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[00:02]	admfubar	from the whoopsie doodles dept... https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/16/who_me/
[00:02]	TR Bot	 Final step to put new website into production deleted it The Register
[00:02]	MinceR	that improves most websites anyway
[00:03]	admfubar	https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/16/fractal-analytics-muted-ipo-debut-signals-persistent-ai-fears-in-india/
[00:03]	TR Bot	Analytics' muted IPO debut signals persistent AI fears in India | TechCrunch
[00:34]	IsambardPrince	I've been filling up my gas tank for under $2 a gallon, but it requires doing a few things.
[00:34]	admfubar	https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/02/16/188251/western-digital-is-sold-out-of-hard-drives-for-2026
[00:34]	TR Bot	 Western Digital is Sold Out of Hard Drives for 2026 - Slashdot
[00:35]	IsambardPrince	Using E15, making sure to use those spend $15 in the store, get 15 cents a gallon off coupons (going inside to buy car washes and groceries works), and then paying with a cashback card with a high rewards rate on gas.
[00:35]	MinceR	also living in nazi america
[00:36]	MinceR	gas is normally more expensive here, and the government is also trying various tricks to hike the price further
[00:36]	IsambardPrince	They hate us because we have freedom, and guns, and cheap gas.
[00:37]	IsambardPrince	They see me rollin', they hatin'.
[00:37]	MinceR	except you don't have freedom
[00:37]	IsambardPrince	Must be tough living in a concrete shitbox under Orban.
[00:37]	MinceR	and you get shot in the head for having guns
[00:37]	IsambardPrince	Shoot back.
[00:37]	MinceR	but yeah, you have cheap gas
[00:37]	MinceR	how many gestapo agents were shot down so far?
[00:37]	IsambardPrince	I rarely go anywhere without doing conceal and carry.
[00:38]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, A few.
[00:38]	IsambardPrince	It does happen.
[00:38]	IsambardPrince	There was a CBP agent that was shot and killed the same week Trump took office, in Vermont I think.
[00:38]	IsambardPrince	Good, fuck him.
[00:38]	MinceR	so what's the score?
[00:38]	IsambardPrince	I mean, I wouldn't have done it but I'm not sad that he's dead.
[00:38]	IsambardPrince	Who knows.
[00:39]	MinceR	:>
[00:39]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, The guy who shot and killed him was wanted for murder anyway.
[00:40]	IsambardPrince	He was already in about as much trouble as you can be in.
[00:40]	IsambardPrince	When I say I wouldn't do it, personally, it's because I'm not in trouble for anything.
[00:40]	IsambardPrince	I'd rather it stay that way.
[00:41]	IsambardPrince	The guy that was wanted for murder had nothing to lose.
[00:41]	IsambardPrince	Now it's two murders.
[00:42]	admfubar	https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/02/16/why-odf-and-not-ooxml/
[00:42]	TR Bot	 Why ODF and not OOXML - TDF Community Blog
[00:43]	admfubar	https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/02/14/0525257
[00:43]	TR Bot	 Why Are Criminals Stealing Used Cooking Oil From Scotland's Chip Shops? - SoylentNews
[00:44]	IsambardPrince	Used cooking oil can be processed into a substitute for diesel fuel.
[00:44]	IsambardPrince	Europe, aside from all the other ways it's shitty, decadent, and overpriced, has notoriously high motor fuel prices.
[00:45]	IsambardPrince	They seem to think that the way you jumpstart an economy that's taxed to death and having double digit unemployment, is to give it a good jolt of raising the retirement age.
[00:45]	IsambardPrince	(France)
[00:46]	MinceR	soon they'll just invite the orcs in to run things
[00:46]	MinceR	though i guess they'll have to send vehicles with drivers and fuel to bring them in, because you know, orcish logistics...
[00:46]	IsambardPrince	"Free" health care, where they write in "government-owned news sites" that cancer patients aren't worth treating, then they give Brandon Lobster a million dollars worth of whatever the fuck happened to him.
[00:46]	IsambardPrince	(Canada)
[00:47]	MinceR	canada is not in europe
[00:47]	IsambardPrince	Close enough'
[00:47]	IsambardPrince	"It's the thought that counts."
[00:47]	MinceR	if canada is in europe, then nazi america is in europe
[00:47]	MinceR	and as far as most devil apes are concerned, there are no thoughts
[00:47]	IsambardPrince	They use the metric system and ration healthcare and tax the shit out of everything.
[00:47]	IsambardPrince	It might as well be Europe.
[00:47]	MinceR	officially, even nazi america uses the metric system
[00:47]	MinceR	their imperial units are defined in terms of SI units
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[00:56]	admfubar	https://www.heise.de/en/news/Apple-Study-Users-Want-Transparent-AI-Agents-Instead-of-Black-Box-Systems-11176410.html
[00:56]	TR Bot	 Apple Study: Users Want Transparent AI Agents Instead of Black-Box Systems | heise online
[00:56]	IsambardPrince	Yes, because the units were poorly standardized before that.
[00:56]	MinceR	lol
[00:56]	IsambardPrince	You'd get two rulers and a foot on one would be 11.5 inches on the other.
[00:57]	MinceR	why would someone who wants transparency do business with the cupertino mafia in the first place?
[00:57]	admfubar	apple user have no idea what they want
[00:57]	MinceR	IsambardPrince: that's really worth being proud of...
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[01:09]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, Yeah, when I was remodeling the house mom lost to Dave....
[01:09]	IsambardPrince	I was running into all sorts of odd measurements from like over 100 years ago.
[01:09]	MinceR	:>
[01:09]	IsambardPrince	One end of a doorframe would be like 3/8ths of an inch shorter than the other side.
[01:10]	IsambardPrince	And then on one end there'd be a gap.
[01:10]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, I fixed a lot of that.
[01:10]	IsambardPrince	Including the downstairs bathroom door.
[01:10]	IsambardPrince	in the center it was about 5 feet 11 inches.
[01:10]	MinceR	i suspect SI on its own can't really help with that
[01:10]	IsambardPrince	And I'm 6' 3.5".
[01:10]	MinceR	in this concrete hive, several doors just hang in some random direction on their own
[01:11]	MinceR	probably because the frames aren't vertical
[01:11]	IsambardPrince	So I banged my head on it a few times then cut it up to 6 feet 7 inches and put a new door on.
[01:11]	MinceR	and the elements of this concrete hive were mass produced, afaik
[01:11]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, Dave saw me come in cussing from having hit my head again.
[01:11]	IsambardPrince	And I said "I need this." and walked off with his electric saw.
[01:12]	MinceR	i bought some wedges to keep some of the doors open, but naturally, they were removed and discarded soon
[01:12]	MinceR	so i still keep bumping into the nominally open doors when i try to go through them
[01:13]	MinceR	and it's somehow always my fault.
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[01:16]	IsambardPrince	Did you think about getting a prybar and just ripping the doors out?
[01:16]	MinceR	no
[01:17]	MinceR	i'd rather just move out of the city
[01:17]	MinceR	which is progressing... extremely slowly.
[01:46]	MinceR	https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0939.html
[01:46]	TR Bot	 939 Donation Drive - Giant in the Playground Games
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[02:17]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, Looking for the JWZ post about Marc Andreeson.
[02:17]	IsambardPrince	He said that when he worked at Netscape, Andreeson would take a dump in the restroom where the "grease and red meat diet really made itself known".
[02:18]	MinceR	lol
[02:18]	IsambardPrince	And then one of his coworkers came down the hall and said "Captain's Log".
[02:18]	MinceR	lol
[02:23]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, I recall that the Mozilla Suite used to be so heavy by the standards of late 90s/early 2000s PCs that you could add a stub to your Startup folder in the Start Menu.
[02:23]	IsambardPrince	It would load in the system tray and preload most of the browser.
[02:23]	IsambardPrince	So it wouldn't take so long to start.
[02:23]	MinceR	microslop preloaded Idiot Exploiter, too
[02:23]	IsambardPrince	Yes.
[02:23]	MinceR	but that wasn't optional
[02:23]	MinceR	microslop doesn't really understand what 'optional' means
[02:24]	IsambardPrince	You could unload it by using 98lite or RoM II to remove IE, Trident, and install the Windows 95 shell.
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[02:49]	TR Bot	 IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, February 16, 2026
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[05:00]	TR News	[japan] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2026-02-16.gmi
[05:01]	TR News	Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2026-02-17.gmi
[05:03]	TR News	"I mean it was fine for the first 85% of it. Was just cruising, wandering. Rode through the (relatively) quiet Sunday night city, west out to the water, enjoyed the quiet open roads and the cool air." gemini://ieve.me/moto/2026_02_15.gmi
[05:04]	TR News	Take My Hand: Chapter 40 gemini://gem.write-on.org/onestepleft/book1/chapter40.gmi
[05:05]	TR News	"Debugging why my Gemini server stopped responding, since I managed to catch it in the error state with enough energy to debug. I'm learning to use new process debugging tools and digging into the details to try to understand what's normal and what signals help find root cause. The digressions are excessive." gemini://ieve.me/chalice/2.gmi
[05:05]	TR News	"I wanted to use sockets this time, so that it would be much easier to swap out the op amp ICs if one of them got zapped or whatever. All I had on hand was some 16 pin sockets, so I just set the two 8 pin ICs next to each other in the same socket." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20260216-0.gmi
[05:06]	TR News	"Meanwhile in the Babylon 5 universe praising shadows may be problematic, but that universe cleaves rather closer to various Western norms." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/02/17/in-praise-of-shadows.gmi
[05:09]	TR News	""Hello friends, family, supporters, and fiber community. I've had to make the incredibly difficult decision to shut down Alpenglow," Sundra writes of the company's closure." gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202602/20260216-sundra.gmi
[05:09]	TR News	[cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1563.jpg
[05:09]	TR News	[cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1919.jpg
[05:12]	TR News	Worm first morning gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/wormFirstMorning
[05:13]	TR News	"I slept until 10 this morning and still went for a nap this afternoon for a few hours. I wonder how depleted my energy has been, what was I fueling on for all this time? I'm still tired." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/wormFirstDay
[05:19]	TR News	Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights https://techrights.org/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ 
[05:19]	TR Bot	 Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights
[05:19]	TR News	Techrights Gemini Links 17/02/2026: Alpenglow Industries' Closure and Gemini Server Issues https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/17/Gemini_Links_17_02_2026_Alpenglow_Industries_Closure_and_Gemini.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/17/Gemini_Links_17_02_2026_Alpenglow_Industries_Closure_and_Gemini.gmi 
[05:19]	TR Bot	 Techrights Gemini Links 17/02/2026: Alpenglow Industries' Closure and Gemini Server Issues
[05:22]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/17/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/17/Today_in_Techrights.gmi 
[05:22]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Today in Techrights
[05:22]	TR News	Techrights IRC Proceedings: Monday, February 16, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/17/IRC_Proceedings_Monday_February_16_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/17/IRC_Proceedings_Monday_February_16_2026.gmi 
[05:22]	TR Bot	 Techrights IRC Proceedings: Monday, February 16, 2026
[05:24]	TR News	Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/17/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/17/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi 
[05:24]	TR Bot	 Techrights Over at Tux Machines...
[05:25]	TR News	"Microsofts long-standing control over institutional environments." https://www.ghacks.net/2026/02/16/why-most-users-stay-on-windows-despite-linux-being-free/
[05:25]	TR Bot	 Why Most Users Stay On Windows Despite Linux Being Free? - gHacks Tech News
[05:28]	TR News	"AI is sh-t... it will never replace anyone and if it does the company doing that will disappear. Just a reminder... GDP is made of 70% of individuals spending... When nobody has a job, who will be spending on the products these d-mb companies are selling? Robots?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1khj73vkk
[05:28]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1khj73vkk )
[05:29]	TR News	"Invoice? I didn't receive an invoice. Did you send it to the right address? Maybe it was lost in the mail. I have no idea what you're talking about. Oh, and you must have the wrong phone number, no one here by that name, just got this phone, you must be looking for the person that had this number before me. Have a nice day." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1khc9389d
[05:29]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1khc9389d )
[05:30]	TR News	"Sure. The real problem with that is that it costs money that IBM does not have and certainly does not want to spend. So, this is just fantasy!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kf7gk191
[05:30]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kf7gk191 )
[05:30]	TR News	"The overall Tech sector is way down... the IBM stock will most likely recover slowly." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgj7w26n
[05:30]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgj7w26n )
[05:34]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgtrz521
[05:34]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgtrz521 )
[05:34]	schestowitz[TR2]	"
[05:34]	schestowitz[TR2]	Aside not getting any GDP, I think you will be fine and next year will be different.
[05:34]	schestowitz[TR2]	Unfortunately, she is kinda right, she has to pick one or more people to be low in such a barbaric system. Most teams don't have people that should be rated low, no matter how long they have been on the team.
[05:34]	schestowitz[TR2]	At the end of day, it is going to be your decision if you want to take the gut punch or take your business elsewhere. It will probably be the same elsewhere if you work for a big company. They are all the same these days."
