●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, August 17, 2026 ●● ● Aug 17 [00:08] *asacengyet has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [00:09] TR News (NEW): Linux Kernel 7.2 Officially Released, This Is Whats New https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/16/Linux_Kernel_7_2_Officially_Released_This_Is_What_s_New.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/16/Linux_Kernel_7_2_Officially_Released_This_Is_What_s_New.gmi [00:09] TR Bot Tux Machines Linux Kernel 7.2 Officially Released, This Is Whats New [00:30] IsambardPrince MinceR: So I found a new (to me) movie with Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz last year. [00:30] IsambardPrince In it, he plays a chemist working at an agro company who is researching new pesticides. [00:31] IsambardPrince And he tells his wife "Just think of it, plenty of food for everyone, wiping out mosquitoes that carry disease." [00:31] IsambardPrince Something like that. [00:31] IsambardPrince That tells you it's from the 1950s. [00:31] IsambardPrince Now people figure "pesticides are from bad people working for bad companies". [00:32] IsambardPrince Syngenta has patents on agricultural pesticides, but they also sold me anti-cockroach bait that has their pesticide in it. [00:32] IsambardPrince I don't think that trying to get rid of cockroaches in someone's apartment with some new product is necessarily an evil pursuit. [00:33] MinceR pity we didn't wipe out bees in the 50s, eh? [00:33] MinceR i wouldn't worry, we're still going to exterminate lots of species before we get ourselves [00:34] IsambardPrince Cockroaches are a lot more resilient than bees. [00:34] IsambardPrince They're a very stubborn pest. One of the worst. [00:35] MinceR tardigrades are even more resilient [00:35] IsambardPrince Bees are symbiotic to human endeavors and are unfortunately also susceptible to most of the same pesticides used to control common field pests. [00:35] IsambardPrince [18:35] tardigrades are even more resilient [00:35] IsambardPrince Yeah, you know, navigating that psychedelic mushroom network from Star Trek and all. [00:35] IsambardPrince I don't think cockroaches would have fit into that plot as well. [00:36] IsambardPrince Too much of a visceral disgust from test audiences. [00:37] MinceR :> [00:37] IsambardPrince Cockroaches can eat almost anything. [00:37] IsambardPrince Including wallpaper glue, soap scum, and each other's feces and dead bodies. [00:38] IsambardPrince That's one reason why doing things like mopping the floor will help control them. [00:38] IsambardPrince When you mop the floor you are physically removing cockroach feces, shed skin, and things like hair, as well as removing their own scent markers that they use to tell others where to find food and water. [00:55] IsambardPrince MinceR: They love selling Swiffer solution refills. [00:55] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [00:55] IsambardPrince They're like almost $8 each now from the name brand. [00:55] IsambardPrince Walmart has them under Great Value "Wet Mop Solution". [00:55] IsambardPrince They fit Swiffer but it doesn't say Swiffer anywhere. [00:55] *includeals (~includeal@2001:8a0:e95a:4e00::1c47) has joined #techrights [00:56] IsambardPrince It's placed right next to the Swiffer WetJet solution and the bottle is also purple. [00:56] IsambardPrince And it's less than half the price. [00:56] IsambardPrince I guess the patent expires on the physical design of the bottle. [00:56] IsambardPrince But Walmart's lawyers told them that they could still be in trouble if they said "Swiffer" or "Wetjet" anywhere. [00:57] IsambardPrince The bottle runs out very quickly if you have a roach problem and you're trying to contain it including with impeccable house cleaning. [00:57] IsambardPrince So even Walmart's stuff isn't cheap enough for me. [00:58] IsambardPrince I can fill a whole bottle with something I make for less than 50 cents. And it works just as well. [00:58] IsambardPrince The only thing it doesn't do that you get for $8 with P&G's formula is make the house smell like a chemical "lavender" scent. ● Aug 17 [01:06] MinceR 17 015526 < IsambardPrince> Walmart has them under Great Value "Wet Mop Solution". [01:06] MinceR sounds like they just dissolved a wet mop [01:20] IsambardPrince It does. Doesn't it? [01:20] IsambardPrince MinceR: I used a recipe Google AI gave me. Who knows where it got it. [01:20] MinceR :> [01:20] IsambardPrince Seemed a bit aggressive on the dish soap so I cut that in half. [01:20] MinceR does it contain any glue? [01:20] MinceR the recipe, i mean [01:21] IsambardPrince 1 cup rubbing alcohol, 4 cups water, it said 2 tsp of dish soap, but I used 1. [01:32] *darwin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [01:33] IsambardPrince MinceR: I'm saving about $5.60 per bottle this way. [01:34] IsambardPrince Even being charitable and assuming a bottle lasts me 3 weeks, that's like a $97 savings per year on mop solution. [01:37] IsambardPrince I might mix this formula up and use it in a spray bottle as all purpose cleaner. [01:37] IsambardPrince I never really had to get this inventive with the household budget when I was married and I had full access two two incomes. [01:37] IsambardPrince But things are a lot tighter now. [01:39] IsambardPrince One of my uncles is rich. [01:39] IsambardPrince Just absolutely filthy stinking rich. [01:40] IsambardPrince He acts like he's taking it all with him when he dies though. [01:40] IsambardPrince I mean, he won't even buy toothpaste. They have a box of baking soda and he mixes up a paste and brushes with this. [01:41] IsambardPrince You're not cutting out an expense that's big enough to be annoying with the baking soda as toothpaste. [01:42] MinceR lol [01:42] IsambardPrince A cheap tube of toothpaste is about $1. [01:42] IsambardPrince It lasts a few months. [01:43] IsambardPrince They were living like they were poor as Job's turkey, probably still are. [01:43] IsambardPrince His wife didn't want to go to the supermarket so he'd just go foraging. [01:43] IsambardPrince Like, he'd shoot deer and they'd make a pot roast out of it. [01:45] IsambardPrince They have all these damned deer diseases out there now. I would be seriously skeptical of eating something that I foraged. [01:45] *darwin (~darwin@ezriia7nzimpg.irc) has joined #techrights [01:46] IsambardPrince I remember when we went down there when I was a kid, we were on our way to Disney World. My mom just told me it was pot roast and when one of my cousins told me it was a deer my uncle shot I was almost disgusted. [01:46] IsambardPrince And my mom told me they didn't say anything because they just wanted to be polite and eat it and move on. [01:47] IsambardPrince That's the part of going on vacation I was not looking forward to. [01:48] IsambardPrince Going to their house was like the Griswolds stopping over to see Uncle Eddie in those Vacation movies. [01:49] IsambardPrince Or Cousin Eddie, or whatever he was, that weird poor guy who couldn't afford hamburger in his hamburger helper. [01:50] IsambardPrince I did name drop my uncle though recently. It's what got us this apartment. A reference from a Freemason helps when you're dealing with someone else who is a Mason. [01:51] MinceR :> [01:52] IsambardPrince A lot of landlords have gotten super strict about things like a bankruptcy on your credit report. [01:52] IsambardPrince I was striking out big time with every landlord in this county that I cold called. [01:53] IsambardPrince I got past this one because I noticed the manager was a Mason and I mentioned my Uncle and we got to talking. [01:55] IsambardPrince https://www.makeuseof.com/used-windows-11-on-8gb-computer-test-microsofts-claim-wasnt-even-close/ [01:55] TR Bot 8GB of RAM on Windows 11 works but only if you're willing to cripple your PC ● Aug 17 [02:02] MinceR lol [02:02] MinceR whoda thunk [02:19] IsambardPrince That homemade wetjet solution works pretty well. [02:19] IsambardPrince Glad Google gave me good advice, not like that farmer in China that used Google AI to kill 26 acres of crops. [02:19] IsambardPrince "What kind of Pesticide should I use?" [02:20] IsambardPrince Google: Oh, you know, bit of this, some of that. [02:20] IsambardPrince *everything dies, on 26 acres* [02:23] MinceR lol [02:46] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. 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[03:01] IsambardPrince If you spray the baseboards and toilet base. [03:01] IsambardPrince These barrier sprays are something you don't want to rely on exclusively. [03:01] *brocashelm has quit (Quit: Leaving.) [03:01] IsambardPrince No part of Integrated Pest Management is a complete solution all by itself. [03:01] *brocashelm (~brocashelm@w5acqy929pqyi.irc) has joined #techrights [03:01] IsambardPrince They all work in some way and fail to get all of them in some way. [03:08] IsambardPrince MinceR: Apple showed me an ad on Facebook that said Safari is faster, uses less battery, and is actually private. [03:08] IsambardPrince I replied: Excuse me, aren't you the one that built something called Intelligent Tracking Prevention that actually makes every Safari user personally identifiable? [03:09] IsambardPrince The way an adblock list full of trackers works is basically everyone gets that list. [03:09] MinceR :> [03:09] IsambardPrince If you're a Firefox user that has EasyPrivacy and Easylist installed, then on that front you look like every other Firefox user that has those lists. [03:10] IsambardPrince If you are a Safari user with Intelligent Tracking Prevention, the browser is actually trying to study and block what is tracking you in particular. [03:10] MinceR they're going to keep lying about their support for privacy as long as their fanbase believes it, or they cease to exist [03:10] IsambardPrince Eventually the browser ends up blocking things that only your browser is blocking. [03:10] IsambardPrince And you are personally identifiable. [03:16] IsambardPrince I actually did some debugging work on Safari's rendering engine. [03:16] IsambardPrince In 2020, I did fuzz testing and found 46 security holes in a single month. [03:16] IsambardPrince Including in the compositor process, where it has access to the GPU, where it could change register states in ways that the operating system isn't aware of, which could lead to RowHammer style attacks. [03:16] IsambardPrince Some were just weird, like the FTL JavaScript engine interacts with the Password Manager in a way that causes the browser to crash when you try to log in to Chase Bank. [03:16] IsambardPrince They did all get fixed, but the fact that even I could find this many in such a short length of time makes me wonder what sort of Quality Assurance process Apple has. [03:17] IsambardPrince The OS goes back to read something from memory expecting it to be safe because it was in a state that it left it in, suddenly that's not there anymore and it runs malicious code injected by the Compositor process. [03:22] *Righty has quit (connection closed) [03:23] *Righty (~Username@cr2xiinjv8aiq.irc) has joined #techrights [03:28] MinceR > what sort of Quality Assurance process Apple has. [03:28] MinceR a "modern" one [03:28] MinceR that is to say, none whatsoever. [03:40] IsambardPrince MinceR: I was telling someone we should be more like Singapore. [03:41] IsambardPrince 6 months in jail for gum. $1000 fine for forgetting to flush a public toilet. Death for drug smuggling. [03:42] MinceR i think people who want to live in Singapore should just move to Singapore [03:42] MinceR similarly to how people who want to live in Muscovy should move to Muscovy and people who want to live in North Korea shouls move to North Korea [03:43] MinceR there's no need to fuck up every place on earth just because authoritarian people are so dispersed on the planet [03:46] IsambardPrince I was discussing the squeeze on prices for essentials. I mentioned that essential vs. non-essential was sometimes blurred. [03:46] IsambardPrince It's more like an inelasticity squeeze. [03:46] IsambardPrince They've mapped out what is inelastic and elastic. Housing is inelastic. The price goes up, everyone says "Fucking landlords!" and they pay whatever the new price is because the other ones are doing it too. [03:46] IsambardPrince It's the same with groceries. [03:46] IsambardPrince An iPhone is not essential, but in the mind of some consumers, it is. [03:46] IsambardPrince So with those consumers, an iPhone is an inelastic good. It might as well be housing, or food, because, well, that's where it ranks in their fucked up brain. [03:46] IsambardPrince So you get things like a $200 price hike and "iPhone Upgrade by Klarna". [03:46] IsambardPrince MinceR: ^ [03:47] MinceR s/uls/uld/ [03:47] MinceR lol [03:47] MinceR i'm waiting to see that bullshit bite Klarna [03:47] MinceR they need a lesson if they can be roped into this shit [03:53] IsambardPrince You mean all the deadbeats with shitty credit and no money who just got Klarna to front the money for an entire iPhone and some earpods and an Apple Watch? [03:53] IsambardPrince There's no lesson here. Goldman Sachs already lost money on this, but even they had the benefit of some customers they approved actually pay their bills. [03:53] IsambardPrince Klarna is dealing exclusively with "Lives i the ghetto, no money, wants $5,000 worth of Apple products." crowd. [03:54] IsambardPrince In economics we call this Adverse Selection. Your business model draws in primarily the customers that you really don't want. [03:55] IsambardPrince It's like Piyush and his Roachy apartments. [03:56] IsambardPrince His business model was this: Don't screen anyone. If they have money today, they get the apartment. Don't check criminal records, credit reports, and don't look too close at their financials. [03:57] IsambardPrince As Mark's tenants leave, more of Piyush's really bad ones come in. Eventually someone brings cockroaches, nothing in the building is being maintained at all, and everyone good abandons the apartment with whatever they can salvage. [03:57] MinceR yeah, those [03:57] MinceR well, the lesson is "what can happen to Goldman Sucks can also happen to Klarna" [03:58] IsambardPrince No, because while Goldman got hosed with about 10-20% of these people as the customer, Klarna ONLY deals with the worst customer. [03:58] MinceR :> [03:58] IsambardPrince They do not have an