls on Canada to confront China's heightened repression - JURIST - News [12:37] TR News Behold This Massive Airborne Wind Turbine Hovering Over China https://futurism.com/science-energy/china-airborne-wind-turbine [12:37] TR Bot Behold This Massive Airborne Wind Turbine Hovering Over China [12:48] TR News Texas Instruments Explain Low-Dropout Linear Voltage Regulators https://hackaday.com/2026/01/10/texas-instruments-explain-low-dropout-linear-voltage-regulators/ | Source: Hackaday [12:48] TR Bot Instruments Explain Low-Dropout Linear Voltage Regulators | Hackaday [12:50] TR News Furious Hey Hi (AI) Users Say Their Prompts Are Being Plagiarized https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-prompt-plagiarism-art [12:50] TR Bot Furious AI Users Say Their Prompts Are Being Plagiarized [12:51] TR News Dirk Eddelbuettel: Rcpp 1.1.1 on CRAN: Many Improvements in Semi-Annual Update http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/01/10#rcpp_1.1.1 [12:51] TR Bot Thinking inside the box [12:52] TR News Russell Coker: Terminal Emulator Security https://etbe.coker.com.au/2026/01/11/terminal-emulator-security/ [12:52] TR Bot Terminal Emulator Security etbe - Russell Coker ● Jan 11 [13:02] *wallacer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [13:02] *wallacer (~quassel@2x2w4qfz3wksg.irc) has joined #techrights [13:03] TR News I love KDE too much to retire! Snap beta releases trickling in. Stay tuned. https://www.scarlettgatelymoore.dev/i-love-kde-too-much-to-retire-snap-beta-releases-trickling-in-stay-tuned/ [13:03] TR Bot I love KDE too much to retire! Snap beta releases trickling in. Stay tuned. Scarlett Gately Moore [13:05] *wallacer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [13:05] *wallacer (~quassel@2x2w4qfz3wksg.irc) has joined #techrights [13:07] TR News Tech Billionaire Says Its Time for the Government to Suspend Freedom of Speech https://futurism.com/future-society/tech-billionaire-shlomo-kramer-speech [13:07] TR Bot Tech Billionaire Says It's Time for the Government to Suspend Freedom of Speech [13:08] TR News GAFAM Wants War https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/10/GAFAM_Wants_War.shtml [13:08] TR Bot Techrights GAFAM Wants War [13:08] TR News Migrated From X11 To Wayland = many things won't work, they don't care https://www.phoronix.com/news/Budgie-10.10-Released [13:08] TR Bot 10.10 Released: Officially Migrated From X11 To Wayland - Phoronix [13:17] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #techrights [13:26] TR News iophk: Over 20 years ago the BBC quoted His Billness regarding the spam problem which Microsoft caused: "Spam will be a thing of the past in two years' time." The original page seems to have disappeared there at the BBC. I'm not sure what to look for in IA to find it." [13:30] TR News In Defense of Capitalism https://blog.lx.oliva.nom.br/2026-01-11-in-defense-of-capitalism.en.html [13:30] TR Bot In Defense of Capitalism [13:33] TR News KJournald Update January 2026 https://cordlandwehr.wordpress.com/2026/01/10/kjournald-update-january-2026/ [13:33] TR Bot KJournald Update January 2026 cordlandwehr [13:35] TR News Arch Linux-Based ArchBang GNU/Linux Distro Introduces New Application Launcher https://9to5linux.com/arch-linux-based-archbang-linux-distro-introduces-new-application-launcher [13:35] TR Bot Linux-Based ArchBang Linux Distro Introduces New Application Launcher - 9to5Linux [13:36] TR News Techrights is not afraid of thin-skinned thugs with skeletons in their closets. They realise their bullying won't be entertained, it'll only backfire the harder they try. [13:36] TR News Debian 13.3 Trixie Released with 108 Bug Fixes and 37 Security Updates https://9to5linux.com/debian-13-3-trixie-released-with-108-bug-fixes-and-37-security-updates [13:36] TR Bot 13.3 "Trixie" Released with 108 Bug Fixes and 37 Security Updates - 9to5Linux [13:36] TR News KDE Plasma 6.6 Desktop Is Coming on February 17th, Heres What to Expect https://9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-6-desktop-is-coming-on-february-17th-heres-what-to-expect [13:36] TR Bot Plasma 6.6 Desktop Is Coming on February 17th, Here's What to Expect - 9to5Linux [13:36] TR News Budgie 10.10 Desktop Environment Released as the First Wayland-Only Version https://9to5linux.com/budgie-10-10-desktop-environment-released-as-the-first-wayland-only-version [13:36] TR Bot 10.10 Desktop Environment Released as the First Wayland-Only Version - 9to5Linux [13:37] TR News First Look at Mageia 10 Alpha Release Now Available for Public Testing https://9to5linux.com/first-look-at-mageia-10-alpha-release-now-available-for-public-testing [13:37] TR Bot Look at Mageia 10 - Alpha Release Now Available for Public Testing - 9to5Linux [13:37] schestowitz[TR2] lxo: https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/22/Wrestling_With_Pigs.shtml [13:37] TR Bot Techrights "Wrestling With Pigs" [13:37] schestowitz[TR2] you might want to spend less time with pigs in social control media [13:37] schestowitz[TR2] not good use of time [13:37] schestowitz[TR2] and only the pig (with an actual avatar of an actual pig) enjoys the mud [13:38] schestowitz[TR2] big bait is still bait [13:38] TR News Dr. Richard Stallman Has Done No Harm to the GNU Project or the FSF (He Had Benefited Both, Always, Even After the Attacks on Him Began) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/09/Dr_Richard_Stallman_Has_Done_No_Harm_to_the_GNU_Project_or_the_.shtml [13:38] TR Bot Techrights Dr. Richard Stallman Has Done No Harm to the GNU Project or the FSF (He Had Benefited Both, Always, Even After the Attacks on Him Began) [13:38] TR News ArchBANG 