●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, July 15, 2026 ●● ● Jul 15 [00:03] TR News (NEW): COSMIC 1.3 Desktop Environment Released with Frosted Glass Effect https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/COSMIC_1_3_Desktop_Environment_Released_with_Frosted_Glass_Effe.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/COSMIC_1_3_Desktop_Environment_Released_with_Frosted_Glass_Effe.gmi [00:03] TR Bot Tux Machines COSMIC 1.3 Desktop Environment Released with Frosted Glass Effect [00:29] *\join_podcast (~join_podcast@59sxcwh9gjvaq.irc) has joined #techrights [00:43] *zxc8sx5v (~vqqutlk@93-37-201-120.ip67.fastwebnet.it) has joined #techrights [00:43] zxc8sx5v !list [00:44] *zxc8sx5v (~vqqutlk@93-37-201-120.ip67.fastwebnet.it) has left #techrights (bye) [00:47] admfubar but did they have to use tranquilizer darts for this tagging??? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/14/meta-ai-mass-layoffs-lawsuit [00:47] TR Bot Meta used AI to tag workers who took leave to be laid off, lawsuit claims | Technology | The Guardian [00:53] admfubar https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg53l737v1qo [00:53] TR Bot How Indian scientists are mapping the brain's last frontier [00:53] MinceR https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/commit/a3d4b5919771a0ae351b80eb266c79681ee529b2 [00:53] TR Bot plug another slop faucet mpv-player/mpv@a3d4b59 GitHub [00:55] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [00:55] *includeals (~includeal@2001:8a0:e95a:4e00::1c47) has joined #techrights ● Jul 15 [01:09] *bms has quit (Quit: WeeChat 4.9.0) [01:11] admfubar https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/ai-literacy-begins-with-data-literacy-an-example-from-healthcare/ [01:11] TR Bot AI literacy begins with data literacy: An example from healthcare - Raspberry Pi Foundation [01:15] admfubar for when your bootloader should be so grand... https://www.phoronix.com/news/GRUB-Light-Approved-Fedora-45 [01:15] TR Bot GRUB Alternative Package For Confidential Computing Approved For Fedora 45 - Phoronix [01:35] *\join_podcast has quit (Quit: Lost terminal) [01:36] admfubar https://www.linux.org/threads/the-linux-org-story.68810/ [01:36] TR Bot Linux.org Story | Linux.org [01:37] admfubar https://www.linuxtoday.com/blog/proton-drive-native-linux-client-is-finally-in-development/ [01:37] TR Bot Proton Drive Native Linux Client Is Finally in Development [01:39] admfubar https://ipwatchdog.com/2026/07/07/federal-circuit-finds-deep-learning-patents-ineligible/ [01:39] TR Bot Federal Circuit Finds Deep Learning Patents Ineligible [01:46] admfubar when will they learn? https://www.darkreading.com/perimeter/6-ghz-wi-fi-flaws-disrupt-critical-systems [01:46] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/perimeter/6-ghz-wi-fi-flaws-disrupt-critical-systems ) [01:53] *KindOne has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [01:56] *KindOne (~KindOne@23xffjdf3phbn.irc) has joined #techrights ● Jul 15 [02:02] *agentcas2y (~dracos@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [02:03] *agentcas2y is now known as agentcasey [02:12] admfubar https://thenewstack.io/open-weight-models-frontier-costs/ [02:12] TR Bot Open-source AI is just "4 months behind" closed frontier models and 10x cheaper - The New Stack [02:29] admfubar https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2026/high-stakes-singing-contests-fueling-songbird-crisis [02:29] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2026/high-stakes-singing-contests-fueling-songbird-crisis ) [02:34] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) 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The absurd comedy-horror that made the original movie series work is gone. [03:49] *vrhelmutt (~vrhelmutt@r3vi2mahfciti.irc) has joined #techrights [03:49] vrhelmutt ahoy hoy [03:49] vrhelmutt found via gemini [03:50] MinceR j0 [03:51] vrhelmutt I've been trying to put IRC back into my routine! Doing it on an e-ink right now! [03:52] *vrhelmutt has quit (connection closed) [03:52] *vrhelmutt (~vrhelmutt@r3vi2mahfciti.irc) has joined #techrights [03:53] MinceR how's the e-ink treating you? [03:55] vrhelmutt prettygood, it'sback lit, touch screen is a bit stiff [03:56] vrhelmutt all in all, it's been fun using as a daily device [03:56] MinceR does IRC still scroll the whole thing every time a line arrives? [03:56] vrhelmutt what are you doing MinceR? [03:56] MinceR preparing for sleep [03:57] vrhelmutt no animated scroll just a quick pop nd the text shifts [03:57] vrhelmutt not like the new high refresh stuff! [03:57] MinceR sounds like e-ink has improved significantly since the last time i tried it [03:58] vrhelmutt some of the new high refresh colors are like reading a magazine [03:59] MinceR :) [03:59] vrhelmutt i'm using a tablet with lte so i can use it on the go ● Jul 15 [04:00] vrhelmutt with a bt headphones i can make xmpp calls! [04:00] MinceR :) [04:01] vrhelmutt gtg! have a nice night! 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[05:16] schestowitz[TR2] Sompi: [05:16] schestowitz[TR2] "EU:n avoimen lhdekoodin strategia on toimenpidepaketin kolmas [05:16] schestowitz[TR2] pilari. Euroopassa on yli kolme miljoonaa avoimen lhdekoodin [05:16] schestowitz[TR2] kehittj, ja he luovat eurooppalaisiin arvoihin ja [05:16] schestowitz[TR2] periaatteisiin perustuvia digitaalisia ratkaisuja. Sek [05:16] schestowitz[TR2] viranomaiset ett yritykset haluavat hallita ja yllpit [05:16] schestowitz[TR2] kyttmns teknologiaa aiempaa paremmin." [05:16] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.hs.fi/nakemys/art-2000012129448.html [05:17] TR Bot on otettava teknologian kehitys omiin ksiins | HS.fi [05:17] TR News "ldersgrnser fr sociala medier innebr ID-tvng fr alla" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/07/13/aldersgranser-for-sociala-medier-innebar-id-tvang-for-alla/ [05:17] TR Bot ldersgrnser fr sociala medier innebr ID-tvng fr alla [05:17] TR News "Voulez-vous parler d'Emacs avec Prot et moi? :: Sacha Chua" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fr&tl=en&u=https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/07/voulez-vous-parler-d-emacs-avec-prot-et-moi/ [05:17] TR Bot Voulez-vous parler d'Emacs avec Prot et moi? :: Sacha Chua [05:18] TR News "EU vill ha mer SVT p Youtube" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/07/14/eu-vill-ha-mer-svt-pa-youtube/ [05:18] TR Bot ( status 429 @ https://www.google.com/sorry/index?continue=https://translate.google.com/translate%3Fsl%3Dsv%26tl%3Den%26u%3Dhttps://femtejuli.se/2026/07/14/eu-vill-ha-mer-svt-pa-youtube/&q=EgReTM9xGISU3NIGIjCfm9sEtJB5M8RvhQ0tuQ40YA9aeG_H2GcwceOGy95ns2s_n4YsAVTdx9kSi0aYhoEyAnJSWgFD ) [05:19] TR News System76 reveal the Adder Pro laptop that's "a gamer's dream Linux machine" | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/system76-reveal-the-adder-pro-laptop-thats-a-gamers-dream-linux-machine/ Source: GamingOnLinux [05:19] TR Bot reveal the Adder Pro laptop that's "a gamer's dream Linux machine" | GamingOnLinux [05:19] *yellow-pillow has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [05:20] TR News Fanatical launch the Best of Killer Bundle with some good stuff for cheaps | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/fanatical-launch-the-best-of-killer-bundle-with-some-good-stuff-for-cheaps/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/fanatical-launch-the-best-of-killer-bundle-with-some-good-stuff-for-cheaps/ [05:20] TR Bot launch the Best of Killer Bundle with some good stuff for cheaps | GamingOnLinux [05:20] TR News HYPERWIRED is a great twist on arcade shoot 'em ups where you have to keep plugging in | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/hyperwired-is-a-great-twist-on-arcade-shoot-em-ups-where-you-have-to-keep-plugging-in/ Source: GamingOnLinux [05:20] TR Bot is a great twist on arcade shoot 'em ups where you have to keep plugging in | GamingOnLinux [05:21] TR News Get a bundle of 12 narrative games for $10 from Humble Bundle | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/get-a-bundle-of-12-narrative-games-for-10-from-humble-bundle/ Source: GamingOnLinux [05:21] TR Bot a bundle of 12 narrative games for $10 from Humble Bundle | GamingOnLinux [05:23] TR News GoldenEye and Perfect Dark inspired shooter Agent 64: Spies Never Die launches August 11 | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/goldeneye-and-perfect-dark-inspired-shooter-agent-64-spies-never-die-launches-august-11/ Source: GamingOnLinux [05:23] TR Bot and Perfect Dark inspired shooter Agent 64: Spies Never Die launches August 11 | GamingOnLinux [05:24] TR News If you love the classic Resident Evil then keep an eye on Pulsebreaker | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/if-you-love-the-classic-resident-evil-then-keep-an-eye-on-pulsebreaker/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/if-you-love-the-classic-resident-evil-then-keep-an-eye-on-pulsebreaker/ [05:24] TR Bot you love the classic Resident Evil then keep an eye on Pulsebreaker | GamingOnLinux [05:27] TR News Abyssal Merge is a multi-tasking fishing bullet hell | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/abyssal-merge-is-a-multi-tasking-fishing-bullet-hell/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/abyssal-merge-is-a-multi-tasking-fishing-bullet-hell/ [05:27] TR Bot Merge is a multi-tasking fishing bullet hell | GamingOnLinux [05:28] TR News Face the cold and various horrors in the spooky looking After Hell Freezes Over | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/face-the-cold-and-various-horrors-in-the-spooky-looking-after-hell-freezes-over/ Source: GamingOnLinux [05:28] TR Bot the cold and various horrors in the spooky looking After Hell Freezes Over | GamingOnLinux [05:29] TR News GNU/Linux still at 7.3% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide/#monthly-200902-202607 [05:29] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Worldwide | Statcounter Global Stats [05:30] TR News (NEW): Games: Best of Killer Bundle, HYPERWIRED, Pulsebreaker, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Games_Best_of_Killer_Bundle_HYPERWIRED_Pulsebreaker_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Games_Best_of_Killer_Bundle_HYPERWIRED_Pulsebreaker_and_More.gmi [05:30] TR Bot Tux Machines Games: Best of Killer Bundle, HYPERWIRED, Pulsebreaker, and More [05:30] TR News "Open source AI has crossed a threshold. For years the debate has centered around whether open models could ever compete with closed ones." https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-state-of-open-source-ai-report/ | Source: Mozilla [05:30] TR Bot Mozillas Inaugural State of Open Source AI Report Is Here [05:31] TR News "look at how Microsoft was treating people who tried to use a different browser on Windows." https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/browser-choice-windows-report-over-the-edge-2/ | Source: Mozilla [05:31] TR Bot Over The Edge 2.0: what independent researchers found about browser choice on Windows [05:31] TR News "The QS93 is based on the NXP i.MX 9352 processor, which includes two Arm Cortex-A55 application cores running at up to 1.7GHz and a 250MHz Cortex-M33 core for real-time processing." https://linuxgizmos.com/ka-ro-qs93-and-qs95-solder-down-modules-come-with-linux-evaluation-boards/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [05:31] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/ka-ro-qs93-and-qs95-solder-down-modules-come-with-linux-evaluation-boards/ ) [05:31] TR News "600MHz Xuantie E907 RISC-V core" https://linuxgizmos.com/tronlong-tlt153-minievm-pairs-quad-core-cortex-a7-processing-with-a-xuantie-e907-risc-v-core/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [05:31] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/tronlong-tlt153-minievm-pairs-quad-core-cortex-a7-processing-with-a-xuantie-e907-risc-v-core/ ) [05:32] TR News IBM Red Hat trying to sell slop, not OpenShift https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/how-openshift-422-impacts-enterprise-ais-bottom-line | Source: Red Hat Official [05:32] TR Bot How Red Hat OpenShift 4.22 impacts enterprise AIs bottom line [05:32] TR News Slop, slop, slop https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/navigate-ai-and-scale-red-hat-openshift-422 | Source: Red Hat Official [05:32] TR Bot Navigate AI and scale with Red Hat OpenShift 4.22 [05:32] TR News "The latest release of Red Hats migration toolkit for virtualization is version 2.12, and isin line with Red Hat OpenShift 4.22. " https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/storage-processing-accelerates-vm-migrations-migration-toolkit-virtualization-212 | Source: Red Hat Official [05:32] TR Bot Storage processing accelerates VM migrations in the migration toolkit for virtualization 2.12 [05:32] TR News "By decoupling the platform from the application, service providers can finally achieve the cloud-native agility required to deploy new services in days rather than months." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/why-future-telco-depends-open-ecosystem-led-architectures | Source: Red Hat Official [05:32] TR Bot Why the future of telco depends on open, ecosystem-led architectures [05:32] TR News "runtime-attested" https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/zero-trust-workload-identity-manager-11-generally-available-red-hat-openshift | Source: Red Hat Official [05:32] TR Bot Zero trust workload identity manager version 1.1 generally available on Red Hat OpenShift [05:33] TR News "We first published this roundup in 2023, but the Node.js framework ecosystem has changed a lot since then." https://www.tecmint.com/best-nodejs-frameworks-for-developers/ | Source: TecMint [05:33] TR Bot 17 Best Node.js Frameworks to Build Web Applications in 2026 [05:33] TR News "As the openSUSE.Asia Summit 2026 will be held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, the openSUSE.Asia Organization Committee is now inviting local openSUSE communities to submit proposals to host the 2027 summit." https://news.opensuse.org/2026/07/14/osas-cfh/ | Source: OpenSUSE [05:33] TR Bot openSUSE Asia Summit 2027 Call For Host - openSUSE News [05:34] TR News Building a Custom Metrics Exporter for Kubernetes | Kubernetes https://kubernetes.io/blog/2026/07/14/custom-metrics-exporter-kubernetes/ Source: Kubernetes Blog | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//kubernetes.io/blog/2026/07/14/custom-metrics-exporter-kubernetes/ [05:34] TR Bot Building a Custom Metrics Exporter for Kubernetes | Kubernetes [05:34] TR News "Researchers said the tool transmitted more repository data than the model required, while a later serverside change disabled full repository uploads." https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/security-concerns-xai-grok-build-cli-uploading-git-repositories-1808445 | Source: International Business Times [05:34] TR Bot Grok Build Uploaded Entire Repositories When It Only Needed Parts of the Code, Researchers Say | IBTimes UK [05:34] TR News "The U.S. continues to crack down on sports streaming sites, seizing well over a hundred additional domain names this weekend" https://torrentfreak.com/u-s-seizes-more-pirate-sports-streaming-domains-but-iranian-fallbacks-remain/ | Source: Torrent Freak [05:34] TR Bot Seizes More Pirate Sports Streaming Domains, But Iranian Fallbacks Remain * TorrentFreak [05:35] TR News "Seven cases, one vacation. Id call it even. Let me know what you think in the comments below or @copyrightlately on social media." https://copyrightlately.com/whats-up-copyright-lately-summer-2026-roundup/ | Source: CopyrightLately [05:35] TR Bot What's Up With Copyright Lately?: Summer Breeze Edition | Copyright Lately [05:35] TR News "I think it misunderstands how these models work" https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/13/bjorn-ulvaeus-keynote-ai-good-for-global-summit/ | Source: Digital Music News [05:35] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/13/bjorn-ulvaeus-keynote-ai-good-for-global-summit/ ) [05:35] TR News "Oligopoly is hard-coded inas a result of decisions made by and for the oligopoly companies." https://blog.zgp.org/oops-all-oligopoly/ | Source: Don Marti [05:35] TR Bot Oops! All oligopoly [05:35] TR News "AnimeFLV, the largest Spanish-language anime piracy site on the internet, has stopped serving video to its tens of millions of monthly visitors." https://torrentfreak.com/anime-piracy-giant-animeflv-mysteriously-stopped-serving-video/ | Source: Torrent Freak [05:35] TR Bot Piracy Giant Animeflv Mysteriously Stopped Serving Video * TorrentFreak [05:35] TR News "That fragmentation is deeply ironic, because one of the main justifications for a new copyright Directive was to bring consistency across the EU." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/07/14/how-the-spread-of-local-ai-models-makes-copyright-enforcement-harder/ | Source: Techdirt [05:35] TR Bot The Spread Of Local AI Models Makes Copyright Enforcement Harder | Techdirt [05:36] TR News "backlash over privacy concerns" https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/13/meta-shuts-down-instagram-ai-image-feature/ | Source: Digital Music News [05:36] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/13/meta-shuts-down-instagram-ai-image-feature/ ) [05:36] TR News "Investors want number go up. So enshittification comes for everyone." https://blog.zgp.org/enshittification-is-riskier-than-it-looks/ | Source: Don Marti [05:36] TR Bot Enshittification is riskier than it looks [05:36] TR News "The state lawsuit, led by California AG Rob Bonta and filed in the U.S. District for the Northern District of California" https://www.techdirt.com/2026/07/14/a-dozen-states-sue-to-block-paramounts-shitty-unpopular-merger/ | Source: Techdirt [05:36] TR Bot Dozen States Sue To Block Paramounts Shitty, Unpopular Merger | Techdirt [05:37] TR News "Paramount officials have been telling California that the merger will create vast untold new creative Utopias should it be approved, but few reasonable people believe them." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/07/14/paramount-falsely-threatens-to-leave-california-after-state-challenges-merger/ | Source: Techdirt [05:37] TR Bot Falsely Threatens To Leave California After State Challenges Merger | Techdirt [05:38] TR News Digital Restrictions (DRM) https://www.pcworld.com/article/3189674/secure-boot-certificate-updates-are-broken-on-some-pcs-microsoft-confirms.html | Source: PC World [05:38] TR Bot Boot certificate updates are broken on some PCs, Microsoft confirms | PCWorld [05:38] TR News "Along with the many displays of outrage" https://hackaday.com/2026/07/13/the-death-of-physical-media-and-the-real-challenges-to-software-archiving/ | Source: Hackaday [05:38] TR Bot Death Of Physical Media And The Real Challenges To Software Archiving | Hackaday [05:38] TR News "This article grew out of a lightning talk at RIPE 91 in Bucharest, titled A Farewell to ARPs." https://labs.ripe.net/author/remco-van-mook/a-farewell-to-arps-ipv4-service-on-ipv6-only-networks/ | Source: RIPE [05:38] TR Bot A Farewell to ARPs: IPv4 Service on IPv6-Only Networks | RIPE Labs [05:38] TR News "A viral video appears to show masked ICE agents slamming an already restrained young man's face into rocks, then pointing tasers at bystanders whose apparent offense was filming it." https://boingboing.net/2026/07/13/masked-ice-agents-slam-an-already-restrained-man-into-rocks-then-threaten-the-cameras.html | Source: BoingBoing [05:38] TR Bot Masked ICE agents slam an already restrained man into rocks, then threaten the cameras - Boing Boing [05:39] TR News "the LAPD had improperly "investigated" 161 people whose cars were flagged as stolen in the LAPDs ALPR system but were not actually stolen" https://www.404media.co/lapd-regularly-pulled-over-innocent-people-because-license-plate-readers-flagged-their-cars-as-stolen/ | Source: 404 Media [05:39] TR Bot LAPD Regularly Pulled Over Innocent People Because License Plate Readers Flagged Their Cars As Stolen [05:39] TR News "Jacobin spoke to Hong about the history of labor fights at Samsung and what semiconductor workers recent contract win means for the companys workforce more broadly." https://jacobin.com/2026/07/samsung-semiconductor-workers-union-subcontractors | Source: Jacobin Magazine [05:39] TR Bot Samsung Workers Fight Is Just Beginning [05:44] TR News "As Reuters reports, 26 Meta employees filed a lawsuit accusing the company of using an internal AI platform to select targets for the thousands of jobs cut earlier this year." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-biased-ai-layoffs-workers-labor-lawsuit | Source: Futurism [05:44] TR Bot Meta Used Its Own Flawed AI to Pick Which Employees to Lay Off, Lawsuit Claims [05:44] TR News "Oxfam Ireland is hosting the Digital Rights and Equality Symposium on 21 October 2026 at OReilly Hall, University College Dublin." https://edri.org/take-action/events/digital-rights-and-equality-symposium/ | Source: EDRI [05:44] TR Bot Digital Rights and Equality Symposium - European Digital Rights (EDRi) [05:44] TR News "We already know ICE officers have gone out of their way to aim their phones at protesters and others who try to derail their masked kidnapping squads." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/07/14/ice-camera-crews-are-labeling-themselves-media-filming-anti-ice-protesters/ | Source: Techdirt [05:44] TR News "I apologize for this additional invasion of your inbox, but ICE has gone rogue and we must stop its mayhem. Organize, mobilize, demand answers." https://robertreich.substack.com/p/abolishing-ice-is-the-bare-minimum | Source: Robert Reich [05:45] TR Bot ( status 429 @ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/07/14/ice-camera-crews-are-labeling-themselves-media-filming-anti-ice-protesters/ ) [05:45] TR Bot Abolishing ICE is the bare minimum - Robert Reich [05:46] TR News "I've run into the PPI consistently during my research on broadband." https://karlbode.com/the-lies-theyre-telling-towns-and-tribes-about-the-benefits-of-ai-data-centers/ | Source: Karl Bode [05:46] TR Bot The Lies They're Telling Towns And Tribes About The Benefits Of AI Data Centers [05:46] TR News "An additional factor influencing the evolution of public attitudes is the phenomenon commonly described in academic literature as crisis fatigue or compassion fatigue." https://neweasterneurope.eu/2026/07/13/russian-disinformation-is-effective-primarily-because-it-exploits-pre-existing-divisions-rather-than-creating-them-from-scratch/ | Source: New Eastern Europe [05:46] TR Bot "Russian disinformation is effective primarily because it exploits pre-existing divisions rather than creating them from scratch" - New Eastern Europe [05:47] TR News "In some cases, the subpoenas were delivered by federal agents who showed up at reporters homes." