●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, December 17, 2025 ●● ● Dec 17 [00:04] MinceR (javascript) https://URLSnake.com [00:04] TR Bot URL Snake - Play Snake Game in URL Bar [00:42] TR News SpellBinding: DYINOPH Wordo: COCOA gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2025-12-16.gmi [00:42] TR News xkcd: Jumping Frog Radius #3181 gemini://8by3.net/~xkcd/3181.gmi [00:44] TR News Chris Huang's Quad Stick is a Low-Cost, 3D-Printable Accessible USB Input Device gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202512/20251216-quadstick.gmi [00:44] TR News "One tap wasn't connected to the basin any longer, and the other was very hard to turn off. Time for new taps. Today the plumber came to fit them. Yay, taps that work!" gemini://freeshell.de/gemlog/2025-12-16_Tapped.gmi [00:45] TR News "And they drive on the wrong side of the road in America, and their light switches have to be flicked up to turn on, rather than the correct down." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2025/12/16/wrongs.gmi [00:46] TR News [japan] [food] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2025-12-16.gmi [00:46] TR News [japan] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2025-12-15.gmi [00:47] TR News Yesterday, my aunt's annual Christmas parcel. Today, a couple of cards: one in my grandmother's shaky writing, the other from the UK, in neater script. No return address on either card (though I'd know my grandmother's writing anywhere)." gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2025/12-16.gmi [00:48] TR News "One of the few news outlets I still watch regularly (as opposed to reading or listening only) is Euronews. Though I don't live in Europe, I have several friends and relatives who do, and Euronews covers other global news enough to make it relevant to me." gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2025/202512/20251216-no-comment.gmi [00:49] TR News I really tried to understand "wokeness" gopher://redterminal.org:70/0/phlog/2025-12-16-I_really_tried_to_understand_wokeness.txt [00:50] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1507.jpg [00:50] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1857.jpg [00:53] TR News 3D Printing https://hackaday.com/2025/12/15/3d-printing-and-metal-casting-are-a-great-match/ | Source: Hackaday [00:53] TR Bot Printing And Metal Casting Are A Great Match | Hackaday [00:53] TR News "Neopixel" https://hackaday.com/2025/12/15/giant-neopixel-is-just-like-the-regular-kind-only-bigger/ | Source: Hackaday [00:53] TR Bot Neopixel Is Just Like The Regular Kind, Only Bigger | Hackaday [00:53] TR News Third DraftKings Hacker Pleads Guilty https://www.securityweek.com/third-draftkings-hacker-pleads-guilty/ [00:53] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/third-draftkings-hacker-pleads-guilty/ ) [00:54] TR News Militant Groups Are Experimenting With AI, and the Risks Are Expected to Grow https://www.securityweek.com/militant-groups-are-experimenting-with-ai-and-the-risks-are-expected-to-grow/ [00:54] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/militant-groups-are-experimenting-with-ai-and-the-risks-are-expected-to-grow/ ) [00:54] TR News Inaccuracies plague government security clearance data https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2025/12/inaccuracies-plague-government-security-clearance-data/ [00:54] TR Bot Inaccuracies plague government security clearance data [00:55] TR News Appeals court judges scrutinize Convicted Felons national security basis for collective bargaining rollback https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/12/appeals-court-judges-scrutinize-trumps-national-security-basis-for-collective-bargaining-rollback/ [00:55] TR Bot Appeals court judges scrutinize Trumps national security basis for collective bargaining rollback [00:55] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [00:55] TR News "Read Hostname And IP Address" https://hackaday.com/2025/12/15/plug-into-usb-read-hostname-and-ip-address/ | Source: Hackaday [00:55] TR Bot Into USB, Read Hostname And IP Address | Hackaday [00:55] *includeals (~includeal@2001:8a0:e95a:4e00::2000) has joined #techrights [00:56] TR News Amazon Deletes AI-Generated Recap of Fallout Season 1 After Its Called Out for Being Full of Errors https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/amazon-deletes-ai-recap-fallout [00:56] TR Bot Amazon Deletes AI-Generated Recap of "Fallout" Season 1 After It's Called Out for Being Full of Errors [00:56] TR News Apple Patches Two Zero-Days Tied to Mysterious Exploited Chrome Flaw https://www.securityweek.com/apple-patches-two-zero-days-tied-to-mysterious-exploited-chrome-flaw/ [00:56] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/apple-patches-two-zero-days-tied-to-mysterious-exploited-chrome-flaw/ ) [00:57] TR News Fixing the blinking cursor as a symptom of SDDM crash under openSUSE 16.0 https://freeaptitude.altervista.org/articles/fixing-the-blinking-cursor-as-a-symptom-of-sddm-crash-under-opensuse-16-0.html [00:57] TR Bot FreeAptitude - Fixing the blinking cursor as a symptom of SDDM crash under openSUSE 16.0 [00:57] TR News "in the face of bans and censorship." https://bianet.org/haber/3rd-amed-film-festival-concludes-with-celebration-of-kurdish-cinema-and-solidarity-314528 [00:57] TR Bot 3rd Amed Film Festival concludes with celebration of Kurdish cinema and solidarity [00:59] TR News The advantages of free software https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/practical.en.html [00:59] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/practical.en.html ) ● Dec 17 [01:00] TR News "The modern Notepad app in Windows 11 uses 82% more RAM compared to WordPad." https://x.com/SquidMechanicus/status/2000978194107916335 [01:00] TR Bot NO TITLE [01:02] TR News Rakudo Weekly 2025.50 Exemplar Poll https://rakudoweekly.blog/2025/12/15/2025-50-exemplar-poll/ [01:02] TR Bot 2025.50 Exemplar Poll Rakudo Weekly News [01:02] TR News Where are you? A look at GeoIP https://blog.apnic.net/2025/12/16/where-are-you-a-look-at-geoip/ [01:02] TR Bot Where are you? A look at GeoIP | APNIC Blog [01:03] TR News Gdlv GUI to Delve https://www.linuxlinks.com/gdlv-gui-delve/ [01:03] TR Bot - GUI to Delve - LinuxLinks [01:03] TR News split-ping see the direction of loss or latency https://www.linuxlinks.com/split-ping-direction-loss-latency/ [01:03] TR Bot - see the direction of loss or latency - LinuxLinks [01:03] TR News ngstrmfetch system fetch tool https://www.linuxlinks.com/angstromfetch-system-fetch-tool/ [01:03] TR Bot - system fetch tool - LinuxLinks [01:04] TR News OctoPrint snappy web interface for your 3D printer https://www.linuxlinks.com/octoprint-snappy-web-interface-3d-printer/ [01:04] TR Bot - snappy web interface for your 3D printer - LinuxLinks [01:04] TR News Plank Reloaded lightweight, customizable GNU/Linux dock https://www.linuxlinks.com/plank-reloaded-lightweight-customizable-linux-dock/ [01:04] TR Bot Reloaded - lightweight, customizable Linux dock - LinuxLinks [01:04] TR News Jimmy Lai to face endless imprisonment: Govt bureaus hail tycoons nat. security conviction https://hongkongfp.com/2025/12/16/jimmy-lai-to-face-endless-imprisonment-all-but-two-govt-bureaus-hail-tycoons-nat-security-conviction/ [01:04] TR Bot Jimmy Lai to face 'endless imprisonment': Gov't bureaus hail verdict [01:05] TR News Streaming Data Shows Holiday Music Is Sadder Than Ever https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/15/streaming-data-shows-holiday-music-is-sadder-than-ever/ [01:05] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/15/streaming-data-shows-holiday-music-is-sadder-than-ever/ ) [01:05] TR News A massive leak reveals Apples roadmap through 2027 with the foldable iPhone in sight https://hackwarenews.com/a-massive-leak-reveals-apples-roadmap-through-2027-with-the-foldable-iphone-in-sight/ [01:05] TR Bot A massive leak reveals Apple's roadmap through 2027 with the foldable iPhone in sight [01:05] TR News Beijing, Hong Kong officials praise Jimmy Lais guilty verdict, press freedom NGOs slam nat. security ruling https://hongkongfp.com/2025/12/15/beijing-hong-kong-officials-praise-jimmy-lais-guilty-verdict-press-freedom-ngos-slam-nat-security-ruling/ [01:05] TR Bot Beijing, HK officials praise Jimmy Lai's verdict, press freedom NGOs slam ruling [01:06] TR News Hong Kong court finds media tycoon Jimmy Lai guilty on sedition and national security charges https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/12/hong-kong-court-finds-media-tycoon-jimmy-lai-guilty-on-sedition-and-national-security-charges/ [01:06] TR Bot Hong Kong court finds media tycoon Jimmy Lai guilty on sedition and national security charges - JURIST - News [01:06] TR News Jimmy Lai remains beacon of Hong Kong press freedom, say ex-colleagues https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/jimmy-lai-remains-beacon-of-hong-kong-press-freedom-say-ex-colleagues-awaiting-his-sentencing [01:06] TR Bot Jimmy Lai remains beacon of Hong Kong press freedom, say ex-colleagues | The Straits Times [01:13] TR News Techrights Gemiini Links 17/12/2025: Wrongs, "Wokeness", and 3D-Printable Accessible USB Input Device https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Gemiini_Links_17_12_2025_Wrongs_Wokeness_and_3D_Printable_Acces.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Gemiini_Links_17_12_2025_Wrongs_Wokeness_and_3D_Printable_Acces.gmi [01:13] TR Bot Techrights Gemiini Links 17/12/2025: Wrongs, "Wokeness", and 3D-Printable Accessible USB Input Device [01:14] TR News MTN Group must commission an independent investigation into potential human rights violations https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/mtn-group-must-commission-an-independent-investigation-into-potential-human-rights-violations/ [01:14] TR Bot Access Now - MTN Group must commission an independent investigation into potential human rights violations [01:15] TR News MTN Group must answer for dangerous bounty SMS campaign in the Republic of Congo https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/mtn-group-must-answer-for-dangerous-bounty-sms-campaign-in-the-republic-of-congo/ [01:15] TR Bot MTN Group must answer for dangerous bounty SMS campaign in the Republic of Congo - Access Now [01:15] TR News Google Sees 5 Chinese Groups Exploiting React2Shell for Malware Delivery https://www.securityweek.com/google-sees-5-chinese-groups-exploiting-react2shell-for-malware-delivery/ [01:15] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/google-sees-5-chinese-groups-exploiting-react2shell-for-malware-delivery/ ) [01:22] TR News Atlassian Patches Critical Apache Tika Flaw https://www.securityweek.com/atlassian-patches-critical-apache-tika-flaw/ [01:22] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/atlassian-patches-critical-apache-tika-flaw/ ) [01:23] TR News How to reduce false positives in security scans https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/12/15/how-reduce-false-positives-security-scans [01:23] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/12/15/how-reduce-false-positives-security-scans ) [01:23] TR News Announcing Vojtux: a Fedora-based accessible GNU/Linux distribution https://lwn.net/Articles/1050539/ [01:23] TR Bot Vojtux: a Fedora-based accessible Linux distribution [LWN.net] [01:24] TR News Set Operations with freeCount https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/12/set-operations-with-freecount/ [01:24] TR Bot Operations with freeCount | R-bloggers [01:25] TR News This is my worst theme ever, and I love it https://rubenerd.com/this-may-be-my-worst-theme-ever/ [01:25] TR Bot This is my worst theme ever, and I love it [01:25] TR News How to install GitLab on AlmaLinux 10 https://linuxhostsupport.com/blog/how-to-install-gitlab-on-almalinux-10/ [01:25] TR Bot to install GitLab on AlmaLinux 10 | LinuxHostSupport [01:25] MinceR people loving the worst things? not new. [01:26] schestowitz[TR2] sounds like you ;-) [01:26] TR News "Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is best known as the neurotoxin of the puffer fish, though it also appears in a range of other marine species." https://hackaday.com/2025/12/15/pufferfish-venom-can-kill-or-it-can-relieve-pain/ | Source: Hackaday [01:26] TR Bot Venom Can Kill, Or It Can Relieve Pain | Hackaday [01:26] TR News The science of colour: How different colours can influence our moods https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/entre-nous/20251216-the-science-of-colour-how-different-colours-can-influence-our-moods [01:26] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/entre-nous/20251216-the-science-of-colour-how-different-colours-can-influence-our-moods ) [01:27] TR News Waiting to die: The dirty business of recycling in Vietnam https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/waiting-to-die-the-dirty-business-of-recycling-in-vietnam [01:27] TR Bot Waiting to die: The dirty business of recycling in Vietnam | The Straits Times [01:28] TR News Malaysia targets full vape ban by mid-2026: Health Minister https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-targets-full-vape-ban-by-mid-2026-health-minister [01:28] TR Bot Malaysia targets full vape ban by mid-2026 | The Straits Times [01:29] MinceR https://funnyjunk.com/funny_pictures/61814/I/#96cdca_126632 [01:29] TR Bot I'm in charge of Malaysia [01:30] TR News Secure Jimmy Lais release before seeking closer China ties, his son urges Britain https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/secure-jimmy-lais-release-before-seeking-closer-china-ties-his-son-urges-uk [01:30] TR Bot Secure Jimmy Lais release before seeking closer China ties, his son urges Britain | The Straits Times [01:33] TR News Chinese court sentences 27 people for smuggling antimony ingots https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinese-court-sentences-27-people-for-smuggling-antimony-ingots [01:33] TR Bot Chinese court sentences 27 people for smuggling antimony ingots | The Straits Times [01:33] TR News Hong Kong leader raises Jimmy Lai conviction in meeting with China's Pooh-tin https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/hong-kong-leader-raises-jimmy-lai-conviction-in-meeting-with-chinas-xi [01:33] TR Bot Hong Kong leader raises Jimmy Lai conviction in meeting with China's Xi | The Straits Times [01:35] TR News TTABlog Test: Is BLACKTHORN for Construction Management SAAS Confusable with BLACKTHORNE for Computer-Based Information Systems Consulting? http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/12/ttablog-test-is-blackthorn-for.html [01:35] TR Bot The TTABlog: TTABlog Test: Is BLACKTHORN for Construction Management SAAS Confusable with BLACKTHORNE for Computer-Based Information Systems Consulting? [01:36] TR News Manage credentials with Tekton and OpenShift on I.C.B.M. Cloud https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/12/16/manage-credentials-tekton-openshift-ibm-cloud [01:36] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/12/16/manage-credentials-tekton-openshift-ibm-cloud ) [01:38] TR News Greg Kroah-Hartman: Tracking kernel commits across branches http://www.kroah.com/log/blog/2025/12/15/tracking-kernel-commits-across-branches/ [01:38] TR Bot Tracking kernel commits across branches - [01:38] TR News Emmabunts Debian Edition 6 Is Now Available Based on Debian 13 Trixie https://9to5linux.com/emmabuntus-debian-edition-6-is-now-available-based-on-debian-13-trixie [01:38] TR Bot Debian Edition 6 Is Now Available Based on Debian 13 "Trixie" - 9to5Linux [01:39] TR News OpenShot 3.4 Open-Source Video Editor Released with New Effects and Features https://9to5linux.com/openshot-3-4-open-source-video-editor-released-with-new-effects-and-features [01:39] TR Bot 3.4 Open-Source Video Editor Released with New Effects and Features - 9to5Linux [01:40] TR News SparkyLinux 2025.12 Tiamat Released with Debian Forky Base, GNU/Linux Kernel 6.17 https://9to5linux.com/sparkylinux-2025-12-tiamat-released-with-debian-forky-base-linux-kernel-6-17 [01:40] TR Bot 2025.12 "Tiamat" Released with Debian Forky Base, Linux Kernel 6.17 - 9to5Linux [01:40] TR News Scribus 1.6.5 Open-Source Desktop Publishing App Released with Various Changes https://9to5linux.com/scribus-1-6-5-open-source-desktop-publishing-app-released-with-various-changes [01:40] TR Bot 1.6.5 Open-Source Desktop Publishing App Released with Various Changes - 9to5Linux [01:44] TR News (NEW): MidnightBSD 4.0 Release Notes https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/MidnightBSD_4_0_Release_Notes.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/MidnightBSD_4_0_Release_Notes.gmi [01:44] TR Bot Tux Machines MidnightBSD 4.0 Release Notes [01:46] TR News (NEW): Red Hat, Fedora, and Vojtux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Red_Hat_Fedora_and_Vojtux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Red_Hat_Fedora_and_Vojtux.gmi [01:46] TR Bot Tux Machines Red Hat, Fedora, and Vojtux [01:46] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/today_s_howtos.gmi [01:46] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [01:48] TR News (NEW): Audiocasts/Shows: Destination Linux and Whats in the SOSS? https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Audiocasts_Shows_Destination_Linux_and_What_s_in_the_SOSS.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Audiocasts_Shows_Destination_Linux_and_What_s_in_the_SOSS.gmi [01:48] TR Bot Tux Machines Audiocasts/Shows: Destination Linux and Whats in the SOSS? [01:48] TR News (NEW): Plasma 6.5 review - Solid improvements, destination unknown https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Plasma_6_5_review_Solid_improvements_destination_unknown.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Plasma_6_5_review_Solid_improvements_destination_unknown.gmi [01:48] TR Bot Tux Machines Plasma 6.5 review - Solid improvements, destination unknown [01:51] TR News (NEW): Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Security_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Security_Leftovers.gmi [01:51] TR Bot Tux Machines Security Leftovers [01:51] TR News (NEW): Today's Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/today_s_leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/today_s_leftovers.gmi [01:51] TR Bot Tux Machines today's leftovers [01:53] TR News Techrights Links 17/12/2025: User Data Compromised in SoundCloud and Efforts to Release Jimmy Lai for the 'Crime' of Journalism https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Links_17_12_2025_User_Data_Compromised_in_SoundCloud_and_Effort.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Links_17_12_2025_User_Data_Compromised_in_SoundCloud_and_Effort.gmi [01:53] TR Bot Techrights Links 17/12/2025: User Data Compromised in SoundCloud and Efforts to Release Jimmy Lai for the 'Crime' of Journalism ● Dec 17 [02:00] TR News Techrights Getting Back on Top of Exclusive Articles, Leaks, Whistleblowing https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Getting_Back_on_Top_of_Exclusive_Articles_Leaks_Whistleblowing.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Getting_Back_on_Top_of_Exclusive_Articles_Leaks_Whistleblowing.gmi [02:00] TR Bot Techrights Getting Back on Top of Exclusive Articles, Leaks, Whistleblowing [02:01] TR News https://stallman.org is back online [02:01] TR Bot Richard Stallman's Personal Page [02:14] TR News (NEW): Another Year Goes By... https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Another_Year_Goes_By.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Another_Year_Goes_By.gmi [02:14] TR Bot Tux Machines Another Year Goes By... [02:16] TR News "is your manager's manager another woman DEI hire? They stick together like a gaggle of geese (the L word comes to mind). They lord it over all the guys and abuse them as though it was their God-given right. Maybe you ex- first line was "keeping company" with the others and they all got away with fudging results and lying on their reviews to get Band 10 promotions." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kchgf6qt [02:16] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kchgf6qt ) [02:17] TR News "It happens regularly in IBM Consulting, and definitely in India. After all, who the heck believes in those keeping those worthless BCGs (Business Conduct Guidelines) ? Certainly not Alvind and his corrupt Pipmunks. That's why IBM is in first place when it comes to promoting a rotten workplace culture." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kchgf6qt [02:17] TR News "Yup she came in as a Band 10. A professional hire from McKinsey. She is your typical paper pushing power point cookie cutter DEI Lackey. How does someone who can't even code lead a technical team? I am guessing she probably makes at least 250K before any GDP Or Stock award. A drunken b0z0 could do her job. She never advocated for me." [02:18] TR News "Employee evaluation - Am I wrong, has employee evaluation turned into a joke? Does it really matter what sacrifices you make to get good appraisal. It seems now the only smart thing to do is pray you not laid off cause you are a high earning employee due to past hard work." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kcmx0g24 [02:18] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kcmx0g24 ) [02:18] TR News "I don't have to worry about this anymore. IBM is going to do another RA in Q1. While Alvind and his PiPMonkeys feed like pigs out the trough - Less than 4 billion in cash on hand. I am living my best life since I got RA'd." [02:24] TR News Bad challege designs are ruining video games https://www.escapistmagazine.com/news-bad-challenge-designs-ruin-video-games/ [02:24] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.escapistmagazine.com/news-bad-challenge-designs-ruin-video-games/ ) [02:24] TR News Amazon lays off more Seattle, Bellevue employees amid corporate restructuring https://mynorthwest.com/local/amazon-layoff-seattle-bellevue/4174306 [02:24] TR Bot Amazon layoffs in Seattle, Bellevue are 'business decisions' [02:25] TR News Amazon Slashes Jobs In Washington But Says It's Not Part Of 14,000 Layoffs https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/amazon-slashes-jobs-washington-says-its-not-part-14000-layoffs-1763310 [02:25] TR Bot Amazon Slashes Jobs In Washington But Says It's Not Part Of 14,000 Layoffs | IBTimes UK [02:33] TR News Techrights Red Hat Wastes Money on Slop and on Slop Pushers While Laying Off Red Hat Staff https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Red_Hat_Wastes_Money_on_Slop_and_on_Slop_Pushers_While_Laying_O.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Red_Hat_Wastes_Money_on_Slop_and_on_Slop_Pushers_While_Laying_O.gmi [02:33] TR Bot Techrights Red Hat Wastes Money on Slop and on Slop Pushers While Laying Off Red Hat Staff [02:34] TR News You miss Ubuntu One?? https://itsfoss.com/projects-ditched-by-ubuntu/ [02:34] TR Bot 7 Projects Killed by Ubuntu (But I Still Miss Them) [02:43] TR News Techrights "The Register Hot Seat" is Just More Paid-for SPAM Promoting a Pyramid Scheme to Readers of The Register MS https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/The_Register_Hot_Seat_is_Just_More_Paid_for_SPAM_Promoting_a_Py.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/The_Register_Hot_Seat_is_Just_More_Paid_for_SPAM_Promoting_a_Py.gmi [02:43] TR Bot Techrights "The Register Hot Seat" is Just More Paid-for SPAM Promoting a Pyramid Scheme to Readers of The Register MS [02:46] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. 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HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-161225.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-161225.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-161225.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-161225.txt [02:49] TR Bot IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, December 16, 2025 [02:49] TR News Yesterday's bulletin is now ready! : http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2025-12-16.txt | gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2025-12-16.txt (tentative address, to work an hour from now) [02:50] TR News Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2025-12-16.txt [02:55] TR News Techrights Firefox and Mozilla Commit Suicide With Slop, Market Share Falls to New Low https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Firefox_and_Mozilla_Commit_Suicide_With_Slop_Market_Share_Falls.