100126 is out https://distrowatch.com/archbang [13:38] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/archbang ) [13:39] TR News Messing with uuid() in SQLite3 https://rubenerd.com/messing-with-uuid-in-sqlite3/ [13:39] TR Bot Messing with uuid() in SQLite3 ● Jan 11 [14:04] TR News "ESP With EEG" https://hackaday.com/2026/01/10/esp-with-eeg-no-not-that-esp/ | Source: Hackaday [14:04] TR Bot With EEG No, Not That ESP! | Hackaday [14:05] TR News Steam Machine pricing soars past PS5 Pro and Xbox Series X in new retailer listing 1TB SKU shatters $1,000 barrier https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/console-gaming/steam-machine-pricing-soars-past-ps5-pro-and-xbox-series-x-in-new-retailer-listing-1tb-sku-shatters-usd1-000-barrier [14:05] TR Bot Steam Machine pricing soars past PS5 Pro and Xbox Series X in new retailer listing 1TB SKU shatters $1,000 barrier | Tom's Hardware [14:06] TR News Mageia 10-alpha1 is out https://distrowatch.com/mageia [14:06] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/mageia ) [14:06] TR News ObsidianOS 2026.01.10 is out as well https://distrowatch.com/obsidianos [14:06] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/obsidianos ) [14:08] TR News FPGA https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/11/amd-embedded-mini-itx-board-features-ryzen-ai-embedded-p132-cpu-versal-ai-edge-gen2-ve3558-soc-fpga/ [14:08] TR Bot AMD Embedded+ mini-ITX Board features Ryzen AI Embedded P132 CPU, Versal AI Edge Gen2 VE3558 SoC FPGA - CNX Software [14:08] TR News Debian 13.3.0 is out https://distrowatch.com/debian [14:08] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/debian ) [14:08] TR News Debian Edu 13.3.0 is out as well https://distrowatch.com/debianedu [14:08] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/debianedu ) [14:09] TR News Mageia 10 Alpha Released - 32-bit ISOs Still Available https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mageia-10-Alpha [14:09] TR Bot 10 Alpha Released - 32-bit ISOs Still Available - Phoronix [14:10] TR News In Western Africa GNU/Linux Flirts With 5% Market Share https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/09/In_Western_Africa_GNU_Linux_Flirts_With_5_Market_Share.shtml [14:10] TR Bot Techrights In Western Africa GNU/Linux Flirts With 5% Market Share [14:10] TR News GNU/Linux May be Approaching 10% "Market Share" in Montenegro https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/09/GNU_Linux_May_be_Approaching_10_Market_Share_in_Montenegro.shtml [14:10] TR Bot Techrights GNU/Linux May be Approaching 10% "Market Share" in Montenegro [14:10] TR News GNU/Linux and Chromebooks Rose to Almost 10% in Haiti https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/10/GNU_Linux_and_Chromebooks_Rose_to_Almost_10_in_Haiti.shtml [14:10] TR Bot Techrights GNU/Linux and Chromebooks Rose to Almost 10% in Haiti [14:11] TR News Whatsit native desktop client for WhatsApp https://www.linuxlinks.com/whatsit-native-desktop-client-whatsapp/ [14:11] TR Bot - The Linux Portal Site [14:11] TR News Furtherance track your time https://www.linuxlinks.com/furtherance-track-time/ [14:12] TR News 14 Useful Free and Open Source CSS Parsers https://www.linuxlinks.com/useful-free-open-source-css-parsers/ [14:12] TR Bot Useful Free and Open Source CSS Parsers - LinuxLinks [14:15] TR News ODiff native image comparison tool https://www.linuxlinks.com/odiff-native-image-comparison-tool/ [14:18] TR News Manjaro Is Arch GNU/Linux for Newbies https://thenewstack.io/manjaro-is-arch-linux-for-newbies/ [14:18] TR Bot Manjaro Is Arch Linux for Newbies - The New Stack [14:20] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.1.gmi [14:20] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [14:22] TR News (NEW): Labwc https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/Labwc.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/Labwc.gmi [14:22] TR Bot Tux Machines Labwc [14:31] TR News intentrace strace with intent https://www.linuxlinks.com/intentrace-strace/ [14:31] TR News jrnlc plain-text terminal journal https://www.linuxlinks.com/jrnlc-plain-text-terminal-journal/ [14:31] TR News mux-media CLI utility for muxing media https://www.linuxlinks.com/mux-media-cli-utility-muxing-media/ [14:31] TR Bot - CLI utility for muxing media - LinuxLinks [14:32] TR News Mageia 10 First Alpha ISO Approved and Ready for Public Testing https://linuxiac.com/mageia-linux-10-first-alpha-iso-is-ready-for-public-testing/ [14:32] TR Bot Mageia 10 First Alpha ISO Approved and Ready for Public Testing [14:34] TR News Doom conquers the kitchen through an electric cooking pot classic shooter runs seamlessly after a full device firmware refresh https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/youtuber-makes-doom-run-on-a-smart-cooking-pot-after-a-full-firmware-refresh [14:34] TR Bot Doom conquers the kitchen through an electric cooking pot classic shooter runs seamlessly after a full device firmware refresh | Tom's Hardware [14:35] TR News How to Install Apache Maven on Rocky GNU/Linux https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-apache-maven-on-rocky-linux/ [14:35] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-apache-maven-on-rocky-linux/ ) [14:40] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/Android_Leftovers.gmi [14:40] TR Bot Tux Machines Android Leftovers [14:43] TR News (NEW): KDE Gear 25.12.1 Released with Various Improvements for Your Favorite KDE Apps https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/KDE_Gear_25_12_1_Released_with_Various_Improvements_for_Your_Fa.