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/business/media/new-york-times-trump-subpoenas.html | Source: New York Times [05:47] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/business/media/new-york-times-trump-subpoenas.html ) [05:48] TR News "This brazen act should be seen as nothing more than an attempt to prevent the public from knowing what is happening in their country by intimidating journalists from doing their jobs" https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jul/13/trump-war-on-media | Source: The Guardian UK [05:48] TR Bot Is Donald Trump winning his war against the media? | Media | The Guardian [05:48] TR News "The Justice Department has weaponized its authorities to silence journalists for reporting on the administration" https://cpj.org/2026/07/cpj-calls-for-accountability-from-attorney-general-nominee-todd-blanche-over-doj-press-freedom-violations/ | Source: CPJ [05:48] TR Bot CPJ calls for accountability from Attorney General nominee Todd Blanche over DOJ press freedom violations - Committee to Protect Journalists [05:48] TR News "He founded the now-defunct French-language weekly Demain and its Arabic-language sister publication Doumane." https://cpj.org/2026/07/moroccan-authorities-arrest-journalist-ali-lmrabet-over-alleged-false-information/ | Source: CPJ [05:48] TR Bot Moroccan authorities arrest journalist Ali Lmrabet over alleged false information - Committee to Protect Journalists [05:48] TR News "When cases involving journalists are shrouded in secrecy, public confidence in judicial institutions and professional accountability mechanisms is weakened" https://cpj.org/2026/07/cpj-demands-answers-over-reported-jailing-of-jordanian-sports-journalist/ | Source: CPJ [05:48] TR Bot CPJ demands answers over reported jailing of Jordanian sports journalist - Committee to Protect Journalists [05:49] TR News "prosecute what Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth described as unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information to news media." https://www.armytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/07/13/us-creates-task-force-to-prosecute-leaks-to-news-media-hegseth-says/ | Source: Sightline Media Group [05:49] TR Bot US creates task force to prosecute leaks to news media, Hegseth says [05:50] TR News Techrights got vindicated 'big time' re ibm false accounting [05:50] TR News "The theory is simple: if the president can be made to feel enough like a winner, maybe fewer countries will need to be bombed for emotional regulation." https://boingboing.net/2026/07/13/giant-participation-trophy-appears-on-the-national-mall-for-trumps-iran-war-effort.html | Source: BoingBoing [05:50] TR Bot Giant participation trophy appears on the National Mall for Trumps Iran War "effort" - Boing Boing [05:50] TR News "Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen (NCP) on Monday said she had summoned Russia's ambassador to Helsinki, Pavel Kuznetsov, in response to Russian cyber activities." https://yle.fi/a/74-20236235 | Source: Yle [05:50] TR Bot FM Valtonen summons Russian ambassador | Yle News | Yle [05:51] TR News "This seems like a weak response, given that Apple says it reported its findings to OpenAI in February and never heard back. Presumably, theyve already investigated but see the situation as serious enough that they need to say as little as possible." https://mjtsai.com/blog/2026/07/13/apple-sues-openai-over-trade-secrets/ | Source: Michael Tsai [05:51] TR Bot Michael Tsai - Blog - Apple Sues OpenAI Over Trade Secrets [05:51] TR News "Americans, then, overwhelmingly believe that corporate taxes should go up yet they keep going down. Why?" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/oligarchy-in-action-the-case-of-corporate | Source: Paul Krugman [05:51] TR Bot Oligarchy in Action: The Case of Corporate Tax Cuts [05:51] TR News "Google is 27 years old, founded on September 4, 1998, which makes it younger than the World Wide Web it helped organize and older than most of the smartphones people use to search it." https://sqmagazine.co.uk/how-old-is-google/ | Source: SQ Magazine [05:51] TR Bot How Old Is Google? Founding Date, Age, and Company History SQ Magazine [05:52] TR News iophk: "Tomi Ahonen used to have a very good style of pointing out the correctness of his past observations when it was time for that. His blog has been erased, it happened when the hosting company he used went under. So I can't really point to examples there any more." [05:52] TR News "In this particular space, there is no other option but to build domestic capacity" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/india-must-build-resilient-software-and-hardware-systems-to-withstand-cyber-threats-meity-secretary/articleshow/132361646.cms | Source: India Times [05:52] TR Bot India must build resilient software and hardware systems to withstand cyber threats: MeitY Secretary - The Economic Times [05:52] TR News "The problem is that once the atavistic, impulsive elements of your project escape containment, the resultant turbulence sucks everyone else into their chaotic vortex" https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/14/designated-survivor/#actuary-incoherence | Source: CoryDoctorow [05:52] TR Bot Pluralistic: Gerontocracys failure mode (14 Jul 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [05:53] TR News "On the Cyber Show we look carefully at technology from a humane and scientific point of view." https://cybershow.uk/content/blog/deliverus/deliverus.html | Source: The Cyber Show [05:53] TR Bot And Deliver Us From Tech Evil [05:53] TR News "Some companies fail years before they stop making money." https://www.jonoalderson.com/conjecture/zombie-companies/ | Source: Jono Alderson [05:53] TR Bot Zombie companies - Jono Alderson [05:54] TR News "To see what Im talking about, start with a question: Why was oil so cheap just before this latest confrontation?" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/suddenly-hormuz-is-less-crucial-than | Source: Paul Krugman [05:54] TR Bot Suddenly, Hormuz is Less Crucial Than It Was [05:55] TR News "eclaim the Luddite" https://www.salon.com/2026/07/13/its-time-to-reclaim-the-luddite/ | Source: Salon [05:55] TR Bot time to reclaim the Luddite - Salon.com ● Jul 15 [06:02] TR News "The down-stream impacts dont really materialize either." https://futurism.com/future-society/data-center-economics-job-labor-construction-ai | Source: Futurism [06:02] TR Bot The Economics of Data Centers Creating Jobs Are So Bad That They Sound Like a Joke [06:03] TR News "His whole head, neck, shoulders" https://apnews.com/article/greece-germany-ryanair-passenger-457c424f541152af1becdb387c90cfdd | Source: Associated Press [06:03] TR Bot Passenger partly sucked out of window soon after flight takes off from Greece | AP News [06:04] TR News "It has a hefty USB-C PD (Power Delivery) port for rapid charging of my phone and laptop." https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/07/im-a-usb-c-maximalist/ | Source: Terence Eden [06:04] TR Bot Im a USB-C Maximalist Terence Edens Blog [06:04] TR News "As companies like Alphabet Inc. and Tesla Inc. bring self-driving taxis to more cities, the messier aspects of serving unpredictable humans are becoming harder to ignore." https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-07-14/sleeping-robotaxi-riders-are-triggering-911-calls-straining-first-responders | Source: Los Angeles Times [06:04] TR Bot Sleeping robotaxi riders are triggering 911 calls and straining first responders - Los Angeles Times [06:04] TR News "Opposition to AI data centers has emerged as a primary theme in US politics, one thatsurprisinglydoesnt fall along party lines." https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/07/ai-data-centers-and-the-concentration-of-wealth.html | Source: Bruce Schneier [06:04] TR Bot Data Centers and the Concentration of Wealth - Schneier on Security [06:04] TR News "The population of eastern gray whales, which annually migrate along the West Coast between the Arctic and Mexico, has been declining in recent years." https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/nearly-150-gray-whales-have-been-found-dead-along-north-americas-pacific-shore-this-year-prompting-scientists-to-sound-the-alarm-180989109/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine [06:04] TR Bot Nearly 150 Gray Whales Have Been Found Dead Along North America's Pacific Shore This Year, Prompting Scientists to Sound the Alarm [06:05] TR News "As scientists learn more about how climate change could trigger catastrophic flooding, wholesale collapse of food supplies and millions of heat-related deaths" https://phys.org/news/2026-07-climate-scientists-worstcase-scenarios.html | Source: Omicron Limited [06:05] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://phys.org/news/2026-07-climate-scientists-worstcase-scenarios.html ) [06:05] TR News "Our group's investigations had already revealed that bacteria can use uranium dissolved in water for their metabolism when they have access to glycerol as a food source" https://www.sciencealert.com/uranium-eating-bacteria-leave-just-5-of-the-radioactive-metal-in-toxic-mine-water-scientists-discover | Source: Science Alert [06:05] TR Bot Bacteria Discovered in Radioactive Former Soviet Mine : ScienceAlert [06:05] TR News "That is one reason why we are seeing a bunch of these proposals here. And these companies benefit from a lack of transparency." https://pxlnv.com/linklog/bode-data-centre-lies/ | Source: Nick Heer [06:05] TR Bot Lies Told About Data Centres Pixel Envy [06:06] TR News "Executive Order No. 62 took effect on signing and covers hyperscale data centers that draw 50 megawatts of power or more." https://siliconangle.com/2026/07/14/new-york-becomes-first-us-state-impose-data-center-moratorium/ | Source: Silicon Angle [06:06] TR Bot York becomes first US state to impose a data center moratorium - SiliconANGLE [06:06] TR News "The 52-year-old, who goes by the name Parta, is lucky because his plot sits high enough in the irrigation system so that he still gets his share of water." https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/14/bali-water-resource-tourism-rice-fields | Source: The Guardian UK [06:06] TR Bot Who is stealing Balis water? How tourism siphoned off a prized resource | Water | The Guardian [06:06] TR News "He called for a number of measures to prevent serious flooding, including a ban on front gardens being paved over for cars, which stops water from draining properly." https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/flooding-uk-climate-crisis-deben-b3014547.html | Source: The Independent UK [06:06] TR Bot UKs water crisis could cost lives, former environment secretary warns | The Independent [06:07] TR News "Perhaps most interesting, though, is a letter that New Mexico Attorney General Ral Torrez sent to Blanche last month" https://emptywheel.net/2026/07/13/trump-fired-pam-bondi-the-day-after-doj-agreed-to-share-epstein-files-with-new-mexico/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler [06:07] TR Bot Trump Fired Pam Bondi the Day After DOJ Agreed to Share Epstein Files with New Mexico - emptywheel [06:14] TR News "cyber sanctions" https://therecord.media/russia-blamed-for-poland-grid-cyberattack-in-joint-uk-eu-sanctions-package | Source: The Record [06:14] TR Bot Russia's FSB blamed for Poland grid attack as UK and EU impose first joint cyber sanctions | The Record from Recorded Future News [06:14] TR News "Supo said the threat is aimed primarily at corporate network infrastructure, not the home [Internet] routers previously highlighted." https://yle.fi/a/74-20236160 | Source: Yle [06:14] TR Bot Supo warns companies of Russian cyber espionage campaign | Yle News | Yle [06:14] TR News "Russia's objective is to undermine European societies and erode support for Ukraine, says the Finnish president." https://yle.fi/a/74-20236259 | Source: Yle [06:15] TR Bot Stubb and Zelensky hold talks at gym | Yle News | Yle [06:15] TR News "limit children's access to social media" https://www.thelocal.dk/20260713/eu-to-limit-childrens-access-to-social-media | Source: The Local DK [06:15] TR Bot EU lawmakers want to turn off addictive social media features for children [06:16] TR News "very convincing" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/13/eu-social-media-ban-children-under-13-ursula-von-der-leyen | Source: The Guardian UK [06:16] TR Bot EU chief pledges social media ban to protect children from predatory algorithms | Social media bans | The Guardian [06:16] TR News "The systems have most likely been redeployed to southern Russia, the Moscow region or occupied parts of Ukraine to strengthen air defences following repeated Ukrainian strikes." https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/satellite-imagery-indicates-airdefence-systems-redeployed-from-severodvinsk/453512 | Source: The Barents Observer [06:16] TR Bot Satellite imagery indicates air-defence systems redeployed from Severodvinsk [06:16] *agentcas2y (~dracos@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [06:17] *agentcas2y is now known as agentcasey [06:24] TR News "Unless, of course, he converts us into a dictatorship before then." https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-only-way-to-end-trumps-endless | Source: Robert Reich [06:24] TR Bot The Only Way To End Trump's Endless War - Robert Reich [06:25] TR News "harmonised EU-wide delay to social media" https://therecord.media/eu-proposed-social-media-ban-kids-under-13 | Source: The Record [06:25] TR Bot EU leaders eye social media ban for children under age 13 | The Record from Recorded Future News [06:26] TR News "socio-emotional development and susceptibility to mental health issues." https://siliconangle.com/2026/07/13/eu-paves-way-banning-social-media-children/ | Source: Silicon Angle [06:26] TR Bot paves way for banning social media for children - SiliconANGLE [06:26] TR News "Thats part of the reason China is on track to catch up with the US and Russia in terms of achievements in space, despite starting decades later" https://theconversation.com/why-the-us-china-moon-race-could-turn-into-a-lunar-land-grab-285421 | Source: The Conversation [06:26] TR Bot Why the US-China Moon race could turn into a lunar land grab [06:27] TR News "In her ruling, U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams accused the entire case of being a bit of play-acting between the president and an executive department entirely under his control." https://www.salon.com/2026/07/13/there-was-never-a-case-judge-tosses-trump-irs-settlement-accuses-admin-of-settling-with-itself/ | Source: Salon [06:27] TR Bot was never a case": Judge tosses Trump IRS settlement, accuses admin of settling with itself - Salon.com [06:28] TR News "The European Union has been mulling a social media ban since a push by EU states" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/eu-to-limit-childrens-access-to-social-media-gradually/articleshow/132362888.cms | Source: India Times [06:28] TR Bot EU to limit children's access to social media gradually - The Economic Times [06:28] TR News "Thirty-eight incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships were recorded in the first half of the year." https://defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/worldwide-piracy-incidents-down-to-lowest-level-in-34-years/ | Source: Defence Web [06:28] TR Bot Worldwide piracy incidents down to lowest level in 34 years - DefenceWeb [06:29] TR News "It said toddlers under the age of 3 should have no screen time at all." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/technology/europe-teen-social-media-ban.html | Source: New York Times [06:29] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/technology/europe-teen-social-media-ban.html ) [06:40] TR News "Prosecutors have 40 days to report back to the commission on whether they will bring criminal charges against Musk for violating election bribery guidelines." https://www.notus.org/musks-voter-checks-illegal-wisconsin | Source: Allbritton Journalism Institute [06:40] TR Bot Elon Musks $1 Million Voter Checks Likely Illegal, Wisconsin Board Says - NOTUS News of the United States [06:40] TR News "Technology secretary Liz Kendall will announce that features keeping users hooked, like endless video reels and algorithmic feeds, will be automatically disabled." https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/starmer-social-media-man-teenagers-curfew-b3014905.html | Source: The Independent UK [06:40] TR Bot Starmer to issue social media curfew for teenagers in bid to crack down on addictive late-night scrolling | The Independent [06:41] TR News "The stolen information includes customers' titles, first and last names, phone numbers, email addresses" https://therecord.media/hackers-steal-lidl-customer-data | Source: The Record [06:41] TR Bot Hackers steal Lidl customer data from external service provider | The Record from Recorded Future News [06:49] TR News IBM was bluffing. We have said this for a long time. http://techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/IBM_Stock_Collapses_and_It_s_Only_the_Beginning.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/IBM_the_Next_Bear_Stearns.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/Red_Hat_Staff_Needs_to_Start_Looking_for_the_Next_Job.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/IBM_From_306_to_212_in_7_Days_IBM_Won_t_Go_Up_More_Than_50_to_W.shtml [06:49] TR Bot Techrights IBM Stock Collapses and It's Only the Beginning [06:49] TR Bot Techrights IBM the Next Bear Stearns [06:49] TR Bot Techrights Red Hat Staff Needs to Start Looking for the Next Job [06:49] TR Bot Techrights IBM: From $306 to $212 in 7 Days, IBM Won't Go Up More Than 50% to Where It Was at 'Peak Vapourware' [06:53] TR News "Suffice it to say" https://www.slashgear.com/2212101/smart-thermostat-utility-company-control-programs/ | Source: SlashGear [06:53] TR Bot Utility Companies Want To Take Control Of Your Home's Smart Thermostat [06:53] TR News "You will not be able to sync health data with your Samsung account and your health data will be deleted unless retained pursuant to applicable law." https://www.neowin.net/news/samsung-will-delete-your-health-data-if-you-dont-let-them-use-it-to-train-ai/ | Source: Neowin [06:53] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/samsung-will-delete-your-health-data-if-you-dont-let-them-use-it-to-train-ai/ ) [06:54] TR News "But there's a kicker here. If you turn it off, then a warning pops up, informing you that turning this option off will delete your existing Samsung Health data and stop any further syncing with Samsung's servers." https://www.androidpolice.com/dont-want-to-help-samsung-train-its-ai-no-health-data-for-you/ | Source: Android Police [06:54] TR Bot Samsung is deleting your health data if you refuse to let it train its AI [06:54] TR News "It is unclear what user data Samsung will collect if the toggle is enabled." https://www.pcmag.com/news/samsung-health-app-may-erase-your-data-if-you-opt-out-of-ai-training | Source: PC Mag [06:54] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.pcmag.com/news/samsung-health-app-may-erase-your-data-if-you-opt-out-of-ai-training ) [06:54] TR News "Consent to the Use of Health Data for AI Training and Modelling." https://www.howtogeek.com/samsung-health-requires-ai-training-consent/ | Source: HowTo Geek [06:54] TR Bot Samsung is pushing users to train AI with their personal health data or lose it [06:54] TR News "Data included here includes step counts, sleep, medication data, cycle tracking, and even your full health records including treatments, test results, and more." https://9to5google.com/2026/07/13/samsung-health-ai-training-data-consent/ | Source: 9to5Google [06:54] TR Bot Samsung Health will delete your data without AI training consent [06:55] TR News "You open it because traffic is bad, the route looks smarter than whatever your car suggests, and you would rather know about the crash before you are sitting behind it." https://www.kylereddoch.me/blog/waze-terms-update-what-it-means-for-location-privacy/ | Source: Kyle Reddoch [06:55] TR Bot Waze Terms Update: Privacy and Location Data Risks - CybersecKyle [06:55] TR News "The feature was so outrageous that it took the company only three days to backtrack." https://manualdousuario.net/en/meta-instagram-ai-facial-recognition/ | Source: Rodrigo Ghedin [06:55] TR Bot Four awful new privacy-eroding features from Meta in a month Manual do Usurio [06:55] TR News "As organisations committed to a safe, secure, and rights-respecting internet, we are concerned by suggestions that the Government restrict virtual private networks (VPNs)." https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/joint-letter-protect-vpns/ | Source: OpenRightsGroup [06:55] TR Bot Joint Letter: Protect VPNs | Open Rights Group [06:55] TR News "When the independence of those institutions is called into question, the Commission must reassess whether the conditions for adequacy remain fulfilled." https://edri.org/our-work/when-the-facts-change-adequacy-must-be-reviewed/ | Source: EDRI [06:55] TR Bot When the facts change, adequacy must be reviewed - European Digital Rights (EDRi) [06:55] TR News "the elephant in the room," https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/us-realizing-chinese-ai-models-way-cheaper | Source: Futurism [06:55] TR Bot US Companies Are Realizing That Chinese AI Models Are Way Cheaper, Ditch American Ones [06:56] TR News "On Bluesky, posts regularly suggest that people who wear "pervert glasses" be punched in the face." https://www.engadget.com/2212604/the-meta-glasses-backlash-is-changing-how-or-if-people-use-them/ | Source: Engadget [06:56] TR Bot The Meta Glasses Backlash Is Changing How (Or If) People Use Them [06:58] TR News "Hiring all these young grads is IBM's version of taking a handful of little blue pills. Even if IBM gets a rise out of it it's only temporary. Everyone knows IBM's bo ners are fake." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kwkytyh3#replies [06:58] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kwkytyh3#replies ) [06:59] TR News "IBM is where hard work and and accomplishments do not get you recognition and promotions. It is no longer a meritocracy.It is all about favoritism and sycophants. Just look at Albany for the last 5-6 years. Its so blatant they dont even bother covering it up with a weak cover story anymore." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kx72ndwf#replies [06:59] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kx72ndwf#replies ) [06:59] TR News "No. Most Consulting headcount is going to India. What remains in the US is mostly CIC (or whatever ridiculous new name they have). Outside of the CICs, they mostly want Band 6 and new grad hire Band 7, because they are cheapest. Band 8-10 and Band D and C in US Consulting are all living on borrowed time." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kx72ndwf#replies ● Jul 15 [07:00] TR News "I fought off two bull***t PIPs and hung in like grim death until my position was restructured out of existence and I was RAd. Chucked the tech sector and now Im a charter captain on one of the worlds prettiest harbors." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kwt3gwt6#replies [07:00] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kwt3gwt6#replies ) [07:01] TR News "Oh, I suppose I should mention that I was a 60 year old Band 9, and that my restructured position was recreated two months later and filled with a Band 6. But thats IBM, isnt it?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kwt3gwt6#replies [07:01] TR News "Influencers, mostly men, have been using the glasses to inconspicuously and non-consensually capture footage of themselves approaching women and attempting to hit on them" https://futurism.com/future-society/backlash-meta-pervert-glasses-afraid | Source: Futurism [07:01] TR Bot The Backlash Is So Strong That People With "Pervert Glasses" Are Afraid to Use Them in Public [07:02] TR News "The cameras have drawn mixed reactions from residents. Some support the surveillance technology, while others argue it violates privacy rights." https://abc7.com/post/lapd-ending-agreement-surveillance-company-flock-safety/19483200/ | Source: ABC [07:02] TR Bot ending agreement with surveillance company Flock Safety amid privacy concerns - ABC7 Los Angeles [07:02] TR News "particularly around privacy and the data that is being collected from these cameras" https://futurism.com/future-society/lapd-abandons-flock-contract-false-alarm | Source: Futurism [07:02] TR Bot LAPD Abandons Flock Contract After Making a Horrifying Discovery [07:03] TR News "The ministry notes in the explanatory memorandum that the aim is to change Estonia's communicationsdata regime so that people's fundamental rights are protected in line with EU law" https://news.err.ee/1610077171/estonia-weighs-limits-on-bulk-communications-data-retention | Source: Eesti Rahvusringhling [07:03] TR Bot Estonia weighs limits on bulk communicationsdata retention | News | ERR [07:04] TR News "They should definitely just fire Jon. But full Albany leadership also must go. Time for complete clean slate, boss. Everybody knows same IBM mafia people only keep doing setting, promoting each other, and giving protection. Same old story every time, nothing changing." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kwt2hnpy#replies [07:04] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kwt2hnpy#replies ) [07:04] TR News "Bas yaar, enough is enough. Bring some fresh leadership with actual capability instead of recycling same failed fellows who crash every area and every program they touch. How many times they will fail upward before somebody gets the message?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kwt2hnpy#replies [07:06] TR News "Our leaders have failed us" "Chickens coming home to roost?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1knc3tpsb#replies [07:06] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1knc3tpsb#replies ) [07:07] TR News Windows TCO https://neweasterneurope.eu/2026/07/14/eastern-europe-digitized-fast-it-must-now-protect-its-systems/ | Source: New Eastern Europe [07:07] TR Bot Eastern Europe digitized fast it must now protect its systems - New Eastern Europe [07:07] TR News Windows TCO https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/ransomware-negotiator-working-other-side | Source: Bitdefender [07:07] TR Bot The ransomware negotiator who was working for the other side [07:08] TR News "only $70 billion lost today ? Surely we do better tomorrow and have Arvind and Krabanaugh lose $140 billion. It's only money, after all. No sweat, Sherlock." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxgsrsvg#replies [07:08] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxgsrsvg#replies ) [07:08] TR News "yup the sub nm quantum chip no one wants and we dont have a fab to build it in! Dont ask any hard questions!" [07:08] TR News "Well, i guess we can expect within hours max few days some extraordinary breakthrough bulshit PR marketing from Arvind and his squad of useless circus to save the day. What it's going to be, AI, Quatum, new chips technologies were all used, so this time... "We've discovered the ultimate meaning of life" kind of sh-t. :D" [07:09] TR News "Trump is gonna ask Arvind what happened to his Government investment of $1 billion in IBM Quantum lightening chips ? Now you see them, now you don't. The best answer from Arvind wins a prize of more worthless IBM stock." [07:10] TR News "Yes the talent and skills shortage at IBM is a real problem. Most people I see do not understand industry or client dynamics, let alone our product portfolio. Theres an excessive amount of cheerleading for average outcomes. People are too scared to give others direct feedback. Theres an overall lack of business fundamentals that can really set us apart from other places." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxhftgn9#replies [07:10] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxhftgn9#replies ) [07:11] TR News "Why does IBM hire and retain so many leaders & mgrs who are clearly unqualified for the technical areas they oversee? Many have no relevant experience, and their lack of competence is evident in their decisions... I just do not get it. No wonder we have problems." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxhftgn9#replies [07:12] TR News "In the past if ibm dropped 25% the whole market would also freak out and tank. The markets didnt (actually ever so slightly up) people dont care about ibm anymore. And that should be the most terrifying part for all of us" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxg5wdz2#replies [07:12] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxg5wdz2#replies ) [07:12] TR News "Most external US sales openings appear to be gone as of last week. This explains why." [07:13] TR News "Front page of the online version of the WSJ at time of article publication and still there as this is being posted -- 06:01UTC, Wed., 15 July 2026." [07:13] TR News "There is no way in he|| that AK can remain as CEO after presiding over this absolutely catastrophic devastation. No CEO can (or should) survive presiding over losing 25% of the company's value in one day. Perhaps this will spur another company to finally make and offer to buy it." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxj5zrw0 [07:13] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxj5zrw0 ) [07:15] TR News reading thru ~100 ibm comments it certainly does sound like the ceo will get canned. they do not want to cause panic, however, so they can wait some weeks, then say he "retires" or "steps down"... [07:15] TR News Anon: that's a start but the rot there at IBM goes much deeper than the head ... and they do have a lot of MS moles inside their perimeter have had them for a long time now [07:16] TR News No point in us covering that much... as the MSM is mostly on top of it with its creative spin. It cannot, however, mask the fact IBM is collapsing. It makes excuses for it. [07:18] TR News "If theres a conflict in principles, we should do what helps people blog." https://www.manton.org/2026/07/13/reevaluating-the-twitter-x-api.html | Source: Manton Reece [07:18] TR Bot Manton Reece - Reevaluating the Twitter / X API [07:18] TR News "As the media landscape quickly evolves, so do the viewers' preferences to access media via online platforms." https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/revision-avmsd | Source: European Commission [07:18] TR Bot Revision of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive - AVMSD | Shaping Europes digital future [07:19] TR News "Haidt came to Madrid to speak about these issues at the Rafael del Pino Foundation" https://english.elpais.com/technology/2026-07-14/jonathan-haidt-social-psychologist-the-possibility-of-ai-taking-over-most-jobs-is-very-real.html | Source: El Pas [07:19] TR Bot Jonathan Haidt, social psychologist: The possibility of AI taking over most jobs is very real | Technology | EL PAS English [07:19] *Goblin has quit (Quit: Leaving) [07:20] TR News "In literary terms, Anthropic is an unreliable narrator." https://raymyers.org/post/zig-creator-calls-spade-a-spade/ | [07:20] TR Bot Zig Creator Calls Spade a Spade, Anthropic Blows Smoke [07:20] TR News "As always a week is a long time in AI. In the previous article I discussed the impact of "good enough" models for many agentic workflows - focusing on GLM5.2." https://martinalderson.com/posts/the-upcoming-ai-margin-collapse-part-2-winners-and-losers/ | Source: Martin Alderson [07:20] TR Bot Winners and losers in the coming AI margin collapse (part 2) - Martin Alderson [07:20] TR News "Metas quick reversal of the tagging feature inside Muse Image hints at the power of the public voice in the AI era." https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/tech/social-media/i-cant-stop-hearing-ai-is-inevitable-but-instagrams-rapid-removal-of-a-controversial-ai-tool-is-proof-that-human-voices-still-have-power | Source: Digital Camera World [07:20] TR Bot I cant stop hearing AI is inevitable but Instagrams rapid removal of a controversial AI tool is proof that human voices still have power | Digital Camera World [07:20] TR News "AI-generated code is part of everyday software development. Developers use it to prototype, refactor, troubleshoot, and move from idea to implementation with less friction than ever before." https://cyberscoop.com/governing-ai-code-security-risks-op-ed/ | Source: Scoop News Group [07:20] TR Bot code has made security debt a governance problem | CyberScoop [07:20] TR News "I was proposing my doctoral dissertation fifteen years ago when neural network machine learning models entered a second Renaissance." https://www.eamoncaddigan.net/posts/ai-in-2026/ | [07:20] TR Bot Potentially Useful | Hating AI in 2026 [07:21] TR News "The chatbots advice killed two-thirds of the squad! A chatbot took out 18 terrorists without firing a shot." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/13/terrorists-are-using-ai-and-the-chatbot-is-killing-them/ | Source: Pivot to AI [07:21] TR Bot Always." Tears stood in the Fiction Department. Presumably . [07:21] TR News "As a larval hyperlexic, I just didn't understand what a bookseller could possibly buy with my money that was better than the books they already had?" https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/13/go-meta-meta/#meta-meta-meta | Source: CoryDoctorow [07:21] TR Bot Pluralistic: Why arent AI companies competing directly with their customers? (13 Jul 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [07:23] TR News "When are you the creator of something?" https://www.erikkroes.nl/blog/when-are-you-the-creator-of-something/ | Source: Erik Kroes [07:23] TR Bot When are you the creator of something? | Erik Kroes - Accessibility Consultant [07:23] TR News "A tensor is nothing but a flat array of numbers, plus some metadata telling you how to interpret those numbers as a multi-dimensional object." https://zserge.com/posts/tensor/ | Source: Serge Zaitsev [07:23] TR Bot Tensor is the might [07:23] TR News "Following the launch of ChatGPT, researchers quickly recognized the potential for using generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools in their work" https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/07/13/guest-post-research-needs-a-shared-standard-for-ai-disclosure/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing [07:23] TR Bot Guest Post Research Needs a Shared Standard for AI Disclosure - The Scholarly Kitchen [07:23] TR News "With AI disrupting higher education, our commitment to rigorous legal education also must mean openness to even rapid adaptation" https://futurism.com/future-society/law-school-bans-laptops-ai | Source: Futurism [07:23] TR Bot Law School Bans Laptops and Phones as AI Cheating Scandal Grows [07:25] TR News "The articles appeared in the days after he left ClickOuts German operation and still remain live online, but under a different persons byline." https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/journalist-fired-by-clickout-media-saw-robot-reporter-take-over-their-byline/ | Source: Press Gazette [07:25] TR Bot Journalist fired by Clickout Media saw robot reporter take over their byline - Press Gazette [07:25] TR News "The five articles were just like lazy, obviously slop, obviously theres not a real person that is behind that" https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/fired-journalist-ai-posts-in-his-name | Source: Futurism [07:25] TR Bot Journalist Alarmed When He's Fired, But Company Keeps Posting AI Slop Under His Name [07:25] TR News "Memory prices extended their climb as suppliers prioritised AI data centre customers over consumer electronics" https://techcentral.co.za/memory-crisis-sends-smartphone-market-into-steep-decline/283671/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa) [07:25] TR Bot Memory crisis sends smartphone market into steep decline [07:26] TR News "The case, filed in federal court in New York, has been brought by three publishers Hachette Book Group, Cengage Learning, and Elsevier and bestselling American author Scott Turow." https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jul/14/publishers-sue-google-gemini-ai-training | Source: The Guardian UK [07:26] TR Bot Book publishers sue Google for copyright infringement over Gemini AI training | Books | The Guardian [07:26] TR News "GMails been going gradually downhill for many years." https://danq.me/2026/07/13/i-regret-to-say-that-gmail-is-now-a-spam-farm-or-why-you-should-really-get-that-dedicated-email-address-now/ | Source: Dan Q [07:26] TR Bot I Regret To Say That GMail is Now a Spam Farm, or, Why You Should Really Get That Dedicated Email Address Now Dan Q [07:26] TR News "macOS 27 Public Beta" https://mjtsai.com/blog/2026/07/14/macos-27-public-beta/ | Source: Michael Tsai [07:26] TR Bot Michael Tsai - Blog - macOS 27 Public Beta [07:26] TR News "To proactively defend against these threats, organizations are urged to adopt these top hardening measures: [...]" https://www.nsa.gov/Press-Room/Press-Releases-Statements/Press-Release-View/Article/4541059/nsa-and-partners-release-guidance-on-improving-router-hygiene-to-protect-agains/ | Source: NSA [07:26] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nsa.gov/Press-Room/Press-Releases-Statements/Press-Release-View/Article/4541059/nsa-and-partners-release-guidance-on-improving-router-hygiene-to-protect-agains/ ) [07:26] TR News "Officials once again urged defenders to take more preventative measures to thwart attacks from the Russian Federal Security Service Center 16" https://cyberscoop.com/russian-fsb-cisco-joint-cybersecurity-advisory/ | Source: Scoop News Group [07:26] TR Bot nations issue warning over Russian cyber targeting | CyberScoop [07:27] TR News "My mother is 86, and she is declining. Things that used to be easy for her now seem completely foreign." https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202607/a_place_of_certainty | Source: Ned Batchelder [07:27] TR Bot A place of certainty | Ned Batchelder [07:27] TR News "Tucked inside her ten separate whistleblower complaints, MPR notes" https://futurism.com/health-medicine/lawsuit-mayo-clinic-ai-tools-hospital-maya | Source: Futurism [07:27] TR Bot Lawsuit Claims the Mayo Clinic's Use of AI Is Butchering Patient Care [07:32] TR News "Many older hackers will have at some point gotten rid of an old piece of hardware that they later ended up regretting." https://hackaday.com/2026/07/13/cant-find-that-isa-sound-card-no-worries/ | Source: Hackaday [07:32] TR Bot Find That ISA Sound Card? No Worries! | Hackaday [07:32] TR News "Minor note: I originally put my calendars near the end of my notebooks on the last few pages, but I put it in the middle of this one (you can see the staples in the picture above) and I like it." https://ratfactor.com/cards/pocket-notebook-calendar | Source: Dave Gauer [07:32] TR Bot month calendar format for pocket notebooks - ratfactor [07:33] TR News "Ray Arnold's desk is much tidier. It features a CCTV screen, storage devices, two computers (a Mac and a SGI), and two monitors." https://fabiensanglard.net/jurrasic_park_computers/index.html | Source: Fabian Sanglard [07:33] TR Bot Jurassic Park computers in excruciating detail [07:33] TR News "If youre a serious gamer or content creator and were ordering up your ideal laptop, what would it have?" https://system76.com/blog/post/adder-pro-the-gamers-dream-machine | Source: System76 [07:33] TR Bot to the gamers dream machine - System76 Blog [07:34] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [07:34] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [07:34] TR News "An estimated 84% of high school students surveyed said they had used generative artificial intelligence for schoolwork in 2025, according to College Board, a nonprofit that administers the SAT and AP exams." https://phys.org/news/2026-07-teachers-students-ai-survey-deeper.html | Source: Omicron Limited [07:34] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://phys.org/news/2026-07-teachers-students-ai-survey-deeper.html ) [07:34] TR News "The castle guard are not going around poisoning people or forming coalitions between the great powers. They are largely keeping their heads down." https://www.seangoedecke.com/playing-politics/ | Source: Sean Goedecke [07:34] TR Bot What does "playing politics" mean for software engineers? [07:34] TR News "Throwing your powerpoint into the mix transforms the dynamic. It takes your face off the screen and makes everyone else irrelevant." https://seths.blog/2026/07/is-it-okay-if-i-share-my-screen/ | Source: Seth Godin [07:34] TR Bot Is it okay if I share my screen? | Seth's Blog [07:34] TR News "Two friends, Alice and Bob, live in the same city, but on the opposite sides of a wide river." https://bartoszmilewski.com/2026/07/14/tannakian-reconstruction/ | Source: Bartosz Milewski [07:34] TR Bot Tannakian reconstruction | Bartosz Milewski's Programming Cafe [07:35] TR News "I need a place to describe this algorithm, since it seems to be undocumented on the 'net, so here it is." https://purplesyringa.moe/blog/sorted-rank-coding/ | Source: Alisa Sireneva [07:35] TR Bot Sorted rank coding | purplesyringa's blog [07:35] TR News "Ive been thinking about ICD-10 codes; they come up a lot in my work." https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/07/14/icd-10-chapters-letters/ | Source: John D Cook [07:35] TR Bot ICD-10 chapters and code letters [07:42] TR News "A few days ago I wrote a post entitled Does additional data always reduce posterior variance?. In a nutshell, the answer is no, not always." https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/07/12/posterior-variance/ | Source: John D Cook [07:42] TR Bot Posterior variance in conjugate models | Poisson-gamma [07:43] TR News "Common sense says that what you believe after seeing new data should be some sort of compromise between what you believed before and what the new data says." https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/07/12/posterior-mean/ | Source: John D Cook [07:43] TR Bot Posterior mean of conjugate Bayesian models [07:43] TR News "A University of British Columbia-led study, published in the Current Biology, fitted homing pigeons with miniature backpacks carrying a tiny computer and head-mounted cameras to track how their eyes move during flight." https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/pigeons-wearing-cameras-can-improve-how-drones-fly-9.7267617 | Source: CBC [07:43] TR Bot Pigeons shifting gaze could help drones navigate more like birds: UBC study | CBC News [07:43] TR News "The web does not need a consistent look and feel. It never has and it never will. This quote from Adam sums it up." https://billglover.me/2026/07/14/build-a-shitty-web-page/ | Source: Bill Glover [07:43] TR Bot Build a 'shitty' web page [07:44] TR News "I feel that some vibecoded software changes somewhat randomly and unexpectedly." https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/7/13/the-tower-keeps-rising/ | Source: Armin Ronacher [07:44] TR Bot The Tower Keeps Rising | Armin Ronacher's Thoughts and Writings [07:44] TR News "You just know some stuff like whos famous and why, and you even have some sort of opinion about them." https://anniemueller.com/posts/i-have-no-idea-who-celebrities-are-anymore | Source: Annie Mueller [07:44] TR Bot I have no idea who celebrities are anymore - annie's blog [07:44] TR News "The draw for me were several students I knew who were graduating. At the time these students entered the university, I was still teaching only the introductory programming courses" https://ambersettle.wordpress.com/2026/07/14/from-start-to-finish/ | Source: Amber Settle [07:44] TR Bot From start to finish | Technology education and me [07:45] TR News "The good news is that Logic