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[00:38]	IsambardPrince	NPR's classical music. I know it's not thump thump thump n**** n**** thump thump thump *changes station* a Mexican fiesta *changes station* or a 90 year old nun praying the rosary.
[00:38]	IsambardPrince	But we do what we can.
[00:39]	MinceR	we do what we must, because we can
[00:41]	MinceR	https://imgur.com/gallery/2XLmYS5   =   https://rimgo.bloat.cat/gallery/2XLmYS5
[00:41]	TR Bot	- Album on Imgur
[00:41]	TR Bot	 Memes/tomfoolery - rimgo
[00:41]	MinceR	tomfoolery, also known as "lol" in welsh
[00:45]	IsambardPrince	Broadcast the following message on all frequencies and in all known languages, including Welsh. "We surrender!" -Arnold Rimmer
[00:46]	MinceR	:)
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[01:24]	whatA_	http://techrights.org/images/2023/BINARY-FATA-MORGANAS.png
[01:24]	whatA_	but ARM?
[01:42]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, https://i.postimg.cc/fLGJzg1f/Screenshot-2025-05-10-7-41-07-PM.png
[01:42]	IsambardPrince	Spotted on Google Maps.
[01:42]	IsambardPrince	Something new the Germans are working on.
[01:52]	MinceR	lol
[01:52]	MinceR	well, it would make sense
[01:52]	MinceR	it would be a lot more complicated than just having 2 steered wheels in the front, after all
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[02:01]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, I put on some bagpipe music for the neighbors.
[02:02]	MinceR	:)
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[02:53]	IsambardPrince	<@MinceR> it would be a lot more complicated than just having 2 steered wheels in the front, after all
[02:54]	IsambardPrince	That's why it has two power steering motors and a double jointed power steering rack, of course.
[02:56]	MinceR	:>
[02:56]	MinceR	_and_ steer-by-wire
[02:56]	MinceR	mediated by a PC running Backdoors.
[02:57]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, CNN helpfully suggested (during the time of 145% tariffs on China) how to use a gooseneck kettle (made in China) and a pourover coffee maker (made in China) to ration your Victory Coffee, which is in short supply because of tariffs, climate change, corporate greed, a cartel, and all sorts of other shit.
[02:57]	MinceR	or is that drive-by-wire?
[02:57]	MinceR	with part of the OS stored in RAM so that if the battery is exhausted, it forgets how to be sort of like a car
[02:57]	IsambardPrince	https://summerstirs.com/why-is-everything-called-victory-in-1984/
[02:57]	TR Bot	 Why Is Everything Called Victory In 1984? [2024]
[02:58]	MinceR	lol
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[03:02]	IsambardPrince	Hmm, this reads like Chaffbot spew.
[03:03]	IsambardPrince	"We are highly confident this text was AI generated"
[03:03]	IsambardPrince	LOL
[03:03]	MinceR	or maybe they could keep the kernel on removable devices only available to the dealers so only they can get the damn thing to boot ever again
[03:03]	IsambardPrince	DuckDuckGo is returning a lot of slopfarms lately.
[03:04]	IsambardPrince	But so does Google.
[03:06]	IsambardPrince	Good lord.
[03:06]	IsambardPrince	This site has thousands of slop articles all attributed to "David".
[03:08]	whatA_	Brave Search, good search engine but too bad it's malware (just like Gulag, DaffDaffGone, and Bong)
[03:08]	whatA_	it has a HEY HI of its own, and because it's malware, we don't know if it can detect HEY HI slop or not
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[04:32]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, My neighbors don't talk to me much anymore. I just decided to start giving them the impression that I'm insane.
[04:33]	admfubar	uhhmmm
[04:34]	IsambardPrince	I've been around plenty of people who are insane.
[04:34]	IsambardPrince	My aunt is schizophrenic. 
[04:35]	IsambardPrince	So whenever I want to scare the neighbors off I just do something weird I saw her doing once.
[04:38]	admfubar	https://www.linuxtoday.com/blog/outlaw-cybergang-launches-global-attacks-targeting-linux-servers/
[04:38]	TR Bot	 Outlaw Cybergang Launches Global Attacks Targeting Linux Servers | Linux Today
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[05:05]	admfubar	https://libreboot.org/news/revisions.html
[05:05]	TR Bot	 Libreboot NEW Libreboot 2025 release schedule
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[05:07]	TR News	"Every once in a while, I get caught up on keyboards. Not because there's anything wrong with my current one (an older SteelSeries Apex M500, with the gamer-girl wasd/space keycaps wearing off), but I'll just see a picture or article about a cool keyboard someone made" gemini://tilde.town/~hush/gemlog/2025-05-10.gmi
[05:09]	TR News	I updated my Bluesky PDS and it stopped working. Here's how I fixed it [tutorial] gemini://gemini.patatas.ca/posts/pds-update-failure-fix.gmi
[05:10]	TR News	Capitalism gemini://inoro.smol.pub/capitalismo-verde
[05:11]	TR News	No lo intentes gemini://m1n.smol.pub/dont-try
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[05:13]	TR News	"When I started deleting my social media accounts, dropping Amazon, and changing my computer-ing habits, I didn't entirely know why I was doing it. I knew I needed a change. I knew that Big Tech had stopped being fun or useful for me years ago, yet I didn't understand how to get away from it." gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2025-05-10
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[05:17]	admfubar	https://thedebrief.org/this-edible-robot-becomes-fish-food-after-completing-remote-sensing-missions/
[05:17]	TR Bot	 This Edible Robot Becomes Fish Food After Completing Remote Sensing Missions - The Debrief
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[05:28]	TR News	github traffic down 6% this past month https://www.similarweb.com/website/github.com/#ranking
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[05:31]	admfubar	https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/05/09/0327207
[05:31]	TR Bot	 Washington the Eighth State to Pass Right to Repair Law - SoylentNews
[05:31]	schestowitz[TR2]	shttps://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jtrr4bwc
[05:31]	schestowitz[TR2]	"you can find really good people everywhere. Also, you can find a few bad people everywhere. Despite what you may have heard, Canadians are not all that different from the people in whatever country you found yourself in when you had these bad experiences. Were these deadbeats technical people? Designers? Sales? Managers? Asking for a friend. 
[05:32]	schestowitz[TR2]	"
[05:32]	schestowitz[TR2]	Layoffs are usually in June, if they have any planned
[05:32]	schestowitz[TR2]	"
[05:32]	schestowitz[TR2]	"I'm talking about Partners and APs in consulting. I'm band 9 and they assume that because their level in the company is higher, that they are in a position to treat me dismissively or disrespectfully. Meanwhile I have an IQ of 138 and an engineering degree, and can easily see these are the profoundly mediocre intellects who mostly came up through some lame lame general arts or business program. ...and the main reason they have ri
[05:32]	schestowitz[TR2]	sen further in their career is because they have the kind of ki----s personality that IBM rewards, whereas I represent myself and no one else, regardless of who likes it and who does not, and for me that has not led to stellar career progress.
[05:32]	schestowitz[TR2]	Long story short: I'm one of the best at what I do - no exaggeration - that is based on a long track record, but despite that, will not be long for this role or this company because I have just ran out of patience even if I'm not shy about setting them straight when I need to, which I find myself doing semi-regularly unfortunately. "
[05:32]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], They recently cleaned house at Walmart.
[05:32]	IsambardPrince	Got rid of all the people playing the points game.
[05:32]	IsambardPrince	Some part-time.
[05:36]	TR News	"Talk is cheap - why does Alvind not produce any numbers for his assertions about AI ? After all, numbers would help give credence to his claim in the article, particularly if it can be verified independently. Or is he morphing into Ginni 2.0 in the pant suit ? Or has Krabanaugh the lapdog got his tongue again ?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jtxtpear
[05:36]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jtxtpear )
[05:36]	TR News	"AK: Im replacing all these expensive lazy dinosaurs from North America with AI agents: the job gets done 24 hours a day, and its free"
[05:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	<IsambardPrince> Got rid of all the people playing the points game.
[05:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	what game is that"?
[05:40]	whatA_	FTFY http://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jtrr4bwc
[05:40]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jtrr4bwc )
[05:41]	TR News	returning VOA staff to work https://www.dw.com/en/us-appeals-court-blocks-ruling-returning-voa-staff-to-work/a-72428334
[05:41]	TR Bot	appeals court blocks ruling returning VOA staff to work DW 05/04/2025
[05:41]	whatA_	VOA massively depersoned
[05:41]	whatA_	to hide the Dajjalist's true agenda
[05:44]	TR News	DragonFly 4.6.1 and Dr.Parted 25.05 are out
[05:45]	TR News	PikaOS 25.05.05 also released. "PikaOS is a gaming/optimization-focused Linux distribution that emphasizes ease of use and high compatibility. Built on a Debian base but with cherry picked and custom compiled packages ensures that Pika is stable whilst being bang up to date!" https://wiki.pika-os.com/en/home
[05:45]	TR Bot	 PikaOS Linux | PikaOS Linux
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[05:48]	TR News	This release of Clonezilla live (20250504-plucky) includes major enhancements and bug fixes. https://sourceforge.net/p/clonezilla/news/2025/05/-stable-clonezilla-live-321-28-released/
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[05:50]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Clonezilla Live 3.2.1-28 Is Out Based on Ubuntu 25.04 and Linux Kernel 6.14
[05:51]	whatA_	CloneZilla is still depending on GCHQ (Macro$hafted British Army)
[05:51]	whatA_	or is it?
[05:51]	IsambardPrince	<schestowitz[TR2]> <IsambardPrince> Got rid of all the people playing the points game.
[05:51]	IsambardPrince	<schestowitz[TR2]> what game is that"?
[05:51]	IsambardPrince	Seeing how long before anyone notices that they have more points than where they should have been fired for attendance.
[05:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	didn't know...
[05:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	anyway, walmart has issues
[05:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	depends where
[05:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	but despite near-monopoly in some areas
[05:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	consumption habits changesd
[05:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	greedflation too has its limits
[05:54]	whatA_	bubble?
[05:54]	schestowitz[TR2]	IsambardPrince: my sister decided  to stay in the US for now
[05:54]	IsambardPrince	The worst part.
[05:54]	IsambardPrince	Portland
[05:54]	IsambardPrince	LOL
[05:55]	schestowitz[TR2]	not all areas
[05:55]	schestowitz[TR2]	linus lives there
[05:55]	schestowitz[TR2]	it's not near the centre
[05:56]	admfubar	https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/05/07/2330241
[05:56]	TR Bot	 We Have Reached the Severed Fingers and Abductions Stage of the Crypto Revolution - SoylentNews
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[06:00]	schestowitz[TR2]	Crypto Revolution  :)
[06:00]	schestowitz[TR2]	not about Crypto 
[06:00]	schestowitz[TR2]	http://techrights.org/o/2023/06/18/no-such-thing-as-cryptocurrency/
[06:00]	TR Bot	 There is No Such Thing as 'Cryptocurrency' and Please Stop Referring to It as Cryptocurrency
[06:00]	schestowitz[TR2]	and no "Revolution"
[06:00]	schestowitz[TR2]	http://techrights.org/n/2025/03/05/Just_Because_Common_Currencies_Including_the_US_Dollars_Are_Con.shtml
[06:00]	TR Bot	 Techrights Just Because Common Currencies (Including the US Dollar) Are Considered Uncertain Doesn't Mean People Should Adopt Volatile Multi-Level (Pyramid) Schemes
[06:02]	IsambardPrince	It's worse than speculation because the people that are in on the scam have it over on people who are not aware of what it is.
[06:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	because it CRYPTIC
[06:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	this is normal
[06:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	"MUMBO JUMBO LA ALA LA THIS IS TOO HARD FOR YOU, LEVA ETO US< BROS"
[06:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	"keepo investing"
[06:03]	IsambardPrince	I'm a cryptozoologist who only accepts payments in cryptocurrency.
[06:03]	schestowitz[TR2]	they managed to convince many people thaty
[06:03]	schestowitz[TR2]	1) this is "safe"
[06:03]	IsambardPrince	:)
[06:03]	schestowitz[TR2]	2) the real moneyt is risk
[06:03]	schestowitz[TR2]	3) not KNOWING how it works is OK
[06:03]	schestowitz[TR2]	4) the more complex, the better
[06:03]	schestowitz[TR2]	financial people will tell you,
[06:03]	schestowitz[TR2]	if you cannot understand how it works
[06:03]	schestowitz[TR2]	thhen it meakes it risky
[06:04]	schestowitz[TR2]	like subprime mortggaes
[06:04]	TR News	Old: 'Social inertia the main obstacle' https://frontline.thehindu.com/other/social-inertia-the-main-obstacle/article30164671.ece
[06:04]	TR Bot	 'Social inertia the main obstacle' - Frontline
[06:05]	IsambardPrince	They didn't want to know who they were giving those to.
[06:05]	IsambardPrince	Nothing at the time required it.
[06:05]	schestowitz[TR2]	there is also a denial element
[06:05]	IsambardPrince	They were selling them as solid loans and running like hell.
[06:05]	schestowitz[TR2]	i know thie because
[06:05]	schestowitz[TR2]	a close friend and relative also got scammed
[06:05]	schestowitz[TR2]	in both cases, they kept it to themselves for like a year
[06:05]	schestowitz[TR2]	didn't tell anyone
[06:05]	schestowitz[TR2]	they were embarASSsed
[06:05]	schestowitz[TR2]	AND HOPED IT WOULD TURN OUT OK
[06:05]	schestowitz[TR2]	(oops, caps)
[06:05]	IsambardPrince	I'm surprised that a recession like 2008 didn't happen even sooner.