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/08/KDE_Gear_25_12_1_Released_with_Various_Improvements_for_Your_Fa.gmi [14:43] TR Bot Tux Machines KDE Gear 25.12.1 Released with Various Improvements for Your Favorite KDE Apps [14:45] TR News The UK must protect the interests of media, not of media lawyers or media law firms. But the system is in the pockets of or comes from the latter. Anyway, a lot of recent litigation is motiavted by sheer jealousy. When law firms produce 1000 times less than those they bully (their clients likewise). [14:50] TR News How To Install CockroachDB on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-cockroachdb-debian-13/ [14:50] TR Bot How To Install CockroachDB on Debian 13 - idroot [14:50] TR News How To Install Budgie Desktop on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-budgie-desktop-debian-13/ [14:50] TR Bot How To Install Budgie Desktop on Debian 13 - idroot [14:50] MinceR 11 080741 <@MinceR> maybe lump can manage to have fewer recessions, in that there won't be anything else :> [14:50] MinceR one Big Beautiful Recession! [14:51] TR News WOW. The PROJECTION. He endorsed ICE murdering someone inside her cars. Now he calls critics of it... what HE is. https://lunduke.substack.com/p/linux-leaders-and-tech-journalists [14:51] TR Bot Linux Leaders & Tech Journalists Call for Violence, Murder after Minneapolis [14:51] schestowitz[TR2] MinceR: on a serious note [14:51] schestowitz[TR2] and gafam slant [14:52] schestowitz[TR2] for on-topic [14:52] schestowitz[TR2] cheeto had a life of fianncial fraud [14:52] schestowitz[TR2] all long [14:52] schestowitz[TR2] faking it [14:52] schestowitz[TR2] and being born with perception of wealth [14:52] schestowitz[TR2] so now he [14:52] schestowitz[TR2] deregulates [14:52] schestowitz[TR2] that means gafam can buy from itself [14:52] schestowitz[TR2] aka financial or accounting fraud [14:52] schestowitz[TR2] and debt is indinite [14:52] schestowitz[TR2] fake-coains are now 'mainstream' [14:53] schestowitz[TR2] whgich means yet more pyramid schemes [14:53] schestowitz[TR2] unregulated [14:53] schestowitz[TR2] europe is, at last, regognising us is no friend, except in hungaristan [14:53] schestowitz[TR2] which is the eastern wing of cheettoland [14:54] schestowitz[TR2] more to be on topics here [14:54] schestowitz[TR2] this can benefit us in a way [14:54] schestowitz[TR2] remember all the attacks on techrights came from the us [14:54] schestowitz[TR2] even from men who strangle women [14:54] schestowitz[TR2] when you say "american" you needn't say much more [14:54] schestowitz[TR2] you can drop the mic [14:54] schestowitz[TR2] and people get it [14:55] MinceR europe isn't doing anything [14:56] schestowitz[TR2] it hs coalition of the shilling [14:56] schestowitz[TR2] but some do send arms and air defences etc. to ukraine [14:56] schestowitz[TR2] to keep the orcs at bay [14:57] schestowitz[TR2] wait, i have a link [14:57] schestowitz[TR2] from insidehungary [14:57] schestowitz[TR2] cannot find it offhand atm, nm [14:58] TR News FOSS Forces Top Five Articles For the Week Ending January 10, 2025 https://fossforce.com/2026/01/foss-forces-top-five-articles-for-the-week-ending-january-10-2025/ [14:58] TR Bot FOSS Force's Top Five Articles For the Week Ending January 10, 2025 - FOSS Force [14:59] TR News When does Cheeto sent his Greenland little men? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_green_men_(Russo-Ukrainian_war) [14:59] TR Bot Little green men (Russo-Ukrainian war) - Wikipedia ● Jan 11 [15:00] TR News "FINALLY"! Or just use SOMETHING ELSE! https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/admins-finally-get-the-power-to-uninstall-microsoft-copilot-on-windows-11-pro-enterprise-and-edu-versions-devices-must-meet-specific-conditions-to-allow-the-removal-of-the-ai-app [15:00] TR Bot Admins finally get the power to uninstall Microsoft Copilot on Windows 11 Pro, Enterprise, and EDU versions devices must meet specific conditions to allow the removal of the AI app | Tom's Hardware [15:01] TR News Radius updated https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Radius [15:01] TR Bot connection timeout ( status 0 @ https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Radius ) [15:05] MinceR seems more like a coalition of cowards [15:13] *superkuh has quit (Ping timeout: 246 seconds) [15:15] schestowitz[TR2] a lot of rhetoric [15:16] schestowitz[TR2] but the reports i see every day suggest they do send a lot of equipment [15:16] schestowitz[TR2] that's why russia does "hybrid" war [15:16] schestowitz[TR2] to scare them against that [15:16] schestowitz[TR2] "it'll cost you" [15:16] schestowitz[TR2] gripen planes just bought [15:16] schestowitz[TR2] lots of them [15:17] schestowitz[TR2] putler is waving around hypersonic nuclear-capable missles [15:17] schestowitz[TR2] in 2026 like in 2024 [15:17] schestowitz[TR2] to "send a message" [15:17] schestowitz[TR2] he is losing people and losing momentum [15:17] schestowitz[TR2] so he hints, "I can use nukes, you know" [15:17] schestowitz[TR2] the us has nukes [15:17] schestowitz[TR2] frfance and uk have their own [15:17] schestowitz[TR2] (nukes) [15:18] schestowitz[TR2] cheeto would not press the finger [15:18] schestowitz[TR2] to nuke russia [15:18] schestowitz[TR2] he only puts fingers in epstein girls [15:18] schestowitz[TR2] not in systems that deter or retaliate against putin [15:19] TR News QtNat - Open your port with Qt http://renaudguezennec.eu/index.php/2026/01/09/qtnat-open-you-port-with-qt/ [15:19] TR Bot QtNat Open your port with Qt Renaud Guezennec [15:19] TR News Updated Tellico Handbook https://tellico-project.org/updated-tellico-handbook/ [15:19] TR Bot Updated Tellico Handbook Tellico [15:26] TR News A 1990s VNA Gets An LCD https://hackaday.com/2026/01/10/a-1990s-vna-gets-an-lcd/ | Source: Hackaday [15:26] TR Bot 1990s VNA Gets An LCD | Hackaday [15:28] *superkuh (~superkuh@user/superkuh) has joined #techrights [15:28] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/today_s_howtos.gmi [15:28] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [15:30] admfubar https://futurism.com/science-energy/doomsday-glacier-earthquake [15:30] TR Bot Doomsday Glacier Bombarded by Earthquakes [15:30] TR News (NEW): KDE: KJournald, New Snaps, QtNat, and Updated Tellico Handbook https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/KDE_KJournald_New_Snaps_QtNat_and_Updated_Tellico_Handbook.