for Programmers should be done and available in print hopefully in the next couple of weeks. Here's all of the printed proofs I've made so far: [...]" https://buttondown.com/hillelwayne/archive/im-still-alive/ | Source: Buttondown LLC [07:45] TR Bot still alive Buttondown [07:45] TR News "Second, check whether your blog meets my base criteria for being on the list. Theyre about making sure the blogs on the list have enough film content, are easy to follow, and allow for community: [...]" https://blog.jimgrey.net/2026/07/14/help-me-update-my-giant-list-of-film-photo-blogs/ | Source: Jim Grey [07:45] TR Bot Help me update my giant list of film-photo blogs - Down the Road [07:45] TR News "Inside the box were nine gold coins: 1999 Britanniasbullion produced by the Royal Minteach with a face value of 100" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-700-year-old-english-church-nearly-closed-but-then-the-vicar-discovered-a-stash-of-gold-coins-under-the-altar-180989120/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine [07:45] TR Bot This 700-Year-Old English Church Nearly Closedbut Then the Vicar Discovered a Stash of Gold Coins Under the Altar [07:46] TR News "The core XMPP protocol streams XML over the network. That is, any kind of custom functionality can be quickly built over the top layer of a basic open protocol" https://www.mirrorfly.com/blog/xmpp-use-cases-for-scalable-chat-platform/ | [07:46] TR Bot 20 XMPP Use Cases: How to Build a Secure Chat App in 2026 [07:47] TR News [Old] "And now, XMPP is more relevant than ever: its resurgence is driven by European digital sovereignty efforts" https://www.process-one.net/blog/xmpp-when-a-25-year-old-protocol-becomes-strategic-again/ | Source: ProcessOne [07:47] TR Bot XMPP: When a 25-Year-Old Protocol Becomes Strategic Again [07:47] TR News [Old] "XMPP operates on a decentralized, client-server model and uses Extensible Markup Language (XML) to structure data, enabling rich extensibility." https://www.cisco.com/site/us/en/learn/topics/networking/what-is-extensible-messaging-and-presence-protocol-xmpp.html | [07:47] TR Bot is XMPP? - Cisco [07:47] TR News [Old] "Jabber (now commonly referred to as XMPP) is an open-source communication protocol and suite of client applications that enable instant messaging, voice/video calls" https://medium.com/@rosgluk/jabber-xmpp-userbase-and-popularity-e66fb9805435 | Source: Medium [07:47] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://medium.com/@rosgluk/jabber-xmpp-userbase-and-popularity-e66fb9805435 ) [07:49] TR News 'This Morning helped me catch my Catfisher!' https://www.itv.com/thismorning/articles/this-morning-helped-me-catch-my-catfisher [07:49] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.itv.com/thismorning/articles/this-morning-helped-me-catch-my-catfisher ) [07:59] TR News Anon: anything similar for IBM? https://www.heise.de/en/news/S-P-downgrades-Oracle-to-BBB-only-one-notch-above-junk-level-11363472.html [07:59] TR Bot S&P downgrades Oracle to BBB- only one notch above junk level | heise online [07:59] TR News FTA: "According to S&P, the core of the problem is Oracle's enormous investments in expanding AI data centers." iophk: Oracle has no way to get that money back... [07:59] *psydroid2 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [07:59] TR News iophk: though that is not the same category at all https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/apple-ibm-downgraded-wall-streets-133610054.html [07:59] TR Bot Apple, IBM downgraded: Wall Street's top analyst calls [07:59] TR News "The XMPP Standards Foundation (XSF) is excited to announce the 29th XMPP Summit, the first XMPP Summit to take place fully online!" https://xmpp.org/2026/05/xmpp-summit-29/ | [07:59] TR Bot XMPP Summit 29 | XMPP - The universal messaging standard [07:59] TR News "You need to use FIPS 140 because of compliance, but have you ever asked what that requirement is actually for? What security properties are the authors of these policies trying to achieve?" https://unmitigatedrisk.com/?p=1293 | Source: Unmitigated Risk [07:59] TR Bot Why FIPS 140 Means Running Old Code | UNMITIGATED RISK [07:59] TR News "Dave Winer, the person who made Really Simple Syndication (RSS 2.0) the standard for following blogs in feed readers, asked whether RSS could be used for online chat, and quickly concluded that it could." https://coywolf.com/news/social-media/you-can-now-chat-using-rss-well-sort-of/ | Source: Coywolf LLC [07:59] TR Bot You can now chat using RSS ● Jul 15 [08:00] TR News "The biggest challenge is not XML itself, but the rules defined by the XML Schema Definition (XSD) and the complexity of the data model." https://ostechnix.com/industry-standard-xml-formats-linux/ | Source: OSTechNix [08:00] TR Bot with Industry-Standard XML Formats on Linux - OSTechNix [08:01] TR News "One of the best bulwarks against monopoly is interoperabilitythat is making a new product or service work with an existing product or service." https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/european-court-apple-can-not-shirk-its-interoperability-requirements | Source: EFF [08:01] TR Bot European Court: Apple Can Not Shirk Off its Interoperability Requirements | Electronic Frontier Foundation [08:01] TR News "If were using AssertJ instead of JUnits assertions, theres this pattern: [...]" https://www.readwriterachel.com/things-i-learned/2026/07/13/java-equality-testing-objects.html | Source: Rachel Kaufman [08:02] TR Bot Nov- el-writing machines. She was getting. [08:02] TR News "We shouldnt do it" https://blog.vrypan.net/2026/07/13/260713-shg-the-shell-guard/ | Source: Panagiotis Vryonis [08:02] TR Bot the shell guard blog.vrypan.net [08:02] TR News "The wall at SmithNinth Streets in Brooklyn is made of concrete. Its rough surface holds onto memories longer than the smooth tile that adorns most other stations in the city." https://blog.jse.li/posts/smith9street/ | Source: Jesse Li [08:02] TR Bot Estimating the heights of New Yorkers from their scuff marks | Jesse Li [08:02] TR News "Like many other projects, CPython is experiencing a huge increase in security reports." https://hugovk.dev/blog/2026/security-line-goes-up/ | Source: Hugo van Kemenade [08:02] TR Bot Security: line goes up Hugo van Kemenade [08:02] TR News "Users often believe that for a malicious payload to be executed they need to directly interact with the infected piece of code" https://blog.talosintelligence.com/the-serpents-tongue-luring-the-python-out-of-its-den/ | Source: Threat Source [08:02] TR Bot The serpents tongue: Luring the Python out of its den [08:03] TR News "This post is about the tisthemachinelearner R package, that allows to use scikit-learn models in R." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/07/my-last-r-posts-how-conformalization-helps-weak-models-fast-conformal-prediction-with-jackknife-and-no-refitting-and-sklearn-in-r/ | Source: Rlang [08:03] TR Bot last R posts: How conformalization helps weak models, fast conformal prediction with jackknife+ (and no refitting), and sklearn in R | R-bloggers [08:03] TR News "Besides local apps, I have been working on Tabler Server to manage tabler apps on a Linux machine." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/07/tabler-server-a-minimal-framework-to-create-web-dashboards-in-r/ | Source: Rlang [08:03] TR Bot Server A minimal framework to create web dashboards in R | R-bloggers [08:04] TR News "Working with lots of changes in parallel on git can be painful." https://lalitm.com/post/git-history/ | Source: Lalit Maganti [08:04] TR Bot The git history command deserves more attention - Lalit Maganti [08:04] TR News "Dont get me wrong, concerns about polyfills are well-intentioned." https://lea.verou.me/blog/2026/polyfills/ | Source: Lea Verou [08:04] TR Bot In defense of polyfills Lea Verou [08:06] TR News "is perfect for some aspects of the work and terrible for others." https://www.wired.com/story/python-is-so-slow-can-julia-solve-the-two-language-problem/ | Source: Wired [08:06] TR Bot Is So Slow. Can Julia Solve the Two-Language Problem? | WIRED [08:06] TR News "thats normally fine for debugging purposes" https://adamj.eu/tech/2026/07/14/python-all-instances-class/ | Source: Adam Johnson [08:06] TR Bot Python: find all instances of a class with gc.get_objects() - Adam Johnson [08:06] TR News "I was later invited to review a package myself. The experience gave me a different perspective on the review process." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/07/from-peer-review-to-mentorship-my-ropensci-story/ | Source: Rlang [08:06] TR Bot Peer Review to Mentorship: My rOpenSci Story | R-bloggers [08:06] TR News "The modern security operations center (SOC) team isnt short on data. Its buried under it." https://thenewstack.io/ai-soc-alert-fatigue/ | Source: The New Stack [08:06] TR Bot What an ex-NSA red teamer wants every SOC to stop doing - The New Stack [08:07] TR News "Instead of learning a limited DSL, you can leverage your existing Lisp skills to define tasks, manage data, and automate your workflows with ease." https://jointhefreeworld.org/blog/articles/lisps/maak/index.html | Source: Josep Bigorra [08:07] TR Bot Maak: The power of Lisp that powers your trusty command runner and the enlightments - jointhefreeworld [08:07] TR News (NEW): After almost two years, KDE Plasmas animations finally look good again on Nvidia cards https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/After_almost_two_years_KDE_Plasma_s_animations_finally_look_goo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/After_almost_two_years_KDE_Plasma_s_animations_finally_look_goo.gmi [08:07] TR Bot Tux Machines After almost two years, KDE Plasmas animations finally look good again on Nvidia cards [08:10] TR News "Last weekend, I took part in a panel discussion about making zines with Tero" https://hamatti.org/posts/thoughts-on-making-zines-after-7-months/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala [08:10] TR Bot Thoughts on making zines after 7 months : Juha-Matti Santala [08:11] TR News "This shouldnt have been necessary, but is still wonderful to see." https://werd.io/climate-gov-was-destroyed-open-data-saved-it/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller [08:11] TR Bot Climate.gov was destroyed. Open data saved it. [08:11] TR News "Since the curve does not start at the origin but a few percent up on the y axis, we can conclude that a few percent of the population have a score of zero." https://entropicthoughts.com/distribution-differences | Source: Chris [08:11] TR Bot Intuition for distribution differences [08:11] TR News "In our fourth seminar in our current series on teaching about AI in the arts, humanities, and sciences, Kathy Jessen Eller (The Concord Consortium)" https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/ai-literacy-begins-with-data-literacy-an-example-from-healthcare/ | Source: Raspberry Pi [08:11] TR Bot AI literacy begins with data literacy: An example from healthcare - Raspberry Pi Foundation [08:12] TR News "By itself, this is bad enough. But wait, theres more." https://www.theregister.com/columnists/2026/07/13/microsoft-is-losing-the-battle-to-protect-license-lucre-it-better-get-used-to-the-feeling/5269709 | Source: The Register UK [08:12] TR Bot Microsoft is losing the battle to protect license lucre. It better get used to the feeling [08:12] TR News "If passed, the GUARD Act would place a nationwide ban on minors using "chatbot" services" https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/stop-the-guard-act | Source: FSF [08:12] TR Bot Stop the GUARD Act and age verification laws worldwide Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [08:13] TR News "Humble Bundle is once again letting you name your own price for a bundle of Raspberry Pi Press e-books." https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/name-your-own-price-for-this-raspberry-pi-press-book-bundle/ | Source: Raspberry Pi [08:13] TR Bot Name your own price for this Raspberry Pi Press book bundle - Raspberry Pi [08:13] TR News "A reader emailed me stating that not displaying the date anywhere on a post does a disservice to readers" https://binarydigit.net/removing-date-time-from-bear-blog-posts/ | Source: BinaryDigit [08:13] TR Bot Removing Date & Time from Bear Blog Posts Raging Against the Ex-Beloved Machine [08:14] TR News "The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added CVE-2026-48939 and CVE-2026-56291" https://thecyberexpress.com/cisa-cve-2026-48939-cve-2026-56291/ | Source: Cyble Inc [08:14] TR Bot CISA Warns Of CVE-2026-48939, CVE-2026-56291 Zero-Days [08:14] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Android_Leftovers.gmi [08:14] TR Bot Tux Machines Android Leftovers [08:14] TR News "In this episode, we are talking about Thundermail!" https://blog.thunderbird.net/2026/07/community-office-hours-a-thundermail-update/ | Source: Thunderbird [08:14] TR Bot Community Office Hours: A Thundermail Update - The Thunderbird Blog [08:17] TR News "And now OpenAI is pulling the plug on the nonstarter browser, a mere nine months after launching it." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-shutting-down-browser | Source: Futurism [08:17] TR Bot OpenAI Is Shutting Down Its Browser That Was Supposed to Change Everything [08:17] TR News "During the curl summer of bliss I found some breathing room again to look at a favourite topic of mine" https://eissing.org/icing/posts/curl-bliss-tweaks/ | Source: Stefan Eissing [08:17] TR Bot curl 8.22 blissful tweaks | icing's blog [08:18] TR News [Old] "Gajim is a free software, instant messaging client for the Jabber (XMPP) protocol which uses the GTK+ toolkit. It runs on GNU/Linux, BSD and Windows." https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Gajim | [08:18] TR Bot Gajim - Community Help Wiki [08:24] TR News [Old] "OMEMO Multi-End Message and Object Encryption is an XMPP Extension Protocol (XEP) for secure multi-client end-to-end encryption." https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Gajim | [08:24] TR Bot Gajim - ArchWiki [08:24] TR News "Gajim 2.4.7 brings support for modern OpenPGP encryption and comes with many small improvements and bugfixes. Thank you for all your contributions!" https://gajim.org/posts/2026-06-18-gajim-2.4.7-released/ | [08:24] TR Bot Gajim 2.4.7 | Gajim [08:24] TR News "There's some more buzz about spell-checking with Jinx (Bozhidar Batsov, Marcin Borkowski). Also, quite a few people have signed up for the Human Emacs initiative." https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/07/2026-07-13-emacs-news/ | Source: Sacha Chua [08:24] TR Bot 2026-07-13 Emacs news :: Sacha Chua [08:25] TR News "An exciting change landed in the development version of Prometheus recently, making PromQL arithmetic expressions in time durations a standard feature instead of an experimental one." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/PrometheusDurationFunctions | Source: University of Toronto [08:25] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser [08:25] TR News "As I wrote about previously, I switched back to using Obsidian as my main notes and task management system. Everything has been great, but it creates a conflict." https://ryan.himmelwright.net/post/emacs-packages-as-tui/ | Source: Ryan Himmelwright [08:25] TR Bot Programs as Standalone TUI Apps | ryan.himmelwright.net [08:25] TR News "The machine is a charming mixture of new and old, with a traditional cassette port alongside VGA, gameport joystick, and Sinclair joystick." https://hackaday.com/2026/07/13/its-a-spectrum-with-an-rp2350-ula/ | Source: Hackaday [08:25] TR Bot A Spectrum, With An RP2350 ULA | Hackaday [08:25] TR News "There are a lot of ESP32-based development boards out there and why not?" https://hackaday.com/2026/07/13/get-your-esp32-sunny-side-up-with-this-solar-dev-board/ | Source: Hackaday [08:25] TR Bot Your ESP32 Sunny Side Up With This Solar Dev Board | Hackaday [08:26] TR News "Calcumator 2000 is a bit of a love letter to a time when display technology hadnt quite yet produced anything suitable for calculator use." https://hackaday.com/2026/07/13/voltmeter-based-floating-point-calculator-does-it-in-style/ | Source: Hackaday [08:26] TR Bot Floating Point Calculator Does It In Style | Hackaday [08:26] TR News "Perhaps the most ridiculous statement that anyone can make is that a computer system with clearly enough processing power cannot run DOOM." https://hackaday.com/2026/07/14/the-neo-geo-does-run-doom-after-all/ | Source: Hackaday [08:26] TR Bot Neo Geo Does Run DOOM After All | Hackaday [08:26] TR News "A common method of doing body tracking is to strap on some Vive trackers." https://hackaday.com/2026/07/14/full-body-vr-tracking-is-just-some-recycled-hardware-away/ | Source: Hackaday [08:26] TR Bot Body VR Tracking Is Just Some Recycled Hardware Away | Hackaday [08:26] TR News "At the current rate of robotics development, you might assume that were close to Skynet taking over." https://hackaday.com/2026/07/14/fibrous-muscles-for-humanoid-robotics/ | Source: Hackaday [08:26] TR Bot Muscles For Humanoid Robotics | Hackaday [08:27] TR News "As the name implies, this latest iteration of the e-reader does away with physical navigation buttons and introduces an intuitive touch-based interface." https://hackaday.com/2026/07/14/open-book-touch-makes-crowd-funding-debut/ | Source: Hackaday [08:27] TR Bot Book Touch Makes Crowd Funding Debut | Hackaday [08:28] TR News "But to experience that value, users first need to get MAAS up and running." https://ubuntu.com//blog/maas-installation-bare-metal-provisioning-is-easier-than-ever | Source: Ubuntu [08:28] TR Bot installation: bare metal provisioning is easier than ever | Ubuntu [08:28] TR News "Debian 12.5 is the final Debian release that supports a complete 32-bit installation on standard x86 PCs." https://ostechnix.com/debian-12-last-full-32-bit-release/ | Source: OSTechNix [08:28] TR Bot 12 Is the Last Full Debian 32-Bit Release - OSTechNix [08:28] TR News "The answer is that these two locations serve different purposes during the boot process." https://ostechnix.com/why-fedora-creates-boot-and-boot-efi/ | Source: OSTechNix [08:28] TR Bot Fedora Creates /boot and /boot/efi (But Ubuntu Doesn't) - OSTechNix [08:31] TR News "This is a display of mostly-automatically-classified git commits from 2026-06-29 to 2026-07-05." https://freebsd-git-weekly.tarsnap.net/2026-06-29.html | [08:31] TR Bot FreeBSD git weekly: 2026-06-29 to 2026-07-05 [08:31] TR News "This is a story on my moving to FreeBSD as a daily driver." https://kuon.ch/post/2026-07-02-moving-freebsd/ | [08:31] TR Bot The Missing Bit | Moving to FreeBSD from Linux [08:31] TR News "The g2k26 hackathon brought together 18 developers in the quaint village of Kloosterburen" https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260714094547 | Source: Undeadly [08:31] TR Bot g2k26 Hackathon Report: Job Snijders (job@) on rpki-client(8) progress [08:33] TR News "What this means is that I'm basically a full-time Linux user right now." https://baty.net/posts/2026/07/i-unplugged-the-mac-mini-today/ | Source: Jack Baty [08:33] TR Bot unplugged the Mac Mini today baty.net [08:33] TR News "The controversy follows several high-profile incidents regarding referring decisions in the World Cup" https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/sports-photography/forget-hand-of-god-is-this-footballs-camera-of-god-why-a-cable-suspended-camera-is-being-blamed-by-norway-for-its-world-cup-defeat | Source: Digital Camera World [08:33] TR Bot Forget "Hand of God" is this football's "Camera of God"? Why a cable-suspended camera is being blamed by Norway for its World Cup defeat | Digital Camera World [08:34] TR News [Old] "The XMPP bridge relies on the XMPP "component" feature. It is an equivalent of matrix application services. You need to configure an XMPP Component on an XMPP Server that the bridge will use to bridge matrix and XMPP user" https://docs.element.io/latest/element-server-suite-classic/integrations/setting-up-the-xmpp-bridge/ | [08:34] TR Bot Setting Up the XMPP Bridge - element docs. [08:34] TR News [Old] "This tutorial shows you how to run your own XMPP server inside I2P network. That server can be used for decentralized instant messaging and for building any other applications with XMPP protocol." https://docs.i2pd.website/en/latest/tutorials/xmpp/ | [08:34] TR Bot Decentralized instant messenger (XMPP aka Jabber) - i2pd documentation [08:34] TR News "That's why sites like Low Tech Magazine use it, for example." https://dead.garden/blog/how-my-images-are-dithered.html | [08:34] TR Bot my images are dithered | dead.garden [08:34] TR News "Sun's workstations could boot without a local disk from very early on (because that made them cheaper, not because it made them better)" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/solaris/SunOSDisklessWithoutNFS | Source: University of Toronto [08:35] TR News "Ive never used this piece of software. I cant even remember how I found my way to archive.orgs copy of its documentation. Just one of those mysteries." https://danq.me/2026/07/13/goscript-plus-book-cover/ | Source: Dan Q [08:35] TR Bot Recreating a 1990 Book Cover (in HTML + CSS) Dan Q [08:35] TR News "Theres a lot to like about Plex from a philosophical standpoint its local-first software centered around sharing your favorite art with your friends." https://henry.codes/writing/i-made-a-plex-server/ | Source: Henry Desroches [08:35] TR Bot I made a Plex server | Henry From Online [08:35] TR News "With all that done, I had a truly portable Birdnet-Pi." https://www.jeremycherfas.net/blog/truly-portable-birdnetpi | Source: Jeremy Cherfas [08:35] TR Bot Truly Portable Birdnet-Pi | Jeremy Cherfas [08:36] TR News "The most pertinent point raised was definitely that of broadcast addresses and IPv4 subnets" https://hackaday.com/2026/07/14/udp-broadcasting-and-the-joys-of-ipv4-subnetting/ | Source: Hackaday [08:36] TR Bot Broadcasting And The Joys Of IPv4 Subnetting | Hackaday [08:36] TR News "In my last post I identified some approaches to system call instrumentation on x86-64 Linux" https://www.humprog.org/~stephen/blog/2026/07/13/#system-call-instrumentation-on-intel-negative-result-part-two | Source: Stephen Kell [08:36] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.humprog.org/~stephen/blog/2026/07/13/#system-call-instrumentation-on-intel-negative-result-part-two ) [08:36] TR News "Linus Torvalds described this stage of development as a "new normal"" https://ostechnix.com/linux-kernel-7-2-rc3-released/ | Source: OSTechNix [08:36] TR Bot Kernel 7.2 RC3 Released: Testing the "New Normal" - OSTechNix [08:38] TR News "In Episode 10, I chat with Kristoffer and Elliott, the creators of the Internet Phone Book." https://web-weaving.jamesg.blog/10 | Source: Wonders of Web Weaving [08:38] TR Bot #10: Kristoffer and Elliott (internetphonebook.net) - Wonders of Web Weaving [08:48] TR News A Staggering Number of People Are Dying Because of Record Heatwaves https://futurism.com/science-energy/people-dying-record-heatwaves [08:48] TR Bot A Staggering Number of People Are Dying Because of Record Heatwaves [08:48] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Man Paid $2 Million by South Korean Company Facing Trade Investigation https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/us/politics/trump-south-korea-aluminum.html [08:48] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/us/politics/trump-south-korea-aluminum.html ) [08:49] TR News Sleep disorders rising in South Korea, sharpest spike among children under 10 https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/sleep-disorders-rising-in-south-korea-sharpest-spike-among-children-under-10 [08:49] TR Bot Sleep disorders rising in South Korea, sharpest spike among children under 10 | The Straits Times [08:54] TR News Ex-Malaysian PMs wife Rosmah files defamation suit against Harith Iskander over comedy show https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/ex-malaysian-pms-wife-rosmah-files-defamation-suit-against-harith-iskander-over-comedy-show [08:54] TR Bot Ex-Malaysian PMs wife Rosmah files defamation suit against Harith Iskander over comedy show | The Straits Times [08:54] TR News Expelled from China https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/world/china-journalist-expelled-spain-world-cup.html [08:54] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/world/china-journalist-expelled-spain-world-cup.html ) [08:54] TR News Chinas Economy Grows at Slowest Pace in Years https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/business/china-economy-gdp-growth.html [08:54] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/business/china-economy-gdp-growth.html ) ● Jul 15 [09:00] TR News "Were up in the mountains again. After the first night we went on two long walks and I felt great. Late in the evening we decided to play _*Radlands,*_ a two player card game. It went on for three and a half hours and ended with a stalemate since we played through the stack, twice." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-07-08-radlands [09:01] TR News "The industry is exactly the same as that of the company I left for my previous job; in fact, one is a customer of the other. I'm not thrilled by that fact, since prat of my motivation for leaving that job was a lack of interest in the industry." gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2026/202607/20260714-trial-by-fire.gmi [09:03] TR News Old Computer Challenge DAY06of07 gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/xiled/phlog/2026/20260710_occ_d6 [09:03] TR News Old Computer Challenge DAY 07of07 gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/xiled/phlog/2026/20260711_occ_d7 [09:04] TR News Old Computer Challenge Epiphlogue gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/xiled/phlog/2026/20260713_occ_ep [09:05] TR News Out of the Quiet: VCF East, a Public Beta, and Batch 6 gopher://jonsharp.net:70/0/gl2/07-14-2026-Out-of-the-Quiet-VCF-Beta-and-Batch6.md [09:06] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D2067.jpg [09:06] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1710.jpg [09:07] TR News chomp gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/chomp [09:08] TR News "I am 60 years old. When I graduated high school I did what a lot of kids were sort of "expected" to do and that was go to college. I survived one semester and then said "fuck this."" gemini://calvusrex.gemcities.com/gemlog/2026-07-14-gemlog.gmi [09:09] TR News Anon: climate collapse is starting to take some of its tolls [09:09] TR News iophk: there are a lot of factors nowadays which lower the IQ of enough people that it likely shifts the bell curve the wrong direction. that has to have a terrible effect on the future of the nation especially when that is compounded by the absence of a general education any more [09:09] TR News "No way! Communication service VPS updated to FreeBSD 15.1 " gemini://omg.pebcak.club/~freezr/pebcak/index.gmi [09:10] *GNUmoon has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [09:11] TR News "I already see the standards dropping in the slopful tickets and even more slopful code. we were struggling already, hence the layoffs. but this dependence on LLM coding tools feels like it's going to hasten the end of the company. it'll destroy my current job, not by being good but by being bad." gemini://danielledevs.smol.pub/ai-ruining-job [09:11] TR News Using SCGI to serve dynamic content over the Gemini protocol gemini://gemini.bunburya.eu/gemlog/posts/2021-04-07-dynamic-content-scgi-gemini.gmi [09:12] TR News "I added my backlog from the last 5 years (and some) over from http blog all by hand, and while I enjoy the manual process (I am a control freak, maybe) and it works great, and gemsub even works... I have seem some with category/tag indexing as well, and that would be really useful due to the broad range of things I rant about. I mean write about." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/Gemini/45988 [09:14] TR News apropos climate collapse: https://wmo.int/media/news/western-europe-has-hottest-june-record old: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41612-023-00377-4 old: https://www.dw.com/en/european-heat-wave-is-not-normal-summer-weather/a-77693716 [09:14] TR Bot Western Europe has hottest June on record [09:14] TR Bot Rapidly increasing likelihood of exceeding 50C in parts of the Mediterranean and the Middle East due to human influence | npj Climate and Atmospheric Science [09:14] TR Bot European heat wave is not normal summer weather [09:15] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 15/07/2026: Old Computer Challenge, "Trial by Fire", LLM Slop Destroying Companies https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/Gemini_Links_15_07_2026_Old_Computer_Challenge_Trial_by_Fire_LL.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/Gemini_Links_15_07_2026_Old_Computer_Challenge_Trial_by_Fire_LL.gmi [09:15] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 15/07/2026: Old Computer Challenge, "Trial by Fire", LLM Slop Destroying Companies [09:18] TR News Techrights Links 15/07/2026: US Regime "Cuts Two Utah National Monuments by More Than 90%", "Hormuz is Less Crucial Than It Was" https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/Links_15_07_2026_US_Regime_Cuts_Two_Utah_National_Monuments_by_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/Links_15_07_2026_US_Regime_Cuts_Two_Utah_National_Monuments_by_.gmi [09:18] TR Bot Techrights Links 15/07/2026: US Regime "Cuts Two Utah National Monuments by More Than 90%", "Hormuz is Less Crucial Than It Was" [09:23] TR News No fitness trackers, smart watches: More Chinese universities ban high-tech wearables in exam halls https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/no-fitness-trackers-smart-watches-more-chinese-universities-ban-high-tech-wearables-in-exam-halls [09:23] TR Bot No fitness trackers, smart watches: More Chinese universities ban high-tech wearables in exam halls | The Straits Times [09:24] TR News Quick regional screen recording to MP4 via slurp http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/44243/quick-regional-screen-recording-to-mp4-via-slurp [09:24] TR Bot Quick regional screen recording to MP4 via slurp [09:25] TR News Journalism job cuts in 2026 tracked: Sherwood News shuts down and axes staff https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/journalism-job-cuts-in-2026-updates/ [09:25] TR Bot Journalism job cuts in 2026 tracked: Rolling updates - Press Gazette [09:26] TR News FSF Blogs: Stop the GUARD Act and age verification laws worldwide http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/stop-the-guard-act [09:26] TR Bot Stop the GUARD Act and age verification laws worldwide Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [09:33] TR News Firefox Tooling Announcements: Happy BMO Push Day! (20260713.1) https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/happy-bmo-push-day-20260713-1/148934 [09:33] TR Bot Happy BMO Push Day! (20260713.1) - Firefox Tooling Announcements - Mozilla Discourse [09:33] TR News Turkey detains rock singer running charity over alleged misuse of earthquake donations https://bianet.org/haber/turkey-detains-rock-singer-running-charity-over-alleged-misuse-of-earthquake-donations-321442 [09:33] TR Bot Turkey detains rock singer running charity over alleged misuse of earthquake donations [09:34] TR News GIMP: Interview with LiamQuin https://www.gimp.org/news/2026/07/12/liam-quin-interview-lgm2017/ [09:34] TR Bot NO TITLE [09:35] TR News openQA Testing in KDE GNU/Linux https://blogs.kde.org/2026/07/13/openqa-testing-in-kde-linux/ [09:35] TR Bot openQA Testing in KDE Linux - KDE Blogs [09:40] TR News AppManager installs AppImages on Ubuntu without needing FUSE https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/appmanager-appimage-installer-linux [09:40] TR Bot AppManager installs AppImages on Ubuntu without needing FUSE - OMG! Ubuntu [09:52] TR News Techrights GNU/Linux Estimated at 8% "Market Share" Today (in statCounter) https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/GNU_Linux_Estimated_at_8_Market_Share_Today_in_statCounter.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/GNU_Linux_Estimated_at_8_Market_Share_Today_in_statCounter.gmi [09:52] TR Bot Techrights GNU/Linux Estimated at 8% "Market Share" Today (in statCounter) ● Jul 15 [10:01] TR News (NEW): statCounter Sees GNU/Linux on 1 in 13 Laptops/Desktops https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/statCounter_Sees_GNU_Linux_on_1_in_13_Laptops_Desktops.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/statCounter_Sees_GNU_Linux_on_1_in_13_Laptops_Desktops.gmi [10:01] TR Bot Tux Machines statCounter Sees GNU/Linux on 1 in 13 Laptops/Desktops [10:02] TR News "f-ck off. Real people are going to suffer because of Arvinds incompetence and failure." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxgsrsvg [10:02] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxgsrsvg ) [10:02] TR News "The only thing that can save us now is blockchain." http://techrights.org/n/2026/06/05/2026_is_the_Year_of_Blockchains_Says_IBM_s_CEO_a_Decade_Ago.shtml [10:02] TR Bot Techrights 2026 is the Year of Blockchains, Says IBM's CEO a Decade Ago? [10:03] TR News "So we can lose money on every mainframe we sell, or raise prices by 2x to 3x to compensate for today's cost of RAM and hope customers are OK with that." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxgtmath [10:03] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxgtmath ) [10:03] TR News "Managers will say anything to keep you salf assured to avoid a mass exodus. With the 25% drop be sure there will be a mass ra coming" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxhftgn9 [10:03] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxhftgn9 ) [10:04] *croissant` (~croissant@uudy98nj9ntz2.irc) has joined #techrights [10:05] *croissant has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [10:29] TR News (NEW): MKVToolNix 100 MKV Manipulation Tool Brings New Features and Enhancements https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/MKVToolNix_100_MKV_Manipulation_Tool_Brings_New_Features_and_En.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/MKVToolNix_100_MKV_Manipulation_Tool_Brings_New_Features_and_En.gmi [10:29] TR Bot Tux Machines MKVToolNix 100 MKV Manipulation Tool Brings New Features and Enhancements [10:40] TR News Reverse-engineering brings RK3576 NPU support to open-source Rocket driver for mainline GNU/Linux https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/07/15/reverse-engineering-brings-rk3576-npu-support-to-open-source-rocket-driver-for-mainline-linux/ [10:40] TR Bot Reverse-engineering brings RK3576 NPU support to open-source Rocket driver for mainline Linux - CNX Software [10:40] TR News Omarchy 3.8.3 https://distrowatch.com/omarchy [10:40] TR Bot Omarchy [10:40] TR News Neko-Void 20260714 https://distrowatch.com/nekovoid [10:40] TR Bot Neko-Void [10:41] TR News Xournal++ 1.3.6 Released with Ubuntu 26.04 Package Support https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/07/xournal-1-3-6-released-with-ubuntu-26-04-package-support/ [10:41] TR Bot Xournal++ 1.3.6 Released with Ubuntu 26.04 Package Support | UbuntuHandbook [10:47] TR News TR reader: "I also just read my published article in the FSFs Summer 2026 Bulletin! I have not received the online version from Eko yet, but the printed copy that arrived in the mail looks great. Im excited to share it with yall once its available!" [10:50] *darwin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [10:54] TR News Techrights LibreTech Collective Abandons Microsoft GitHub and All Other Proprietary Software https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/LibreTech_Collective_Abandons_Microsoft_GitHub_and_All_Other_Pr.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/LibreTech_Collective_Abandons_Microsoft_GitHub_and_All_Other_Pr.gmi [10:54] TR Bot Techrights LibreTech Collective Abandons Microsoft GitHub and All Other Proprietary Software ● Jul 15 [11:05] *darwin (~darwin@ezriia7nzimpg.irc) has joined #techrights [11:21] TR News (NEW): Will England Play Spain? https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Will_England_Play_Spain.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Will_England_Play_Spain.gmi [11:21] TR Bot Tux Machines Will England Play Spain? [11:28] *darwin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [11:31] TR News Anon: Congratulations (as RMS said) to the LibreTech team: gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/LibreTech_Collective_Abandons_Microsoft_GitHub_and_All_Other_Pr.gmi [11:42] TR News Techrights Who Next After IBM? (Bubbles Don't Last Forever) https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/Who_Next_After_IBM_Bubbles_Don_t_Last_Forever.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/Who_Next_After_IBM_Bubbles_Don_t_Last_Forever.gmi [11:42] TR Bot Techrights Who Next After IBM? 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Its a bad business model" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxjgfqfv [13:14] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxjgfqfv ) [13:24] -XayLa-:VNEMENT sur le salon #musique ! 14h30, venez tester vos connaissances dans un quiz 100% musique : dfis, fun et surprises au rendez-vous serez-vous le ou la meilleur(e) du salon ? On vous attend nombreux sur #musique ! [13:29] TR News Techrights Making Techrights Faster Down Under (Australia and New Zealand) https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/Making_Techrights_Faster_Down_Under_Australia_and_New_Zealand.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/Making_Techrights_Faster_Down_Under_Australia_and_New_Zealand.gmi [13:29] TR Bot Techrights Making Techrights Faster Down Under (Australia and New Zealand) [13:37] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@kcvnmgbxt8eqq.irc) has joined #techrights [13:41] TR News (NEW): Staying Behind to Produce More Original Stories https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Staying_Behind_to_Produce_More_Original_Stories.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Staying_Behind_to_Produce_More_Original_Stories.gmi [13:41] TR Bot Tux Machines Staying Behind to Produce More Original Stories [13:42] TR News Why would that even be the (or a) GOAL? https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/phoronix/latest-phoronix-articles/1646353-freebsd-16-retires-the-last-of-its-gpl-code-from-its-base-system/page2 [13:42] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/phoronix/latest-phoronix-articles/1646353-freebsd-16-retires-the-last-of-its-gpl-code-from-its-base-system/page2 ) [13:43] TR News What does the "Free" in "FreeBSD" a statement for? That you're free to hoard and take over projects? Like Apple and Microsoft do? Apple and Microsoft are NOT freedom. [13:43] TR News What IS the "Free" in "FreeBSD" a statement for? [13:52] TR News Techrights How Long Before GNU/Linux is Measured at 20% in Chad? https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/How_Long_Before_GNU_Linux_is_Measured_at_20_in_Chad.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/How_Long_Before_GNU_Linux_is_Measured_at_20_in_Chad.gmi [13:52] TR Bot Techrights How Long Before GNU/Linux is Measured at 20% in Chad? ● Jul 15 [14:16] *yellow-pillow has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [14:17] TR News Techrights Like Kyndryl, Multiple Securities Fraud Investigations Into IBM https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/Like_Kyndryl_Multiple_Securities_Fraud_Investigations_Into_IBM.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/Like_Kyndryl_Multiple_Securities_Fraud_Investigations_Into_IBM.gmi [14:17] TR Bot Techrights Like Kyndryl, Multiple Securities Fraud Investigations Into IBM [14:26] TR News Syslog-ng 4.12.0 available for Ubuntu 26.04 (Resolute) https://peter.czanik.hu/other/syslog-ng-412-available-for-ubuntu-resolute/ [14:26] TR Bot Syslog-ng 4.12.0 available for Ubuntu 26.04 (Resolute) | Random thoughts of Peter 'CzP' Czanik [14:26] TR News Presigned URLs are technically a security vuln https://www.tigrisdata.com/blog/presigned-urls-security-vuln/ [14:26] TR Bot Presigned URLs are technically a security vuln | Tigris Object Storage [14:27] TR News butrelinux 20260714 https://distrowatch.com/butrelinux [14:27] TR Bot butrelinux [14:28] TR News Started work on EasyOS graphical installer https://bkhome.org/news/202607/started-work-on-easyos-graphical-installer.html [14:28] TR Bot Started work on EasyOS graphical installer [14:28] TR News Mozilla GFX: HDR video in Firefox for backdoored Windows tech retrospective https://mozillagfx.wordpress.com/2026/07/14/hdr-video-in-firefox-for-windows-tech-retrospective/ [14:28] TR Bot HDR video in Firefox for Windows tech retrospective Mozilla Gfx Team Blog [14:47] *psydroid3 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [14:47] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@kcvnmgbxt8eqq.irc) has joined #techrights [14:47] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.10 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [14:47] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@kcvnmgbxt8eqq.irc) has joined #techrights [14:50] TR News Odyssey 1.5.1 released https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/odyssey-151-released-3348/ [14:50] TR Bot PostgreSQL: Odyssey 1.5.1 released [14:50] TR News You should probably check on your smart appliances https://xeiaso.net/notes/2026/check-your-smart-tv/ [14:50] TR Bot You should probably check on your smart appliances - Xe Iaso [14:51] TR News AlmaLinux 10 vs Ubuntu 26.04 vs Debian 13: Which GNU/Linux Distro for Your VPS in 2026? https://www.rosehosting.com/blog/almalinux-10-vs-ubuntu-26-04-vs-debian-13-which-linux-distro-for-your-vps-in-2026/ [14:51] TR Bot 10 vs Ubuntu 26.04 vs Debian 13 Features | RoseHosting [14:52] TR News Indian activist urged to give up hunger strike over exam leaks https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/indian-activist-urged-to-give-up-hunger-strike-over-exam-leaks [14:52] TR Bot Indian activist urged to give up hunger strike over exam leaks | The Straits Times [14:54] TR News Tim Bielawa: famoe.ly - I wanted a practice set list, what I got was much more https://blog.lnx.cx/2026/07/12/famoe-ly-i-wanted-a-practice-setlist-what-i-got-was-much-more.html [14:54] TR Bot famoe.ly - I wanted a practice set list, what I got was much more | Technitribe [14:55] TR News Tim Bielawa: Simple Gals - A no-frills HTML image gallery generator https://blog.lnx.cx/2026/07/09/simple-gals-a-no-frills-html-image-gallery-generator.html [14:55] TR Bot Simple Gals - A no-frills HTML image gallery generator | Technitribe [14:56] TR News Red Hat OpenShift 4.22: What dynamic plugin developers need to know https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/07/14/red-hat-openshift-4-22-what-dynamic-plugin-developers-need-know [14:56] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/07/14/red-hat-openshift-4-22-what-dynamic-plugin-developers-need-know ) ● Jul 15 [15:01] TR News Whos running all those tiny RPKI servers? https://blog.apnic.net/2026/07/15/whos-running-all-those-tiny-rpki-servers/ [15:01] TR Bot Who's running all those tiny RPKI servers? | APNIC Blog [15:01] TR News Workshop Basel day one https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/07/14/workshop-basel-day-one/ [15:01] TR Bot Basel day one | daniel.haxx.se [15:02] TR News Ruby 4.0.6 Released https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2026/07/14/ruby-4-0-6-released/ [15:02] TR Bot Ruby 4.0.6 Released | Ruby [15:02] TR News Meet Moddo Pinch The worlds smallest 32-bit Arduino-compatible board (2026 Edition) https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/07/14/meet-moddo-pinch-the-world-smallest-arduino-compatible-board-2026-edition/ [15:02] TR Bot Meet Moddo Pinch - The world's smallest 32-bit Arduino-compatible board (2026 Edition) - CNX Software [15:04] TR News Strengthening capacity, relationships, and routing security in Thailand https://blog.apnic.net/2026/07/14/strengthening-capacity-relationships-and-routing-security-in-thailand/ [15:04] TR Bot Strengthening capacity, relationships, and routing security in Thailand | APNIC Blog [15:05] TR News GNOME OS is Getting a Test Center Making Experimental Software Testing Actually Usable https://www.debugpoint.com/gnome-os-test-center-experimental-software/ [15:05] TR Bot GNOME OS is Getting a 