●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, September 14, 2026 ●● ● Sep 14 [00:21] TR News (NEW): 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: September 13th, 2026 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/13/9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup_September_13th_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/13/9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup_September_13th_2026.gmi [00:21] TR Bot Tux Machines 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: September 13th, 2026 [00:40] IsambardPrince Joey Rogoff [00:40] IsambardPrince [00:40] IsambardPrince [00:40] IsambardPrince Follow [00:40] IsambardPrince 8 hours ago [00:40] IsambardPrince [00:40] IsambardPrince Somehow we took one of the simplest things in the world and turned it into downloading an app. [00:40] IsambardPrince I miss when paying for parking meant pulling up to a meter, putting in a few quarters, turning the knob, and walking away. [00:40] *Sompi has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [00:40] IsambardPrince Now I feel like every city has a different system. You park, get out, look for a sign, scan a QR code, download an app youve never used before, make an account, enter your license plate, figure out what zone youre in, add a credit card, choose how much time you want, and then hope you did everything correctly. [00:40] IsambardPrince All just to leave your car somewhere for 45 minutes and what always gets me is when the app wants me to create a password or verify my email first. [00:40] IsambardPrince At that point Im standing on the sidewalk staring at my phone thinking about how I used to just put a quarter into a metal box. I understand why everything is becoming digital, and Im sure there are conveniences to it. [00:40] IsambardPrince But Im starting to think not every simple thing needed to become smart. Parking used to be one of those things you didnt even have to think about. Now somehow it feels like a whole proces [00:44] *Sompi (~sami@x8nnwdtgjjr4i.irc) has joined #techrights [00:51] *includeals has quit (Ping timeout: 246 seconds) [00:55] *includeals (~includeal@bl18-27-126.dsl.telepac.pt) has joined #techrights ● Sep 14 [01:00] *includeals has quit (Ping timeout: 247 seconds) [01:11] *includeals (~includeal@bl18-27-126.dsl.telepac.pt) has joined #techrights [01:18] *includeals_ (~includeal@bl18-27-126.dsl.telepac.pt) has joined #techrights [01:19] *includeals has quit (Ping timeout: 267 seconds) [01:19] *includeals_ is now known as includeals [01:26] *H8d has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [01:27] *includeals has quit (Ping timeout: 260 seconds) [01:30] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: When I still had a car that was getting very annoying. [01:30] IsambardPrince It solves a problem for the city, not for you. [01:41] IsambardPrince MinceR: Kiki's meows when she wants a cat treat sounds like one of the Xenomorph screams when it gets shot. [01:41] IsambardPrince Oh, interesting fact I learned. [01:42] MinceR :> [01:42] IsambardPrince The power loader that Ripley uses on the Sulaco..... [01:43] IsambardPrince The sound effects were just the turret of the Soviet T-34 that was standing in for the German Tigers in Kelly's Heroes. [01:43] IsambardPrince They just took that and used it for the power loaders in Aliens. [01:45] admfubar https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/drones/waymo-robotaxi-calls-cops-on-riders-handling-loaded-ar-style-ghost-gun-waymo-alerted-san-francisco-police-then-juvenile-riders-were-stopped-and-arrested [01:45] TR Bot Waymo robotaxi calls cops on riders handling loaded AR-style ghost gun Waymo alerted San Francisco police, then juvenile riders were stopped and arrested | Tom's Hardware [01:45] admfubar https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/us-customs-supervisor-busted-for-stealing-core-i7-cpus-ram-and-hard-drives-from-homeland-security-pcs-stolen-tech-swapped-with-inferior-hardware-and-cashed-out-on-newegg [01:45] TR Bot US Customs supervisor busted for stealing Core i7 CPUs, RAM, and hard drives from Homeland Security PCs, damage estimated at $105,800 stolen tech swapped with inferior hardware and cashed out on Newegg | Tom's Hardware [01:48] *Disconnected (Remote host closed socket). [01:48] *Now talking on #techrights [01:48] *djslocker.scuttled.net sets mode +n #techrights [01:48] *djslocker.scuttled.net sets mode +t #techrights [01:53] IsambardPrince MinceR: There was a post on Facebook about Windows 11 getting "Administrator Protection". [01:53] IsambardPrince So I pulled out the Groundhog Day gif with Bill Murry and posted: [01:53] IsambardPrince "Welcome back to this the 26th year of "Most Secure Version of Windows Ever" I'm standing here reporting live from the land of botnets and ransomware, and I'm told Satya Nadella is somewhere in the crowd enjoying the festivities." ● Sep 14 [02:00] admfubar https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/09/11/ai-more-likely-to-kill-animals-if-it-saves-fuel-or-money/5295993 [02:00] TR Bot AI more likely to kill animals if it saves fuel or money [02:01] MinceR lol [02:04] admfubar WAIT!!!! PEOPLE ARE ANIMALS!!! [02:04] MinceR sounds good to me [02:04] admfubar https://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/nasa-and-ibm-unveil-an-open-source-lunar-ai-model [02:04] TR Bot NASA and IBM unveil open-source lunar AI model [02:04] admfubar stay away from farms [02:05] admfubar at least modern farms... amish one will be ok [02:07] admfubar what the flock? https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/09/13/0650227/flock-worker-calls-police-on-reporter---for-filming-them-in-public [02:07] TR Bot Flock Worker Calls Police On Reporter - For Filming Them in Public - Slashdot [02:08] admfubar i smell pants burning.... https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/09/12/1652215/lg-responds-to-tv-spying-allegations [02:08] TR Bot LG Responds to TV Spying Allegations - Slashdot [02:10] -Global-[r0d3nt] Scheduled Maintenance - cornelius.2600.net/scuttled.net - Has been completed. No IP address changes. We're on new cloud hardware now. =) Thanks for using 2600net! ap-northeast-1 [02:23] admfubar https://hackaday.io/project/206568-vacuum-tube-computer [02:23] TR Bot Tube Computer | Hackaday.io [02:26] admfubar https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/13/larry-ellison-cancels-7-5-billion-sale-of-oracle-stock/ [02:26] TR Bot Ellison cancels $7.5 billion sale of Oracle stock | TechCrunch [02:46] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-130926.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-130926.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-130926.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-130926.txt [02:46] TR Bot IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, September 13, 2026 [02:47] TR News Yesterday's #techrights IRC logs ready. 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What else could ye want? /join #Pirates ! [04:31] *H8d (~darklight@8uw3j7bzjfzjy.irc) has joined #techrights [04:46] *H8d has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [04:48] *H8d (~darklight@8uw3j7bzjfzjy.irc) has joined #techrights ● Sep 14 [05:16] *Disconnected (Connection timed out). [05:16] *Now talking on #techrights [05:16] *irc1.accum.se sets mode +n #techrights [05:16] *irc1.accum.se sets mode +t #techrights [05:23] *ewig (~ewig@user/ewig) has joined #techrights [05:28] *_what___ (~whatA_@thhch54texrqe.irc) has joined #techrights [05:59] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D2095.jpg ● Sep 14 [06:00] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1738.jpg [06:00] TR News HearsayMatt, who chose not to attend his own hearing, is trying to explain to people what happened in this hearing. He does not know. [06:01] TR News Tomorrow we're leaving for a short trip gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-09-13-tomorrow [06:02] TR News "To those who don't know, I have done a lot of work with OCR and converting physical books to ebooks. It was (and still is) quite a tedious process, although OCR has gotten considerably better in the consumer space." gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~np89/glog/20260913-ligatures.txt [06:02] TR News hiding gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/hiding [06:04] TR News Techrights https://techrights.org/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ [06:04] TR Bot Techrights [06:04] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Sunday, September 13, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/IRC_Proceedings_Sunday_September_13_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/IRC_Proceedings_Sunday_September_13_2026.gmi [06:04] TR Bot Techrights IRC Proceedings: Sunday, September 13, 2026 [06:05] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [06:05] TR Bot Tux Machines Today in Techrights [06:06] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [06:06] TR Bot Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [06:09] TR News Digital Restrictions (DRM) https://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/11/microsoft-slaps-hours-limits-on-xbox-game-pass-cloud-gaming/ "But for the next tier of enshittification, theres Xboxs Game Pass service" | Source: Techdirt [06:09] TR Bot Slaps Hours Limits On Xbox Game Pass Cloud Gaming | Techdirt [06:10] TR News "Cleaning work is often called low-skilled, perhaps because its usually done by low-waged women" https://jacobin.com/2026/09/cleaning-labor-skill-pay-unions | Source: Jacobin Magazine [06:10] TR Bot We Rely on Cleaners Work, So Cleaners Should Be Paid More [06:10] TR News "What 27-year-old Coxon is an expert on if accidentally is the contagion of fear. We cannot expect the public to understand the inner workings of all technology (that was the fallacy of my 18-year-old self!)" https://bcantrill.dtrace.org/2026/09/13/the-contagion-of-fear/ | Source: Bryan Cantrill [06:10] TR Bot The contagion of fear | The Observation Deck [06:11] TR News "In any serious country, a massively expensive policy of this kind would have been analysed in detail by now, with estimates of the immediate effect on inflation and interest rates and the flow-on to the economy as a whole." https://crookedtimber.org/2026/09/13/the-us-is-not-a-serious-country/ | Source: Crooked Timber [06:11] TR Bot The US is not a serious country Crooked Timber [06:11] TR News "I approached the "change your diet" advice the way US culture teaches us: as a wholly individual