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/KDE_KJournald_New_Snaps_QtNat_and_Updated_Tellico_Handbook.gmi [15:30] TR Bot Tux Machines KDE: KJournald, New Snaps, QtNat, and Updated Tellico Handbook [15:32] TR News (NEW): Linux Devices and Badly Made Devices https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/Linux_Devices_and_Badly_Made_Devices.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/Linux_Devices_and_Badly_Made_Devices.gmi [15:32] TR Bot Tux Machines Linux Devices and Badly Made Devices [15:33] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [15:33] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [15:35] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.gmi [15:35] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers [15:37] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi [15:37] TR Bot Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers [15:38] TR News "Blame the Boomers. Growing up as I did in the aftermath of the 1960s, my teenage years were overshadowed by the sense that I had arrived too late on the scene, just missing out on grand and glorious bacchanal that was the Dawning of the Age of Aquarius." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/jdd/phlog/20260110-late-to-party.txt [15:39] TR News 11 SpellBinding: ACDGINY Wordo: AWAYS gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2026-01-11.gmi [15:40] TR News "I have used very permissive licenses in the past. I just wanted to make it easy for fellow "hackers" to use my code. If you see an MIT-licensed project, you know that you don't have to worry about anything." gopher://uninformativ.de/0/phlog/2026/2026-01/2026-01-11--thinking-about-software-licenses-again.txt [15:41] TR News "I had planned to write a short essay next, focusing on the Big Bang as promised, but I will not do so today. I don't feel I have the mental power for the research, and I promised myself that the next article will be more thoughtful and of better quality." gemini://liladi.site/floating-points.gmi [15:42] TR News "Today I woke up at 4:40. At 4:55 I was already walking out in the (moderately) cold, walking to the train station. I even had to run to catch the train, because I left the house a bit late." gemini://sdf.org/vatai/blog/2026-01-07-kangeiko-started-at-the-kodokan.gmi [15:43] TR News "Sorry for the spam. I'm trying things out, to see how geminispace works" gemini://emil-vatai.duckdns.org/blog/2026-01-06-posting-to-antenna.gmi [15:57] *SomeGoat (~SomeGoat@y3syynzkwyc9u.irc) has joined #techrights ● Jan 11 [16:10] TR News "I replaced Windows with Linux and everythings going great - Linux diary, chapter one: winging it." https://www.theverge.com/tech/858910/linux-diary-gaming-desktop [16:10] TR Bot I replaced Windows with Linux and everythings going great | The Verge [16:11] TR News 7 commands you should never run on Linux https://www.howtogeek.com/7-commands-you-should-never-run-on-linux/ [16:11] TR Bot 7 deadly Linux commands that can wipe out or crash your computer [16:12] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 11/01/2026: "Late To The Party" and "Thinking About Software Licences" https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/11/Gemini_Links_11_01_2026_Late_To_The_Party_and_Thinking_About_So.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/11/Gemini_Links_11_01_2026_Late_To_The_Party_and_Thinking_About_So.gmi [16:12] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 11/01/2026: "Late To The Party" and "Thinking About Software Licences" [16:15] TR News 7 commands you should never run on Linux https://www.howtogeek.com/7-commands-you-should-never-run-on-linux/ [16:16] TR News Techrights Links 11/01/2026: 'Nothing to Lose' in Iran and Kyiv Restores Electricity https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/11/Links_11_01_2026_Nothing_to_Lose_in_Iran_and_Kyiv_Restores_Elec.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/11/Links_11_01_2026_Nothing_to_Lose_in_Iran_and_Kyiv_Restores_Elec.gmi [16:16] TR Bot Techrights Links 11/01/2026: 'Nothing to Lose' in Iran and Kyiv Restores Electricity [16:18] TR News "ArchBang Linux 1001 release comes with Linux kernel 6.18 LTS and wmenu as a drop-in replacement for the dmenu application launcher." https://9to5linux.com/arch-linux-based-archbang-linux-distro-introduces-new-application-launcher [16:18] TR Bot Linux-Based ArchBang Linux Distro Introduces New Application Launcher - 9to5Linux [16:18] TR News "If you've wanted to try Arch Linux, but were put off by the command line installation, then try Manjaro, which makes Arch easy and is simply a solid OS." https://thenewstack.io/manjaro-is-arch-linux-for-newbies/ [16:18] TR Bot Manjaro Is Arch Linux for Newbies - The New Stack [16:18] TR News "THIRDREALITYs Linux Box Dev Edition is a compact smart home gateway aimed at developers, educators, and system integrators working with open-source automation platforms and standard