[05:35]	TR News	IBM cuts. "Well, Arvind was pretty clear about the percentages for both bands lower than 10 and band 10. So, the fu---r better deliver. I think they are waiting for the layoffs to be announced so that core and high people rated know that they will get zilch." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kha2t91p
[05:35]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kha2t91p )
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[06:11]	TR News	Techrights IBM's Collapse Continues, Half of EU Countries to Have Mass Layoffs, "IBM Clearly Disinvests From Europe" Says IBM European Works Council https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/17/IBM_s_Collapse_Continues_Half_of_EU_Countries_to_Have_Mass_Layo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/17/IBM_s_Collapse_Continues_Half_of_EU_Countries_to_Have_Mass_Layo.gmi 
[06:11]	TR Bot	 Techrights IBM's Collapse Continues, Half of EU Countries to Have Mass Layoffs, "IBM Clearly Disinvests From Europe" Says IBM European Works Council
[06:34]	TR News	Techrights EPO's Central Staff Committee on Fourth Technical Meeting, Two Days Before First of (At Least) 4 Winter Strikes at the Second-Largest European Institution https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/17/EPO_s_Central_Staff_Committee_on_Fourth_Technical_Meeting_Two_D.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/17/EPO_s_Central_Staff_Committee_on_Fourth_Technical_Meeting_Two_D.gmi 
[06:34]	TR Bot	 Techrights EPO's Central Staff Committee on Fourth Technical Meeting, Two Days Before First of (At Least) 4 Winter Strikes at the Second-Largest European Institution
[06:58]	TR News	Techrights Techrights Became a Hub for News That IBM/Red Hat Doesn't Want You to See (and Pays Mainstream Media to Distract From) https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/17/Techrights_Became_a_Hub_for_News_That_IBM_Red_Hat_Doesn_t_Want_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/17/Techrights_Became_a_Hub_for_News_That_IBM_Red_Hat_Doesn_t_Want_.gmi 
[06:58]	TR Bot	 Techrights Techrights Became a Hub for News That IBM/Red Hat Doesn't Want You to See (and Pays Mainstream Media to Distract From)
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[07:18]	TR News	Techrights Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Way Too Slow to Respond to Financial Fraud at Law Firms, in Effect Helping Those Law Firms Defraud Many More People (Fleecing Clients) https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/17/Solicitors_Regulation_Authority_SRA_Way_Too_Slow_to_Respond_to_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/17/Solicitors_Regulation_Authority_SRA_Way_Too_Slow_to_Respond_to_.gmi 
[07:18]	TR Bot	 Techrights Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Way Too Slow to Respond to Financial Fraud at Law Firms, in Effect Helping Those Law Firms Defraud Many More People (Fleecing Clients)
[07:34]	TR News	Techrights Just Like The Register MS, Conde Nast's Ars Technica Has Just Publicly Admitted That It Published Fake Articles (Slop) Made by LLMs About Serious Subjects https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/17/Just_Like_The_Register_MS_Conde_Nast_s_Ars_Technica_Has_Just_Pu.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/17/Just_Like_The_Register_MS_Conde_Nast_s_Ars_Technica_Has_Just_Pu.gmi 
[07:34]	TR Bot	 Techrights Just Like The Register MS, Conde Nast's Ars Technica Has Just Publicly Admitted That It Published Fake Articles (Slop) Made by LLMs About Serious Subjects
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[07:51]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Stable kernels: Linux 6.19.2, Linux 6.18.12, Linux 6.12.73, and Linux 6.6.126
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[07:54]	TR News	 (NEW):  GNOME: Crosswords 0.3.17: Circle Bound https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/17/GNOME_Crosswords_0_3_17_Circle_Bound.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/17/GNOME_Crosswords_0_3_17_Circle_Bound.gmi 
[07:54]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines GNOME: Crosswords 0.3.17: Circle Bound
[07:56]	TR News	Techrights Microsoft Turned Bing Into Censorship Machine of China, But Bing Is Pegged at a Mere 2% in Asia, Yandex is Bigger https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/17/Microsoft_Turned_Bing_Into_Censorship_Machine_of_China_But_Bing.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/17/Microsoft_Turned_Bing_Into_Censorship_Machine_of_China_But_Bing.gmi 
[07:56]	TR Bot	 Techrights Microsoft Turned Bing Into Censorship Machine of China, But Bing Is Pegged at a Mere 2% in Asia, Yandex is Bigger
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[07:58]	TR News	 (NEW):  Linux CVE assignment process https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/17/Linux_CVE_assignment_process.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/17/Linux_CVE_assignment_process.gmi 
[07:58]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Linux CVE assignment process
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[08:04]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Gentoo on Codeberg
[08:06]	TR News	 (NEW):  Reverse Engineering Linux Distro REMnux Marks 15 Years With Major v8 Release Featuring AI Agent Support https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/17/Reverse_Engineering_Linux_Distro_REMnux_Marks_15_Years_With_Maj.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/17/Reverse_Engineering_Linux_Distro_REMnux_Marks_15_Years_With_Maj.gmi 
[08:06]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Reverse Engineering Linux Distro REMnux Marks 15 Years With Major v8 Release Featuring AI Agent Support
[08:09]	TR News	 (NEW):  KDE: Kapsule v0.2.1: sponsored by my wife's horror movies https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/17/KDE_Kapsule_v0_2_1_sponsored_by_my_wife_s_horror_movies.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/17/KDE_Kapsule_v0_2_1_sponsored_by_my_wife_s_horror_movies.gmi 
[08:09]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines KDE: Kapsule v0.2.1: sponsored by my wife's horror movies
[08:09]	TR News	Techrights Microsoft's "AI" Concerns Are All Indian (or Low-Paid Workers Who Work Extra Hours Unpaid) https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/17/Microsoft_s_AI_Concerns_Are_All_Indian_or_Low_Paid_Workers_Who_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/17/Microsoft_s_AI_Concerns_Are_All_Indian_or_Low_Paid_Workers_Who_.gmi 
[08:09]	TR Bot	 Techrights Microsoft's "AI" Concerns Are All Indian (or Low-Paid Workers Who Work Extra Hours Unpaid)
[08:14]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/17/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/17/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi 
[08:14]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software
[08:18]	TR News	 (NEW):  Linux Mint isn't the best Windows replacement anymore https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/17/Linux_Mint_isn_t_the_best_Windows_replacement_anymore.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/17/Linux_Mint_isn_t_the_best_Windows_replacement_anymore.gmi 
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[08:18]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Linux Mint isn't the best Windows replacement anymore
[08:20]	TR News	Techrights Only One in 50 Saudis Would Use Microsoft for Search, Almost Same as Would Use Russia's Yandex https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/17/Only_One_in_50_Saudis_Would_Use_Microsoft_for_Search_Almost_Sam.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/17/Only_One_in_50_Saudis_Would_Use_Microsoft_for_Search_Almost_Sam.gmi 
[08:20]	TR Bot	 Techrights Only One in 50 Saudis Would Use Microsoft for Search, Almost Same as Would Use Russia's Yandex
[08:36]	TR News	 (NEW):  Chromebooks and GNU/Linux Appear to have Gained Much Ground in Samoa (Independent State of Samoa) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/17/Chromebooks_and_GNU_Linux_Appear_to_have_Gained_Much_Ground_in_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/17/Chromebooks_and_GNU_Linux_Appear_to_have_Gained_Much_Ground_in_.gmi 
[08:36]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Chromebooks and GNU/Linux Appear to have Gained Much Ground in Samoa (Independent State of Samoa)
[08:43]	TR News	 (NEW):   : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/17/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/17/Android_Leftovers.gmi 
[08:43]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Android Leftovers
[08:50]	TR News	 (NEW):  The Efforts to Silence People Are Proportional to Their Positive Effect https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/17/The_Efforts_to_Silence_People_Are_Proportional_to_Their_Positiv.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/17/The_Efforts_to_Silence_People_Are_Proportional_to_Their_Positiv.gmi 
[08:50]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines The Efforts to Silence People Are Proportional to Their Positive Effect
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[08:53]	TR News	 (NEW):  KDE Plasma 6.6 Desktop Environment Officially Released, This Is Whats New https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/17/KDE_Plasma_6_6_Desktop_Environment_Officially_Released_This_Is_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/17/KDE_Plasma_6_6_Desktop_Environment_Officially_Released_This_Is_.gmi 
[08:53]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines KDE Plasma 6.6 Desktop Environment Officially Released, This Is Whats New
● Feb 17
[09:00]	TR News	Techrights Slop Technica: Ars Technica Seems Like Repeat Offender, a Part-Time Slopfarm https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/17/Slop_Technica_Ars_Technica_Seems_Like_Repeat_Offender_a_Part_Ti.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/17/Slop_Technica_Ars_Technica_Seems_Like_Repeat_Offender_a_Part_Ti.gmi 
[09:00]	TR Bot	 Techrights Slop Technica: Ars Technica Seems Like Repeat Offender, a Part-Time Slopfarm
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[09:31]	TR News	Techrights Benj Edwards (Ars Technica) Used Fake Articles to Promote Ponzi Scheme for Conde Nast and Its Client (Marketing) https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/17/Benj_Edwards_Ars_Technica_Used_Fake_Articles_to_Promote_Ponzi_S.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/17/Benj_Edwards_Ars_Technica_Used_Fake_Articles_to_Promote_Ponzi_S.gmi 
[09:31]	TR Bot	 Techrights Benj Edwards (Ars Technica) Used Fake Articles to Promote Ponzi Scheme for Conde Nast and Its Client (Marketing)
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[09:48]	TR News	"More than two years ago, Amazon sued a network of websites that sold pirated DVDs of Prime Video exclusives such as The Rings of Power and The Boys." https://torrentfreak.com/amazon-wins-6-million-in-damages-against-pirated-dvd-stores-plus-domain-takeovers/ | Source: Torrent Freak
[09:48]	TR Bot	Wins $6 Million in Damages Against Pirated DVD Stores, Plus Domain Takeovers * TorrentFreak
[09:48]	TR News	"Allowing publishers to opt out of AI Overviews without affecting search is a huge engineering project, a Google boss told publishers last week." https://pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/google-search-features-deals-ai-financial-times/ | Source: Press Gazette
[09:48]	TR Bot	 Google promises 'more focused deals' as FT joins AI pilot - Press Gazette
[09:48]	TR News	"Per the mentioned report, the as-yet-unnamed technology can determine the contribution percentages of human creators works within AI generations." https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/16/sony-ai-detection-tool/ | Source: Digital Music News
[09:48]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/16/sony-ai-detection-tool/ )
[09:49]	TR News	"Including Three Women" https://www.afintl.com/en/202602075511 |
[09:49]	TR Bot	 Taliban Flog Nine, Including Three Women, In Parwan & Uruzgan | Afghanistan International
[09:50]	TR News	"Child Marriages" sounds more tolerant than pedophilia https://morningstarnews.org/2026/02/legislation-to-combat-child-marriages-signed-in-punjab-pakistan/ | Source: Morning Star News
[09:50]	TR Bot	 Legislation to Combat Child Marriages Signed in Punjab, Pakistan - Morningstar News
[09:52]	TR News	"bars women from top post" https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/402348/jamaat-bars-women-from-top-post-on-islamic | Source: Dhaka Tribune
[09:52]	TR Bot	 'Jamaat bars women from top post on Islamic principles'
[09:52]	TR News	"the use of crypto to directly benefit the sitting American president" https://www.thenextmove.org/p/board-of-peace-global-grift | Source: The Next Move
[09:52]	TR Bot	 Board of Peace, Global Grift? - by Casey Michel
[09:53]	TR News	"this escalating language feels dangerous in our increasingly volatile political climate" https://organizingmythoughts.org/nick-fuentes-wants-women-in-gulags-heres-why-that-matters/ | Source: Kelly Hayes
[09:53]	TR Bot	 Nick Fuentes Wants Women in Gulags. Heres Why That Matters.
[09:53]	TR News	"Few jobs and slow growth hit the poor especially hard, because theyre the first to be fired, last to be hired, and most likely to bear the brunt of stagnant wages and declining benefits." https://robertreich.substack.com/p/best-of-luck-to-david-brooks | Source: Robert Reich
[09:53]	TR Bot	 Goodbye and Good luck, David Brooks - Robert Reich
[09:54]	TR News	"About 10,500 other nurses are starting to return to work today, ending the strike at three Manhattan hospitals run by Mt Sinai and at Montefiore Medical Center facilities in the Bronx" https://jacobin.com/2026/02/nurses-nyc-newyork-presbyterian-strike/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine
[09:54]	TR Bot	 At NYCs Richest Hospital, 4,200 Nurses Are Still on Strike
[09:54]	TR News	12 more days and it's March already. How time flies.
● Feb 17
[10:17]	TR News	"Selling and buying labor. Theres plenty to worry about in this arrangement as such, but what makes this particular case exceptional?" https://jacobin.com/2026/02/artificial-intelligence-ai-labor-exploitation/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine
[10:17]	TR Bot	 Who Wants to Rent a Human?
[10:18]	TR News	"The order means the government must put the materials back up while the underlying lawsuit proceeds in court." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/us/politics/presidents-house-philadelphia-washington-slavery-injunction.html | Source: New York Times
[10:18]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/us/politics/presidents-house-philadelphia-washington-slavery-injunction.html )
[10:18]	TR News	"Uber Eats is to begin operating in Denmark this year after the company announced an expansion to seven countries in Europe on Monday." https://www.thelocal.dk/20260216/uber-confirms-expansion-of-food-delivery-platform-to-denmark | Source: The Local DK
[10:18]	TR Bot	 Uber confirms expansion of food delivery platform to Denmark
[10:19]	TR News	"Anyone who thinks they want to be a reporter but doesnt want the satisfaction of knowing they wrote a thing themselves should go fuck themselves instead." https://bix.blog/posts/2026-02-16-writing-is-not-optional-for-journalism/ | Source: Bix Frankonis
[10:19]	TR Bot	 Writing Is Not Optional For Journalism BIX dot BLOG
[10:20]	TR News	"This isnt just a news problem. Putnam describes how civic organizations have largely reshaped and professionalized themselves to turn members into subscribers who send money to lobbyists." https://chrisamico.com/blog/2026-02-16/bowling-alone/ | Source: Chris Amico
[10:20]	TR Bot	 What if a news organization optimized for social capital?
[10:20]	TR News	"Local news has withered." https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/journalism-is-dead-long-live-journalism/ | Source: Rebecca Solnit
[10:20]	TR Bot	 Journalism Is Dead. Long Live Journalism
[10:21]	TR News	"Without local newsrooms, the basic work of reporting gathering accurate information and demanding transparency and accountability from local governments and powerful business interests vanishes. This loss directly imperils a functioning democracy, which requires an informed citizenry."
[10:21]	TR News	"Prosecutors accused Kotrikadze, news director and anchor of the exiled broadcaster TV Rain, of posting about alleged war crimes committed by Russian troops in Ukraine on her personal Telegram channel in the spring of 2022" https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/02/16/russia-jails-journalist-kotrikadze-businessman-chichvarkin-in-absentia-over-war-fakes-a91957 | Source: The Moscow Times
[10:21]	TR Bot	 Russia Jails Journalist Kotrikadze, Businessman Chichvarkin in Absentia Over War Fakes - The Moscow Times
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[10:24]	TR News	"If you're at least somewhat like me, then you use ZFS almost religiously." https://redalder.org/blog/disko-zfs-declaratively-managing-zfs-datasets.html |
[10:24]	TR Bot	 Learn a science unless you know about the subjects he felt.
