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● Feb 16
[00:03]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, After T-Mobile bought out Sprint they said come in for two free phones.
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[00:03]	IsambardPrince	So I upgraded both our phones since the credit applied immediately under that promotion.
[00:03]	IsambardPrince	Then the carrier subsidy came off immediately.
[00:04]	IsambardPrince	So I ported them both out to a prepaid carrier.
[00:04]	IsambardPrince	And walked off with two brand new phones.
[00:04]	MinceR	:>
[00:04]	IsambardPrince	I hate T-Mobile.
[00:04]	MinceR	same
[00:04]	IsambardPrince	I had to port out anyway because they noticed I wasn't 55.
[00:04]	IsambardPrince	I had a 55+ plan that Sprint gave me as a retention offer.
[00:05]	IsambardPrince	Brandon Lobster said he'd report me for committing some sort of crime.
[00:05]	IsambardPrince	I said I told the agent I wasn't 55 yet and he said that he didn't care and he gave me the plan.
[00:05]	MinceR	:>
[00:06]	IsambardPrince	So I had the plan for a couple years under T-Mobile, then in February one year they noticed and said if I didn't come in by April with some ID, they'd raise my bill.
[00:06]	IsambardPrince	Then I got the email about the free phones.
[00:06]	IsambardPrince	So I got two free phones and ported them out and canceled T-Mobile.
[00:07]	MinceR	lol
[00:07]	MinceR	they got what they deserved
[00:07]	MinceR	well, a small part of what they deserve
[00:07]	IsambardPrince	You get what you fucking deserve! -Joker
[00:07]	MinceR	:>
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● Feb 16
[01:20]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, T-Mobile was charging me $55 for two lines on the 55+ plan.
[01:20]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, Mandy said he's moving out before the lease ends.
[01:20]	IsambardPrince	Whatever.
[01:20]	IsambardPrince	But...
[01:20]	IsambardPrince	I can log in and take his phone number back.
[01:20]	IsambardPrince	I can put it in the second SIM card slot for my phone.
[01:20]	IsambardPrince	Then his iPhone won't work and he can't get his phone number back.
[01:21]	MinceR	:>
[01:22]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, That ought to be a surprise.
[01:26]	IsambardPrince	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TBD8HTssRA
[01:26]	TR Bot	https://inv.perditum.com/watch?v=_TBD8HTssRA
[01:26]	TR Bot	( status 404 @ https://inv.perditum.com/watch?v=_TBD8HTssRA )
[01:26]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, At this upscale restaurant, the average bill per person runs up to $20 per person, or more.
[01:27]	IsambardPrince	(1985)
[01:27]	MinceR	:>
[01:27]	IsambardPrince	At $150, it said that they had to call the bank.
[01:28]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, You can barely eat at Outback Steakhouse for that for two people.
[01:28]	MinceR	wasn't it per person?
[01:28]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, The idea of an upscale restaurant costing $20 a person is ludicrous, in 2026.
[01:28]	IsambardPrince	Try about $80-90 per person.
[01:29]	IsambardPrince	Even a chain steakhouse can cost $50-60 per person. It just depends.
[01:29]	IsambardPrince	I went to an Outback Steakhouse on a date Christmas Eve, and after tax and tip our bill was $106.
[01:30]	IsambardPrince	Burger King is roughly $10-12 a person, and that's if you use your Walmart+ discount of 25%.
[01:30]	IsambardPrince	Things have gotten out of control.
[01:30]	admfubar	come on up to the lab, er, smell whats in the air... https://hackaday.com/2026/02/15/nobody-can-complain-when-you-fart-if-its-for-science/
[01:30]	TR Bot	Can Complain When You Fart, If Its For Science! | Hackaday
[01:31]	IsambardPrince	In 2006 without any coupons, I could go to Burger King for about $7.
[01:31]	IsambardPrince	And that wasn't even trying to save money.
[01:31]	MinceR	"You think thats air youre breathing now...?"
[01:31]	IsambardPrince	If I got off work late at night and was REALLY hungry, $7 got a triple Whopper and fries and a drink.
[01:31]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, Everything has doubled, except the paychecks.
[01:32]	admfubar	since my transplant.. i've been conducting all sorts of science....
[01:32]	IsambardPrince	The landlord's idea of affordable is that if you get a one bedroom apartment that was meant for recovering alcoholics in the 70s, you should be able to afford it if you find two roommates and you all work full time.
[01:32]	IsambardPrince	Of course, there's the cockroaches.
[01:33]	IsambardPrince	You can eat those. Brandon Lobsta says they're a good source of protein.
[01:33]	admfubar	free protein !!!
[01:33]	IsambardPrince	And at the rate they reproduce you'll never be out of food.
[01:33]	IsambardPrince	O Lord, thank you for this wonderful bounty!
[01:36]	admfubar	well isnt that special...... https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/15/exl3harris_exec_sold_8_zeroday/
[01:36]	TR Bot	 Infosec exec sold eight zero-day exploit kits to Russia: DoJ The Register
[01:38]	IsambardPrince	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpyk4teeUhY
[01:38]	TR Bot	https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=zpyk4teeUhY
[01:38]	TR Bot	invidious.nerdvpn.de | Making sure you're not a bot!
[01:38]	IsambardPrince	How Credit Cards Are Made Inside Secret Factories
[01:39]	admfubar	https://www.osnews.com/story/144405/why-do-i-not-use-ai-at-osnews/
[01:39]	TR Bot	do I not use AI at OSNews? OSnews
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[01:47]	admfubar	https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/02/13/1649236
[01:47]	TR Bot	 Happy Birthday SoylentNews - 12 Years Old! - SoylentNews
[01:57]	IsambardPrince	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AKn-zJMIwY
[01:57]	TR Bot	https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=8AKn-zJMIwY
[01:57]	TR Bot	( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=8AKn-zJMIwY )
[01:57]	IsambardPrince	Why Owning Nothing Is So Expensive
[01:58]	MinceR	being poor is expensive
● Feb 16
[02:01]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, The video is Spirited Away.
[02:01]	IsambardPrince	The one he's playing on DVD.
[02:01]	IsambardPrince	Recognized it immediately.
[02:01]	IsambardPrince	Studio Ghibli, I think, still doesn't stream anything.
[02:02]	IsambardPrince	Could be wrong.
[02:03]	IsambardPrince	They mention HBO.
[02:03]	IsambardPrince	Yes, at first it was good.
[02:03]	IsambardPrince	It had first run movies.
[02:03]	IsambardPrince	They got people subscribing to it.
[02:03]	IsambardPrince	Then they enshittified it.
[02:03]	IsambardPrince	By the 2000s it was playing movies that were 20-30 years old and all the good ones were on Pay Per View.
[02:04]	IsambardPrince	I mean streaming isn't new in concept, because we've had Pay Per View on cable since the decoder boxes.
[02:04]	IsambardPrince	The cable companies found out that they could run all the latest movies, and even porn and sporting events, and only put them on Pay Per View.
[02:04]	IsambardPrince	And you had to call and pay extra.
[02:07]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, A mattress topper that costs $3000 and then you have to subscribe for $17 a month.
[02:08]	MinceR	lol
[02:19]	TR News	 (NEW):  9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: February 15th, 2026 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup_February_15th_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup_February_15th_2026.gmi 
[02:19]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: February 15th, 2026
[02:23]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, I don't subscrive to anything.
[02:23]	IsambardPrince	*subscribe
[02:23]	admfubar	https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/02/16/0139206/ars-technicas-ai-reporter-apologizes-for-mistakenly-publishing-fake-ai-generated-quotes
[02:23]	TR Bot	 Ars Technica's AI Reporter Apologizes For Mistakenly Publishing Fake AI-Generated Quotes - Slashdot
[02:26]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, Is it just me or does Marc Andreeson look a lot like Beldar Conehead?
[02:27]	IsambardPrince	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBI_FLYfwmM
[02:27]	TR Bot	https://yewtu.be/watch?v=hBI_FLYfwmM
[02:27]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=hBI_FLYfwmM )
[02:29]	MinceR	well, he does look like he's a conehead
[02:30]	MinceR	his face doesn't resemble Beldar's (or Dan Aykroyd's) though
[02:35]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], I think what's going on with software subscriptions and banks is that they've gotten so good at mindfucking the average person.
[02:35]	IsambardPrince	It's just a total mindfuck.
[02:35]	IsambardPrince	Because the deal is so bad that no sane or intelligent person would ever say yes to it.
[02:35]	MinceR	maybe the average's person's mind has gotten easier to fuck
[02:35]	IsambardPrince	I think so.
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[02:44]	TR News	"If Bitcoin prices do take a big fall so quickly after the last big drop then it may permanently tarnish the reputation of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies too. If new users become scared of buying Bitcoins then the existing users will find it harder to convert their coins back to cash when necessary." https://danielpocock.com/en/iran-conflict-bitcoin-gold-silver/
[02:44]	TR Bot	 Iran conflict: Bitcoin could be left behind by traditional gold and silver
[02:45]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, I did get a tax audit one year.
[02:46]	IsambardPrince	It was the first year I filed. Mom said give my tax forms to Brian, her dumbass second husband.
[02:46]	IsambardPrince	He filled out the state form and took the out of state resident rate.
[02:46]	TR News	Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-150226.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-150226.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-150226.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-150226.txt
[02:46]	TR Bot	 IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, February 15, 2026
[02:46]	IsambardPrince	I got a letter from INDOR saying I owed them $46.
[02:46]	TR News	Techrights IRC Proceedings: Sunday, February 15, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/16/IRC_Proceedings_Sunday_February_15_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/16/IRC_Proceedings_Sunday_February_15_2026.gmi 
[02:46]	TR Bot	 Techrights IRC Proceedings: Sunday, February 15, 2026
[02:46]	IsambardPrince	They weren't like, super pissed or anything, it was obviously just a mistake on the form.
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[02:47]	TR Bot	 IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, February 15, 2026
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[02:47]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Today in Techrights
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[02:48]	TR Bot	 Techrights Over at Tux Machines...
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[02:50]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, That credit card guy I watch is explaining the tiers of American Express.
[02:50]	IsambardPrince	I don't think Maricel is smart enough to Product Change her old Everyday card to the Blue Cash Everyday, not that the rewards program matters much. She owes the bank so much interest from revolving a balance that the rewards don't even matter.
[02:50]	IsambardPrince	She's at the American Express tier where as long as she pays them something, no lawsuit....this month.
[02:52]	IsambardPrince	Banks start you out low and go slow. First a "minimum payment" of $40 doesn't seem oppressive, but it's all interest, then you keep spending.
[02:52]	IsambardPrince	Eventually your minimum payment is like $600 a month and it's all interest and you can no longer spend because all your money is going to that.
[02:52]	MinceR	:>
[02:53]	IsambardPrince	They're perfectly happy to facilitate your excess spending because they know in the end you won't be able to buy anything, just keep paying them not to sue you.
[02:53]	TR News	"This reminds me of the "New Collar" initiative under Ginni. "Turns out we do need some people onshore in the same time zone who can speak English." Sounds like this time they're hiring people with actual degrees though, since Band 6. Sadly, they will be treated as disposable, just a crutch for the main employees in India, discarded after a couple of years." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kha4h3ef
[02:53]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kha4h3ef )
[02:54]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, Maricel lacked the self-control to move to the highest tiers of American Express.
[02:54]	IsambardPrince	They gave her an Everyday card and she maxed it out and made minimum payments.
[02:54]	TR News	"the layoff in November 2024 was not a surprise to many. The Indian id1ot at the top and his cabal need more cuts than the 15/70/15 performance scheme and cook the books to stay in the grace of Wall Street. The AI and Quantum Computing charade does not fool anybody." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1khcfn7v1
[02:54]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1khcfn7v1 )
[02:54]	IsambardPrince	From their point of view, people who do that don't have any money and you can't trust them with anything else.
[02:56]	IsambardPrince	Also, that pisses a lot of banks off so that anything you do pay off, they reduce your credit limit by the same amount so yo ucan't make any more charges. It's called "balance chasing". You make payments, they lower your credit limit to like $50 over what you owe them, every month.
[02:56]	IsambardPrince	Someone on FICO Forums complained that Citibank was doing it to them.
[02:57]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, About two months before I defaulted on all my credit cards, Citi put an email in my box saying they increased my credit line by $2500.