apparatus that threatens millions of people whose credit is already ruined, who are judgment proof, and have no reason to make payments on $5,000 worth of Apple hardware. [03:59] IsambardPrince Klarna will be left holding the bag and tap out in a year or two, while Apple got paid in full by Klarna. ● Aug 17 [04:00] IsambardPrince MinceR: Meanwhile, all the marginal people who could still get approved by Goldman Sachs are trying to get an Apple Card before Chase takes it over. They want one now because when Chase takes it, if they ever screwed Chase, they won't be approved. [04:01] IsambardPrince What will likely happen is what Chase always does when they take over a card. They toss out all the people who could not get a Chase card because Chase has a big problem with them. [04:01] IsambardPrince They don't just take over a portfolio that has hundreds of thousands of people who have been burned by Chase and let them keep their Apple Card. [04:02] IsambardPrince Bankruptcy laws or statutes of limitation on old Chase cards mean they may not be allowed to pursue an old debt, but they TOTALLY remember what you did last time. [04:57] TR News "A new academic study offers a detailed look inside Telegram's video piracy ecosystem" https://torrentfreak.com/researchers-hunt-telegram-pirates-with-ai-tool-flag-hundreds-of-channels/ | Source: Torrent Freak [04:58] TR Bot Hunt Telegram Pirates with AI Tool, Flag Hundreds of Channels * TorrentFreak [04:58] TR News "On Friday, Amazon customers received an email alerting them to an update to the sites terms and conditions." https://www.theverge.com/tech/980752/amazon-class-action-arbitration-terms-and-conditions | Source: The Verge [04:58] TR Bot Amazon is trying to crush class-action suits before they get started | The Verge [04:59] TR News "We can only hope that these lead to an epidemic of ICE goons accidentally burning their own dicks off." https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/08/the-orwellian-company-behind-ices-new-electric-shock-gloves/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski [04:59] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/08/the-orwellian-company-behind-ices-new-electric-shock-gloves/ ) [04:59] TR News "In todays society, you know, everybodys filming everything, everybody has a cell phone" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/08/ice-shock-gloves-torture-compliant-technologies-jeff-niklaus/ | Source: Mother Jones [04:59] TR Bot The Orwellian Company Behind ICEs New Electric Shock Gloves Mother Jones ● Aug 17 [05:04] TR News Techrights https://techrights.org/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ [05:04] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Sunday, August 16, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/IRC_Proceedings_Sunday_August_16_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/IRC_Proceedings_Sunday_August_16_2026.gmi [05:04] TR Bot Techrights [05:04] TR Bot Techrights IRC Proceedings: Sunday, August 16, 2026 [05:05] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [05:05] TR Bot Tux Machines Today in Techrights [05:06] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [05:06] TR Bot Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [05:07] TR News Linux 7.2 https://lwn.net/Articles/1089033/ [05:07] TR Bot 7.2 [LWN.net] [05:08] *ewig (~Ewig@user/ewig) has joined #techrights [05:09] TR News "In their attack on the direct action group, authorities clearly aim to neutralize one of the most effective mechanism" https://thegrayzone.com/2026/08/15/palestine-action-rigged-terrorism-trials/ | Source: The Gray Zone [05:09] TR Bot Exclusive: Palestine Action facing new rigged terrorism trials - The Grayzone [05:09] TR News "The social media platform began deleting a series of investigative videos critical of Islam this week" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/tiktok-deletes-critical-islam-videos-threatens-creator-1814490 | Source: International Business Times [05:09] TR Bot TikTok Wipes Dearborn Islam Documentary After 230K Likes: Creator Stripped of Earnings and Threatened With Permanent Ban | IBTimes UK [05:10] TR News "In 2026, with reducing regulations, rampant collusion, lack of competition, and direct evidence (the pandemic) that corporations can gouge consumers without concern" https://nooneshappy.com/article/when-the-shortage-is-the-strategy/ | Source: No One's Happy [05:10] TR Bot When the Shortage is the Strategy No One's Happy [05:11] TR News "Accidental breakage can happen in any codebase. 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Furious Users Flood Outage Tracker as Social Media App Suffers Major Disruption | IBTimes UK [05:17] TR News "My error was believing Anthropic that their system wouldnt adulterate and corrupt the semantics of the text their models generate." https://daringfireball.net/2026/08/anthropics_watermark_text_adulteration_in_claude_is_a_perversion_of_writing | Source: John Gruber [05:17] TR Bot Daring Fireball: Anthropics Watermark Text Adulteration in Claude Is a Perversion of Writing [05:17] TR News "The spark added up three ingredients: mandatory, global reach, and no opt-out. The mark cant be switched off and applies outside Europe too." https://akitaonrails.com/en/2026/08/16/anthropic-ai-watermark-how-to-beat-it/ | Source: Fabio Akita [05:17] TR Bot Anthropic's AI Watermark: How to Beat It AkitaOnRails.com [05:17] TR News "These are unlikely to change any minds, but they will definitely shorten some incredibly tedious conversations at the bar." https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/08/do-not-talk-to-me-about-ai/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski [05:17] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/08/do-not-talk-to-me-about-ai/ ) [05:18] TR News "I've heard from a lot of readers that reducing this cost is becoming a hot topic internally." https://martinalderson.com/posts/how-i-think-about-reducing-ai-costs/ | Source: Martin Alderson [05:18] TR Bot How I think about reducing AI costs - Martin Alderson [05:18] TR News "As many have noted, it doesnt seem like the overall polish of software has increased since AI coding became a thing. If anything, there is just more junk and shovelware out there, of dubious quality." https://nolanlawson.com/2026/08/16/you-can-just-choose-how-many-bugs-you-want-now/ | Source: Nolan Lawson [05:18] TR Bot You can just choose how many bugs you want now | Read the Tea Leaves [05:18] TR News "This is the latest change at the company, which has been in upheaval as it heads towards what is expected to be a massive IPO." https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/980817/openai-disbands-preparedness-team | Source: The Verge [05:18] TR Bot OpenAI reportedly disbanded its preparedness team | The Verge [05:19] TR News [Old] "Since the publication of our report, there has been a wide range of responses to our research from the media, public, and Zoom itself." https://citizenlab.ca/research/move-fast-roll-your-own-crypto-a-quick-look-at-the-confidentiality-of-zoom-meetings/faq-on-zoom-security-issues/ | Source: Citizen Lab [05:19] TR Bot FAQ on Zoom Security Issues - The Citizen Lab [05:19] TR News [Old] "Technical analysis of how the very popular video conferencing app encrypts meeting data has found significant weaknesses and dubious practices" https://www.itnews.com.au/news/zoom-meetings-weakly-encrypted-and-get-keys-from-china-546038 | Source: IT News AU [05:19] TR Bot Zoom meetings weakly encrypted and get keys from China - iTnews [05:19] TR News "After its cloud storage provider went defunct, a PBS affiliate decided to sue a data center provider to regain access to 50TB of TV shows, videos, and other data dating back 70 years." https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/08/pbs-station-fears-losing-50tb-of-data-after-being-ghosted-by-cloud-storage-provider/ | Source: Ars Technica [05:19] TR Bot PBS station fears losing 50TB of data after being ghosted by cloud storage provider - Ars Technica [05:20] TR News "I chose to use Dropbox for my backups, because I have a lot of space available from sending invites years ago" https://samsm.ch/paperless-cloud-backups/ | Source: Sam Smith [05:20] TR Bot Paperless cloud backups | Sam Smith [05:20] TR News "wait until you get a load of Cold Iron Studios, which recently shutdown the cloud-only version of Aliens: Fireteam Elite on the Nintendo Switch." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/08/14/dev-kills-cloud-version-of-game-on-switch-offers-discount-to-rebuy-it-for-switch-2/ | Source: Techdirt [05:20] TR Bot Kills Cloud Version Of Game On Switch, Offers Discount To Rebuy It For Switch 2 | Techdirt [05:20] TR News "It used to be a rite of passage to build some sort of AM radio receiver." https://hackaday.com/2026/08/16/another-radio-on-a-chip-design/ | Source: Hackaday [05:20] TR Bot Radio On A Chip Design | Hackaday [05:21] TR News "He was a leading figure in the development of the Go programming language and environment working with co-creators Robert Griesemer, Rob Pike, and Ken Thompson, and serving as technical lead for over a decade." https://www.acm.org/articles/people-of-acm/2026/russ-cox | Source: ACM [05:21] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.acm.org/articles/people-of-acm/2026/russ-cox ) [05:21] TR News "Mubariz, 19, says after the Taliban takeover, that atmosphere slowly disappeared." https://text.npr.org/g-s1-138584 | Source: NPR [05:21] TR Bot The Taliban has taken a terrible toll on the education of girls -- and boys as well [05:22] TR News "I did not see enough of a reflection of things that brought me joy and contentment" https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5896356 | Source: NPR [05:22] TR Bot You have more free time than you think. Don't believe it? Try a time audit [05:22] TR News "Hence I looked into what is happening at IIT to see if there is a lesson for us all." https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2026/08/iit-is-canary-in-coalmine-do-our.html | Source: Computational Complexity [05:22] TR Bot Computational Complexity: IIT is the canary in the coalmine (Do our younger readers know what that means? Do we have younger readers?) [05:22] TR News "I can usually tell when a room has run out of air." https://lospino.so/blog/sunday-field-notes/the-room-was-out-of-air/ | Source: Josh Lospinoso [05:22] TR Bot The Room Was Out of Air | Josh Lospinoso [05:22] TR News "During her address, she asked what happens when children 'lie, cheat and cry their way through school'." https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/tennessee-teacher-resigns-grade-inflation-dispute-1814498 | Source: International Business Times [05:22] TR Bot Tennessee 'Teacher of the Year' Resigns After District Yields to Parent Over Failing Grade | IBTimes UK [05:22] TR News "The implicit assumption within universities is that if you learn how to conduct excellent research, the career will take care of itself." https://www.the-scientist.com/the-first-career-conversation-every-phd-student-deserves-74882 | Source: LabX Media Group [05:22] TR Bot The First Career Conversation Every PhD Student Deserves | The Scientist [05:23] TR News "Universities now have more adjuncts than tenured and tenure-track professors combined. The conditions are unsustainablefor professors and students alike." https://www.thenation.com/article/society/adjuncting-until-the-end-of-time/ | Source: The Nation [05:23] TR Bot Adjuncting Until the End of Time | The Nation [05:24] TR News [Old] "Now, in my defence this was back in the day when youd actually try to understand an algorithm rather than just asking a robot to write it for you." https://rowan.fyi/posts/fractious-deep/ | Source: Rowan Merewood [05:24] TR Bot (deep) | rowan.fyi [05:24] TR News "Converting a day-count ("rata-die") to the day-of-the-week (weekday) sounds like it should be so trivial, that there's almost nothing to say about it." https://www.benjoffe.com/fast-day-of-week | Source: Ben Joffe [05:24] TR Bot A faster way to calculate the day-of-the-week [05:24] TR News "The concept is pretty simple: the rings are a horrifying mess of dust, debris, and ice bits of all sizes that represent almost certain death for a spacecraft." https://hackaday.com/2026/08/16/r-selecting-tiny-probes-to-shotgun-into-saturns-rings/ | Source: Hackaday [05:24] TR Bot Tiny Probes To Shotgun Into Saturns Rings | Hackaday [05:25] TR News "These clues led scientists to the black hole star hypothesis. At the center of MoM-BH*-1, there would be a black hole devouring matter and releasing enormous amounts of energy." https://www.wired.com/story/black-hole-stars-are-becoming-less-hypothetical/ | Source: Wired [05:25] TR Bot Discover the Existence of a Black Hole Star | WIRED [05:25] TR News [Old] "NVMe SSDs on a Raspberry PI, ARM64 adventures, more zfs troubles, and some cool tools you should try." https://chollinger.com/blog/2025/10/more-homelab-things-ive-recently-learned/ | Source: Christian Hollinger [05:25] TR Bot More random home lab things I've recently learned | Christian Hollinger [05:25] TR News "An optionality-flavoured variant of economic decision theory (Peters 2019)." https://danmackinlay.name/notebook/ergodicity_economics.html | Source: Dan MacKinlay [05:25] TR Bot Ergodicity economics The Dan MacKinlay stable of variably-well-considerd enterprises [05:26] TR News "And then, one day, you move, and the process starts all over." https://flower.codes/2023/12/20/lets-get-digital | Source: Zach Flower [05:26] TR Bot Get Digital | flower.codes [05:27] TR News "I've been sort of half-assing my Linux backups for a while now. I finally decided to fix them." https://baty.net/posts/2026/08/reconfiguring-my-backups/ | Source: Jack Baty [05:27] TR Bot my backups baty.net [05:27] TR News "The National Gallery of Scotland has a temporary exhibition of Stanley Cursiters artwork going on at the moment." https://jamesg.blog/2026/08/15/surf-by-stanley-cursiter | Source: James G [05:27] TR Bot Surf by Stanley Cursiter - with words, wonder [05:27] TR News "I have three books about art that arent textbooks: a book of Monets work, Mini Louvre, and a book made for the Art of Manga exhibition that the de Young Museum in San Francisco held." https://jamesg.blog/2026/08/16/inspiration-from-physical-artefacts | Source: James G [05:27] TR Bot Inspiration from physical artefacts - with words, wonder [05:27] TR News "A friend