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[10:24]	TR News	"The Coordinating Council of Iranian Teachers Trade Associations is one of Irans most organized and influential civil society groups." https://iranwire.com/en/news/148745-iranian-teachers-union-more-than-160-children-were-killed-during-the-protests/ | Source: IranWire
[10:24]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://iranwire.com/en/news/148745-iranian-teachers-union-more-than-160-children-were-killed-during-the-protests/ )
[10:24]	TR News	"The attackers were armed with sticks and knives when they confronted the pastors, accusing them of blasphemy and attempting to convert Muslims, he said." https://morningstarnews.org/2026/02/muslim-extremists-beat-two-pastors-in-eastern-uganda | Source: Morning Star News
[10:24]	TR Bot	 Muslim Extremists Beat Two Pastors in Eastern Uganda - Morningstar News
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[10:25]	TR News	"books in Ann Arbor schools are flagged as inappropriate by out-of-state group" https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2026/02/see-which-books-in-ann-arbor-schools-are-flagged-as-inappropriate-by-out-of-state-group.html | Source: Michigan News
[10:25]	TR Bot	which books in Ann Arbor schools are flagged as inappropriate by out-of-state group - mlive.com
[10:25]	TR News	"Steinberger discusses OpenClaw and acquisition offers from OpenAI and Meta in an interview with Lex Fridman. See also: Marcus Schuler." https://mjtsai.com/blog/2026/02/16/openclaw-developer-joins-openai/ | Source: Michael Tsai
[10:25]	TR Bot	 Michael Tsai - Blog - OpenClaw Developer Joins OpenAI
[10:26]	TR News	"We had a critical hotfix to deploy. The bug was losing the company $10k a minute." https://kmcd.dev/posts/shell-log-namaste/ | Source: Kevin McDonald
[10:26]	TR Bot	 Shell Log: Namaste
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[10:27]	TR News	"Lee Oldham is a 52-year-old former waste disposal worker from Cleburne, Texas, on the southern outskirts of Dallas-Fort Worth" https://futurism.com/science-energy/radioactive-fracking-school-texas | Source: Futurism
[10:27]	TR Bot	 Site of Elementary School Was Sprayed With Radioactive Fracking Waste, Worker Warns
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[10:27]	TR News	"That is a violation of the law, said Bruce Buckheit, a former EPA air enforcement chief, after reviewing Floodlights images and EPA regulations." https://tennesseelookout.com/2026/02/16/a-different-set-of-rules-thermal-drone-footage-shows-musks-ai-power-plant-flouts-clean-air-rules/ | Source: Tennessee Lookout
[10:27]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://tennesseelookout.com/2026/02/16/a-different-set-of-rules-thermal-drone-footage-shows-musks-ai-power-plant-flouts-clean-air-rules/ )
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[10:29]	TR News	"The files that have been released so far dont paint a pretty picture." https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-squalor-of-the-epstein-class | Source: Robert Reich
[10:29]	TR Bot	 The Squalor of the Epstein Class - Robert Reich
[10:29]	TR News	"Some schools have spent years trying to distance themselves from Mr. Epstein, donating his contributions and condemning his crimes." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/us/epsteins-ties-with-academics-show-the-seedy-side-of-college-fund-raising.html | Source: New York Times
[10:29]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/us/epsteins-ties-with-academics-show-the-seedy-side-of-college-fund-raising.html )
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[10:32]	TR News	"But the social media sands may slowly be shifting." https://theconversation.com/is-social-media-addictive-how-it-keeps-you-clicking-and-the-harms-it-can-cause-276022 | Source: The Conversation
[10:32]	TR Bot	 Is social media addictive? How it keeps you clicking and the harms it can cause
[10:32]	TR News	"It has been a brutal winter in much of the United States. Weather is a chaotic system in which extreme events are always happening somewhere" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/turning-our-back-on-clean-energy | Source: Paul Krugman
[10:32]	TR Bot	 Turning Our Back on Clean Energy - Paul Krugman
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[10:34]	TR News	"500 Richest People Gained Record $2.2 Trillion" https://en.neritam.com/2026/02/16/500-richest-people-gained-record-2-2-trillion-in-2025/ | Source: Neritam
[10:34]	TR Bot	 500 Richest People Gained Record $2.2 Trillion in 2025 Neritam
[10:35]	TR News	"And now it is Day One. Not because the crisis is over. The crisis is not over." https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/day-one | Source: Mike Brock
[10:35]	TR Bot	 Day One - by Mike Brock - Notes From The Circus
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[10:39]	TR News	"WolfSSL is extremely configurable. Maybe even too configurable for its own good." https://blog.feld.me/posts/2026/02/wolfssl-doesnt-suck/ | Source: Feld
[10:39]	TR Bot	 WolfSSL Doesn't Suck Makefile.feld
[10:40]	TR News	"This is nuts! This is not normal. This is not how I grew up and this is not how those parents have grown up either." https://blog.avas.space/surveillance-children/ | Source: Ava
[10:40]	TR Bot	 the tech-enabled surveillance of children | ava's blog
[10:40]	TR News	"Another major aspect with these general wellness devices is what happens to the data that they generate." https://hackaday.com/2026/02/16/what-the-fdas-2026-wellness-device-update-means-for-wearables/ | Source: Hackaday
[10:40]	TR Bot	The FDAs 2026 Wellness Device Update Means For Wearables | Hackaday
[10:41]	TR News	"Tech giant Apple has quietly paid nearly $2 billion for a pre-speech tech company whose employees helped Israel commit genocide in Gaza." https://thegrayzone.com/2026/02/15/apple-buys-israeli-pre-speech-firm/ | Source: The Gray Zone
[10:41]	TR Bot	 Apple buys Israeli pre-speech tech firm implicated in Gaza genocide - The Grayzone
[10:41]	TR News	"It is platforms, not users, that decide which age verification providers are use." https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/online-harms-millions-could-be-forced-to-use-unregulated-age-verification/ | Source: OpenRightsGroup
[10:41]	TR Bot	 Online harms: Millions could be forced to use unregulated age verification | Open Rights Group
[10:42]	TR News	"Contrary to the main narrative, french parliamentarians are not only talking about the budget." https://www.laquadrature.net/en/2026/02/16/censorship-and-surveillance-a-legislative-overload-in-the-french-parliament/ | Source: La Quadature Du Net
[10:42]	TR Bot	 Censorship and surveillance : a legislative overload in the french parliament. La Quadrature du Net
[10:42]	TR News	"We are participating in our own surveillance, through convenience, through security" https://www.ksl.com/article/51449172/lawyer-on-doorbell-cams-we-are-participating-in-our-own-surveillance | Source: Deseret Media
[10:42]	TR Bot	on doorbell cams: 'We are participating in our own surveillance' | KSL.com
[10:42]	TR News	"The consultation will also confront the full range of risks children face online." https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-no-platform-gets-a-free-pass-government-takes-action-to-keep-children-safe-online | Source: The United Kingdom
[10:42]	TR Bot	No platform gets a free pass: Government takes action to keep children safe online - GOV.UK
[10:44]	TR News	"These companies didnt want users, they wanted addicts." https://cafetechinenglish.substack.com/p/social-medias-tobacco-moment | Source: Jrme Marin
[10:44]	TR Bot	 Social medias tobacco moment - by Jrme Marin - Caftech
[10:44]	TR News	"I have a very specific proposal: we should move away from email-like user handles on the fediverse. This style of user identity has three problems: [...]" https://www.manton.org/2026/02/16/fediforum-position-paper.html | Source: Manton Reece
[10:44]	TR Bot	 Manton Reece - FediForum position paper
[10:45]	TR News	"While distriburiting explicit material is illegal in Turkey, this investigation marks the first time authorities have deemed income from adult content illicit and treated investments made with that income as money laundering." https://bianet.org/haber/turkey-remands-17-adult-content-creators-for-laundering-onlyfans-income-316766 | Source: BIA Net
[10:45]	TR Bot	 Seventeen adult content creators formally arrested for 'laundering OnlyFans income'
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[10:46]	TR News	"That is a serious failure of our standards. Direct quotations must always reflect what a source actually said." https://arstechnica.com/staff/2026/02/editors-note-retraction-of-article-containing-fabricated-quotations/ | Source: Ars Technica
[10:46]	TR Bot	 Editors Note: Retraction of article containing fabricated quotations - Ars Technica
[10:51]	TR News	"make good product decisions and make technology useful in messy real-world situations." https://susam.net/deep-blue.html | Source: SusamPal
[10:51]	TR Bot	 Deep Blue: Chess vs Programming - Susam Pal
[10:52]	TR News	"AI might be an extension of that. I dont see AI composition as fundamentally different from ghostwriting." https://cagrimmett.com/2026/02/16/on-using-ai-in-blogging/ | Source: Chuck Grimmett
[10:52]	TR Bot	 On using AI in blogging Chuck Grimmett
[10:53]	TR News	"There is an awful lot of handwringing about AI-generated writing, but ghostwriting is not controversial in the same way, and the end result is the same: someone else wrote it."
[10:53]	TR News	"Someone else wrote" is not the same as "bot spewed this out" (moreover, a bot of sleazy companies)
[10:53]	TR News	"A nature-inspired ensemble strategy for training neural nets that uses evolution-like approaches to training NNs" https://danmackinlay.name/notebook/nn_evolution_strategy.html | Source: Dan MacKinlay
[10:53]	TR Bot	 Evolution strategies for neural nets The Dan MacKinlay stable of variably-well-considerd enterprises
[10:54]	TR News	"But Googles auction no longer works that way." https://searchengineland.com/google-ads-intent-not-keywords-468271 | Source: Third Door Media LLC
[10:54]	TR Bot	( status 502 @ https://searchengineland.com/google-ads-intent-not-keywords-468271 )
[10:54]	TR News	"If theres an organizational mandate to leverage LLMs to minimize the time spent coding" https://olano.dev/blog/dangerously-skip/ | Source: Facundo Olano
[10:54]	TR Bot	 olano.dev
[10:58]	TR News	"This release ships with the Niri scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor and the beautiful Noctalia desktop shell for Wayland." https://9to5linux.com/kaos-linux-drops-kde-plasma-after-12-years-for-niri-noctalia-to-escape-systemd
[10:58]	TR Bot	Linux Drops KDE Plasma After 12 Years for Niri/Noctalia to Escape systemd - 9to5Linux
[10:59]	TR News	"Over the weekend Ars Technica retracted an article because the AI a writer used hallucinated quotes from an open source library maintainer." https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/ai-is-destroying-open-source/ | Source: Jeff Geerling
[10:59]	TR Bot	 AI is destroying Open Source, and it's not even good yet - Jeff Geerling
[10:59]	TR News	"Sorry to be the bringer of bad news, but that dream's dead. Doornail. Dodo. Parrot." https://johan.hal.se/wrote/2026/02/03/the-sideprocalypse/ | Source: Johan Halse
[10:59]	TR Bot	 The Sideprocalypse
[10:59]	TR News	"The problem with AI isn't going to be Skynet. It's going to be amoral extraction class assholes applying half-cooked automation at scale onto deeply broken sectors in exploitative ways in a country too corrupt to have functioning regulators." https://karlbode.com/the-problem-with-ai-is-shitty-human-beings/ | Source: Karl Bode
[10:59]	TR Bot	 The Problem With AI Is Shitty Human Beings
● Feb 17
[11:00]	TR News	"I suspect within days you could get dozens if not hundreds of RCE exploits. You could then have another agent scan and exploit as many servers as possible." https://martinalderson.com/posts/anthropic-found-500-zero-days/ | Source: Martin Alderson
[11:00]	TR Bot	 Anthropic's 500 vulns are the tip of the iceberg - Martin Alderson
[11:01]	TR News	"We wrongly assume that the advances we observe in our field, such as the autonomous or semi-autonomous development of applications, also translate to sectors like medicine or law. This is a false generalization." https://blog.numericcitizen.me/2026/02/16/were-making-a-big-mistake.html | Source: Numeric Citizen
[11:01]	TR Bot	 We're Making a Big Mistake - Numeric Citizen Blog
[11:01]	TR News	"From here, you can perform classification and respond to images or videos with your code." https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/object-detection-with-ultralytics-yolo26-on-raspberry-pi/ | Source: Raspberry Pi
[11:01]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/object-detection-with-ultralytics-yolo26-on-raspberry-pi/ )
[11:01]	TR News	"But alas: the sites message now says to use AI and dropped mentioning Grok by name, after NextGov contacted the administration about the bots placement." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/us-government-grok-nutrition | Source: Futurism
[11:01]	TR Bot	 US Government Deploys Elon Musk's Grok as Nutrition Bot, Where It Immediately Gives Advice for Rectal Use of Vegetables
[11:02]	TR News	"Since then, almost 500 1st Ward residents replied to an online survey distributed by La Spatas office, with almost all of the respondents opposing the expansion." https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/02/10/logan-square-wicker-park-neighbors-say-no-to-more-delivery-robots/ |
[11:02]	TR Bot	 Logan Square, Wicker Park Neighbors Say No To More Delivery Robots
[11:02]	TR News	"Late in 2025, a whole fleet of delivery robots descended on Chicago, where they clogged sidewalks, injured residents, and prompted a community campaign to ban them from the streets." https://futurism.com/robots-and-machines/chicago-delivery-robots-banned | Source: Futurism
[11:02]	TR Bot	 Large Area of Chicago Bans Delivery Robots After Resident Outcry
[11:03]	TR News	"The UK government on Monday said providers of AI chatbots will be held responsible for preventing their technology from generating illegal or harmful content." https://www.dw.com/en/uk-targets-all-ai-chatbots-after-grok-uproar/a-75993297 | Source: Deutsche Welle
[11:03]	TR Bot	 UK targets all AI chatbots after Grok uproar
[11:03]	TR News	"The move follows international backlash against Grok, after the chatbot was found to allow users to create and share sexualized fake images of women and children."
[11:04]	TR News	"Learn how to bring your AFRINIC-allocated IP addresses to Google Cloud Platform using BYOIP." https://sysadmin-journal.com/how-to-bring-your-own-ip-to-google-cloud-platform/ | Source: Ish Sookun
[11:04]	TR Bot	 How to Bring Your Own IP to Google Cloud Platform?
[11:04]	TR News	"This release fixes a small bug in the Openbox edition that prevented users from launching a terminal emulator from a package manager." https://9to5linux.com/sparkylinux-8-2-released-with-support-for-linux-kernel-6-19-updated-packages
[11:04]	TR Bot	8.2 Released with Support for Linux Kernel 6.19, Updated Packages - 9to5Linux
[11:05]	TR News	"Only the Plasma Login Manager will be dependent on systemd, but future Plasma releases arent dependent on Plasma Login Manager, nor systemd." https://9to5linux.com/kde-says-plasma-desktop-will-never-force-users-to-use-systemd
[11:05]	TR Bot	Says Plasma Desktop Will Never Force Users to Use systemd - 9to5Linux
[11:07]	TR News	"In the first part of the program Eleanor sits down with Martha Dimitratou" https://www.projectcensored.org/reproductive-health-education-indy-media/ | Source: Project Censored
[11:07]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://www.projectcensored.org/reproductive-health-education-indy-media/ )
[11:12]	TR News	"Im happy to announce the release of CDCPLACES 1.2.0." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/02/cdcplaces-1-2-0/ | Source: Rlang
[11:12]	TR Bot	1.2.0 | R-bloggers
[11:15]	TR News	"The LCD-as-aperture has a number of interesting uses that would be impossible with a standard iris aperture." https://hackaday.com/2026/02/16/a-computer-that-fits-inside-a-camera-lens/ | Source: Hackaday
[11:15]	TR Bot	Computer That Fits Inside A Camera Lens | Hackaday
[11:22]	TR News	"The answer turns out to be yes under some basic assumptions and with some interesting mathematics involved." https://theorangeduck.com/page/fitting-code-driven-displacement-revisited | Source: Daniel Holden
[11:22]	TR Bot	 Fitting Code Driven Displacement Revisited
[11:24]	TR News	"I read and re-read a blog post today that made me pause & reflect, a few times actually." https://davidjohnmead.com/posts/2026-02-16-a-shared-secret/ | Source: David Mead
[11:24]	TR Bot	 A shared secret
[11:25]	TR News	"But for a while now, and especially these past 12 months, I've become tired of what the tech world has to offer." https://overkill.wtf/135/ |
[11:25]	TR Bot	 I'm tired of tech
[11:25]	TR News	"Im tired of it. And I have to find the fire again. Hence, this." https://blast-o-rama.com/2026/02/16/love-it-when-someone-voices-what-i-cant-or-yeah-i-think-im-tired-of-tech-now-too/ | Source: Marty Day
[11:25]	TR Bot	It When Someone Voices What I Cant (Or, Yeah, I Think Im Tired of Tech Now Too) blast-o-rama.
[11:26]	TR News	"If were to assume their newspeak retirement ready meant preparing for ones retirement, then I suppose the implication was that if youre old enough to use cassettes, you must therefore be of a sufficiently ripe age to get ready for retirement." https://rubenerd.com/cassettes-user-time-to-get-retirement-ready/ | Source: Ruben Schade
[11:26]	TR Bot	Cassette user? Time to get retirement ready
[11:28]	TR News	Complex
[11:28]	TR News	"Complex systems can be predictable even when any individual node in the system seems unknowable." https://seths.blog/2026/02/mysterious-predictability/ | Source: Seth Godin
[11:28]	TR Bot	 Mysterious predictability | Seth's Blog
[11:29]	TR News	"Today in Tedium: Recently, Amazon did something kind of annoying in the midst of doing something painful." https://tedium.co/2026/02/16/corporate-turnaround-code-names-history/ | Source: Tedium
[11:29]	TR Bot	 Do Companies Really Give Their Layoffs Nicknames?
[11:29]	TR News	"Through connections, Epstein got a job at investment bank Bear Stearns, which gave him insight into high finance. In 1980, he was made a limited partner." https://www.dw.com/en/where-did-jeffrey-epstein-get-all-his-money/a-75944096 | Source: Deutsche Welle
[11:29]	TR Bot	 How Epstein got so rich
[11:31]	TR News	"To convert that LEGO kit into an alarm clock, Rasic 3D-printed a launch pad that acts as an enclosure for a few electronic components." https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/02/16/this-lego-alarm-clock-is-as-loud-as-a-rocket-launch/ | Source: Arduino
[11:31]	TR Bot	 This LEGO alarm clock is as loud as a rocket launch | Arduino Blog
[11:31]	TR News	"app's development project" https://yle.fi/a/74-20210534 | Source: YLE
[11:31]	TR Bot	 'Drawing lessons from Ukraine', Finland's 112 app could get airborne threat alerts | Yle News | Yle
[11:34]	TR News	Upside: people can run to shelters fast; downside: people carrying skinnerboxes can make it easier to guide missiles, either figuring out distance from target or area of congested population (mobile signal density) https://yle.fi/a/74-20210534
[11:35]	TR News	But when the regime takes for granted skinnerboxes and uses them against the population, the possibility or having none (or relying on sirens, which are the speed of sound), is not "on offer"
[11:37]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today's Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/17/today_s_leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/17/today_s_leftovers.gmi 
[11:37]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines today's leftovers
[11:43]	TR News	Techrights Links 17/02/2026: Why OpenClaw is Very Sleazy and Ars Technica Exposed as Hub of LLM Slop (Credibility Destroyed Overnight) https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/17/Links_17_02_2026_Why_OpenClaw_is_Very_Sleazy_and_Ars_Technica_E.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/17/Links_17_02_2026_Why_OpenClaw_is_Very_Sleazy_and_Ars_Technica_E.gmi 
[11:43]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 17/02/2026: Why OpenClaw is Very Sleazy and Ars Technica Exposed as Hub of LLM Slop (Credibility Destroyed Overnight)
[11:43]	TR News	"These mirrors are for convenience for contribution and we continue to host our own repositories, just like we did while using GitHub mirrors for ease of contribution too." https://www.gentoo.org/news/2026/02/16/codeberg.html | Source: Gentoo
[11:43]	TR Bot	 Gentoo on Codeberg Gentoo Linux
[11:44]	TR News	"Gentoo now has a presence on Codeberg, and contributions can be submitted for the Gentoo repository mirror at https://codeberg.org/gentoo/gentoo as an alternative to GitHub. Eventually also other git repositories will become available under the Codeberg Gentoo organization."