[06:05]	schestowitz[TR2]	the core thing ios, hope died last
[06:06]	IsambardPrince	There was never any real legal protection from what unfolded.
[06:06]	schestowitz[TR2]	so for a while you deny you got scammed
[06:06]	schestowitz[TR2]	and sdenddd more money to the scammers
[06:06]	schestowitz[TR2]	to "fix" it
[06:06]	schestowitz[TR2]	and then you donm't wan tto tell anyone
[06:06]	schestowitz[TR2]	as you would be ridiculed
[06:06]	schestowitz[TR2]	and sometimes you get actual threatd from people overseas
[06:06]	schestowitz[TR2]	so many who "invested" in fakemoney will protect their ego
[06:06]	schestowitz[TR2]	and insist this is "good"
[06:07]	schestowitz[TR2]	even if deep inside they have growinh doubts
[06:07]	schestowitz[TR2]	IsambardPrince: head of state in mexico
[06:07]	schestowitz[TR2]	as of days ago
[06:07]	schestowitz[TR2]	she the issue was,
[06:07]	schestowitz[TR2]	mexicans have no access to credit
[06:07]	schestowitz[TR2]	thjat's like saying
[06:07]	schestowitz[TR2]	to make mexico better
[06:07]	schestowitz[TR2]	we need to teach peopple to borrow money
[06:07]	schestowitz[TR2]	this will not wortk out ok
[06:08]	IsambardPrince	I don't suppose anyone bothered to ask why Mexico doesn't have recessions like the US does. Or if they do it's because we had one and had to stop buying things.
[06:08]	IsambardPrince	Why most of the world is low growth but few recessions.
[06:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	consumption is different
[06:08]	IsambardPrince	Recessions destroy more than the growth from the binging.
[06:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	all this binge stuff
[06:09]	schestowitz[TR2]	yeah,m beat me to it
[06:09]	schestowitz[TR2]	re binging
[06:09]	schestowitz[TR2]	i know people who collect too many things
[06:09]	schestowitz[TR2]	like, you open a desk drawer
[06:09]	schestowitz[TR2]	and you see like 5 phones in them
[06:09]	schestowitz[TR2]	all functional
[06:09]	schestowitz[TR2]	but "old"
[06:09]	schestowitz[TR2]	why would you buy a new phone every 2 years
[06:09]	schestowitz[TR2]	if the old one is still working ok?>
[06:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	that's a cultural thing
[06:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	the only computer here we do not use is the raspiii4
[06:10]	whatA_	Fashion Company crApple's at their Proprietary Obsolescence again for profit
[06:10]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], The only reason I did with T-Mobile is they broke my Sprint phone by making their network incompatible after they bought the network.
[06:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	but that's because i'm saving it for psydroid2 
[06:10]	IsambardPrince	But then they offered me 100% off a new phone.
[06:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	i will give him the parcel next time he's around heere
[06:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	when i have something i will use it
[06:11]	IsambardPrince	Yeah, until it breaks.
[06:11]	schestowitz[TR2]	<IsambardPrince> But then they offered me 100% off a new phone.
[06:11]	schestowitz[TR2]	usually gfalse marketing
[06:11]	schestowitz[TR2]	all this 'free' stuff
[06:11]	IsambardPrince	Not so much.
[06:11]	schestowitz[TR2]	you pay with cellular bills
[06:11]	schestowitz[TR2]	for longer than you would use it
[06:11]	IsambardPrince	They allowed me to keep my senior citizen plan.
[06:11]	schestowitz[TR2]	l;ike a 3-year plan
[06:11]	schestowitz[TR2]	then 2  years later they have another "offer"
[06:11]	IsambardPrince	You know, the one that your friend with the kettle was shouting scam scam about?
[06:11]	schestowitz[TR2]	so you never own the thing
[06:11]	IsambardPrince	The one that they said we know you're not 55, but we use these for retention.
[06:12]	schestowitz[TR2]	i get loads of spam about mobile, in email and in post
[06:12]	IsambardPrince	I was like "Okay then."
[06:12]	schestowitz[TR2]	they make a lot of money from this foolishness
[06:12]	IsambardPrince	Not really in my case.
[06:12]	IsambardPrince	The senior plan is much cheaper than the ones with the "free phones"
[06:12]	IsambardPrince	You're not supposed to get free phones on the senior plan because of this.
[06:12]	IsambardPrince	Which tells you why they're "free phones".
[06:12]	IsambardPrince	The plan is $70 a month more!
[06:13]	IsambardPrince	One reason prepaid is cheaper is there's no "free" phones.
[06:14]	IsambardPrince	If you have to buy a phone for the real price, you'll use it a lot longer.
[06:14]	IsambardPrince	And the real price of the phone and prepaid phone service would still be cheaper even with the "free phones" on T-Mobile every two years.
[06:14]	schestowitz[TR2]	<IsambardPrince> One reason prepaid is cheaper is there's no "free" phones.
[06:15]	IsambardPrince	Because the phone is $600-700 maybe, but you have to pay another $840 a year to get a free phone.
[06:15]	schestowitz[TR2]	ThereISNoFreeLunchg(r)
[06:15]	IsambardPrince	Which makes it a $1,680 "free" phone that retails for $600-700.
[06:15]	schestowitz[TR2]	wait till., they make phones in the US
[06:15]	schestowitz[TR2]	then it's even less 'free'
[06:15]	schestowitz[TR2]	because of labour costs
[06:15]	schestowitz[TR2]	and environmental factors
[06:15]	schestowitz[TR2]	like my dad said last night,
[06:15]	IsambardPrince	So even if you buy a phone every two years, it's cheaper to buy the phone.
[06:15]	schestowitz[TR2]	they asked nike CEO
[06:15]	schestowitz[TR2]	why don'ty you make EVEN ONE factory in the US?
[06:15]	schestowitz[TR2]	they would not
[06:15]	schestowitz[TR2]	they strive for money
[06:15]	IsambardPrince	Because you're paying for more than one per year to get a "free" one every two years.
[06:16]	IsambardPrince	It's the biggest scam ever.
[06:16]	schestowitz[TR2]	MADE IN VIETNAM = cost 10 dollars, profit 80
[06:16]	schestowitz[TR2]	MADE IN USA = cost 70, profit 10
[06:16]	schestowitz[TR2]	but at least you invest back into your country
[06:16]	schestowitz[TR2]	Can't do THAT!
[06:16]	IsambardPrince	Yes, American CEOs will sell out all the factory workers for a nickel.
[06:16]	IsambardPrince	Move to China.
[06:16]	IsambardPrince	Then be put out of business by the Chinese cloning his stuff and selling straight to Walmart.
[06:16]	IsambardPrince	Had it happen in 2004!
[06:17]	schestowitz[TR2]	the paptents expired
[06:17]	schestowitz[TR2]	and patents on shoes are meh
[06:17]	schestowitz[TR2]	the patent ioffices in china
[06:17]	IsambardPrince	Walmart had his brand of dog cages for about 6 months then they worked with the suppliers to just clone it, put another brand on it, but it was the same thing.
[06:17]	schestowitz[TR2]	dnd not far you can go with patents on SHOES
[06:17]	schestowitz[TR2]	they dot trademarks
[06:17]	IsambardPrince	They gave him nothing and his factory was already shut down.
[06:17]	schestowitz[TR2]	at some point people stop carinbg
[06:17]	IsambardPrince	And over 1,000 people in Indiana lost the jobs.
[06:17]	schestowitz[TR2]	and forget about knockoffs and fake
[06:17]	schestowitz[TR2]	people would buy generic brands
[06:18]	schestowitz[TR2]	because it can be 5 times cheaper
[06:18]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], He can't even tell you this, you know.
[06:18]	schestowitz[TR2]	and might be the only thing they can afford anywayt\
[06:18]	IsambardPrince	Because Walmart made him sign a non-disparagement agreement to get their business.
[06:18]	IsambardPrince	For the six months.
[06:18]	IsambardPrince	So he can't tell you how bad they fucked him.
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[06:18]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], I didn't sign that agreement.
[06:19]	schestowitz[TR2]	(soprry for typos, inm a hurry, leavboinmgh shortly)
[06:19]	IsambardPrince	They fucked him bad.,
[06:19]	schestowitz[TR2]	they don't care
[06:19]	IsambardPrince	He deserved it for what he did to us, to me.
[06:19]	schestowitz[TR2]	they have no feelings
[06:19]	schestowitz[TR2]	it's not a family business and sam walton is long dead
[06:19]	schestowitz[TR2]	it's a wall street SYMBOKL
[06:20]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], Right. This was in 2004.
[06:20]	schestowitz[TR2]	point games or number games in walmart makes sense
[06:20]	schestowitz[TR2]	they don't feel loyalty
[06:20]	IsambardPrince	I'm sure nothing's changed and they did a lot of CEOs like this.
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[06:20]	schestowitz[TR2]	because the company lacks loyalty to them
[06:20]	IsambardPrince	They probably signed the same agreement.
[06:20]	schestowitz[TR2]	it becomes reciprocal
[06:20]	IsambardPrince	So you'll never hear about it.
[06:20]	schestowitz[TR2]	'why should i work hard for a company that sees me as a number?"
[06:20]	schestowitz[TR2]	i was like this in the last 3 years at sirius
[06:20]	schestowitz[TR2]	did the very bare minimum
[06:20]	schestowitz[TR2]	as i resented what they did to my colleagues
[06:21]	schestowitz[TR2]	and wasted our life with BS
[06:21]	IsambardPrince	Work-to-rule
[06:21]	IsambardPrince	Right, no place I ever worked really cared how I was doing.
[06:22]	IsambardPrince	I had one of them threaten to fire me if I didn't go on a PIP. On another one, I overperformed and they accused me of "cheating" and so my reward was being followed around by an idiot who didn't know how to do my job.
[06:22]	IsambardPrince	I had the guy that shut the factory down so Walmart could fuck him six months later.
[06:23]	IsambardPrince	And the reason I know they did is because the next place I worked was Walmart.
[06:23]	IsambardPrince	And I saw his product in the pets aisle.
[06:23]	IsambardPrince	Then 6 months later, same product, no mention of his company on it.
[06:23]	IsambardPrince	Scanned it, different supplier name.
[06:24]	IsambardPrince	Walmart pays about the minimum they think they can possibly get away with.
[06:24]	IsambardPrince	They literally just look at what other jobs in the area pay and pay about that much.
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[06:24]	IsambardPrince	So there's no point leaving because they know you won't do better if you do.
[06:25]	IsambardPrince	They know you'll leave if someone else offers you fifty cents more an hour.
[06:25]	IsambardPrince	So they're careful to make sure that doesn't happen, but they also won't pay you 50 cents an hour more than the other guy will.
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[06:27]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], From Walmart's angle.
[06:27]	IsambardPrince	The CEO that fired all of us...
[06:27]	IsambardPrince	Introduced them to his suppliers.
[06:27]	IsambardPrince	Drop shipped the product to them.
[06:28]	IsambardPrince	Closed his own factory so he couldn't compete with them or supply their competitors.
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[06:28]	IsambardPrince	And they thanked him by stripping his name off the product and cloning all of it.
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[06:44]	TR News	Techrights You Need Not Be a Big Company to Defeat Microsoft If You Can Successfully Challenge Its Core "Ideas" https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/11/You_Need_Not_Be_a_Big_Company_to_Defeat_Microsoft_If_You_Can_Su.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/11/You_Need_Not_Be_a_Big_Company_to_Defeat_Microsoft_If_You_Can_Su.gmi 
[06:44]	TR Bot	 Techrights You Need Not Be a Big Company to Defeat Microsoft If You Can Successfully Challenge Its Core "Ideas"
[06:45]	schestowitz[TR2]	biab
[06:56]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], I fly coach if I fly.
[06:56]	IsambardPrince	Why wouldn't you? You'll be on that plane for a couple of hours probably.
[06:57]	IsambardPrince	First class is not what it was 30-40 years ago when you had plenty of legroom or stuff, and even if it was you'd only be on the flight for a couple hours.
[06:58]	IsambardPrince	"RMS has long been like this. He comments on his choice of clothing (limited sets, this limits damage to the environment through reduced consumption) in his personal Web site and we are sort of staggered to see people twisting principles from the lens of "poor-shaming"."
[06:58]	IsambardPrince	I've worn the same winter coat for 10 years now.
[06:59]	IsambardPrince	My previous coat was from 1994 and it wasn't looking very good from the number of times I sewed it back together.
[06:59]	IsambardPrince	I just don't know why anyone would be massively in debt so they could buy a lot of coats.
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[07:00]	IsambardPrince	It's not exactly about sustainability as much as not spending money on solved problems.
[07:00]	IsambardPrince	I needed a coat, I bought a coat.
[07:00]	IsambardPrince	Maybe one day when the coat is ruined I'll buy another coat.
[07:01]	IsambardPrince	I buy a lot of my Blu Ray collection used at thrift stores or on ebay.
[07:01]	IsambardPrince	I use a feature they don't publicize much to shave a couple dollars off here and there.
[07:02]	IsambardPrince	I rarely buy a disc new unless Amazon marked it down so much that I wouldn't save any real money on ebay.