project." https://drmollytov.smol.pub/2026-09-13 | Source: Dr Molly Tov [06:11] TR Bot in which i love food and hate capitalism [06:11] TR News "What it is losing is something much harder to rebuild: trust." https://rmendes.net/notes/2026/09/13/d26d9/ | Source: Ricardo Mendes [06:11] TR Bot A Node on the Web [06:11] TR News "five mission centers devoted to China, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, combat support and global intelligence, these people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told Recorded Future News." https://therecord.media/nsa-reorganization-five-mission-centers | Source: The Record [06:11] TR Bot Thorough reorganization at NSA will create five 'mission centers,' including cyber and AI | The Record from Recorded Future News [06:12] TR News "End Times Fascism describes the world were in, where the components of authoritarianism are modelled everywhere you look: anarcho-libertarian economics in Argentina" https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/12/naomi-klein-extreme-wealth-has-a-deranging-effect-it-turns-you-into-a-supremacist | Source: The Guardian UK [06:12] TR Bot Naomi Klein: Extreme wealth has a deranging effect. It turns you into a supremacist | Society books | The Guardian [06:14] TR News "These spaces are built to move people through them, accounting for the nonstop movement of crowds." https://cleberg.net/blog/nowhere-specifically.html | Source: Christian Cleberg [06:14] TR Bot Specifically - cleberg.net [06:14] TR News "What on earth are they building all of these data centers for?" https://www.wired.com/story/ai-agents-are-thirsty-for-power/ | Source: Wired [06:14] TR Bot Agents Are Thirsty for Power | WIRED [06:15] TR News "A spokesperson told the LA Times that a violation of our terms of service involving a firearm was detected. At which point the car pulled over and alerted the authorities." https://www.theverge.com/transportation/994405/waymo-pulls-over-calls-cops-on-riders-with-a-ghost-gun | Source: The Verge [06:15] TR Bot Waymo pulls over, calls cops on riders with a ghost gun | The Verge [06:15] TR News "That may be how the source report can say that the AR was loaded" https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/drones/waymo-robotaxi-calls-cops-on-riders-handling-loaded-ar-style-ghost-gun-waymo-alerted-san-francisco-police-then-juvenile-riders-were-stopped-and-arrested | Source: Tom's Hardware [06:15] TR Bot Waymo robotaxi calls cops on riders handling loaded AR-style ghost gun Waymo alerted San Francisco police, then juvenile riders were stopped and arrested | Tom's Hardware [06:15] TR News "There's a flaw in Georgias voting equipment that can allow voters to be matched to their ballots after theyve been cast." https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2026/0913/elections-midterms-georgia-democracy-ai | Source: CS Monitor [06:15] TR Bot secret ballot has been an article of faith in U.S. elections. That's being tested in Georgia. - CSMonitor.com [06:16] TR News "This wasnt the first time Waymo has tattled on alleged troublemakers." https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-09-12/juveniles-riding-in-waymo-arrested-after-police-find-ghost-gun | Source: Los Angeles Times [06:16] TR Bot Juveniles riding in Waymo arrested after police find a 'ghost gun' - Los Angeles Times [06:16] TR News "Around 38% of people living in Spain regularly use generative artificial intelligence (AI)" https://english.elpais.com/technology/2026-09-13/people-are-using-ai-for-personal-questions-almost-twice-as-often-as-for-work-related-queries.html | Source: El Pas [06:16] TR Bot People are using AI for personal questions almost twice as often as for work-related queries | Technology | EL PAS English [06:26] TR News Techrights Slop Companies Engage in Plagiarising the Web, Now They Pay People to Contaminate the Web With Their Lies https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Slop_Companies_Engage_in_Plagiarising_the_Web_Now_They_Pay_Peop.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Slop_Companies_Engage_in_Plagiarising_the_Web_Now_They_Pay_Peop.gmi [06:26] TR Bot Techrights Slop Companies Engage in Plagiarising the Web, Now They Pay People to Contaminate the Web With Their Lies [06:44] TR News Techrights IBM PIPs Are Layoffs (RAs Come Later Even If You Satisfy the "Performance" and "Plan") https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/IBM_PIPs_Are_Layoffs_RAs_Come_Later_Even_If_You_Satisfy_the_Per.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/IBM_PIPs_Are_Layoffs_RAs_Come_Later_Even_If_You_Satisfy_the_Per.gmi [06:44] TR Bot Techrights IBM PIPs Are Layoffs (RAs Come Later Even If You Satisfy the "Performance" and "Plan") [06:48] TR News For almost a whole decade, LF was run by Microsoft GitHub, and LF was pushing slop, plagiarism and prisons with Jono Bacon's wife while LF pays him to write pro-Microsoft crap; as for his wife, she bosses Linus Torvalds https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/21/Never_Trust_People_Who_Write_Their_Own_Wikipedia_Pages_Vanity_P.shtml by virtue of heading the board [06:48] TR Bot Techrights Never Trust People Who Write Their Own Wikipedia Pages (Vanity Pages About Themselves) or Ask Friends to Do So. Also: Jono Bacon is Married to Microsoft. [06:49] TR News LF is a force of corruption, not a force of Linux [06:50] TR News "Having a wikipedia page these days is becoming a contraindicator of reliability and trustworhiness." https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/21/Never_Trust_People_Who_Write_Their_Own_Wikipedia_Pages_Vanity_P.shtml [06:52] TR News Terrence Eden made an ad for himself in Wikipedia and even added his own voice like he was some sort of famous scientist whose _VOICE_ need to be documented. Hangs out with HearsayMatt and OSI types. https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/13/lecturing-in-absentia/ [06:52] TR Bot Blog Archive Lecturing in Absentia [06:58] TR News (NEW): Review: Vanilla OS 3 "Reunion" https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Review_Vanilla_OS_3_Reunion.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Review_Vanilla_OS_3_Reunion.gmi [06:58] TR Bot Tux Machines Review: Vanilla OS 3 "Reunion" ● Sep 14 [07:01] TR News Social Control Media https://boingboing.net/2026/09/11/la-jolla-sea-lions-human-harassment.html | Source: BoingBoing [07:01] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2026/09/11/la-jolla-sea-lions-human-harassment.html ) [07:01] *_what___ has quit (connection closed) [07:03] TR News Social Control Media: "LaCava said officials are considering a middle ground between verbal warnings from city employees and federal prosecution." https://timesofsandiego.com/environment/2026/08/23/should-la-jolla-cove-close-to-protect-sea-lions/ | Source: Times Of San Diego [07:03] TR Bot Should La Jolla Cove close to protect sea lions? [07:05] TR News Unlike a lot of the "Linux" stories in TR, the EPO coverage is historically significant and impactful [07:05] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [07:05] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [07:06] *Goblin has quit (Quit: Leaving) [07:17] TR News (NEW): A Void Linux maintainer orphaned over 100 packages because of an AI usage ban https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/A_Void_Linux_maintainer_orphaned_over_100_packages_because_of_a.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/A_Void_Linux_maintainer_orphaned_over_100_packages_because_of_a.gmi [07:17] TR Bot Tux Machines A Void Linux maintainer orphaned over 100 packages because of an AI usage ban [07:20] TR News (NEW): Why Mint's easy graphical interface is the worst thing for your Linux journey https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Why_Mint_s_easy_graphical_interface_is_the_worst_thing_for_your.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Why_Mint_s_easy_graphical_interface_is_the_worst_thing_for_your.gmi [07:20] TR Bot Tux Machines Why Mint's easy graphical interface is the worst thing for your Linux journey [07:23] TR News "They were testing the fences for weaknesses, systematically. They remember." https://www.chrisfarris.com/post/jurassic-agents/ | Source: Chris Ferris [07:23] TR Bot Jurassic Agents - Chris Farris [07:23] TR News "Senators Bernie Sanders and Greg Cezar have announced their Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act." https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/sanders-proposes-20-year-prison-sentence-for-ai-devs-who-plow-ahead-with-artificial-superintelligence-plans-penalty-on-par-with-illegally-developing-rogue-nuclear-weapons | Source: Tom's Hardware [07:23] TR Bot Bernie Sanders proposes 20 year prison sentence for AI devs who plow ahead with Artificial Superintelligence plans penalty on par with illegally developing rogue nuclear weapons | Tom's Hardware [07:23] TR News "Danielle Carr, a historian and anthropologist at UCLA, thinks that professors relying on surveilling and detection methods to weed out cheating will only keep them stuck in a game of cat and mouse" https://futurism.com/future-society/ai-cheating-students-absurd-lengths-avoid-detection | Source: Futurism [07:23] TR Bot College Students Using AI to Cheat Are Going to Absurd Lengths to Avoid Detection [07:24] TR News "This spills over into other processes wanting to use the GPU, namely the WindowServer." https://auberon.xyz/blog/posts/deathray/ | [07:24] TR Bot NO TITLE [07:24] TR News Yesterday, Francesco and I brought home two 2008 iMacs, the ones with the Core 2 Duo processors." https://eliseomartelli.it/blog/2026-09-13-imacs-old-enough-to-drive/ | Source: Eliseo Martelli [07:24] TR Bot iMacs Old Enough to Drive | Eliseo Martelli [07:24] TR News "Most people dont think of themselves as soybean consumers. Few sit down to a plate of soybeans, but soy is hiding in plain sight throughout the American diet" https://www.salon.com/2026/09/13/how-soybeans-took-over-the-american-diet-without-anyone-noticing-partner/ | Source: Salon [07:24] TR Bot soybeans took over the American diet without anyonenoticing - Salon.com [07:25] TR News "ProPublicas analysis of CDC data found that almost 200 women died after an ectopic pregnancy from 2020 to 2025" https://www.salon.com/2026/09/13/ectopic-pregnancy-deaths-have-nearly-doubled-its-worse-in-states-with-abortion-bans-partner/ | Source: Salon [07:25] TR Bot pregnancy deaths have nearly doubled. Its worse in states with abortion bans - Salon.com [07:26] TR News "Last year, I repaired an NZXT Signal 4K30 USB capture device that I