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[03:30] TR News Changing One's Name Won't Change One's Past https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/14/Changing_One_s_Name_Won_t_Change_One_s_Past.shtml [03:30] TR Bot Techrights Changing One's Name Won't Change One's Past [03:30] TR News 19 Years of Standing Up for Justice, Equality, and Truth https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/16/19_Years_of_Standing_Up_for_Justice_Equality_and_Truth.shtml [03:30] TR Bot Techrights 19 Years of Standing Up for Justice, Equality, and Truth [03:30] TR News Slopfarms Are Going to Perish Because Public Opinion is Changing https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/16/Slopfarms_Are_Going_to_Perish_Because_Public_Opinion_is_Changin.shtml [03:30] TR Bot Techrights Slopfarms Are Going to Perish Because Public Opinion is Changing [03:30] TR News Recognition of Women's Contributions to Free Software https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/16/Recognition_of_Women_s_Contributions_to_Free_Software.shtml [03:30] TR Bot Techrights Recognition of Women's Contributions to Free Software [03:30] TR News People Who Assault Women Are Not Victims of "Distress" https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/14/People_Who_Assault_Women_Are_Not_Victims_of_Distress.shtml [03:30] TR Bot Techrights People Who Assault Women Are Not Victims of "Distress" [03:31] TR News Quick notes from the GStreamer Spring Hackfest 2025 https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/blog/2025/07/15/quick-notes-gstreamer-spring-hackfest-2025/ [03:31] TR Bot Quick notes from the GStreamer Spring Hackfest 2025 [03:31] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [03:31] TR News "prevent meritocracies from devolving into court societies dominated by schemers and sycophants." https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2025-07-15.html [03:32] TR Bot Stuff Michael Meeks is doing [03:34] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [03:34] TR News "A Collection Of Lightning Detectors" https://hackaday.com/2025/07/15/a-collection-of-lightning-detectors/ | Source: Hackaday [03:34] TR Bot Collection Of Lightning Detectors | Hackaday [03:34] TR News Flipper Zero https://hackaday.com/2025/07/15/pulling-at-threads-with-the-flipper-zero/ | Source: Hackaday [03:34] TR Bot At Threads With The Flipper Zero | Hackaday [03:35] TR News Wio-LR1121 tiny LoRa module supports for sub-GHz, S-Band, and 2.4GHz frequency bands https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/07/15/wio-lr1121-tiny-lora-module-supports-for-sub-ghz-s-band-and-2-4ghz-frequency-bands/ [03:35] TR Bot Wio-LR1121 tiny LoRa module supports for sub-GHz, S-Band, and 2.4GHz frequency bands - CNX Software [03:35] TR News NanoCOM-MTU A COM Express Type 10 module with 28W defective chip maker Intel Core Ultra Meteor Lake CPU https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/07/16/nanocom-mtu-a-com-express-type-10-module-with-28w-intel-core-ultra-meteor-lake-cpu/ [03:35] TR Bot NanoCOM-MTU - A COM Express Type 10 module with 28W Intel Core Ultra Meteor Lake CPU - CNX Software [03:35] TR News Thinking back on Milburn and Secret/Springing Prior Art https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/07/thinking-milburn-springing.html [03:35] TR Bot Thinking back on Milburn and Secret/Springing Prior Art | Patently-O [03:37] TR News Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights https://techrights.org/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ [03:37] TR Bot Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights [03:37] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, July 16, 2025 https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/IRC_Proceedings_Wednesday_July_16_2025.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/IRC_Proceedings_Wednesday_July_16_2025.gmi [03:37] TR Bot Techrights IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, July 16, 2025 [03:38] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [03:38] TR Bot Tux Machines Today in Techrights [03:39] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [03:39] TR Bot Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [03:43] schestowitz[TR3] darwin: thank you! see https://techrights.org/o/donate/ same as before... wish i had more options, bank might work also [03:43] TR Bot Donate [03:45] darwin PayPal has been locking us out and forcing password changes much this year... might be a while until I can get to this. Also eBay and other sites are doing this more [03:45] darwin always 'suspicious activity' automated detection BS [03:46] darwin or claiming 'you logged in on new PC' when you haven't even logged-out [03:46] schestowitz[TR3] yes, it got worse over time [03:47] schestowitz[TR3] ii can send bank details [03:47] schestowitz[TR3] if it is easier [03:47] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [03:47] darwin i don't know how I'd do that [03:47] schestowitz[TR3] what is the least painful method? [03:47] darwin i can use PayPal after a few hours or tomorrow... but if there's an online way to do from bank I can try; you have my email or message me? [03:47] schestowitz[TR3] seems like many online things are JS and over time more "enshittified" [03:48] schestowitz[TR3] i have email, yes [03:49] TR News "Having spent the traditional month or two second guessing myself, I've come to a temporary arrangement that satisfies at least some of my blogging needs." gemini://mikekreuzer.com/posts/continuing_the_experiment_more.gmi [03:49] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [03:50] TR News "For the last year, I have been chanting to become strong. I wanted to become strong enough to try something new with my life." gemini://gemini.hearsay.tech/2025-07-16-i-wish.gmi [03:51] TR News "I could make some new thing that looked like YAML. YAML, Markdown, & Gemtext are all designed for the benefit of human writers (& perhaps even readers). 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schestowitz[TR3] he bribes officials [04:05] schestowitz[TR3] https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/16/Revolving_Doors_One_Day_You_re_a_Judge_the_Next_Day_You_re_an_A.shtml [04:05] TR Bot Techrights Revolving Doors: One Day You're a Judge, the Next Day You're an Attorney Paying Public Officials and Working for Violent and Dangerous Microsoft Employees [04:06] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [04:06] TR News (NEW): Latest Kernel- and Python-Centric LWN Articles https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/Latest_Kernel_and_Python_Centric_LWN_Articles.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/Latest_Kernel_and_Python_Centric_LWN_Articles.gmi [04:06] TR Bot Tux Machines Latest Kernel- and Python-Centric LWN Articles [04:08] TR News (NEW): Security and Windows TCO Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/Security_and_Windows_TCO_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/Security_and_Windows_TCO_Leftovers.gmi [04:08] TR Bot Tux 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[05:50] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [05:53] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [05:57] TR News "I've to admit that I never looked at Ubuntu Desktop before, but the user experience is on par with everything else I know." http://sven.stormbind.net/blog/posts/ubu_windows10_to_ubuntu/ [05:57] TR Bot Windows 10 to Ubuntu Migration [05:58] TR News "I dont think I ever posted about it, but nine months ago (exactly, which I just realized as Im writing these words), I joined CIQ as a Senior Systems Engineer" https://www.jdieter.net/posts/2025/07/16/dnf-plugin-protected-kmods/ [05:58] TR Bot dnf-plugin-protected-kmods ● Jul 17 [06:00] TR News "This was between 2008 and 2012 and it was very fun. Allow me to reminisce for a while." gemini://tilde.club/~sfelicio/gemlog/2025-07-17.gmi [06:01] TR News >>\\\ticking_time_tiMe_TicKing_lost_lOst_lingering_liNgeRing_loSs//>> ^^ gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2668 [06:02] TR News "he strolls in off the alley and greets the regulars. ~bartender, he says, i'll just have an iced coffee. he settles in next to the bookshelves as usual, pulling out a notebook and scrawling a few notes." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2669 [06:03] TR News "gemini and the smolnet in general definitely got a boost during the quarantine lockdowns that followed the outbreak of COVID-19 in early 2020. so many people stuck at home, hunkering down, bored and at a loss of what to do." [06:03] TR News "after all, boredom is the mother of creativity. people looked for new ways to connect with others and find comfort as they suffered together through the same shared ordeal, and they built beautiful spaces around those connections." [06:04] IsambardPrince https://finance.yahoo.com/news/walmart-cutting-hundreds-store-support-224214079.html [06:04] TR Bot Walmart restructuring some support and training roles, memo says [06:04] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR3], More layoffs at Walmart. [06:05] IsambardPrince More white collar layoffs. [06:06] *GNUmoon2 has quit (connection closed) [06:06] *GNUmoon2 (~GNUmoon@89yam9i74iqzs.irc) has joined #techrights [06:07] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [06:08] TR News (NEW): What LLMs do to software freedom https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/What_LLMs_do_to_software_freedom.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/What_LLMs_do_to_software_freedom.gmi [06:08] TR Bot Tux Machines What LLMs do to software freedom [06:09] schestowitz[TR3] IsambardPrince: managers? [06:09] schestowitz[TR3] or shop floor? [06:10] schestowitz[TR3] or managers demoted to shop floor? [06:10] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [06:16] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR3], "Opportunity to apply for other jobs in the company." [06:16] IsambardPrince Same as always. [06:17] schestowitz[TR3] IsambardPrince: walmart uk: https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=iZOsHigknNM [06:17] TR Bot ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=iZOsHigknNM ) [06:17] schestowitz[TR3] they areaking cuts [06:17] schestowitz[TR3] they turn managers to shop floor [06:18] schestowitz[TR3] and some are old people [06:18] schestowitz[TR3] with back issues [06:18] schestowitz[TR3] or they get relocated [06:18] schestowitz[TR3] i think they just want them to resign [06:18] schestowitz[TR3] and take the hint [06:18] schestowitz[TR3] schestowitz[TR3], "Opportunity to apply for other jobs in the company." [06:18] schestowitz[TR3] this is HR [06:18] schestowitz[TR3] i saw that [06:18] schestowitz[TR3] it's for legal reasons [06:18] schestowitz[TR3] they say, [06:18] schestowitz[TR3] we offered another role [06:18] schestowitz[TR3] you can apply [06:18] schestowitz[TR3] or we offered [06:18] schestowitz[TR3] you didn't take it [06:19] schestowitz[TR3] hence, no separation fees [06:19] schestowitz[TR3] (severenace) [06:23] IsambardPrince yep [06:23] TR News "Valve have added a new rule to the Onboarding guide for game developers, noting that payment processors get a say in what stays on Steam." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/valve-gets-pressured-by-payment-processors-with-a-new-rule-for-game-devs-and-various-adult-games-removed/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [06:23] TR Bot gets pressured by payment processors with a new rule for game devs and various adult games removed | GamingOnLinux [06:23] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [06:23] TR News "Counter-Strike 2 has begun a new season, and Valve added a new feature called Trade Protected Items and they're poking fun at Half-Life fans too." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/steam-adds-trade-protected-items-starting-with-counter-strike-2-along-with-a-bit-of-half-life-fan-trolling/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [06:23] TR Bot adds Trade Protected Items starting with Counter-Strike 2, along with a bit of Half-Life fan trolling | GamingOnLinux [06:26] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [06:26] TR News "A big day in Blender land with the arrival of Blender 4.5 LTS, finally bringing Vulkan up to full supported status with it matching OpenGL." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/blender-4-5-lts-arrives-with-vulkan-fully-supported-and-lots-of-performance-improvements/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [06:26] TR Bot 4.5 LTS arrives with Vulkan fully supported and lots of performance improvements | GamingOnLinux [06:26] TR News "Avowed from Obsidian Entertainment / Xbox Game Studios is now fully Steam Deck Verified with the big new 1.5 update." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/avowed-from-obsidian-and-xbox-now-steam-deck-verified-with-update-1-5/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [06:26] TR Bot from Obsidian and Xbox now Steam Deck Verified with Update 1.5 | GamingOnLinux [06:27] TR News "Lost Ark is a free to play MMO from Smilegate RPG and Amazon Games that was previously blocked on Linux platforms like SteamOS / Steam Deck but now works." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/lost-ark-from-amazon-games-appears-to-have-enabled-the-anti-cheat-for-linux-steamos/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [06:27] TR Bot Ark from Amazon Games appears to have enabled the anti-cheat for Linux / SteamOS | GamingOnLinux [06:29] schestowitz[TR3] IsambardPrince: so that article is very choreographed [06:29] schestowitz[TR3] imagine it wasd real journalism [06:29] schestowitz[TR3] and they said [06:29] schestowitz[TR3] walmart is cutting jobs due to financial goals [06:29] schestowitz[TR3] and pretends there are openings for those removed [06:29] schestowitz[TR3] because "HR" said do this [06:30] schestowitz[TR3] that would be actual reporting [06:30] TR News "Heroes of Science and Fiction is the new name for Silence of the Siren from Oxymoron Games, as they try to pull in more fans of Heroes of Might and Magic." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/silence-of-the-siren-renames-to-heroes-of-science-and-fiction-to-pull-in-more-homm-fans/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [06:30] TR Bot of the Siren renames to Heroes of Science and Fiction to pull in more HoMM fans | GamingOnLinux [06:30] IsambardPrince Yes, Walmart probably handed them a thing to re-post. [06:30] IsambardPrince It frames it in a much better light. [06:30] TR News "Another game with anti-cheat that released on Steam recently is Umamusume: Pretty Derby. Valve just rated it Steam Deck Playable / SteamOS Compatible." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/umamusume-pretty-derby-gets-rated-steam-deck-playable-steamos-compatible-and-works-on-desktop-linux/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [06:30] TR Bot Pretty Derby now Steam Deck Playable / SteamOS Compatible and works on Desktop Linux | GamingOnLinux [06:32] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR3], Walmart is having financial issues, you know, caused by Trump, so they look for savings. [06:32] IsambardPrince They recently bought out one of their beef suppliers. [06:32] IsambardPrince They now run the company that processes and packages beef for 600 Walmart stores. [06:33] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR3], Apparently this well help them keep a lid on the price hikes? [06:33] TR News (NEW): Games: Silence of the Siren, Rootkits ("Anticheat"), and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/Games_Silence_of_the_Siren_Rootkits_Anticheat_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/Games_Silence_of_the_Siren_Rootkits_Anticheat_and_More.gmi [06:33] TR Bot Tux Machines Games: Silence of the Siren, Rootkits ("Anticheat"), and More [06:40] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [06:42] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [06:49] schestowitz[TR3] IsambardPrince: from another chat: [06:49] schestowitz[TR3] yesterday i saw depo of jeremy bicham [06:49] schestowitz[TR3] the anti-rms and anti-x dude [06:49] schestowitz[TR3] he was doing anal to his sisters [06:49] schestowitz[TR3] bleeding too [06:49] schestowitz[TR3] disgusting [06:49] schestowitz[TR3] canonical hired him [06:49] schestowitz[TR3] *bicha [06:49] schestowitz[TR3] micrososoft had s serial strangler on the payroll [06:50] schestowitz[TR3] who fancies guys "doing" women in comas [06:50] schestowitz[TR3] sounds like necro [06:50] schestowitz[TR3] welcome to Microsoft [06:50] schestowitz[TR3] miguel de icaza knew [06:50] TR News "Most Kids Don't Get Cybersecurity Lessons at School. Here Are 5 Tips for Teaching Them Yourself" https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/5-tips-for-teaching-kids-the-cybersecurity-basics [06:50] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/5-tips-for-teaching-kids-the-cybersecurity-basics ) [06:51] TR News "US Supreme Court allows Trump to carry out plan to dismantle Education Department for now | Alabama Reflector" https://alabamareflector.com/2025/07/14/repub/us-supreme-court-allows-trump-to-carry-out-plan-to-dismantle-education-department-for-now/ [06:51] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://alabamareflector.com/2025/07/14/repub/us-supreme-court-allows-trump-to-carry-out-plan-to-dismantle-education-department-for-now/ ) [06:51] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR3], Technically there's no reason why a state can't expand the death sentence to child molestation. [06:51] IsambardPrince Maybe Florida should look into that. [06:51] IsambardPrince It no longer takes a unanimous jury to impose the death sentence there. [06:51] IsambardPrince Just 9 out of 12. [06:52] TR News Chat Control 2 the situation in summer 2025 https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=http://femtejuli.se/2025/07/15/chat-control-2-laget-sommaren-2025/ [06:52] TR Bot Chat Control 2 lget sommaren 2025 [06:52] TR News "It is finally the year of Linux on the Desktop: free OS reaches 5% market share" https://boingboing.net/2025/07/16/it-is-finally-the-year-of-linux-on-the-desktop-free-os-reaches-5-market-share.html [06:52] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2025/07/16/it-is-finally-the-year-of-linux-on-the-desktop-free-os-reaches-5-market-share.html ) [06:52] IsambardPrince I wonder how many would learn to control themselves if a trip to the gas chamber was the punishment. [06:52] TR News iophk: dan is, sadly, full of shit on this point "consumers" buy what they are told to buy based on a subset of the market that goes back at least a century to Ford's production lines https://lemire.me/blog/2025/07/16/innovation/ [06:52] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://lemire.me/blog/2025/07/16/innovation/ ) [06:53] TR News "Anatomy of a Self-Imagined Journalist Who Fancies That Trump Tells the Truth in His Tweets" https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/16/anatomy-of-a-self-imagined-journalist-who-fancies-that-trump-tells-the-truth-in-his-tweets/ [06:53] TR Bot Anatomy of a Self-Imagined Journalist Who Fancies That Trump Tells the Truth in His Tweets - emptywheel [06:53] TR News "Secret Police need Secret Lawyers" https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/07/secret-police-need-secret-lawyers/ [06:53] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/07/secret-police-need-secret-lawyers/ ) [06:53] TR News "Trump Is Trying to Dismantle Public Health and Replace It With a Police State | Truthout" https://truthout.org/articles/trump-is-trying-to-dismantle-public-health-and-replace-it-with-a-police-state/ [06:53] TR Bot Trump Is Trying to Dismantle Public Health and Replace It With a Police State | Truthout [06:53] IsambardPrince The death sentence should be reserved for a select few crimes. [06:54] TR News federalnewsnetwork paywall https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-insights/2025/07/how-to-avoid-vendor-lock-in-when-modernizing/ ("Protected: How to avoid vendor lock-in when modernizing") [06:54] TR Bot Protected: How to avoid vendor lock-in when modernizing [06:54] IsambardPrince Malice murder, child molestation (under 14), or forcible rape, or rape due to "victim cannot consent" due to a severe disability. [06:54] IsambardPrince Maybe a couple other things. [06:55] IsambardPrince Forcible rape is an aggravated form of rape. It implies that there is the threat of death or severe bodily harm if the victim doesn't comply. [06:56] IsambardPrince Also, the duty to flee should not exist under self-defense doctrine where use of lethal force is involved, to prevent the commission of any of these crimes. [06:57] TR News "Can a Powerful International Wildlife Conservation Meeting Help Save Sharks?" https://therevelator.org/cites-sharks/ | Source: The Revelator [06:57] TR Bot Can a Powerful International Wildlife Conservation Meeting Help Save Sharks? The Revelator [06:57] TR News "Status Coup" https://thedissenter.org/ice-is-a-press-freedom-issue-interview-with-status-coup-reporter-tina-desiree-berg/ | Source: The Dissenter [06:57] TR Bot Tina Desiree-Berg On ICE and Press Freedom [06:58] TR News "Discover how Douglas is helping young people in Mathare, Nairobi, build coding skills and confidence through Code Clubs." https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/giving-back-through-code-club-meet-douglas/ | Source: Raspberry Pi [06:58] TR Bot Giving back through Code Club: Meet Douglas - Raspberry Pi Foundation [06:58] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights ● Jul 17 [07:01] TR News "Late last week, the FBI seized the domain names of several gaming piracy websites, including NSW2U.com." https://torrentfreak.com/fbis-video-game-piracy-crackdown-leads-to-domain-confusion/ | Source: Torrent Freak [07:01] TR Bot Video Game Piracy Crackdown Leads to Domain Confusion * TorrentFreak [07:01] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [07:01] TR News "But the watermark needs to be small because otherwise people would be less likely to use these services." https://pxlnv.com/linklog/ai-video-watermarks/ | Source: Nick Heer [07:01] TR Bot On A.I. Video Watermarks Pixel Envy [07:01] TR News "the judgments are not straightforward." https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/07/anthropic-meta-ai-rulings/683526/ | Source: The Atlantic [07:01] TR Bot What Two Judicial Rulings Mean for the Future of Generative AI - The Atlantic [07:02] TR News Digital Restrictions (DRM) https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/motherboards/critical-uefi-vulnerabilities-found-in-gigabyte-motherboards-allow-attackers-to-bypass-secure-boot-and-install-firmware-backdoors | Source: Tom's Hardware [07:02] TR Bot Critical UEFI vulnerabilities found in Gigabyte motherboards allow attackers to bypass Secure Boot and install firmware backdoors | Tom's Hardware [07:04] TR News "staggering 83% of the countrys international" https://www.techzim.co.zw/2025/07/starlink-now-83-of-zims-international-internet-capacity-usage/ | Source: Zimbabwe [07:04] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.techzim.co.zw/2025/07/starlink-now-83-of-zims-international-internet-capacity-usage/ ) [07:04] TR News "Although a court last week blocked a proposed rule to let you easily quit an unwanted subscription" https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/07/15/ftc-click-to-cancel-subscriptions/ | Source: The Washington Post [07:04] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/07/15/ftc-click-to-cancel-subscriptions/ ) [07:04] TR News "Native American radio stations could face shutdowns if Congress cuts over $1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting" https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2025-07-16/native-american-radio-stations-at-risk-as-congress-looks-to-cut-1b-in-public-broadcasting-funding | Source: US News And World Report [07:04] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2025-07-16/native-american-radio-stations-at-risk-as-congress-looks-to-cut-1b-in-public-broadcasting-funding ) [07:05] TR News "Artificial intelligence promises a future of unprecedented productivity and wealth, but for Senator Bernie Sanders" https://gizmodo.com/bernie-sanders-reveals-the-ai-doomsday-scenario-that-worries-top-experts-2000628611 | Source: Gizmodo [07:05] TR Bot Bernie Sanders Reveals the AI 'Doomsday Scenario' That Worries Top Experts [07:05] TR News "Roughly 4,000 National Guard soldiers and 700 Marines have been in the city since early June." https://www.armytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2025/07/16/pentagon-ends-deployment-of-2000-national-guard-troops-in-los-angeles/ | Source: Sightline Media Group [07:05] TR Bot Pentagon ends deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops in Los Angeles [07:05] TR News "When that time comes, the United States and its partners and allies should continue to speak out, fund counter-disinformation efforts, and stand unequivocally behind the Dalai Lamas succession plan." https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/to-stand-up-for-religious-freedom-the-us-should-support-the-dalai-lamas-succession-plan/ | Source: Atlantic Council [07:05] TR Bot To stand up for religious freedom, the US should support the Dalai Lamas succession plan - Atlantic Council [07:13] TR News (NEW): Android Advanced Protection - Solid but overcomplicated https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/Android_Advanced_Protection_Solid_but_overcomplicated.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/Android_Advanced_Protection_Solid_but_overcomplicated.gmi [07:13] TR Bot Tux Machines Android Advanced Protection - Solid but overcomplicated [07:15] TR News "The new law on so-called fake news is just one element of a broader legislative campaign under President Japarov aimed at restricting media, civil society, and public discourse in Kyrgyzstan" https://cpj.org/2025/07/kyrgyzstan-tightens-control-over-media-with-new-false-news-laws/ | Source: CPJ [07:15] TR Bot Kyrgyzstan tightens control over media with new false news laws - Committee to Protect Journalists [07:15] TR News "CPJ urged Senegals government to drop charges against all journalists currently penalized for reporting, and to reaffirm protections under the Press Code" https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/cpj-urges-senegal-to-release-commentator-badara-gadiaga-protect-press-freedom/ | Source: JURIST [07:15] TR Bot Journalist group urges Senegal to release news commentator, protect press freedom - JURIST - News [07:16] TR News "in hopes of securing buyers for individual titles" https://pxlnv.com/linklog/go-media-dead/ | Source: Nick Heer [07:16] TR Bot G/O Media Has Sold Off Just About All Its Sites Eighteen Months After Denying It Was Selling Off All Its Sites Pixel Envy [07:17] TR News "profoundly dangerous" https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/afghan-data-breach-super-injunction-deeply-disturbing-for-press-freedom-says-lewis-goodall/ | Source: Press Gazette [07:17] TR Bot Afghan data breach super injunction 'deeply disturbing' for press freedom, says Lewis Goodall - Press Gazette [07:18] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [07:19] TR News (NEW): Purism: That one task https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/Purism_That_one_task.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/Purism_That_one_task.gmi [07:19] TR Bot Tux Machines Purism: That one task [07:21] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [07:22] TR News "The 51-50 vote marked a significant moment for President Donald Trumps rescissions request" https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/07/16/repub/us-senate-republicans-advance-bill-stripping-funds-from-npr-pbs-foreign-aid/ | Source: Nebraska Examiner [07:22] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/07/16/repub/us-senate-republicans-advance-bill-stripping-funds-from-npr-pbs-foreign-aid/ ) [07:24] TR News (NEW): Best Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [07:24] TR Bot Tux Machines Best Free and Open Source Software [07:27] TR News (NEW): Org Mode, GNU Guix, Mattermost, and more projects to participate in the FSF's hackathon https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/Org_Mode_GNU_Guix_Mattermost_and_more_projects_to_participate_i.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/Org_Mode_GNU_Guix_Mattermost_and_more_projects_to_participate_i.gmi [07:27] TR Bot Tux Machines Org Mode, GNU Guix, Mattermost, and more projects to participate in the FSF's hackathon [07:27] TR News "At the center of the dispute is how cutting foreign aid for dozens of programs, including those addressing global health and democracy, would affect American influence around the globe." https://kansasreflector.com/2025/07/16/repub/native-american-radio-stations-part-of-funding-deal-as-us-senate-takes-up-cuts-to-npr-pbs/ | Source: Kansas Reflector [07:27] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://kansasreflector.com/2025/07/16/repub/native-american-radio-stations-part-of-funding-deal-as-us-senate-takes-up-cuts-to-npr-pbs/ ) [07:32] TR News (NEW): Canonical and ESWIN announces EBC77 RISC-V SBC with Ubuntu 24.04 support https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/Canonical_and_ESWIN_announces_EBC77_RISC_V_SBC_with_Ubuntu_24_0.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/Canonical_and_ESWIN_announces_EBC77_RISC_V_SBC_with_Ubuntu_24_0.gmi [07:32] TR Bot Tux Machines Canonical and ESWIN announces EBC77 RISC-V SBC with Ubuntu 24.04 support [07:34] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [07:37] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [07:46] TR News Techrights UK Media Under Threat: Cannot Report on Data Breach, Cannot Report on Microsoft Staff Strangling Women https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/UK_Media_Under_Threat_Cannot_Report_on_Data_Breach_Cannot_Repor.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/UK_Media_Under_Threat_Cannot_Report_on_Data_Breach_Cannot_Repor.gmi [07:46] TR Bot Techrights UK Media Under Threat: Cannot Report on Data Breach, Cannot Report on Microsoft Staff Strangling Women [07:51] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [07:53] TR News "Email for most people has algorithmic curation applied by their email provider." https://sethmlarson.dev/email-has-algorithmic-curation-too | Source: Seth Michael Larson [07:53] TR Bot Email has algorithmic curation, too [07:54] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [07:54] TR News "certain kinds of adult content" https://www.404media.co/steam-bends-to-payment-processors-on-porn-games/ | Source: 404 Media [07:54] TR Bot Steam Bends to Payment Processors on Porn Games [07:54] TR News "Some experts are even more pessimistic about the reform. Russian intelligence researchers Andrey Soldatov and Irina Borogan" https://meduza.io/en/cards/a-new-gulag | Source: Meduza [07:55] TR Bot A new Gulag After 20 years without them, the FSB is getting its own jails. Thats bad news for Russians. Meduza [07:57] TR News (NEW): Ubuntu 25.10 Fixes Something You Didnt Know Needed Fixing https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/Ubuntu_25_10_Fixes_Something_You_Didn_t_Know_Needed_Fixing.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/Ubuntu_25_10_Fixes_Something_You_Didn_t_Know_Needed_Fixing.gmi [07:57] TR Bot Tux Machines Ubuntu 25.10 Fixes Something You Didnt Know Needed Fixing [07:57] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [07:59] TR News "July marked a peak in [Internet] shutdowns, with the independent communications watchdog Na Svyazi documenting disruptions in 77 regions, including areas far from the front line such as the Primorye region" https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/07/16/russia-expands-free-public-wi-fi-as-mobile-internet-blackouts-spread-a89849 | Source: The Moscow Times [07:59] TR Bot Russia Expands Free Public Wi-Fi as Mobile Internet Blackouts Spread - The Moscow Times ● Jul 17 [08:00] TR News "The bill, passed in the lower-house State Duma in its third and final reading" https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/07/16/russia-moves-to-streamline-process-for-labeling-groups-as-extremist-a89834 | Source: The Moscow Times [08:00] TR Bot Russia Moves to Streamline Process for Labeling Groups as Extremist - The Moscow Times [08:00] TR News "'Straight A' student Courtney Wright, 12, from the Midlands, wore the Spice Girls-esque dress and wrote a speech about history and traditions as part of the celebrations last week." https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/girl-12-put-isolation-wearing-10351562 | Source: StokeonTrentLive [08:00] TR Bot Girl, 12, put in isolation for wearing Union flag dress on school's culture day - Stoke-on-Trent Live [08:03] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [08:05] TR News "The new restrictive measures target actors involved in what the EU described as "Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference" (FIMI)" https://kyivindependent.com/eu-puts-sanctions-on-russian-individuals-entities-over-hybrid-threats-and-disinformation-campaigns/ | Source: The Kyiv Independent [08:05] TR Bot EU slaps new sanctions on Russia over hybrid threats, disinformation [08:05] TR News "Our investigation found that automated Telegram comments targeting local audiences in Ukraine fell into three overarching categories: pro-Russian propaganda, anti-Ukrainian propaganda, and abstract anti-war messaging and calls for peaceful coexistence. " https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/report/report-russian-bot-networks-occupied-ukraine/ | Source: Atlantic Council [08:05] TR Bot Digital occupation: Pro-Russian bot networks target Ukraine's occupied territories on Telegram - Atlantic Council [08:05] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [08:10] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [08:10] TR News (NEW): Review: the NovaCustom V54 is an outstanding Linux laptop with Dasharo coreboot firmware https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/Review_the_NovaCustom_V54_is_an_outstanding_Linux_laptop_with_D.