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[00:37] *Received a CTCP VERSION from Harambe [00:43] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techrights [00:55] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [00:55] *includeals (~includeal@2001:8a0:e95a:4e00::1d7f) has joined #techrights ● Apr 14 [01:40] admfubar well it kinda spit in meta's face...https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/04/13/2226203/after-meta-cheating-allegations-unmodified-llama-4-maverick-model-tested---ranks-32 [01:40] TR Bot After Meta Cheating Allegations, 'Unmodified' Llama 4 Maverick Model Tested - Ranks #32 - Slashdot [01:42] admfubar https://idle.slashdot.org/story/25/04/13/1716210/how-a-secretive-gambler-called-the-joker-beat-the-texas-lottery [01:42] TR Bot How a Secretive Gambler Called 'The Joker' Beat the Texas Lottery - Slashdot [01:52] admfubar https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/04/12/2054251/chrome-to-patch-decades-old-browser-history-sniffing-flaw-that-let-sites-peek-at-your-history [01:52] TR Bot Chrome To Patch Decades-Old 'Browser History Sniffing' Flaw That Let Sites Peek At Your History - Slashdot [01:53] admfubar https://slashdot.org/story/25/04/12/027252/microsoft-is-killing-skype---and-refusing-refunds-for-prepaid-international-calls [01:53] TR Bot Microsoft is Killing Skype - and Refusing Refunds for Prepaid International Calls - Slashdot [01:54] admfubar isnt that special... https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/04/12/1722247/americas-justice-department-shuts-down-its-cryptocurrency-fraud-unit [01:54] TR Bot America's Justice Department Shuts Down Its Cryptocurrency Fraud Unit - Slashdot ● Apr 14 [02:12] admfubar https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/04/11/1254254&from=rss [02:12] TR Bot Rare Crystal Shape Found to Increase the Strength of 3D-Printed Metal - SoylentNews [02:14] schestowitz[TR2] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights- slashdot.org | Microsoft is Killing Skype - and Refusing Refunds for Prepaid International Calls - Slashdot [02:14] schestowitz[TR2] tight on money [02:15] TR News Canada updates travel advice to warn of U.S. border officers' power to search electronic devices https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canada-us-border-phone-search-1.7502829 [02:15] TR Bot Canada updates travel advice to warn of U.S. border officers' power to search electronic devices | CBC News [02:15] TR News housing construction crisis https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/housing-affordability-construction-canada-1.7499260 [02:16] TR Bot Why Canada is on the cusp of a housing construction crisis | CBC News [02:17] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@k59xzzj3kgzr2.irc) has joined #techrights [02:18] admfubar https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/13/jack-dorsey-and-elon-musk-would-like-to-delete-all-ip-law/ [02:18] TR Bot Dorsey and Elon Musk would like to delete all IP law | TechCrunch [02:19] schestowitz[TR2] patentrs? [02:20] schestowitz[TR2] there is no "IP law" [02:20] admfubar https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/11/hacked-documents-reveal-guide-to-serving-elon-musk-on-private-jets/ [02:20] TR Bot documents reveal guide to serving Elon Musk on private jets | TechCrunch [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/business/jeffrey-epstein-bill-gates.html [02:21] TR Bot Bill Gates Met With Jeffrey Epstein Many Times, Despite His Past - The New York Times [02:21] admfubar https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/10/tesla-used-car-listings-skyrocketed-in-march/ [02:21] TR Bot used car listings skyrocketed in March | TechCrunch [02:23] TR News South African Lawmaker Accuses Minister of Trying to Change Law for Musk's Starlink https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-04-07/south-african-lawmaker-accuses-minister-of-trying-to-change-law-for-musks-starlink [02:23] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-04-07/south-african-lawmaker-accuses-minister-of-trying-to-change-law-for-musks-starlink ) [02:24] TR News Holding Meta Accountable in Africa https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/04/07/holding-meta-accountable-in-africa/ [02:24] TR Bot Meta Accountable in Africa - CounterPunch.org [02:25] TR News Cheeto Mussolini tariffs drive China, EU to diversify trade https://www.dw.com/en/trump-tariffs-drive-china-eu-to-diversify-trade/a-72176478 [02:25] TR Bot tariffs drive China, EU to diversify trade DW 04/11/2025 [02:25] admfubar what a giant crock this is... https://www.tweaktown.com/news/104569/us-made-iphones-arent-going-to-happen-because-america-lacks-the-skill/index.html [02:25] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.tweaktown.com/news/104569/us-made-iphones-arent-going-to-happen-because-america-lacks-the-skill/index.html ) [02:26] TR News Iranian director duo sentenced to prison https://www.dw.com/en/after-berlinale-success-iranian-director-duo-sentenced-to-prison/a-71597907 [02:26] TR Bot Berlin success, Iranian directors sentenced to prison DW 04/09/2025 [02:26] schestowitz[TR2] admfubar: yes, they realised it too late [02:26] schestowitz[TR2] cheeto just banged on the table [02:26] schestowitz[TR2] didn't check what would happen [02:26] schestowitz[TR2] or, wose [02:26] schestowitz[TR2] crashed the marketing on purpose [02:27] schestowitz[TR2] and told inner circle in advance to profit from the fall by short-selling [02:27] TR News Boycott USA! 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Trump tariffs prompt backlash against US goods DW 04/09/2025 [02:28] TR News British PM Keir Starmer takes center stage thanks to Cheeto Mussolini https://www.dw.com/en/british-pm-keir-starmer-takes-center-stage-thanks-to-trump/a-72186695 [02:28] TR Bot PM Keir Starmer takes center stage thanks to Trump DW 04/09/2025 [02:28] TR News EU readies 20 billion retaliation against Cheeto Mussolini's tariffs https://www.dw.com/en/eu-readies-20-billion-retaliation-against-trump-s-tariffs/a-72182769 [02:28] TR Bot eyes deal with US amid temporary trade truce DW 04/10/2025 [02:29] TR News Cheeto Mussolini tariffs hit Africa's exports hard https://www.dw.com/en/trump-tariffs-hit-africa-s-exports-hard/a-72175049 [02:29] TR Bot tariffs hit Africa's exports hard DW 04/08/2025 [02:36] TR News Techrights Influencers: Red Hat, Inc's IPO, 1999, post-mortem on the directed share offer to open source developer community https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/14/Influencers_Red_Hat_Inc_s_IPO_1999_post_mortem_on_the_directed_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/14/Influencers_Red_Hat_Inc_s_IPO_1999_post_mortem_on_the_directed_.gmi [02:36] TR Bot Techrights Influencers: Red Hat, Inc's IPO, 1999, post-mortem on the directed share offer to open source developer community [02:38] TR News The idea you cannot be "influencer" without outsourcing to some social control media says a lot about the meaning of "influencer" [02:38] TR News Very few podcasters own, control etc. their platform [02:39] TR News Over 3,000 active capsules now gemini://gemini.bortzmeyer.org/software/lupa/stats.gmi [02:40] admfubar not eliminate it, "govern" it... https://therecord.media/us-to-sign-pall-mall-process-code-of-practice-spyware [02:40] TR Bot US to sign Pall Mall pact aimed at countering spyware abuses | The Record from Recorded Future News [02:41] TR News What I have learned from porting DRACONDI onto the TI-74S gopher://hoi.st:70/0/posts/2025-04-14-ported-dracondi-on-ti74.txt [02:42] TR News "The "ada/asr" subtree on PAL disk 2 is an archive of the "Ada Software Repository" (ASR) which I find interesting because there seems to be a coherent vision of how software should be developed, and tools to back it up." gemini://republic.circumlunar.space/users/dbane/gemlog/2025-04-13.gmi [02:43] TR News Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-04-14.gmi [02:44] TR News [cat] [kitten] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1264.jpg [02:44] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1614.jpg [02:45] TR News "In late 1994, I heard an album that was unlike any I had heard. The band was called Ween, and I wanted to help their pony." gemini://rooster.smol.pub/weenone [02:46] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-130425.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-130425.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-130425.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-130425.txt [02:46] TR Bot IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, April 13, 2025 [02:47] TR News Yesterday's #techrights IRC logs ready. 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[02:54] TR News recession alarm https://www.dw.com/en/trump-s-tariffs-trigger-recession-alarm/a-72158605 [02:54] TR Bot tariffs trigger recession alarm DW 04/08/2025 [02:54] IsambardPrince He said they are Jewish and were observing Passover at the time. [02:54] TR News "insulting" https://www.dw.com/en/us-academic-arrested-in-thailand-for-insulting-monarchy/a-72178326 [02:54] TR Bot academic arrested in Thailand for insulting monarchy DW 04/08/2025 [02:54] IsambardPrince I thought Lobsta was banned from America until he gets the appropriate biological fact gender marker. [02:54] IsambardPrince Do we know where he was? [02:56] schestowitz[TR2] your guess is as good as anybody's [02:56] admfubar https://techxplore.com/news/2025-04-invisible-eindhoven-super-fast-wireless.html [02:56] TR Bot ( status 422 @ https://techxplore.com/news/2025-04-invisible-eindhoven-super-fast-wireless.html ) [02:56] schestowitz[TR2] https://research.tue.nl/en/persons/jacob-r-appelbaum [02:56] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://research.tue.nl/en/persons/jacob-r-appelbaum ) [02:58] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Sunday, April 13, 2025 https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/14/IRC_Proceedings_Sunday_April_13_2025.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/14/IRC_Proceedings_Sunday_April_13_2025.gmi [02:58] TR Bot Techrights IRC Proceedings: Sunday, April 13, 2025 [02:59] IsambardPrince https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/13/us/wisconsin-teen-plot-assassinate-trump/index.html [02:59] TR Bot 17-year-old in Wisconsin allegedly killed his parents as part of a plot to assassinate Trump, FBI says | CNN [02:59] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [02:59] TR Bot Tux Machines Today in Techrights [02:59] IsambardPrince It turns out this one said he didn't think Trump was enough of a Nazi because Trump is working with the Jews. ● Apr 14 [03:00] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/14/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/14/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [03:00] TR Bot Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [03:07] TR News "Without GNU, GPL and Richard Stallman, FOSS would not exist in the first place. The GPL forced companies to make FOSS a thing, whether they liked it or not." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43645757 [03:07] TR Bot Without GNU, GPL and Richard Stallman, FOSS would not exist in the first place. ... | Hacker News [03:08] TR News "Only the Barfield office is closing for now in Atlanta. All people going to Barfield are relocating to the Brookhaven office which is the last office in Atlanta." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqyrkghq [03:08] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqyrkghq ) [03:08] TR News "No, the Dallas office is not closing. Also, there is a new round of RTO coming, to be announced next week." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqpf83dx [03:08] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqpf83dx ) [03:16] *oarion7 (~ryan@e6jyc88uwxv5c.irc) has joined #techrights [03:18] TR News (NEW): Stallmans Shadow to Proprietary Chains: My Journey from College FOSS Enthusiast to the Walled Garden https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/Stallman_s_Shadow_to_Proprietary_Chains_My_Journey_from_College.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/Stallman_s_Shadow_to_Proprietary_Chains_My_Journey_from_College.gmi [03:18] TR Bot Tux Machines Stallmans Shadow to Proprietary Chains: My Journey from College FOSS Enthusiast to the Walled Garden [03:19] TR News (NEW): [DLinux 6.15-rc2 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/_DLinux_6_15_rc2.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/_DLinux_6_15_rc2.gmi [03:19] TR Bot Tux Machines [DLinux 6.15-rc2 [03:22] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 14/04/2025: Ween and Historic Ada Project Management https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/14/Gemini_Links_14_04_2025_Ween_and_Historic_Ada_Project_Managemen.