bought on eBay for cheap." https://www.downtowndougbrown.com/2026/09/fixing-an-nzxt-signal-4k30-part-2-the-green-pink-video-bug/ | Source: Doug Brown [07:26] TR Bot Downtown Doug Brown Fixing an NZXT Signal 4K30 part 2: the green/pink video bug [07:26] TR News "Keyboard layouts are baffling. Of course, lots of things in computing (and life) are baffling" https://www.rousette.org.uk/archives/the-one-true-keyboard-layout/ | Source: But she's a girl... [07:26] TR Bot BSAG - The one true keyboard layout [07:27] TR News "Thats how many Arizonans support that states Wild West voucher scheme." https://jacobin.com/2026/09/school-choice-vouchers-public-opposition | Source: Jacobin Magazine [07:27] TR Bot Americans Are Turning Against School Vouchers [07:28] TR News "Scientific awards, whether for fellowships or for prestigious Lasker, Nobel, or Breakthrough prizes, are highly visible markers of success in science." https://www.the-scientist.com/are-awards-essential-for-scientific-success-74982 | Source: LabX Media Group [07:28] TR Bot Are Awards Essential for Scientific Success? | The Scientist [07:28] TR News "Working with double categories can be aptly summarized in a meme: Talk to me about sets without mentioning sets." https://bartoszmilewski.com/2026/09/13/yoneda-lemma-in-double-categories/ | Source: Bartosz Milewski [07:28] TR Bot Yoneda Lemma in Double Categories | Bartosz Milewski's Programming Cafe [07:29] TR News "Technofascism in the UK" https://soylentnews.org/~turgid/journal/20661 [07:29] TR Bot Journal of turgid (4318) [07:30] TR News More surveillance. But will we be safer? | "Mer vervakning. Men blir vi skrare?" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/09/13/mer-overvakning-men-blir-vi-sakrare/ [07:30] TR Bot Mer vervakning. Men blir vi skrare? [07:33] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Android_Leftovers.gmi [07:33] TR Bot Tux Machines Android Leftovers [07:34] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 14/09/2026: Trip, Hiding, and OCR https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Gemini_Links_14_09_2026_Trip_Hiding_and_OCR.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Gemini_Links_14_09_2026_Trip_Hiding_and_OCR.gmi [07:34] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 14/09/2026: Trip, Hiding, and OCR [07:38] TR News Feels Like Summer in Mid-September https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/14/feels-like-summer-in-mid-september/ [07:38] TR Bot Blog Archive Feels Like Summer in Mid-September [07:44] TR News Techrights Links 14/09/2026: Slop Hardly Used for Actual Work (Chatbots Are for Lonely People), Slop Bots (Scrapers, Plagiarism) "Are Thirsty for Power" https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Links_14_09_2026_Slop_Hardly_Used_for_Actual_Work_Chatbots_Are_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Links_14_09_2026_Slop_Hardly_Used_for_Actual_Work_Chatbots_Are_.gmi [07:44] TR Bot Techrights Links 14/09/2026: Slop Hardly Used for Actual Work (Chatbots Are for Lonely People), Slop Bots (Scrapers, Plagiarism) "Are Thirsty for Power" [07:45] TR News "Its been six months since we saw a new Java release, and this new edition is seems to be ready to flex its muscles." https://hanno.codes/2026/09/15/hello-java-27/ | Source: Hanno Embregts [07:45] TR Bot Java 27! Have You Been Working Out? - hanno.codes [07:45] TR News "These presentations are up to 5 minutes long - the ideal way to introduce your favorite module, TV series, or really just about any topic." https://blogs.perl.org/users/max_maischein/2026/09/the-lightning-talks-of-the-german-perl-workshop-2026-are-online.html | Source: Perl [07:45] TR Bot Lightning Talks of the German Perl Workshop 2026 are online | Max Maischein [blogs.perl.org] [07:45] TR News "Comments in your code are the simplest and often most useful means of documenting your decisions and communicating intent for those that need to understand it in the future." https://eddie.codes/posts/source-code-comments/ | Source: Eddie Atkinson [07:45] TR Bot Useful Code Comments Eddie's Blog [07:46] TR News [Old] "Here are just a few programming language features I love: [...]" https://prydt.xyz/blog/a-few-good-ideas-in-pl/ | [07:46] TR Bot prydt's site [07:46] TR News "Metacarp is a second implementation of that language. It compiles the reference suite, compiles itself, and then compiles itself again to byte-identical C." https://blog.veitheller.de/Metacarp.html | [07:46] TR Bot Metacarp | Veit's Blog [07:47] TR News "People at Git has started to work on a proposal to make the Rust1 programming language mandatory." https://lucio.albenga.es/web-en/posts/2025/from-git-to-fossil.html | [07:47] TR Bot - From Git to Fossil [07:48] TR News "I don't like Rust and, above all, I don't like its community of little extremist characters who are trying to make everyone swallow their crap by rewriting projects that have been working for decades, doing social media brigading, and other nice little gems worthy of any tiny group with totalitarian delusions." [07:49] TR News "That's why when I see that a project aims to "force" the use of or the switch from C to Rust, to the extent of my possibilities, I flee from it as if I were pursued by the Balrog of the Lord of the Rings with his whip." [07:49] TR News "I'm old enough to have used (or tested) many version control systems: RCS (Revision Control System), CVS (Concurrent Version System), SVN (Subversion), HG (Mercurial), BZR (Bazaar), and the aforementioned Git, which means I have no problem in switching again, so I started to think about a Git substitute for my personal projects." [07:49] TR News "The options were to go back to one of the already known or look at something else, and I remembered Fossil. I started looking over the source code and reading the official documentation to learn its features, its dependencies, how to install and configure it, etc., and I noticed it had many things I like: [...]" [07:49] TR News "A typical formulation of the Luhn algorithm can be described as follows" https://abstractnonsense.xyz/blog/2025-08-31-can-a-regex-match-valid-card-numbers/ | [07:49] TR Bot Can a regex match valid card numbers? Abstract Nonsense [07:50] TR News "this part is hard to read." https://evanhahn.com/posts/2026-09-13-programmers-dislike-reduce/ | Source: Evan Hahn [07:50] TR Bot Anecdotally, programmers dislike "reduce" [07:59] TR News (NEW): Microsoft Has Problems in France https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Microsoft_Has_Problems_in_France.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Microsoft_Has_Problems_in_France.gmi [07:59] TR Bot Tux Machines Microsoft Has Problems in France ● Sep 14 [08:23] TR News Techrights Software Freedom Day 2026 is 5 Days From Now, Fresh Reminder to Boycott Proprietary Software https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Software_Freedom_Day_2026_is_5_Days_From_Now_Fresh_Reminder_to_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Software_Freedom_Day_2026_is_5_Days_From_Now_Fresh_Reminder_to_.gmi [08:23] TR Bot Techrights Software Freedom Day 2026 is 5 Days From Now, Fresh Reminder to Boycott Proprietary Software [08:33] *Righty has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [08:35] *Righty (~Username@65v8kqgb32pk6.irc) has joined #techrights [08:36] TR News Techrights Phil Harvey, an Editor-in-Chief in a B2B Site, Explains Why ChannelFutures (Connected to TechTarget) and Other Sites That Used to Cover Linux Deleted Many Articles https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Phil_Harvey_an_Editor_in_Chief_in_a_B2B_Site_Explains_Why_Chann.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Phil_Harvey_an_Editor_in_Chief_in_a_B2B_Site_Explains_Why_Chann.gmi [08:36] TR Bot Techrights Phil Harvey, an Editor-in-Chief in a B2B Site, Explains Why ChannelFutures (Connected to TechTarget) and Other Sites That Used to Cover Linux Deleted Many Articles [08:46] TR News Over a Million Brits Dont Have and Dont Carry a Skinnerbox https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/14/over-a-million-brits-dont-have-and-dont-carry-a-skinnerbox/ [08:46] TR Bot Blog Archive Over a Million Brits Dont Have and Dont Carry a Skinnerbox ● Sep 14 [09:16] TR News Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 183 Out of 200: What Actually Happened Two Months Ago (Based on People Who Attended) https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_183_Out_of_200_What_Actually_Happened_Two.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_183_Out_of_200_What_Actually_Happened_Two.gmi [09:16] TR Bot Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 183 Out of 200: What Actually Happened Two Months Ago (Based on People Who Attended) [09:51] TR News Techrights RFID Ambitions Already Established by Widespread Skinnerbox Adoption https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/RFID_Ambitions_Already_Established_by_Widespread_Skinnerbox_Ado.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/RFID_Ambitions_Already_Established_by_Widespread_Skinnerbox_Ado.gmi [09:51] TR Bot Techrights RFID Ambitions Already Established by Widespread Skinnerbox Adoption [09:56] TR News s/Microsoft Has Problems in France/Freedom Rises in France/ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Microsoft_Has_Problems_in_France.shtml [09:56] TR Bot Tux Machines Microsoft Has Problems in France [09:57] TR News "FOSDEM 2027 is happening on January 3031, 2027, at ULB Brusselsand your project could be part of it!" https://fosdem.org/2027/news/call-for-stands/ | Source: FOSDEM [09:57] TR Bot FOSDEM 2027 Call for Stands FOSDEM 2027 [09:57] TR News "i have been running several personal git forges for, at this point, almost half my life :o i like running my own dev infrastructure" https://char.lt/blog/2026/09/sorcery-repo-viewer/ | [09:57] TR Bot what if my git host were a static site generator? - charlotte! ● Sep 14 [10:02] TR News A Week of Fish Desk https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/14/a-week-of-fish-desk/ [10:02] TR Bot Blog Archive A Week of Fish Desk [10:09] TR News Despite being facetious and tongue-in-cheek (and rude by default), HearsayBoy makes it sound like 1) he needs a million bucks and 2) he's looking for a job now. https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/31/Spending_Over_a_Million_Bucks_on_Lawsuits_Abroad_When_There_s_a.shtml [10:09] TR Bot Techrights Spending Over a Million Bucks on Lawsuits Abroad When There's a Big Mortgage to Pay in America [10:25] *Received a CTCP VERSION from StatServ [10:49] *parsifal has quit (Quit: Leaving) ● Sep 14 [11:07] TR News (NEW): Three Years for Increasingly Independent Tux Machines https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Three_Years_for_Increasingly_Independent_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Three_Years_for_Increasingly_Independent_Tux_Machines.gmi [11:07] TR Bot Tux Machines Three Years for Increasingly Independent Tux Machines [11:14] TR News "Having been involved in issuing RFPs as a customer, we ask what percentage of work is offshored. If the vendor does not answer the question, they are not shortlisted. If the percentage is high as determined by our procurement, they will not be shortlisted. Work quality by offshore workers has been subpar." https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/IBM_PIPs_Are_Layoffs_RAs_Come_Later_Even_If_You_Satisfy_the_Per.shtml [11:14] TR Bot Techrights IBM PIPs Are Layoffs (RAs Come Later Even If You Satisfy the "Performance" and "Plan") [11:23] TR News Techrights IBM Flying Away to Sweatshops (So Will Red Hat) https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/IBM_Flying_Away_to_Sweatshops_So_Will_Red_Hat.