smart home protocols." https://linuxgizmos.com/linux-box-dev-edition-brings-armbian-linux-with-home-assistant-support/ [16:18] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/linux-box-dev-edition-brings-armbian-linux-with-home-assistant-support/ ) [16:19] TR News RebelsTool Shows How Linux Still Unlocks AMD GPU Power Controls Windows Cant https://wccftech.com/rebelstool-shows-how-linux-still-unlocks-amd-gpu-power-controls-windows-cant/ [16:19] TR Bot RebelsTool Shows How Linux Still Unlocks AMD GPU Power Controls Windows Can't [16:19] TR News Linux made my old PC fast again, and it hasnt slowed down since https://www.howtogeek.com/6-ways-linux-keeps-my-pc-ageless/ [16:19] TR Bot Linux made my old PC fast again, and it hasnt slowed down since [16:19] TR News 5 Windows-like Linux distros you should try out https://www.howtogeek.com/the-windows-like-linux-distros-you-should-try-out/ [16:19] TR Bot 5 Windows-like Linux distros you should try out [16:20] TR News Kali Linux for Beginners in 2026: Setup, Safety, and Your First Tools https://www.nucamp.co/blog/kali-linux-for-beginners-in-2026-setup-safety-and-your-first-tools [16:20] TR Bot Kali Linux for Beginners in 2026: Setup, Safety, and Your First Tools [16:22] TR News RebelsTool 1.0.9 The new MorePowerTool for AMDs RDNA graphics cards on Linux delivers more power, excitement, and performance. https://www.igorslab.de/en/rebelstool-1-0-6-ready-to-download-the-new-more-power-tool-under-linux-just-in-a-different-form/ [16:22] TR Bot RebelsTool 1.0.9 - The new MorePowerTool for AMDs RDNA graphics cards on Linux delivers more power, excitement, and performance. | igorsLAB [16:23] TR News This awesome tool for Linux newcomers is like Ninite for Team Tux https://www.xda-developers.com/this-awesome-tool-for-linux-newcomers-is-like-ninite-for-team-tux/ [16:23] TR Bot This awesome tool for Linux newcomers is like Ninite for Team Tux [16:27] TR News (NEW): Tinkerers Treasure: dArkOS Brings Debian Linux to RK3326/3356 Devices https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/Tinkerer_s_Treasure_dArkOS_Brings_Debian_Linux_to_RK3326_3356_D.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/Tinkerer_s_Treasure_dArkOS_Brings_Debian_Linux_to_RK3326_3356_D.gmi [16:27] TR Bot Tux Machines Tinkerers Treasure: dArkOS Brings Debian Linux to RK3326/3356 Devices [16:29] TR News (NEW): I gave this security-centric Linux OS a try, and its an ethical hackers dream https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/I_gave_this_security_centric_Linux_OS_a_try_and_it_s_an_ethical.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/I_gave_this_security_centric_Linux_OS_a_try_and_it_s_an_ethical.gmi [16:29] TR Bot Tux Machines I gave this security-centric Linux OS a try, and its an ethical hackers dream [16:29] TR News 3 safe ways to install Linux apps that arent in your repo (without breaking anything) https://www.howtogeek.com/x-safe-ways-to-install-linux-apps-that-arent-in-your-repo-without-breaking-anything/ [16:29] TR Bot 3 safe ways to install Linux apps that arent in your repo (without breaking anything) [16:30] TR News Steam games finally run better on Linux Arm devices, and you can test them right now https://www.xda-developers.com/steam-will-finally-run-better-on-arm-devices-and-you-can-test-the-new-version-right-now/ [16:30] TR Bot Steam games finally run better on Linux Arm devices, and you can test them right now [16:30] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/today_s_howtos.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/today_s_howtos.1.gmi [16:30] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [16:32] TR News Vitalik Buterin Compares Ethereum to BitTorrent and Linux https://finance.yahoo.com/news/vitalik-buterin-compares-ethereum-bittorrent-094059797.html [16:32] TR Bot Vitalik Buterin Compares Ethereum to BitTorrent and Linux [16:32] TR News Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum Is the Linux of the Blockchain World https://www.cointribune.com/en/ethereum-is-the-linux-of-the-blockchain-according-to-vitalik-buterin/ [16:32] TR Bot Buterin: Ethereum Is the Linux of the Blockchain World - Cointribune [16:32] TR News (NEW): RebelsTool 1.0.9 Shows GNU/Linux Ahead of Windows https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/RebelsTool_1_0_9_Shows_GNU_Linux_Ahead_of_Windows.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/RebelsTool_1_0_9_Shows_GNU_Linux_Ahead_of_Windows.gmi [16:32] TR Bot Tux Machines RebelsTool 1.0.9 Shows GNU/Linux Ahead of Windows [16:43] TR News "nailed it "If the Manager called the entire team into a 15 mins meeting, it probably means the Manager is out and is trying to control the narrative."" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ke7exa4g [16:43] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ke7exa4g ) [16:43] TR News "cant names the names. It will just get deleted. Just ask people its very obvious who is being referred too. There is enough clues to easily figure it out. Which sort of supports the validity of what was stated." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kcmx0g24 [16:43] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kcmx0g24 ) [16:44] TR News Also on IBM: "My manager told me its not a set amount of time for a PIP and its however long it needs to be" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kehdr23g [16:44] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kehdr23g ) [16:45] TR News On IBM: "Its bullsh-t. You really should start applying other places and GTFO asap" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kehdr23g [16:54] TR News Techrights After the LLM Slop Frenzy... https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/11/After_the_LLM_Slop_Frenzy.