[07:03]	IsambardPrince	If I shopped like my mother for these things, I'd pay $33 for a disc that only costs $18 on ebay because someone took it out of the package and watched it once.
[07:03]	IsambardPrince	They lost $15 on it right then and there, plus the cost of shipping it.
[07:04]	IsambardPrince	I mean, almost all of them come without a single scratch on the disc. They all have the box in good shape. They all have the books and stuff with them that Criterion packs in there.
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[07:07]	IsambardPrince	Most of their discs depreciate. Some later appreciate if they go out of print, but you don't know which discs those will be or how many they made, so overall you'd lose money viewing them as an investment.
[07:27]	IsambardPrince	https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/groceries-are-expensive-right-now-these-struggle-meals-can-help-you-save-while-still-eating-great-191546412.html
[07:27]	TR Bot	 Groceries are expensive right now. These struggle meals can help you save while still eating great.
[07:27]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], Just eat "struggle meals".
[07:59]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], https://www.yahoo.com/health/nutrition/article/coffee-hold-the-beans-the-new-wave-of-brews-are-made-with-mushrooms-date-pits-and-more-are-they-worth-trying-090003858.html
[07:59]	TR Bot	 Coffee, hold the beans. The new wave of brews are made with mushrooms, date pits and more. Are they worth trying?
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[08:00]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], Tried any coffee substitute made from ground up industrial agriculture garbage?
[08:01]	IsambardPrince	"while another mushroom, cordyceps, may help provide energy"
[08:01]	IsambardPrince	Isn't that what caused the zombie apocalypse in The Last of Us? :D
[08:01]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, ^
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[08:54]	TR News	 (NEW):  Can't upgrade to Windows 11? This is the Linux distro alternative I recommend to most people https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/11/Can_t_upgrade_to_Windows_11_This_is_the_Linux_distro_alternativ.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/11/Can_t_upgrade_to_Windows_11_This_is_the_Linux_distro_alternativ.gmi 
[08:54]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Can't upgrade to Windows 11? This is the Linux distro alternative I recommend to most people
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[09:00]	TR News	 (NEW):  I found a minimal Linux distro that's fast and efficient for all experience levels https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/11/I_found_a_minimal_Linux_distro_that_s_fast_and_efficient_for_al.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/11/I_found_a_minimal_Linux_distro_that_s_fast_and_efficient_for_al.gmi 
[09:00]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines I found a minimal Linux distro that's fast and efficient for all experience levels
[09:07]	TR News	 (NEW):  Volumio is a music player operating system https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/11/Volumio_is_a_music_player_operating_system.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/11/Volumio_is_a_music_player_operating_system.gmi 
[09:07]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Volumio is a music player operating system
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[09:10]	TR News	 (NEW):  Flatpak 1.16.1 Linux App Sandboxing Framework Brings More Enhancements https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/11/Flatpak_1_16_1_Linux_App_Sandboxing_Framework_Brings_More_Enhan.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/11/Flatpak_1_16_1_Linux_App_Sandboxing_Framework_Brings_More_Enhan.gmi 
[09:10]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Flatpak 1.16.1 Linux App Sandboxing Framework Brings More Enhancements
[09:14]	TR News	 (NEW):  Best Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/11/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/11/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi 
[09:14]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Best Free and Open Source Software
[09:17]	TR News	 (NEW):  These 5 Distros Show How Customizable Linux Really Is https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/11/These_5_Distros_Show_How_Customizable_Linux_Really_Is.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/11/These_5_Distros_Show_How_Customizable_Linux_Really_Is.gmi 
[09:17]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines These 5 Distros Show How Customizable Linux Really Is
[09:25]	TR News	 (NEW):  These Are My Top 6 Linux Distros for Running a Server https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/11/These_Are_My_Top_6_Linux_Distros_for_Running_a_Server.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/11/These_Are_My_Top_6_Linux_Distros_for_Running_a_Server.gmi 
[09:25]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines These Are My Top 6 Linux Distros for Running a Server
[09:32]	TR News	 (NEW):   : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/11/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/11/Android_Leftovers.gmi 
[09:32]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Android Leftovers
[09:37]	TR News	 (NEW):  This Arch Linux Variant Takes a Unique Approach to Processes https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/11/This_Arch_Linux_Variant_Takes_a_Unique_Approach_to_Processes.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/11/This_Arch_Linux_Variant_Takes_a_Unique_Approach_to_Processes.gmi 
[09:37]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines This Arch Linux Variant Takes a Unique Approach to Processes
[09:39]	TR News	 (NEW):  I Tried Installing Linux on a Surface Laptop, Here's How It Went https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/11/I_Tried_Installing_Linux_on_a_Surface_Laptop_Here_s_How_It_Went.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/11/I_Tried_Installing_Linux_on_a_Surface_Laptop_Here_s_How_It_Went.gmi 
[09:39]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines I Tried Installing Linux on a Surface Laptop, Here's How It Went
[09:47]	TR News	 (NEW):  5 Windows Features I Hope Linux Never Copies https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/11/5_Windows_Features_I_Hope_Linux_Never_Copies.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/11/5_Windows_Features_I_Hope_Linux_Never_Copies.gmi 
[09:47]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines 5 Windows Features I Hope Linux Never Copies
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[10:41]	TR News	"The project gained significant attention earlier this week when it emerged that TikTok is expected to become the primary user of the centre." https://yle.fi/a/74-20160971 | Source: YLE
[10:41]	TR Bot	 Yle investigation into TikTok data centre raises security concerns | Yle News | Yle
[10:41]	TR News	"In an effort to remedy this I've set out to build my own personal search engine." https://vincents.dev/blog/creating-a-search-engine/? | Source: Vincent Sgherzi
[10:41]	TR Bot	 creating a search engine for fun
[10:42]	TR News	"This adventures starts with a simple eBPF program to transparently redirect DNS requests on port 53" https://blog.gripdev.xyz/2025/05/06/ebpf-mystery-when-is-ipv4-not-ipv4-when-its-ipv6/ |
[10:42]	TR Bot	 eBPF Mystery: When is IPv4 not IPv4? When it's pretending to be IPv6! | gripdev.xyz
[10:57]	TR News	"The Thinkpad line of laptops, originally from IBM, and then from Lenovo, have long been the choice of many in our community." https://hackaday.com/2025/05/10/another-old-thinkpad-gets-a-new-motherboard/ | Source: Hackaday
[10:58]	TR Bot	Old ThinkPad Gets A New Motherboard | Hackaday
[10:58]	TR News	"Can you run it on a Raspberry Pi?" https://hackaday.com/2025/05/10/an-llm-for-the-raspberry-pi/ | Source: Hackaday
[10:58]	TR Bot	LLM For The Raspberry Pi | Hackaday
[10:59]	TR News	"well, thats easy, do a lithopane" https://hackaday.com/2025/05/10/move-over-lithopane-3d-printed-3d-photos-with-gaussian-splats/ | Source: Hackaday
[10:59]	TR Bot	Over, Lithophane: 3D Printed 3D Photos With Gaussian Splats | Hackaday
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[11:01]	TR News	"The RA4M1-Zero is a compact development board based on Renesas 32-bit RA4M1 MCU. Running at 48 MHz with a built-in FPU" https://linuxgizmos.com/coin-sized-ra4m1-zero-board-features-32-bit-ra4m1-mcu/ | Source: Linux Gizmos
[11:01]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/coin-sized-ra4m1-zero-board-features-32-bit-ra4m1-mcu/ )
[11:05]	TR News	"Advamed brags about screwing the military out of right to repair" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/advamed-brags-about-screwing-the:9
[11:05]	TR Bot	 Advamed brags about screwing the military out of right to repair
[11:05]	TR News	"Meghan appoints Bill Gates ex-assistant as chief of staff" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2025/05/10/meghan-appoints-bill-gatess-ex-assistant-as-chief-of-staff/ the criminals need special PR: http://techrights.org/o/2020/09/28/non-denying-and-false-denials/
[11:05]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2025/05/10/meghan-appoints-bill-gatess-ex-assistant-as-chief-of-staff/ )
[11:05]	TR Bot	 Speaking Through Spokespeople is a Sign of Weakness, Such as Non-Denying and False Denials (or: Bill Gates Never Denied His Connections to MIT Through Jeffrey Epstein)
[11:08]	whatA_	MIT Institute of Tall Tales
[11:08]	whatA_	no wonder MIT license is a joke: it allows non-free software
[11:11]	TR News	"This little audiobook player is a stellar example of the learning process behind a multifaceted project blending mechanical, electrical, and software" https://hackaday.com/2025/05/11/boxie-a-gameboy-esque-audio-player/ | Source: Hackaday
[11:11]	TR Bot	A Gameboy-Esque Audio Player | Hackaday
[11:16]	TR News	hype is the only correct term here https://siliconangle.com/2025/05/10/race-deploy-ai-industry-leaders-confront-hype-expense-project-promising-future/
[11:16]	TR Bot	the race to deploy AI, industry leaders confront hype and expense - but project a promising future - SiliconANGLE
[11:16]	TR News	FDM https://hackaday.com/2025/05/10/best-practices-for-fdm-printing/ | Source: Hackaday
[11:16]	TR Bot	Practices For FDM Printing | Hackaday
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[11:20]	whatA_	YOU again siliconangle? http://techrights.org/n/2023/10/26/Silicon_Angle_SiliconANGLE_Overrun_by_Sponsored_SPAM_of_Microso.shtml
[11:20]	TR Bot	 Techrights Silicon Angle (SiliconANGLE) Overrun by Sponsored SPAM of Microsoft and Others
[11:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	they do a lot of the hey hi hype
[11:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	s
[11:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	since years ago
[11:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	they get paid by other companies to
[11:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	to sell this snake-oil and lies
[11:26]	TR News	How To Install Webuzo on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-webuzo-ubuntu-24-04/
[11:26]	TR Bot	 How To Install Webuzo on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - idroot
[11:26]	schestowitz[TR2]	they are a b2b site
[11:26]	schestowitz[TR2]	like SPAMNIL
[11:26]	schestowitz[TR2]	disguised as "news"
[11:26]	schestowitz[TR2]	Red Hat pays them to make fake articles
[11:26]	schestowitz[TR2]	and then links to those
[11:26]	schestowitz[TR2]	pay to make articles that then red hat promotes as "news"
[11:27]	TR News	How To Install GCC on CentOS Stream 10 https://idroot.us/install-gcc-centos-stream-10/
[11:27]	TR Bot	 How To Install GCC on CentOS Stream 10 - idroot
[11:27]	TR News	How To Install Hypnotix on Linux Mint 22 https://idroot.us/install-hypnotix-linux-mint-22/
[11:27]	TR Bot	 How To Install Hypnotix on Linux Mint 22 - idroot
[11:28]	TR News	How To Install Symfony Framework on Fedora 42 https://idroot.us/install-symfony-framework-fedora-42/
[11:28]	TR Bot	 How To Install Symfony Framework on Fedora 42 - idroot
[11:28]	TR News	How to manage your GNU/Linux resources with Mission Center https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/how-to-manage-your-linux-resources-with-mission-center
[11:28]	TR Bot	 How to manage your Linux resources with Mission Center | Tom's Hardware
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[11:52]	TR News	XSR screen recorder https://bkhome.org/news/202505/xsr-screen-recorder.html
[11:52]	TR Bot	 XSR screen recorder
[11:52]	TR News	Replace xmessage with gxmessage https://bkhome.org/news/202505/replace-xmessage-with-gxmessage.html
[11:52]	TR Bot	 Replace xmessage with gxmessage
[11:52]	TR News	yff video/audio/image converter 2.3 https://bkhome.org/news/202505/yff-videoaudioimage-converter-23.html
[11:52]	TR Bot	 yff video/audio/image converter 2.3
[11:52]	TR News	French translation updates https://bkhome.org/news/202505/french-translation-updates.html
[11:52]	TR Bot	 French translation updates
[11:53]	TR News	New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Clients, including Ocean Keeper: Dome Survival - 2025-05-07 Edition https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-clients-2025-05-07-edition/index.html
[11:53]	TR Bot	 New Steam Games with Native Linux Clients, including Ocean Keeper: Dome Survival - 2025-05-07 Edition
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[12:54]	TR News	Meru https://sparkylinux.org/meru/
[12:54]	TR Bot	 Meru - SparkyLinux
[12:54]	TR News	UIBeam is a lightweight, JSX-style HTML template engine https://www.linuxlinks.com/uibeam-lightweight-jsx-style-html-template-engine/
[12:54]	TR Bot	is a lightweight, JSX-style HTML template engine - LinuxLinks
[12:55]	TR News	libdatachannel is a WebRTC network library https://www.linuxlinks.com/libdatachannel-webrtc-network-library/
[12:55]	TR Bot	is a WebRTC network library - LinuxLinks
[12:55]	TR News	Usermode FTP Server access your files from another device https://www.linuxlinks.com/usermode-ftp-server/
[12:55]	TR Bot	FTP Server - access your files from another device - LinuxLinks
[12:55]	TR News	Organic Maps offline map software https://www.linuxlinks.com/organic-maps-offline-map-software/
[12:55]	TR Bot	Maps - offline map software - LinuxLinks
[12:56]	TR News	22 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Chemistry Tools https://www.linuxlinks.com/chemistry/
[12:56]	TR Bot	Best Free and Open Source Linux Chemistry Tools - LinuxLinks
[12:57]	TR News	What IP get your IP easily https://www.linuxlinks.com/what-ip-network-information-tool/
[12:57]	TR Bot	IP - get your IP easily - LinuxLinks
[12:57]	TR News	Volumio is a music player operating system https://www.linuxlinks.com/volumio-music-player-operating-system/
[12:57]	TR Bot	is a music player operating system - LinuxLinks
[12:57]	TR News	Rust Propaganda Now Amplified by Slopfarms Powered by Abusive Monopolist Microsoft LLMs, Encouraging the Outsourcing of GNU/Linux Distros to Microsoft/GitHub/NSA (and a Shift Away From GPL/Copyleft) https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/09/Rust_Propaganda_Now_Amplified_by_Slopfarms_Powered_by_Microsoft.shtml
[12:57]	TR Bot	 Techrights Rust Propaganda Now Amplified by Slopfarms Powered by Microsoft LLMs, Encouraging the Outsourcing of GNU/Linux Distros to Microsoft/GitHub/NSA (and a Shift Away From GPL/Copyleft)
[12:58]	TR News	Misplacing Blame for Security Problems, Sometimes With LLM Slop That Blames "Linux" for Microsoft's Failures https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/10/Misplacing_Blame_for_Security_Problems_Sometimes_With_LLM_Slop_.shtml
[12:58]	TR Bot	 Techrights Misplacing Blame for Security Problems, Sometimes With LLM Slop That Blames "Linux" for Microsoft's Failures
[12:58]	TR News	The Tariffs Are Accelerating Microsoft's Decline in China https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/10/The_Tariffs_Are_Accelerating_Microsoft_s_Decline_in_China.shtml
[12:58]	TR Bot	 Techrights The Tariffs Are Accelerating Microsoft's Decline in China
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[13:12]	TR News	fan service https://flak.tedunangst.com/post/fan-service "Fn-F5 on some models, Fn-F on others. The direct effect is to limit the fan speed, from whisper mode to megablast, and indirectly control performance. But it doesnt work in OpenBSD, so I needed to write an ASUS ACPI WMI driver"
[13:12]	TR Bot	 fan service
[13:13]	TR News	KDE Frameworks 6.14 Revamps New Files Dialog, Expands KRunner Unit Conversion https://9to5linux.com/kde-frameworks-6-14-revamps-new-files-dialog-expands-krunner-unit-conversion
[13:13]	TR Bot	Frameworks 6.14 Revamps New Files Dialog, Expands KRunner Unit Conversion - 9to5Linux
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[13:14]	TR News	This Week in GNOME: #199 One More Week... https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/05/twig-199/
[13:14]	TR Bot	 #199 One More Week... This Week in GNOME
[13:15]	TR News	Coin-Sized RA4M1-Zero Board Features 32-Bit RA4M1 MCU https://linuxgizmos.com/coin-sized-ra4m1-zero-board-features-32-bit-ra4m1-mcu/
[13:15]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/coin-sized-ra4m1-zero-board-features-32-bit-ra4m1-mcu/ )
[13:16]	TR News	 (NEW):  GNU Taler 1.0 released https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/11/GNU_Taler_1_0_released.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/11/GNU_Taler_1_0_released.gmi 
[13:16]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines GNU Taler 1.0 released
[13:16]	schestowitz[TR2]	whatA_: ^
[13:16]	schestowitz[TR2]	you mentioned downsides of cash
[13:19]	whatA_	Wait, that Lithuania offline card thingy?