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/IBM_Flying_Away_to_Sweatshops_So_Will_Red_Hat.gmi [11:23] TR Bot Techrights IBM Flying Away to Sweatshops (So Will Red Hat) [11:49] *_what___ (~whatA_@ewg54w887npku.irc) has joined #techrights [11:55] TR News "Gregory Chudnovskys partner in the design and construction of the supercomputer was his older brother, David Volfovich Chudnovsky, who is also a mathematician, and who lives five blocks away from Gregory." https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1992/03/02/the-mountains-of-pi | Source: New Yorker [11:55] TR Bot The Chudnovsky Brothers and the Mountains of Pi | The New Yorker [11:55] TR News "Then arrived the Fable 5. At first I was not that hopeful." https://a6mzero.com/posts/this-pcb-is-brought-to-you-by-fable-5/ | [11:55] TR Bot This PCB is brought to you by Fable 5 A6M-Zero [11:56] TR News "Having seen tiny386 run on its minimum-spec ESP32 platform" https://hackaday.com/2026/09/13/a-386-pc-for-your-rp2350/ | Source: Hackaday [11:56] TR Bot 386 PC For Your RP2350 | Hackaday [11:56] TR News "Each 3D-printed icosahedron has numerals sunk through each of its twelve sides, and is raised above the base of the clock on a brass support shaft." https://hackaday.com/2026/09/13/keeping-time-on-tumbling-icosahedra/ | Source: Hackaday [11:56] TR Bot Time On Tumbling Icosahedra | Hackaday [11:56] TR News "This worked even better than expected, getting a reliable crack every time." https://hackaday.com/2026/09/13/whip-cracking-machine-reliably-breaks-the-sound-barrier/ | Source: Hackaday [11:56] TR Bot Machine Reliably Breaks The Sound Barrier | Hackaday [11:57] TR News "As for the FV-1 itself, its an interesting little chip in that its quite a full-featured DSP rather, its small instruction set is focused entirely on audio effects." https://hackaday.com/2026/09/12/spin-fv-1-emulator-simplifies-sound-pedal-development/ | Source: Hackaday [11:57] TR Bot FV-1 Emulator Simplifies Sound Pedal Development | Hackaday [11:58] TR News "The other night I wanted to implement a small Voronoi-diagram shader to use as a background to a music video, to show up the music project I recently finished." https://crocidb.com/post/when-the-fractional-part-of-a-float-fixes-your-shader/ | Source: Bruno Croci [11:58] TR Bot When the fractional part of a float fixes your shader - Bruno Croci ● Sep 14 [12:03] TR News When the US government (regime) just calls you the T word, then takes you offline. No due process really. https://www.ezini.eu/blog/2026/financial-risks-in-2026 [12:03] TR Bot Financial risks in 2026 [12:04] TR News "This month, my Dad unexpectedly passed away after a short illness. As a result I obviously got less work done than usual, and I still have a lot to take care of (since Im the executor of his will, as well as helping with funeral arrangements) while grieving and generally having less focus and energy." https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~cjwatson/blog/activity-2026-08.html [12:04] TR Bot timed out after 10002 milliseconds ( status 0 @ https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~cjwatson/blog/activity-2026-08.html ) [12:05] TR News "I voted in General Resolution: LLM usage in Debian. My vote was pretty much the opposite of what ended up winning, so Im quite disappointed. My personal opinion is that LLMs are cognitive hazards to their users that impose ecological costs far out of proportion to their utility at a time when the world absolutely cannot afford them." [12:05] schestowitz[TR2] "Debians direct contribution to all that will be negligible on a global scale, and even the most radical proposals in the GR didnt expect that we could do much about upstreams that have gone all-in on LLMs. Even so, Id hoped that my fellow developers might be more willing to lean on our position in the free software ecosystem to make at least a moderately radical statement. Instead, weve at best presented an undistingu [12:05] schestowitz[TR2] ished fence-sitting position to the world, and further entrenched the idea that humans can reliably do a good job of reviewing the output of tools that are designed to produce output plausible to humans. I certainly dont trust my own code review skills that far." [12:06] TR News "Waiting to see what will happen with .meow domains, which I supported despite not identifying as a cat." https://www.ezini.eu/tags/pdo [12:06] TR Bot Latest posts for tag pdo [12:07] TR News "Global heating is an intentional outrage, not a natural calamity. It is being done to us knowingly." https://stallman.org/archives/2026-jul-oct.html#13_September_2026_(Global_heating) [12:07] TR Bot 2026: July - October Political Notes [12:10] TR News Bernie Sanders proposes 20 year prison sentence for Hey Hi (AI) devs who plow ahead with Artificial Superintelligence plans penalty on par with illegally developing rogue nuclear weapons https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/sanders-proposes-20-year-prison-sentence-for-ai-devs-who-plow-ahead-with-artificial-superintelligence-plans-penalty-on-par-with-illegally-developing-rogue-nuclear-weapons [12:10] TR Bot Bernie Sanders proposes 20 year prison sentence for AI devs who plow ahead with Artificial Superintelligence plans penalty on par with illegally developing rogue nuclear weapons | Tom's Hardware [12:11] TR News Waymo robotaxi calls cops on riders handling loaded AR-style ghost gun Waymo alerted San Francisco police, then juvenile riders were stopped and arrested https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/drones/waymo-robotaxi-calls-cops-on-riders-handling-loaded-ar-style-ghost-gun-waymo-alerted-san-francisco-police-then-juvenile-riders-were-stopped-and-arrested [12:11] TR Bot Waymo robotaxi calls cops on riders handling loaded AR-style ghost gun Waymo alerted San Francisco police, then juvenile riders were stopped and arrested | Tom's Hardware [12:17] TR News Preserving Netlify Analytics Data Beyond 30 Days https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/preserving-netlify-analytics-data/ [12:17] TR Bot Preserving Netlify Analytics Data Beyond 30 Days - Jim Nielsens Blog [12:18] TR News You Ain't Ready For This Jelly | LINUX Unplugged 684 https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/linux-unplugged/684/ [12:18] TR Bot You Ain't Ready For This Jelly | LINUX Unplugged 684 | Jupiter Broadcasting [12:18] TR News Boosters of Omarchy Are No 'Underdogs' https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/13/Boosters_of_Omarchy_Are_No_Underdogs.shtml [12:18] TR Bot Techrights Boosters of Omarchy Are No 'Underdogs' [12:19] TR News Anecdotally, programmers dislike "reduce" https://evanhahn.com/posts/2026-09-13-programmers-dislike-reduce/ [12:19] TR Bot Anecdotally, programmers dislike "reduce" [12:20] TR News Playable Tomb Raider runs on a humble 1-watt chip $25 board with dual-core 400 MHz ESP32-P4 MCU scales OpenLara up to 1,024 x 600 playable pixels https://www.tomshardware.com/software/programming/playable-tomb-raider-runs-on-a-humble-1-watt-chip-usd25-board-with-dual-core-400-mhz-esp32-p4-mcu-scales-openlara-up-to-1-024-x-600-playable-pixels [12:20] TR Bot Playable Tomb Raider runs on a humble 1-watt chip $25 board with dual-core 400 MHz ESP32-P4 MCU scales OpenLara up to 1,024 x 600 playable pixels | Tom's Hardware [12:21] TR News Asia Pacific research networks commit to stronger cyber resilience cooperation https://blog.apnic.net/2026/09/14/asia-pacific-research-networks-commit-to-stronger-cyber-resilience-cooperation/ [12:21] TR Bot Asia Pacific research networks commit to stronger cyber resilience cooperation | APNIC Blog [12:24] *acer-box____ (~acer-box@freenode-co2iu6.ldvb.0amm.hij1op.IP) has joined #techrights [12:24] TR News Better to avoid LLMs altogether, openwashing does nothing for trust https://harishpillay.com/2026/09/13/open-source-language-models-for-accountability-and-trust/ [12:24] TR Bot Open source language models for accountability and trust life one-dot-two degree north, one-o-three-dot-eight degrees east [12:24] *acer-box__ has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [12:25] TR News Intel revives One Mono font after brief retirement during open-source purge typeface built to fight coder eyestrain gets reprieve https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/intel-revives-one-mono-font-after-brief-retirement-typeface-built-to-fight-coder-eyestrain-gets-reprieve-from-open-source-purge [12:25] TR Bot Intel revives One Mono font after brief retirement during open-source purge typeface built to fight coder eyestrain gets reprieve | Tom's Hardware [12:26] TR News Install OpenProject on Raspberry Pi with Docker (2026 Guide) https://peppe8o.com/openproject-raspberry-pi/ [12:26] TR Bot Install OpenProject on Raspberry Pi with Docker (2026 Guide) [12:27] TR News LIES, PROPAGANDA, hype with terms like "Q-Day" https://siliconangle.com/2026/09/13/q-day-is-approaching-most-organizations-arent-ready/ [12:27] TR Bot is approaching. Most organizations aren't ready - SiliconANGLE [12:28] TR News Radio France staff strike over appointment of far-right weekly editor https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260913-radio-france-staff-strike-over-appointment-of-far-right-weekly-editor [12:28] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260913-radio-france-staff-strike-over-appointment-of-far-right-weekly-editor ) [12:33] TR News Police raids, online censorship target Turkeys LGBTI+ community in new crackdown https://bianet.org/haber/police-raids-online-censorship-target-turkeys-lgbti-community-in-new-crackdown-323417 [12:33] TR Bot Police raids, online censorship target Turkeys LGBTI+ community in new crackdown [12:34] TR News Dirk Eddelbuettel: td 0.0.7 on CRAN: New Features and Updates http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/09/13#td_0.0.7 [12:34] TR Bot Thinking inside the box [12:34] TR News (NEW): Linux 7.3-rc3 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Linux_7_3_rc3.