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● Jan 18
[00:00]	Isambard_Prince	MinceR, Same reason your car insurance doubles.
[00:00]	MinceR	well, his character shouldn't have, but he should have
[00:00]	Isambard_Prince	Because they can get away with it.
[00:00]	MinceR	:>
[00:00]	MinceR	btw there are some countries where attempting suicide is illegal
[00:01]	MinceR	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_legislation
[00:01]	TR Bot	 Suicide legislation - Wikipedia
[00:01]	MinceR	the state owns you and they don't like you damaging their property.
[00:02]	Isambard_Prince	It's not illegal to attempt suicide in America, MinceR 
[00:02]	Isambard_Prince	We're far more enlightened than that.
[00:02]	Isambard_Prince	They just take you to a hospital where you'll have $20,000 in debt when you get out.
[00:02]	MinceR	:>
[00:03]	Isambard_Prince	Then it goes on your credit as a collection agency.
[00:05]	MinceR	in bangladesh and brunei, attempting suicide can be punished by death
[00:05]	MinceR	or not
[00:22]	Isambard_Prince	Why would they punish you by giving you what you were trying to do?
[00:22]	MinceR	\_()_/
[00:23]	MinceR	devil apes are often crazy and do crazy things
[00:32]	Isambard_Prince	MinceR, Speaking of devil apes.
[00:32]	Isambard_Prince	That one that didn't hire me last week is going to have to interview me again this week.
[00:32]	MinceR	:>
[00:32]	Isambard_Prince	I can keep scheduling interviews with the "AI" chatbot until he manages to find something for me to do.
[00:38]	Isambard_Prince	MinceR, Trump continues to show his brilliance.
[00:38]	Isambard_Prince	He said we need Greenland so we won't have Russia for a neighbor.
[00:38]	MinceR	lol
[00:38]	Isambard_Prince	Some parts of Alaska are less than 6 miles from Russia.
[00:39]	Isambard_Prince	Alaska is not really easy to defend.
[00:39]	Isambard_Prince	Russia could theoretically occupy it.
[00:39]	MinceR	taking over greenland would just add more land that's close to mordor to murrikan territory...
[00:39]	MinceR	even if it isn't as close to mordor as alaska is
[00:39]	Isambard_Prince	The Japanese managed to during WWII, even though they were only about a year from being defeated.
[00:40]	Isambard_Prince	By occupy, I mean they occupied some uninhabited areas that the US wasn't really terribly concerned about defending.
[00:40]	Isambard_Prince	It was pointless, there was no strategic value in landing there by the time they did it.
[00:41]	Isambard_Prince	The way they conducted their war against the US was pretty incompetent.
[00:41]	Isambard_Prince	The attack on Pearl Harbor got off to a pretty strong start due to mistakes on the US side.
[00:42]	Isambard_Prince	But they called it early and left without finishing the job, and although the damage was pretty bad, they failed to totally destroy the US fleet there.
[00:42]	Isambard_Prince	The right call would have been to press the attack even if that meant accepting higher losses in the next wave.
[00:42]	MinceR	the closest i could find is ~35km at Diomede Islands
[00:43]	Isambard_Prince	It's war, people die in a war.
[00:43]	Isambard_Prince	Being in command means recognizing when that is necessary.
[00:43]	MinceR	war, war never changes
[00:51]	Isambard_Prince	MinceR, If they ask why I'm back at another interview I'm tempted to say "That's the thing about being unemployed. I can come here every week until I have a job."
[00:51]	MinceR	:>
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[00:58]	MinceR	also, greenland is currently closer to mordor (~940 km) than to nazi america (~1962 km)
● Jan 18
[01:08]	Isambard_Prince	MinceR, Then someone said they got banned from Lyft as a driver for alleged discrimination.
[01:08]	Isambard_Prince	Lyft said they would not say which ride it was and that no appeals were going to happen.
[01:08]	Isambard_Prince	I mentioned "Well if they said which ride it was, there'd be stories about enraged former drivers going to someone's house and shooting them. It's America, you know."
[01:09]	Isambard_Prince	That's how our society has gotten.
[01:09]	Isambard_Prince	If you make someone made, that might be the last mistake you ever make.
[01:09]	Isambard_Prince	*mad
[01:10]	MinceR	perhaps it's time for people to form armed defense groups
[01:18]	Isambard_Prince	MinceR, The Black Panthers are open carrying AR-15 rifles in Minneapolis.
[01:18]	Isambard_Prince	And the fucked up thing about it is I'd feel safer near them than the police.
[01:18]	MinceR	selective fire or single only?
[01:19]	Isambard_Prince	Well, if it's legal then single only.
[01:19]	MinceR	:(
[01:19]	Isambard_Prince	But bump stocks are legal again.
[01:19]	MinceR	i just saw a video that allegedly showed 2 police officers protecting someone from a gestapo agent
[01:19]	Isambard_Prince	You can put a bump stock on an FN-PS90.
[01:19]	MinceR	bump stocks are an ugly hack though
[01:20]	Isambard_Prince	Yeah, but not technically a machine gun.
[01:20]	Isambard_Prince	Which is the best kind of not a machine gun I guess.
[01:20]	MinceR	:>
[01:25]	Isambard_Prince	I'm glad that the state passed a law today that will seal the criminal records of 1.7 million non-violent offenders. That gets rid of one barrier to housing, but it doesn't do anything about the affordability crisis or the ballooning credit score requirements.
[01:25]	Isambard_Prince	Apparently, people's criminal records will be automatically sealed 6 months after the arrest now if it was not a violent crime or a sex offense.
[01:26]	Isambard_Prince	So most people in Illinois will no longer be punished forever.
[01:26]	Isambard_Prince	It's sad that the law applies to so many people, honestly.
[01:26]	Isambard_Prince	Out of 12.6 million people, over 2 million have some sort of crime record.
[01:26]	Isambard_Prince	It's another way to have a permanent underclass.
[01:27]	Isambard_Prince	Just make sure that one in six can't do anything because they committed *any* crime at *any* point in their life.
[01:27]	Isambard_Prince	Then you have the credit score follow them around like a gypsy curse.
[01:27]	MinceR	18 022626 < Isambard_Prince> It's sad that the law applies to so many people, honestly.
[01:27]	MinceR	yeah, i'd prefer to have no law apply to me at all
[01:28]	Isambard_Prince	MinceR, Of course the Republicans got together and voted against it.
[01:28]	Isambard_Prince	Then there was the sound of heads exploding.
[01:28]	MinceR	they're not republicans
[01:28]	Isambard_Prince	They prefer the system called "When you're down, that's where you'll stay."
[01:29]	MinceR	they feel better when there are more people worse off than they
[01:29]	MinceR	and some of them are pretty damn poor...
[01:29]	Isambard_Prince	And the more the better, as long as it's not them.
[01:29]	MinceR	devil apes are the worst
[01:29]	Isambard_Prince	And if it ever is them, the other Republicans won't care because it's not them.
[01:29]	Isambard_Prince	The wheel turns, does it not?