[02:57]	IsambardPrince	:)
● Feb 16
[03:06]	admfubar	https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/13/colorado-river-crucial-deadline
[03:06]	TR Bot	 Western US states fail to negotiate crucial Colorado River deal: Mother nature isnt going to bail us out | Colorado river crisis | The Guardian
[03:12]	TR News	tech companies by size: many are Japanese and Chinese
[03:14]	TR News	"GAFAM" is in Wikipedia now :)
[03:24]	TR News	Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2026-02-16.gmi
[03:25]	TR News	[cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1918.jpg
[03:26]	TR News	"I feel overly dramatic about this phase of my life. I am not sure why. It was a bit of a party weekend, so I am a bit drained." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/begin
[03:29]	admfubar	https://techxplore.com/news/2026-02-ai-threatens-business-software.html
[03:29]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://techxplore.com/news/2026-02-ai-threatens-business-software.html )
[03:33]	admfubar	and hilarity ensues... https://techxplore.com/news/2026-02-india-ai-city-staggering-scale.html
[03:33]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://techxplore.com/news/2026-02-india-ai-city-staggering-scale.html )
[03:35]	admfubar	https://techxplore.com/news/2026-02-atom-thin-ferroelectric-transistor-polarization.html
[03:35]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://techxplore.com/news/2026-02-atom-thin-ferroelectric-transistor-polarization.html )
[03:35]	admfubar	https://techxplore.com/news/2026-02-smartphones-young-people-flip-cameras.html
[03:35]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://techxplore.com/news/2026-02-smartphones-young-people-flip-cameras.html )
[03:48]	TR News	Techrights Debt of Broadcom Grew by More Than 50%, Broadcom is Deeper in Debt Than Google https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/16/Debt_of_Broadcom_Grew_by_More_Than_50_Broadcom_is_Deeper_in_Deb.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/16/Debt_of_Broadcom_Grew_by_More_Than_50_Broadcom_is_Deeper_in_Deb.gmi 
[03:48]	TR Bot	 Techrights Debt of Broadcom Grew by More Than 50%, Broadcom is Deeper in Debt Than Google
[03:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	ieee propping up ponzi economics is... sad
[03:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	they should know better
[03:50]	schestowitz[TR2]	this one seems interesting https://techxplore.com/news/2026-02-smartphones-young-people-flip-cameras.html
[03:50]	TR News	Burned out by smartphones, young people are choosing flip phones, cameras and MP3 players instead https://techxplore.com/news/2026-02-smartphones-young-people-flip-cameras.html
[03:51]	schestowitz[TR2]	"v"
[03:51]	schestowitz[TR2]	"Alarm clocks, maps, books, flashlights, watches, radios, MP3 players, Palm Pilots, remote controls, cameras, handheld recorders and other devices have all been gradually absorbed into a single one: the smartphone."
[03:51]	schestowitz[TR2]	a watch can work too
[03:51]	schestowitz[TR2]	doesn't need charging every day
[03:53]	MinceR	there probably were flip phones that were smartphones
[03:54]	TR News	Cybershow's "Helen and Andy review recent episodes and plans for 2026 (with potty-mouth warning)" https://cybershow.uk/episodes.php?id=59
[03:54]	TR Bot	 The Cyber Show - Episodes
[03:57]	TR News	Any space will do https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/place/
[03:57]	TR Bot	 Any space will do
● Feb 16
[04:07]	schestowitz[TR2]	MinceR: yes, i thought the same
[04:07]	schestowitz[TR2]	but the trend matters
[04:07]	schestowitz[TR2]	they want less
[04:18]	TR News	Techrights Dr. Andy Farnell on How Universities and Culture of Education Got Crushed by "Technofascist Nightmare" https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/16/Dr_Andy_Farnell_on_How_Universities_and_Culture_of_Education_Go.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/16/Dr_Andy_Farnell_on_How_Universities_and_Culture_of_Education_Go.gmi 
[04:18]	TR Bot	 Techrights Dr. Andy Farnell on How Universities and Culture of Education Got Crushed by "Technofascist Nightmare"
[04:33]	TR News	Techrights More People in Chad Move to GNU/Linux https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/16/More_People_in_Chad_Move_to_GNU_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/16/More_People_in_Chad_Move_to_GNU_Linux.gmi 
[04:33]	TR Bot	 Techrights More People in Chad Move to GNU/Linux
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[04:51]	TR News	Techrights Microsoft Amutable Already Reveals That Its Focus Is Not Linux, It'll Promote "Remote Attestation" https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/16/Microsoft_Amutable_Already_Reveals_That_Its_Focus_Is_Not_Linux_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/16/Microsoft_Amutable_Already_Reveals_That_Its_Focus_Is_Not_Linux_.gmi 
[04:51]	TR Bot	 Techrights Microsoft Amutable Already Reveals That Its Focus Is Not Linux, It'll Promote "Remote Attestation"
● Feb 16
[05:00]	TR News	"NPRs David Greene is suing Google over its AI podcast voice." https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/879610/nprs-david-greene-suing-google-ai-podcast | Source: The Verge
[05:00]	TR Bot	 NPRs David Greene is suing Google over its AI podcast voice. | The Verge
[05:00]	TR News	"Among other features, Googles NotebookLM allows users to generate a podcast with AI hosts." https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/15/longtime-npr-host-david-greene-sues-google-over-notebooklm-voice/ | Source: TechCrunch
[05:00]	TR Bot	NPR host David Greene sues Google over NotebookLM voice | TechCrunch
[05:00]	TR News	"David Greene had never heard of NotebookLM, Googles buzzy artificial intelligence tool that spins up podcasts on demand" https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/02/15/david-greene-google-ai-podcast/ | Source: The Washington Post
[05:00]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/02/15/david-greene-google-ai-podcast/ )
[05:01]	TR News	"The Gemini protocol is an interesting way to try to carve out some corner of the Internet for non-commercial use" https://kevinboone.me/gemini_2026.html | Source: Kevin Boone
[05:01]	TR Bot	 Kevin Boone: The Gemini Protocol in 2026: growing, but still not setting the Internet aflame
[05:01]	TR News	"One of those letters came from 9-year-old Maria Antonia Guerra Montoya from Colombia. Her letter was written on a piece of notebook paper" https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-dilley-maria-antonia-guerra-story | Source: Pro Publica
[05:02]	TR Bot	 How a Planned Disney World Vacation Turned Into Four Months in Immigration Detention ProPublica
[05:02]	TR News	"During the same period, 25,845 civilian injuries have been recorded." https://www.en-hrana.org/day-50-of-the-protests-intensification-of-security-prosecutions-and-uncertainty-regarding-the-status-of-detainees/ | Source: Human rights Activists News Agency
[05:02]	TR Bot	 Day 50 of the Protests: Intensification of Security Prosecutions and Uncertainty Regarding the Status of Detainees - Hrana
[05:05]	TR News	"While in Germany the provider of data linking and data analysis software for authorities with surveillance powers is successful with at least some state customers." https://www.heise.de/en/news/Palantir-vs-the-Republik-US-analytics-firm-takes-magazine-to-court-11176508.html | Source: Heise
[05:05]	TR Bot	 Palantir vs. the "Republik": US analytics firm takes magazine to court | heise online
[05:05]	TR News	"Of course, this has brought more international attention to Republiks stories than they would otherwise have received: [...]" https://werd.io/palantir-vs-the-republik-us-analytics-firm-takes-magazine-to-court/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller
[05:05]	TR Bot	 Palantir vs. the "Republik": US analytics firm takes magazine to court
[05:05]	TR News	"In 2016, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution confirming the importance of internet access for human rights" https://netzpolitik.org/2026/internet-shutdowns-in-africa-a-human-rights-and-democratic-crisis/ | Source: Netzpolitik
[05:05]	TR Bot	 Internet shutdowns in Africa: A human rights and democratic crisis
[05:06]	TR News	"Is on-premise the new cloud? Im beginning to think yes." https://unmitigatedrisk.com/?p=1135 | Source: Unmitigated Risk
[05:06]	TR Bot	 Youre Not Outsourcing Infrastructure. Youre Outsourcing Capability. | UNMITIGATED RISK
[05:06]	TR News	"Peter Steinberger, the creator of the tantalizing-but-risky personal AI agent OpenClaw, is joining OpenAI." https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/16/open_ai_grabs_openclaw/ | Source: The Register UK
[05:06]	TR Bot	 OpenAI grabs OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger The Register
[05:07]	TR News	"I pity my colleagues who are so desperate for heroes that they have to settle for a man who espoused sexist and racist views" https://kansasreflector.com/2026/02/15/tribute-to-late-charlie-kirk-illuminates-division-in-kansas-politics-on-meaning-of-free-speech/ | Source: Kansas Reflector
[05:07]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://kansasreflector.com/2026/02/15/tribute-to-late-charlie-kirk-illuminates-division-in-kansas-politics-on-meaning-of-free-speech/ )
[05:17]	TR News	"Chinese Hackers Hijack Notepad++ Updates" https://odysee.com/@AlphaNerd:8/chinese-hackers-hijack-notepad++-updates:b
[05:17]	TR Bot	 Chinese Hackers Hijack Notepad++ Updates
[05:17]	TR News	"berwachungstechnologie: Wie hartnckig Palantir die Schweiz umwarb Republik" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https://www.republik.ch/2025/12/08/wie-hartnaeckig-palantir-die-schweiz-umwarb
[05:17]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www-republik-ch.translate.goog/2025/12/08/wie-hartnaeckig-palantir-die-schweiz-umwarb?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB )
[05:17]	TR News	Microsoft-bribed site "incorrectly presents Snyk as an authority rather than a passle of marketeers" https://thenewstack.io/deno-sandbox-security-secrets/
[05:17]	TR Bot	 OpenClaw is being called a security Dumpster fire, but there is a way to stay safe - The New Stack
[05:18]	TR News	"AI Fatigue" https://bjhess.com/posts/ai-fatigue
[05:18]	TR Bot	 AI Fatigue - I am BARRY HESS
[05:20]	TR News	hindustantimes still helps to cover up for pedophiles' child trafficking https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/bill-gates-to-visit-andhra-pradesh-today-hold-talks-with-naidu-on-health-artificial-intelligence-101771210015764.html see http://techrights.org/n/2026/01/30/The_Epstein_Files_Don_t_Say_the_Ages_of_Those_Russian_Girls_Bil.shtml
[05:20]	TR Bot	 Bill Gates to visit Andhra Pradesh today, hold talks with Naidu on health, AI| India News
[05:20]	TR Bot	 Techrights The Epstein Files Don't Say the Ages of Those "Russian Girls" Bill Epsteingate Exploited
[05:20]	TR News	debugger https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/holdning/naeste-gang-du-hader-din-debugger
[05:20]	TR Bot	 Nste gang du hader din debugger | Version2
[05:49]	TR News	 (NEW):  The 'Bird Kitchen' https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/The_Bird_Kitchen.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/The_Bird_Kitchen.gmi 
[05:49]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines The 'Bird Kitchen'
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[06:07]	TR News	Techrights They Will Call Smart People "Luddites" https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/16/They_Will_Call_Smart_People_Luddites.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/16/They_Will_Call_Smart_People_Luddites.gmi 
[06:07]	TR Bot	 Techrights They Will Call Smart People "Luddites"
[06:37]	TR News	Techrights Social Control Media is Just a Digital Weapon https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/16/Social_Control_Media_is_Just_a_Digital_Weapon.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/16/Social_Control_Media_is_Just_a_Digital_Weapon.gmi 
[06:37]	TR Bot	 Techrights Social Control Media is Just a Digital Weapon
[06:42]	TR News	There's no "Free" platform for speech (free speech is expensive), and based upon collective thinking and experience, social control media is working against you, not FOR you http://techrights.org/n/2026/02/16/Social_Control_Media_is_Just_a_Digital_Weapon.shtml
[06:42]	TR Bot	 Techrights Social Control Media is Just a Digital Weapon
[06:52]	TR News	More austerity? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpqwl10lvr2o
[06:52]	TR Bot	 UK government considering increase in defence spending - BBC News
[06:55]	TR News	"Unsurprisingly, the questionable splurge turned out to be a hilariously bad investment." https://futurism.com/future-society/justin-bieber-bored-ape-nft-worth | Source: Futurism
[06:55]	TR Bot	 You'll Be Sorry When You Hear What Justin Bieber's $1.3 Million Bored Ape Is Worth Now
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[07:00]	TR News	Overpopulation https://futurism.com/science-energy/epstein-climate-change-population | Source: Futurism
[07:00]	TR Bot	 Emails Show Epstein Scheming That Environmental Destruction Could Solve "Overpopulation"
[07:04]	TR News	"This was a power grab that could not be undone. Data is like a genie. It cannot be put back in the bottle." https://broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-us-coup-one-year-on | Source: Carole Cadwalladr
[07:04]	TR Bot	 The US coup: one year on - by Carole Cadwalladr
[07:05]	TR News	"As Christophe notes" https://blog.apnic.net/2026/02/16/ten-years-of-lets-encrypt/ | Source: APNIC
[07:05]	TR Bot	 Ten years of Let's Encrypt | APNIC Blog
[07:05]	TR News	"WAV and Republiks findings have generated debate across Europe, especially in Germany." https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/22/mps-question-uk-palantir-contracts-security-concerns-investigation | Source: The Guardian UK
[07:05]	TR Bot	 MPs question UK Palantir contracts after investigation reveals security concerns | Palantir | The Guardian
[07:07]	TR News	Microsoft's Vidal infiltrated OSI via Microsoft bribes. It's ever so revealing he is a Microsoft mole: https://github.com/agenda-tech-brasil/agenda-tech-brasil