[11:44]	TR Bot	[MIRROR] Official Gentoo ebuild repository - Codeberg.org
[11:44]	TR News	"This is part of the gradual mirror migration away from GitHub, as already mentioned in the 2025 end-of-year review. Codeberg is a site based on Forgejo, maintained by a dedicated non-profit organization, and located in Berlin, Germany. Thanks to everyone who has helped make this move possible! "
[11:58]	TR News	"A virtual machine, aka virtual environment, is an isolated installation that lives directly in your project directory. Think of it as a self-contained workspace for a single project." https://thenewstack.io/for-darryl-python-virtual-environment/ | Source: The New Stack
[11:58]	TR Bot	 Python virtual environments: isolation without the chaos - The New Stack
[11:59]	TR News	"About a year ago I posted about defer and that it would be available for everyone using gcc and/or clang soon. So it is probably time for an update." https://gustedt.wordpress.com/2026/02/15/defer-available-in-gcc-and-clang/ |
[11:59]	TR Bot	 Defer available in gcc and clang Jens Gustedt's Blog
[11:59]	TR News	"THATS IT. Story points per sprint doesnt matter; lines of code, doesnt matter; Jira tickets closed, for the love of everything, do. not. matter." https://genehack.blog/2026/02/the-only-developer-productivity-metrics-that-matter/ |
[11:59]	TR Bot	only developer productivity metrics that matter genehack.blog
● Feb 17
[12:00]	TR News	"A Diagnostics type can be defined inline, and the errorset can be generated inline from the Diagnostics enum tag." https://srcreigh.ca/posts/error-payloads-in-zig/ |
[12:00]	TR Bot	 Error payloads in Zig
[12:00]	TR News	"Recently I've been trying to get a PR merged with some fixes for Lua." https://carlo.zancanaro.id.au/posts/setting-up-cuirass-locally.html |
[12:00]	TR Bot	 Setting Up Cuirass Locally
[12:06]	TR News	"The only thing required of or provided to users is a sustainable pace. No satisfaction, job security, dignity, mental health, or value" https://www.sicpers.info/2026/02/considering-society/ | Source: SICP
[12:06]	TR Bot	 Considering society | Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programmers
[12:07]	TR News	"Most of the time, when I'm actually doing it, I love my job." https://www.roguelazer.com/blog/what-makes-programming-great/ | Source: James Brown
[12:07]	TR Bot	website: what makes programming great?
[12:07]	TR News	"As mentioned in my last week notes post, I wrote a simple Clojure script to help me review what Ive completed across projects during a given time period." https://ryan.himmelwright.net/post/clojure-script-git-logs/ | Source: Ryan Himmelwright
[12:07]	TR Bot	Script for Project Git Logs | ryan.himmelwright.net
[12:08]	TR News	"Look how good I am at this, so easy!" https://blog.avas.space/trade-james-law/ | Source: Ava
[12:08]	TR Bot	 [trade] what surprises me most studying law | ava's blog
[12:11]	TR News	Yesterday I put this into effect for certain sorts of problems, including claimed HTTP User-Agents that are for old browser" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/FeedReaderErrorsProblemII | Source: University of Toronto
[12:11]	TR Bot	 You're using a too-old browser
[12:12]	TR News	"But Google Search has changed. Old pages are gone from many searches. This matters to me because Ive been writing on the Web for thirty-one years, almost entirely on static sites." https://doc.searls.com/2026/02/16/where-are-we/ | Source: Doc Searls
[12:12]	TR Bot	 Where Are We? Doc Searls Weblog
[12:12]	TR News	"The best way to bypass ReCAPTCHAs is to use Buster, a free browser extension. Its is available for Chrome, Firefox, and Opera. Buster fills out the audio challenge automatically for you." https://greycoder.com/the-best-anti-captcha-browser-extensions/ | Source: GreyCoder
[12:12]	TR Bot	The Best Way To Avoid Google's ReCAPTCHAs - GreyCoder
[12:17]	TR News	"GNU Emacs has a core model for how it operates, and some of its weird seeming limitations are easier to understand if you internalize that model." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/EmacsNewWhateverLimitation | Source: University of Toronto
[12:17]	TR News	"I've been meaning to write up a post on how I manage my Guix System configurations for a while, because I've hit on a solution that feels kinda nice, inspired by how folks do things in NixOS." https://www.terracrypt.net/posts/guix-config.html | Source: Jonathan Frederickson
[12:17]	TR Bot	 How I manage my Guix System configs Terracrypt
[12:17]	TR News	"People interested in digital freedom on a budget" https://blog.zgp.org/chromebook-conversions/ | Source: Don Marti
[12:17]	TR Bot	 Chromebook conversions in Hayward, California
[12:20]	TR News	"As an example of what I would not consider to be "plug-n-play", is the excellent Shoelace library, which requires you to use web components to make use of the library." https://www.raymondcamden.com/2026/02/16/three-plug-n-play-css-libraries | Source: Raymond Camden
[12:20]	TR Bot	 Three Plug-N-Play CSS Libraries
[12:20]	TR News	"Ive used Tailwind on more than a few projects, and I tend to go back and forward on my opinion of it." https://tommyp.org/blog/a-hot-take-about-tailwind/ | Source: Tommy Palmer
[12:20]	TR Bot	 A hot take about Tailwind | Tommy Palmer
[12:21]	TR News	"The video focuses on three common types of shieldingabsorber sheets, shielding tapes, and shielding cabinets." https://hackaday.com/2026/02/16/a-basic-guide-to-shielding/ | Source: Hackaday
[12:21]	TR Bot	Basic Guide To Shielding | Hackaday
[12:21]	TR News	"Most architectures encode branch/call instructions with a PC-relative displacement." https://maskray.me/blog/2026-02-16-call-relocation-types | Source: MaskRay
[12:21]	TR Bot	 Call relocation types | MaskRay
[12:30]	TR News	Space strategy game Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes has a demo out now | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/space-strategy-game-battlestar-galactica-scattered-hopes-has-a-demo-out-now/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[12:30]	TR Bot	strategy game Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes has a demo out now | GamingOnLinux
[12:30]	TR News	ABIDE is an extreme stop-motion horror game from the devs of Judero and Mashina | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/abide-is-an-extreme-stop-motion-horror-game-from-the-devs-of-judero-and-mashina/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[12:30]	TR Bot	is an extreme stop-motion horror game from the devs of Judero and Mashina | GamingOnLinux
[12:31]	TR News	Comedy co-op physics platformer Log Riders adds Linux support and looks hilarious | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/comedy-co-op-physics-platformer-log-riders-adds-linux-support-and-looks-hilarious/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[12:31]	TR Bot	co-op physics platformer Log Riders adds Linux support and looks hilarious | GamingOnLinux
[12:32]	TR News	Get some quality horror in the Love You to Death Humble Bundle | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/get-some-quality-horror-in-the-love-you-to-death-humble-bundle/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/get-some-quality-horror-in-the-love-you-to-death-humble-bundle/
[12:32]	TR Bot	some quality horror in the Love You to Death Humble Bundle | GamingOnLinux
[12:35]	TR News	"Grow some te------s and say his name. SATYA NADELLA, SATYA NADELLA. Now listen, you too can become wealthy if you sell out American workers for H1Bs and scam your way to the top. Get to work." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1khhc3y9q
[12:35]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1khhc3y9q )
[12:36]	TR News	"Nobody is worth what SN is paid - Its wild to think how many jobs could be saved if his pay matched his actual value. Were talking tens of millions that couldve kept real people employed." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1khhc3y9q
[12:57]	TR News	Techrights Where Slop Meets Ghostwriting: It's a False Analogy https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/17/fcccWhere_Slop_Meets_Ghostwriting_It_s_a_False_Analogy.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/17/fcccWhere_Slop_Meets_Ghostwriting_It_s_a_False_Analogy.gmi 
[12:57]	TR Bot	 Techrights Where Slop Meets Ghostwriting: It's a False Analogy
[12:58]	TR News	"... Without foreign demand, the overall tourism market would be in decline, as domestic tourism has decreased ..." https://yle.fi/a/74-20210808
[12:58]	TR Bot	 Finland sees more foreign visitors, overnight stays reach new high | Yle News | Yle
[12:59]	TR News	Anon: that's because the locals are priced out of the market _*and*_ all the facilities are all reserved far in advance, domestic tourism is not an option That's all around bad because international tourism tends to mean air travel and that is _*all*_ built on atmospheric fossil carbon release
● Feb 17
[13:00]	TR News	Clean the infected family PC in the new Antivirus Survivors 2003 Professional demo | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/clean-the-infected-family-pc-in-the-new-antivirus-survivors-2003-professional-demo/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[13:00]	TR Bot	the infected family PC in the new Antivirus Survivors 2003 Professional demo | GamingOnLinux
[13:01]	TR News	X4: Foundations is getting cross-platform cloud saves - possible breakage coming for Linux | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/x4-foundations-is-getting-cross-platform-cloud-saves-possible-breakage-coming-for-linux/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[13:01]	TR Bot	Foundations is getting cross-platform cloud saves - possible breakage coming for Linux | GamingOnLinux
[13:04]	TR News	Microsoft kills another thing, assures people nothing to see here https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/02/xbox-announces-social-clubs-will-be-removed-from-consoles-in-april-2026
[13:04]	TR Bot	 Xbox Announces Social Clubs Will Be Removed From Consoles In April 2026 | Pure Xbox
[13:06]	TR News	Blue Archive devs confirm Steam Deck and controller support is on the way | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/blue-archive-devs-confirm-steam-deck-and-controller-support-is-on-the-way/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[13:06]	TR Bot	Archive devs confirm Steam Deck and controller support is on the way | GamingOnLinux
[13:06]	TR News	Thoroughly strange dungeon crawler Pluto is all about constructing spells and using your fingers | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/thoroughly-strange-dungeon-crawler-pluto-is-all-about-constructing-spells-and-using-your-fingers/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[13:06]	TR Bot	strange dungeon crawler Pluto is all about constructing spells and using your fingers | GamingOnLinux
[13:07]	TR News	The clever ASCII animated Stone Story RPG is getting a full standalone sequel | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/the-clever-ascii-animated-stone-story-rpg-is-getting-a-full-standalone-sequel/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[13:07]	TR Bot	clever ASCII animated Stone Story RPG is getting a full standalone sequel | GamingOnLinux
[13:25]	TR News	Techrights Resisting IBM and EPO Corruption https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/17/Resisting_IBM_and_EPO_Corruption.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/17/Resisting_IBM_and_EPO_Corruption.gmi 
[13:25]	TR Bot	 Techrights Resisting IBM and EPO Corruption
[13:37]	TR News	IBM Corruption: "Similarly, inside IBM, there are many whistleblowers and some of them come to us directly, others post in online forums. They're sick and tired of their lying CEO and crooked CFO, who seems to be focusing on financial engineering, not technical engineering." https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/17/Resisting_IBM_and_EPO_Corruption.shtml
[13:37]	TR News	"One of my Laptops was still on Windows 10. I don't know why they needed it. Everythings on 11 now and that Laptop would not sell at a thrift shop" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1khc9389d
[13:37]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1khc9389d )
[13:40]	TR News	"Top 7 OSINT tools REVEALED for 2026" https://odysee.com/@davidbombal:0/top-7-osint-tools-revealed-for-2026:1
[13:40]	TR Bot	 Top 7 OSINT tools REVEALED for 2026
[13:40]	TR News	 (NEW):  Games: Battlestar Galactica, ABIDE, Log Riders, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/17/Games_Battlestar_Galactica_ABIDE_Log_Riders_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/17/Games_Battlestar_Galactica_ABIDE_Log_Riders_and_More.gmi 
[13:40]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Games: Battlestar Galactica, ABIDE, Log Riders, and More
[13:41]	TR News	"Debian Linux Is Slowly Bleeding Maintainers" https://odysee.com/@BrodieRobertson:5/debian-linux-is-slowly-bleeding:6 see https://disguised.work/debian/about/
[13:41]	TR Bot	 Debian Linux Is Slowly Bleeding Maintainers
[13:41]	TR Bot	 Disguised Work -- About
[13:42]	TR News	"Child rapist who worked at mosque groomed kids as young as nine with sweets and games" https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/child-rapist-who-worked-mosque-33399520 Ars Technica employed a MICROSOFT SHILL who raped kids even younger than this https://techrights.org/wiki/Peter_Bright/
[13:42]	TR Bot	 Child rapist who worked at mosque groomed kids as young as nine with sweets and games - Birmingham Live
[13:42]	TR Bot	 Peter Bright
[13:43]	TR News	Why on Earth would rakudoweekly promote 1) proprietary 2) microsoft 3) spyware? https://rakudoweekly.blog/2026/02/16/2026-07-vscode-language-server/ bad optics, rakudoweekly...
[13:43]	TR Bot	 2026.07 VSCode Language Server Rakudo Weekly News
[13:43]	TR News	iophk: he has never heard of backups, apparently https://antonio.is/2026/02/16/the-death-of-my-macbook-pro/
[13:43]	TR Bot	 The death of my MacBook Pro - Antonio's Blog
[13:44]	TR News	"Self-Driving Cars, Drones Hijacked by Custom Road Signs" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/02/15/2326234
[13:44]	TR Bot	 Self-Driving Cars, Drones Hijacked by Custom Road Signs - SoylentNews
[13:44]		*x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@kcb99h722ua4g.irc) has joined #techrights
[13:45]	TR News	"UK: ldersgrns fr VPN" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/02/16/uk-aldersgrans-for-vpn/
[13:45]	TR Bot	 UK: ldersgrns fr VPN
[13:47]	TR News	Plasma 6.6 https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.6.0/
[13:47]	TR Bot	 Plasma 6.6 - KDE Community
[13:49]	TR News	"In this article, you will learn how to find the largest files and directories consuming disk space in Linux using the du, find, and ncdu commands with examples." https://www.tecmint.com/find-top-large-directories-and-files-sizes-in-linux/ | Source: TecMint
[13:49]	TR Bot	 How to Find Largest Files and Directories in Linux
[13:49]	TR News	"After a delay to clean up the membership database, the Election Committee confirmed the process is back on track. Project members will choose candidates to fill two open seats on the openSUSE Board." https://news.opensuse.org/2026/02/16/call-for-board-moves-forward/ | Source: OpenSUSE
[13:49]	TR Bot	 Calls for Board Candidates Moves Forward - openSUSE News
[13:51]	TR News	'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
[13:51]	TR Bot	 Techrights Linux Foundation Continues Falling Off a Cliff in Geminispace
[13:54]	TR News	Security updates for Monday https://lwn.net/Articles/1058989/
[13:54]	TR Bot	updates for Monday [LWN.net]
[13:55]	TR News	Global IP TV Panel updated 2026MK1 https://bkhome.org/news/202602/global-ip-tv-panel-updated-2026mk1.html
[13:55]	TR Bot	 Global IP TV Panel updated 2026MK1
[13:56]	TR News	Not even Akira posts there anymore https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2026-02/index.html death by neglect
[13:56]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2026-02/index.html )
[13:57]	TR News	Apple Music and YouTube Music Join the AI-Generated Playlist Party As Across-the-Board AI Slop Criticism Continues https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/16/youtube-music-apple-music-ai-playlists/
[13:57]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/16/youtube-music-apple-music-ai-playlists/ )
[13:58]	TR News	GE-Proton 10-31 brings fixes for Arknights: Endfield, Duet Night Abyss and more | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/ge-proton-10-31-brings-fixes-for-arknights-endfield-duet-night-abyss-and-more/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/ge-proton-10-31-brings-fixes-for-arknights-endfield-duet-night-abyss-and-more/
[13:58]	TR Bot	10-31 brings fixes for Arknights: Endfield, Duet Night Abyss and more | GamingOnLinux
● Feb 17
[14:00]	TR News	Kapsule v0.2.1: sponsored by my wife's horror movies https://blog.lasath.org/2026/02/kapsule-v021-sponsored-by-my-wifes.html
[14:00]	TR Bot	 Kapsule v0.2.1: sponsored by my wife's horror movies
[14:01]	TR News	Omnicom graphical interface for serial communication https://www.linuxlinks.com/omnicom-graphical-interface-serial-communication/
[14:01]	TR Bot	- graphical interface for serial communication - LinuxLinks
[14:01]	TR News	wayscrollshot scrolling screenshot tool for Wayland https://www.linuxlinks.com/wayscrollshot-scrolling-screenshot-tool-wayland/
[14:01]	TR Bot	- scrolling screenshot tool for Wayland - LinuxLinks
[14:01]	TR News	fil UNIX file command https://www.linuxlinks.com/fil-unix-file-command/
[14:01]	TR Bot	- UNIX file command - LinuxLinks
[14:02]	TR News	tooi text-based user interface for Mastodon, Pleroma and friends https://www.linuxlinks.com/tooi-text-based-user-interface-mastodon-pleroma/
[14:02]	TR Bot	- text-based user interface for Mastodon, Pleroma and friends - LinuxLinks
[14:03]	TR News	Reverse Engineering GNU/Linux Distro REMnux Marks 15 Years With Major v8 Release Featuring Hey Hi (AI) Agent Support https://itsfoss.com/news/remnux-v8-release/
[14:03]	TR Bot	 Reverse Engineering Linux Distro REMnux Marks 15 Years With Major v8 Release Featuring AI Agent Support
[14:03]	TR News	Linux CVE assignment process http://www.kroah.com/log/blog/2026/02/16/linux-cve-assignment-process/
[14:03]	TR Bot	 Linux CVE assignment process -
[14:04]	TR News	Jonathan Blandford: Crosswords 0.3.17: Circle Bound https://blogs.gnome.org/jrb/2026/02/16/crosswords-0-3-17-circle-bound/
[14:04]	TR Bot	 Crosswords 0.3.17: Circle Bound Jonathan Blandford
[14:06]	TR News	Four stable kernels to fix problematic commit https://lwn.net/Articles/1059031/
[14:06]	TR Bot	stable kernels to fix problematic commit [LWN.net]
[14:07]	TR News	Four stable kernels for Monday https://lwn.net/Articles/1058990/
[14:07]	TR Bot	stable kernels for Monday [LWN.net]
[14:15]	TR News	Re https://overkill.wtf/135/ tech is OK, depends which? Or whose...