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/11/After_the_LLM_Slop_Frenzy.gmi [16:54] TR Bot Techrights After the LLM Slop Frenzy... ● Jan 11 [17:01] TR News Brussels plots open source push to pry Europe off Big Tech https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/11/eu_open_source_consultation/ [17:01] TR Bot Brussels plots open source push to pry Europe off Big Tech The Register [17:02] TR News (NEW): European Commission issues call for evidence on Free/Libre Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/European_Commission_issues_call_for_evidence_on_Free_Libre_Soft.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/European_Commission_issues_call_for_evidence_on_Free_Libre_Soft.gmi [17:02] TR Bot Tux Machines European Commission issues call for evidence on Free/Libre Software [17:08] psydroid3 developers breaking older hardware ... [17:08] psydroid3 https://github.com/openssl/openssl/issues/27350 [17:08] TR Bot from libcrypto.so.3.5.0 on Power8 system Issue #27350 openssl/openssl GitHub [17:08] psydroid3 quite the achievement, I must say [17:09] MinceR it's the "modern" way [17:11] TR News Techrights Aruba's GNU/Linux Adoption Seems to Have Reach All-Time High This Year https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/11/Aruba_s_GNU_Linux_Adoption_Seems_to_Have_Reach_All_Time_High_Th.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/11/Aruba_s_GNU_Linux_Adoption_Seems_to_Have_Reach_All_Time_High_Th.gmi [17:11] TR Bot Techrights Aruba's GNU/Linux Adoption Seems to Have Reach All-Time High This Year [17:29] TR News (NEW): Budgie 11 Desktop Environment Will Be Ported to Qt 6, Development Kicks Off https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/Budgie_11_Desktop_Environment_Will_Be_Ported_to_Qt_6_Developmen.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/Budgie_11_Desktop_Environment_Will_Be_Ported_to_Qt_6_Developmen.gmi [17:29] TR Bot Tux Machines Budgie 11 Desktop Environment Will Be Ported to Qt 6, Development Kicks Off [17:29] TR News Techrights EPO People Power - Part XXXI - Almost No Crime is Possible Without Enablers and Complicit Colleagues https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/11/EPO_People_Power_Part_XXXI_Almost_No_Crime_is_Possible_Without_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/11/EPO_People_Power_Part_XXXI_Almost_No_Crime_is_Possible_Without_.gmi [17:29] TR Bot Techrights EPO People Power - Part XXXI - Almost No Crime is Possible Without Enablers and Complicit Colleagues [17:34] TR News How my time-space synaesthesia affects how I experience and feel the new year https://theconversation.com/how-my-time-space-synaesthesia-affects-how-i-experience-and-feel-the-new-year-272465 [17:34] TR Bot How my time-space synaesthesia affects how I experience and feel the new year [17:36] TR News Beer Law http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/12/book-review-beer-law.html There are nowadays patents on beers [17:36] TR Bot [Book Review] Beer Law - The IPKat [17:36] TR News And there are even patents on plants, i.e. monopolies on nature http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-plant-ip-year-in-review-2025.html [17:36] TR Bot The Plant IP Year in Review 2025 - The IPKat [17:37] TR News DBIx::Class::Async - Introduction https://blogs.perl.org/users/mohammad_s_anwar/2026/01/dbixclassasync---introduction.html [17:37] TR Bot - Introduction | Mohammad S Anwar [blogs.perl.org] [17:37] TR News Live streaming the Perl 5.43.7 development release https://blogs.perl.org/users/max_maischein/2026/01/live-streaming-the-perl-5437-development-release.html [17:37] TR Bot streaming the Perl 5.43.7 development release | Max Maischein [blogs.perl.org] [17:37] TR News Kangaroo Courts of EPO http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/01/mechanistic-insights-supporting.html [17:38] TR Bot Mechanistic insights supporting the sufficiency and inventive step of a therapeutic use (without clinical data) (T 1601/22) - The IPKat [17:40] TR News Digital Robbery Scams Are on the Rise https://jacobin.com/2026/01/scam-banking-ach-fraud-regulations/ [17:40] TR Bot Digital Robbery Scams Are on the Rise [17:40] TR News Taxes that lessen purchasing https://cphpost.dk/2025-12-30/news/round-up/the-party-venstre-wants-tax-breaks-for-kids-savings-beyond-banks/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/additional-tariffs-on-kitchen-cabinets-pushed-to-2027-9.7032700 [17:40] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://cphpost.dk/2025-12-30/news/round-up/the-party-venstre-wants-tax-breaks-for-kids-savings-beyond-banks/ ) [17:40] TR Bot Canadian manufacturers welcome pause on tariff hikes but they're still not banking on U.S. market | CBC News [17:42] TR News Cheapening monopolies to make a mine field https://patentdocs.org/2025/12/30/uspto-announces-issuance-of-one-millionth-electronic-patent/ [17:42] TR Bot USPTO Announces Issuance of One Millionth Electronic Patent Patent Docs [17:49] TR News GNU/Linux all over the place https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/tuvalu/#monthly-200902-202601 [17:49] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Tuvalu | Statcounter Global Stats [17:50] TR News Kangaroo Courts of EPO http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/12/non-reproducible-products-can-be.html [17:50] TR Bot Non-reproducible products can be the closest prior art (T 1719/21) - The IPKat [17:50] TR News Think you are co-authoring a paper? 