[13:20]	schestowitz[TR2]	no
[13:20]	schestowitz[TR2]	some jp or cn site
[13:20]	schestowitz[TR2]	cannot recall which
[13:20]	schestowitz[TR2]	when they say offline maybe they mean no internet
[13:20]	schestowitz[TR2]	it would still no connmection
[13:21]	schestowitz[TR2]	and verification
[13:21]	schestowitz[TR2]	hence, no [privacy
[13:21]	schestowitz[TR2]	cash already does the job
[13:23]	whatA_	It was "Digital Independence: *Cashless* Problem" (note the emphasis, sure cash has its own downside but cashless is a blatant you-own-nothing-and-be-happy problem)
[13:23]	whatA_	http://technicalsuwako.moe/oldblog/digital-autonomy-cashless-problem
[13:23]	TR Bot	 : 
[13:24]	schestowitz[TR2]	it has also a bal;ance
[13:24]	schestowitz[TR2]	like damaged or forged cash
[13:24]	schestowitz[TR2]	need to check
[13:24]	schestowitz[TR2]	or rely on trusted vendors
[13:24]	schestowitz[TR2]	you can also get scammed with a card
[13:24]	schestowitz[TR2]	in more than one way
[13:24]	schestowitz[TR2]	or pay for damaged or fake goods
[13:27]	TR News	[R] Use new_scale_xxx() function to add the same scale type in different ggplot layers https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/05/r-use-new_scale_xxx-function-to-add-the-same-scale-type-in-different-ggplot-layers/
[13:27]	TR Bot	Use new_scale_xxx() function to add the same scale type in different ggplot layers | R-bloggers
[13:33]	whatA_	Try using a translator other than GAFAM one (e.g. DeepL but note the 1000 char limit) for the article and see if it differs
[13:33]	whatA_	sure it's tedious to copy-pasta stuff because of char lim but whatever.
[13:37]	schestowitz[TR2]	in the 90s i had software for this
[13:37]	schestowitz[TR2]	people got lazy
[13:37]	schestowitz[TR2]	the sotware easily fit ona  CD-ROM
[13:38]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babel_Fish_(website)
[13:38]	TR Bot	 Babel Fish (website) - Wikipedia
[13:39]	schestowitz[TR2]	"On December 9, 1997, Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) and SYSTRAN S.A. launched AltaVista Translation Service at babelfish.altavista.com,[6] which was developed by a team of researchers at DEC.[4][7] In February 2003, AltaVista was bought by Overture Services, Inc.[8] In July 2003, Overture, in turn, was taken over by Yahoo!On December 9, 1997, Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) and SYSTRAN S.A. launched AltaVista Translation
[13:39]	schestowitz[TR2]	 Service at babelfish.altavista.com,[6] which was developed by a team of researchers at DEC.[4][7] In February 2003, AltaVista was bought by Overture Services, Inc.[8] In July 2003, Overture, in turn, was taken over by Yahoo!On December 9, 1997, Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) and SYSTRAN S.A. launched AltaVista Translation Service at babelfish.altavista.com,[6] which was developed by a team of researchers at DEC.[4][7] In Feb
[13:39]	schestowitz[TR2]	ruary 2003, AltaVista was bought by Overture Services, Inc.[8] In July 2003, Overture, in turn, was taken over by Yahoo!"
[13:40]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SYSTRAN
[13:40]	TR Bot	 SYSTRAN - Wikipedia
[13:40]	schestowitz[TR2]	military roots
[13:40]	schestowitz[TR2]	"The company was established in La Jolla in California to work on translation of Russian to English text for the United States Air Force during the Cold War.[5] Large numbers of Russian scientific and technical documents were translated using SYSTRAN under the auspices of the USAF Foreign Technology Division (later the National Air and Space Intelligence Center) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The quality of the translat
[13:40]	schestowitz[TR2]	ions, although only approximate, was usually adequate for understanding content.'
[13:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	http://www.systransoft.com/
[13:41]	TR Bot	 Translation tool for professionals | SYSTRAN
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[13:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	what used to be good: in 1990s you translated things locally
[13:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	web pages or otherwise
[13:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	now people broadcast to spying firm text that they go thourh
[13:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	decades before LLMs were a thing, or chatbots
[13:46]	TR News	Taavi Vnnen: Wikimedia Hackathon Istanbul 2025 https://taavi.wtf/posts/wikimedia-hackathon-istanbul-2025/
[13:46]	TR Bot	 Wikimedia Hackathon Istanbul 2025
[13:47]	whatA_	ah yeah I've completely forgot about http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.html (serving the spying firm to be exact)
[13:47]	TR Bot	 Who Does That Server Really Serve? - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation
[13:47]	schestowitz[TR2]	it's a two way exchange
[13:47]	schestowitz[TR2]	you get trnaslation
[13:47]	schestowitz[TR2]	the other side gets... somethiong
[13:47]	schestowitz[TR2]	"there is no free lunch"
[13:48]	TR News	Remove .sh from TEXTDOMAIN https://bkhome.org/news/202505/remove-sh-from-textdomain.html
[13:48]	TR Bot	 Remove .sh from TEXTDOMAIN
[13:50]	TR News	GNOME Foundation News: GNOME Foundation Welcomes Steven Deobald as Executive Director https://foundation.gnome.org/2025/05/09/gnome-foundation-welcomes-steven-deobald-as-executive-director/
[13:50]	TR Bot	 GNOME Foundation Welcomes Steven Deobald as Executive Director The GNOME Foundation
[13:53]	TR News	Soviet-era spacecraft crashes back to Earth after 53 years stuck in orbit https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250510-soviet-era-spacecraft-crashes-back-to-earth-after-53-years-stuck-in-orbit
[13:53]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250510-soviet-era-spacecraft-crashes-back-to-earth-after-53-years-stuck-in-orbit )
[13:54]	TR News	Mexico sues Surveillance Giant Google for labeling Gulf of Mexico as 'Gulf of America' https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250510-mexico-sues-google-for-labeling-gulf-of-mexico-as-gulf-of-america
[13:54]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250510-mexico-sues-google-for-labeling-gulf-of-mexico-as-gulf-of-america )
[13:54]	TR News	Mexico sues Surveillance Giant Google for using Gulf of America to appease Convicted Felon https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250510-mexico-sues-google-renaming-gulf-of-america-appease-trump
[13:54]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250510-mexico-sues-google-renaming-gulf-of-america-appease-trump )
[13:54]	TR News	Italys Moltiply sues Surveillance Giant Google over anti-competitive practices https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/05/italys-moltiply-sues-google-over-anti-competitive-practices/
[13:54]	TR Bot	 Italy's Moltiply sues Google over anti-competitive practices - JURIST - News
[13:55]	TR News	DragonFly 6.4.2 released https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2025/05/10/dragonfly-6-4-2-released/
[13:55]	TR Bot	 DragonFly 6.4.2 released DragonFly BSD Digest
[13:56]	TR News	Scientists Reveal What Happens in Your Brain When You Read https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-reveal-what-happens-in-your-brain-when-you-read
[13:56]	TR Bot	Reveal What Happens in Your Brain When You Read : ScienceAlert
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[13:58]	TR News	Andy Wingo: a whippet waypoint https://wingolog.org/archives/2025/05/09/a-whippet-waypoint
[13:58]	TR Bot	 a whippet waypoint wingolog
[13:59]	TR News	How to Install Bitwarden on FunOS https://funos.org/install-bitwarden-funos/
[13:59]	TR Bot	 How to Install Bitwarden on FunOS FunOS
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[14:00]	TR News	KDE Plasma Will Now Make Sure Your System Doesn't Suspend When Transferring Files https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-No-Suspend-On-Transfer-File
[14:00]	TR Bot	Plasma Will Now Make Sure Your System Doesn't Suspend When Transferring Files - Phoronix
[14:01]	TR News	Intel stealthily pulls the plug on Deep Link less than 5 years after launch https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/intel-stealthily-pulls-the-plug-on-deep-link-less-than-5-years-after-launch
[14:01]	TR Bot	 Intel stealthily pulls the plug on Deep Link less than 5 years after launch | Tom's Hardware
[14:01]	TR News	"To follow up: many thanks for reviewing the cited prior art. I'm no expert in pharma patents but this decision of the Board puzzled me and still puzzles me." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/05/commercial-success-is-nothing-burger.html?showComment=1746904014039#c2256084366886615436
[14:01]	TR Bot	 Commercial success is a nothing-burger for the EPO in Wegovy patent inventive step analysis (T 1701/22, Obesity treatment with semaglutide) - The IPKat
[14:01]	TR News	"The decision is remarkable as the Board revokes what could be a block buster patent monopoly for lack of inventive step of basically the - purported - core second medical use invention." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/05/commercial-success-is-nothing-burger.html?showComment=1746904014039#c2256084366886615436
[14:02]	TR News	Reference Recycling and the Case for Sua Sponte Rehearing in Ingenico https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/05/rehearing-igenico-ioengine.html
[14:02]	TR Bot	 Reference Recycling and the Case for Sua Sponte Rehearing in Ingenico | Patently-O
[14:03]	TR News	The Gerstnerisation of Microsoft: Seventh Wave of Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Layoffs (Over 20,000 to be Cut) Allegedly Going to Start Shortly, Probably Start of Next Week, Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Spreads Chaff and Noise Before the Big Axes Fall https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/09/The_Gerstnerisation_of_Microsoft_Seventh_Wave_of_Microsoft_Layo.shtml
[14:03]	TR Bot	 Techrights The Gerstnerisation of Microsoft: Seventh Wave of Microsoft Layoffs (Over 20,000 to be Cut) Allegedly Going to Start Shortly, Probably Start of Next Week, Microsoft Spreads Chaff and Noise Before the Big Axes Fall
[14:03]	TR News	IBM is Rotting With "Zero Internal Jobs" and Many PIPs (Performance Improvement Plans) on the Way, Typically a Fast Track Towards Layoffs Without Severance https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/09/IBM_is_Rotting_With_Zero_Internal_Jobs_and_Many_PIPs_Performanc.shtml
[14:03]	TR Bot	 Techrights IBM is Rotting With "Zero Internal Jobs" and Many PIPs (Performance Improvement Plans) on the Way, Typically a Fast Track Towards Layoffs Without Severance
[14:03]	TR News	"Victory Day" - Part II: Abject Defeat to Hypocrites and Objectionable People Who Strangle Women Whilst on Microsoft's Payroll https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/09/Victory_Day_Part_II_Abject_Defeat_to_Hypocrites_and_Objectionab.shtml
[14:03]	TR Bot	 Techrights "Victory Day" - Part II: Abject Defeat to Hypocrites and Objectionable People Who Strangle Women Whilst on Microsoft's Payroll
[14:04]	TR News	Control Your Systems, Control All Your Data https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/10/Control_Your_Systems_Control_All_Your_Data.shtml
[14:04]	TR Bot	 Techrights Control Your Systems, Control All Your Data
[14:04]	TR News	One is Simply Doomed to Fail When Working for Violent Men From Abusive Monopolist Microsoft and Attacking Women as Well as People Who Merely Expose Crimes or Report Real Crimes https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/10/One_is_Simply_Doomed_to_Fail_When_Working_for_Violent_Men_From_.shtml
[14:04]	TR Bot	 Techrights One is Simply Doomed to Fail When Working for Violent Men From Microsoft and Attacking Women as Well as People Who Merely Expose Crimes or Report Real Crimes
[14:04]	TR News	Blizzard/Microsoft Unions Grow Ahead of Mass Layoffs at Microsoft, Apparently Starting Next Week (as Many as 30,000 Workers Laid Off by Year's End) (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/10/Blizzard_Microsoft_Unions_Grow_Ahead_of_Mass_Layoffs_at_Microso.shtml
[14:04]	TR Bot	 Techrights Blizzard/Microsoft Unions Grow Ahead of Mass Layoffs at Microsoft, Apparently Starting Next Week (as Many as 30,000 Workers Laid Off by Year's End)
[14:05]	MinceR	11 090150 < IsambardPrince> Isn't that what caused the zombie apocalypse in The Last of Us? :D
[14:05]	MinceR	not sure, but them adapting to mammals sounds like a very long shot
[14:05]	TR News	Christian Hergert: D-Spy gets a redesign https://blogs.gnome.org/chergert/2025/05/10/d-spy-gets-a-redesign/
[14:05]	TR Bot	 D-Spy gets a redesign Happenings in GNOME
[14:06]	MinceR	iirc even in arthropods those are very specialist fungi
[14:06]	TR News	Martin Pitt: Testing sourcery.ai and Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub Copilot for cockpit PR reviews https://piware.de/post/2025-08-09-sourcery/