[14:15]	TR Bot	 I'm tired of tech
[14:15]	TR News	Windmills are tech
[14:16]	TR News	What the media calls "big tech" is not tech but social control pushed in or shoehorned into society by FOMO and institutional imposition
[14:22]	TR News	Istio 1.29.0 Change Notes https://istio.io/latest/news/releases/1.29.x/announcing-1.29/change-notes/
[14:22]	TR Bot	 Istio / Istio 1.29.0 Change Notes
[14:22]	TR News	a bit of good news: https://vinyl-cache.org/organization/moving.html
[14:22]	TR Bot	 Vinyl Cache has left github Varnish HTTP Cache
[14:51]	TR News	Compile Limine in woofQ2 https://bkhome.org/news/202602/compile-limine-in-woofq2.html
[14:51]	TR Bot	 Compile Limine in woofQ2
[14:51]	TR News	BS, they have BACK DOORS https://www.securityweek.com/android-17-beta-strengthens-secure-by-default-design-for-privacy-and-app-security/
[14:51]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/android-17-beta-strengthens-secure-by-default-design-for-privacy-and-app-security/ )
[14:51]	TR News	Murena Teams Up With German Manufacturer to Offer a 698 de-Googled Android Tablet https://itsfoss.com/news/murena-volla-tablet/
[14:51]	TR Bot	 Murena Teams Up With German Manufacturer to Offer a 698 de-Googled Android Tablet
[14:53]	TR News	Fix for Limine Installer https://bkhome.org/news/202602/fix-for-limine-installer.html
[14:53]	TR Bot	 Fix for Limine Installer
[14:54]	TR News	New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Builds, including Cinicross and Shadows of the Afterland - 2026-02-11 Edition https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-clients-2026-02-11-edition/index.html
[14:54]	TR Bot	 New Steam Games with Native Linux Builds, including Cinicross and Shadows of the Afterland - 2026-02-11 Edition
[14:55]	TR News	NoteDiscovery: A Self-Hosted Notes Hub to Build Your Private Knowledge Base https://linuxhandbook.com/apps/notediscovery/
[14:55]	TR Bot	 NoteDiscovery: A Self-Hosted Notes Hub to Build Your Private Knowledge Base
[14:55]	TR News	Ars Technica Publishes Al-Generated Article on Al Bot Writing Anti-Human Hit Pieces https://lunduke.substack.com/p/ars-technica-publishes-al-generated
[14:55]	TR Bot	 Ars Technica Publishes Al-Generated Article on Al Bot Writing Anti-Human Hit Pieces
[14:56]	TR News	Booby Borisov responds to 'FUD'... using SLOP! https://linuxiac.com/kde-responds-to-fud-over-alleged-systemd-mandate/
[14:56]	TR Bot	 KDE Responds to FUD Over Alleged systemd Mandate
[14:59]	TR News	Why ODF and not OOXML https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/02/16/why-odf-and-not-ooxml/ "wanted to raise users awareness of fake open-source software, such as OnlyOffice, which partners with Microsoft in a strategy to lock users in."
[14:59]	TR Bot	 Why ODF and not OOXML - TDF Community Blog
● Feb 17
[15:07]	TR News	Techrights The Problem is Not Technology, the Problem is Really Bad Things Sold or Imposed as "Tech" (Like a Religion Built Around Technology) https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/17/The_Problem_is_Not_Technology_the_Problem_is_Really_Bad_Things_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/17/The_Problem_is_Not_Technology_the_Problem_is_Really_Bad_Things_.gmi 
[15:07]	TR Bot	 Techrights The Problem is Not Technology, the Problem is Really Bad Things Sold or Imposed as "Tech" (Like a Religion Built Around Technology)
[15:12]	TR News	This Microsoft operative seldom writes anymore https://www.theregister.com/Author/Avram-Piltch
[15:12]	TR Bot	 Avram Piltch The Register
[15:34]	TR News	Techrights EPO "Productivity" Will Fall Off a Cliff If Examiners Stick to the European Patent Convention (EPC) and Follow the Real Rules https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/17/EPO_Productivity_Will_Fall_Off_a_Cliff_If_Examiners_Stick_to_th.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/17/EPO_Productivity_Will_Fall_Off_a_Cliff_If_Examiners_Stick_to_th.gmi 
[15:34]	TR Bot	 Techrights EPO "Productivity" Will Fall Off a Cliff If Examiners Stick to the European Patent Convention (EPC) and Follow the Real Rules
[15:45]	TR News	Best GNU/Linux Distributions for Every Use Case https://linuxize.com/post/best-linux-distros/
[15:45]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://linuxize.com/post/best-linux-distros/ )
[15:45]	TR News	SCP Cheatsheet https://linuxize.com/cheatsheet/scp/
[15:45]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://linuxize.com/cheatsheet/scp/ )
[15:48]	TR News	DShanPi-A1 Hey Hi (AI) Education Rockchip RK3576 SBC features HDMI input and output ports, dual GbE https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/02/17/dshanpi-a1-ai-education-rockchip-rk3576-sbc-features-hdmi-input-and-output-ports-dual-gbe/
[15:48]	TR Bot	 DShanPi-A1 AI Education Rockchip RK3576 SBC features HDMI input and output ports, dual GbE - CNX Software
[15:49]	TR News	critique review git diffs https://www.linuxlinks.com/critique-review-git-diffs/
[15:49]	TR Bot	- review git diffs - LinuxLinks
[15:49]	TR News	HardBore file manager using web technologies https://www.linuxlinks.com/hardbore-file-manager-web-technologies/
[15:49]	TR Bot	- file manager using web technologies - LinuxLinks
[15:50]	TR News	Sparky 8.2 https://sparkylinux.org/sparky-8-2/
[15:50]	TR Bot	 Sparky 8.2 - SparkyLinux
[15:50]	TR News	6 Best Free and Open Source Rust Static Site Generators https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-rust-static-site-generators/
[15:50]	TR Bot	Best Free and Open Source Rust Static Site Generators - LinuxLinks
[15:51]	TR News	6 Best Free and Open Source Rust Static Site Generators https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-rust-static-site-generators/
[15:51]	TR News	ComChan minimal serial monitor https://www.linuxlinks.com/comchan-minimal-serial-monitor/
[15:51]	TR Bot	- minimal serial monitor - LinuxLinks
[15:51]	TR News	7 Useful Free and Open Source S3 File Systems and Tools https://www.linuxlinks.com/useful-free-open-source-s3-file-systems-tools/
[15:51]	TR Bot	Useful Free and Open Source S3 File Systems and Tools - LinuxLinks
[15:52]	TR News	3 Easy Ways to Access R from a Python Program https://www.linuxlinks.com/easy-ways-access-r-python/
[15:52]	TR Bot	Easy Ways to Access R from a Python Program - LinuxLinks
[15:52]	TR News	csview csv viewer https://www.linuxlinks.com/csview-csv-viewer/
[15:52]	TR Bot	- csv viewer - LinuxLinks
[15:53]	TR News	pgdsat version 1.2 has been released https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pgdsat-version-12-has-been-released-3239/
[15:53]	TR Bot	 PostgreSQL: pgdsat version 1.2 has been released
[15:58]	TR News	lf turns linux.com into a kind of spamfarm again https://www.linux.com/news/jan26-training-promo/
[15:58]	TR Bot	Your Next Career Move - Linux.com
● Feb 17
[16:00]	TR News	Antoine Beaupr: Keeping track of decisions using the ADR model https://anarc.at/blog/2026-02-12-recording-decisions/
[16:00]	TR Bot	 Keeping track of decisions using the ADR model - anarcat
[16:01]	TR News	Antoine Beaupr: Kernel-only network configuration on Linux https://anarc.at/blog/2026-02-15-kernel-only-network-configuration/
[16:01]	TR Bot	 Kernel-only network configuration on Linux - anarcat
[16:04]	TR News	Drinks producer 'Latvijas balzams' in major tax debt https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/business/16.02.2026-drinks-producer-latvijas-balzams-in-major-tax-debt.a634791/
[16:04]	TR Bot	 Drinks producer 'Latvijas balzams' in major tax debt / Article
[16:07]	TR News	old: "Why the IRS Says Microsoft Owes $29 Billion in Back Taxes" https://www.propublica.org/article/irs-microsoft-audit-back-taxes-puerto-rico-billions
[16:07]	TR Bot	 Why the IRS Says Microsoft Owes $29 Billion in Back Taxes ProPublica
[16:08]	TR News	old: "Microsoft owes an astounding $28.9 billion in back taxes, IRS says after audit | Fortune" https://fortune.com/2023/10/11/microsoft-back-taxes-irs-29-billion-satya-nadella/
[16:08]	TR Bot	owes an astounding $28.9 billion in back taxes, IRS says after audit | Fortune
[16:11]	TR News	Performance and load testing in Identity Management (IdM) systems using encrypted DNS (eDNS) and CoreDNS in OpenShift clusters https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/02/16/load-testing-idm-edns-coredns-openshift
[16:11]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/02/16/load-testing-idm-edns-coredns-openshift )
[16:12]	TR News	Build a CI/CD pipeline with OpenShift Dev Spaces and GitOps https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/02/16/build-cicd-pipeline-openshift-dev-spaces-and-gitops
[16:12]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/02/16/build-cicd-pipeline-openshift-dev-spaces-and-gitops )
[16:14]	TR News	xSDR A tiny M.2 2230 SDR module with Artix-7 FPGA and LMS7002M RFIC (Crowdfunding) https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/02/16/xsdr-a-tiny-m-2-2230-sdr-with-artix-7-fpga-and-lms7002m-rfic/
[16:14]	TR Bot	 xSDR A tiny M.2 2230 SDR module with Artix-7 FPGA and LMS7002M RFIC (Crowdfunding) - CNX Software
[16:14]	TR News	Bedding Company Quickly Faces the Wrath of Taylor Swifts Legal Team After Filing Swift Home Trademark Application https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/15/taylor-swift-trademark-dispute-bedding-company/
[16:14]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/15/taylor-swift-trademark-dispute-bedding-company/ )
[16:14]	TR News	Maintenance release: Godot 4.6.1 https://godotengine.org/article/maintenance-release-godot-4-6-1/
[16:14]	TR Bot	 Maintenance release: Godot 4.6.1 Godot Engine
[16:16]	TR News	Kangaroo courts!! "The Guidelines are, however, not binding on the Technical Boards of Appeal - still less the Enlarged Board of Appeal." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/01/g-125-description-amendments-amicus.html?showComment=1771261823153#c5795533989773233019
[16:16]	TR Bot	 G 1/25 (description amendments) amicus curiae: The battle lines are drawn - The IPKat
[16:16]	TR News	NuTyX 26.02.02 is out https://distrowatch.com/nutyx
[16:16]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/nutyx )
[16:17]	TR News	Late Night Linux Episode 373 https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-373/
[16:17]	TR Bot	 Late Night Linux Episode 373 Late Night Linux
[16:18]	TR News	Linux User Space Episode 6:08: Bing Bang Boom https://www.linuxuserspace.show/608
[16:18]	TR Bot	 Linux User Space: Episode 6:08: Bing Bang Boom
[16:20]	TR News	Philipp Kern: What is happening with this "connection verification"? https://debblog.philkern.de/2026/02/what-is-happening-with-this-connection.html
[16:20]	TR Bot	 Philipp Kern's Debian blog: What is happening with this "connection verification"?
[16:24]	TR News	Commission closes antitrust investigation following the withdrawal by Edwards Lifesciences of its disputed company policy https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_412
[16:24]	TR Bot	 Press corner | European Commission
[16:24]	TR News	Forests Are Steadily Crawling North, Satellite Imagery Shows https://futurism.com/science-energy/forests-shifting-north
[16:24]	TR Bot	 Forests Are Steadily Crawling North, Satellite Imagery Shows
[16:27]	TR News	Vaccine Makers Curtail Research and Cut Jobs https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/health/rfk-vaccine-manufacturers.html
[16:27]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/health/rfk-vaccine-manufacturers.html )
[16:31]	TR News	Some "smart" water meters save work for the measurer, they say it is more tamper-proof, but those things can also store info (personal data) on how much water is used WHEN. So that's a spying opportunity.