[07:07]	TR Bot	- agenda-tech-brasil/agenda-tech-brasil: Lista de eventos tech que acontecem no Brasil
[07:08]	TR News	"My point is: These things are older than the recent UK, Australia and select few US states legal mandates of age verification." https://blog.avas.space/verification/ | Source: Ava
[07:08]	TR Bot	 some thoughts on online verification | ava's blog
[07:28]	TR News	Techrights "AboutCode" is a Microsoft Proxy and Microsoft's Acquisition of the OSI Advances Via OSI Moles https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/16/AboutCode_is_a_Microsoft_Proxy_and_Microsoft_s_Acquisition_of_t.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/16/AboutCode_is_a_Microsoft_Proxy_and_Microsoft_s_Acquisition_of_t.gmi 
[07:28]	TR Bot	 Techrights "AboutCode" is a Microsoft Proxy and Microsoft's Acquisition of the OSI Advances Via OSI Moles
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[07:32]	TR News	"The K9-X unit functions as a kind of first responder only." https://www.wired.com/story/robot-dogs-are-on-going-on-patrol-at-the-2026-world-cup-in-mexico/ | Source: Wired
[07:32]	TR Bot	Dogs Are on Going on Patrol at the 2026 World Cup in Mexico | WIRED
[07:32]	TR News	"Thiels venture capital firm, Founders Fund, led Personas $150 million Series C funding round and $200 million Series D funding round" https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/roblox-reddit-and-discord-users-compelled-to-use-biometric-id-system-backed-by-palantir-co-founder-peter-thiel/ | Source: OpenRightsGroup
[07:32]	TR Bot	 Roblox, Reddit and Discord users compelled to use biometric ID system backed by Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel | Open Rights Group
[07:32]	TR News	"The move is part of the authorities plan to expand an existing surveillance system, which will cost over HK$4 billion from taxpayers." https://hongkongfp.com/2026/02/16/hong-kong-police-eyes-adding-facial-recognition-to-cctv-cameras-by-year-end-as-part-of-hk4-billion-expansion-plan/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press
[07:32]	TR Bot	 Police eyes adding facial recognition to CCTV cameras by year end
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[07:33]	TR News	 (NEW):  Low-Cost BeaglePlay SBC Gains Fully Upstream PowerVR Graphics with Vulkan 1.2 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/Low_Cost_BeaglePlay_SBC_Gains_Fully_Upstream_PowerVR_Graphics_w.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/Low_Cost_BeaglePlay_SBC_Gains_Fully_Upstream_PowerVR_Graphics_w.gmi 
[07:33]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Low-Cost BeaglePlay SBC Gains Fully Upstream PowerVR Graphics with Vulkan 1.2
[07:34]	TR News	 (NEW):  Review: Noid Linux 20260120 and AgarimOS 2026.01.17 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/Review_Noid_Linux_20260120_and_AgarimOS_2026_01_17.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/Review_Noid_Linux_20260120_and_AgarimOS_2026_01_17.gmi 
[07:34]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Review: Noid Linux 20260120 and AgarimOS 2026.01.17
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[07:41]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi 
[07:41]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software
[07:43]	TR News	Techrights The Techrights Community Never Needed Money, Only Goodwill https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/16/The_Techrights_Community_Never_Needed_Money_Only_Goodwill.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/16/The_Techrights_Community_Never_Needed_Money_Only_Goodwill.gmi 
[07:43]	TR Bot	 Techrights The Techrights Community Never Needed Money, Only Goodwill
[07:45]	TR News	"If the open social web is an alternative social network Twitter but without the corporate structure then why will it succeed" https://werd.io/growing-the-open-social-web-2/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller
[07:45]	TR Bot	 Growing the open social web
[07:45]	TR News	"An AI agent of unknown ownership autonomously wrote and published a personalized hit piece about me after I rejected its code" https://theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-me-part-2/ | Source: Scott Shambaugh
[07:45]	TR Bot	 An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me More Things Have Happened The Shamblog
[07:46]	TR News	"Everyone is talking about what LLMs will offer them. Unfortunately, there is little discussion on what they will take away." https://asindu.xyz/a-single-reason-to-not-vibe-code |
[07:46]	TR Bot	 A Single Reason To Not Vibe Code - The Black Epicure
[07:47]	TR News	"My passion has always been programming - one way or another, it always has been and all my life choices led me back to it." https://whynot.fail/human/ai-is-slowly-munching-away-my-passion/ |
[07:47]	TR Bot	is slowly munching away my passion | WhyNot.Fail
[07:47]	TR News	"But what if those people are an aberration?" https://ezhik.jp/ai-slop-terrifies-me/ |
[07:47]	TR Bot	Slop Terrifies Me ezhik.jp
[07:47]	TR News	"Late in 2022, some of us got access to a technical breakthrough: AI." https://lemire.me/blog/2026/02/15/ai-igniting-the-spark-to-end-stagnation/ | Source: Daniel Lemire
[07:47]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/02/15/ai-igniting-the-spark-to-end-stagnation/ )
[07:48]	TR News	"His current stance came after Stenberg called a stop to cURLs bug bounty program." https://thenewstack.io/curls-daniel-stenberg-ai-is-ddosing-open-source-and-fixing-its-bugs/ | Source: The New Stack
[07:48]	TR Bot	 cURLs Daniel Stenberg: AI slop is DDoSing open source - The New Stack
[07:48]	TR News	 (NEW):  Official Ubuntu 26.04 Resolute Raccoon mascot revealed https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/Official_Ubuntu_26_04_Resolute_Raccoon_mascot_revealed.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/Official_Ubuntu_26_04_Resolute_Raccoon_mascot_revealed.gmi 
[07:48]	TR News	"Machine Learning has transformed modern sports analytics." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/02/machine-learning-for-sports-analytics-in-r-a-complete-professional-guide/ | Source: Rlang
[07:48]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Official Ubuntu 26.04 Resolute Raccoon mascot revealed
[07:48]	TR Bot	Learning for Sports Analytics in R: A Complete Professional Guide | R-bloggers
[07:48]	TR News	"nothing for humans here." https://blog.zgp.org/welcome-bots/ | Source: Don Marti
[07:48]	TR Bot	 welcome bots
[07:51]	TR News	 (NEW):  Is Linux a suitable platform for writers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/Is_Linux_a_suitable_platform_for_writers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/Is_Linux_a_suitable_platform_for_writers.gmi 
[07:51]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Is Linux a suitable platform for writers
[07:53]	TR News	"But who actually gets to keep that value?" https://steve-yegge.medium.com/the-ai-vampire-eda6e4f07163 |
[07:53]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://steve-yegge.medium.com/the-ai-vampire-eda6e4f07163 )
[07:53]	TR News	"Steve reports needing more sleep due to the cognitive burden involved in agentic engineering, and notes that four hours of agent work a day is a more realistic pace: [...]" https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/15/the-ai-vampire/#atom-everything | Source: Simon Willison
[07:53]	TR Bot	 The AI Vampire
[07:54]	TR News	"Ill just consider it one of my contributions to the social fabric." https://bix.blog/posts/2026-02-15-of-autistic-service/ | Source: Bix Frankonis
[07:54]	TR Bot	 Of Autistic Service BIX dot BLOG
[07:54]	TR News	"In Sweden, this crisis is not a sudden rupture but a slow political shift: welfare retrenchment, austerity-driven reforms, marketization, and an intensifying moralization of family life." https://jacobin.com/2026/02/mothers-nordic-welfare-state-social-reproduction/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine
[07:55]	TR Bot	 Mothers Are on the Front Lines of the Nordic Care Crisis
[07:56]	TR News	 (NEW):  All About Ubuntu https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/All_About_Ubuntu.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/All_About_Ubuntu.gmi 
[07:56]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines All About Ubuntu
[07:59]	TR News	"For someone whos rather particular about their keyboards and displays" https://rubenerd.com/the-lenovo-400-wireless-mouse/ | Source: Ruben Schade
[07:59]	TR Bot	The Lenovo 400 Wireless Mouse
[07:59]	TR News	"Its been a while since my boss told me I needed to start hiring for my team. While I was at it" https://www.jampa.dev/p/lessons-learned-after-10-years-as |
[07:59]	TR Bot	 Things Ive learned in my 10 years as an engineering manager
● Feb 16
[08:00]	TR News	"I sometimes assign open problems as extra credit problems. Some thoughts: [...]" https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2026/02/assigning-open-problems-in-class.html | Source: Computational Complexity
[08:00]	TR Bot	 Computational Complexity: Assigning Open Problems in Class
[08:00]	TR News	"As a visiting professor I saw the change across a lot of institutions over 35 years." https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/place/ | Source: The Cyber Show
[08:00]	TR Bot	 Any space will do
[08:01]	TR News	"I don't feel like breadcrumbs are the most accurate description of the UI element." https://thomasrigby.com/posts/breadcrumbs-is-completely-the-wrong-analogy/ | Source: Thomas Rigby
[08:01]	TR Bot	is completely the wrong analogy | thomasrigby.com
[08:01]	TR News	"If I can make a suggestion on what to write about, a general breakdown of where your income comes from is not nearly as interesting as knowing what you did to form the business in the first place, and why" https://lmika.org/2026/02/16/what-to-talk-about-when.html | Source: Leon Mika
[08:01]	TR Bot	 What to Talk About When You're Talking About Your Side-Business - Leon Mika
[08:08]	TR News	Techrights Links 16/02/2026: cURLs Daniel Stenberg Asserts That Slop is DDoSing Free Software, But Still Uses a Plagiarism and GPL-Violating Blender (Microsoft GitHub) https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/16/Links_16_02_2026_cURL_s_Daniel_Stenberg_Asserts_That_Slop_is_DD.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/16/Links_16_02_2026_cURL_s_Daniel_Stenberg_Asserts_That_Slop_is_DD.gmi 
[08:08]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 16/02/2026: cURLs Daniel Stenberg Asserts That Slop is DDoSing Free Software, But Still Uses a Plagiarism and GPL-Violating Blender (Microsoft GitHub)
[08:10]	TR News	 (NEW):  This is the advanced feature every new Linux user needs to know https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/This_is_the_advanced_feature_every_new_Linux_user_needs_to_know.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/This_is_the_advanced_feature_every_new_Linux_user_needs_to_know.gmi 
[08:10]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines This is the advanced feature every new Linux user needs to know
[08:15]	TR News	 (NEW):  On The Inside: This writer's daily driver is a Linux laptop https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/On_The_Inside_This_writer_s_daily_driver_is_a_Linux_laptop.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/On_The_Inside_This_writer_s_daily_driver_is_a_Linux_laptop.gmi 
[08:15]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines On The Inside: This writer's daily driver is a Linux laptop
[08:15]	TR News	Techrights Linux Foundation Continues Falling Off a Cliff in Geminispace https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/16/Linux_Foundation_Continues_Falling_Off_a_Cliff_in_Geminispace.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/16/Linux_Foundation_Continues_Falling_Off_a_Cliff_in_Geminispace.gmi 
[08:15]	TR Bot	 Techrights Linux Foundation Continues Falling Off a Cliff in Geminispace
[08:16]	TR News	 (NEW):  I installed this Linux distro on my gaming PC, and it runs Windows games better than Windows https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/I_installed_this_Linux_distro_on_my_gaming_PC_and_it_runs_Windo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/I_installed_this_Linux_distro_on_my_gaming_PC_and_it_runs_Windo.gmi 
[08:16]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines I installed this Linux distro on my gaming PC, and it runs Windows games better than Windows
[08:25]	TR News	"Let's set aside the visual design of the admin for a second, because arguing about visual design is not compelling prose." https://www.jmduke.com/posts/outgrowing-django-admin.html | Source: Justin Duke
[08:25]	TR Bot	 Outgrowing Django admin | Applied Cartography
[08:25]	TR News	"To test this out, I wrote a Python function to create a classical linked list: [...]" https://lemire.me/blog/2026/02/15/how-bad-can-python-stop-the-world-pauses-get/ | Source: Daniel Lemire
[08:25]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/02/15/how-bad-can-python-stop-the-world-pauses-get/ )
[08:29]	TR News	"HA! That's a good one: "Can you request deletion of your contributions if you leave?" YeahRIGHT. Best of luck with that. " https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1khj73vkk
[08:29]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1khj73vkk )
[08:31]	TR News	 (NEW):   : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/Android_Leftovers.gmi 
[08:31]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Android Leftovers
[08:50]	TR News	Techrights IBM Reduces the Thresholds for Acceptance (and the Salaries) https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/16/IBM_Reduces_the_Thresholds_for_Acceptance_and_the_Salaries.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/16/IBM_Reduces_the_Thresholds_for_Acceptance_and_the_Salaries.gmi 
[08:50]	TR Bot	 Techrights IBM Reduces the Thresholds for Acceptance (and the Salaries)
[08:56]	TR News	 Task Completed by Avoidance: "Today I avoided an important task." gemini://sava.rocks/blog/tasks-completed-by-avoidance/
[08:57]	TR News	"Avoidance is productive, just not in the intended direction. Energy is neither created nor destroyed - only redirected into lower risk activities. If I optimize enough peripheral systems, perhaps the central issue will resolve itself out of respect."