sometimes says nothing. Their deeds do the talking. You know that for as long as I can, I shall. And I will be there to inspire you to reach your highest peak." https://protesilaos.com/commentary/2026-08-16-criticism-internet-friend/ | Source: Protesilaos Stavrou [05:27] TR Bot and the Internet friend | Protesilaos [05:27] TR News "As such friends and neighbours become de facto relatives and are treated as equals. There is a sense of togetherness and belonging, which builds solidity at the social level" https://protesilaos.com/commentary/2026-08-15-hierarchy-extended-family/ | Source: Protesilaos Stavrou [05:27] TR Bot in the extended family | Protesilaos [05:28] TR News "Don't fear the publish button." https://robertbirming.com/what-blog-about/ | Source: Robert Birming [05:28] TR Bot What should you blog about? Robert Birming [05:28] TR News [Old] "Go on the other hand is known for being the love child of Python and C" https://markuseliasson.se/article/adventures-in-go | Source: Markus Eliasson [05:28] TR Bot Adventures in Go - Markus Eliasson [05:29] TR News "If you write any Python code, you should be using more namedtuples than you are using right now." https://hamatti.org/posts/n-is-for-namedtuple-python-a-to-z/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala [05:29] TR Bot N is for namedtuple - Python A to Z : Juha-Matti Santala [05:29] TR News "Magit is an Emacs Git client that is praised by many users . It was one of the reasons I switched to Emacs back when I stumbled across an Emacs video tutorial for the first time." https://heiwiper.com/posts/magit-status-tour/ | [05:29] TR Bot Tour of Magit's Status Interface heiwiper's website [05:29] TR News "dailyprog is a hosted web app. Nobody downloads it. That single fact picks the license." https://blog.lvmbdv.dev/posts/open-sourcing-a-puzzle-site-without-leaking-the-puzzles/ | Source: Ata Kuyumcu [05:29] TR Bot Open-sourcing a puzzle site without leaking the puzzles Ata Kuyumcu's Blog [05:30] TR News "Or, to put it simply: The main thread reads hundreds of tiny files, one after another." https://larstofus.com/2026/08/16/speeding-up-the-unreal-editor-launch-again-by-not-loading-1585-files/ | Source: Lars Thieen [05:30] TR Bot Speeding up the Unreal Editor launch (again) by not loading 1585 files Larst Of Us [05:30] TR News "My current company has settled on using Gradle." https://blog.frankel.ch/gradle-metadata-renovate-integration/ | Source: Nicolas Frnkel [05:30] TR Bot Solving Gradle metadata and Renovate integration [05:32] TR News "What the lasers are doing is a very simple idea" https://hackaday.com/2026/08/16/laser-layers-for-almost-isotropicly-strong-prints/ | Source: Hackaday [05:32] TR Bot Layers For (Almost) Isotropicly Strong Prints | Hackaday [05:32] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [05:32] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [05:32] TR News "[Food for Robots] is building a walking robot, so he needed a compact, lightweight, and backdrivable actuator capable of producing 20 Newton-meters of torque." https://hackaday.com/2026/08/16/building-an-actuator-for-a-walking-robot/ | Source: Hackaday [05:32] TR Bot An Actuator For A Walking Robot | Hackaday [05:32] TR News "Modern aircraft typically use the ARINC 429 protocol. This differs from many protocols we see where multiple transmitters are allowed." https://hackaday.com/2026/08/16/how-to-hack-an-airliner/ | Source: Hackaday [05:32] TR Bot Hack An Airline Analog | Hackaday [05:32] TR News "The students I want to teach are in the same position, and so are the ones in Nigeria and Bangladesh and everywhere else the people in the industry does not think about when it writes its blog posts." https://rvembedded.com/blog_post/12/ | [05:32] TR Bot A Third World Embedded Engineer Responds to "RISC-V: They Should Have Known Better" [05:33] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware: Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update, RISC-V, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Open_Hardware_Weekly_GNU_like_Mobile_Linux_Update_RISC_V_and_Mo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Open_Hardware_Weekly_GNU_like_Mobile_Linux_Update_RISC_V_and_Mo.gmi [05:33] TR Bot Tux Machines Open Hardware: Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update, RISC-V, and More [05:35] TR News (NEW): Manjaro 26.1 Bian-May - released https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Manjaro_26_1_Bian_May_released.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Manjaro_26_1_Bian_May_released.gmi [05:35] TR Bot Tux Machines Manjaro 26.1 Bian-May - released [05:36] TR News Techrights Links 17/08/2026: "Bluesky Is Down Again!" and "Anti-Social Media" https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Links_17_08_2026_Bluesky_Is_Down_Again_and_Anti_Social_Media.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Links_17_08_2026_Bluesky_Is_Down_Again_and_Anti_Social_Media.gmi [05:36] TR Bot Techrights Links 17/08/2026: "Bluesky Is Down Again!" and "Anti-Social Media" [05:37] TR News "A bit of self-reflection, write therapy about relationship and where I stand with it." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/dubious [05:38] TR News "A few days ago a total solar eclipse presented itself to whoever was lucky enough to possibly notice it. While I have watched my share of partial solar eclipses[a,b], and while I did not expect much, I have to say that 90% coverage is quite amazing!" gemini://ew.srht.site/en/2026/20260816-magic-5-partial-solar-eclipse.gmi [05:38] TR News Chamboree gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/stug/phlog/20260816.txt "I was at Chamboree, a jamboree or large camp in Cheshire, England, UK. Near Knutsford for those who want a more precise location. It is towards the north with cities like Chester, Manchester and Liverpool near by." [05:39] TR News "While Lady Macbeth has a famous blood scene, it is actually Macbeth who has the most lines that have at least one mention of blood." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/08/16/tptsnbnbitn.gmi [05:40] TR News Tutorial Mutt gemini://willthekid.smol.pub/tutorialmutt [05:40] TR News "Philip K. Dick had a word for the useless stuff that accumulates around us: kipple. In Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, kipple seems to reproduce on its own until it crowds out everything else. I have always liked that word." gemini://addressunknown.org/gemlog/2026-08-16-kipple-and-impermanence.gmi [05:41] TR News so lightly gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/so_lightly [05:42] TR News "Today I was thinking about a plant. Weird, right? I keep a lot of houseplants, have a number of favorites, and attach deep meaning to a few of them. Of these, my peace lily is perhaps the most meaningful, due to the circumstances around which I received it." gemini://nullish.smol.pub/peace-lily [05:42] TR News "This is probably the first time I have felt boredom in a while, which I think is a good thing. It caused me to start writing my first post here, after all, despite having signed up a few days ago already." gemini://fwdudu.smol.pub/hello-smol-pub [05:47] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 17/08/2026: Chamboree, Partial Solar Eclipse, Lady Macbeth https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Gemini_Links_17_08_2026_Chamboree_Partial_Solar_Eclipse_Lady_Ma.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Gemini_Links_17_08_2026_Chamboree_Partial_Solar_Eclipse_Lady_Ma.gmi [05:47] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 17/08/2026: Chamboree, Partial Solar Eclipse, Lady Macbeth [05:48] TR News "Wireshark 4.6.8 Released" https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/33248 | Source: SANS [05:48] TR Bot Wireshark 4.6.8 Released - SANS Internet Storm Center [05:48] TR News "Wireshark 4.6.8 Release Notes" https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.6.8.html | Source: Wireshark [05:48] TR Bot Wireshark Go Deep | Wireshark Wireshark 4.6.8 Release Notes [05:48] TR News [Old] "And, the fact that it is implemented in go and open source does not hurt." https://markuseliasson.se/article/going-with-hugo | Source: Markus Eliasson [05:48] TR Bot Going with hugo - Markus Eliasson [05:48] TR News "I recently came back from DEFCON34 and the nix.vegas community." https://fzakaria.com/2026/08/16/defcon34-wrap-up | Source: Farid Zakaria [05:48] TR Bot DEFCON34 wrap-up | Farid Zakarias Blog [05:49] TR News "I've been running GrapheneOS for a little over a year now and didn't realize much Smart Notifications have changed phone usage." https://blog.matthewbrunelle.com/ive-inadvertantly-opted-out-of-smart-notifications-thanks-to-grapheneos/ | Source: Matthew Brunelle [05:49] TR Bot I've Inadvertently Opted Out of Smart Notifications Thanks to GrapheneOS. [05:49] TR News "Most (all?) decent-quality portable music players now run Android internally." https://kevinboone.me/pmp.html | Source: Kevin Boone [05:49] TR Bot Kevin Boone: Who needs a dedicated portable music player in 2026? [05:49] TR News Development Release: TUXEDO OS 20260813 by "a German-based manufacturer of Linux desktop and laptop computers"" https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12923 | Source: Distro Watch [05:49] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12923 ) [05:50] TR News "OpenBSD's KARL (Kernel Address Randomized Link) is one of the rare powermoves I see in computer security" https://clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2026/08-16-mimicing-karl-using-llvm-bolt.gmi | Source: Martin Chang [05:50] TR Bot Mimicing KARL using LLVM BOLT - Martin's website/blog thingy [05:50] TR News "This is part 1 of my FreeBSD Home Server how-to guide, and it will cover the installation of FreeBSD." https://www.subnetspider.com/2026/08/16/freebsd-home-server-part1.html | Source: Subnetspider [05:50] TR Bot Home Server - Part 1: OS Install | subnetspider.com [05:50] TR News "Week thirteen of the roundup, built from the package manager OPML feed collection and whatever Ive posted or boosted on Mastodon" https://nesbitt.io/2026/08/15/this-week-in-package-management.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt [05:50] TR Bot This Week in Package Management: 15 August 2026 | Andrew Nesbitt [05:57] TR News "PBS loses 70 yrs of data: my perspective as a privacy advocate, business owner, & data recovery tech" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/pbs-loses-70-yrs-of-data-my-perspective:c [05:57] TR Bot PBS loses 70 yrs of data: my perspective as a privacy advocate, business owner, & data recovery tech [05:57] TR News photojournalist https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/iranian-photojournalist-faces-15-years-prison-over-images-reporting-2026-08-12/ [05:57] TR Bot ( status 401 @ https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/iranian-photojournalist-faces-15-years-prison-over-images-reporting-2026-08-12/ ) [05:58] TR News iophk: the predicted continuation of Little Bush's 'terrorism' excuse https://yewtu.be/watch?v=tf9q9rG3JUY ("What Marco Rubio Just Did is SHOCKING & soon no one will be able to talk about it") [05:58] TR Bot Verifying your browser [05:58] TR News "Palantirs Deepest DARKEST Secret EXPOSED" https://yewtu.be/watch?v=IxPzZr-GZYw [05:58] TR Bot Verifying your browser [05:58] TR News "EDATECs ED-CLAWBOX is a compact edge AI system based on the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5." https://linuxgizmos.com/raspberry-pi-cm5-based-mini-pc-targets-local-openclaw-deployment/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [05:58] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/raspberry-pi-cm5-based-mini-pc-targets-local-openclaw-deployment/ ) [05:58] TR News "The Luckfox Lyra PLC is a compact Linux-based programmable logic controller built around the Rockchip RK3506B processor." https://linuxgizmos.com/luckfox-lyra-plc-runs-linux-on-rk3506b-with-dual-100mbps-ethernet/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [05:58] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/luckfox-lyra-plc-runs-linux-on-rk3506b-with-dual-100mbps-ethernet/ ) [05:58] TR News "Seeed Studios reComputer Classic J5011 and J5012 are a pair of AI development systems based on NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin modules." https://linuxgizmos.com/recomputer-classic-j5011-j5012-adds-10gbe-and-pcie-gen4-to-jetson-agx-orin/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [05:58] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/recomputer-classic-j5011-j5012-adds-10gbe-and-pcie-gen4-to-jetson-agx-orin/ ) ● Aug 17 [06:01] TR News IBM IBM RA'd him: "I live in the Netherlands, have a day job at the IT department of a lithography company which I enjoy a lot" https://blog.slackware.nl/about/ [06:01] TR Bot About Alien Pastures [06:13] TR News Offline More https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/17/offline-more/ [06:13] TR Bot Blog Archive Offline More [06:21] TR News Techrights Slowing Down by Intention https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Slowing_Down_by_Intention.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Slowing_Down_by_Intention.gmi [06:21] TR Bot Techrights Slowing Down by Intention [06:26] TR News Techrights Clownflare: In Australia and New Zealand GNU/Linux Peaks at Over 10% During Working Hours https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Clownflare_In_Australia_and_New_Zealand_GNU_Linux_Peaks_at_Over.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Clownflare_In_Australia_and_New_Zealand_GNU_Linux_Peaks_at_Over.gmi [06:26] TR Bot Techrights Clownflare: In Australia and New Zealand GNU/Linux Peaks at Over 10% During Working Hours ● Aug 17 [07:11] *IsambardPrince has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [07:17] TR News (NEW): Raspberry Pi CM5-based mini PC targets local OpenClaw deployment https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Raspberry_Pi_CM5_based_mini_PC_targets_local_OpenClaw_deploymen.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Raspberry_Pi_CM5_based_mini_PC_targets_local_OpenClaw_deploymen.gmi [07:17] TR Bot Tux Machines Raspberry Pi CM5-based mini PC targets local OpenClaw deployment [07:20] TR News (NEW): NVIDIAs GeForce NOW Native Linux App Now Stable, Offers Flatpak Support https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/NVIDIA_s_GeForce_NOW_Native_Linux_App_Now_Stable_Offers_Flatpak.