[01:30]	MinceR	:>
[01:31]	Isambard_Prince	The conservatives won't care when it's you that goes to jail and gets out and can't even find a job or an apartment, even if you're one of them. They don't know you anymore as soon as you fall on hard times.
[01:32]	MinceR	the "conservatives" who want to "conserve" a state of affairs that never was
[01:34]	MinceR	(notably, some of them were already like that around 1950!)
[01:34]	MinceR	(as noted in The Authoritarian Personality)
[01:52]	Isambard_Prince	Having a criminal record of any kind means brutal consequences long after the official punishment is served.
[01:53]	Isambard_Prince	You never stop being punished. I would argue that's unconstitutional because it's so excessive.
[01:53]	MinceR	i would argue that a constitution that the state does not uphold is a joke
[01:53]	Isambard_Prince	That's true. You know, it's nice that it has words.
[01:53]	Isambard_Prince	But those words get "interpreted" into meaning nothing, by judges with an agenda.
[01:54]	MinceR	yeah, but it would be nicer if it wasn't used as an excuse to own me
[01:54]	Isambard_Prince	Theoretically, it says that the power flows from the people, to the state, to the federal government.
[01:54]	Isambard_Prince	Theoretically.
[01:54]	Isambard_Prince	They never ask me what my opinion is on a law.
[01:54]	MinceR	:>
[01:55]	Isambard_Prince	Sometimes a law requires it though, but that's rare.
[01:55]	Isambard_Prince	And my idiot neighbors will make sure that the dumbest possible shit happens even then.
[01:55]	Isambard_Prince	Like more taxes or something.
[01:55]	MinceR	they've managed to hoodwink plenty of people into supporting this wicked system though
[01:55]	Isambard_Prince	Like, "Do you want to be taxed more so we can have another nature preserve?"
[01:55]	MinceR	and of course the rest get coerced with threats of violence
[01:55]	Isambard_Prince	"Oh sure, even though I have no time to go to one because of the jobs I have to work because of the taxes."
[01:56]	Isambard_Prince	You know, it's only ANOTHER $140.
[01:56]	Isambard_Prince	You know, at the minimum legal wage, you have to work more than 8 hours to pay for just the tax INCREASE on the nature preserve that year.
[01:56]	MinceR	what costs so much about a nature preserve? can't they just stop fucking with nature there?
[01:57]	Isambard_Prince	That could be food or part of someone's car insurance bill.
[01:57]	Isambard_Prince	<MinceR> what costs so much about a nature preserve? can't they just stop fucking with nature there?
[01:57]	Isambard_Prince	They have a board, and conservation police officers, and staff "maintaining" them.
[01:57]	MinceR	sounds superfluous
[01:57]	Isambard_Prince	Like, with walking trails you never see anyone using unless it's people back there to fuck or something.
[01:58]	MinceR	we have trails marked with signs painted on tree trunks
[01:58]	MinceR	not super expensive
[01:58]	Isambard_Prince	Mostly high school kids who can't afford a motel room.
[01:59]	Isambard_Prince	I had someone I was with briefly who asked if I wanted to fuck him in a forest preserve.
[01:59]	Isambard_Prince	I said, "No here's fine, I don't really want to explain that to a judge."
[01:59]	MinceR	"ouch, right in the forest preserve!"
● Jan 18
[02:01]	Isambard_Prince	MinceR, A lawyer said technically having sex in a single stall public restroom is legal if you lock the door.
[02:01]	Isambard_Prince	But it's not something he'd want to argue in court.
[02:01]	Isambard_Prince	"Get a room."
[02:06]	Isambard_Prince	MinceR, The hotel we're using now has a nice gym in it.
[02:06]	Isambard_Prince	It has everything we have at the physical therapy office.
[02:07]	Isambard_Prince	So I've been using the equipment for about an hour each day I'm there to replicate the exercises my physical therapist has me doing.
[02:07]	Isambard_Prince	It effectively gets me some physical therapy sessions at no extra cost while I'm there anyway.
[02:09]	Isambard_Prince	Physical Therapy sessions are expensive and the longer it goes on, the harder it is to justify to the insurance company. At some point they push back and say you've improved enough that you don't need it anymore even when there is some improvement to be had.
[02:10]	Isambard_Prince	MinceR, I use the resources of the hotel to minimize costs elsewhere. The gym can be "free physical therapy". Loading up at breakfast limits my food costs for the day.
[02:10]	Isambard_Prince	You know, I have a cousin in prison in Alabama, He said the food is so bad there they often can't even identify it, other than breakfast.
[02:11]	MinceR	:>
[02:11]	Isambard_Prince	But you can have as much as you want, so all he eats is breakfast because at least he knows what it is.
[02:12]	Isambard_Prince	MinceR, The cheaper hotel is becoming even worse. I got so sick from the heater and the breakfast is often cold. I think they're actually putting out leftovers from the day before without bothering to warm them up. The slightly more expensive hotel has a good breakfast.
[02:13]	Isambard_Prince	I really piled it high the other morning with the bacon. They alternate between sausage patties, and bacon. I prefer bacon.
[02:13]	Isambard_Prince	And they have much better coffee.
[02:14]	Isambard_Prince	I think after I ran out of free night coupons yesterday I'm not going to go back there. I decided to use it so I could spend an additional day with my boyfriend, but now I'm so sick from that damned heater that I'm sort of wishing I hadn't.
[02:14]	Isambard_Prince	Some of the rooms are in better shape.
[02:15]	Isambard_Prince	We go out for coffee so often when we stay at that one, that we save at least $15 a day just drinking the coffee at the better hotel.
[02:15]	Isambard_Prince	Seriously, the coffee is so good there that they had to put up a sign saying it's for guests only. They have people using it as an internet cafe that sneak in off the street.
[02:15]	Isambard_Prince	They sell that brand of coffee on Amazon.
[02:16]	Isambard_Prince	Apparently, Coca-Cola bought the coffee company in 2019.
[02:16]	Isambard_Prince	Declining soda sales, but rising coffee consumption.
[02:16]	Isambard_Prince	Well, soda sort of has a lot of problems. People widely recognize it as junk now, and Trump made aluminum so expensive that the cans alone have added $4 a pack to the price this year alone.
[02:25]	Isambard_Prince	MinceR, I managed to get rid of that rough idle and the problems with startup and the misfire code on the Buick.
[02:25]	Isambard_Prince	Carbon deposits.
[02:26]	Isambard_Prince	I ran a couple of tanks of gas with Gumout Multi System Tune Up in them and the car went from shaking at a stop light so much my phone was rattling around in the holder to smooth as silk.
[02:26]	MinceR	:)
[02:26]	Isambard_Prince	No more start up issue (running rough for a couple blocks) or misfire code.
[02:26]	Isambard_Prince	The first bottle seemed to drastically improve that.
[02:27]	Isambard_Prince	I'm halfway into the second tank now and the problems are gone.
[02:27]	Isambard_Prince	I've had good luck with Gumout products.
[02:27]	Isambard_Prince	Not so much with Chevron Techron.
[02:27]	Isambard_Prince	Which was basically the first one using Polyetheramines, but they cut back on how much they used and now the product is basically worthless.