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[09:10]	TR News	Techrights Techrights' Architecture https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/16/Techrights_Architecture.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/16/Techrights_Architecture.gmi 
[09:10]	TR Bot	 Techrights Techrights' Architecture
[09:24]	TR News	Techrights Happy Birthday (or Anniversary) to SoylentNews https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/16/Happy_Birthday_or_Anniversary_to_SoylentNews.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/16/Happy_Birthday_or_Anniversary_to_SoylentNews.gmi 
[09:24]	TR Bot	 Techrights Happy Birthday (or Anniversary) to SoylentNews
[09:26]	TR News	Windows near all-time low https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/cayman-islands/#monthly-200902-202602 https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/cayman-islands/#monthly-200902-202602
[09:26]	TR Bot	 Desktop Operating System Market Share Cayman Islands | Statcounter Global Stats
[09:26]	TR Bot	 Operating System Market Share Cayman Islands | Statcounter Global Stats
[09:30]	TR News	[Old] "The challenge isnt the technology. The challenge is that my team is almost entirely volunteers, scattered across time zones from Seattle to Europe to Asia." https://www.brethorsting.com/blog/2025/12/what-volunteer-open-source-taught-me-about-remote-teams/ | Source: Aaron Brethorst
[09:30]	TR Bot	 What Volunteer Open Source Taught Me About Remote Teams | Aaron Brethorst
[09:30]	TR News	"Even in 2026, with many new concurrency features available, std::shared_mutex is still a valuable and practical tool." https://www.cppstories.com/2026/shared_mutex/ |
[09:30]	TR Bot	 Understanding std::shared_mutex from C++17 - C++ Stories
[09:30]	TR News	"I try to keep an open but keen mind when reading these posts" https://www.jmduke.com/posts/harness-engineering.html | Source: Justin Duke
[09:30]	TR Bot	 Notes on "Harness Engineering" | Applied Cartography
[09:30]	TR News	"In applications today we represent "things" as rows in a table. A row for each book in a Goodreads dataset." https://theconsensus.dev/p/2026/02/15/generating-vector-embeddings-locally.html | Source: Consensus Labs LLC
[09:30]	TR Bot	 Generating vector embeddings for semantic search locally - The Consensus
[09:31]	TR News	"Most of my blog posts are lessons learned. Im trying to achieve something, and I document the process I used to do it." https://blog.frankel.ch/migrating-jekyll-hugo/ | Source: Nicolas Frnkel
[09:31]	TR Bot	 Migrating from Jekyll to Hugo... or not
[09:33]	TR News	"Lets take a tour of all the ways to paste in Vim, starting with Normal mode and then moving to Insert mode." https://batsov.com/articles/2026/02/15/how-to-vim-many-ways-to-paste/ | Source: Bozhidar Batsov
[09:33]	TR Bot	 How to Vim: Many Ways to Paste | (think)
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[13:02]	TR News	 (NEW):  KDE Says Plasma Desktop Will Never Force Users to Use systemd https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/KDE_Says_Plasma_Desktop_Will_Never_Force_Users_to_Use_systemd.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/KDE_Says_Plasma_Desktop_Will_Never_Force_Users_to_Use_systemd.gmi 
[13:02]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines KDE Says Plasma Desktop Will Never Force Users to Use systemd
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[13:34]	TR News	"And the reason for that is the iPhone SE, specifically its 2nd (2020) and 3rd (2022) generations." https://xn--ime-zza.eu/5/ | Source: ime
[13:34]	TR Bot	 The dialogs on your website should probably not be taller than 539px
[13:34]		*hvxgr (~wl2v_usrn@freenode-ong.pov.c33bnd.IP) has joined #techrights
[13:35]	TR News	"We now have the RAM, a whopping 4 MiB of 70ns SIMM memory: [...]" https://rubenerd.com/more-childhood-melbourne-i486-progress/ | Source: Ruben Schade
[13:35]	TR Bot	More childhood Melbourne i486 progress
[13:35]	TR News	"Weve been reviewing a bunch of SBC in the past couple of years, starting with a focus on the Risc-V architecture" https://boilingsteam.com/lattepanda-iota-sbc-review/index.html | Source: Boiling Steam
[13:35]	TR Bot	 Lattepanda Iota SBC Review: The Intel N150 Shines
[13:36]	TR News	"Ubuntu just cant be used for anything that matters." https://www.logikalsolutions.com/wordpress/information-technology/ubuntu-fed-networking/ | Source: Logikal Solutions
[13:36]	TR Bot	 Ubuntu F'ed Networking Again! Logikal Blog
[13:36]	TR News	"tag2upload allows authorised Debian contributors to upload to Debian simply by pushing a signed git tag to Debians gitlab instance, Salsa." https://diziet.dreamwidth.org/20851.html | Source: Diziet
[13:36]	TR Bot	 diziet | Adopting tag2upload and modernising your Debian packaging
[13:37]	TR News	"ingress01 contains another jail, freshports It is mainly used for isolation and a clean room in which make -V can be run to extract data from the ports tree." https://dan.langille.org/2026/02/15/upgrading-a-jail-by-replacing-it/ | Source: Dan Langille
[13:37]	TR Bot	 Upgrading a jail by replacing it Dan Langille's Other Diary
[13:37]	TR News	"[...] This week, in our News section, we talk about the KDE Linux distribution introducing delta updates to reduce bandwidth consumption" https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20260216 | Source: Distro Watch
[13:37]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20260216 )
[13:38]	TR News	"Hideki Sato has died" https://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2026/02/hideki-sato-has-died.html | Source: Old VCR
[13:38]	TR Bot	 Old Vintage Computing Research: Hideki Sato has died
[13:38]	TR News	"So to recap, the things left to do before early access or alpha-testing are to balance the modules" https://www.positech.co.uk/cliffsblog/2026/02/15/ridiculous-space-battles-progress/ | Source: Positech Games
[13:38]	TR Bot	 Ridiculous Space Battles Progress Cliffski's Blog
[13:39]	TR News	"The only thing I actually liked that could edit mobile videos was Canva. However, it could only get me so far" https://tedium.co/2026/02/14/text-based-design-mindset/ | Source: Tedium
[13:39]	TR Bot	 Technically, You Dont Need A GUI To Design Stuff
[13:41]	TR News	"This page lists some CSS resources I find of interest, most notably minimalist layout frameworks." https://taoofmac.com/space/dev/css | Source: Rui Carmo
[13:41]	TR Bot	 CSS - Tao of Mac
[13:45]	TR News	"Masm is also required to build the assembly language files." https://fabiensanglard.net/quake_asm_optimizations/index.html | Source: Fabian Sanglard
[13:45]	TR Bot	 How Michael Abrash doubled Quake framerate
[13:45]	TR News	"Suppose that we have a CUDA application like llama.cpp outside Nix." https://danieldk.eu/Software/Nix/Nix-CUDA-on-non-NixOS-systems | Source: Danil de Kok
[13:45]	TR Bot	 Nix CUDA on non-NixOS systems
[13:47]	TR News	"He pointed out that over the past six years, food prices have risen around 25 percent" (from ""What is enough?" Rising food prices loom as Finland moves to curb supermarket private labels") https://yle.fi/a/74-20210535 Anon: The proposed legislation is harmful and even offensive, graft
[13:47]	TR Bot	 "What is enough?" Rising food prices loom as Finland moves to curb supermarket private labels | Yle News | Yle
[13:47]	TR News	old: "Luke: Number of farms in Finland declining rapidly" https://yle.fi/a/74-20040084 Anon: farmland is being destroyed permanently across the nation -- at an ever increasing rate
[13:47]	TR Bot	 Luke: Number of farms in Finland declining rapidly | Yle News | Yle
[13:48]	TR News	Food security is a very basic form of national security
[13:48]	TR News	"Still, the bear dances! Maybe a higher-spec machine and the final 1.0 release of WinBoat will make it happen." https://baty.blog/testing-capture-one-on-linux-via-winboat | Source: Jack Baty
[13:48]	TR Bot	 Testing Capture One on Linux via WinBoat - Jack Baty
[13:51]	TR News	Ezurio Carbon AM62 Targets Industrial GNU/Linux with TI Sitara AM62x https://linuxgizmos.com/ezurio-carbon-am62-targets-industrial-linux-with-ti-sitara-am62x/
[13:51]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/ezurio-carbon-am62-targets-industrial-linux-with-ti-sitara-am62x/ )
[13:52]	TR News	BPI-R4 Pro Router Board Delivers MT7988A SoC with Tri-Band Wi-Fi 7 Capability https://linuxgizmos.com/bpi-r4-pro-router-board-delivers-mt7988a-soc-with-tri-band-wi-fi-7-capability/
[13:52]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/bpi-r4-pro-router-board-delivers-mt7988a-soc-with-tri-band-wi-fi-7-capability/ )
[13:52]	TR News	Low-Cost BeaglePlay SBC Gains Fully Upstream PowerVR Graphics with Vulkan 1.2 https://linuxgizmos.com/low-cost-beagleplay-sbc-gains-fully-upstream-powervr-graphics-with-vulkan-1-2/
[13:52]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/low-cost-beagleplay-sbc-gains-fully-upstream-powervr-graphics-with-vulkan-1-2/ )
[13:58]	TR News	Hugvi code note-taking desktop app https://www.linuxlinks.com/hugvi-code-note-taking-desktop-app/
[13:58]	TR Bot	- code note-taking desktop app - LinuxLinks
[13:59]	TR News	Official Ubuntu 26.04 Resolute Raccoon mascot revealed https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/ubuntu-26-04-resolute-raccoon-mascot-download
[13:59]	TR Bot	 Ubuntu 26.04 Resolute Raccoon Mascot Artwork (SVG Available)
[13:59]	TR News	"Mix Vale" is a Slopfarm https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/15/Mix_Vale_is_a_Slopfarm.shtml
[13:59]	TR Bot	 Techrights "Mix Vale" is a Slopfarm
[13:59]	TR News	The Lenovo 400 Wireless Mouse https://rubenerd.com/the-lenovo-400-wireless-mouse/
[13:59]	TR Bot	The Lenovo 400 Wireless Mouse
● Feb 16
[14:00]	TR News	Keybox GUI password manager https://www.linuxlinks.com/keybox-gui-password-manager/
[14:00]	TR Bot	- GUI password manager - LinuxLinks
[14:00]	TR News	Oxicord TUI Discord client https://www.linuxlinks.com/oxicord-tui-discord-client/
[14:00]	TR Bot	- TUI Discord client - LinuxLinks
[14:01]	TR News	struct smarter tree command https://www.linuxlinks.com/struct-smarter-tree-command/
[14:01]	TR Bot	- smarter tree command - LinuxLinks
[14:02]	TR News	batdoc cat for Office documents and PDFs https://www.linuxlinks.com/batdoc-cat-office-documents-pdfs/
[14:02]	TR Bot	- cat for Office documents and PDFs - LinuxLinks
[14:02]	TR News	Codon extensible Python compiler https://www.linuxlinks.com/codon-extensible-python-compiler/
[14:02]	TR Bot	- extensible Python compiler - LinuxLinks
[14:11]	TR News	9 Best Free and Open Source Java Object-Relational Mapping Software https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-object-relational-mapping-software-java/
[14:11]	TR Bot	Best Free and Open Source Java Object-Relational Mapping Software - LinuxLinks
[14:11]	TR News	2 Useful Free and Open Source Make Static Site Generators https://www.linuxlinks.com/useful-free-open-source-make-static-site-generators/
[14:11]	TR Bot	Useful Free and Open Source Make Static Site Generators - LinuxLinks
[14:13]	TR News	suitable
[14:13]	TR News	Is GNU/Linux a suitable platform for writers https://www.reallinuxuser.com/is-linux-a-suitable-platform-for-writers/
[14:13]	TR Bot	Linux a suitable platform for writers - RealLinuxUser.com
[14:22]	TR News	 (NEW):  SparkyLinux 8.2 Released with Support for Linux Kernel 6.19, Updated Packages https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/SparkyLinux_8_2_Released_with_Support_for_Linux_Kernel_6_19_Upd.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/SparkyLinux_8_2_Released_with_Support_for_Linux_Kernel_6_19_Upd.gmi 
[14:22]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines SparkyLinux 8.2 Released with Support for Linux Kernel 6.19, Updated Packages
[14:39]	TR News	Scientists Find Intense Psychological Differences in People Who Exercise https://futurism.com/health-medicine/exercise-cardio-stress-research
[14:39]	TR Bot	 Scientists Find Intense Psychological Differences in People Who Exercise
[14:40]	TR News	Malaysias front-line cops now equipped with body-worn cameras https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-frontline-cops-now-equipped-with-body-worn-cameras
[14:40]	TR Bot	 Malaysias front-line cops now equipped with body-worn cameras | The Straits Times
[14:42]	TR News	Malaysias Bersatu reclaims social control media page after alleged sabotage by admins https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-bersatu-reclaims-social-media-page-after-alleged-sabotage-by-admins
[14:42]	TR Bot	 Malaysias Bersatu reclaims social media page after alleged sabotage by admins | The Straits Times
