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[02:00] IsambardPrince H.R.28 - Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025 [02:02] *cmb has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [02:02] *cmb (~cmb@y67qhiej8ixa6.irc) has joined #techrights [02:39] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [02:39] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [02:46] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-140125.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-140125.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-140125.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-140125.txt [02:46] TR Bot IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, January 14, 2025 [02:47] TR News Yesterday's #techrights IRC logs ready. 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[03:54] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jhkng8c9 [03:54] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jhkng8c9 ) [03:54] schestowitz[TR2] " [03:54] schestowitz[TR2] Meta is cutting it workforce by 5% and other tech companies are also doing the same... [03:54] schestowitz[TR2] Is Alvind going to pull the trigger first ? can he provide a firm date the first targets ? [03:54] schestowitz[TR2] Is IBM going to abandon DEI and ESG in 2025 since Agent Orange arrives next week ? " [03:54] schestowitz[TR2] " [03:54] schestowitz[TR2] Lets hope IBM pulls the plug on those useless initiatives and returns to hiring based on qualifications and merit. Sorry your candidate lost. Next time, dont let your party bosses circumvent democracy and install a candidate so unqualified that even a felon could beat her. [03:54] schestowitz[TR2] " [03:54] schestowitz[TR2] " [03:54] schestowitz[TR2] IBM lays off every year so, it is a guarantee. [03:54] schestowitz[TR2] " [03:55] TR News "Working at IBM feels like a Christmas party every day!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jgz1xj3r [03:55] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jgz1xj3r ) [03:56] TR News "Zero chance Im telling them when I retire. I want the package. Hopefully you got that." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uy3E7Px [03:56] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uy3E7Px ) [03:56] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], We'll be getting a bigger tax refund this year I guess. [03:56] IsambardPrince Pay barely went up at all. [03:56] IsambardPrince Inflation-adjusted deductions and tax brackets. [03:59] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [03:59] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [03:59] TR News "Microsoft plans to pause hiring in part of its U.S. consulting business" https://www.pymnts.com/big-tech/2025/report-meta-and-microsoft-plan-layoffs/ [03:59] TR Bot Report: Meta and Microsoft Plan Layoffs ● Jan 15 [04:02] TR News "cost-cutting measure" = too much debt, hard to pay salaries https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/microsoft-halts-hiring-in-us-consulting-unit-as-cost-cutting-measure-report/article69099162.ece [04:02] TR Bot Microsoft halts hiring in U.S. consulting unit as cost-cutting measure: Report - The Hindu [04:05] TR News Chinas exports reached record high in 2024 ahead of second Trump term and amid threat of tariffs https://hongkongfp.com/2025/01/13/chinas-exports-reached-record-high-in-2024-ahead-of-second-trump-term-and-amid-threat-of-tariffs/ [04:05] TR Bot China's exports reached record high in 2024 [04:10] TR News UEFI crap https://hackaday.com/2025/01/13/how-nyan-cat-was-ported-to-uefi/ | Source: Hackaday http://techrights.org/wiki/UEFI/ [04:10] TR Bot Nyan Cat Was Ported To UEFI | Hackaday [04:10] TR Bot UEFI [04:10] TR News PCBs https://hackaday.com/2025/01/13/clever-pcbs-straighten-out-the-supercon-sao-badge/ | Source: Hackaday [04:10] TR Bot PCBs Straighten Out The Supercon SAO Badge | Hackaday [04:10] *schestowitz-TR has quit (connection closed) [04:10] *acer-box__ has quit (Connection closed) [04:11] TR News "The seven-segment display is most well known in LED form, but the concept isnt tied to that format." https://hackaday.com/2025/01/13/electromechanical-7-segment-display-is-high-contrast-brilliance/ | Source: Hackaday [04:11] TR Bot 7-Segment Display Is High Contrast Brilliance | Hackaday [04:11] TR News PIC32 https://hackaday.com/2025/01/13/homebrew-retro-console-runs-on-pic32/ | Source: Hackaday [04:11] TR Bot Retro Console Runs On PIC32 | Hackaday [04:11] TR News Mirror journalists given individual online page-view targets https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/nationals/mirror-page-view-targets-reach/ [04:11] TR Bot Mirror journalists given individual online page-view targets [04:13] TR News LA Now Faces Water Contamination Threat After Wildfires, Expert Warns https://www.sciencealert.com/la-now-faces-water-contamination-threat-after-wildfires-expert-warns [04:13] TR Bot Now Faces Water Contamination Threat After Wildfires, Expert Warns : ScienceAlert [04:14] TR News "Terahertz Laser" https://hackaday.com/2025/01/13/selectively-magnetizing-an-anti-ferromagnet-with-terahertz-laser/ | Source: Hackaday [04:14] TR Bot Magnetizing An Anti-Ferromagnet With Terahertz Laser | Hackaday [04:15] TR News Drinking More Green Tea Each Day Cuts Risk of Dementia Brain Lesions https://www.sciencealert.com/drinking-more-green-tea-each-day-cuts-risk-of-dementia-brain-lesions [04:15] TR Bot More Green Tea Each Day Cuts Risk of Dementia Brain Lesions : ScienceAlert [04:16] TR News Let's welcome our 2024 Qt Champions! https://www.qt.io/blog/lets-welcome-our-2024-qt-champions [04:16] TR Bot Let's welcome our 2024 Qt Champions! [04:17] psydruid the tech industry is turning back to "we only need 5 clown companies for all computing needs" [04:17] TR News Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni, and the Collapse of the Hollywood #MeToo Era https://www.newyorker.com/culture/critics-notebook/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-and-the-collapse-of-the-hollywood-metoo-era [04:17] TR Bot Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni, and the Collapse of the Hollywood #MeToo Era | The New Yorker [04:17] psydruid which makes me wonder if that was the plan all along and could only be realised recently [04:18] schestowitz[TR2] GAFAM? [04:18] TR News Texas Sues Allstate Over Its Collection of Driver Data https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/technology/texas-allstate-driver-data-lawsuit.html [04:18] TR Bot Texas Sues Allstate Over Its Collection of Driver Data - The New York Times [04:19] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [04:19] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [04:20] psydruid for example, yes [04:20] schestowitz[TR2] choice is "confusing' [04:20] psydruid US government-sanctioned monopolies [04:21] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I think Google switched to swrast vs. virgl by default because Firefox browsers tend to crash ChromeOS with virgl. [04:23] TR News Tackling Hey Hi (AI) threats. Advanced DFIR methods and tools for deepfake detection https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/tackling-ai-threats-advanced-dfir-methods-and-tools-for-deepfake-detection/ [04:23] TR Bot Tackling AI threats. Advanced DFIR methods and tools for deepfake detection | Pen Test Partners [04:24] psydruid if anything the dissolution of Microsoft, IBM, Meta and other companies is a good thing [04:25] TR News Biden administration unveils export controls on Hey Hi (AI) models, chips https://fedscoop.com/commerce-ai-diffusion-rule-biden-admin-industry-security/ [04:25] TR Bot administration unveils export controls on AI models, chips | FedScoop [04:25] psydruid let them fire more people, so those can finally do something useful [04:26] psydruid there is no point in mourning dinosaurs, especially in an ever-changing tech industry that takes an increasing number of hostages [04:27] TR News 2025: The Year of COSMIC Alpha 5 Released! https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-alpha-5-released [04:27] TR Bot ( status 404 @ https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-alpha-5-released ) [04:28] TR News Clocks mocks https://cukic.co/2025/01/13/clocks [04:28] TR Bot Clocks mocks | Ivan uki [04:29] *schestowitz-TR (~acer-box@jcfiaarnjjqje.irc) has joined #techrights [04:29] *schestowitz-TR (~acer-box@freenode/user/schestowitz) has joined #techrights [04:32] TR News In 2024, What Was The Rate of TTAB Affirmance of Section 2(d) Refusals to Register? http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/01/in-2024-what-was-rate-of-ttab.html [04:32] TR Bot The TTABlog: In 2024, What Was The Rate of TTAB Affirmance of Section 2(d) Refusals to Register? [04:33] TR News Microsoft to force install new Outlook on backdoored Windows 10 PCs in February https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-to-force-install-new-outlook-on-windows-10-pcs-in-february/ [04:33] TR Bot Microsoft to force install new Outlook on Windows 10 PCs in February [04:34] TR News A race to corruption https://www.cloudbooklet.com/chatgpt-for-kids-homework-in-uk [04:34] TR Bot Minister Pushes ChatGPT for Kids Homework - Debate! - Cloudbooklet [04:34] TR News Chaffbots are not the future [04:35] TR News And Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot is not viable, neither as a business nor as a working tool [04:35] TR News Lenovo led global PC shipment in 2024 with 61.8 million units Fashion Company Apple is gaining PC market share with a 17.3% growth https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/lenovo-led-global-pc-shipment-in-2024-with-61-8-million-units-apple-is-gaining-pc-market-share-with-a-17-3-percent-growth [04:35] TR Bot Lenovo led global PC shipment in 2024 with 61.8 million units Apple is gaining PC market share with a 17.3% growth | Tom's Hardware [04:36] TR News FOSDEM PGDay 2025 - Schedule Posted and Registration Still Open! https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/fosdem-pgday-2025-schedule-posted-and-registration-still-open-2998/ [04:36] TR Bot PostgreSQL: FOSDEM PGDay 2025 - Schedule Posted and Registration Still Open! [04:37] TR News Using Locally-Installed CLI Tools In Node Projects https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/local-cli-tools-in-node/ [04:37] TR Bot Using Locally-Installed CLI Tools In Node Projects - Jim Nielsens Blog [04:39] IsambardPrince https://abc7chicago.com/post/sp-global-ratings-chicagos-credit-rating-drops-bbb/15800750/ [04:39] TR Bot S&P Global Ratings: Chicago's credit rating drops from 'BBB+' to 'BBB' - ABC7 Chicago [04:39] IsambardPrince Democrat Miracle. [04:39] IsambardPrince Robust economy. [04:39] TR News No, Microsoft is the facilitator and Microsoft puts back doors in things, causing massive security incidents; it should sue itself https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/01/microsoft-takes-legal-action-against-ai-hacking-as-a-service-scheme.html [04:39] TR Bot Takes Legal Action Against AI "Hacking as a Service" Scheme - Schneier on Security [04:39] IsambardPrince Krugman's Volvo [04:39] TR News Fully enclosed ESP32-S3 board features 1.8-inch AMOLED, microphone & speaker for Hey Hi (AI) audio applications https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/01/13/fully-enclosed-esp32-s3-board-features-1-8-inch-amoled-microphone-speaker-for-ai-audio-applications/ [04:39] TR Bot Fully enclosed ESP32-S3 board features 1.8-inch AMOLED, microphone & speaker for AI audio applications - CNX Software [04:40] TR News Kevin Fenzi: Bits from early jan 2025 https://www.scrye.com/blogs/nirik/posts/2025/01/11/bits-from-early-jan-2025/ [04:40] TR Bot Bits from early jan 2025 | Kevin's musings [04:40] IsambardPrince https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-drivers-license-renewal-house-bill-1226-aims-increase-age-seniors-retake-test-79-87/15800297/ [04:40] TR Bot Illinois driver's license renewal: House Bill 1226 aims to increase age for seniors to retake driver's test from 79 to 87 - ABC7 Chicago [04:40] IsambardPrince The DMV is falling apart. [04:40] IsambardPrince They're spending too much money so they panic and go into hiring freezes. [04:40] TR News The CDC, Palantir and the AI-Healthcare Revolution https://unlimitedhangout.com/2025/01/investigative-reports/the-cdc-palantir-and-the-ai-healthcare-revolution/ http://techrights.org/n/2023/11/23/Privatisation_Catastrophe_Starting_with_NHS_England_Microsoft_a.shtml [04:40] TR Bot The CDC, Palantir and the AI-Healthcare Revolution [04:40] TR Bot Techrights Privatisation Catastrophe, Starting with NHS England: Microsoft and Partners Attack British People's Health and Steal Their Medical Records (While British Taxpayers Unwillingly Pay for This) [04:41] IsambardPrince And they're putting in driver's license vending machines and appointments, and raising the age before anyone checks to see if you have your right mind. [04:41] TR News Wladimir Palant: Chrome Web Store is a mess https://palant.info/2025/01/13/chrome-web-store-is-a-mess/ [04:41] TR Bot Chrome Web Store is a mess | Almost Secure [04:41] IsambardPrince They could save over $3 million a year by getting rid of the front license plates. [04:41] IsambardPrince Most states don't have front plates. [04:42] IsambardPrince The only reason we do is it helps make sure the traffic enforcement cameras get you. [04:42] TR News Prosecuted for Protesting http://privacyinternational.org/long-read/5460/prosecuted-protesting [04:42] TR Bot Prosecuted for Protesting | Privacy International [04:42] IsambardPrince https://abc7chicago.com/post/waymo-inglewood-mans-ride-phoenix-airport-takes-turn-after-driving-car-gets-stuck-circles/15766636/ [04:42] TR Bot Man's Waymo ride to Phoenix airport takes turn after self-driving car gets stuck driving in circles - ABC7 Chicago [04:43] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Motherfuck. [04:43] IsambardPrince First slipping on ice now this. [04:43] IsambardPrince After the bags. [04:44] TR News Kentaro Hayashi: Stick to boot from 6.11 linux-image https://kenhys.hatenablog.jp/entry/2025/01/13/172405 [04:44] TR Bot Stick to boot from 6.11 linux-image - [04:44] TR News cations habit tracker https://www.linuxlinks.com/cations-habit-tracker/ [04:44] TR Bot - habit tracker - LinuxLinks [04:44] IsambardPrince Waymo dealt with the looping incident with a "software update". [04:44] IsambardPrince Replace Indian....strike any key. [04:45] IsambardPrince Firmware update! [04:45] TR News fingerterm terminal emulator https://www.linuxlinks.com/fingerterm-terminal-emulator/ [04:45] TR Bot - terminal emulator - LinuxLinks [04:45] TR News U++ rapid application development framework https://www.linuxlinks.com/uplusplus-rapid-application-development-framework/ [04:45] TR Bot - rapid application development framework - LinuxLinks [04:45] TR News A happy Linus Torvalds is offering to build a guitar pedal for one lucky GNU/Linux dev https://www.neowin.net/news/a-happy-linus-torvalds-is-offering-to-build-a-guitar-pedal-for-one-lucky-linux-dev/ [04:45] TR Bot A happy Linus Torvalds is offering to build a guitar pedal for one lucky Linux dev - Neowin [04:46] TR News Slopwatch: Brittany Day and Brian Fagioli Are Still at It, Googlebombing "Linux" With LLM Slop (Taking Away Traffic From the Articles They're Plagiarising) https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/12/Slopwatch_Brittany_Day_and_Brian_Fagioli_Are_Still_at_It_Google.shtml [04:46] TR Bot Techrights Slopwatch: Brittany Day and Brian Fagioli Are Still at It, Googlebombing "Linux" With LLM Slop (Taking Away Traffic From the Articles They're Plagiarising) [04:48] TR News SFC Files Amicus Brief in Support of Users' Rights under AGPLv37 https://sfconservancy.org/news/2025/jan/13/neo4j-amicus/ [04:48] TR Bot SFC Files Amicus Brief in Support of Users' Rights under AGPLv37 - Software Freedom Conservancy [04:49] TR News Google Got People Sort of Addicted to Android So It Can Cash in (Services, App Store, Advertising) Decades Later https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/13/Google_Got_People_Sort_of_Addicted_to_Android_So_It_Can_Cash_in.shtml [04:49] TR Bot Techrights Google Got People Sort of Addicted to Android So It Can Cash in (Services, App Store, Advertising) Decades Later [04:53] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], The Microsoft layoffs not affecting India. [04:53] IsambardPrince Indian CEOs. [04:53] IsambardPrince Vance's Indian wife. [04:54] IsambardPrince United States of Pajeetistan. [04:56] TR News Platform accountability: a rule-of-law checklist for policymakers https://www.accessnow.org/publication/platform-accountability-dsa-part-1/ [04:57] IsambardPrince Since when did immigration from one of the nastiest fucking places on Earth become acceptable when they are normally so concerned? [04:57] TR News Platform accountability and human rights: a rule-of-law checklist https://www.accessnow.org/platform-accountability-part1-overview/?pk_campaign=feed&pk_kwd=platform-accountability-part1-overview [04:57] TR Bot Platform accountability: a rule-of-law checklist [04:57] TR News Statement on the historic decision in the WhatsApp v NSO case https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/statement-on-whatsapp-v-nso-case-decision/ [04:57] TR Bot Statement on the historic decision in the WhatsApp v NSO case [04:58] TR News Adam Young: Setting column width on Apache default index pages https://adam.younglogic.com/2025/01/setting-column-width-on-apache-default-index-pages/ [04:58] TR Bot Setting column width on Apache default index pages | Adam Young's Web Log ● Jan 15 [05:04] TR News Tiling Shells Newest Feature Speeds Up Window Snapping https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/01/tiling-shell-extension-suggestions-feature [05:04] TR Bot Tiling Shell's Newest Feature Speeds Up Window Snapping - OMG! 