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Firefox_and_Mozilla_Commit_Suicide_With_Slop_Market_Share_Falls.gmi [02:55] TR Bot Techrights Firefox and Mozilla Commit Suicide With Slop, Market Share Falls to New Low [02:57] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, December 16, 2025 https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/IRC_Proceedings_Tuesday_December_16_2025.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/IRC_Proceedings_Tuesday_December_16_2025.gmi [02:57] TR Bot Techrights IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, December 16, 2025 [02:58] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [02:58] TR Bot Tux Machines Today in Techrights [02:58] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [02:58] TR Bot Techrights Over at Tux Machines... ● Dec 17 [03:02] TR News "On December 9, 2025, the Free Software Foundation announced the winners of the Free Software Awards." https://www.instagram.com/p/DSUadVICJVt/ [03:02] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-Instagram [03:09] schestowitz[TR2] psydroid2: match here tonight https://www.mancity.com/fixtures [03:09] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.mancity.com/fixtures ) [03:09] schestowitz[TR2] if you're in England, let us know [03:09] schestowitz[TR2] we want to give you our raspi [03:17] TR News Turn 10 confirms no new content for Forza Motorsport https://xboxera.com/2025/12/16/turn-10-confirms-no-new-content-for-forza-motorsport/ [03:17] TR Bot 10 confirms no new content for Forza Motorsport - XboxEra [03:19] TR News "Turn 10 was hit with major layoffs earlier this year as a report states nearly 50 percent of its staff were let go." https://www.vgchartz.com/article/466577/forza-motorsport-will-no-longer-get-updates-as-turn-10-focuses-on-forza-horizon-6/ [03:19] TR Bot Forza Motorsport Will No Longer Get Updates As Turn 10 Focuses on Forza Horizon 6 [03:28] TR News Techrights Cuts, Shutdowns, and Layoffs at Microsoft https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Cuts_Shutdowns_and_Layoffs_at_Microsoft.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Cuts_Shutdowns_and_Layoffs_at_Microsoft.gmi [03:28] TR Bot Techrights Cuts, Shutdowns, and Layoffs at Microsoft [03:47] lxo happy birthday, schestowitz ● Dec 17 [04:01] TR News (NEW): How Free Software Probably Improves Physical and Mental Health https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/How_Free_Software_Probably_Improves_Physical_and_Mental_Health.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/How_Free_Software_Probably_Improves_Physical_and_Mental_Health.gmi [04:01] TR Bot Tux Machines How Free Software Probably Improves Physical and Mental Health [04:06] *HumanG331 has quit (Ping timeout: 244 seconds) [04:06] admfubar and they're shoveling something... https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/coreweave-lost-value-six-months [04:06] TR Bot CoreWeave Has Lost a Staggering Amount of Stock Value Over the Past Six Months [04:11] admfubar earth to 3I/ATLAS, is that a strange protrusion or are you just happy to me?... https://futurism.com/space/3i-atlas-protrusion-earth [04:11] TR Bot 3I/ATLAS Showing Strange Protrusion as It Approaches Earth [04:15] admfubar https://futurism.com/future-society/tinder-kids-trouble [04:15] TR Bot Company in Huge Trouble for Creating "Tinder for Kids" App [04:17] TR News Techrights Linus Torvalds Seems to Have Aged Faster Since the Bullying by the 'CoC Brigade' (Enforced via Linux Foundation, a GAFAM Front Group) https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Linus_Torvalds_Seems_to_Have_Aged_Faster_Since_the_Bullying_by_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Linus_Torvalds_Seems_to_Have_Aged_Faster_Since_the_Bullying_by_.gmi [04:17] TR Bot Techrights Linus Torvalds Seems to Have Aged Faster Since the Bullying by the 'CoC Brigade' (Enforced via Linux Foundation, a GAFAM Front Group) [04:18] schestowitz[TR2] lxo: thanks, much appreciated [04:20] admfubar https://futurism.com/robots-and-machines/alarming-video-shows-humanoid-robot-demon-scuttling [04:20] TR Bot Alarming Video Shows Humanoid Robot Demon-Scuttling [04:21] admfubar deliberately???... https://futurism.com/future-society/mental-health-founder-breakdown [04:21] TR Bot Founder of Mental Health Startup Has Epic Public Breakdown, Tries to Start Fire, Flees in Tesla, Crashes, Hides Inside as Cops Barrage Vehicle With Pepper Balls [04:22] admfubar oh what could go wrong?... https://futurism.com/future-society/openai-chatgpt-adult [04:22] TR Bot OpenAI Preparing to Launch Smut Blaster 5000 [04:22] admfubar https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-powered-toy-children-communist-party-talking-points [04:22] TR Bot An AI-Powered Toy Is Regaling Children With Chinese Communist Party Talking Points [04:23] admfubar https://futurism.com/future-society/trump-children-ai-order [04:23] TR Bot Trump Orders States Not to Protect Children From Predatory AI [04:25] admfubar waymo soon to be known as OH NO!!... https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/police-investigating-man-trunk-waymo [04:25] TR Bot Police Investigating Weird Man Found in Waymo by Passenger [04:26] admfubar https://futurism.com/future-society/opposition-ai-surveillance-cameras [04:26] TR Bot Regular People Are Rising Up Against AI Surveillance Cameras [04:27] admfubar https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/waymo-school-bus [04:27] TR Bot Waymo's Software Patch to Not Run Down Children Getting Off School Buses Isn't Working, School Claims [04:30] admfubar https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/horrifying-sora-videos-disney-characters [04:30] TR Bot People Are Already Creating Ghoulishly Horrifying Sora Disney Videos [04:33] TR News Techrights Microsoft GitHub is Dying and Bot Activity in GitHub Won't Save It https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Microsoft_GitHub_is_Dying_and_Bot_Activity_in_GitHub_Won_t_Save.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Microsoft_GitHub_is_Dying_and_Bot_Activity_in_GitHub_Won_t_Save.gmi [04:33] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft GitHub is Dying and Bot Activity in GitHub Won't Save It [04:43] admfubar risky business... https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/17/dhruv64_india_homegrown_processor/ [04:43] TR Bot India unveils a homegrown dual-core 1GHz RISC-V processor The Register [04:45] schestowitz[TR2] fast enough for most things [04:45] schestowitz[TR2] maybe not "modern" games [04:45] schestowitz[TR2] but who cares... [04:45] MinceR nor the "modern" web [04:46] admfubar prolly good for a lot of industrial control systems [04:46] admfubar https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/16/mckinsey_may_cut_staff/ [04:46] TR Bot Hot for its bot, McKinsey may cut thousands of jobs The Register [04:46] *_what__ (~user@wes48ghdwvgn2.irc) has joined #techrights [04:46] MinceR good for lots of things, but the software industry insists on being useless [04:46] admfubar https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/16/chrome_edge_privacy_extensions_quietly/ [04:46] TR Bot Chrome, Edge privacy extensions quietly snarf AI chats The Register [04:47] _what__ especially this, MinceR http://techrights.org/o/2015/10/08/back-doors-msft/ [04:47] TR Bot More Back Doors Found in Microsoft's Entrapments (Proprietary Software) [04:48] _what__ it was one of the occurence that the software industry "just aren't engineered for security" [04:48] TR News Techrights More GAFAM Layoffs in Seattle, Bellevue (Washington) https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/More_GAFAM_Layoffs_in_Seattle_Bellevue_Washington.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/More_GAFAM_Layoffs_in_Seattle_Bellevue_Washington.gmi [04:48] TR Bot Techrights More GAFAM Layoffs in Seattle, Bellevue (Washington) [04:50] _what__ also see their PR scapegoating http://techrights.org/o/2022/03/22/microsoft-infosec-propaganda/ [04:50] TR Bot Media Blames Free Software When Microsoft Distributes Malware and Gets Cracked [04:51] _what__ the "security by obscurity" fanatics where respecting GPL Freedom 1 http://gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html is a serious vulnerability [04:51] TR Bot to connect to gnu.org port 80 after 10001 ms: Timeout was reached ( status 0 @ http://gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html ) [04:52] _what__ the scapegoating went way back htt://techrights.org/o/2009/02/14/never-blame-microsoft-blame-users-and-exploits/ [04:52] _what__ http://techrights.org/o/2009/02/14/never-blame-microsoft-blame-users-and-exploits/ [04:52] TR Bot Never Blame Microsoft, Blame Users and Exploits [04:53] _what__ the software industry insists on being a "Big Brother" http://techrights.org/wiki/Microsoft_and_the_NSA [04:53] TR Bot Microsoft and the NSA [04:54] *_what__ has quit (connection closed) [04:58] TR News Techrights "Social Justice Warriors" Make Violent Threats Against Event Organisers, Developers, and Journalists https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Social_Justice_Warriors_Make_Violent_Threats_Against_Event_Orga.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Social_Justice_Warriors_Make_Violent_Threats_Against_Event_Orga.gmi [04:58] TR Bot Techrights "Social Justice Warriors" Make Violent Threats Against Event Organisers, Developers, and Journalists ● Dec 17 [05:01] *HumanG331 (~HumanG33k@82.66.65.160) has joined #techrights [05:08] *_what__ (~user@b2h72tvf2up88.irc) has joined #techrights [05:17] _what__ http://techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Social_Justice_Warriors_Make_Violent_Threats_Against_Event_Orga.shtml [05:17] _what__ also see http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/04/What_Would_Dennis_Ritchie_Say_About_the_Memory_Safe_Hype_or_Car.shtml [05:17] TR Bot Techrights "Social Justice Warriors" Make Violent Threats Against Event Organisers, Developers, and Journalists [05:17] TR Bot Techrights What Would Dennis Ritchie Say About the "Memory-Safe" Hype (or Cargo Cult)? [05:18] _what__ http://techrights.org/n/2025/06/28/Pushing_Wayland_Using_Straw_Man_Arguments.shtml [05:18] TR Bot Techrights Pushing Wayland Using Straw Man Arguments [05:20] TR News Techrights We've All Had Managers and Colleagues Like These, But This is How it Works at IBM https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/We_ve_All_Had_Managers_and_Colleagues_Like_These_But_This_is_Ho.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/We_ve_All_Had_Managers_and_Colleagues_Like_These_But_This_is_Ho.gmi [05:20] TR Bot Techrights We've All Had Managers and Colleagues Like These, But This is How it Works at IBM [05:40] TR News Techrights The Collapse of Good Development Practices https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/The_Collapse_of_Good_Development_Practices.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/The_Collapse_of_Good_Development_Practices.gmi [05:40] TR Bot Techrights The Collapse of Good Development Practices [05:48] TR News Techrights Gemini Protocol Saw Significant, Measurable Growth in 2025 https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Gemini_Protocol_Saw_Significant_Measurable_Growth_in_2025.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Gemini_Protocol_Saw_Significant_Measurable_Growth_in_2025.gmi [05:48] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Protocol Saw Significant, Measurable Growth in 2025 [05:56] _what__ MOS 65C816: "We'll boot anything" [05:57] _what__ today's x86/ARM: UEFI (only Microsoft may boot) [05:58] _what__ 16 MB ought to be enough, good luck explaining it to those with 8192 PB (yes, pentabytes!) of storage (HDD+RAM combined) ● Dec 17 [06:00] TR News Techrights Debian Misfits Really Do Not Want You to Read This Article https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Debian_Misfits_Really_Do_Not_Want_You_to_Read_This_Article.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Debian_Misfits_Really_Do_Not_Want_You_to_Read_This_Article.gmi [06:00] TR Bot Techrights Debian Misfits Really Do Not Want You to Read This Article [06:11] TR News (NEW): Tux Machines Becoming a Lot More Productive https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Tux_Machines_Becoming_a_Lot_More_Productive.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Tux_Machines_Becoming_a_Lot_More_Productive.gmi [06:12] TR Bot Tux Machines Tux Machines Becoming a Lot More Productive [06:12] _what__ watch out, since MJG's SLAPP success, Debian may follow suit to absolutely punch them into memory holes [06:20] schestowitz[TR2] pocock's sitte is in iceland [06:20] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Near 5% in Bangladesh, Land With Nearly 200 Million People https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/GNU_Linux_Near_5_in_Bangladesh_Land_With_Nearly_200_Million_Peo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/GNU_Linux_Near_5_in_Bangladesh_Land_With_Nearly_200_Million_Peo.gmi [06:20] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux Near 5% in Bangladesh, Land With Nearly 200 Million People [06:20] schestowitz[TR2] that complicates things for Debian "cabal" (as he calls them) [06:32] TR News Techrights Windows Has Fallen to All-Time Low of 60% in Laptops and Desktop in Canada https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Windows_Has_Fallen_to_All_Time_Low_of_60_in_Laptops_and_Desktop.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Windows_Has_Fallen_to_All_Time_Low_of_60_in_Laptops_and_Desktop.gmi [06:32] TR Bot Techrights Windows Has Fallen to All-Time Low of 60% in Laptops and Desktop in Canada [06:44] _what__ half-year ago: http://techrights.org/n/2025/06/08/For_20_Years_Many_People_Were_Sharecropping_for_Canonical_s_Oli.shtml [06:44] TR Bot Techrights For 20 Years Many People Were Sharecropping for Canonical's Oligarch, Now He's Deleting All Their Contributions [06:45] _what__ Ubuntu's push away from GPL punched a memory hole [06:50] TR News Techrights Love and Activism https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Love_and_Activism.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Love_and_Activism.gmi [06:50] TR Bot Techrights Love and Activism [06:51] TR News "kiss as much behind as possible - for the love of gosh, don't be competent - management hates looking foolish" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kcmx0g24 [06:51] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kcmx0g24 ) ● Dec 17 [07:12] TR News (NEW): Microsoft Windows May Have Fallen Below 3% "market Share" in Sudan https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Microsoft_Windows_May_Have_Fallen_Below_3_market_Share_in_Sudan.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Microsoft_Windows_May_Have_Fallen_Below_3_market_Share_in_Sudan.gmi [07:12] TR Bot Tux Machines Microsoft Windows May Have Fallen Below 3% "market Share" in Sudan [07:27] TR News (NEW): Automotive Grade Linux Business Intelligence Journey: Introduction https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Automotive_Grade_Linux_Business_Intelligence_Journey_Introducti.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Automotive_Grade_Linux_Business_Intelligence_Journey_Introducti.gmi [07:27] TR Bot Tux Machines Automotive Grade Linux Business Intelligence Journey: Introduction [07:30] TR News (NEW): Parrot OS Switches to KDE Plasma Desktop https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Parrot_OS_Switches_to_KDE_Plasma_Desktop.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Parrot_OS_Switches_to_KDE_Plasma_Desktop.gmi [07:30] TR Bot Tux Machines Parrot OS Switches to KDE Plasma Desktop [07:30] TR News Techrights Mental Problems in Free Software https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Mental_Problems_in_Free_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Mental_Problems_in_Free_Software.gmi [07:30] TR Bot Techrights Mental Problems in Free Software [07:32] TR News (NEW): TUXEDO Gemini 17 Gen4 Debuts as Affordable Linux Desktop Replacement https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/06/TUXEDO_Gemini_17_Gen4_Debuts_as_Affordable_Linux_Desktop_Replac.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/06/TUXEDO_Gemini_17_Gen4_Debuts_as_Affordable_Linux_Desktop_Replac.gmi [07:32] TR Bot Tux Machines TUXEDO Gemini 17 Gen4 Debuts as Affordable Linux Desktop Replacement [07:34] TR News Hollow Knight: Silksong to get a free expansion, Hollow Knight getting a refresh upgrade | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/hollow-knight-silksong-to-get-a-free-expansion-hollow-knight-getting-a-refresh-upgrade/ Source: GamingOnLinux [07:34] TR Bot Knight: Silksong to get a free expansion, Hollow Knight getting a refresh upgrade | GamingOnLinux [07:34] TR News Cult of the Lamb: Woolhaven arrives in January | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/cult-of-the-lamb-woolhaven-arrives-in-january/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/cult-of-the-lamb-woolhaven-arrives-in-january/ [07:34] TR Bot of the Lamb: Woolhaven arrives in January | GamingOnLinux [07:34] TR News The classic Plague Inc: Evolved gets a new free daily Outbreak Mode | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/the-classic-plague-inc-evolved-gets-a-new-free-daily-outbreak-mode/ Source: GamingOnLinux [07:34] TR Bot classic Plague Inc: Evolved gets a new free daily Outbreak Mode | GamingOnLinux [07:35] TR News Poly Bridge developer's next game is Poly Bricks - a LEGO-like cozy, creative brick-building game | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/poly-bridge-developers-next-game-is-poly-bricks-a-lego-like-cozy-creative-brick-building-game/ Source: GamingOnLinux [07:35] TR Bot Bridge developers next game is Poly Bricks - a LEGO-like cozy, creative brick-building game | GamingOnLinux [07:36] TR News Ubisoft acquires March of Giants and the team from Amazon joining Ubisoft | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/ubisoft-acquires-march-of-giants-and-the-team-from-amazon-joining-ubisoft/ Source: GamingOnLinux [07:36] TR Bot acquires March of Giants and the team from Amazon joining Ubisoft | GamingOnLinux [07:36] TR News ARC Raiders gets a huge v1.7.0 free update with a new map condition, new event, skill tree resets and more | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/arc-raiders-gets-a-huge-v1-7-0-free-update-with-a-new-map-condition-new-event-skill-tree-resets-and-more/ Source: GamingOnLinux [07:36] TR Bot Raiders gets a huge v1.7.0 free update with a new map condition, new event, skill tree resets and more | GamingOnLinux [07:38] TR News "Free speech activists had warned that using the term Islamophobia risks outlawing criticism of the religion itself." https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15387619/Labour-braced-free-speech-row-ministers-finalise-details-axe-Islamophobia-definition-favour-anti-Muslim-hostility.html [07:38] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15387619/Labour-braced-free-speech-row-ministers-finalise-details-axe-Islamophobia-definition-favour-anti-Muslim-hostility.html ) [07:39] TR News "Donald Trump Is Getting a Pass for His Catastrophic Trade War" https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/16/donald-trump-is-getting-a-pass-for-his-catastrophic-tariffs/ [07:39] TR Bot Donald Trump Is Getting a Pass for His Catastrophic Trade War - emptywheel [07:39] TR News Britain introduces nude filters on all mobile phones | "Storbritannien infr nakenfilter p alla mobiler" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2025/12/16/storbritannien-infor-nakenfilter-pa-alla-mobiler/ [07:39] TR Bot ( status 429 @ https://femtejuli-se.translate.goog/2025/12/16/storbritannien-infor-nakenfilter-pa-alla-mobiler/?_x_tr_sl=sv&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB ) [07:40] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software, and Review https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Free_and_Open_Source_Software_and_Review.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Free_and_Open_Source_Software_and_Review.gmi [07:40] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software, and Review [07:40] TR News Tingus Goose is completely absurd and possibly 2025's strangest game | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/tingus-goose-is-completely-absurd-and-possibly-2025s-strangest-game/ Source: GamingOnLinux [07:40] TR Bot Goose is completely absurd and possibly 2025's strangest game | GamingOnLinux [07:40] TR News Vampire Crawlers from the Vampire Survivors dev gets a fun new trailer | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/vampire-crawlers-from-the-vampire-survivors-dev-gets-a-fun-new-trailer/ Source: GamingOnLinux [07:41] TR Bot Crawlers from the Vampire Survivors dev gets a fun new trailer | GamingOnLinux [07:41] TR News "Just like Google plan with Chrome, Mozilla aren't sitting still on expanding Firefox into something resembling a web browser but with more AI." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/it-just-keeps-getting-worse-firefox-to-evolve-into-a-modern-ai-browser/ [07:41] TR Bot just keeps getting worse - Firefox to "evolve into a modern AI browser" | GamingOnLinux [07:43] TR News (NEW): Games: Vampire Crawlers, Tingus Goose, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Games_Vampire_Crawlers_Tingus_Goose_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Games_Vampire_Crawlers_Tingus_Goose_and_More.gmi [07:43] TR Bot Tux Machines Games: Vampire Crawlers, Tingus Goose, and More [07:44] TR News "Explore 2025 highlights from the Raspberry Pi Computing Education Research Centres projects and findings." https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/2025-highlights-from-the-raspberry-pi-computing-education-research-centre/ | Source: Raspberry Pi [07:44] TR Bot 2025 highlights from the Raspberry Pi Computing Education Research Centre - Raspberry Pi Foundation [07:45] TR News "Zero Criminal Charges" https://thedissenter.org/most-press-arrests-in-2025-resulted-in-zero-criminal-charges/ | Source: The Dissenter [07:45] TR Bot Most Press Arrests In 2025 Resulted In Zero Charges [07:47] TR News "this post may be useful to help you get the most out of your gear." https://boilingsteam.com/framework-desktop-how-to-expand-your-unified-memory-for-llm-use/index.html | Source: Boiling Steam [07:47] TR Bot Framework Desktop: How to Expand your Unified Memory For LLM Use [07:48] TR News "When doing general computing, you probably use a conventional mouse or trackpad. Then if you want to work in 3D, such as when using a VR headset, you need to switch to motion-tracking controllers dedicated to spatial tasks." https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/12/16/interacting-in-2d-and-3d-with-spatialmouse/ | Source: Arduino [07:48] TR Bot Interacting in 2D and 3D with SpatialMouse | Arduino Blog [07:48] TR News Yesterday, I was writing and doing research about software licenses. I read through heaps and walls of legal text and different licenses, taking notes and making sense of them." https://alavi.me/blog/e-ink-tablet-as-monitor-linux/ | [07:48] TR Bot E-Ink tablet as monitor for Linux - alavi.me [07:48] TR News "This throwaway post has become the second-most popular thing Ive ever posted on Mastodon, with hundreds of boosts and favourites." https://rubenerd.com/miku-hanging-out-on-an-old-cdrom/ | Source: Ruben Schade [07:48] TR Bot Hatsune Miku hanging out on an old CD-ROM [07:48] TR News (NEW): Firefox and Mozilla Commit Suicide With Slop https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Firefox_and_Mozilla_Commit_Suicide_With_Slop_Market_Share_Falls.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Firefox_and_Mozilla_Commit_Suicide_With_Slop_Market_Share_Falls.gmi [07:48] TR Bot Tux Machines Firefox and Mozilla Commit Suicide With Slop [07:50] TR News (NEW): Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS Released: A Letter From Our Founder https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/12/Pop_OS_24_04_LTS_Released_A_Letter_From_Our_Founder.