●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Friday, August 15, 2025 ●● ● Aug 15 [00:31] *IsambardPrince has quit (Quit: Leaving) [00:43] Sompi_ What you are referring to as an "AI", is actually a large language model (LLM), which has no intelligence on its own. It is just a neural network that has, via artificial human-induced evolutionary process, became exceptionally good at saying what humans want to hear from it. 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PATENTABLE INVENTIONS" in the European Patent Convention [03:05] schestowitz[TR2] admfubar: microsoft site [03:05] schestowitz[TR2] they have a wish [03:07] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Thursday, August 14, 2025 https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/15/IRC_Proceedings_Thursday_August_14_2025.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/15/IRC_Proceedings_Thursday_August_14_2025.gmi [03:07] TR Bot Techrights IRC Proceedings: Thursday, August 14, 2025 [03:08] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/15/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/15/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [03:08] TR Bot Tux Machines Today in Techrights [03:09] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@uj65wqzsztp38.irc) has joined #techrights [03:09] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/15/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/15/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [03:09] TR Bot Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [03:09] IsambardPrince I was cleaning more. Found two pieces of popcorn. Yikes. [03:10] IsambardPrince I am reformed forever of dropping bits of food on the floor. [03:11] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I am taking your advice. [03:11] schestowitz[TR2] moving out? [03:11] IsambardPrince We're moving as soon as I can find another place. Yeah. [03:11] schestowitz[TR2] we tried to revitalise a wasp yesterday [03:11] schestowitz[TR2] it was on the floor\ [03:11] schestowitz[TR2] probably due to old age [03:11] IsambardPrince Mark said he's out of town until Tuesday but would be happy to rent to us again. [03:11] schestowitz[TR2] giving it Monin did not help [03:11] IsambardPrince So call him and he has two places. [03:11] IsambardPrince So this lead is promising. [03:11] schestowitz[TR2] it drank itr a bit, but was still not recovering [03:11] IsambardPrince If we move on it we can be over there before my surgery. [03:12] IsambardPrince The roach powder I'm putting down is boric acid mixed with bait. [03:13] IsambardPrince So if there's roaches, they smell the bait and come eat boric acide. [03:13] IsambardPrince *acid [03:13] admfubar trippin'! [03:13] IsambardPrince And in theory it should liquefy their insides and that's a rap on the roach. [03:13] IsambardPrince They live long enough to go back into the nest and die. [03:14] IsambardPrince Other roaches eat dead roaches, so they get boric acid too and then several more die. [03:14] schestowitz[TR2] https://x.com/dhh/status/1956071716326891554 [03:14] TR Bot NO TITLE [03:14] schestowitz[TR2] "I owe Brendan a public apology, btw. He was one of the first folks in tech to deal with the woke mob before it was even called that. Back in 2014, they came for him due to $1,000 political donation back in 2008, and used that to oust him as CEO of Mozilla. I said nothing." [03:15] IsambardPrince Very highly rated stuff. Many people say they eventually see no more. [03:15] schestowitz[TR2] "But worse than that, I didn't realize just what an insane slippery slope this would be for the entire industry. Brendan's personal political opinions were used to claim the first scalp in a cancellation campaign that would later become a template for the whole woke insanity." [03:15] schestowitz[TR2] "Maybe we could have nipped the entire thing in the bud if we had stood up for Brendan back then. Maybe if we had realized the utter retardation in asking everyone to account for every personal opinion or donation they ever made at work, we could have avoided a lot of shit." [03:16] schestowitz[TR2] "Anyway, Brendan has had the last laugh. Brave is thriving, Mozilla is floundering. But it still wasn't right. And I'm embarrassed for letting it happen like it did back then. We all should be. And we should say [03:16] schestowitz[TR2] "never again" and "I'm sorry, Brendan". I am. Sorry." [03:16] IsambardPrince At the time, I said that was all very stupid. [03:17] schestowitz[TR2] as you said that as a gay person, too [03:17] schestowitz[TR2] but the thing is, [03:17] schestowitz[TR2] it turned out to be OK to do this [03:17] schestowitz[TR2] to look for what people merely thought a decade earlier [03:17] schestowitz[TR2] like: [03:17] IsambardPrince Ruin someone's life just for the hell of it. [03:17] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/o/2022/09/30/matthew-garrett-transphobic/ [03:17] TR Bot Matthew Garrett Admits Being a Transphobic Adult Before Choosing to Weaponise This to Defame and Then 'Cancel' People Who Aren't Transphobic [03:18] schestowitz[TR2] hypocrites [03:18] IsambardPrince Because they were of an opinion that lost out anyway? [03:18] IsambardPrince Something like 70% the country didn't agree with gay marriage at that time. [03:18] IsambardPrince They tried to destroy his professional career because he shared an opinion with 70% of the country. [03:18] IsambardPrince An opinion that changed rapidly and lost. [03:19] schestowitz[TR2] iirc, HRC was of the same opinion [03:19] schestowitz[TR2] as in clinton [03:19] schestowitz[TR2] and many others [03:19] schestowitz[TR2] or many democrats anyway [03:19] schestowitz[TR2] inc. prominent black democrats [03:20] IsambardPrince So was Obama. [03:20] IsambardPrince Remember they both said marriage no, something else maybe. [03:20] IsambardPrince The Libertarian Party said they were in favor of gay marriage in 1970 iirc. [03:21] IsambardPrince Richard Nixon didn't seem personally opposed to the idea. [03:21] IsambardPrince He said, "Gay marriage? Oh, that's the year 2000! I can't push for that now." [03:22] MinceR i don't get why people insist on having the state's tentacles in marriage, and people's fingers in other people's marriages [03:22] IsambardPrince Things did not really _start_ getting much better for gay people in the US until the 90s. [03:22] IsambardPrince It used to be grounds for not being admissible into the country. Or having your security clearance revoked. [03:22] IsambardPrince Or being thrown out of the military. [03:23] IsambardPrince I mean, we're not just talking about marriage discrimination, before the 90s it was the right to participate in society in ways that are pretty basic. [03:23] IsambardPrince Up until just a few years ago, even after marriage, it was still federally legal for your employer to use it as a reason to get rid of you. [03:24] IsambardPrince Most wouldn't, some did, nothing happened if they did. [03:24] IsambardPrince Most employers are basically like my landlord. [03:24] IsambardPrince They don't care about you or what you've got going on as long as you make them money. [03:25] IsambardPrince You occasionally ran into some jerk though who would fire you even if it made no sense as a business. [03:29] TR News RMS on banks, new https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/nonfree-software-in-my-bank.zh-cn.html [03:29] TR Bot - GNU - [03:30] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I've already started packing before we even talk to Mark. [03:30] IsambardPrince I liked Mark. Whenever you had a problem he sent Ruben out the next day. [03:30] IsambardPrince Problem solved. [03:31] IsambardPrince You're absolutely right that if we're going to pay this much in rent we deserve an unclogged pipe or the hallways being mopped or things like this. [03:32] IsambardPrince This building is hopeless. This guy expanded too fast and in the wrong way. Now he's broke and he's pissed off about tenants who make normal requests related to wear and tear. [03:33] schestowitz[TR2] he learned from the best [03:34] schestowitz[TR2] a random man in the coffee shop [03:34] schestowitz[TR2] after 90% of what he had tried he sucked at [03:34] schestowitz[TR2] his cash cow won't miss you [03:34] schestowitz[TR2] he says he makes 33m a year [03:34] schestowitz[TR2] and then comes with toxic cans [03:34] schestowitz[TR2] to spray roaches [03:34] schestowitz[TR2] like a millionaire would [03:35] schestowitz[TR2] millionaires can dress modest [03:35] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Mark is a millionaire for sure after this guy. [03:35] schestowitz[TR2] because they lack a need to _pretend_ [03:35] schestowitz[TR2] but millionaires would not come and spray toxins [03:36] schestowitz[TR2] they would pay someone to do that [03:36] schestowitz[TR2] so he is not a millionaire [03:36] schestowitz[TR2] he's just a troubled man [03:36] admfubar https://news.itsfoss.com/intel-linux-exodus/ [03:36] TR Bot Intel's Linux Exodus: CPU Temperature Monitoring and Critical Drivers Orphaned [03:36] schestowitz[TR2] the "cost [03:36] schestowitz[TR2] " of losing Intel [03:37] schestowitz[TR2] Intel so-started OSDL [03:37] schestowitz[TR2] but at the same time it shiled Windows, as it still does [03:37] schestowitz[TR2] all this "hey hi PCs" [03:37] schestowitz[TR2] hype [03:37] schestowitz[TR2] *shilled [03:38] schestowitz[TR2] "What is happening at Intel?" [03:38] schestowitz[TR2] read the news [03:38] schestowitz[TR2] don't ask [03:38] IsambardPrince Mark sees his business as being a landlord. [03:39] IsambardPrince This guy sees it as being a slumlord that says buildings he's allowing to fall over into the street with roaches and all are "appreciating". [03:40] TR News IBM Cloud hit by fourth major outage since May as authentication failures expose systemic issues https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k2mpyssw https://www.networkworld.com/article/4037965/ibm-cloud-hit-by-fourth-major-outage-since-may-as-authentication-failures-expose-systemic-issues.html "Incompetence. Laziness. Hiring woke practices. Poor recruitment. Poor training." [03:40] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k2mpyssw ) [03:40] TR Bot IBM Cloud hit by fourth major outage since May as authentication failures expose systemic issues | Network World [03:41] TR News "Stanford layoffs: University fires more than 360 employees; blames Trumps federal funding policies" [03:42] TR News "Replaced by HEY HI" and "Fired because of investment in HEY HI" are deliberate lies spread by corrupt, bribed, villainous media [03:42] TR News It's like saying the economy sags because of fake things called "crypto" [03:44] TR News Former PlayStation Boss Throws Shade at Xbox Game Pass https://gamerant.com/former-playstation-boss-shawn-layden-criticize-xbox-game-pass/ [03:44] TR Bot Former PlayStation Boss Throws Shade at Xbox Game Pass [03:44] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Loyola just had a bunch of layoffs too. [03:45] TR News OH, THEY MUST BE REPLACED BY HEY HI OR DUE TO INVESTMENT IN HEY HI!! https://mynorthwest.com/local/t-mobile-layoffs/4120828 [03:45] TR Bot T-Mobile confirms layoffs in IT department, number unknown [03:45] schestowitz[TR2] Loyola? [03:45] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I told Chris the superintendent "I don't know how it works, but can't you just randomly inspect apartments and throw out anyone who is in there trashing the place and obviously causing pest problems?" [03:45] IsambardPrince They have the right to