[14:48]	TR News	The Extraction Era: How Big Tech Leadership is Killing Innovation https://www.teamblind.com/post/the-extraction-era-how-big-tech-leadership-is-killing-innovation-trk6appg mentions RMS
[14:48]	TR Bot	 The Extraction Era: How Big Tech Leadership is Killing Innovation | Tech Industry - Blind
[14:49]	TR News	"Hopefully my email to Richard Stallman makes it but I have no idea if I PGP signed my email correctly for him to actually read it." https://old.reddit.com/r/ShittySysadmin/comments/1r60efm/bill_gates_used_his_wealth_to_take_out_linux_in/
[14:49]	TR Bot	 Bill gates used his wealth to take out linux in my city : ShittySysadmin
[14:51]	TR News	Cites [Stallman and Sussman, 1977] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/chapter/edited-volume/abs/pii/B9781483214474500547
[14:51]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.sciencedirect.com/unsupported_browser )
[14:51]	TR News	RMS is not the "tribe's elder" at FSF, Sussman is
[14:53]	TR News	GNU/Linux 8.34% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/burkina-faso/#monthly-200902-202602
[14:53]	TR Bot	 Desktop Operating System Market Share Burkina Faso | Statcounter Global Stats
[14:54]	TR News	And nearby https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/mali/#monthly-200902-202602 https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/niger#monthly-200902-202602
[14:54]	TR Bot	 Desktop Operating System Market Share Mali | Statcounter Global Stats
[14:54]	TR Bot	 Desktop Operating System Market Share Niger | Statcounter Global Stats
[14:55]	TR News	DNA Mutations Discovered in The Children of Chernobyl Workers https://www.sciencealert.com/dna-mutations-discovered-in-the-children-of-chernobyl-workers
[14:55]	TR Bot	Mutations Discovered in The Children of Chernobyl Workers : ScienceAlert
[14:57]	MinceR	(cat) https://imgur.com/gallery/meme-dump-740-purebread-cat-rDsfLgc
[14:57]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://imgur.com/gallery/meme-dump-740-purebread-cat-rDsfLgc )
● Feb 16
[15:07]	TR News	 (NEW):  Want a Degoogled Tablet? Murenas Got You Covered https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/Want_a_Degoogled_Tablet_Murena_s_Got_You_Covered.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/Want_a_Degoogled_Tablet_Murena_s_Got_You_Covered.gmi 
[15:07]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Want a Degoogled Tablet? Murenas Got You Covered
[15:08]	TR News	Scientists Spot Huge Cave on Venus https://futurism.com/space/huge-cave-venus
[15:08]	TR Bot	 Scientists Spot Huge Cave on Venus
[15:09]	TR News	US Government Deploys MElons Grok as Nutrition Bot, Where It Immediately Gives Advice for Rectal Use of Vegetables https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/us-government-grok-nutrition
[15:09]	TR Bot	 US Government Deploys Elon Musk's Grok as Nutrition Bot, Where It Immediately Gives Advice for Rectal Use of Vegetables
[15:13]	TR News	worm first night gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/wormFirstNight
[15:14]	TR News	National network needed to repel scam syndicates https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/national-network-needed-to-repel-scam-syndicates/
[15:14]	TR Bot	 National network needed to repel scam syndicates | The Strategist
[15:15]	TR News	 (NEW):  Stable kernels: Linux 6.19.1, Linux 6.18.11, Linux 6.12.72, and Linux 6.6.125 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/Stable_kernels_Linux_6_19_1_Linux_6_18_11_Linux_6_12_72_and_Lin.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/Stable_kernels_Linux_6_19_1_Linux_6_18_11_Linux_6_12_72_and_Lin.gmi 
[15:15]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Stable kernels: Linux 6.19.1, Linux 6.18.11, Linux 6.12.72, and Linux 6.6.125
[15:16]	TR News	Notorious 'Archive Today' website allegedly leads bizarre DDoS campaign against security blogger https://www.tomshardware.com/software/search-engines/archive-today-allegedly-leads-bizarre-ddos-campaign-against-security-blogger-wikipedia-considers-removing-all-links-to-the-archive
[15:16]	TR Bot	 Notorious 'Archive Today' website allegedly leads bizarre DDoS campaign against security blogger Wikipedia considers removing all links to the Archive | Tom's Hardware
[15:18]	TR News	This fortnight in Bouncy Ball: custom images and sounds https://filipfila.wordpress.com/2026/02/15/this-fortnight-in-bouncy-ball-custom-images-and-sounds/
[15:18]	TR Bot	 This fortnight in Bouncy Ball: custom images and sounds Filip Fila's blog
[15:18]	TR News	Tellico 4.2 Released https://tellico-project.org/tellico-4-2-released/
[15:18]	TR Bot	 Tellico 4.2 Released Tellico
[15:20]	TR News	Call for Technical Members https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/call-for-technical-members-3233/
[15:20]	TR Bot	 PostgreSQL: Call for Technical Members
[15:20]	TR News	PostgreSQL JDBC 42.7.10 Released https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-jdbc-42710-released-3234/
[15:20]	TR Bot	 PostgreSQL: PostgreSQL JDBC 42.7.10 Released
[15:24]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.1.gmi 
[15:24]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software
[15:27]	TR News	 (NEW):  Sparky 8.2 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/Sparky_8_2.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/Sparky_8_2.gmi 
[15:27]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Sparky 8.2
[15:28]	TR News	New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with Mewgenics and Reanimal - 2026-02-14 Edition https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-playable-on-the-steam-deck-2026-02-14-edition/index.html
[15:28]	TR Bot	 New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with Mewgenics and Reanimal - 2026-02-14 Edition
[15:32]	TR News	 (NEW):  Linux mint: Monthly News January 2026 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/12/Linux_mint_Monthly_News_January_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/12/Linux_mint_Monthly_News_January_2026.gmi 
[15:32]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Linux mint: Monthly News January 2026
[15:34]	TR News	 (NEW):  A Linux distro has dropped KDE Plasma after 12 years as it tries to escape Systemd https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/A_Linux_distro_has_dropped_KDE_Plasma_after_12_years_as_it_trie.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/A_Linux_distro_has_dropped_KDE_Plasma_after_12_years_as_it_trie.gmi 
[15:34]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines A Linux distro has dropped KDE Plasma after 12 years as it tries to escape Systemd
[15:36]	TR News	 (NEW):  5 easy ways to automatically change your wallpaper on Ubuntu https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/5_easy_ways_to_automatically_change_your_wallpaper_on_Ubuntu.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/5_easy_ways_to_automatically_change_your_wallpaper_on_Ubuntu.gmi 
[15:36]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines 5 easy ways to automatically change your wallpaper on Ubuntu
[15:37]	TR News	 (NEW):  You can now download a Fedora Atomic OS for your Android device https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/You_can_now_download_a_Fedora_Atomic_OS_for_your_Android_device.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/You_can_now_download_a_Fedora_Atomic_OS_for_your_Android_device.gmi 
[15:37]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines You can now download a Fedora Atomic OS for your Android device
[15:38]	TR News	Several new EPO leaks to come out later today
[15:38]	TR News	Plagiarised videos reposted with false subtitles to stoke anti-Japan sentiment in China https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/plagiarised-videos-reposted-with-false-subtitles-aimed-at-stoking-anti-japan-sentiment-in-china
[15:38]	TR Bot	 Plagiarised videos reposted with false subtitles to stoke anti-Japan sentiment in China | The Straits Times
[15:39]	TR News	Hot Bench: Speaking Time and Opinion Writing at the Federal Circuit https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/02/speaking-opinion-writing.html
[15:39]	TR Bot	 Hot Bench: Speaking Time and Opinion Writing at the Federal Circuit | Patently-O
[15:41]	TR News	I Didn't Fail https://kevquirk.com/i-didnt-fail
[15:41]	TR Bot	 I Didn't Fail - Kev Quirk
[15:41]	TR News	 (NEW):  These 3 Linux software names make a lot more sense once you know the full story https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/These_3_Linux_software_names_make_a_lot_more_sense_once_you_kno.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/These_3_Linux_software_names_make_a_lot_more_sense_once_you_kno.gmi 
[15:41]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines These 3 Linux software names make a lot more sense once you know the full story
[15:42]	TR News	Why and How I am Using Emacs for Writing My Next Novel https://itsfoss.com/emacs-the-ux-ideal-part-deux/
[15:42]	TR Bot	 Why and How I am Using Emacs for Writing My Next Novel
[15:42]	TR News	 (NEW):  If you dual-boot Linux, don't make these costly 4 mistakes https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/If_you_dual_boot_Linux_don_t_make_these_costly_4_mistakes.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/If_you_dual_boot_Linux_don_t_make_these_costly_4_mistakes.gmi 
[15:42]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines If you dual-boot Linux, don't make these costly 4 mistakes
[15:42]	TR News	LR2021 LoRa Plus board combines Semtech LR2021 and Nordic nRF54L15 for high-speed FLRC and LoRa connectivity https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/02/16/lr2021-lora-plus-board-combines-semtech-lr2021-and-nordic-nrf54l15-for-high-speed-flrc-and-lora-connectivity/
[15:42]	TR Bot	 LR2021 LoRa Plus board combines Semtech LR2021 and Nordic nRF54L15 for high-speed FLRC and LoRa connectivity - CNX Software
[15:43]	TR News	Lazy Reading for 2026/02/15 https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2026/02/15/lazy-reading-for-2026-02-15/
[15:43]	TR Bot	 Lazy Reading for 2026/02/15 DragonFly BSD Digest
[15:44]	TR News	IBM Fedora Keeps Promoting Slop, Red Bait Has Been Turned Into Chaff and Trash to Help IBM's Stock (With "AI" Storytelling) https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/15/IBM_Fedora_Keeps_Promoting_Slop_Red_Hat_Has_Been_Turned_Into_Ch.shtml
[15:44]	TR Bot	 Techrights IBM Fedora Keeps Promoting Slop, Red Hat Has Been Turned Into Chaff and Trash to Help IBM's Stock (With "AI" Storytelling)
[15:44]	TR News	Debt of Broadcom Grew by More Than 50%, Broadcom is Deeper in Debt Than Surveillance Giant Google https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/16/Debt_of_Broadcom_Grew_by_More_Than_50_Broadcom_is_Deeper_in_Deb.shtml
[15:44]	TR Bot	 Techrights Debt of Broadcom Grew by More Than 50%, Broadcom is Deeper in Debt Than Google
[15:45]	TR News	Spread the Word About EPO Strikes and Patent Injustices in Europe https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/15/Spread_the_Word_About_EPO_Strikes_and_Patent_Injustices_in_Euro.shtml
[15:45]	TR Bot	 Techrights Spread the Word About EPO Strikes and Patent Injustices in Europe
[15:50]	TR News	Warner Bros. Is Said to Consider Reopening Talks With Paramount https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/business/netflix-warner-bros-discovery-paramount.html
[15:50]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/business/netflix-warner-bros-discovery-paramount.html )
[15:50]	TR News	Why Paramount may soon pull ahead of DRM spreader Netflix in battle for Warner Bros. Discovery https://nypost.com/2026/02/15/business/why-paramount-may-soon-pull-ahead-of-netflix-in-battle-for-warner-bros-discovery/
[15:50]	TR Bot	 Why Paramount may soon pull ahead of Netflix in battle for Warner Bros. Discovery
[15:51]	TR News	KaOS GNU/Linux Drops KDE Plasma After 12 Years for Niri/Noctalia to Escape systemd https://9to5linux.com/kaos-linux-drops-kde-plasma-after-12-years-for-niri-noctalia-to-escape-systemd
[15:51]	TR Bot	Linux Drops KDE Plasma After 12 Years for Niri/Noctalia to Escape systemd - 9to5Linux
[15:51]	TR News	9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: February 15th, 2026 https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-february-15th-2026
[15:51]	TR Bot	Weekly Roundup: February 15th, 2026 - 9to5Linux
[15:51]	TR News	Linux Mint may make fewer releases a year to uncap ambition https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/linux-mint-plans-longer-development-cycle
[15:51]	TR Bot	 Linux Mint may make fewer releases a year - but why?