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Linux_7_3_rc3.gmi [12:34] TR Bot Tux Machines Linux 7.3-rc3 [12:44] TR News Who said they must adopt crappy, user-hostile, spying tech? https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-aims-to-save-seniors-lost-in-digital-age [12:44] TR Bot South Korea aims to save seniors lost in digital age | The Straits Times [12:44] TR News gender minister? https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/s-koreas-gender-minister-nominee-pulls-out-in-fresh-blow-to-lee [12:44] TR Bot S. Koreas gender minister nominee pulls out in fresh blow to Lee | The Straits Times [12:47] TR News Russia's hybrid attacks in focus as European leaders meet in Finnish Lapland | Yle News | Yle https://yle.fi/a/74-20246189 Source: YLE | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//yle.fi/a/74-20246189 Sompi [12:47] TR Bot Russia's hybrid attacks in focus as European leaders meet in Finnish Lapland | Yle News | Yle [12:55] TR News Is this what Microsoft meant by XBox re-BOOT? Mindless bells? https://news.ssbcrack.com/xbox-introduces-customizable-boot-animations-amidst-company-restructuring/ [12:55] TR Bot Xbox Introduces Customizable Boot Animations Amidst Company Restructuring - SSBCrack News [12:58] TR News There must be billions of dollars allocated at the moment for Iran propaganda (from multiple actors, not just US), especially online propaganda in news sites, non-organic astroturfing sites, and social control media. We only know iranwire (in person, the leader), which is legit, anything else can be suspect (anti- or pro-). [12:59] TR News WWW became a battle zone of malicious actors https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/12/how-the-web-died/ [12:59] TR Bot Blog Archive How The Web Died ● Sep 14 [13:00] TR News WWW is like a restaurant during war. If you sit for the table waiting for a waiter, you'll get no food. On the Web, all the "juice" goes to sloppers, slappers, spammers, GAFAMs, and social control media propaganda hubs. To them, there's no courtesy or manners. Plagiarism has a new name: hey hi. [13:09] TR News Researchers Discover an Untapped Green Hydrogen 'Goldmine' https://www.sciencealert.com/researchers-discover-a-green-hydrogen-goldmine-beneath-australias-red-dirt [13:09] TR Bot Discover a Green Hydrogen 'Goldmine' Beneath Australia's Red Dirt : ScienceAlert [13:12] TR News Scientists Found a Material That Gets Better at Conducting Electricity as It Shrinks https://www.sciencealert.com/strange-material-gets-better-at-conducting-electricity-the-thinner-it-gets [13:12] TR Bot Material Gets Better at Conducting Electricity The Thinner It Gets : ScienceAlert [13:14] TR News "IBM has laid off at least 22k since 2022 when Arvind began this death match to an inflated stock price. All of those acquisitions involve people, too, who are told to bleed blue before knifed themselves." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m2ba37ve [13:14] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m2ba37ve ) [13:36] TR News (NEW): The World Wide Web (WWW) Useless Without Quality Filters https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/The_World_Wide_Web_WWW_Useless_Without_Quality_Filters.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/The_World_Wide_Web_WWW_Useless_Without_Quality_Filters.gmi [13:36] TR Bot Tux Machines The World Wide Web (WWW) Useless Without Quality Filters [13:48] TR News Techrights The PIPs or 'Voluntary Termination Offers' Help IBM Fake Its Situation https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/The_PIPs_or_Voluntary_Termination_Offers_Help_IBM_Fake_Its_Situ.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/The_PIPs_or_Voluntary_Termination_Offers_Help_IBM_Fake_Its_Situ.gmi [13:48] TR Bot Techrights The PIPs or 'Voluntary Termination Offers' Help IBM Fake Its Situation ● Sep 14 [14:05] TR News Techrights Microsoft Urgently Needs Distraction: There's No "Next XBox", But There's a New Boot Screen (Like 'Dark Mode', a Feature That Can be Implemented in Mere Minutes/Hours) https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Microsoft_Urgently_Needs_Distraction_There_s_No_Next_XBox_But_T.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Microsoft_Urgently_Needs_Distraction_There_s_No_Next_XBox_But_T.gmi [14:05] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Urgently Needs Distraction: There's No "Next XBox", But There's a New Boot Screen (Like 'Dark Mode', a Feature That Can be Implemented in Mere Minutes/Hours) [14:07] TR News Microsoft Urgently Needs Distraction: There's No "Next XBox", But There's a New Boot Screen (Like 'Dark Mode', a Feature That Can be Implemented in Mere Minutes/Hours) https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Microsoft_Urgently_Needs_Distraction_There_s_No_Next_XBox_But_T.shtml [14:08] *TMF (~TMF@t4f9raik9hc9y.irc) has joined #techrights [14:09] *TMF is now known as Sheldon [14:21] TR News Reminder: subscription price change coming https://lwn.net/Articles/1093929/ [14:21] TR Bot subscription price change coming [LWN.net] [14:23] TR News Scam Altman Now Trying to Gain Control of Electric Grid https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-sam-altman-chatgpt-hack-electrical-grid-hype [14:23] TR Bot Sam Altman Now Trying to Gain Control of Electric Grid [14:24] TR News California, Which Is Creating All the Hey Hi (AI) Thats Poisoning Children, Just Cracked Down on Hey Hi (AI) Use for Its Own Kids https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/california-creating-ai-poisoning-children-cracked-down [14:24] TR Bot California, Which Is Creating All the AI That's Poisoning Children, Just Cracked Down on AI Use for Its Own Kids [14:24] TR News OpenAI Faces Congressional Probe Over Swarm Hacking Incident https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-faces-congressional-probe-hacking-incident [14:24] TR Bot OpenAI Faces Congressional Probe Over Swarm Hacking Incident [14:32] *_TMF_ (~TMF@3g9hrrh2udfte.irc) has joined #techrights [14:33] *Sheldon has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [14:36] TR News RIP Roy Burnham https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/14/rip-roy-burnham/ [14:36] TR Bot Blog Archive RIP Roy Burnham [14:37] *__TMF__ (~TMF@t4f9raik9hc9y.irc) has joined #techrights [14:37] __TMF__ I think I messed something up.. [14:37] *__TMF__ has quit (Quit: Leaving) [14:38] *_TMF_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [14:39] *TMF (~TMF@t4f9raik9hc9y.irc) has joined #techrights [14:39] *TMF has quit (Quit: Leaving) [14:45] TR News Notebooks Still Work https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/14/notebooks-still-work/ [14:45] TR Bot Blog Archive Notebooks Still Work [14:50] TR News The Bubble (It Was Always a Bubble and Everybody Knew) https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/14/the-bubble-it-was-always-a-bubble-and-everybody-knew/ [14:50] TR Bot Blog Archive The Bubble (It Was Always a Bubble and Everybody Knew) [14:59] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux at Double-Digit Market Share in North America https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/GNU_Linux_at_Double_Digit_Market_Share_in_North_America.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/GNU_Linux_at_Double_Digit_Market_Share_in_North_America.gmi [14:59] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux at Double-Digit Market Share in North America [14:59] TR News (NEW): Mozilla Firefox 156 Is Now Available for Download, Heres Whats New https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Mozilla_Firefox_156_Is_Now_Available_for_Download_Here_s_What_s.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Mozilla_Firefox_156_Is_Now_Available_for_Download_Here_s_What_s.gmi [14:59] TR Bot Tux Machines Mozilla Firefox 156 Is Now Available for Download, Heres Whats New ● Sep 14 [15:07] TR News Techrights Vista 11 Flunked https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Vista_11_Flunked.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Vista_11_Flunked.gmi [15:07] TR Bot Techrights Vista 11 Flunked ● Sep 14 [16:35] MinceR https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rust-coreutils/+bug/2167147 [16:35] TR Bot Bug #2167147 ls -l : Bugs : rust-coreutils package : Ubuntu [16:35] MinceR move fast and break things ● Sep 14 [17:03] TR News Amazon Deploying Hey Hi (AI) Tech That Forces Actors Mouths to Match Dubbed Dialogue https://futurism.com/future-society/amazon-ai-force-lips-dub [17:03] TR Bot Amazon Deploying AI Tech That Forces Actors' Mouths to Match Dubbed Dialogue [17:06] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [17:09] *psydruid has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [17:16] TR News Wrapping Up Summer https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/14/wrapping-up-summer/ [17:16] TR Bot Blog Archive Wrapping Up Summer [17:36] *includeals has quit (Ping timeout: 261 seconds) [17:36] *includeals_ (~includeal@bl18-27-126.dsl.telepac.pt) has joined #techrights [17:37] TR News New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with Valheim 1.0 and Welcome to Elderfield - 2026-09-12 Edition https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-playable-on-the-steam-deck-2026-09-12-edition/index.html [17:37] TR Bot New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with Valheim 1.0 and Welcome to Elderfield - 2026-09-12 Edition [17:38] TR News LTT Leaks Steam Frame's First Look Ahead of Schedule: Quick Summary https://boilingsteam.com/ltt-leaks-steam-frames-first-look-ahead-of-schedule/index.html [17:38] TR Bot LTT Leaks Steam Frame's First Look Ahead of Schedule: Quick Summary [17:38] TR News MAKERphone 2.0 Lets You Build a 4G Phone and Vibe-Code Its Apps https://itsfoss.com/news/makerphone-2-annoucement/ [17:38] TR Bot MAKERphone 2.0 Lets You Build a 4G Phone and Vibe-Code Its Apps [17:39] TR News Chromium 151 and 152 not using system X cursor https://bkhome.org/news/202609/chromium-151-and-152-not-using-system-x-cursor.html [17:39] TR