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/14/Gemini_Links_14_04_2025_Ween_and_Historic_Ada_Project_Managemen.gmi [03:22] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 14/04/2025: Ween and Historic Ada Project Management [03:39] TR News "TikTok is already struggling due to the US tariffs on China in the United States and has now laid off its employees who failed to meet performance expectations last year." https://www.india.com/news/world/bad-news-of-employees-of-tiktok-tech-giant-as-many-to-be-sacked-due-to-non-performance-not-narayana-murthys-infosys-ratan-tatas-tcs-google-microsoft-ibm-7752961/ [03:39] TR Bot Bad news for employees as THIS Global giant lays off employees in mass due to..., it's not Google, Infosys or IBM but... [03:40] TR News These clickbait titles are becoming annoying ● Apr 14 [04:02] TR News Techrights LLM Slop and SEO SPAM Take Us Further Away From Facts (the Case of IBM Layoffs) https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/14/LLM_Slop_and_SEO_SPAM_Take_Us_Further_Away_From_Facts_the_Case_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/14/LLM_Slop_and_SEO_SPAM_Take_Us_Further_Away_From_Facts_the_Case_.gmi [04:02] TR Bot Techrights LLM Slop and SEO SPAM Take Us Further Away From Facts (the Case of IBM Layoffs) [04:02] admfubar a bunch of "clickbaters" clicking themselves [04:06] admfubar https://www.rawstory.com/linda-mcmahon-2671754837/ [04:06] TR Bot 'She can't spell AI!' MSNBC's Rachel Maddow speechless at Trump official's 'terrible' flub - Raw Story [04:06] schestowitz[TR2] hey hi [04:06] schestowitz[TR2] it's not hard [04:06] schestowitz[TR2] not hey one [04:07] schestowitz[TR2] Maddow: u say de buzzwords WRONG !! [04:07] schestowitz[TR2] Maddow: NOW U LISTEN TO ME, OPKAY?? [04:07] schestowitz[TR2] ""hey hi "hey hi "hey hi "hey hi "hey hi "hey hi " [04:07] schestowitz[TR2] ^ smart person [04:09] TR News iophk: disinformation when asserting that trees are in the same carbon cycle as fossil fuels https://yle.fi/a/74-20155637 ("Business lobby: Finland must stick to climate target to ensure economic growth") [04:09] TR Bot Business lobby: Finland must stick to climate target to ensure economic growth | Yle News | Yle [04:12] TR News Linus Torvalds selling out to Microsoft and proprietary software? Linus Torvalds should know better; this is an attack on Git. https://github.blog/open-source/git/git-turns-20-a-qa-with-linus-torvalds/ ("Git turns 20: A Q&A with Linus Torvalds - The GitHub Blog") [04:12] TR Bot Git turns 20: A Q&A with Linus Torvalds - The GitHub Blog [04:13] TR News "Renesas Electronics has introduced the RZ/V2N Evaluation Kit, a platform for developing embedded systems with on-device AI. Built around the RZ/V2N microprocessor, it combines an AI accelerator, image signal processor, and security features for vision-based edge applications." https://linuxgizmos.com/renesas-rz-v2n-evaluation-kit-for-real-time-embedded-vision-applications/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [04:13] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/renesas-rz-v2n-evaluation-kit-for-real-time-embedded-vision-applications/ ) [04:13] admfubar https://www.rawstory.com/counterterrorism-trump-protest/ [04:13] TR Bot 'Danger': Intel sources sound alarm on counterterrorism probes of 'anti-Trump' protesters - Raw Story [04:14] schestowitz[TR2] they gave them data [04:14] schestowitz[TR2] to "ptotect" [04:14] schestowitz[TR2] now it's used [04:15] schestowitz[TR2] to protect the coup [04:15] schestowitz[TR2] even the NSA [04:15] schestowitz[TR2] thomas drake warned about it [04:15] schestowitz[TR2] said they had built "keyturn tyrannny" [04:16] TR News "With a line of cars waiting behind them at the train station, the two women hugged tightly as they said goodbye at the end of a spring break that hadnt turned out to be the relaxing vacation theyd imagined." https://www.propublica.org/article/rumeysa-ozturk-best-friend-inside-story-tufts-trump-louisiana-ice | Source: Pro Publica [04:16] TR Bot Inside Rmeysa ztrks Journey From Scholar to Trump Target in Louisiana Cell ProPublica [04:16] admfubar keyturn?? is that like turn key??? 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[04:17] schestowitz[TR2] turnkey [04:17] schestowitz[TR2] no idea why i typed it that way [04:18] schestowitz[TR2] drake worked for nsa [04:18] schestowitz[TR2] and blew the whistle [04:18] schestowitz[TR2] mostly on fraud and waste [04:18] schestowitz[TR2] then they destroyed his life [04:18] schestowitz[TR2] as they had done others' [04:18] *SomeGoat has quit (connection closed) [04:18] TR News One still missing, days after subway construction site collapse in South Korea https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/one-still-missing-days-after-subway-construction-site-collapse-in-south-korea [04:18] TR Bot One still missing, days after subway construction site collapse in South Korea | The Straits Times [04:19] TR News Hongkongers warned air pollution health risk to remain high into Monday https://hongkongfp.com/2025/04/14/hongkongers-warned-air-pollution-health-risk-to-remain-high-into-monday/ [04:19] TR Bot Hongkongers warned air pollution health risk to remain high on Mon [04:20] TR News "AI companies..." https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/intellectual-property-in-the-age | Source: Mike Brock [04:20] TR Bot Intellectual Property in the Age of AI - by Mike Brock [04:21] TR News "Site blocking and similar censorship measures are vulnerable to circumvention" https://torrentfreak.com/block-mirror-dystopian-site-blocking-triggers-circumvention-innovation-250413/ | Source: Torrent Freak [04:21] TR Bot Mirror: Dystopian Site-Blocking Triggers Circumvention Innovation * TorrentFreak [04:21] TR News "Meta (then Facebook) bought the photo-sharing startup Instagram for $1 billion in 2012." https://www.wired.com/story/meta-ftc-trial-begins-instagram-whatsapp/ | Source: Wired [04:21] TR Bot v. Meta Trial: The Future of Instagram and WhatsApp Is at Stake | WIRED [04:22] TR News "Feeds The Homeless" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/bon-jovi-restaurant-feeds-homeless-why-new-jersey-mayor-bent-shutting-it-down-1732648 | Source: International Business Times [04:22] TR Bot Bon Jovi Restaurant Feeds The Homeless But Why Is New Jersey Mayor Bent On Shutting It Down? | IBTimes UK [04:22] TR News "The story gets more alarming from there." https://www.vox.com/politics/408528/trump-el-salvador-alien-enemies-gang-deportation-supreme-court | Source: Vox [04:22] TR Bot team wrongly deported this man. The story gets more alarming from there. | Vox [04:23] TR News "private prison companies, including GEO Group and CoreCivic" https://kansasreflector.com/2025/04/12/for-profit-immigration-detention-expands-as-trump-accelerates-his-deportation-plans/ | Source: Kansas Reflector [04:23] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://kansasreflector.com/2025/04/12/for-profit-immigration-detention-expands-as-trump-accelerates-his-deportation-plans/ ) [04:24] TR News "Students and H-1 B Visa holders will, therefore, need to ensure that their stay in the US fulfills compliance requirements." https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/us-homeland-security-donald-trump-leave-now-a-30-day-warning-for-foreign-nationals-staying-in-us-8153704 | Source: NDTV [04:24] TR Bot "Leave Now...": A 30-Day Warning For Foreign Nationals Staying In US [04:24] TR News "As philanthropists [sic] increasingly fill in the funding gaps at news organizations" https://www.cjr.org/criticism/gates-foundation-journalism-funding.php | Source: CJR [04:24] TR Bot Journalisms Gates keepers - Columbia Journalism Review [04:25] TR News "The claimant is a businessman who was a leader of the campaign for the UK to leave the EU." https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Banks-v-Cadwalladr-judgment-280223.pdf | Source: UK [04:27] TR News Same person who sided with Brexiters vs media https://www.declassifieduk.org/the-tory-appointee-holding-julian-assanges-life-in-her-hands/ [04:27] TR Bot The Tory appointee holding Julian Assanges life in her hands [04:28] TR News "The Harvard faculty chapter of the American Association of University Professors and the national arm of the academic organization said in a lawsuit filed on Friday in a Boston federal court" https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-04-12/harvard-professors-sue-over-trumps-review-of-9-billion-in-funding | Source: US News And World Report [04:28] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-04-12/harvard-professors-sue-over-trumps-review-of-9-billion-in-funding ) [04:29] TR News "Hong Kong's biggest pro-democracy party on Sunday received its members' mandate to proceed with steps toward a potential disbandment, part of the erosion of political freedoms as China cracks down on dissent in the southern city." https://www.independent.co.uk/news/hong-kong-china-beijing-british-b2732397.html | Source: The Independent UK [04:29] TR Bot Hong Kong's biggest pro-democracy party gets mandate to move closer to disbandment | The Independent [04:30] TR News "With the federal election campaign underway, experts are warning migrant communities could see more misleading and false information before casting their vote." https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/the-voters-who-could-see-more-misinformation-this-election/l49dywg3s | Source: SBS [04:30] TR Bot The migrant voters who could see more misinformation this federal election | SBS News [04:30] TR News "Americans increasingly get their news [sic] from right-wing podcasts and social media content, according to a report published in mid-March by the nonprofit Media Matters for America." https://thewalrus.ca/the-kids-are-leaning-right-how-the-manosphere-is-shaping-voters/ | Source: The Walrus [04:30] TR Bot The Kids Are Leaning Right: How the Manosphere Is Shaping Voters | The Walrus [04:31] TR News "Measles and whooping cough." https://explodingcomma.com/posts/if-you-are-proposing-that-government-regulations-and-process-are-the-problem-you-need-to-be-specific | Source: Pete Brown [04:31] TR Bot If you are proposing that government regulations and process are the problem, you need to be specific. - Exploding Comma [04:31] TR News "New updates to ChatGPT have made it easier than ever to create fake images of real politicians, according to testing done by CBC News." https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/chatgpt-fake-politicians-1.7507039 | Source: CBC [04:31] TR Bot ChatGPT now lets users create fake images of politicians. We stress-tested it | CBC News [04:32] TR News "Symbols matter. They're the visible signposts of our shared commitment." https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/a-simple-act-of-american-dignity | Source: Mike Brock [04:32] TR Bot A Simple Act of American Dignity - by Mike Brock [04:32] TR News [Old] "The Borland suit accused Microsoft of "systematically raiding" its personnel in an "insidious" attempt to weaken the smaller company's efforts to right itself." https://www.zdnet.com/article/borland-and-microsoft-settle-lawsuit/ | Source: ZDNet [04:32] TR Bot and Microsoft settle lawsuit | ZDNET [04:33] TR News "Google DeepMind has put some employees with a noncompete on extended garden leave. These employees are still paid by DeepMind but no longer work for it for the duration of the noncompete agreement." https://www.businessinsider.com/google-deepmind-ai-talent-war-aggressive-noncompetes-2025-4 | Source: Business Insider [04:33] TR Bot Google DeepMind's Weapon in the AI Talent War: Aggressive Noncompetes - Business Insider [04:33] TR News "garden leave" https://futurism.com/google-top-ai-poaching-leave | Source: Futurism [04:33] TR Bot Google Is Allegedly Paying Top AI Researchers to Just Sit Around and Not Work for the Competition [04:34] TR News "Each one of these AI models has to sit on a server somewhere, and they tend to be very, very big" https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/04/13/repub/as-demand-for-ai-rises-so-do-power-thirsty-data-centers/ | Source: Nebraska Examiner [04:34] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/04/13/repub/as-demand-for-ai-rises-so-do-power-thirsty-data-centers/ ) [04:34] TR News "demand for AI rises" is false. Even Microsoft admits it is down. https://kansasreflector.com/2025/04/13/repub/as-demand-for-ai-rises-so-do-power-thirsty-data-centers/ | Source: Kansas Reflector [04:34] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://kansasreflector.com/2025/04/13/repub/as-demand-for-ai-rises-so-do-power-thirsty-data-centers/ ) [04:35] TR News [Old] "Facebook's role in Brexit and the threat to