[14:06]	TR Bot	 Testing sourcery.ai and GitHub Copilot for cockpit PR reviews Martin Pitt
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[14:14]	TR News	India Supreme Court reverses takedown order against Wikimedia on free speech grounds https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/05/india-supreme-court-reverses-takedown-order-against-wikimedia-on-free-speech-grounds/
[14:14]	TR Bot	 India Supreme Court reverses takedown order against Wikimedia on free speech grounds - JURIST - News
[14:15]	TR News	India censorship spurs concerns amid military tensions with Pakistan https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/05/india-censorship-spurs-concerns-amid-military-tensions-with-pakistan/
[14:15]	TR Bot	 India censorship spurs concerns amid military tensions with Pakistan - JURIST - News
[14:17]	TR News	Steganography Challenge: My Solution, (Sat, May 10th) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31912
[14:17]	TR Bot	 Steganography Challenge: My Solution - SANS Internet Storm Center
[14:18]	TR News	Democratic exercise: Lingnan University Students Union vows to press forward despite school pressure https://hongkongfp.com/2025/05/11/democratic-exercise-lingnan-university-students-union-vows-to-press-forward-despite-school-pressure/
[14:18]	TR Bot	 Lingnan University Students' Union vows to press forward despite school pressure
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[14:34]	TR News	Thunderbird and Outlook IMAP/SMTP https://www.urspringer.de/2025/05/10/thunderbird-and-outlook-imap-smtp/
[14:34]	TR Bot	 Thunderbird and Outlook IMAP/SMTP Urs-o-Log
[14:34]	TR News	Beelink ME Mini is a compact 6-slot SSD NAS and mini PC powered by an defective chip maker Intel N150 Twin Lake SoC https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/05/10/beelink-me-mini-compact-6-slot-ssd-nas-and-mini-pc-powered-by-an-intel-n150-twin-lake-soc/
[14:34]	TR Bot	 Beelink ME Mini is a compact 6-slot SSD NAS and mini PC powered by an Intel N150 Twin Lake SoC - CNX Software
[14:37]	TR News	There is NO SUCH THING as Hey Hi (AI) servers https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/apple-reportedly-readies-baltra-processors-for-ai-servers they just mean some chips with some acceleration in them, like GPUs
[14:37]	TR Bot	 Apple reportedly readies Baltra processors for AI servers | Tom's Hardware
[14:38]	TR News	How I Turned My Old Hi-Fi Speakers into Bluetooth Ones with Raspberry Pi https://itsfoss.com/raspberry-pi-diy-bluetooth-spekaers/
[14:38]	TR Bot	 How I Turned My Old Hi-Fi Speakers into Bluetooth Ones with Raspberry Pi
[14:41]	TR News	Bangladesh bans activities of ousted PM Hasinas party following protests https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/bangladesh-bans-activities-of-ousted-pm-hasina%25E2%2580%2599s-party-following-protests
[14:41]	TR Bot	 Bangladesh bans activities of ousted PM Hasinas party following protests | The Straits Times
[14:42]	TR News	3 Lawmakers Involved in Newark ICE Protest Could Be Arrested, DHS Says https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/10/nyregion/newark-ice-protest-lawmakers-ras-baraka.html
[14:42]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/10/nyregion/newark-ice-protest-lawmakers-ras-baraka.html )
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[14:44]	TR News	Steven Deobald: 2025-05-09 Foundation Report https://blogs.gnome.org/steven/2025/05/09/2025-05-09-foundation-report/
[14:44]	TR Bot	 2025-05-09 Foundation Report The Everyone Environment
[14:47]	TR News	Legal scholars claim EU Omnibus directive undermines sustainability rules and increases corporate liability risk https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/05/legal-scholars-claim-eu-omnibus-directive-undermines-sustainability-rules-and-increases-corporate-liability-risk/
[14:47]	TR Bot	 Legal scholars claim EU Omnibus directive undermines sustainability rules and increases corporate liability risk - JURIST - News
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[14:56]	TR News	"The Sinclair C5 was Sir Clives famous first venture into electric mobility, a recumbent electric-assisted tricycle which would have been hardly unusual in 2025." https://hackaday.com/2025/05/10/restoring-a-sinclair-c5-for-the-road/ | Source: Hackaday
[14:56]	TR Bot	A Sinclair C5 For The Road | Hackaday
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[15:02]	TR News	Frauds https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/10/business/elizabeth-holmes-partner-blood-testing-startup.html "in prison for fraud" https://www.epo.org/en/news-events/european-inventor-award/meet-the-finalists/elizabeth-holmes
[15:02]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/10/business/elizabeth-holmes-partner-blood-testing-startup.html )
[15:02]	TR Bot	Holmes | epo.org
[15:10]	TR News	The Top Five For the Week Ending May 9, 2025 https://fossforce.com/2025/05/the-top-five-for-the-week-ending-may-9-2025/
[15:10]	TR Bot	 The Top Five For the Week Ending May 9, 2025 - FOSS Force
[15:13]	TR News	A win for Microsoft? https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/chromebooks/a-new-tiktok-challenge-has-kids-attempting-to-short-circuit-school-issued-chromebooks
[15:13]	TR Bot	 A new TikTok challenge has kids attempting to short-circuit school-issued Chromebooks | Tom's Hardware
[15:14]	TR News	The Servo Blog: Two months in Servo: CSS nesting, Shadow DOM, Clipboard Hey Hi (AI) and more! https://servo.org/blog/2025/05/09/this-month-in-servo/
[15:14]	TR Bot	 Two months in Servo: CSS nesting, Shadow DOM, Clipboard API, and more! - Servo aims to empower developers with a lightweight, high-performance alternative for embedding web technologies in applications.
[15:15]	TR News	This Week in Linux 310: GNOME's New Director, Mesa 25.1, GNU/Linux Mint's Theme, Hyprland 0.49, & more GNU/Linux news https://thisweekinlinux.com/310
[15:15]	TR Bot	GNOME's New Director, Mesa 25.1, Linux Mint's Theme, Hyprland 0.49, & more Linux news - This Week in Linux - TuxDigital
[15:15]	TR News	310: GNOMEs New Director, Mesa 25.1, GNU/Linux Mints Theme, Hyprland 0.49, & more GNU/Linux news https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/this-week-in-linux/twil-310/
[15:19]	TR News	"Ubuntu has a great System Monitor tool already built into the OS. And, there are also a plethora of terminal based alternatives such as htop, bashtop, or just plain ol top. These all work great but what if you want to try something different?" https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/how-to-manage-your-linux-resources-with-mission-center
[15:19]	TR Bot	 How to manage your Linux resources with Mission Center | Tom's Hardware
[15:21]	TR News	"Xubuntu is built for speed and simplicity: a refreshingly easy OS that is highly customizable." https://www.zdnet.com/article/i-found-a-minimal-linux-distro-thats-fast-and-efficient-for-all-experience-levels/
[15:21]	TR Bot	found a minimal Linux distro that&apos;s fast and efficient for all experience levels | ZDNET
[15:22]	TR News	Weird to see this in MSN https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/7-reasons-fedora-might-be-a-better-windows-replacement-than-linux-mint/ar-AA1EvCxK
[15:22]		-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-MSN
[15:23]	TR News	"Running your own server can sound intimidating at first, but with Linux, it's much easier than you might think. If you're new to serversor Linux in generaldon't worry. You don't have to be a tech wizard to get a reliable server up and running." https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-distros-great-for-running-a-server/
[15:23]	TR Bot	 6 Linux Distros Great for Running a Server
[15:24]	TR News	"Chances are, your Linux distro manages processes with systemd. If you know where to look, you can find systems that offer greater choice and control to their users with different approaches. Obarun is one of them. Is this Arch variant for you?" https://www.howtogeek.com/what-is-obarun-linux/
[15:24]	TR Bot	 What Is Obarun Linux, and How Is It Different?
[15:25]	TR News	Linux kernel is leaving 486 CPUs behind, only 18 years after the last one made https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/linux-to-end-support-for-1989s-hottest-chip-the-486-with-next-release/
[15:25]	TR Bot	 Linux kernel is leaving 486 CPUs behind, only 18 years after the last one made - Ars Technica
[15:26]	TR News	"You can install games from Epic, GOG and Amazon easily via the Heroic Games Launcher with Prime giving you a code for each game for whatever store it's on. For any games that use anti-cheat be sure to check out our anti-cheat compatibility page to see their status." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/heres-all-the-games-to-claim-for-steam-deck-linux-from-prime-gaming-as-of-may-9th/
[15:26]	TR Bot	all the games to claim for Steam Deck / Linux from Prime Gaming as of May 9th | GamingOnLinux
[15:26]	TR News	"You've probably heard that Linux distros lack a lot of Windows functionality. That can be more or less true, but I'd argue that some of that functionality Linux is better off never adopting or imitating." https://www.howtogeek.com/windows-features-linux-should-never-copy/
[15:26]	TR Bot	 5 Windows Features I Hope Linux Never Copies
[15:29]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today's HowTos   https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/11/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/11/today_s_howtos.gmi 
[15:29]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines today's howtos
[15:31]	TR News	 (NEW):  This Week in GNOME, GNOME Foundation Report, and Gtk Changes https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/11/This_Week_in_GNOME_GNOME_Foundation_Report_and_Gtk_Changes.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/11/This_Week_in_GNOME_GNOME_Foundation_Report_and_Gtk_Changes.gmi 
[15:31]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines This Week in GNOME, GNOME Foundation Report, and Gtk Changes
[15:31]	TR News	GNOME sells itself as inclusion, diversity and so on. All those words sound great, IBM/Red Hat misuses these words a lot, but what happens in practice is "good" discrimination, where "goodness" is defined by oligarchy.
[15:33]	TR News	 (NEW):  Retro/Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, Sinclair C5, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/11/Retro_Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_Sinclair_C5_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/11/Retro_Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_Sinclair_C5_and_More.gmi 
[15:33]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Retro/Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, Sinclair C5, and More
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[15:34]	TR News	 (NEW):  Barry Kauler's Updates on EasyOS Development (and More) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/11/Barry_Kauler_s_Updates_on_EasyOS_Development_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/11/Barry_Kauler_s_Updates_on_EasyOS_Development_and_More.gmi 
[15:34]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Barry Kauler's Updates on EasyOS Development (and More)
[15:34]	TR News	 (NEW):  Mozilla: Microsoft and Slop Problems https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/11/Mozilla_Microsoft_and_Slop_Problems.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/11/Mozilla_Microsoft_and_Slop_Problems.gmi 
[15:34]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Mozilla: Microsoft and Slop Problems
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[15:38]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers
[15:38]	TR News	 (NEW):  Programming/Development Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/11/Programming_Development_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/11/Programming_Development_Leftovers.gmi 
[15:38]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Programming/Development Leftovers
[15:40]	TR News	will tottenham take a piece of silver for the first time in decades? https://www.transfermarkt.com/tottenham-hotspur/erfolge/verein/148
[15:40]	TR Bot	Hotspur - Club achievements | Transfermarkt
[15:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrt9h7sh
[15:43]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrt9h7sh )
[15:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	"
[15:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	Slowing Windows 11 adoption due to PC tariffs
[15:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	The outlook for increasing adoption of Windows 11 is looking grim given the effect that tariffs will have on new personal computer sales. Uncertainty is curtailing business spending plans.