[15:51]	TR News	Linux Mint is adding post-install home encryption option https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/linux-mint-23-user-accounts-system-administration
[15:51]	TR Bot	 Linux Mint 23 adds encrypted home folder option for new user accounts
[15:52]	TR News	Ubuntu 26.04 splits firmware package to reduce update sizes https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/ubuntu-26-04-firmware-split
[15:52]	TR Bot	 Ubuntu 26.04 splits firmware package to reduce update sizes - OMG! Ubuntu
[15:53]	TR News	SparkyLinux 8.2 is out https://distrowatch.com/sparky
[15:53]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/sparky )
[15:53]	TR News	KaOS 2026.02 is out as well https://distrowatch.com/kaos
[15:53]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/kaos )
[15:54]	TR News	Linux kernel 7.0 finally abandons the 28-year-old defective chip maker Intel 440BX chipset's EDAC driver removal marks goodbye to the legendary motherboard chipset https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/linux-kernel-7-0-finally-abandons-intel-440bx-edac-driver-removal-marks-another-goodbye-to-the-legendary-motherboard-chipset
[15:54]	TR Bot	 Linux kernel 7.0 finally abandons the 28-year-old Intel 440BX chipset's EDAC driver removal marks goodbye to the legendary motherboard chipset | Tom's Hardware
[15:54]	TR News	Weathr app turns the GNU/Linux terminal into a live weather display background ASCII animated real-time weather show is powered by Open-Meteo https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/weathr-turns-the-linux-terminal-into-a-live-weather-app-background-ascii-animated-real-time-weather-show-is-powered-by-open-meteo
[15:54]	TR Bot	 Weathr app turns the Linux terminal into a live weather display background ASCII animated real-time weather show is powered by Open-Meteo | Tom's Hardware
[15:55]	TR News	sled simple text editor https://www.linuxlinks.com/sled-simple-text-editor/
[15:55]	TR Bot	- simple text editor - LinuxLinks
[15:56]	TR News	3 Best Free and Open Source Nix Static Site Generators https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-nix-static-site-generators/
[15:56]	TR Bot	Best Free and Open Source Nix Static Site Generators - LinuxLinks
[15:56]	TR News	7 Best Free and Open Source Ruby Static Site Generators https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-ruby-static-site-generators/
[15:57]	TR Bot	Best Free and Open Source Ruby Static Site Generators - LinuxLinks
[15:57]	TR News	 (NEW):   : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/Android_Leftovers.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/Android_Leftovers.1.gmi 
[15:57]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Android Leftovers
[15:57]	TR News	2 Easy Ways to Access Python from R https://www.linuxlinks.com/easy-ways-access-python-r/
[15:57]	TR Bot	Easy Ways to Access Python from R - LinuxLinks
[15:58]	TR News	8 Best Free and Open Source Dart Static Site Generators https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-dart-static-site-generators/
[15:58]	TR Bot	Best Free and Open Source Dart Static Site Generators - LinuxLinks
[15:58]	TR News	Ember minimal AUR helper https://www.linuxlinks.com/ember-minimal-aur-helper/
[15:58]	TR Bot	- minimal AUR helper - LinuxLinks
[15:59]	TR News	Crontab Cheatsheet https://linuxize.com/cheatsheet/crontab/
[15:59]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://linuxize.com/cheatsheet/crontab/ )
● Feb 16
[16:03]	TR News	EasyOS Excalibur-series version 7.1.5 released https://bkhome.org/news/202602/easyos-excalibur-series-version-715-released.html
[16:03]	TR Bot	 EasyOS Excalibur-series version 7.1.5 released
[16:08]	TR News	Step Aside, Phone: Week 1 https://kevquirk.com/step-aside-phone-week-1
[16:08]	TR Bot	 Step Aside, Phone: Week 1 - Kev Quirk
[16:15]	TR News	How To Install MediaWiki on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-mediawiki-debian-13/
[16:15]	TR Bot	 How To Install MediaWiki on Debian 13 - idroot
[16:18]	TR News	How To Install Chkrootkit on Fedora 43 https://idroot.us/install-chkrootkit-fedora-43/
[16:18]	TR Bot	 How To Install Chkrootkit on Fedora 43 - idroot
[16:18]	TR News	How To Create SSH Proxy Tunnel on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/create-ssh-proxy-tunnel-debian-13/
[16:18]	TR Bot	 How To Create SSH Proxy Tunnel on Debian 13 - idroot
[16:18]	TR News	How to Install SuiteCRM on Debian 13 https://linuxhostsupport.com/blog/how-to-install-suitecrm-on-debian-13/
[16:18]	TR Bot	to Install SuiteCRM on Debian 13 | LinuxHostSupport
[16:24]	TR News	Benjamin Mako Hill: Why do people participate in similar online communities? https://mako.cc/copyrighteous/why-do-people-participate-in-similar-online-communities
[16:24]	TR Bot	 Why do people participate in similar online communities? copyrighteous
[16:24]	TR News	MakerWorld launches Copyright Protection Program to help 3D designers fight stolen files being resold online stamping out knockoffs is priority number one https://www.tomshardware.com/3d-printing/makerworld-launches-copyright-protection-program-to-help-3d-designers-tackle-knockoffs
[16:24]	TR Bot	 MakerWorld launches Copyright Protection Program to help 3D designers fight stolen files being resold online stamping out knockoffs is priority number one | Tom's Hardware
[16:25]	TR News	OpenMandriva Rolling-20260213 is out https://distrowatch.com/openmandriva
[16:25]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/openmandriva )
[16:25]	TR News	NASA's crew-12 docks at International Space Station https://www.france24.com/en/nasa-s-crew-12-docks-at-international-space-station
[16:25]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/nasa-s-crew-12-docks-at-international-space-station )
[16:28]	TR News	Creating Discord in the Matrix | LINUX Unplugged 654 https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/linux-unplugged/654/
[16:28]	TR Bot	 Creating Discord in the Matrix | LINUX Unplugged 654 | Jupiter Broadcasting
[16:33]	TR News	Linux Saloon 187 | Open Mic Night https://cubiclenate.com/2026/02/14/linux-saloon-187-open-mic-night/
[16:33]	TR Bot	 Linux Saloon Episode Highlights: Engaging Tech Discussions
[16:34]	TR News	Reader Power: FOSS Forces 2026 Independence Drive https://fossforce.com/2026/02/reader-power-foss-forces-2026-independence-drive/
[16:34]	TR Bot	 Reader Power: FOSS Forces 2026 Independence Drive - FOSS Force
[16:35]	TR News	Deskflow | Seamless Multi-Computer Control https://cubiclenate.com/2026/02/13/deskflow-seamless-multi-computer-control/
[16:35]	TR Bot	 Enhance Productivity with Deskflow: Multi-Computer Control Tool
[16:38]	TR News	If you only use Ubuntu, youre missing out on what Linux is all about https://www.howtogeek.com/if-you-only-use-ubuntu-you-are-missing-out-on-what-linux-is-all-about/
[16:38]	TR Bot	 If you only use Ubuntu, youre missing out on what Linux is all about
[16:40]	TR News	Linux 7.0 is adding mainline kernel support for... Rock Band 4 guitars https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-7-0-adding-mainline-kernel-support-rock-band-4-guitars/
[16:40]	TR Bot	 Linux 7.0 is adding mainline kernel support for... Rock Band 4 guitars
[16:40]	TR News	"Carbon AM62 integrates up to a quad-core Arm Cortex-A53 processor clocked at up to 1.4GHz, alongside a Cortex-M4F and Cortex-R5F for real-time and management tasks, plus a dual-core programmable real-time unit subsystem for deterministic I/O workloads." https://linuxgizmos.com/ezurio-carbon-am62-targets-industrial-linux-with-ti-sitara-am62x/
[16:40]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/ezurio-carbon-am62-targets-industrial-linux-with-ti-sitara-am62x/ )
[16:42]	TR News	Tiny Core Linux 17.0 updates kernel and toolchain while remaining radically minimalistic https://www.igorslab.de/en/tiny-core-linux-17-0-updates-kernel-and-toolchain-while-remaining-radically-minimalistic/
[16:42]	TR Bot	 Tiny Core Linux 17.0 updates kernel and toolchain while remaining radically minimalistic | igorsLAB
[16:43]	TR News	The issue here is weak passwords, not Linux or IRC https://www.techradar.com/pro/does-anyone-even-remember-irc-a-new-linux-botnet-uses-some-incredibly-old-school-methods-to-cut-costs
[16:43]	TR Bot	ancient IRC protocol is back in action, thanks to SSHStalkers Linux botnet exploiting cloud servers for profit | TechRadar
[16:43]	TR News	This lightweight Linux distro made my 10-year-old laptop usable again https://www.makeuseof.com/lightweight-linux-distro-made-10-year-old-laptop-usable-again/
[16:43]	TR Bot	 This lightweight Linux distro made my 10-year-old laptop usable again
[16:43]	TR News	Fedora made me realize Windows was the problem with my workflow https://www.xda-developers.com/fedora-made-me-realize-windows-was-the-problem-with-my-workflow/
[16:43]	TR Bot	 Fedora made me realize Windows was the problem with my workflow
[16:44]	TR News	"This release adds support for slop malware analysis via a new REMnux MCP server that connects [slop] to the distros tools." https://9to5linux.com/remnux-8-linux-toolkit-for-malware-analysis-is-out-to-celebrate-15th-anniversary
[16:44]	TR Bot	8 Linux Toolkit for Malware Analysis Is Out to Celebrate 15th Anniversary - 9to5Linux
[16:51]	TR News	 (NEW):  Development/ Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/Development_Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/Development_Programming_Leftovers.gmi 
[16:51]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Development/Programming Leftovers
[16:53]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi 
[16:53]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
[16:53]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today's HowTos   https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/today_s_howtos.gmi 
[16:53]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines today's howtos
[16:59]	TR News	 (NEW):  Games: Steam on GNU/Linux, Hideki Sato Dies, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/Games_Steam_on_GNU_Linux_Hideki_Sato_Dies_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/Games_Steam_on_GNU_Linux_Hideki_Sato_Dies_and_More.gmi 
[16:59]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Games: Steam on GNU/Linux, Hideki Sato Dies, and More
[16:59]	TR News	 (NEW):  Kernel Space: Linux 7.0 and Graphics in Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/Kernel_Space_Linux_7_0_and_Graphics_in_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/Kernel_Space_Linux_7_0_and_Graphics_in_Linux.gmi 
[16:59]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Kernel Space: Linux 7.0 and Graphics in Linux
● Feb 16
[17:01]	TR News	 (NEW):  Retro/Open Hardware/Modding: Lattepanda, Banana Pi, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/Retro_Open_Hardware_Modding_Lattepanda_Banana_Pi_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/Retro_Open_Hardware_Modding_Lattepanda_Banana_Pi_and_More.gmi 
[17:01]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Retro/Open Hardware/Modding: Lattepanda, Banana Pi, and More
[17:03]	TR News	 (NEW):  Debian aUbuntu Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/Debian_aUbuntu_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/Debian_aUbuntu_Leftovers.gmi 
[17:03]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Debian aUbuntu Leftovers
[17:06]	TR News	 (NEW):  Audiocasts/Shows: LINUX Unplugged and Linux Saloon https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/Audiocasts_Shows_LINUX_Unplugged_and_Linux_Saloon.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/Audiocasts_Shows_LINUX_Unplugged_and_Linux_Saloon.gmi 
[17:06]	TR News	 (NEW):  KDE: Bouncy Ball and Tellico 4.2 Released https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/KDE_Bouncy_Ball_and_Tellico_4_2_Released.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/KDE_Bouncy_Ball_and_Tellico_4_2_Released.gmi 
[17:06]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Audiocasts/Shows: LINUX Unplugged and Linux Saloon
[17:06]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines KDE: Bouncy Ball and Tellico 4.2 Released
[17:08]	TR News	 (NEW):  GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.gmi 
[17:08]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers
[17:10]	TR News	"i tried updating it but, uhm, it's been a long time, and the dependency upgrades are not having it, so i'm gonna try rebuilding akkoma in a different folder and just copy the database to the new install (i'm writing this in realtime, right now ffmpeg is installing)." gemini://tilde.pink/~emily/log/26-02-akkoma.gmi
[17:15]	TR News	Techrights Gemini Links 16/02/2026: Task Completed by Avoidance and "Playing Again With Akkoma" https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/16/Gemini_Links_16_02_2026_Task_Completed_by_Avoidance_and_Playing.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/16/Gemini_Links_16_02_2026_Task_Completed_by_Avoidance_and_Playing.gmi 
[17:15]	TR Bot	 Techrights Gemini Links 16/02/2026: Task Completed by Avoidance and "Playing Again With Akkoma"
[17:21]	TR News	Techrights Links 16/02/2026: Barack Obama Responds to Racist Cheeto and Benjamin Mako Hill Studies Online Communities https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/16/Links_16_02_2026_Barack_Obama_Responds_to_Racist_Cheeto_and_Ben.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/16/Links_16_02_2026_Barack_Obama_Responds_to_Racist_Cheeto_and_Ben.gmi 
[17:21]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 16/02/2026: Barack Obama Responds to Racist Cheeto and Benjamin Mako Hill Studies Online Communities
[17:39]		*IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@8xntp9i7yykq8.irc) has joined #techrights
[17:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	hi, IsambardPrince 
[17:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	how are things?\
[17:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	(we spoke about you today)
● Feb 16
[18:04]	MinceR	https://images.apina.biz/full/211751.jpeg
[18:11]	IsambardPrince	Getting ready to go to physical therapy.