enter with reasonable notice and inspect the unit. It's in every lease. [03:46] IsambardPrince You post 24 hours ahead that you'll be coming in tomorrow at noon and watch how fast they all run to the dumpster. [03:46] IsambardPrince If you do it every 6 months or so then they'll get in the habit of cleaning because they know an inspection happens about twice a year. [03:47] IsambardPrince If you walk in on something that looks like a horror movie, you throw them out. [03:47] IsambardPrince Loyola? [03:47] IsambardPrince Loyola University [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] never heard of it [03:48] IsambardPrince It's in Roger's Park (Chicago) [03:48] IsambardPrince https://www.luc.edu/ [03:48] TR Bot Loyola University Chicago | Loyola University Chicago [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] maybe ontario criminal lives across the hall [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] and let the meals out [03:49] IsambardPrince He did say lobsters are basically "sea cockroaches". [03:49] TR News Reporter Who Died in Russian Captivity https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-08-08/ukraine-buries-reporter-who-died-in-russian-captivity-urges-release-of-others [03:49] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-08-08/ukraine-buries-reporter-who-died-in-russian-captivity-urges-release-of-others ) [03:50] IsambardPrince Cockroaches are pretty fast bugs. [03:50] TR News Pro-Russian hacker group more active than ever after Europol takedown https://nltimes.nl/2025/08/08/pro-russian-hacker-group-active-ever-europol-takedown [03:50] TR Bot Pro-Russian hacker group more active than ever after Europol takedown | NL Times [03:50] IsambardPrince They can move at about 3.6 miles per hour. [03:50] IsambardPrince That's the equivalent of a human running at over 200 miles an hour. [03:50] IsambardPrince That's why you have to trick them. [03:51] IsambardPrince Leave a nightlight on but don't flip the main light on. [03:51] IsambardPrince Go in there and look around quietly and smack them with the electric flyswatter if there's any in view. [03:52] TR News Russia Restricts Telegram, WhatsApp Calls, Citing Law Breaches https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-08-13/russia-restricts-telegram-whatsapp-calls-citing-law-breaches [03:52] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-08-13/russia-restricts-telegram-whatsapp-calls-citing-law-breaches ) [03:52] IsambardPrince I think I took out the adults. [03:52] TR News Russia Restricts Calls Via WhatsApp and Telegram, the Latest Step to Control the Internet https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-08-13/russia-restricts-calls-via-whatsapp-and-telegram-the-latest-step-to-control-the-internet" [03:52] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-08-13/russia-restricts-calls-via-whatsapp-and-telegram-the-latest-step-to-control-the-internet ) [03:53] IsambardPrince I electrocuted over 100 of them. [03:53] IsambardPrince I started finding them dying of bug poison today. [03:53] TR News Norway Spy Chief Blames Russian Hackers for Dam Sabotage in April https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-08-13/norway-spy-chief-blames-russian-hackers-for-dam-sabotage-in-april [03:53] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-08-13/norway-spy-chief-blames-russian-hackers-for-dam-sabotage-in-april ) [03:54] TR News Russia Is Suspected to Be Behind Breach of Federal Court Filing System https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/us/politics/russia-hack-federal-court-system.html [03:54] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/us/politics/russia-hack-federal-court-system.html ) [03:54] TR News To fake its size, based on borrowed 'money' that it does not even have! https://apnews.com/article/tiktok-bytedance-trump-perplexity-87988733973760927bb5681f7de9b9af [03:54] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://apnews.com/article/tiktok-bytedance-trump-perplexity-87988733973760927bb5681f7de9b9af ) [03:55] TR News TikTok FOMO spam the usual from ibtimes https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/kendra-hilty-woman-behind-tiktoks-i-fell-love-my-psychiatrist-drama-goes-viral-again-1741006 [03:55] TR Bot Kendra Hilty, Woman Behind TikTok's 'I Fell in Love with My Psychiatrist' Drama, Goes Viral Again Here's Why | IBTimes UK [03:55] TR News https://www.dw.com/en/ukrainian-war-correspondent-roshchyna-buried-in-kyiv/a-70516830 [03:55] TR Bot war correspondent Roshchyna buried in Kyiv DW 08/08/2025 [03:56] TR News war correspondent Roshchyna buried in Kyiv https://www.dw.com/en/ukrainian-war-correspondent-roshchyna-buried-in-kyiv/a-70516830 [03:59] TR News In Ukraine's occupied Luhansk, many 'struggling to get by' https://www.dw.com/en/in-ukraine-s-occupied-luhansk-many-struggling-to-get-by/a-73585747 [03:59] TR Bot Ukraine's occupied Luhansk, many 'struggling to get by' DW 08/10/2025 ● Aug 15 [04:00] TR News Disclaimer https://xkcd.com/3126/ [04:00] TR Bot Disclaimer [04:00] TR News Where Babies Come From https://xkcd.com/3127/ [04:00] TR Bot Where Babies Come From [04:01] TR News Thread Meeting https://xkcd.com/3128/ [04:01] TR Bot Thread Meeting [04:01] TR News Microsoft's fsfe: After 100 days: German government falls short on Free Software https://fsfe.org/news/2025/news-20250812-01.en.html [04:01] TR Bot After 100 days: German government falls short on Free Software policy - FSFE [04:03] TR News "PakOS 12 (End of 10) is made possible with support from Gelecek IT Solutions and AXI Technologies (Pakistan), two humble startups, of which i am proud to be part of" https://sourceforge.net/projects/pakos/files/ PakOS 2025-08-13 now out [04:03] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://sourceforge.net/projects/pakos/files/ ) [04:23] admfubar https://nerds.xyz/2025/08/plex-update-security-flaw/ [04:23] TR Bot Plex users urged to update Media Server after security flaw exposed [04:24] admfubar yo ho, yo ho, a pirating we go... https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/08/14/2158204/impoverished-streaming-services-are-driving-viewers-back-to-piracy [04:24] TR Bot Impoverished Streaming Services Are Driving Viewers Back to Piracy - Slashdot [04:26] admfubar https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/08/11/2248200/the-dead-need-right-to-delete-their-data-so-they-cant-be-ai-ified-lawyer-says [04:26] TR Bot The Dead Need Right To Delete Their Data So They Can't Be AI-ified, Lawyer Says - Slashdot [04:26] schestowitz[TR2] profiled [04:27] schestowitz[TR2] now they call everything "hey hi" something [04:27] schestowitz[TR2] this is not a new problem [04:27] schestowitz[TR2] goes back decades [04:31] admfubar https://www.techdirt.com/2025/08/13/uk-court-ruling-leaves-wikipedia-facing-years-of-uncertainty-under-online-safety-act/ [04:31] TR Bot Court Ruling Leaves Wikipedia Facing Years Of Uncertainty Under Online Safety Act | Techdirt [04:31] IsambardPrince I filled some crevices in the trim with roach powder. [04:31] IsambardPrince They can eat up. [04:32] IsambardPrince It's a generous portion too. [04:32] admfubar https://www.techdirt.com/2025/08/08/disney-scraps-deepfake-dwayne-johnson-after-lawyers-panic-about-the-public-domain/ [04:32] TR Bot Scraps Deepfake Dwayne Johnson After Lawyers Panic About The Public Domain | Techdirt [04:34] TR News Techrights "Maybe the Problem is You" https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/15/Maybe_the_Problem_is_You.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/15/Maybe_the_Problem_is_You.gmi [04:34] TR Bot Techrights "Maybe the Problem is You" [04:38] TR News "I'm visiting a relatively large city, and by that I mean a few million people in the metro area. It's my second time here when I was not just passing through on the way to "somewhere else."" gemini://genxalt.pollux.casa/gemlog/2025-08-14_Loners_and_Vacation.gmi [04:41] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 15/08/2025: ADHD and "Random Weird Things" https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/15/Gemini_Links_15_08_2025_ADHD_and_Random_Weird_Things.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/15/Gemini_Links_15_08_2025_ADHD_and_Random_Weird_Things.gmi [04:41] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 15/08/2025: ADHD and "Random Weird Things" [04:42] TR News 10 years ago: The Problem Of Software Licensing https://letsgolarval.wordpress.com/2015/08/03/the-problem-of-software-licensing/ [04:42] TR Bot The Problem Of Software Licensing | Let's Go Larval [04:46] IsambardPrince I poured roach powder all along the trim out in the hallway and across my door entrance. So if any of them try to slip in from the hallway (or out) they die. [04:46] IsambardPrince But to them it seems like food. [04:47] IsambardPrince https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms_WY0s_1XM [04:47] TR Bot https://invidious.slipfox.xyz/watch?v=Ms_WY0s_1XM [04:47] TR Bot ww25.invidious.slipfox.xyz | NO TITLE [04:47] IsambardPrince :) [04:47] IsambardPrince Jean-Luc Picard - The Line Must Be Drawn Here [04:59] TR News Techrights GNU OS, Powered by Hurd https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/15/GNU_OS_Powered_by_Hurd.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/15/GNU_OS_Powered_by_Hurd.gmi [04:59] TR Bot Techrights GNU OS, Powered by Hurd ● Aug 15 [05:16] TR News Techrights Techrights and Tux Machines Running as Usual During Vacations https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/15/Techrights_and_Tux_Machines_Running_as_Usual_During_Vacations.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/15/Techrights_and_Tux_Machines_Running_as_Usual_During_Vacations.gmi [05:16] TR Bot Techrights Techrights and Tux Machines Running as Usual During Vacations [05:37] IsambardPrince Stuff just keeps dying where I sprayed the hallway. [05:37] IsambardPrince I found a pile of dead spiders out there today. [05:39] TR News Techrights The Relations Between the United States and Europe Deteriorate, Should Europe Continue to Rely on American Tech Giants? https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/15/The_Relations_Between_the_United_States_and_Europe_Deteriorate_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/15/The_Relations_Between_the_United_States_and_Europe_Deteriorate_.gmi [05:39] TR Bot Techrights The Relations Between the United States and Europe Deteriorate, Should Europe Continue to Rely on American Tech Giants? [05:40] IsambardPrince Of course it shouldn't. [05:40] IsambardPrince But neither should Americans. [05:51] psydruid > [notice] arstechnica.com | Starlink tries to block Virginias plan to bring fiber Internet to residents - Ars Technica [05:51] psydruid Only in America, where private interests always Trump those of the public [05:55] psydruid > [notice] techrights.org | Techrights The Relations Between the United States and Europe Deteriorate, Should Europe Continue to Rely on American Tech Giants? [05:55] psydruid 'Peace of mind' for the EU and Ukraine from not engaging their brains at all [05:55] *admfubar has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Aug 15 [06:06] psydruid https://www.currysplc.com/sustainable-business/modern-slavery-statement/ [06:06] TR Bot Modern Slavery Statement | Currys PLC [06:06] schestowitz[TR2] :) [06:06] schestowitz[TR2] i checked nationwide's this week [06:06] schestowitz[TR2] at the bank [06:06] psydruid "We aim to enslave our customers to Microsoft software" [06:06] schestowitz[TR2] it was laughable [06:06] schestowitz[TR2] some suits' BS [06:06] schestowitz[TR2] with lousy charts [06:07] schestowitz[TR2] clearly marketing [06:07] schestowitz[TR2] nothing of substanc [06:07] schestowitz[TR2] ejust so they can point to some 'page' (PDF) [06:07] schestowitz[TR2] and say, [06:07] schestowitz[TR2] "heree, we have this policy document" [06:08] psydruid that's like waving your CoC [06:09] *admfubar (~admfubar@ae6yc8gqwe7jq.irc) has joined #techrights [06:10] TR 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[08:57] IsambardPrince This guy is in trouble and selling buildings. [08:57] IsambardPrince He made a very bad move buying this place. [08:57] IsambardPrince He should have used the cash out refi to pay down the mortgage on one of his others. [08:58] IsambardPrince Not start another one. ● Aug 15 [09:03] TR News Techrights Microsoft is Still Losing Cyprus https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/15/Microsoft_is_Still_Losing_Cyprus.