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[17:53] TR Bot Schlossberg, granddaughter of JFK, dies aged 35 DW 12/31/2025 [17:58] TR News Quitters Day https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/473883/how-to-change-your-life-resolutions-2026 [17:58] TR Bot science-backed tricks to make your New Years resolutions stick | Vox [17:58] TR News Understanding Childhood Obesity: Causes, Treatments and How to Reduce Stigma https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2025-12-30/understanding-childhood-obesity-causes-treatments-and-how-to-reduce-stigma [17:58] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2025-12-30/understanding-childhood-obesity-causes-treatments-and-how-to-reduce-stigma ) [17:59] TR News Pakistan Sentences Journalists, YouTubers https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-01-02/pakistan-sentences-journalists-youtubers-and-ex-military-officers-to-life-over-inciting-violence [17:59] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 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TR Bot overtakes Japan as 4th-largest economy, report says DW 12/30/2025 [18:09] *harrykar (~harrykar@2zixhwiai94ru.irc) has joined #techrights [18:09] *harrykar has quit (connection closed) [18:09] TR News South Korean retail giant Coupang to compensate $1.1 billion to affected users over data breach https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/29/south-korea-retail-coupang-bon-kim-1-billion-trillion-won-data-breach-compensation-vouchers.html [18:09] TR Bot South Korean retail giant Coupang to compensate $1.1 billion to affected users over data breach [18:10] TR News Why should we pay these criminals?: the hidden world of ransomware negotiations https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/29/ransomware-negotiations-extortion-cyber-attacks [18:10] TR Bot Why should we pay these criminals?: the hidden world of ransomware negotiations | Cybercrime | The Guardian [18:11] TR News US, Australia say MongoBleed bug being exploited https://therecord.media/us-australia-bug-exploitation [18:11] TR Bot US, Australia say MongoBleed bug being exploited | The Record from Recorded Future News [18:12] TR News Software company lacked downstream liability for data breach https://masslawyersweekly.com/2025/12/29/1st-circuit-downstream-liability-data-breach-indemnification/ [18:12] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://masslawyersweekly.com/2025/12/29/1st-circuit-downstream-liability-data-breach-indemnification/ ) [18:13] TR News French software company fined $2 million for cyber failings leading to data breach https://therecord.media/french-software-fined-cnil http://techrights.org/n/2024/04/02/CNIL_bosses_approved_Amandine_Cryptie_Jambert_FSFE_engagement.shtml [18:13] TR Bot French software company fined $2 million for cyber failings leading to data breach | The Record from Recorded Future News [18:13] TR Bot Techrights CNIL bosses approved Amandine Cryptie Jambert FSFE engagement [18:13] TR News no data, just vibes 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Tina Kotek Orders Removal of Barriers to Oregon Renewable Energy Projects ProPublica [18:16] TR News Hungary's Orban: invading countries is OK to take oil https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-01-05/hungarys-orban-says-us-intervention-in-venezuela-good-for-energy-markets [18:16] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-01-05/hungarys-orban-says-us-intervention-in-venezuela-good-for-energy-markets ) [18:17] TR News Yu Menglong Censorship https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/yu-menglong-censorship-china-signals-possible-softening-over-actors-tragic-death-1767878 [18:17] TR Bot Yu Menglong Censorship: China Signals Possible Softening Over Actor's Tragic Death | IBTimes UK [18:18] TR News ICEBlock App Sues Cheeto Mussolini Administration for Censorship https://www.npr.org/2025/12/08/nx-s1-5631826/iceblock-app-lawsuit-trump-bondi [18:18] TR Bot ICEBlock app sues Trump administration for censorship : NPR [18:19] TR News Disinformation https://www.projectcensored.org/history-myth-media-age-of-disinformation/ [18:19] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://www.projectcensored.org/history-myth-media-age-of-disinformation/ ) [18:19] TR News 30 million stolen in elaborate bank vault heist https://www.dw.com/en/germany-30-million-stolen-in-elaborate-bank-vault-heist/a-75344406 [18:19] TR Bot 30 million stolen in elaborate bank vault heist DW 12/30/2025 [18:24] MinceR https://pleated-jeans.com/2025/09/02/funny-pictures-for-your-daily-laugh-break-9-2-25/ [18:24] TR Bot 30 Funny Pictures For Your Daily Laugh Break (September 2, 2025) [18:24] TR News Enemy of the ICE goons https://theonion.com/dhs-releases-watchlist-of-mothers-driving-cars/ [18:24] TR Bot DHS Releases Watchlist Of Mothers Driving Cars - The Onion [18:24] TR News "Beware rumor Denmark renamed Greenland 'Epstein Island' to stop Trump from talking about it" https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-greenland-epstein-island-denmark/ [18:24] TR Bot rumor Denmark renamed Greenland 'Epstein Island' to stop Trump from talking about it | Snopes.com [18:26] *harrykar (~harrykar@2zixhwiai94ru.irc) has joined #techrights [18:26] *harrykar has quit (connection closed) [18:31] TR News Techrights IBM SkillsBuild as Microsoft Training, Microsoft Vendor Lock-in, Microsoft Surveillance https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/11/IBM_SkillsBuild_as_Microsoft_Training_Microsoft_Vendor_Lock_in_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/11/IBM_SkillsBuild_as_Microsoft_Training_Microsoft_Vendor_Lock_in_.gmi [18:31] TR Bot Techrights IBM SkillsBuild as Microsoft