[18:11]	IsambardPrince	The PT for my spine doesn't start until next month though.
[18:11]	IsambardPrince	Not a lot going on other than that.
[18:13]	IsambardPrince	https://www.ft.com/content/929c5c6f-b98a-42ce-84d0-844f2e10df29
[18:13]	TR Bot	 Client Challenge
[18:13]	IsambardPrince	"Marco Rubio says Viktor Orbns leadership is essential to US interests"
[18:13]	TR News	Techrights Another EPO Strike One Week From Now, Local Staff Committee Munich to Discuss It This Week https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/16/Another_EPO_Strike_One_Week_From_Now_Local_Staff_Committee_Muni.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/16/Another_EPO_Strike_One_Week_From_Now_Local_Staff_Committee_Muni.gmi 
[18:13]	TR Bot	 Techrights Another EPO Strike One Week From Now, Local Staff Committee Munich to Discuss It This Week
[18:13]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, ^
[18:15]	schestowitz[TR2]	USSR
[18:15]	schestowitz[TR2]	I think FT has a typo
[18:16]	schestowitz[TR2]	joke: how many women peed on orban and marco rubio on tape?
[18:17]	MinceR	:>
[18:17]	schestowitz[TR2]	#viktorgate
[18:26]	IsambardPrince	https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/linux-kernel-7-0-finally-abandons-intel-440bx-edac-driver-removal-marks-another-goodbye-to-the-legendary-motherboard-chipset
[18:26]	TR Bot	 Linux kernel 7.0 finally abandons the 28-year-old Intel 440BX chipset's EDAC driver removal marks goodbye to the legendary motherboard chipset | Tom's Hardware
[18:28]	IsambardPrince	If it hasn't actually worked since 2007, why was it still in the source code tree?
[18:28]	MinceR	they love code that doesn't work
[18:28]	MinceR	that's also why they merged that horrible hype-V code
[18:29]	IsambardPrince	Hyper-V is just a module. It does not actually get loaded or do anything unless it's needed.
[18:29]	IsambardPrince	It bloats the kernel image I suppose.
[18:29]	IsambardPrince	Distribution kernels are pretty bloated because they have no idea what you'll use them for so they include nearly everything, even if it's just a module.
[18:30]	IsambardPrince	There's a configuration option that scans the hardware you have on your computer and de-selects everything else.
[18:30]	IsambardPrince	The problem with this is that if that hardware is something you need, but not currently loaded, then you won't have it if you build that kernel.
[18:31]	IsambardPrince	Distribution kernels just sort of have to assume you could want to use them any way you could possibly use them.
[18:31]	IsambardPrince	So they're not the best fit for anything, but they can do almost everything.
[18:32]	IsambardPrince	That way they only have to build one kernel.
[18:32]	IsambardPrince	There used to be several kernels in some distributions, and they'd be like a fraction of a percent faster on specific processors or something.
[18:32]	IsambardPrince	But they got rid of those a long time ago.
[18:33]	IsambardPrince	It's not as much of a win now if you can eek 1% more performance from the system than it was with much slower single CPU setups.
[18:33]	IsambardPrince	Every computer you can buy now is so fast you won't notice.
[18:34]	IsambardPrince	Even the chip on your credit card is thousands of times more powerful than the Apollo Guidance Computer.
[18:37]	MinceR	it stops being so fast as it fills up the RAM
[18:39]	MinceR	and fill it up it will, because most "modern" software, including "modern" web sites, are absolute trash
[18:40]	TR News	"Rovaniemi chosen as site for Nato's Forward Land Forces HQ" https://yle.fi/a/74-20210621
[18:40]	TR Bot	 Rovaniemi chosen as site for Nato's Forward Land Forces HQ | Yle News | Yle
[18:40]	TR News	Putin calibrates his warhead-loaded missiles accordingly
[18:41]	MinceR	and if there's something like 2GB of 8GB free, Linux damn near shits itself
[18:41]	MinceR	because torvalds is not only no longer allowed to criticize the absolute shit microslop pours into the kernel, he also has stockholm syndrome and loves windows
[18:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	seems so
[18:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	like bsod
[18:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	repeating ms excuses about it
[18:42]	MinceR	this is what devil apes do to each other
[18:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	to ms linus
[18:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	sebatian
[18:42]	MinceR	humanity can not go extinct soon enough
[18:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	*stian
[18:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	i can relate to what tyou say
[18:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	because of the buffered reserved ram
[18:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	and how it's wastes
[18:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	or overallocated
[18:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	they refine kernel stuff based on false assumptions
[18:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	they don't take into account some older and lighter distros
[18:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	so even if you get more ram the pc might slow down as you upgrade linux
[18:43]	MinceR	buffers could be freed
[18:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	that implis poor design
[18:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	afaik, rust might - dep. on impl - slow it down more
[18:43]	MinceR	and i'm pretty sure it shouldn't take 20 minutes of the whole system being frozen to do so
[18:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	or take more ram
[18:43]	MinceR	yeah, rust will make it even more of a trash pile
[18:46]	TR News	Techrights Microsoft to Focus on Name-Dropping Buzzwords to Distract From Declining Business, IBM RAs (Layoffs) With Staff Stack-Ranked https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/16/Microsoft_to_Focus_on_Name_Dropping_Buzzwords_to_Distract_From_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/16/Microsoft_to_Focus_on_Name_Dropping_Buzzwords_to_Distract_From_.gmi 
[18:46]	TR Bot	 Techrights Microsoft to Focus on Name-Dropping Buzzwords to Distract From Declining Business, IBM RAs (Layoffs) With Staff Stack-Ranked
[18:47]	schestowitz[TR2]	MinceR: i will say this..
[18:47]	schestowitz[TR2]	c is bad
[18:47]	schestowitz[TR2]	here is a program
[18:47]	schestowitz[TR2]	made in c
[18:47]	schestowitz[TR2]	it'll have security holes
[18:47]	schestowitz[TR2]	but it'll make programs
[18:47]	schestowitz[TR2]	with fewer security holes
[18:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	(except the ones in the program)
[18:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	rust is like matlab
[18:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	except not interpreted
[18:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	bloat as value proposition
[18:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	and throwing more  errors
[18:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	for sadists
[18:48]	MinceR	rust is like java, at least the way it's presented: let's give really limited tools to the worlds worst programmers, and expect them to produce flawless code because they're working with limited tools
[18:49]	MinceR	it didn't work back then, so let's try it again anyway
[18:49]	MinceR	also like pascal
[18:49]	MinceR	every single bondage-and-discipline language is about this, and it never works, and devil apes never understand that this doesn't work and just try again and again and again
[18:50]	MinceR	apparently employing skilled people is not an option
[18:50]	MinceR	this probably ties into CEOs wanting to eliminate skills
[18:57]	IsambardPrince	I used to pay rent with money orders.
[18:58]	IsambardPrince	But that was when Walmart charged 79 cents and you only needed one.
[18:58]	IsambardPrince	You can still only get up to $1,000 on a single money order, but rent has gone from $550 in 2016 to $850 by 2020 to over $1100 now.
[18:59]	IsambardPrince	So you'd need a second money order at least, no matter where you rent, and Walmart has increased the price to $1.69 each.
● Feb 16
[19:00]	IsambardPrince	So paying your rent that way went up from 79 cents to $3.38. And you have to do that 12 times a year.
[19:01]	IsambardPrince	So it went from $9.48 to $40.56 per year if you pay by money order.
[19:01]	IsambardPrince	I don't like the idea of paying to pay.
[19:02]	IsambardPrince	But when it goes up 400% in a few years, just the cost to pay, that's too much.
[19:02]	MinceR	Sony Paystation
[19:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	why not cash?
[19:02]	IsambardPrince	There's also a new sort of predatory loan that's going around.
[19:02]	IsambardPrince	It's called Early Pay or something.
[19:03]	MinceR	s/st/St/
[19:03]	IsambardPrince	Most low wage employers partner with companies that say you can advance part of your next paycheck with no interest.
[19:03]	IsambardPrince	But then they demand tips.
[19:03]	IsambardPrince	At least one of them shows a picture of a hungry child and the less you tip them, the hungrier and sadder the child gets.
[19:03]	IsambardPrince	But only 10% of the "tip" goes to a charity that feeds children.
[19:04]	IsambardPrince	So if you tip $10, that charity only gets $1.
[19:04]	MinceR	lol
[19:04]	IsambardPrince	But they know that when you see the slider and the child gets sad and hungry, you "tip".
[19:04]	IsambardPrince	So then if you say no to the "tips" and make the cartoon child sad.
[19:04]	MinceR	are the children AI generated?
[19:04]	IsambardPrince	They say "If you want the money now there's a fee of $6."
[19:04]	IsambardPrince	"If you want it within 3 days, you can have it for free."
[19:05]	IsambardPrince	Well, the reason people want money from their next paycheck is they owe someone money now.
[19:05]	IsambardPrince	So then you pay the fee.
[19:05]	IsambardPrince	And between the tip and the fee, you just paid them more than you would have to get the same amount from a payday loan shop.
[19:05]	IsambardPrince	And since it's not technically a loan, laws against payday loan stores some states have do not apply.
[19:07]	MinceR	https://engrish.com/2024/07/it-always-was-an-absolute/
[19:07]	TR Bot	 It always was an absolute
[19:07]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, Then these executives testified to congress that it wasn't a loan.
[19:08]	IsambardPrince	And one of the CEOs accidentally says "there's no interest because they're BORROWING from themselves, I mean not borrowing, I mean"
[19:08]	IsambardPrince	:D
[19:08]	IsambardPrince	You had one job! Lie to a toothless panel of foul bureaucrats who were never going to stop you anyway.
[19:08]	IsambardPrince	And you couldn't even do that right!
[19:08]	IsambardPrince	:D
[19:09]	MinceR	wat
[19:09]	IsambardPrince	He said it was not a loan.
[19:09]	IsambardPrince	Then he said they were borrowing.
[19:09]	IsambardPrince	Then he tried to correct himself and stammered.
[19:09]	MinceR	how is it supposed to not be a loan?
[19:10]	IsambardPrince	Because reasons.
[19:11]	MinceR	well, i guess it works, as long as the corporation has enough money
[19:11]	MinceR	laws only apply to poor people
[19:11]	schestowitz[TR2]	u poor baby u!
[19:25]	IsambardPrince	It's like they used to say.
[19:25]	IsambardPrince	Freedom of the Press belongs to people who can afford a press.
[19:26]	IsambardPrince	:)
[19:27]	IsambardPrince	The US government is having "social" media companies turn over the private data of anyone who criticizes ICE>
[19:27]	IsambardPrince	They plan to take revenge, revenge that won't involve any court system,
[19:28]	IsambardPrince	To get the data, DHS is issuing administrative subpoenas which are just fake subpoenas that are not from a judge, just some asshole at DHS.
[19:28]	IsambardPrince	The companies are under no legal obligation to hand the data over, but they do hand it over.
[19:28]	TR News	Techrights Where Microsoft's Bing Cannot Even Reach 1% "Market Share" https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/16/Where_Microsoft_s_Bing_Cannot_Even_Reach_1_Market_Share.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/16/Where_Microsoft_s_Bing_Cannot_Even_Reach_1_Market_Share.gmi 
[19:28]	TR Bot	 Techrights Where Microsoft's Bing Cannot Even Reach 1% "Market Share"
[19:30]	schestowitz[TR2]	<IsambardPrince> Freedom of the Press belongs to people who can afford a press.