[16:33]	TR News	No one is above the law: Malaysian King warns graft offenders in government agencies https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/no-one-is-above-the-law-malaysian-king-issues-warning-to-graft-offenders-across-government-agencies
[16:33]	TR Bot	 No one is above the law: Malaysian King warns graft offenders in government agencies | The Straits Times
[16:35]		*psydroid3 (~psydroid@yu29f4abyrsnc.irc) has joined #techrights
[16:49]	TR News	Hong Kong court dismisses bid to liquidate property giant Country Garden https://hongkongfp.com/2026/02/16/hong-kong-court-dismisses-bid-to-liquidate-property-giant-country-garden/
[16:49]	TR Bot	 Court dismisses bid to liquidate property giant Country Garden
[16:51]	TR News	The US regional dailies proving news can pay despite Washington Post challenges https://pressgazette.co.uk/comment-analysis/the-us-regional-dailies-proving-news-can-pay-despite-washington-post-challenges/
[16:51]	TR Bot	 The US regional dailies proving news can pay despite Washington Post challenges - Press Gazette
[16:51]	TR News	Depression May Warn of Parkinson's or Dementia, Years Before Diagnosis https://www.sciencealert.com/depression-may-warn-of-parkinsons-or-dementia-years-before-diagnosis
[16:51]	TR Bot	May Warn of Parkinson's or Dementia, Years Before Diagnosis : ScienceAlert
● Feb 17
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[17:36]	TR News	Rain effect with Quick3D Particles https://www.qt.io/blog/rain-effect-with-quick3d-particles
[17:36]	TR Bot	 Rain effect with Quick3D Particles
[17:38]	TR News	Theres a Grim New Expression: AI;DR https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/aidr-meaning
[17:38]	TR Bot	 There's a Grim New Expression: "AI;DR"
[17:40]	TR News	Show us your refcompressratio https://dan.langille.org/2026/02/16/show-us-your-refcompressratio/
[17:40]	TR Bot	 Show us your refcompressratio Dan Langille's Other Diary
[17:43]	TR News	CISA Navigates DHS Shutdown With Reduced Staff https://www.securityweek.com/cisa-navigates-dhs-shutdown-with-reduced-staff/
[17:43]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/cisa-navigates-dhs-shutdown-with-reduced-staff/ )
[17:44]	TR News	Dior, Louis Vuitton, Tiffany Fined $25 Million in South Korea After Data Breaches https://www.securityweek.com/dior-louis-vuitton-tiffany-fined-25-million-in-south-korea-after-data-breaches/
[17:44]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/dior-louis-vuitton-tiffany-fined-25-million-in-south-korea-after-data-breaches/ )
[17:44]	MinceR	https://imgur.com/gallery/this-tHxlmcJ
[17:44]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://imgur.com/gallery/this-tHxlmcJ )
[17:46]	TR News	User Issues With X Appear to Have Resolved https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/technology/twitter-x-outage.html
[17:46]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/technology/twitter-x-outage.html )
[17:47]	TR News	Rufus devs blame Abusive Monopolist Microsoft for blocking latest backdoored Windows 11 ISOs, resulting in IP bans https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/rufus-developers-blame-microsoft-for-blocking-access-to-the-latest-windows-11-isos-windows-insiders-met-with-an-ip-ban-after-attempting-to-download-latest-builds
[17:47]	TR Bot	 Rufus devs blame Microsoft for blocking latest Windows 11 ISOs, resulting in IP bans Windows Insiders can't download latest Insider ISOs and are met with IP bans | Tom's Hardware
[17:48]	TR News	Microsoft Warns of ClickFix Attack Abusing DNS Lookups https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-warns-of-clickfix-attack-abusing-dns-lookups/
[17:48]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-warns-of-clickfix-attack-abusing-dns-lookups/ )
[17:49]	TR News	postgres_dba 7.0 34 diagnostic reports for psql https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgres_dba-70-34-diagnostic-reports-for-psql-3237/
[17:49]	TR Bot	 PostgreSQL: postgres_dba 7.0 34 diagnostic reports for psql
[17:50]	TR News	British man, 35, arrested after damaging check-in kiosks at Hong Kong International Airport https://hongkongfp.com/2026/02/16/british-man-35-arrested-after-damaging-check-in-kiosks-at-hong-kong-international-airport/
[17:50]	TR Bot	 British man, 35, arrested after damaging check-in kiosks at Hong Kong International Airport
[17:51]	TR News	The Father of Sega Hardware' has passed away, designed all of Sega's consoles https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/console-gaming/the-father-of-sega-hardware-has-passed-away-hideki-sato-worked-his-way-up-from-engineer-to-become-segas-acting-president-spending-33-years-at-the-company
[17:51]	TR Bot	 The Father of Sega Hardware' has passed away, designed all of Sega's consoles Hideki Sato worked his way up from engineer to become Segas acting president, spending 33 years at the company | Tom's Hardware
[17:52]	TR News	Announcing Istio 1.27.7 https://istio.io/latest/news/releases/1.27.x/announcing-1.27.7/
[17:52]	TR Bot	 Istio / Announcing Istio 1.27.7
[17:53]	TR News	Out-of-cycle release scheduled for February 26, 2026 https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/out-of-cycle-release-scheduled-for-february-26-2026-3241/
[17:53]	TR Bot	 PostgreSQL: Out-of-cycle release scheduled for February 26, 2026
[17:54]	TR News	Project Aura A neat, easy-to-assemble, DIY Air quality monitor compatible with Home Assistant https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/02/16/project-aura-a-neat-easy-to-assemble-diy-air-quality-monitor-compatible-with-home-assistant/
[17:54]	TR Bot	 Project Aura - A neat, easy-to-assemble, DIY Air quality monitor compatible with Home Assistant - CNX Software
[17:57]	TR News	Announcing Istio 1.28.4 https://istio.io/latest/news/releases/1.28.x/announcing-1.28.4/
[17:57]	TR Bot	 Istio / Announcing Istio 1.28.4
[17:58]	TR News	Announcing Istio 1.29.0 https://istio.io/latest/news/releases/1.29.x/announcing-1.29/
[17:58]	TR Bot	 Istio / Announcing Istio 1.29.0
● Feb 17
[18:00]	TR News	HardenedBSD 15-build-9 is out https://distrowatch.com/hardenedbsd
[18:00]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/hardenedbsd )
[18:00]	TR News	Notes from NANOG 96 https://blog.apnic.net/2026/02/16/notes-from-nanog-96/
[18:00]	TR Bot	 Notes from NANOG 96 | APNIC Blog
[18:01]	TR News	Slop promoting, not much substance to it https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/building-foundation-ai-driven-sovereign-future-red-hat-partners
[18:01]	TR Bot	 Building the foundation for an AI-driven, sovereign future with Red Hat partners
[18:02]	TR News	From legacy VMs to the network brain: Why 2026 is the year of the common telco cloud https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/legacy-vms-network-brain-why-2026-year-common-telco-cloud
[18:02]	TR Bot	 From legacy VMs to the network brain: Why 2026 is the year of the common telco cloud
[18:02]	TR News	How sovereign is your strategy? Introducing the Red Bait Sovereignty Readiness Assessment tool https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/how-sovereign-your-strategy-introducing-red-hat-sovereignty-readiness-assessment-tool
[18:02]	TR Bot	 How sovereign is your strategy? Introducing the Red Hat Sovereignty Readiness Assessment tool
[18:04]	TR News	If we cant name Chinas cyberattacks, we lose trust in ourselves https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/if-we-cant-name-chinas-cyberattacks-we-lose-trust-in-ourselves/
[18:04]	TR Bot	 If we cant name Chinas cyberattacks, we lose trust in ourselves | The Strategist
[18:05]	TR News	Censorship and surveillance: a legislative overload in the french parliament. https://www.laquadrature.net/en/2026/02/16/censorship-and-surveillance-a-legislative-overload-in-the-french-parliament/
[18:05]	TR Bot	 Censorship and surveillance : a legislative overload in the french parliament. La Quadrature du Net
[18:06]	TR News	Google Patches First Actively Exploited Chrome Zero-Day of 2026 https://www.securityweek.com/google-patches-first-actively-exploited-chrome-zero-day-of-2026/
[18:06]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/google-patches-first-actively-exploited-chrome-zero-day-of-2026/ )
[18:06]	TR News	Amazon Scraps Partnership With Surveillance Company After Super Bowl Ad Backlash https://www.securityweek.com/amazon-scraps-partnership-with-surveillance-company-after-super-bowl-ad-backlash/
[18:06]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/amazon-scraps-partnership-with-surveillance-company-after-super-bowl-ad-backlash/ )
[18:07]	TR News	San Francisco teachers end four-day strike in $183 million deal https://stanforddaily.com/2026/02/15/sf-teachers-end-four-day-strike/
[18:07]	TR Bot	 SF teachers end four-day strike in $183 million deal
[18:07]	TR News	Migros workers end strike with major concessions from company https://bianet.org/haber/migros-workers-end-strike-with-major-concessions-from-company-316753
[18:07]	TR Bot	 Migros workers end strike with major concessions from company
[18:07]	TR News	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
[18:07]	TR Bot	 Techrights Another EPO Strike One Week From Now, Local Staff Committee Munich to Discuss It This Week
[18:08]	TR News	2026 64-Bits Malware Trend, (Mon, Feb 16th) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32718 "Yes, Abusive Monopolist Microsoft backdoored Windows can smoothly execute 32-bits code on 64-bits computers."
[18:08]	TR Bot	 2026 64-Bits Malware Trend - SANS Internet Storm Center
[18:09]	TR News	Pluralistic: The online community trilemma (16 Feb 2026) https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/16/fast-good-cheap/
[18:09]	TR Bot	 Pluralistic: The online community trilemma (16 Feb 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
[18:10]	TR News	Want a Degoogled Tablet? Murenas Got You Covered https://fossforce.com/2026/02/want-a-degoogled-tablet-murenas-got-you-covered/
[18:10]	TR Bot	 Want a Degoogled Tablet? Murena's Got You Covered - FOSS Force
[18:10]	TR News	How Our Fundraiser Ended Up on GoFundMe https://fossforce.com/2026/02/how-our-fundraiser-ended-up-on-gofundme/
[18:10]	TR Bot	 How Our Fundraiser Ended Up on GoFundMe - FOSS Force
[18:11]	TR News	60W Pocket Cloud is a microSD card reader with USB PD passthrough for your smartphone (Crowdfunding) https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/02/17/60w-pocket-cloud-microsd-card-reader-for-your-smartphone-with-usb-pd-passthrough/
[18:11]	TR Bot	 60W Pocket Cloud is a microSD card reader with USB PD passthrough for your smartphone (Crowdfunding) - CNX Software
[18:12]	TR News	ByteDances Seedance 2.0 Gets a Resounding Thumbs Down from HollywoodDisney Lawyers Are Already All Over This One https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/15/seeddance-2-0-hollywood-reception/
[18:12]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/15/seeddance-2-0-hollywood-reception/ )
[18:16]	TR News	5 easy ways to automatically change your wallpaper on Ubuntu https://www.howtogeek.com/5-easy-ways-to-automatically-change-your-wallpaper-on-ubuntu/
[18:16]	TR Bot	 5 easy ways to automatically change your wallpaper on Ubuntu
[18:17]		*IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@pypznuwpu2b2i.irc) has joined #techrights
[18:17]	TR News	"Linux has become a lucrative target for bad actors, making specialized security tools more essential than ever. REMnux is a Linux distribution built specifically for such scenarios, helping researchers understand malware." https://itsfoss.com/news/remnux-v8-release/
[18:17]	TR Bot	 Reverse Engineering Linux Distro REMnux Marks 15 Years With Major v8 Release Featuring AI Agent Support
[18:17]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], Calling the billing department at the hospital. It says if this is a medical emergency please call 911.
[18:17]	IsambardPrince	Who calls the billing department due to a medical emergency?
[18:17]	schestowitz[TR2]	bill
[18:17]	IsambardPrince	"I just wanted to be sure I could afford this heart attack I think I'm having!"
[18:18]	TR News	8 Ubuntu tips and tricks for first-time users https://www.howtogeek.com/8-ubuntu-tips-and-tricks-for-first-time-users/
[18:18]	TR Bot	 8 Ubuntu tips and tricks for first-time users
[18:18]	IsambardPrince	"I'm working on an American Express bonus and it counts, right?"
[18:18]	TR News	3 essential settings I change on every fresh Ubuntu install https://www.howtogeek.com/the-3-ubuntu-settings-i-change-on-every-fresh-install/
[18:18]	IsambardPrince	They put you on hold.
[18:18]	TR Bot	 3 essential settings I change on every fresh Ubuntu install
[18:18]	IsambardPrince	Try owing them money.
[18:18]	IsambardPrince	They'll call you like eleventy billion times in one day from a bunch of fake phone numbers.
[18:19]	IsambardPrince	And my favorite. 0000000000
[18:19]	IsambardPrince	:)
[18:19]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, ^
[18:19]	schestowitz[TR2]	binary 0
[18:19]	schestowitz[TR2]	nhs is not like that
[18:19]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], I started getting a lot of phone calls the other day.
[18:20]	schestowitz[TR2]	they would bill you for prescruiption
[18:20]	schestowitz[TR2]	iirc, it's 9 pounds
[18:20]	IsambardPrince	Not from a billing dept.
[18:20]	schestowitz[TR2]	it was less when i last paid
[18:20]	IsambardPrince	People who said it was about Medicare.
[18:20]	IsambardPrince	Medicare doesn't call people.
[18:20]	schestowitz[TR2]	maybe half a deccade back
[18:20]	MinceR	17 191757 < IsambardPrince> "I just wanted to be sure I could afford this heart attack I think I'm having!"
[18:20]	IsambardPrince	The only time they call you is if they send a letter in the mail saying call them and you call it and it asks you to schedule a call back at a specific time.
[18:20]	MinceR	if you have to ask, you can't afford it
[18:21]	IsambardPrince	If yyou didn't get any letters and schedule a specific call at an exact time, it's not Medicare.
[18:21]	MinceR	if you have a heart attack in hungary, you'd better have a helicopter ready
[18:21]	IsambardPrince	Even then, they'll call you back and tell you exactly what it is about, with the reference number from the letter.
[18:21]	TR News	Proprietary https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/02/16/lockbit-5-0-ransomware-windows-linux-esxi/
[18:21]	TR Bot	 LockBit 5.0 ransomware expands its reach across Windows, Linux, and ESXi - Help Net Security
[18:21]	MinceR	it's fucking insane how 90% of the ads on TV here are for products you can only buy at a pharmacy and i STILL have to go hunt down the products i need
[18:21]	IsambardPrince	They don't just say it's Medicare.
[18:22]	TR News	"The Mint project's latest post thanks a record-breaking 1,000 + donors, and talks about future plans which may include a slower release schedule." https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/16/mints_success_and_stress/
[18:22]	TR Bot	 Linux Mint's success also means maintainer stress The Register
[18:22]	MinceR	hungarians can't fucking do anything right
[18:22]	MinceR	this country is a fucking failure
[18:22]	IsambardPrince	Fraud has gotten so bad in the US that it's an everyday thing now.
[18:23]	IsambardPrince	20 years ago the prevailing fraud was maybe someone clones your credit card.
[18:23]	IsambardPrince	But even then you weren't responsible for the charges.
[18:23]	IsambardPrince	They'd issue you another credit card with different numbers and remove all the charges that weren't yours.
[18:23]	TR News	Microsoft provocateur and his latest concern trolling https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-replace-windows-with-linux/
[18:23]	TR Bot	replaced Windows with Linux, and there&apos;s only one feature I miss | ZDNET
[18:23]	IsambardPrince	Now they figure out a way to run fraud involving everything.
[18:24]	IsambardPrince	Even things you'd never think were worth doing.