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/12/Pop_OS_24_04_LTS_Released_A_Letter_From_Our_Founder.gmi [07:50] TR Bot Tux Machines Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS Released: A Letter From Our Founder [07:50] TR News "In late May 2025, a Gibraltar-based company asked GoDaddy to deny service to over 100 domains, based on allegations of widespread copyright infringement." https://torrentfreak.com/judge-godaddy-must-unmask-owners-of-100-allegedly-infringing-domains-251216/ | Source: Torrent Freak [07:50] TR Bot GoDaddy Must Unmask Owners of 100+ "Copyright-Infringing" Domains * TorrentFreak [07:51] TR News "Last week, Operation Bluebird filed a petition asking the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to cancel X Corp.s ownership of the Twitter and Tweet trademarks." https://www.theverge.com/news/845882/x-corp-operation-bluebird-twitter-lawsuit-trademark-infringement | Source: The Verge [07:51] TR Bot Twitter never left: X sues Operation Bluebird for trademark infringement | The Verge [07:51] TR News "not ripe for the picking" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/elon-musk-x-twitter-rebrand-social-media-sues-b2885855.html | Source: The Independent UK [07:51] TR Bot Elon Musks X Corp sues social media startup over bid for Twitter brand | The Independent [07:51] TR News "Enter the aforementioned study, for which ANMIP-BG fielded responses from 71 labels and artists based out of Southeast Europe." https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/16/spotify-stream-minimum/ | Source: Digital Music News [07:51] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/16/spotify-stream-minimum/ ) [07:52] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, Framework Desktop, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_Framework_Desktop_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_Framework_Desktop_and_More.gmi [07:52] TR Bot Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, Framework Desktop, and More [07:52] TR News "When Trump and Microsoft colluded to shut down the International Criminal Court by killing its access to Outlook and Office365" https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/16/k-shaped-recovery/#disenshittification-nations | Source: CoryDoctorow [07:52] TR Bot Pluralistic: Americas collapsing consumption is the worlds disenshittification opportunity (16 Dec 2025) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [07:53] TR News "Like Trump's routine lawsuits against U.S. media, this is a nuisance lawsuit whose purpose is to harrass the target and exploit the fact that it's cheaper to settle than to fight." https://boingboing.net/2025/12/16/trump-sues-the-bbc-in-florida.html | Source: BoingBoing [07:53] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2025/12/16/trump-sues-the-bbc-in-florida.html ) [07:53] TR News (NEW): The 5 best Linux apps for students https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/The_5_best_Linux_apps_for_students.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/The_5_best_Linux_apps_for_students.gmi [07:53] TR Bot Tux Machines The 5 best Linux apps for students [07:54] TR News "This year has been hardperhaps the understatement of the year, I knowbut one thing that has stood out to me throughout this endless struggle of a year has been the importance of small-scale" https://dansinker.com/posts/2025-12-15-snooping-newsie/ | Source: Dan Sinker [07:54] TR Bot the Inaugural Snooping Newsie Awards for Excellence in Independent Journalism | dansinker.com [07:54] TR News "That doesnt mean the article is obsolete. But it does mean we shouldnt assume it will stay the same forever." https://werd.io/is-the-article-dead/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller [07:54] TR Bot Is the article dead? [07:54] TR News "The investigation widened in February 2025 with the arrest of Shamshad Agaev, editor-in-chief of arqument.az and a regular contributor to Meydan TV" https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/12/17/twelve-independent-journalist-stand-trial-as-azerbaijan-s-meydan-tv-case-gets-underway | Source: Meduza [07:54] TR Bot Twelve independent journalists stand trial as Azerbaijans Meydan TV case gets underway Meduza [07:54] TR News "cooperation with the State of Israel" https://www.rferl.org/a/mohammadi-arrest-beating-rights-iran-nobel/33623558.html | Source: RFERL [07:54] TR Bot Detained Iranian Nobel Laureate Mohammadi Says She Was Beaten During Arrest [07:55] TR News "So when on 1 December the BBC released an investigation suggesting a World War I-era chemical weapon, camite, may have been mixed into the water that evening" https://oc-media.org/i-want-to-know-what-happened-georgian-protesters-on-the-lingering-effects-of-chemical-exposure/ | Source: Open Caucasus Media [07:55] TR Bot I want to know what happened Georgian protesters on the lingering effects of chemical exposure [07:55] TR News "This report shows how the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming Chinas state control system into a precision instrument for managing its population and targeting groups at home and abroad." https://www.aspi.org.au/report/the-partys-ai-how-chinas-new-ai-systems-are-reshaping-human-rights/ | [07:55] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.aspi.org.au/report/the-partys-ai-how-chinas-new-ai-systems-are-reshaping-human-rights/ ) [07:55] TR News "Two months later, new research by a little-known social listening firm seemed to upend what the public knew about how that viral discourse spread." https://www.theverge.com/report/845725/taylor-swift-gudea-report-rolling-stone-social-media-discourse-bots | Source: The Verge [07:55] TR Bot A vague study on Nazi bots created chaos in the Taylor Swift fan universe | The Verge [07:56] TR News "The episode highlights how chatbots often deliver confident yet false responses during fast-developing news events" https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/grok-spews-misinformation-about-deadly-australia-shooting-1421118901 | Source: RTL [07:56] TR Bot xAI: Grok spews misinformation about deadly Australia shooting [07:56] TR News "Whenever you compile using Rust, the compiler goes through different passes and in the end, generated binary code for the target processor." https://blog.guillaume-gomez.fr/articles/2025-12-15+Rust+GCC+backend%3A+Why+and+how | [07:56] TR Bot Rust GCC backend: Why and how [07:56] TR News "If youre a Californian, there are a few new state laws that you should know will be going into effect in the new year." https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/trends-watch-california-legislature | Source: EFF [07:56] TR Bot Trends to Watch in the California Legislature | Electronic Frontier Foundation [07:57] TR News "Last week marked the 20th anniversary of the Declaration of Principles (DoP) for International Election Observation." https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/5714/election-observers-adopt-principles-and-guidance-observing-personal-data-use | Source: Privacy International [07:57] TR Bot Election observers adopt Principles and Guidance for Observing Personal Data Use in Elections | Privacy International [07:58] TR News "The Office of the US Trade Representative posted on X Tuesday" https://www.theverge.com/news/845869/ustr-eu-trade-threat-spotify-mistral | Source: The Verge [07:58] TR Bot Trump admin threatens retaliation against Spotify and others over EU tech regulation | The Verge [07:58] TR News "Mozilla Corporation on Tuesday said it has appointed Anthony Enzor-DeMeo as Chief Executive Officer, replacing Laura Chambers, who served as interim CEO for the past two years." https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/16/mozilla_corporation_new_ceo/ | Source: The Register UK [07:58] TR Bot Mozilla Corporation installs Firefox driver in CEO reboot The Register [07:59] TR News New Mozilla CEO https://mjtsai.com/blog/2025/12/16/new-mozilla-ceo/ | Source: Michael Tsai [07:59] TR Bot Michael Tsai - Blog - New Mozilla CEO [07:59] TR News "But the bigger news is that almost no jobs have been added to the American economy since April." https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-americans-are-going-batsht-over | Source: Robert Reich [07:59] TR Bot Why Americans are going batsh*t over the cost of living [07:59] TR News "Astral announced Ty Beta today, the new Rust-based Python type checker." https://gregnewman.io/blog/trying-ty-for-lsp-in-emacs/ | Source: Greg Newman [07:59] TR Bot Trying Ty for my LSP in Emacs | Greg Newman ● Dec 17 [08:00] TR News "An extremely fast Python type checker and LSP (via) The team at Astral have been working on this for quite a long time" https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/16/ty/ | Source: Simon Willison [08:00] TR Bot ty: An extremely fast Python type checker and LSP [08:00] TR News (NEW): I've tried nearly every Linux package manager - these remain my favorite https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/I_ve_tried_nearly_every_Linux_package_manager_these_remain_my_f.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/I_ve_tried_nearly_every_Linux_package_manager_these_remain_my_f.gmi [08:00] TR Bot Tux Machines I've tried nearly every Linux package manager - these remain my favorite [08:00] TR News "Ive written about this before. But I believe that Ive managed to sharpen the analysis and find a clearer way to make my points with data. So here we go." https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/europes-tech-lag-does-it-matter | Source: Paul Krugman [08:00] TR Bot Europes Tech Lag: Does It Matter? - Paul Krugman [08:02] TR News "Investigators from the three countries announced the decision in a final report about the disaster probe. " https://yle.fi/a/74-20200130 | Source: YLE [08:02] TR Bot No plans for new probe of Estonia ferry tragedy, investigators confirm | Yle News | Yle [08:02] TR News "Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) sent letters to Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, CoreWeave, Digital Realty, and Equinix on Monday" https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/16/datacenters_energy_bills_dc/ | Source: The Register UK [08:02] TR Bot Senate trio questions DC operators over rising energy costs The Register [08:03] TR News "Nine satellites were reportedly launched last week from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China, Nicolls writes" https://www.pcworld.com/article/3012855/space-is-getting-crowded-starlink-and-chinese-satellites-nearly-collide.html | Source: PC World [08:03] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.pcworld.com/article/3012855/space-is-getting-crowded-starlink-and-chinese-satellites-nearly-collide.html ) [08:03] TR News "Published in Energy Research & Social Science, the study denounces how fossil fuel incumbents increasingly portray themselves as "part of the solution" to the climate emergency" https://phys.org/news/2025-12-fossil-fuel-industry-climate-false.html | Source: Omicron Limited [08:03] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://phys.org/news/2025-12-fossil-fuel-industry-climate-false.html ) [08:03] TR News "The attacker had access to our engineer's GitHub account for 17 hours before doing anything visible. According to our GitHub audit logs, they operated methodically." https://trigger.dev/blog/shai-hulud-postmortem | [08:03] TR Bot we got hit by Shai-Hulud: A complete post-mortem | Trigger.dev [08:03] TR News "And tomorrow, DOJ will be forced to hand over the Epstein files themselves." https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/16/the-epistemology-of-the-epstein-scandal/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler [08:03] TR Bot The Epistemology of the Epstein Scandal - emptywheel [08:04] TR News "but did not say whether all members of Congress would be allowed to see it, even as a defense policy bill demands that it be released to Congress." https://www.navytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2025/12/16/hegseth-says-he-wont-publicly-release-video-of-sept-2-boat-strike/ | Source: US Navy Times [08:04] TR Bot Hegseth says he wont publicly release video of Sept. 2 boat strike [08:05] TR News "Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled a new state-run website Tuesday that tracks what his office calls the criminal cronies around President Trump" https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-12-16/newsom-trolls-trump-with-website-tracking-presidents-criminal-cronies | Source: Los Angeles Times [08:05] TR Bot Newsom trolls Trump with website of president's 'criminal cronies' - Los Angeles Times [08:05] TR News "The clock is ticking for the US government to open up its files on Jeffrey Epstein." https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/the-epstein-files-will-soon-be-made-public-here-s-what-to-know-20251217-p5nodf.html | Source: The Age AU [08:05] TR Bot Epstein fallout: The Epstein files will soon be made public. Heres what to know [08:06] TR News "In order to maintain this air of inevitability, Putin stands accused of routinely inflating Russian battlefield achievements." https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/putin-is-lying-zelenskyy-visits-front-to-expose-false-claims-of-russian-gains/ | Source: Atlantic Council [08:06] TR Bot Putin is lying: Zelenskyy visits front to expose false claims of Russian gains - Atlantic Council [08:06] TR News "Not because he didnt know the answer. He knows. We all know. A child knows." https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-devils-cheap-date | Source: Mike Brock [08:06] TR Bot The Devils Cheap Date - by Mike Brock [08:07] TR News "Hegseth also remained silent on the matter after rebuking Kelly weeks ago for posting the video where he and five other Democrats warned against illegal orders." https://michiganadvance.com/2025/12/16/repub/pentagon-escalating-investigation-into-arizona-sen-kelly-for-illegal-orders-video/ | Source: Michigan Advance [08:07] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://michiganadvance.com/2025/12/16/repub/pentagon-escalating-investigation-into-arizona-sen-kelly-for-illegal-orders-video/ ) [08:07] TR News "Music Lukas Nelson on competing for a Grammy against his famous dad Dec. 11, 2025" https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2025-12-15/joe-walsh-juliens-auctions-eagles-james-gang-las-vegas-interview | Source: Los Angeles Times [08:07] TR Bot Why is Joe Walsh selling a bunch of his old stuff? - Los Angeles Times [08:08] TR News "In any case, Lula and Sheinbaum chose to downplay an outcome that, while obviously uncomfortable for them, is no longer an anomaly on the regional stage." https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-12-16/from-nazi-to-moment-for-reflection-latin-americas-left-feels-the-blow-of-kasts-victory-in-chile.html | Source: El Pas [08:08] TR Bot From Nazi to moment for reflection: Latin Americas left feels the blow of Kasts victory in Chile | International | EL PAS English [08:09] TR News "...engaging in abductions and raids to firmly impose its demands for an exclusive Islamic state governed by a strict interpretation of Islamic law." https://adf-magazine.com/2025/12/marginalized-voices-could-hold-key-to-defeating-boko-haram/ | Source: ADF [08:09] TR Bot Marginalized Voices Could Hold Key to Defeating Boko Haram - Africa Defense Forum [08:09] TR News "What I had not anticipated was the second derivative. After a time, that is, people come to expect, not just bad behaviour, but steadily worsening behaviour." https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-true-catastrophe-of-trump | Source: Robert Reich [08:09] TR Bot The True Catastrophe of Trump, as seen from north of the border [08:10] TR News "Whats unusual is their aggressive and swift attempt to reshape the law altogether or, rather, eliminate any law that would place a boundary on them." https://www.theverge.com/column/845955/donald-trump-big-tech-2025 | Source: The Verge [08:10] TR Bot How Silicon Valley turned Trump into a fellow broligarch | The Verge [08:11] TR News "It's a massive amount of video, so in 2022 he added live facial recognition abilities." https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5616681 | Source: NPR [08:11] TR Bot Live cameras are tracking faces in New Orleans. Who should control them? [08:11] TR News "In this latest issue, we're sharing how to spot sneaky ALPR cameras at the U.S. border, covering a host of new resources on age verification laws" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/age-verification-coming-internet-effector-3718 | Source: EFF [08:11] TR Bot Age Verification Is Coming for the Internet | EFFector 37.18 | Electronic Frontier Foundation [08:12] TR News "Attorney General Todd Rokita is suing about 50 sexually explicit websites, alleging they have violated Indianas age-verification law." https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/briefs/attorney-general-sues-pornographic-websites/ | Source: The Indiana Capital Chronicle [08:12] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/briefs/attorney-general-sues-pornographic-websites/ ) [08:12] TR News "The issue stems from a data breach linked not to PornHubs own systems, but to Mixpanel, an analytics vendor the platform previously used." https://thecyberexpress.com/pornhub-data-breach-premium-users/ | Source: Cyble Inc [08:12] TR Bot PornHub Data Breach: Premium User Activity Exposed [08:12] TR News "That language hides the real story: Your watch and search history could now lie in the hands of hackers, and whether or not it goes public depends on if Pornhub pays the ransom being demanded." https://www.pcworld.com/article/3013171/pornhub-hacked-view-and-search-history-for-premium-members-could-leak.html | Source: PC World [08:12] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.pcworld.com/article/3013171/pornhub-hacked-view-and-search-history-for-premium-members-could-leak.html ) [08:13] TR News "Chinas ruling Communist Party is using artificial intelligence to turbocharge the surveillance and control of its 1.4 billion citizens, with the technology reaching further into daily life" https://edition.cnn.com/2025/12/04/china/china-ai-censorship-surveillance-report-intl-hnk | Source: CNN [08:13] TR Bot Chinas censorship and surveillance were already intense. AI is turbocharging those systems | CNN [08:13] TR News "Chinese Surveillance and AI" https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/12/chinese-surveillance-and-ai.html | Source: Bruce Schneier [08:13] TR Bot Surveillance and AI - Schneier on Security [08:14] TR News "Direct navigation the act of visiting a website by manually typing a domain name in a web browser" https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/12/most-parked-domains-now-serving-malicious-content/ | Source: Krebs On Security [08:14] TR Bot Most Parked Domains Now Serving Malicious Content Krebs on Security [08:15] TR News "The curl project moved over its source code hosting to GitHub in March 2010, but we kept the main bug tracker running like before on Sourceforge." https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/12/16/20000-issues-on-github/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg [08:15] TR Bot issues on GitHub | daniel.haxx.se [08:15] TR News "Adversaries utilizing popular messaging apps throughout different attack phases is nothing new." https://blog.nviso.eu/2025/12/16/the-detection-response-chronicles-exploring-telegram-abuse/ | Source: NVISO Labs [08:15] TR Bot Telegram Abuse in Malware: Real Campaigns and KQL Detections [08:15] TR News "She says Roblox markets itself as the #1 gaming site for kids and teens and that as many as two-thirds of U.S. children ages 9 to 12 have Roblox accounts." https://www.courthousenews.com/iowa-claims-in-suit-roblox-exposes-children-to-harm/ | Source: Court House News [08:15] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.courthousenews.com/iowa-claims-in-suit-roblox-exposes-children-to-harm/ ) [08:16] TR News "Although the field of artificial intelligence (AI) goes back more than half century, its latest incarnation" https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/16/when-people-realize-how-good-the-latest-chinese-open-source-models-are-and-free-the-genai-bubble-could-finally-pop/ | Source: Techdirt [08:16] TR Bot People Realize How Good The Latest Chinese Open Source Models Are (And Free), The GenAI Bubble Could Finally Pop | Techdirt [08:17] TR News "AI Mode is mangling recipes by merging instructions from multiple creators and causing them huge dips in ad traffic" https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/15/google-ai-recipes-food-bloggers | Source: The Guardian UK [08:17] TR Bot Google AI summaries are ruining the livelihoods of recipe writers: Its an extinction event | Technology | The Guardian [08:17] TR News "I wrote about how AI summaries stop people clicking through to sources back in July." https://gregmorris.co.uk/the-questions-ill-never-see/ | Source: Greg Morris [08:17] TR Bot The Questions I'll Never See [08:18] TR News "The AI bubble has been kept inflated by journalists uncritically reporting whatever CEOs say as they frantically pump the stock." https://blog.dshr.org/2025/12/data-centers-in-spaaaace.html | Source: David Rosenthal [08:18] TR Bot DSHR's Blog: Data Centers In Spaaaace! [08:18] TR News "Amazon pulled all the Prime Video AI recaps after one day" https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/16/amazon-discovers-ai-sucks-at-automated-tv-recaps/ | Source: Pivot to AI [08:18] TR Bot ( status 503 @ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/16/amazon-discovers-ai-sucks-at-automated-tv-recaps/ ) [08:18] TR News "Among the examples of AI slop given by the publisher were: [...]" https://www.dw.com/en/slop-chosen-as-merriam-websters-2025-word-of-the-year/a-75177469 | Source: Deutsche Welle [08:18] TR Bot chosen as Merriam-Webster's 2025 Word of the Year DW 12/16/2025 [08:18] TR News "Merriam-Webster, the publishing house behind the leading English dictionary in the United States, has chosen slop as its word of the year for 2025." https://english.elpais.com/technology/2025-12-16/slop-merriam-websters-word-of-the-year-criticizes-junk-content-created-by-artificial-intelligence.html | Source: El Pas [08:18] TR Bot Slop: Merriam-Websters word of the year criticizes junk content created by artificial intelligence | Technology | EL PAS English [08:19] TR News "Here is a summary of the most important points." https://linuxiac.com/global-internet-traffic-rose-19-percent-in-2025-cloudflare-data-shows/ | Source: Linuxiac [08:19] TR Bot Global Internet Traffic Rose 19 Percent in 2025, Cloudflare Data Shows [08:19] TR News "The constellation of motivations behind this proposal is clear: conservative ideology, cash, and China." https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/12/against-the-federal-moratorium-on-state-level-regulation-of-ai.html | Source: Bruce Schneier [08:19] TR Bot the Federal Moratorium on State-Level Regulation of AI - Schneier on Security [08:20] TR News "It's losing every photo you've taken in years, every password you own, access to everything else those passwords unlock." https://gregmorris.co.uk/locked-out-of-your-life/ | Source: Greg Morris [08:20] TR Bot Locked Out Of Your Life [08:20] TR News "Because I have so many photos and videos, my phone is not enough storage for them." https://cassidoo.co/post/ente-backup/ | Source: Cassidy Williams [08:20] TR Bot Trying out Ente for media backup [08:20] TR News "Amazon Web Services (AWS) has attributed a persistent multi-year cyber espionage campaign targeting Western critical infrastructure, particularly the energy sector" https://thecyberexpress.com/espionage-western-critical-infrastructure/ | Source: Cyble Inc [08:20] TR Bot Russias GRU Behind Years-Long Espionage Campaign Targeting Western Critical Infrastructure [08:21] TR News "coordinated operations against customer network edge devices hosted on AWS." https://therecord.media/russia-gru-hackers-target-energy-sector-sandworm | Source: The Record [08:21] TR Bot Russias GRU hackers targeting misconfigured network edge devices in attacks on energy sector, Amazon says | The Record from Recorded Future News [08:21] TR News "If you build parts for the Defense Department or the aerospace sector, you already know the files that drive your machines, such as G-code" https://federalnewsnetwork.com/commentary/2025/12/locking-down-the-digital-shop-floor-why-defense-manufacturers-need-to-rethink-data-security/ | Source: Federal News Network [08:21] TR Bot Locking down the digital shop floor: Why defense manufacturers need to rethink data security [08:21] TR News "Self-hosting is not a solution to any of this." https://explodingcomma.com/posts/self-hosting-is-a-hobby | Source: Pete Brown [08:21] TR Bot Self-hosting is a hobby. - Exploding Comma [08:22] TR News "In a study of young adults published in JAMA Network Open, those who participated in a one-week social media detox experienced a boost in their mental health" https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/12/social-media-detox-boosts-mental-health-but-nuances-stand-out/ | Source: Harvard University [08:22] TR Bot Early research shows benefits of social media break Harvard Gazette [08:22] TR News (NEW): There's no such thing as a beginner Linux distro (and there never will be) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/There_s_no_such_thing_as_a_beginner_Linux_distro_and_there_neve.