Bot Chromium 151 and 152 not using system X cursor [17:40] TR News Shotwell 33 goes stable with its long-awaited GTK4 port https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/shotwell-gtk4-port-released [17:40] TR Bot Shotwell 33 goes stable with its long-awaited GTK4 port - OMG! Ubuntu [17:40] TR News FunOS 24.04.5 LTS https://funos.org/funos-24-04-5/ [17:40] TR Bot FunOS 24.04.5 LTS FunOS [17:41] *includeals_ has quit (Ping timeout: 255 seconds) [17:41] TR News Not really. They said this before, it failed badly, and users wanted something that worked, not Microsoft copycats. https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/ubuntu-2610-rust-coreutils-complete [17:41] TR Bot Ubuntu 26.10 completes transition to Rust-based coreutils - OMG! Ubuntu [17:42] TR News Linus Torvalds drops Linux 7.3 rc3 release https://www.neowin.net/news/linus-torvalds-drops-linux-73-rc3-release/ [17:42] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/linus-torvalds-drops-linux-73-rc3-release/ ) [17:43] TR News ArchBANG 130926 https://distrowatch.com/archbang [17:43] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/archbang ) [17:43] TR News LankeOS 0.20 https://distrowatch.com/lankeos [17:43] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/lankeos ) [17:43] TR News SkillFishOS 26.06.5 https://distrowatch.com/skillfishos [17:43] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/skillfishos ) [17:44] TR News NuTyX 26.09.0 https://distrowatch.com/nutyx [17:44] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/nutyx ) [17:45] TR News Void GNU/Linux maintainer drops 113 packages over Hey Hi (AI) ban https://www.neowin.net/news/void-linux-maintainer-drops-113-packages-over-ai-ban/ [17:45] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/void-linux-maintainer-drops-113-packages-over-ai-ban/ ) [17:45] TR News 15 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Document Processors https://www.linuxlinks.com/documentprocessors/ [17:45] TR Bot Best Free and Open Source Linux Document Processors - LinuxLinks [17:45] TR News chibisafe self-hosted file uploader and file vault https://www.linuxlinks.com/chibisafe-self-hosted-file-uploader-vault/ [17:45] TR Bot - self-hosted file uploader and file vault - LinuxLinks [17:46] *includeals (~includeal@2001:8a0:e95a:4e00::1c47) has joined #techrights [17:46] TR News DRAKVUF Sandbox agentless malware analysis platform https://www.linuxlinks.com/drakvuf-sandbox-agentless-malware-analysis-platform/ [17:46] TR Bot Sandbox - agentless malware analysis platform - LinuxLinks [17:47] TR News Guatemala judiciary closes criminal proceedings against four Indigenous leaders https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/09/guatemala-judiciary-closes-criminal-proceedings-against-four-indigenous-leaders/ [17:47] TR Bot Guatemala judiciary closes criminal proceedings against four Indigenous leaders - JURIST - News [17:48] TR News GroovyGroovaBox: my new, innovative, drumbox running in a web browser https://gaelduval.com/groovygroovabox-my-new-innovative-drumbox-running-in-a-web-browser/ [17:49] TR Bot "GroovyGroovaBox": my new, innovative, drumbox - running in a web browser - Gal Duval (blog, Murena, /e/OS my data is my data, Mandrake Linux...) [17:50] *includeals has quit (Ping timeout: 253 seconds) [17:52] lxo https://blog.lx.oliva.nom.br/2026-09-14-wAIl.en.html [17:52] TR Bot wail [17:53] MinceR sure, most LLMs and a tiny minority of humans realize this, but it is not enough [17:53] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.1.gmi [17:53] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [17:55] TR News LLM SLOP! https://www.fosslinux.com/161587/what-is-void-linux-beginners-guide.htm [17:55] TR Bot What Is Void Linux: A Beginner's Guide to the Independent Distro [17:55] TR News Lazy Reading for 2026/09/13 https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2026/09/13/lazy-reading-for-2026-09-13/ [17:56] TR Bot Lazy Reading for 2026/09/13 DragonFly BSD Digest [17:56] TR News JetKVM Mini A low-cost, ESP32-P4X-based KVM with Ethernet or WiFi connectivity https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/09/14/jetkvm-mini-a-low-cost-esp32-p4x-based-kvm-with-ethernet-or-wifi-connectivity/ [17:56] TR Bot JetKVM Mini - A low-cost, ESP32-P4X-based KVM with Ethernet or WiFi connectivity - CNX Software [17:56] TR News ffmpeg Cheatsheet https://linuxize.com/cheatsheet/ffmpeg/ [17:56] TR Bot Cheatsheet | Linuxize [17:57] TR News Microsoft Lunduke of 'Linux Sucks' (and Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Corp.) Tries to Replace GNU/Linux With Toxic Discussions About Toxic Politics https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/13/Microsoft_Lunduke_of_Linux_Sucks_and_Microsoft_Corp_Tries_to_Re.shtml [17:57] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Lunduke of 'Linux Sucks' (and Microsoft Corp.) Tries to Replace GNU/Linux With Toxic Discussions About Toxic Politics [17:59] TR News Plagiarism is OK if you call it "hey hi" and then bribe the dictator and tell him it's a matter of "arms race" https://heathermeeker.com/2026/09/13/training-llms-on-copyrighted-works-is-fair-use-says-the-doj/ [17:59] TR Bot Training LLMs on Copyrighted Works Is Fair Use, Says the DOJ Copyleft Currents ● Sep 14 [18:02] *Goblin (~use@3t3iymyzc9xhe.irc) has joined #techrights [18:14] TR News AT&T sued Berkeley over 186 lines of Unix code, and the delay handed the market to Linux https://www.xda-developers.com/at-t-sued-berkeley-186-lines-unix-code-handed-market-linux/ [18:14] TR Bot AT&T sued Berkeley over 186 lines of Unix code, and the delay handed the market to Linux [18:15] cow_20012 is this yet another stallman letter type of thing? https://stopomarchy.neocities.org/ [18:15] TR Bot STOP OMARCHY: Boycott Tech's Far-Right Backers [18:15] TR News "The KaOS Linux team has officially released KaOS Linux 2026.09 today as the first ISO snapshot of this independent distribution using Dinit as the default init system instead of systemd." https://9to5linux.com/kaos-linux-2026-09-released-with-noctalia-5-1-linux-kernel-7-1-and-mesa-26-2 [18:15] TR Bot Linux 2026.09 Released with Noctalia 5.1, Linux Kernel 7.1, and Mesa 26.2 - 9to5Linux [18:15] TR News "If you're new to Linux, or you've happily existed in Mint's easygoing ecosystem for years, you might want to hear what its downsides are. That comfortable feeling may cost you dearly." https://www.howtogeek.com/why-mints-easy-graphical-interface-worst-thing-for-your-linux-journey/ [18:15] TR Bot Why Mint's easy graphical interface is the worst thing for your Linux journey [18:16] TR News Immutable Linux distros sound terrible on paper, but a month of Silverblue proved me wrong https://www.xda-developers.com/immutable-linux-terrible-paper/ [18:16] TR Bot Immutable Linux distros sound terrible on paper, but a month of Silverblue proved me wrong [18:17] TR News One dev turned the Linux desktop into a single app, and it's surprisingly good https://www.howtogeek.com/one-developer-turned-a-linux-desktop-environment-into-a-single-app/ [18:17] TR Bot One dev turned the Linux desktop into a single app, and it's surprisingly good [18:18] TR News "As Linux distros decide whether LLM-generated content is allowed in code commits, we've seen people leave over disagreements about what they can and can't do." https://www.xda-developers.com/a-void-linux-maintainer-orphaned-over-100-packages-because-of-an-ai-usage-ban/ [18:18] TR Bot A Void Linux maintainer orphaned over 100 packages because of an AI usage ban [18:19] TR News "Brancaleoni who didnt limit his [plagiarism] usage to research and learning. He also failed to disclose the use of [plagiarism] tools, which is required by the policy." https://www.neowin.net/news/void-linux-maintainer-drops-113-packages-over-ai-ban/ [18:19] TR News "A recent Zoom build for Linux systems proactively reads X11 clipboard data in the background without user window focus or consent." https://www.neowin.net/news/zoom-update-triggers-privacy-risk-by-slurping-linux-clipboards/ [18:19] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/zoom-update-triggers-privacy-risk-by-slurping-linux-clipboards/ ) [18:20] TR News (NEW): Linux is free, but I pay for Linux PCs: Here's why https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Linux_is_free_but_I_pay_for_Linux_PCs_Here_s_why.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Linux_is_free_but_I_pay_for_Linux_PCs_Here_s_why.gmi [18:20] TR Bot Tux Machines Linux is free, but I pay for Linux PCs: Here's why [18:20] TR News "If you keep interesting secrets in your clipboard particularly, if a password manager uses it as a means of getting the password to where it needs to be this might be a thing you need to know about!" https://hachyderm.io/@simontatham/117201594980991062 [18:20] TR Bot Tatham: "I noticed today that an update to the #Linux #Zoo" - Hachyderm.io [18:20] TR News A 386 PC For Your RP2350 https://hackaday.com/2026/09/13/a-386-pc-for-your-rp2350/ [18:20] TR Bot 386 PC For Your RP2350 | Hackaday [18:21] TR News "If you're new to Linux and switching from Windows to Linux, there are some mistakes you want to avoid. Avoiding common beginner mistakes in Linux will put you ahead of the other Linux newbies." https://www.howtogeek.com/the-biggest-mistakes-new-linux-users-make-arent-technical/ [18:21] TR Bot The biggest mistakes new Linux users make aren't technical [18:23] TR News (NEW): Linux was called 'obsolete' in 1992, and now it powers servers around the world https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Linux_was_called_obsolete_in_1992_and_now_it_powers_servers_aro.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Linux_was_called_obsolete_in_1992_and_now_it_powers_servers_aro.gmi [18:23] TR Bot Tux Machines Linux was called 'obsolete' in 1992, and now it powers servers around the world [18:23] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [18:23] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [18:25] TR News (NEW): Devices/Embedded: MAKERphone, ESP32, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Devices_Embedded_MAKERphone_ESP32_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Devices_Embedded_MAKERphone_ESP32_and_More.gmi [18:25] TR Bot Tux Machines Devices/Embedded: MAKERphone, ESP32, and More [18:27] TR News (NEW): Games: OpenLara, New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Games_OpenLara_New_Steam_Games_Playable_on_the_Steam_Deck_and_M.