[18:25]	TR News	These 3 Linux software names make a lot more sense once you know the full story https://www.howtogeek.com/these-linux-software-names-make-a-lot-more-sense-once-you-know-the-full-story/
[18:25]	TR Bot	 These 3 Linux software names make a lot more sense once you know the full story
[18:26]	TR News	A Linux distro has dropped KDE Plasma after 12 years as it tries to escape Systemd https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-distro-dropped-kde-plasma-support-tries-to-escape-systemd/
[18:26]	TR Bot	 A Linux distro has dropped KDE Plasma after 12 years as it tries to escape Systemd
[18:26]	TR News	"Egosoft have announced that X4: Foundations is finally getting cross-platform Steam Cloud saves, but desktop Linux users may need to make some backups." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/x4-foundations-is-getting-cross-platform-cloud-saves-possible-breakage-coming-for-linux/
[18:26]	TR Bot	Foundations is getting cross-platform cloud saves - possible breakage coming for Linux | GamingOnLinux
[18:27]	TR News	Linux Mint isn't the best Windows replacement anymore https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-mint-isnt-the-best-windows-replacement-anymore/
[18:27]	TR Bot	 Linux Mint isn't the best Windows replacement anymore
[18:27]	TR News	Unreal Tournament 2004 is now free with a community patch over 20 years later, Linux and macOS support included https://www.pcguide.com/news/unreal-tournament-2004-is-now-free-with-a-community-patch-over-20-years-later-linux-and-macos-support-included/
[18:27]	TR Bot	 Unreal Tournament 2004 is now free with a community patch over 20 years later, Linux and macOS support included - PC Guide
[18:28]	TR News	If you dual-boot Linux, don't make these costly 4 mistakes https://www.makeuseof.com/if-you-dual-boot-linux-dont-make-these-costly-mistakes/
[18:28]	TR Bot	 If you dual-boot Linux, don't make these costly 4 mistakes
[18:29]	TR News	You can now download a Fedora Atomic OS for your Android device https://www.xda-developers.com/you-can-now-download-fedora-atomic-os-for-android/
[18:29]	TR Bot	 You can now download a Fedora Atomic OS for your Android device
[18:30]	TR News	This Bash script replaced 3 apps I use everyday https://www.howtogeek.com/this-bash-script-replaced-apps-i-use-everyday/
[18:30]	TR Bot	 This Bash script replaced 3 apps I use everyday
[18:31]	TR News	Even with Linux being free, why does almost everyone still choose Windows? Here are 3 reasons that explain the dominance that began in the 80s and continues strong to this day. https://en.clickpetroleoegas.com.br/Even-with-Linux-being-free--why-does-almost-everyone-still-choose-Windows-Three-reasons-that-explain-its-dominance--which-began-in-the-80s-and-continues-strong-to-this-day.-flpc96/
[18:31]	TR Bot	 Even with Linux being free, why does almost everyone still choose Windows? The 3 reasons that explain the dominance that began in the 80s and continues strong to this day - CPG Click Petrleo e Gs
[18:33]	TR News	I installed this Linux distro on my gaming PC, and it runs Windows games better than Windows https://www.makeuseof.com/using-nobara-on-desktop-pc-for-gaming/
[18:33]	TR Bot	 I installed this Linux distro on my gaming PC, and it runs Windows games better than Windows
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[18:33]	TR News	I replaced three productivity apps with built-in Linux tools and didnt miss them https://www.makeuseof.com/replaced-productivity-apps-with-built-in-linux-tools-didnt-miss-them/
[18:33]	TR Bot	 I replaced three productivity apps with built-in Linux tools and didnt miss them
[18:34]	TR News	I tried running Linux on an Apple silicon Mac and regretted it https://www.makeuseof.com/i-tried-running-linux-on-an-apple-silicon-mac-and-regretted-it/
[18:34]	TR Bot	 I tried running Linux on an Apple silicon Mac and regretted it
[18:34]	TR News	On The Inside: This writer's daily driver is a Linux laptop https://www.howtogeek.com/on-the-inside-jordan/
[18:34]	TR Bot	 On The Inside: This writer's daily driver is a Linux laptop
[18:35]	TR News	I run terminal commands on my Linux PC from my Android home screenhere's how https://www.howtogeek.com/how-i-run-terminal-commands-on-my-linux-pc-from-my-android-home-screen/
[18:35]	TR Bot	 How I execute terminal commands on my Linux PC from my Android home screen
[18:38]	TR News	 (NEW):  Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/17/Security_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/17/Security_Leftovers.gmi 
[18:38]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Security Leftovers
[18:38]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], It was so nice of the police to take a picture of me.
[18:38]	IsambardPrince	I got so much money in that settlement that I was able to use it to pay off the hospital for the surgery on my shoulder.
[18:38]	IsambardPrince	I think I'll write them a sarcastic thank you letter and put it in the mail.
[18:38]	schestowitz[TR2]	how is the arm?
[18:38]	schestowitz[TR2]	80%?
[18:38]	schestowitz[TR2]	how do you meausre it?
[18:39]	IsambardPrince	Nope, better.
[18:39]	IsambardPrince	Yesterday at physical therapy, the therapist said that I had regained over 95% so far and that it will keep healing some more in the coming months.
[18:39]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today's HowTos   https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/17/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/17/today_s_howtos.gmi 
[18:39]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines today's howtos
[18:40]	IsambardPrince	Some measurements are now slightly better than my left arm, which nothing happened to.
[18:40]	IsambardPrince	I gained 2 degrees of external rotation vs. my left arm, for example.
[18:40]	IsambardPrince	and 2 degrees of flexion
[18:41]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], That's the "good" thing about surgery, if there is anything good about it.
[18:41]	TR News	 (NEW):  Applications: 3 New Releases of Istio and a Look at NoteDiscovery https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/17/Applications_3_New_Releases_of_Istio_and_a_Look_at_NoteDiscover.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/17/Applications_3_New_Releases_of_Istio_and_a_Look_at_NoteDiscover.gmi 
[18:41]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Applications: 3 New Releases of Istio and a Look at NoteDiscovery
[18:41]	IsambardPrince	While the surgeon is in there anyway, he can correct other problems that would not have been worth taking you to surgery about on their own.
[18:42]	IsambardPrince	He said that I had a little extra part of the bone in the humeral head on both shoulders that most people would not have there.
[18:42]	IsambardPrince	So he went ahead and shaved that so that my shoulder would move around more freely.
[18:43]	IsambardPrince	So my right arm has more range of motion in most ways than the left now.
[18:43]	TR News	 (NEW):  EasyOS Development News From Barry Kauler https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/17/EasyOS_Development_News_From_Barry_Kauler.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/17/EasyOS_Development_News_From_Barry_Kauler.gmi 
[18:43]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines EasyOS Development News From Barry Kauler
[18:43]	TR News	 (NEW):  PostgreSQL: pgdsat version 1.2 and postgres_dba 7.0 released https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/17/PostgreSQL_pgdsat_version_1_2_and_postgres_dba_7_0_released.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/17/PostgreSQL_pgdsat_version_1_2_and_postgres_dba_7_0_released.gmi 
[18:43]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines PostgreSQL: pgdsat version 1.2 and postgres_dba 7.0 released
[18:43]	IsambardPrince	If jsut slightly.
[18:43]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], I also asked him why most people told me that the post-op was the worst pain imaginable and why mine wasn't.
[18:44]	IsambardPrince	He said that most surgeons wouldn't have used that nerve block, so the first week would have been terrible.
[18:44]	IsambardPrince	And the government is pressuring them to not give their patients real pain medicine, or at least not enough.
[18:44]	TR News	 (NEW):  Games: Godot 4.6.1, Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Builds, and Unreal Tournament 2004 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/17/Games_Godot_4_6_1_Steam_Games_with_Native_GNU_Linux_Builds_and_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/17/Games_Godot_4_6_1_Steam_Games_with_Native_GNU_Linux_Builds_and_.gmi 
[18:44]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Games: Godot 4.6.1, Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Builds, and Unreal Tournament 2004
[18:45]	IsambardPrince	He said it's because some patients abuse it, so they're saying nobody should have any.
[18:45]	IsambardPrince	So they toss you out with maybe a bottle of celebrex and tell you to deal with it.
[18:45]	IsambardPrince	I was on celebrex, tylenol, and oxycodone for about the first two weeks.
[18:45]	IsambardPrince	I didn't feel much.
[18:46]	schestowitz[TR2]	celebrex?
[18:46]	schestowitz[TR2]	sounds like celeb
[18:46]	schestowitz[TR2]	what does it do
[18:46]	schestowitz[TR2]	?
[18:46]	IsambardPrince	Celecoxib is the generic name.
[18:47]	IsambardPrince	It's a NSAID like ibuprofen, but more selective.
[18:47]	IsambardPrince	Ibuprofen can eventually eat a hole into your stomach lining.
[18:47]	IsambardPrince	Celebrex doesn't do that.
[18:48]	TR News	 (NEW):  Getting Accustomed to GNU/Linux, Microsoft's Ad Bot (Bought) Concern-Trolling "Linux", and Why Some People Stick With Windows https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/17/Getting_Accustomed_to_GNU_Linux_Microsoft_s_Ad_Bot_Bought_Conce.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/17/Getting_Accustomed_to_GNU_Linux_Microsoft_s_Ad_Bot_Bought_Conce.gmi 
[18:48]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Getting Accustomed to GNU/Linux, Microsoft's Ad Bot (Bought) Concern-Trolling "Linux", and Why Some People Stick With Windows
[18:48]	TR News	 (NEW):  Latest From Red Hat's Site https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/17/Latest_From_Red_Hat_s_Site.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/17/Latest_From_Red_Hat_s_Site.gmi 
[18:48]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Latest From Red Hat's Site
[18:49]	TR News	 (NEW):   Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/17/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/17/Programming_Leftovers.gmi 
[18:49]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Programming Leftovers
[18:51]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Standards https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/17/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_Standards.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/17/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_Standards.gmi 
[18:51]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Standards
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[18:53]	TR News	 (NEW):  Audiocasts/Shows: Late Night Linux and Linux User Space https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/17/Audiocasts_Shows_Late_Night_Linux_and_Linux_User_Space.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/17/Audiocasts_Shows_Late_Night_Linux_and_Linux_User_Space.gmi 
[18:53]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Audiocasts/Shows: Late Night Linux and Linux User Space
[18:54]	TR News	 (NEW):  Kernel, Distributions and Operating Systems, Hardware for Tinkering https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/17/Kernel_Distributions_and_Operating_Systems_Hardware_for_Tinkeri.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/17/Kernel_Distributions_and_Operating_Systems_Hardware_for_Tinkeri.gmi 
[18:54]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Kernel, Distributions and Operating Systems, Hardware for Tinkering
[18:59]	TR News	Techrights Links 17/02/2026: Machine Rage and Microsoft Kills XBox Social Clubs https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/17/Links_17_02_2026_Machine_Rage_and_Microsoft_Kills_XBox_Social_C.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/17/Links_17_02_2026_Machine_Rage_and_Microsoft_Kills_XBox_Social_C.gmi 
[18:59]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 17/02/2026: Machine Rage and Microsoft Kills XBox Social Clubs
[18:59]	TR News	"I've just become aware that my changes to James Tomasinos "burrow" Gopher Hole manager have been merged! So everybody should update their version from the James' github repository: [...]" gopher://envs.net:70/1/~dan/phlog/20260217-my-changes-to-burrow-have-been-merged-by-tomasino/
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[19:00]	TR News	"I've had a few emails from people that got banned from my sites over the weeks and months and years of the bots scraping the wikis. The wikis are valuable "content" -- text written by humans! -- so of course the AI companies want their bots to copy it and to train their products with it." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-02-17-bot-check
[19:01]	TR News	"I have been noticing, that the Gopher burrow named "Gopher Bay" has been offline, for quite some months now. Gopher Bay was my last place where I could see films and download other great stuff. It is dead, now." gemini://tilde.club/~keyboardan/gemlog/2026-02-17__Gopher_Bay_is_dead.gmi
[19:02]	TR News	"Scottish maker and silversmith Math Campbell has built a smartwatch with a difference: this one goes in your pocket, not on your wrist." gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202602/20260217-watch.gmi
[19:03]	TR News	 xkcd: SNEWS #3208 gemini://8by3.net/~xkcd/3208.gmi
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[19:04]	MinceR	(cat) https://imgur.com/gallery/february-13-hgVUFHU
[19:04]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://imgur.com/gallery/february-13-hgVUFHU )
[19:12]	TR News	Techrights Gemini Links 17/02/2026: 3D-Printed Stainless Steel Smartwatch and Gopher Bay Offline https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/17/Gemini_Links_17_02_2026_3D_Printed_Stainless_Steel_Smartwatch_a.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/17/Gemini_Links_17_02_2026_3D_Printed_Stainless_Steel_Smartwatch_a.gmi 
[19:12]	TR Bot	 Techrights Gemini Links 17/02/2026: 3D-Printed Stainless Steel Smartwatch and Gopher Bay Offline
[19:18]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], I got an Eddie Merlot's rebate on the AmEx.
[19:18]	IsambardPrince	Apparently, there's a dress code. Swanky. :P
[19:18]	IsambardPrince	I like how the first couple of paragraphs tell people not to come in wearing sandals, tank tops, and shirts with offensive imagery or words on them, and not to have an "offensive odor".
[19:18]	IsambardPrince	:)
[19:19]	IsambardPrince	You have to tell people this in a restaurant that costs about $100 a person, I guess.
[19:19]	TR News	shtml
[19:20]	TR News	At least 1m of clients cash missing after collapse of PM Law https://www.thetimes.com/business/companies-markets/article/at-least-1m-of-clients-cash-missing-after-collapse-of-pm-law-hx5sbrbtp https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/17/Solicitors_Regulation_Authority_SRA_Way_Too_Slow_to_Respond_to_.shtml
[19:20]	TR Bot	 At least 1m of clients cash missing after collapse of PM Law
[19:20]	TR Bot	 Techrights Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Way Too Slow to Respond to Financial Fraud at Law Firms, in Effect Helping Those Law Firms Defraud Many More People (Fleecing Clients)
[19:20]	TR News	too late https://www.insidermedia.com/news/midlands/sra-confirms-fraud-investigation-in-relation-to-closure-of-group-of-law-firms
[19:20]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.insidermedia.com/news/midlands/sra-confirms-fraud-investigation-in-relation-to-closure-of-group-of-law-firms )
[19:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	IsambardPrince: what other ways to offend?
[19:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	can you just order water?
[19:28]	IsambardPrince	Perrier or toilet flushing water?
[19:28]	IsambardPrince	:D
[19:28]	IsambardPrince	Or are you talking about people so rich that they flush the toilet with Perrier?
[19:28]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, ^
[19:28]	MinceR	lol
[19:28]	MinceR	"Water? You mean like from the toilet?"
[19:29]	MinceR	maybe you meant Brawndo
[19:29]	IsambardPrince	The thirst mutilator.
[19:29]	IsambardPrince	It's got what plants crave.
[19:29]	IsambardPrince	Electrolytes.
[19:29]	MinceR	:>
[19:29]	IsambardPrince	You are a bad mother, Hardee's is taking your children into custody!
[19:29]	IsambardPrince	:)
[19:30]	IsambardPrince	(Carl's Jr. is what they call Hardee's in the south. Up here it's Hardee's.)
[19:36]	TR News	"This release ships with a new Plasma Login Manager display manager that could replace existing login managers like SDDM." https://9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-6-desktop-environment-officially-released-this-is-whats-new
[19:36]	TR Bot	Plasma 6.6 Desktop Environment Officially Released, This Is What's New - 9to5Linux
[19:37]	TR News	Mesa 26.0 improves ray-tracing performance for AMD Radeon GPUs on Linux https://tech.sportskeeda.com/gaming-news/news-mesa-26-0-improves-ray-tracing-performance-amd-radeon-gpus-linux
[19:37]	TR Bot	 Mesa 26.0 improves ray-tracing performance for AMD Radeon GPUs on Linux
[19:39]	TR News	"The Banana Pi BPI-R4 Pro router board is now available following its earlier preview. Built around the MediaTek MT7988A (Filogic 880) quad-core Arm Cortex-A73 processor at 1.8GHz, it targets Wi-Fi 7 access points and multi-gigabit gateway applications." https://linuxgizmos.com/bpi-r4-pro-router-board-delivers-mt7988a-soc-with-tri-band-wi-fi-7-capability/
[19:39]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/bpi-r4-pro-router-board-delivers-mt7988a-soc-with-tri-band-wi-fi-7-capability/ )
[19:39]	TR News	 (NEW):  Mesa 26.0 Open-Source Graphics Stack Officially Released, Heres Whats New https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/11/Mesa_26_0_Open_Source_Graphics_Stack_Officially_Released_Here_s.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/11/Mesa_26_0_Open_Source_Graphics_Stack_Officially_Released_Here_s.gmi 
[19:39]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Mesa 26.0 Open-Source Graphics Stack Officially Released, Heres Whats New
[19:46]	TR News	Techrights Still Some Slopfarms in View, Sometimes Targetting "Linux" https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/17/Still_Some_Slopfarms_in_View_Sometimes_Targetting_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/17/Still_Some_Slopfarms_in_View_Sometimes_Targetting_Linux.gmi 
[19:46]	TR Bot	 Techrights Still Some Slopfarms in View, Sometimes Targetting "Linux"
[19:58]	TR News	Techrights IBM suffers "worst weekly drop in six years", Microsoft's MSN calls it &quot;buying opportunity&quot; https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/17/IBM_suffers_worst_weekly_drop_in_six_years_Microsoft_s_MSN_call.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/17/IBM_suffers_worst_weekly_drop_in_six_years_Microsoft_s_MSN_call.gmi 
[19:58]	TR Bot	 Techrights IBM suffers "worst weekly drop in six years", Microsoft's MSN calls it "buying opportunity"
● Feb 17
[20:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	"
[20:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	15 hours ago:
[20:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	<p class="center"><img src="/i/2026/02/ibm-bs.png" alt="IBM stock suffers worst weekly drop in six years retail calls it generational buying opportunity while analysts remain cautious" /></p>
[20:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	Right now:
[20:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	<p class="center"><img src="/i/2026/02/ibm-down.2.png" alt="IBM Common Stock" /></p>
[20:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	<p class="dropcap-first">Ask Cramer what to do. <a href="http://techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/You_Know_Your_Company_is_Dead_or_Basically_a_Pyramid_Scheme_Whe.shtml">Cramer always knows</a>. He has the connections. He has IBM (and Red Hat) guests whose name he cannot even pronounce. They pay him to "pump" their stock.