democracy" https://www.ted.com/talks/carole_cadwalladr_facebook_s_role_in_brexit_and_the_threat_to_democracy?language=en | "This video has been edited as a result of judgment in the Court of Appeal in England and Wales in a libel action by Arron Banks" [04:35] TR Bot Cadwalladr: Facebook's role in Brexit and the threat to democracy | TED Talk [04:35] TR News "she decries the rise of the broligarchy the powerful tech executives who are using their global digital platforms to amass unprecedented geopolitical power, dismantling democracy and enabling authoritarian control across the world." https://www.ted.com/talks/carole_cadwalladr_this_is_what_a_digital_coup_looks_like?language=en | Source: TED [04:35] TR Bot Cadwalladr: This is what a digital coup looks like | TED Talk [04:37] TR News "Lessons on Tyranny" https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/20-lessons-on-tyranny | Source: Mike Brock [04:37] TR Bot 20 Lessons on Tyranny - by Mike Brock [04:37] TR News "However accurate Silver Bulletins average is, the site is not alone in noting Musks unpopularity. Outlets like Fox News, Politico, and Axios have all recently pointed to polls showing a growing distaste for the billionaire." https://www.theverge.com/news/647850/elon-musk-americans-unfavorable-views-polls | Source: The Verge [04:37] TR Bot People are turning on Elon Musk | The Verge [04:38] TR News "don't let the Guy Fawkes avatars fool you." https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/13/hacktivism_is_having_a_resurgence/ | Source: The Register UK [04:38] TR Bot Are they really hacktivists or state-backed goons in masks? The Register [04:39] TR News "The lawsuit contended that Musks DOGE [sic] team was composed of political appointees who should not have access to Treasury records handled by civil servants specially trained in protecting such sensitive information as Social Security and bank account numbers." https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/12/doge-ban-treasury-department-information-00287642 | Source: Politico LLC [04:39] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/12/doge-ban-treasury-department-information-00287642 ) [04:39] TR News "Judge Jeannette A. Vargas said in a written opinion late Friday that one DOGE [sic] worker" https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/13/us/doge-us-treasury-access-musk-hnk/index.html | Source: CNN [04:39] TR Bot Judge relaxes ban on DOGE access to sensitive US Treasury information | CNN [04:40] TR News "Google's servers will process the video feed of every Tuscon-area CBP camera to identify approaching people and vehicles." https://futurism.com/google-border-surveillance | Source: Futurism [04:40] TR Bot Google Is Helping Government Build an AI-Powered Border Surveillance System [04:41] TR News Windows TCO https://yle.fi/a/74-20155682 | Source: YLE [04:41] TR Bot Centre Party website under attack on Election Day; suspicions point toward Russia | Yle News | Yle [04:41] IsambardPrince https://apnews.com/article/measles-texas-vaccines-funding-cuts-5785985d6b74024b0502f6a2fc1576e2 [04:41] TR Bot Measles: How stagnant vaccine funding helped Texas outbreak spread | AP News [04:41] TR News [Old] ""People ask me: 'What's the single easiest thing that the United States could do to reduce our risk of civil war?' And my answer is always the same: regulate social media," Walter said." https://www.businessinsider.com/regulate-social-media-to-prevent-civil-war-barbara-f-walter-2023-1 | Source: Business Insider [04:41] TR Bot Regulate Social Media to Prevent Civil War, Says Barbara F. Walter, an Expert on Political Violence - Business Insider [04:41] TR News "I am going to use only mastodon for a while. I can't manage three social networks." https://mark.hysted.com/hedging-my-social-media-position/ | Source: Mark Hysted [04:41] TR Bot hedging my social media position | mark hysted [04:42] TR News "A new documentary, Cant Look Away, which follows parents suing tech companies after the deaths of their children, is difficult to watch." https://techcentral.co.za/social-media-big-tobacco-moment-is-coming/262233/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa) [04:42] TR Bot Social media's Big Tobacco moment is coming - TechCentral [04:43] TR News "If all thats needed is the push of a button, we can find someone cheaper than you to push it" https://seths.blog/2025/04/the-ai-effort-gap/ | Source: Seth Godin [04:43] TR Bot The AI effort gap | Seth's Blog [04:43] TR News "AkiraBot's bottom line seems to be directing traffic to its dubious SEO scheme and with GPT-4o-mini, that process seems to have been automated at scale." https://futurism.com/openai-spammer-seo | Source: Futurism [04:43] TR Bot OpenAI Is Taking Spammers' Money to Pollute the Internet at Unprecedented Scale [04:43] TR News "The term slopsquatting was coined by PSF Developer-in-Residence Seth Larson and popularized in a recent post by Ecosyste.ms creator Andrew Nesbitt." https://socket.dev/blog/slopsquatting-how-ai-hallucinations-are-fueling-a-new-class-of-supply-chain-attacks | Source: Socket Inc [04:43] TR Bot The Rise of Slopsquatting: How AI Hallucinations Are Fueling... [04:44] TR News "We still need to validate the sources" https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/13/how-to-sell-ai-slop-to-the-us-military-with-vannevar-labs-and-mit-tech-review/ | Source: Pivot to AI [04:44] TR Bot How to sell AI slop to the US military with Vannevar Labs and MIT Tech Review Pivot to AI [04:44] TR News "This is a critical component of the AI snake oil. They know that nobody who uses an LLM checks the output you sell these machines to people because they dont want to double-check the output. Even better when youre looking for targets!" [04:45] TR News "Crosswalk buttons in at least three California cities appear to have been hacked this weekend to give them the seemingly AI-generated voices of Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg." https://www.theverge.com/news/647830/crosswalk-hack-musk-zuckerberg-voices-california | Source: The Verge [04:45] TR Bot Simulated Musk, Zuckerberg voices are speaking from hacked crosswalk buttons | The Verge [04:45] TR News "But this power comes at a cost. Training a model with hundreds of billions of parameters takes huge computational resources." https://www.wired.com/story/why-researchers-are-turning-to-small-language-models/ | Source: Wired [04:45] TR Bot Language Models Are the New Rage, Researchers Say | WIRED [04:45] TR News "As the United States' biggest news brands experiment with artificial intelligence in their content, readers remain unimpressed." https://futurism.com/americans-ai-news-poynter | Source: Futurism [04:45] TR Bot Poll Finds Americans Are Largely Disgusted by AI-Generated News [04:46] TR News "In a new poll conducted by Poynter and the University of Minnesota, nearly half of the survey's respondents said they don't want AI reporting the news to them and 20 percent say that news publishers shouldn't be using the technology at all." [04:46] TR News "Today marks 8 days since I disabled my account. I thought muscle memory would bring me to the login page regularly for a few days at least, but that has not been an issue." https://odonnellweb.com/pelican/8-days-without-facebook.html | Source: Chris O'Donnnell [04:46] TR Bot 8 Days Without Facebook [04:47] TR News "The easily preventable disease, declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000, ripped through communities sprawling across more than 20 Texas counties in part because health departments were starved of the funding needed to run vaccine programs, officials say" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/children-vaccines-trump-new-mexico-people-b2732451.html | Source: The Independent UK [04:47] TR Bot redirect without Location header [04:48] TR News "You already know how that works out for the U.S., because its one of the biggest single differences between the cost of living in other first world countries and the U.S." https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/04/13/this-is-your-social-safety-net-on-doge/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler [04:48] TR Bot This Is Your Social Safety Net on DOGE - emptywheel [04:48] TR News "In a similar vein, the desire to get those foreign and synthetic particulates out of one's blood, and to clean one's blood in general, makes some degree of sense." https://futurism.com/neoscope/microplastic-blood-cleansing-clinic | Source: Futurism [04:48] TR Bot Doctors Say Theyve Found a Way to Clean the Microplastics Out of Your Body [04:49] TR News "As a University of New Mexico (UNM) press release explains, researchers at the institution's medical school believe they've found a link between oxalic acid a molecule found in foods as disparate as sweet potatoes, spinach, chocolate and almonds" https://futurism.com/neoscope/mri-scan-contrast-dye-toxic | Source: Futurism [04:49] TR Bot MRI Scans Causing Nasty Material to Form Inside Body, Scientists Find [04:50] TR News "Making a connection with a physical book is a reminder that you and it are of the world." https://kansasreflector.com/2025/04/13/a-century-ago-an-explosion-of-free-thought-burst-from-kansas-it-filled-pockets-and-minds/ | Source: Kansas Reflector [04:50] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://kansasreflector.com/2025/04/13/a-century-ago-an-explosion-of-free-thought-burst-from-kansas-it-filled-pockets-and-minds/ ) [04:50] TR News "These weather forecasts are critical for the transportation industry and many other industries." https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-doge-weather-forecast-noaa-climate-1235316419/ | Source: Rolling Stone [04:50] TR Bot Donald Trump and DOGE Are Threatening Americas Weather Forecasting [04:51] TR News "As we approach the moment when all information everywhere from all time is available to everyone at once, what we find is not new artistic energy, not explosive diversity, but stifling sameness." https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/the-new-control-society | Source: The New Atlantis [04:51] TR Bot The New Control Society The New Atlantis [04:51] TR News "For the DJs of WFMU, free-form radio is not simply a means to play music without boundaries. It is a vital alternative to corporate streaming platforms like Spotify, which treat music as nothing other than monetizable data." https://jacobin.com/2025/04/wfmu-radio-counterculture-spotify-punk/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine [04:51] TR Bot Tuning Out the Algorithm at WFMU [04:51] TR News "With every personal website made, every web page published, every story told, every experiment embarked on, we can expand the aperture of the web. We can introduce people to its potential." https://jamesg.blog/2025/04/13/what-we-see-in-our-websites | Source: James G [04:51] TR Bot What we see in our websites (and why I am so excited about the web) | James' Coffee Blog [04:51] TR News "We can expand the potential of the web, too. I sometimes hear people talk about the old web, a term that I increasingly think is not apt. While speaking to a creative time on the web, I am more excited about the question: given all that we have done with the web, what can we do now? What excites you?" [04:54] TR News Richard Stallman Turns 72 and Will Be Giving Talks in Europe Soon https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/13/Richard_Stallman_Turns_72_and_Will_Be_Giving_Talks_in_Europe_So.shtml [04:54] TR Bot Techrights Richard Stallman Turns 72 and Will Be Giving Talks in Europe Soon [04:55] TR News More EV misinformation from mainstream media https://bkhome.org/news/202504/more-ev-misinformation-from-mainstream-media.html [04:55] TR Bot More EV misinformation from mainstream media ● Apr 14 [05:00] TR News Techrights Links 14/04/2025: Disinformation, Public Disdain for LLMs, and "Lessons on Tyranny" https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/14/Links_14_04_2025_Disinformation_Public_Disdain_for_LLMs_and_Les.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/14/Links_14_04_2025_Disinformation_Public_Disdain_for_LLMs_and_Les.gmi [05:00] TR Bot Techrights Links 14/04/2025: Disinformation, Public Disdain for LLMs, and "Lessons on Tyranny" [05:20] TR News Techrights Companies Conspiring to Keep Salaries Down and Undermine Competition https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/14/Companies_Conspiring_to_Keep_Salaries_Down_and_Undermine_Compet.