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Games_OpenLara_New_Steam_Games_Playable_on_the_Steam_Deck_and_M.gmi [18:27] TR Bot Tux Machines Games: OpenLara, New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, and More [18:28] TR News (NEW): BSD Lawsuits Recalled, FreeBSD, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/BSD_Lawsuits_Recalled_FreeBSD_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/BSD_Lawsuits_Recalled_FreeBSD_and_More.gmi [18:28] TR Bot Tux Machines BSD Lawsuits Recalled, FreeBSD, and More [18:30] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi [18:30] TR Bot Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers [18:33] TR News Art Garfunkel - Bright Eyes https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=lo-cp1270eQ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Garfunkel [18:33] TR Bot ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=lo-cp1270eQ ) [18:33] TR Bot Art Garfunkel - Wikipedia [18:35] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.gmi [18:35] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux Leftovers [18:37] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Android_Leftovers.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Android_Leftovers.1.gmi [18:37] TR Bot Tux Machines Android Leftovers [18:37] TR News Techrights Links 14/09/2026: "Scam Altman Now Trying to Gain Control of Electric Grid" and Sweden Moving to the Right https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Links_14_09_2026_Scam_Altman_Now_Trying_to_Gain_Control_of_Elec.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Links_14_09_2026_Scam_Altman_Now_Trying_to_Gain_Control_of_Elec.gmi [18:37] TR Bot Techrights Links 14/09/2026: "Scam Altman Now Trying to Gain Control of Electric Grid" and Sweden Moving to the Right [18:39] TR News LoRa BBS: Keep it simple, stupid! gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/agk/2026-09-14-kiss.txt [18:40] TR News Soyez humains, communiquez! gemini://ploum.net/2026-09-14-ecrire_et_ia.gmi [18:41] TR News Leaving Sony gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2026/202609/20260914-leaving-sony.gmi [18:42] TR News Prepare for That Stupid World gemini://ploum.net/2025-12-19-prepare-for-that-world.gmi [18:44] *includeals (~includeal@bl18-27-126.dsl.telepac.pt) has joined #techrights [18:45] TR News "So, a few months back, I posted some brief thoughts I had about planning a hike on the John Muir Trail in the Sierra Nevada. Broadly, it was mid-May, the permit I got was for mid-July, and I had very little of the actual logistical planning for everything underway." gemini://bouteloua.fyi/misc/jmtretrospective.gmi [18:46] TR News "Unfortunately, much like my shrimp in the same tank, the tadpoles seem to be slowly disappearing one-by-one. Their guts are full, they're becoming flatter, and on a few I see the beginnings of limb buds coming out." gemini://bouteloua.fyi/misc/tadpoles20260913.gmi [18:47] TR News "While looking through my old room at my parents' house recently, I found something I hadn't seen in 10 years: my first Android phone the HTC Desire HD which was last used in July 2016." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/u/SavaRocks/48501 [18:48] TR News "I honestly expected the battery to be completely dead after all these years... but I was wrong. I plugged it in and, to my surprise, the battery still charges and holds a charge. That's probably the most impressive part of the whole discovery. After sitting forgotten for 10 years, the battery isn't completely destroyed." gemini://sava.rocks/blog/i-found-my-first-android-phone/ [18:49] *includeals has quit (Ping timeout: 260 seconds) [18:49] TR News "If you must run a proxy which exposes the Geminispace to the Web, please be respectful and support `robots.txt`." gemini://michaelnordmeyer.com/transmissions/2026-09-14-to-all-gemini-to-http-proxy-providers.gmi [18:49] *includeals (~includeal@bl18-27-126.dsl.telepac.pt) has joined #techrights [18:50] TR News "At the centre of my system is Raspberry Pi 4. It sits quietly in a corner and makes no fuss. It holds a git repo of the files I use. (More on them later) My 'workhorse' is a Starlabs Starbook laptop, running Ubuntu. It's about 5 years old, and apart from a wobble at the weekend has caused me no bother." gemini://kunulo.smol.pub/2026-09-14-txt-set-up [18:50] TR News "I had almost lost hope for a good movie that I could watch without a tangible sense of being deceived. Last time we went to a cinema and chose the "Buzz Lightyear"." gemini://aenu.smol.pub/500-miles-spoilers [18:51] TR News "I'm definitely not a very good chess player but the fact that such a small amount of codified play defeated me in short order is a little bit embarrassing or maybe simply a testament to how well chess strategies have been codified and distilled over time." gemini://rrees.smol.pub/kilobyte-gambit [18:52] TR News "Ploum turns a legitimate question into a blanket refusal. Where he draws a line between human and machine, the real line runs between execution and one's own decision." gemini://schreibfaultier.pollux.casa/blog/2026-09-13-on-executing-and-on-deciding.en.gmi [18:53] TR News "After days of trying to work with frames embedded into textboxes or canvases I bit the bullet and made my own wrapper class with callbacks for scrolling. Following code is unfinished and might be cursed but at least it works as intended." gemini://namno.duckdns.org/blog/2026-09-13.gmi [18:54] TR News "To cat and dog owners alike, the benefits of their choice are obvious. In the best case they live in peace and don't think of the other side too much." gemini://www.fosskers.ca/six-sides.gmi [18:55] TR News "I live in Japan, a place mostly considered a cash country. Since COVID however there has been a rapid adoption of digital payment alternatives. Not just credit cards and Apple Pay, but also Japan-born, bank-connected, preloaded apps that function like debit cards" gemini://www.fosskers.ca/cash.gmi [18:56] TR News "Still in PEM. And the eventful weekend is looming. Will have to go and get cheese on Thursday. And pack. Debating if to cancel agility tomorrow. With how I am still feeling napping on the couch all day doing some sports tomorrow might be a rather unwise idea" gemini://kelaino.gemcities.com/gemlog/260908zzz2.gmi [18:57] TR News "I should be preparing, alas, the dog dancing trip on Saturday seems to have kicked off some PEM[1]. Followed by a Sunday of being out and about, trying to find a nice caf that's not overrun." gemini://kelaino.gemcities.com/gemlog/260907zzzz.gmi [18:57] TR News Viejo aburrido gemini://bitacora.anacronico.rocks/diariodebicicleta/viejoaburrido.gmi [18:57] TR News No me agrada mi yo social gemini://bitacora.anacronico.rocks/diariodebicicleta/miyosocial.gmi [18:58] TR News "Welcome to Gemini Tak. Here you can play against my rather slow, rather unskilled Tak bot on the 5x5 grid size. The game board, state, and log are displayed each turn." gemini://l-3.space/tak.gmi ● Sep 14 [19:04] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 14/09/2026: First Android Phone, Leaving Sony, and Rant About Gemini-to-HTTP Proxy Providers https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Gemini_Links_14_09_2026_First_Android_Phone_Leaving_Sony_and_Ra.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Gemini_Links_14_09_2026_First_Android_Phone_Leaving_Sony_and_Ra.gmi [19:04] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 14/09/2026: First Android Phone, Leaving Sony, and Rant About Gemini-to-HTTP Proxy Providers [19:16] *ewig has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [19:24] TR News Major Veteran Mobilisation https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/britain-mobilises-veterans-russia-tensions-1818544 [19:24] TR Bot Britain Plans Major Veteran Mobilisation Exercise Amid Rising Tensions With Russia | IBTimes UK [19:24] TR News retired Ukrainian journalist https://cpj.org/2026/09/cpj-condemns-15-year-prison-sentence-handed-down-by-russian-authorities-to-retired-ukrainian-journalist-iryna-levchenko/ [19:24] TR Bot CPJ condemns 15-year prison sentence handed down by Russian authorities to retired Ukrainian journalist Iryna Levchenko - Committee to Protect Journalists [19:25] TR News Russian suspect in bank account takeovers is extradited to US https://therecord.media/russian-cybercrime-bank-extradition [19:25] TR Bot Russian suspect in bank account takeovers is extradited to US | The Record from Recorded Future News [19:26] TR News strike on TV channel building https://cpj.org/2026/09/ukraine-russian-drone-strike-on-tv-channel-building-in-kyiv-injures-six-people-damages-newsroom/ [19:26] TR Bot Ukraine: Russian drone strike on TV channel building in Kyiv injures six people, damages newsroom - Committee to Protect Journalists [19:26] TR News Fault Taunting https://xkcd.com/3296/ [19:26] TR Bot Fault Taunting [19:26] TR News Semaphore https://xkcd.com/3295/ [19:26] TR Bot Semaphore [19:27] TR News Asteroid Mission https://xkcd.com/3294/ [19:27] TR Bot Asteroid Mission [19:28] TR News 'FSFE' takes money from Google, so it is not objective https://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-202609.en.html https://fsfe.org/news/2026/news-20260904-01.en.html [19:28] TR Bot Keep Android Open & Android distribution alternatives - FSFE [19:28] TR Bot Free Your Android: Let's test Free Software android distributions - FSFE [19:32] TR News emperor penguins https://theconversation.com/using-a-radar-satellite-to-track-emperor-penguins-in-winter-is-changing-our-understanding-of-the-species-290966 [19:32] TR Bot Using a radar satellite to track emperor penguins in winter is changing our understanding of the species [19:39] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@vjp4ik9gk9aje.irc) has joined #techrights [19:43] TR News UK Has Mobilised Army Veterans (Just in Case) https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/14/uk-has-mobilised-army-veterans-just-in-case/ [19:43] TR Bot Blog Archive UK Has Mobilised Army Veterans (Just in Case) [19:45] TR News Arresting slop pushers https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/09/14/ex-ftc-boss-khan-urges-uncle-sam-to-break-out-the-handcuffs-for-ai-ceos-citing-1934-precedent/5296325 https://techrights.org/o/2021/12/15/arrest-report-5-pages-balabhadra-alex-graveley/ [19:45] TR Bot Ex-FTC boss Khan urges Uncle Sam to break out the handcuffs for AI CEOs, citing 1934 precedent [19:45] TR Bot Arrest/Police Report for Microsofts Chief Architect of GitHub Copilot, Balabhadra Alex Graveley [19:45] TR News Meanwhile... PIP Layoffs at Microsoft, Even in India https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/PIP_Layoffs_at_Microsoft_Even_in_India.shtml [19:45] TR Bot Techrights PIP Layoffs at Microsoft, Even in India [19:57] TR News Former US Presidents Still Selling Dinners or Access (at a Vast Scale, Overseas Too) https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/14/former-us-presidents-still-selling-dinners-or-access-at-a-vast-scale-overseas-too/ [19:57] TR Bot Blog Archive Former US Presidents Still Selling Dinners or Access (at a Vast Scale, Overseas Too) ● Sep 14 [20:03] *FANTOM has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [20:07] TR News Techrights Oracle, Like Microsoft, Drowns in Debt and Discards Tens of Thousands of Staff (Microsoft Does the Same More Discreetly) https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Oracle_Like_Microsoft_Drowns_in_Debt_and_Discards_Tens_of_Thous.