'Test Center' - Making Experimental Software Testing Actually Usable [15:05] TR News Debian 12.15 and 13.6 Released: Bookworm Enters LTS with Support Until 2028 https://www.debugpoint.com/debian-13-6-and-12-15-released-bookworm-lts/ [15:05] TR Bot Debian 12.15 and 13.6 Released: Bookworm Enters LTS with Support Until 2028 [15:07] TR News 7 Open Source Trello Alternatives For Your Kanban Boards https://itsfoss.com/open-source-trello-alternatives/ [15:07] TR Bot 7 Open Source Trello Alternatives For Your Kanban Boards [15:09] TR News Jonas Meurer: zed-xdebug https://blog.freesources.org//posts/2026/07/zed-xdebug/ [15:09] TR Bot zed-xdebug [15:10] TR News Simplify your performance monitoring with the pmlogger PUSH model https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/07/14/simplify-performance-monitoring-with-pmlogger-push [15:10] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/07/14/simplify-performance-monitoring-with-pmlogger-push ) [15:22] TR News The Linux.org story https://lwn.net/Articles/1082901/ [15:22] TR Bot Linux.org story [LWN.net] [15:22] TR News Security updates for Tuesday https://lwn.net/Articles/1082832/ [15:22] TR Bot updates for Tuesday [LWN.net] [15:23] TR News Tomeu Vizoso: Ethos-U NPU update 1: The journey to a production-ready mainline driver https://blog.tomeuvizoso.net/2026/07/ethos-u-npu-update-1-journey-to.html [15:23] TR Bot Tomeu Vizoso: Ethos-U NPU update 1: The journey to a production-ready mainline driver [15:23] *ewig has quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [15:24] TR News Haiku Activity & Contract Report, June 2026 https://www.haiku-os.org/blog/waddlesplash/2026-07-13-haiku_activity_contract_report_june_2026/ [15:24] TR Bot Haiku Activity & Contract Report, June 2026 | Haiku Project [15:26] TR News Canadas Electronic Spy Agency Conducted Cyberattacks on Criminals Brokering Fentanyl Ingredients, Report Says https://citizenlab.ca/canadas-electronic-spy-agency-conducted-cyberattacks-on-criminals-brokering-fentanyl-ingredients-report-says/ [15:26] TR Bot Canadas Electronic Spy Agency Conducted Cyberattacks on Criminals Brokering Fentanyl Ingredients, Report Says - The Citizen Lab [15:26] TR News Verified boot in automotive with AutoSD https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/07/15/verified-boot-for-red-hat-in-vehicle-operating-system [15:26] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/07/15/verified-boot-for-red-hat-in-vehicle-operating-system ) [15:28] *ewig (~ewig@user/ewig) has joined #techrights [15:30] TR News From bad to worse for IBM. Fraud? https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/Like_Kyndryl_Multiple_Securities_Fraud_Investigations_Into_IBM.shtml [15:30] TR Bot Techrights Like Kyndryl, Multiple Securities Fraud Investigations Into IBM [15:32] TR News Arlanxeo and Mitscherlich get Zeon battery binder patent monopoly revoked in Germany https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/arlanxeo-mitscherlich-get-zeon-battery-binder-patent-revoked-in-germany/ [15:32] TR Bot Arlanxeo and Mitscherlich get Zeon battery binder patent revoked in Germany [15:32] TR News Court of Appeal grants FujiFilm an injunction against Kodak after all https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/court-of-appeal-grants-fujifilm-an-injunction-against-kodak-after-all/ [15:32] TR Bot Court of Appeal grants FujiFilm an injunction against Kodak after all [15:32] TR News $2,000 for Mila image processing patent monopoly prior art https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/7/14/2000-for-mila-image-processing-patent-prior-art [15:32] TR Bot $2,000 for Mila image processing patent prior art Unified Patents [15:32] TR News AutoConnect Holdings vehicle network patent monopoly challenge granted https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/7/14/autoconnect-holdings-vehicle-network-patent-challenge-granted [15:32] TR Bot AutoConnect Holdings vehicle network patent challenge granted Unified Patents [15:32] TR News Fast to Deny, Slow to Grant: The Range of Motion En Banc Petition at 102 Days https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/07/fast-to-deny-slow-to-grant-the-range-of-motion-en-banc-petition-at-102-days.html [15:32] TR Bot Fast to Deny, Slow to Grant: The Range of Motion En Banc Petition at 102 Days | Patently-O [15:33] TR News Still a Lawyer, Not a Practitioner: Schindler v. Squires and the Reach of Practice Before the Office https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/07/still-a-lawyer-not-a-practitioner-schindler-v-squires-and-the-reach-of-practice-before-the-office.html [15:33] TR Bot Still a Lawyer, Not a Practitioner: Schindler v. Squires and the Reach of Practice Before the Office | Patently-O [15:34] TR News Claudes ability to remix liquid content is serious challenge for news media https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/digital-journalism/claudes-ability-to-remix-liquid-content-is-serious-challenge-for-news-media/ [15:34] TR Bot Claude's ability to remix 'liquid content' is 'serious challenge for news media' - Press Gazette [15:34] TR News Petulant Harry statement after Mail hacking trial was beyond the pale https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/petulant-harry-statement-after-mail-hacking-trial-was-beyond-the-pale/ [15:34] TR Bot 'Petulant' Harry statement after Mail hacking trial was 'beyond the pale' - Press Gazette [15:43] TR News China claims chip exports nearly doubled to $177 billion in the first half of 2026 as memory prices surged 96% year-on-year increase inflated by hikes https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/china-claims-chip-exports-nearly-doubled-to-177-billion-in-the-first-half-of-2026 [15:43] TR Bot China claims chip exports nearly doubled to $177 billion in the first half of 2026 as memory prices surged 96% year-on-year increase inflated by hikes | Tom's Hardware [15:43] TR News The Need to Reimagine the WSIS Forum https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2026/07/the-need-to-reimagine-the-wsis-forum/ [15:43] TR Bot The Need to Reimagine the WSIS Forum - Internet Society [15:46] TR News Outdated Data and Dubious Comparisons: Digging into the Governments Hey Hi (AI) Strategy Adoption Claims https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/07/outdated-data-and-dubious-comparisons-digging-into-the-governments-ai-strategy-adoption-claims/ [15:46] TR Bot Outdated Data and Dubious Comparisons: Digging into the Government's AI Strategy Adoption Claims - Michael Geist [15:57] TR News Techrights IBM's Crash Continues Today https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/IBM_s_Crash_Continues_Today.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/IBM_s_Crash_Continues_Today.gmi [15:57] TR Bot Techrights IBM's Crash Continues Today ● Jul 15 [16:07] admfubar https://www.defectivebydesign.org/blog/stop_guard_act_and_age_verification_laws_worldwide [16:07] TR Bot Stop the GUARD Act and age verification laws worldwide | Defective by Design [16:08] *superkuh has quit (Ping timeout: 245 seconds) [16:09] TR News Techrights Microsoft Whistleblowers Say "The Entire Thing is Going to Fall Apart" and There Are "No Benefits" to Being Part of Microsoft https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/Microsoft_Whistleblowers_Say_The_Entire_Thing_is_Going_to_Fall_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/Microsoft_Whistleblowers_Say_The_Entire_Thing_is_Going_to_Fall_.gmi [16:09] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Whistleblowers Say "The Entire Thing is Going to Fall Apart" and There Are "No Benefits" to Being Part of Microsoft [16:14] TR News "Often at IBM as it is with other companies, it is who you know and who is sponsoring you to be promoted into management. Unfortunately working hard, technical skills, experience, and track record do not end up promoting you into management. I saw this firsthand, particularly with individuals who had less than 5 years with IBM" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxhftgn9#replies [16:14] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxhftgn9#replies ) [16:16] TR News "It does not look good this morning, the pre-market IBM share is hovering around $220. Expect some serious bleeding today." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxj5zrw0#replies "What happened to the 1b from chips act for Quant?" "Where was AI BOB ? if anyone knew this was going to happen, it should have been BOB" [16:16] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxj5zrw0#replies ) [16:17] TR News "I agree, yesterday was a tough day for Alvind, the slimy Indian. He saw his $100 Millions bonus shrink. He is in despair throwing tantrums. He is asking and imploring the board to increase his package. He did not see this debacle coming this early, right at the time he was planning to cash his loot." [16:17] TR News "this is funny watching this incompetently managed company fall apart like this and the clueless management had absolutely no idea this was going to happen, 25% of the company's market value evaporates in a day ! POOF ! gone." [16:17] TR News "I wonder if Watson could have predicted all of this happening ?" [16:18] TR News "IBM is irrelevant in the tech industry today. That is why when it's puffery is exposed, and stock drops like a brick though a glass windows, the stock market doesn't blink an eye. If Arvind dropped dead today, no one who has been impacted by his layoffs and job transfers to India would shed a bitter tear. In fact there might be celebrations all over the company in the US. Actions have consequences." [16:18] schestowitz[TR2] " I believe it's you who does the chest thumping and puffery to show how much you revere IBM corrupt leaders and how much you study to emulate them. After all you are a Tamil nobody trying to achieve the spotlight and failing every time. Nobody cares for for your Think 100 hours or your 38 IBM badges. Not even the CIO. And still no sign of your band7 promotion to IBM junior executive (Failed) ? [16:18] schestowitz[TR2] IBM Hybrid Cloud + AI + Quantum + Consulting strategy = Kiss Of Death [16:18] schestowitz[TR2] After all, you are IBM India HR liar-bot rage-bait troll shill spanky-pants id--t loser parasite ! And your Indian game is up. [16:18] schestowitz[TR2] How are your mother and sister doing with your wonderful First Line BS artist ? Still making those X rated videos for the Internet ? And maybe you'll get that pink slip today - It's time to clean out these corrupt Indian crooks, starting with the slimy Indian Arvind. IBM is a burning dumpster and you just need to pour more stuff on it." [16:19] TR News "Theres a lot more than that going on. The kyndryl fiasco is Canary in the Coal mine" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxjxk5kz#replies "Bob just erased all the records. Oops, cloud happens." [16:19] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxjxk5kz#replies ) [16:20] TR News "All the quant and sub nm press was bullsh-t. Those who pushed those narratives should be investigated and held directly accountable" [16:20] TR News ""I am guessing, the letter that was sent by the slimy Indian at the top was a hint about an upcoming audit. The slimy Indian with the help of his cabal are trying to "correct" the books. They are trying to avoid some jail time. IBM executives have been cooking the books for quite sometime" [16:21] TR News "C'MON MAN! What rock have you been under? Look up Lou Gerstner and 150,000 IBM layoffs over 18 months in 93-94. IBM layoffs? 7x24x365. They are so cheap they do not call them layoffs to avoid severance etc. PIPs and mental abuse do the job forcing out thousands of IBM people every month." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxk3gwnw#replies [16:21] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxk3gwnw#replies ) [16:21] TR News IBM layoffs "...Yup coming - largest ones ever" [16:22] *superkuh (~superkuh@user/superkuh) has joined #techrights [16:24] TR News Groks Foul-Mouthed Hey Hi (AI) Translation Feature Puts Unspeakably Ghoulish Words Into Users Mouths https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/grok-foul-mouthed-ai-translation-feature [16:24] TR Bot Grok's Foul-Mouthed AI "Translation" Feature Puts Unspeakably Ghoulish Words Into Users' Mouths [16:24] TR News New York Becomes First State to Ban Hey Hi (AI) Data Centers https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/new-york-hochul-executive-order-ban-ai-data-centers [16:24] TR Bot New York Becomes First State to Ban AI Data Centers [16:25] TR News Bloomberg Loses Landmark Libel Case in Singapore https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/world/asia/singapore-bloomberg-defamation.html [16:25] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/world/asia/singapore-bloomberg-defamation.html ) [16:27] TR News 12 US states sue to block Paramount-Warner Bros merger under antitrust claims https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/07/12-states-sue-to-block-paramount-warner-bros-merger-under-antitrust-claims/ [16:27] TR Bot 12 US states sue to block Paramount-Warner Bros merger under antitrust claims - JURIST - News [16:29] TR News Judge Tosses Epidemic Sounds Newer Meta Lawsuit, Rules on Older Cases Dueling Summary Judgment Motions Amid Marathon Infringement Dispute https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/13/epidemic-sound-v-meta-lawsuit/ [16:29] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/13/epidemic-sound-v-meta-lawsuit/ ) [16:30] TR News StubHub CEOs Ticket Broker Connections Lead to Customer Class Action Lawsuit https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/13/stubhub-ceo-ticket-broker-class-action-lawsuit/ [16:30] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/13/stubhub-ceo-ticket-broker-class-action-lawsuit/ ) [16:30] TR News Washington D.C. Approves One of the Nations Most Stringent Ticket-Scalping Laws https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/14/washington-dc-ticket-scalping-laws/ [16:30] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/14/washington-dc-ticket-scalping-laws/ ) [16:38] *Obsdark (~Obsdark@user/obsdark) has joined #techrights [16:40] TR News Anthropic Just Pissed Off the Wrong Music Industry Power Attorney https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/14/anthropic-pisses-off-music-industry-attorney-donald-passman/ [16:40] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/14/anthropic-pisses-off-music-industry-attorney-donald-passman/ ) [16:40] TR News Judge tells DOJ to reinstate telework for two attorneys as their lawsuit proceeds https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce-rightsgovernance/2026/07/judge-tells-doj-to-reinstate-telework-for-two-attorneys-as-their-lawsuit-proceeds/ [16:40] TR Bot Judge tells DOJ to reinstate telework for two attorneys as their lawsuit proceeds | Federal News Network [16:42] TR News Marriage on hold for young Malaysians due to rising living costs, financial insecurity https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/marriage-on-hold-for-the-young-malaysians-due-to-rising-living-costs-financial-insecurity [16:42] TR Bot Marriage on hold for young Malaysians due to rising living costs, financial insecurity | The Straits Times [16:44] TR News NPM = Microsoft TCO https://www.securityweek.com/multiple-jscrambler-packages-impacted-by-supply-chain-attack/ [16:44] TR Bot Jscrambler Packages Impacted by Supply Chain Attack - SecurityWeek [16:44] TR News SAP Patches Critical Vulnerabilities in NetWeaver, Approuter, Commerce Cloud https://www.securityweek.com/sap-patches-critical-vulnerabilities-in-netweaver-approuter-commerce-cloud/ [16:44] TR Bot Patches Critical Vulnerabilities in NetWeaver, Approuter, Commerce Cloud - SecurityWeek [16:44] *ClapTrakaLaKa (~Obsdark@2800:300:6392:ee30:674:8f4a:d22e:64c5) has joined #techrights [16:44] TR News 7 Severe Vulnerabilities Patched in VMware Avi Load Balancer https://www.securityweek.com/7-severe-vulnerabilities-patched-in-vmware-avi-load-balancer/ [16:44] TR Bot Severe Vulnerabilities Patched in VMware Avi Load Balancer - SecurityWeek [16:44] TR News Adobe Patches Critical ColdFusion Vulnerabilities https://www.securityweek.com/adobe-patches-critical-coldfusion-vulnerabilities/ [16:44] TR Bot Patches Critical ColdFusion Vulnerabilities - SecurityWeek [16:45] *ClapTrakaLaKa has quit (Changing host) [16:45] *ClapTrakaLaKa (~Obsdark@user/ClapTrakaLaKa) has joined #techrights [16:45] TR News Synopsys Finds No Evidence of Data Breach Amid Bosch Hack Claims https://www.securityweek.com/synopsys-finds-no-evidence-of-data-breach-following-bosch-hack-claims/ [16:45] TR Bot Finds No Evidence of Data Breach Amid Bosch Hack Claims - SecurityWeek [16:45] *ClapTrakaLaKa has quit (Client Quit) [16:45] TR News Air Force network lockouts hit troops and civilians https://federalnewsnetwork.com/defense-main/2026/07/air-force-network-lockouts-hit-troops-and-civilians/ [16:45] TR Bot Air Force network lockouts hit troops and civilians | Federal News Network [16:46] TR News Archie G. Norcross Maine Forest Fire Maps (191822) https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/maine-forest-fire-maps [16:46] TR Bot Archie G. Norcross Maine Forest Fire Maps (191822) The Public Domain Review [16:46] TR News KDE Plasma 6.7.3, Bugfix Release for July https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.7.3/ [16:46] TR Bot KDE Plasma 6.7.3, Bugfix Release for July - KDE Community [16:46] TR News Clonezilla 3.3.3-15 https://distrowatch.com/clonezilla [16:46] TR Bot Clonezilla Live [16:47] TR News Unpatched Claude for Chrome Flaw Lets Extensions Read Gmail, Calendar https://www.securityweek.com/unpatched-claude-for-chrome-flaw-lets-extensions-read-gmail-calendar/ [16:47] TR Bot Claude for Chrome Flaw Lets Extensions Read Gmail, Calendar - SecurityWeek [16:47] TR News Microsoft discloses the mother of all vulnerability loads, tripling Junes previous record https://cyberscoop.com/microsoft-patch-tuesday-july-2026/ [16:47] TR Bot discloses the mother of all vulnerability loads, tripling Junes previous record | CyberScoop [16:48] TR News Microsoft Patches Record 622 Vulnerabilities, Including Two Exploited Zero-Days https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-patches-record-622-vulnerabilities-including-two-exploited-zero-days/ [16:48] TR Bot Patches Record 622 Vulnerabilities, Including Two Exploited Zero-Days - SecurityWeek [16:49] TR News Vulnerability in FIFAs Network https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/07/vulnerability-in-fifas-network.html [16:49] TR Bot in FIFA's Network - Schneier on Security [16:50] TR News Dirk Eddelbuettel: qlcal 0.1.2 on CRAN: Fresh Upstream Updates http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/07/14#qlcal-r_0.1.2 [16:50] TR Bot Thinking inside the box [16:52] TR News IoTLabs wM-Bus gateway An ESP32 device with Wireless M-Bus connectivity for Home Assistant https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/07/14/iotlabs-wm-bus-gateway-an-esp32-device-with-wireless-m-bus-connectivity-for-home-assistant/ [16:52] TR Bot IoTLabs wM-Bus gateway - An ESP32 device with Wireless M-Bus connectivity for Home Assistant - CNX Software [16:52] TR News $50 Forgix board pairs Raspberry Pi RP2354 MCU with Trion T8 FPGA in Teensy form factor https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/07/14/50-forgix-board-pairs-raspberry-pi-rp2354-mcu-with-trion-t8-fpga-in-teensy-form-factor/ [16:52] TR Bot $50 Forgix board pairs Raspberry Pi RP2354 MCU with Trion T8 FPGA in Teensy form factor - 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[17:43] *GNUmoon2 (~GNUmoon@45nwnvgmbgnps.irc) has joined #techrights [17:45] TR News Microsoft Patches a Record 570 Security Flaws https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/07/microsoft-patches-a-record-570-security-flaws/ [17:45] TR Bot Microsoft Patches a Record 570 Security Flaws Krebs on Security [17:46] TR News (NEW): Microsoft Breaks New Record for Holes https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Microsoft_Breaks_New_Record_for_Holes.