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/14/Companies_Conspiring_to_Keep_Salaries_Down_and_Undermine_Compet.gmi [05:20] TR Bot Techrights Companies Conspiring to Keep Salaries Down and Undermine Competition [05:47] TR News "It is still around and still works with a surprising number of protocols and after the current, second alpha version" https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/13/pidgin_chat_client_uopdate/ | Source: The Register UK [05:47] TR Bot Remember Pidgin, formerly GAIM? It's coming back The Register [05:48] TR News "Go 1.24's "tool" directive" https://rednafi.com/go/tool_directive/ | Source: Redowan Delowar [05:48] TR Bot Go 1.24's "tool" directive | Redowan's Reflections [05:49] TR News "In this blog, we explored how to set up cross-validation in R using the caret package, a powerful tool for evaluating machine learning models. Heres a quick recap of what we covered: [...]" https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/04/setting-up-cross-validation-caret-package-in-r-a-step-by-step-guide/ | Source: Rlang [05:49] TR Bot Up Cross-Validation (caret package) in R: A Step-by-Step Guide | R-bloggers [05:50] TR News "Data preprocessing is a crucial step in any machine learning workflow. It ensures that your data is clean, consistent, and ready for modeling." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/04/data-splitting-and-preprocessing-rsample-in-r-a-step-by-step-guide/ | Source: Rlang [05:50] TR Bot Splitting and Preprocessing (rsample) in R: A Step-by-Step Guide | R-bloggers [05:50] TR News "Will software development change? Yes, of course. Will we stop making software? No, well still be creating software, just not in the same way as before." https://arjenwiersma.nl/posts/20250413-doomed-software-developers/ | Source: Arjen Wiersma [05:50] TR Bot Software developers are doomed to create software | Arjen Wiersma [05:50] TR News "When trying to write fast functions operating over many bytes, we sometimes use SWAR. SWAR stands for SIMD Within A Register" https://lemire.me/blog/2025/04/13/detect-control-characters-quotes-and-backslashes-efficiently-using-swar/ | Source: Daniel Lemire [05:50] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://lemire.me/blog/2025/04/13/detect-control-characters-quotes-and-backslashes-efficiently-using-swar/ ) [05:52] TR News "At the risk of stating the blindingly obvious, software delivery is about much more than churning out code its about solving hard, unique problems in ways that create value." https://siliconangle.com/2025/04/13/efficiency-trap-obsessing-ai-productivity-will-destroy-engineering-culture/ | Source: Silicon Angle [05:52] TR Bot efficiency trap: Why obsessing over AI productivity will destroy your engineering culture - SiliconANGLE [05:52] TR News "Fallacies of Code Generation" https://olano.dev/blog/fallacies-of-code-generation/ | Source: Facundo Olano [05:52] TR Bot of Code Generation | olano.dev [05:53] *lxo has quit (connection closed) [05:53] TR News "Theres a lot of hype these days around patterns for building with AI." https://www.geoffreylitt.com/2025/04/12/how-i-made-a-useful-ai-assistant-with-one-sqlite-table-and-a-handful-of-cron-jobs.html | Source: Geoffrey Litt [05:53] TR Bot Stevens: a hackable AI assistant using a single SQLite table and a handful of cron jobs [05:53] TR News "The code itself is an HTTP server that offers a single endpoint. For the sake of the demo, I wanted it to return the flavour of the underlying image." https://blog.frankel.ch/high-cardinality-values-build-flags-rust/ | Source: Nicolas Frnkel [05:53] TR Bot High-cardinality values for build flags in Rust [05:54] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I've been looking at the newer TVs. [05:54] IsambardPrince It seems there's a few things going on here. [05:54] schestowitz[TR2] 'tvs' [05:54] schestowitz[TR2] tv-0shaped computers [05:55] IsambardPrince They have better picture quality than the 10 year old one I have, which isn't surprising. [05:55] IsambardPrince You can pick one up that's 15" larger, diagonally, at $200 less cost than this one was. [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] it's not cheaper [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] you pay some other way [05:55] IsambardPrince And they've been removing ports that are not "digital". [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] those tvs need rebooting [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] they will not let yooou record much [05:56] schestowitz[TR2] they will not last long [05:56] schestowitz[TR2] and they upsell [05:56] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Yes, they all have "apps" now. [05:56] schestowitz[TR2] oooh weeee [05:56] IsambardPrince The app companies give them money if you subscribe and watch on the TV. [05:56] TR News (NEW): 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: April 13th, 2025 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup_April_13th_2025.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup_April_13th_2025.gmi [05:56] TR Bot Tux Machines 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: April 13th, 2025 [05:57] IsambardPrince Yeah, you have to ask how a TV always gets cheaper even when everything else is getting more expensive. [05:58] TR News Gunnar Wolf: Culture as a positive freedom https://gwolf.org/2025/04/culture-as-a-positive-freedom.html [05:58] TR Bot Gunnar Wolf Culture as a positive freedom [05:58] TR News Keith Packard: sanitizer-fun http://keithp.com/blogs/sanitizer-fun/ [05:58] TR Bot sanitizer-fun [05:59] TR News SSL / TLS & SDL Ported to MacOS 9 https://lunduke.substack.com/p/ssl-tls-and-sdl-ported-to-macos-9 [05:59] TR Bot SSL / TLS & SDL Ported to MacOS 9 - by Bryan Lunduke ● Apr 14 [06:00] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: you can buy used [06:00] schestowitz[TR2] to avoid the DRM [06:04] TR News How To Install Hestia Control Panel on Debian 12 https://idroot.us/install-hestia-control-panel-debian-12/ [06:04] TR Bot How To Install Hestia Control Panel on Debian 12 - idroot [06:04] TR News How To Install Pandas on Manjaro https://idroot.us/install-pandas-manjaro/ [06:04] TR Bot How To Install Pandas on Manjaro - idroot [06:06] TR News How To Install Passbolt Password Manager on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-passbolt-password-manager-ubuntu-24-04/ [06:06] TR Bot How To Install Passbolt Password Manager on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - idroot [06:07] TR News How To Install Vivaldi Browser on openSUSE https://idroot.us/install-vivaldi-browser-opensuse/ [06:07] TR Bot How To Install Vivaldi Browser on openSUSE - idroot [06:07] TR News How To Install Swagger on Debian 12 https://idroot.us/install-swagger-debian-12/ [06:07] TR Bot How To Install Swagger on Debian 12 - idroot [06:08] TR News How To Install Kaffeine on Debian 12 https://idroot.us/install-kaffeine-debian-12/ [06:08] TR Bot How To Install Kaffeine on Debian 12 - idroot [06:08] TR News How to install Wireguard on GNU/Linux to turn your VPS into VPN https://owlhowto.com/how-to-install-wireguard-on-linux-to-turn-your-vps-into-vpn/ [06:08] TR Bot How to install Wireguard on Linux to turn your VPS into VPN [06:08] TR News How to Install Apache on Ubuntu 22.04 https://owlhowto.com/how-to-install-apache-on-ubuntu-22-04-2/ [06:08] TR Bot How to Install Apache on Ubuntu 22.04 [06:09] *lxo (~lxo@zj26zv4kdh4g2.irc) has joined #techrights [06:09] TR News How to spot Hey Hi (AI) influence in Australias election campaign https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/how-to-spot-ai-influence-in-australias-election-campaign/ [06:09] TR Bot How to spot AI influence in Australias election campaign | The Strategist [06:10] TR News Pinta 3.0 Released! 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[06:13] TR News Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 15 (Apr 7 13, 2025) https://linuxiac.com/linuxiac-weekly-wrap-up-week-15-apr-7-13-2025/ [06:13] TR Bot Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 15 (Apr 7 - 13, 2025) [06:15] TR News Ben Hutchings: FOSS activity in November 2024 https://www.decadent.org.uk/ben/blog/2025/04/13/foss-activity-in-november-2024.html Ben Hutchings: FOSS activity in December 2024 https://www.decadent.org.uk/ben/blog/2025/04/13/foss-activity-in-december-2024.html [06:15] TR Bot FOSS activity in November 2024 | Better living through software [06:15] TR Bot FOSS activity in December 2024 | Better living through software [06:15] TR News Ben Hutchings: FOSS activity in March 2025 https://www.decadent.org.uk/ben/blog/2025/04/13/foss-activity-in-march-2025.html Ben Hutchings: FOSS activity in February 2025 https://www.decadent.org.uk/ben/blog/2025/04/13/foss-activity-in-february-2025.html Ben Hutchings: FOSS activity in January 2025 https://www.decadent.org.uk/ben/blog/2025/04/13/foss-activity-in-january-2025.html [06:15] TR Bot FOSS activity in March 2025 | Better living through software [06:15] TR Bot FOSS activity in February 2025 | Better living through software [06:15] TR Bot FOSS activity in January 2025 | Better living through software [06:15] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Yeah, the thrift stores usually have used TVs really cheap. [06:16] IsambardPrince $20-30 sometimes. [06:16] IsambardPrince They have like no resale value after several years. [06:17] TR News "Day Three dawns. We have a compressed schedule today before we break for individual workshops/breakouts - plus some people will be leaving us early in order to get home - so let's get to work." https://kodi.tv/article/devcon-2025-tirana-part-iii/ | Source: Kodi Foundation [06:17] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://kodi.tv/article/devcon-2025-tirana-part-iii/ ) [06:17] TR News "We kicked off the session with a bit of administrative insight from keithah - how the Board operates, our bank account structure" https://kodi.tv/article/devcon-2025-tirana-part-ii/ | Source: Kodi Foundation [06:17] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://kodi.tv/article/devcon-2025-tirana-part-ii/ ) [06:18] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: are VCrs still working? [06:18] schestowitz[TR2] the tapes should be ok [06:18] schestowitz[TR2] but rotation inside VCRs often an issue [06:19] schestowitz[TR2] same for cassette tape players [06:19] schestowitz[TR2] the "modern" ones are for collectors, a niche product and expensive [06:19] TR News "The URL could convey more context about the linked resource but it is not." https://jamesg.blog/2025/04/13/what-if-youtube-had-slug-based-urls | Source: James G [06:19] TR Bot What if YouTube had slug-based URLs? | James' Coffee Blog [06:20] TR News "OrangePi is fairly famous by now as an alternative manufacturer for Raspberry Pi-like mini-computer boards, usually based on ARM processors (but not only)." https://boilingsteam.com/orange-pi-rv2-new-risc-v-board-review/index.html | Source: Boiling Steam [06:20] TR Bot OrangePi RV2: The New Reference SBC for RISC-V Enthusiasts [06:20] TR News "Lately, Ive been very busy, but havent had many interesting things to blog about happen. That will change soon, but today I thought I would cover a repair that came in for an A3640 CPU card." https://linuxjedi.co.uk/amiga-a3640-cpu-card-repair/ | Source: Andrew Hutchings [06:20] TR Bot Amiga A3640 CPU Card Repair - LinuxJedi's /dev/null [06:21] TR News "You'd think that a home computer would be easy to repair, but it turned out to be a challenge.1 The chips in early PETs are notorious for failures and, sure enough, we found multiple bad chips" https://www.righto.com/2025/04/commodore-pet-repair.html | Source: Ken Shirriff [06:21] TR Bot A tricky Commodore PET repair: tracking down 6 1/2 bad chips [06:25] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Yes, VCRs still work, but the image on a modern TV is terrible. [06:26] IsambardPrince The tapes actually work better when the image ends up on a CRT. [06:29] TR News "When simulating board games on a computer, one of the challenges is keeping track of the game pieces. Bitboards are an efficient way to store game state in (usually) 64-bit integers." https://healeycodes.com/visualizing-chess-bitboards | Source: Andrew Healey [06:29] TR Bot Visualizing Chess Bitboards Andrew Healey [06:29] TR News "Myst became one of my favorite games of all time, so of course I played Riven." https://michal.sapka.pl/2025/myst-1993/ | Source: Micha Sapka [06:29] TR Bot Myst (1993) [06:31] TR News "This new post was created after I added a new spare via Adding in a hot-spare for zfs on FreeBSD" https://dan.langille.org/2025/04/13/r730-03-5/ | Source: Dan Langille [06:31] TR Bot r730-03 Dan Langille's Other Diary [06:31] TR News "In the meantime, while I think and research, Ive removed the hot spare." https://dan.langille.org/2025/04/13/adding-in-a-hot-spare-for-zfs-on-freebsd/ | Source: Dan Langille [06:31] TR Bot Adding in a hot-spare for zfs on FreeBSD Dan Langille's Other Diary [06:32] *psydruid has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [06:33] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [06:33] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [06:35] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [06:35] TR News Michael Prokop: OpenSSH penalty behavior in Debian/trixie #newintrixie https://michael-prokop.at/blog/2025/04/13/openssh-penalty-behavior-in-debian-trixie-newintrixie/ https://techrights.org/n/2024/06/08/Edward_Brockelsby_how_expelled_hacker_took_over_Debian_s_SSH2_p.shtml [06:35] TR Bot mikas blog Blog Archive OpenSSH penalty behavior in Debian/trixie #newintrixie [06:35] TR Bot Techrights Edward Brockelsby: how expelled hacker took over Debian's SSH2 package [06:35] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/today_s_howtos.gmi [06:35] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [06:44] TR News Techrights Carole Cadwalladr Talks About How Big Business Tried to Silence Her (and Why You Might be Next) https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/14/Carole_Cadwalladr_Talks_About_How_Big_Business_Tried_to_Silence.