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Oracle_Like_Microsoft_Drowns_in_Debt_and_Discards_Tens_of_Thous.gmi [20:07] TR Bot Techrights Oracle, Like Microsoft, Drowns in Debt and Discards Tens of Thousands of Staff (Microsoft Does the Same More Discreetly) [20:12] TR News OS time series for the United States: 11% GNU/Linux https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=14d&loc=US&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP [20:12] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=14d&loc=US&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP ) [20:21] TR News Techrights Apple's iOS and macOS Measured as Bigger Than Windows in the US, Linux-Based OSes at Almost 30% https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Apple_s_iOS_and_macOS_Measured_as_Bigger_Than_Windows_in_the_US.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Apple_s_iOS_and_macOS_Measured_as_Bigger_Than_Windows_in_the_US.gmi [20:21] TR Bot Techrights Apple's iOS and macOS Measured as Bigger Than Windows in the US, Linux-Based OSes at Almost 30% [20:22] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m2gfpfpj [20:22] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m2gfpfpj ) [20:23] schestowitz[TR2] "When will AK be put on the ultimate PIP for devaluing the company by $70B in July ?" [20:23] schestowitz[TR2] " [20:23] schestowitz[TR2] He used to talk of "synergy" and "disrupting all the space, [20:23] schestowitz[TR2] "But now he's doing twenty years in quite a different place. [20:23] schestowitz[TR2] The corner office with the view is just a memory, [20:23] schestowitz[TR2] Replaced by iron prison bars and cold cafeteria tea. [20:23] schestowitz[TR2] He tries to schedule "stand-up" meets beside the bunk bed frame, [20:23] schestowitz[TR2] And tells the guards he's "pivoting" to maximize his game. [20:23] schestowitz[TR2] He asked the warden if they could outsourcing laundry chores, [20:23] schestowitz[TR2] And wondered if the prison yard had automated doors [20:23] schestowitz[TR2] .Instead of quarterly reports, he counts the passing days, [20:23] schestowitz[TR2] Attempting to explain the metrics of his cellmate's ways. [20:23] schestowitz[TR2] He says his sentence isn't long, its just a "hiring freeze, [20:23] schestowitz[TR2] "And promises the jury that hell optimize his pleas. [20:23] schestowitz[TR2] The PowerPoint slides are gone for good, the stock options are dead, [20:23] schestowitz[TR2] He has to wear a jumpsuit now, and sleep on metal lead. [20:23] schestowitz[TR2] He sighs and looks at LinkedIn, or wishes that he could, [20:23] schestowitz[TR2] To post a thought on leadership from inside Robinhood. [20:23] schestowitz[TR2] So heres to the executive who scaled the corporate peak, [20:23] schestowitz[TR2] But blended up the balance sheets to make the numbers chic. [20:23] schestowitz[TR2] He wanted to be global, to innovate and lead, [20:23] schestowitz[TR2] But now he's just a line item the state is forced to feed. [20:23] schestowitz[TR2] " [20:25] TR News IBM ordered to pay $900000 https://www.hcamag.com/ca/specialization/employment-law/ibm-ordered-to-pay-nearly-900000-for-wrongful-dismissal-litigation-conduct/589221 [20:25] TR Bot IBM ordered to pay nearly $900,000 for wrongful dismissal, litigation conduct | Human Resources Director [20:29] IsambardPrince Somehow I think the pharmacy made a mistake and accidentally added a fill of all my psychiatric medication that I don't think the doctor called in. [20:30] IsambardPrince So I hurried up and ordered it so I'll have an extra 90 day buffer just in case. [20:30] IsambardPrince They like to keep us on a short leash and bad things happen if you run out of meds. [20:30] IsambardPrince My psychiatrist is in his 80s and anything could happen and leave me looking for a new doctor. [20:32] IsambardPrince I have to go to three different pharmacies for all of my medications right now. [20:32] IsambardPrince None of them negotiate the best price on the same drugs with all of the PBMs that GoodRX works with. [20:33] IsambardPrince There's no "universal rate". The medication and quantity that costs $31 at CVS might cost $150 at jewel osco. [20:34] IsambardPrince I think that a lot of that is because every pharmacy has a vendor for every drug and so the wholesale costs are different for them, a lot of the difference is probably that. [20:37] *FANTOM (~fantom@freenode-crc.udo.r9g5d1.IP) has joined #techrights [20:37] TR News Techrights It Has Cost $215,000 in Legal Costs to Sue IBM for Wrongful Termination https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/It_Has_Cost_215_000_in_Legal_Costs_to_Sue_IBM_for_Wrongful_Term.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/It_Has_Cost_215_000_in_Legal_Costs_to_Sue_IBM_for_Wrongful_Term.gmi [20:37] TR Bot Techrights It Has Cost $215,000 in Legal Costs to Sue IBM for Wrongful Termination [20:59] *IsambardPrince has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● Sep 14 [21:03] TR News Bright Eyes https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/14/bright-eyes/ [21:03] TR Bot Blog Archive Bright Eyes [21:07] schestowitz[TR2] https://x.com/JosephJacks_/status/2099325768044306587 [21:07] TR Bot on X: " This is a hilariously disgusting revisionist history take by Vinod. Sun Microsystems did not practically start open source. Sun took freely shared academic Unix code, baked it into a proprietary OS, and locked the source away. Richard Stallman was so triggered by this that he cre / X [21:07] schestowitz[TR2] " This is a hilariously disgusting revisionist history take by Vinod. [21:07] schestowitz[TR2] Sun Microsystems did not practically start open source. [21:07] schestowitz[TR2] Sun took freely shared academic Unix code, baked it into a proprietary OS, and locked the source away. [21:07] schestowitz[TR2] Richard Stallman was so triggered by this that he created Free Software (the fundamental origin of open source) then invented the GPL and "copyleft", a genius legal hack to ensure corporations could never permanently hoard community code again. [21:07] schestowitz[TR2] Thank you Richard Stallman." [21:11] *wallacer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [21:16] TR News Techrights LG Lies to Cover Up Lies About Its Spying TVs (It Records and Transmits Conversations in Rooms) https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/LG_Lies_to_Cover_Up_Lies_About_Its_Spying_TVs_It_Records_and_Tr.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/LG_Lies_to_Cover_Up_Lies_About_Its_Spying_TVs_It_Records_and_Tr.gmi [21:16] TR Bot Techrights LG Lies to Cover Up Lies About Its Spying TVs (It Records and Transmits Conversations in Rooms) [21:17] TR News Oracle's Debt Continues to Soar (Increase of 60 Billion Dollars in 15 Months, Not Counting the Secret Debt, With Off-balance-sheet Debt Having "Grown Roughly Thirtyfold in Four Years") https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Oracle_s_Debt_Continues_to_Soar_Increase_of_60_Billion_Dollars_.shtml [21:17] TR Bot Techrights Oracle's Debt Continues to Soar (Increase of 60 Billion Dollars in 15 Months, Not Counting the Secret Debt, With Off-balance-sheet Debt Having "Grown Roughly Thirtyfold in Four Years") [21:17] admfubar LAWD help us all!!!!... https://www.alternet.org/trump-artificial-intelligence/ [21:17] TR Bot stunned as Trump claims his 'high IQ' is enough to regulate AI - Alternet.org [21:18] schestowitz[TR2] change his nappies [21:19] *wallacer (~quassel@2x2w4qfz3wksg.irc) has joined #techrights [21:22] *FANTOM has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [21:35] admfubar https://www.techspot.com/news/113840-clickfix-based-attacks-becoming-widespread-both-pc-mac.html [21:35] TR Bot CAPTCHAs are tricking people into hacking their own computers, and it's working | TechSpot [21:37] admfubar https://www.techspot.com/news/113804-bizarre-twist-robots-protest-poland-warn-ai-automation.html [21:37] TR Bot a bizarre twist, robots protest in Poland to warn that AI and automation could take human jobs | TechSpot [21:38] admfubar what the flock??? https://www.techspot.com/news/113769-california-city-canceled-flock-removed-cameras-found-company.html [21:38] TR Bot city canceled Flock, removed its cameras, then found the company had put some of them back | TechSpot [21:39] admfubar https://www.techspot.com/news/113758-china-turns-humanoid-robots-showpiece-potential-battlefield-force.html [21:39] TR Bot robots are being prepared for combat as China moves them from labs to military training grounds | TechSpot [21:43] *FANTOM (~fantom@freenode-crc.udo.r9g5d1.IP) has joined #techrights ● Sep 14 [22:04] admfubar not the kind of beaver attack he hoped for... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/14/maryland-rabid-beaver-attack [22:04] TR Bot Maryland boy recovering from surgeries after rabid beaver attack at state park | Maryland | The Guardian [22:34] admfubar https://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/14/streaming-tv-prices-rising-faster-than-cable-ever-did/ [22:34] TR Bot TV Prices Rising Faster Than Cable Ever Did | Techdirt [22:37] admfubar how "ai" really destroys the world.... https://slashdot.org/story/26/09/13/0523208/a-visit-to-san-franciscos-ai-run-store-no-customers-nothing-useful-and-losing-money-fast [22:37] TR Bot A Visit to San Francisco's AI-run Store: No Customers, Nothing Useful, And Losing Money Fast - Slashdot [22:38] admfubar the devil is feeling a little chilly today... https://kotaku.com/blizzard-workers-union-contract-microsoft-2000732422 [22:39] TR Bot Blizzard Workers Ratify Union Contract With Microsoft [22:40] *_what___ has quit (connection closed) [22:56] *includeals has quit (Ping timeout: 254 seconds) [22:57] *includeals (~includeal@2001:8a0:e95a:4e00::1c47) has joined #techrights