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/NVIDIA_s_GeForce_NOW_Native_Linux_App_Now_Stable_Offers_Flatpak.gmi [07:20] TR Bot Tux Machines NVIDIAs GeForce NOW Native Linux App Now Stable, Offers Flatpak Support [07:22] TR News (NEW): Review: Helwan Linux 5.0 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Review_Helwan_Linux_5_0.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Review_Helwan_Linux_5_0.gmi [07:22] TR Bot Tux Machines Review: Helwan Linux 5.0 [07:32] TR News (NEW): Best Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [07:32] TR Bot Tux Machines Best Free and Open Source Software [07:34] TR News Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 152 Out of 200: Injunctions Do Not Cover Criticism, They Have Scope https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_152_Out_of_200_Injunctions_Do_Not_Cover_C.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_152_Out_of_200_Injunctions_Do_Not_Cover_C.gmi [07:34] TR Bot Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 152 Out of 200: Injunctions Do Not Cover Criticism, They Have Scope [07:39] TR News (NEW): How I turned my Linux desktop setup into a portable package I can run on any machine https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/How_I_turned_my_Linux_desktop_setup_into_a_portable_package_I_c.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/How_I_turned_my_Linux_desktop_setup_into_a_portable_package_I_c.gmi [07:39] TR Bot Tux Machines How I turned my Linux desktop setup into a portable package I can run on any machine [07:45] TR News (NEW): 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: August 16th, 2026 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup_August_16th_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup_August_16th_2026.gmi [07:45] TR Bot Tux Machines 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: August 16th, 2026 [07:52] TR News Mongolia 5% GNU/Linux https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=MN&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP [07:52] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=MN&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP ) [07:52] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Android_Leftovers.gmi [07:52] TR Bot Tux Machines Android Leftovers [07:54] TR News Same in Nigeria https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=NG&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP [07:54] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=NG&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP ) [07:54] TR News Chad 6% https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=TD&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP [07:54] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=TD&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP ) [07:55] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@p635fgir35qtw.irc) has joined #techrights [07:55] TR News Ukraine 5% https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=UA&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP [07:55] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=UA&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP ) [07:55] TR News (NEW): Debian developers are voting on how AI can be used to build the OS, and the ballots are already open https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Debian_developers_are_voting_on_how_AI_can_be_used_to_build_the.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Debian_developers_are_voting_on_how_AI_can_be_used_to_build_the.gmi [07:55] TR Bot Tux Machines Debian developers are voting on how AI can be used to build the OS, and the ballots are already open [07:56] TR News Poland 5% https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=PL&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP [07:56] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=PL&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP ) [07:57] TR News Iceland 5% https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=IS&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP [07:57] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=IS&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP ) [07:58] TR News Vietnam 5% https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=VN&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP [07:58] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=VN&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP ) ● Aug 17 [08:04] TR News Techrights Clownflare Sees About Quarter of Web Requests in Ireland Coming From GNU/Linux https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Clownflare_Sees_About_Quarter_of_Web_Requests_in_Ireland_Coming.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Clownflare_Sees_About_Quarter_of_Web_Requests_in_Ireland_Coming.gmi [08:04] TR Bot Techrights Clownflare Sees About Quarter of Web Requests in Ireland Coming From GNU/Linux [08:15] TR News "What about it. It is grossly non-competitive to agentic tools like Claude, ChatGPT, and others. Whatever fool decided to fork it and paint Roo and the VS Code blue ought to be fired and their collective salaries and investment returned to the shareholders. No one wants this cr-p and those who know, know. ICA, while were at it, too." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kzxj9nds [08:15] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kzxj9nds ) [08:17] *brocashelm has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [08:23] *IsambardPrince has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) 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https://bits.debian.org/2026/08/debian-turns-33.html [12:01] TR Bot Debian turns 33! - Bits from Debian [12:02] TR News Roblox Under Investigation by the U.S. Senate Over Continued Child Safety Concerns https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/16/roblox-investigation-us-senate-child-safety/ [12:02] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/16/roblox-investigation-us-senate-child-safety/ ) [12:04] TR News Can Harassment Risk Alone Support Obviousness-Type Double Patenting? https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/08/can-harassment-risk-alone-support-obviousness-type-double-patenting.html [12:04] TR Bot Can Harassment Risk Alone Support Obviousness-Type Double Patenting? | Patently-O [12:05] TR News Vibing fitness tracking https://www.thelins.se/johan/blog/2026/08/vibing-fitness-tracking/ [12:05] TR Bot Vibing fitness tracking Life of a Developer [12:05] TR News You can just choose how many bugs you want now https://nolanlawson.com/2026/08/16/you-can-just-choose-how-many-bugs-you-want-now/ [12:05] TR Bot You can just choose how many bugs you want now | Read the Tea Leaves [12:10] TR News Invincible VS Creators Massively Laid Off - Most Employees Left the Studio https://ixbt.games/en/news/2026/08/17/428511-sozdatelei-invincible-vs-massovo-uvolniaiut-studiiu-pokinulo-bolsinstvo-sotrudnikov.html [12:10] TR Bot Invincible VS Creators Massively Laid Off - Most Employees Left the Studio [12:34] TR News People Horrified That Theyll Be Busted Now That Anthropic Is Watermarking Hey Hi (AI) Content https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/people-horrified-busted-anthropic-watermark [12:34] TR Bot People Horrified That They'll Be Busted Now That Anthropic Is Watermarking AI Content [12:34] TR News Young People Hate Hey Hi (AI) CEOs So Passionately That Its Almost Hard to Believe https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/young-people-ai-ceos-executives-poll [12:34] TR Bot Young People Hate AI CEOs So Passionately That It's Almost Hard to Believe [12:35] TR News Experts Warn That Hey Hi (AI) Slop Is Corrupting Kids Brains https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/experts-gnet-ai-fruit-slop-corrupting-violence-extremism [12:35] TR Bot Experts Warn That AI Slop Is Corrupting Kids' Brains [12:35] TR News The 7.2 kernel has been released https://lwn.net/Articles/1088991/ [12:35] TR Bot 7.2 kernel has been released [LWN.net] [12:50] TR News Google Chrome is now available for Arm Linux. We tested it on a Raspberry Pi 5 https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/17/google-chrome-is-now-available-for-arm-linux-we-tested-it-on-a-raspberry-pi-5/ [12:50] TR Bot Google Chrome is now available for Arm Linux. We tested it on a Raspberry Pi 5 - CNX Software [12:51] TR News Linux finally follows backdoored Windows and makes a CPU feature requirement mandatory https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-finally-follows-windows-and-makes-a-cpu-feature-requirement-mandatory/?utm_source=rss [12:51] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-finally-follows-windows-and-makes-a-cpu-feature-requirement-mandatory/?utm_source=rss ) [12:54] TR News Linux 7.2 brings cache-aware scheduling, faster ext4 and Btrfs https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/linux-7-2-cache-aware-scheduling-ext4-btrfs [12:54] TR Bot Linux 7.2 brings cache-aware scheduling, faster ext4, mglru reclaim [12:54] TR News TUXEDO 20260813 (Beta) https://distrowatch.com/tuxedo [12:54] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/tuxedo ) [12:54] TR News JSP-Educa 13 https://distrowatch.com/jspeduca [12:54] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/jspeduca ) [12:54] bms Is SASL PLAIN supported on irc.techrights.org for IRCS login? [12:54] schestowitz[TR2] why SASL? [12:54] bms I'm using Drew DeVault's SourceHut bouncer in AMS [12:54] TR News SkillFishOS 26.06.4 https://distrowatch.com/skillfishos [12:54] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/skillfishos ) [12:55] bms just dotting the i's and crossing the t's, hackint.org insist on it [12:55] bms I only hang there because I'm joining DN42 [12:55] schestowitz[TR2] look up sasl freenode [12:55] bms there's a story btw about DN42 getting raided by an "AI agent" [12:55] schestowitz[TR2] circa 2021 [12:55] TR News Raspberry Pi CM5-based mini PC targets local OpenClaw deployment https://linuxgizmos.com/raspberry-pi-cm5-based-mini-pc-targets-local-openclaw-deployment/ [12:55] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/raspberry-pi-cm5-based-mini-pc-targets-local-openclaw-deployment/ ) [12:55] bms schestowitz[TR2]: security issues? I have SASL in mind for a project, but using SASL EXTERNAL or wotnot for something a bit more secure than what D-Bus has been using [12:56] TR News GNOME 51 Beta Released! Finally Added New Document Menu Option https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/08/gnome-51-beta-released/ [12:56] TR Bot GNOME 51 Beta Released! Finally Added New Document Menu Option | UbuntuHandbook [12:57] TR News Using the Khadas Mind Graphics 2 (NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti USB4 eGPU) on Ubuntu 26.04 https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/16/using-the-khadas-mind-graphics-2-nvidia-rtx-5060-ti-usb4-egpu-on-ubuntu-26-04/ [12:57] TR Bot Using the Khadas Mind Graphics 2 (NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti USB4 eGPU) on Ubuntu 26.04 - CNX Software [12:57] schestowitz[TR2] MinceR night know that better [12:58] bms https://lantian.pub/en/article/fun/ai-agent-bankrupted-their-operator-scan-dn42lantian.lantian/ [12:58] TR Bot AI Agent Bankrupted Their Operator While Trying to Scan DN42 - Lan Tian @ Blog [12:58] schestowitz[TR2] it's not AI [12:58] schestowitz[TR2] and it is not agent [12:58] schestowitz[TR2] it's a bot [12:58] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2026/05/07/Servers_Became_Cloud_VR_Became_Metaverse_Now_Bots_Become_Agents.shtml [12:58] TR Bot Techrights Servers Became "Cloud", VR Became "Metaverse", Now Bots Become "Agents" (of Slop) [12:58] bms that's something else I got reminded of, yes sure I know better and we can quibble abut terminology but semantic drift might be sloppy euphemism [12:59] bms and the all time critic of sloppy euphemism was... George Orwell [12:59] bms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY5Ste5xRAA [12:59] TR Bot https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=rY5Ste5xRAA [12:59] TR Bot ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=rY5Ste5xRAA ) [12:59] schestowitz[TR2] "These are unlikely to change any minds, but they will definitely shorten some incredibly tedious conversations at the bar." https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/08/do-not-talk-to-me-about-ai/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski [12:59] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/08/do-not-talk-to-me-about-ai/ ) ● Aug 17 [13:00] schestowitz[TR2] \https://locusmag.com/feature/commentary-cory-doctorow-what-kind-of-bubble-is-ai/ [13:00] schestowitz[TR2] "Even as two major, terrifying wars rage around the world, every newspaper has an above-the-fold AI headline and half the stories on Google News as I write this are about AI. Ive had to make rule for my events: The first person to mention AI owes everyone else a drink." [13:00] TR Bot Cory Doctorow: What Kind of Bubble is AI? - Locus [13:01] TR News How To Install Redis on Fedora 44 https://idroot.us/install-redis-fedora-44/ [13:02] TR Bot How To Install Redis on Fedora 44 - idroot [13:02] TR News How To Install Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Fonts on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-microsoft-fonts-ubuntu-26-04/ [13:02] TR Bot How To Install Microsoft Fonts on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS - idroot [13:02] TR News LibreOffice Conference 2026 schedule is online! https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/08/16/libreoffice-conference-2026-schedule-is-online/ [13:02] TR Bot LibreOffice Conference 2026 schedule is online! - TDF Community Blog [13:03] schestowitz[TR2] bms: https://techrights.org/search/query?search=Search&query1=freenode+sasl&set1=any [13:03] TR Bot Techrights Search [13:03] schestowitz[TR2] https://old.freenode.net/kb/answer/sasl [13:03] TR Bot Connecting with SASL - freenode [13:04] TR News Benjamin Mako Hill: Sad Story https://mako.cc/copyrighteous/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/PXL_20260719_1815328531-scaled.jpg [13:04] bms Porkbun domains may be cheap but when I inspected their IMAP offering (before I learned of Posteo in Berlin) I saw their IMAP was wholly hosted on Amazon S3 buckets, so, just as Cloudflare are upstarts seeking to become AWS Jr., Porkbun are GAFAM