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/There_s_no_such_thing_as_a_beginner_Linux_distro_and_there_neve.gmi [08:22] TR Bot Tux Machines There's no such thing as a beginner Linux distro (and there never will be) [08:22] TR News "The negative influence of the commute is so pronounced that its hard to imagine making the economy work for moms without acknowledging its impact." https://www.theatlantic.com/family/2025/12/commute-gender-wage-gap-mothers/685265/ | Source: The Atlantic [08:22] TR Bot Commuting Is BadParticularly for Women - The Atlantic [08:23] TR News "The other reason the mirrorless success isnt entirely surprising? It packs in 40fps, and 7K 30p open gate" https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/cameras/this-canon-was-the-most-popular-camera-in-november-the-second-place-camera-is-a-compact-camera-but-it-wasnt-even-close | Source: Digital Camera World [08:23] TR Bot This Canon was the most popular camera in November. The second-place camera is a compact camera (but it wasnt even close) | Digital Camera World [08:23] TR News "Hand-eye coordination is a good thing, and does come from fast movement, but playing catch is good too." https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/drones/6-educational-things-that-a-drone-can-teach-children-beyond-learning-to-fly | Source: Digital Camera World [08:23] TR Bot 6 educational things that a drone can teach children beyond learning to fly | Digital Camera World [08:24] TR News "Leading a project without formal authority can be challenging." https://cassidoo.co/post/influence-without-authority/ | Source: Cassidy Williams [08:24] TR Bot Influencing without authority [08:24] TR News "Silicon designers are bad at designing secure hardware. Embarrassingly so, sometimes." https://mcyoung.xyz/2025/12/15/value-barriers/ | Source: Miguel Young de la Sota [08:24] TR Bot Optimization Countermeasures mcyoung [08:25] TR News "Space and time arent just woven into the background fabric of the universe." https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-year-in-computer-science-20251216/ | Source: Quanta Magazine [08:25] TR Bot The Year in Computer Science | Quanta Magazine [08:25] TR News "To publish a public service here, put a known_hosts file with your public key (or CA) at, for example: [...]" https://knownhosts.net/ | [08:25] TR News "An icon of the Swiss school of typography, Helvetica swept through the design world in the 60s and became synonymous with modern, progressive, cosmopolitan attitudes." https://www.marksimonson.com/notebook/view/the-scourge-of-arial/ | [08:25] TR Bot The Scourge of Arial [08:25] TR News "Its been fun so far! And by fun I mean its been a rewarding challenge. :)" https://benjamincongdon.me/blog/2025/12/15/Day-15-of-Daily-Writing/ | Source: Ben Congdon [08:25] TR Bot Day 15 of Daily Writing | Ben Congdon [08:26] TR News "And you, are you always eternally asking questions?" https://alexwolfe.ca/little-miss-why/ | Source: Alexandra Wolfe [08:26] TR Bot Little Miss Why Alex Wolfe [08:26] TR News "finally, the roundup! 22 people participated and made 23 blog posts on the topic, with lots of opinions that sometimes crossed each other." https://alexsirac.com/indieweb-carnival-roundup-cycles-and-fluctuations/ | Source: Alex Sirac [08:26] TR Bot [Article] IndieWeb Carnival roundup: Cycles and Fluctuations Alex [08:27] TR News (NEW): After Decades, Linux Finally Gains Stable GPIB Support https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/After_Decades_Linux_Finally_Gains_Stable_GPIB_Support.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/After_Decades_Linux_Finally_Gains_Stable_GPIB_Support.gmi [08:27] TR Bot Tux Machines After Decades, Linux Finally Gains Stable GPIB Support [08:27] TR News "Both the paper and the software are part of an open-science effort aimed at making exploratory data analysis more accessible to non-technical users." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/12/associationexplorer-a-user-friendly-shiny-application-for-exploring-associations-and-visual-patterns/ | Source: Rlang [08:27] TR Bot A user-friendly shiny application for exploring associations and visual patterns | R-bloggers [08:28] TR News "A whole year had gone by since the elves at Santa's workshop had started using OpenTelemetry to collect and export telemetry from their multiple services, and things had been going well." https://perladvent.org/2025/2025-12-16.html | Source: Perl [08:28] TR Bot Perl Advent Calendar 2025 - Auto-instrument your code with OpenTelemetry [08:28] TR News "When testing Perl applications we have many well known options and techniques but in this post we won't cover any of those fancy tools." https://perladvent.org/2025/2025-12-15.html | Source: Perl [08:28] TR Bot Perl Advent Calendar 2025 - Using Mojolicious::Plugin::Mount to help test your applications [08:28] TR News "After thirty minutes of mapping dependencies, a pattern emerged." https://perladvent.org/2025/2025-12-14.html | Source: Perl [08:28] TR Bot Perl Advent Calendar 2025 - The Twelve Slices Of Christmas: How Vasco Chained the Chaos [08:28] TR News "As a complete beginner to Nix and NixOS, I recently had some trouble packaging up a Perl script and a shell script with their dependencies for deployment on a NixOS system." https://entropicthoughts.com/packaging-perl-and-shell-for-nixos-deployment | Source: Chris [08:28] TR Bot Packaging Perl and Shell for NixOS Deployment [08:29] TR News "I knew RFCs before from open-source projects, where they are widely used to facilitate decision-making within the OSS community. However, I never thought of using RFCs internally in an organization." https://highimpactengineering.substack.com/p/the-illusion-of-shared-understanding | [08:29] TR Bot The Illusion of Shared Understanding - by Roman Nikolaev [08:29] TR News [Old] "While working on something else, I figured out a nice Haskell implementation of Huffman coding, and I thought Id share it here." https://doisinkidney.com/posts/2018-02-17-single-pass-huffman.html | [08:29] TR Bot Single-Pass Huffman Coding - Donnacha Oisn Kidney [08:30] TR News "Writing Helm charts somehow feels like a gigantic step backwards." https://blog.balthazar-rouberol.com/evaluating-interdependant-helm-variables | Source: Balthazar Rouberol [08:30] TR Bot Evaluating interdependant helm variables [08:30] TR News "So there are half a dozen of Common Lisp package/system/project managers: [...]" https://aartaka.me/cl-submodules.html | Source: Artyom Bologov [08:30] TR Bot Common Lisp Dependency Vendoring with Submodules [08:30] TR News "I believe that natural language will form the core of the programming languages of the future." https://brooker.co.za/blog/2025/12/16/natural-language.html | Source: Marc Brooker [08:30] TR Bot On the success of 'natural language programming' - Marc's Blog [08:30] TR News Swift Configuration https://mjtsai.com/blog/2025/12/16/swift-configuration/ | Source: Michael Tsai [08:30] TR Bot Michael Tsai - Blog - Swift Configuration [08:31] TR News "One thing Ive had in mind from the beginning of the project was use Lark https://github.com/lark-parser/lark parser grammars." https://www.philipzucker.com/kd_microlean/ | Source: Philip Zucker [08:31] TR Bot - lark-parser/lark: Lark is a parsing toolkit for Python, built with a focus on ergonomics, performance and modularity. [08:31] TR Bot Some Lean Syntax for Knuckledragger | Hey There Buddo! [08:34] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [08:34] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [08:34] TR News (NEW): Rhino Linux 2025.4 Brings Lomiri Packages and Updated Kernels https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Rhino_Linux_2025_4_Brings_Lomiri_Packages_and_Updated_Kernels.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Rhino_Linux_2025_4_Brings_Lomiri_Packages_and_Updated_Kernels.gmi [08:34] TR Bot Tux Machines Rhino Linux 2025.4 Brings Lomiri Packages and Updated Kernels [08:35] TR News (NEW): Mabox Linux 25.12 Released With Panel Improvements and GTK2 Removal https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Mabox_Linux_25_12_Released_With_Panel_Improvements_and_GTK2_Rem.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Mabox_Linux_25_12_Released_With_Panel_Improvements_and_GTK2_Rem.gmi [08:35] TR Bot Tux Machines Mabox Linux 25.12 Released With Panel Improvements and GTK2 Removal [08:44] TR News Techrights Links 17/12/2025: Operation Bluebird Lawsuit, GoDaddy Made to 'Dox' Clients https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Links_17_12_2025_Operation_Bluebird_Lawsuit_GoDaddy_Made_to_Dox.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Links_17_12_2025_Operation_Bluebird_Lawsuit_GoDaddy_Made_to_Dox.gmi [08:44] TR Bot Techrights Links 17/12/2025: Operation Bluebird Lawsuit, GoDaddy Made to 'Dox' Clients [08:51] TR News "D-Bus was introduced by GNOME folks about 20 years ago. For software made only 20 years ago, as opposed to 40 like X, it's surprisingly almost equally as bad." https://blog.vaxry.net/articles/2025-dbusSucks | [08:51] TR Bot content type. Ignoring. [08:51] TR News "If you want to get an idea of how capable the web platform has gotten over the past few years, look no further than the list of categories covered in this survey." https://2025.stateofhtml.com/en-US | [08:51] TR Bot State of HTML 2025 [08:52] TR News "It started out as blog software, but WordPresss overwhelming job these days is marketing sites. Blog posts are a minor sideline." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/15/wordpress-wants-to-force-ai-onto-43-of-all-websites-in-the-world/ | Source: Pivot to AI [08:52] TR Bot ( status 503 @ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/15/wordpress-wants-to-force-ai-onto-43-of-all-websites-in-the-world/ ) [08:52] TR News "Applications have changed too. Companies are global, businesses are 24/7. Down time is expensive, and that expense can be measured." https://brooker.co.za/blog/2025/12/15/database-for-ssd.html | Source: Marc Brooker [08:52] TR Bot What Does a Database for SSDs Look Like? - Marc's Blog [08:53] TR News "Tor Browser 16.0a1 is now available from the Tor Browser download page and also from our distribution directory" https://blog.torproject.org/new-alpha-release-tor-browser-160a1/ | Source: Tor [08:53] TR Bot New Alpha Release: Tor Browser 16.0a1 | The Tor Project [08:53] TR News "It has come to my attention that the artwork for the original mozilla.org "dinosaur" logo is not widely available online. So, here it is." https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/12/the-original-mozilla-dinosaur-logo-artwork/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski [08:53] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/12/the-original-mozilla-dinosaur-logo-artwork/ ) [08:54] TR News "Developers report a major performance boost, with internal tests showing speeds up by about 32% and lower memory use compared to the last version." https://linuxiac.com/openshot-3-4-released-with-performance-gains-and-new-video-effects/ | Source: Linuxiac [08:54] TR Bot OpenShot 3.4 Released With Performance Gains and New Video Effects [08:54] TR News "The analyst firm says higher DRAM and NAND prices risk undermining confidence across the market" https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/16/smartphones_memory_ai/ | Source: The Register UK [08:54] TR Bot Rising memory costs are about to test buyers' patience The Register [08:55] TR News "The MidnightBSD project has announced a new major release, version 4.0, which is available for 32-bit and 64-bit x86 machines" https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12669 | Source: Distro Watch [08:55] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12669 ) [08:56] TR News "At Akademy, two projects drew particular attention: KDE Linux, positioned as an officially branded immutable distribution, and KDE Neon Core, an effort that rethinks KDE Neon with an immutable foundation while remaining largely independent of its predecessor." [08:56] TR News "With that said, KDE Ni! OS emerged as a third entry in this space, partly as a joke and partly as a practical exploration of the same design goals." https://linuxiac.com/kde-ni-os-is-a-playful-take-on-immutable-linux-built-on-nixos/ | Source: Linuxiac [08:56] TR Bot KDE Ni! OS Is a Playful Take on Immutable Linux Built on NixOS [08:57] TR News "This is an issue because when things are marked up as headings that are not headings, it makes the page harder to understand." https://htmhell.dev/adventcalendar/2025/16/ | Source: Markup from Hell [08:57] TR Bot Giving pages a clear shape by using headings - HTMHell [08:57] TR News "Today were looking at calling conventions1 - which arent purely optimisation related but are important to understand." https://xania.org/202512/16-calling-conventions | Source: Matt Godbolt [08:57] TR Bot Calling all arguments Matt Godbolts blog [08:57] TR News "When we initially became interested in FreeBSD a year ago, I said that FreeBSD's version of PF was close enough to an older version of OpenBSD PF" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/unix/FreeBSDPFHasCaughtUp | Source: University of Toronto [08:57] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser [08:58] TR News "Fredrik chats to Dylan Beattie about Rockstar, esoteric programming languages (Perl in latin, anyone?), and what might happen after the AI bubble." https://kodsnack.se/international/681/ | Source: Kodsnack [08:58] TR Bot Kodsnack 681 - German ortography, with Dylan Beattie [08:59] TR News Tor: "Transparency, Openness, and Our 2023-2024 Financials" https://blog.torproject.org/financials-blog-post-2023-2024/ | Source: Tor [08:59] TR Bot Transparency, Openness, and Our 2023-2024 Financials | The Tor Project ● Dec 17 [09:00] TR News (NEW): Standards/Consortia: "D-Bus is a disgrace to the Linux desktop"; State of HTML 2025 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Standards_Consortia_D_Bus_is_a_disgrace_to_the_Linux_desktop_St.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Standards_Consortia_D_Bus_is_a_disgrace_to_the_Linux_desktop_St.gmi [09:00] TR Bot Tux Machines Standards/Consortia: "D-Bus is a disgrace to the Linux desktop"; State of HTML 2025 [09:01] TR News fair.org does not call it a terror attack despite IS links. That shows a possible issue in fair.org itself. [09:13] TR News "In this article, well cover LocalSend, a modern, cross-platform, open-source application that makes file sharing across your local network incredibly simple." https://www.tecmint.com/localsend-share-files-linux-windows/ | Source: TecMint [09:13] TR Bot LocalSend - Easy File Sharing Between Linux and Windows [09:17] _what__ Microsoft Stereo? anyone http://boycottnovell.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/gnome-mono.png [09:19] TR News "The platforms fundamental value lies in its resilience. For mission-critical automation, a resilient foundation is not merely a best practiceits essential." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/enterprise-automation-resilience-edb-and-ansible-automation-platform | Source: Red Hat Official [09:19] TR Bot Enterprise automation resilience with EDB and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform [09:23] _what__ http://techrights.org/n/2025/12/16/Blogs_to_Read_or_Even_Binge_on_When_You_Look_for_a_Daring_and_D.shtml [09:23] TR Bot Techrights Blogs to Read (or Even Binge on) When You Look for a Daring and Different Perspective [09:23] _what__ Ryan Farmer (BaronHK's rants) http://baronhk.wordpress.com/ [09:23] TR Bot BaronHK's Rants [09:25] _what__ MJG has yet to SLAPP him http://baronhk.wordpress.com/tag/matthew-garrett/ [09:25] TR Bot Matthew Garrett | BaronHK's Rants [09:25] TR News "Through major platform releases, new partner integrations, and global events, Red Hat helped customers achieve enterprise-wide network automation with Ansible Automation Platform." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/accelerating-netops-transformation-ansible-automation-platform | Source: Red Hat Official [09:25] TR Bot Accelerating NetOps transformation with Ansible Automation Platform [09:26] TR News "Several of Red Hats executives have taken on this question to provide their views into the new year, emphasizing the shifting mindsets and priorities that IT leaders are facing come January. So lets hear from them!" https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/looking-ahead-2026-red-hats-view-across-hybrid-cloud | Source: Red Hat Official [09:26] TR Bot Looking ahead to 2026: Red Hats view across the hybrid cloud [09:27] TR News "The following questions and answers provide additional context on the acquisition and what it means for Red Hat customers and partners." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-acquire-chatterbox-labs-frequently-asked-questions | Source: Red Hat Official [09:27] TR Bot Red Hat to acquire Chatterbox Labs: Frequently Asked Questions [09:28] _what__ don't let this be landmark SLAPP http://techrights.org/i/2025/12/case-judgment-summary.html [09:28] TR Bot NO TITLE [09:28] _what__ otherwise http://gnu.org/malware is also punched into a memory hole by proprietarists [09:28] TR Bot to connect to gnu.org port 80 after 10001 ms: Timeout was reached ( status 0 @ http://gnu.org/malware ) [09:28] _what__ also http://stallman.org/ Reasons not to use (proprietary) [09:28] TR Bot Richard Stallman's Personal Page [09:41] TR News Is Denmark Really Banning VPNs? A Controversial Bill Has People Worried https://itsfoss.com/news/denmark-controversial-vpn-bill/ [09:41] TR Bot Is Denmark Really Banning VPNs? A Controversial Bill Has People Worried [09:43] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@8fmyfhx5qgr8q.irc) has joined #techrights [09:46] _what__ CHAT CON-TROLL! http://mullvad.net/chatcontrol [09:46] TR Bot The chat control proposal does not belong in democratic societies [09:47] _what__ The Troll being a Big Brother himself and now the EU is following suit [09:48] TR News Pharmacists in South Korea flag uncontrolled sales at popular warehouse-style pharmacies https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/pharmacists-in-south-korea-flag-uncontrolled-sales-at-popular-warehouse-style-pharmacies [09:48] TR Bot Pharmacists in South Korea flag uncontrolled sales at popular warehouse-style pharmacies | The Straits Times [09:48] TR News Recent Supreme Court Developments in TTAB cases http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/12/recent-supreme-court-developments-in.html [09:48] TR Bot The TTABlog: Recent Supreme Court Developments in TTAB cases [09:48] TR News PA Media goes video-first to meet demand for live and social-ready content https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishing-services-content/pa-media-goes-video-first-to-meet-demand-for-live-and-social-ready-content/ [09:48] TR Bot PA Media goes video-first to meet demand for live and social-ready content - Press Gazette [09:51] TR News AP launches verification dashboard for publishers to meet demand for authenticity https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/wires_and_agencies/ap-verify-dashboard-launch/ [09:51] TR Bot AP Verify launches for publishers to meet 'demand for authenticity' - Press Gazette [09:51] TR News DMGT determined to proceed at pace in Telegraph deal https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/nationals/dmgt-determined-to-proceed-at-pace-in-telegraph-deal/ [09:51] TR Bot DMGT 'determined to proceed at pace' in Telegraph deal - Press Gazette [09:52] TR News TV producer Keaton Stone became accidental journalist with Al Fayed investigation https://pressgazette.co.uk/press-gazette-events/keaton-stone-al-fayed-investigation-bbc-british-journalism-awards/ [09:52] TR Bot 'Accidental journalist' led Al Fayed investigation - Press Gazette [09:53] TR News Top 50 English-language news sites in the world: No traffic growth among ten biggest https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/media_metrics/most-popular-websites-news-world-monthly-2/ https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/media_metrics/most-popular-websites-news-us-monthly-3/ [09:53] TR Bot Most popular websites for news in the world: Monthly top 50 listing [09:53] TR Bot Biggest websites for news US: Top 50 updated each month [09:53] TR News Tyla Gets a Brand BoostSingers Management Partners with Hybe In Broader African Expansion https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/15/tyla-management-hybe-africa-expansion/ [09:53] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/15/tyla-management-hybe-africa-expansion/ ) [09:54] TR News Boosting One Mitochondrial Protein Increases Lifespan And Slows Aging in Mice https://www.sciencealert.com/boosting-one-mitochondrial-protein-increases-lifespan-and-slows-aging-in-mice [09:54] TR Bot One Mitochondrial Protein Increases Lifespan And Slows Aging in Mice : ScienceAlert [09:54] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Android_Leftovers.gmi [09:54] TR Bot Tux Machines Android Leftovers [09:54] TR News The Detection & Response Chronicles: Exploring Telegram Abuse https://blog.nviso.eu/2025/12/16/the-detection-response-chronicles-exploring-telegram-abuse/ [09:54] TR Bot Telegram Abuse in Malware: Real Campaigns and KQL Detections [09:55] TR News Cooling Labor Market and Elevated Inflation Stoke Fed Divisions on Rate Cuts https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/business/economy/fed-rate-decision-dissents.html [09:55] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/business/economy/fed-rate-decision-dissents.html ) [09:59] TR News Hatsune Miku hanging out on an old CD-ROM https://rubenerd.com/miku-hanging-out-on-an-old-cdrom/ [09:59] TR Bot Hatsune Miku hanging out on an old CD-ROM [09:59] TR News Framework Desktop: How to Expand your Unified Memory For LLM Use https://boilingsteam.com/framework-desktop-how-to-expand-your-unified-memory-for-llm-use/index.html [09:59] TR Bot Framework Desktop: How to Expand your Unified Memory For LLM Use [09:59] TR News Interacting in 2D and 3D with SpatialMouse https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/12/16/interacting-in-2d-and-3d-with-spatialmouse/ [09:59] TR Bot Interacting in 2D and 3D with SpatialMouse | Arduino Blog ● Dec 17 [10:00] TR News OpenShot 3.4 Released With Performance Gains and New Video Effects https://linuxiac.com/openshot-3-4-released-with-performance-gains-and-new-video-effects/ [10:00] TR Bot OpenShot 3.4 Released With Performance Gains and New Video Effects [10:00] TR News AssociationExplorer: A user-friendly shiny application for exploring associations and visual patterns https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/12/associationexplorer-a-user-friendly-shiny-application-for-exploring-associations-and-visual-patterns/ [10:00] TR Bot A user-friendly shiny application for exploring associations and visual patterns | R-bloggers [10:01] TR News Locking down the digital shop floor: Why defense manufacturers need to rethink data security https://federalnewsnetwork.com/commentary/2025/12/locking-down-the-digital-shop-floor-why-defense-manufacturers-need-to-rethink-data-security/ [10:01] TR Bot Locking down the digital shop floor: Why defense manufacturers need to rethink data security [10:02] TR News Against the Federal Moratorium on State-Level Regulation of Hey Hi (AI) https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/12/against-the-federal-moratorium-on-state-level-regulation-of-ai.html [10:02] TR Bot the Federal Moratorium on State-Level Regulation of AI - Schneier on Security [10:02] TR News Global Internet Traffic Rose 19 Percent in 2025, Clownflare Data Shows https://linuxiac.com/global-internet-traffic-rose-19-percent-in-2025-cloudflare-data-shows/ [10:02] TR Bot Global Internet Traffic Rose 19 Percent in 2025, Cloudflare Data Shows [10:04] TR News Chinese Surveillance and Hey Hi (AI) https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/12/chinese-surveillance-and-ai.html [10:04] TR Bot Surveillance and AI - Schneier on Security [10:06] TR News Election observers adopt Principles and Guidance for Observing Personal Data Use in Elections http://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/5714/election-observers-adopt-principles-and-guidance-observing-personal-data-use [10:06] TR Bot Election observers adopt Principles and Guidance for Observing Personal Data Use in Elections | Privacy International [10:07] TR News Detained Iranian Nobel Laureate Mohammadi Says She Was Beaten During Arrest https://www.rferl.org/a/mohammadi-arrest-beating-rights-iran-nobel/33623558.html [10:07] TR Bot Detained Iranian Nobel Laureate Mohammadi Says She Was Beaten During Arrest [10:07] *psydroid3 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [10:07] TR News Pluralistic: America's collapsing consumption is the world's disenshittification opportunity (16 Dec 2025) https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/16/k-shaped-recovery/ [10:07] TR Bot Pluralistic: Americas collapsing consumption is the worlds disenshittification opportunity (16 Dec 2025) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [10:09] TR News The Rust Programming Language Blog: Project goals update November 2025 https://blog.rust-lang.org/2025/12/16/Project-Goals-2025-November-Update.md/ [10:09] TR Bot Project goals update November 2025 | Rust Blog [10:10] TR News Freexian Collaborators: Monthly report about Debian Long Term Support, November 2025 (by Santiago Ruano Rincn) https://www.freexian.com/blog/debian-lts-report-2025-11/ [10:10] TR Bot report about Debian Long Term Support, November 2025 | Freexian [10:11] TR News Mozilla Attack & Defense: Attempting Cross Translation Unit Taint Analysis for Firefox https://attackanddefense.dev/2025/12/16/attempting-cross-translation-unit-static-analysis.html [10:11] TR Bot Attempting Cross Translation Unit Taint Analysis for Firefox | Attack & Defense [10:15] TR News Techrights Tom Silvagni sentencing: not Xavier College but DPP and social media to blame https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Tom_Silvagni_sentencing_not_Xavier_College_but_DPP_and_social_m.