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/Review_the_NovaCustom_V54_is_an_outstanding_Linux_laptop_with_D.gmi [08:10] TR Bot Tux Machines Review: the NovaCustom V54 is an outstanding Linux laptop with Dasharo coreboot firmware [08:18] IsambardPrince https://www.businessinsider.com/billionaire-lukas-walton-heir-to-walmart-empire [08:18] TR Bot Walmart Family Billionaire Lukas Walton: Life, Career, Net Worth - Business Insider [08:20] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [08:20] TR News (NEW): Fastfetch 2.48 System Information Tool Brings Fedora Variant Support https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/Fastfetch_2_48_System_Information_Tool_Brings_Fedora_Variant_Su.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/Fastfetch_2_48_System_Information_Tool_Brings_Fedora_Variant_Su.gmi [08:20] TR Bot Tux Machines Fastfetch 2.48 System Information Tool Brings Fedora Variant Support [08:21] TR News "If there is an underlying philosophy driving Trump, it is this: Morality is for suckers." https://baptistnews.com/article/americas-moral-emergency/ | Source: Baptist News Global [08:21] TR Bot Americas moral emergency Baptist News Global [08:21] TR News "There are a lot of ways that this could happen, with the EU CRA being only one of them; as various drafts of the EU CRA has shown, there are a lot of ways that things could go badly in the process." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/PeopleWantSoftwareResponsibility | Source: University of Toronto [08:21] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser [08:23] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [08:23] TR News "Wei worked on OpenAIs o3 and deep research models, according to his personal website." https://www.wired.com/story/jason-wei-open-ai-meta/ | Source: Wired [08:23] TR Bot High-Profile OpenAI Researcher Departs for Meta | WIRED [08:24] TR News "Scale AI, founded in 2016, has been a key player in training data pipelines for companies like OpenAI, Meta, and the US Department of Defense." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/scale-ai-to-cut-14-of-staff-following-meta-investment-report/articleshow/122582784.cms | Source: India Times [08:24] TR Bot Scale AI to cut 14% of staff following Meta investment: Report - The Economic Times [08:24] TR News "Unfortunately, the reality turned out to be more complex. Indeed, dozens of platforms were introduced to make our lives easier, and to a point they succeeded, since accessing them is easy." https://www.ekathimerini.com/opinion/1275412/the-digitizing-of-bureaucracy/ | Source: Greece [08:24] TR Bot digitizing of bureaucracy | eKathimerini.com [08:25] *itech (~itech@sambgdmsawkyw.irc) has joined #techrights [08:26] TR News "Sandisks decision was prompted by national economic turmoil Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said About $260 million in taxpayer funding has been spent on preparing a 1,300-acre megasite for the factory" https://www.bridgemi.com/business-watch/michigan-loses-massive-semiconductor-plant-whitmer-blames-national-economic-turmoil | Source: Bridge Michigan [08:26] TR Bot Michigan loses massive semiconductor plant. Whitmer blames national economic turmoil | Bridge Michigan [08:26] itech https://ostechnix.com/linux-reaches-5-desktop-market-share-in-usa/ take that M$ [08:26] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://ostechnix.com/linux-reaches-5-desktop-market-share-in-usa/ ) [08:26] TR News "Still, Michigan Democrats joined Whitmer in expressing concern over the company withdrawing its planned development, though none addressed whether additional subsidies could have passed the Republican-controlled House." https://www.bridgemi.com/business-watch/records-michigan-offered-more-6b-failed-bid-land-chip-factories | Source: Bridge Michigan [08:26] TR Bot Records: Michigan offered more than $6B in failed bid to land chip factories | Bridge Michigan [08:26] schestowitz[TR3] itech: http://techrights.org/n/2025/07/02/GNU_Linux_Reaches_All_Time_High_in_the_United_States_of_America.shtml [08:26] TR Bot Techrights GNU/Linux Reaches All-Time High in the United States of America [08:26] schestowitz[TR3] july 2 [08:27] TR News "The project aims to monitor rhino herds daily using drones" https://techcentral.co.za/kruger-park-white-rhinos-hi-tech-lifeline/266914/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa) [08:27] TR Bot Kruger Park's white rhinos get a hi-tech lifeline - TechCentral [08:28] TR News "Mining a single Bitcoin takes as much electricity as it takes to power an average US household for 41 days, according to the Bitcoin Energy Consumption Index run by Digiconomist." https://www.bridgemi.com/business-watch/crypto-mines-noisy-nuisance-some-should-michigan-regulate-them | Source: Bridge Michigan [08:28] TR Bot Crypto mines a noisy nuisance to some. Should Michigan regulate them? | Bridge Michigan [08:29] TR News "The AI systems, which have been trained on a huge trove of successful historical applications, will pull data from studies and compile it into complex applications that span hundreds of pages." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/microsoft-us-national-lab-tap-ai-to-speed-up-nuclear-power-permitting-process/articleshow/122577658.cms | Source: India Times [08:29] TR Bot Microsoft, US national lab tap AI to speed up nuclear power permitting process - The Economic Times [08:29] itech Unknown: Stands at 4.76%. [08:29] TR News "The electric gear maker claims its nuclear AI technology is trained on "75 years of proprietary data, knowledge, and expertise," according to the deal announcement." https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/16/google_westinghouse_ai_nuclear/ | Source: The Register UK [08:29] TR Bot Google, Westinghouse team up to use AI to build nuclear The Register [08:29] schestowitz[TR3] probably 60-70% of web traffic is bot [08:30] schestowitz[TR3] so maybe those are bots it does not classify as such [08:30] schestowitz[TR3] or some chinese OSes [08:30] TR News "Johnson told reporters after the vote that the hardline critics want to link the cryptocurrency bills into one product, which is why they torpedoed the procedural vote" https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5402350-conservatives-procedural-vote-crypto-revolt/ | Source: The Hill [08:30] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5402350-conservatives-procedural-vote-crypto-revolt/ ) [08:30] itech probablly also running linux [08:31] TR News "The CLARITY Act and a bill that would bar the Federal Reserve from establishing a central bank digital currency." https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/16/crypto-house-federal-reserve-currency.html | Source: CNBC [08:31] TR Bot Crypto bills struggle in Congress for second day [08:31] schestowitz[TR3] the chinse ones are likelyt "stolen" linux [08:31] schestowitz[TR3] unattributed [08:33] schestowitz[TR3] like openharmony [08:34] schestowitz[TR3] i doubt they wrote a kernel from scratch [08:34] TR News "These devices were first installed in the 1980s as a replacement for caboose cars, and unfortunately, they lack encryption and authentication protocols." https://gizmodo.com/hackers-can-tamper-with-train-breaks-using-just-a-radio-feds-warn-2000629522 | Source: Gizmodo [08:34] TR Bot Hackers Can Tamper With Train Brakes Using Just a Radio, Feds Warn [08:34] TR News "Vietnam will ban fossil-fuel-powered motorcycles and mopeds in the heart of Hanoi starting in July 2026 in an effort to reduce air pollution, state media reported on Monday, curbing the main mode of transport for many of the citys 8 million residents." https://www.rfa.org/english/vietnam/2025/07/14/vietnam-hanoi-motorbike-ban/ | Source: RFA [08:34] TR Bot Vietnam to ban gas-powered motorbikes in central Hanoi next year Radio Free Asia [08:34] IsambardPrince https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-SLM-Driver-Orphaned [08:34] TR Bot Intel Engineering Layoffs Lead To An Intel Linux Driver Being Orphaned - Phoronix [08:34] TR News "Could Zuckerberg be in the middle of a similar crunch time, desperately trying to convince investors" https://futurism.com/zuckerberg-desperate-ai-power-data-centers-tents | Source: Futurism [08:34] TR Bot Zuckerberg's Building AI Data Centers In Outdoor Tents, But the Hack Could Backfire on Hot Days [08:34] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR3], Intel layoffs are affecting the Linux team heavily. [08:35] TR News "Companies can either build more energy supply which takes time and the AI giants are already scouring the globe to do or figure out how to consume less energy for the same computing power." https://www.sciencealert.com/ai-is-heading-for-an-energy-crisis-that-has-tech-giants-scrambling | Source: Science Alert [08:35] TR Bot Is Heading For an Energy Crisis That Has Tech Giants Scrambling : ScienceAlert [08:35] TR News "Zuck confirmed some of the details of SemiAnalysis's report via a Facebook post on Monday." https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-mark-zuckerberg-building-ai-data-centers-tents-catch-up-2025-7 | Source: Business Insider [08:35] TR Bot Meta Building Data Centers in Tents, Part of Bid to Catch up in AI - Business Insider [08:36] TR News "Designed primarily for Grand Prix and Formula racing, the Type 37 quickly became a force on European racing circuits" https://www.vintag.es/2025/07/1929-bugatti-type-37-grand-prix.html | Source: Vintage Everyday [08:36] TR Bot Amazing Photos of the 1929 Bugatti Type 37 Grand Prix ~ Vintage Everyday [08:36] schestowitz[TR3] IsambardPrince: see http://techrights.org/wiki/Intel_leaks/ [08:36] TR Bot Intel leaks [08:36] schestowitz[TR3] any non-phoronix url"? [08:36] schestowitz[TR3] to show the impact? [08:37] TR News "In late September 2000, longtime Kerr County, Texas, resident W. Thornton Secor Jr. sat down with an oral historian to tell his story." https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-floods-oral-histories | Source: Pro Publica [08:37] TR Bot Kerr County, Texas, Oral Histories Reveal Local Knowledge of Floods ProPublica [08:37] schestowitz[TR3] we try not to link to that site [08:37] schestowitz[TR3] because of financial strings it has [08:37] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [08:37] schestowitz[TR3] it looks like michael aged poorly [08:38] schestowitz[TR3] his latest "best" picture shows unhealthy man aged about 45 [08:38] TR News "Natural [sic] gas from Pennsylvania and the Appalachian region, in particular, has faced market challenges both from ultra-cheap natural [sic] gas from the Permian Basin in Texas and New Mexico as well as a lack of infrastructure to carry supply out of the region." https://www.wired.com/story/trump-energy-industry-ai-fossil-fuels-pittsburgh-summit/ | Source: Wired [08:38] TR Bot and the Energy Industry Are Eager to Power AI With Fossil Fuels | WIRED [08:38] IsambardPrince Accelerated wear. [08:38] IsambardPrince Needs money because he had that baby. [08:39] schestowitz[TR3] at least one [08:39] schestowitz[TR3] maybe more [08:39] schestowitz[TR3] i don't even know if it was planned [08:39] schestowitz[TR3] then covid came [08:39] schestowitz[TR3] his wife lost her job [08:39] schestowitz[TR3] no update since [08:39] schestowitz[TR3] re family [08:39] TR News "A well-connected lobbyist and advocate for fossil fuel resource development is one of eight applicants alleging the David Suzuki Foundation used misleading photographs in their promotional materials." https://www.desmog.com/2025/07/15/oil-advocate-behind-anti-suzuki-complaint-a-nameless-bc-resident-in-national-post-story/ | Source: DeSmog [08:39] TR Bot Advocate Behind Anti-Suzuki Complaint a Nameless 'BC Resident' in National Post Story - DeSmog [08:40] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [08:40] TR News (NEW): Hyprland 0.50 Lands with New Render Scheduler and Tons of Fixes https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/Hyprland_0_50_Lands_with_New_Render_Scheduler_and_Tons_of_Fixes.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/Hyprland_0_50_Lands_with_New_Render_Scheduler_and_Tons_of_Fixes.gmi [08:40] TR Bot Tux Machines Hyprland 0.50 Lands with New Render Scheduler and Tons of Fixes [08:41] IsambardPrince I don't see where he's posted a picture lately. [08:41] IsambardPrince He's still using the one from 2006 on his Twitter. [08:41] schestowitz[TR3] open phoronix article [08:41] schestowitz[TR3] you can see how it changed over the years [08:41] schestowitz[TR3] ar age 25 he changed [08:41] schestowitz[TR3] before that it was the same for 10+ years [08:42] schestowitz[TR3] a photo of him at about 25 [08:42] schestowitz[TR3] he used to look a lot better and was thin [08:42] schestowitz[TR3] now it's like zemlin "chesthair" [08:42] schestowitz[TR3] and overwheight [08:42] schestowitz[TR3] and skin does not look healthy imho [08:42] schestowitz[TR3] so that tells you a story [08:42] schestowitz[TR3] lack of sleep, stress, baby [08:42] schestowitz[TR3] babyface = [08:43] IsambardPrince oh good lord. [08:43] schestowitz[TR3] the face of a man who had a baby [08:43] schestowitz[TR3] waking up all night long [08:43] schestowitz[TR3] michaael is about the same age as me [08:43] TR News "Klepper detailed many past interactions between Trump, Epstein, and Maxwell, which he noted suggest that there is more to the story than Trump is letting on." https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/jordan-klepper-donald-trump-jeffrey-epstein-history-1235386835/ | Source: Rolling Stone [08:43] TR Bot Jordan Klepper Charts Trump's Long History With Jeffrey Epstein [08:44] IsambardPrince Yeah, quick fixes would be to at least get a shave and a haircut. [08:44] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/Android_Leftovers.gmi [08:44] TR Bot Tux Machines Android Leftovers [08:44] IsambardPrince Maybe weight loss in the medium to long term. [08:44] IsambardPrince He looks unkempt and tired. [08:45] schestowitz[TR3] yes [08:45] schestowitz[TR3] me at 35 http://schestowitz.com/royrianne/gallery/index.php/Canlaon/20170523_071717 [08:45] TR Bot 20170523 071717 [08:45] schestowitz[TR3] about the same now [08:45] schestowitz[TR3] because i take breaks [08:45] schestowitz[TR3] rianne just put face cream on me, minutes agooo [08:45] schestowitz[TR3] i get a good price on them [08:47] *darwin has quit (Quit: Leaving) [08:50] TR News "Part of it is anger at hypocrisy." https://www.vox.com/on-the-right-newsletter/419784/trump-epstein-maga-rebellion-populism | Source: Vox [08:50] TR Bot and Jeffrey Epstein docs: why Trump betrayed the MAGA base | Vox [08:50] TR News "But as Wired reported at the time, the allegedly unaltered video showed signs of tampering." https://futurism.com/metadata-critical-minutes-deleted-epstein-video | Source: Futurism [08:50] TR Bot Metadata Shows That Critical Minutes Were Deleted From the Epstein Video [08:51] TR News "House Speaker Mike Johnson joins conservative voices demanding the government share all information about the millionaire pedophile" https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-07-16/trumps-attempt-to-quell-the-epstein-list-rebellion-further-ignites-the-maga-movement.html | Source: El Pas [08:51] TR Bot Trumps attempt to quell the Epstein list rebellion further ignites the MAGA movement | U.S. | EL PAS English [08:51] TR News "The president's meltdown following the MAGA revolt over his administration's handling of the convicted sex offender's case keeps getting worse" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-attacks-maga-supporters-caring-epstein-files-1235387098/ | Source: Rolling Stone [08:51] TR Bot Trump Attacks MAGA Supporters for Caring About Esptein Files [08:53] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR3], I'm considering buying a lift recliner like old people use. [08:54] IsambardPrince It could help me stand up and sit down while I'm recovering from surgery. [08:54] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [08:57] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Jul 17 [09:02] itech im not familiar with this hyperland thing [09:04] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [09:04] schestowitz[TR3] hyprland [09:05] schestowitz[TR3] schestowitz[TR3], I'm considering buying a lift recliner like old people use. [09:05] schestowitz[TR3] fore michael? [09:05] schestowitz[TR3] too soon? [09:05] TR News "At the center is a genuine secret, the main thing that keeps the story from fading away: the specter of Epsteins so-called client list, a document that supposedly contains the names of powerful people whom Epstein provided girls to." https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/07/trump-epstein-late-stage-conspiracism/683570/ | Source: The Atlantic [09:05] TR Bot Nobody (Not Even Trump) Can Control the Epstein Story - The Atlantic [09:05] TR News "called into question" https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/16/the-press-keeps-coddling-trumps-tariff-lawlessness/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler [09:05] TR Bot The Press Keeps Coddling Trump's Tariff Lawlessness - emptywheel [09:06] TR News "This new bill will close the loopholes that allow presidential libraries to be used as a tool for corruption and bribery" https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2025-07-16/cbs-abc-trump-payouts-qatar-jet-proposed-curbs-library-gifts | Source: Los Angeles Times [09:06] TR Bot After CBS and ABC's Trump settlements, Democrats want to curb presidential library gifts - Los Angeles Times [09:06] TR News "Latvias public broadcaster LSM noted that a lower court had previously upheld the NEPLPs decision to revoke the license." https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/16/latvian-court-overturns-decision-to-revoke-tv-rain-s-broadcasting-license | Source: Meduza [09:06] TR Bot Latvian court overturns decision to revoke TV Rains broadcasting license Meduza [09:06] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:06] TR News "This new evidence included a public statement from U.S. Representative Brad Sherman last month that ByteDance" https://www.courthousenews.com/would-be-tiktok-buyers-accuse-chinese-owners-of-maintaining-control-through-racketeering-scheme/ | Source: Court House News [09:06] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.courthousenews.com/would-be-tiktok-buyers-accuse-chinese-owners-of-maintaining-control-through-racketeering-scheme/ ) [09:07] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR3], I'm considering buying a lift recliner like old people use. [09:07] IsambardPrince fore michael? [09:07] IsambardPrince too soon? [09:07] IsambardPrince --- [09:07] itech seem to be a keyboard jokey tipe of thing [09:07] IsambardPrince Yeah, he needs it whether or not there's surgery from the looks of things. [09:07] TR News "Here's a look at how the case proceeded, and what to expect: [...]" https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/meta-shareholders-lawsuit-begins-1.7586176 | Source: CBC [09:07] TR Bot Remember Cambridge Analytica? What to know about the $8B US lawsuit against Meta's board | CBC News [09:08] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR3], I'm lucky it's a shoulder preservation surgery and not a replacement. [09:08] IsambardPrince The replacements are far more difficult to recover from and they don't last as long as I'm likely to live. [09:08] TR News "Investors allege in their lawsuit that Meta did not fully disclose the risks that Facebook users' personal information" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/meta-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-expected-to-testify-in-8-billion-facebook-privacy-lawsuit/articleshow/122590928.cms | Source: India Times [09:08] TR Bot Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg expected to testify in $8 billion Facebook privacy lawsuit - The Economic Times [09:09] IsambardPrince It's two smaller fragments that have broken off from the head of the joint. [09:09] TR News "TikTok raises real issues and risks with the service that require a serious policy response." https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/07/what-is-the-canadian-government-doing-with-its-incoherent-approach-to-tiktok/ | Source: Michael Geist [09:09] TR Bot What Is the Canadian Government Doing With Its Incoherent Approach to TikTok? - Michael Geist [09:09] IsambardPrince So they need to remove it, replace the part that fractured from the joint with cadaver bone and screws, reattach the rotator cuff. and give me a cartilage transplant. [09:10] IsambardPrince He says that the screws themselves eventually turn into bone. [09:10] TR News "A criminal investigation into Twitter has been initiated by French prosecutors" https://grahamcluley.com/quelle-surprise-twitter-faces-criminal-probe-in-france/ | Source: Graham Cluley [09:10] TR Bot Quelle surprise! Twitter faces criminal probe in France Graham Cluley [09:10] schestowitz[TR3] they will not [09:11] schestowitz[TR3] bone does not come from screws [09:11] schestowitz[TR3] and the screws are not calcium [09:11] schestowitz[TR3] they say what suits their storytelling [09:11] schestowitz[TR3] it's like saying the pacemaker will become a heart chamber [09:11] TR News "The paper doesn't go beyond statistically analyzing a few words to track their increased usage" https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/15/chatgpt_changes_language/ | Source: The Register UK [09:11] TR Bot LLMs are changing how we speak, say German researchers The Register [09:12] IsambardPrince https://pediatricorthopedics.com/keeping-young-athletes-in-the-game-preventing-second-surgeries-with-bio-absorbable-screws/ [09:12] TR Bot Bio-Absorbable Screws For Adolescent Athlete Surgeries [09:12] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR3], They avoid a second surgery to remove the screws later. [09:12] TR News "TikTok, a platform owned by the Chinese company ByteDance" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/first-us-now-canada-tiktok-faces-shutdown-will-canadians-lose-access-app-1738448 | Source: International Business Times [09:12] TR Bot First the US, Now Canada? TikTok Faces Shutdown Will Canadians Lose Access to the App? | IBTimes UK [09:13] IsambardPrince "Bio-absorbable screws are a new type of medical implant designed to naturally integrate into the body over time. Unlike traditional metal-alloy screws, which often need to be surgically removed once the bone has healed, bio-absorbable screws dissolve and are absorbed by the body. This innovative technology offers a significant advantage in treating fractures, especially in children, by potentially eliminating the need for a second [09:13] IsambardPrince surgery." [09:14] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR3], I'll be like the six million dollar man. [09:14] IsambardPrince Better than he was before, stronger, faster. [09:15] IsambardPrince https://www.medica-tradefair.com/en/physio-tech/bone-screw-tissue-rehabilitation [09:15] TR Bot Return to health with bone screws made from donated tissue [09:15] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR3], I told my mom I'm lucky we have the technology we do now. [09:16] TR News jbicha the systemd booster: "I installed OpenSolaris once in a VM and got GNOME and I wondered what was the point. I didn't really see anything worth staying for when Linux could do basically everything I needed and had the benefits of a much larger number of developers and users." https://www.reddit.com/r/gnome/comments/1l8lz2y/introducing_stronger_dependencies_on_systemd/ [09:16] TR Bot - The heart of the internet [09:16] IsambardPrince If something like this happened to someone in the 80s or 90s, they would lack the diagnostic equipment to show them exactly what to do during surgery, it would be more exploratory. [09:16] IsambardPrince They'd have to use metal screws and schedule me in for another surgery to open the joint again and take them out. [09:17] IsambardPrince There would be much higher risk of post-surgical complications. [09:17] TR News "Focus on systemd to promote standardization and cross-distribution cooperation" https://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2019/12/msg00000.html jbicha agrees [09:17] TR Bot Re: Proposal: Focus on systemd [09:17] IsambardPrince Longer recovery time. [09:17] IsambardPrince In fact, the surgery itself may have been so rough that you wouldn't even do it because it stood a higher chance of making the joint even worse. [09:18] IsambardPrince I remember how crude some of those surgical techniques were in the 90s. [09:18] IsambardPrince Like the sinus surgery I had. [09:18] TR News
  • [09:18] TR News Surveillance https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/porn-sites-must-check-age-of-french-users-says-top-court/articleshow/122548245.cms | Source: India Times [09:18] TR Bot Porn sites must check age of French users, says top court - The Economic Times [09:19] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR3], "After the screw is inserted into the bone, the patient's own cells colonize and grow through the graft." [09:19] IsambardPrince "During the bone remodeling process, the bone screw transforms from foreign tissue into the patient's own tissue." [09:20] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [09:21] schestowitz[TR3] https://old.reddit.com/user/jbicha/ [09:21] TR Bot overview for jbicha [09:21] schestowitz[TR3] "If you visit https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/quiterss you can see when the package was removed. It lists Debian bug numbers. Those bugs give more information. [09:21] schestowitz[TR3] The short answer is no, you can't use that package because it depends on a version of webkit that is unmaintained which is bad for a web rendering library that needs frequent security updates. [09:21] schestowitz[TR3] " [09:21] TR Bot quiterss - Debian Package Tracker [09:22] schestowitz[TR3] IsambardPrince: check out his avatar https://www.reddit.com/user/jbicha/ [09:22] TR Bot - The heart of the internet [09:22] schestowitz[TR3] he caused burns to his sisters [09:22] schestowitz[TR3] according to them [09:22] schestowitz[TR3] in the vagina [09:22] schestowitz[TR3] he chose a devil on fire avatar [09:22] schestowitz[TR3] wth? [09:22] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:36] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [09:40] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:43] *darwin (~darwin@ezriia7nzimpg.irc) has joined #techrights [09:52] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [09:56] TR News Techrights The People Who Promoted systemd in Debian Also Promote Wayland https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/The_People_Who_Promoted_systemd_in_Debian_Also_Promote_Wayland.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/The_People_Who_Promoted_systemd_in_Debian_Also_Promote_Wayland.gmi [09:56] TR Bot Techrights The People Who Promoted systemd in Debian Also Promote Wayland [09:59] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Jul 17 [10:01] TR News says DomainTools https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/mmalware-found-embedded-in-dns-the-system-that-makes-the-internet-usable-except-when-it-doesnt | Source: Tom's Hardware [10:01] TR Bot Malware found embedded in DNS, the system that makes the internet usable, except when it doesn't | Tom's Hardware [10:03] TR News Openwashing: "catalyst for global progress" https://hongkongfp.com/2025/07/16/nvidia-ceo-says-chinas-open-source-ai-a-catalyst-for-progress/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press [10:03] TR Bot Nvidia CEO says China's open-source AI a 'catalyst for progress' [10:04] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR3], He last posted 11 days ago. [10:04] IsambardPrince I wonder why. [10:05] IsambardPrince Maybe you should link to his sex offender page and go for a hat trick. [10:05] IsambardPrince Bicha vs. schestowitz [10:05] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [10:05] IsambardPrince "YOU RUINED MY LIFE ROY!!!! POSTING THE PUBLIC SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY ANYONE CAN TYPE A NAME IN!" [10:06] IsambardPrince You baaaaaad boy. [10:06] IsambardPrince They're all sex offenders in Florida. They have to go door to door, each notifying the others that they offend with the offensive sex. [10:06] TR News Techrights Credit Suisse collapse obfuscated Parreaux, Thibaud & Partners scandal https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/25/Credit_Suisse_collapse_obfuscated_Parreaux_Thiebaud_Partners_sc.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/02/25/Credit_Suisse_collapse_obfuscated_Parreaux_Thiebaud_Partners_sc.gmi [10:06] TR Bot Techrights Credit Suisse collapse obfuscated Parreaux, Thibaud & Partners scandal [10:07] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR3], Big Business is freaking out. [10:07] IsambardPrince They said net migration into the US could be negative 500,000 this year. [10:07] IsambardPrince Like that's a bad thing. [10:07] IsambardPrince At the bottom of the food chain, it really is a zero sum game. [10:08] IsambardPrince There's only so many Walmart and McDonald's jobs. [10:08] schestowitz[TR3] darwin: thank you! [10:08] IsambardPrince And if US citizens are currently not employed while Walmart is hiring Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans on TPS because they won't demand anything and they're ignorant of their labor rights... [10:08] schestowitz[TR3] much appreciated, my wife says thinkyou [10:08] IsambardPrince Then that's a big problem. [10:09] IsambardPrince In tech, the H1-B Indians are mad that they have to go home. [10:09] IsambardPrince H1-B isn't an immigrant visa. [10:09] IsambardPrince When the company lays off, you have like 90 days to find some other employer that wants you badly enough to keep the visa going. [10:10] IsambardPrince What genius decided that they should be giving mortgages to these people? [10:10] IsambardPrince They're one layoff away from being back in India while the bank forecloses. [10:10] IsambardPrince Anyone can get a mortgage except us I guess. [10:11] IsambardPrince They give mortgages to illegal aliens and the Catholic church helps them with down payments. [10:11] IsambardPrince I told that to my doctor, and she couldn't believe it. She said, "They're going to default. That's a 30 year loan!" I said, "Yeah, these people are history the minute ICE finds them and some banker gave them a 30 year home loan." [10:13] IsambardPrince I think the Equal Credit Opportunity Act needs to be amended. It should only cover people who are here under legal immigrant statuses and US citizens and nationals. [10:13] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [10:13] IsambardPrince You have banks making huge loans to people who have every reason to finish school and never come back to the US again, so they stiff the bank and never pay it. [10:14] IsambardPrince Or illegal immigrants, or people with H1 visas who could lose their jobs and have 90 days to get out. [10:14] IsambardPrince People on non-immigrant visas should only be able to rent apartments. [10:14] IsambardPrince If they can get credit cards, it should be capped at a small amount of money. They shouldn't be taking out private student loans. [10:18] darwin you're welcome [10:22] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR3], So the screws work by dissolving and being resorbed by the body, which promotes new bone growth. [10:23] IsambardPrince The screws don't literally turn into bone, but they go away and are replaced with bone. [10:25] TR News Techrights Greffiers and the US Attorney of the Serial Strangler From Microsoft https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/Greffiers_and_the_US_Attorney_of_the_Serial_Strangler_From_Micr.