[20:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	Alternatively go to Microsoft's MSN. It says you might want to buy IBM shares. <a href="http://techrights.org/n/2026/02/12/IBM_Continues_Tanking_Today_Already_58_Lower_Than_Recent_High_I.shtml">IBM is tanking</a>, hence it's time to buy.
[20:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	<a href="http://techrights.org/n/2026/02/11/With_an_IBM_Company_Down_Over_75_After_Apparent_Accounting_Frau.shtml">It's not like the share price is based on a fraud</a>, right? <a href="#top"></a></p>
[20:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	"
[20:02]	TR Bot	 Techrights You Know Your Company is Dead or Basically a Pyramid Scheme When Jim Cramer Keeps Promoting Its Stock
[20:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	oops
[20:02]	TR Bot	 Techrights IBM Continues Tanking Today, Already $58+ Lower Than Recent High, Insiders Explain Why
[20:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	"Now, let me add a brief perspective of my own. For reasons beyond the scope of this article, systemd has long been a divisive topic in the Linux community. Some strongly support it, while others reject it outright, to the point that an entire category of distributions has emerged around the idea of being systemd-free."
[20:02]	TR Bot	 Techrights With an IBM Company Down Over 75% After Apparent Accounting Fraud the IBM Insiders Want Answers From James Krabanaugh
[20:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://linuxiac.com/kde-responds-to-fud-over-alleged-systemd-mandate/
[20:02]	TR Bot	 KDE Responds to FUD Over Alleged systemd Mandate
[20:03]	schestowitz[TR2]	""
[20:06]	schestowitz[TR2]	Thats a misconception: systemd != RedHat.
[20:06]	schestowitz[TR2]	systemd was initially developed by Lennart Poettering while working for RH yes, but also Kay Sievers who at the time worked for SUSE/Novell.
[20:06]	schestowitz[TR2]	Poettering doesnt work for RH anymore, he was untill recently a Microsoft employee.
[20:06]	schestowitz[TR2]	Personally, I think the hatred for systemd stems more from Poettering who is a very controversial figure in the FOSSphere, than from actual technical qualities of the software.
[20:06]	schestowitz[TR2]	And as you hint at the end: this is FOSS, theres always a choice 
[20:06]	schestowitz[TR2]	"
[20:08]	MinceR	lol
[20:08]		*admfubar has quit (Quit: Leaving.)
[20:08]	MinceR	"there's always a choice, but we do our damndest to take it away"
[20:08]	TR News	European Parliament bars lawmakers from using AI tools https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/17/european_parliament_bars_lawmakers_from/
[20:08]	TR Bot	 European Parliament bars lawmakers from AI tools The Register
[20:08]	MinceR	also, it's not FOSS
[20:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	it's just init system
[20:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	it's just a loigin managggger
[20:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	it's just an extensionb
[20:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	it's better anyway
[20:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	sttoip hating,,,,, loser!
[20:09]	TR News	Russian bomb injures journalist https://cpj.org/2026/02/russian-bomb-injures-journalist-in-eastern-ukraine/
[20:09]	TR Bot	 Russian bomb injures journalist in eastern Ukraine - Committee to Protect Journalists
[20:10]	TR News	Telegram CEO vows to fight for app amid Russia pressure https://www.dw.com/en/telegram-ceo-vows-to-fight-for-app-amid-russia-pressure/a-75903663
[20:10]	TR Bot	 Telegram CEO vows to fight for app amid Russia pressure
[20:11]	TR News	CPJ welcomes Oscar nomination for documentary about US journalist killed in Russia-Ukraine war https://cpj.org/2026/02/cpj-welcomes-oscar-nomination-for-documentary-about-us-journalist-killed-in-russia-ukraine-war/
[20:11]	TR Bot	 CPJ welcomes Oscar nomination for documentary about US journalist killed in Russia-Ukraine war - Committee to Protect Journalists
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[20:16]	TR News	Russia Fully Blocks WhatsApp, Talks up State-Backed Alternative https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-02-11/russia-blocks-metas-whatsapp-messaging-service-ft-reports
[20:16]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-02-11/russia-blocks-metas-whatsapp-messaging-service-ft-reports )
[20:16]	TR News	WhatsApp Says Russia Has Tried to Fully Block the Messaging App https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2026-02-12/whatsapp-says-russia-has-tried-to-fully-block-the-messaging-app
[20:16]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2026-02-12/whatsapp-says-russia-has-tried-to-fully-block-the-messaging-app )
[20:16]	TR News	Russia moves to block WhatsApp as Moscow pushes state-backed rival https://www.dw.com/en/russia-moves-to-block-whatsapp-as-moscow-pushes-state-backed-rival/a-75922756
[20:16]	TR Bot	 Russia moves to block WhatsApp, pushes state-backed rival
[20:17]	TR News	Russia blocks WhatsApp https://cphpost.dk/2026-02-12/news/round-up/russia-blocks-whatsapp/
[20:17]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://cphpost.dk/2026-02-12/news/round-up/russia-blocks-whatsapp/ )
[20:18]	schestowitz[TR2]	MinceR: https://www.dw.com/en/orban-says-eu-bigger-threat-to-hungary-than-russia/a-75974022
[20:18]	TR Bot	 Orban says EU bigger threat to Hungary than Russia
[20:18]	schestowitz[TR2]	he said it when hungary is not in USSR
[20:18]	schestowitz[TR2]	but IS in EU
[20:19]	schestowitz[TR2]	hungary, go home, you are drunk
[20:19]	MinceR	might as well be in USSR at this point
[20:19]	MinceR	also, it's still possible to leave
[20:20]	schestowitz[TR2]	where to?
[20:20]	MinceR	to being a non-member of EU
[20:21]	TR News	TikTok does ISIS https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-02-10/dutch-arrest-15-suspected-of-spreading-islamic-state-propaganda-on-tiktok
[20:21]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-02-10/dutch-arrest-15-suspected-of-spreading-islamic-state-propaganda-on-tiktok )
[20:22]	TR News	why are they even in NL? https://www.dw.com/en/dutch-police-arrest-15-over-islamic-state-tiktok-posts/a-75900127
[20:22]	TR Bot	 Dutch police arrest 15 over 'Islamic State' TikTok posts
[20:23]	schestowitz[TR2]	when budapest becomes another grozny 
[20:26]	TR News	Carbon Dating https://xkcd.com/3205/
[20:26]	TR Bot	Carbon Dating
[20:27]	TR News	Installation https://xkcd.com/3206/
[20:27]	TR Bot	Installation
[20:27]	TR News	Bad Map Projection: Zero Declination https://xkcd.com/3207/
[20:27]	TR Bot	Bad Map Projection: Zero Declination
[20:34]	TR News	Did social control media really fall below 1% there? https://gs.statcounter.com/search-vs-social-vs-ai-chatbot-market-share/all/singapore/#monthly-200902-202602
[20:34]	TR Bot	 Search Vs Social Vs AI Chatbot Market Share Singapore | Statcounter Global Stats
[20:36]	TR News	MS slop down by a lot https://gs.statcounter.com/ai-chatbot-market-share/all/singapore/#monthly-200902-202602
[20:36]	TR Bot	 AI Chatbot Market Share Singapore | Statcounter Global Stats
[20:50]	lxo	https://sightlessscribbles.com/the-colonization-of-confidence/ introduces the notion of "Blended [word] Salad" as LLM output.  (it's great and pleasant writing, too)  BS generator takes on a new meaning!
[20:50]	TR Bot	 The Colonization of Confidence., Sightless Scribbles
[20:51]	schestowitz[TR2]	we call it word(s) salad
[20:56]	TR News	Techrights Red Hat Is Not a Company Anymore, Amid Bluewashing and Mass Layoffs It's Merely IBM "Division" or &quot;Brand&quot; or &quot;Product&quot; https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/17/Red_Hat_Is_Not_a_Company_Anymore_Amid_Bluewashing_and_Mass_Layo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/17/Red_Hat_Is_Not_a_Company_Anymore_Amid_Bluewashing_and_Mass_Layo.gmi 
[20:56]	TR Bot	 Techrights Red Hat Is Not a Company Anymore, Amid Bluewashing and Mass Layoffs It's Merely IBM "Division" or "Brand" or "Product"
[20:57]	lxo	schestowitz[TR2], I know!  but blending a salad turns it into sludge.  it's perfect!
● Feb 17
[21:03]	TR News	Techrights Microsoft Had Mass Layoffs Every Month Last Year, This Year It's Delaying a Lot to "Prove" Rumours That Crashed Its Stock... 'Wrong' https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/17/Microsoft_Had_Mass_Layoffs_Every_Month_Last_Year_This_Year_It_s.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/17/Microsoft_Had_Mass_Layoffs_Every_Month_Last_Year_This_Year_It_s.gmi 
[21:03]	TR Bot	 Techrights Microsoft Had Mass Layoffs Every Month Last Year, This Year It's Delaying a Lot to "Prove" Rumours That Crashed Its Stock... 'Wrong'
[21:03]	schestowitz[TR2]	i think in heard this term in uni
[21:03]	schestowitz[TR2]	gobbledegook 
[21:03]	schestowitz[TR2]	or words slaad
[21:03]	schestowitz[TR2]	yes, you can write many boosk
[21:04]	schestowitz[TR2]	or make  llms spew out grammaticallyt correct text
[21:04]	schestowitz[TR2]	BUT WHO WOULD READ THESE?
[21:04]	schestowitz[TR2]	What is the POINT?
[21:06]	admfubar	what is your favorite dressing to put on word salad?
[21:11]	admfubar	https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-effects-workers-psychological
[21:11]	TR Bot	 It Turns Out That Constantly Telling Workers They're About to Be Replaced by AI Has Grim Psychological Effects
[21:21]	schestowitz[TR2]	brainwash by bribed media
[21:21]	schestowitz[TR2]	brubed by slop pushers
[21:21]	schestowitz[TR2]	and conflating robotics with "AI"
[21:35]	admfubar	https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/fsd-lake
[21:35]	TR Bot	 FSD Tries to Drive Straight Into Lake
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[21:47]	IsambardPrince	I was mainly calling the hospital to see what bills I have left outstanding.
[21:47]	IsambardPrince	I want to get as many things paid as I can that nobody is going to beat me up for in a divorce proceeding.
[21:51]	IsambardPrince	It's already going to be absolutely horrible, and it was so avoidable if he only had a brain.
[21:52]	IsambardPrince	He thinks he'll have freedom without me. What he'll have is a bankruptcy if he finances a car.
[21:52]	IsambardPrince	When you finance a car, they do a lot of dumb shit to make the payments work out to the budget you have when you buy the car.
[21:52]	IsambardPrince	But that doesn't account for the duration risk of having a loan that goes on for 7-8 years, or all the interest you'll pay.
[21:53]	IsambardPrince	They just want to get some bank to approve the loan. They do not care if you go bankrupt. They don't care if the car is repossessed.
[21:53]	IsambardPrince	But you will.
[21:53]	IsambardPrince	Because then you'll have to get by with bad credit, which makes it almost as hard to find a place to live as being on a sex offender list.
[21:53]	IsambardPrince	Because the worst thing you can do in this country is not pay your bills.
[21:54]	IsambardPrince	I've seen Mark rent to people with domestic battery convictions, I've seen him rent to sex offenders.
[21:54]	IsambardPrince	He doesn't rent to people who don't pay him, you don't pay him you have until the police come get you out.
[21:55]	IsambardPrince	The police are not there to help you if your adjusted gross income is low.
[21:55]	IsambardPrince	They're there to protect the people who exploit you and crush you to death.
[21:55]	IsambardPrince	With loans and high rents and stuff.
● Feb 17
[22:10]	MinceR	https://i.imgur.com/q9kDvRJ.jpeg
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[23:11]		*SomeGoat (~SomeGoat@y3syynzkwyc9u.irc) has joined #techrights
[23:25]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, I like to do the Liam Neeson voice sometimes.
[23:25]	IsambardPrince	"Pardon me, I was told that Trix are exclusively for children. Is that enforced by law?"
[23:25]	MinceR	:)
[23:26]	IsambardPrince	"So what you're telling me is that if I buy this, nobody will follow me home?"
[23:26]	MinceR	no, it's enforced by aircraft
[23:26]	IsambardPrince	"Thank you. I wpoon't forget what you've done for me today."
[23:26]	MinceR	https://imgur.com/screen-shot-2016-08-22-09-16-53-w3e1VDV
[23:26]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://imgur.com/screen-shot-2016-08-22-09-16-53-w3e1VDV )
[23:49]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, I love how politicians frame a tax hike.
[23:49]	IsambardPrince	"We'll ask them to pay a little more."
[23:49]	IsambardPrince	I don't recall anyone asking if I wanted to file taxes and pay the IRS for things that I don't benefit from.
[23:49]	MinceR	"what if they say no?"
[23:50]	IsambardPrince	That's why we have prisons. Duh.
[23:50]	MinceR	:>
[23:50]	IsambardPrince	You ask, and if they say no, prison.
[23:50]	MinceR	statists love this
[23:50]	IsambardPrince	Who the statists are seems to change depending on how the election went.
[23:50]	IsambardPrince	All the positions have changed now that Trump is in office.
[23:51]	IsambardPrince	The Democrats are now the ones calling for state's rights and a limit to federal power, and they are buying guns.
[23:51]	MinceR	it's a pity that most devil apes never learn
[23:53]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, The Democrats are usually the ones that want to maximize federal power and ban guns.
[23:53]	IsambardPrince	They also want huge tax increases.
[23:53]	IsambardPrince	Well, now they got their huge tax increases.
[23:53]	MinceR	i know
[23:53]	IsambardPrince	They're called Tariffs.
[23:53]	IsambardPrince	And they're funding ICE.
[23:53]	MinceR	the "democrats"
[23:54]	IsambardPrince	They're also the ones that now want to shut down the federal government indefinitely.
[23:54]	IsambardPrince	Just to embarrass the president.
[23:54]	IsambardPrince	Which they said was irresponsible when the Republicans did it.
[23:55]	IsambardPrince	Most of the federal government is open.
[23:55]	IsambardPrince	They've managed to defund DHS, after allowing a bill that gave $75 billion to ICE and CBP.
[23:55]	IsambardPrince	So they're still getting paid and everyone is going to work there.
[23:55]	IsambardPrince	It's just shut down FEMA, the air traffic controller, the FAA, and a bunch of other stuff that has nothing to do with ICE.
[23:55]	IsambardPrince	The TSA is shut down.
[23:56]	IsambardPrince	None of them get paid.
[23:56]	IsambardPrince	They're not Immigration.
[23:56]	IsambardPrince	USCIS is fee funded. They're raising fees and letting ICE borrow USCIS officers.
[23:56]	IsambardPrince	The Democrats have shut down pretty much everything in DHS except ICE.
[23:56]	MinceR	lol
[23:57]	IsambardPrince	They might make it hard to get on a plane to go to Disney World with the credit card for the third time this year the next time my broke cousins with three bankruptcies each go to do it again.
[23:57]	IsambardPrince	But they haven't shut down ICE.
[23:58]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, Today, Mandy, who wants a divorce, asked me to cosign for him to get a car loan.
[23:58]	IsambardPrince	I said "Motherfucker have you lost your goddamned mind!?"
[23:59]	IsambardPrince	He may get a car loan, but when I move out and take my income with me, he'll end up living in it.
[23:59]	IsambardPrince	He asked how high the bills were.
[23:59]	MinceR	they say "taxation isn't robbery. there's nothing violent about taxation. if you don't pay, the state will simply lock you up and have you beaten."
[23:59]	IsambardPrince	I said "So high that when I'm gone and it's just you, you'll get rent and an electric bill, and you'll have no money left."
[23:59]	IsambardPrince	"Then you won't eat and they'll want that car back."