[02:28]	Isambard_Prince	They were like 15-20% PEA according to the safety data sheet, and now it's like 5%-7% and they ALSO reduced the bottle size so you only get 10 ounces vs. 12.
[02:29]	Isambard_Prince	To be fair, there's other things that clean injectors and stuff, but PEA is the gold standard for in-tank detergents. Gumout Multi System is 10% PEA and you get a 16 ounce bottle of it.
[02:29]	Isambard_Prince	So there's actually enough product in there to have some cleaning action.
[02:30]	Isambard_Prince	I also picked up a bottle of Gumout Regane High Mileage, which is apparently 25% PEA, but it comes in a 8 ounce container, so I was going to mix up a third tank of gasoline and run that.
[02:30]	Isambard_Prince	Really no matter how you buy the Gumout, you seem to get about as much total PEA in the container, they vary the container size.
[02:31]	Isambard_Prince	PEA is what Shell and the others call a "nitrogen-based" cleaner. It's what the Top Tier gasoline is using.
[02:31]	Isambard_Prince	Then they charge you like another 80-90 cents a gallon for it.
[02:32]	Isambard_Prince	They literally pour a gallon of detergent into an entire tanker truck of fuel and it bounces around in there and then goes into the gas tanks at the stations.
[02:32]	Isambard_Prince	It doesn't cost them much.
[02:32]	Isambard_Prince	They're right that if you buy a new car and then run it on that exclusively, you'll never have fuel-related problems other than maybe if they screw up and you get water in your tank or something.
[02:33]	Isambard_Prince	But you're paying so much for that PEA detergent that you might as well run cheap gas and chase it with a treated tank sometimes.
[02:33]	admfubar	https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/01/17/0220205&from=rss
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[02:34]	Isambard_Prince	MinceR, GM's statement on fuel system cleaners is don't use them.
[02:34]	Isambard_Prince	Some work, others can cause damage to the fuel pump or your engine.
[02:34]	Isambard_Prince	They've tested them. They did not say which ones cause damage.
[02:34]	Isambard_Prince	I mean, they probably didn't want to be sued by the ones that caused damage, even though they could prove it in the lab.
[02:35]	Isambard_Prince	And that's why they said some cause damage.
[02:37]	Isambard_Prince	MinceR, Someone on FICO Forums said that if you were put in a room with 100 people, some made $35,000 a year, and others made a million. The split was 1/4th in each income range. Would you randomly trade salaries with one of them.
[02:38]	Isambard_Prince	I said, "Yes, because the absolute worst thing that could happen would be that I doubled my income. It's like a lottery where even the consolation prize is better than the life I have."
[02:38]	MinceR	:>
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[02:52]	Isambard_Prince	MinceR, Someone on Reddit asked if EndTipping meant never leaving any tip.
[02:52]	Isambard_Prince	I wrote: "
[02:52]	Isambard_Prince	No, but I also don't let them guilt me into going over 15%. I never go over 15%.
[02:52]	Isambard_Prince	It just gets higher every damn year, like 18% went to 20% then 22% in the span of like 10 years there.
[02:52]	Isambard_Prince	They said it's because things are getting more expensive. The cost of the food they're getting tipped on has nearly doubled. So the same percentage results in a higher tip. That's how percentages work.
[02:52]	Isambard_Prince	Then a lot of them are sneaky and the tip suggestions include tips on tax, which is usually like 10% of the bill all by itself, so a 15% tip is really 16.5% if you take the 15% suggestion. Look at the subtotal. 15% of that.
[02:52]	Isambard_Prince	"
[02:53]	Isambard_Prince	You got all these people who are broke wondering where the money went.
[02:53]	Isambard_Prince	It's because the kiosk is telling you to tip 25% and it based that on the after-tax total.
[02:53]	Isambard_Prince	The restaurants make more money every year because they never go up by "only" inflation.
[02:54]	Isambard_Prince	So they could pay their staff they just don't want to.
[02:54]	admfubar	https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/openai-cofounders-notes-seemingly-point-to-plan-with-altman-to-oust-musk-to-establish-for-profit-business-this-is-the-only-chance-we-have-to-get-out-from-elon-brockman-wrote
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● Jan 18
[03:00]	admfubar	https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/01/17/089219/dozens-of-us-colleges-close-as-falling-birth-rate-pushes-them-off-enrollment-cliff
[03:00]	TR Bot	 Dozens of US Colleges Close as Falling Birth Rate Pushes Them Off Enrollment Cliff - Slashdot
[03:01]	MinceR	> hopes that you'll give up your PC to rent one from the cloud
[03:01]	MinceR	how will i access it?
[03:02]	admfubar	with your brain chip
[03:02]	MinceR	lol
[03:02]	admfubar	https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/01/17/1828213/nasa-livestreams-the-rocket-that-will-carry-four-astronauts-around-the-moon
[03:02]	TR Bot	 NASA Livestreams the Rocket That Will Carry Four Astronauts Around the Moon - Slashdot
[03:07]	TR News	"Two weeks in to 2026 and things have been quiet, if not busy. My first week back at work was awful with so many things coming up at once, but I think the dust has mostly settled now." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/nm03/2026/JAN2026/entry-1
[03:07]	TR News	"This weekend we were supposed to be looking after a friend's dog. The dog is a corgi, a barker (maybe that goes without saying), easily startled, and, once it starts barking, takes forever to stop." gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2026/1-17.gmi
[03:08]	TR News	"I keep saying I would like to come back here and write updates more often, but then I never do it. Yet I know this is something I would like to do, so I will make the time and put more effort into it." gemini://melyanna.net/2026-01-17--in-and-out-jan-2026
[03:09]	TR News	"When executing long-running jobs in the terminal, it's useful to get notified when they complete so you can do other things while waiting. Here are a few ways to achieve this." gemini://gmi.karl.berlin/terminal-notifications.gmi
[03:11]	TR News	Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2026-01-18.gmi
[03:12]	TR News	"Hey y'all, in 2026, lets not start a conversation with someone we've never met with "where are you from?" and then try guessing where they're from when the person doesn't want to answer." gemini://gem.saayaa.space/gemlog/2026-01-17-lets-not.gmi
[03:12]	TR News	Environmental Sanity gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/01/18/env-sanity.gmi
[03:13]	TR News	"What a night... Junior was seemingly hit with some incarnation of a nasty gastrointestinal bug and spend the bigger part of the night vomiting." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/ralfwause/phlog/170126.txt
[03:14]	TR News	[cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1539.jpg
[03:14]	TR News	[cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1889.jpg
[03:15]	TR News	"There's been two songs I can remember in the past twenty years or so that have gotten so violently enmeshed in my emotions that I can hardly bear to listen to them. I don't think they're anything more than pretty good songs on their own, but the associations have felt extreme." gemini://koneida.com/unfiltered.gmi
[03:18]	Isambard_Prince	MinceR, I was having a discussion with mom about showing up to every hiring event there until someone hired me.
[03:18]	Isambard_Prince	She said "A chatbot?" I said, "Yeah, they call it Emma."
[03:18]	Isambard_Prince	She said, "And there is no Emma."
[03:18]	Isambard_Prince	I said, "Yeah, there is only Zuul."