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Tom_Silvagni_sentencing_not_Xavier_College_but_DPP_and_social_m.gmi [10:16] TR Bot Techrights Tom Silvagni sentencing: not Xavier College but DPP and social media to blame [10:24] TR News 2023 [10:38] TR News Freexian Collaborators: Debusine repositories now in beta (by Colin Watson) https://www.freexian.com/blog/debusine-repositories-beta/ [10:38] TR Bot repositories now in beta | Freexian [10:39] TR News Christian Kastner: Simple-PPA, a minimalistic PPA implementation https://www.kvr.at/posts/simple-ppa-a-minimalistic-ppa-implementation/ [10:39] TR Bot Simple-PPA, a minimalistic PPA implementation | Christian Kastner [10:46] _what__ http://freexian.com/services/debusine/ [10:46] TR Bot Freexian [10:46] _what__ Clown? really https://techrights.org/search/query?search=Search&set1=any&query1=cloud%20clown [10:46] TR Bot Techrights Search [10:51] TR News Techrights WordPress Begs You to Dump It (for SSGs), Just Like Mozilla With Firefox https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/WordPress_Begs_You_to_Dump_It_for_SSGs_Just_Like_Mozilla_With_F.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/WordPress_Begs_You_to_Dump_It_for_SSGs_Just_Like_Mozilla_With_F.gmi [10:51] TR Bot Techrights WordPress Begs You to Dump It (for SSGs), Just Like Mozilla With Firefox ● Dec 17 [11:01] TR News MicroPython v1.27 adds support for ESP32-C5, ESP32-P4, and STM32U5 microcontrollers https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/12/16/micropython-v1-27-adds-support-for-esp32-c5-esp32-p4-and-stm32u5-microcontrollers/ [11:01] TR Bot MicroPython v1.27 adds support for ESP32-C5, ESP32-P4, and STM32U5 microcontrollers - CNX Software [11:02] TR News Jussi Pakkanen: An Appeal from the United Federation of Dictators, Despots, Evil Emperors and Tyrants https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2025/12/an-appeal-from-united-federation-of.html [11:02] TR Bot Nibble Stew: An Appeal from the United Federation of Dictators, Despots, Evil Emperors and Tyrants [11:03] TR News Bradley M. Kuhn: I Lived a Similar Trauma Rob Reiner's Family Faces & Shame on Convicted Felon http://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2025/12/16/rob-reiner-trump-my-brother-also-murdered-my-mother.html [11:03] TR Bot I Lived a Similar Trauma Rob Reiner's Family Faces & Shame on Trump - Bradley Khn ( bkuhn ) [11:04] TR News Ruby 3.4.8 Released https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2025/12/17/ruby-3-4-8-released/ [11:04] TR Bot Ruby 3.4.8 Released [11:05] TR News Commercial LTS Qt 6.8.6 Released https://www.qt.io/blog/commercial-lts-qt-6.8.6-released [11:05] TR Bot Commercial LTS Qt 6.8.6 Released [11:05] TR News Packaging Perl and Shell for NixOS Deployment https://entropicthoughts.com/packaging-perl-and-shell-for-nixos-deployment [11:05] TR Bot Packaging Perl and Shell for NixOS Deployment [11:06] TR News Learning to Build and Use the Internet in Rhino Refugee Camp https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2025/12/learning-to-build-and-use-the-internet-in-rhino-refugee-camp/ [11:06] TR Bot Learning to Build and Use the Internet in Rhino Refugee Camp - Internet Society [11:07] TR News AI Industry Insiders Living in Fear of What Theyre Creating https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-industry-fears-creation [11:07] TR Bot AI Industry Insiders Living in Fear of What They're Creating [11:07] TR News Corruption https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/intel-appoints-trump-economic-advisor-as-head-of-government-affairs-announces-broader-leadership-shakeup-new-interim-cto [11:07] TR Bot Intel appoints Trump economic advisor as head of government affairs announces broader leadership shakeup, new interim CTO | Tom's Hardware [11:08] TR News AI-generated reconstructions of ancient Rome turn out to be full of errors https://www.france24.com/en/technology/20251216-ai-generated-reconstructions-ancient-rome-errors [11:08] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/technology/20251216-ai-generated-reconstructions-ancient-rome-errors ) [11:08] TR News Yes, Ponzi scheme ARE possible, we KNOW that!! https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/technology/ai-venture-capital-big-funds.html [11:08] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/technology/ai-venture-capital-big-funds.html ) [11:11] TR News Amazon: Russian Hackers Now Favor Misconfigurations in Critical Infrastructure Attacks https://www.securityweek.com/amazon-russian-hackers-now-favor-misconfigurations-in-critical-infrastructure-attacks/ [11:11] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/amazon-russian-hackers-now-favor-misconfigurations-in-critical-infrastructure-attacks/ ) [11:20] TR News Latvian-speaking phone scammers arrested in Ukraine police raid https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/16.12.2025-latvian-speaking-phone-scammers-arrested-in-ukraine-police-raid.a626635/ [11:20] TR Bot Latvian-speaking phone scammers arrested in Ukraine police raid / Article [11:31] *SomeGoat (~SomeGoat@r9ruxqydtdctn.irc) has joined #techrights [11:36] TR News Videos from the Open Source Conference 2025 in Luxembourg https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/12/16/videos-from-the-open-source-conference-2025-in-luxembourg/ [11:36] TR Bot Videos from the Open Source Conference 2025 in Luxembourg - TDF Community Blog [11:36] TR News Inverse Kinematics Returns to Godot 4.6 https://godotengine.org/article/inverse-kinematics-returns-to-godot-4-6/ [11:36] TR Bot Inverse Kinematics Returns to Godot 4.6 Godot Engine [11:37] TR News Exton 251215 "FedEX" is out https://distrowatch.com/exton [11:37] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/exton ) [11:37] TR News Commodore 64 Ultimate Review: 21st Century Computing from a 1982 perspective https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/commodore-64-ultimate-review [11:37] TR Bot Commodore 64 Ultimate Review: 21st Century Computing from a 1982 perspective | Tom's Hardware [11:38] TR News Luckfox Aura A Raspberry Pi-like GNU/Linux SBC powered by Rockchip RV1126B SoC with 3 TOPS NPU https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/12/16/luckfox-aura-a-raspberry-pi-like-linux-sbc-powered-by-rockchip-rv1126b-soc-with-3-tops-npu/ [11:38] TR Bot Luckfox Aura - A Raspberry Pi-like Linux SBC powered by Rockchip RV1126B SoC with 3 TOPS NPU - CNX Software [11:38] TR News Linux Plumbers Conference: Video recordings are available https://lpc.events/blog/current/index.php/2025/12/16/video-recordings-are-available/ [11:38] TR Bot Video recordings are available Linux Plumbers Conference [11:44] TR News 12 eBPF-Powered CLI Utilities That Every Modern GNU/Linux Sysadmin Should Master https://itsfoss.com/ebpf-sysadmin-tools/ [11:44] TR Bot 12 eBPF-Powered CLI Utilities That Every Modern Linux Sysadmin Should Master [11:44] TR News Security updates for Tuesday https://lwn.net/Articles/1050778/ [11:44] TR Bot updates for Tuesday [LWN.net] [11:44] TR News Rhino GNU/Linux 2025.4 Brings Lomiri Packages and Updated Kernels https://linuxiac.com/rhino-linux-2025-4-brings-lomiri-packages-and-updated-kernels/ [11:44] TR Bot Rhino Linux 2025.4 Brings Lomiri Packages and Updated Kernels [11:45] TR News Mabox GNU/Linux 25.12 Released With Panel Improvements and GTK2 Removal https://linuxiac.com/mabox-linux-25-12-released-with-panel-improvements-and-gtk2-removal/ [11:45] TR Bot Mabox Linux 25.12 Released With Panel Improvements and GTK2 Removal [11:48] TR News Automotive Grade GNU/Linux Business Intelligence Journey: Introduction https://toscalix.com/2025/12/16/automotive-grade-linux-business-intelligence-journey-introduction/ [11:48] TR Bot Grade Linux Business Intelligence Journey: Introduction toscalix [11:48] *_what__ has quit (connection closed) [11:50] TR News "Freedom means having control over your own life... You deserve to have control over the programs you use." Richard Stallman, Free Software Foundation [11:52] TR News Attacking GCC with Microsoft Github? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46288291 [11:52] TR Bot Rust GCC backend: Why and how | Hacker News ● Dec 17 [12:00] *_what__ (~user@x4kwdgjrfm75g.irc) has joined #techrights [12:04] TR News Techrights Horizon Shows the Travesty of Proprietary Software in British Government, No Lessons Learned? https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Horizon_Shows_the_Travesty_of_Proprietary_Software_in_British_G.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Horizon_Shows_the_Travesty_of_Proprietary_Software_in_British_G.gmi [12:04] TR Bot Techrights Horizon Shows the Travesty of Proprietary Software in British Government, No Lessons Learned? [12:09] _what__ "reverse truth and reverse accountability" http://techrights.org/o/2020/08/14/control-but-no-accountability/ [12:09] TR Bot High-Level Criminals Associate Privacy With Crime Because They Want Privacy Only for Themselves (Control But No Accountability) [12:10] _what__ I expect the links be added [12:10] _what__ this is the reason why I constantly remind [12:10] _what__ to avoid memory holes [12:11] _what__ just yesterday http://techrights.org/n/2025/12/16/A_Lot_of_People_Don_t_Want_Smart_Things_That_Spy_Stop_Working_C.shtml [12:11] TR Bot Techrights A Lot of People Don't Want "Smart" (Things That Spy, Stop Working, Cannot be Repaired Easily) [12:12] _what__ Laws such as DMCA Section 1201 http://copyright.gov/1201/ "made it illegal to try to correct things" [12:12] TR Bot Rulemaking Proceedings Under Section 1201 of Title 17 | U.S. Copyright Office [12:12] _what__ basically fulfilling Stallman's fear about http://gnu.org/proprietary/proprietary-insecurity.html http://gnu.org/philosophy/bug-nobody-allowed-to-understand.html [12:12] TR Bot to connect to gnu.org port 80 after 10000 ms: Timeout was reached ( status 0 @ http://gnu.org/proprietary/proprietary-insecurity.html ) [12:13] TR Bot to connect to gnu.org port 80 after 10001 ms: Timeout was reached ( status 0 @ http://gnu.org/philosophy/bug-nobody-allowed-to-understand.html ) [12:13] _what__ http://fsf.org/licensing/2016-dmca-study-comment/ [12:13] TR Bot 2016 comment to U.S. Copyright Office Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [12:14] _what__ again, the aforementioned "bug nobody allowed to understand" is just about total control and evading accountability [12:17] _what__ also see my rants above http://techrights.org/irc/ [12:17] TR Bot Techrights Recent IRC Comments [12:26] TR News Techrights Step One: Scan All Uploaded Files; Step Two: Compel People to Upload Everything Automatically; Step Three: Scan All Offline Files https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Step_One_Scan_All_Uploaded_Files_Step_Two_Compel_People_to_Uplo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Step_One_Scan_All_Uploaded_Files_Step_Two_Compel_People_to_Uplo.gmi [12:26] TR Bot Techrights Step One: Scan All Uploaded Files; Step Two: Compel People to Upload Everything Automatically; Step Three: Scan All Offline Files [12:28] _what__ also to cancel Japanese culture as well [12:28] _what__ I await for those "Big Brother" to precieve Touhou Project and Fate/Nasuverse as pedophile-centered [12:28] _what__ just because of Flandre Scarlet and Illyasviel von Einzbern [12:38] _what__ and to outlaw doujinshi as "pornographic copyright infringement" [12:42] _what__ http://japantoday.com/category/national/doujinshi-manga-anime-chain-announces-moratorium-on-visa-mastercard-credit-card-payments/ [12:42] TR Bot ( status 404 @ https://japantoday.com/category/national/doujinshi-manga-anime-chain-announces-moratorium-on-visa-mastercard-credit-card-payments/ ) [12:42] _what__ http://otakuusamagazine.com/visa-and-mastercard-refuse-to-work-with-another-doujinshi-retailer/ [12:42] TR Bot Visa and Mastercard Refuse to Work with Another Doujinshi Retailer [12:43] _what__ http://soranews24.com/2024/11/12/doujinshi-manga-anime-chain-announces-moratorium-on-visa-mastercard-credit-card-payments/ [12:43] TR Bot manga/anime chain announces moratorium on Visa/Mastercard credit card payments | SoraNews24 -Japan News- [12:44] _what__ by "pornographic copyright infringement" look at how Nintendo and KONAMI handled them: DMCA takedown [12:44] _what__ the infamous Tokimeki Memorial and Pokemon incidents [12:46] *_what__ has quit (connection closed) [12:52] TR News DietPi 9.20 is out https://distrowatch.com/dietpi [12:52] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/dietpi ) [12:52] TR News TROMjaro 2025.12.10 is out too https://distrowatch.com/tromjaro [12:52] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/tromjaro ) [12:53] TR News Intel Quietly Discontinues Its Open-Source User-Space Gaudi Driver Code https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-SynapseAI-Stops [12:53] TR Bot Quietly Discontinues Its Open-Source User-Space Gaudi Driver Code - Phoronix [12:53] TR News Intel and IBM are just the "I" in GIAFAM... failing and falling. Big debt. [12:53] *_what__ (~user@vs9cya85s7ibu.irc) has joined #techrights [12:53] TR News Rhino 2025.4 is out https://distrowatch.com/rhino [12:53] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/rhino ) [12:53] TR News Emmabunts DE6-1.00 is also out https://distrowatch.com/emmabuntus [12:53] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/emmabuntus ) [12:54] TR News FSF Events: Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, December 19, starting at 12:00 EST (17:00 UTC) http://www.fsf.org/events/fsd-2025-12-19-irc [12:54] TR Bot Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, December 19, starting at 12:00 EST (17:00 UTC) Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [12:54] TR News FunOS 26.04-snapshot2 https://distrowatch.com/funos [12:54] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/funos ) [12:54] TR News Manjaro 25.1-pre2 https://distrowatch.com/manjaro [12:54] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/manjaro ) [12:55] TR News OpenShot 3.4 Released with Overall 32% Speed Up & New Effects https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/12/openshot-3-4-released-with-overall-32-speed-up-new-effects/ [12:55] TR Bot OpenShot 3.4 Released with Overall 32% Speed Up & New Effects | UbuntuHandbook [12:55] TR News MocaccinoOS 25.12 is out https://distrowatch.com/mocaccinoos [12:55] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/mocaccinoos ) [12:55] TR News CentOS 10-20251215 is out as well https://distrowatch.com/centos [12:55] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/centos ) [12:56] TR News Election observers adopt Principles and Guidance for Observing Personal Data Use in Elections http://privacyinternational.org/node/5714 [12:56] TR Bot Election observers adopt Principles and Guidance for Observing Personal Data Use in Elections | Privacy International [12:56] TR News Swiss privacy tech company Proton expands software development in Vilnius https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2777142/swiss-privacy-tech-company-proton-expands-software-development-in-vilnius [12:56] TR Bot Swiss privacy tech company Proton expands software development in Vilnius - LRT [12:57] TR News You THINK?? https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linus-Torvalds-Too-Many-LSM [12:57] TR Bot On Linux Security Modules: "I Already Think We Have Too Many Of Those Pointless Things" - Phoronix [12:57] TR News Karma or Hubris? Is #TorvaldsWasRight a Thing Now? http://techrights.org/o/2020/07/30/wontboot/ [12:57] TR Bot Karma or Hubris? Is #TorvaldsWasRight a Thing Now? [12:57] TR News OSS Japan 2025: A Breakthrough Year for Open Automotive Innovation https://xenproject.org/blog/oss-japan-2025-a-breakthrough-year-for-open-automotive-innovation/ [12:57] TR Bot OSS Japan 2025: A Breakthrough Year for Open Automotive Innovation [12:58] TR News Maybe one day Torvalds can do a book about "all-telling" LF stories, like how they gagged him and made him do a fake "apology"... or how Zemlin unzips his pants for Bill Epsteingate [12:59] TR News Dual-PCB GNU/Linux computer with 843 components designed by Hey Hi (AI) boots on first attempt https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/dual-pcb-linux-computer-with-843-components-designed-by-ai-boots-on-first-attempt-project-speedrun-was-made-in-just-one-week-and-required-less-than-40-hours-of-human-work [12:59] TR Bot Dual-PCB Linux computer with 843 components designed by AI boots on first attempt Project Speedrun was made in just one week and required less than 40 hours of human work | Tom's Hardware ● Dec 17 [13:00] TR News Python Series Part 21: Tkinter Entry Widgets - Part 1 https://www.linux.org/threads/python-series-part-21-tkinter-entry-widgets-part-1.58120/ [13:00] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.linux.org/threads/python-series-part-21-tkinter-entry-widgets-part-1.58120/ ) [13:00] TR News 12 Excellent Free and Open Source Scorewriters Compose, arrange, print, and publish music https://www.linuxlinks.com/excellent-scorewriters-compose-great-music/ [13:00] TR Bot Excellent Free and Open Source Scorewriters - Compose, arrange, print, and publish music - LinuxLinks [13:01] TR News 4 Best Free and Open Source Office Suites https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-office-suites/ [13:01] TR Bot Best Free and Open Source Office Suites - LinuxLinks [13:05] *ewig has quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [13:11] *_what__ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [13:11] TR News 5 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Network Authentication Tools https://www.linuxlinks.com/networkauthenticationservers/ [13:11] TR Bot Best Free and Open Source Linux Network Authentication Tools - LinuxLinks [13:32] TR News Techrights TheLayoff.com Deleting Comments About IBM, Even Comments That Do Not Name Individuals and Don't Use Profane Language https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/TheLayoff_com_Deleting_Comments_About_IBM_Even_Comments_That_Do.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/TheLayoff_com_Deleting_Comments_About_IBM_Even_Comments_That_Do.gmi [13:32] TR Bot Techrights TheLayoff.com Deleting Comments About IBM, Even Comments That Do Not Name Individuals and Don't Use Profane Language [13:33] TR News "Pop!_OS is a new Ubuntu-based Linux distribution from System76, flaunting the COSMIC Desktop Environment and available on either a PC of your choice or one of many US-made laptops or desktops." https://hothardware.com/news/system76-launches-popos-linux-distro [13:33] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://hothardware.com/news/system76-launches-popos-linux-distro ) [13:34] TR News "Ubuntu Studio, a Linux distribution meant for creative work, is showing off a new layout for its desktop experience and also asking whether the default layout should be changed. The poll results will affect how the upcoming Ubuntu Studio 26.04 LTS release will look when you first install it." https://www.howtogeek.com/ubuntu-studio-26-04-will-have-a-new-layout/ [13:34] TR Bot Ubuntu Studio could get a new default visual design in 2026 [13:36] TR News "Its all bullsh-t. We have all seen that the brown nosers and the favorites always bump up despite other folks having a once in a decade stellar year. It is all rigged. We have all see. It can all point to examples of this. And that is the problem here!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kcmx0g24 [13:36] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kcmx0g24 ) [13:36] TR News "At first glance, these two distributions seem quite similar, but dive in with me, and you'll soon appreciate the stark differences." https://www.zdnet.com/article/busenlabs-boron-versus-bohdi-linux-compare-lightweight-distributions/ [13:36] TR Bot Boron vs. Bohdi Linux: Which lightweight distro is right for you? | ZDNET [13:37] TR News GNOME bans slop-generated extensions https://www.theverge.com/news/844655/gnome-linux-ai-shell-extensions-ban [13:37] TR Bot GNOME bans AI-generated extensions | The Verge [13:39] TR News Experimental still, just not formally, the kernel will become less reliable https://www.i-programmer.info/news/98-languages/18527-rust-for-linux-no-longer-experimental.html [13:39] TR Bot Rust For Linux No Longer Experimental [13:39] TR News (NEW): Plans for KDE Plasma 6.6 and GNOME Will Reject Shell Extensions With AI-Generated So-called 'Code' (Slop) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/14/Plans_for_KDE_Plasma_6_6_and_GNOME_Will_Reject_Shell_Extensions.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/14/Plans_for_KDE_Plasma_6_6_and_GNOME_Will_Reject_Shell_Extensions.gmi [13:39] TR Bot Tux Machines Plans for KDE Plasma 6.6 and GNOME Will Reject Shell Extensions With AI-Generated So-called 'Code' (Slop) [13:40] TR News Laying out the 404 Media Zine: Using WINE on Linux https://blog.adafruit.com/2025/12/15/laying-out-the-404-media-zine-using-wine-on-linux/ [13:40] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://blog.adafruit.com/2025/12/15/laying-out-the-404-media-zine-using-wine-on-linux/ ) [13:40] TR News "As a Pop!_OS veteran, I've not been this excited about a release since I first started using System76's in-house distribution." https://www.zdnet.com/article/popos-24-update-linux/ [13:40] TR Bot latest Pop!