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/14/Carole_Cadwalladr_Talks_About_How_Big_Business_Tried_to_Silence.gmi [06:44] TR Bot Techrights Carole Cadwalladr Talks About How Big Business Tried to Silence Her (and Why You Might be Next) [06:48] TR News "UK snubs Council of Europe over Assange inquiry" https://www.declassifieduk.org/uk-snubs-council-of-europe-over-assange-inquiry/ [06:48] TR Bot UK snubs Council of Europe over Assange inquiry ● Apr 14 [07:07] *psydruid has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [07:07] IsambardPrince MinceR, https://www.ebay.com/itm/266771989458? 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[07:35] schestowitz[TR2] Re: Twitter founder wants to delete IP law [07:35] schestowitz[TR2] > Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk would like to `delete all IP law' [07:35] schestowitz[TR2] > TechCrunch [07:35] schestowitz[TR2] > https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/13/jack-dorsey-and-elon-musk-would-like-to-delete-all-ip-law/ [07:35] schestowitz[TR2] > [07:35] schestowitz[TR2] > It is hard to get an accurate view of what Jack Dorsey wants and why [07:35] schestowitz[TR2] > Elon Musk is providing support to him. [07:35] schestowitz[TR2] > [07:35] schestowitz[TR2] > The article mentions the importance of open standards. "Intellectual [07:35] schestowitz[TR2] > property" laws may get in the way. (I know Richard's position on the [07:35] schestowitz[TR2] > terminology.) [07:35] schestowitz[TR2] > [07:35] schestowitz[TR2] > However, copyright law provides protection for writers, musicians, [07:35] schestowitz[TR2] > artists and such. Those who want to use their work to train AI see [07:35] schestowitz[TR2] > the existing law as an obstacle. Maybe the two capitalists want [07:35] schestowitz[TR2] > to get rid of that obstacle. [07:35] schestowitz[TR2] A few hours ago someone brought it up in techrights IRC; my reply: [07:35] schestowitz[TR2] https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/13/jack-dorsey-and-elon-musk-would-like-to-delete-all-ip-law/ [07:35] schestowitz[TR2] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights- Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk would like to delete all IP law | TechCrunch [07:35] schestowitz[TR2] patentrs? [07:35] schestowitz[TR2] there is no "IP law" [07:35] TR Bot Dorsey and Elon Musk would like to delete all IP law | TechCrunch [07:36] IsambardPrince The 2009 Star Trek doesn't belong in the top 300 at all. [07:36] IsambardPrince Spirited Away should do better than #17. [07:36] IsambardPrince Lots of problems here. :) [07:38] IsambardPrince The Kelvin Universe of Star Trek is probably the worst thing to happen to Star Trek. [07:38] IsambardPrince It would have been better had they not even made those, and most of the streaming stuff too. [07:39] IsambardPrince I haven't even sat down to watch "Section 31" because JWZ said it was horrible. Even worse than Discovery. [07:39] IsambardPrince They must have worked hard to outdo Discovery. [07:40] IsambardPrince And how do you end up with Star Wars (1977) at 123? [07:40] IsambardPrince The Special Edition was horrible. Made the movie worse in every way. Bad 90s CGI and extended runtime for basically no reason. Made the pace of the movie bad. [07:41] IsambardPrince The De-Specialized Edition, which I have, returned the original theatrical cut, but used all HD footage, which you can't get on DVD or Blu Ray. [07:43] IsambardPrince Other than fan edits to remove George Lucas's brain farts, you have to go all the way back into the VHS era to see the theatrical version of the original trilogy, and not just any VHS because....of course in 1997 they re-released it on VHS so you can have all the retarded shit with bad picture quality too! [07:52] *psydruid has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [07:52] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [07:54] TR News Techrights The Dilemma of Web Browsers Lying About What They Are (in Order to Bypass Discriminatory Gateways Like Clownflare) Worsens Due to LLM Slop https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/14/The_Dilemma_of_Web_Browsers_Lying_About_What_They_Are_in_Order_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/14/The_Dilemma_of_Web_Browsers_Lying_About_What_They_Are_in_Order_.gmi [07:54] TR Bot Techrights The Dilemma of Web Browsers Lying About What They Are (in Order to Bypass Discriminatory Gateways Like Clownflare) Worsens Due to LLM Slop ● Apr 14 [08:03] *psydruid has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [08:06] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [08:10] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Probably half the problems Pale Moon encounters are some bullshit related to CloudFlare. [08:10] IsambardPrince Many times it's not just UA, they perform functionality tests too. [08:10] IsambardPrince So things the site doesn't even need. [08:11] schestowitz[TR2] i c [08:13] TR News Beta for Amarok 3.3 available https://blogs.kde.org/2025/04/13/beta-for-amarok-3.3-available/ [08:13] TR Bot Beta for Amarok 3.3 available - KDE Blogs [08:13] TR News (NEW): OpenSSH in Debian and FOSS Activity Reports by Ben Hutchings https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/OpenSSH_in_Debian_and_FOSS_Activity_Reports_by_Ben_Hutchings.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/OpenSSH_in_Debian_and_FOSS_Activity_Reports_by_Ben_Hutchings.gmi [08:13] TR Bot Tux Machines OpenSSH in Debian and FOSS Activity Reports by Ben Hutchings [08:15] TR News (NEW): MX Linux 23.6 Arrives with Debian 12.10 Base and Kernel 6.14 Support https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/MX_Linux_23_6_Arrives_with_Debian_12_10_Base_and_Kernel_6_14_Su.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/MX_Linux_23_6_Arrives_with_Debian_12_10_Base_and_Kernel_6_14_Su.gmi [08:15] TR Bot Tux Machines MX Linux 23.6 Arrives with Debian 12.10 Base and Kernel 6.14 Support [08:15] TR News "sixth refresh of the MX-23 series" https://linuxiac.com/mx-linux-23-6-arrives-with-debian-12-10-base/ | Source: Linuxiac [08:15] TR Bot MX Linux 23.6 Arrives with Debian 12.10 Base and Kernel 6.14 Support [08:17] TR News (NEW): ArcoLinux Project Winds Down https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/ArcoLinux_Project_Winds_Down.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/ArcoLinux_Project_Winds_Down.gmi [08:17] TR Bot Tux Machines ArcoLinux Project Winds Down [08:17] TR News (NEW): Linux: Five Easy Ways To Secure Any Distribution https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/Linux_Five_Easy_Ways_To_Secure_Any_Distribution.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/Linux_Five_Easy_Ways_To_Secure_Any_Distribution.gmi [08:17] TR Bot Tux Machines Linux: Five Easy Ways To Secure Any Distribution [08:19] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Man Signals New Tariffs on Chips, Calling Exclusions Temporary https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/us/politics/trump-tariffs-china-chips-technology.html [08:19] TR Bot Trump Signals New Tariffs on Chips, Calling Exclusions Temporary - The New York Times [08:20] TR News China Halts Critical Rare Earth Exports as Trade War Intensifies https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/business/china-rare-earths-exports.html [08:20] TR Bot China Halts Critical Rare Earth Exports as Trade War Intensifies - The New York Times [08:23] TR News Birth of Unix https://itsfoss.com/birth-of-unix/ "metimes it feels like Unix has been around forever, at least to users who have used Linux, or BSD in any form for a decade or more now." [08:23] TR Bot Birth of Unix [08:24] TR News Software Project Pieces Broken Bits Back Together https://hackaday.com/2025/04/13/software-project-pieces-broken-bits-back-together/ | Source: Hackaday [08:24] TR Bot Project Pieces Broken Bits Back Together | Hackaday [08:26] *psydruid has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [08:28] TR News $3,500 awarded for Morris Routing network patents prior art https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/4/13/3500-awarded-for-morris-routing-network-patents-prior-art [08:28] TR Bot $3,500 awarded for Morris Routing network patents prior art Unified Patents [08:28] TR News New EPO Leaks: Replacing Patent Examiners and Classifiers With Deficient Bots (Without Even Asking for Permission) https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/12/New_EPO_Leaks_Replacing_Patent_Examiners_and_Classifiers_With_D.shtml [08:28] TR Bot Techrights New EPO Leaks: Replacing Patent Examiners and Classifiers With Deficient Bots (Without Even Asking for Permission) [08:29] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [08:29] TR News UPC is illegal and EPO is a pile of corruption; both need to be stopped. They operate outside the Rule of Law. https://ipwatchdog.com/2025/04/13/upc-vs-epo-oppositions-lessons-from-recent-upc-case-law/id=188127/ [08:29] TR Bot UPC vs. EPO Oppositions: Lessons from Recent UPC Case Law [08:30] TR News Kernel prepatch 6.15-rc2 https://lwn.net/Articles/1017325/ [08:30] TR Bot prepatch 6.15-rc2 [LWN.net] [08:30] TR News Australian airline refunding overcharged passengers https://rubenerd.com/australian-airline-overcharged-passengers/ [08:30] TR Bot Australian airline refunding overcharged passengers [08:31] TR News Microsoft SLAPPs Against Techrights Losing Momentum (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/13/Microsoft_SLAPPs_Against_Techrights_Losing_Momentum.shtml [08:31] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft SLAPPs Against Techrights Losing Momentum [08:31] TR News Exposing Corruption and Crimes Against Women Isn't a Crime, It's an Imperative (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/12/Exposing_Corruption_and_Crimes_Against_Women_Isn_t_a_Crime_It_s.shtml [08:31] TR Bot Techrights Exposing Corruption and Crimes Against Women Isn't a Crime, It's an Imperative [08:32] TR News Influencers: Red Hat, Inc's IPO, 1999, post-mortem on the directed share offer to open source developer community https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/14/Influencers_Red_Hat_Inc_s_IPO_1999_post_mortem_on_the_directed_.shtml [08:32] TR Bot Techrights Influencers: Red Hat, Inc's IPO, 1999, post-mortem on the directed share offer to open source developer community [08:32] TR News Revisionism and Lies by LLM Slop and Lazy "Media" https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/13/Revisionism_and_Lies_by_LLM_Slop_and_Lazy_Media.shtml [08:32] TR Bot Techrights Revisionism and Lies by LLM Slop and Lazy "Media" [08:35] TR News Battery-powered Seeed Studio IoT Button features ESP32-C6 SoC, supports ESPHome or Zigbee firmware https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/04/13/battery-powered-seeed-studio-esp32-c6-iot-button-esphome-zigbee-firmware/ [08:35] TR Bot Battery-powered Seeed Studio IoT Button features ESP32-C6 SoC, supports ESPHome or Zigbee firmware - CNX Software [08:36] *psydruid has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [08:36] TR News Update: xorsearch.py Version 0.0.2 https://blog.didierstevens.com/2025/04/14/update-xorsearch-py-version-0-0-2/ [08:36] TR Bot Update: xorsearch.py Version 0.0.2 | Didier Stevens [08:37] TR News "High-Voltage Urges" https://hackaday.com/2025/04/13/satisfy-your-high-voltage-urges-with-this-printable-flyback-transformer/ | Source: Hackaday [08:37] TR Bot Your High-Voltage Urges With This Printable Flyback Transformer | Hackaday [08:37] TR News "There are no shortage of CNC machines in the DIY space these days, but sometimes you just need to do things your own way." https://hackaday.com/2025/04/13/3d-printed-milling-machine-is-solid-as-a-rock/ | Source: Hackaday [08:37] TR Bot Printed Milling Machine Is Solid As A Rock | Hackaday [08:38] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [08:38] TR News Tech industry braces for fresh tariffs as Convicted Felon insists nobody is getting off the hook https://siliconangle.com/2025/04/13/tech-industry-braces-fresh-tariffs-trump-insists-nobody-getting-off-hook/ [08:38] TR Bot industry braces for fresh tariffs as Trump insists nobody is 'getting off the hook' - SiliconANGLE [08:38] TR News Look Up! Two Stunning Meteor Showers Are About to Light Up The Sky https://www.sciencealert.com/look-up-two-stunning-meteor-showers-are-about-to-light-up-the-sky [08:38] TR Bot Up! Two Stunning Meteor Showers Are About to Light Up The Sky : ScienceAlert [08:38] TR News Researchers Identify New Blood Group After 50 Year Mystery https://www.sciencealert.com/researchers-identify-new-blood-group-after-50-year-mystery [08:38] TR Bot Identify New Blood Group After 50 Year Mystery : ScienceAlert [08:40] TR News siliconangle mindlessly repeating LIES for its SPONSOR. Microsoft has ALREADY admitted usage was DOWN. https://siliconangle.com/2025/04/13/openai-doubles-users-800m-1b-thanks-ghibli-style-image-generation/ also see http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/15/OpenAI_If_OpenAI_Survives_Another_2_Years_It_ll_be_About_30_Bil.shtml [08:40] TR Bot doubles users to 800M-1B thanks to Ghibli-style image generation - SiliconANGLE [08:40] TR Bot Techrights OpenAI: If OpenAI Survives Another 2 Years, It'll be About 30 Billion Dollars in Cumulative Losses/Debt [08:40] TR News siliconangle is participating in a Ponzi scheme, which is stands to profit from [08:41] TR News UK Laws Are Not Fit for Social Media Age, Says Report Into Summer Riots https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/world/europe/uk-riots-social-media-contempt.html [08:41] TR Bot UK Laws Are Not Fit for Social Media Age, Says Report Into Summer Riots - The New York Times [08:43] TR News (NEW): Commodore OS is a fan-made Commodore inspired Linux distribution https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/Commodore_OS_is_a_fan_made_Commodore_inspired_Linux_distributio.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/Commodore_OS_is_a_fan_made_Commodore_inspired_Linux_distributio.gmi [08:43] TR Bot Tux Machines Commodore OS is a fan-made Commodore inspired Linux distribution [08:43] TR News (NEW): Review: Shebang 25.0 and EndeavourOS 2025.03.19 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/Review_Shebang_25_0_and_EndeavourOS_2025_03_19.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/Review_Shebang_25_0_and_EndeavourOS_2025_03_19.gmi [08:43] TR Bot Tux Machines Review: Shebang 25.0 and EndeavourOS 2025.03.19 [08:44] TR News 15 Best Free Resources for Malicious URLs and Phishing Links for Cybersecurity Testing https://www.blackmoreops.com/2025/04/14/malicious-urls-phishing-links-cybersecurity-testing-resources/ [08:44] TR Bot 15 Best Free Resources for Malicious URLs and Phishing Links for Cybersecurity Testing - blackMORE Ops [08:45] TR News This Is Your Social Safety Net on DOGE https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/04/13/this-is-your-social-safety-net-on-doge/ [08:45] TR Bot This Is Your Social Safety Net on DOGE - emptywheel [08:45] TR News Hong Kong's last major opposition party moves towards disbanding https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/hong-kongs-last-major-opposition-party-moves-towards-disbanding [08:45] TR Bot Hong Kong's last major opposition party moves towards disbanding | The Straits Times [08:46] TR News Crosswalks in Silicon Valley hacked to play satirical messages from MElon and Kapo-berg sound-a-likes https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/crosswalks-in-silicon-valley-hacked-to-play-satirical-messages-from-musk-and-zuckerberg-sound-a-likes [08:46] TR Bot Crosswalks in Silicon Valley hacked to play satirical messages from Musk and Zuckerberg sound-a-likes | Tom's Hardware [08:46] TR News Part 4 of SOK 2025 https://nidhishchauhan.onrender.com/blog/blog-4-of-SOK-2025 [08:46] TR Bot Part 4 of SOK 2025 [08:47] TR News SoK '25 Weeks 5 to 10 https://pinotnoir04.github.io/posts/weeks5-10/ [08:47] TR Bot SoK '25 Weeks 5 to 10 - Rishav's Blog [08:47] TR News This Week in KDE Apps https://blogs.kde.org/2025/04/13/this-week-in-kde-apps/ [08:47] TR Bot This Week in KDE Apps - KDE Blogs [08:47] *psydroid3 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [08:48] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [08:48] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [08:49] TR News powa-archivist 5.0.2 is out! https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/powa-archivist-502-is-out-3055/ [08:49] TR Bot PostgreSQL: powa-archivist 5.0.2 is out! [08:50] TR News KDE is kind of Qt [08:50] TR News (NEW): Rnote 0.12 Released with Improved Linux Note-Taking Features https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/Rnote_0_12_Released_with_Improved_Linux_Note_Taking_Features.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/Rnote_0_12_Released_with_Improved_Linux_Note_Taking_Features.gmi [08:50] TR Bot Tux Machines Rnote 0.12 Released with Improved Linux Note-Taking Features [08:50] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [08:53] TR News Rnote 0.12 Released with Improved GNU/Linux Note-Taking Features https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/04/rnote-0-12-released-with-improved-linux-note-taking-features [08:53] TR Bot Rnote 0.12 Released with Improved Linux Note-Taking Features - OMG! 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[08:56] TR News This is what happens when a geek (Torvalds) lets some unqualified charlatan inherit a "boss" responsibility, running Linux into the hands of its opponents https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/13/jim-zemlin-on-taking-a-portfolio-approach-to-linux-foundation-projects/ [08:56] TR Bot Zemlin on taking a 'portfolio approach' to Linux Foundation projects | TechCrunch [08:57] TR News "This week, we got a new major release of the Pinta paint program, a major OpenSSL release, some exciting news about the upcoming LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) 7 distribution, as well as minor updates to DXVK, fwupd, and IPFire projects." https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-april-13th-2025 [08:57] TR Bot Weekly Roundup: April 13th, 2025 - 9to5Linux ● Apr 14 [09:00] TR News "Using Linux in 2025 is more viable than you may think. Although the operating system (OS) has powered much of the world's servers for decades, it remains a severely unpopular choice for desktop and laptop systems." https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-features-that-might-surprise-windows-users/ [09:00] TR Bot Here are some things about Linux that you may not have realized [09:00] TR News (NEW): Huawei MateBook 14 Linux launched with lower price than Windows version https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/Huawei_MateBook_14_Linux_launched_with_lower_price_than_Windows.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/Huawei_MateBook_14_Linux_launched_with_lower_price_than_Windows.gmi [09:00] TR Bot Tux Machines Huawei MateBook 14 Linux launched with lower price than Windows version [09:00] TR News PCLinuxOS Recent Updates https://www.pclinuxos.com/?p=5945 [09:00] TR Bot Updates PCLinuxOS [09:02] TR News Teller is a multi provider secret management tool https://www.linuxlinks.com/teller-universal-secret-manager-developers/ [09:02] TR Bot is a multi provider secret management tool - LinuxLinks [09:02] TR News Commodore OS is a fan-made Commodore inspired GNU/Linux distribution https://www.linuxlinks.com/commodore-os-fan-made-linux-distribution/ [09:02] TR Bot OS is a fan-made Commodore inspired Linux distribution - LinuxLinks [09:02] TR News Mail Notification Tools: 7 Best Free and Open Source Software https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-mail-notification-tools/ [09:02] TR Bot Notification Tools: 7 Best Free and Open Source Software - LinuxLinks [09:02] TR News memegen generates memes from the command line https://www.linuxlinks.com/memegen-generates-memes-command-line/ [09:02] TR Bot generates memes from the command line - LinuxLinks [09:03] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Batman Begins is better than I remembered it. [09:04] TR News Screen Time In Bed May Increase Insomnia Odds, Study Suggests https://www.sciencealert.com/screen-time-in-bed-may-increase-insomnia-odds-study-suggests "And not just social control media" [09:04] TR Bot Time In Bed May Increase Insomnia Odds, Study Suggests : ScienceAlert [09:04] IsambardPrince "Over time, our weapons have grown more sophisticated. This time, we used a new on. Economics. Create enough poverty and everyone becomes a criminal." -Ra's al Ghul (Liam Neeson) [09:05] IsambardPrince The US has finally reached this point. [09:05] TR News Command-Line Screen Capture Tools: 7 Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Apps https://www.linuxlinks.com/useful-command-line-linux-screen-capture-tools/ [09:05] TR Bot Screen Capture Tools: 7 Free and Open Source Linux Apps - LinuxLinks [09:05] TR News MonetDB is a high performance relational database system for analytics https://www.linuxlinks.com/monetdb-relational-database-system-analytics/ [09:05] TR Bot is a high performance relational database system for analytics - LinuxLinks [09:05] IsambardPrince Many people no longer fear the punishment for crime because life itself has gotten bad enough. [09:05] TR News Resticker runs automatic restic backups https://www.linuxlinks.com/resticker-runs-automatic-restic-backups/ [09:05] TR Bot runs automatic restic backups - LinuxLinks [09:05] IsambardPrince No carrot, just sticks. [09:06] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: so are you entering your "joker" life? [09:06] schestowitz[TR2] leghalise most drugs? [09:06] IsambardPrince No. [09:06] IsambardPrince That would be the Microsoft Stabber. That's what drove him utterly mad. [09:06] schestowitz[TR2] asking for your friend [09:07] schestowitz[TR2] who went full kamikaze 2 years ago [09:07] schestowitz[TR2] after he had suffered burnout [09:07] schestowitz[TR2] you said he was also looking to withdraw his pension [09:07] IsambardPrince If I was in his shoes and able to bullshit $165,000 plus benefits out of Microsoft, I would have just rode that thing all the way into the ground and left without stabbing anyone of course and filed UI against them. [09:07] schestowitz[TR2] which would explain a lot [09:07] IsambardPrince I could have lived for 15 years on the money he could make there in 2-3. [09:08] schestowitz[TR2] he only lasted months, iirrrc [09:08] schestowitz[TR2] many companies do not pay in money [09:08] schestowitz[TR2] after tax and "Shares" and more [09:08] schestowitz[TR2] you have maybe half lefttt [09:08] schestowitz[TR2] and you need a car to go to woprk, need to live in some expensive city [09:08] schestowitz[TR2] it's not all roses [09:09] schestowitz[TR2] the more they pay you the more ethey expect [09:09] schestowitz[TR2] like overtime [09:09] IsambardPrince Yeah, they found him barricaded in his apartment. [09:09] IsambardPrince Bloody shoe prints leading to it. [09:09] IsambardPrince He moved the furniture in front of the door, like that's going to stop the police? [09:09] schestowitz[TR2] rich people dopn't stay up till midnight with ewnerg driunks [09:09] schestowitz[TR2] that's what their workers do [09:09] schestowitz[TR2] ask ramsey [09:10] IsambardPrince I never use energy drinks. [09:10] IsambardPrince Most of them taste like poison, probably because they are poison. [09:10] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware: ESP and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/Open_Hardware_ESP_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/Open_Hardware_ESP_and_More.gmi [09:10] TR Bot Tux Machines Open Hardware: ESP and More [09:11] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], What does the company care if you wreck your internal organs on energy drinks and then have a stroke? [09:11] IsambardPrince You are a replaceable part. [09:12] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], The worst drug I've ever gotten addicted to is coffee. Have to have a large cup of coffee in the morning or can't wake up. [09:12] IsambardPrince But even that's not as bad as slamming energy drinks. [09:12] IsambardPrince Some people exceed 2000 mg of caffeine per day just on the energy drinks. [09:12] IsambardPrince Which is insane, and they have other toxins in them of course. [09:13] IsambardPrince They have "proprietary formulas" full of crap to keep you awake. [09:13] IsambardPrince Most of it is caffeine. [09:14] TR News (NEW): Today's Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/today_s_leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/today_s_leftovers.gmi [09:14] TR Bot Tux Machines today's leftovers [09:14] schestowitz[TR2] Most of them taste like poison, probably because they are poison. [09:14] schestowitz[TR2] they have suide effects [09:14] schestowitz[TR2] the body is tired.. for a REASON [09:14] schestowitz[TR2] suppressing reason is not good [09:14] schestowitz[TR2] like your mom voting Cheeto [09:14] schestowitz[TR2] iirc, the cheeto powder is very toxic also [09:14] schestowitz[TR2] maybe the colourant [09:15] schestowitz[TR2] schestowitz[TR2], The worst drug I've ever gotten addicted to is coffee. Have to have a large cup of coffee in the morning or can't wake up. [09:15] schestowitz[TR2] going out in 2 mins [09:15] schestowitz[TR2] about 10 coffees [09:15] schestowitz[TR2] but most will be decaff [09:15] schestowitz[TR2] maybe 4 will be real coffee(TM) [09:15] schestowitz[TR2] see yooou late [09:15] schestowitz[TR2] gona [09:15] schestowitz[TR2] *gone [09:19] TR News Techrights Links 14/04/2025: Russian Attack on Sumy Shows No Intention of Peace, Virgin Australia Admits Overcharging People https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/14/Links_14_04_2025_Russian_Attack_on_Sumy_Shows_No_Intention_of_P.