[15:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://www.ciodive.com/news/trump-tariffs-uncertainty-cio-enterprise-it-spend/745074/
[15:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	
[15:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	    In anticipation of rising tariffs and the end of Windows 10 support, businesses are facing increased costs for replacing desktop and laptop computers. Microsoft, while less directly impacted than hardware manufacturers, is also feeling the strain of higher costs and may see reduced software spending. Microsoft is also actively promoting Windows 11 adoption, using AI features like Copilot+ PCs with Recall to encourage upgrades. 
[15:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	    The combination of tariffs and the end of Windows 10 support is creating a complex situation for businesses. While there's a surge in PC shipments due to inventory buildup, overall demand remains cautious, and businesses are grappling with the prospect of higher hardware costs. Microsoft is actively promoting Windows 11 and is also feeling the pressure of rising costs, but the overall impact on the company may be less direct t
[15:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	han on hardware manufacturers. 
[15:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	Come on, Microsoft. Do the right thing here - get rid of the ridiculous mandate for new machines and allow an upgrade from 10 to 11 without the need for new equipment.
[15:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	"
[15:43]	TR Bot	 How Trumps tariff regime is cutting into IT budgets | CIO Dive
[15:48]	TR News	Techrights Links 11/05/2025: China's Fentanylware (TikTok) Tells Kids to Vandalise Schools' Chromebooks and Increased Censorship in India https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/11/Links_11_05_2025_China_s_Fentanylware_TikTok_Tells_Kids_to_Vand.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/11/Links_11_05_2025_China_s_Fentanylware_TikTok_Tells_Kids_to_Vand.gmi 
[15:48]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 11/05/2025: China's Fentanylware (TikTok) Tells Kids to Vandalise Schools' Chromebooks and Increased Censorship in India
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[16:10]	TR News	BOOK OF LIFE gopher://aussies.space:70/0/~freet/phlog/2025-05-11Book_of_Life.txt
[16:10]	TR News	"This is the fifth blog post about my f3s series for my self-hosting demands in my home lab. f3s? The "f" stands for FreeBSD, and the "3s" stands for k3s, the Kubernetes distribution I will use on FreeBSD-based physical machines." gemini://foo.zone/gemfeed/2025-05-11-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-5.gmi
[16:11]	TR News	SpellBinding: EUIKLTF Wordo: FOLIA gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-05-11.gmi
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[17:26]	TR News	BigLinux 2025-05-04 is out https://www.biglinux.com.br/ https://distrowatch.com/biglinux
[17:26]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.biglinux.com.br/ )
[17:26]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/biglinux )
[17:27]	TR News	AUSTRUMI 5.0.6 in Latvia is also out https://distrowatch.com/austrumi http://cyti.latgola.lv/ruuni/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/05/07/Finland_Lithuania_and_Latvia_Fortify_Their_Digital_Border_With_.shtml
[17:27]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/austrumi )
[17:27]	TR Bot	 AUSTRUMI
[17:27]	TR Bot	 Techrights Finland, Lithuania, and Latvia Fortify Their Digital Border With GNU/Linux
[17:28]	TR News	SDesk 2025.05.06 is out, but outsourced to Microsoft, so not trustworthy https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12445
[17:28]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12445 )
[17:29]	TR News	Could be worse though, could be controlled by Microsoft staff like AnduinOS is
[17:33]	TR News	crypto [sic] 'millionaire' https://www.dw.com/en/french-police-rescue-kidnapped-father-of-crypto-millionaire/a-72430848
[17:33]	TR Bot	police rescue kidnapped father of crypto millionaire DW 05/04/2025
[17:34]	TR News	divestment plans? https://www.dw.com/en/what-became-of-pope-francis-divestment-plans/a-72438943
[17:34]	TR Bot	Catholic institutions ready to abandon fossil fuels? DW 05/05/2025
[17:35]	TR News	high-speed rail cables https://www.dw.com/en/spain-police-probe-theft-of-high-speed-rail-cables/a-72439921
[17:35]	TR Bot	Police probe theft of high-speed rail cables DW 05/05/2025
[17:37]	TR News	limit children's screen time https://www.dw.com/en/greece-launches-state-app-to-limit-children-s-screen-time/a-72442799
[17:37]	TR Bot	launches state app to limit children's screen time DW 05/05/2025
[17:39]	TR News	New forecast confirms Denmark will hit 2030 climate goals https://cphpost.dk/2025-05-01/news/round-up/new-forecast-confirms-denmark-will-hit-2030-climate-goals/
[17:39]	TR Bot	 New forecast confirms Denmark will hit 2030 climate goals - The Copenhagen Post
[17:39]	TR News	change
[17:40]	TR News	Hawaii Lawmakers Raise the State's Hotel Tax to Help the Islands Cope With Climate Change https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2025-05-02/hawaii-lawmakers-raise-the-states-hotel-tax-to-help-the-islands-cope-with-climate-change
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[17:42]	TR News	Scientists https://www.dw.com/en/scientists-aim-to-compile-us-climate-report-after-trump-cuts/a-72422510
[17:42]	TR Bot	aim to compile US climate report after Trump cuts DW 05/02/2025
[17:42]	TR News	The White House Spent Earth Day Lying About Climate Science https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/05/02/the-white-house-spent-earth-day-lying-about-climate-science/
[17:42]	TR Bot	White House Spent Earth Day Lying About Climate Science - CounterPunch.org
[17:42]	TR News	Imagine You Are a Poor Nation, Trapped by Debt and Strangled by Climate ChangeWhat Are Your Options? https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/05/02/imagine-you-are-a-poor-nation-trapped-by-debt-and-strangled-by-climate-change-what-are-your-options/
[17:42]	TR Bot	You Are a Poor Nation, Trapped by Debt and Strangled by Climate ChangeWhat Are Your Options? - CounterPunch.org
[17:51]	TR News	dismissal of climate scientists https://www.dw.com/en/will-trump-s-dismissal-of-climate-scientists-have-a-global-impact/a-72450965
[17:51]	TR Bot	climate science cuts: will they have global impact? DW 05/06/2025
[17:51]	TR News	Smoke From Climate-Fueled Wildfires Contributed to Thousands of US Deaths Over 15 Years, Study Says https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/oregon/articles/2025-05-07/smoke-from-climate-fueled-wildfires-contributed-to-thousands-of-us-deaths-over-15-years-study-says
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[17:52]	TR News	US Will Stop Tracking the Costs of Extreme Weather Fueled by Climate Change https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2025-05-08/us-retires-database-tracking-billions-of-dollars-of-climate-change-fueled-weather-damage
[17:52]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2025-05-08/us-retires-database-tracking-billions-of-dollars-of-climate-change-fueled-weather-damage )
[17:53]	TR News	How will Germany's new government tackle climate issues? https://www.dw.com/en/how-will-germany-s-new-government-tackle-climate-issues/a-72463479
[17:53]	TR Bot	will Germany's new government tackle climate issues? DW 05/07/2025
[17:53]	TR News	Kangaroo Courts of EPO http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/05/commercial-success-is-nothing-burger.html
[17:53]	TR Bot	 Commercial success is a nothing-burger for the EPO in Wegovy patent inventive step analysis (T 1701/22, Obesity treatment with semaglutide) - The IPKat
[17:54]	TR News	Who is this money owed TO? https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-05-06/global-debt-hits-record-of-over-324-trillion-says-iif
[17:54]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-05-06/global-debt-hits-record-of-over-324-trillion-says-iif )
[17:57]	TR News	EU pledges 500 million for science amid US funding cuts https://www.dw.com/en/eu-pledges-500-million-for-science-amid-us-funding-cuts/a-72438165
[17:57]	TR Bot	pledges 500 million for science amid US funding cuts DW 05/05/2025
[17:58]	TR News	Are Catholic institutions ready to abandon fossil fuels? https://www.dw.com/en/are-catholic-institutions-ready-to-abandon-fossil-fuels/a-72438943
[17:58]	TR News	Temu and Shein https://www.dw.com/en/why-china-s-temu-and-shein-are-europe-s-new-trade-threat/a-72434992
[17:58]	TR Bot	China's Temu and Shein are Europe's new trade threat DW 05/06/2025
[17:59]	TR News	UN report says aid cuts led to global development slowdown https://www.dw.com/en/un-report-says-aid-cuts-led-to-global-development-slowdown/a-72444368
[17:59]	TR Bot	report says aid cuts led to global development slowdown DW 05/06/2025
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[18:02]	TR News	Sickness that is Social Control Media https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/who-gorklon-rust-why-did-elon-musk-change-his-twitter-handle-1733553
[18:02]	TR Bot	 Who Is Gorklon Rust And Why Did Elon Musk Change His Twitter Handle? | IBTimes UK
[18:08]	whatA_	counter-gulagbombing (A.K.A. trademark infringement) I suppose
[18:10]	whatA_	nah, I mean, nah, I read that and it's just hype BS
[18:13]	TR News	African Space Agency https://www.defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/inauguration-of-the-african-space-agency/
[18:13]	TR Bot	 Inauguration of the African Space Agency - defenceWeb
[18:14]	TR News	Mass Poisoning in South African Game Reserve https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-05-08/vultures-rescued-from-mass-poisoning-in-south-african-game-reserve
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[18:19]	TR News	GM to lay off 750 workers at Oshawa plant, citing U.S. tariffs https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/oshawa-general-motors-plant-cutting-jobs-union-says-1.7524665
[18:19]	TR Bot	 GM to lay off 750 workers at Oshawa plant, citing U.S. tariffs: union president | CBC News
[18:21]	TR News	Aviation getting too hard for the human species? https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/plane-landing-lake-ontario-toronto-1.7525295 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/man-dead-plan-flips-1.7525421
[18:21]	TR Bot	 Man rescued after small plane makes emergency landing in Lake Ontario, Toronto police say | CBC News
[18:21]	TR Bot	 Man dead after seaplane flips during takeoff on Montreal's South Shore | CBC News
[18:22]	TR News	Canada Post workers could strike again soon https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-post-possible-strike-again-1.7524833
[18:22]	TR Bot	 Canada Post workers could strike again soon. Here's why | CBC News
[18:31]	TR News	One year after the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion, why isn't it full? https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/one-year-after-the-trans-mountain-pipeline-expansion-why-isn-t-it-full-1.7525284
[18:31]	TR Bot	 One year after the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion, why isn't it full? | CBC News
[18:40]	TR News	fracking https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-company-wants-to-open-sand-mine-1.7525611
[18:40]	TR Bot	 B.C. company wants to open $300M made-in-Canada sand mine to fuel anticipated fracking, LNG boom | CBC News
[18:45]	TR News	Wonderland https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/competition-bureau-canada-wonderland-alleged-misleading-advertising-1.7526933
[18:45]	TR Bot	 Competition Bureau takes Canada's Wonderland to court over alleged 'deceptive marketing practices' | CBC News
[18:46]	TR News	Vaping https://www.dw.com/en/vaping-safer-than-cigarettes-or-a-new-health-crisis/a-72405720
[18:46]	TR Bot	Safer than cigarettes or a new health crisis? DW 05/08/2025
[18:48]	TR News	Fake news https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-fake-news-spreading-after-india-strikes-pakistan/a-72465246
[18:48]	TR Bot	check: Fake news spreading after India strikes Pakistan DW 05/07/2025
[18:48]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/11/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/11/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi 
[18:48]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software
[18:50]	TR News	Economic Depression https://www.usnews.com/photos/2025/05/05/economic-depression-and-spring-in-new-york-city-picturing-this-week-in-history-may-5-11
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[18:55]	TR News	mini cancer? https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/small-modular-reactor-nuclear-power-ontario-construction-1.7529338
[18:55]	TR Bot	 Ontario set to begin construction of Canada's 1st mini nuclear power plant | CBC News
[18:56]	TR News	 (NEW):  Raspberry Pi Connect Exits Beta with Version 2.5 Release https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/10/Raspberry_Pi_Connect_Exits_Beta_with_Version_2_5_Release.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/10/Raspberry_Pi_Connect_Exits_Beta_with_Version_2_5_Release.gmi 
[18:56]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Raspberry Pi Connect Exits Beta with Version 2.5 Release
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[19:01]	TR News	 (NEW):  Why I Prefer GNOME for My Linux Desktop https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/11/Why_I_Prefer_GNOME_for_My_Linux_Desktop.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/11/Why_I_Prefer_GNOME_for_My_Linux_Desktop.gmi 
[19:01]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Why I Prefer GNOME for My Linux Desktop
[19:03]	TR News	 (NEW):  Kitty 0.42 Launches With Quick-Access Terminal https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/11/Kitty_0_42_Launches_With_Quick_Access_Terminal.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/11/Kitty_0_42_Launches_With_Quick_Access_Terminal.gmi 
[19:03]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Kitty 0.42 Launches With Quick-Access Terminal
[19:09]	TR News	A life in exile: On the death of Bangladesh poet Daud Haider https://www.dw.com/en/a-life-in-exile-on-the-death-of-bangladesh-poet-daud-haider/a-72449910
[19:09]	TR Bot	life in exile: On the death of Bangladesh poet Daud Haider DW 05/06/2025
[19:53]	TR News	How the SLAPPs From Microsoft Staff Are Connected to the Corrupt OSI, Whose Majority of Money Comes From Microsoft for Openwashing, LLM Hype, and Whitewashing GPL Violations During Class Action Trial http://techrights.org/n/2025/05/11/How_the_SLAPPs_From_Microsoft_Staff_Are_Connected_to_the_Corrup.shtml
[19:54]	TR Bot	 Techrights How the SLAPPs From Microsoft Staff Are Connected to the Corrupt OSI, Whose Majority of Money Comes From Microsoft for Openwashing, LLM Hype, and Whitewashing GPL Violations During Class Action Trial
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[20:01]	TR News	Techrights Microsoft Florian Becomes Patent Troll, Arranges to Sue Companies (Extorting Money Out of Them) https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/11/Microsoft_Florian_Becomes_Patent_Troll_Arranges_to_Sue_Companie.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/11/Microsoft_Florian_Becomes_Patent_Troll_Arranges_to_Sue_Companie.gmi 
[20:01]	TR Bot	 Techrights Microsoft Florian Becomes Patent Troll, Arranges to Sue Companies (Extorting Money Out of Them)
[20:15]	admfubar	https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/05/11/0147212/theranos-fraudsters-partner-launches-his-own-blood-testing-startup
[20:15]	TR Bot	 Theranos Fraudster's Partner Launches His Own Blood-Testing Startup - Slashdot
[20:16]	whatA_	(old) Patent Troll http://techrights.org/2017/02/27/microsoft-novell-v2-via-azure/
[20:16]	TR Bot	 As Long as Software Patents Are Granted and Microsoft Equips Trolls With Them, Azure IP Advantage is an Attack on Free/Libre Software
[20:17]	admfubar	https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/05/10/2112201/is-everyone-using-ai-to-cheat-their-way-through-college
[20:17]	TR Bot	 Is Everyone Using AI to Cheat Their Way Through College? - Slashdot
[20:17]	whatA_	That Azure Novell. It was thanks to Dr. Richard Stallman's Reasons not to use Microsoft that I discovered TechRights
[20:20]	schestowitz[TR2]	we spoke today
[20:25]	whatA_	and now Ninjido (Nintendo of Hell) not only do an Xbox ("Broke? Get a Switch 1"), they did a Microsoft Novell racket as well (Nintendo v. PocketPair)
[20:26]	whatA_	It is why I asked yesterday if there is Microsofter inside Nintendo (either personel or mindset)
[20:30]	TR News	Techrights What Happened to the Open Source Initiative (OSI) Elections: A Moment of Silence and Revisionism Amid US Government Investigation and Community Uproar https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/11/What_Happened_to_the_Open_Source_Initiative_OSI_Elections_A_Mom.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/11/What_Happened_to_the_Open_Source_Initiative_OSI_Elections_A_Mom.gmi 
[20:30]	TR Bot	 Techrights What Happened to the Open Source Initiative (OSI) Elections: A Moment of Silence and Revisionism Amid US Government Investigation and Community Uproar
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[20:33]	IsambardPrince	Almost without even realizing it, Trump is destroying the colonial exploitation of labor that the US is famous for, and has been for many years.