_OS 24.04 update has this longtime Linux user more excited than ever | ZDNET [13:41] TR News "The free and open-source media center application Kodi just received another update. Kodi 21.3 is rolling out with some great improvements for Xbox consoles and Linux systems, as well as a pile of bug fixes for other platforms." https://www.howtogeek.com/kodi-22-3-released-big-fixes-for-linux-and-xbox/ [13:41] TR Bot Kodi 21.3 arrives with two big fixes for Linux and Xbox [13:42] TR News "Have you noticed that you're getting better at using Linux? Everyone learns at their own pace, but if you've been using Linux for a while, here are the five signs that prove you're starting to become an advanced user." https://www.howtogeek.com/signs-that-youre-becoming-an-advanced-linux-user/ [13:42] TR Bot 5 signs you're becoming an advanced Linux user [13:42] TR News "Are you staring at the Linux Mint download page wondering which edition to choose? Do terms like Cinnamon, Xfce, and MATE feel confusing? Here are the honest pros and cons of each desktop environment so you can choose confidently." https://www.howtogeek.com/cinnamon-vs-xfce-vs-mate-which-linux-mint-desktop-environment-should-you-use/ [13:42] TR Bot The best Linux Mint desktop environment for you: Cinnamon vs. Xfce vs. MATE [13:43] TR News Joseph Zikusooka's Jambula OS Takes a Text-Based Approach to Raspberry Pi 5 Server Setup https://www.hackster.io/news/joseph-zikusooka-s-jambula-os-takes-a-text-based-approach-to-raspberry-pi-5-server-setup-7bb23817b4f3 [13:43] TR Bot Zikusooka's Jambula OS Takes a Text-Based Approach to Raspberry Pi 5 Server Setup - Hackster.io [13:44] TR News New Screen Upgrades for Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz https://www.ceoutlook.com/2025/12/15/rdvfl-launches-screen-upgrades-for-audi-bmw-and-mercedes-benz/ [13:44] TR Bot Screen Upgrades for Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz - ceoutlook.com [13:45] TR News Cyble Uncovers Sophisticated Linux Malware Campaign Combining Mirai-Derived DDoS Botnet with Fileless Cryptominer https://cxotoday.com/press-release/cyble-uncovers-sophisticated-linux-malware-campaign-combining-mirai-derived-ddos-botnet-with-fileless-cryptominer/ [13:45] TR Bot Cyble Uncovers Sophisticated Linux Malware Campaign Combining Mirai-Derived DDoS Botnet with Fileless Cryptominer [13:48] TR News 6 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux System Cleaning Tools https://www.linuxlinks.com/systemcleaning/ [13:48] TR Bot Best Free and Open Source Linux System Cleaning Tools - LinuxLinks [13:48] TR News Ruby CSS Parser load, parse and cascade CSS rule sets https://www.linuxlinks.com/ruby-css-parser-load-parse-cascade-css-rule-sets/ [13:48] TR Bot CSS Parser - load, parse and cascade CSS rule sets - LinuxLinks [13:48] TR News HTMinL fast, in-place HTML minifier https://www.linuxlinks.com/htminl-fast-in-place-html-minifier/ [13:48] TR Bot - fast, in-place HTML minifier - LinuxLinks [13:48] TR News 9 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Geometry Software https://www.linuxlinks.com/geometry/ [13:48] TR Bot Best Free and Open Source Linux Geometry Software - LinuxLinks [13:49] TR News hexhog configurable hex viewer and editor https://www.linuxlinks.com/hexhog-configurable-hex-viewer-editor/ [13:49] TR Bot - configurable hex viewer and editor - LinuxLinks [13:49] TR News 9 Best Free and Open Source Python Integrated Development Environments https://www.linuxlinks.com/9-best-free-python-integrated-development-environments/ [13:49] TR Bot Best Free and Open Source Python Integrated Development Environments - LinuxLinks [13:49] TR News HP ProBook 440 G8 Laptop running Linux: Setting up Ubuntu 25.10 https://www.linuxlinks.com/hp-probook-440-g8-laptop-running-linux-installing-ubuntu-25-10/ [13:49] TR Bot ProBook 440 G8 Laptop running Linux: Setting up Ubuntu 25.10 - LinuxLinks [13:50] TR News Tenere TUI interface for LLMs https://www.linuxlinks.com/tenere-tui-interface-llms/ [13:50] TR Bot - TUI interface for LLMs - LinuxLinks [13:50] TR News scrutiny WebUI for smartd S.M.A.R.T monitoring https://www.linuxlinks.com/scrutiny-webui-smartd-smart-monitoring/ [13:50] TR Bot - WebUI for smartd S.M.A.R.T monitoring - LinuxLinks [13:51] TR News VEGA AS2161 DHRUV64 A 1GHz dual-core 64-bit RISC-V microprocessor designed in India https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/12/16/vega-as2161-dhruv64-a-1ghz-dual-core-64-bit-risc-v-microprocessor-designed-in-india/ [13:51] TR Bot VEGA AS2161 "DHRUV64" - A 1GHz dual-core 64-bit RISC-V microprocessor designed in India - CNX Software [13:52] TR News Raspberry Pi Weekly Issue #517 - Introducing the $45 Raspberry Pi 5 https://newsletters.raspberrypi.com/w/oGJCBfpYFKfoa0dE6AsNoA [13:52] TR Bot Raspberry Pi Weekly Issue #517 [13:52] TR News Elizabeth Warren, other U.S. senators concerned about big tech pushing up electricity costs https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/elizabeth-warren-other-u-s-senators-concerned-about-big-tech-pushing-up-electricity-costs-demands-explanation-from-amazon-google-meta-as-ai-data-centers-drive-up-residential-energy-bills [13:52] TR Bot Elizabeth Warren, other U.S. senators concerned about big tech pushing up electricity costs demands explanation from Amazon, Google, Meta as AI data centers drive up residential energy bills | Tom's Hardware [13:54] TR News It's dying, so Microsoft forces you to see/use it https://www.tomshardware.com/service-providers/tv-providers/lg-tv-update-adds-non-removable-microsoft-copilot-app-to-webos http://techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Microsoft_GitHub_is_Dying_and_Bot_Activity_in_GitHub_Won_t_Save.shtml [13:54] TR Bot LG TV users baffled by unremovable Microsoft Copilot installation surprise forced update shows app pinned to the home screen | Tom's Hardware [13:54] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft GitHub is Dying and Bot Activity in GitHub Won't Save It [13:55] TR News JumpCloud Remote Assist Vulnerability Can Expose Systems to Takeover https://www.securityweek.com/jumpcloud-remote-assist-vulnerability-can-expose-systems-to-takeover/ [13:55] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/jumpcloud-remote-assist-vulnerability-can-expose-systems-to-takeover/ ) [13:56] TR News In-the-Wild Exploitation of Fresh Fortinet Flaws Begins https://www.securityweek.com/in-the-wild-exploitation-of-fresh-fortinet-flaws-begins/ [13:56] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/in-the-wild-exploitation-of-fresh-fortinet-flaws-begins/ ) [13:57] TR News DUDE, your EMPLOYER is PAID to drive this BUBBLE! https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/12/15/how-sustainable-is-this-crazy-server-spending/ [13:57] TR Bot ( status 404 @ https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/12/15/how-sustainable-is-this-crazy-server-spending/ ) [13:58] TR News They changed the URL https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/12/16/how-sustainable-is-this-crazy-server-spending/ paid-for nonsense [13:58] TR Bot How Sustainable Is This Crazy Server Spending? [13:58] TR News Adam Williamson: A half-assed assessment of open source Hey Hi (AI) code review tools https://www.happyassassin.net/posts/2025/12/16/a-half-assed-assessment-of-open-source-ai-code-review-tools/ [13:58] TR Bot A half-assed assessment of open source AI code review tools | AdamW on Linux and more ● Dec 17 [14:07] TR News Techrights IBM Apparently Forces Red Hat Employees to Use or Put Slop Instead of Code in Red Hat's Products (or Test Code Using Slop) https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/IBM_Apparently_Forces_Red_Hat_Employees_to_Use_or_Put_Slop_Inst.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/IBM_Apparently_Forces_Red_Hat_Employees_to_Use_or_Put_Slop_Inst.gmi [14:08] TR Bot Techrights IBM Apparently Forces Red Hat Employees to Use or Put Slop Instead of Code in Red Hat's Products (or Test Code Using Slop) [14:14] TR News Techrights Still Not Enough for "Slopwatch" https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Still_Not_Enough_for_Slopwatch.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Still_Not_Enough_for_Slopwatch.gmi [14:14] TR Bot Techrights Still Not Enough for "Slopwatch" [14:26] MinceR https://explosm.net/comics/lollypop#comic [14:26] TR Bot & Happiness (Explosm.net) [14:33] TR News Techrights IBM Staff Inside Fedora as Pusher of Slop https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/IBM_Staff_Inside_Fedora_as_Pusher_of_Slop.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/IBM_Staff_Inside_Fedora_as_Pusher_of_Slop.gmi [14:33] TR Bot Techrights IBM Staff Inside Fedora as Pusher of Slop [14:37] TR News TUXEDO Announces Gemini 17 http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/TUXEDO-Announces-Gemini-17 [14:37] TR Bot TUXEDO Announces Gemini 17 Linux Magazine [14:41] TR News (NEW): Fedora Pivots to Slop (Bad News), IBM Buys Chatbot Nonsense, Red Hat Promotes Ansible https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Fedora_Pivots_to_Slop_Bad_News_IBM_Buys_Chatbot_Nonsense_Red_Ha.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Fedora_Pivots_to_Slop_Bad_News_IBM_Buys_Chatbot_Nonsense_Red_Ha.gmi [14:41] TR Bot Tux Machines Fedora Pivots to Slop (Bad News), IBM Buys Chatbot Nonsense, Red Hat Promotes Ansible [14:41] TR News Laser Cutter Plus CYMK Spraypaint Equals Full-Color Prints https://hackaday.com/2025/12/16/laser-cutter-plus-cymk-spraypaint-equals-full-color-prints/ | Source: Hackaday [14:41] TR Bot Cutter Plus CYMK Spraypaint Equals Full-Color Prints | Hackaday [14:44] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: MicroPython, Raspberry Pi, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Open_Hardware_Modding_MicroPython_Raspberry_Pi_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Open_Hardware_Modding_MicroPython_Raspberry_Pi_and_More.gmi [14:44] TR News (NEW): Updates From Debian/Freexian Collaborators https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Updates_From_Debian_Freexian_Collaborators.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Updates_From_Debian_Freexian_Collaborators.gmi [14:44] TR Bot Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: MicroPython, Raspberry Pi, and More [14:44] TR Bot Tux Machines Updates From Debian/Freexian Collaborators [14:46] TR News (NEW): Events/Audiocasts/Shows: Kodsnack, LibreOffice, and Linux Plumbers Conference https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Events_Audiocasts_Shows_Kodsnack_LibreOffice_and_Linux_Plumbers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Events_Audiocasts_Shows_Kodsnack_LibreOffice_and_Linux_Plumbers.gmi [14:46] TR Bot Tux Machines Events/Audiocasts/Shows: Kodsnack, LibreOffice, and Linux Plumbers Conference [14:48] TR News (NEW): Tor Browser, Mozilla "Dinosaur", and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Tor_Browser_Mozilla_Dinosaur_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Tor_Browser_Mozilla_Dinosaur_and_More.gmi [14:48] TR Bot Tux Machines Tor Browser, Mozilla "Dinosaur", and More [14:49] TR News (NEW): Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Security_Leftovers.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Security_Leftovers.1.gmi [14:49] TR Bot Tux Machines Security Leftovers [14:51] TR News Paris-Based Open Source Experience Conference Hands Out Acteurs du Libre Awards https://fossforce.com/2025/12/paris-based-open-source-experience-conference-hands-out-acteurs-du-libre-awards/ [14:51] TR Bot Paris-Based 'Open Source Experience' Conference Hands Out 'Acteurs du Libre' Awards - FOSS Force [14:51] TR News Quitting on my own terms: Why more women are exiting the workforce https://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2025/1216/women-leaving-workforce-us-economy [14:51] TR Bot driving women to leave the workforce this year? - CSMonitor.com [14:52] TR News Googles Hey Hi (AI) deals repeat Showcase playbook https://pressgazette.co.uk/comment-analysis/googles-ai-deals-repeat-showcase-playbook/ [14:52] TR Bot Google's AI deals repeat Showcase playbook - Press Gazette [14:53] TR News Mozilla is dead meat https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/12/mozilla-new-ceo-firefox-ai-browser-strategy [14:53] TR Bot Mozilla's New CEO Says Firefox Will 'Evolve into an AI Browser' - OMG! Ubuntu [14:53] TR News Talos 1.11.6 is out https://distrowatch.com/talos [14:53] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/talos ) [14:53] TR News Security Onion 2.4.200 is also out https://distrowatch.com/securityonion [14:53] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/securityonion ) [14:54] TR News Virtual Pet Responds To WiFi https://hackaday.com/2025/12/16/virtual-pet-responds-to-wifi/ | Source: Hackaday [14:54] TR Bot Pet Responds To WiFi | Hackaday ● Dec 17 [15:00] TR News Microsoft laughing out loud https://old.reddit.com/r/cachyos/comments/1poj8v5/i_hadnt_booted_in_a_while_and_now_i_cant_enter/ [15:00] TR Bot I hadn't booted in a while and now i can't enter secure boot as I used too : cachyos [15:01] TR News A mess of Microsoft's own creation https://old.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/1po57bu/state_of_secure_boot_support_2025/ "I've read the official documentation on secure boot several times now, and I'm still somewhat confused." [15:01] TR Bot State of Secure Boot Support (2025) : archlinux [15:08] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Programming_Leftovers.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Programming_Leftovers.1.gmi [15:08] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [15:09] TR News (NEW): WordPress wants to force AI onto 43% of all websites in the world https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/WordPress_wants_to_force_AI_onto_43_of_all_websites_in_the_worl.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/WordPress_wants_to_force_AI_onto_43_of_all_websites_in_the_worl.gmi [15:10] TR Bot Tux Machines WordPress wants to force AI onto 43% of all websites in the world [15:11] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.gmi [15:11] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers [15:14] TR News Techrights Links 17/12/2025: Qt 6.8.6 Released and "Is Denmark Really Banning VPNs?" https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Links_17_12_2025_Qt_6_8_6_Released_and_Is_Denmark_Really_Bannin.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Links_17_12_2025_Qt_6_8_6_Released_and_Is_Denmark_Really_Bannin.gmi [15:14] TR Bot Techrights Links 17/12/2025: Qt 6.8.6 Released and "Is Denmark Really Banning VPNs?" [15:17] TR News Hari Rana: Please Fund My Continued Accessibility Work on GNOME! https://tesk.page/2025/12/16/please-fund-my-continued-accessibility-work-on-gnome/ [15:17] TR Bot Please Fund My Continued Accessibility Work on GNOME! | TheEvilSkeleton [15:17] MinceR lol, what for [15:17] MinceR gnome is garbage [15:19] TR News vm.overcommit_memory=2 is always the right setting for servers https://ariadne.space/2025/12/16/vmovercommitmemory-is-always-the-right.html [15:19] TR Bot vm.overcommit_memory=2 is always the right setting for servers Ariadne's Space [15:19] TR News PikaOS 25.12.16 is out https://distrowatch.com/pikaos [15:19] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/pikaos ) [15:19] TR News Mabox 25.12 is out as well https://distrowatch.com/mabox [15:19] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/mabox ) [15:20] TR News Parrot OS Switches to KDE Plasma Desktop http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Parrot-OS-Switches-to-KDE-Plasma-Desktop [15:20] TR Bot Parrot OS Switches to KDE Plasma Desktop Linux Magazine [15:20] TR News 8 Essential Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Classroom Tools https://www.linuxlinks.com/classroomtools/ [15:20] TR Bot Essential Free and Open Source Linux Classroom Tools - LinuxLinks [15:20] TR News Allure Report multi-language test report tool https://www.linuxlinks.com/allure-report-multi-language-test-report-tool/ [15:20] TR Bot Report - multi-language test report tool - LinuxLinks [15:20] TR News OpenWebRX multi-user SDR receiver https://www.linuxlinks.com/openwebrx-multi-user-sdr-receiver/ [15:20] TR Bot - multi-user SDR receiver - LinuxLinks [15:21] TR News Gritty web terminal emulator https://www.linuxlinks.com/gritty-web-terminal-emulator/ [15:21] TR Bot - web terminal emulator - LinuxLinks [15:22] TR News "The judge's findings here seem to be well-aligned with the approach in the UK and Europe, whereby the earlier application is simply treated as another prior art document for assessing novelty, but not inventive step. The approach in the UK and Europe strikes a fair balance between avoiding double-patenting, awarding the first filer with a patent monopoly for the broad invention" [sic] [15:22] TR News From http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/11/australian-court-oversimplifies.html?showComment=1765885939091#c584645008458213095 [15:22] TR Bot Australian court (over)simplifies approach to assessing "whole of contents" novelty - The IPKat [15:23] TR News Mozilla gets a new CEO: Anthony Enzor-DeMeo https://lwn.net/Articles/1050826/ https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Firefox_and_Mozilla_Commit_Suicide_With_Slop_Market_Share_Falls.shtml [15:23] TR Bot gets a new CEO: Anthony Enzor-DeMeo [LWN.net] [15:23] TR Bot Techrights Firefox and Mozilla Commit Suicide With Slop, Market Share Falls to New Low [15:24] TR News DL4J deploy and train deep learning models https://www.linuxlinks.com/dl4j-deploy-train-deep-learning-models/ [15:24] TR Bot - deploy and train deep learning models - LinuxLinks [15:25] TR News qdmr program DMR radios https://www.linuxlinks.com/qdmr-program-dmr-radios/ [15:25] TR Bot - program DMR radios - LinuxLinks [15:25] TR News Flare Finds 10,000 Docker Hub Images Exposing Secrets https://cloudnativenow.com/topics/cloudnativesecurity/flare-finds-10000-docker-hub-images-exposing-secrets/ [15:25] TR Bot Flare Finds 10,000 Docker Hub Images Exposing Secrets - Cloud Native Now [15:26] TR News Red Hat-bribed fake 'news' site cheers for slop https://siliconangle.com/2025/12/16/red-hat-acquires-ai-security-startup-chatterbox-labs/ see https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Red_Hat_Wastes_Money_on_Slop_and_on_Slop_Pushers_While_Laying_O.shtml [15:26] TR Bot Hat acquires AI security startup Chatterbox Labs - SiliconANGLE [15:26] TR Bot Techrights Red Hat Wastes Money on Slop and on Slop Pushers While Laying Off Red Hat Staff [15:42] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [15:44] TR News Uber and DoorDash Try to Halt N.Y.C. Law That Encourages Tipping https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/nyregion/uber-doordash-nyc-tipping.html [15:44] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/nyregion/uber-doordash-nyc-tipping.html ) [15:45] TR News "Really good decision. Otherwise, we would have legally valid infringement cease-and-desist orders regarding 30 years old microprocessors soon. Someone would find a way to convince the EPO that a certain combination of circuits in the chip that has never been explicitly described is new and inventive - the bar is very low after all." [15:45] TR News From: http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-importance-of-confidentiality-and.html?showComment=1765877701545#c8124952345988478345 [15:45] TR Bot The importance of confidentiality (and why G 1/23 did not establish a US style on-sale bar to patentability in Europe) - The IPKat [15:46] *SomeGoat has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [15:46] TR News Social media giants to be subject to Malaysian laws from 2026 https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/social-media-giants-subject-to-malaysian-laws-from-2026 [15:46] TR Bot Social media giants to be subject to Malaysian laws from 2026 | The Straits Times [15:47] TR News US Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to federal marijuana laws https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/12/us-supreme-court-declines-to-hear-challenge-to-federal-marijuana-laws/ [15:47] TR Bot US Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to federal marijuana laws - JURIST - News [15:48] TR News Lady Gaga Scores Legal Victory Against Surf Company Over Mayhem Branding But This Battle Aint Over Yet https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/15/lady-gaga-victorious-lawsuit-surf-company/ [15:48] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/15/lady-gaga-victorious-lawsuit-surf-company/ ) [15:59] TR News Techrights LinuxSecurity Founder Dave Wreski Quit Participating in the Slopfarm 10 Months Ago https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/LinuxSecurity_Founder_Dave_Wreski_Quit_Participating_in_the_Slo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/LinuxSecurity_Founder_Dave_Wreski_Quit_Participating_in_the_Slo.gmi [15:59] TR Bot Techrights LinuxSecurity Founder Dave Wreski Quit Participating in the Slopfarm 10 Months Ago ● Dec 17 [16:06] TR News (NEW): Keeping Things Simple https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Keeping_Things_Simple.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Keeping_Things_Simple.gmi [16:06] TR Bot Tux Machines Keeping Things Simple [16:07] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [16:12] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [16:14] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [16:18] TR News (NEW): Bulgaria: Windows Sank to All-Time Low, GNU/Linux Surged to 12% https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Bulgaria_Windows_Sank_to_All_Time_Low_GNU_Linux_Surged_to_12.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Bulgaria_Windows_Sank_to_All_Time_Low_GNU_Linux_Surged_to_12.gmi [16:18] TR Bot Tux Machines Bulgaria: Windows Sank to All-Time Low, GNU/Linux Surged to 12% [16:20] TR News Dionne Warwick Sued by Management Rights Company That Negotiated Her Walk on By Doja Cat Sample Deal https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/15/dionne-warwick-artist-rights-enforcement-lawsuit/ [16:20] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/15/dionne-warwick-artist-rights-enforcement-lawsuit/ ) [16:20] TR News 700,000 Records Compromised in Askul Ransomware Attack https://www.securityweek.com/700000-records-compromised-in-askul-ransomware-attack/ [16:20] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/700000-records-compromised-in-askul-ransomware-attack/ ) [16:20] TR News To China, Jimmy Lai Was an Arch Villain. To His Supporters, He Was Their Hope. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/world/asia/jimmy-lai-guilty-national-security.html [16:20] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/world/asia/jimmy-lai-guilty-national-security.html ) [16:21] TR News Hong Kong Media Tycoon Jimmy Lais Conviction Was Years in the Making https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/world/asia/hong-kong-jimmy-lai-tycoon-china.html [16:21] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/world/asia/hong-kong-jimmy-lai-tycoon-china.html ) [16:22] TR News Nobody was forced to vote, Hong Kong minister says after record number of invalid ballots in 2025 legislative polls https://hongkongfp.com/2025/12/15/nobody-was-forced-to-vote-hong-kong-minister-says-after-record-number-of-invalid-ballots-in-2025-legislative-polls/ [16:22] TR Bot Nobody 'was forced to vote': HK minister - after record number of invalid ballots [16:22] MinceR i wonder who asked the minister, though [16:24] *_what__ (~user@qiahibkh2iwka.irc) has joined #techrights [16:25] TR News Jimmy Lai verdict: Govt slams journalist union for whitewashing media tycoon, as foreign press club silent https://hongkongfp.com/2025/12/16/jimmy-lai-verdict-govt-slams-journalist-union-for-whitewashing-media-tycoon-as-foreign-press-club-silent/ [16:25] TR Bot Jimmy Lai verdict: Gov't slams journalist union, FCC silent [16:25] schestowitz[TR2] sinister mini ster [16:27] TR News Pax Silica can reshape supply chains for greater economic security https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/pax-silica-can-reshape-supply-chains-for-greater-economic-security/ [16:27] TR Bot Pax Silica can reshape supply chains for greater economic security | The Strategist [16:29] TR News More React2Shell Exploits CVE-2025-55182, (Mon, Dec 15th) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32572 [16:29] TR Bot More React2Shell Exploits CVE-2025-55182 - SANS ISC [16:30] TR News Plasma 6.5 review - Solid improvements, destination unknown https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/plasma-6-5-review.html [16:30] TR Bot Plasma 6.5 review - Solid improvements, destination unknown [16:30] TR News Qualcomms Ventana acquisition points to a long-term RISC-V strategy to complement its Arm lineup https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/qualcomms-ventana-acquisition-points-to-a-long-term-risc-v-strategy [16:30] TR Bot Qualcomms Ventana acquisition points to a long-term RISC-V strategy to complement its Arm lineup | Tom's Hardware [16:33] _what__ and enshittifies it later as expected from proprietarist [16:34] _what__ just last month http://blog.adafruit.com/2025/11/21/the-enshittification-of-arduino-begins-qualcomm-starts-clamping-down-itsfoss2/ [16:34] TR Bot ( status 403 @ http://blog.adafruit.com/2025/11/21/the-enshittification-of-arduino-begins-qualcomm-starts-clamping-down-itsfoss2/ ) [16:34] _what__ and trying to push backdoored silicon back upstream afterwards [16:35] TR News The ESP Private Agents platform aims to ease the development of ESP32-based Hey Hi (AI) voice assistants with on-device processing https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/12/15/the-esp-private-agents-platform-aims-to-ease-the-development-of-esp32-based-ai-assistants-with-on-device-processing/ [16:35] TR Bot The ESP Private Agents platform aims to ease the development of ESP32-based AI voice assistants with on-device processing - CNX Software [16:35] schestowitz[TR2] bugs in complexity [16:35] schestowitz[TR2] and some secrecy [16:35] schestowitz[TR2] to hide the bugs [16:35] schestowitz[TR2] are not distinguisble from deliberate back doors [16:35] schestowitz[TR2] some qualcomm can have a role to play here [16:35] schestowitz[TR2] as risc-v is used more and more for indian and chinese designs [16:37] *SomeGoat (~SomeGoat@r9ruxqydtdctn.irc) has joined #techrights [16:38] schestowitz[TR2] `distinguishable [16:39] MinceR https://explosm.net/comics/jedi#comic [16:39] TR Bot & Happiness (Explosm.net) [16:40] _what__ I wonder what kind of "social (sic) engineering" QC will undertake just to push backdoor back to Berkeley repo? [16:40] _what__ binary blobs? [16:42] *SomeGoat has quit (connection closed) [16:42] TR News He seems not to understand those interfere with free speech and are usually controlled by autocrats https://alirezahayati.com/2025/12/please-use-social-networks/ [16:42] TR Bot Please use social networks | Ali Reza Hayati [16:43] TR News BS "media" sites that didn't give a s---- about SLAPPs... until it was done by Dihydroxyacetone Man https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/bbc-trump-lawsuit-filed-panorama-speech/ [16:43] TR Bot Trump files $10bn lawsuit against BBC over speech edit - Press Gazette [16:43] TR News Like the Serial Strangler From Microsoft, Donald Trump is Out of Time and Has Jurisdiction Issues in the UK https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/11/Like_the_Serial_Strangler_From_Microsoft_Donald_Trump_is_Out_of.shtml [16:43] TR Bot Techrights Like the Serial Strangler From Microsoft, Donald Trump is Out of Time and Has Jurisdiction Issues in the UK [16:44] TR News Too bad they didn't pay attention to how horrible UK libel law is... until an overseas criminal leveraged it with huge sums https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251216-donald-trump-sues-bbc-over-misleading-video-editing-of-speech [16:44] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251216-donald-trump-sues-bbc-over-misleading-video-editing-of-speech ) [16:44] TR News UK House of Lords Recognises the SLAPP Issue in the UK and EFF Pursues "Bill (That) Could Put A Stop To Censorship By Lawsuit" in the US http://techrights.org/n/2025/04/09/UK_House_of_Lords_Recognises_the_SLAPP_Issue_in_the_UK_and_EFF_.shtml [16:44] TR Bot Techrights UK House of Lords Recognises the SLAPP Issue in the UK and EFF Pursues "Bill (That) Could Put A Stop To Censorship By Lawsuit" in the US [16:45] TR News Techrights Will Spend the Next Few Years Writing a Lot About Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/05/Techrights_Will_Spend_the_Next_Few_Years_Writing_a_Lot_About_St.shtml [16:45] TR Bot Techrights Techrights Will Spend the Next Few Years Writing a Lot About Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) [16:46] TR News Lynk Labs: How the Least-Vetted Documents Destroy Issued Patents https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/12/documents-destroy-patents.html [16:46] TR Bot Lynk Labs: How the Least-Vetted Documents Destroy Issued Patents | Patently-O [16:47] TR News $2,000 awarded for IP Investments Group entity, Digimedia Tech, storage patent monopoly prior art https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/12/15/2000-awarded-for-ip-investments-group-entity-digimedia-tech-storage-patent-prior-art [16:47] TR Bot $2,000 awarded for IP Investments Group entity, Digimedia Tech, storage patent prior art Unified Patents [16:47] TR News $3,000 for Ueran Technology communications patent monopoly prior art https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/12/15/3000-for-ueran-technology-communications-patent-prior-art [16:47] TR Bot $3,000 for Ueran Technology communications patent prior art Unified Patents [16:49] TR News UPC is illegal, but JUVE gets paid to promote this illegal 'court' tied to EPO corruption fuelled by heavy cocaine use... and bribes for media (such as JUVE) https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/upc-court-of-appeal-rules-on-damages-in-oerlikon-vs-bhagat/ [16:49] TR Bot UPC Court of Appeal rules on damages in Oerlikon vs Bhagat [16:50] TR News More spam for an illegal kangaroo court, building a fake litigation "industry" around something that is unconstitutional and illegal, boosted by sheer corruption https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/boutiques-and-international-firms-still-neck-and-neck-at-upc/ [16:50] TR Bot Boutiques and international firms still neck and neck at UPC [16:51] TR News Red Hat Acquires Another Hey Hi (AI) Company https://www.phoronix.com/news/Red-Hat-Another-AI-Company https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Red_Hat_Wastes_Money_on_Slop_and_on_Slop_Pushers_While_Laying_O.shtml [16:51] TR Bot Hat Acquires Another AI Company - Phoronix [16:51] TR Bot Techrights Red Hat Wastes Money on Slop and on Slop Pushers While Laying Off Red Hat Staff [16:51] TR News HealthyPi 6 A portable Wi-Fi 6 biosignal acquisition device with ECG, PPG, respiration, and temperature sensors(Crowdfunding) https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/12/16/healthypi-6-portable-wi-fi-6-biosignal-acquisition-device-with-ecg-ppg-respiration-and-temperature-sensors/ [16:51] TR Bot HealthyPi 6 - A portable Wi-Fi 6 biosignal acquisition device with ECG, PPG, respiration, and temperature sensors(Crowdfunding) - CNX Software [16:52] TR News Click-FRAUD SPAM-nil is talking about Code of Conduct, what about your own conduct, you charlatan and spammer? https://tfir.io/open-source-codes-of-conduct-inclusion/ [16:52] TR Bot Open Source Inclusion and Codes of Conduct | Kat Cosgrove, Minimus | TFiR [16:53] TR News (Whose 85%-99% of "engagement" is fake, bots, paid-for spam) [16:53] TR News "Code of Conduct MUST BE OBEYED," say CORRUPT officials http://techrights.org/o/2020/01/03/linux-kernel-code-of-conduct-committee/ [16:53] TR Bot The Linux Foundation's Linux Kernel Code of Conduct (CoC) Committee is Now Officially Corporate [16:54] TR News Just a modern gaslighting phenomenon, that is all... [16:54] TR News Because TALKING about corruption is the REAL issue? It's "rude"? [16:56] TR News CentOS Board Meeting Recap, December 2025 https://blog.centos.org/2025/12/centos-board-meeting-recap-december-2025/ zombie project at this point, due to what IBM did http://techrights.org/o/2023/06/23/what-ibm-does-to-red-hat/ [16:56] TR Bot Board Meeting Recap, December 2025 Blog.CentOS.org [16:56] TR Bot What IBM Does to RHEL is Neither Surprising Nor Acceptable [16:57] TR News Strengthening regional cooperation for an open and interoperable Internet https://blog.apnic.net/2025/12/16/strengthening-regional-cooperation-for-an-open-and-interoperable-internet/ [16:57] TR Bot Strengthening regional cooperation for an open and interoperable Internet | APNIC Blog [16:59] TR News Steinar H. Gunderson: Lichess http://blog.sesse.net/blog/tech/2025-12-16-19-45_lichess.html [16:59] TR Bot Steinar H. Gunderson [16:59] _what__ SLAPP: wining doesn't matter, punching a memory hole is ● Dec 17 [17:01] TR News How the Printed Matter Doctrine Sees Through X-Ray Markers https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/12/printed-doctrine-through.html [17:01] TR Bot How the Printed Matter Doctrine Sees Through X-Ray Markers | Patently-O [17:01] TR News As Controversy Grows, Mattel Scraps Plans for Proprietary Chaffbot Company Reveal This Year https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/mattel-scraps-plans-openai-toy [17:01] TR Bot As Controversy Grows, Mattel Scraps Plans for OpenAI Reveal This Year [17:02] TR News Linux Marketshare at 6.3% According to... PornHub https://lunduke.substack.com/p/linux-marketshare-at-63-according [17:02] TR Bot Linux Marketshare at 6.3% According to... PornHub [17:02] TR News So "porn" is something to tell 4chan cretins about? [17:03] TR News How To Install Syncthing on Linux Mint 22 https://idroot.us/install-syncthing-linux-mint-22/ [17:03] TR Bot How To Install Syncthing on Linux Mint 22 - idroot [17:03] TR News How To Install Jenkins on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-jenkins-debian-13/ [17:03] TR Bot How To Install Jenkins on Debian 13 - idroot [17:05] TR News 2025-12-16: Let's run FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE on a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W https://briancallahan.net/blog/20251216.html [17:05] TR Bot Let's run FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE on a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W - Dr. Brian Robert Callahan [17:05] TR News 2025: A Year of Advocacy, Community, and Growth https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/2025-a-year-of-advocacy-community-and-growth/ [17:05] TR Bot 2025: A Year of Advocacy, Community, and Growth | FreeBSD Foundation [17:06] TR News Debugging The AMD GPU https://hackaday.com/2025/12/16/debugging-the-amd-gpu/ | Source: Hackaday [17:06] TR Bot The AMD GPU | Hackaday [17:06] TR News From Open Source to OpenAI: The Evolution of Third-Party Risk https://www.securityweek.com/from-open-source-to-openai-the-evolution-of-third-party-risk/ [17:06] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/from-open-source-to-openai-the-evolution-of-third-party-risk/ ) [17:07] TR News "OpenAI" is proprietary and very malicious; OSI, bribes by Microsoft, does not mind misuse of brands [17:07] TR News OSI was in fact bribed to act as a 'hype agent' for Microsoft OpenAI [17:08] TR News "Russians are keeping their foreign cars running despite sanctions" https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/12/16/how-russians-are-keeping-their-foreign-cars-running-despite-sanctions | Source: Meduza [17:08] TR Bot How Russians are keeping their foreign cars running despite sanctions Meduza [17:09] MinceR an EMP would stop them from doing so [17:09] MinceR hint hint [17:09] MinceR bonus hint: thermonuclear devices also cause EMP [17:09] schestowitz[TR2] what is a wind shield made of? [17:09] TR News Lumpy skin disease: Storm-1516 spreads disinformation about French farmers protests https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/truth-or-fake/20251216-lumpy-skin-disease-storm-1516-spreads-disinformation-about-french-farmers-protests [17:09] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/truth-or-fake/20251216-lumpy-skin-disease-storm-1516-spreads-disinformation-about-french-farmers-protests ) [17:10] MinceR mostly glass [17:10] TR News GAFAM warns that Russias Sandworm has shifted its tactics https://cyberscoop.com/amazon-threat-intel-russia-attacks-energy-sector-sandworm-apt44/ [17:10] TR Bot warns that Russias Sandworm has shifted its tactics | CyberScoop [17:10] MinceR probably multiple layers, not sure what's between them [17:10] schestowitz[TR2] russians are mostly water [17:11] schestowitz[TR2] cheeto is mostly corn [17:12] MinceR lol [17:12] MinceR corn is mostly water [17:12] MinceR Children of the Corn [17:12] schestowitz[TR2] most food is mostly water [17:13] schestowitz[TR2] some is powderised [17:13] schestowitz[TR2] you add tap water [17:13] schestowitz[TR2] then nuke it [17:13] MinceR :> [17:13] schestowitz[TR2] then it's mostly water again [17:14] TR News Penguins Become Prey for the Pumas of Patagonia https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/science/penguins-pumas-patagonia.html [17:14] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/science/penguins-pumas-patagonia.html ) [17:15] TR News :3 [17:15] TR News Penguins Become Prey for systemd too [17:16] TR News Heart Association Revives Theory That Light Drinking May Be Good for You https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/health/alcohol-heart-disease-cancer.html [17:16] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/health/alcohol-heart-disease-cancer.html ) [17:17] TR News New measures to make EU health sector more innovative, competitive and resilient https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_3077 [17:17] TR Bot Press corner | European Commission [17:19] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Man secures deal with Korea Zinc https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/trump-secures-deal-with-korea-zinc-to-build-rare-earths-processing-facility-in-tennessee-facility-expected-to-have-annual-output-of-540-000-tons-of-gallium-germanium-indium-and-other-resources [17:19] TR Bot Trump secures deal with Korea Zinc to build rare earths processing facility in Tennessee facility expected to have annual output of 540,000 tons of gallium, germanium, indium, and other resources | Tom's Hardware [17:19] TR News But will he INJECT it? [17:19] TR News becoming old spun as "health issue" https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/hair-loss-should-be-under-greater-national-health-insurance-coverage-south-korean-president [17:19] TR Bot Hair loss should be under greater national health insurance coverage: South Korean President Lee | The Straits Times [17:22] MinceR "They're _taking_ the DMT!" [17:24] TR News SLAPP Matt is posting delirious things, gloating that by threatening and doxing family members, spending like a million dollars on horrendous and notorious lawyers and liaising with a serial strangler from Microsoft (to take down a few pages) is an accomplishment? [17:25] TR News Meanwhile his spouse spouts out in social media: "if i die in the coming snow storm, i would like it to be very fucking public that Matthew Garret and his partners hired christians to kidnap, drug, and rape me" [17:25] TR News So it seems like the husband should have been the one admitted for mental care [17:26] TR News 'Zap-And-Freeze' Brain Imaging Could Reveal The Secrets of Parkinson's https://www.sciencealert.com/zap-and-freeze-brain-imaging-could-reveal-the-secrets-of-parkinsons [17:26] TR Bot Brain Imaging Could Reveal The Secrets of Parkinson's : ScienceAlert [17:26] MinceR don't taze me, bro [17:27] TR News A Single Solar Storm Could Trigger an End to Space Travel. Here's How. https://www.sciencealert.com/a-single-solar-storm-could-trigger-an-end-to-space-travel-heres-how [17:27] TR Bot Single Solar Storm Could Trigger an End to Space Travel. Here's How. : ScienceAlert [17:28] TR News A Simple Blood Test Could Reveal Your Chances of Dying in The Next Decade https://www.sciencealert.com/a-simple-blood-test-could-reveal-your-chances-of-dying-in-the-next-decade [17:28] TR Bot Simple Blood Test Could Reveal Your Chances of Dying in The Next Decade : ScienceAlert [17:30] TR News Sounds like the OSI nonsense that Microsoft paid OSI to spout out https://fossforce.com/2025/12/from-brussels-to-bengaluru-amanda-brock-on-ai-openness-and-digital-sovereignty/ [17:30] TR Bot From Brussels to Bengaluru: Amanda Brock on AI Openness and Digital Sovereignty - FOSS Force [17:31] TR News "The One With The Curious Keyboards" https://hackaday.com/2025/12/16/keebin-with-kristina-the-one-with-the-curious-keyboards/ | Source: Hackaday [17:31] TR Bot With Kristina: The One With The Curious Keyboards | Hackaday [17:43] TR News Liberals Are Falling for Extremely Obvious Hey Hi (AI) Fakes https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/liberals-democrats-ai-deepfakes [17:43] TR Bot Liberals Are Falling for Extremely Obvious AI Fakes [17:43] TR News CoreWeave Has Lost a Staggering Amount of Stock Value Over the Past Six Months https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/coreweave-lost-value-six-months [17:43] TR Bot CoreWeave Has Lost a Staggering Amount of Stock Value Over the Past Six Months [17:44] *slingamn (~U@m4g93u9he9gr4.irc) has joined #techrights [17:44] TR News While Cheeto opposes sanctions against Putin https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/business/economy/us-eu-tech-penalties.html [17:44] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/business/economy/us-eu-tech-penalties.html ) [17:45] slingamn hi, I'm the Ergo maintainer and I came here from https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/73777.html --- so happy to see another community using Ergo! [17:45] TR Bot Captcha Check [17:45] schestowitz[TR2] since 2021 [17:46] schestowitz[TR2] we sent a profile for ergo in apparmor [17:46] schestowitz[TR2] but the maintainers ping-ponged us about that [17:47] slingamn oh are you guys friends with tacerus / cranberry? [17:47] slingamn this is the PR I remember --- unless you're talking about something else, since I don't see any back-and-forth discussion here https://github.com/ergochat/ergo/pull/2078 [17:47] TR Bot AppArmor profile by tacerus Pull Request #2078 ergochat/ergo GitHub [17:49] schestowitz[TR2] the post you linked to contain endless falsehods [17:49] schestowitz[TR2] but set that aside [17:50] schestowitz[TR2] re profile [17:50] schestowitz[TR2] let me check [17:52] schestowitz[TR2] btw, ergo is very good [17:52] schestowitz[TR2] served us well, very stable [17:52] schestowitz[TR2] many features [17:53] schestowitz[TR2] thank you for that [17:53] slingamn <3 <3 <3 [17:53] schestowitz[TR2] sorry if i came across as crabby given the opening context [17:53] slingamn haha no problem [17:54] schestowitz[TR2] more context in http://techrights.org/n/2025/06/08/Some_of_the_Many_Reasons_We_Sued_Microsofters_for_Harassment.shtml [17:54] TR Bot Techrights Some of the Many Reasons We Sued Microsofters for Harassment [17:54] schestowitz[TR2] the thing he speaks of is being appealed [17:54] schestowitz[TR2] it' [17:54] schestowitz[TR2] s not over basiically [17:54] TR News French lawmakers adopt 2026 social security budget, suspend Macron's flagship pension reform https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20251216-french-lawmakers-adopt-social-security-budget-suspend-macron-s-flagship-pension-reform [17:54] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20251216-french-lawmakers-adopt-social-security-budget-suspend-macron-s-flagship-pension-reform ) [17:55] TR News French lawmakers adopt social security budget, suspend pension reform https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251216-french-lawmakers-adopt-social-security-budget-suspend-pension-reform [17:55] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251216-french-lawmakers-adopt-social-security-budget-suspend-pension-reform ) [17:55] TR News Key lawmaker says Congress likely to kick can down road on cyber information sharing law https://cyberscoop.com/congress-cybersecurity-information-sharing-act-extension-2025-andrew-garbarino/ [17:55] TR Bot lawmaker says Congress likely to kick can down road on cyber information sharing law | CyberScoop [17:56] TR News Illusory Systems settles with FTC over 2022 cryptocurrency hack https://cyberscoop.com/ftc-settles-with-illusory-systems-in-2022-cryptocurrency-hack/ [17:56] TR Bot Systems settles with FTC over 2022 cryptocurrency hack | CyberScoop [17:57] TR News siliconangle became ever so shameless about publishing falsehoods for companies in exchange for money [17:57] TR News $4,000 awarded for Vision Sphere Labs networking patents prior art https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/12/16/4000-awarded-for-vision-sphere-labs-networking-patents-prior-art [17:57] TR Bot $4,000 awarded for Vision Sphere Labs networking patents prior art Unified Patents [17:58] TR News Wolverine Barcode retail QR code patent monopoly prior art found https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/12/16/wolverine-barcode-retail-qr-code-patent-prior-art-found [17:58] TR Bot Wolverine Barcode retail QR code patent prior art found Unified Patents [17:58] TR News "Look inside a science fiction computer, and youll probably see tubes and cubes that emit light." https://hackaday.com/2025/12/16/memory-at-the-speed-of-light/ | Source: Hackaday [17:58] TR Bot At The Speed Of Light | Hackaday [17:59] MinceR i don't love ergo that much, but whatever, we've got what we've got [17:59] schestowitz[TR2] what do you like more for ircd? [17:59] MinceR unrealircd [17:59] MinceR ergo does have relaymsg, that's a nice thing to have [17:59] schestowitz[TR2] who uses it atm? [17:59] MinceR umbrellanet uses it ● Dec 17 [18:00] schestowitz[TR2] https://netsplit.de/networks/statistics.php?net=techrights [18:00] TR Bot NO TITLE [18:00] schestowitz[TR2] it is not in https://netsplit.de/networks/ [18:00] TR Bot NO TITLE [18:00] schestowitz[TR2] how many users in umbrellanet? [18:00] schestowitz[TR2] " There are 471 known IRC networks listed below..." [18:00] MinceR 17 190037 [UmbrellaNet] -!- 184 807 Current global users 184, max 807 [18:00] schestowitz[TR2] https://netsplit.de/networks/UmbrellaNet/ [18:00] TR Bot NO TITLE [18:01] schestowitz[TR2] max 200 [18:01] schestowitz[TR2] last year [18:01] schestowitz[TR2] they use 12 servers [18:01] schestowitz[TR2] or VMs or containeers [18:01] schestowitz[TR2] for just 200 users at most [18:01] schestowitz[TR2] seems like a 1:20 ratio [18:02] schestowitz[TR2] https://netsplit.de/channels/?net=UmbrellaNet [18:02] TR Bot NO TITLE [18:03] TR News Outgoing GAO chief warns of taking our foot off the gas at CISA https://fedscoop.com/cisa-workforce-threats-gao-cybersecurity-gene-dodaro/ [18:03] TR Bot GAO chief warns of taking our foot off the gas at CISA | FedScoop [18:03] MinceR it's a fork of dreamforge, which was used by dalnet [18:03] MinceR unreal, that is [18:04] TR News Washington Post Says It Will Continue AI-Generating Error Filled Podcasts as Its Own Editors Groan in Embarrassment https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/washington-post-continue-ai-podcasts [18:04] TR Bot Washington Post Says It Will Continue AI-Generating Error Filled Podcasts as Its Own Editors Groan in Embarrassment [18:07] schestowitz[TR2] dalnet is still around 30ish years later [18:08] schestowitz[TR2] but a lot smaller [18:08] TR News Building A Granular Sampler Synth https://hackaday.com/2025/12/16/building-a-granular-sampler-synth/ | Source: Hackaday [18:08] TR Bot A Granular Sampler Synth | Hackaday [18:08] TR News "In any of these cases, you might like to make your own tires. [Build It Better] shows us how to do just that!" https://hackaday.com/2025/12/16/make-your-own-tires-for-rc-cars/ | Source: Hackaday [18:08] TR Bot Your Own Tires For RC Cars | Hackaday [18:09] MinceR indeed [18:10] *Isambard_Prince (~Isambard_Prince@7muynppa8p2pa.irc) has joined #techrights [18:10] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: RISC-V, ESP32, HealthyPi https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Open_Hardware_Modding_RISC_V_ESP32_HealthyPi.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Open_Hardware_Modding_RISC_V_ESP32_HealthyPi.gmi [18:10] Isambard_Prince schestowitz[TR2], My mom was talking about not liking paper checks. [18:10] TR Bot Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: RISC-V, ESP32, HealthyPi [18:10] MinceR afaik most of the world stopped using checks long ago, if they ever used them :> [18:11] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@yu29f4abyrsnc.irc) has joined #techrights [18:11] Isambard_Prince I told her I use them but only for rent because Walmart used to be 99 cents for money orders, but they're $2.50 now, and nobody's rent is under $1,000 anymore, so you need two to pay your rent. So 99 cents turned into $5 just to pay your rent. [18:11] schestowitz[TR2] we spoke abpit tje, days ago [18:11] schestowitz[TR2] and how they were used in the 90s [18:11] Isambard_Prince So I don't use money orders for rent. [18:11] schestowitz[TR2] and how you "cleared" them [18:11] schestowitz[TR2] today's gen won't know [18:12] Isambard_Prince When Mark was $850, I used to just grab a money order for 99 cents and call it good. [18:12] Isambard_Prince Those can't bounce and they come out at the same time you buy one. So at 99 cents they were a good deal. [18:12] Isambard_Prince I don't like the $5. [18:13] Isambard_Prince You do $5 a month to pay rent, you add $60 over the year. [18:13] Isambard_Prince That's a couple tanks of gas. [18:13] TR News (NEW): FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE on a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W and Year of Advocacy, Community, and Growth https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/FreeBSD_15_0_RELEASE_on_a_Raspberry_Pi_Zero_2_W_and_Year_of_Adv.