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/14/Links_14_04_2025_Russian_Attack_on_Sumy_Shows_No_Intention_of_P.gmi [09:19] TR Bot Techrights Links 14/04/2025: Russian Attack on Sumy Shows No Intention of Peace, Virgin Australia Admits Overcharging People [09:32] TR News (NEW): PeaZip 10.4 Open-Source Archive Manager Released with UI Enhancements https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/PeaZip_10_4_Open_Source_Archive_Manager_Released_with_UI_Enhanc.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/PeaZip_10_4_Open_Source_Archive_Manager_Released_with_UI_Enhanc.gmi [09:32] TR Bot Tux Machines PeaZip 10.4 Open-Source Archive Manager Released with UI Enhancements ● Apr 14 [10:19] TR News (NEW): qBittorrent 5.0.5 Open-Source BitTorrent Client Brings Various Improvements https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/qBittorrent_5_0_5_Open_Source_BitTorrent_Client_Brings_Various_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/qBittorrent_5_0_5_Open_Source_BitTorrent_Client_Brings_Various_.gmi [10:19] TR Bot Tux Machines qBittorrent 5.0.5 Open-Source BitTorrent Client Brings Various Improvements [10:38] *bleb has quit (Ping timeout: 252 seconds) [10:40] *\join_su1line (~join_subline@qbhetikhdy6yk.irc) has joined #techrights [10:43] *bleb (~cm@user/bleb) has joined #techrights ● Apr 14 [11:11] TR News (NEW): MX Linux 23.6 Is Out Now Based on Debian 12.10 and Powered by Linux Kernel 6.14 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/MX_Linux_23_6_Is_Out_Now_Based_on_Debian_12_10_and_Powered_by_L.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/MX_Linux_23_6_Is_Out_Now_Based_on_Debian_12_10_and_Powered_by_L.gmi [11:11] TR Bot Tux Machines MX Linux 23.6 Is Out Now Based on Debian 12.10 and Powered by Linux Kernel 6.14 [11:26] *IsambardPrince has quit (Quit: Leaving) [11:31] *whatA (~chatzilla@s6f3fcas33ywc.irc) has joined #techrights [11:32] whatA Here we go again: CAs are SHAES (shit): https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/certbot-40-long-live-short-lived-certs [11:32] TR Bot Certbot 4.0: Long Live Short-Lived Certs! | Electronic Frontier Foundation [11:32] whatA https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/4/certbot-4-0-now-supports-six-day-tls-certificates/ [11:32] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/4/certbot-4-0-now-supports-six-day-tls-certificates/ ) [11:33] whatA I still remember that image: "TechRights cert revoked...when he realized GemSpace doesn't have CAs" [11:41] whatA I...kind of forget which page it was. [11:58] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights ● Apr 14 [12:42] TR News (NEW): PipeWire 1.4.2 Adds Extra MIDI Checks to Avoid 100% CPU Usage on Older Kernels https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/PipeWire_1_4_2_Adds_Extra_MIDI_Checks_to_Avoid_100_CPU_Usage_on.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/PipeWire_1_4_2_Adds_Extra_MIDI_Checks_to_Avoid_100_CPU_Usage_on.gmi [12:42] TR Bot Tux Machines PipeWire 1.4.2 Adds Extra MIDI Checks to Avoid 100% CPU Usage on Older Kernels [12:48] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [12:57] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights ● Apr 14 [13:13] *koo5__ has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [13:24] *koo5__ (~quassel@vmi579006.contaboserver.net) has joined #techrights [13:34] *phebus has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [13:38] *phebus (~phebus@f95gnd3zj7732.irc) has joined #techrights ● Apr 14 [14:07] *oarion7 (~ryan@e6jyc88uwxv5c.irc) has joined #techrights [14:10] schestowitz[TR2] Here we go again: CAs are SHAES (shit): https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/certbot-40-long-live-short-lived-certs [14:10] schestowitz[TR2] yes, we saw trhat [14:10] schestowitz[TR2] didn't do article about it [14:10] schestowitz[TR2] just mentioned in passing in IRC [14:11] whatA I still know the image/meme tho, that "Muskrat revoked TR cert not realizing GemSpace has no CAs" [14:13] schestowitz[TR2] thAT WAS USED ThtrICE OR THRICE [14:13] schestowitz[TR2] sorry, caps lock [14:13] schestowitz[TR2] right now it's easier to tell people NSA is back [14:13] schestowitz[TR2] GAFAM spying is bad [14:13] schestowitz[TR2] and CAs are bad [14:13] schestowitz[TR2] call them "Trump CAs" [14:16] whatA nevermind, I found it myself, it was http://techrights.org/n/2025/03/25/After_US_Government_Funding_Cuts_the_Centralisation_of_the_Web_.shtml [14:16] TR Bot Techrights After US Government Funding Cuts the Centralisation of the Web (Especially Certificate Authority Let's Encrypt) is at Risk [14:17] whatA IDK if it's time for reminders tho... Better not now. [14:27] whatA Anyway... Back to "The Old News" accessibility: http://tuxmachines.org/o/2022 directory now redirects to /node (nice cheap fix), http://tuxmachines.org/n/2022/ directory is inaccessbile (403 Forbidden) unlike http://techrights.org/n/2023/ directory [14:27] TR Bot Tux Machines | Do you waddle the waddle? [14:27] TR Bot ( status 403 @ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/ ) [14:27] TR Bot Index of /n/2023 [14:27] whatA The reason why I asked that is because of the "dreaded" link rot thingy [14:37] whatA When the Coercer erased Microsoft critics from FTC: https://www.wired.com/story/federal-trade-commission-removed-blogs-critical-of-ai-amazon-microsoft/ [14:37] TR Bot Removes Posts Critical of Amazon, Microsoft, and AI Companies | WIRED [14:38] whatA Good thing the archive exists but until when? Since the you-own-nothing-and-be-happy extremists are now trying to burn it down (lastest blow: https://torrentfreak.com/internet-archive-v-music-labels-500m-copyright-rift-edges-toward-settlement-250409/) [14:38] TR Bot Archive vs. Music Labels: $600m+ Copyright Rift Edges Toward Settlement * TorrentFreak [14:43] Already marked back. [14:43] *schestowitz[TR2] back [14:45] schestowitz[TR2] whatA: sorry, jus5t got backj [14:45] schestowitz[TR2] catching up with tasks [14:47] TR News Will FTC antitrust trial force Mark Zuckerberg to sell Instagram and WhatsApp? Here's all we know https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/technology/news/story/will-ftc-antitrust-trial-force-mark-zuckerberg-to-sell-instagram-and-whatsapp-heres-all-we-know-2708669-2025-04-14 [14:47] TR Bot Will FTC antitrust trial force Mark Zuckerberg to sell Instagram and WhatsApp? Heresallweknow - India Today [14:48] TR News PS5 Prices Rise in Europe and Australia US Gamers May Be Next https://www.ccn.com/news/technology/ps5-prices-rise-in-europe-and-australia-us-gamers-may-be-next/ [14:48] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.ccn.com/news/technology/ps5-prices-rise-in-europe-and-australia-us-gamers-may-be-next/ ) [14:48] TR News Microsofts Controversial Recall AI Feature Begins Rollout, Privacy Concerns Remain https://www.ccn.com/news/technology/microsoft-makes-another-attempt-launching-recall/ see http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2024/06/is-microsoft-trying-to-commit-.html [14:48] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.ccn.com/news/technology/microsoft-makes-another-attempt-launching-recall/ ) [14:48] TR Bot Is Microsoft trying to commit suicide? - Charlie's Diary [14:50] TR News Microsoft cuts hundreds of UK jobs even as profits soared https://www.techradar.com/pro/microsoft-cuts-hundreds-of-uk-jobs-even-as-profits-soared [14:50] TR Bot cuts hundreds of UK jobs even as profits soared | TechRadar [14:51] TR News Microsoft cuts UK jobs as sales near 10bn and profit surges https://www.cityam.com/microsoft-cuts-uk-jobs-as-sales-near-10bn-and-profit-surges/ [14:51] TR Bot Microsoft cuts UK jobs as sales near 10bn and profit surges ● Apr 14 [15:21] TR News Techrights Hundreds of Microsoft Layoffs (Net Headcount Decrease) in the United Kingdom https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/14/Hundreds_of_Microsoft_Layoffs_Net_Headcount_Decrease_in_the_Uni.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/14/Hundreds_of_Microsoft_Layoffs_Net_Headcount_Decrease_in_the_Uni.gmi [15:21] TR Bot Techrights Hundreds of Microsoft Layoffs (Net Headcount Decrease) in the United Kingdom [15:25] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [15:31] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techrights ● Apr 14 [16:00] TR News (NEW): Ubuntu 25.10 is Officially Named Questing Quokka https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/Ubuntu_25_10_is_Officially_Named_Questing_Quokka.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/Ubuntu_25_10_is_Officially_Named_Questing_Quokka.gmi [16:00] TR Bot Tux Machines Ubuntu 25.10 is Officially Named Questing Quokka [16:00] MinceR i officially don't care [16:08] TR News (NEW): Replace Windows, Not Your Device https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/Replace_Windows_Not_Your_Device.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/Replace_Windows_Not_Your_Device.gmi [16:08] TR Bot Tux Machines Replace Windows, Not Your Device [16:15] TR News (NEW): Allwinner T536 quad-core Arm Cortex-A55 & RISC-V industrial SoC supports ECC RAM, up to 3 TOP AI accelerator https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/Allwinner_T536_quad_core_Arm_Cortex_A55_RISC_V_industrial_SoC_s.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/Allwinner_T536_quad_core_Arm_Cortex_A55_RISC_V_industrial_SoC_s.gmi [16:15] TR Bot Tux Machines Allwinner T536 quad-core Arm Cortex-A55 & RISC-V industrial SoC supports ECC RAM, up to 3 TOP AI accelerator ● Apr 14 [17:13] *admfubar has quit (Quit: Leaving.) 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[17:34] *admfubar (~admfubar@ngqaam7baxnug.irc) has joined #techrights [17:35] MinceR (cat) https://imgur.com/gallery/bpKrC1m = https://rimgo.bloat.cat/gallery/bpKrC1m [17:35] TR Bot & Faya - Album on Imgur [17:35] TR Bot Lodewijck & Faya - rimgo [17:40] TR News (NEW): PanVK Open-Source Vulkan Driver for ARM Mali GPUs Is Now Vulkan 1.1 Conformant https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/PanVK_Open_Source_Vulkan_Driver_for_ARM_Mali_GPUs_Is_Now_Vulkan.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/PanVK_Open_Source_Vulkan_Driver_for_ARM_Mali_GPUs_Is_Now_Vulkan.gmi [17:40] TR Bot Tux Machines PanVK Open-Source Vulkan Driver for ARM Mali GPUs Is Now Vulkan 1.1 Conformant [17:46] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/Android_Leftovers.gmi [17:46] TR Bot Tux Machines Android Leftovers [17:56] *whatA has quit (Quit: ChatZilla 0.8.7 [Mozilla rv:1.0.0/20020530]) ● Apr 14 [18:00] TR News "Catch up on the latest Linux news: OpenSSH 10, KDE Frameworks 6.13, Mints LMDE 7 to feature full OEM install support, ArcoLinux winds down, Linux swap explained, and more." https://linuxiac.com/linuxiac-weekly-wrap-up-week-15-apr-7-13-2025/ [18:00] TR Bot Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 15 (Apr 7 - 13, 2025) [18:01] TR News "Ive been using Linux in one capacity or another for nearly twenty years, but my tastes havent changed Im a Debian and Ubuntu fanboy at heart. However, there are a few unconventional Linux distributions out there that I admire, thanks to some interesting design choices." https://www.howtogeek.com/most-unconventional-linux-distributions/ [18:01] TR Bot 5 of the Most Unconventional Linux Distributions [18:02] TR News "Linux distros tend to look the same after you've tried a few. One distro aims to shake up how files are managed on Linux. Is GoboLinux worth using?" https://www.howtogeek.com/what-is-gobolinux/ [18:02] TR Bot What Is GoboLinux? A Unique Distro Explained [18:04] TR News IBM slop about IBM slop https://www.techinasia.com/ai-pump-82b-indonesian-factories-adoption-lags LLM slop as "press" [18:04] TR Bot Tech in Asia - Connecting Asia's startup ecosystem [18:05] TR News "Nobody works harder than IBM Management, so the layoffs are YOUR fault. Yes, YOU should have worked harder. Now the company is in trouble and we have to get rid of YOU and all YOUR slackoff IBMer peers." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrrtnbwh [18:05] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrrtnbwh ) [18:06] TR News "No I was on the list a few times never once labeled low performance just downsizing. Dont take it personal youre just a number to them." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrgn009t [18:06] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrgn009t ) [18:07] TR News "In Canada its a violation of human rights to misgender someone. Also that Canadian state run healthcare system. Why do many Canadians come here for surgery?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrn9p8w5 [18:07] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrn9p8w5 ) [18:48] TR News (NEW): Towards a transition from KWallet to Secret Service https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/Towards_a_transition_from_KWallet_to_Secret_Service.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/Towards_a_transition_from_KWallet_to_Secret_Service.gmi [18:48] TR Bot Tux Machines Towards a transition from KWallet to Secret Service [18:53] TR News (NEW): Open Source Security at Risk From Poor Oversight https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/Open_Source_Security_at_Risk_From_Poor_Oversight.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/Open_Source_Security_at_Risk_From_Poor_Oversight.gmi [18:53] TR Bot Tux Machines Open Source Security at Risk From Poor Oversight ● Apr 14 [19:08] TR News Amazons Reduction of Managerial Ranks Increases White-Collar Worries https://www.inc.com/bruce-crumley/amazons-reduction-of-managerial-ranks-increases-white-collar-worries/91175840 [19:08] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.inc.com/bruce-crumley/amazons-reduction-of-managerial-ranks-increases-white-collar-worries/91175840 ) [19:08] TR News Game Industry Layoffs Amid Broader Economic Struggles https://www.cgmagonline.com/articles/game-industry-layoffs-economic/ [19:08] TR Bot Game Industry Layoffs Amid Broader Economic Struggles [19:11] TR News "Tonight I caught up on the scuttlebutt with gopher aggregators." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/agk/2025-04-14-drama.txt [19:12] TR News [19:12] TR News OH BROTHER gopher://aussies.space:70/0/~freet/phlog/2025-04-14Oh_Brother.txt [19:14] TR News [japan] [jp] [food] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2025-04-14.gmi [19:15] TR News "Vous lavez certainement vu passer: Un journaliste amricain sest fait inviter par erreur sur un chat Signal o des personnes trs haut places de ladministration amricaine (y compris le vice-prsident) discutent de lorganisation top secrte dune frappe militaire au Ymen le 15 mars." gemini://ploum.net/2025-04-14-recherche-attention-perdue.gmi [19:16] TR News Li idiot secun Dostoyevsky gemini://occidental.srht.site/gemlog/idiot.gmi [19:16] TR News SpellBinding: YHIPRTC Wordo: PLUSH gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-04-14.gmi [19:17] TR News "Sometimes when I'm sat in front of a computer I'll find myself moving the mouse cursor around in patterns, as a kind of fidgeting. It's not to navigate through anything or interact with an application, I'm just zoned out and I'm moving something to see it move." gemini://sdf.org/diggy/posts/2025/04/olauncher-and-decorating-imaginary-places.gmi [19:18] TR News [cat] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2025-04-13.gmi [19:21] TR News LQs account of the end gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2579 [19:21] TR News "My website is not broken... today is CSS Naked Day. I must say, it doesn't look as bad as I expected " gemini://capsule.heyloura.com/2025/04/09/my-website-is-not-broken.html [19:22] TR News "The last two books I read were The Silver Pigs by Lindsey Davis and Prelude to Foundation by Isaac Asimov." gemini://sdf.org/diggy/posts/2025/04/the-silver-pigs-and-more-foundation.gmi [19:23] TR News "I've got to figure something out with the arrangement of my bedroom/office. Right now, I have two desks in the shape of an L in the corner. This corner is necessary because that's where the outlets are" gemini://hyperreal.coffee/gemlog/2025-04-05-i-really-dislike-computers-sometimes.gmi [19:23] TR News "I haven't seen any self-hosted solutions for sharing code samples along the same lines of embedding something from Codepen.io. Any suggestions? I want to start sharing more interactive code samples but I want to have them hosted on my blog (or something I can host elsewhere and then embed) " gemini://capsule.heyloura.com/2025/04/05/i-havent-seen-any-selfhosted.html [19:24] TR News "I'm not finished but I did some digital spring cleaning and updated my website theme[1] a bit. I wanted to explore making it more of a digital garden and less chronological. Part of that was implementing backlinks. I wrote up the steps here Backlinks on a Micro.blog hosted website[2]." gemini://capsule.heyloura.com/2025/04/05/im-not-finished-but-i.html [19:30] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 14/04/2025: Silver Pigs and more Foundation, Disliking Computers https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/14/Gemini_Links_14_04_2025_Silver_Pigs_and_more_Foundation_Disliki.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/14/Gemini_Links_14_04_2025_Silver_Pigs_and_more_Foundation_Disliki.gmi [19:30] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 14/04/2025: Silver Pigs and more Foundation, Disliking Computers ● Apr 14 [20:00] MinceR https://imgur.com/gallery/4c2UAiw = https://rimgo.bloat.cat/gallery/4c2UAiw [20:00] TR Bot new sentence - Album on Imgur [20:00] TR Bot A new sentence - rimgo [20:43] *tessier has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [20:47] *tessier (~tessier@bkvnvf9i7ceyk.irc) has joined #techrights ● Apr 14 [21:26] MinceR https://ircz.de/m/pics/2021/06/21/15/11/49/a72d8309beda4ed9bb7316a064eefec0.jpeg [21:43] *nobody has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [21:47] *nobody (~nobody@g4fkpdw9jnnwn.irc) has joined #techrights [21:54] TR News (NEW): T2 Linux SDE 25.4 Released with Latest AMD ROCm for RISCV-64 and ARM64 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/T2_Linux_SDE_25_4_Released_with_Latest_AMD_ROCm_for_RISCV_64_an.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/T2_Linux_SDE_25_4_Released_with_Latest_AMD_ROCm_for_RISCV_64_an.gmi [21:54] TR Bot Tux Machines T2 Linux SDE 25.4 Released with Latest AMD ROCm for RISCV-64 and ARM64 ● Apr 14 [22:02] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@k59xzzj3kgzr2.irc) has joined #techrights ● Apr 14 [23:03] Sompi_ apparently pinephone pro costs now 600 [23:03] Sompi_ that sucks [23:04] MinceR you might be able to get a fairphone 5 for less :> [23:14] nobody do those phones run on android? [23:14] Sompi_ the I/O is crap, everything has a USB charging connector that surely is going to broke first [23:14] Sompi_ nobody: I think they do but usually they are used with some Linux distros [23:16] nobody for some rock64 it was possible to rebuild some firmware.img from scratch, including uboot,kernel,userspace [23:16] nobody but i'm using this as headless server and aarch32/64 buildhost [23:17] MinceR iirc there's a way to run android on pinephone/pp plus and fairphone 5 runs an AOSP derivative by default [23:17] nobody for mobile phone usage much more is necessary [23:17] nobody ok, then that's Android [23:18] MinceR pinephone [plus] is more practical for GNU/Linux distros [23:19] nobody i think the rock64 got some audio and DSP and a few GPIO [23:19] nobody no clue how to enable this for UMTS/LTE [23:19] nobody the rockpro64 got even more powerfull DSP thingys [23:20] Sompi_ I want a Nokia Communicator -style phone with a FOSS stack [23:20] nobody which showed up in alsamixer with an indefinite amount of confusing sliders and switches [23:20] nobody no clue how this could have been used to dialup UMTS/LTE [23:21] nobody which didn't need a full mobile phone software stack for shiny colorful apps [23:21] nobody just some dial-up to the ISP, at terminal [23:21] nobody that's a first thing to look at, to get the DSP/modem for UMTS/LTE up and running, at linux terminal console [23:22] nobody _without_ some android flashed onto [23:22] MinceR a keyboard case is available for pinephones but it's a major pain in the ass to use, so i stopped using it [23:22] Sompi_ Nokia Communicators have a separate firmware on the lid which acts like a simple feature phone and also has its own screen [23:22] Sompi_ Then when you open it, it is like a miniature laptop [23:23] Sompi_ The first version has a 386-compatible CPU and can run DOS [23:23] Sompi_ Clearly designed by people who understood what they were doing [23:23] Sompi_ Then the communicators were replaced by those weird slidephones that weren't as good [23:25] MinceR folding phones sort of have this functionality while closed [23:26] MinceR but they don't have real keyboards [23:27] nobody do these phones have some USB port to attach a keyboard? [23:28] Sompi_ Pinephone comes with a deck that seems to have some connectors, also a display connector [23:28] Sompi_ But the display output seems to be digital only [23:28] nobody it's called docking-bar, i see [23:29] Sompi_ dock or something [23:32] MinceR the pinephone also has pogo pins, and that's what the keyboard case uses to connect [23:32] MinceR sadly, while it's connected, there are restrictions on what the USB ports are allowed to do and it keeps recharging the phone's battery from the case's battery, wasting power and making the whole thing heat up [23:33] nobody there's a pro ($399) and normal version ($199) [23:33] MinceR afaik the keyboard case works with both [23:34] MinceR normal will prefer booting from a bootable memory card, if one is inserted; the pro won't [23:36] nobody the pro needs some "sailfish os", which costs money, well ok, but consists of "free and non-free components" [23:37] nobody the non-pro pinephone with it's manjaro seems a different thing [23:37] MinceR i thought pro ran most of the stuff non-pro would run [23:37] MinceR they do have something preinstalled, but you can replace it or just put something else on a memory card and boot that [23:37] nobody with rock64 and rockpro64 i preferred the non-pro finally, i kept two of those in my shelve, one running and one as spare [23:41] nobody i can't fully support the rock64 with tinycc yet, but it got deployed the complete no-c++ system profile already [23:42] Sompi_ schools here buy enormous amounts of Raspberry Pi's instead of Rock64's that would be easier and less proprietary [23:42] Sompi_ s/easier/cheaper/ [23:42] nobody there's worse than raspberry pi [23:43] nobody https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/tinycc-devel/2025-03/msg00029.html [23:43] TR Bot [Tinycc-devel] status of compiling a complete system with just tinycc - [23:43] nobody i deploy this profile to rock64, although compiled with gcc then, not tinycc [23:44] nobody because aarch32/64 isn't complete with tinycc, but it is for x86 [23:44] Sompi_ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ysUxLIc_Bs [23:44] TR Bot https://onion.tube/watch?v=6ysUxLIc_Bs [23:44] TR Bot onion.tube | NO TITLE [23:44] nobody since rock64 got limited resources and processing power, it's nice i could wipe all c++ clutter [23:52] nobody those arm64 devices got a disadvantage: aarch64 does need compilers written in c++ [23:52] nobody at least uboot and kernel must be compiled for aarch64, and userspace can remain aarch32 [23:52] nobody but it's annoying; you can't boot a 32bit kernel as you could with x86 on x86_64 [23:53] nobody how do these fairphone/pinephone projects cope with cross-compiling? [23:54] nobody you can't cross-compile everything, some stuff needs a native aarch64 buildhost [23:54] nobody and aarch64 compilers are slow and heavy, i couldn't imagine to compile some chromium/firefox.bin on a pinephone or rock64 device [23:56] nobody and ARMv9 introduced further trouble, abandoned the aarch32 compat [23:57] nobody aarch32 isn't too relevant nowadays, but aarch64 does need a c++ compiler [23:57] nobody which isn't the type of thing tailored for some low-power embedded device such as RPI or rock64 devices [23:59] nobody although some RPI or rock64 or pinephone are affordable, some Ampere Altra workstation is rather expensive ~$4000