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Microsoft_Breaks_New_Record_for_Holes.gmi [17:46] TR Bot Tux Machines Microsoft Breaks New Record for Holes [17:48] TR News (NEW): Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Security_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Security_Leftovers.gmi [17:48] TR Bot Tux Machines Security Leftovers [17:49] TR News Treasury sanctions First VPN Service, others for abetting ransomware gangs https://cyberscoop.com/us-sanctions-first-vpn-ransomware/ [17:49] TR Bot sanctions First VPN and administrator for supporting ransomware | CyberScoop [17:51] TR News Stop the GUARD Act and age verification laws worldwide https://www.defectivebydesign.org/blog/stop_guard_act_and_age_verification_laws_worldwide [17:51] TR Bot Stop the GUARD Act and age verification laws worldwide | Defective by Design [17:51] TR News What's new for developers in Red Bait OpenShift 4.22 https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/07/14/whats-new-developers-red-hat-openshift-4-22 [17:51] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/07/14/whats-new-developers-red-hat-openshift-4-22 ) [17:52] TR News Late Night Linux Episode 394 https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-394/ [17:52] TR Bot Late Night Linux Episode 394 Late Night Linux [17:53] TR News Whats in the SOSS? Podcast #65 S3E17 Signing the Future: Securing Hey Hi (AI) and ML Artifacts with Mihai Maruseac https://openssf.org/podcast/2026/07/14/whats-in-the-soss-podcast-65-s3e17-signing-the-future-securing-ai-and-ml-artifacts-with-mihai-maruseac/ [17:53] TR Bot Securing AI & ML Artifacts with Mihai Maruseac | OpenSSF [17:53] TR News What Europes Digital Sovereignty Push Means for Open Source Platforms https://fossforce.com/2026/07/what-europes-digital-sovereignty-push-means-for-open-source-platforms/ [17:53] TR Bot What Europes Digital Sovereignty Push Means for Open Source Platforms - FOSS Force [17:54] TR News New Adder Pro Targets GNU/Linux Creators, Gamers, and Devs with OLED and RTX Graphics https://fossforce.com/2026/07/new-adder-pro-targets-linux-creators-gamers-and-devs-with-oled-and-rtx-graphics/ [17:54] TR Bot New Adder Pro Targets Linux Creators, Gamers, and Devs with OLED and RTX Graphics - FOSS Force [17:55] *Obsdark has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [17:56] TR News Rustdesk 1.4.9 Can Now Record Which User Was Controlling a Device https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/07/rustdesk-1-4-9-record-which-user-controlling/ [17:56] TR Bot Rustdesk 1.4.9 Can Now Record Which User Was Controlling a Device | UbuntuHandbook [17:56] TR News Week 6: Clipboard Auto-Clear with Klipper Protection https://roshani-gsoc.bearblog.dev/week-6-clipboard-auto-clear-with-klipper-protection/ [17:56] TR Bot Week 6: Clipboard Auto-Clear with Klipper Protection Roshani's KDE & GSoC Blog [17:57] TR News deepin 25.2.0 https://distrowatch.com/deepin [17:57] TR Bot deepin [17:57] TR News Slimbook OS 26-r0 https://distrowatch.com/slimbookos [17:57] TR Bot Slimbook OS [17:57] TR News Senpai 20260707 https://distrowatch.com/senpai [17:57] TR Bot Senpai Respins [17:57] TR News Slop, slop, slop: Dependency analytics 1.0: Hey Hi (AI) coding with supply chain security https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/07/07/dependency-analytics-10-ai-coding-supply-chain-security [17:57] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/07/07/dependency-analytics-10-ai-coding-supply-chain-security ) [17:58] TR News Mercedes-Benz hosts open-source hardware Automotive Rapid DEvelopment Platform (ARDEP) https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/07/07/mercedes-benz-hosts-open-source-hardware-automotive-rapid-development-platform-ardep/ [17:58] TR Bot Mercedes-Benz hosts open-source hardware Automotive Rapid DEvelopment Platform (ARDEP) - CNX Software [17:58] TR News Iran-Linked Hackers Using Modular C&C Framework in Cyberattacks https://www.securityweek.com/iran-linked-hackers-using-modular-cc-framework-in-cyberattacks/ [17:58] TR Bot Hackers Using Modular C&C Framework in Cyberattacks - SecurityWeek [17:58] TR News ExTiX 260710 https://distrowatch.com/extix [17:58] TR Bot ExTiX [17:59] TR News umbrelOS 1.7.4 https://distrowatch.com/umbrelos [17:59] TR Bot umbrelOS [17:59] TR News TitalcruiseOS 5.3 https://distrowatch.com/titalcruiseos [17:59] TR Bot TitalcruiseOS [17:59] TR News Manjaro 26.1.0-rc1 https://distrowatch.com/manjaro [17:59] TR Bot Manjaro Linux [17:59] TR News Astral static site generator https://www.linuxlinks.com/astral-static-site-generator/ [17:59] TR Bot - static site generator - LinuxLinks [17:59] TR News LinuxCNC 2.9.10 https://distrowatch.com/linuxcnc [17:59] TR Bot LinuxCNC [17:59] TR News Lilidog 26.07.11 https://distrowatch.com/lilidog [17:59] TR Bot Lilidog ● Jul 15 [18:11] *GNUmoon2 has quit (connection closed) [18:12] *GNUmoon2 (~GNUmoon@zwdvsm2nmk9p2.irc) has joined #techrights [18:15] TR News In Linux, things are often upside down https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/linux-upside-down.html [18:15] TR Bot In Linux, things are often upside down [18:21] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxg5wdz2 [18:21] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxg5wdz2 ) [18:21] schestowitz[TR2] "for anyone who has ever worked there, IBM is very easy to hate and Arvind is easily the most hateable CEO of all time. He is a traitor to his adopted country and a bullshirt-artist. I am honestly relishing this moment as his house of lies collapses onto itself. [18:21] schestowitz[TR2] Hate like this has to be earned - and no other company in history has been more terrible to its own employees than IBM. [18:21] schestowitz[TR2] Time to die, IBM." [18:22] schestowitz[TR2] " I second that. [18:22] schestowitz[TR2] Time for the shithole to compost." [18:33] ZedHedTed every politican and corporate figurehead is a bullshit artist [18:33] ZedHedTed can't trust these mfs. Machiavelli didn't, in his day. [18:37] MinceR (cat) https://pleated-jeans.com/2026/03/31/funny-pictures-long-cats/ [18:37] TR Bot 40 Extremely Long And Flexible Felines That Could Give Mr. Fantastic A Stretch For His Money [18:39] TR News Techrights Get Ready for Increase in PIPs and RAs at IBM, Red Hat, and Other Companies Devoured by IBM https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/Get_Ready_for_Increase_in_PIPs_and_RAs_at_IBM_Red_Hat_and_Other.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/Get_Ready_for_Increase_in_PIPs_and_RAs_at_IBM_Red_Hat_and_Other.gmi [18:39] TR Bot Techrights Get Ready for Increase in PIPs and RAs at IBM, Red Hat, and Other Companies Devoured by IBM [18:42] TR News ""peeling off" Given what's happened to spcx, smh, igv, smci, are we seeing the peeling off of the AI trade that now appears to have claimed ibm?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxkba2d3 [18:42] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxkba2d3 ) [18:43] *admfubar has quit (Quit: Leaving) [18:47] *admfubar (~admfubar@ae6yc8gqwe7jq.irc) has joined #techrights [18:53] TR News Techrights Techrights Was Right: Microsoft's Layoffs Tally Was False, Far More People Are Being Sacked https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/Techrights_Was_Right_Microsoft_s_Layoffs_Tally_Was_False_Far_Mo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/Techrights_Was_Right_Microsoft_s_Layoffs_Tally_Was_False_Far_Mo.gmi [18:53] TR Bot Techrights Techrights Was Right: Microsoft's Layoffs Tally Was False, Far More People Are Being Sacked [18:55] ZedHedTed every enshittified company is lying about the # of layoffs to keep the lemmings on wall street happy [18:57] schestowitz[TR2] there are no layoffs, ZedHedTed [18:57] schestowitz[TR2] those are not layoffs [18:57] schestowitz[TR2] they are "reorg" [18:57] schestowitz[TR2] "right-sizing" [18:57] schestowitz[TR2] not down-sizing [18:57] schestowitz[TR2] it's "efficiency" [18:58] schestowitz[TR2] something something hey hi something [18:58] schestowitz[TR2] the "right-sizing" proves the company is HEALTHY [18:58] schestowitz[TR2] it becomes BETTER [18:58] schestowitz[TR2] small is BIG [18:58] schestowitz[TR2] and big is small [18:58] schestowitz[TR2] [clap clap] - shareholders ● Jul 15 [19:01] TR News iophk: The AI hype is not for any other audience except the "investors" because there must be a steady stream of fools to be fleeced in order to keep the bubble from popping. It'll pop soon, and leave nothing of value behind, unlike the dot-com which left a lot of skill and useful modules. [19:02] TR News On IBM: "We dont know what we are doing isnt that part clear just now? But we are great at Shucking and jiving and dancing around like we do. But truth always floats to the top" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxkba2d3#replies [19:02] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxkba2d3#replies ) [19:03] TR News "ALB super corrupt. Very little oversight and zero accountability. Also all on H1B. It should have been shuttered years ago. Just a giant cost to ibm that generates no real revenue or product value" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxk3gwnw#replies [19:03] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxk3gwnw#replies ) [19:03] TR News "not a layoff but a few hundred (apparently) got notice yesterday morning that some legacy cloud hosted offerings were going to be managed by a third party and that their time with IBM would be done as early as Sept 1. Offer with the third party (Persistent Systems) would be coming at some point. No offer or details presented, nothing in writing, radio silence from senior management" [19:03] ZedHedTed crazy how much they gaslight us [19:04] ZedHedTed can't wait for this bubble to pop. then the stockmarket will finally represent the real economy. [19:04] ZedHedTed 80% of americans can't make the full credit card payment & have no money, but the economy is GREAT cuz muh stock market and TRUMP says so! [19:08] TR News Techrights Allegedly More IBM RAs (Mass Layoffs) Same Day the Stock Crashed https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/Allegedly_More_IBM_RAs_Mass_Layoffs_Same_Day_the_Stock_Crashed.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/Allegedly_More_IBM_RAs_Mass_Layoffs_Same_Day_the_Stock_Crashed.gmi [19:08] TR Bot Techrights Allegedly More IBM RAs (Mass Layoffs) Same Day the Stock Crashed [19:13] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/today_s_howtos.gmi [19:13] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [19:20] TR News (NEW): Applications: AppManager, Xournal++, EasyOS Graphical Installer, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Applications_AppManager_Xournal_EasyOS_Graphical_Installer_and_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Applications_AppManager_Xournal_EasyOS_Graphical_Installer_and_.gmi [19:20] TR Bot Tux Machines Applications: AppManager, Xournal++, EasyOS Graphical Installer, and More [19:22] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, RISC-V, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_RISC_V_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_RISC_V_and_More.gmi [19:22] TR Bot Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, RISC-V, and More [19:22] TR News (NEW): Red Hat, Fedora, and the Ongoing Slop ("AI") Circus of IBM https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Red_Hat_Fedora_and_the_Ongoing_Slop_AI_Circus_of_IBM.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Red_Hat_Fedora_and_the_Ongoing_Slop_AI_Circus_of_IBM.gmi [19:22] TR Bot Tux Machines Red Hat, Fedora, and the Ongoing Slop ("AI") Circus of IBM [19:23] TR News (NEW): GNOME OS, GNOME Crosswords, and "GNOME Wants to Let You Test Experimental Features Without Breaking Anything" https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/GNOME_OS_GNOME_Crosswords_and_GNOME_Wants_to_Let_You_Test_Exper.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/GNOME_OS_GNOME_Crosswords_and_GNOME_Wants_to_Let_You_Test_Exper.gmi [19:23] TR News (NEW): KDE Linux, Klipper, and KeepSecret https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/KDE_Linux_Klipper_and_KeepSecret.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/KDE_Linux_Klipper_and_KeepSecret.gmi [19:23] TR Bot Tux Machines GNOME OS, GNOME Crosswords, and "GNOME Wants to Let You Test Experimental Features Without Breaking Anything" [19:23] TR Bot Tux Machines KDE Linux, Klipper, and KeepSecret [19:25] TR News (NEW): Games: ScummVM, Godot, and Tech Ruining Sport https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Games_ScummVM_Godot_and_Tech_Ruining_Sport.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Games_ScummVM_Godot_and_Tech_Ruining_Sport.gmi [19:25] TR Bot Tux Machines Games: ScummVM, Godot, and Tech Ruining Sport [19:27] TR News (NEW): OpenBSD and FreeBSD News https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/OpenBSD_and_FreeBSD_News.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/OpenBSD_and_FreeBSD_News.gmi [19:27] TR Bot Tux Machines OpenBSD and FreeBSD News [19:28] TR News (NEW): GNU Projects: GIMP Interview with LiamQuin and Emacs News https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/GNU_Projects_GIMP_Interview_with_Liam_Quin_and_Emacs_News.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/GNU_Projects_GIMP_Interview_with_Liam_Quin_and_Emacs_News.gmi [19:28] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU Projects: GIMP Interview with LiamQuin and Emacs News [19:31] TR News "Vince then pursued a data protection claim for unfair processing but this was thrown out last year by High Court judge Mr Justice Swift who said he had no real prospect of success and that the case was an abuse of process." https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/dale-vince-wins-damages-on-appeal-over-unfair-daily-mail-headline-juxtaposition/ [19:31] TR Bot Dale Vince victory on appeal in Daily Mail data protection case - Press Gazette [19:37] TR News (NEW): FSF / Software Freedom / Digital Sovereignty Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/FSF_Software_Freedom_Digital_Sovereignty_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/FSF_Software_Freedom_Digital_Sovereignty_Leftovers.gmi [19:37] TR Bot Tux Machines FSF / Software Freedom / Digital Sovereignty Leftovers [19:39] TR News (NEW): Mozilla, Firefox, Thunderbird, and Thundermail https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Mozilla_Firefox_Thunderbird_and_Thundermail.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Mozilla_Firefox_Thunderbird_and_Thundermail.gmi [19:39] TR Bot Tux Machines Mozilla, Firefox, Thunderbird, and Thundermail [19:40] TR News (NEW): Audiocasts/Shows: Wonders of Web Weaving, Late Night Linux, and Whats in the SOSS? https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Audiocasts_Shows_Wonders_of_Web_Weaving_Late_Night_Linux_and_Wh.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Audiocasts_Shows_Wonders_of_Web_Weaving_Late_Night_Linux_and_Wh.gmi [19:40] TR Bot Tux Machines Audiocasts/Shows: Wonders of Web Weaving, Late Night Linux, and Whats in the SOSS? [19:42] TR News (NEW): Debian: Xdebug Integration, Debian 12.15 and 13.6 Released https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Debian_Xdebug_Integration_Debian_12_15_and_13_6_Released.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Debian_Xdebug_Integration_Debian_12_15_and_13_6_Released.gmi [19:42] TR Bot Tux Machines Debian: Xdebug Integration, Debian 12.15 and 13.6 Released [19:42] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [19:42] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [19:45] TR News Brett Wilson LLP is a "Defamation Troll" for Vince. 4 lawsuits in one month. No rate-limiting? KB-2024-001788 KB-2024-001681 KB-2024-001820 KB-2024-001604 [19:46] TR News Total 6 lawsuits for Vince. The serial strangler from Microsoft seems to be OK with a firm whose biggest client is an alleged Hamas sympathiser. [19:49] TR News (NEW): Interoperability and Standards: General Court of the European Union (General Court), RSS, Jabber, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Interoperability_and_Standards_General_Court_of_the_European_Un.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Interoperability_and_Standards_General_Court_of_the_European_Un.gmi [19:49] TR Bot Tux Machines Interoperability and Standards: General Court of the European Union (General Court), RSS, Jabber, and More [19:52] TR News (NEW): Content Management Systems (CMS): Bear, Bugs, and WordPress/WordCamp https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Content_Management_Systems_CMS_Bear_Bugs_and_WordPress_WordCamp.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Content_Management_Systems_CMS_Bear_Bugs_and_WordPress_WordCamp.gmi [19:52] TR Bot Tux Machines Content Management Systems (CMS): Bear, Bugs, and WordPress/WordCamp [19:54] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software or Sharing Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_or_Sharing_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_or_Sharing_Leftovers.gmi [19:54] TR Bot Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software or Sharing Leftovers [19:55] TR News (NEW): Distributions and Operating Systems: Haiku, openSUSE, Ubuntu, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Distributions_and_Operating_Systems_Haiku_openSUSE_Ubuntu_and_M.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Distributions_and_Operating_Systems_Haiku_openSUSE_Ubuntu_and_M.gmi [19:55] TR Bot Tux Machines Distributions and Operating Systems: Haiku, openSUSE, Ubuntu, and More [19:57] TR News (NEW): Linux.org and Linux (Kernel) Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Linux_org_and_Linux_Kernel_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Linux_org_and_Linux_Kernel_Leftovers.gmi [19:57] TR Bot Tux Machines Linux.org and Linux (Kernel) Leftovers ● Jul 15 [20:06] TR News Techrights Links 15/07/2026: "Gianni Infantino Under Fire" and "Todd Blanche's Record Raises Alarming Questions About the Future of the US DOJ" https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/Links_15_07_2026_Gianni_Infantino_Under_Fire_and_Todd_Blanche_s.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/Links_15_07_2026_Gianni_Infantino_Under_Fire_and_Todd_Blanche_s.gmi [20:06] TR Bot Techrights Links 15/07/2026: "Gianni Infantino Under Fire" and "Todd Blanche's Record Raises Alarming Questions About the Future of the US DOJ" [20:08] TR News "So here I am, sitting front of the computer on a July afternoon. It feels like morning because I slept in so late. You see, I'm on summer break from school, so I haven't been teaching lately. It gives me a little bit of free time, but not too much since the kids need lots of attention!" gemini://kwiecien.us/gemlog/202607151507.gmi [20:09] TR News "We made some recordings of performances last year, and I was never happy with them. Not that we didn't sound good - we did - but I didn't like the way I sounded at all." gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2026/7-15.gmi [20:10] TR News "It has been a while since I wrote here. I feel that so much has happened, more in a few months than in the couple years prior. I am enjoying a moment of respite and thought that reflecting a bit would be time well spent." gemini://lierre.smol.pub/retrospective-2gemini://lierre.smol.pub/retrospective-2 [20:11] TR News Lab 6 Issue 9 is out gemini://lab6.com/mlog/2026/07/14/nine/ [20:11] TR News "A simple modification is to allow the fire to reverse itself (computer simulations need not imitate a particular view of reality, and there may be good reasons to not do so) in which case the landscape will (with increasingly higher odds the longer it is left to run) evolve more complexity." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/07/15/burn-notice-evolved.gmi [20:12] TR News "Over the years I got friends and family to install #Telegram to chat to me, as I refuse to use #WhatsApp (ever since Facebook bought them). Telegram was always a stop-gap until the proper solution came along, and now #DeltaChat is it, especially since calls are now implemented" gemini://tobykurien.com/microblog.gmi [20:14] admfubar https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/we-built-a-vulnerability-vending-machine-ai-tokens-in-zero-days-out/ [20:14] TR Bot We built a vulnerability vending machine: AI tokens in, zero-days out [20:16] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 15/07/2026: Lab 6, Retrospective 2, and "Getting Back Into Gemini" https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/Gemini_Links_15_07_2026_Lab_6_Retrospective_2_and_Getting_Back_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/Gemini_Links_15_07_2026_Lab_6_Retrospective_2_and_Getting_Back_.gmi [20:16] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 15/07/2026: Lab 6, Retrospective 2, and "Getting Back Into Gemini" [20:16] TR News IBM "Ginni - Roadkill (Roadmap) 2015." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxjxk5kz [20:16] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxjxk5kz ) [20:17] TR News "Potential securities claims against IBM The investigation focuses on IBM statements about the potential of IBM Z's 2026 cycle with the z17 program. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ibm-shareholder-investigation-suewallst-notifies-investors-of-potential-securities-claims-involving-international-business-machines-302826688.html " https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxkjg6k9 [20:17] TR Bot IBM SHAREHOLDER INVESTIGATION: SueWallSt Notifies Investors of Potential Securities Claims Involving International Business Machines [20:17] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxkjg6k9 ) [20:18] TR News "Get em boys! Long time coming! kyndyl opened Pandoras box!" [20:19] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kx1fdbqd [20:19] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kx1fdbqd ) [20:19] schestowitz[TR2] " [20:19] schestowitz[TR2] All of these former IBM sites are laying around like the bloated corpses of an earlier age. It's symbolic of the company that Arvind rebuilt - dead in its heart and soul, a bygone of an earlier age when innovation was still possible and deep expertise and American talent was actually valued. Now, all of that beauty and creativity rots while Arvind and his merry band of sycophants attempt to financially re-engineer themselves out o [20:19] schestowitz[TR2] f their latest mess. [20:19] schestowitz[TR2] Good riddance, IBM. Time to die. [20:19] schestowitz[TR2] " [20:20] admfubar https://www.firstpost.com/tech/will-atlas-take-factory-jobs-hyundai-workers-walk-out-over-wages-and-automation-14031663.html [20:20] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.firstpost.com/tech/will-atlas-take-factory-jobs-hyundai-workers-walk-out-over-wages-and-automation-14031663.html ) [20:21] schestowitz[TR2] atlas? [20:21] schestowitz[TR2] not the browser, right? [20:21] schestowitz[TR2] because it is dead [20:22] admfubar altas the humanoid robot [20:22] admfubar https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/nyc-replaces-nurses-with-ai [20:22] TR Bot Health Care Workers Furious as NYC Replaces Nurses With AI [20:22] schestowitz[TR2] robotics? [20:22] schestowitz[TR2] it's a cheat [20:22] schestowitz[TR2] they call robots hey hi [20:22] schestowitz[TR2] pretend robots are a new thing [20:23] schestowitz[TR2] hence, ai it "taking over" [20:23] schestowitz[TR2] in factories [20:23] schestowitz[TR2] maybe we can label all foods "apple" [20:23] schestowitz[TR2] and say everyone "likes apple" [20:24] TR News Tomasz Torcz: HDR Kodi available for Fedora https://enotty.pipebreaker.pl/posts/2026/07/hdr-kodi-available-for-fedora/ [20:24] TR Bot HDR Kodi available for Fedora | -ENOTTY [20:24] TR News Syslog-ng Java destination disabled https://peter.czanik.hu/other/syslog-ng-java-destination-disabled/ [20:24] TR Bot Syslog-ng Java destination disabled | Random thoughts of Peter 'CzP' Czanik [20:25] TR News Tumbleweed Review of the week 2026/28 https://dominique.leuenberger.net/blog/2026/07/tumbleweed-review-of-the-week-2026-28/ [20:25] TR Bot Tumbleweed Review of the week 2026/28 Dominique a.k.a. DimStar (Dim*) [20:25] TR News The Rust Programming Language Blog: Announcing Rust 1.97.0 https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/07/09/Rust-1.97.0/ [20:25] TR Bot Announcing Rust 1.97.0 | Rust Blog [20:25] TR News Firefox Tooling Announcements: Engineering Effectiveness Newsletter (Q2 2026 Edition) https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/engineering-effectiveness-newsletter-q2-2026-edition/148883 [20:25] TR Bot Engineering Effectiveness Newsletter (Q2 2026 Edition) - Firefox Tooling Announcements - Mozilla Discourse [20:26] TR News Security updates for Wednesday https://lwn.net/Articles/1081798/ [20:26] TR Bot updates for Wednesday [LWN.net] [20:26] TR News OpenMandriva: Statement regarding attempted distribution sabotage https://lwn.net/Articles/1081884/ [20:26] TR Bot Statement regarding attempted distribution sabotage [LWN.net] [20:26] TR News smartctl Command in Linux: Check Disk Health with SMART https://linuxize.com/post/smartctl-command-in-linux/ [20:26] TR Bot Command in Linux: Check Disk Health with SMART | Linuxize [20:26] TR News Bash Parameter Expansion: Defaults, Substrings, and Replacement https://linuxize.com/post/bash-parameter-expansion/ [20:26] TR Bot Parameter Expansion: Defaults, Substrings, and Replacement | Linuxize [20:26] *croissant` has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [20:26] TR News strace Command in Linux: Trace System Calls https://linuxize.com/post/strace-command-in-linux/ [20:26] TR Bot Command in Linux: Trace System Calls | Linuxize [20:27] TR News UPC is illegal https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/biontech-pfizer-win-upc-dispute-over-covid-19-vaccines-against-promosome/ [20:27] TR Bot BioNTech and Pfizer score win in UPC dispute over COVID-19 vaccines against Promosome [20:28] TR News These 5 distros prove that Linux isnt immune to bloatware https://www.howtogeek.com/these-distros-prove-that-linux-isnt-immune-to-bloatware/ [20:28] TR Bot These 5 distros prove that Linux isnt immune to bloatware [20:29] *croissant (~croissant@uudy98nj9ntz2.irc) has joined #techrights [20:31] admfubar aaaaawwwww...https://futurism.com/space/spacex-investors-lamenting-money-lost [20:31] TR Bot SpaceX Investors Are Lamenting All the Money They've Lost [20:33] TR News Openwashing as the back doors are MANDATORY https://www.howtogeek.com/these-5-open-source-apps-are-windows-only-and-linux-users-are-missing-out/ [20:33] TR Bot These 5 open-source apps are Windows-only, and Linux users are missing out [20:34] TR News Shilling slop https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-announces-operational-launch-of-x402-foundation-to-standardize-internet-native-payments-for-ai-agents-and-applications [20:34] TR Bot Linux Foundation Announces Operational Launch of x402 Foundation to Standardize Internet-Native Payments for AI Agents and Applications [20:35] TR News "If you're looking to try a different Linux distribution, it's time you do the 'distro hop.' But why does this phenomenon seem inevitable for so many users?" https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-reasons-that-make-you-want-to-distro-hop/ [20:35] TR Bot a serial Linux distro hopper - these 7 signs mean it's time to switch | ZDNET [20:37] TR News (NEW): Engineer shoves Linux peg through Sega 32X-shaped hole https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Engineer_shoves_Linux_peg_through_Sega_32X_shaped_hole.