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/15/Microsoft_is_Still_Losing_Cyprus.gmi [09:03] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft is Still Losing Cyprus [09:11] schestowitz[TR2] poser [09:12] TR News "A PlayStation classic returns. The shoot 'em up R-Type Delta: HD Boosted was announced with a PC release coming in November." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/r-type-delta-hd-boosted-announced-for-release-in-november/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [09:12] TR Bot Delta: HD Boosted announced for release in November | GamingOnLinux [09:12] TR News "After some setbacks, Pixeljam are readying a fresh Kickstarter to help fund the prehistoric multiplayer racing platformer Dino Run 2, along with a fresh demo." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/long-awaited-prehistoric-multiplayer-platformer-dino-run-2-is-heading-back-to-kickstarter-with-a-new-demo/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [09:12] TR Bot prehistoric multiplayer platformer Dino Run 2 is heading back to Kickstarter with a new demo | GamingOnLinux [09:13] TR News "I'm having to be steadily more careful on what I choose to cover here on GamingOnLinux, with more games releasing using generative AI." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/some-game-developers-are-far-too-shameless-about-generative-ai-use/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [09:13] TR Bot game developers are far too shameless about generative AI use | GamingOnLinux [09:13] TR News "While there's still no clear release date yet, The Jackbox Party Pack 11 is shaping up to be quite a fun looking set." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/the-jackbox-party-pack-11-gets-all-games-revealed-along-with-a-new-trailer/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [09:13] TR Bot Jackbox Party Pack 11 gets all games revealed along with a new trailer | GamingOnLinux [09:14] TR News "Splatterbot is one you're going to need to stick into your party game rotation, with up to four players trying to make the biggest possible mess." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/make-the-biggest-mess-possible-in-the-local-multiplayer-game-splatterbot-releasing-september-4/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [09:14] TR Bot the biggest mess possible in the local multiplayer game Splatterbot - releasing September 4 | GamingOnLinux [09:19] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], This place Mark has looks pretty nice. [09:20] IsambardPrince At the time we moved, this was the only building he allowed cats in. [09:20] IsambardPrince But I talked to him and he said he'd make an exception for us because we never gave him trouble,. ● Aug 15 [11:34] schestowitz[TR2] move there [11:34] schestowitz[TR2] asap [11:34] TR News "Oceaneers is definitely one of the games I'm most excited to see, with it's interesting take on survival and colony building across a flooded world." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/with-a-flooded-world-survival-crafting-sim-oceaneers-is-getting-a-proper-demo-september-25/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [11:34] TR Bot a flooded world, survival-crafting sim Oceaneers is getting a proper demo September 25 | GamingOnLinux [11:35] TR News "Archrebel Tactics looks awesome if you're into challenging sci-fi strategy games, and now it has MicroProse backing it as publisher." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/inspired-by-classics-like-ufo-enemy-unknown-xcom-archrebel-tactics-gets-microprose-backing/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [11:35] TR Bot by classics like UFO: Enemy Unknown / XCOM - Archrebel Tactics gets MicroProse backing | GamingOnLinux [11:35] TR News "Platypus Reclayed revives the classic 2002 claymation shooter for the next-generation. A demo is up now and it's releasing September 18th." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/clay-animated-shoot-em-up-platypus-reclayed-releases-september-18/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [11:35] TR Bot shoot 'em up Platypus Reclayed releases September 18 | GamingOnLinux [11:35] TR News "The Humble Point Blank Bundle has more quality games for you to build up your collection." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/get-some-quality-shooters-in-the-humble-point-blank-bundle/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [11:35] TR Bot some quality shooters in the Humble Point Blank Bundle | GamingOnLinux [11:37] TR News "Oracle VirtualBox Licensing Tweak Lies in Wait for Unwary" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/08/12/1155214 [11:37] TR Bot Oracle VirtualBox Licensing Tweak Lies in Wait for Unwary - SoylentNews [11:37] TR News "Refrigerators have DRM on them, To force you to buy $50 water filters or it won't dispense water" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/refrigerators-have-drm-on-them,-to-force:1 [11:37] TR Bot Refrigerators have DRM on them, To force you to buy $50 water filters or it won't dispense water [11:37] TR News "Trump Privately Dismissed Epstein Victims as Democrats" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-privately-dismissed-epstein-victims-democrats-1235407549/ http://techrights.org/o/2020/01/10/gates-sponsored-mit/ [11:37] TR Bot Trump Privately Dismissed Epstein Victims as Democrats [11:37] TR Bot Massachusetts Institute of Tall Tales (MIT) Covers Up Bill Gates Bribery of MIT Through a High-Profile Pedophile, Citing No Evidence Other Than Representatives of Gates Himself [11:38] TR News "Debian 13 "Trixie" and Debian "Hurd 2025" Released" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/08/12/180244#1413665 topic in http://techrights.org/n/2025/08/15/GNU_OS_Powered_by_Hurd.shtml [11:38] TR Bot Debian 13 "Trixie" and Debian "Hurd 2025" Released - SoylentNews [11:38] TR Bot Techrights GNU OS, Powered by Hurd [11:38] TR News "Harvard Business School on the Value of Open Source Software" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/08/13/1621256 [11:38] TR Bot Harvard Business School on the Value of Open Source Software - SoylentNews [11:39] TR News Microsoft booster and spammer is back... to produce Microsoft-sponsored SPAM in this trash site https://thenewstack.io/microsoft-and-the-rise-of-the-full-stack-builder/ [11:39] TR Bot Microsoft and the Rise of the Full-Stack Builder - The New Stack [11:40] TR News "Pluralistic: Magas boss class think they are immune to American carnage" https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/13/then-they-came-for-me/ [11:40] TR Bot Pluralistic: Magas boss class think they are immune to American carnage (13 Aug 2025) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [11:40] TR News This somehow omits the critical licensing changes? https://linuxiac.com/virtualbox-7-2-lands-with-arm-windows-virtualization/ [11:40] TR Bot VirtualBox 7.2 Lands with ARM Windows Virtualization, Linux Video Acceleration [11:41] TR News iophk: another bailout for Wintel, despite unrepairable hardware design exploits https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/u-s-govt-mulls-taking-a-stake-in-intel-to-speed-up-ohio-campus-fab-build-out [11:41] TR Bot Trump administration reportedly mulls investing in Intel to bolster national security direct cash assistance would speed Ohio fab build out | Tom's Hardware [11:44] TR News "Tipped Wage" https://fair.org/home/people-dont-know-the-deep-inequities-baked-into-the-tipped-wage/ | Source: FAIR [11:44] TR Bot People Dont Know the Deep Inequities Baked Into the Tipped Wage: FAIR [11:46] TR News (NEW): Games: Humble Point Blank Bundle, Platypus Reclayed, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/15/Games_Humble_Point_Blank_Bundle_Platypus_Reclayed_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/15/Games_Humble_Point_Blank_Bundle_Platypus_Reclayed_and_More.gmi [11:46] TR Bot Tux Machines Games: Humble Point Blank Bundle, Platypus Reclayed, and More [11:48] TR News "video features footage of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents training and doing immigration raids" https://www.404media.co/ice-propaganda-video-that-used-jay-z-song-hit-with-copyright-takedown/ | Source: 404 Media [11:48] TR Bot ICE Propaganda Video That Used Jay-Z Song Hit With Copyright Takedown [11:49] TR News [Old] "The shift, announced late Wednesday by the band's spokesman, Dennis McNally, means that the Live Music Archive" https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/02/arts/music/deadheads-must-be-satisfied-with-1300-audience-tapings.html | Source: New York Times [11:49] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/02/arts/music/deadheads-must-be-satisfied-with-1300-audience-tapings.html ) [11:50] TR News "agencies keep communicating through ad hoc" https://pxlnv.com/linklog/ice-group-chat/ | Source: Nick Heer [11:50] TR Bot ICE Adds Random Person to Group Chat About Live Manhunt Pixel Envy [11:50] TR News "Filmmakers were told they had to make editorial changes specifically identifying horrific footage that was livestreamed by Hamas on October 7, 2023, footage that had already been seen publicly." https://deadline.com/2025/08/tiff-pulls-october-7-documentary-from-lineup-1236484968/ | Source: Deadline [11:50] TR Bot TIFF Pulls October 7 Documentary From Lineup [11:51] TR News "But just in case there is actually someone out there who thinks that TIFF faces a legal risk that a Hamas operative who filmed his attack on October 7th might sue it for screening a film that includes that video footage" https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/08/tiffremoval/ | Source: Michael Geist [11:51] TR Bot TIFF Removes October 7th Documentary Film From Schedule Citing Implausible Copyright Clearance Concerns From Hamas Terror Footage - Michael Geist [11:52] TR News "Moscow claims the encrypted apps are used for deceit and extortion. Meta says its a push to get Russians onto less secure services to allow government surveillance." https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/08/14/russia-block-whatsapp-telegram-ban/ | Source: The Washington Post [11:52] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/08/14/russia-block-whatsapp-telegram-ban/ ) [11:58] TR News Misinformation https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/magas-feelings-dont-care-about-your | Source: Paul Krugman [11:58] TR Bot MAGAs Feelings Dont Care About Your Facts [11:59] TR News "Designing network topology and managing Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)" https://blog.apnic.net/2025/08/15/your-elected-leaders-dr-kenny-huang-apnic-ec-chair/ | Source: APNIC [11:59] TR Bot Your