[03:19]	Isambard_Prince	And she said "What?"
[03:19]	MinceR	lol
[03:19]	TR News	Techrights Gemini Links 18/01/2026: Raising Notifications From Terminal and Environmental Sanity https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/Gemini_Links_18_01_2026_Raising_Notifications_From_Terminal_and.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/Gemini_Links_18_01_2026_Raising_Notifications_From_Terminal_and.gmi 
[03:19]	TR Bot	 Techrights Gemini Links 18/01/2026: Raising Notifications From Terminal and Environmental Sanity
[03:19]	Isambard_Prince	I have a girlfriend that sleeps above the covers. Five FEET above the covers.
[03:19]	Isambard_Prince	"It said Zuul." "That's not the behavior you usually expect from a major appliance."
[03:19]	Isambard_Prince	:D
[03:20]	Isambard_Prince	"I gave her some thorazine, she's gonna take a little nap now."
[03:20]	admfubar	https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/17/openai_chatgpt_ads/
[03:20]	TR Bot	 ChatGPT will get ads. Free and Go users first The Register
[03:20]	MinceR	i'm curious whether the ads will work
[03:21]	MinceR	if they will, that might well be the first functionality of chatgupta that does
[03:33]	admfubar	no it did porn first...
[03:33]	admfubar	https://computer.rip/2026-01-17-air-traffic-control-9020.html
[03:33]	TR Bot	 air traffic control: the IBM 9020
[03:34]	TR News	Techrights Sites With "Linux" in Their Name That Are in Effect Slopfarms and Issue Fake Articles https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/Sites_With_Linux_in_Their_Name_That_Are_in_Effect_Slopfarms_and.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/Sites_With_Linux_in_Their_Name_That_Are_in_Effect_Slopfarms_and.gmi 
[03:34]	TR Bot	 Techrights Sites With "Linux" in Their Name That Are in Effect Slopfarms and Issue Fake Articles
[03:38]	Isambard_Prince	MinceR, My dad asked how anyone lived in Chicago. I said well, some things are cheaper.
[03:38]	Isambard_Prince	People in Indiana are spending $800-900 a month on car payments.
[03:38]	Isambard_Prince	And there is no L or Metra or CTA bus.
[03:39]	Isambard_Prince	When you can get rid of an $800-900 payment that causes your insurance bills to go through the roof, it really helps you deal with rent, you know.
[03:44]	TR News	Techrights IBM Sued Over PIPs https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/IBM_Sued_Over_PIPs.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/IBM_Sued_Over_PIPs.gmi 
[03:44]	TR Bot	 Techrights IBM Sued Over PIPs
[03:57]	TR News	Techrights Software Patents and USMCA (or NAFTA) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/Software_Patents_and_USMCA_or_NAFTA.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/Software_Patents_and_USMCA_or_NAFTA.gmi 
[03:57]	TR Bot	 Techrights Software Patents and USMCA (or NAFTA)
[03:58]	admfubar	https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/mother-elon-musk-sues-x-grok
[03:58]	TR Bot	 Mother of Elon Musk's Child Sues xAI Over Grok Abuse
[03:59]	admfubar	https://futurism.com/health-medicine/simulate-human-brain-supercomputer
[03:59]	TR Bot	 Scientists Preparing to Simulate Human Brain on Supercomputer
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[04:00]	admfubar	https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/google-ai-overview-year
[04:00]	TR Bot	 Google's AI Insists That Next Year Is Not 2027
[04:00]	MinceR	LLMs can't count, film at 11
[04:02]	admfubar	https://futurism.com/space/astronaut-brains-displaced
[04:02]	TR Bot	 Astronauts' Brains Are Being Displaced
[04:02]	admfubar	https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-schools-kids-study
[04:02]	TR Bot	 New Study Finds AI in Schools Is Undermining Kids' Social and Intellectual Development
[04:03]	admfubar	idiocracy here we come
[04:03]	MinceR	what we live in is already worse than idiocracy
[04:04]	TR News	"You're quoting the Gospel of Stallman while the temple is burning. Stallman talked about the cost of distribution; I'm talking about the cost of creation." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46663625
[04:04]	TR Bot	 Your life's work is only worth what someone will pay for it. You can't sell a $1... | Hacker News
[04:04]	MinceR	in idiocracy, the president of the USA was capable of recognizing a person smarter than himself, and took advantage of him to improve the situation
[04:04]	MinceR	we live on a planet with billions of devil apes worshipping stupidity
[04:05]	TR News	"Richard Stallman didnt follow the majority to invent free software (GNU), insisting that users deserve freedom over their own computers." https://stacker.news/items/1413595
[04:05]	TR Bot	 Don't follow the majority! \ stacker news
[04:05]	MinceR	your life's work is worth nothing, and it will all become nothing, along with all of humanity and all of its works. might as well stop deluding yourself or telling others how much more your life's work is worth than theirs.
[04:10]	MinceR	If you don't love me at my Victor, you don't deserve me at my Tangermann.
[04:11]	admfubar	https://www.wheresyoured.at/dot-com-bubble/
[04:11]	TR Bot	 Premium: This Is Worse Than The Dot Com Bubble
[04:11]	schestowitz[TR2]	"Tangermann"?
[04:11]	schestowitz[TR2]	admfubar: intresting
[04:11]	schestowitz[TR2]	nobody doubts it
[04:12]	MinceR	schestowitz[TR2]: https://futurism.com/google-ai-overviews-fake-idioms
[04:12]	TR Bot	 "You Cant Lick a Badger Twice": Google's AI Is Making Up Explanations for Nonexistent Folksy Sayings
[04:12]	admfubar	https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01/so-youve-hit-age-gate-what-now
[04:12]	TR Bot	 So, Youve Hit an Age Gate. What Now? | Electronic Frontier Foundation
[04:12]	MinceR	the author used his own name to make up a meaningless phrase to ask goolag about
[04:12]	admfubar	badgers taste like chicken... but only if you are quick enough
[04:12]	MinceR	lol
[04:13]	MinceR	i thought "you can't lick a badger twice" for the same reason (and in the same way) "you can't step in the same river twice"
[04:14]	MinceR	18 045936 < admfubar> https://futurism.com/health-medicine/simulate-human-brain-supercomputer
[04:14]	MinceR	seems more likely to result in AGI than buying even more GPUs, even more RAM, and then using it to feed slop into an LLM that can't even count...
[04:15]	MinceR	not sure how they'd specify the biases and weights in that brain simulation though
[04:15]	MinceR	can they read them from a real brain?
[04:20]	admfubar	you can step in the same river, you cant step in the same water..