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/Greffiers_and_the_US_Attorney_of_the_Serial_Strangler_From_Micr.gmi [10:25] TR Bot Techrights Greffiers and the US Attorney of the Serial Strangler From Microsoft [10:28] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [10:29] *itech has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [10:29] schestowitz[TR3] darwin: ^ [10:29] schestowitz[TR3] this is connected to the us court system [10:29] schestowitz[TR3] you can buy an out-of---jail ticket [10:29] schestowitz[TR3] and bail [10:31] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [10:32] TR News Windows TCO: "In 2024, Cloudflare blocked a total of 21.3 million HTTP and Layer 3/4 DDoS attacks." https://www.securityweek.com/ddos-attacks-blocked-by-cloudflare-in-2025-already-surpass-2024-total/ | Source: Security Week [10:32] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/ddos-attacks-blocked-by-cloudflare-in-2025-already-surpass-2024-total/ ) [10:32] TR News Windows TCO: "repercussions of ransomware attacks" https://blog.talosintelligence.com/talos-ir-ransomware-engagements-and-the-significance-of-timeliness-in-incident-response/ | Source: Threat Source [10:32] TR Bot Talos IR ransomware engagements and the significance of timeliness in incident response [10:34] *IsambardPrince has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [10:35] TR News Windows TCO: "The research found that 76% of South African IT and security professionals experienced increased pressure from senior leaders after an attack." https://techcentral.co.za/ransomware-in-south-africa-sophos/266905/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa) [10:35] TR Bot Ransomware in South Africa: the human factor behind the growing crisis - TechCentral [10:35] TR News Windows TCO: "An investigation showed that the attackers copied some files, including ones containing the information of the patients of nearly a dozen US healthcare providers that use Compumedics services." https://www.securityweek.com/compumedics-ransomware-attack-led-to-data-breach-impacting-318000/ | Source: Security Week [10:35] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/compumedics-ransomware-attack-led-to-data-breach-impacting-318000/ ) [10:35] TR News Windows TCO: "Europol estimates the group has more than 4,000 supporters, who have built their own botnet made up of several hundred servers to increase the distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack load." https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/16/russian_hacktivist_bust/ | Source: The Register UK [10:35] TR Bot Cops bust Russian hacktivist crime org, shut down servers The Register [10:37] TR News "The cursing was, in my view, warranted. I was in my car, running errands, and had found myself in an unfamiliar part of town." https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/07/why-are-computers-still-so-dumb/683524/ | Source: The Atlantic [10:37] TR Bot The AI Mirage - The Atlantic [10:38] TR News "Workers today... are earning less, and I fear very much that almost all the new benefits of worker productivity will go to the people on top at the expense of working people" https://futurism.com/bernie-sanders-ai-warning | Source: Futurism [10:38] TR Bot Bernie Sanders Issues Warning About How AI Is Really Being Used [10:38] TR News "We wish we were kidding. The mercurial CEO's xAI startup announced that its Nazi-loving assistant will now be able to take on several personas, including a lingerie- and corset-wearing anime girl, dubbed Ani." https://futurism.com/elon-musk-grok-goth-anime-waifu | Source: Futurism [10:38] TR Bot Users Immediately Find Grok's Anime Waifu Persona Has Hidden "Full Gooner Mode" [10:39] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [10:40] TR News "The student allegedly used photos he found on the womens social media accounts to generate pornographic deepfake images using free online artificial intelligence (AI) tools." https://hongkongfp.com/2025/07/16/hong-kong-privacy-watchdog-launches-criminal-probe-into-ai-generated-porn-scandal-at-hku/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press [10:40] TR Bot HK privacy watchdog launches criminal probe into AI porn scandal at HKU [10:40] TR News "Chief Executive John Lee has urged Hong Kong universities to handle student misconduct seriously, after a male student allegedly created AI-generated indecent images of more than 20 women." https://hongkongfp.com/2025/07/15/hong-kong-universities-told-to-handle-student-misconduct-seriously-after-ai-generated-images-scandal/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press [10:40] TR Bot HK leader tells universities to tackle student misconduct after AI porn scandal [10:41] TR News "This talk is titled 'Decomputing as Resistance'." https://www.danmcquillan.org/decomputing_as_resistance.html | Source: Dan McQuillan [10:41] TR Bot Decomputing as Resistance [10:41] TR News "The AI bot praised Adolf Hitler as the best figure to combat vile anti-white hate." https://truthout.org/articles/pentagon-signs-contract-with-musks-ai-after-it-called-itself-mechahitler/ | Source: TruthOut [10:41] TR Bot Pentagon Signs Contract With Musks AI After It Called Itself MechaHitler | Truthout [10:41] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [10:42] TR News "As those researchers acknowledge, CoTs add a certain transparency into the inner workings of AI, allowing users to see "intent to misbehave" or get stuff wrong as it happens." https://futurism.com/top-ai-researchers-concerned | Source: Futurism [10:42] TR Bot Top AI Researchers Concerned Theyre Losing the Ability to Understand What Theyve Created [10:43] TR News "Soon after the paper's release" https://futurism.com/grok-4-ai-leaderboard | Source: Futurism [10:43] TR Bot Elon Musk Said Grok 4 Was the "Smartest AI in the World," But Its Leaderboard Scores Just Came Out and They Tell a Different Story [10:44] TR News "Synology has been advising users on how to protect their NAS devices from ransomware attacks for several years." https://www.fortra.com/blog/police-dismantle-diskstation-ransomware-gang | Source: Fortra LLC [10:44] TR Bot Police dismantle DiskStation ransomware gang targeting NAS devices [10:44] TR News "There was a disturbance in the force on July 14 after Cloudflare borked a configuration change that resulted in an outage, impacting [Internet] services across the planet." https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/16/cloudflare_fesses_up_to_config/ | Source: The Register UK [10:44] TR Bot Cloudflare: Config change borked net access for all The Register [10:45] TR News "That's striking on its own, as an illustration of how embedded AI companions have become in mainstream teenage life." https://futurism.com/teens-ai-friends | Source: Futurism [10:45] TR Bot Your Teen Says Her Best Friend Is AI. 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One in eight children said they use the bots because they have nobody else to speak to." https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/07/16/ai-girlfriend-musk-app-12-year-olds/ | Source: The Telegraph UK [10:45] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/07/16/ai-girlfriend-musk-app-12-year-olds/ ) [10:45] TR News "Im slowly getting back into using my camera again" https://ljpuk.net/2025/07/15/my-camera-gear/ | Source: Lee Peterson [10:45] TR Bot My camera gear LJPUK [10:50] TR News "Democrats in Congress are pushing back hard on the Trump administrations freeze of $6.8 billion in funds for after-school programs and more at public schools" https://mainemorningstar.com/2025/07/15/repub/education-department-in-the-middle-of-a-growing-tug-of-war-between-trump-democrats/ | Source: Maine Morning Star [10:50] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://mainemorningstar.com/2025/07/15/repub/education-department-in-the-middle-of-a-growing-tug-of-war-between-trump-democrats/ ) [10:50] TR News "The case, which was resolved on the Supreme Courts shadow docketwhich should really be viewed as Trumps personal docketis called McMahon v. New York." https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/supreme-court-department-of-education/ | Source: The Nation [10:50] TR Bot The Supreme Court Just Crowned Trump KingAgain | The Nation [10:50] TR News "Tanel just celebrated 18 years of blogging, and his answers reflect that deep experience." https://writethatblog.substack.com/p/tanel-poder-on-technical-blogging | Source: Cynthia Dunlop [10:50] TR Bot Tanel Poder on Technical Blogging - Write that blog! [10:51] TR News "Get that set up as soon as you can, however you can, and remember that its only you who has to make sure that youre doing it correctly." https://nmn.gl/blog/greatness | Source: Namanyay Goel [10:51] TR Bot Uncomfortably simple secrets to building anything great | Ns Blog [10:53] TR News "On September 28-30, the River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester hosts Designing Libraries XII" https://www.cni.org/news/registration-open-designing-libraries-for-the-21st-century-conference | Source: Coalition for Networked Information [10:53] TR Bot Registration Open Designing Libraries for the 21st Century Conference [10:53] TR News "The new study, published in PNAS Nexus, examines a 40-meter-long ice core from Mont Blanc's Dme du Goter." https://phys.org/news/2025-07-scientists-ice-core-european-alps.html | Source: Omicron Limited [10:53] TR Bot ( status 422 @ https://phys.org/news/2025-07-scientists-ice-core-european-alps.html ) [10:55] TR News "I worked for 32 years [with the National Weather Service], I worked a solo midnight shift a few times, and even that was frowned upon ..." https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-07-16/trump-cuts-to-california-national-weather-service-leave-critical-holes-its-unheard-of | Source: Los Angeles Times [10:55] TR Bot Trump cuts hit California National Weather Service offices hard - Los Angeles Times [10:55] TR News "Michael is talking about using TLS in the context of mail servers (which is different than client-facing systems), and explains that there are 3 groups: [...]" https://www.ncartron.org/mwls-wise-advice-on-opinions.html | Source: Nico Cartron [10:55] TR Bot MWL's wise advice on opinions [10:55] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [10:56] TR News "Its not about whether I should write in English or Swedish, and its not about doubts on blogging as a whole. A little bit of progress there, I suppose." https://birming.com/2025/07/16/blog-identity-crisis-again/ | Source: Robert Birming [10:56] TR Bot identity crisis again | Robert Birming [10:57] TR News "The need for a single-board computer (SBC) vs a microcontroller unit (MCU) depends on what you are building complexity, power, application, cost." https://news.sparkfun.com/14232 | Source: SparkFun Electronics [10:57] TR Bot SBCs and MCUs at SparkFun - News - SparkFun Electronics [10:57] TR News "programming kid of the day" https://sixcolors.com/link/2025/07/commodore-apple-and-the-early-computer-days/ | Source: Six Colors [10:57] TR Bot Commodore, Apple, and the early computer days Six Colors [10:57] TR News "Meshtastic is still a bit touch-and-go sometimes, but the St. Louis area Mesh has grown quite a bit, to the point I can regularly mesh with 10-30 other nodes." https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/adding-gps-and-grid-maps-my-meshtastic-t-deck | Source: Jeff Geerling [10:57] TR Bot Adding GPS and off-grid maps to my Meshtastic T-Deck | Jeff Geerling [10:58] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [10:58] TR News Sven Hoexter: backdoored Windows 10 to Ubuntu Migration http://sven.stormbind.net/blog/posts/ubu_windows10_to_ubuntu/ [10:58] TR Bot Windows 10 to Ubuntu Migration [10:58] TR News Jonathan Dieter: dnf-plugin-protected-kmods https://www.jdieter.net/posts/2025/07/16/dnf-plugin-protected-kmods/ [10:58] TR Bot dnf-plugin-protected-kmods ● Jul 17 [11:04] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_and_More.gmi [11:04] TR Bot Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi and More [11:06] TR News (NEW): Today's Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/today_s_leftovers.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/today_s_leftovers.1.gmi [11:06] TR Bot Tux Machines today's leftovers [11:06] TR News Techrights Links 17/07/2025: "Blog Identity Crisis" and Openwashing by Nvidia https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/Links_17_07_2025_Blog_Identity_Crisis_and_Openwashing_by_Nvidia.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/Links_17_07_2025_Blog_Identity_Crisis_and_Openwashing_by_Nvidia.gmi [11:06] TR Bot Techrights Links 17/07/2025: "Blog Identity Crisis" and Openwashing by Nvidia [11:07] TR News "research is a global endeavor in terms of its funding and its communication" https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/07/16/better-together-orcid-and-other-researcher-identifiers/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing [11:07] TR Bot Better Together: ORCID and Other Researcher Identifiers - The Scholarly Kitchen [11:12] *geert (~geert@nvh5chtqc73xi.irc) has joined #techrights [11:12] geert supsupsupsup ya'll :) [11:12] schestowitz[TR3] 0/ [11:12] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [11:12] geert schesto \0 [11:12] schestowitz[TR3] any news? [11:13] geert pls beware, some nasty tryna hump me very very criminally, just in general coz i think its better to not ask more direct help in here, i think its better because of very serious reasoning partly developed while seeing what some tried with some earlier connections to this ircd regarding some ppl 'hanging here' [11:13] geert i wish you get to feel good today schesto, pls dont bend too much to any corrupt goon too :)) [11:13] geert bbiab [11:15] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [11:28] TR News Techrights Tech Used to be Fun. To Many of Us It's Still Fun. https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/Tech_Used_to_be_Fun_To_Many_of_Us_It_s_Still_Fun.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/Tech_Used_to_be_Fun_To_Many_of_Us_It_s_Still_Fun.gmi [11:28] TR Bot Techrights Tech Used to be Fun. To Many of Us It's Still Fun. [11:29] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [11:31] schestowitz[TR3] geert: i think i understand what you mean [11:31] schestowitz[TR3] and english is maybe your third lang [11:31] schestowitz[TR3] corrupt goons don't scare me [11:32] schestowitz[TR3] almost nothing scares me because i did nothing wrong, unlike them [11:32] schestowitz[TR3] they are just scared that many people will find out [11:32] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [11:43] TR News Techrights What Matters More Than "Market Share" https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/What_Matters_More_Than_Market_Share.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/What_Matters_More_Than_Market_Share.gmi [11:43] TR Bot Techrights What Matters More Than "Market Share" [11:45] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [11:48] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [11:50] TR News Microsoft Seemingly Cannot Take Its AI-Generated Foot Out Of Its AI-Generated Mouth https://www.thegamer.com/microsoft-linkedin-gaffes-ai-generated-graphics-chatgpt-pivot-layoffs-2025/ [11:50] TR Bot Xbox Is Getting Clowned For Pushing AI In The Most Insensitive Possible Ways [11:56] TR News Techrights Microsoft's Morale Circling Down the Drain https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/Microsoft_s_Morale_Circling_Down_the_Drain.