clients: https://lowendbox.com/blog/porkbuns-strategy-is-working-4-million-domain-milestone-plus-a-67-surge-in-its-customer-base/ [13:04] TR Bot Strategy Is Working: 4 Million Domain Milestone Plus a 67% Surge in Its Customer Base - LowEndBox [13:05] schestowitz[TR2] many are like colos [13:05] schestowitz[TR2] they hide that [13:05] bms schestowitz[TR2]: no worries man I was just concered I might have had to do SASL login straight up when connecting to claim a nick, now that I use chat.sr.ht as a bouncer it might not be an issue, depends how tight your G-lines (or wotnot, it's been decades since I ran any IRCd) are [13:05] schestowitz[TR2] one reason is, [13:05] schestowitz[TR2] ime, [13:05] schestowitz[TR2] they trry to seem localised [13:05] schestowitz[TR2] but are like that swiss companiy secretly owned by CIA [13:06] schestowitz[TR2] so they say "sovereignty" [13:06] bms They do have In-Q-Tel but that's just one CIA front people know about. [13:06] schestowitz[TR2] while they attack it [13:06] schestowitz[TR2] In-Q-Telnot In-Q-Tel [13:06] schestowitz[TR2] proper CIA [13:06] schestowitz[TR2] not proxy [13:06] schestowitz[TR2] also see: [13:06] bms The USA have been doing stuff like this for decades, even before information technology poliferated. [13:07] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2026/06/09/European_Patent_Office_EPO_Series_The_CIA_Funded_Centre_Left_in.shtml [13:07] TR Bot Techrights European Patent Office (EPO) Series: The CIA-Funded Centre-Left in Portugal [13:07] schestowitz[TR2] no DARPA, no In-Q-Tel [13:08] schestowitz[TR2] tech predates the cia [13:08] schestowitz[TR2] but not OSS [13:08] schestowitz[TR2] or NSA, the thing that "came after" [13:08] schestowitz[TR2] even computers are older [13:08] schestowitz[TR2] it's not a tech issue [13:08] schestowitz[TR2] it's a proxy and indirection thing [13:08] schestowitz[TR2] so they can call critics "conspiracy buffs" [13:09] schestowitz[TR2] https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/11/An_American_War_on_GNU_Linux_Software_Freedom_and_British_Inves.shtml [13:09] TR Bot Techrights An American War on GNU/Linux, Software Freedom, and British Investigative, Science-Based Reporting - Part V - Attempts to Take Down and Suppress Criticism of Back Doors Controlled by Microsoft and the American Government [13:09] schestowitz[TR2] this is still a problem [13:09] schestowitz[TR2] they promote back doors as "Security" [13:09] schestowitz[TR2] https://cybershow.uk/content/blog/rossfest/rossfest.html [13:09] TR Bot Rossfest [13:12] TR News Go Hack Yourself | LINUX Unplugged 680 https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/linux-unplugged/680/ [13:12] TR Bot Go Hack Yourself | LINUX Unplugged 680 | Jupiter Broadcasting [13:13] bms schestowitz[TR2]: djb and others would appear to be playing whack-a-mole with the NSA at IETF over PQC. [13:14] schestowitz[TR2] https://techrights.org/o/2008/07/09/iso-ignores-ooxml-abuse/index.shtml [13:14] TR Bot Embargo, Ignore Microsoft-Controlled ISO [13:14] schestowitz[TR2] " The IETF did adopt some good ideas from OSI, including LDAP, tunneling, and Mime types, as well as improvements in e-mail routing, but even then, the specifications were so clear and concise, that they could be implemented by undergraduates, eliminating the threat of patents that would "lock up" the internet, allowing one party to work against the best interests of the whole community. " [13:14] schestowitz[TR2] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/08/watch_out_spooks_standards_groups_are_fighting_back/ [13:14] TR Bot Watch out spooks: STANDARDS GROUPS are COMING AFTER YOU [13:14] schestowitz[TR2] " The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has vowed that the NSA won't be allowed to get away with its nefarious surveillance of the internet any more as soon as 1,100 boffins can agree on a PRISM-proofing plan." [13:14] schestowitz[TR2] http://ostatic.com/blog/ietf-group-proposes-making-tor-anonymity-an-internet-standard [13:14] schestowitz[TR2] " There continue to be many people around the globe who want to be able to use the web and messaging systems anonymously, despite the fact that some people want to end Internet anonymity altogether. Typically, the anonymous crowd turns to common tools that can keep their tracks private, and one of the most common tools of all is Tor, an open source tool used all around the world." [13:14] TR Bot ( status 404 @ http://ostatic.com/blog/ietf-group-proposes-making-tor-anonymity-an-internet-standard ) [13:15] schestowitz[TR2] http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/12/critics-nsa-agent-co-chairing-key-crypto-standards-body-should-be-removed/ [13:15] TR Bot Critics: NSA agent co-chairing key crypto standards body should be removed (updated) - Ars Technica [13:15] schestowitz[TR2] "Security experts are calling for the removal of a National Security Agency employee who co-chairs an influential cryptography panel, which advises a host of groups that forge widely used standards for the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). " [13:15] schestowitz[TR2] http://www.networkcomputing.com/next-generation-data-center/servers/nsa-surveillance-revives-calls-for-an-al/240165556 [13:15] TR Bot Today, Network Computing, IoT World Today combine with TechTarget | TechTarget [13:15] schestowitz[TR2] "Mark Nottingham, who chairs the IETFs HTTPbis Working Group, wrote in a Jan. 4 blog post that some objections remain to the use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) to encrypt packets on the application layer of HTTP/2. Its a political decision, wrote Nottingham, not because doing so casts governments as attackers, but because HTTP is a deployed protocol with lots of existing stakeholders, like proxy vendor" [13:15] schestowitz[TR2] http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/001076.html [13:15] schestowitz[TR2] " But apparently the authors of IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) Internet-Draft "Explicit Trusted Proxy in HTTP/2.0" (14 Feb 2014) haven't gotten the message. " [13:15] TR Bot Lauren Weinstein's Blog: No, I Don't Trust You! -- One of the Most Alarming Internet Proposals I've Ever Seen [13:15] schestowitz[TR2] https://techrights.org/o/2015/12/05/openbsd-ssh-and-msft-back-doors/index.shtml [13:15] TR Bot Vista 10 is 'Swiss Cheese' With Critical Bugs, More Microsoft Layoffs (HoloLens) Announced. So Why Did OpenBSD Accept Microsoft's $1,000,000 Bribe? [13:15] schestowitz[TR2] "What are NIST and Microsoft doing anywhere near SSH? Both of them are proponents and facilitators of back doors? IETF is there too. We already wrote a great deal about its malice over the years. What are OpenSSH developers getting into here? " [13:16] schestowitz[TR2] https://techrights.org/n/2024/06/07/British_Intelligence_GCHQ_Oxford_Debian_conspiracy_theories_Edw.shtml [13:16] TR Bot Techrights British Intelligence, GCHQ, Oxford & Debian conspiracy theories, Edward & Una Brocklesby fact checking [13:16] schestowitz[TR2] "The 192.com directory service finds both Edward Brocklesby and Una Brocklesby living at the same address that is used in the document submitted to the IETF. 192.com tells us they are on the electoral roll at that address at the same time and both of them were removed from the electoral roll in 2002, not long after the Debian expulsion." [13:16] schestowitz[TR2] https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/25/Lots_of_Talk_About_NIST_in_Relation_to_Encryption_and_Standards.shtml [13:16] TR Bot Techrights Lots of Talk About NIST in Relation to Encryption and Standards, But NIST Fronts for Imperialism, Not Privacy, and There Are Software Patent Elephants in the Room [13:16] schestowitz[TR2] "We've long (over a decade!) pointed out that NIST does not pursue real security. The same is true for NSA, IETF, and several other internationally-recognised entities. Well, there are nearly a dozen of these in the US alone and most people recognise the acronyms/logos; they're used a lot - sparingly in fact - in the sciences, typically framed or presented like trusted establishments to be blindly worshiped, adored, followed, conf [13:16] schestowitz[TR2] ormed and adhered to. IETF is US like ITC is US. Look beyond the ludicrous facade. Whose authority is obeyed?" [13:16] schestowitz[TR2] apropos IETF [13:16] schestowitz[TR2] Microsoft's puppy breaker targets it also IETF [13:16] schestowitz[TR2] man without CS background [13:17] schestowitz[TR2] calls people with CS background "rapists" [13:17] schestowitz[TR2] (spoiler: HIS own wife says he is "rapist") [13:19] TR News Martin Pitt: Syncing Gmail with mbsync using OAuth2 https://piware.de/post/2026-08-16-mbsync-gmail-xoauth2/ [13:19] TR Bot Syncing Gmail with mbsync using OAuth2 Martin Pitt [13:19] TR News Week 11: Review Feedback, a Correction, and What's Deferred https://yashbavadiya.bearblog.dev/week-11-review-feedback-a-correction-and-whats-deferred/ [13:19] TR Bot Week 11: Review Feedback, a Correction, and What's Deferred Yash Bavadiya [13:20] TR News Indias Internet ecosystem in 2026: Growth, resilience, and the road ahead https://blog.apnic.net/2026/08/17/indias-internet-ecosystem-in-2026-growth-resilience-and-the-road-ahead/ [13:20] TR Bot Indias Internet ecosystem in 2026: Growth, resilience, and the road ahead | APNIC Blog [13:21] TR News Hong Kong police launch internal probe into officer over viral dog-ear dancing clip https://hongkongfp.com/2026/08/17/hong-kong-police-launch-internal-probe-into-officer-over-viral-dog-ear-dancing-clip/ [13:21] TR Bot Police launch internal probe into officer over viral dog-ear dancing clip [13:24] TR News PAYWALL LIFTED: What happened to Jason Arday shows how social media has warped us all. Sadly, I have first-hand experience of this. https://rachelhewitt.substack.com/p/paywall-lifted-what-happened-to-jason [13:24] TR Bot PAYWALL LIFTED: What happened to Jason Arday shows how social media has warped us all. Sadly, I have first-hand experience of this. [13:27] TR News Maker compresses a 2.9MB song by 1000x and prints it on paper as eight QR codes 21KB song is two minutes long, requires a neural network for playback https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/maker-compresses-a-2-9mb-song-1000-times-with-metas-ai-codec-and-prints-it-on-paper-as-eight-qr-codes [13:27] TR Bot Maker compresses a 2.9MB song by 1000x and prints it on paper as eight QR codes 21KB song is two minutes long, requires a neural network for playback | Tom's Hardware [13:27] TR News Wireshark 4.6.8 Released, (Sun, Aug 16th) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/33248 [13:27] TR Bot Wireshark 4.6.8 Released - SANS Internet Storm Center [13:27] TR News Development Update, August2026 https://www.gimp.org/news/2026/08/16/dev-update-august-2026/ [13:27] TR Bot Development Update, August2026 - GIMP [13:28] TR News Facebook Is Drowning In Islamophobic Hey Hi (AI) Slop Calling for Violence Against Muslim Americans https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/facebook-ai-slop-violence-muslim-americans [13:28] TR Bot Facebook Is Drowning In Islamophobic AI Slop Calling for Violence Against Muslim Americans [13:28] TR News Critical macOS Screen Sharing flaw gives attackers remote root access CISA bumps bug to 9.8 severity following active Monero cryptojacking attacks https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/macos-screen-sharing-flaw-exploited-to-root-macs-and-plant-monero-miners [13:28] TR Bot Critical macOS Screen Sharing flaw gives attackers remote root access CISA bumps bug to 9.8 severity following active Monero cryptojacking attacks | Tom's Hardware [13:31] TR News (NEW): Mozilla Firefox 154 Is Now Available for Download, Heres Whats New https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Mozilla_Firefox_154_Is_Now_Available_for_Download_Here_s_What_s.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Mozilla_Firefox_154_Is_Now_Available_for_Download_Here_s_What_s.gmi [13:31] TR Bot Tux Machines Mozilla Firefox 154 Is Now Available for Download, Heres Whats New [13:32] TR News A Hidden Cause of Aging May Spread From Deep Inside Your Bones https://www.sciencealert.com/a-hidden-cause-of-aging-may-spread-from-deep-inside-your-bones [13:32] TR Bot Overlooked Part of Your Body May Be Driving Aging Everywhere Else : ScienceAlert [13:32] TR News Worker Pay Isnt Keeping Up With Inflation Once Again https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/15/business/inflation-worker-pay.html [13:32] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/15/business/inflation-worker-pay.html ) [13:37] TR News Chinese ship sets off for Europe through Arctic, halving travel time https://hongkongfp.com/2026/08/16/chinese-ship-sets-off-for-europe-through-arctic-halving-travel-time/ [13:37] TR Bot Chinese ship sets off for Europe through Arctic, halving travel time [13:40] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Mans H-1B crackdown is starting to drive tech talent back to India, China https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/trumps-h-1b-crackdown-is-starting-to-drive-tech-talent-back-to-india-china [13:40] TR Bot Trump H-1B crackdown drives tech talent back to India, China | The Straits Times [13:43] MinceR i don't know much about SASL [13:46] TR News "Carrier-Grade Network Address Translation, or CGNAT for short, is a well-known pain for anyone who self-hosts." https://www.makeuseof.com/my-isp-trapped-me-behind-cgnat-these-4-workarounds-got-me-back-in/ [13:46] TR Bot My ISP trapped me behind CGNAT these 4 workarounds got me back in [13:48] TR News It was all along Microsoft coming to Canonical to ensure people don't leave Windows, and this is what goes on now that Ubuntu is run by a GitHub booster connected to British state intelligence https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/08/16/ubuntu-is-growing-faster-on-windows-11-than-on-native-linux-pcs-says-canonical/ [13:48] TR Bot Ubuntu is growing faster on Windows 11 than on native Linux PCs, says Canonical [13:50] TR News Epic Games Launcher finally getting native Linux support https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/joao-silva/epic-games-launcher-finally-getting-native-linux-support/ [13:50] TR Bot Epic Games Launcher finally getting native Linux support | KitGuru [13:51] TR News How I turned my Linux desktop setup into a portable package I can run on any machine https://www.howtogeek.com/how-i-turned-my-linux-desktop-setup-into-a-portable-package-i-can-run-on-any-machine/ [13:51] TR Bot How I turned my Linux desktop setup into a portable package I can run on any machine [13:52] TR News New Linux Driver Empowers ASUS ROG Astral Users with 12VHPWR Monitoring https://www.a90skid.com/new-linux-driver-empowers-asus-rog-astral-users-with-12vhpwr-monitoring/ [13:52] TR Bot New Linux Driver Empowers ASUS ROG Astral Users with 12VHPWR Monitoring [13:55] TR News Modder straps two desktop CPU coolers to a Nubia Z70 Ultra, turning it into a Linux desktop and a Witcher 3 gaming rig https://www.notebookcheck.net/Modder-straps-two-desktop-CPU-coolers-to-a-Nubia-Z70-Ultra-turning-it-into-a-Linux-desktop-and-a-Witcher-3-gaming-rig.1369808.0.html [13:55] TR Bot Modder straps two desktop CPU coolers to a Nubia Z70 Ultra, turning it into a Linux desktop and a Witcher 3 gaming rig - Notebookcheck News [13:56] TR News The prediction that Linux had no future aged disastrously https://www.makeuseof.com/the-prediction-that-linux-had-no-future-aged-disastrously/ [13:56] TR Bot The prediction that Linux had no future aged disastrously [13:57] TR News These 5 immutable Linux distros solve problems Windows users dont even know they have https://www.howtogeek.com/these-immutable-linux-distros-solve-problems-windows-users-dont-even-know-they-have/ [13:57] TR Bot These 5 immutable Linux distros solve problems Windows users dont even know they have [13:58] TR News (NEW): Windows is losing an entire generation of PC users to Linux, Apple, and Google https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Windows_is_losing_an_entire_generation_of_PC_users_to_Linux_App.