Training, Microsoft Vendor Lock-in, Microsoft Surveillance [18:44] *Isambard_Prince (~Isambard_Prince@tyh9uypqaqvwk.irc) has joined #techrights [18:44] Isambard_Prince MinceR, I was looking at a website that said "These countries have the most narcissists." and the image caption was a chess pawn looking into the mirror and seeing a king. [18:44] Isambard_Prince I was like "I'm married to one of those." [18:48] MinceR :> [18:50] *darwin has quit (connection closed) [18:59] *darwin (~darwin@ezriia7nzimpg.irc) has joined #techrights ● Jan 11 [20:38] admfubar so that explains elon's gait.... https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/elon-musk-xai-money [20:38] TR Bot Elon's xAI Is Losing Staggering Amounts of Money [20:38] MinceR :> [20:41] admfubar https://futurism.com/robots-and-machines/christmas-toy-crash-phone [20:41] TR Bot Red Hot Christmas Toy Crashes So Badly That Kids Can't Actually Use It [20:46] admfubar https://futurism.com/future-society/polymarket-venezuela-invasion-bets [20:46] TR Bot War Profiteers Furious After Polymarket Refuses to Pay Out on Venezuelan Invasion Bets [20:48] admfubar https://futurism.com/future-society/pentagon-butt-plugs [20:48] TR Bot Pentagon Begs Shop to Stop Sending Butt Plugs to Military Personnel [20:50] admfubar https://www.ghacks.net/2026/01/11/linux-restores-performance-on-older-pcs-and-keeps-them-fast/ [20:50] TR Bot Linux Restores Performance on Older PCs and Keeps Them Fast - gHacks Tech News [20:58] admfubar https://hackaday.com/2026/01/11/a-new-kind-of-inductively-damped-compass/ [20:58] TR Bot New Kind Of Inductively-damped Compass | Hackaday ● Jan 11 [21:09] admfubar https://openeuphoria.org/ [21:09] TR Bot OpenEuphoria: News Index [21:12] admfubar https://ipwatchdog.com/2026/01/11/intangible-investor-patent-hoarders-detriment-humanity/ [21:12] TR Bot The Intangible Investor: Are Patent Hoarders a Detriment to Humanity? [21:20] admfubar https://www.neowin.net/news/this-incredible-tech-could-make-acs-obsolete-and-finally-solve-global-warming-forever/ [21:20] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/this-incredible-tech-could-make-acs-obsolete-and-finally-solve-global-warming-forever/ ) [21:21] admfubar https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/01/incredible-shrinking-ptab.html [21:21] TR Bot The Incredible Shrinking PTAB | Patently-O [21:25] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [21:28] *cow_20012 has quit (Quit: ) [21:36] *cow_20012 (~username@wusiwah4aa7ye.irc) has joined #techrights [21:46] admfubar https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/11/industry_insiders_seek_to_poison/ [21:46] TR Bot AI insiders seek to poison the data that feeds them The Register [21:51] TR News (NEW): Linux Mint 22.3 Zena Is Now Available for Download, Heres Whats New https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/Linux_Mint_22_3_Zena_Is_Now_Available_for_Download_Here_s_What_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/Linux_Mint_22_3_Zena_Is_Now_Available_for_Download_Here_s_What_.gmi [21:51] TR Bot Tux Machines Linux Mint 22.3 Zena Is Now Available for Download, Heres Whats New [21:52] *Isambard_Prince has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [21:53] *Isambard_Prince (~Isambard_Prince@fcmv3ef58wswq.irc) has joined #techrights ● Jan 11 [22:12] -Global-[INFO] Nouveaut : nous venons d'ajouter la possibilit d'couter la radio pendant que vous chattez ! En plus de vous permettre de passer un bon moment en ligne, cela vous permet ds de maintenir la connexion en arrire plan lorsque vous tes sur votre navigateur mobile, un problme trs frustrant. N'hsitez pas tester ds maintenant, et venir commenter sur #beta. [22:18] TR News (NEW): #HowTo Upgrade Linux Mint 22.2 to Linux Mint 22.3 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/How_to_Upgrade_Linux_Mint_22_2_to_Linux_Mint_22_3.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/How_to_Upgrade_Linux_Mint_22_2_to_Linux_Mint_22_3.gmi [22:18] TR Bot Tux Machines How to Upgrade Linux Mint 22.2 to Linux Mint 22.3 ● Jan 11 [23:02] MinceR https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/battriangulation [23:02] TR Bot Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Battriangulation [23:43] Isambard_Prince https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/07/avelo-airlines-ice-deportation-flights-job-cuts.html [23:44] TR Bot Avelo Airlines to end ICE deportation charters, cut commercial flights and jobs [23:44] Isambard_Prince The carrier told staff it raised new capital at the end of 2025 and that its financial position has never been stronger. [23:44] Isambard_Prince The attempt on my life has left me scarred....but my resolve has NEVER BEEN STRONGER! [23:44] Isambard_Prince MinceR, ^ [23:44] MinceR :> [23:46] TR News (NEW): 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: January 11th, 2026 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup_January_11th_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup_January_11th_2026.gmi [23:46] TR Bot Tux Machines 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: January 11th, 2026 [23:57] Isambard_Prince I turned off credit card cash advances on all my cards. [23:57] Isambard_Prince AmEx is the only one that lets you do it entirely. The rest only let you take it down to like $100. [23:57] Isambard_Prince But those others also let you remove the PIN. [23:57] Isambard_Prince So no PIN means no ATM access. [23:57] Isambard_Prince MinceR, No pin also means that Mr. Grenade is no longer your friend. [23:58] Isambard_Prince The more you know! :) [23:58] MinceR :> [23:59] MinceR 'player tries to put the pin back in'