[04:21]	MinceR	you can even step in the same water molecules, you just won't know
[04:21]	MinceR	you might even breathe them in or drink them
[04:24]	TR News	Techrights Slop Bubble "Is Worse Than The Dot Com Bubble" https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/Slop_Bubble_Is_Worse_Than_The_Dot_Com_Bubble.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/Slop_Bubble_Is_Worse_Than_The_Dot_Com_Bubble.gmi 
[04:24]	TR Bot	 Techrights Slop Bubble "Is Worse Than The Dot Com Bubble"
[04:28]	schestowitz[TR2]	<MinceR> schestowitz[TR2]: https://futurism.com/google-ai-overviews-fake-idioms
[04:28]	schestowitz[TR2]	thanks, added to the above
[04:31]	TR News	wild pigeon https://theconversation.com/what-ive-learned-from-studying-the-wild-pigeon-269116
[04:31]	TR Bot	 What Ive learned from studying the wild pigeon
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[04:32]	TR News	Greenland to be plundered by nazis in USA? https://theconversation.com/greenland-is-rich-in-natural-resources-a-geologist-explains-why-273022
[04:32]	TR Bot	 Greenland is rich in natural resources a geologist explains why
[04:32]	TR News	Chemistry https://theconversation.com/chemistry-is-stuck-in-the-dark-ages-chemputation-can-bring-it-into-the-digital-world-272610"
[04:32]	TR Bot	 Chemistry is stuck in the dark ages chemputation can bring it into the digital world
[04:33]	TR News	Deforestation https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-01-10/brazil-soy-industrys-exit-from-moratorium-on-using-amazon-land-could-spur-deforestation
[04:33]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-01-10/brazil-soy-industrys-exit-from-moratorium-on-using-amazon-land-could-spur-deforestation )
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[04:36]	TR News	How astronomers plan to detect the signatures of alien life in the atmospheres of distant planets https://theconversation.com/how-astronomers-plan-to-detect-the-signatures-of-alien-life-in-the-atmospheres-of-distant-planets-272821
[04:36]	TR Bot	 How astronomers plan to detect the signatures of alien life in the atmospheres of distant planets
[04:37]	TR News	DBIx::Class::Async https://blogs.perl.org/users/mohammad_s_anwar/2026/01/dbixclassasync---update.html
[04:37]	TR Bot	- UPDATE | Mohammad S Anwar [blogs.perl.org]
[04:37]	TR News	Marlin Racing https://blogs.perl.org/users/toby_inkster/2026/01/marlin-racing.html
[04:37]	TR Bot	Racing | Toby Inkster [blogs.perl.org]
[04:38]	TR News	Taking the Win - Perl in the TIOBE Index https://blogs.perl.org/users/dean/2026/01/taking-the-win---perl-in-the-tiobe-index.html "There has been much to say about Perl improving in TIOBE during 2025 and ending in the top 10 which is roughly where things were around 2016."
[04:38]	TR Bot	the Win - Perl in the TIOBE Index | dean [blogs.perl.org]
[04:50]	TR News	 (NEW):  Not Limited to One Protocol https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/18/Not_Limited_to_One_Protocol.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/18/Not_Limited_to_One_Protocol.gmi 
[04:50]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Not Limited to One Protocol
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[04:58]	Isambard_Prince	MinceR, Some people swear by seafoam.
[04:59]	Isambard_Prince	My physical therapist took my advicce and went and mowed his lawn running the thing on straight seafoam for a while.
[04:59]	Isambard_Prince	The seafoam will burn and mow the lawn and when you do it that way it completely cleans out the mower's engine and it stops running like shit.
[04:59]	TR News	Techrights Google News Recently Started Syndicating Another Slopfarm, Linuxiac https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/Google_News_Recently_Started_Syndicating_Another_Slopfarm_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/Google_News_Recently_Started_Syndicating_Another_Slopfarm_Linux.gmi 
[04:59]	TR Bot	 Techrights Google News Recently Started Syndicating Another Slopfarm, Linuxiac
[04:59]	Isambard_Prince	But don't do that with the car obviously.
[04:59]	Isambard_Prince	But lawnmowers with a two stroke engine need oil in the gas anyway.
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[05:00]	Isambard_Prince	It's very different than a modern car. You can put seafoam in the gas in your car and it wonn't really do anything in a modern car.
[05:00]	TR News	 (NEW):  Linuxiac Digests Other Sites' Work, Then Gets Rewarded by Google https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/18/Linuxiac_Digests_Other_Sites_Work_Then_Gets_Rewarded_by_Google.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/18/Linuxiac_Digests_Other_Sites_Work_Then_Gets_Rewarded_by_Google.gmi 
[05:00]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Linuxiac Digests Other Sites' Work, Then Gets Rewarded by Google
[05:02]	Isambard_Prince	ChrisFix tried SeaFoam on a Honda and it worked.
[05:03]	Isambard_Prince	But he didn't run it in the gasoline. He found a vacuum line and put it through that way and it removed all the carbon off the piston heads.
[05:04]	Isambard_Prince	<admfubar> no it did porn first...
[05:04]	Isambard_Prince	AI Porn
[05:05]	Isambard_Prince	You know, it's another reason Musk should be in prison.
[05:11]	TR News	Techrights Benefiting by Adding Presence in Geminispace https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/Benefiting_by_Adding_Presence_in_Geminispace.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/Benefiting_by_Adding_Presence_in_Geminispace.gmi 
[05:11]	TR Bot	 Techrights Benefiting by Adding Presence in Geminispace
[05:11]	Isambard_Prince	schestowitz[TR2], Walmart signed a deal with Google to use "AI" in the Walmart app.
[05:13]	Isambard_Prince	https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/16/musks-xai-faces-tougher-road-expanding-memphis-area-after-epa-update.html
[05:13]	TR Bot	 Musk's xAI faces tougher road expanding Memphis area after EPA update
[05:13]	Isambard_Prince	And people buy Teslas claiming they avoid air pollution.
[05:13]	Isambard_Prince	While Musk uses natural gas turbines to power his child porn generator.
[05:30]	admfubar	oh what could go wrong? https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artificial-intelligence/google-chrome-now-lets-you-turn-off-on-device-ai-model-powering-scam-detection/
[05:30]	TR Bot	 Google Chrome now lets you turn off on-device AI model powering scam detection
[05:31]	TR News	Techrights Restoring Professional Pride in the Tech Sector https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/Restoring_Professional_Pride_in_the_Tech_Sector.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/Restoring_Professional_Pride_in_the_Tech_Sector.gmi 
[05:31]	TR Bot	 Techrights Restoring Professional Pride in the Tech Sector
[05:33]	admfubar	https://www.macrumors.com/2026/01/12/elon-musk-reacts-to-gemini-siri/
[05:33]	TR Bot	Musk Reacts to Apple and Google Teaming on Gemini-Powered Siri - MacRumors
[05:55]	schestowitz[TR2]	<Isambard_Prince> And people buy Teslas claiming they avoid air pollution.
[05:55]	schestowitz[TR2]	maybe around their automobile
[05:55]	schestowitz[TR2]	but the energy comes from somewhere
[05:56]	schestowitz[TR2]	<Isambard_Prince> schestowitz[TR2], Walmart signed a deal with Google to use "AI" in the Walmart app.