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/FreeBSD_15_0_RELEASE_on_a_Raspberry_Pi_Zero_2_W_and_Year_of_Adv.gmi [18:13] TR Bot Tux Machines FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE on a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W and Year of Advocacy, Community, and Growth [18:13] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/today_s_howtos.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/today_s_howtos.1.gmi [18:13] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [18:14] Isambard_Prince Illinois is cracking down on "nuisance fees" charged by landlords, but it's like, they can't force you to use a platform that charges fees. [18:14] schestowitz[TR2] "force" [18:14] schestowitz[TR2] or [18:14] schestowitz[TR2] make it UNCOMFORTABLE not to [18:14] Isambard_Prince They can offer that, but they have to take any form of payment that's legal to offer them. [18:14] schestowitz[TR2] so you are not 'forced' [18:14] schestowitz[TR2] but, you know... [18:15] schestowitz[TR2] pay piyush in ryancoins [18:15] Isambard_Prince Yeah, Piyush with the Roach Mahal was trying to get me to use a platform that added 3% to my rent. [18:15] Isambard_Prince I just kept sending him checks. [18:15] schestowitz[TR2] Mahal ns check [18:15] TR News (NEW): Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Security_Leftovers.2.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Security_Leftovers.2.gmi [18:15] TR Bot Tux Machines Security Leftovers [18:15] MinceR (cat) https://desu-usergeneratedcontent.xyz/int/image/1765/66/1765664238190.jpg [18:15] MinceR they don't do bank transfers over there? :> [18:16] TR News Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-12-17.gmi [18:16] schestowitz[TR2] MinceR: we asked before [18:16] schestowitz[TR2] he has a reason [18:16] Isambard_Prince schestowitz[TR2], I went by Jewel Osco to use the pharmacy today and there was a Crypto ATM. [18:16] Isambard_Prince The coin counting machine lets you buy Cryptocurrency now. [18:17] Isambard_Prince So I tapped on the screen a few times as if I would buy some. [18:17] Isambard_Prince And the first three screens were full of warnings about scammers. [18:17] MinceR lol [18:17] Isambard_Prince And telling you to contact law enforcement if anything on those screens was happening right now. [18:18] schestowitz[TR2] the scams are right there on the screenb [18:18] Isambard_Prince Like, if someone claimed you'd be under arrest if you didn't pay them in crypto, or if someone was threatening to release your nudes. [18:18] schestowitz[TR2] i mean, come on1 [18:18] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.marca.com/en/lifestyle/celebrities/2022/07/26/62df40dd46163fe07a8b45f6.html [18:18] TR Bot is Matt Damon's prestige under fire since the Cryptocurrency crash? | Marca [18:19] schestowitz[TR2] there are probably people who pay in fakecoins to GET nudes [18:20] TR News THAT Arrived gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20251216-0.gmi [18:20] Isambard_Prince There are. [18:20] Isambard_Prince Both legal porn and otherwise. [18:20] Isambard_Prince PornHub started accepting them when Visa and MasterCard threatened to block them. [18:20] TR News "Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wrote a gruelling account of the gulag system in 'Gulag Archipelago'. That book (technically an anthology of books), though not for the faint of heart, exemplifies suffering's explicit influence on his creative works." gemini://beyond-mundanity.com/passion.gmi [18:21] schestowitz[TR2] https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/15/Crypto_Currencies_Are_a_Ponzi_Scheme_So_Is_AI_Both_Destroy_the_.shtml [18:21] TR Bot Techrights 'Crypto' 'Currencies' Are a Ponzi Scheme. So Is "AI". Both Destroy the Planet, Not Just the Economy. [18:21] TR News "I have to admit I don't watch Euronews, because it doesn't seem to run on my streaming hardware. But I have to make a short statement to jsreed5's comment on 'No Comment' of Euronews." gemini://redterminal.org/gemlog/2025-12-17-Re_No_Comment.gmi [18:23] TR News "Sweden disastrously had the biggest year-over-year COE emissions increase since 1990 as a direct and immediate consequence of our elected governments policiesits proven that their diesel pricing was the culprit. When people tell me Were such a tiny country, we dont need to do anything thats so wrong because: [...]" gemini://idiomdrottning.org/such-a-tiny [18:23] TR News SpellBinding: CDYILSH Wordo: MOTEL gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2025-12-17.gmi [18:24] TR News "those kids have grown to resent social media, the developments around AI and to some extend modern technology as a whole." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/ralfwause/phlog/171225.txt [18:25] TR News Yesterday's newspapers are about as fresh as today's, their ink smells the same and very rarely does the world change dramatically overnight." gemini://oberdada.pollux.casa/gemlog/2025-12-17_no_phone.gmi [18:26] TR News "Is there anything from 100 years ago you'd like to see revived today?" gopher://baud.baby:70/0/phlog/fs20251217.txt [18:27] TR News Python gemini://tecnico-ligero.duckdns.org/gemlog/55--2025-12-17-Cuntos-intentos-necesita-Python-para-acertar-el-Quini-6.gmi [18:30] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 17/12/2025: Passion and Creativity, Euronews, Avoiding "Smart" "Phones" https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Gemini_Links_17_12_2025_Passion_and_Creativity_Euronews_Avoidin.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Gemini_Links_17_12_2025_Passion_and_Creativity_Euronews_Avoidin.gmi [18:30] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 17/12/2025: Passion and Creativity, Euronews, Avoiding "Smart" "Phones" [18:31] TR News Techrights Links 17/12/2025: "Jimmy Lais Conviction Was Years in the Making" and "Pandemic Lockdowns Changed a Songbirds Beak" https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Links_17_12_2025_Jimmy_Lai_s_Conviction_Was_Years_in_the_Making.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Links_17_12_2025_Jimmy_Lai_s_Conviction_Was_Years_in_the_Making.gmi [18:31] TR Bot Techrights Links 17/12/2025: "Jimmy Lais Conviction Was Years in the Making" and "Pandemic Lockdowns Changed a Songbirds Beak" [18:34] TR News "F u ck Arvind, a human sack of sh it. I was working on AI and that piece of po o picked me to get his bonus. Can't wait to take a dump on his grave." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kca2ddbp [18:34] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kca2ddbp ) [18:40] Isambard_Prince Illinois is tightening gun laws again. [18:40] Isambard_Prince Every time they do this, there's no change in gun crime. [18:40] Isambard_Prince Because criminals don't follow laws, which is why they are....criminals [18:41] MinceR whoda thunk? [18:41] Isambard_Prince You can create more criminals by making more things a crime, though. [18:41] Isambard_Prince The Protect Illinois Communities Act said if you had whatever the Act considers an assault rifle, you could keep it, but you had to tell the State Police about it. [18:41] Isambard_Prince Almost nobody told the State Police about it. [18:42] Isambard_Prince And over two-thirds of county Sheriffs and State's Attorney offices said the Act is utterly unconstitutional and that they won't arrest anyone or bring charges under it. [18:42] Isambard_Prince The politicians make laws, but they can't control who gets charged or put on trial under them. [18:43] Isambard_Prince There are protections built into the system. If you don't agree with the law, make sure you elect local officials who say they won't do anything with it, and then it's effectively not the law in your county. [18:43] TR News Techrights IBM (and Therefore Red Hat) Rapidly Imploding https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/IBM_and_Therefore_Red_Hat_Rapidly_Imploding.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/IBM_and_Therefore_Red_Hat_Rapidly_Imploding.gmi [18:43] TR Bot Techrights IBM (and Therefore Red Hat) Rapidly Imploding [18:44] Isambard_Prince In some counties, it wouldn't be worth attempting to bring charges under PICA anyway, because most offenses created there are felonies, and the prosecutor not only has to go to trial if they can indict you, most of the grand jury won't agree with the law. [18:44] schestowitz[TR2] lxo: ibm problems in brazil https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/IBM_and_Therefore_Red_Hat_Rapidly_Imploding.shtml [18:44] Isambard_Prince Citizens are never required to tell anyone why they voted the way they did. [18:45] Isambard_Prince So the law is in effect in some parts of the state, and not in effect in others. [18:45] Isambard_Prince The only part that's in effect statewide is the part that says gun dealers can't sell new ones. [18:45] Isambard_Prince But there were already about 670,000 in circulation. [18:46] Isambard_Prince So even if you could keep new ones from being sold, that won't be relevant for quite a while. [18:47] Isambard_Prince MinceR, CNN sez Trump will make an announcement tonight about his accomplishments throughout the year. (How long does it take to go over 12% inflations and 1.2 million job losses and ICE coming down the streets in armored cars firing tear gas at people?) [18:48] MinceR lol [18:51] Isambard_Prince Anyone in MAGA who doubts there's inflation should look at the $80 prime rib roasts at the supermarket. Ten years ago they were so cheap that they were purchased in bulk on Fridays to be served at the hospital cafeteria in Fort Wayne, Indiana when my ex worked there. [18:55] TR News (NEW): Firefox DRM: Proprietary Software Downloaded, How Long Before the "AI" Company (Mozilla) Puts It There by Default? https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Firefox_DRM_Proprietary_Software_Downloaded_How_Long_Before_the.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Firefox_DRM_Proprietary_Software_Downloaded_How_Long_Before_the.gmi [18:55] TR Bot Tux Machines Firefox DRM: Proprietary Software Downloaded, How Long Before the "AI" Company (Mozilla) Puts It There by Default? [18:58] Isambard_Prince I pay an undocumented immigrant to do my hair. [18:58] Isambard_Prince I figured that if US citizens voted for this shit then my business should go elsewhere. [18:59] MinceR :) ● Dec 17 [19:00] Isambard_Prince The guy only wanted $10, so I insisted on paying him $20. He goes around doing hair for $10, I figured he's a good barber and the going rate is twice that. The people at the chains that completely fuck your hair up cost at least $20. Although lately the sky seems to be the limit. Corporate greed. [19:00] Isambard_Prince You pay the chain $40, they make sure that the person working there gets $10. [19:00] Isambard_Prince That's how corporations work. [19:00] Isambard_Prince The boss "facilitates" things, you know. [19:00] Isambard_Prince Like helping himself to 3/4ths of your earnings. [19:00] Isambard_Prince So he can donate it to MAGA. [19:02] _what__ or as Stallman calls it, MAGAts http://techrights.org/n/2025/05/02/Richard_Stallman_RMS_Says_US_Magats_Have_Destroyed_Press_Freedo.shtml [19:02] TR Bot Techrights Richard Stallman (RMS) Says US "Magats" Have Destroyed Press Freedom in the US [19:02] schestowitz[TR2] https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/11/Like_the_Serial_Strangler_From_Microsoft_Donald_Trump_is_Out_of.shtml [19:02] TR Bot Techrights Like the Serial Strangler From Microsoft, Donald Trump is Out of Time and Has Jurisdiction Issues in the UK [19:19] MinceR https://images.apina.biz/full/99416.gif [19:22] _what__ http://techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/GAFAM_Kissing_the_Ring_of_the_Mafia_Don.shtml [19:22] TR Bot Techrights GAFAM Kissing the Ring of the Mafia Don [19:23] _what__ WARNING: Cheeto Mussolini may use prior MJG59's SLAPP victory and his own BillBC SLAPP as a jumping point to shut us down [19:24] MinceR we could become more distributed to make it more difficult to shut us down [19:24] schestowitz[TR2] nothing is being shut down [19:24] schestowitz[TR2] so calm down [19:25] schestowitz[TR2] they are not making headway [19:25] TR News Techrights It Won't be Long Before Microsoft Shuts Down LinkedIn (Already Subjected to Many Waves of Mass Layoffs, Offices Shut Down) https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/It_Won_t_be_Long_Before_Microsoft_Shuts_Down_LinkedIn_Already_S.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/It_Won_t_be_Long_Before_Microsoft_Shuts_Down_LinkedIn_Already_S.gmi [19:25] TR Bot Techrights It Won't be Long Before Microsoft Shuts Down LinkedIn (Already Subjected to Many Waves of Mass Layoffs, Offices Shut Down) [19:25] schestowitz[TR2] they wasted about $1,000,000 [19:25] schestowitz[TR2] attacked family member [19:25] schestowitz[TR2] sent us about 60KG of legal papers [19:25] schestowitz[TR2] to drown us out [19:25] schestowitz[TR2] and then recruited and spoke to criminals from Microsoft [19:25] schestowitz[TR2] to help strain our legal budget [19:25] schestowitz[TR2] that's not winning [19:25] schestowitz[TR2] and they will look worse for it [19:26] schestowitz[TR2] when we cover what they did [19:26] schestowitz[TR2] no hurry [19:26] _what__ MJG's SLAPP victory http://techrights.org/i/2025/12/case-judgment-summary.html [19:26] TR Bot NO TITLE [19:26] schestowitz[TR2] appeal on the way [19:27] _what__ oddly enough Ryan Farmer (BaronHK) was not hit http://baronhk.wordpress.com/tag/matthew-garrett/ [19:27] TR Bot Matthew Garrett | BaronHK's Rants [19:28] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2025/05/19/Microsofters_Issuing_Threats_to_Microsoft_Critics_Who_Blog_Abou.shtml [19:28] TR Bot Techrights Microsofters Issuing Threats to Microsoft Critics Who Blog About Microsoft [19:28] schestowitz[TR2] he tried him also [19:29] schestowitz[TR2] but it's like a diaper with poo [19:29] schestowitz[TR2] trying to hide what he is [19:29] schestowitz[TR2] and now his spouse speaks about [19:29] schestowitz[TR2] 1) how he "stole" money from the bank [19:29] schestowitz[TR2] to pay lawyers, I assume [19:29] schestowitz[TR2] 2) had the spouse "drugged, kidnapped, raped" (quoting thew spouse) [19:29] schestowitz[TR2] basically his reputation was never poorer [19:30] schestowitz[TR2] and it's his own faul [19:30] schestowitz[TR2] not mine [19:30] schestowitz[TR2] he makes things worse [19:46] TR News Techrights The "Hey Hi" Ponzi Scheme Promoted Again by The Register MS https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/The_Hey_Hi_Ponzi_Scheme_Promoted_Again_by_The_Register_MS.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/The_Hey_Hi_Ponzi_Scheme_Promoted_Again_by_The_Register_MS.gmi [19:46] TR Bot Techrights The "Hey Hi" Ponzi Scheme Promoted Again by The Register MS [19:49] TR News Death by Microsoft https://www.ign.com/articles/forza-motorsport-developer-says-servers-will-remain-online-but-dont-expect-any-more-cars-tracks-features-or-regular-bug-fixes-following-layoffs see https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Cuts_Shutdowns_and_Layoffs_at_Microsoft.shtml [19:49] TR Bot Motorsport Developer Says Servers Will Remain Online, But Don't Expect Any More Cars, Tracks, Features or Regular Bug Fixes Following Layoffs - IGN [19:49] TR Bot Techrights Cuts, Shutdowns, and Layoffs at Microsoft [19:50] TR News This is great news for Europe https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/amazon-announces-biggest-ever-layoffs-at-its-european-headquarters-these-employees-affected-the-most/amp_articleshow/126030039.cms [19:50] TR Bot Amazon announces biggest ever layoffs at its European headquarters; these employees affected the most - The Times of India [19:51] TR News "headquarters in Luxembourg" = tax evasion [19:58] *Isambard_Prince has quit (connection closed) ● Dec 17 [20:00] MinceR tax evasion = robbery reduction [20:00] schestowitz[TR2] rubbery duck [20:04] TR News Algeria: almost all-time high for GNU/Linux https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop//algeria/#monthly-200902-202512 [20:04] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Algeria | Statcounter Global Stats [20:05] TR News But higher internationally https://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp [20:05] TR Bot OS Statistics [20:06] MinceR also note that it's a corporation run by someone who's pretty close to the king of nazi america [20:06] MinceR the likes of bezos aren't really the people states want to rob [20:06] MinceR they want to rob the people who can't fight back [20:18] *darwin has quit (Quit: peace be with you) [20:19] schestowitz[TR2] no resistance\ [20:19] schestowitz[TR2] bullies pick on the weak [20:19] schestowitz[TR2] like IRS does [20:19] schestowitz[TR2] theycannot put up a fight [20:19] schestowitz[TR2] or hide behind lawyers [20:19] schestowitz[TR2] ICC is like this [20:19] schestowitz[TR2] it imprisons many black and "brown" people [20:19] schestowitz[TR2] but not Putin [20:19] schestowitz[TR2] it would not darer\ [20:19] schestowitz[TR2] not Trump [20:19] schestowitz[TR2] or the people they protect [20:19] schestowitz[TR2] it's easier to snatch some african leader [20:20] TR News Techrights Firefox Became Irrelevant in the Past Year or Two https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Firefox_Became_Irrelevant_in_the_Past_Year_or_Two.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Firefox_Became_Irrelevant_in_the_Past_Year_or_Two.gmi [20:20] TR Bot Techrights Firefox Became Irrelevant in the Past Year or Two [20:20] schestowitz[TR2] say some words in a language foreign to them and toss them in a cell [20:20] schestowitz[TR2] then say, [20:20] MinceR mmm, snatch [20:20] schestowitz[TR2] "LOOK, ICC PUTS PEOPLE IN PRISON!!" [20:20] schestowitz[TR2] "we tackle international crime" [20:20] schestowitz[TR2] but the moment they try to get well-connected gangsters prosecuted: [20:20] schestowitz[TR2] https://apnews.com/article/icc-trump-sanctions-karim-khan-court-a4b4c02751ab84c09718b1b95cbd5db3 [20:20] TR Bot Trump's sanctions on ICC prosecutor have halted tribunal's work | AP News [20:21] MinceR https://youtu.be/9Vs9MXEtydc = https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=9Vs9MXEtydc [20:21] TR Bot https://yewtu.be/watch?v=9Vs9MXEtydc [20:21] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=9Vs9MXEtydc ) [20:21] TR Bot Select instance - Invidious [20:24] schestowitz[TR2] psydroid2: https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=khChRA-dHtw [20:24] TR Bot ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=khChRA-dHtw ) [20:24] schestowitz[TR2] chwerki [20:24] schestowitz[TR2] cherki [20:26] schestowitz[TR2] https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=XBKyb9HYoz0 [20:26] TR Bot ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=XBKyb9HYoz0 ) [20:27] MinceR cheeki breeki? [20:41] TR News Techrights Microsoft Lunduke: The Problem With [Some Program/Project] is That It's "Gay" https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Microsoft_Lunduke_The_Problem_With_Some_Program_Project_is_That.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Microsoft_Lunduke_The_Problem_With_Some_Program_Project_is_That.gmi [20:41] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Lunduke: The Problem With [Some Program/Project] is That It's "Gay" ● Dec 17 [21:03] TR News Techrights Maybe the Future of the Web is Static Site Generators (SSGs) After All https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Maybe_the_Future_of_the_Web_is_Static_Site_Generators_SSGs_Afte.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Maybe_the_Future_of_the_Web_is_Static_Site_Generators_SSGs_Afte.gmi [21:03] TR Bot Techrights Maybe the Future of the Web is Static Site Generators (SSGs) After All [21:05] TR News IBM BS. "It's always been a joke!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kcmx0g24 [21:05] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kcmx0g24 ) [21:06] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [21:08] TR News Afghanistan: Microsoft slips https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share/all/afghanistan/#monthly-200902-202512 [21:08] TR Bot Search Engine Market Share Afghanistan | Statcounter Global Stats [21:08] TR News Same in China https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share/all/china/#monthly-200902-202512 [21:09] TR Bot Search Engine Market Share China | Statcounter Global Stats [21:15] TR News (NEW): New Low for Microsoft Windows in Slovakia https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/New_Low_for_Microsoft_Windows_in_Slovakia.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/New_Low_for_Microsoft_Windows_in_Slovakia.gmi [21:15] TR Bot Tux Machines New Low for Microsoft Windows in Slovakia [21:35] admfubar https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/12/texas-sues-biggest-tv-makers-alleging-smart-tvs-spy-on-users-without-consent/ [21:35] TR Bot Texas sues biggest TV makers, alleging smart TVs spy on users without consent - Ars Technica [21:36] admfubar https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/12/shady-data-center-deals-doom-americans-to-higher-energy-bills-senators-say/ [21:36] TR Bot Senators count the shady ways data centers pass energy costs on to Americans - Ars Technica [21:36] *_what__ has quit (connection closed) [21:37] admfubar i wonder what they will get around to in the next 26 years... providing they are still here.. https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/12/microsoft-will-finally-kill-obsolete-cipher-that-has-wreaked-decades-of-havoc/ [21:37] TR Bot Microsoft will finally kill obsolete cipher that has wreaked decades of havoc - Ars Technica [21:39] admfubar https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/12/uk-to-encourage-apple-and-google-to-put-nudity-blocking-systems-on-phones/ [21:39] TR Bot UK to encourage Apple and Google to put nudity-blocking systems on phones - Ars Technica [21:40] admfubar roomba no longer rumbles... https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/12/roomba-maker-irobot-swept-into-bankruptcy/ [21:40] TR Bot Roomba maker iRobot swept into bankruptcy [21:44] admfubar https://www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/attackers-use-stolen-aws-credentials-cryptomining [21:44] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/attackers-use-stolen-aws-credentials-cryptomining ) [21:46] admfubar https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/why-17-year-old-built-ai-expose-deepfake-maps [21:46] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/why-17-year-old-built-ai-expose-deepfake-maps ) [21:46] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [21:58] *_what__ (~user@7ty442gj7hcvy.irc) has joined #techrights ● Dec 17 [22:08] *SomeGoat (~SomeGoat@r9ruxqydtdctn.irc) has joined #techrights [22:09] admfubar https://www.rawstory.com/something-out-of-1984-fcc-changes-its-website-during-heated-fcc-hearing/ [22:09] TR Bot 'Something out of 1984': FCC makes 'stunning' website edits during heated FCC hearing - Raw Story [22:12] admfubar https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-cnn-2674407438/ [22:12] TR Bot Trump's plot to 'turn CNN full MAGA' fails following Paramount deal collapse - Raw Story [22:15] admfubar say it isnt soo... https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/16/tesla-engaged-in-deceptive-marketing-for-autopilot-and-full-self-driving-judge-rules/ [22:15] TR Bot engaged in deceptive marketing for Autopilot and Full Self-Driving, judge rules | TechCrunch [22:16] MinceR well, i never! [22:16] _what__ Cheeto Noise Network [22:17] _what__ CNN [22:17] admfubar https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/16/x-updates-its-terms-files-countersuit-to-lay-claim-to-the-twitter-trademark-after-newcomers-challenge/ [22:17] TR Bot updates its terms, files countersuit to lay claim to the 'Twitter' trademark after newcomer's challenge | TechCrunch [22:18] _what__ tweezers [22:18] admfubar because why not... https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/16/study-shows-instacart-may-be-charging-some-shoppers-20-more-for-the-same-product/ [22:18] TR Bot shows Instacart may be charging some shoppers 20% more for the same product | TechCrunch [22:18] _what__ corruption/enshittification [22:18] MinceR convolutional neural network [22:20] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [22:38] *_what__ has quit (connection closed) [22:42] MinceR https://apina.biz/211418.jpg?mode=sfw [22:42] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-http://apina.biz/211418.jpg ● Dec 17 [23:45] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) 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