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Easier CPU Power Tuning, New Sleep Options | UbuntuHandbook [05:08] TR News Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 874 https://ubuntu-news.org/2025/01/13/ubuntu-weekly-newsletter-issue-874/ [05:08] TR Bot Ubuntu Fridge | Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 874 [05:08] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: you ar e a major hypocrite [05:08] schestowitz[TR2] you could focus on what those people do [05:08] schestowitz[TR2] not their race [05:08] schestowitz[TR2] but you would not know better [05:09] schestowitz[TR2] you sound like your parents [05:09] schestowitz[TR2] more so with age [05:10] schestowitz[TR2] you could focus on: [05:10] schestowitz[TR2] -salaries [05:10] schestowitz[TR2] -sucking up to power to get ahead [05:10] schestowitz[TR2] -corruption [05:10] schestowitz[TR2] and many other things [05:10] schestowitz[TR2] instead of making dumb and racist remarks like [05:10] schestowitz[TR2] United States of Pajeetistan. [05:11] IsambardPrince My point is they don't really seem to care as long as you can find a way to make money. [05:11] IsambardPrince They bring in Indians who figured out how to profit off a caste system and will build one in the United States. [05:11] IsambardPrince Like my landlord. [05:12] IsambardPrince Then ironically all the toilets in the building go out and he doesn't get anyone to fix it until you go to the city. [05:12] IsambardPrince I wonder if it's a cultural thing like toilets being viewed as a luxury in his country or something. [05:18] schestowitz[TR2] you're being a moron [05:18] schestowitz[TR2] and a major hypocrite [05:20] TR News Techrights Microsoft Breaks Linux Again https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/15/Microsoft_Breaks_Linux_Again.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/15/Microsoft_Breaks_Linux_Again.gmi [05:20] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Breaks Linux Again [05:20] TR News DXVK 2.5.3 Brings Back Exclusive Full-Screen on backdoored Windows https://linuxiac.com/dxvk-2-5-3-brings-back-exclusive-full-screen-on-windows/ [05:20] TR Bot DXVK 2.5.3 Brings Back Exclusive Full-Screen on Windows [05:23] schestowitz[TR2] the water system is not about just toilets [05:23] schestowitz[TR2] but you pick on his for thiso [05:23] schestowitz[TR2] he's broke [05:23] schestowitz[TR2] nothing to do with his views on toilets [05:23] schestowitz[TR2] you just pick on idians for being india [05:23] schestowitz[TR2] and ytou marriied someone who probably grew up without toilets [05:23] schestowitz[TR2] which makes you seem extra hypocritical [05:23] IsambardPrince Yeah, but unlike my landlord he came here without the goal of exploiting others. [05:23] schestowitz[TR2] allso, tondo crime rates is miles higher than in indiaa [05:24] IsambardPrince All my landlord does is sit on his fat ass and want another $100 a month every time the lease ends for his building that is falling over into the street. [05:24] IsambardPrince I have NEVER met an honest Indian businessman. [05:24] TR News Why would you want something? https://rubenerd.com/why-would-you-want-something/ [05:24] TR Bot Why would you want something? [05:24] IsambardPrince There's the one that ran the Subway restaurants that finally all closed. [05:25] TR News "linuxbuz" became like 90% spam this year e.g. https://linuxbuz.com/best-resources/best-satisfactory-dedicated-server-hosting https://linuxbuz.com/best-resources/unturned-server-hosting-providers https://linuxbuz.com/best-resources/best-and-cheap-dayz-server-hosting [05:25] TR Bot 7 Best Satisfactory Dedicated Server Hosting (Top Picks 2025) [05:25] TR Bot 8 Best Unturned Server Hosting Providers for 2025 [05:25] TR Bot 5 Best DayZ Server Hosting in 2025 (Top Picks) [05:25] IsambardPrince There's that battery store guy that cheated me and then threatened to call the police because I went to arbitration to get my money back. [05:25] TR News ct Open Source Spotlight interview with Neal https://sequoia-pgp.org/blog/2025/01/13/202501-ct-interview/ [05:25] TR Bot Blog - ct Open Source Spotlight interview with Neal [05:25] IsambardPrince I had to block his store's phone number because he was making harassing phone calls and texts to me. [05:26] IsambardPrince If I really wanted to I could have had him arrested for electronic harassment. [05:26] TR News Results from a survey about Writer templates https://design.blog.documentfoundation.org/2025/01/13/results-from-a-survey-about-writer-templates/ [05:26] TR Bot Results from a survey about Writer templates - LibreOffice Design Team [05:26] IsambardPrince It just seems to me that most Indians run a dirty shop. [05:26] IsambardPrince And my landlord's not really much different. [05:27] IsambardPrince They don't think they should have to follow the rules and laws we have in place here because they didn't have to in India or something. [05:27] IsambardPrince Then when people get sick and tired of it and turn it into a stereotype. [05:28] IsambardPrince Like, the stereotypical dirty Indian businessman. [05:28] IsambardPrince That turns into "racism". [05:28] TR News Haiku Activity & Contract Report, December 2024 (ft. Iceweasel) https://www.haiku-os.org/blog/waddlesplash/2025-01-13-haiku_activity_contract_report_december_2024/ [05:28] TR Bot Haiku Activity & Contract Report, December 2024 (ft. Iceweasel) | Haiku Project [05:28] schestowitz[TR2] you are the one bringing race into it [05:28] IsambardPrince They come from a country where you pay bribes and there are no laws and everything is very corrupt. [05:28] IsambardPrince And they bring the mentality with them here. [05:29] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [05:29] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [05:29] IsambardPrince Many of us who remember when those laws and rules were enforced and our country ran better are tarred and feathered by people who don't seem to mind the decay. [05:30] TR News Pluralistic: They were warned; Picks and Shovels Chapter One (Part 4) (13 Jan 2025) https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/13/wanting-it-badly/ [05:30] TR Bot Pluralistic: They were warned; Picks and Shovels Chapter One (Part 4) (13 Jan 2025) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [05:30] TR News TPM Boosters Inside Debian (TPM Isn't About Security, It is About Control Over Users and Their Machines) https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/13/TPM_Boosters_Inside_Debian_TPM_Isn_t_About_Security_It_is_About.shtml [05:30] TR Bot Techrights TPM Boosters Inside Debian (TPM Isn't About Security, It is About Control Over Users and Their Machines) [05:30] TR News "No, Abusive Monopolist Microsoft is probably even worse but I never bothered finding out." https://palant.info/2025/01/13/chrome-web-store-is-a-mess/ [05:30] TR Bot Chrome Web Store is a mess | Almost Secure [05:30] IsambardPrince I'm not saying the US never had any corruption before "they" came here, but there was less, and they didn't do it openly and then dare you to do or say anything about it. [05:30] IsambardPrince It's very brazen now. [05:31] IsambardPrince Like those Indian gas stations that sell drugs to kids. [05:31] IsambardPrince They advertise on the sign for substances that are illegal. [05:31] IsambardPrince And nobody stops them. [05:31] IsambardPrince "Delta-8, Kratom" Lord knows what else. [05:32] IsambardPrince Stuff that only a true degenerate would even consider putting in their body. [05:32] *cmb has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [05:32] *cmb (~cmb@y67qhiej8ixa6.irc) has joined #techrights [05:32] TR News Bootlin Training: In-person public sessions are back! https://bootlin.com/blog/in-person-public-sessions-are-back/ [05:32] TR Bot Training: In-person public sessions are back! - Bootlin's blog [05:33] TR News "This time-sensitive case concerns a federal law that would require social control media giant" https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/01/scotus-dispatch-supreme-court-appears-skeptical-of-tiktoks-first-amendment-claims-but-may-wait-for-trump/ [05:33] TR Bot SCOTUS dispatch: Supreme Court appears skeptical of TikToks First Amendment claims, but may wait for Trump - JURIST - News [05:33] IsambardPrince You don't even have to be Joseph Cantrell and get on "the dark web" to get untested substances made in some Chinese laboratory in your brain. [05:33] IsambardPrince They're on every street corner in gas stations. [05:33] *agentcas- has quit (Quit: ZNC 1.10.x-git-27-bfd731cf - https://znc.in) [05:33] *agentcas- (~agentcasey@b6dc92btrdtrn.irc) has joined #techrights [05:33] IsambardPrince If you told me 5 years ago our country would get this much worse in only 5 years I'd have said that's impossible. [05:33] TR News Foreign and hostile influence over culture https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/12/tiktok-live-fest-london/ [05:33] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/12/tiktok-live-fest-london/ ) [05:34] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], They've already said that Trump's first goal for deportations are people with a final order of removal. [05:34] IsambardPrince There's 1.4 million of those. [05:34] IsambardPrince They'll never even make it through that pile and it's only 10% of the illegal immigrants. [05:35] IsambardPrince Final order of removal means they were already told "get out" by an immigration judge and they disobeyed and they're only here until ICE does something. [05:35] TR News "The developers of KLETKA, a strange co-op horror game about travelling in a hungry living elevator, have announced some stats and it seems they've done well. KLETKA has a Native Linux version that I wrote about last month." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/co-op-horror-game-kletka-managed-over-100k-sales-in-a-month/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [05:35] TR Bot horror game KLETKA managed over 100K sales in a month | GamingOnLinux [05:35] IsambardPrince That's kind of a lot of people. [05:36] TR News "GOG made a press announcement today to note they've joined the European Federation of Game Archives, Museums and Preservation Projects (EFGAMP)" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/gog-joins-the-european-federation-of-game-archives-museums-and-preservation-projects/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [05:36] TR Bot joins the European Federation of Game Archives, Museums and Preservation Projects | GamingOnLinux [05:36] IsambardPrince Like, an entire Indianapolis+suburbs of people just with final removal orders. [05:36] TR News "Here's one missed from the Christmas break. Mighty Marbles from developer James Oliver has released with Native Linux support." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/mighty-marbles-is-a-sweet-physics-based-toy-playground-out-now/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [05:36] TR Bot Marbles is a sweet physics-based toy playground out now | GamingOnLinux [05:36] IsambardPrince The problem is nobody takes them into custody and enforces it, so the order to leave becomes a joke. [05:37] IsambardPrince Almost all of the people in this pile drew attention to themselves by breaking the law. [05:37] schestowitz[TR2] take that to #techpol [05:37] schestowitz[TR2] not here [05:37] TR News "Announced back in early 2024, the Stop Killing Games campaign was launched to try and persuade governments across the world to change the law on games being shut down and taken away from you." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/the-stop-killing-games-petition-is-back-in-the-uk-to-sign/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [05:37] TR Bot Stop Killing Games petition is back in the UK to sign | GamingOnLinux [05:37] TR News "vkQuake is an advanced port of id Software's Quake using Vulkan instead of OpenGL for rendering. It's impressive, one of the best ways to play, and the recent update sounds pretty delightful." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/vulkan-quake-port-vkquake-132-adds-external-wad-wad3-and-half-life-format-support/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [05:37] TR Bot Quake port vkQuake 1.32 adds external WAD, WAD3, and Half-life format support | GamingOnLinux [05:38] TR News "With a demo now available, if you love turn-based dungeon crawling RPGs like something out of the 90s, be sure to go and check out Heroes of the Seven Islands." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/scribbly-comic-book-styled-heroes-of-the-seven-islands-is-a-party-based-rpg-inspired-by-90s-games/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [05:38] TR Bot comic-book styled Heroes of the Seven Islands is a party-based RPG inspired by 90s games | GamingOnLinux [05:39] TR News old: "Changes/Unify bin and sbin - Fedora Project Wiki" x https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Unify_bin_and_sbin [05:39] TR Bot ( status 503 @ https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Unify_bin_and_sbin ) [05:40] TR News (NEW): Games: Heroes of the Seven Islands, Stop Killing Games, vkQuake, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/15/Games_Heroes_of_the_Seven_Islands_Stop_Killing_Games_vkQuake_an.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/15/Games_Heroes_of_the_Seven_Islands_Stop_Killing_Games_vkQuake_an.gmi [05:40] TR Bot Tux Machines Games: Heroes of the Seven Islands, Stop Killing Games, vkQuake, and More [05:40] TR News Bezos helping Bytedance dodge a ban" "TikTok could be banned. Here are alternatives like RedNote and Lemon8." https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/01/14/tiktok-ban-alternative-apps-rednote-lemon8/ [05:40] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/01/14/tiktok-ban-alternative-apps-rednote-lemon8/ ) [05:42] TR News "NATO announces Baltic Sentry operation to protect cables from sabotage" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/14/baltic-nations-patrols-cables-russia/ [05:42] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/14/baltic-nations-patrols-cables-russia/ ) [05:42] TR News iophk: stenography, not reporting https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5084252-tiktok-sale-elon-musk/ ("TikTok denies TikTok-Musk sale report, dismisses as 'pure fiction'") [05:42] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5084252-tiktok-sale-elon-musk/ ) [05:44] TR News Canonical pushing proprietary crap https://ubuntu.com//blog/introducing-trusted-open-source-data-containers ("Your data applications, contained and maintained") [05:44] TR Bot data applications, contained and maintained | Ubuntu [05:45] TR News iophk: mike helps misdirect the discussion away from influence and manipulation https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/14/tiktok-users-gleefully-embrace-even-more-chinese-app-to-spite-us-tiktok-ban/ ("TikTok Users Gleefully Embrace Even More Chinese App To Spite US TikTok Ban") [05:45] TR Bot Users Gleefully Embrace Even More Chinese App To Spite US TikTok Ban | Techdirt [05:47] TR News TSA https://papersplease.org/wp/2025/01/14/tsa-issues-new-non-rules-for-real-id/ | Source: Papers Please [05:47] TR Bot TSA issues new non-rules for REAL-ID Papers, Please! [05:48] TR News "In its annual report published last week, the U.S. Government listed MagisTV as one of the most notorious piracy services." https://torrentfreak.com/notorious-pirate-iptv-service-magistv-applies-for-us-trademark-and-rebrands-250114/ | Source: Torrent Freak [05:48] TR Bot Pirate IPTV Service MagisTV Applies for US Trademark and Rebrands * TorrentFreak [05:48] *IsambardPrince has quit (Quit: Leaving) [05:49] TR News And mass layoffs, too https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/01/microsoft-happy-2025-heres-161-security-updates/ | Source: Krebs On Security [05:49] TR Bot Microsoft: Happy 2025. Heres 161 Security Updates Krebs on Security [05:51] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@y5pt84degdndk.irc) has joined #techrights [05:51] TR News "Our free online technology showcase is open to all young creators up to age 18, anywhere in the world. We share key dates, details of our in-person events, and more." https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/entry-is-open-for-coolest-projects-2025/ | Source: Raspberry Pi [05:51] TR Bot Entry is open for Coolest Projects 2025 - Raspberry Pi Foundation [05:52] IsambardPrince https://abc7chicago.com/post/tiffany-henyard-news-high-stakes-thornton-township-meeting-happening-tuesday-political-standoff-continues/15800428/ [05:52] TR Bot Tiffany Henyard news: Trustees Chris Gonzalez and Carmen Carlisle abruptly end high-stakes meeting, blindsiding supervisor - ABC7 Chicago [05:52] IsambardPrince "What, What you all on? We is not adjourning no meeting. At the end of the day, we got to pay the insurance. What kind of mess are you all on?" Henyard said. [05:52] IsambardPrince We is not adjourning no meeting.... [05:52] IsambardPrince LOL [05:53] IsambardPrince They said if you fail 3rd grade English, what will you do? [05:53] IsambardPrince Become a city mayor I suppose. [05:53] TR News "What's more, none of the money the labels extracted from teenagers, grandparents (and the dead) went to artists." https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/14/contesting-popularity/#everybody-samba | Source: CoryDoctorow [05:53] TR Bot Pluralistic: Billionaire-proofing the internet; Picks and Shovels Chapter One (Part 5) (14 Jan 2025) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [05:53] TR News "As first revealed in a motion filed by attorneys for novelists Christopher Golden and Richard Kadrey and comedian Sarah Silverman" https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/ai-meta-pirated-library-zuckerberg-1235235394/ | Source: Rolling Stone [05:53] TR Bot Zuckerberg Appeared to Know Meta Trained AI on Pirated Library [05:53] TR News "The tech giants have urged U.S. President-elect Trump to challenge European Union's regulatory scrutiny against them." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/eu-reassesses-tech-probes-into-apple-google-and-meta-financial-times-reports/articleshow/117231998.cms | Source: India Times [05:54] TR Bot EU tech probes: EU reassesses tech probes into Apple, Google and Meta, Financial Times reports - The Economic Times [05:54] TR News "Britain's antitrust regulator said on Tuesday it would investigate Google's search services using its new powers to see how they impact consumers and businesses, including advertisers, news publishers and rival search engines." https://www.voanews.com/a/uk-s-antitrust-regulator-to-investigate-google-s-search-services/7936036.html | Source: VOA News [05:54] TR Bot UK's antitrust regulator to investigate Google's search services [05:56] TR News "A British judge issued an unusually critical rebuke against the Crown Prosecution Service of England and Wales (CPS) for its handling of freedom of information requests related to Sweden's failed attempt to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange." https://thedissenter.org/destroyed-assange-files-why-judges-rebuke-against-crown-prosecution-service-was-so-significant/ | Source: The Dissenter [05:56] TR Bot Destroyed Assange Files: Why UK Judge's Ruling Matters [05:57] TR News "The rule change, which is consistent with one imposed by Senate President Ty Masterson three years ago, restricts reporters access to the legislative process and action that can be observed and heard only from the floor." https://kansasreflector.com/2025/01/13/kansas-house-speaker-bans-reporters-from-chamber-floor-doesnt-say-why/ | Source: Kansas Reflector [05:57] TR Bot Kansas House speaker bans reporters from chamber floor, doesn't say why Kansas Reflector [05:57] TR News "For years, the UK and Sweden stymied Freedom of Information requests to hide why prosecutors under Keir Starmer pursued the WikiLeaks founder. Finally the game may be up" https://original.antiwar.com/cook/2025/01/12/judge-threatens-to-break-the-uks-wall-of-secrecy-around-assanges-persecution/ | Source: AntiWar [05:57] TR Bot Judge Threatens To Break the UK's Wall of Secrecy Around Assange's Persecution - Antiwar.com [05:57] TR News "So, whats the FOIA Forum? We'll share our screen and show you specifically how we file FOIA requests. We take questions from the chat and incorporate those into our FOIAs in real-time. Well also check on some requests we filed last time." https://www.404media.co/our-new-foia-forum-1-23-1pm-est-2/ | Source: 404 Media [05:57] TR Bot Our New FOIA Forum! 1/23, 1PM EST [05:58] TR News "We welcome the NPPs dedication to a free media, as well as accountability for past crimes against journalists, as outlined in the coalitions election manifesto. To that end, we call upon the newly elected government to: [...]" https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/joint-letter-to-President-Dissanayake-1.pdf | Source: CPJ [05:58] TR News "Today, we are excited to announce that Mastodon is taking important steps to ensure its legal and operational structures better reflect and support the pursuit of these ideals." https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/01/the-people-should-own-the-town-square/ | Source: Mastodon [05:58] TR Bot The people should own the town square - Mastodon Blog [05:58] TR News "Meta is deleting links to Pixelfed, a decentralized Instagram competitor. 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The reaction was both swift and entirely predictable." https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/13/ny-post-fact-checking-is-now-censorship/ | Source: Techdirt [06:00] TR Bot Post: Fact Checking Is Now Censorship | Techdirt [06:02] TR News "The timing of this change isnt surprising: as a second Donald Trump presidency became increasingly likely over the summer and autumn, many high-profile billionaires sycophantically and transparently fell in line behind him." https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/social-media/2025/01/social-media-was-never-ethical | Source: New Statesman [06:02] TR Bot Social media was never ethical - New Statesman [06:03] TR News "Wrong information in any democratic country tarnishes the image of the country. That organization will have to apologize to the Indian Parliament and the people here for this mistake." https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/will-call-meta-for-this-wrong-information-parliamentary-panel-on-zuckerbergs-indian-elections-remark/articleshow/117230756.cms | Source: India Times [06:03] TR Bot 'Will call Meta for this wrong information': Parliamentary panel on Zuckerbergs Indian elections remark | India News - Times of India [06:03] TR News ""Misinformation on a democratic country maligns its image. The organisation would have to apologise to the Parliament and the people here for this mistake," Mr Dubey said in a post on X." https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/meta-to-get-parliamentary-panel-summons-over-mark-zuckerbergs-india-election-remark-7470510 | Source: NDTV [06:04] TR Bot "Would Have To Apologise...": House Panel To Summon Mark Zuckerberg's Meta [06:05] TR News "Several personalities took to social media to criticize Musk over the video, with California governor Gavin Newsom a recent sparring partner for the Tesla and SpaceX exec" https://futurism.com/the-byte/firefighter-elon-musk | Source: Futurism [06:05] TR Bot Firefighter Shuts Down Elon Musk to His Face [06:05] TR News "The research, due to be published in the Philosophy of Science journal in January, explores when big business, corporations and trade bodies fund and share research that is accurate and high quality, but nonetheless is intended to mislead." https://phys.org/news/2025-01-big-business-factual-philosophers-issue.html | Source: Omicron Limited [06:05] TR Bot ( status 422 @ https://phys.org/news/2025-01-big-business-factual-philosophers-issue.html ) [06:06] TR News "The worlds largest automaker has quietly spent the past several years building a powerful U.S. influence operation in an effort to delay the transition to electric vehicles" https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/new-report-exposes-toyotas-years-long-effort-to-fund-climate-deniers-and-block-climate-action | Source: Common Dreams [06:06] TR Bot New Report Exposes Toyotas Years-Long Effort to Fund Climate Deniers and Block Climate Action | Common Dreams [06:07] *admfubar has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [06:08] TR News "near-unrestricted access" https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/eu-protests-new-us-ai-chip-restrictions-some-countries-face-gpu-caps | Source: Tom's Hardware [06:08] TR Bot EU protests new US AI chip restrictions some countries face GPU caps | Tom's Hardware [06:08] TR News "Microsoft says it uncovered the scheme in July 2024, but the exact way in which the criminals stole the API keys is unknown." https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/13/microsoft_sues_foreignbased_crims_seizes/ | Source: The Register UK [06:08] TR Bot Microsoft sues 'foreign-based' crims abusing AI services The Register [06:09] TR News "Code of Conduct" https://siliconangle.com/2025/01/14/microsoft-sues-cybercriminal-operation-developed-tools-bypass-ai-safety-guardrails/ | Source: Silicon Angle [06:09] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [06:09] TR Bot sues cybercriminal operation that developed tools to bypass AI safety guardrails - SiliconANGLE [06:09] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [06:10] TR News "Meta plans to lay off up to 5 percent of its employees based on performance ratings, according to an internal memo to workers on Tuesday viewed by The New York Times." https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/technology/meta-layoffs.html | Source: New York Times [06:10] TR Bot Meta to Cut 5% of Its Workers in New Round of Layoffs - The New York Times [06:10] TR News "Meta confirmed that these policies will lead to a dramatic staff cut, trimming back roughly 5 percent of the companys workforce" https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/01/14/meta-mark-zuckerberg-low-performers-cut/ | Source: The Washington Post [06:10] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/01/14/meta-mark-zuckerberg-low-performers-cut/ ) [06:11] *darwin has quit (connection closed) [06:13] TR News "The Education Department lost two top technology executives this week. The Department of Health and Human Services filled three key technology roles" https://federalnewsnetwork.com/reporters-notebook/2025/01/technology-executives-on-the-move-at-education-opm-hhs/ | Source: Federal News Network [06:13] TR Bot Technology executives on the move at Education, OPM, HHS [06:14] TR News "The reception cohosted by Zuckerberg is set for Monday evening, shortly before the inaugural balls" https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2025-01-14/mark-zuckerberg-will-cohost-reception-with-republican-billionaires-for-trump-inauguration | Source: US News And World Report [06:14] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2025-01-14/mark-zuckerberg-will-cohost-reception-with-republican-billionaires-for-trump-inauguration ) [06:15] TR News "During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." https://michiganadvance.com/2025/01/14/when-democracy-dies-in-broad-daylight/ | Source: Michigan Advance [06:15] TR Bot When democracy dies in broad daylight Michigan Advance [06:16] TR News "We reach the end of the conversation, and my face hurts from the forced smile. They are doing their best to relate to some of my earlier sentiments." https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/brainwash-an-executive-today/ | Source: Lucidity [06:16] TR Bot Brainwash An Executive Today! Ludicity [06:16] TR News "Zoom in: If TikTok is banned, more than half of the ad dollars spent on the platform in the U.S. would go to Meta and Google-owned properties, eMarketer projects." https://www.axios.com/2025/01/14/meta-google-advertising-tiktok-ban | Source: Axios [06:16] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.axios.com/2025/01/14/meta-google-advertising-tiktok-ban ) [06:17] *admfubar (~admfubar@ngqaam7baxnug.irc) has joined #techrights [06:18] IsambardPrince "Also not clear is why the attackers would go to such effort to bypass safety guardrails on DALL-E 3 when there are better and even open-source tools readily available on the market that produce superior images to DALL-E 3." [06:18] IsambardPrince DALL-E is really bad. [06:19] TR News Electronic Frontier Foundation Inc is losing over a million dollars https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/43091431 chief nets almost 350,000 dollars a year [06:19] TR Bot Electronic Frontier Foundation Inc - Nonprofit Explorer - ProPublica [06:22] TR News EFF is about 90% USA, it's not even remotely international https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/43091431/202421349349304287/full [06:22] TR Bot Electronic Frontier Foundation Inc - Full Filing - Nonprofit Explorer - ProPublica [06:24] TR News The lowest braadroom salary EFF pays is 170k a year. People who donate to EFF and are not billionaires are just subsiding the millionaires. [06:24] *darwin (~darwin@7d3n498busjrn.irc) has joined #techrights [06:25] TR News "When one thinks of online harms death threats, revenge porn, suicide encouragement etc." https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/14/online_safety_act/ | Source: The Register UK [06:25] TR Bot The UK's Online Safety Act applies to Small Tech too The Register [06:25] TR News "Tim Apple cooks up 18% pay rise to $74.6M" https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/14/tim_cook_apple_salary/ | Source: The Register UK [06:25] TR Bot Tim Apple cooks up 18% pay rise to $74.6M The Register [06:27] TR News "Indonesia requires 40% of parts used in certain smartphones to be produced domestically." https://www.dw.com/en/why-is-indonesia-blocking-sales-of-apples-new-iphone/a-71292617 | Source: Deutsche Welle [06:27] TR Bot is Indonesia blocking sales of Apple's new iPhone? DW 01/14/2025 [06:28] TR News "What determines importance? Importance at a tech company is whatever your directors/VPs/C-staff say it is." https://www.seangoedecke.com/party-tricks/ | Source: Sean Goedecke [06:28] TR Bot Crushing JIRA tickets is a party trick, not a path to impact | sean goedecke [06:28] IsambardPrince https://www.adweek.com/media/advertisers-returning-to-x/ [06:28] TR Bot Comcast, Disney, and IBM Are Among Advertisers Returning to X After Ad Freeze [06:29] IsambardPrince https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ibm-ceo-on-trump-less-regulation-more-innovation-is-a-win-for-business-163041839.html [06:29] TR Bot IBM CEO on Trump: Less regulation, more innovation is a win for business [06:29] IsambardPrince schestowitz-pi, DEI at IBM [06:29] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [06:29] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [06:30] TR News "In the interest of this exploration, Im not interested in colonies, which are shown as NA in the regime_category_index." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/01/using-gganimate-and-ggflags-to-look-at-democratic-progress/ | Source: Rlang [06:30] TR Bot gganimate and ggflags to look at democratic progress | R-bloggers [06:30] TR News "The big question, of course, is whether this is a genuine shift in Zuckerbergs beliefs, or a canny, commercially minded way of currying favour with president-elect Trump." https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/01/13/transformation-mark-zuckerberg-democrat-luvvie-trump/ | Source: The Telegraph UK [06:30] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/01/13/transformation-mark-zuckerberg-democrat-luvvie-trump/ ) [06:33] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: Insurrection is OK if it means less regulation? [06:34] TR News Microsoft freezes new hires in U.S. consulting, minor layoffs possible: reports https://seekingalpha.com/news/4395048-microsoft-freezes-new-hires-in-u-s-consulting-unit-report [06:34] TR Bot Microsoft freezes new hires in U.S. consulting, minor layoffs possible: reports (MSFT:NASDAQ) | Seeking Alpha [06:38] TR News (NEW): risiOS Fedora based Linux distribution https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/15/risiOS_Fedora_based_Linux_distribution.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/15/risiOS_Fedora_based_Linux_distribution.gmi [06:38] TR Bot Tux Machines risiOS Fedora based Linux distribution [06:40] TR News (NEW): Crunchbangplusplus minimalist Linux distribution https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/15/Crunchbangplusplus_minimalist_Linux_distribution.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/15/Crunchbangplusplus_minimalist_Linux_distribution.gmi [06:40] TR Bot Tux Machines Crunchbangplusplus minimalist Linux distribution [06:46] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I guess so, according to Krishna. [06:46] IsambardPrince Is he with those people who give you flowers at the airport? :) [06:46] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/15/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/15/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [06:46] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [06:47] TR News Techrights More Microsoft Cuts and Layoffs (Microsoft Media Mole Jordan Novet Tries to Float "Hiring Freezes" Spin After the "Headcount" Spin Failed) https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/15/More_Microsoft_Cuts_and_Layoffs_Microsoft_Media_Mole_Jordan_Nov.