[05:56]	schestowitz[TR2]	they probably mean chatbots
[05:56]	schestowitz[TR2]	chatbots are hardly new
[05:56]	schestowitz[TR2]	the LLM hype is the thing
[05:56]	schestowitz[TR2]	it's a bubble
[05:56]	schestowitz[TR2]	it'll go like this for walmart:
[05:56]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/21/IBM_We_Can_t_Make_AI_Voice_Recognition_Do_the_Work_of_a_McDonal.shtml
[05:56]	TR Bot	 Techrights IBM: We Can't Make 'AI' (Voice Recognition) Do the Work of a McDonald's Teenager, So Let's Try the Same on Saudi Planes
[05:57]	schestowitz[TR2]	hopw can chabots that fail to taker a simple order at a fake restaurant with minuscule menu do better in a grocer 
[05:57]	schestowitz[TR2]	from https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/21/IBM_We_Can_t_Make_AI_Voice_Recognition_Do_the_Work_of_a_McDonal.shtml
[05:57]	schestowitz[TR2]	cfrom https://www.wheresyoured.at/dot-com-bubble/
[05:57]	TR Bot	 Premium: This Is Worse Than The Dot Com Bubble
[05:57]	schestowitz[TR2]	via admfubar 
[05:58]	schestowitz[TR2]	"Lenovo rented out the entirety of the Las Vegas Sphere to do a demonstration of a fucking chatbot powered by OpenAIs models on Microsoft Azure, and everybody acted like it was something new. No, Qira is not a big bet on AI its a fucking chatbot forced on anybody buying a Lenovo PC, full of features like summarize this or transcribe this or tell me whats on my calendar, features peddled by busi
[05:58]	schestowitz[TR2]	ness idiots that have little experience with any real-world applications of just about anything, marketed with the knowledge that the media will do the hard work of explaining why anybody should give a shit."
[05:58]	schestowitz[TR2]	I don't need chatbot
[05:58]	schestowitz[TR2]	to tell me
[05:58]	schestowitz[TR2]	weather
[05:58]	schestowitz[TR2]	or time
[05:58]	schestowitz[TR2]	or diary things
[05:58]	schestowitz[TR2]	the use cases are weak
[05:58]	schestowitz[TR2]	you cannot LISTEN to the weather
[05:58]	schestowitz[TR2]	it's hard
[05:58]	schestowitz[TR2]	it takes long
[05:58]	schestowitz[TR2]	and takes ages to absorb
[05:59]	schestowitz[TR2]	if you want to know the forecast, you get charts, visualised
[05:59]	schestowitz[TR2]	diaries are complex
[05:59]	schestowitz[TR2]	and chatbots wopn't do them "for you"
[05:59]	schestowitz[TR2]	want to know date/time? get an old casci watch
[05:59]	schestowitz[TR2]	orr put a lot of clocks around the home
[05:59]	schestowitz[TR2]	we have about 6 clocks at the home
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[06:00]	schestowitz[TR2]	so all this walmart pipe dream
[06:00]	schestowitz[TR2]	might tell you what aisle to check
[06:00]	schestowitz[TR2]	and read it out
[06:00]	schestowitz[TR2]	or take "questions"
[06:00]	schestowitz[TR2]	where "questions"
[06:00]	schestowitz[TR2]	= product type/name
[06:00]	schestowitz[TR2]	you don't need app or chatbot for that
[06:05]	schestowitz[TR2]	oh, apropos walmartr
[06:05]	schestowitz[TR2]	it used to own asda in the uk
[06:05]	schestowitz[TR2]	asda has an "app"
[06:05]	schestowitz[TR2]	it's not clear what for
[06:05]	schestowitz[TR2]	some discounts or loyalty things
[06:05]	schestowitz[TR2]	customers complain it freezes, hangs, is bloated
[06:05]	schestowitz[TR2]	i reckon the real purpose of this ?"app" is to help asda collect and then sell data about you
[06:06]	schestowitz[TR2]	so it is not free
[06:06]	schestowitz[TR2]	maybe it was walmart's idea
[06:06]	schestowitz[TR2]	they still use some walmart computer systems
[06:20]	Isambard_Prince	I'm eating some Marmite toast.
[06:21]	TR News	Techrights Making and Keeping the Sites Accessible https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/Making_and_Keep_the_Sites_Accessible.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/Making_and_Keep_the_Sites_Accessible.gmi 
[06:21]	TR Bot	 Techrights Making and Keeping the Sites Accessible
[06:26]	Isambard_Prince	Store Cards are very profitable for banks. They usually have higher interest, stores often share credit losses, and since you can only use it at that store, it doesn't have to run on a payment network.
[06:26]	Isambard_Prince	I noticed that Amazon has a Store Card with Synchrony Bank for bad credit customers, and another one called the Chase Amazon Visa for customers with better credit scores.
[06:27]	Isambard_Prince	They want everyone to have an Amazon card, so they have the Synchrony one for people Chase won't approve.
[06:27]	TR News	 (NEW):  22 Years of Championing Software Freedom https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/18/22_Years_of_Championing_Software_Freedom.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/18/22_Years_of_Championing_Software_Freedom.gmi 
[06:27]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines 22 Years of Championing Software Freedom
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[06:47]	TR News	 (NEW):  Stable kernels: Linux 6.18.6, Linux 6.12.66, Linux 6.6.121, and Linux 6.1.161 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/18/Stable_kernels_Linux_6_18_6_Linux_6_12_66_Linux_6_6_121_and_Lin.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/18/Stable_kernels_Linux_6_18_6_Linux_6_12_66_Linux_6_6_121_and_Lin.gmi 
[06:47]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Stable kernels: Linux 6.18.6, Linux 6.12.66, Linux 6.6.121, and Linux 6.1.161
[06:49]	TR News	Techrights 'Cancel Culture' Doesn't Work (in the Long Run) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/Cancel_Culture_Doesn_t_Work_in_the_Long_Run.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/Cancel_Culture_Doesn_t_Work_in_the_Long_Run.gmi 
[06:49]	TR Bot	 Techrights 'Cancel Culture' Doesn't Work (in the Long Run)
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[07:01]	TR News	 (NEW):  Banana Pis BPI-CM6 compute module runs on SpacemiT K1 RISC-V processor https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/18/Banana_Pi_s_BPI_CM6_compute_module_runs_on_SpacemiT_K1_RISC_V_p.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/18/Banana_Pi_s_BPI_CM6_compute_module_runs_on_SpacemiT_K1_RISC_V_p.gmi 
[07:01]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Banana Pis BPI-CM6 compute module runs on SpacemiT K1 RISC-V processor
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[07:12]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/18/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/18/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi 
[07:12]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software
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[07:17]	TR News	 (NEW):  Immutable Linux desktops finally cured my upgrade anxiety https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/18/Immutable_Linux_desktops_finally_cured_my_upgrade_anxiety.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/18/Immutable_Linux_desktops_finally_cured_my_upgrade_anxiety.gmi 
[07:17]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Immutable Linux desktops finally cured my upgrade anxiety
[07:21]	TR News	 (NEW):  I tried a lightweight Linux distro youve never heard of and its perfect https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/18/I_tried_a_lightweight_Linux_distro_you_ve_never_heard_of_and_it.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/18/I_tried_a_lightweight_Linux_distro_you_ve_never_heard_of_and_it.gmi 
[07:21]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines I tried a lightweight Linux distro youve never heard of and its perfect