elected leaders: Dr Kenny Huang, APNIC EC Chair | APNIC Blog ● Aug 15 [12:00] TR News "In a world where countries are exploring moving their infrastructures over to sovereign tech" https://werd.io/funding-open-source-like-public-infrastructure/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller [12:00] TR Bot Funding Open Source like public infrastructure [12:03] TR News "Gov. Jeff Landry is voicing a change of heart regarding the Solar for All program" https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/solar/louisiana-governor-goes-from-praising-to-panning-solar-for-all-program/ | Source: Renewable Energy World [12:03] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/solar/louisiana-governor-goes-from-praising-to-panning-solar-for-all-program/ ) [12:05] TR News Sweden: nearly out of water ... ... ... pretty much whole south (iophk) https://www.stockholmvattenochavfall.se/artiklar-listsida/nyheter/spara-vatten/ https://www.lansstyrelsen.se/kronoberg/miljo-och-vatten/vattenlaget-i-lanet.html https://www.krisinformation.se/en/hazards-and-risks/disasters-and-incidents/2025/risk-of-water-shortage [12:05] TR Bot Anstrngt lge i vattenproduktionen spara p kranvattnet! | Stockholm Vatten och Avfall [12:05] TR Bot Vattenlget i lnet | Lnsstyrelsen Kronoberg [12:05] TR Bot of water shortage - Krisinformation.se [12:08] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [12:11] TR News "thousands of files" https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/ex-intel-engineer-sentenced-for-sharing-secrets-with-microsoft-gets-two-years-of-probation-and-usd34k-fine-for-stealing-thousands-of-files-that-may-have-landed-them-a-new-job-with-the-company | Source: Tom's Hardware [12:11] TR Bot Ex-Intel engineer sentenced for sharing secrets with Microsoft gets two years of probation and $34k fine for stealing 'thousands of files' that may have landed them a new job with the company | Tom's Hardware [12:11] TR News [Old] "his Microsoft-issued " https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/02/ex-intel-worker-pleads-guilty-to-stealing-trade-secrets.html | Source: The Oregonian [12:11] TR Bot worker pleads guilty to stealing trade secrets - oregonlive.com [12:12] TR News "Local media previously reported that the [attackers] breached the dams control system" https://therecord.media/norway-police-suspect-pro-russian-hackers-dam-sabotage | Source: The Record [12:12] TR Bot Norway police believe pro-Russian hackers were behind April dam sabotage | The Record from Recorded Future News [12:12] TR News "For politicians to make good policy" https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/14/bellovin/#wont-someone-think-of-the-cryptographers | Source: CoryDoctorow [12:12] TR Bot Pluralistic: Privacy preserving age verification is bullshit (14 Aug 2025) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [12:13] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [12:13] TR News "I recently came across https://theyseeyourphotos.com/, a hidden ad landing page acting as a small tool that shows your photos reveal a lot of private information for bots to ingest." https://brainbaking.com/post/2025/08/what-exif-data-reveals-about-your-site/ | Source: Wouter Groeneveld [12:13] TR Bot They See Your Photos [12:13] TR Bot What Exif Data Reveals About Your Site | Brain Baking [12:14] TR News "under certain circumstances passkeys..." https://www.securityweek.com/passkey-login-bypassed-via-webauthn-process-manipulation/ | Source: Security Week [12:14] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/passkey-login-bypassed-via-webauthn-process-manipulation/ ) [12:15] TR News Windows TCO https://www.wired.com/story/the-first-federal-cybersecurity-disaster-of-trump-20-has-arrived/ | Source: Wired [12:15] TR Bot First Federal Cybersecurity Disaster of Trump 2.0 Has Arrived | WIRED [12:18] TR News Social Control Media https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/08/study-social-media-probably-cant-be-fixed/ | Source: Ars Technica [12:18] TR Bot Study: Social media probably cant be fixed - Ars Technica [12:18] TR News "Social [control] media platforms have been widely linked to societal harms" https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.03385 | Source: arXiv [12:18] TR Bot [2508.03385] Can We Fix Social Media? Testing Prosocial Interventions using Generative Social Simulation [12:19] TR News "You might think the issue involves the government-advocated data centres that use vast amounts of fresh water each day for cooling." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/14/defra-says-delete-your-emails-to-save-water/ | Source: Pivot to AI [12:19] TR Bot DEFRA says: delete your emails to save water?! Pivot to AI [12:19] TR News "As expected, this what is happening to AI. " https://blog.dshr.org/2025/08/the-drugs-are-taking-hold.html | Source: David Rosenthal [12:19] TR Bot DSHR's Blog: The Drugs Are Taking Hold [12:20] TR News "In The Selling Of AI I compared the market strategy behind the AI bubble to the drug-dealer's algorithm, "the first one's free". As the drugs take hold of an addict, three things happen: Their price rises. The addict needs bigger doses for the same effect. Their deleterious effects kick in." [12:21] TR News "For the last two decades, SEO has been a battle for position. In the age of agentic AI, it becomes a battle for perception." https://www.jonoalderson.com/conjecture/propaganda-perception-reputation-hacking/ | Source: Jono Alderson [12:21] TR Bot On propaganda, perception, and reputation hacking - Jono Alderson [12:24] TR News "Ive been popping up in a few places lately. Heres a round-up: a talk, an academic paper, and a blog post." https://interconnected.org/home/2025/08/14/elsewhere | Source: Matt Webb [12:24] TR Bot Me talking about AI elsewhere (Interconnected) [12:24] TR News "Today, we face a familiar crisis of contextualized intelligence, but this time its not human code thats ambiguous, its the derived machine code." https://www.flyingpenguin.com/?p=71603 | Source: Flyngpenguin [12:24] TR Bot AI Dangle: Why the sketch.dev Integrity Breach Demands Human Accountability, Not Technical Cages | flyingpenguin [12:24] TR News "This is an integrity failure. Specifically, its a failure of processing integrity." https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/08/llm-coding-integrity-breach.html | Source: Bruce Schneier [12:24] TR Bot Coding Integrity Breach - Schneier on Security [12:31] *IsambardPrince has quit (Quit: Leaving) [12:31] TR News "As will become clear, I do not think this is a very good paper." https://www.seangoedecke.com/real-reasoning/ | Source: Sean Goedecke [12:31] TR Bot Is chain-of-thought AI reasoning a mirage? [12:31] TR News "And (if the bottomless pit example werent now in the training data), I bet any new language model would do just fine filling in the blanks with something similarly funny." https://www.seangoedecke.com/bottomless-pit/ | Source: Sean Goedecke [12:31] TR Bot The famous "bottomless pit" AI greentext is fake [12:32] TR News "When you give an AI agent access to your infrastructure with the goal of improve system performance, you cant predict whether it will optimize efficiency or find creative shortcuts that break other systems, like dropping your database altogether." https://unmitigatedrisk.com/?p=1075 | Source: Unmitigated Risk [12:32] TR Bot From Persistent to Ephemeral: Why AI Agents Need Fresh Identity for Every Mission | UNMITIGATED RISK [12:32] TR News [Old] "As part of our work as Junior Fellows, we have been involved in research on HyperCard, a discontinued Apple program used to design a wide range of computer applications in the late-1980s and 1990s." https://blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/2021/07/all-hyped-up-for-hypercard-further-adventures-with-an-apple-legacy-format/ | Source: US Library of Congress [12:33] TR News "I knew about the PSP long before I got one, since a couple of friends or family members had them, giving me a chance to experience glimpses of its greatness." https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/early-psp-memories/ | Source: Joel Chrono [12:33] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 200 @ https://blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/2021/07/all-hyped-up-for-hypercard-further-adventures-with-an-apple-legacy-format/ ) [12:33] TR Bot Early PSP memories [12:34] TR News "The flaw, identified as /CVE-2025-49457, has been classified with a CVSS score of 9.6, signaling its high severity." https://thecyberexpress.com/critical-zoom-vulnerability-cve-2025-49457/ | Source: Cyble Inc [12:34] TR Bot Critical Zoom Vulnerability CVE-2025-49457 Poses Risks [12:35] TR News "post on days" https://ljpuk.net/2025/08/13/i-wouldnt-want-to-read-my-blog-either-when-it-reflects-my-own-mental-health-trends/ | Source: Lee Peterson [12:35] TR Bot I wouldnt want to read my blog either when it reflects my own mental health trends LJPUK [12:42] TR News "I even understand those who buy a mouse full of buttons and functions because they need or make use of the extras. Gamers, video editors who else?" https://manualdousuario.net/en/my-favorite-mouse-logitech-m110-silent-m90/ | Source: Rodrigo Ghedin [12:42] TR Bot My favorite mouse costs less than USD 10 Manual do Usurio [12:42] TR News "On one hand, this is a simple story about a president who appears to have been influenced by a powerful executive lobbying in his companys interest." https://www.wired.com/story/nvidia-chips-export-controls-trump-h20-security/ | Source: Wired [12:42] TR Bot Trump Flip-Flopped on Nvidia Selling H20 Chips to China | WIRED [12:43] TR News "In my professional life, Ive had several bestselling books published by New York publishers" https://kk.org/thetechnium/everything-i-know-about-self-publishing/ | Source: Kevin Kelly [12:43] TR Bot The Technium: Everything I Know about Self-Publishing [12:43] TR News "Anyway, just my regular reminder to be careful where you get your science info." https://birchtree.me/blog/a-couple-videos-about-bad-science/ | Source: Matt Birchler [12:43] TR Bot A couple videos about bad science [12:45] TR News "But a single strand of hair woven into the cord tells a very different story." https://www.sciencenews.org/article/hair-inca-recordkeeping-commoner | Source: Science News [12:45] TR Bot A 104-centimeter-long hair could rewrite recordkeeping in Inca society [12:46] TR News "But as a philosopher of science and public policy, I argue that some forms of openness can actually reduce trust." https://theconversation.com/why-being-open-about-science-can-make-people-trust-it-less-and-what-to-do-about-it-261410 | Source: The Conversation [12:46] TR Bot Why being open about science can make people trust it less - and what to do about it [12:47] TR News "Im participating in Blaugust this month" https://hamatti.org/posts/blog-comments-a-must-have-or-fun-extra/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala [12:47] TR Bot Blog comments, a must-have or fun extra? : Juha-Matti Santala [12:47] TR News "I should disclose that I am broadly wary of surveys. I am also not a researcher." https://adrianroselli.com/2025/08/my-thoughts-on-the-state-of-surveys.html | Source: Adriaan Roselli [12:47] TR Bot My Thoughts on the State of Surveys Adrian Roselli [12:47] *SomeGoat (~SomeGoat@r9ruxqydtdctn.irc) has joined #techrights [12:50] TR News "Here I am using WatsonAI internally for IBM AskHr. And, not once has it ever answered any of my questions. WatsonAI is the d-mbest AI on the planet. Period." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k2n6mfy7 [12:50] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k2n6mfy7 ) [12:53] TR News (NEW): Back to being FOSS, Redis delivers a new, faster version The Register https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/15/Back_to_being_FOSS_Redis_delivers_a_new_faster_version_The_Regi.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/15/Back_to_being_FOSS_Redis_delivers_a_new_faster_version_The_Regi.gmi [12:53] TR Bot Tux Machines Back to being FOSS, Redis delivers a new, faster version The Register [12:58] TR News AAEON Leverages MediaTek Genio SoCs for Latest SMARC Modules uCOM-M700 and uCOM-M510 https://linuxgizmos.com/aaeon-leverages-mediatek-genio-socs-for-latest-smarc-modules-ucom-m700-and-ucom-m510/ [12:58] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/aaeon-leverages-mediatek-genio-socs-for-latest-smarc-modules-ucom-m700-and-ucom-m510/ ) [12:59] TR News Techrights Links 15/08/2025: German Government Falls Short on Free Software, Russians Breach EU Systems https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/15/Links_15_08_2025_German_Government_Falls_Short_on_Free_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/15/Links_15_08_2025_German_Government_Falls_Short_on_Free_Software.gmi [12:59] TR Bot Techrights Links 15/08/2025: German Government Falls Short on Free Software, Russians Breach EU Systems ● Aug 15 [13:05] TR News Yesterday, I finally got around to moving my Discourse forum to a new hoster." https://zottmann.org/2025/08/14/moving-my-discourse-forum-to.html | Source: Carlo Zottmann [13:05] TR Bot Carlo Zottmann - Moving my Discourse forum to a new managed host [13:06] TR News "So the question becomes: how hard is it to understand the details that are being intentionally hidden away?" https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/choosing-tools-for-making-websites/ | Source: Jim Nielsen [13:06] TR Bot Choosing Tools To Make Websites - Jim Nielsens Blog [13:07] TR News "Suppose, not hypothetically, that you have an Unbound server with multiple network interfaces, at least two (which I will call A and B), and you'd like Unbound to listen on all of the interfaces." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/UnboundListenAllInterfaces | Source: University of Toronto [13:07] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser [13:07] TR News "tired old meme that centering in CSS is impossible has never been so irrelevant. In fact, Id argue theres almost too many options now." https://piccalil.li/blog/another-article-about-centering-in-css/?ref=main-rss-feed | Source: Andy Bell [13:07] TR Bot Another article about centering in CSS - Piccalilli [13:07] TR News "The only question is when. Too soon, and you'll run head-first into early-adopter pain points. Too late, and you'll miss out on time-saving improvements." https://2025.stateofcss.com/en-US | [13:07] TR Bot State of CSS 2025 [13:08] TR News How To Setup Virtual Host Apache on Rocky GNU/Linux 10 https://idroot.us/setup-virtual-host-apache-rocky-linux-10/ [13:08] TR Bot How To Setup Virtual Host Apache on Rocky Linux 10 - idroot [13:09] TR News How To Install Podman on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-podman-debian-13/ [13:09] TR Bot How To Install Podman on Debian 13 - idroot [13:10] TR News How to Change MAC Address on Ubuntu https://idroot.us/change-mac-address-ubuntu/ [13:10] TR Bot How to Change MAC Address on Ubuntu - idroot [13:10] TR News How To Install AMD Radeon Drivers on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-amd-radeon-drivers-debian-13/ [13:10] TR Bot How To Install AMD Radeon Drivers on Debian 13 - idroot [13:11] TR News How To Configure Static IP Address and DNS on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/configure-static-ip-address-and-dns-debian-13/ [13:11] TR Bot How To Configure Static IP Address and DNS on Debian 13 - idroot [13:12] TR News How To Install [Bard slop] CLI on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-gemini-cli-ubuntu-24-04/ [13:12] TR Bot How To Install Gemini CLI on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - idroot [13:12] TR News How To Install Incus on openSUSE https://idroot.us/install-incus-opensuse/ [13:12] TR Bot How To Install Incus on openSUSE - idroot [13:21] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [13:46] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [13:52] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [13:54] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [13:59] *fouilleur (xcwdufadz@masked-d4h.093.34.31.IP) has joined #techrights ● Aug 15 [14:00] *GNUmoon has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [14:00] *fouilleur (xcwdufadz@masked-d4h.093.34.31.IP) has left #techrights [14:00] *GNUmoon (~GNUmoon@gateway/tor-sasl/gnumoon) has joined #techrights [14:02] TR News Those are not chats but something that emulates chats by spewing our strings https://www.techzim.co.zw/2025/08/google-gemini-memory-vs-chatgpt/ [14:02] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.techzim.co.zw/2025/08/google-gemini-memory-vs-chatgpt/ ) [14:04] TR News South Korean top court rules Baby Shark song not plagiarised https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-top-court-rules-baby-shark-not-plagiarised [14:04] TR Bot South Korean top court rules Baby Shark song not plagiarised | The Straits Times [14:05] TR News YouTube Hey Hi (AI) Can Predict if Youre Under 18and Restrict Your Account Accordingly https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/08/13/youtube-ai-account-predictions/ [14:05] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/08/13/youtube-ai-account-predictions/ ) [14:07] TR News New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Clients, including Tiny Bookshop - 2025-08-13 Edition https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-clients-2025-08-13-edition/index.html [14:07] TR Bot New Steam Games with Native Linux Clients, including Tiny Bookshop - 2025-08-13 Edition [14:07] TR News Migrating from Amazon GNU/Linux 2 to Bottlerocket AMI in EKS Nodes https://kerneltalks.com/linux/migrating-from-amazon-linux-2-to-bottlerocket-ami-in-eks-nodes/ [14:07] TR Bot Migrating from Amazon Linux 2 to Bottlerocket AMI in EKS Nodes - Kernel Talks [14:09] TR News "One of the most striking additions is the new experimental garbage collector" https://linuxiac.com/go-1-25-released-with-experimental-garbage-collector-and-new-json-api/ | Source: Linuxiac [14:09] TR Bot Go 1.25 Released with Experimental Garbage Collector and New JSON API [14:09] TR News "The go module proxy caches requests from users" https://flak.tedunangst.com/post/what-is-the-go-proxy-even-doing | Source: Ted Unangst [14:09] TR Bot what is the go proxy even doing? [14:09] TR News "My implementation passed all the test cases from the Challenge" https://blogs.perl.org/users/e_choroba/2022/01/eertree-palindromic-tree.html | Source: Perl [14:09] TR Bot Palindromic Tree | E. Choroba [blogs.perl.org] [14:10] TR News "I've written some progressively faster word counting programs." https://healeycodes.com/counting-words-at-simd-speed | Source: Andrew Healey [14:10] TR Bot Counting Words at SIMD Speed Andrew Healey [14:10] TR News "Unlike Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS), which is about sharing responses across origins, CSRF is about accepting state-changing requests, even if the attacker will not see the response." https://words.filippo.io/csrf/ | Source: Filippo Valsorda [14:10] TR Bot Cross-Site Request Forgery [14:11] TR News "It was a somewhat uncomfortable debate" https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/dna-talks-and-why2025/ | Source: Bert Hubert [14:11] TR Bot WHY2025 and DNA talks - Bert Hubert's writings [14:12] TR News "When it comes to writing code that works with a database, I tend to, or at least try to, obsess over how the data is marshalled. That includes the things youd expect, like how the data is structured or what information is being stored" https://lmika.org/2025/08/15/on-the-little-things-of.html | Source: Leon Mika [14:12] TR Bot On The Little Things of Data Representation | Leon Mika [14:12] TR News "Datalog is a logic programming language. It probably looks and feels different from every other programming language you have used except for maybe SQL. It might feel similar to SQL, except SQL has a certain order to it that Datalog does not." https://bernsteinbear.com/blog/liveness-datalog/ | Source: Max Bernstein [14:12] TR Bot Liveness analysis with Datalog | Max Bernstein [14:13] TR News "And now you've got a single node PGD cluster!" https://www.enterprisedb.com/blog/set-single-node-edb-postgres-distributed-cluster-ubuntu | Source: EnterpriseDB Corporation [14:13] TR Bot Setting Up Single-Node EDB Postgres Cluster on Ubuntu [14:13] TR News "We are very excited to announce the preview release of ACME support in NGINX." https://blog.nginx.org/blog/native-support-for-acme-protocol | [14:13] TR Bot NGINX Introduces Native Support for ACME Protocol NGINX Community Blog [14:14] TR News "Every once in a while, we all feel the need to modify something that someone else built." https://natkr.com/2025-08-14-modifying-other-peoples-software/ | [14:14] TR Bot Other People's Software | natkr's ramblings [14:14] TR News "I prefer Syncthing over other tools because it runs well even on ancient hardware. It works on every operating systemI mostly use macOS and Linux, but Ive even run it on a Raspberry Pi." https://micro.webology.dev/2025/08/13/syncthing-upgrade-notes/ | Source: Jeff Triplett [14:14] TR Bot Syncthing 2.0 Upgrade Notes - Jeff Triplett's Micro.blog [14:14] TR News "Whether youre basking in the sun or bundled up for a southern winter, weve got plenty to share about whats been happening behind the scenes, and whats coming next." https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/08/thunderbird-monthly-development-digest-july-2025/ | Source: Thunderbird [14:14] TR Bot Thunderbird Monthly Development Digest - July 2025 - The Thunderbird Blog [14:15] TR News "Hey everyone! As many have noticed, the PinePhone Pro is currently out ot stock on the Pine Store." https://pine64.org/2025/08/14/august_2025_short_update/ | Source: Pine64 [14:15] TR Bot A Quick Community Update on PinePhone Pro and Whats Next - PINE64 [14:16] TR News "Many YouTube tutorials, a lot of trying, sweating, swearing, and feeling desperate later" https://jlelse.blog/thoughts/2025/08/bike-bug-fixing | Source: Jan Lukas Else [14:16] TR Bot Bike bug fixing - Jan-Lukas Else [14:17] TR News "Everything that doesnt require [Internet] must be doable with local network only with no access to Internet." https://hamatti.org/posts/network-stress-test-for-my-smart-home/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala [14:17] TR Bot Network stress test for my smart home : Juha-Matti Santala [14:18] TR News "SparkyLinux is a lightweight, Debian-base distribution." https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12525 | Source: Distro Watch [14:18] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12525 ) [14:18] *oarion7 (~ryan@e6jyc88uwxv5c.irc) has joined #techrights [14:18] TR News "Debian 13 was released last week." https://teejeetech.com/2025/08/14/debian_13_tips/ | [14:18] TR Bot Optimizing Your Debian 13 Desktop - [14:19] TR News "This adds preliminary support for USB Video Class (UVC) devices or so called "webcams"." https://lists.dragonflybsd.org/pipermail/commits/2025-July/923584.html | Source: DragonFly BSD [14:19] TR Bot git: uvc - Initial port of webcam driver from FreeBSD [14:19] *darwin has quit (Quit: peace be with you) [14:20] TR News "Did you know that when you download and flash one of our Raspberry Pi OS Lite images, youre largely flashing nothing?" https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/trimming-the-fat-flash-raspberry-pi-os-images-faster/ | Source: Raspberry Pi [14:20] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/trimming-the-fat-flash-raspberry-pi-os-images-faster/ ) [14:20] TR News "This report covers hrev58946 through hrev58986." https://www.haiku-os.org/blog/waddlesplash/2025-08-13-haiku_activity_contract_report_july_2025/ | Source: HaikuOS [14:20] TR Bot Haiku Activity & Contract Report, July 2025 | Haiku Project [14:21] TR News "Explore social learning tips, research, and strategies to engage students in your computing classroom." https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/how-social-learning-can-lead-to-better-outcomes-in-your-computing-classroom/ | Source: Raspberry Pi [14:21] TR Bot How social learning can lead to better outcomes in your computing classroom - Raspberry Pi Foundation [14:22] TR News "Red Hat OpenShift AI offers a unified AI/ML platform, providing a comprehensive environment for building, deploying, and managing AI models, including LLMs and MLOps pipelines." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/developing-standard-ai-os | Source: Red Hat Official [14:22] TR Bot Developing a standard AI OS: Unlocking production-grade AI at enterprise scale [14:22] TR News "A new open source framework,llm-d, backed by a powerhouse of contributors includingRed Hat,IBM, andGoogle, is designed to address these challenges." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/what-llm-d-and-why-do-we-need-it | Source: Red Hat Official [14:22] TR Bot What is llm-d and why do we need it? [14:23] TR News Red Hat does buzzwords because it's good at nothing else anymore? [14:24] TR News "The modules are designed for lower power consumption compared to Raspberry Pi CM4 and CM5" https://linuxgizmos.com/libre-computer-previews-solitude-and-alta-compute-modules-with-low-power-features/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [14:24] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/libre-computer-previews-solitude-and-alta-compute-modules-with-low-power-features/ ) [14:26] TR News What a joke Red Hat became... https://www.redhat.com/en/keep-your-options-open [14:26] TR Bot Red Hat | AI on your terms [14:27] TR News Red Hat pumping up a Ponzi scheme under the guise of "research" https://research.redhat.com/blog/article/from-silos-to-startups-why-universities-must-be-part-of-industrys-ai-growth/ [14:27] TR Bot From silos to startups: why universities must be part of industrys AI growth | Red Hat Research [14:28] TR News Mindless buzzword and hype boosted by Red Hat, like a con artist https://www.redhat.com/en/technically-speaking/distributed-inference-llm-d [14:28] TR Bot Technically Speaking | Inside distributed inference with llm-d [14:29] TR News Red Hat for Ponzi schemes based on false promises https://www.computerworld.com/video/4038470/why-your-entire-workforce-should-become-ai-experts.html [14:29] TR Bot your entire workforce should become AI experts Computerworld [14:30] TR News Gartner is BRIBED-for endorsements. Red Hat participates in this scam: https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-recognized-leader-second-consecutive-year-2025-gartnerr-magic-quadranttm-cloud-native-application-platforms http://techrights.org/wiki/Gartner_Group/ [14:30] TR Bot Red Hat Recognized as a Leader for Second Consecutive Year in 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud-Native Application Platforms [14:30] TR Bot Gartner Group [14:33] TR News (NEW): Red Hat Promotes Slop Instead of Technology https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/15/Red_Hat_Promotes_Slop_Instead_of_Technology.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/15/Red_Hat_Promotes_Slop_Instead_of_Technology.gmi [14:33] TR Bot Tux Machines Red Hat Promotes Slop Instead of Technology [14:43] *darwin (~darwin@ezriia7nzimpg.irc) has joined #techrights ● Aug 15 [15:10] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [15:52] TR News Slopwatch: Surveillance Giant Google News and Other Slopfarms (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/14/Slopwatch_Google_News_and_Other_Slopfarms.shtml [15:52] TR Bot Techrights Slopwatch: Google News and Other Slopfarms [15:52] TR News what is the go proxy even doing? https://flak.tedunangst.com/post/what-is-the-go-proxy-even-doing [15:53] TR Bot what is the go proxy even doing? [15:53] TR News "Proposal: ban tedunangst.com | Lobsters" https://lobste.rs/s/y6b7an/proposal_ban_tedunangst_com iophk: Apparently self-signed certificates is "trolling" the public. [15:53] TR Bot Proposal: ban tedunangst.com | Lobsters [15:54] TR News Publisher traffic sources: Surveillance Giant Google steady but social and direct referrals are down https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/media_metrics/publisher-traffic-sources-2019-2025/ [15:54] TR Bot Publisher traffic sources 2019-2025 analysed [15:54] TR News Manage Advanced Cluster Management policies using Ansible https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/08/14/manage-advanced-cluster-management-policies-using-ansible [15:54] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/08/14/manage-advanced-cluster-management-policies-using-ansible ) [15:55] *Disconnected (Connection timed out). [15:56] *Now talking on #techrights ● Aug 15 [16:04] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [16:08] *psydruid has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [16:19] TR News Peter Czanik: The syslog-ng Insider 2025-08: HDFS; configuration; Prometheus https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/the-syslog-ng-insider-2025-08-hdfs-configuration-prometheus [16:19] TR Bot syslog-ng Insider 2025-08: HDFS; configuration; Prometheus - Blog - syslog-ng Community - syslog-ng Community [16:20] TR News Air Canada Cancels Flights Ahead of Possible Flight Attendant Strike https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/world/canada/air-canada-flight-attendant-strike-canceled.html [16:20] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/world/canada/air-canada-flight-attendant-strike-canceled.html ) [16:20] TR News War in Gaza: Vigil held for slain media workers https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250814-war-in-gaza-vigil-held-for-slain-media-workers [16:20] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250814-war-in-gaza-vigil-held-for-slain-media-workers ) [16:21] TR News "Green Energy Projects in Oregon" https://www.propublica.org/article/irene-gilbert-oregon-solar-green-energy-policy | Source: Pro Publica [16:21] TR Bot How One Woman Is Stalling Green Energy Projects in Oregon ProPublica [16:21] TR News Many Are Focused on the Wrong Questions When it Comes to Hey Hi (AI) https://www.aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/many-are-focused-on-the-wrong-questions-when-it-comes-to-ai [16:21] TR Bot Many Are Focused on the Wrong Questions When it Comes to AI | American Civil Liberties Union [16:23] TR News Jon Chiappetta: Re-Modifying OpenVPN Source Code to Allow for Dual-Connection, Multi-Threaded, Load-Balanced Operation for Even More Performance https://fossjon.wordpress.com/2025/08/14/re-modifying-openvpn-source-code-to-allow-for-dual-connection-multi-threaded-load-balanced-operation-for-even-more-performance/ [16:23] TR Bot Re-Modifying OpenVPN Source Code to Allow for Dual-Connection, Multi-Threaded, Load-Balanced Operation for Even More Performance | Jon's FOSS Blog [16:23] TR News IBM Red Hat is promoting slop https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/08/14/integrate-vllm-inference-macosios-alamofire-and-apple-foundation [16:23] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/08/14/integrate-vllm-inference-macosios-alamofire-and-apple-foundation ) [16:25] TR News Ubuntu Blog: Canonical launches general availability of Ubuntu for Qualcomm Dragonwing Platforms https://ubuntu.com//blog/ubuntu-ga-for-qualcomm-dragonwing [16:25] TR Bot launches general availability of Ubuntu for Qualcomm Dragonwing Platforms [16:28] TR News How to secure your Jenkins pipeline with Red Bait Advanced Developer Suite https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/08/14/how-secure-your-jenkins-pipeline-red-hat-advanced-developer-suite [16:28] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/08/14/how-secure-your-jenkins-pipeline-red-hat-advanced-developer-suite ) [16:30] TR News BSD Now 624: OpenBSD Innovations https://www.bsdnow.tv/624 [16:30] TR Bot ( status 404 @ https://www.bsdnow.tv/624 ) [16:38] TR News My Undesirable Friends: Part I Is a Staggering Portrait of Russian Journalists in Dissent https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-current-cinema/my-undesirable-friends-part-i-is-a-staggering-portrait-of-russian-journalists-in-dissent [16:38] TR Bot My Undesirable Friends: Part I Is a Staggering Portrait of Russian Journalists in Dissent | The New Yorker [16:40] TR News US widens sanctions on Russian crypto exchange Garantex, its successor and affiliate firms https://cyberscoop.com/garantex-grinex-russian-crypto-exchange-sanctions/ [16:40] TR Bot widens sanctions on Russian crypto exchange Garantex, its successor and affiliate firms | CyberScoop [16:41] TR News Russian Regulators Restrict WhatsApp, Telegram In Latest Internet Crackdown https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-tech-restriction-whatsapp-telegram-internet/33502947.html [16:41] TR Bot Russian Regulators Restrict WhatsApp, Telegram In Latest Internet Crackdown [16:42] TR News Microsoft's Bankruptcy in Russia is Only the Beginning https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/14/Microsoft_s_Bankruptcy_in_Russia_is_Only_the_Beginning.shtml [16:42] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft's Bankruptcy in Russia is Only the Beginning [16:42] TR News "Russia goes offline" https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/08/15/russia-goes-offline | Source: Meduza [16:42] TR Bot Russia goes offline Mobile Internet blackouts in the Nizhny Novgorod region leave residents questioning officials explanations and fearing lasting restrictions Meduza [16:43] TR News "undesirable" https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/14/russia-bans-reporters-without-borders-as-undesirable-organization | Source: Meduza [16:43] TR Bot Russia bans Reporters Without Borders as undesirable organization Meduza [16:44] TR News WhatsApp is NOT secure; "violate peoples right to secure communication" https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/14/whatsapp-says-russia-s-ban-on-calls-is-an-attempt-to-violate-people-s-right-to-secure-communication | Source: Meduza [16:44] TR Bot WhatsApp says Russias ban on calls is an attempt to violate peoples right to secure communication Meduza [16:45] TR News Mozilla Open Policy & Advocacy Blog: Is Germany on the Brink of Banning Ad Blockers? User Freedom, Privacy, and Security Is At Risk. https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2025/08/14/is-germany-on-the-brink-of-banning-ad-blockers-user-freedom-privacy-and-security-is-at-risk/ [16:45] TR Bot Is Germany on the Brink of Banning Ad Blockers? User Freedom, Privacy, and Security Is At Risk. - Open Policy & Advocacy [16:45] TR News CachyOS Distrowatchs Top Distro Has Speed, Polish and Features https://fossforce.com/2025/08/cachyos-distrowatchs-top-distro-has-speed-polish-and-features/ [16:45] TR Bot CachyOS Distrowatchs Top Distro Has Speed, Polish and