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/15/More_Microsoft_Cuts_and_Layoffs_Microsoft_Media_Mole_Jordan_Nov.gmi [06:47] TR Bot Techrights More Microsoft Cuts and Layoffs (Microsoft Media Mole Jordan Novet Tries to Float "Hiring Freezes" Spin After the "Headcount" Spin Failed) [06:57] schestowitz[TR2] Is he with those people who give you flowers at the airport? :) [06:57] schestowitz[TR2] i don't know what that means [06:57] schestowitz[TR2] i don't like airports anyway [06:57] schestowitz[TR2] nobody should lkike them [06:57] schestowitz[TR2] they are not meant to be liked [06:57] schestowitz[TR2] and people who travel a lot do not often do so willfully [06:58] schestowitz[TR2] but due to work, health issues etc. [06:58] schestowitz[TR2] you can easily catch illlnesses there [06:58] schestowitz[TR2] people rightly packed [06:58] schestowitz[TR2] in queues and seats [06:58] IsambardPrince https://www.npr.org/2008/05/22/90643796/what-you-need-to-know-about-hare-krishnas [06:58] TR Bot What You Need to Know About Hare Krishnas : NPR [06:58] schestowitz[TR2] and people touching you and your things in the screenings [06:58] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Dad and his wife got sick in December on a plane. [06:58] schestowitz[TR2] the parents of the Serial Strangler were Hare Krishna [06:59] schestowitz[TR2] which explains a lot [06:59] IsambardPrince They're still sick. [06:59] schestowitz[TR2] him attacking women [06:59] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [06:59] schestowitz[TR2] and helping other men who attack women [06:59] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [06:59] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: maybe they can share a warn in a hospital [06:59] schestowitz[TR2] to keep costs down [06:59] schestowitz[TR2] maybe gulagboy can join them ● Jan 15 [07:00] schestowitz[TR2] and shout bad words at people [07:00] *schestowitz[TR2] finalising Daily Links [07:01] TR News "I wish we had a maps app like Apple Maps or Google Maps that let you order up a travel itinerary using public transit between two points" https://boredzo.org/blog/archives/2025-01-14/let-the-user-help-solve-their-own-problem | Source: Peter Hosey [07:01] TR Bot Idle Time Blog Archive Let the user help solve their own problem [07:01] TR News "But the Wests fire season keeps starting earlier and lasting longer. Todays outlier could increasingly be tomorrows norm." https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/la-firefighting-change-climate/ | Source: The Nation [07:01] TR Bot Its Time to Rethink Everything About How We Fight Fires | The Nation [07:02] TR News "The ash from the fires can also enter surface water supplies like reservoirs and aqueducts. That ash can contain toxic chemicals." https://www.vox.com/climate/394817/california-fires-water-crisis-groundwater-climate-change | Source: Vox [07:02] TR Bot fires: The real story of Californias water problems | Vox [07:02] TR News "ECF 252 is the immunity brief Jack Smith fought hard, over Trumps objections, to submit in October." https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/01/14/the-january-6-report-is-substantially-the-immunity-brief-reporters-ignored-in-october/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler [07:02] TR Bot The January 6 Report Is Substantially the Immunity Brief Reporters Ignored in October - emptywheel [07:03] TR News "All of it is staged and re-staged" https://doc.searls.com/2025/01/14/how-facts-matter/ | Source: Doc Searls [07:03] TR Bot How Facts Matter Doc Searls Weblog [07:04] TR News "A ban on naming judges who oversaw proceedings related to the care of Sara Sharif before she was murdered cannot be allowed to stand, the Court of Appeal has been told." https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/sara-sharif-judges-naming-appeal/ | Source: Press Gazette [07:04] TR Bot Ban on naming Sara Sharif care judges 'cannot be allowed to stand' - Press Gazette [07:04] TR News "Across the alliance, we have seen elements of a campaign to destabilize our societies through cyberattacks, assassination attempts and sabotage" https://www.voanews.com/a/baltic-sea-nations-seek-to-limit-further-incidents-after-cable-breaches/7936014.html | Source: VOA News [07:04] TR Bot NATO announces mission to protect undersea cables in Baltic region [07:09] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [07:09] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [07:10] TR News "On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case, TikTok v. Garland, and is expected to rule soon." https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/01/is-tiktoks-time-nearly-up/ | Source: Harvard University [07:10] TR Bot Is TikToks time nearly up? Harvard Gazette [07:10] TR News "Barring a 90-day extension by Biden" https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/14/tik_tok_ban/ | Source: The Register UK [07:10] TR Bot A TikTok US ban seems imminent, barring a miracle The Register [07:10] TR News "In an internal memo obtained by The Verge, employees were told that the company is continuing to plan the way forward ahead of the courts imminent decision" https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/14/24343933/tiktok-employee-memo-supreme-court-us-ban | Source: The Verge [07:10] TR Bot TikTok says its planning for various scenarios ahead of possible US ban - The Verge [07:11] TR News "The kicker? China is reportedly mulling having President-elect Donald Trumps favorite tech billionaire" https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/14/24343507/elon-musk-tiktok-ban-china-trump | Source: The Verge [07:11] TR Bot Elon Musk is reportedly trying to save TikTok - The Verge [07:11] TR News "The US governments ham-handed attempt to ban TikTok on national security grounds is not only a troubling attack on free speech and the open internet" https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/14/tiktok-users-gleefully-embrace-even-more-chinese-app-to-spite-us-tiktok-ban/ | Source: Techdirt [07:11] TR Bot Users Gleefully Embrace Even More Chinese App To Spite US TikTok Ban | Techdirt [07:12] TR News "It's all the more fascinating that the tensions of state which usually keep the two societies separate has, in this case, driven them right into each other's arms." https://futurism.com/tiktok-refugees-rednote | Source: Futurism [07:12] TR Bot TikTok Users Looking to Spite US Government Find Warm Welcome on Chinese App [07:12] TR News "the app says it is not a reference to Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong's book" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2475l7zpqyo | Source: BBC [07:12] TR Bot users flock to Chinese app RedNote before US ban - BBC News [07:13] TR News "TikTok has denied reports suggesting that Chinese officials are considering a sale of its United States operations to Elon Musk, calling the claim "pure fiction"." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/tiktok-dismisses-reports-of-us-operations-sale-to-elon-musk-as-pure-fiction/articleshow/117225483.cms | Source: India Times [07:13] TR Bot TikTok dismisses reports of US operations sale to Elon Musk as "pure fiction" - The Economic Times [07:13] TR News "RedNote, another Chinese-owned app" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/14/tiktok-refugees-rednote-censorship/ | Source: The Washington Post [07:13] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/14/tiktok-refugees-rednote-censorship/ ) [07:14] TR News "TikTok will not instantly disappear from a device" https://www.axios.com/2025/01/13/tiktok-ban-supreme-court-rednote-lemon8 | Source: Axios [07:14] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.axios.com/2025/01/13/tiktok-ban-supreme-court-rednote-lemon8 ) [07:15] TR News Fiber promotes good gut bacteria gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20250114-0.gmi [07:17] TR News "Ms. Lee wrote on Monday on TikTok encouraging her followers to join her" https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/business/tiktok-rednote-xiaohongshu-app.html | Source: New York Times [07:17] TR Bot Why TikTok Users Are Downloading Red Note, the Chinese App - The New York Times [07:17] TR News "GPS Is Vulnerable to Attack. Magnetic Navigation Can Help" https://www.wired.com/story/google-startup-wants-to-revolutionize-satellite-navigation/ | Source: Wired [07:17] TR Bot Is Vulnerable to Attack. Magnetic Navigation Can Help | WIRED [07:18] TR News "flurry of comments he has made about Britain in recent weeks" https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/world/europe/neo-nazi-uk-riots-elon-musk.html | Source: New York Times [07:18] TR Bot A Neo-Nazi Helped Incite U.K. Riots. Elon Musk Criticized His Sentencing. - The New York Times [07:19] TR News "Their names are Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks, and theyre the biggest Republican donors in the state ... And now, to complete their takeover, theyre going to try to buy the Texas House." https://www.lonestarlive.com/politics/2025/01/we-have-to-stop-them-two-billionaires-are-trying-to-purchase-texas-warns-state-rep.html | Source: Advance Local Media LLC [07:19] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [07:19] TR Bot have to stop them: 2 billionaires trying to buy Texas, state representative warns - lonestarlive.com [07:19] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [07:20] TR News "You can do a full disk encryption on you Linux devices and changing your Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS) Full Disk Encryption Password should be a normal practice as well" https://claytonerrington.com/blog/changing-your-luks-full-disk-encryption-password/ | Source: Clayton Errington [07:20] TR Bot Changing Your LUKS Full Disk Encryption Password [07:21] TR News "In a White House fact sheet detailing the decision, the Biden administration Tuesday said that while connected vehicles offer advantages" https://www.voanews.com/a/us-finalizes-rules-banning-chinese-russian-smart-cars/7936903.html | Source: VOA News [07:21] TR Bot US finalizes rules banning Chinese, Russian smart cars [07:21] TR News "data sharing between the DoD" https://scheerpost.com/2025/01/14/the-cdc-palantir-and-the-ai-healthcare-revolution/ | Source: Scheerpost http://techrights.org/n/2023/11/23/Privatisation_Catastrophe_Starting_with_NHS_England_Microsoft_a.shtml [07:21] TR Bot The CDC, Palantir and the AI-Healthcare Revolution [07:21] TR Bot Techrights Privatisation Catastrophe, Starting with NHS England: Microsoft and Partners Attack British People's Health and Steal Their Medical Records (While British Taxpayers Unwillingly Pay for This) [07:22] TR News Snyky spies in "security" clothing https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/14/snyk_npm_deployment_removed/ | Source: The Register UK [07:22] TR Bot Snyk deployed 'malicious' packages, claims infoseccer The Register [07:22] TR News Windows TCO https://thecyberexpress.com/netherlands-eindhoven-university-cyberattack/ | Source: Cyble Inc [07:22] TR Bot Eindhoven University Cybeattack: Network Shut Down [07:22] TR News Also Windows TCO https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/14/uk_ransomware_payout_ban/ | Source: The Register UK [07:22] TR Bot UK floats ransomware payout ban for public sector The Register [07:25] TR News (NEW): OSGeoLive Linux distribution focusing on geospatial software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/14/OSGeoLive_Linux_distribution_focusing_on_geospatial_software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/14/OSGeoLive_Linux_distribution_focusing_on_geospatial_software.gmi [07:25] TR Bot Tux Machines OSGeoLive Linux distribution focusing on geospatial software [07:25] TR News (NEW): Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/15/Security_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/15/Security_Leftovers.gmi [07:25] TR Bot Tux Machines Security Leftovers [07:25] TR News "And as Zuckerberg said, Meta is far from the only one that's pushing for AI automation in the industry." https://futurism.com/the-byte/zuckerberg-automate-coding-ai | Source: Futurism [07:25] TR Bot Zuckerberg Announces Plans to Automate Facebook Coding Jobs With AI [07:25] TR News "As such, three California lawmakers introduced bills last week aimed at encouraging AI data processing centers to work toward sustainable water use standards, and holding them accountable to new transparency rules." https://futurism.com/politicians-blame-los-angeles-fires-ai-data-centers | Source: Futurism [07:25] TR Bot Politicians Blame Los Angeles Fires on Explosion of AI Data Centers [07:26] TR News "Understanding Machine Learning and Data Science, In todays digital age, the terms Machine Learning and Data Science have become buzzwords, often used interchangeably" https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/01/understanding-machine-learning-and-data-science/ | Source: Rlang [07:26] TR Bot Machine Learning and Data Science | R-bloggers [07:26] TR News "The SEC said that starting in April 2022, it authorized an investigation into whether any securities laws were broken in connection with Musks purchases of Twitter stock and his statements and SEC filings related to the company." https://www.twincities.com/2025/01/14/sec-sues-elon-musk-twitter/ | Source: TwinCities Pioneer Press [07:26] TR Bot SEC sues Elon Musk, saying he didnt disclose Twitter ownership on time before buying it [07:27] TR News "The regulatory filings are required so investors in the marketplace can monitor the moves of large investors and potential takeover bids." https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/technology/sec-elon-musk-securities-violations.html | Source: New York Times [07:27] TR Bot S.E.C. Sues Elon Musk Over Twitter-Related Securities Violations - The New York Times [07:27] TR News "Before Musk agreed to buy Twitter for $44 billion, before he tried to back out of that deal, before he was forced to go through with it" https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/14/24343978/elon-musk-sued-sec-twitter-acquisition | Source: The Verge [07:27] TR Bot Elon Musk is being sued by the feds over the way he bought Twitter - The Verge [07:27] TR News "We have ample evidence to demonstrate that social media can be and very often is toxic at scale often that's due to financial concerns outweighing what's best for users" https://coryd.dev/posts/2025/sustainability-versus-scalability | Source: Cory Dransfeldt [07:27] TR Bot Sustainability versus scalability [07:28] TR News "Its all moot thesedays anyway now, at least for me. I press the phone button in LINE" https://rubenerd.com/remember-international-calls/ | Source: Ruben Schade [07:28] TR Bot Remember international calls? [07:29] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [07:29] TR News "Direct-to-consumer drug ads are prohibited in almost all countries besides the US." https://jacobin.com/2025/01/drug-commercials-misinformation-costs-risks/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine [07:29] TR Bot Drug Ads Misinform Patients and Raise Health Care Costs [07:29] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [07:30] TR News "Through interviews with 29 gig nurses and certified nursing assistants, the researchers found a long list of poor and unsafe working conditions." https://scheerpost.com/2025/01/14/the-uber-model-comes-for-nursing/ | Source: Scheerpost [07:30] TR Bot The Uber Model Comes for Nursing [07:30] TR News "Surveillance technology affects how our brains process information, increasing our awareness of other people's gaze unconsciously." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/surveillance-tech-is-changing-our-behaviour-and-our-brains/articleshow/117222344.cms | Source: India Times [07:30] TR Bot surveillance technology: Surveillance tech is changing our behaviour - and our brains - The Economic Times [07:31] TR News "Parallels has added support for x86 emulation in Parallels Desktop 20.2, product manager Mikhail Ushakov wrote in a blog post last week." https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/14/24343774/parallels-windows-10-11-x86-apple-silicon-mac-support-preview | Source: The Verge [07:31] TR Bot Parallels is testing x86 emulation on Apple silicon Macs - The Verge [07:33] TR News "Im about to share and have probably been practicing it" https://blog.apnic.net/2025/01/14/how-networking-technology-enables-cheating-in-online-exams/ | Source: APNIC [07:33] TR Bot How networking technology enables cheating in online exams | APNIC Blog [07:34] TR News "The Jupyter Executive Council is the highest governing body within the Jupyter ecosystem." https://chrisholdgraf.com/blog/2025/jec | Source: Chris Holdgraf [07:34] TR Bot Why Im running for the Jupyter Executive Council - Welcome [07:35] TR News "I read 35 books this year!" https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jan/13/reclaim-your-brain | Source: The Guardian UK [07:35] TR Bot I read 35 books this year!: the Guardian readers who cut their phone use in 2024 | Well actually | The Guardian [07:35] *wallacer (~quassel@2x2w4qfz3wksg.irc) has joined #techrights [07:36] TR News "But the most effective argument might simply be to point to the plethora of everyday items that would not exist without space research." https://www.wired.com/gallery/nasa-spinoff-space-research-technology/ | Source: Wired [07:36] TR Bot Have NASA to Thank for Wireless Headphones and Vacuum Cleaners | WIRED [07:36] TR News "When I read about the nuclear clock that will test if fundamental constants change I was reminded of a similar discovery in history: that by which we learned magnetic north moves." https://entropicthoughts.com/discovery-of-magnetic-variation | Source: Chris [07:36] TR Bot The Discovery of Magnetic Variation [07:37] TR News 27k left for FSF to raise [07:39] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [07:39] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [07:42] TR News (NEW): Slackware-Based Absolute Linux Has Been Discontinued https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/07/Slackware_Based_Absolute_Linux_Has_Been_Discontinued.