[07:33]	TR News	 (NEW):  You dont need a gaming distro these Linux tweaks matter more https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/18/You_don_t_need_a_gaming_distro_these_Linux_tweaks_matter_more.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/18/You_don_t_need_a_gaming_distro_these_Linux_tweaks_matter_more.gmi 
[07:33]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines You dont need a gaming distro these Linux tweaks matter more
[07:34]	TR News	 (NEW):  I replaced my Windows workflow with Linux Mint and it was easier than I imagined https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/18/I_replaced_my_Windows_workflow_with_Linux_Mint_and_it_was_easie.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/18/I_replaced_my_Windows_workflow_with_Linux_Mint_and_it_was_easie.gmi 
[07:34]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines I replaced my Windows workflow with Linux Mint and it was easier than I imagined
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[09:54]	TR News	"Trump raises taxes on Americans again" https://birchtree.me/blog/trump-raises-taxes-on-americans-again/
[09:54]	TR Bot	 Trump raises taxes on Americans again
● Jan 18
[10:00]	TR News	""In terms of the libertarian bent, those intentional political actors like Peter Thiel were very intentional about it. They created their own media ecosystem. They created Substack they, meaning Andreessen Horowitz is a big investor and paid to have content on there that would drive users to their own media. They took over culture." https://sf.gazetteer.co/theyve-pickled-each-others-brains
[10:00]	TR Bot	 Theyve pickled each others brains
[10:18]	TR News	"Attorneys for entertainment law firm Yorn Levine representing McConaughey have secured eight trademarks from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office over the last several months for their client, which they said is aimed at protecting his voice and likeness from unauthorized AI misuse." https://variety.com/2026/biz/news/matthew-mcconaughey-trademarks-alright-alright-alright-ai-misuse-1236631214/ | Source: Variety
[10:18]	TR Bot	 Matthew McConaughey Trademarks 'Alright, Alright, Alright' to Protect Against AI Misuse
[10:19]	TR News	"The Oscar winner intends to combat misuse of the famous line from Dazed and Confused by creating a clear perimeter around ownership" https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/15/matthew-mcconaughey-trademarks-all-right-all-right-all-right-catchphrase-in-bid-to-beat-ai-fakes | Source: The Guardian UK
[10:19]	TR Bot	 Matthew McConaughey trademarks All right, all right, all right catchphrase in bid to beat AI fakes | Film | The Guardian
[10:19]	TR News	"Oscar-winner Matthew McConaughey has trademarked his image and voice to protect them from unauthorised use by artificial intelligence (AI) platforms. " https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp87z6vexl3o | Source: BBC
[10:19]	TR Bot	 Matthew McConaughey trademarks iconic phrase to stop AI misuse
[10:19]	TR News	"AI deepfakes are one of the great societal growing pains of our time. They distort reality, hijack individual currency for entertainment and public humiliation, and could cost people who make a living off their face or voice serious money." https://boingboing.net/2026/01/16/matthew-mcconaughey-combats-ai-by-trademarking-his-image-and-voice.html | Source: BoingBoing
[10:19]	TR Bot	 Matthew McConaughey combats AI by trademarking his image and voice - Boing Boing
[10:20]	TR News	"His lawyer, Kevin Yorn, admits that they dont know how the court would decide if an offender challenges the trademarks." https://www.engadget.com/ai/matthew-mcconaughey-fights-unauthorized-ai-likenesses-by-trademarking-himself-130000567.html | Source: Engadget
[10:20]	TR Bot	 Matthew McConaughey fights unauthorized AI likenesses by trademarking himself
[10:21]	TR News	"The truth is none of this litigation would have occurred if Prince were still alive" https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/apollonia-prince-purple-rain-estate-trademark-war-1235500926/ | Source: Rolling Stone
[10:21]	TR Bot	 Apollonia Says Prince Would Be Appalled by Estate Trademark Seizure
[10:21]	TR News	"Now the problem is that, while it's easy enough to find a leaked patent and diagrams, all that really tells us is that someone at Insta360 also had the idea" https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/cameras/action-cameras/massive-patent-leak-suggests-insta360-is-planning-to-take-out-djis-dominant-osmo-pocket-3-vlogging-camera | Source: Digital Camera World
[10:21]	TR Bot	 Massive patent leak suggests Insta360 is planning to take out DJI's dominant Osmo Pocket 3 vlogging camera | Digital Camera World
[10:22]	TR News	Digital Restrictions (DRM) https://www.macworld.com/article/3030240/m5-pro-max-macbook-pro-performance-speed-graphics-configurations.html | Source: Macworld
[10:22]	TR Bot	high-end M5 MacBook Pro chips are almost here: Here's why the wait was worth it | Macworld
[10:22]	TR News	"Representative Jay Obernolte (R-CA), who has a pilots license, brought up the topic during the House Communications and Technology Subcommittee FCC oversight hearing." https://insidetowers.com/congressman-says-carriers-could-help-pay-for-airplane-retrofits/ | Source: Inside Towers
[10:22]	TR Bot	 Congressman Says Carriers Could Help Pay for Airplane Retrofits - Inside Towers
[10:23]	TR News	Just because Linus Torvalds vibe codes doesn't mean it's a good idea https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/16/linus_torvalds_vibe_coding/ https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/13/Not_Journalism_Almost_80_of_the_Articles_We_Saw_About_Torvalds_.shtml
[10:23]	TR Bot	 Linus may vibe code, but that doesn't make it best practice The Register
[10:23]	TR Bot	 Techrights Not Journalism: Almost 80% of the 'Articles' We Saw About Torvalds and 'Vibe Coding' Are LLM Slop (Sometimes Slop Images)
[10:25]	TR News	"broken through with voters" https://newrepublic.com/article/205293/joe-rogan-harsh-new-takedown-trump-ice-raids-hands-dems-weapon | Source: New Republic
[10:25]	TR Bot	 Joe Rogans Harsh New Takedown of Trump ICE Raids Hands Dems a Weapon | The New Republic
[10:26]	TR News	"New polling released this week by The Economist and YouGov confirmed support for ICE is rapidly eroding" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/ice-deportation-solutions-1235500814/ | Source: Rolling Stone
[10:26]	TR Bot	 ICE: What Can Be Done to Rein In Trump's Deportation Force?
[10:26]	TR News	"Then a decade later a very rich demagogue named Ross Perot got into politics in the 1990s." https://soylentnews.org/~mcgrew/journal/20092 | Source: Soylent News
[10:26]	TR Bot	 Journal of mcgrew (701)
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[10:33]	TR News	"The nationwide [Internet] shutdown, which began on Thursday night, January 8, passed the 200-hour mark on the twenty-first day and continues." https://www.en-hrana.org/day-twenty-one-of-the-protests-islamic-republics-leader-acknowledges-thousands-killed-as-internet-shutdown-continues/ | Source: Human rights Activists News Agency
[10:33]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.en-hrana.org/day-twenty-one-of-the-protests-islamic-republics-leader-acknowledges-thousands-killed-as-internet-shutdown-continues/ )
[10:34]	TR News	"With all this happening, weve posted a new know-your rights FAQ for U.S. citizens" https://papersplease.org/wp/2026/01/16/know-your-rights-as-a-u-s-citizen/ | Source: Papers Please
[10:34]	TR Bot	 Know Your Rights as a U.S. Citizen Papers, Please!