Features [16:46] TR News Security updates for Thursday https://lwn.net/Articles/1033737/ [16:46] TR Bot updates for Thursday [LWN.net] [16:47] TR News Sparky 8.0 https://sparkylinux.org/sparky-8-0/ [16:47] TR Bot Sparky 8.0 - SparkyLinux [16:47] TR News SparkyLinux 8.0 Launches with Debian 13 Base https://linuxiac.com/sparkylinux-8-0-launches-with-debian-13-base/ [16:47] TR Bot SparkyLinux 8.0 Launches with Debian 13 Base [16:47] TR News KDE Gear 25.08 Apps Collection Rolls Out, Heres Whats New https://linuxiac.com/kde-gear-25-08-apps-collection-released/ [16:47] TR Bot KDE Gear 25.08 Apps Collection Rolls Out, Heres Whats New [16:47] TR News VirtualBox 7.2 Lands with ARM backdoored Windows Virtualization, GNU/Linux Video Acceleration https://linuxiac.com/virtualbox-7-2-lands-with-arm-windows-virtualization/ [16:47] TR Bot VirtualBox 7.2 Lands with ARM Windows Virtualization, Linux Video Acceleration [16:48] TR News Case Study: How LFX Insights and OSPS Baseline Validated GUACs Security in Under an Hour https://openssf.org/blog/2025/08/14/case-study-how-lfx-insights-and-osps-baseline-validated-guacs-security-in-under-an-hour/ http://techrights.org/o/2020/10/30/openssf-microsoft/ [16:48] TR Bot Case Study: How LFX Insights and OSPS Baseline Validated GUACs Security in Under an Hour Open Source Security Foundation [16:48] TR Bot With Microsoft in Charge, OpenSSF Seems More Like It's About Back Doors -- Not Real Security -- Inside the Linux Foundation ● Aug 15 [17:00] TR News How vulnerable are you to scams? https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/how-vulnerable-are-you-to-scams-aeiAz5k4NBpa [17:00] TR Bot How vulnerable are you to scams? - Which? [17:24] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #techrights [17:41] MinceR https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/chosen-2 [17:41] TR Bot Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Chosen [17:43] TR News Biased credit ratings are costing Africa billionsand worsening its health crises https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/africasource/biased-credit-ratings-are-costing-africa-billions-and-worsening-its-health-crises/ [17:43] TR Bot Biased credit ratings are costing Africa billionsand worsening its health crises - Atlantic Council [17:46] TR News "There are at least 15 high-end hotels nationwide hawking street food, according to their social control media pages." https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinese-hotels-turn-to-hawking-food-as-guests-tighten-belts [17:46] TR Bot Chinese hotels turn to hawking food on streets as guests tighten belts | The Straits Times [17:51] TR News China rolls out new visa type to draw young science and tech talent https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-rolls-out-new-visa-type-for-young-science-talent [17:51] TR Bot China rolls out new visa type to draw young science and tech talent | The Straits Times [17:53] TR News China mulls asking firms run by central government to buy unsold homes to ease glut https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-mulls-asking-firms-run-by-central-government-to-buy-homes [17:53] TR Bot China mulls asking firms run by central government to buy unsold homes to ease glut | The Straits Times [17:56] TR News China rolls out new visa type for young science talent https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-rolls-out-new-visa-type-for-young-science-talent ● Aug 15 [18:01] TR News "For Americans Only: Estimating Celsius And Other Mental Metrics" https://hackaday.com/2025/08/14/for-americans-only-estimating-celsius-and-other-mental-metrics/ | Source: Hackaday [18:01] TR Bot Americans Only: Estimating Celsius And Other Mental Metrics | Hackaday [18:02] TR News PostgreSQL 17.6, 16.10, 15.14, 14.19, 13.22, and 18 Beta 3 Released! https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-176-1610-1514-1419-1322-and-18-beta-3-released-3118/ [18:02] TR Bot PostgreSQL: PostgreSQL 17.6, 16.10, 15.14, 14.19, 13.22, and 18 Beta 3 Released! [18:04] TR News (NEW): Databases: PostgreSQL, Datalog, and Data Representation https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/15/Databases_PostgreSQL_Datalog_and_Data_Representation.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/15/Databases_PostgreSQL_Datalog_and_Data_Representation.gmi [18:04] TR Bot Tux Machines Databases: PostgreSQL, Datalog, and Data Representation [18:06] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/15/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/15/today_s_howtos.gmi [18:06] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [18:08] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, Libre Computer, and PinePhone https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/15/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_Libre_Computer_and_PinePhone.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/15/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_Libre_Computer_and_PinePhone.gmi [18:08] TR Bot Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, Libre Computer, and PinePhone [18:09] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/15/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/15/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [18:09] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [18:11] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/15/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/15/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi [18:11] TR Bot Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers [18:13] TR News (NEW): Red Hat Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/15/Red_Hat_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/15/Red_Hat_Leftovers.gmi [18:13] TR Bot Tux Machines Red Hat Leftovers [18:13] TR News (NEW): Webcam Support in BSDs and BSD Now on OpenBSD https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/15/Webcam_Support_in_BSDs_and_BSD_Now_on_OpenBSD.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/15/Webcam_Support_in_BSDs_and_BSD_Now_on_OpenBSD.gmi [18:13] TR Bot Tux Machines Webcam Support in BSDs and BSD Now on OpenBSD [18:14] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/15/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/15/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.gmi [18:14] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux Leftovers [18:18] TR News Techrights Links 15/08/2025: Flight Attendant Strike, Floods, and Tropical Storms https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/15/Links_15_08_2025_Flight_Attendant_Strike_Floods_and_Tropical_St.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/15/Links_15_08_2025_Flight_Attendant_Strike_Floods_and_Tropical_St.gmi [18:18] TR Bot Techrights Links 15/08/2025: Flight Attendant Strike, Floods, and Tropical Storms [18:21] TR News "AI" gemini://burtozwilson.smol.pub/1755274453 [18:21] TR News Hosting gratuito (en espaol) para Gemini/HTTPS gemini://caleb.smol.pub/subnetcity [18:22] TR News haste gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/haste [18:23] TR News "For a while now, I've suspected generative AI stock is overvalued. The more I read and pay attention, however, the more I'm convinced that generative AI has the entire market overvalued - including the parts that aren't explicitly using generative AI." gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2025-08-15 [18:23] TR News "I've been writing a search engine that doesn't crawl the web called Xobaque. You can test it here. (I'm currently having problems with Let's Encrypt and therefore this is HTTP only, for the moment.)" gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-08-15-xobaque [18:24] TR News "This is a rapid memory dump of happenings that I can immediately recall. I *kick* myself for not keeping a journal during this period of my life. Maybe I would have been on the NYT Best Sellers list..." gemini://tiredof.technology/gemlog/2025-08-15-apple-store.gmi [18:25] TR News "While listening to a subscriber episode of Linux Unplugged, they played a clip from another podcast (source TBD) during the pre-show which gave the most concise definition of privacy: [...]" gemini://tiredof.technology/gemlog/2025-08-15-on-privacy-and-having-nothing-to-hide.gmi [18:26] TR News "lol ig i have to break up with a whole friend group now, oh well" gemini://xavi4u.flounder.online/gemlog/2025-08-15.gmi [18:26] TR News "There's an absurd claim that's made in the leasehold debate in the UK, to the effect that leasehold doesn't exist outside England and Wales. It's become important to find counterexamples to that." gemini://gemini.ucant.org/gemlog/2025-08-15_leasehold-outside-england-and-wales.gmi [18:27] TR News "Someone pondered why there were not fractal tuning systems, or fractal scales. Alas, these sorts of things have already been invented, but may require digging around in the more esoteric corners of music theory." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2025/08/15/fractal.gmi [18:33] *vanveldt has quit (connection closed) [18:36] TR News (NEW): Links 15/08/2025: Leasehold, Slop Bubble, and Xobaque https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/15/Links_15_08_2025_Leasehold_Slop_Bubble_and_Xobaque.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/15/Links_15_08_2025_Leasehold_Slop_Bubble_and_Xobaque.gmi [18:36] TR Bot Tux Machines Links 15/08/2025: Leasehold, Slop Bubble, and Xobaque [18:40] TR News "You could take transcripts of all the Earnings Calls, feed them into Watson, and have an AskCEO and AskCFO bot and save tens of millions a year by RAing these guys." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k2n6mfy7 [18:40] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k2n6mfy7 ) [18:43] TR News Feast of the Assumption, procession at Fourvire, Lyon, France https://danielpocock.com/en/assumption-procession-fourviere-lyon-france/ [18:43] TR Bot Feast of the Assumption, procession at Fourvire, Lyon, France [18:48] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 15/08/2025: Leasehold, Slop Bubble, and Xobaqu https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/15/Gemini_Links_15_08_2025_Leasehold_Slop_Bubble_and_Xobaqu.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/15/Gemini_Links_15_08_2025_Leasehold_Slop_Bubble_and_Xobaqu.gmi [18:48] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 15/08/2025: Leasehold, Slop Bubble, and Xobaqu ● Aug 15 [19:10] *phebus has quit (Quit: POKE 1,0) [19:11] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [19:16] *vanveldt (~monkeybusiness@ns44imn2yh4iq.irc) has joined #techrights [19:34] *oarion7 has quit (Quit: Running IRC on a charmed medieval abacus.) [19:45] *phebus (~phebus@f95gnd3zj7732.irc) has joined #techrights [19:57] MinceR (cat) https://ircz.de/p/25070620 [19:57] TR Bot WHOOPSIE ● Aug 15 [20:36] *oarion7 (~ryan@e6jyc88uwxv5c.irc) has joined #techrights [20:57] *darwin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Aug 15 [21:03] *psydroid3 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [21:12] *superkuh has quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [21:24] *superkuh (~superkuh@user/superkuh) has joined #techrights [21:41] TR News (NEW): GNOME 49 Beta Released for Public Testing on GNOMEs 28th Anniversary https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/15/GNOME_49_Beta_Released_for_Public_Testing_on_GNOME_s_28th_Anniv.