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/Microsoft_s_Morale_Circling_Down_the_Drain.gmi [11:57] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft's Morale Circling Down the Drain ● Jul 17 [12:00] TR News "Stallman's philosophy works beautifully for foundations and libraries - the building blocks that everyone needs. But for complete applications, freedoms 2-3 create an impossible economic situation where the people who want your source code are the least likely to pay for your service." https://dev.to/ryo_suwito/the-economic-reality-behind-stallmans-four-freedoms-why-open-source-became-corporate-exploitation-d9n [12:00] TR Bot The Economic Reality Behind Stallman's Four Freedoms: Why Open Source Became Corporate Exploitation - DEV Community [12:01] TR News ZeniMax QA testers face whiplash and "rancid" work morale following Microsoft's gaming layoffs but the union still fights https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/zenimax-quality-assurance-union-layoffs-still-fighting [12:01] TR Bot ZeniMax testers face "rancid" morale after Microsoft layoffs | Windows Central [12:02] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [12:05] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [12:07] geert im so very very glad that you got to say something like that schesto [12:07] geert it feels so much like a relieve [12:07] geert relief* [12:07] geert english is i dont think my third language [12:07] geert maybe worse [12:07] geert though [12:07] geert sometimes i get to watch out to not facilitate corrupt profilers, too [12:07] geert please dont slap me around the whole webs three times with large, large, LARGE trouts [12:08] geert *cries a bit so to speak* [12:08] geert i feel so very lonely [12:08] geert man i feel so very lonely [12:08] geert for over a decade already so very lonely [12:08] geert im not kidding you [12:09] geert some people try /tried to attack me with radiation [12:09] geert like that nasty weaponry some tried to abuse i think in romania years ago [12:10] geert gimme sec immy try search its name without having to connect to terabytes of backup [12:12] geert https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radu_(weapon) [12:12] TR Bot Radu (weapon) - Wikipedia [12:12] geert as an example, in march i got illegally confined at the pi lelystad, some people tried to deliver a heart attack or such to me, inside the cell with the doors closed, remotely, via directed energy weaponry [12:13] geert im not telling you to acknowledge it happened without enough means to verify [12:13] geert im just telling you to explain [12:13] geert i got to be there about 5 days, i got protection so they didnt get me murdered, as you get to see via these text [12:13] geert if i say this stuff to explain what really happened to some people currently kind of around me [12:14] geert they try to call me psychotic without verifyinga s they are obliged by law to do [12:14] geert please better not respond, just rather let it sink in/ soak up, some people try to watch and you are already in a spot since some people dont like you addresing corruption as you get to know already [12:15] geert im sorry if irregular language application delivered others reason to accuse me with or refuse me with or complicated 'certain cases' [12:15] geert i wish errybody gets to understand the mitigating corrupt profiling thing [12:16] geert some tryna attack via abusing data gathered as if legit profiling to serve serious security interest with. [12:16] geert when i say i feel very lonely, i wish for understanding, not for people mitigating that all too much, as adult i should deal adult things in adult manner, other things are more important to spend effort / time at. [12:17] geert bbiab [12:18] TR News Techrights Response to Ryo Suwito Regarding the Four Freedoms https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/Response_to_Ryo_Suwito_Regarding_the_Four_Freedoms.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/Response_to_Ryo_Suwito_Regarding_the_Four_Freedoms.gmi [12:18] TR Bot Techrights Response to Ryo Suwito Regarding the Four Freedoms [12:19] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [12:20] schestowitz[TR3] english is i dont think my third language [12:21] schestowitz[TR3] i usually assume to people from NL it is Dutch, German, then English [12:21] schestowitz[TR3] or French [12:21] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [12:36] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [12:37] TR News Techrights EPO Jobs Are Very Toxic and Bad for One's Health https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/EPO_Jobs_Are_Very_Toxic_and_Bad_for_One_s_Health.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/EPO_Jobs_Are_Very_Toxic_and_Bad_for_One_s_Health.gmi [12:37] TR Bot Techrights EPO Jobs Are Very Toxic and Bad for One's Health [12:39] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [12:52] TR News Techrights Why I Believe Brett Wilson LLP and Its Microsoft Clients Are All Toast https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/Why_I_Believe_Brett_Wilson_LLP_and_Its_Microsoft_Clients_Are_Al.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/Why_I_Believe_Brett_Wilson_LLP_and_Its_Microsoft_Clients_Are_Al.gmi [12:52] TR Bot Techrights Why I Believe Brett Wilson LLP and Its Microsoft Clients Are All Toast [12:56] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [12:59] geert < schestowitz[TR3]> i usually assume to people from NL it is Dutch, German, then English; oops hehe: 'or worse' [12:59] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Jul 17 [13:13] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [13:16] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [13:23] TR News Techrights Life Became Simpler When I Stopped Driving and I Don't Miss Driving When I See "Modern" Cars https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/Life_Became_Simpler_When_I_Stopped_Driving_and_I_Don_t_Miss_Dri.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/Life_Became_Simpler_When_I_Stopped_Driving_and_I_Don_t_Miss_Dri.gmi [13:23] TR Bot Techrights Life Became Simpler When I Stopped Driving and I Don't Miss Driving When I See "Modern" Cars [13:27] TR News In India, Windows 12. 12%. https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/india/#monthly-200902-202507 [13:27] TR Bot Operating System Market Share India | Statcounter Global Stats [13:31] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [13:34] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [13:34] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [13:34] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [13:41] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [13:44] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [13:45] TR News Techrights Microsoft Bankruptcy in Russia, Shutdown in Pakistan, What Next? https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/Microsoft_Bankruptcy_in_Russia_Shutdown_in_Pakistan_What_Next.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/Microsoft_Bankruptcy_in_Russia_Shutdown_in_Pakistan_What_Next.gmi [13:45] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Bankruptcy in Russia, Shutdown in Pakistan, What Next? [13:57] *croissant has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [13:58] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [13:58] *croissant (~croissant@zy9abmr927v9e.irc) has joined #techrights ● Jul 17 [14:00] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [14:02] TR News Techrights Honest Journalism About the European Patent Office Ceased to Exist After SLAPPs and Bribes to the Media https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/Honest_Journalism_About_the_European_Patent_Office_Ceased_to_Ex.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/Honest_Journalism_About_the_European_Patent_Office_Ceased_to_Ex.gmi [14:02] TR Bot Techrights Honest Journalism About the European Patent Office Ceased to Exist After SLAPPs and Bribes to the Media [14:07] TR News Android Advanced Protection - Solid but overcomplicated https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/android-advanced-protection-samsung.html [14:07] TR Bot Android Advanced Protection - Solid but overcomplicated [14:09] TR News FSF News: Org Mode, GNU Guix, Mattermost, and more projects to participate in the FSF's hackathon http://www.fsf.org/news/fsf40-hackathon-registration-now-open [14:09] TR Bot Org Mode, GNU Guix, Mattermost, and more projects to participate in the FSF's hackathon Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [14:09] TR News Ubuntu 25.10 Fixes Something You Didnt Know Needed Fixing https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/ubuntu-25-10-gives-the-dock-a-rounder-radii [14:09] TR Bot Ubuntu 25.10 Fixes Something You Didn't Know Needed Fixing - OMG! Ubuntu [14:10] TR News Fastfetch 2.48 System Information Tool Brings Fedora Variant Support https://linuxiac.com/fastfetch-2-48-system-information-tool-brings-fedora-variant-support/ [14:10] TR Bot Fastfetch 2.48 System Information Tool Brings Fedora Variant Support [14:10] TR News Hyprland 0.50 Lands with New Render Scheduler and Tons of Fixes https://linuxiac.com/hyprland-0-50-lands-with-new-render-scheduler-and-tons-of-fixes/ [14:10] TR Bot Hyprland 0.50 Lands with New Render Scheduler and Tons of Fixes [14:14] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [14:16] *SomeGoat (~SomeGoat@r9ruxqydtdctn.irc) has joined #techrights [14:17] TR News Techrights Not My Problem, I Don't Care https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/Not_My_Problem_I_Don_t_Care.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/Not_My_Problem_I_Don_t_Care.gmi [14:17] TR Bot Techrights Not My Problem, I Don't Care [14:17] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [14:19] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [14:26] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [14:26] TR News "I often get asked why Ubuntu-based distributions have been my go-to for years. Here's what keeps me coming back." https://www.zdnet.com/article/6-reasons-why-ive-stuck-with-ubuntu-based-linux-distros-for-the-last-20-years/ [14:26] TR Bot reasons why I've stuck with Ubuntu-based Linux distros for the last 20 years | ZDNET [14:27] TR News "ESWIN Computing, in collaboration with Canonical, has announced the EBC77 Series single board computer (SBC) with support for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and designed for education, embedded systems, and general-purpose applications" https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/07/16/canonical-and-eswin-announces-ebc77-risc-v-sbc-with-ubuntu-24-04-support/ [14:27] TR Bot Canonical and ESWIN announces EBC77 RISC-V SBC with Ubuntu 24.04 support - CNX Software [14:27] TR News Ass win computing? [14:28] TR News 14 Best Web Browsers for Ubuntu https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/best-browsers-for-ubuntu/ [14:28] TR Bot The Best Web Browsers for Ubuntu in 2025 [14:29] TR News Seems like they just changed the year (Date) and reposted that. Haha, PIA. Low on budget? [14:32] TR News "Using the current main stable Proton 9.0-4, the game was completely click and play for me. Nothing special needed, no launch options it just worked. Nice to see another online game working on Linux platforms! Shame it took so long on this one." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/lost-ark-from-amazon-games-appears-to-have-enabled-the-anti-cheat-for-linux-steamos/ [14:32] TR Bot Ark from Amazon Games appears to have enabled the anti-cheat for Linux / SteamOS | GamingOnLinux [14:33] TR News "The developer noted on their Steam page after release how they were working on it, and it seems they've recently updated their version of Anti-Cheat Expert (ACE) to allow it all to work." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/wuthering-waves-now-steam-deck-playable-and-works-on-desktop-linux-with-one-tweak/ [14:33] TR Bot Waves now Steam Deck Playable, and works on Desktop Linux with one tweak | GamingOnLinux [14:33] TR News "The upcoming skate. from EA will be unsupported on Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck due to anti-cheat" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/the-upcoming-skate-from-ea-will-be-unsupported-on-linux-steamos-and-steam-deck-due-to-anti-cheat/ [14:33] TR Bot upcoming skate. from EA will be unsupported on Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck due to anti-cheat | GamingOnLinux [14:40] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [14:42] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [14:44] *GNUmoon has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [14:44] *GNUmoon (~GNUmoon@gateway/tor-sasl/gnumoon) has joined #techrights [14:49] ZedHedTed fine by me. i wouldn't have played skate anyway. [14:50] TR News Techrights When People Call a Best/Close Friend of Bill Gates a "Serial Rapist" https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/When_People_Call_a_Best_Close_Friend_of_Bill_Gates_a_Serial_Rap.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/When_People_Call_a_Best_Close_Friend_of_Bill_Gates_a_Serial_Rap.gmi [14:50] TR Bot Techrights When People Call a Best/Close Friend of Bill Gates a "Serial Rapist" [14:57] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights ● Jul 17 [15:00] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [15:02] TR News Techrights Attack of the Slopfarms https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/Attack_of_the_Slopfarms.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/Attack_of_the_Slopfarms.gmi [15:02] TR Bot Techrights Attack of the Slopfarms [15:13] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [15:16] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [15:25] TR News Techrights Nils Torvalds and Anna "Mikke" Torvalds (ne Trnqvis) Hopefully Use GNU/Linux by Now https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/Nils_Torvalds_and_Anna_Mikke_Torvalds_nee_Tornqvis_Hopefully_Us.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/Nils_Torvalds_and_Anna_Mikke_Torvalds_nee_Tornqvis_Hopefully_Us.gmi [15:25] TR Bot Techrights Nils Torvalds and Anna "Mikke" Torvalds (ne Trnqvis) Hopefully Use GNU/Linux by Now [15:31] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [15:33] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [15:48] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [15:50] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [15:57] TR News Techrights 99.99% Uptime in First Half of 2025 https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/99_99_Uptime_in_First_Half_of_2025.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/99_99_Uptime_in_First_Half_of_2025.gmi [15:57] TR Bot Techrights 99.99% Uptime in First Half of 2025 ● Jul 17 [16:04] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [16:06] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [16:09] TR News Techrights CALEA / CALEA2 is the Real Problem, Not Chinese Operatives Exploiting CALEA / CALEA2 (as Any Other Nation Can) https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/CALEA_CALEA2_is_the_Real_Problem_Not_Chinese_Operatives_Exploit.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/CALEA_CALEA2_is_the_Real_Problem_Not_Chinese_Operatives_Exploit.gmi [16:09] TR Bot Techrights CALEA / CALEA2 is the Real Problem, Not Chinese Operatives Exploiting CALEA / CALEA2 (as Any Other Nation Can) [16:20] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [16:20] MinceR https://pleated-jeans.com/2025/05/25/funny-food-tweets-5-25-25/ [16:20] TR Bot 40 Funniest Food Tweets That Made Us Laugh Away The Calories This Week (May 25, 2025) [16:23] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [16:30] TR News "At the same time, nearly eight out of 10 Oracle Java users said they had migrated" https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/15/oracle_java_users_audited/ | Source: The Register UK [16:30] TR Bot Nearly 3 out of 4 Oracle Java users got audited in 3 years The Register [16:30] TR News "Knowing about your ENV variables can be really helpful." https://www.olafalders.com/2025/07/16/on-a-prettier-path/ | Source: Olaf Alders [16:30] TR Bot a Prettier PATH olafalders.com [16:31] TR News "Your legacy Shiny app needs a makeover, but you dont know where to start." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/07/testing-legacy-shiny-apps-start-with-behavior-not-code/ | Source: Rlang [16:31] TR Bot Legacy Shiny Apps: Start with Behavior, Not Code | R-bloggers [16:32] TR News "In Part 1, we explored the improvements C++26 brings to std::format from better to_string behavior to compile-time safety checks." https://www.sandordargo.com/blog/2025/07/16/cpp26-format-part-2 | Source: Sandor Dargo [16:32] TR Bot C++26: std::format improvements (Part 2) | Sandor Dargo's Blog [16:32] TR News "It found that these developers believed that using AI tools helped them perform 20% faster but they actually worked 19% slower." https://www.axios.com/2025/07/15/ai-coding-productivity-study | Source: Axios [16:32] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.axios.com/2025/07/15/ai-coding-productivity-study ) [16:32] TR News "In the study, 16 programmers were given roughly 250 coding tasks and asked to either use no AI assistance, or employ what METR characterized as "early-2025 AI tools" like Anthropic's Claude and Cursor Pro." https://futurism.com/ai-coding-programmers-reality | Source: Futurism [16:32] TR Bot What Actually Happens When Programmers Use AI Is Hilarious, According to a New Study [16:34] TR News "The blogroll section also prompted me to create an OPML export " https://infrequently.org/2025/07/links/ | Source: Alex Russell [16:34] TR Bot Links? Links! - Infrequently Noted [16:34] TR News "This is the 269th release featuring 269 command line options." https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/07/16/curl-8-15-0/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg [16:34] TR Bot 8.15.0 | daniel.haxx.se [16:36] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [16:37] TR News "Today we're releasing Krita 5.2.11! This is a bug fix release for Krita 5.2.10" https://krita.org/en/posts/2025/krita-5.2.11-released/ | Source: Krita [16:37] TR Bot Krita 5.2.11 Released! | Krita [16:37] TR News "Only a week after the 5.2.10 release, Krita, a popular open-source" https://linuxiac.com/krita-5-2-11-rolls-out-with-bug-fixes-for-android-users/ | Source: Linuxiac [16:37] TR Bot Krita 5.2.11 Rolls Out with Bug Fixes for Android Users [16:38] TR News "Rescuezilla, a well-known tool for disk imaging and recovery that provides a user-friendly graphical interface for performing backups, restores, and clones of hard drives and partitions, has just launched its latest version, 2.6.1." https://linuxiac.com/rescuezilla-2-6-1-released-with-ubuntu-25-04-base/ | Source: Linuxiac [16:38] TR Bot Rescuezilla 2.6.1 Released with Ubuntu 25.04 Base [16:38] TR News "Plasma Bigscreen is back in action. After a period of quiet development, the KDE-based TV interface has recently seen updates thanks to a renewed push from contributors stepping up to revive the project." https://linuxiac.com/plasma-bigscreen-gets-a-fresh-boost-from-the-community/ | Source: Linuxiac [16:38] TR Bot Plasma Bigscreen Gets a Fresh Boost from the Community [16:38] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [16:39] TR News "I wrote a low-tech terminal-based version of the classic 2048 game and had some interesting difficulties with iterators" https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202507/2048_iterators_and_iterables.html | Source: Ned Batchelder [16:39] TR Bot 2048: iterators and iterables | Ned Batchelder [16:40] TR News "First we need to install WireGuard: [...]" https://btxx.org/posts/openbsd-mullvad/ | Source: Brad Taunt [16:40] TR Bot NO TITLE [16:40] TR News "Whether you're designing your first ZFS deployment or fine-tuning an existing one" https://klarasystems.com/articles/smart-hardware-advice/ | Source: Klara [16:40] TR Bot ZFS Summer Article Roundup: Smart Hardware Advice - Klara Systems [16:41] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [16:41] TR News "A few days ago I wrote about a OpenZFS bug I found and why it went unnoticed." https://despairlabs.com/blog/posts/2025-07-13-an-openzfs-bug-and-the-humans-that-made-it-comments/ | Source: Rob Norris [16:41] TR Bot What people said about an OpenZFS bug blog despair labs [16:42] TR News How To Install WildFly on Manjaro https://idroot.us/install-wildfly-manjaro/ [16:42] TR Bot How To Install WildFly on Manjaro - idroot [16:42] TR News How To Install Vagrant on AlmaLinux 10 https://idroot.us/install-vagrant-almalinux-10/ [16:42] TR Bot How To Install Vagrant on AlmaLinux 10 - idroot [16:45] TR News How To Install CUPS Print Server on openSUSE https://idroot.us/install-cups-print-server-opensuse/ [16:45] TR Bot How To Install CUPS Print Server on openSUSE - idroot [16:45] TR News How To Install Java on Rocky GNU/Linux 10 https://idroot.us/install-java-rocky-linux-10/ [16:45] TR Bot How To Install Java on Rocky Linux 10 - idroot [16:46] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [16:46] TR News How To Install Sysbench on Fedora 42 https://idroot.us/install-sysbench-fedora-42/ [16:46] TR Bot How To Install Sysbench on Fedora 42 - idroot [16:46] TR News How To Install Cacti on AlmaLinux 10 https://idroot.us/install-cacti-almalinux-10/ [16:46] TR Bot How To Install Cacti on AlmaLinux 10 - idroot [16:48] TR News How To Install Wireshark on Rocky GNU/Linux 10 https://idroot.us/install-wireshark-rocky-linux-10/ [16:48] TR Bot How To Install Wireshark on Rocky Linux 10 - idroot [16:48] TR News (NEW): LibreOffice 25.2.5 Office Suite Is Now Available for Download with 63 Bug Fixes https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/LibreOffice_25_2_5_Office_Suite_Is_Now_Available_for_Download_w.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/LibreOffice_25_2_5_Office_Suite_Is_Now_Available_for_Download_w.gmi [16:48] TR Bot Tux Machines LibreOffice 25.2.5 Office Suite Is Now Available for Download with 63 Bug Fixes [16:48] TR News How to Install ownCloud on Debian 13 https://www.linuxcloudvps.com/blog/how-to-install-owncloud-on-debian-13/ [16:48] TR Bot to Install ownCloud on Debian 13 | LinuxCloudVPS Blog [16:49] TR News How to approach 'accurate' Information in the digital age https://bianet.org/yazi/how-to-approach-accurate-information-in-the-digital-age-309480 [16:49] TR Bot How to approach 'accurate' Information in the digital age [16:50] TR News Inciting people against some popular projects, then boasting about it... 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[16:50] TR News Microsoft Lunduke: I am not religious, but I will use religion against GNU/Linux communities ● Jul 17 [17:00] TR News (NEW): Orange Pi RV2 Single Board Computer Running Linux: Installing to the eMMC https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/Orange_Pi_RV2_Single_Board_Computer_Running_Linux_Installing_to.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/Orange_Pi_RV2_Single_Board_Computer_Running_Linux_Installing_to.gmi [17:00] TR Bot Tux Machines Orange Pi RV2 Single Board Computer Running Linux: Installing to the eMMC [17:01] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [17:04] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [17:08] TR News (NEW): LibreOffice 25.2.5 Rolls Out with Over 60 Bug Fixes https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/LibreOffice_25_2_5_Rolls_Out_with_Over_60_Bug_Fixes.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/LibreOffice_25_2_5_Rolls_Out_with_Over_60_Bug_Fixes.gmi [17:08] TR Bot Tux Machines LibreOffice 25.2.5 Rolls Out with Over 60 Bug Fixes [17:17] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [17:20] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [17:34] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [17:37] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [17:51] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [17:54] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Jul 17 [18:08] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [18:10] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [18:18] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [18:21] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [18:26] *SomeGoat has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [18:35] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [18:38] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [18:41] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [18:44] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [18:59] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights ● Jul 17 [19:00] *SomeGoat (~SomeGoat@r9ruxqydtdctn.irc) has joined #techrights [19:02] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [19:15] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [19:20] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [19:35] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [19:38] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [19:42] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [19:45] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [19:53] geert ZedHedTed: it seems they indirectly tryna favor propriety over open source and blame their apparent lack to utilize open source perspective to better quality code as if legit reason to propriety, probably even blaming 'hacking' meanwhile [19:53] geert schesto as to some cause i get to utilize this vps im on currently to irc, figuring i might as well just 'hang here', if any objection: please dont hestitate letting me know.; [19:58] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights ● Jul 17 [20:01] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [20:15] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [20:17] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [20:20] TR News "Camera (GNOME Camera) is the default Ubuntu application for taking photos as well as recording videos." https://www.ubuntubuzz.com/2025/07/camera-intro-to-ubuntu-default-photography-application.html | Source: Ubuntubuzz [20:20] TR Bot Camera - An Intro to Ubuntu Default Photography Application [20:20] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [20:20] TR News Red Hat selling scam/lies https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/prove-gen-ai-value-weeks-not-years | Source: Red Hat Official [20:20] TR Bot Prove gen AI value in weeks, not years [20:21] TR News Advancing GAFAM https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/simplify-red-hat-subscriptions-aws-license-manager | Source: Red Hat Official [20:21] TR Bot Simplify your Red Hat subscriptions with AWS License Manager [20:22] TR News "Tekton's story began in 2018 as a component of Knative Build, quickly evolving into a standalone open source project under the Continuous Delivery Foundation." https://www.redhat.com/en/tekton-pipelines-1.0-and-openshift-for-cicd | Source: Red Hat Official [20:22] TR Bot Tekton Pipelines 1.0 is a milestone for cloud-native CI/CD and Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines [20:23] TR News only 2.59% in .se ... https://www.pcforalla.se/article/2851519/linux-passerar-ny-milstolpe-i-usa.html ("Linux passerar ny milstolpe i USA - PCforAlla"); 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[20:30] TR News KDE neon 20250716 is out https://distrowatch.com/kdeneon https://neon.kde.org/ [20:30] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/kdeneon ) [20:30] TR Bot KDE neon [20:31] TR News TUXEDO 20250716 is out https://distrowatch.com/tuxedo https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/TUXEDO-OS_1.tuxedo [20:31] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/tuxedo ) [20:31] TR Bot TUXEDO OS - TUXEDO Computers [20:32] TR News arcOS 22.1.2-1 is out https://distrowatch.com/arcos https://arcos-linux.com/ [20:32] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/arcos ) [20:32] TR Bot arcOS | Home [20:32] TR News (NEW): Stable kernels: Linux 6.15.7, Linux 6.12.39, Linux 6.6.99, Linux 6.1.146, Linux 5.15.189, Linux 5.10.240, and Linux 5.4.296 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/Stable_kernels_Linux_6_15_7_Linux_6_12_39_Linux_6_6_99_Linux_6_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/Stable_kernels_Linux_6_15_7_Linux_6_12_39_Linux_6_6_99_Linux_6_.gmi [20:32] TR Bot Tux Machines Stable kernels: Linux 6.15.7, Linux 6.12.39, Linux 6.6.99, Linux 6.1.146, Linux 5.15.189, Linux 5.10.240, and Linux 5.4.296 [20:33] TR News Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Autodesk Fusion https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-alternatives-autodesk-fusion/ [20:33] TR Bot Free and Open Source Alternatives to Autodesk Fusion - LinuxLinks [20:33] TR News InvenTree inventory management system https://www.linuxlinks.com/inventree-inventory-management-system/ [20:33] TR Bot - inventory management system - LinuxLinks [20:34] TR News Not too shocking that It's FOSS would promote such a scam, which lessens productivity and causes licensing issues/risk, set aside quality problems https://itsfoss.com/windsurf-alternatives/ [20:34] TR Bot Unsure About the Future of Windsurf? 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[20:54] TR News Sharing Code and Recipes (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/16/Sharing_Code_and_Recipes.shtml [20:54] TR Bot Techrights Sharing Code and Recipes [20:54] TR News Exclusive: corruption in Tribunals, Greffiers, from protection rackets to cat whisperers https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/16/Exclusive_corruption_in_Tribunals_Greffiers_from_protection_rac.shtml [20:54] TR Bot Techrights Exclusive: corruption in Tribunals, Greffiers, from protection rackets to cat whisperers [20:55] TR News Revolving Doors: One Day You're a Judge, the Next Day You're an Attorney Paying Public Officials and Working for Violent and Dangerous Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Employees https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/16/Revolving_Doors_One_Day_You_re_a_Judge_the_Next_Day_You_re_an_A.shtml [20:55] TR Bot Techrights Revolving Doors: One Day You're a Judge, the Next Day You're an Attorney Paying Public Officials and Working for Violent and Dangerous Microsoft Employees [20:55] admfubar https://www.geekwire.com/2025/amazon-cuts-hundreds-of-aws-cloud-jobs-after-strategic-review-says-ai-wasnt-the-main-factor/ [20:55] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.geekwire.com/2025/amazon-cuts-hundreds-of-aws-cloud-jobs-after-strategic-review-says-ai-wasnt-the-main-factor/ ) [20:55] TR News Slopwatch: Noise, Plagiarism and Even Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt/Fear-mongering/Dramatisation https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/16/Slopwatch_Noise_Plagiarism_and_Even_Fear_Uncertainty_Doubt_Fear.shtml [20:55] TR Bot Techrights Slopwatch: Noise, Plagiarism and Even Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt/Fear-mongering/Dramatisation [20:58] *darwin (~darwin@ezriia7nzimpg.irc) has joined #techrights ● Jul 17 [21:03] TR News "The Google Authenticator is an open-source module that includes implementations of one-time passcodes (TOTP) verification tokens developed by Google." https://www.tecmint.com/ssh-two-factor-authentication/ | Source: TecMint [21:03] TR Bot How to Enable Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) for SSH [21:04] TR News "You can define sudoers options like the insults option or several others in the file /etc/sudoers. It is set under the Defaults entries section. Read through our last article, which explains 10 Useful Sudoers Configurations for Setting sudo in Linux." https://www.tecmint.com/sudo-insult-when-enter-wrong-password/ | Source: TecMint [21:04] TR Bot How to Make Sudo Insult Users on Wrong Password in Linux [21:07] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/today_s_howtos.gmi [21:07] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [21:08] darwin desktop 'Linux' (if you include Google ChromeOS) reached almost 8%... don't know if that's also considered GNU/Linux in the least or they replace GNU coreutils & other *utils [21:09] darwin i know you all heard this but didn't know if you read the fact ChromeOS increases it [21:09] TR News (NEW): Applications: Camera, Slop, and ProtonUp https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/Applications_Camera_Slop_and_ProtonUp.