[20:33]	IsambardPrince	I don't think that people here are going to like that.
[20:33]	IsambardPrince	"The White Man's Burden", working in some sweatshop making shoes for Walmart?
[20:34]	IsambardPrince	Trump's people think that robots can do everything.
[20:34]	IsambardPrince	Even if that were true, and it isn't, the economy would collapse.
[20:34]	IsambardPrince	Without workers, there's nobody to sell products to.
[20:34]	IsambardPrince	So nobody can buy anything and the economy ceases to exist.
[20:35]	IsambardPrince	That's pretty much the whole reason for bullshit jobs.
[20:35]	IsambardPrince	Many people employed know that all their labor is useless.
[20:35]	TR News	 gemini://sampsa.smol.pub/jarkevan-ihmisen-toiminta
[20:35]	IsambardPrince	But they keep quiet if they realize that because they need more paychecks.
[20:37]	TR News	Pyotr Wrangel Always with Honor gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/words/books/wrangel--always-with-honor/
[20:37]	TR News	Jane Fonda, Michael Douglas, Jack Lemmon. gemini://txt-vostfr.devloprog.org/log/le_syndrome_chinois.gmi
[20:38]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], Microsoft released a "remastered" TES IV: Oblivion.
[20:38]	IsambardPrince	Which was unnecessary because the graphics from 2006 were already good and fan edits updated them for free already anyway.
[20:39]	IsambardPrince	They seem to be doing cheap, unnecessary revisions to games that people probably already have.
[20:39]	IsambardPrince	The 2006 binaries still work under Wine.
[20:39]	TR News	"So the peeps on the ##roguelikedev channel have been trying to procgen rivers, which can be as complicated as you want to make it. Not having a few billion years to get it right, one will often go with something "good enough" and call it done." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2025/05/11/rivers.gmi
[20:39]	IsambardPrince	I wonder about the remaster.
[20:39]	IsambardPrince	Probably not. They probably ran it through their more recent compilers, which are horrible.
[20:40]	IsambardPrince	They emit bloated code that runs poorly and brings in incompatibilities deliberately.
[20:40]	whatA_	rusted?
[20:40]	IsambardPrince	No, it even makes C and C++ worse.
[20:41]	TR News	"I have no intention of surrendering my data or using large-scale AI services run by major tech companies." gemini://mediocregopher.com/lab/kicking-and-screaming.gmi
[20:41]	IsambardPrince	In some cases, the binary output from their 2019 compiler is nearly twice as large as their compilers from the 2000s, and it runs slower because the "optimizations" end up flooding the CPU's cache memory and it all backfires.
[20:42]	TR News	"hiyerrrrr y'alright! been a while since i posted a gemlog!!" gemini://tilde.town/~slimelia/posts/twenny-twenny-five.gmi
[20:42]	IsambardPrince	You can sometimes get behaviors like this from GCC, but you'd have to request them. You're better off building them with different levels of optimization and testing to see what the compiler actually did and how it runs.
[20:44]	IsambardPrince	In many cases, I've seen open source projects try to optimize for newer CPU instructions, find out that that runs slower, and revert to older instruction sets from even the 1990s.
[20:45]	IsambardPrince	I seriously doubt that Red Hat's x86-64v(whatever) feature levels are improving the end user experience much, if at all.
[20:45]	IsambardPrince	What they do accomplish is making sure the OS doesn't work to any degree because you might be missing one instruction that your processor from the 2010s didn't have.
[20:46]	whatA_	notorious: GNU/Linux 6.15 ditching i486
[20:46]	MinceR	11 213843 < IsambardPrince> Which was unnecessary because the graphics from 2006 were already good and fan edits updated them for free already anyway.
[20:47]	MinceR	afaik zenimax was notorious for doing this even before MICROS~1 bought them
[20:48]	MinceR	skyrim had 7 releases already
[20:48]	TR News	Techrights Links 11/05/2025: Pyotr Wrangel and Kubernetes With FreeBSD https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/11/Links_11_05_2025_Pyotr_Wrangel_and_Kubernetes_With_FreeBSD.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/11/Links_11_05_2025_Pyotr_Wrangel_and_Kubernetes_With_FreeBSD.gmi 
[20:48]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 11/05/2025: Pyotr Wrangel and Kubernetes With FreeBSD
[20:52]	schestowitz[TR2]	<IsambardPrince> They seem to be doing cheap, unnecessary revisions to games that people probably already have.
[20:52]	schestowitz[TR2]	sounds a bit like slop
[20:52]	schestowitz[TR2]	reuse other work
[20:52]	schestowitz[TR2]	call it "new"
[20:52]	schestowitz[TR2]	voila! hey hi
[20:54]	TR News	"Panasonic is reducing 10000 jobs as it aims to cut cost and boost profit". Good, good riddance. https://techrights.org/o/2018/06/01/panasonic-is-feeding-large-patent-trolls/ https://techrights.org/o/2015/04/12/panasonic-openwashing/
[20:54]	TR Bot	 Three Years After Openwashing Its Patents Panasonic Gives These Patents to Patent Trolls
[20:54]	TR Bot	 No, Panasonic Did Not Open-Source Anything (Another Example of Openwashing for PR)
[20:54]	IsambardPrince	Someone also redid Daggerfall in Unity3d.
[20:55]	IsambardPrince	So you have a game that worked fine in dosbox that now needs .Net
[20:55]	whatA_	Panasonic is Microsoft Novell
[20:55]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], Panasonic is one of the last companies making Blu Ray disc players.
[20:56]	IsambardPrince	Walmart has some suppliers for these but I have no idea who they are.
[20:56]	IsambardPrince	It's getting to where you can buy a Blu Ray disc player but it's usually the store brands or Sony players that they have been selling for over 10 years.
[20:57]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], I found an article that said the Illinois power grid may be destabilized by "AI" data centers.
[20:57]	IsambardPrince	And prices for electricity will rise.
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[20:57]	TR News	"quite the opposite! he's a bullsh-tter, the stuff he says is incoherent. he's presided over an absolute war against his own employees in the US with historically dishonest deterrents (RBA, RTO) and defacto layoffs (RTO)." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jtrqbze4
[20:57]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jtrqbze4 )
[20:58]	TR News	"he's cut off the company's ability to deliver at the knees. watch what happens next- he retires with the stock price inflated but IBM flounders even harder" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jtrqbze4
[20:58]	IsambardPrince	The State is allowing this because the politicians want to tout "investments".
[20:58]	TR News	"What often happens to in high tech is that the CEO is nothing more than a cheerleader. The brains behind Quantum and AI are the technical people and inventors that are actually shaping the technology and are removing technical barriers to adoption."
[20:58]	TR News	"I get a little tired of executives taking credit and being rewarded by the board when the real smart and hard working people are the ones on the ground."
[20:59]	TR News	"Lol he is a joke. He violated company policy in threatening every Us employee who did not get COVID vax. Listen to his speeches and you will realize he says nothing. There is no vision" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jtrqbze4
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[21:01]	IsambardPrince	https://finance.yahoo.com/news/cutting-7-expenses-save-5-110042849.html
[21:01]	TR Bot	 Cutting Out These 7 Expenses Can Save You $5,400 Per Year
[21:01]	IsambardPrince	"Savings per year: $114
[21:01]	IsambardPrince	According to Woroch, the average household dishes out $114 on video streaming services (Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, and more) each month."
[21:02]	IsambardPrince	So you save $114 a year by cutting something that costs $114 a month?
[21:02]	IsambardPrince	How does that work?
[21:03]	IsambardPrince	If you pay $114 a month for streaming and end up owning actually nothing, you'd be better off just buying 5-6 Blu Ray or DVD discs every month and watching them as you get around to it.
[21:03]	schestowitz[TR2]	maybe slop
[21:03]	IsambardPrince	That way there's nothing to cancel and you only buy what you want and you can actually keep it forever and watch it again if you want to.
[21:04]	IsambardPrince	If they're not first run movies, you can get about 20-30 Blu Ray discs or potentially 100 DVDs on the used market.
[21:04]	IsambardPrince	Every month.
[21:04]	IsambardPrince	You could never keep up with that.
[21:04]	IsambardPrince	But streaming is pissing away a lot of money. 
[21:04]	IsambardPrince	That's why they call it "streaming".
[21:05]	IsambardPrince	Most of what goes into "streaming" is utter crap. If it's not utter crap, you're streaming stuff from when TV was good for about 50 years or so between the 50s and the 2000s.
[21:06]	IsambardPrince	It was basically a burst of things that were good or at least okay, and then it decayed into garbage.
[21:06]	IsambardPrince	Mounds of garbage.
[21:07]	IsambardPrince	They really did fuck up both Battlestar Galactica series.
[21:07]	IsambardPrince	It was always that final season.
[21:07]	IsambardPrince	In the 70s they moved the time slot and turned it into a kids show.
[21:08]	IsambardPrince	In the 2000s reboot, they had to close up the 5th season fast and so the Cylon God turned out to be real and they found the real Earth.
[21:08]	IsambardPrince	And of course they set their ships on a collision course with the Sun and gave up all their technology because why wouldn't you want to be exposed to the elements and diseases on a new planet with no shelter or medicine or weapons?
[21:09]	IsambardPrince	Just absolutely horrible ending.
[21:11]	IsambardPrince	"We'll just trap ourselves here with nothing. We don't know anything about what dangers exist on this world. No medicine. No weapons. No shelter. If it turns out that we have to leave, we don't have any ships that could do that!" Ugh.
[21:13]	IsambardPrince	The entire plot of the series was that after the fall of the Colonies, they set out to seed human life elsewhere to ensure the survival of the species. It would have been more logical to keep the ships and set up several human colonies in various star systems.
[21:13]	IsambardPrince	You'd want to diversify so that even a planetwide catastrophe couldn't wipe all of them out.