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/15/GNOME_49_Beta_Released_for_Public_Testing_on_GNOME_s_28th_Anniv.gmi [21:41] TR Bot Tux Machines GNOME 49 Beta Released for Public Testing on GNOMEs 28th Anniversary [21:49] geert supsup ● Aug 15 [22:07] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@uj65wqzsztp38.irc) has joined #techrights [22:30] *darwin (~darwin@ezriia7nzimpg.irc) has joined #techrights ● Aug 15 [23:00] TR News Hong Kong court to hear closing arguments in mogul Jimmy Lai's trial https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250814-hong-kong-court-to-hear-closing-arguments-in-mogul-jimmy-lai-s-trial [23:00] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250814-hong-kong-court-to-hear-closing-arguments-in-mogul-jimmy-lai-s-trial ) [23:01] TR News Pironman 5 Mini is a cheaper Tower PC case for the Raspberry Pi 5 https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/08/14/pironman-5-mini-cheaper-tower-pc-case-raspberry-pi-5/ [23:01] TR Bot Pironman 5 Mini is a cheaper Tower PC case for the Raspberry Pi 5 - CNX Software [23:02] TR News Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai's collusion trial resumes after delay https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/hong-kong-tycoon-jimmy-lais-collusion-trial-resumes-after-delay [23:02] TR Bot Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lais collusion trial resumes after delay | The Straits Times [23:02] TR News Banana Pi BPI-R4 Lite A mid-range MediaTek Filogic 850 2.5GbE router board with WiFi 7 and 5G support https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/08/14/banana-pi-bpi-r4-lite-a-mid-range-mediatek-filogic-850-2-5gbe-router-board-with-wifi-7-and-5g-support/ [23:02] TR Bot Banana Pi BPI-R4 Lite - A mid-range MediaTek Filogic 850 2.5GbE router board with WiFi 7 and 5G support - CNX Software [23:03] TR News Ex-Intel engineer sentenced for sharing secrets with Abusive Monopolist Microsoft https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/ex-intel-engineer-sentenced-for-sharing-secrets-with-microsoft-gets-two-years-of-probation-and-usd34k-fine-for-stealing-thousands-of-files-that-may-have-landed-them-a-new-job-with-the-company [23:03] TR Bot Ex-Intel engineer sentenced for sharing secrets with Microsoft gets two years of probation and $34k fine for stealing 'thousands of files' that may have landed them a new job with the company | Tom's Hardware [23:03] TR News ChatGPT 5 power consumption could be as much as eight times higher than GPT 4 https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/chatgpt-5-power-consumption-could-be-as-much-as-eight-times-higher-than-gpt-4-research-institute-estimates-medium-sized-gpt-5-response-can-consume-up-to-40-watt-hours-of-electricity [23:03] TR Bot ChatGPT 5 power consumption could be as much as eight times higher than GPT 4 research institute estimates medium-sized GPT-5 response can consume up to 40 watt-hours of electricity | Tom's Hardware [23:04] TR News Big Techs Hey Hi (AI) Data Centers Are Driving Up Electricity Bills for Everyone https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/business/energy-environment/ai-data-centers-electricity-costs.html [23:04] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/business/energy-environment/ai-data-centers-electricity-costs.html ) [23:05] TR News BOSTON STRONG Fails to Function as a Service Mark for Volley Ball Entertainment, Says TTAB http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/08/boston-strong-fails-to-function-as.html [23:05] TR Bot The TTABlog: BOSTON STRONG Fails to Function as a Service Mark for Volley Ball Entertainment, Says TTAB [23:08] TR News Is Colbert Really Losing $40 Million? https://publicknowledge.org/is-colbert-really-losing-40-million/ [23:08] TR Bot Is Colbert Really Losing $40 Million? - Public Knowledge [23:09] TR News Nvidia: 'We don't install secret tracking devices in our products' https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/u-s-authorities-allegedly-placed-secret-tracking-devices-in-ai-chip-shipments-to-china-report-claims-targeted-shipments-from-dell-and-super-micro-containing-nvidia-and-amd-chips-had-trackers-in-packaging-and-servers-themselves [23:09] TR Bot Nvidia: 'We don't install secret tracking devices in our products' GPU giant responds after Washington accused of secretly tracking AI server shipments at risk of diversion to China | Tom's Hardware [23:10] TR News AirAsia flight from KL to Incheon lands at wrong airport in South Korea https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/airasia-flight-from-kl-to-incheon-lands-at-the-wrong-airport-in-south-korea [23:10] TR Bot AirAsia flight from KL to Incheon lands at wrong airport in South Korea | The Straits Times [23:11] TR News 2 Hong Kong schools suspended as Education Bureau vows to crack down on shell institutions https://hongkongfp.com/2025/08/15/2-hong-kong-schools-suspended-as-education-bureau-vows-to-crack-down-on-shell-institutions/ [23:11] TR Bot 2 schools suspended as HK gov't vows to crack down on shell institutions [23:12] TR News "Blinking An LED With The Aid Of Radio Time" https://hackaday.com/2025/08/14/2025-one-hertz-challenge-blinking-an-led-with-the-aid-of-radio-time/ | Source: Hackaday [23:12] TR Bot One Hertz Challenge: Blinking An LED With The Aid Of Radio Time | Hackaday [23:13] TR News Press freedom groups flag China links of new prospective Telegraph owners https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/press-freedom-flag-china-links-of-new-telegraph-owners/ [23:13] TR Bot Press freedom groups flag China links of new prospective Telegraph owners - Press Gazette [23:13] TR News Smartnews launches new app to counter rage-bait and polarisation https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/digital-journalism/smartnews-aggregators/ [23:13] TR Bot Newsarc: New platform from Smartnews to counter 'rage-bait' [23:16] TR News Gedit Technology blog: Mid-August News https://gedit-text-editor.org/blog/2025-08-14-mid-august-news.html [23:16] TR Bot Mid-August News | Gedit Technology blog [23:17] TR News Web Site Reorg https://mwl.io/archives/24379 [23:17] TR Bot Web Site Reorg Michael W Lucas [23:17] TR News The syslog-ng Insider 2025-08: HDFS; configuration; Prometheus https://peter.czanik.hu/other/syslog-ng-insider-2025-08-hdfs-prometheus/ [23:17] TR Bot The syslog-ng Insider 2025-08: HDFS; configuration; Prometheus | Random thoughts of Peter 'CzP' Czanik [23:18] admfubar https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/15/are_you_willing_to_pay/ [23:18] TR Bot Are you willing to pay $100k a year per developer on AI? The Register [23:19] TR News Enhancing system resilience with Krkn chaos dashboard https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/08/14/enhancing-system-resilience-krkn-chaos-dashboard [23:19] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/08/14/enhancing-system-resilience-krkn-chaos-dashboard ) [23:19] TR News OpenSSF at Black Hat USA 2025 & DEF CON 33: AIxCC Highlights, Big Wins, and the Future of Securing Open Source https://openssf.org/blog/2025/08/14/openssf-at-black-hat-usa-2025-def-con-33-aixcc-highlights-big-wins-and-the-future-of-securing-open-source/ [23:19] TR Bot OpenSSF at Black Hat USA 2025 & DEF CON 33: AIxCC Highlights, Big Wins, and the Future of Securing Open Source Open Source Security Foundation [23:20] admfubar it's 2025, where is your load of old cobolers?? https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/15/cobol_in_the_public_sector_feature/ [23:20] TR Bot Why the UK public sector creaks along on COBOL The Register [23:21] MinceR because it's still not as vile as rust [23:31] MinceR (cat) https://ircz.de/p/25070319 [23:31] TR Bot WHOOPSIE [23:42] TR News "Open Source Lithium-Titanate Battery Management System" https://hackaday.com/2025/08/15/open-source-lithium-titanate-battery-management-system/ | Source: Hackaday [23:42] TR Bot Source Lithium-Titanate Battery Management System | Hackaday [23:43] TR News An Analysis of Chinese Censorship Bias in LLM https://citizenlab.ca/2025/08/an-analysis-of-chinese-censorship-bias-in-llm/ [23:43] TR Bot An Analysis of Chinese Censorship Bias in LLM - The Citizen Lab [23:44] TR News What WeChat Knows: Pervasive First-Party Tracking in a Billion-User Super-App Ecosystem https://citizenlab.ca/2025/08/what-wechat-knows-pervasive-first-party-tracking-in-a-billion-user-super-app-ecosystem/ [23:44] TR Bot What WeChat Knows: Pervasive First-Party Tracking in a Billion-User Super-App Ecosystem - The Citizen Lab [23:44] TR News Hidden Links: Analyzing Secret Families of VPN Apps https://citizenlab.ca/2025/08/hidden-links-analyzing-secret-families-of-vpn-apps/ [23:44] TR Bot Hidden Links: Analyzing Secret Families of VPN Apps - The Citizen Lab [23:45] TR News FSF Blogs: We want to see how you use free software every day! http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/fsf40-photo-contest [23:45] TR Bot We want to see how you use free software every day! Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [23:45] TR News Embedded Device Security: Protecting GNU/Linux Systems with Modern Tools https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/08/15/embedded-device-security-protecting-linux-systems-with-modern-tools/ [23:45] TR Bot Embedded Device Security: Protecting Linux Systems with Modern Tools - CNX Software [23:46] TR News KDE Gear 25.08 Open-Source Software Suite Released with Many Improvements https://9to5linux.com/kde-gear-25-08-open-source-software-suite-released-with-many-improvements [23:46] TR Bot Gear 25.08 Open-Source Software Suite Released with Many Improvements - 9to5Linux [23:47] TR News SparkyLinux 8.0 Is Out as One of the First Distros Based on Debian 13 Trixie https://9to5linux.com/sparkylinux-8-0-is-out-as-one-of-the-first-distros-based-on-debian-13-trixie [23:47] TR News VirtualBox 7.2 Officially Released with Initial Support for GNU/Linux Kernel 6.17 https://9to5linux.com/virtualbox-7-2-officially-released-with-initial-support-for-linux-kernel-6-17 [23:47] TR Bot ( status 522 @ https://9to5linux.com/sparkylinux-8-0-is-out-as-one-of-the-first-distros-based-on-debian-13-trixie ) [23:47] TR Bot 7.2 Officially Released with Initial Support for Linux Kernel 6.17 - 9to5Linux [23:47] TR News KDE Gear 25.08 https://kde.org/announcements/gear/25.08.0/ [23:47] TR Bot KDE Gear 25.08 - KDE Community [23:48] TR News FOSS Weekly #25.33: Debian 13 Released, Torvalds vs RISC-V, Arch's New Tool, GNOME Perfection and More GNU/Linux Stuff https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-25-33/ [23:48] TR Bot FOSS Weekly #25.33: Debian 13 Released, Torvalds vs RISC-V, Arch's New Tool, GNOME Perfection and More Linux Stuff [23:48] TR News Fuzzy Application Search Extension for GNOME Shell https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/fuzzy-application-search-gnome-extension-working [23:48] TR Bot Fuzzy Application Search Extension for GNOME Shell - OMG! 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It is illegal. https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/court-of-appeal-grants-final-victory-to-boehringer-in-pi-case-against-zentiva/ [23:52] TR Bot Victory for Boehringer Ingelheim in Zentiva case [23:52] TR News European Patent Office (EPO) Reformation Project (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/14/European_Patent_Office_EPO_Reformation_Project.shtml [23:52] TR Bot Techrights European Patent Office (EPO) Reformation Project [23:52] TR News "Article 52. PATENTABLE INVENTIONS" in the European Patent Convention https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/15/Article_52_PATENTABLE_INVENTIONS_in_the_European_Patent_Convent.shtml [23:52] TR Bot Techrights "Article 52. 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