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Engineer_shoves_Linux_peg_through_Sega_32X_shaped_hole.gmi [20:37] TR Bot Tux Machines Engineer shoves Linux peg through Sega 32X-shaped hole [20:38] TR News Scammy companies misusing the brand "Linux" to legitimise themselves https://cryptorank.io/news/feed/3b66d-ripple-coinbase-circle-join-linux-x402-foundation-to-help-shape-ai-payments [20:38] TR Bot Ripple, Coinbase, Circle Join Linux x402 Foundation to Help Shape AI Payments [20:38] TR News Denuvo-protected games now run on Linux thanks to DenuvOwO https://en.gamegpu.com/news/igry/igry-s-zashchitoj-denuvo-teper-rabotayut-na-linux-blagodarya-denuvowo | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//en.gamegpu.com/news/igry/igry-s-zashchitoj-denuvo-teper-rabotayut-na-linux-blagodarya-denuvowo [20:38] TR Bot Denuvo-protected games now run on Linux thanks to DenuvOwO [20:39] TR News Openwashing it or "gave it"? https://diginomica.com/agent-identity-gets-dns-anchor-how-godaddy-built-agent-name-service-then-gave-it-linux-foundation [20:39] TR Bot Agent identity gets a DNS anchor how GoDaddy built the Agent Name Service, then gave it to the Linux Foundation [20:40] TR News The brand "Linux" getting associated with dodgy pyramid schemes https://cryptopotato.com/ripple-coinbase-circle-join-linux-x402-foundation-to-help-shape-ai-payments/ [20:40] TR Bot Ripple, Coinbase, Circle Join Linux x402 Foundation to Help Shape AI Payments [20:40] TR News Lossless Scaling benchmarked in Linux on a GeForce RTX 5070 Ti and Radeon RX 6600 in 4K https://en.gamegpu.com/news/zhelezo/lossless-scaling-protestirovali-v-linux-na-svyazke-geforce-rtx-5070-ti-i-radeon-rx-6600-v-4k [20:41] TR Bot Lossless Scaling benchmarked in Linux on a GeForce RTX 5070 Ti and Radeon RX 6600 in 4K [20:41] TR News The best app for Linux handhelds is now on Android https://www.androidauthority.com/starboard-app-linux-games-android-3687131/ [20:41] TR Bot The best app for Linux handhelds is now on Android - Android Authority [20:41] TR News Frame: A new X11 server implemented directly in assembly https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/07/14/frame-a-new-x11-server-implemented-directly-in-assembly/5270498 [20:41] TR Bot Frame: A new X11 server implemented directly in assembly [20:42] TR News How Lindows almost destroyed Microsoft's Windows trademark https://www.howtogeek.com/how-lindows-almost-destroyed-microsofts-windows-trademark/ [20:42] TR Bot How Lindows almost destroyed Microsoft's Windows trademark [20:42] TR News "This simply gorgeous Linux desktop just stole the UI crown from Apple's Liquid Glass." https://www.zdnet.com/article/cosmic-desktop-frosted-glass-linux-liquid-glass/ [20:42] TR Bot tested COSMIC's new Frosted Glass effect, and it's way better than MacOS' Liquid Glass | ZDNET [20:43] TR News Putting Linux on the classic Atari Jaguar console https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/07/13/linux-on-the-atari-jaguar/ [20:43] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/07/13/linux-on-the-atari-jaguar/ ) [20:43] TR News They promised Linux Mint could replace Windowshere's 3 ways it falls short https://www.howtogeek.com/i-tried-using-linux-mint-like-a-windows-user/ [20:43] TR Bot They promised Linux Mint could replace Windowshere's 3 ways it falls short [20:44] TR News Tarnishing the name of Linux with brainwash and spam https://engineering.fb.com/2026/07/13/ml-applications/modernizing-the-meta-ads-service-with-an-open-source-kernel-scheduler/ [20:44] TR Bot Modernizing the Meta Ads Service With an Open-Source Kernel Scheduler - Engineering at Meta [20:45] TR News Linux 7.2 will now run even better on your Sega Dreamcast https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-72-will-now-run-even-better-on-your-sega-dreamcast/ [20:45] TR Bot Linux 7.2 will now run even better on your Sega Dreamcast [20:45] TR News Normal-looking Linux 7.2-rc3 lands with fixes for SEGA Dreamcast driver https://www.neowin.net/news/normal-looking-linux-72-rc3-lands-with-fixes-for-sega-dreamcast-driver/ [20:45] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/normal-looking-linux-72-rc3-lands-with-fixes-for-sega-dreamcast-driver/ ) [20:46] TR News "Linux has always been a more command-line focused operating system compared to Windows, and if you just put the operating systems side-by-side, that is still true today, for better or worse." https://www.howtogeek.com/cli-apps-arent-just-for-linuxthese-great-ones-run-on-windows/ [20:46] TR Bot CLI apps aren't just for Linuxthese 5 run fine on Windows too [20:46] TR News Logos, brands, hype https://www.ghacks.net/2026/07/13/ai-agent-discovers-15-year-old-linux-kernel-privilege-escalation-bug-named-ghostlock/ [20:46] TR Bot AI Agent Discovers 15-Year-Old Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Bug Named GhostLock - gHacks Tech News [20:47] TR News BS. Playing PR for Microsoft. https://www.howtogeek.com/microsoft-stopped-fighting-linux-now-its-building-it/ [20:47] TR Bot Microsoft stopped fighting Linuxnow it's building it [20:47] TR News "As consumers, we are used to correlating handhelds with the big names like Valve's Steam Deck, Lenovo's Legion Go, and ASUS' ROG Ally. But these machines are geared towards gaming and are priced like it too." https://itsfoss.com/linux-handhelds/ [20:47] TR Bot 8 Linux Handheld Computers You Can Splurge On [20:48] TR News "Dreamcast driver crashes get patched with keyboard, mouse and joystick input now more reliable." https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/sega-dreamcast-driver-fixes-appear-in-linux-7-2-rc3-fabled-console-remains-in-favor-while-iconic-computing-architectures-like-i486-fall-by-the-wayside [20:48] TR Bot Sega Dreamcast driver fixes appear in Linux 7.2-rc3 fabled console remains in favor while iconic computing architectures like i486 fall by the wayside | Tom's Hardware [20:48] TR News My Lil Afterlife Will Arrive on Windows and Linux Later This Month https://cogconnected.com/2026/07/my-lil-afterlife-will-arrive-on-windows-and-linux-later-this-month/ [20:48] TR Bot Lil Afterlife Will Arrive on Windows and Linux Later This Month - COGconnected [20:49] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: Lawyers are investigating "UC Browser" for privacy law violations. [20:49] TR News (NEW): Fuzzing or Fuzz Hype in Relation to Linux Bugs https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Fuzzing_or_Fuzz_Hype_in_Relation_to_Linux_Bugs.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Fuzzing_or_Fuzz_Hype_in_Relation_to_Linux_Bugs.gmi [20:49] TR Bot Tux Machines Fuzzing or Fuzz Hype in Relation to Linux Bugs [20:50] admfubar https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-biased-ai-layoffs-workers-labor-lawsuit [20:50] TR Bot Meta Used Its Own Flawed AI to Pick Which Employees to Lay Off, Lawsuit Claims [20:50] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux on Consoles and Games (or DRM) on GNU/Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/GNU_Linux_on_Consoles_and_Games_or_DRM_on_GNU_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/GNU_Linux_on_Consoles_and_Games_or_DRM_on_GNU_Linux.gmi [20:50] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux on Consoles and Games (or DRM) on GNU/Linux ● Jul 15 [21:00] TR News Techrights UEFI 'Secure Boot' Still Not Secure in 2026, New Holes (or Bypasses) Still Being Found https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/UEFI_Secure_Boot_Still_Not_Secure_in_2026_New_Holes_or_Bypasses.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/UEFI_Secure_Boot_Still_Not_Secure_in_2026_New_Holes_or_Bypasses.gmi [21:00] TR Bot Techrights UEFI 'Secure Boot' Still Not Secure in 2026, New Holes (or Bypasses) Still Being Found [21:00] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: cool [21:05] TR News Techrights IBM Down to $211.20, the Market in General is Up https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/IBM_Down_to_211_20_the_Market_in_General_is_Up.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/IBM_Down_to_211_20_the_Market_in_General_is_Up.gmi [21:05] TR Bot Techrights IBM Down to $211.20, the Market in General is Up [21:41] IsambardPrince The SuperH processors in the Dreamcast were much more capable than a 486. There was an open source CPU design that basically started on the SuperH instruction set a while back. [21:41] IsambardPrince I wonder if that went anywhere. [21:41] IsambardPrince The patents on those CPUs are almost certainly expired by now. [21:44] IsambardPrince Sega created a real mess with the Saturn. [21:44] IsambardPrince They were limited in how many SH-2 CPUs they could get and they put some of them in their failed 32X expansion for the Sega Genesis, where they were slowed down and inherited some limitations of the base console. [21:46] IsambardPrince I recall KMart putting the 32X out. The one in our town got a few. Nobody bought them until they got put on clearance. [21:50] admfubar Copilot OS https://www.bitchute.com/video/psWcdE1pieA/ [21:50] TR Bot Microsofts Worst Idea Yet ● Jul 15 [22:03] MinceR https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2007-03-17 [22:03] TR Bot Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - 2007-03-17 [22:12] TR News If it's not "come home", then you go home [22:13] TR News Pluralistic: Workplace "flexibility" isn't (11 Jul 2026) https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/11/your-risk/ [22:13] TR Bot Pluralistic: Workplace flexibility isnt (11 Jul 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [22:15] TR News Australias teen social control media ban fails to clear first hurdle in age checks, says study https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australias-teen-social-media-ban-fails-to-clear-first-hurdle-in-age-checks-says-study [22:15] TR Bot Australias teen social media ban fails to clear first hurdle in age checks, says study | The Straits Times [22:16] *tessier has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [22:16] TR News South Korean law targeting false online information takes effect https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-law-targeting-false-online-information-takes-effect [22:16] TR Bot South Korean law targeting false online information takes effect | The Straits Times [22:19] TR News "AK puts Ginni to shame, he erased $70B of Market value in one day [...] the financial engineering games finally blew up in AK's face, down to $213 and still sinking" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxkhewfh [22:19] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxkhewfh ) [22:20] TR News "I have a feeling next week's Earnings Call is going to be super spicy, spicier than the hottest vindaloo. The analysts are going to grill that mid-et, remember, Toni Sacconaghi retiired (he was the analyst famous for knowing more about IBM than our own execs, but he was also known for softball questions). I suspect Arvind is going to find himself on the wrong end of a barrage of 100+ mph hardballs." [22:21] TR News "I predicted in a post yesterday, lies are catching up with the slimy xxx" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxkjg6k9 [22:21] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxkjg6k9 ) [22:21] TR News "Arvind received $30,000,000 in compensation for being a complete failure. He wont suffer one day for it, but plenty of us will be unemployed and without healthcare because of his failures, and none of us will come close to seeing a fraction of that type of money in our lifetimes. Best we can hope for now is that they investigate the sht out of him for this weeks stock nonsense and put him in prison." [22:22] TR News "Arvind runs IBM like a private equity company that loots the profit and steals everything not bolted down while simultaneously laying off most of the staff. In fact, there is not a huge amount of difference between IBM and private equity; they are far more alike than different." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxk3gwnw [22:22] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxk3gwnw ) [22:24] TR News "When IBM embarked on one of the biggest layoffs in IBM's history last year, did Arvind say "no! don't let those people go! cut my bonus instead!" Did he cut the bonuses for his senior staff? No, he asked for more money. He is a looter." [22:24] TR News "I can tell you dont work for IBM. If you did youd know that we havent been competitive in years." [22:28] TR News Kapo-berg Admits That Hey Hi (AI) Is Not Working Out the Way He Imagined https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/zuckerberg-admits-ai-not-working-out [22:28] TR Bot Zuckerberg Admits That AI Is Not Working Out the Way He Imagined [22:29] TR News https://futurism.com/feed Tue, 07 Jul 2026 11:45:16 -0400 Workplaces Have Gotten So Bizarre That People Are Just Sending Hey Hi (AI) Slop Back and Forth at Each Other [22:29] TR News "It's just his Hey Hi (AI) and my Hey Hi (AI) going back and forth." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/workplaces-bizarre-ai-back-and-forth [22:29] TR Bot Workplaces Have Gotten So Bizarre That People Are Just Sending AI Slop Back and Forth at Each Other [22:29] TR News Bank of America Warns That Hey Hi (AI) Investors Are in for a Nasty Reality Check https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/bank-of-america-ai-investors-reality-check [22:29] TR Bot Bank of America Warns That AI Investors Are in for a Nasty Reality Check [22:30] TR News Tripadvisors Hey Hi (AI) Is Telling Vacationers That Gruesome Horror Grottos Are Wonderful Holiday Retreats https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-whitewashing-bad-reviews-holiday-resorts [22:30] TR Bot Tripadvisor's AI Is Telling Vacationers That Gruesome Horror Grottos Are Wonderful Holiday Retreats [22:30] TR News Theres a new leader at NIST https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2026/07/theres-a-new-leader-at-nist/ [22:30] TR Bot Theres a new leader at NIST | Federal News Network [22:31] TR News Just Toss It? Live Nation Moves to Invalidate Entire Antitrust Verdict in USA v. Live Nation https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/06/live-nation-usa-v-live-nation-verdict-appeal/ [22:31] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/06/live-nation-usa-v-live-nation-verdict-appeal/ ) [22:34] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.10 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [22:37] TR News Jermaine Dupri Sues Sony Music for Allegedly Failing to Pay Millions in Royalties, Says Hes Owed Over $10 Million in Interest Alone https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/07/jermaine-dupri-sony-music-lawsuit/ [22:37] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/07/jermaine-dupri-sony-music-lawsuit/ ) [22:38] TR News Deepfake CSAM lawsuit against xAI, Grok expands https://cyberscoop.com/deepfake-csam-lawsuit-grok-xai-expands-stability-ai/ [22:38] TR Bot CSAM lawsuit against xAI, Grok expands | CyberScoop [22:39] TR News The Organizations on the Front Lines of a Safer Internet Need Our Help https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2026/07/the-organizations-on-the-front-lines-of-a-safer-internet-need-our-help/ [22:39] TR Bot The Organizations on the Front Lines of a Safer Internet Need Our Help - Internet Society [22:43] TR News IBM loses quarter of its value as tech giants shares plunge and profits falter | IBM | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/14/ibm-shares-profit-drop-value Source: The Guardian UK | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/14/ibm-shares-profit-drop-value [22:43] TR Bot IBM loses quarter of its value as tech giants shares plunge and profits falter | IBM | The Guardian [22:46] TR News "So far, both in the same week seem to be okay, but there's also weeks were only one or none happened because of temperatures, holidays and other appointments. So, we'll see how it all lines up when it's both regular training." gemini://kaijudogs.gemcities.com/gemlog/260715.gmi [22:48] TR News Photos gemini://rainywhile.net/photos/2026-07-15/ [22:52] TR News Microsoft runs on betrayal: Laid off employees petition for greater worker protections https://www.dallasnews.com/business/jobs/article/microsoft-runs-betrayal-laid-employees-22345439.php [22:52] TR Bot Client Challenge [22:52] TR News Protesting video-game workers in Montreal denounce Microsofts layoffs https://montrealgazette.com/news/protesting-video-game-workers-in-montreal-denounce-microsofts-layoffs/ [22:52] TR Bot Protesting video-game workers in Montreal denounce Microsoft's layoffs - Montreal Gazette [22:54] TR News No One at Xbox Studios Feels Safe as Uncertainty and Fear Spread After More Layoffs https://www.eteknix.com/no-one-at-xbox-studios-feels-safe-as-uncertainty-and-fear-spread-after-more-layoffs/ [22:54] TR Bot One at Xbox Studios Feels Safe as Uncertainty and Fear Spread After More Layoffs - eTeknix ● Jul 15 [23:01] admfubar https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jul/15/buzz-aldrin-apollo-astronaut-mission-felt-tip-pen-auction [23:01] TR Bot One small pen for one giant fee: Buzz Aldrins mission-saving felt-tip sells for over $850,000 | Buzz Aldrin | The Guardian [23:03] *yellow-pillow (~yellow-pillow@wvbkkdpxq9vtg.irc) has joined #techrights [23:19] admfubar https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/jul/15/ozempic-brides-wedding-dress [23:19] TR Bot Please dont lose another pound!: Ozempic is upending the wedding dress industry | Weddings | The Guardian [23:19] admfubar https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jul/15/climate-activists-exxon-hired-hackers-trial [23:19] TR Bot US trial could reveal who paid hackers to target Exxon climate critics: on the edge of our seats | US news | The Guardian [23:24] admfubar https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/15/maryland-bank-thief-cat [23:24] TR Bot Feline felony: suspect arrested after bringing kitten to rob Maryland bank | US crime | The Guardian [23:25] admfubar https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/15/japan-russian-den-of-spies-explainer [23:25] TR Bot Den of spies: why has Japan been easy prey for Russian espionage, and what is Tokyo doing about it? | Espionage | The Guardian [23:43] admfubar shake shake shake, your boot loader... https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/forgotten-bootloaders-expose-secure-boot-blind-spot [23:43] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/forgotten-bootloaders-expose-secure-boot-blind-spot ) [23:44] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [23:44] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [23:45] *Goblin has quit (Quit: Leaving) [23:53] admfubar make run for the bathroom... https://futurism.com/health-medicine/evidence-grows-taco-bell-explosive-diarrhea [23:53] TR Bot Evidence Grows That Taco Bell Infected Massive Number of Customers With Explosive Diarrhea [23:59] admfubar https://www.theregister.com/columnists/2026/07/15/the-star-wars-cantina-scene-shows-we-need-a-new-hope-for-the-agentic-web/5270946 [23:59] TR Bot The Star Wars cantina scene shows we need a new hope for the agentic web