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/Applications_Camera_Slop_and_ProtonUp.gmi [21:09] TR Bot Tux Machines Applications: Camera, Slop, and ProtonUp [21:09] darwin though ChromeOS isn't entirely FLOSS (excluding the GNU/Linux OS distributions that use standard kernel with binary blobs but pretty much most/all the rest is FLS and/or OSS depending which focus/term they prefer) [21:10] darwin i mean including those (not entirely, but close than ChromeOS) [21:10] schestowitz[TR3] it was 11% in the US [21:10] schestowitz[TR3] counting chromeOS [21:10] schestowitz[TR3] in 2024 [21:11] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [21:11] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [21:11] schestowitz[TR3] darwin: http://techrights.org/n/2024/05/11/GNU_Linux_Reaches_11_Market_Share_in_the_United_States_Of_Ameri.shtml [21:11] TR Bot Techrights GNU/Linux Reaches 11% Market Share in the United States Of America - an All-Time High [21:11] darwin oh, neat [21:11] schestowitz[TR3] chromeos is not freedom [21:11] schestowitz[TR3] android - the same [21:11] schestowitz[TR3] we just swap masters [21:11] darwin yeah. Nevertheless--due to being competitor they named--MS will be PO and maybe start trying more nefarious stuff, but they've kind of already lost long-term [21:11] admfubar https://hackaday.com/2025/07/17/protoweb-browsing-the-information-superhighway-like-its-1995/ [21:11] TR Bot Browsing The Information Superhighway Like Its 1995 | Hackaday [21:12] schestowitz[TR3] saying GAFAM can help [21:12] schestowitz[TR3] the issue is not only the thing that's going away, Windows [21:12] schestowitz[TR3] but Apple also [21:13] darwin yeah. I sometimes rewite it in an offensive way, but there's a new term FAANG, and AMD and IBM are also bad companies... it's not all about who's most profitable that necessarily does the worst [21:13] darwin stuff like Oracle also [21:13] darwin big in business and ruined OpenSolaris and Java [21:14] TR News Build container images in CI/CD with Tekton and Buildpacks https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/07/16/build-container-images-cicd-tekton-and-buildpacks [21:14] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/07/16/build-container-images-cicd-tekton-and-buildpacks ) [21:14] TR News How to deploy OpenShift Hey Hi (AI) & Service Mesh 3 on one cluster https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/07/16/how-deploy-openshift-ai-service-mesh-3-one-cluster [21:14] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/07/16/how-deploy-openshift-ai-service-mesh-3-one-cluster ) [21:15] darwin but if these companies are all pro-tRump, I suggest write it MAGAF [21:16] TR News JVM tuning for Red Bait Data Grid on Red Bait OpenShift 4 https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/07/16/jvm-tuning-red-hat-data-grid-red-hat-openshift-4 [21:16] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/07/16/jvm-tuning-red-hat-data-grid-red-hat-openshift-4 ) [21:17] geert none of open source is real freedom in itself [21:17] geert stating such is tryna position something statically that might very well dynamically get wholly different in next 24 hrs [21:18] geert so it all got issues and non deliver absolute Freedom [21:18] geert bbiab [21:18] geert well bbl rather i think bit busy atm [21:18] schestowitz[TR3] but if these companies are all pro-tRump, I suggest write it MAGAF [21:18] darwin it's limited freedom, kind of like American Libertarianism: freedom from (negative freedom/liberty like in extreme capitalism), not freedom for (positive freedom/liberty kind of like in social democracy) [21:18] schestowitz[TR3] Facebook rebnranded [21:19] schestowitz[TR3] after a major scandal last month [21:19] schestowitz[TR3] so psydroid2 said, call it MAGMA [21:19] darwin oh yeah [21:19] TR News (NEW): Red Hat Leftovers (Official Site) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/Red_Hat_Leftovers_Official_Site.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/Red_Hat_Leftovers_Official_Site.gmi [21:19] TR Bot Tux Machines Red Hat Leftovers (Official Site) [21:19] darwin well that was years ago [21:19] schestowitz[TR3] when we coined GAFAM it was still "Facebook" [21:19] darwin they created Meta to own FB I forgot how many years ago... it's been quite a few. Anyone using it at the time knew it and that that was the new main company [21:20] schestowitz[TR3] they had a whistleblower [21:20] darwin then also to own other things soon at the time like some virtual reality (VR) glasses, InstaGram, other instant messaging (IM) competitors they bought [21:20] schestowitz[TR3] Facebook became super-toxic brand [21:20] schestowitz[TR3] so they pretendeddd it was about the structure [21:20] schestowitz[TR3] the truth was, it was a rebrand [21:22] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@cu2enku7zffwu.irc) has joined #techrights [21:22] TR News (NEW): Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/Security_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/Security_Leftovers.gmi [21:22] TR Bot Tux Machines Security Leftovers [21:23] TR News "advertising VPNs" https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/16/russian-lawmakers-propose-fines-for-searching-for-extremist-materials-online-and-advertising-vpns | Source: Meduza [21:23] TR Bot Russian lawmakers propose fines for searching for extremist materials online and advertising VPNs Meduza [21:24] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux and Free Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/GNU_Linux_and_Free_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/17/GNU_Linux_and_Free_Software_Leftovers.gmi [21:24] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux and Free Software Leftovers [21:25] TR News EU proposes 'most ambitious' two trillion euros budget, Germany rejects plan https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250717-von-der-leyen-eu-budget-germany-defense [21:25] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250717-von-der-leyen-eu-budget-germany-defense ) [21:26] TR News Federal Court Stays Majors v. Altice Infringement Case Pending Supreme Courts Cox Ruling https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/16/major-labels-altice-lawsuit-stayed/ [21:26] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/16/major-labels-altice-lawsuit-stayed/ ) [21:26] TR News Chinese tech firm Tencent seeks removal of anti-censorship archive FreeWeChat, watchdog says https://hongkongfp.com/2025/07/17/chinese-tech-firm-tencent-seeks-removal-of-anti-censorship-archive-freewechat-watchdog-says/ [21:26] TR Bot Tencent seeks removal of anti-censorship archive FreeWeChat, watchdog says [21:27] TR News TTABlog Test: Is GHOSTWRITTEN INC. Merely Descriptive of Publication of E-books and Blog Posts http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/07/ttablog-test-is-ghostwritten-inc-merely.html [21:27] TR Bot The TTABlog: TTABlog Test: Is GHOSTWRITTEN INC. Merely Descriptive of Publication of E-books and Blog Posts [21:28] TR News Russia writer sentenced in absentia to 14 years in prison https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/russian-writer-sentenced-in-absentia-to-14-years-in-prison/ [21:28] TR Bot Russia writer sentenced in absentia to 14 years in prison - JURIST - News [21:29] TR News Pro-Russian DDoS group NoName057(16) disrupted by international law enforcement operation https://cyberscoop.com/noname05716-disruption-operation-eastwood-europol/ [21:29] TR Bot DDoS group NoName057(16) disrupted by international law enforcement operation | CyberScoop [21:29] TR News Europol-Coordinated Global Operation Takes Down Pro-Russian Cybercrime Network https://www.securityweek.com/europol-coordinated-global-operation-takes-down-pro-russian-cybercrime-network/ [21:29] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/europol-coordinated-global-operation-takes-down-pro-russian-cybercrime-network/ ) [21:29] TR News Court overturns decision to ban 'TV Rain' in Latvia https://eng.lsm.lv/article/features/media/16.07.2025-court-overturns-decision-to-ban-tv-rain-in-latvia.a606973/ [21:29] TR Bot Court overturns decision to ban 'TV Rain' in Latvia / Article [21:30] *martin_ (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [21:31] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [21:31] TR News Ukrainian hackers say they compromised a major Russian drone company, destroying data, backups, and systems https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/ukrainian-hackers-say-they-compromised-a-major-russian-drone-company-destroying-data-backups-and-systems [21:31] TR Bot Ukrainian hackers say they compromised a major Russian drone company, destroying data, backups, and systems | Tom's Hardware [21:33] TR News Europol-coordinated operation takes down pro-Russian hacking group https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250716-europol-coordinated-operation-takes-down-pro-russian-hacking-group [21:33] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250716-europol-coordinated-operation-takes-down-pro-russian-hacking-group ) [21:33] TR News Europol-coordinated global operation takes down pro-Russian cybercrime network https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250716-europol-coordinated-global-operation-takes-down-pro-russian-cybercrime-network [21:33] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250716-europol-coordinated-global-operation-takes-down-pro-russian-cybercrime-network ) [21:34] TR News Digital occupation: Pro-Russian bot networks target Ukraines occupied territories on Telegram https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/report/report-russian-bot-networks-occupied-ukraine/ [21:34] TR Bot Digital occupation: Pro-Russian bot networks target Ukraine's occupied territories on Telegram - Atlantic Council [21:35] TR News Canonical and ESWIN announces EBC77 RISC-V SBC with Ubuntu 24.04 support https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/07/16/canonical-and-eswin-announces-ebc77-risc-v-sbc-with-ubuntu-24-04-support/ [21:35] TR Bot Canonical and ESWIN announces EBC77 RISC-V SBC with Ubuntu 24.04 support - CNX Software [21:36] TR News ESWIN Computing launches the EBC77 Series Single Board Computer with Ubuntu https://ubuntu.com//blog/eswin-computing-launches-the-ebc77-series-single-board-computer-with-ubuntu [21:36] TR Bot ESWIN Computing launches the EBC77 Series Single Board Computer with Ubuntu [21:39] TR News V20 Pro fat-tyre ebike https://bkhome.org/news/202507/v20-pro-fat-tyre-ebike.html [21:39] TR Bot V20 Pro fat-tyre ebike [21:40] TR News curl 8.15.0 https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/07/16/curl-8-15-0/ [21:40] TR Bot 8.15.0 | daniel.haxx.se [21:42] TR News More Free File Sharing Services Abuse, (Wed, Jul 16th) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32112 [21:42] TR Bot More Free File Sharing Services Abuse - SANS Internet Storm Center [21:46] TR News Techrights Links 17/07/2025: Anger and Morale Issues at Microsoft, Wars and Conflicts Get Digital https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/Links_17_07_2025_Anger_and_Morale_Issues_at_Microsoft_Wars_and_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/Links_17_07_2025_Anger_and_Morale_Issues_at_Microsoft_Wars_and_.gmi [21:46] TR Bot Techrights Links 17/07/2025: Anger and Morale Issues at Microsoft, Wars and Conflicts Get Digital [21:49] TR News Hacking Trains https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/07/hacking-trains.html [21:49] TR Bot Trains - Schneier on Security [21:49] TR News Zsh: Per-project history https://cukic.co/2025/07/16/zsh-per-project-history [21:49] TR Bot Zsh: Per-project history | Ivan uki [21:50] TR News Trying to frame a Microsoft failure of "hey hi" success story https://in.mashable.com/tech/97241/microsofts-xbox-reportedly-replaces-200-candy-crush-saga-staff-with-ai-tools-they-built-internet-is [21:50] TR Bot Microsofts Xbox Reportedly Replaces 200 Candy Crush Saga Staff With AI Tools They Built; Internet Is Livid - Tech [21:51] TR News Same here https://thephrasemaker.com/2025/07/17/virtuos-lays-off-300-after-microsoft-ai-shift/ [21:51] TR Bot Virtuos Lays Off 300 In Wake Of Microsoft Replacing Jobs With AI - Phrasemaker [21:54] TR News lingering gemini://wolfinthewoods.pollux.casa/gemlog/2025_07_16_ticking_time_time_ticking_lost_lost_lingering_lingering_loss.gmi [21:55] TR News SpellBinding AIMQUSR Wordo: LAMER gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-07-17.gmi [21:55] TR News xkcd 3116 gemini://8by3.net/~xkcd/3116.gmi [21:56] TR News "Here's a free idea for an enterprising developer with way too much time on their hands: Make Bookwyrm for Gemini. Bookwyrm is a federated (i.e. connected to the Fediverse) alternative to Goodreads that lets you build reading lists and write reviews for books." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/Geminispace/30393 [21:57] TR News [japan] [cat] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2025-07-17.gmi [21:58] TR News Bringing the Butlerian Jihad to Gemini gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-07-17-bring-jihad-to-gemini [21:59] TR News "There are people building the infrastructure, there are people building on that infrastructure: posting articles, sharing stories, poems, little slices of life and so on. When I do that on Gemini, Gopher or the small web, I do it with two expectations." gemini://bosque-protector.com/en/opinion/talk-community.gmi ● Jul 17 [22:01] TR News "This is a small-web first and fedi first endeavour. Hence the choice for Peertube and a Gemini capsule as the primary source of companion information." gemini://scandinavianretro.eu/posts/20250717_first_post_introducing_scandinavian_retro.gmi [22:02] admfubar https://pogowasright.org/texas-enacts-electronic-health-record-data-localization-law/ [22:02] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://pogowasright.org/texas-enacts-electronic-health-record-data-localization-law/ ) [22:02] TR News ""UK inflation figures showed a surprise upward change between May and June, CPI rising 3.6 per cent" says The Standard in yesterday's lede on the inflation story. But this massively misinterprets the reality." gemini://rochelimit.uk/articles/20250717_making_news_out_of_stats.gmi [22:02] MinceR (cat) https://ircz.de/p/25060525 [22:02] TR Bot WHOOPSIE [22:03] TR News the unfamiliar half gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/the_unfamiliar_half [22:04] TR News "This is me chiming in as well. I have only recently joined Gemini space, but am here to stay. Just today I added my second capsule, and I intend to move more and more towards 'Gemini first' content, with optionally (but not always) a mirror the world wide web." gemini://gemini.metro.cx/posts/20250717_small_web_not_dead.gmi [22:05] TR News "After I saw a few of those posts on BBS I too started thinking about the idea that the smolweb was "dying." I know I got interested in gemini two years ago, got everything setup for my own server." gemini://gemini.sh0.xyz/log/2025-07-17_re_i_will_stay_on_the_small_web.gmi [22:07] TR News Response to Sloum's 'O Pioneers Post gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~slugmax/phlog.txt [22:08] TR News OCC - Logging into ICQ and a Links Update gopher://gopher.unixlore.net:70/0/glog/occ-icq-links-update.md [22:13] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 17/07/2025: "Goodreads for Gemini" and Defence of "The Small Web" https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/Gemini_Links_17_07_2025_Goodreads_for_Gemini_and_Defence_of_The.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/Gemini_Links_17_07_2025_Goodreads_for_Gemini_and_Defence_of_The.gmi [22:13] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 17/07/2025: "Goodreads for Gemini" and Defence of "The Small Web" [22:23] admfubar https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/youtuber-resuscitates-unstable-ryzen-7-5800x-for-usd30-a-300-mhz-underclock-saved-the-day [22:23] TR Bot YouTuber resuscitates unstable Ryzen 7 5800X for $30 a 300 MHZ underclock saved the day | Tom's Hardware [22:27] admfubar https://www.tomshardware.com/software/the-biggest-speedup-ive-seen-so-far-ffmpeg-devs-boast-of-another-100x-leap-thanks-to-handwritten-assembly-code [22:27] TR Bot 'The biggest speedup I've seen so far' FFmpeg devs boast of another 100x leap thanks to handwritten assembly code | Tom's Hardware [22:29] psydruid https://wccftech.com/intel-raptor-lake-cpu-crashes-start-to-resurface-with-summer-heat-in-europe/ [22:29] TR Bot Intel's Raptor Lake CPU Crashes Start to Resurface With Growing "Summer Heat" In Europe, Firefox Bot Filing Crash Reports Gets Disabled [22:29] psydruid lol [22:40] admfubar https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/17/intel_layoffs/ [22:40] TR Bot Intel plans a further 5,000 layoffs The Register [22:41] admfubar uhm no... https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/16/if_you_want_a_picture/ [22:41] TR Bot AI can't finish what it starts. Humans must always check it The Register [22:53] *FANTOM_ has quit (Ping timeout: 252 seconds) [22:58] *FANTOM_ (~fantom@33be818f.skybroadband.com) has joined #techrights ● Jul 17 [23:07] *martin_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [23:20] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [23:24] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [23:38] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [23:39] MinceR https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/knight [23:39] TR Bot Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Knight [23:40] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [23:54] *martin (~martinzatroch@86pm57ad4z8sg.irc) has joined #techrights [23:57] *martin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s)