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/07/Slackware_Based_Absolute_Linux_Has_Been_Discontinued.gmi [07:42] TR Bot Tux Machines Slackware-Based Absolute Linux Has Been Discontinued [07:43] TR News "Nobody knows your circumstances better than you! And yes, that includes subjective opinion as well." https://rubenerd.com/the-limits-of-advice-and-having-your-own-thoughts/ | Source: Ruben Schade [07:43] TR Bot The limits of advice, and having your own thoughts [07:44] TR News "Since then, my paper system has evolved and thats what I want to take a moment to record in this post." https://heyloura.com/2025/01/14/my-productivity-system.html | Source: Loura [07:44] TR Bot Hey Loura! [07:45] TR News "In lieu of that, I like the idea proposed by Chris and Dave where you basically new versions of these slash pages as blog posts and redirect the slash URL to the latest one" https://lmika.org/2025/01/14/on-slash-pages-verses-blog.html | Source: Leon Mika [07:45] TR Bot On Slash Pages Verses Blog Posts | Leon Mika [07:46] TR News "The problem with this though and the problem with segmented inboxes is that it multiples the number of inboxes you have to check." https://coryd.dev/posts/2025/i-deleted-all-of-my-email-filters | Source: Cory Dransfeldt [07:46] TR Bot I deleted all of my email filters [07:46] TR News "So, to get back to the original question, if I was born in the time of modern social media, would I be blogging? The only question I can give is Maybe?. Its hard to say." https://manuelmoreale.com/bloggers-at-the-right-time | Source: Manuel Moreale [07:46] TR Bot Bloggers at the right time Manu [07:47] TR News "So I really couldn't say what I would have done if I had started my Internet experience a decade later, let's say." https://contino.com/blog/why-i-blog | Source: Andrea Contino [07:47] TR Bot I was born and brought up in the time of modern social media, would I even blog? - Andrea Contino - Go With The Flow [07:49] TR News "Go 1.24 is scheduled for release in February, so it's a good time to explore what's new." https://antonz.org/go-1-24/ | Source: Anton Zhiyanov [07:49] TR Bot Go 1.24 interactive tour [07:49] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [07:49] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [07:52] TR News "In many cases you can catch these sort of bugs in advance" https://pythonspeed.com/articles/identifying-resource-leaks-with-pytest/ | Source: Python Speed [07:52] TR Bot Catching memory leaks with your test suite [07:53] TR News "I have spent quite a bit of time putting it together" https://www.perl.com/article/release-of-new-module-datetime-format-relativetime/ | Source: Perl [07:53] TR Bot Introducing DateTime::Format::RelativeTime [07:53] TR News "One of the most powerful ways to achieve this is to add structured data to your site" https://perlhacks.com/2025/01/adding-structured-data-with-perl/ | Source: Perl Hacks [07:53] TR Bot Adding structured data with Perl - Perl Hacks [07:54] TR News "Why is autovacuum_vacuum_scale_factor set to 0.2? Rather than replying with a guess or a wisecrack (Because that's the way somebody implemented it!" https://www.cybertec-postgresql.com/en/the-power-of-open-source-in-postgresql/ | Source: Cybertec PostgreSQL International GmbH [07:54] TR Bot Open source and its power demonstrated in PostgreSQL | CYBERTEC PostgreSQL | Services & Support [07:54] TR News "Ever since Kirby introduced a default model in version 4, I have been handling things like the OG image and the SEO title in there." https://medienbaecker.com/articles/extending-kirby-models | Source: Thomas Gnther [07:54] TR Bot Extending Kirby models Medienbcker Thomas Gnther [07:59] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [07:59] TR News Remember when voice recognition (turning video or audio into subtitles) was called voice recognition ... before corrupt media started hyping it up as HEY HI while pretending this is some new innovation? [07:59] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights ● Jan 15 [08:00] TR News It's not HEY HI, VLC just riding the hype wave... a feature NOT for a media player to BUNDLE https://linuxiac.com/vlc-might-offer-ai-generated-real-time-subtitles/ [08:00] TR Bot VLC Might Offer AI-Generated Real-Time Subtitles [08:01] TR News "In this guide, Im going to walk you step-by-step through the process of building your first web scraper with Python using Crawlbase." https://blog.adnansiddiqi.me/build-your-web-scraper-with-crawlbase-in-python-a-beginners-guide/ | Source: Adnan Siddiqi [08:01] TR Bot Build Your Web Scraper with Crawlbase in Python: A Beginners Guide | Adnan's Random bytes [08:01] TR News "Conversely, as the organization aims to provide greater value, it must intentionally manage its product surface to ensure it remains an asset, rather than becoming a liability." https://alediaferia.com/2025/01/14/product-surface-liability/ | Source: Alessandro Diaferia [08:01] TR Bot Thoughts on the Liability of the Product Surface - Alessandro Diaferia [08:01] TR News "As a user and an author of Frustrating Software, theres a very particular brand of frustration caused by its awkward workflows." https://hisham.hm/2025/01/14/frustrating-software/ | Source: Hisham [08:01] TR Bot Software hisham.hm [08:02] TR News "The traditional wisdom is that exceptions are faster when not taken, slower when taken and lead to more bloated code." https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2025/01/measuring-code-size-and-performance.html | Source: Jussi Pakkanen [08:02] TR Bot Nibble Stew: Measuring code size and performance [08:02] TR News "Writing R Extensions (WRE) is the definitive guide for R package development." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/01/use-of-non-api-entry-points-in-data-table/ | Source: Rlang [08:02] TR Bot of non-API entry points in data.table | R-bloggers [08:03] TR News "Understanding these data structures is like learning the grammar of a language: once you grasp how they work and interact, you unlock the ability to express yourself clearly and effectively in R." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/01/basic-data-structures-in-r-vectors-matrices-and-data-frames/ | Source: Rlang [08:03] TR Bot Data Structures in R: Vectors, Matrices, and Data Frames | R-bloggers [08:03] TR News "What if we want a grep that doesnt stuck but we dont want to resort to wild hacks like editing the source? What if there was some way to flush stdout automatically?" https://flak.tedunangst.com/post/an-autoflusher | Source: Ted Unangst [08:04] TR Bot an autoflusher [08:05] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/15/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/15/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [08:05] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [08:08] TR News (NEW): Today's Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/13/today_s_leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/13/today_s_leftovers.gmi [08:08] TR Bot Tux Machines today's leftovers [08:09] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [08:09] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [08:13] TR News "The official winners of the $20,000 Raspberry Pi and Hextree RP2350 Hacking Challenge have been announced." https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pis-rp2350-hacking-challenge-results-announced-four-winners-are-each-awarded-the-full-usd20k-prize | Source: Tom's Hardware [08:13] TR Bot Raspberry Pi's RP2350 Hacking Challenge results announced four winners are each awarded the full $20K prize | Tom's Hardware [08:13] TR News "We launched our second-generation microcontroller, RP2350, in August last year." https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/security-through-transparency-rp2350-hacking-challenge-results-are-in/ | Source: Raspberry Pi [08:13] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/security-through-transparency-rp2350-hacking-challenge-results-are-in/ ) [08:15] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, ESP32, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/15/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_ESP32_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/15/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_ESP32_and_More.gmi [08:15] TR Bot Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, ESP32, and More [08:17] TR News How to Install and Use ClamAV Antivirus on Debian 12 https://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-clamav-anti-virus-on-debian-12/ [08:17] TR Bot How to Install and Use ClamAV Antivirus on Debian 12 [08:17] TR News How to Install Supabase (Firebase Alternative) with Docker on Ubuntu 24.04 https://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-supabase-firebase-alternative-with-docker-on-ubuntu-24-04/ [08:17] TR Bot How to Install Supabase (Firebase Alternative) with Docker on Ubuntu 24.04 [08:17] TR News How to Install Rsnapshot GNU/Linux Backup on Rocky GNU/Linux 9 https://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-rsnapshot-on-rocky-linux-9/ [08:17] TR Bot How to Install Rsnapshot Linux Backup on Rocky Linux 9 [08:19] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [08:19] TR News How To Install Nvidia CUDA on Debian 12 https://idroot.us/install-nvidia-cuda-debian-12/ [08:19] TR Bot How To Install Nvidia CUDA on Debian 12 - idroot [08:19] TR News How To Install Canon Printer Driver on Fedora https://idroot.us/install-canon-printer-driver-fedora/ [08:19] TR Bot How To Install Canon Printer Driver on Fedora - idroot [08:19] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [08:20] TR News How to Setup Remote Logging with Rsyslog on Debian 12 https://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-setup-remote-logging-with-rsyslog-on-debian-12/ [08:20] TR Bot How to Setup Remote Logging with Rsyslog on Debian 12 [08:22] TR News (NEW): GNOME 48 Expands Core Apps With New Audio Player https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/15/GNOME_48_Expands_Core_Apps_With_New_Audio_Player.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/15/GNOME_48_Expands_Core_Apps_With_New_Audio_Player.gmi [08:22] TR Bot Tux Machines GNOME 48 Expands Core Apps With New Audio Player [08:22] TR News Why on Earth are some sites telling GNU/Linux users how to add proprietary spyware that lets Microsoft and the NSA steal all user passwords? https://idroot.us/install-microsoft-edge-linux-mint-22/ [08:22] TR Bot How To Install Microsoft Edge on Linux Mint 22 - idroot [08:23] TR News How To Install Piwigo on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-piwigo-ubuntu-24-04/ [08:23] TR Bot How To Install Piwigo on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - idroot [08:23] TR News How To Install Gitkraken on Rocky GNU/Linux 9 https://idroot.us/install-gitkraken-rocky-linux-9/ [08:23] TR Bot How To Install Gitkraken on Rocky Linux 9 - idroot [08:25] TR News (NEW): Flatpak 1.16 Linux App Sandboxing and Distribution Framework Officially Released https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/09/Flatpak_1_16_Linux_App_Sandboxing_and_Distribution_Framework_Of.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/09/Flatpak_1_16_Linux_App_Sandboxing_and_Distribution_Framework_Of.gmi [08:25] TR Bot Tux Machines Flatpak 1.16 Linux App Sandboxing and Distribution Framework Officially Released [08:29] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [08:29] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [08:30] TR News How To Install Magento on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-magento-ubuntu-24-04/ [08:30] TR Bot How To Install Magento on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - idroot [08:30] TR News How To Install Joomla on openSUSE https://idroot.us/install-joomla-opensuse/ [08:30] TR Bot How To Install Joomla on openSUSE - idroot [08:31] TR News Will The 'Linux' Foundation Purchase Chrome? https://lunduke.substack.com/p/will-the-linux-foundation-purchase [08:31] TR Bot Will The Linux Foundation Purchase Chrome? [08:33] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/15/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/15/today_s_howtos.gmi [08:34] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [08:39] TR News (NEW): Today's Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/15/today_s_leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/15/today_s_leftovers.gmi [08:39] TR Bot Tux Machines today's leftovers [08:39] *wallacer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [08:41] TR News GNOME 48 Expands Core Apps With New Audio Player https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/01/gnome-48-new-audio-player [08:41] TR Bot GNOME 48 Expands Core Apps With New Audio Player - OMG! Ubuntu [08:44] TR News Techrights Links 15/01/2025: Social Control Media Spreading Lies, TikTok Banned in 4 Days https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/15/Links_15_01_2025_Social_Control_Media_Spreading_Lies_TikTok_Ban.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/15/Links_15_01_2025_Social_Control_Media_Spreading_Lies_TikTok_Ban.gmi [08:44] TR Bot Techrights Links 15/01/2025: Social Control Media Spreading Lies, TikTok Banned in 4 Days [08:46] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1175.jpg [08:46] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1525.jpg [08:47] TR News "I have been interviewed by Florian Buetow on `cracking-ai-engineering.com` about what it's like working with a Site Reliability Engineer from the point of view of a Software Engineer, Data Scientist, and AI Engineer." gemini://foo.zone/gemfeed/2025-01-15-working-with-an-sre-interview.gmi [08:48] *wallacer (~quassel@2x2w4qfz3wksg.irc) has joined #techrights [08:48] TR News The problem with modern software: Unnecessary complexity and bad practices gopher://199.180.255.36:70/0/~C7H14N2O3/phlog/modern-software-unnecessary.txt [08:49] TR News "One of the main culprits is the features obsession. Every update must introduce "something new", often at the expense of efficiency or system stability. Applications like modern text editors or web browsers have become huge conglomerates of features that few users really need, sacrificing speed and lightness." [08:51] TR News "Whilst wandering about the vi(1) codebasethat is, my mutated version which is a fork of the OpenBSD base vifor reasons best not to askthe O_PATH feature was discovered, which complicates opening of neither-fully-qualified-nor-relative filenames." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2025/01/15/vi-til.gmi [08:54] TR News Introduction to GrapheneOS gemini://perso.pw/blog/articles/intro-to-grapheneos.gmi [08:56] TR News "Roth and his team were able to bypass the ACE3s validation checks and install a modified patch into the CPU." https://www.macworld.com/article/2575651/researcher-finds-a-vulnerability-in-the-iphone-usb-c-controller.html | Source: Macworld [08:56] TR Bot finds a vulnerability in the iPhone USB-C controller | Macworld [08:56] TR News "The agency staff is also helping to manage public safety spectrum use and coordinating with government and industry on response efforts. The Commission has issued grants of Special Temporary Authority to keep communications operational." https://insidetowers.com/fcc-has-boots-on-the-ground-in-los-angeles/ | Source: Inside Towers [08:56] TR Bot FCC Has Boots on The Ground in Los Angeles - Inside Towers ● Jan 15 [09:00] TR News "confusingly, amidst the greatest US outpouring of drone distrust in years" https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/14/24343928/dji-no-more-geofencing-no-fly-zone | Source: The Verge [09:00] TR Bot DJI will no longer stop drones from flying over airports, wildfires, and the White House - The Verge [09:01] TR News "Since then, global regulations and user awareness have evolved significantly," https://viewpoints.dji.com/blog/geo-system-update | [09:01] TR Bot DJI Updates GEO System in U.S. Consumer & Enterprise Drones [09:03] TR News "This means that after May 2025, we intend to drop support for Secure Transport and BearSSL unless something changes drastically that makes us reconsider." https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/01/14/secure-transport-support-in-curl-is-on-its-way-out/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg [09:03] TR Bot Transport support in curl is on its way out | daniel.haxx.se [09:04] TR News "The Kdenlive team has just rolled out v24.12.1, the first maintenance release of the 24.12 series." https://linuxiac.com/kdenlive-24-12-1-introduces-stability-and-workflow-improvements/ | Source: Linuxiac [09:04] TR Bot Kdenlive 24.12.1 Introduces Stability and Workflow Improvements [09:04] TR News "Compared to the latest 5.1 release, this release deprecates the old settings file format in favor of the new YAML format." https://blog.powerdns.com/2025/01/14/powerdns-recursor-5-2-0-released | Source: PowerDNS [09:04] TR Bot PowerDNS Recursor 5.2.0 Released [09:09] TR News "replace my 6.5 years old BQ Aquaris X" https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2025-01-12-intro-to-grapheneos.html | Source: Data Swamp [09:09] TR Bot Solene'% : Introduction to GrapheneOS [09:10] TR News "The good news is that IoT devices typically exhibit predictable network traffic patterns." https://blog.apnic.net/2025/01/15/reliable-iot-network-traffic-inference/ | Source: APNIC [09:10] TR Bot Reliable IoT network traffic inference | APNIC Blog [09:11] TR News "Nearly six months after the release of Linux Mint 22 Wilma, the first update in the series, version 22.1 Xia is now available for download" https://linuxiac.com/linux-mint-22-1-now-available-for-download/ | Source: Linuxiac [09:11] TR Bot Linux Mint 22.1 Now Available for Download with Cinnamon 6.4 [09:13] TR News "Its project page on Sourceforge is still there, complete with downloads" https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/14/the_end_of_absolute_linux/ | Source: The Register UK [09:13] TR Bot Absolute Linux has reached the end where next? The Register [09:15] TR News "But as many in the gaming community have pointed out, Musk was likely paying more skilled players to level the character up and there's ample evidence supporting that conclusion" https://futurism.com/elon-musk-poe2 | Source: Futurism [09:15] TR Bot Did Elon Musk Pay a Gamer to Level a Character Up, Then Accidentally Kill It Permanently Due to Incompetence? [09:16] TR News "A high school student created a Doom (1993) port inside a PDF file. Ading2210 created DoomPDF, inspired by the recent release of PdftrisTetris (1985) in a PDF" https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/doom-ported-to-run-directly-from-a-pdf-file-doompdf-port-runs-at-approximately-12-5-fps | Source: Tom's Hardware [09:16] TR Bot Doom ported to run directly from a PDF file DoomPDF port runs at approximately 12.5 FPS | Tom's Hardware [09:16] TR News "The Portable Document Format (PDF) was developed to present documents in a manner that was independent of the software, hardware, and operating system showing them." https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/14/doom_delivered_in_a_pdf/ | Source: The Register UK [09:16] TR Bot It's Doom ... running in a PDF file The Register [09:17] TR News "One of the standout features is RAIDZ Expansion, which allows users to add new devices to existing RAIDZ pools to increase storage capacity seamlessly without any downtime." https://linuxiac.com/openzfs-2-3-enhances-performance-introduces-json-support/ | Source: Linuxiac [09:17] TR Bot OpenZFS 2.3 Enhances Performance, Introduces JSON Support [09:19] TR News Georges Basile Stavracas Neto: Flatpak 1.16 is out! https://feaneron.com/2025/01/14/flatpak-1-16-is-out/ [09:19] TR Bot 1.16 is out! feaneron [09:20] TR News Microsoft Front Group Starts the Year by Championing Underage (or Child) Labour https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/13/Microsoft_Front_Group_Starts_the_Year_by_Championing_Underage_o.shtml [09:20] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Front Group Starts the Year by Championing Underage (or Child) Labour [09:20] TR News [Meme] 13 Years a Slave of Abusive Monopolist Microsoft https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/14/Meme_13_Years_a_Slave_of_Microsoft.shtml [09:20] TR Bot Techrights [Meme] 13 Years a Slave of Microsoft [09:20] TR News Webspam in BetaNews https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/14/Webspam_in_BetaNews.shtml [09:20] TR Bot Techrights Webspam in BetaNews [09:20] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/14/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/14/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [09:20] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [09:21] TR News betanews posting Microsoft spam now... anything to distract from the mass layoffs [09:21] TR News "AI Music" is Not Music and It's Hardly "AI" Either https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/14/AI_Music_is_Not_Music_and_It_s_Hardly_AI_Either.shtml [09:21] TR Bot Techrights "AI Music" is Not Music and It's Hardly "AI" Either [09:22] TR News Access to the Source Code of the Programs You're Using Matters (Even If You're Not a Coder and Cannot Fix Bugs) https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/14/Access_to_the_Source_Code_of_the_Programs_You_re_Using_Matters_.shtml [09:22] TR Bot Techrights Access to the Source Code of the Programs You're Using Matters (Even If You're Not a Coder and Cannot Fix Bugs) [09:22] TR News [Meme] How to Lose Social Life (While Pretending to Still Have It) https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/14/Meme_How_to_Lose_Social_Life_While_Pretending_to_Still_Have_It.shtml [09:22] TR Bot Techrights [Meme] How to Lose Social Life (While Pretending to Still Have It) [09:22] TR News EPO Uses the Misnomer "AI" to Attack Software Developers in Europe https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/14/EPO_Uses_the_Misnomer_AI_to_Attack_Software_Developers_in_Europ.shtml [09:22] TR Bot Techrights EPO Uses the Misnomer "AI" to Attack Software Developers in Europe [09:22] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [09:23] *wallacer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:26] TR News Andy Farnell on Eating Your Own Dog Food https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/14/Andy_Farnell_on_Eating_Your_Own_Dog_Food.shtml [09:26] TR Bot Techrights Andy Farnell on Eating Your Own Dog Food [09:26] TR News Dr. Miriam Bastian From the Free Software Foundation (FSF) Gives a Talk in a Couple of Weeks at FOSDEM (Brussels, Belgium) https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/14/Dr_Miriam_Bastian_From_the_Free_Software_Foundation_FSF_Gives_a.shtml [09:26] TR Bot Techrights Dr. Miriam Bastian From the Free Software Foundation (FSF) Gives a Talk in a Couple of Weeks at FOSDEM (Brussels, Belgium) [09:27] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [09:28] *IsambardPrince has quit (connection closed) [09:38] *agentcas- has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:52] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [09:53] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights ● Jan 15 [10:12] *wallacer (~quassel@2x2w4qfz3wksg.irc) has joined #techrights [10:17] *wallacer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [10:21] *wallacer (~quassel@2x2w4qfz3wksg.irc) has joined #techrights [10:29] TR News "via Zoom" https://www.michigandaily.com/news/academics/umich-faculty-panel-discuss-how-the-arts-enhance-research/ there's your problem, wrong people making decisions [10:29] TR Bot UMich Faculty Panel Discuss How Creativity Enhances Research [10:29] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [10:29] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [10:29] TR News Modder tests if waiting 14,272 years will beat the classic Oregon Trail game https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/modder-tests-if-waiting-14-272-years-will-beat-the-classic-oregon-trail-game [10:29] TR Bot Modder tests if waiting 14,272 years will beat the classic Oregon Trail game | Tom's Hardware [10:30] TR News New Obesity Definition Challenges Current Use of B.M.I. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/health/bmi-obesity-definition.html [10:30] TR Bot New Obesity Definition Challenges Current Use of B.M.I. - The New York Times [10:35] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [10:35] TR News Software Freedom people would never take any serious security advice from one who foolishly unloads his own medical record to the open Web, revealing physical (not counting mental, seeing a shrink is also an open admission) problems like COVID-19, TB, chest scans, needles in eyes, even chromosome dysfunction [10:42] TR News Announcing the LibreOffice Calc Guide 24.8 https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/01/13/announcing-calc-guide-24-8/ [10:42] TR Bot Announcing the LibreOffice Calc Guide 24.8 - The Document Foundation Blog [10:47] TR News Riding the hype wave https://ubuntu.com//blog/how-to-build-your-first-model-using-dss [10:47] TR Bot NO TITLE [10:48] TR News How to Set Up an SFTP Server on GNU/Linux https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-set-up-an-sftp-server-on-linux/ [10:48] TR Bot How to Set Up an SFTP Server on Linux [10:52] TR News "If youre running Ubuntu 24.04 and want to set up Android Studio for Kotlin development, this guide is for you." https://www.tecmint.com/android-studio-for-kotlin-development-in-ubuntu/ | Source: TecMint [10:52] TR Bot How to Set Up Android Studio for Kotlin on Ubuntu 24.04 [10:53] TR News "setting a timeout for HTTP requests can help prevent your system from hanging or waiting indefinitely" https://www.tecmint.com/timeout-http-requests/ | Source: TecMint [10:53] TR Bot How to Set HTTP Request Timeouts in Linux [10:55] TR News "AI ecosystem" LOL!!! https://news.opensuse.org/2025/01/14/openvino-w-generative-ai/ | Source: OpenSUSE [10:55] TR Bot OpenVINO with Generative AI - openSUSE News [10:56] TR News "a sixth vulnerability (CVE-2024-12747)" https://ubuntu.com//blog/rsync-remote-code-execution | Source: Ubuntu [10:56] TR Bot NO TITLE [10:57] TR News "Looking to get started with Ansible for Amazon Web Services?" https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/whats-new-cloud-automation-red-hat-ansible-certified-content-collection-amazonaws-900 | Source: Red Hat Official [10:57] TR Bot Whats new in cloud automation: Red Hat Ansible Certified Content Collection for amazon.aws 9.0.0 ● Jan 15 [11:05] TR News China to cut pay by half for staff at top financial regulators, sources say https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-to-cut-pay-by-half-for-staff-at-top-financial-regulators-sources-say [11:05] TR Bot China to cut pay by half for staff at top financial regulators, sources say | The Straits Times [11:05] TR News Economic woes not a deal breaker as Chinas Lunar New Year travel rush kicks off https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/economic-woes-not-a-deal-breaker-as-chinas-lunar-new-year-travel-rush-kicks-off [11:05] TR Bot Economic woes not a deal breaker as Chinas Lunar New Year travel rush kicks off | The Straits Times [11:06] TR News Why China is boosting public science education amid tech competition with the US https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/why-china-is-boosting-public-science-education-amid-tech-competition-with-the-us [11:07] TR Bot Why China is boosting public science education amid tech competition with the US | The Straits Times [11:07] TR News Xi calls China-EU economic relations 'symbiotic' amid trade tensions with US https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/xi-calls-china-eu-economic-relations-symbiotic-amid-trade-tensions-with-us [11:07] TR Bot Xi calls China-EU economic relations 'symbiotic' amid trade tensions with US | The Straits Times [11:08] TR News Chinas exports spike ahead of Cheeto inauguration, tariff fears https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/01/14/exports-spike-trump-tariffs/ [11:08] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/01/14/exports-spike-trump-tariffs/ ) [11:10] TR News Commission to assess next steps for tackling discrimination in China's public procurement marketfor medical devices https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_252 [11:10] TR Bot Press corner | European Commission [11:11] TR News "Its A Doughnut, In Hardware" https://hackaday.com/2025/01/14/its-a-doughnut-in-hardware/ | Source: Hackaday [11:11] TR Bot A Doughnut, In Hardware | Hackaday [11:12] TR News OpenSCAD https://hackaday.com/2025/01/14/procedurally-generated-terrain-in-openscad/ | Source: Hackaday [11:12] TR Bot Generated Terrain In OpenSCAD | Hackaday [11:16] TR News Servos Vs Steppers https://hackaday.com/2025/01/14/head-to-head-servos-vs-steppers/ | Source: Hackaday [11:16] TR Bot To Head: Servos Vs Steppers | Hackaday [11:16] TR News Dirk Eddelbuettel: RProtoBuf 0.4.23 on CRAN: Mulitple Updates http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/01/14#rprotobuf_0.4.23 [11:16] TR Bot Thinking inside the box [11:18] TR News Microsoft January 2025 Patch Tuesday, (Tue, Jan 14th) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31590 But the goal is not security http://techrights.org/wiki/Microsoft_and_the_NSA/ [11:18] TR Bot Microsoft January 2025 Patch Tuesday - SANS Internet Storm Center [11:18] TR Bot Microsoft and the NSA [11:19] TR News Sports Illustrated has since then died, drowning in its own LLM slop https://nypost.com/2025/01/14/sports/heinz-kluetmeier-famed-miracle-on-ice-photographer-dead-at-82/ [11:19] TR Bot Heinz Kluetmeier, famed 'Miracle on Ice' photographer, dead at 82 [11:19] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [11:19] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [11:20] TR News "75 early bird tickets as fast as you can" https://hackaday.com/2025/01/14/hackaday-europe-2025-tickets-on-sale-and-cfp-extended-until-friday/ | Source: Hackaday [11:20] TR Bot Europe 2025 Tickets On Sale, And CFP Extended Until Friday | Hackaday [11:28] TR News "Audio On A Shoestring" https://hackaday.com/2025/01/14/audio-on-a-shoestring-diy-your-own-studio-grade-mic/ | Source: Hackaday [11:28] TR Bot On A Shoestring: DIY Your Own Studio-Grade Mic | Hackaday [11:32] TR News Newsflation: UK cover prices up by 12% in past year https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/nationals/uk-newspaper-cover-prices-2025/ [11:32] TR Bot UK newspaper cover prices up by 12% in past year - Press Gazette [11:32] TR News London Live closes after ten years as broadcasting licence to change hands https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/london-live-closes-after-ten-years-as-broadcasting-licence-to-change-hands/ [11:32] TR Bot London Live closes after ten years as broadcasting licence to change hands - Press Gazette [11:33] TR News Introducing DateTime::Format::RelativeTime https://www.perl.com/article/release-of-new-module-datetime-format-relativetime/ [11:33] TR Bot Introducing DateTime::Format::RelativeTime [11:35] TR News ESP32-based Waveshare DDSM Driver HAT (B) for Raspberry Pi supports DDSM400 hub motors https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/01/15/esp32-based-waveshare-ddsm-driver-hat-b-for-raspberry-pi-supports-ddsm400-hub-motors/ [11:35] TR Bot ESP32-based Waveshare DDSM Driver HAT (B) for Raspberry Pi supports DDSM400 hub motors - CNX Software [11:43] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [11:46] TR News LibreArts Weekly recap 12 January 2025 https://librearts.org/2025/01/week-recap-12-jan-2025/ [11:46] TR Bot Libre Arts - Weekly recap 12 January 2025 [11:47] TR News OpenFlexture Microscope is an open-source, 3D-printed microscope based on Raspberry Pi 4 SBC and Camera Module v2 https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/01/14/openflexture-microscope-is-an-open-source-3d-printed-microscope-based-on-raspberry-pi-4-sbc-and-camera-module-v2/ [11:47] TR Bot OpenFlexture Microscope is an open-source, 3D-printed microscope based on Raspberry Pi 4 SBC and Camera Module v2 - CNX Software [11:47] TR News (NEW): Windows TCO and CISA https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/14/Windows_TCO_and_CISA.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/14/Windows_TCO_and_CISA.gmi [11:47] TR Bot Tux Machines Windows TCO and CISA [11:49] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@yrifiesvn57du.irc) has joined #techrights [11:49] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [11:49] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [11:54] TR News (NEW): This Week in Plasma: Final Plasma 6.3 Features https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/12/This_Week_in_Plasma_Final_Plasma_6_3_Features.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/12/This_Week_in_Plasma_Final_Plasma_6_3_Features.gmi [11:54] TR Bot Tux Machines This Week in Plasma: Final Plasma 6.3 Features [11:57] TR News (NEW): Notepad Next 0.10 Brings Better Bookmark Operations https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/15/Notepad_Next_0_10_Brings_Better_Bookmark_Operations.