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Windows_is_losing_an_entire_generation_of_PC_users_to_Linux_App.gmi [13:58] TR Bot Tux Machines Windows is losing an entire generation of PC users to Linux, Apple, and Google [13:59] TR News (NEW): Games: Modded GNU/Linux Gaming Rig, Mass Layoffs in Proprietary Gaming Studios https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Games_Modded_GNU_Linux_Gaming_Rig_Mass_Layoffs_in_Proprietary_G.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Games_Modded_GNU_Linux_Gaming_Rig_Mass_Layoffs_in_Proprietary_G.gmi [13:59] TR Bot Tux Machines Games: Modded GNU/Linux Gaming Rig, Mass Layoffs in Proprietary Gaming Studios [13:59] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/today_s_howtos.gmi [13:59] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos ● Aug 17 [14:06] TR News (NEW): BSD: OpenBSD's KARL (Kernel Address Randomized Link) and FreeBSD Home Server https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/BSD_OpenBSD_s_KARL_Kernel_Address_Randomized_Link_and_FreeBSD_H.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/BSD_OpenBSD_s_KARL_Kernel_Address_Randomized_Link_and_FreeBSD_H.gmi [14:06] TR Bot Tux Machines BSD: OpenBSD's KARL (Kernel Address Randomized Link) and FreeBSD Home Server [14:08] TR News (NEW): Kernel: Time Stamp Counter (TSC) in Linux and New Linux Driver for ASUS ROG Astral https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Kernel_Time_Stamp_Counter_TSC_in_Linux_and_New_Linux_Driver_for.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Kernel_Time_Stamp_Counter_TSC_in_Linux_and_New_Linux_Driver_for.gmi [14:08] TR Bot Tux Machines Kernel: Time Stamp Counter (TSC) in Linux and New Linux Driver for ASUS ROG Astral [14:11] TR News (NEW): Devices With Linux, Open Hardware, and GrapheneOS https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Devices_With_Linux_Open_Hardware_and_GrapheneOS.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Devices_With_Linux_Open_Hardware_and_GrapheneOS.gmi [14:11] TR Bot Tux Machines Devices With Linux, Open Hardware, and GrapheneOS [14:11] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.gmi [14:11] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux Leftovers [14:13] TR News (NEW): Free Software, Education, and Standards https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Free_Software_Education_and_Standards.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Free_Software_Education_and_Standards.gmi [14:13] TR Bot Tux Machines Free Software, Education, and Standards [14:13] TR News (NEW): Wireshark 4.6.8 Released https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Wireshark_4_6_8_Released.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Wireshark_4_6_8_Released.gmi [14:13] TR Bot Tux Machines Wireshark 4.6.8 Released [14:16] TR News Techrights Links 17/08/2026: Myanmars Cholera Outbreak, China Sends Commercial Vessels Through Arctic https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Links_17_08_2026_Myanmar_s_Cholera_Outbreak_China_Sends_Commerc.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Links_17_08_2026_Myanmar_s_Cholera_Outbreak_China_Sends_Commerc.gmi [14:16] TR Bot Techrights Links 17/08/2026: Myanmars Cholera Outbreak, China Sends Commercial Vessels Through Arctic [14:17] TR News Windows PCs Sold as "Ubuntu" (CNX Paid Pieces), Canonical Helps Microsoft Sell Windows (Calling Windows/WSL "Ubuntu"), "Windows System Embedded in your Linux" http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Windows_PCs_Sold_as_Ubuntu_CNX_Paid_Pieces_Canonical_Helps_Micr.shtml [14:17] TR Bot Tux Machines Windows PCs Sold as "Ubuntu" (CNX Paid Pieces), Canonical Helps Microsoft Sell Windows (Calling Windows/WSL "Ubuntu"), "Windows System Embedded in your Linux" [14:39] TR News Luxembourg: GNU/Linux almost 6% https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=LU&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP [14:39] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=LU&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP ) ● Aug 17 [15:02] MinceR https://github.com/xoreaxeaxeax/smiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii https://github.com/xoreaxeaxeax/skitter-creek-bath-salts [15:02] TR Bot - xoreaxeaxeax/smiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii: A very very very very very very very long interrupt GitHub [15:02] TR Bot - xoreaxeaxeax/skitter-creek-bath-salts: Unlocking _everything_ on the CPU with DRAM scrambling GitHub [15:03] TR News Techrights Cuba and Venezuela High in Adoption of GNU/Linux https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Cuba_and_Venezuela_High_in_Adoption_of_GNU_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Cuba_and_Venezuela_High_in_Adoption_of_GNU_Linux.gmi [15:03] TR Bot Techrights Cuba and Venezuela High in Adoption of GNU/Linux [15:11] TR News "Hi, I was on bench for couple of months and just got PIP for a month. Is the PIP extendable and also any one got severance pay recently in USA. I have been with IBM for more than 10 years. Also any other suggestions welcome. Thanks in advance!" https://old.reddit.com/r/IBM_Employees/comments/1vl0uk2/severance_pay_ibm/ [15:11] TR Bot Welcome to Reddit [15:19] TR News Update on the Tor Situation https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/17/update-on-the-tor-situation/ ping admfubar lxo [15:19] TR Bot Blog Archive Update on the Tor Situation [15:21] lxo AFAICT it remains blocked :-( [15:33] TR News (NEW): The Ravenports Universal Package System https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/The_Ravenports_Universal_Package_System.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/The_Ravenports_Universal_Package_System.gmi [15:33] TR Bot Tux Machines The Ravenports Universal Package System [15:53] TR News (NEW): TUXEDO Computers Introduces New Kernel Concept for Debian-Based TUXEDO OS https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/TUXEDO_Computers_Introduces_New_Kernel_Concept_for_Debian_Based.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/TUXEDO_Computers_Introduces_New_Kernel_Concept_for_Debian_Based.gmi [15:53] TR Bot Tux Machines TUXEDO Computers Introduces New Kernel Concept for Debian-Based TUXEDO OS ● Aug 17 [17:02] TR News Techrights FreeCAD is Becoming Slop-ware, Use LibreCAD Instead https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/FreeCAD_is_Becoming_Slop_ware_Use_LibreCAD_Instead.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/FreeCAD_is_Becoming_Slop_ware_Use_LibreCAD_Instead.gmi [17:02] TR Bot Techrights FreeCAD is Becoming Slop-ware, Use LibreCAD Instead [17:30] TR News Techrights Clown Storage Without Backups https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Clown_Storage_Without_Backups.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Clown_Storage_Without_Backups.gmi [17:30] TR Bot Techrights Clown Storage Without Backups [17:43] TR News Need Rain, Need Lots of Rain https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/17/need-rain-need-lots-of-rain/ [17:43] TR Bot Blog Archive Need Rain, Need Lots of Rain [17:47] TR News GNU/Linux 5.2% in Kenya https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=KE&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP [17:47] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=KE&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP ) [17:58] TR News (NEW): Egypt - and Much of Africa - Has GNU/Linux on About 1 in 20 Desktops/Laptops https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Egypt_and_Much_of_Africa_Has_GNU_Linux_on_About_1_in_20_Desktop.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Egypt_and_Much_of_Africa_Has_GNU_Linux_on_About_1_in_20_Desktop.gmi [17:58] TR Bot Tux Machines Egypt - and Much of Africa - Has GNU/Linux on About 1 in 20 Desktops/Laptops ● Aug 17 [18:07] schestowitz[TR2] lxo: ty for this info [18:07] schestowitz[TR2] hwoever [18:07] schestowitz[TR2] that might change [18:07] schestowitz[TR2] it changes the discourse there [18:07] schestowitz[TR2] and i am told that already loosened some filters on related netblocks [18:07] TR News Anniversary a Month From Now https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/17/anniversary-a-month-from-now/ [18:07] TR Bot Blog Archive Anniversary a Month From Now [18:13] lxo progress! [18:17] schestowitz[TR2] it kid of became an eyesore [18:17] schestowitz[TR2] that they didn't known what they had blocked [18:17] schestowitz[TR2] and a client for 23 years was opening a ticket [18:17] schestowitz[TR2] not solved [18:17] schestowitz[TR2] and misled at first [18:41] TR News "Off by default" https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/08/17/mozilla-adds-ad-blocking-to-firefox-for-ios/5288585 [18:41] TR Bot Mozilla adds ad blocking to Firefox for iOS [18:47] TR News "Jugulans [1] is a text mode mindmap application. Build your mind map with a TUI, and save it as an org-mode file. Create a new mind map from scratch, or open a previous saved map. Jugulans is build in Chicken Scheme." gopher://box.matto.nl/0/jugulans-version-102-released.txt [18:48] TR News night synth ritual gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/trauma [18:49] TR News "OpenBSD's KARL (Kernel Address Randomized Link) is one of the rare powermoves I see in computer security - along with OpenBSD's `unveil` and `pledge` feature. It singlehandly make an entire category of exploites (blind ROPs) much, much harder without much code and execution model change." gemini://gemini.clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2026/08-16-mimicing-karl-using-llvm-bolt.gmi [18:50] TR News "About a year ago, perhaps a bit more, I found myself getting uncomfortable with my reliance on tech giants. I started looking into alternatives, but they needed to be simple." gemini://kunulo.smol.pub/1786962761 [18:50] TR News "We left home at 07:30, heading towards Cap Midia, near Navodari, for a day at the Black Sea. The drive took about 2 hours and 40 minutes, but once we arrived, the long road was quickly forgotten." gemini://sava.rocks/blog/a-day-at-cap-midia-navodari/ [18:51] TR News "i spent the past 2 days making some updates to my html/gemini blog. and i have a fun journey to share. besides a few question marks on kagi, there were no llms or gen-ai involved in this process." gemini://xoc3.io/blog/2026-08-17 [18:52] TR News "Esperanto was a company that originally tried to make a RISC-V based GPU. It later pivoted to a RISC-V AI accelerator, primarily aimed at CNN inference, named ET-SoC-1. The company closed in late 2025, AiNekko bought its IP, and the RTL was released through the OpenHW Group as CORE-ET." gemini://gemini.clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2026/08-07-open-source-accelerator-chip-and-how-riscv-plays-a-role.gmi [18:52] TR News "Anthropic's J-lens was one of the rare tech in mech interp that somehow is scalable (compute once and reuse forever) and not labor intensive (doesn't try to manually understand one action at a time through raw sciencing)." gemini://gemini.clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2026/08-07-notes-on-replicating-j-lens-on-rwkvv7.gmi [18:53] TR News Lonanisme des utilisateurs de chatbots gemini://ploum.net/2026-08-17-onanisme_ia.gmi ● Aug 17 [19:00] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 17/08/2026: Life in Plain Text, Mimicking KARL, Release of Jugulans, Avoiding Slop https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Gemini_Links_17_08_2026_Life_in_Plain_Text_Mimicking_KARL_Relea.