[21:15]	IsambardPrince	They already obviously had experience with losing a Colony, several times, including Cylon Earth and Kobol, before the fall of the Twelve.
[21:15]	IsambardPrince	So the way the series ended was incoherent.
[21:16]	IsambardPrince	There were some previous warning signs that the series was going off the rails though.
[21:17]	IsambardPrince	Like that episode where Gaius Baltar figured he was bullshitting everyone by pointing at exactly where they needed to attack a Cylon base at to set off secondary explosions, but then it turned out to be an impossibly lucky guess (the intervention of God).
[21:20]	IsambardPrince	"Woroch said you might get free streaming service through your wireless provider (like Sprint or T-Mobile)"
[21:20]	MinceR	who would have thought that if you base a sci-fi series on religion, it's going to be hokey? :>
[21:20]	IsambardPrince	It's in the bullshit bundle with the "free phones that aren't free".
[21:21]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, Well, there was no guarantee that the plot had to end up being stupid like that.
[21:21]	IsambardPrince	Just because the Cylons believe in a God and it is what causes their crusade against the Humans does not mean that there has to be an actual God.
[21:22]	IsambardPrince	You could explain it as errant programming.
[21:22]	IsambardPrince	We end up with things like this in real life, right?
[21:22]	MinceR	would be nice
[21:22]	IsambardPrince	The Muslims believe in Allah and there's the terrorist religion that keeps causing trouble.
[21:22]	MinceR	we could use some cylons that exterminate humanity
[21:23]	IsambardPrince	Doesn't matter if Allah exists or not, they can still cause a lot of trouble based around their beliefs.
[21:24]	IsambardPrince	In America, basically, religion and guns are very similar in one way. We're told that no matter how much harm they cause, no matter how many people die because of them, it's the third rail.
[21:24]	IsambardPrince	You touch the subject, you get zapped.
[21:25]	IsambardPrince	If you make a joke that offends a religious person, you could get fired, for example. Even if it was a funny joke. They say something about you, well, they get away with it.
[21:25]	IsambardPrince	So we've always had cancel culture. It depends on who gets to do the canceling.
[21:26]	IsambardPrince	In some contexts, you piss off a religious person they'll just kill you. They're nuts. They don't see the laws against killing people as absolute.
[21:27]	IsambardPrince	They've tried to murder Salman Rushdie so many times. I mean, he got one of his eyes stabbed out, just for pissing them off with what he wrote.
[21:27]	IsambardPrince	There was that Dutch newspaper that got a bomb in the mail because they offended Islamists.
[21:29]	IsambardPrince	People who are really stupid don't seem to have much of a trigger for violence.
[21:29]	IsambardPrince	My mom married one of those.
[21:29]	IsambardPrince	Really stupid, and drunk all the time.
[21:30]	IsambardPrince	It would have been better for everyone if his family had the presence of mind to just get an abortion and rid the world of their evil machinations.
[21:34]	IsambardPrince	Captain Kirk probably put it best. It's far easier for a civilized man to act like a savage than for a savage to act like a civilized man. If I wanted to deliberately bang the silverware and demand meat at a fancy restaurant, for whatever reason, I could do that. But Brian/Gonad could never contemplate his existence or place in the universe. He couldn't write an essay. He certainly did not understand at all why light behaves as 
[21:34]	IsambardPrince	waves and particles due to the peculiarities inherent in quantum mechanics. Nor would it interest him to have a surface level understanding of things like that.
[21:34]	IsambardPrince	He wouldn't understand chemistry. He didn't even believe that germs exist, because he couldn't see them.
[21:37]	IsambardPrince	Everything in human existence, on some level, ultimately boils down to trying to have sex and propagate the species. Some people accomplished this by composing great works of art or music, some expanded scientific understanding, some just hold people down and rape them. Brian's family falls into that last group.
[21:38]	IsambardPrince	Laws don't control people like this because they can't contemplate what might happen to them as a consequence. They want to do something so they do it.
[21:40]	IsambardPrince	Why are there so many murderers where I live and why are they so sloppy about it and get caught almost immediately? Same reason. Most of us are mad enough to kill at some point, but then many start thinking "maybe this would mean bad things happen to me, like prison, and so I'd better not shoot that person", and then other people just go buy an illegal gun and go "I finna kill that mofo! BANG BANG!!!"
[21:42]	IsambardPrince	If someday Gonad's grandson decides to murder someone (he's already raped at least two), he'll do it openly and notoriously, not have a plausible story for the cops should they ask, and dump the body where they'll find it immediately with his fingerprints all over the place.
[21:42]	IsambardPrince	Because that's just how that family is.
[21:44]	IsambardPrince	People of low socioeconomic status do weird shit.
[21:47]	MinceR	"Bang, bang!! Ba-dow, ba-dow, ba-dow!! Bang!!"
[21:52]	MinceR	(video) (audio:important) https://i.imgur.com/AenuHxI.mp4   =   https://rimgo.bloat.cat/AenuHxI
[21:52]	TR Bot	 rimgo
[21:56]	IsambardPrince	Picked up another Blu Ray. That seller had his auto-offer to come down 5%.
[21:56]	IsambardPrince	Little stingy but it's not nothing.
[21:58]	IsambardPrince	I do negotiations for a lot of stuff. I got a good deal on my Bose system in my living room a couple years ago.
[21:59]	IsambardPrince	I take good care of my stuff. It lasts a while.
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[22:00]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, I don't think being "faked out" by something is necessarily a bad thing. A "fake out" sometimes does things that wouldn't be possible otherwise given the contaxt.
[22:01]	IsambardPrince	Like all those 2.5D game engines in the 90s.
[22:03]	IsambardPrince	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_volume#Optimization
[22:03]	TR Bot	 Shadow volume - Wikipedia
[22:03]	IsambardPrince	William Bilodeau and Michael Songy discovered this technique in October 1998, and presented the technique at Creativity, a Creative Labs developer's conference, in 1999.[2] Sim Dietrich presented this technique at both GDC in March 1999, and at Creativity in late 1999.[3][4] A few months later, William Bilodeau and Michael Songy filed a US patent application for the technique the same year entitled "Method for rendering shadows 
[22:03]	IsambardPrince	using a shadow volume and a stencil buffer".[5] John Carmack of id Software independently discovered the algorithm in 2000 during the development of Doom 3.[6]
[22:03]	IsambardPrince	This patent would be expired by now.
[22:03]	IsambardPrince	So they could put Carmack's Reverse back in the GPL'd Doom 3 engine.
[22:04]	IsambardPrince	https://web.archive.org/web/20100131044756/http://techreport.com/discussions.x/7113
[22:04]	TR Bot	 Creative patents Carmack's reverse - The Tech Report
[22:04]	IsambardPrince	At the time, they did a patent ambush on id Software.
[22:04]	IsambardPrince	And they paid them to go away.
[22:06]	IsambardPrince	According to Carmack they didn't pay but the terms of the deal were undisclosed.
[22:06]	IsambardPrince	Sometimes patent trolls get a non-cash deal so it scares other people, like that patent troll that went after GNOME.
[22:07]	TR News	 (NEW):  5 Things I Do on Linux to Make It More Secure https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/11/5_Things_I_Do_on_Linux_to_Make_It_More_Secure.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/11/5_Things_I_Do_on_Linux_to_Make_It_More_Secure.gmi 
[22:07]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines 5 Things I Do on Linux to Make It More Secure
[22:10]	whatA_	In terms of IP (sic) maximalism/extremism, look at Ninjido http://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=h4fj4UXdWeA
[22:10]	TR Bot	( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=h4fj4UXdWeA )
[22:11]	whatA_	They are trying to get away with a lot of patents (Microsoft Novell) while forcing arbitrations (you own nothing and you cannot countersue, be happy)
[22:12]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], The use of LLMs is getting outrageous. I noticed Walmart doesn't have "Sparky" on their mobile site so I use that and not the app.
[22:12]	IsambardPrince	It slows down the app.
[22:40]	admfubar	https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/11/cpu_ransomware_rapid7/
[22:40]	TR Bot	 You think ransomware is bad? Wait until it infects CPUs The Register
[22:46]	MinceR	> UEFI bootkits that go back to 2018 and are now sold on cyber-crime forums to allow miscreants to bypass Secure Boot and embed malware into the firmware
[22:46]	MinceR	it's all just a fucking success story, isn't it.
[22:48]	MinceR	i wonder if there's a market for secure computers
[22:49]	IsambardPrince	There's a market for conning people into thinking that they have a secure computer.
[22:51]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, I wrote an invisible iframe in my site that would deliberately crash Windows with a Blue Screen of Death if you viewed it in Internet Explorer.
[22:51]	IsambardPrince	That was easy.
[22:53]	IsambardPrince	Just tell it to go into file browser mode and load C:\con\con
[22:53]	MinceR	:>
[22:54]	MinceR	yeah, i suppose the market for computers that aren't piles of crap would be much smaller
[22:54]	MinceR	but maybe there still is one
[22:56]	IsambardPrince	https://old.reddit.com/r/windows/comments/11nblmb/how_i_have_a_aux_and_con_folder/
[22:56]	TR Bot	 HOW?! I have a aux and con folder?!?!?!? : windows
[22:57]	IsambardPrince	Froggypwns
[22:57]	IsambardPrince	
[22:57]	IsambardPrince	Windows Insider MVP / Moderator 3 points 2 years ago 
[22:57]	IsambardPrince	It isn't super hard to make a folder with a prohibited name. Windows does prevent you from doing it the common ways, but you can easily do it with the command line, simply type in md con to make a con folder.
[22:58]	IsambardPrince	https://old.reddit.com/r/windowsphone/comments/1kjvv6d/ai_chatbot_lumina_for_windows_phone_81_by_logan/
[22:58]	TR Bot	 AI chatbot Lumina for Windows Phone 8.1 by Logan : windowsphone
[22:58]	IsambardPrince	Proves people are wrong about Windows Phone being dead?
[22:59]	IsambardPrince	How is it not dead?
[22:59]	IsambardPrince	They don't make them anymore.
[22:59]	IsambardPrince	They haven't even gotten a security update in years.
[22:59]	IsambardPrince	The SDK doesn't even work on Windows 11.
[22:59]	IsambardPrince	The OS is proprietary so you can't make any meaningful changes and offer custom ROMs.
● May 11
[23:00]	IsambardPrince	Or port it to new phones.
[23:02]	IsambardPrince	https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20250505-00/?p=111143
[23:02]	TR Bot	 What were the intended uses of those icons in moricons.dll? - The Old New Thing
[23:02]	IsambardPrince	"The mechanism for recognizing programs was by searching for the names of well-known executables such as 123.EXE for Lotus 1-2-3. Sometimes, there were multiple programs that used the same executable name. For example, MAIL.EXE was used by PATHWORKS Mail for MS-DOS, cc:Mail for MS-DOS, and XcelleNet X/Mail for MS-DOS. In that case, the program asked you, Hey, like, Im not sure which program this is. Can you tell me if i
[23:02]	IsambardPrince	ts any of these guys?"
[23:03]	IsambardPrince	Gee, that's clever. Almost like looking for clues like searching the text of the binary to see if there's an indication of which program it is.
[23:03]	IsambardPrince	:D
[23:05]	IsambardPrince	I thought it was funny that IBM donated Lotus Symphony to Apache OpenOffice, which is basically a zombie office suite that's barely been patched in years.
[23:06]	IsambardPrince	Sometimes even severe CVEs go unaddressed for a long time.
[23:06]	IsambardPrince	Apache Foundation is where shit goes to die.
[23:07]	IsambardPrince	The last time there was even a bugfix release was December 2023.
[23:08]	IsambardPrince	The only people that may be interested in it for some reason is if they're one of those oddballs that's still on Windows XP.
[23:10]	MinceR	(cat) (video) (no audio) https://imgur.com/gallery/t8hySNa   =   https://rimgo.bloat.cat/gallery/t8hySNa
[23:10]	TR Bot	routines - Album on Imgur
[23:10]	TR Bot	 Morning routines - rimgo
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[23:44]	IsambardPrince	TV prices are still going down, not up.
[23:44]	IsambardPrince	They probably compensate for the tariffs by having the TVs do something nastier.
[23:45]	IsambardPrince	I wonder how much of the $100 million propaganda from Kristi Noem that Walmart got paid to route her "Trump Blowjob" hit piece about immigrants through Vizio TVs.
[23:47]	IsambardPrince	They're now saying that that Garcia fellow they deported "was arrested for loitering" (a misdemeanor that just says you stood somewhere for too long in public without spending money, it's the ultimate Boomer Law to be honest) outside a Home Depot (probably just looking for work honestly), in 2019, with "$1750 in cash" which is suspiciously large, whereas the $3,800 in cash that Kristi Noem got stolen when she wasn't watching her 
[23:47]	IsambardPrince	purse was not suspicious at all.
[23:50]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, I posted:
[23:50]	IsambardPrince	"What kind of a vile country turns itself into a gigantic parking lot for malls and Walmart and convenience stores that sell drugs to kids, and then passes a law saying that standing somewhere without spending money is a crime, and then says that having money in your pocket is suspicious, but that they can also arrest you for not having money in your pocket?
[23:50]	IsambardPrince	"
[23:52]	IsambardPrince	"But then has the audacity to ask, "Why doesn't anyone go outside?" 
[23:52]	IsambardPrince	After it made sure all the criminals and insane people have guns."