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/15/Notepad_Next_0_10_Brings_Better_Bookmark_Operations.gmi [11:57] TR Bot Tux Machines Notepad Next 0.10 Brings Better Bookmark Operations ● Jan 15 [12:09] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [12:09] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [12:10] *agentcas- (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [12:12] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [12:14] TR News Qt;Athon 2024: Meet the Winners of Our Global Student Coding Competition https://www.qt.io/blog/qtathon-2024-winners [12:14] TR Bot Qt;Athon 2024: Meet the Winners of Our Global Student Coding Competition [12:19] TR News Fairphones next chapter starts now. https://www.fairphone.com/en/2025/01/13/fairphones-next-chapter-starts-now/ [12:19] TR Bot next chapter starts now. - Fairphone [12:19] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [12:19] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [12:23] TR News "I am a young cybernetic Tenzo from the Temple of 1000 Valves, and these are my thoughts." gopher://astio.zapto.org:70/1/~C7H14N2O3/ [12:24] TR News "I have finally mostly finished a major refactor update for SIS that will better manage certificates, hosts, and setting up servers, so the next thing I can start working on is finishing up SCGI support again, lol." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/u/clseibold/23904 [12:24] TR News SpellBinding: EIKYNUL Wordo: MAMEY gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-01-15.gmi [12:26] TR News "I haven't missed a thing since leaving Windows. Maybe I don't use tools or software that depend on things in that environment, but I have everything I need in Linux. Sounds like I got out at a good time too [...]" gemini://zkbro.smol.pub/settled-in [12:28] TR News "I haven't even seen my desktop in a while because I load the terminal on startup and load GUI applications with the keyboard. I feel more engaged with the software I use too. There is intention in everything I've installed." gemini://zkbro.smol.pub/settled-in [12:29] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [12:29] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [12:34] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 15/01/2025: Abandoning Windows for GNU/Linux, SIS Progress Update https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/15/Gemini_Links_15_01_2025_Abandoning_Windows_for_GNU_Linux_SIS_Pr.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/15/Gemini_Links_15_01_2025_Abandoning_Windows_for_GNU_Linux_SIS_Pr.gmi [12:34] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 15/01/2025: Abandoning Windows for GNU/Linux, SIS Progress Update [12:35] TR News "1. gemlog.stargrave.org: 10000 URLs 2. gemini.techrights.org: 10000 URLs 3. mirrors.apple2.org.za: 10000 URLs 4. gemini.tuxmachines.org: 10000 URLs" gemini://gemini.bortzmeyer.org/software/lupa/stats.gmi [12:39] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [12:39] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [12:49] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [12:49] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [12:52] TR News Probably lacking "demand" (for lawsuits) so trying to converge a little https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/hoffmann-eitle-and-konig-szynka-unite-top-pharma-teams/ [12:52] TR Bot Hoffmann Eitle and Knig Szynka unite top pharma teams - JUVE Patent [12:53] TR News Seems like an ad disguised as "news", i.e. the usual from JUVE https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/maucher-jenkins-hires-team-from-df-mp/ [12:53] TR Bot Maucher Jenkins hires team from df-mp - JUVE Patent [12:54] TR News $2,000 for Ascend Innovation entity, Accessify, communications patent monopoly prior art https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/1/14/2000-for-ascend-innovations-entity-accessify-communications-patent-prior-art " The '640 patent monopoly relates generally to the use of identification codes in the handling and management of communications." = Software Patent [12:54] TR Bot $2,000 for Ascend Innovation entity, Accessify, communications patent prior art Unified Patents [12:54] TR News Longhorn Automotive crypto-engine patent monopoly prior art found https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/1/14/longhorn-automotive-crypto-engine-patent-prior-art-found Software Patents [12:54] TR Bot Longhorn Automotive crypto-engine patent prior art found Unified Patents [12:55] TR News "Independently of the fact that cooking is not allowed on the premises of the EPO, should I have been member of the OD, I would not have served as guinea pig and tasted this stuff." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/01/bloody-good-outcome-for-impossible.html?showComment=1736799041736#c6601169584707741964 [12:55] TR Bot Bloody good outcome for Impossible Foods as EPO Board of Appeal revives patent for vegan meat substitute (T 0425/23) - The IPKat [12:56] TR News "In the early 80ies, at the inventors fair in Geneva, a chap proposed omelette in a tube. He had put all its money in his patent. I have never seen the product on the market. Some people accepted to taste it on his display, but they did not look convinced." [12:56] TR News The European Patent Offices (EPO) Communication on "Reform" is "Incomplete and Misleading," Says the Central Staff Committee at the EPO https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/14/The_European_Patent_Office_s_EPO_Communication_on_Reform_is_Inc.shtml [12:56] TR Bot Techrights The European Patent Offices (EPO) Communication on "Reform" is "Incomplete and Misleading," Says the Central Staff Committee at the EPO [12:57] TR News Publications Before Publishing and the Federal Circuits Temporal Gymnastics https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/01/publications-publishing-gymnastics.html [12:57] TR Bot Publications Before Publishing and the Federal Circuit's Temporal Gymnastics [12:58] TR News Microsoft reveals macOS vulnerability that allowed System Integrity Protection bypass https://siliconangle.com/2025/01/14/microsoft-reveals-macos-vulnerability-allowed-system-integrity-protection-bypass/ [12:58] TR Bot reveals macOS vulnerability that allowed System Integrity Protection bypass - SiliconANGLE [12:59] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [12:59] TR News Hans de Goede: IPU6 camera support status update https://hansdegoede.dreamwidth.org/29233.html [12:59] TR Bot Captcha Check [12:59] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [12:59] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights ● Jan 15 [13:01] TR News Dumping Seawater on LA Fires Is an Experiment Scientists Are Closely Watching https://www.sciencealert.com/dumping-seawater-on-la-fires-is-an-experiment-scientists-are-closely-watching [13:01] TR Bot Seawater on LA Fires Is an Experiment Scientists Are Closely Watching : ScienceAlert [13:02] TR News Future Risk of Stroke Could Be on Display Inside Your Eyes https://www.sciencealert.com/future-risk-of-stroke-could-be-on-display-inside-your-eyes [13:02] TR Bot Risk of Stroke Could Be on Display Inside Your Eyes : ScienceAlert [13:04] TR News What's New In QtGraphs 6.9 https://www.qt.io/blog/whats-new-in-qtgraphs-6.9 [13:04] TR Bot What's New In QtGraphs 6.9 [13:05] TR News Planned obsolescence by perishing firm which leaves CPUs with known back doors in them https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-retires-alder-lake-mobile-cpus-excluding-hx-series-12th-gen-goes-eol-starting-april-25 [13:05] TR Bot Intel retires Alder Lake mobile CPUs, excluding HX-series 12th Gen goes EOL starting April 25 | Tom's Hardware [13:05] TR News Intel: buy a NEW PC... why? Well, ermmm... HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI [13:07] TR News Just because gullible people exist does not mean that "the Hey Hi (AI) age" (hype wave) is potent, this is anecdotal https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/scammer-uses-ai-generated-images-of-brad-pitt-to-swindle-over-usd850k-from-53-year-old-french-woman [13:07] TR Bot Scammer uses AI-generated images of Brad Pitt to swindle over $850K from 53-year-old French woman | Tom's Hardware [13:07] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [13:09] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [13:09] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [13:12] TR News Parroting buzzwords for companies that sell lies and GPUs https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/01/biden-administration-issues-export-restrictions-for-us-computer-chips-used-in-artificial-intelligence/ [13:12] TR Bot Biden administration issues export restrictions for US computer chips used in artificial intelligence - JURIST - News [13:13] TR News More nonsensical hype interjected into the White House https://siliconangle.com/2025/01/14/biden-signs-executive-order-will-make-federal-lands-available-ai-infrastructure/ [13:13] TR Bot signs executive order that will make federal lands available for AI infrastructure - SiliconANGLE [13:16] TR News LLMs, for examples, are being marketed as "fill the blank with chaff about some unknown thing", but that won't work and cannot work; there's no actual intelligence there [13:18] TR News Nowadays when sites claim people need more "AI skills" it's no better than arguing the industry needs better plagiarists hired; that is more or less the same thing, except the cheerleading. [13:19] TR News "It feels like were on a path to keep making systems harder for humans to configure, and we keep expanding our reliance on superhuman intelligence to do that for us." https://blog.jonudell.net/2025/01/14/the-configuration-crisis/ [13:19] TR Bot The Configuration Crisis Jon Udell [13:19] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [13:20] TR News Word salads are not intelligence, it's just a combination of words spewed out with some grammatical constraint built in [13:22] TR News US Supreme Court denies constitutionality challenge by oil companies against lawsuits from Hawaii municipalities https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/01/us-supreme-court-denies-constitutionality-challenge-by-oil-companies-against-lawsuits-from-hawaii-municipalities/ [13:22] TR Bot US Supreme Court denies constitutionality challenge by oil companies against lawsuits from Hawaii municipalities - JURIST - News [13:26] TR News "No way to prevent this" say users of only language where this regularly happens https://xeiaso.net/shitposts/no-way-to-prevent-this/CVE-2024-12084/ [13:26] TR Bot "No way to prevent this" say users of only language where this regularly happens - Xe Iaso [13:27] TR News Rust ALSO has security problems [13:27] TR News Windows TCO / Windows Bot Nets https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/asml-backed-university-suffers-cyberattack-institution-is-the-pipeline-for-asmls-talent-needs [13:27] TR Bot ASML-backed university suffers cyberattack institution is the pipeline for ASML's talent needs | Tom's Hardware [13:34] TR News East Asias energy security challenges can be mitigated by US LNG https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/east-asias-energy-security-challenges-can-be-mitigated-by-us-lng/ [13:34] TR Bot East Asias energy security challenges can be mitigated by US LNG - Atlantic Council [13:35] TR News Guardian Digital (linuxsecurity.com) Publishes Fake Articles About GNU/Linux and About (for) 'Linux' Foundation Openwashing https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/14/Guardian_Digital_linuxsecurity_com_Publishes_Fake_Articles_Abou.shtml [13:35] TR Bot Techrights Guardian Digital (linuxsecurity.com) Publishes Fake Articles About Linux and About (for) 'Linux' Foundation Openwashing [13:35] TR News MyNav workspace and session management TUI https://www.linuxlinks.com/mynav-workspace-session-management-tui/ [13:35] TR Bot - workspace and session management TUI - LinuxLinks [13:36] TR News LetoReader self-hostable speed reader https://www.linuxlinks.com/letoreader-self-hostable-speed-reader/ [13:36] TR Bot - self-hostable speed reader - LinuxLinks [13:36] TR News Crunchbangplusplus minimalist GNU/Linux distribution https://www.linuxlinks.com/crunchbangplusplus-minimalist-linux-distribution/ [13:36] TR Bot - minimalist Linux distribution - LinuxLinks [13:37] TR News Microsoft proxy Black Duck is dead yet? ttps://siliconangle.com/2025/01/14/good-news-black-duck-report-highlights-increased-focus-adversarial-testing-ai-security-risks/ see http://techrights.org/wiki/Black_Duck/ [13:37] TR Bot Black Duck [13:38] TR News LLMs for ransomware https://siliconangle.com/2025/01/14/cybersecurity-strategies-cyberresiliencysummit/ [13:38] TR Bot strategies transform to combat threats - SiliconANGLE [13:46] TR News Alfred G. Mayers On the Color and Color-Patterns of Moths and Butterflies (1897) https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/mayer-color-patterns [13:46] TR Bot Alfred G. Mayers *On the Color and Color-Patterns of Moths and Butterflies* (1897) The Public Domain Review [13:47] TR News Huge mistake to made official statements in MAGA Meta: "Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun said in a Facebook (Farcebook) post" https://hongkongfp.com/2025/01/14/hong-kong-govt-investigating-scaffolding-collapse-injuring-11-workers/ [13:47] TR Bot HK gov't investigating scaffolding collapse injuring 11 in Kai Tak [13:47] TR News SEC sues Elon Musk, saying he didnt disclose Ex-Twitter ownership on time before buying it https://www.twincities.com/2025/01/14/sec-sues-elon-musk-twitter/ [13:47] TR Bot SEC sues Elon Musk, saying he didnt disclose Twitter ownership on time before buying it [13:48] TR News Office of Special Counsel has growing staffing concerns amid record caseload https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-report/2025/01/office-of-special-counsel-has-growing-staffing-concerns-amid-record-caseload/ "That includes 1,757 new disclosures from federal whistleblowers." [13:48] TR Bot Office of Special Counsel has growing staffing concerns amid record caseload [13:50] TR News In 2024, How Often Did the TTAB Affirm Section 2(e)(1) Mere Descriptiveness/Disclaimer Refusals? http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/01/in-2024-how-often-did-ttab-affirm.html [13:50] TR Bot The TTABlog: In 2024, How Often Did the TTAB Affirm Section 2(e)(1) Mere Descriptiveness/Disclaimer Refusals? [13:51] TR News Microsoft MFA outage blocking access to Abusive Monopolist Microsoft 365 apps https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-mfa-outage-blocking-access-to-microsoft-365-apps/ [13:51] TR Bot Microsoft MFA outage blocking access to Microsoft 365 apps [13:52] TR News Some customers are about to see a huge rise in their Abusive Monopolist Microsoft 365 subscriptions https://www.techradar.com/pro/some-customers-are-about-to-see-a-huge-rise-in-their-microsoft-365-subscriptions [13:52] TR Bot customers are about to see a huge rise in their Microsoft 365 subscriptions | TechRadar [13:54] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@yrifiesvn57du.irc) has joined #techrights [13:55] TR News NATO launches Baltic Sea patrols after suspected cable sabotage https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250114-nato-launches-baltic-sea-patrols-after-suspected-cable-sabotage [13:55] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250114-nato-launches-baltic-sea-patrols-after-suspected-cable-sabotage ) ● Jan 15 [14:07] TR News NATO Launches Patrol Highlighting Baltic Sea Security Concerns https://www.rferl.org/a/baltic-sea-sabotage-undersea-cables-nato-security-rutte-stubb-michal/33274853.html [14:07] TR Bot NATO Launches Patrol Highlighting Baltic Sea Security Concerns [14:08] TR News Russian-Backed Hackers Pose a Threat to Africas Online Community https://adf-magazine.com/2025/01/russian-backed-hackers-pose-a-threat-to-africas-online-community/ [14:08] TR Bot Russian-Backed Hackers Pose a Threat to Africas Online Community - Africa Defense Forum [14:09] TR News Belarusian State TV Airs Propaganda Film Featuring Jailed RFE/RL Journalists https://www.rferl.org/a/belarusian-state-tv-propaganda-film-rferl-journalist-adnrey-kuznechyk/33275392.html [14:09] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [14:09] TR Bot Belarusian State TV Airs Propaganda Film Featuring Jailed RFE/RL Journalists [14:09] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [14:11] TR News Apple will soon receive made in America chips from TSMC's Arizona fab company in final stages of quality verification https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/apple-will-soon-receive-made-in-america-chips-from-tsmcs-arizona-fab-company-in-final-stages-of-quality-verification [14:11] TR Bot Apple will soon receive made in America chips from TSMC's Arizona fab company in final stages of quality verification | Tom's Hardware [14:11] TR News Worlds largest illicit online marketplace is just a download away https://rfa.org/english/cambodia/2025/01/14/illicit-marketplace-huione-apple-google/ [14:11] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://rfa.org/english/cambodia/2025/01/14/illicit-marketplace-huione-apple-google/ ) [14:12] TR News Apple appears in UK court for overcharging customers in class-action lawsuit https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/01/apple-appears-in-uk-court-for-overcharging-customers-in-class-action-lawsuit/ [14:12] TR Bot Apple appears in UK court for overcharging customers in class-action lawsuit - JURIST - News [14:13] TR News Apple Daily did not violate lease agreement, court hears as Jimmy Lai seeks to overturn fraud conviction https://hongkongfp.com/2025/01/15/apple-daily-did-not-violate-lease-agreement-court-hears-as-jimmy-lai-seeks-to-overturn-fraud-conviction/ [14:13] TR Bot Apple Daily did not violate lease agreement: Jimmy Lai [14:13] TR News Ditronixs IPEM PiHat turns your Raspberry Pi into a mains power energy monitor (Crowdfunding) https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/01/14/ditronix-ipem-pihat-turns-your-raspberry-pi-into-a-mains-power-energy-monitor/ [14:13] TR Bot Ditronix's IPEM PiHat turns your Raspberry Pi into a mains power energy monitor (Crowdfunding) - CNX Software [14:14] TR News SONOFF MINI-D Review A Matter-enabled dry contact WiFi switch tested with eWeLink, Home Assistant, and Fashion Company Apple Home https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/01/15/sonoff-mini-d-review-matter-enabled-dry-contact-wifi-switch-ewelink-home-assistant-apple-home/ [14:14] TR Bot SONOFF MINI-D Review - A Matter-enabled dry contact WiFi switch tested with eWeLink, Home Assistant, and Apple Home - CNX Software [14:16] TR News Qualcomm hires Intel's Xeon architect to lead development of server CPUs https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/qualcomm-hires-intels-xeon-architect-to-lead-development-of-server-cpus [14:16] TR Bot Qualcomm hires Intel's Xeon architect to lead development of server CPUs | Tom's Hardware [14:16] TR News So Intel CONTINUES to lose key people. This has gone on for years already, now worse than before... [14:17] TR News [$] The slow death of TuxFamily https://lwn.net/Articles/1004988/ [14:17] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://lwn.net/Articles/1004988/ ) [14:17] TR News The First Password on the Internet https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/01/the-first-password-on-the-internet.html [14:17] TR Bot First Password on the Internet - Schneier on Security [14:19] TR News risiOS Fedora based GNU/Linux distribution https://www.linuxlinks.com/risios-fedora-based-linux-distribution/ [14:19] TR Bot - Fedora based Linux distribution - LinuxLinks [14:19] TR News Kalk convergent calculator https://www.linuxlinks.com/kalk-convergent-calculator/ [14:19] TR Bot - convergent calculator - LinuxLinks [14:19] TR News Tbmk terminal bookmarker https://www.linuxlinks.com/tbmk-terminal-bookmarker/ [14:19] TR Bot - terminal bookmarker - LinuxLinks [14:20] TR News cbxv high fidelity comic book viewer https://www.linuxlinks.com/cbxv-high-fidelity-comic-book-viewer/ [14:20] TR Bot - high fidelity comic book viewer - LinuxLinks [14:20] TR News 14 Best Free and Open Source Stacking Wayland Compositors https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-stacking-wayland-compositors/ [14:20] TR Bot Best Free and Open Source Stacking Wayland Compositors - LinuxLinks [14:20] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) 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MakuluLinux [14:35] TR News I Feel Like a Hacker Using These Cool GNU/Linux Terminal Tools https://itsfoss.com/hacker-like-linux-terminal-tools/ [14:35] TR Bot I Feel Like a Hacker Using These Cool Linux Terminal Tools [14:36] TR News Linux Mint 22.1 Xia Is Now Available for Download, Heres Whats New https://9to5linux.com/linux-mint-22-1-xia-is-now-available-for-download-heres-whats-new [14:36] TR Bot Mint 22.1 "Xia" Is Now Available for Download, Here's What's New - 9to5Linux [14:42] TR News Flatpak 1.16 Improves USB Access, Wayland Integration & Accessibility https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/01/flatpak-1-16-released-new-features [14:42] TR Bot Flatpak 1.16 Improves USB Access, Wayland Integration & Accessibility - OMG! 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[15:32] *Now talking on #techrights [15:49] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● Jan 15 [16:05] TR News Universities paid to promote hype! https://yle.fi/a/74-20137076 so now it LOOKS like scholars are "in" with the hype, but they're paid to do it; maybe (hopefully) some years from now nobody will treat those as anything other than another "NFT" while we can all focus on technical stuff [16:05] TR Bot AI entrepreneur funds academic research into artificial intelligence at 13 Finnish universities | Yle News | Yle [16:14] TR News The Fridge: Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 874 https://fridge.ubuntu.com/2025/01/13/ubuntu-weekly-newsletter-issue-874/ [16:14] TR Bot Ubuntu Fridge | Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 874 [16:18] TR News (NEW): Canonical/Ubuntu Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/15/Canonical_Ubuntu_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/15/Canonical_Ubuntu_Leftovers.gmi [16:18] TR Bot Tux Machines Canonical/Ubuntu Leftovers [16:18] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@yrifiesvn57du.irc) has joined #techrights [16:26] TR News (NEW): Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/15/Security_Leftovers.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/15/Security_Leftovers.1.gmi [16:26] TR Bot Tux Machines Security Leftovers [16:29] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: Hackaday, OpenSCAD, Raspberry Pi, Fairphone, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/15/Open_Hardware_Modding_Hackaday_OpenSCAD_Raspberry_Pi_Fairphone_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/15/Open_Hardware_Modding_Hackaday_OpenSCAD_Raspberry_Pi_Fairphone_.gmi [16:29] TR Bot Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: Hackaday, OpenSCAD, Raspberry Pi, Fairphone, and More [16:34] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and GNU/Linux Applications https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/15/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_GNU_Linux_Applications.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/15/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_GNU_Linux_Applications.gmi [16:34] TR Bot Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and GNU/Linux Applications [16:36] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) 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There should be some good cases on the market sometime this year which accommodate SSDs. It's on par with my notebook for speed." -Anon [16:59] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [16:59] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights ● Jan 15 [17:00] *SomeGoat (~SomeGoat@r9ruxqydtdctn.irc) has joined #techrights [17:09] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [17:09] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [17:12] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@yrifiesvn57du.irc) has joined #techrights [17:19] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [17:19] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [17:29] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [17:29] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [17:37] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) 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I expected it, but I didn't expect the company to go in a freefall like this. [19:23] psydruid And not so soon. [19:23] MinceR :> [19:24] MinceR good riddance to intHell or to qualcomm? [19:25] psydruid maybe both? [19:25] MinceR :> [19:31] TR News Techrights Computer Users Aren't Zoo Animals https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/15/Computer_Users_Aren_t_Zoo_Animals.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/15/Computer_Users_Aren_t_Zoo_Animals.gmi [19:31] TR Bot Techrights Computer Users Aren't Zoo Animals [19:33] TR News New ONS data released this morning: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/weeklyprovisionalfiguresondeathsregisteredinenglandandwales/2024 11,950 dead in Week 50 (2024). Before COVID-19 it was about 10.5k. So we're losing about 1500 more people (than before) in one week in England and Wales alone. [19:33] TR Bot Deaths registered weekly in England and Wales, provisional - Office for National Statistics [19:48] TR News (NEW): A sad day for the Firebird Project https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/15/A_sad_day_for_the_Firebird_Project.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/15/A_sad_day_for_the_Firebird_Project.gmi [19:48] TR Bot Tux Machines A sad day for the Firebird Project [19:53] TR News Techrights [Meme] Not About How Many Locks One Adds https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/15/Meme_Not_About_How_Many_Locks_One_Adds.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/15/Meme_Not_About_How_Many_Locks_One_Adds.gmi [19:53] TR Bot Techrights [Meme] Not About How Many Locks One Adds ● Jan 15 [20:03] TR News Techrights The Free Software Foundation (FSF) Has Had a Good 2025 Already (Its "Year 40") https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/15/The_Free_Software_Foundation_FSF_Has_Had_a_Good_2025_Already_It.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/15/The_Free_Software_Foundation_FSF_Has_Had_a_Good_2025_Already_It.gmi [20:03] TR Bot Techrights The Free Software Foundation (FSF) Has Had a Good 2025 Already (Its "Year 40") [20:07] TR News "If you would not mind being laid off, then leave, so your headcount opens up for someone willing to be at the company! I definitely would not want you as employee at my company." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jh85mf7y [20:07] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jh85mf7y ) [20:16] TR News "It's not a matter of which orgs, it's when. It's rolling thunder and all orgs at IBM will soon be affected with this co-location mandate. Best to prepare to either move or be laid off. Whichever hits first, or worse, you move then you are laid off. Ugh. Good luck everyone." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jh5vv8xz [20:16] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jh5vv8xz ) [20:21] TR News Techrights The Rumour Was Right, Today is the Second Large Wave of Microsoft Layoffs in 2025 https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/15/The_Rumour_Was_Right_Today_is_the_Second_Large_Wave_of_Microsof.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/15/The_Rumour_Was_Right_Today_is_the_Second_Large_Wave_of_Microsof.gmi [20:21] TR Bot Techrights The Rumour Was Right, Today is the Second Large Wave of Microsoft Layoffs in 2025 [20:36] TR News Techrights [Meme] "Well, Hes Dead So," Bill Gates Tells the Media (Which He Pays) About His Close Friend Jeffrey Epstein https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/15/Meme_Well_He_s_Dead_So_Bill_Gates_Tells_the_Media_Which_He_Pays.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/15/Meme_Well_He_s_Dead_So_Bill_Gates_Tells_the_Media_Which_He_Pays.gmi [20:36] TR Bot Techrights [Meme] "Well, Hes Dead So," Bill Gates Tells the Media (Which He Pays) About His Close Friend Jeffrey Epstein [20:44] TR News UK launches antitrust investigation into Googles search business https://siliconangle.com/2025/01/14/uk-launches-antitrust-investigation-googles-search-business/ [20:44] TR Bot launches antitrust investigation into Googles search business - SiliconANGLE [20:44] TR News Latvia to support NATO's Baltic Sea surveilllance https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defense/14.01.2025-latvia-to-support-natos-baltic-sea-surveilllance.a583541/ [20:44] TR Bot Latvia to support NATO's Baltic Sea surveilllance / Article [20:46] TR News Home lab gemini://christoph-luehr.com/microblog/2025-01-15-homelab.gmi [20:47] TR News "We are all pushed toward growth personal growth, professional growth, growth in our network and our societal status and the terms of this growth are often set by platforms and media outlets that are, in turn, pursuing growth." gemini://bosque-protector.com/tinylog.gmi ● Jan 15 [21:00] TR News (NEW): Important Day for Us https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/15/Important_Day_for_Us.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/15/Important_Day_for_Us.gmi [21:00] TR Bot Tux Machines Important Day for Us [21:01] TR News Techrights It Was Only a Matter of Time https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/15/It_Was_Only_a_Matter_of_Time.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/15/It_Was_Only_a_Matter_of_Time.gmi [21:01] TR Bot Techrights It Was Only a Matter of Time [21:09] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [21:09] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [21:19] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [21:19] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [21:29] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [21:29] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [21:35] TR News Techrights IRC Logs Complete in Geminispace (Even in GemText Format!) https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/15/IRC_Logs_Complete_in_Geminispace_Even_in_GemText_Format.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/15/IRC_Logs_Complete_in_Geminispace_Even_in_GemText_Format.gmi [21:35] TR Bot Techrights IRC Logs Complete in Geminispace (Even in GemText Format!) 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They must really be having trouble finding people." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jhkng8c9 [21:53] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jhkng8c9 ) [21:54] TR News Millions of job ads are in effect fakes http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/08/Why_Government_Data_on_Job_Openings_is_Typically_a_Lie_Perpetra.shtml [21:54] TR Bot Techrights Why Government Data on "Job Openings" is Typically a Lie (Perpetrated in Part by Corporations) [21:59] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [21:59] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights ● Jan 15 [22:08] MinceR https://ircz.de/p/24090238 [22:08] TR Bot WHOOPSIE [22:09] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [22:09] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [22:10] TR News Techrights If You See Many Microsoft Puff Pieces That All Say More or Less the Same, Consider the Possibility That Microsoft LLMs 'Wrote' Those https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/15/If_You_See_Many_Microsoft_Puff_Pieces_That_All_Say_More_or_Less.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/15/If_You_See_Many_Microsoft_Puff_Pieces_That_All_Say_More_or_Less.gmi [22:10] TR Bot Techrights If You See Many Microsoft Puff Pieces That All Say More or Less the Same, Consider the Possibility That Microsoft LLMs 'Wrote' Those [22:12] TR News 9k left for FSF to raise in 2+ more days https://my.fsf.org/donate [22:12] TR Bot Support the Free Software Foundation | Free Software Foundation [22:19] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [22:19] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [22:29] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [22:29] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [22:35] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@hdvbcunuvs2xw.irc) has joined #techrights [22:41] IsambardPrince schestowitz-pi, "Cooling inflation." [22:41] IsambardPrince I just cry and don't even look at it and slide a credit card! [22:41] IsambardPrince "COOOOOL!!!!" [22:41] IsambardPrince MinceR, ^ [22:41] MinceR :> [22:58] IsambardPrince MinceR, MARISOL told me in 2020 that "filing bankruptcy is a crime". [22:58] MinceR lol [22:58] IsambardPrince I told her "I'm not sure what hole you people crawled out of where being broke and having bills is a crime." [22:58] IsambardPrince "But that's not how it works here or they'd have to imprison most of us." ● Jan 15 [23:07] MinceR https://ircz.de/p/24090223 [23:07] TR Bot WHOOPSIE [23:34] IsambardPrince https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-15/us-mortgage-rates-pushing-past-7-signal-tough-road-ahead [23:34] TR Bot - Are you a robot? [23:34] *EnGeit (~SomeGoat@r9ruxqydtdctn.irc) has joined #techrights [23:34] *SomeGoat has quit (Quit: prolly turned off my puter for the night) [23:41] IsambardPrince https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-14/meta-is-planning-to-cut-5-of-lowest-performers-memo-shows [23:41] TR Bot - Are you a robot? [23:41] IsambardPrince schestowitz-pi, ^ [23:41] IsambardPrince "As of September, Meta employed about 72,000 people, so a 5% reduction could affect roughly 3,600 jobs." [23:42] IsambardPrince https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2024-trump-day-one-agenda/? [23:42] TR Bot - Are you a robot? [23:52] IsambardPrince "Given the South African's newfound penchant for hard-right politics, and his longstanding penchant for bomb-throwing, his extreme-but-unfounded opinions are hardly surprising. He insists that the U.K. is headed for a civil war, despite the fact that the nation is nearly 400 years removed from the last time that happened. Musk wants PM Keir Starmer thrown in prison because Starmer was Director of Public Prosecutions (roughly [23:52] IsambardPrince equivalent to Associate AG in the U.S.) during a time when a bunch of child sex abuse rings were exposed. Musk also closely aligned himself with far-right Brexiteer Nigel Farage through Saturday, but then turned on Farage on Sunday." [23:52] IsambardPrince schestowitz-pi, Are gyou ready for another Lord Protector? [23:52] IsambardPrince :D [23:53] IsambardPrince Lord Protector Nigel maybe?