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Gemini_Links_17_08_2026_Life_in_Plain_Text_Mimicking_KARL_Relea.gmi [19:00] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 17/08/2026: Life in Plain Text, Mimicking KARL, Release of Jugulans, Avoiding Slop [19:01] TR News "Firefox clears your search and browsing history when you close all private windows, but this doesnt make you anonymous." = Mozilla: this is not privacy, it only protects you from yourself, not from our GAFAM sponsors. What a crock! [19:02] TR News To Mozilla, Firefox "privacy" means, "we will not RETAIN your history on YOUR computer.... only OURS... and our sponsors' (GAFAM's"). [19:04] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@5jkptcvrirsiq.irc) has joined #techrights [19:06] IsambardPrince There was a guy pulling this hoopty car up to Target yesterday. [19:06] IsambardPrince Listening to someone rapping about drugs and licking pussy. [19:06] IsambardPrince I mean their whole identity is how offensive and base they are. [19:06] IsambardPrince When one of those things pulls up, stay far away. [19:06] IsambardPrince It's usually accompanied by a cacophony of a dozen strange noises from parts of their car they don't fix and the stench of marijuana. [19:06] IsambardPrince If anything this has gotten so much worse since the 90s. [19:06] IsambardPrince In the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, black music was incredible. [19:06] IsambardPrince Black people tended to dress themselves to the nines. [19:06] IsambardPrince And this is what it's become. [19:07] schestowitz[TR2] In the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, black music was incredible. [19:07] schestowitz[TR2] today we saw TV [19:07] schestowitz[TR2] it had this song [19:07] IsambardPrince Everyone has moved down a couple of pegs since then. [19:07] schestowitz[TR2] and his accent is very southern texas or something [19:07] IsambardPrince Pop music is autotuned trash now. [19:07] IsambardPrince All of the rhythmic complexity and wordplay is gone, it's indicative of a society that can only barely think. [19:08] schestowitz[TR2] https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=wiCSSIEUukk [19:08] TR Bot ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=wiCSSIEUukk ) [19:08] schestowitz[TR2] but cultural divergence is not a new thing [19:09] schestowitz[TR2] you always had ones like Paul in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Show_Boat [19:09] TR Bot Show Boat - Wikipedia [19:09] schestowitz[TR2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Robeson [19:09] TR Bot Paul Robeson - Wikipedia [19:09] schestowitz[TR2] he had an awesome voice [19:09] schestowitz[TR2] https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=nxZs96ByLlg [19:10] TR Bot ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=nxZs96ByLlg ) [19:10] IsambardPrince That's why you never see a working class person with a nice car, btw. [19:10] IsambardPrince Nice cars cost a lot of money. More than a working person can make. [19:10] IsambardPrince Most of these people can barely pay their rent to begin with and so if they get a car it will be a bad one that sounds like a fifty piece brass band going by making random noises. [19:10] IsambardPrince If they have discretionary income, the state is running the marijuana dispensary and gets it from them there. [19:10] schestowitz[TR2] in this song you can hear the power of that voice [19:11] IsambardPrince Like Brandon Lobster. [19:11] schestowitz[TR2] you cannot compare this to hip hop [19:11] IsambardPrince Just blows all the money being stoned all the time. [19:11] IsambardPrince Tries to bother the police and tries to bail on it saying sorry I smoked weed and went nuts. [19:11] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: open the above links [19:11] schestowitz[TR2] first, the style [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] second, the voice [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] better integration and high quality [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] artistic [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] not talking "sh-t" [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] TIL Show Boat music was done by Jerome Kern [19:13] schestowitz[TR2] https://inv.nadeko.net/playlist?list=PLMBt0WXw1bTe8-I7sl-Qd0XDolRAVHhiW [19:13] TR Bot ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/playlist?list=PLMBt0WXw1bTe8-I7sl-Qd0XDolRAVHhiW ) [19:13] IsambardPrince I know how the weed tax works here at least. [19:13] IsambardPrince The state takes the weed tax, right, from the black people mostly. [19:13] IsambardPrince It all goes into two places. [19:13] schestowitz[TR2] Jerome Kern - All The Things You Are [1939] https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=9nJvHsq0zjY&list=PLMBt0WXw1bTe8-I7sl-Qd0XDolRAVHhiW&index=0 [19:13] TR Bot ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=9nJvHsq0zjY&list=PLMBt0WXw1bTe8-I7sl-Qd0XDolRAVHhiW&index=0 ) [19:13] IsambardPrince The white people the state gave the weed licenses to. [19:13] IsambardPrince They're almost all white people. [19:13] IsambardPrince And the state's slush fund, which mostly goes to pay for pensions the state didn't fund 30 years ago. [19:14] schestowitz[TR2] now pensions go to datacentres [19:14] IsambardPrince Part of the slush fund goes right back to the police. [19:14] schestowitz[TR2] to do shitcoins [19:14] schestowitz[TR2] aka chatbots [19:14] IsambardPrince So when you buy weed you're feeding the system that's killing you. [19:14] schestowitz[TR2] a new way to waste energy [19:14] schestowitz[TR2] and claims the energy is converted into value [19:14] schestowitz[TR2] whose value? [19:14] schestowitz[TR2] what value?? [19:14] schestowitz[TR2] https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/17/IBM_Can_Burn_Pensioners_to_Appease_Wall_Street_and_Protect_the_.shtml [19:14] TR Bot Techrights IBM Can Burn Pensioners to Appease Wall Street and Protect the Billionaire CEO With His Humongous Bonuses [19:14] schestowitz[TR2] https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/04/Worse_Than_Taking_Your_Job_the_Slop_Pyramid_Scheme_Will_Take_Yo.shtml [19:14] TR Bot Techrights Worse Than "Taking Your Job", the Slop Pyramid Scheme Will "Take Your Pension" [19:15] schestowitz[TR2] "80,652" views on "All The Things You Are" [19:15] schestowitz[TR2] 80 billion hits on computer-generated (GC) crpa they now call "trip-hop" [19:15] schestowitz[TR2] and has no real complexity [19:16] schestowitz[TR2] some dude on drugs [19:16] schestowitz[TR2] singing to moog [19:16] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: The neighborhood I lived in 10 years ago has a lot of wealthy people. [19:16] IsambardPrince It also has at least 12 potholes for every 1 the roads had then. [19:16] IsambardPrince Crooked Alderman using the menu money for god knows what. [19:17] IsambardPrince I mean, a guy like me can't get elected. They just can't. [19:17] IsambardPrince Even if you go door to door promising people to use 100% of the menu money on things that help them live better lives. [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/29/revealed-nigel-farage-was-given-undisclosed-5m-by-crypto-billionaire-in-2024 [19:17] TR Bot Exclusive: Nigel Farage was given undisclosed 5m by crypto billionaire in 2024 | Nigel Farage | The Guardian [19:17] IsambardPrince Instead of putting up $500 honorary street signs for some person nobody cares about, on every single street. [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/08/14/probe-into-5-8-million-gift-to-british-far-right-leader-farage-reopens-as-he-wins-by-election_6756514_4.html?srsltid=AfmBOoqZrb1T_wV2x1wMaApPsRgbmQrF0RBiFtIDVOfZKiKLmUqoJaRq [19:17] TR Bot ( status 402 @ https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/08/14/probe-into-5-8-million-gift-to-british-far-right-leader-farage-reopens-as-he-wins-by-election_6756514_4.html?srsltid=AfmBOoqZrb1T_wV2x1wMaApPsRgbmQrF0RBiFtIDVOfZKiKLmUqoJaRq ) [19:18] IsambardPrince They gave one to Donald Trump too you know. [19:18] schestowitz[TR2] you need to suck up to some crooks [19:18] schestowitz[TR2] and they will buy you ads [19:18] IsambardPrince You know how many potholes you could cold patch with just $500? [19:18] schestowitz[TR2] don't [19:18] schestowitz[TR2] bad for sales [19:18] schestowitz[TR2] more holes [19:18] schestowitz[TR2] more mechanics [19:18] IsambardPrince You could patch about 6 potholes for the cost of one honorary street sign, even with city contractor rates. [19:18] schestowitz[TR2] more cars to decommission [19:19] schestowitz[TR2] more accidents [19:19] schestowitz[TR2] more insurance payouts [19:19] IsambardPrince They spend $100,000 paying people to intentionally graffiti a train stop. [19:19] schestowitz[TR2] "Probe into 5.8 million gift to Nigel Farage reopens as he wins by-election" [19:19] IsambardPrince Then another part of the city thinks it's trash and pays $10,000 for kids on probation to paint it flat white. [19:20] schestowitz[TR2] https://danielpocock.com/en/farages-fears-media-hijacked-by-election-what-really-happened-clacton/ [19:20] TR Bot Farage's fears, media hijacked by-election, what really happened in Clacton [19:22] TR News "What is there to monetize? Useful error corrected quantum computers do not yet exist. IBM doesn't have one, Google doesn't have one, Microsoft doesn't have one, none of the QC startups have one. They are very cool science experiments, they are not commercial products and probably won't be for another couple decades." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m06e61tm [19:22] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m06e61tm ) [19:22] TR News "Bob loves the fall. Leaves changing colors, pumpkins. And layoff." [19:22] TR News "its not a great time in research either. I see you have bought into the hype. And thats the problem. A lot of what you hear coming out of my area is overhyped buzz built around some mildly positive data or results. What concerns us lately is that were making increasingly big and bold proclamations and promises." [19:23] TR News "If we ultimately cant deliver on them, it wont be the people making those statements who take the hititll be the people in the trenches who are left trying to make those promises a reality who suffer the consequences. Now lots of pressure to deliver on said over promises." [19:23] IsambardPrince I'm not a bad person. I'm just burned out. [19:23] IsambardPrince Between him and the shoulder, and a plague of cockroaches that looked like something out of the Old Testament, the car, Leeloo dying, and the physical and psychological effects of criminal court, bankruptcy court, and immigration court. [19:23] TR News "While alvind, the slimy Indian was spewing his nonsense about QC, I was reading an interview of one of the Nobel price winners for 2026. The physicist was asserting, there is no known solution yet for QC that can make it usable by the industry." [19:23] IsambardPrince I mean, I survived but for what? [19:23] TR News "Now, who do you think, I should believe, the Nobel price winner in physics or Alvind, the slimy Indian ?" [19:23] IsambardPrince Any single one of those things would have driven a sane person to suicide. [19:23] IsambardPrince I really have nothing else to describe the roach problem at Piyush's building except saying it's like one of the curses that God delivered onto Egypt. [19:24] TR News "Arvind picked 2029 as the date for his QC roadmap because it's close enough to interest investors and bump the stock price yet far enough away that he knows he'll retire before then and it won't be his problem when nothing happens by that date." [19:24] TR News "quit you whining you are probably safe or exempt from the coming RA because you are in research" [19:25] TR News "If you are in the US and were put on a PIP today, they will exit you via the PIP. Severance for a PIP is 30 days, RA is 90 days. Cost less to exit someone via a PIP" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m00xx73f [19:25] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m00xx73f ) [19:25] TR News Long Ago (And Far Away) https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=rIwSI6YodAk&list=PLMBt0WXw1bTe8-I7sl-Qd0XDolRAVHhiW&index=11 [19:25] TR Bot ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=rIwSI6YodAk&list=PLMBt0WXw1bTe8-I7sl-Qd0XDolRAVHhiW&index=11 ) [19:26] TR News "Not much of a career path IBM unless you lower your standards and are brown nosing with management" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kzw9cce6 [19:26] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kzw9cce6 ) [19:33] TR News Layoff fears are pushing some visa holders out of Big Tech https://www.businessinsider.com/visa-holders-immigrants-big-tech-layoffs-job-security-work-careers-2026-8 [19:33] TR Bot Big Tech Layoffs Are Changing Where Some Visa Holders Choose to Work - Business Insider [19:37] schestowitz[TR2] test https://www.wusa9.com/video/news/local/jobs/maryland-workers-plan-rally-amid-microsoft-layoffs/65-40e6e651-5b31-45b3-9312-429133c8bbb5 [19:37] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.wusa9.com/video/news/local/jobs/maryland-workers-plan-rally-amid-microsoft-layoffs/65-40e6e651-5b31-45b3-9312-429133c8bbb5 ) [19:37] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: can you get me the text, pls? [19:37] schestowitz[TR2] blocked in eu+uk [19:39] *IsambardPrince has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [19:40] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@fzqhmd67h5pf6.irc) has joined #techrights [19:40] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: can you get me the text, pls? [19:41] schestowitz[TR2] suppose ic ould use archive.ph [19:41] IsambardPrince It's a video. [19:41] schestowitz[TR2] is this current/new? [19:41] IsambardPrince The text just says Microsoft is laying off 350. [19:41] schestowitz[TR2] oh [19:41] schestowitz[TR2] what date? [19:41] schestowitz[TR2] and is this games? [19:41] IsambardPrince Microsoft is set to cut about 350 jobs in Montgomery County. [19:41] IsambardPrince Author: wusa9.com [19:41] IsambardPrince Published: 7:40 AM EDT August 17, 2026 [19:41] IsambardPrince Updated: 7:40 AM EDT August 17, 2026 [19:41] schestowitz[TR2] what division? [19:41] schestowitz[TR2] this might be a suppressed cull [19:43] IsambardPrince Zenimax and Xbox [19:43] IsambardPrince The remaining workers are trying to get a labor contract. [19:44] IsambardPrince Shedding this many workers in bits and pieces is a sign that the company is dying. [19:44] IsambardPrince This is the sort of thing RCA did in Indiana when it died. [19:44] IsambardPrince It took over 14 years of layoffs but eventually they were down to one woman who did HR benefits, and she had to lay herself off. [19:45] schestowitz[TR2] thanks [19:45] schestowitz[TR2] editing [19:45] IsambardPrince The entire time it was going on they said that they would just be a smaller company that would eventually be down to the profitable divisions and thriving again. [19:45] IsambardPrince That's what they always tell you. [19:46] IsambardPrince If they say we're shutting the company down in bits and pieces, it demoralizes the people they plan to keep for a few more years. [19:46] IsambardPrince Thy don't want that. [19:46] IsambardPrince *they [19:46] IsambardPrince They want everyone to be in the dark even though they know how to layoff timeline works. [19:46] IsambardPrince That's how it worked at the shoe warehouse I worked at. [19:47] IsambardPrince They brought a guy in from Massachusetts who knew 4 years ahead of time that he was just the axe man there to contain risk and wind the place down until they could get a new facility built in Ohio. [19:47] IsambardPrince And that nobody except him would survive the layoffs. [19:50] TR News Techrights Loans and Massive Debt at Microsoft, This Won't End Well. https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Loans_and_Massive_Debt_at_Microsoft_This_Won_t_End_Well.