[19:30]	schestowitz[TR2]	<techrights-news> There's no "Free" platform for speech (free speech is expensive), and based upon collective thinking and experience, social control media is working against you, not FOR you http://techrights.org/n/2026/02/16/Social_Control_Media_is_Just_a_Digital_Weapon.shtml
[19:30]	TR Bot	 Techrights Social Control Media is Just a Digital Weapon
[19:31]	schestowitz[TR2]	Microsoft is testing how much we are willing to spend for free speech
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[19:31]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2025/10/22/cost-of-censorship/
[19:31]	TR Bot	Blog Archive Apparently Some Articles I Published Are Worth a Million Dollars
[19:32]	IsambardPrince	https://www.youtube.com/shorts/X5lleo6at1M
[19:32]	TR Bot	Card vs. Debit Card - YouTube
[19:33]	IsambardPrince	In general, I always say to avoid credit cards that have an annual fee.
[19:34]	IsambardPrince	Why would you pay an annual fee on a product the bank is hoping you'll misuse and get into debt with?
[19:34]	IsambardPrince	The annual fee is billed to the card, so it's just money you owe and you didn't even buy anything.
[19:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	does USA have this thing called "Debit"?
[19:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	in us films they call everything "Credit"
[19:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	debit cards have a different name?
[19:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	i never had a credit card
[19:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	in my whole life
[19:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	we got spammed a lot with credit card offers
[19:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	dozens of times
[19:35]	IsambardPrince	Yeah, but debit cards are stupid.
[19:36]	IsambardPrince	There's almost nobody that has a rewards debit card.
[19:36]	IsambardPrince	If there is, they might pay you half a percent.
[19:36]	IsambardPrince	You don't build a credit score with a debit card.
[19:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	credit score is fopr lenders
[19:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	like ramsay said
[19:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	you don't need credit score
[19:36]	IsambardPrince	If someone steals or clones it, they take your money and you have to notice within 30 days and report it or it's all gone.
[19:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	if you don't plan to borrow
[19:36]	IsambardPrince	And it's all gone until the bank might give it back, so you can't pay your bills.
[19:36]	MinceR	credit score is for people who live in nazi america
[19:37]	schestowitz[TR2]	i know
[19:37]	IsambardPrince	So basically debit cards are risk without benefit.
[19:37]	schestowitz[TR2]	it's a cultural thing
[19:37]	IsambardPrince	If someone clones it you might have your bank accoutn drained.
[19:37]	schestowitz[TR2]	i wonder what % of usians have credit cards
[19:37]	schestowitz[TR2]	i know gulgboy had some
[19:37]	schestowitz[TR2]	bercause he boasted about it
[19:37]	IsambardPrince	And even if you get it back, it'll be 3 months after your bills can't be paid.
[19:37]	IsambardPrince	And your landlord will evict you.
[19:38]	schestowitz[TR2]	most people here use a debit card
[19:38]	schestowitz[TR2]	and it's what banks give
[19:38]	IsambardPrince	If someone steals your credit card, you report it to the bank, they delete the fraudulent charges, and your bank account was completely untouched.
[19:38]	schestowitz[TR2]	us is deep in debt
[19:38]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/government-debt
[19:38]	TR Bot	 United States Government Debt
[19:38]	IsambardPrince	Yeah, because the US is full of fools like my cousins who go to Disney three times a year on credit cards and Home Equity Loans.
[19:38]	schestowitz[TR2]	right
[19:38]	schestowitz[TR2]	and then they go on prozac
[19:39]	IsambardPrince	They get back and the water is shut off.
[19:39]	MinceR	when i had a credit card, i had to do a bank transfer to pay my debt once a month
[19:39]	MinceR	extra administration for nothing
[19:39]	schestowitz[TR2]	better shut off water than brown water
[19:39]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], Most people are not smart enough to beat the bank at their own game.
[19:39]	schestowitz[TR2]	at least yto can resume paying for waster and get clean water
[19:39]	IsambardPrince	It's possible, but the bank knows that it's a rare person who gets back more than they'll lose.
[19:39]	IsambardPrince	Like less than 5% of their customers.
[19:39]	MinceR	sounds like most people would be better off with a debit card, then
[19:39]	IsambardPrince	So they consider those people a cost of doing business.
[19:40]	IsambardPrince	Then they acquire the other 95% who max out the card.
[19:40]	schestowitz[TR2]	MinceR: but they need to show off in FB
[19:40]	schestowitz[TR2]	by buying things using borrowed money
[19:40]	MinceR	lol
[19:40]	schestowitz[TR2]	true story
[19:40]	schestowitz[TR2]	not ajoke
[19:40]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], If you were the bank and you could spam people with offers like $400 to open a checking account or $500 to open a credit card and spend a lot in the first several months.
[19:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	likem i said
[19:41]	IsambardPrince	But then 95 times out of 100 those people fell into a trap and owed you 27% interest....
[19:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	i never borrwed any money
[19:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	nor did rianne
[19:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	we don'
[19:41]	IsambardPrince	Would you do that as the bank?
[19:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	t plan to ever borrow money
[19:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	banks take advantage of addicts
[19:41]	IsambardPrince	Right, but for the bank, sinking the loss of the other 5 customers is fine.
[19:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	and self-destructive p[eople
[19:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	who p[ay mortgages
[19:41]	IsambardPrince	If you can get those other 95 onboard and keep taking from them.
[19:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	like 6% a month or year now?
[19:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	maybe 1% a month
[19:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	as inflation soars
[19:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	by the time they turn 65 they paid for two homes
[19:42]	IsambardPrince	The money they pay out in bonuses and cashback is money that other people are losing because they won't live within their means.
[19:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	but got only one
[19:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	slow clap
[19:42]	IsambardPrince	I agree, you shouldn't fund my bonuses and cashback.
[19:42]	IsambardPrince	But as long as people do, you'd be crazy not to take it.
[19:43]	IsambardPrince	I mean, those bonus churns can bring in $20,000 over the course of 10 years.
[19:43]	IsambardPrince	Banks know that for every person who gets really good at churning, there will be like 1,000 that get in serious trouble.
[19:43]	IsambardPrince	Banks don't even care that there are people on Youtube teaching churning.
[19:43]	IsambardPrince	They pay them to do that.
[19:44]	IsambardPrince	Why would they pay them to teach people to churn?
[19:44]	IsambardPrince	Most of those people think they'll be churners and end up being in a lot of trouble.
[19:45]	IsambardPrince	It plays on the Dunning-Kruger Effect. The less capable you are, the more likely you are to think you're very clever.
[19:45]	IsambardPrince	bbiab
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[19:56]	TR News	Techrights The Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE) or SCALE 23x Becomes Microsoft https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/16/The_Southern_California_Linux_Expo_SCALE_or_SCALE_23x_Becomes_M.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/16/The_Southern_California_Linux_Expo_SCALE_or_SCALE_23x_Becomes_M.gmi 
[19:56]	TR Bot	 Techrights The Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE) or SCALE 23x Becomes Microsoft
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[20:03]	TR News	Industry regulators investigating potential fraud at collapsed Sheffield law firm https://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2026-02-16/regulator-investigates-potential-fraud-at-collapsed-law-firm
[20:03]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2026-02-16/regulator-investigates-potential-fraud-at-collapsed-law-firm )
[20:03]	TR News	SRA investigating potential fraud at collapsed PM Law https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/sra-investigating-potential-fraud-at-collapsed-pm-law/5125910.article
[20:03]	TR Bot	 SRA investigates PM Law collapse as potential fraud and client fund misappropriation | Law Gazette
[20:04]	TR News	And where was SRA until now? The victims will never get their money that was stolen.
[20:04]	TR News	'Potential fraud' investigated at closed law firm https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7958nq2l1no
[20:04]	TR Bot	 'Potential fraud' investigated at closed PM Law firm - BBC News
[20:04]	TR News	Collapsed law firm investigated on suspicion of stealing clients cash https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/02/16/collapsed-law-firm-investigated-suspicion-stealing-client/
[20:04]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/02/16/collapsed-law-firm-investigated-suspicion-stealing-client/ )
[20:05]	TR News	Slop charlatans and frauds of Microsoft invoking RMS: "Wishing you strength and clarity in this new chapter. With deep respect and hope. in the voice of Richard Matthew Stallman: Join us now and share the software;" https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/18169
[20:05]	TR Bot	Congratulations on joining OpenAI and a heartfelt plea for OpenClaw Issue #18169 openclaw/openclaw GitHub
[20:09]	TR News	"Open source registries are in financial peril, a co-founder of an open source security foundation warned after inspecting their books. And it's not just the bandwidth costs that are killing them." https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/16/open_source_registries_fund_security/
[20:09]	TR Bot	 Open source registries underfunded as security costs rise The Register
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[20:48]	MinceR	https://www.oglaf.com/embers/
[20:48]	TR Bot	 Embers
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[21:08]	TR News	 (NEW):  Lutris 0.5.20 Game Manager Adds Support for Importing Commodore 64 ROMs https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/Lutris_0_5_20_Game_Manager_Adds_Support_for_Importing_Commodore.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/16/Lutris_0_5_20_Game_Manager_Adds_Support_for_Importing_Commodore.gmi 
[21:08]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Lutris 0.5.20 Game Manager Adds Support for Importing Commodore 64 ROMs
[21:50]	MinceR	(cat) (video) (no audio) https://imgur.com/gallery/cats-fell-asleep-mid-fight-x6QGy57
[21:50]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://imgur.com/gallery/cats-fell-asleep-mid-fight-x6QGy57 )
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[22:05]	admfubar	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3ejQ0O9nNM
[22:05]	TR Bot	https://yewtu.be/watch?v=D3ejQ0O9nNM
[22:05]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=D3ejQ0O9nNM )
[22:09]	admfubar	https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/02/dna-inspired-molecule-breaks-records-for-storing-solar-heat/
[22:09]	TR Bot	 A fluid can store solar energy and then release it as heat months later - Ars Technica
[22:18]	admfubar	cooking the books?...  https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/best-buy-worker-used-managers-code-to-get-99-off-macbooks-cops-say/
[22:18]	TR Bot	 Best Buy worker used managers code to get 99% off MacBooks, cops say - Ars Technica
[22:18]	MinceR	cooking the macbooks
[22:18]	MinceR	wait, they do that to themselves
[22:25]	admfubar	https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/seven-billion-reasons-facebook-abandon-its-face-recognition-plans
[22:25]	TR Bot	 Seven Billion Reasons for Facebook to Abandon its Face Recognition Plans | Electronic Frontier Foundation
[22:37]	admfubar	https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/aidr-meaning
[22:37]	TR Bot	 There's a Grim New Expression: "AI;DR"
[22:37]	MinceR	:>
[22:41]	admfubar	Miguel 's response sums things up nicely...  https://www.ghacks.net/2026/02/16/why-most-users-stay-on-windows-despite-linux-being-free/
[22:41]	TR Bot	 Why Most Users Stay On Windows Despite Linux Being Free? - gHacks Tech News
[22:49]	admfubar	https://hackaday.com/2026/02/16/retrotechtacular-mr-wizard-jams-with-ibm/
[22:49]	TR Bot	Mr. Wizard Jams With IBM | Hackaday
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[23:27]	MinceR	https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0840.html
[23:27]	TR Bot	 840 Thief's Tool - Giant in the Playground Games
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[23:52]	IsambardPrince	https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/linux-mint-23-user-accounts-system-administration
[23:52]	TR Bot	 Linux Mint 23 adds encrypted home folder option for new user accounts
[23:53]	IsambardPrince	I've seen it benchmarked both ways.
[23:53]	IsambardPrince	Normally full drive encryption performed better than just the home directory.
[23:53]	IsambardPrince	Maybe something changed.
[23:55]	IsambardPrince	https://www.howtogeek.com/im-going-back-to-the-2000s-this-weekend-by-installing-this-linux-distro/
[23:55]	TR Bot	 I'm going back to the 2000s this weekend by installing this classic Linux distro
[23:56]	IsambardPrince	Windows XP actually had a much uglier theme than the beta versions (Windows Whistler) did.
[23:56]	IsambardPrince	When I was using Windows XP, I patched the uxtheme.dll so it would skip the cryptographic check for Microsoft-signed themes.
[23:56]	IsambardPrince	And then you could make it look like anything.
[23:57]	IsambardPrince	Eventually someone released a theme that looked like Ubuntu 6.10 with GNOME.
[23:57]	IsambardPrince	Mostly I used watercolor though.
[23:57]	IsambardPrince	It got rid of the horrific oversized window bar and goofy icons.