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Loans_and_Massive_Debt_at_Microsoft_This_Won_t_End_Well.gmi [19:50] TR Bot Techrights Loans and Massive Debt at Microsoft, This Won't End Well. [19:51] schestowitz[TR2] ^ [19:51] schestowitz[TR2] "BONDS" [19:51] schestowitz[TR2] "jams bonds" [19:51] schestowitz[TR2] "james bonds" [19:51] schestowitz[TR2] it's not "debt", it's "crediit" [19:51] schestowitz[TR2] can i offer you some "bonds" [19:55] TR News GNU/Linux 7% in Iraq https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=IQ&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP [19:55] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=IQ&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP ) [19:56] TR News 6% in Czech Republic https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=CZ&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP [19:56] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=CZ&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP ) [19:57] TR News THE CYBER SHOW: "Even though Quality cannot be defined, you know what Quality is" R Pirsig https://cybershow.uk/content/home/home.html [19:57] TR Bot Home [19:58] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: Corporate debt works the same as individual debt, it's just a lot bigger. [19:58] schestowitz[TR2] https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/government-debt [19:58] TR Bot United States Government Debt [19:58] schestowitz[TR2] https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/12/make-american-debt-again-us-debt-grew-3-6-trillion-in-13-months/ [19:58] TR Bot Blog Archive Make American Debt Again: US Debt Grew $3.6 Trillion in 13 Months [19:59] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: puppy breaker broke the bank and borrwed money [19:59] schestowitz[TR2] to "win" [19:59] schestowitz[TR2] now he's highly debt-saddled [19:59] schestowitz[TR2] upset when people point this out ● Aug 17 [20:09] MinceR https://crzysdrs.net/dv/victim/553-who-ever-told-you-that-trying-to-seduce-a-gamer-was-easy/ [20:09] TR Bot Daily Victim Archive [20:11] TR News I Still Suits Me (Remastered) https://inv.nadeko.net/embed/nxZs96ByLlg [20:11] TR Bot ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/embed/nxZs96ByLlg ) [20:25] TR News Paul Robeson Used His Fame (and Voice) for Good, Not for Money https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/17/paul-robeson-used-his-fame-and-voice-for-good-not-for-money/ [20:25] TR Bot Blog Archive Paul Robeson Used His Fame (and Voice) for Good, Not for Money [20:35] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: I informed management about the cockroach issue. [20:35] IsambardPrince I laid out that our apartment is very clean and that I don't care if they come in and take a look. [20:35] IsambardPrince And I also detailed how I knew there were roaches, with pictures of them in my traps, a count of how many of what kind over what time period. [20:36] IsambardPrince And five mitigation steps I had already taken to implement professional-grade Integrated Pest Management in my unit. [20:36] IsambardPrince I also said that I welcomed management to "collaborate with us in order to implement a responsible and pet-friendly remediation plan" although I would "need to see the Material Safety Data Sheet" and "approve of any such plan" prior to their assistance. [20:49] TR News Techrights Birthday in 80 Days https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Birthday_in_80_Days.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Birthday_in_80_Days.gmi [20:49] TR Bot Techrights Birthday in 80 Days [20:49] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: lessons learrned [20:49] schestowitz[TR2] the post-Piyush safety glove [20:50] schestowitz[TR2] maybe piyush can RiundUp the cats [20:50] schestowitz[TR2] with some magic monsanto poison [20:50] schestowitz[TR2] that does not kill cats [20:50] schestowitz[TR2] only roaches and humans [20:51] schestowitz[TR2] maybe you can instead invite dontario criminal [20:51] schestowitz[TR2] he likes to eat insects, iirc [20:51] schestowitz[TR2] maybe he can eat up all those roaches [20:51] schestowitz[TR2] maybe the puppey breaker can come watch [20:51] schestowitz[TR2] *puppy [20:53] IsambardPrince I should send Lobster some cockroaches in the mail. [20:53] IsambardPrince Part of a balanced breakfast! [20:53] schestowitz[TR2] don't feed the trolls [20:53] schestowitz[TR2] https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/29/Troll_Feeding_is_Time_Wasting.shtml [20:53] TR Bot Techrights Troll-Feeding is Time-Wasting [20:56] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: Piyush just sent Chris to buy up all the RAID at Walmart and go chasing after individual bugs, and then spray down the floor with it. [20:56] *pi___ has quit (Quit: https://quassel-irc.org - Chat comfortably. Anywhere.) [20:56] IsambardPrince The only thing it accomplished was killing a couple dozen roaches out of many thousands and sent the rest of the colony panicking into people's apartments en masse. [20:57] IsambardPrince The only things that kill roaches are patience and knowing what you are doing. [20:57] IsambardPrince And he didn't have that. [20:57] *pi____ has quit (Quit: https://quassel-irc.org - Chat comfortably. Anywhere.) [20:57] IsambardPrince And he certainly wasn't willing to spend money and use targeted applications that would have rid the building completely eventually. [20:58] IsambardPrince You need tent fumigation followed by several rounds of going after survivors. The entire building would have to be cleared out, which means cash for keys for every single unit, which is not what he was prepared to do. [20:58] IsambardPrince By the time an infestation is that bad it's a sign of severe structural failure. [20:59] IsambardPrince The roaches have literal highways and supply routes from the dilapidated state of the building's plumbing and other infrastructure, such as leaking roof. ● Aug 17 [21:00] TR News Gemini Protocol Spreads Further in Spite of Googles Attempt to Googlebomb It Out of Existence https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/17/gemini-protocol-spreads/ [21:00] TR Bot Blog Archive Gemini Protocol Spreads Further in Spite of Googles Attempt to Googlebomb It Out of Existence [21:02] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: puns: [21:02] *pi__ (~quassel@agjs4m3wtva2n.irc) has joined #techrights [21:02] schestowitz[TR2] "if only you two had chemisty" [21:02] schestowitz[TR2] "if only he knew how chemicals worked" [21:02] schestowitz[TR2] "he make chemtrails of roaches" [21:03] *pi___ (~quassel@agjs4m3wtva2n.irc) has joined #techrights [21:21] TR News Techrights Google Search Has Gotten Worse (a Lot Worse) https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Google_Search_Has_Gotten_Worse_a_Lot_Worse.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Google_Search_Has_Gotten_Worse_a_Lot_Worse.gmi [21:21] TR Bot Techrights Google Search Has Gotten Worse (a Lot Worse) [21:33] IsambardPrince I told my therapist we should all be so lucky as to have the law the way it applies to rich people. Steal $100,000 from a bank. Tsk tsk, you go put $30,000 of that back and let that be a lesson. [21:33] admfubar https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/17/right-to-repair-laws [21:33] TR Bot Preserve the stuff we own: how right-to-repair laws are surging across the US | US news | The Guardian [21:42] admfubar https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/largest-tribe-in-the-us-bans-hyperscale-data-centers-on-its-lands [21:42] TR Bot Cherokee Nation bans hyperscale data centers on its lands, won't support projects without consultation energy and water consumption, air quality, noise, and cultural resource protection among concerns | Tom's Hardware [21:42] TR News Techrights Less Technology, More Life https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Less_Technology_More_Life.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Less_Technology_More_Life.gmi [21:42] TR Bot Techrights Less Technology, More Life [21:45] admfubar https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/air-cooling/air-conditioner-powered-by-a-pc-fan-labeled-a-scam-by-german-consumer-organization-theres-a-reason-this-lookalike-ac-unit-is-far-cheaper-than-its-competitors [21:45] TR Bot Air conditioner powered by a 'PC fan' labeled a scam by German consumer organization there's a reason this lookalike AC unit is far cheaper than its competitors | Tom's Hardware [21:59] admfubar https://thedebrief.org/scientists-propose-a-new-test-for-detecting-alien-life-unlike-anything-on-earth/ [21:59] TR Bot Scientists Propose a New Test for Detecting Alien Life Unlike Anything on Earth - The Debrief ● Aug 17 [22:14] TR News Techrights Evri (HermesUK) is Now Run by Bots and Hallucinating Scammers https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Evri_HermesUK_is_Now_Run_by_Bots_and_Hallucinating_Scammers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Evri_HermesUK_is_Now_Run_by_Bots_and_Hallucinating_Scammers.gmi [22:14] TR Bot Techrights Evri (HermesUK) is Now Run by Bots and Hallucinating Scammers [22:23] schestowitz[TR2] > Nice rundown on Tux Machines! [22:23] schestowitz[TR2] :) [22:23] schestowitz[TR2] Never heard of it till today: [22:23] schestowitz[TR2] http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/The_Ravenports_Universal_Package_System.shtml [22:23] TR Bot Tux Machines The Ravenports Universal Package System [22:31] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: Someone did one of those lazy AI videos of people eating things on Facebook. [22:31] IsambardPrince This one was a Soviet factory worker dipping some bread in a bowl of borscht. The borscht flexes and he still has dry bread. [22:31] IsambardPrince I commented "Non-Newtonian Borscht". [22:41] schestowitz[TR2] schestowitz[TR2]: Someone did one of those lazy AI videos of people eating things on Facebook. [22:41] schestowitz[TR2] like will smith and spag? [22:41] schestowitz[TR2] it's hardly fuinny [22:41] schestowitz[TR2] it's foolish [22:41] schestowitz[TR2] and becomes boring, quickly [22:41] schestowitz[TR2] it's good for bulltying and shaming\ [22:41] schestowitz[TR2] for school kids [22:42] schestowitz[TR2] so you can see what the "use case" is [22:42] schestowitz[TR2] like x.com with "show me this kid naked" [22:56] TR News (NEW): Nepal: GNU/Linux Approaches 6% https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Nepal_GNU_Linux_Approaches_6.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Nepal_GNU_Linux_Approaches_6.gmi [22:56] TR Bot Tux Machines Nepal: GNU/Linux Approaches 6% ● Aug 17 [23:02] admfubar the newest was spaghetti eating will smith [23:05] admfubar https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/16/why-people-arent-buying-mark-zuckerbergs-ai-future/ [23:05] TR Bot people aren't buying Mark Zuckerbergs AI future | TechCrunch [23:05] admfubar https://techxplore.com/news/2026-08-bacteria-transistors.html [23:05] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://techxplore.com/news/2026-08-bacteria-transistors.html ) [23:05] bms weasel words detected from the Open Source Initiative 33m in https://peertube.openrightsgroup.org/w/vCymXic7CWUNXgY5iXMY99 [23:05] TR Bot From Digital Dependence to Digital Sovereignty - PeerTube [23:06] bms sovereignty and freedom may overlap. they are not the same thing. [23:06] bms my bullshit detector went off the scale [23:06] bms I can't listen to this guy now [23:08] admfubar https://techxplore.com/news/2026-08-zombie-credit-cards-loophole-reanimate.html [23:08] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://techxplore.com/news/2026-08-zombie-credit-cards-loophole-reanimate.html ) [23:22] *jkl has quit (*.net *.split) [23:22] *Guest65129 has quit (*.net *.split) [23:22] *acerbox has quit (*.net *.split) [23:22] *sbp has quit (*.net *.split) [23:22] *rianne has quit (*.net *.split) [23:23] admfubar https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/08/16/1954250 [23:23] TR Bot If the Markets Reject OpenAI and Anthropic, the US Should Nationalize Them - SoylentNews [23:23] MinceR them == markets?! [23:24] *jkl (~jkl@freenode/user/jkl) has joined #techrights [23:24] *rianne (~rianne@freenode-gvn.goo.k31cok.IP) has joined #techrights [23:24] *acerbox (~acer-box@freenode-50vmi7.ldvb.0amm.hij1op.IP) has joined #techrights [23:26] admfubar https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/08/15/1958258 [23:26] TR Bot Firefox is Now the Last Major Browser That Still Supports uBlock Origin - SoylentNews [23:27] admfubar https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/17/1912238/meta-faces-14-trillion-reckoning-in-latest-trial-over-social-media-addiction [23:27] TR Bot Meta Faces $1.4 Trillion Reckoning In Latest Trial Over Social Media Addiction - Slashdot [23:28] admfubar https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/16/2051205/effs-position-on-flock-camera-database-searches-get-a-warrant-first---and-police-use-should-be-restricted-by-law [23:28] TR Bot EFF's Position on Flock Camera Database Searches: 'Get a Warrant First' - and Police Use Should Be Restricted By Law - Slashdot [23:29] *sbp (~sbp@freenode-m7i.q7q.b87eii.IP) has joined #techrights [23:31] *mekkis (~mekkis@freenode-lr1.k1k.96e19s.IP) has joined #techrights [23:32] *mekkis is now known as Guest7566 [23:32] *Received a CTCP VERSION from Harambe [23:48] MinceR > Firefox appears to be the only browser left without compromises [23:48] MinceR nope, firecocks has its own compromises [23:49] *schestowitz-TR (~acer-box@freenode-gvn.goo.k31cok.IP) has joined #techrights [23:50] *acerbox has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [23:51] MinceR like the RAM usage, the DRM support, the trademark policy, the forcing of poetteringaudio [23:51] MinceR the support for patents [23:51] MinceR every browser the "modern" webshites work with is fucking garbage [23:52] MinceR oh, and firecocks' menus also look like shit if you're not running a compositor