[10:36]	TR News	"Crackdowns against anti-government protesters have led to at least 2,600 deaths, although some estimates put the death toll at upward of 20,000. According to the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency, more than 18,000 protesters have been arrested." https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/475567/iran-protests-starlink-satellites-space-human-rights | Source: Vox
[10:36]	TR Bot	Starlink in Iran only works if things dont go wrong in outer space | Vox
[10:37]	TR News	"TSK remains the leading source of information for its readers at 75%, in the face of growing competition from The Brief (28%) and Journalology (28%)." https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/01/16/2025-readership-survey/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing
[10:37]	TR Bot	 2025 Readership Survey - The Scholarly Kitchen
[10:37]	TR News	"In previously unreported remarks, the White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told CBS News that Mr. Trump would sue the news outlet if it did not air an interview unedited." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/business/media/cbs-news-trump-interview.html | Source: New York Times
[10:37]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/business/media/cbs-news-trump-interview.html )
[10:38]	TR News	"Precise information is difficult to come by, but estimates suggest between 95 and 99% of the country's communication network from mobile phone and [Internet] signals to landline telephones has been blocked since Friday." https://www.dw.com/en/iran-protests-internet-communication-blackout-social-media/a-75487555 | Source: Deutsche Welle
[10:38]	TR Bot	 Why Iran's communication blackout could become permanent
[10:40]	TR News	"into a communication black hole under the looming dominance of the Khatam al-Anbia base" https://www.timesofisrael.com/iranian-regime-plans-to-permanently-cut-people-off-from-internet-watchdog/ | Source: The Times Of Israel
[10:40]	TR Bot	 Iranian regime plans to permanently cut people off from internet -- watchdog | The Times of Israel
[10:41]	TR News	"We have entered a new era where connectivity is no longer a right, but a government-granted privilege." https://filter.watch/english/2026/01/15/iran-enters-a-new-age-of-digital-isolation-2/ |
[10:41]	TR Bot	 Iran Enters a New Age of Digital Isolation - Filterwatch
[10:41]	TR News	"State media and government spokespersons have already signaled that this is a permanent shift, warning that unrestricted access will not return after 2026." https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/17/iran-plans-permanent-break-from-global-internet-say-activists | Source: The Guardian UK
[10:41]	TR Bot	 Iran plans permanent break from global internet, say activists | Iran | The Guardian
[10:41]	TR News	"The Taliban have banned music, persecuted artists and burned or smashed instruments, both in the 1990s and since reclaiming power in 2021." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/world/asia/afghan-music-taliban-pakistan-deportations.html | Source: New York Times
[10:41]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/world/asia/afghan-music-taliban-pakistan-deportations.html )
[10:42]	TR News	"It can be assumed that Iranian intelligence services will increase their persecution abroad, partly due to current events" https://www.dw.com/en/how-dangerous-are-iranian-secret-services-in-germany/a-75538204 | Source: Deutsche Welle
[10:42]	TR Bot	 How dangerous are Iranian secret services in Germany?
[10:45]	TR News	"In two recent polls, a majority of U.S. adults said they use social media to get health information." https://www.minnpost.com/fact-briefs/2026/01/do-the-majority-of-americans-use-social-media-to-get-health-information/ | Source: MinnPost
[10:45]	TR Bot	 Do most Americans use social media for health information?
[10:47]	TR News	"Without a clear way to make sure those two dont overlap, we knew what would happen: people would pay twice." https://www.techzim.co.zw/2026/01/zimra-digital-services-tax-problems/ | Source: Zimbabwe
[10:47]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.techzim.co.zw/2026/01/zimra-digital-services-tax-problems/ )
[10:48]	TR News	"The sanctions on Khan hampered the work of the court, and he found that not only were his UK bank accounts frozen" https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news-research/every-data-centre-is-a-u-s-military-base/ | Source: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
[10:48]	TR Bot	 Every data centre is a U.S. military base - CCPA
[10:48]	TR News	"Every Data Centre Is a U.S. Military Base" https://pxlnv.com/linklog/data-centres-us-military/ | Source: Nick Heer
[10:48]	TR Bot	 Every Data Centre Is a U.S. Military Base Pixel Envy
[10:49]	TR News	"The effect this had on Ireland ismixed. The Irish state is thoroughly captured by the corporations that pretend to call Ireland home." https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/17/erin-lets-go/#circumvention-haven | Source: CoryDoctorow
[10:49]	TR Bot	 Pluralistic: The world needs an Ireland for disenshittification (17 Jan 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
[10:50]	TR News	 (NEW):  Amarok 3.3.2 Brings Improvements to User Interface, Audio Backend, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/18/Amarok_3_3_2_Brings_Improvements_to_User_Interface_Audio_Backen.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/18/Amarok_3_3_2_Brings_Improvements_to_User_Interface_Audio_Backen.gmi 
[10:50]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Amarok 3.3.2 Brings Improvements to User Interface, Audio Backend, and More
[10:50]	TR News	"The previously unreported system follows a year-long pilot in Europe." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/tiktok-to-tighten-age-checks-in-europe-as-regulators-ramp-up-pressure/articleshow/126561744.cms | Source: India Times
[10:50]	TR Bot	 TikTok to tighten age checks in Europe as regulators ramp up pressure - The Economic Times
[10:51]	TR News	"It makes me think that maybe DHS was a bad idea." https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/dhs-homeland-security-ice-minnesota/685657/ | Source: The Atlantic
[10:51]	TR Bot	 DHS Has Become What Its Critics Feared - The Atlantic
[10:52]	TR News	"First of all it is good to have such a database in Europe to become more and more independent of things hosted in the US." https://blog.alteholz.eu/2026/01/european-vulnerabilities-database-a-blessing-or-a-curse/ | Source: Thorsten Alteholz
[10:52]	TR Bot	Vulnerabilities DataBase a blessing or a curse? blog.alteholz.eu
[10:57]	TR News	"You might be happy having zero kids and lots of free time and money, but I got to show my teenage granddaughter Predator for the very first time last night and that's worth a whole Ferrari, easy. Note: she gasped audibly when Jesse Ventura died." https://x.com/SandyofCthulhu/status/2012584442829918488
[10:57]	TR Bot	 NO TITLE
[10:59]	TR News	"What should someone do in a situation like this?" https://nbtv.substack.com/p/they-asked-for-my-cell-number-i-dont |
[10:59]	TR Bot	 They Asked for My Cell Number. I Dont Have One.
● Jan 18
[11:00]	TR News	Windows TCO https://yle.fi/a/74-20204930 | Source: YLE
[11:00]	TR Bot	 BBC releases podcast on Vastaamo hacker | Yle News | Yle
[11:01]	TR News	"But not all of this slop was purely for the purposes of misinformation, or misguided efforts to expose Ross." https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/renee-good-ice-ai-slop-1235500180/ | Source: Rolling Stone
[11:01]	TR Bot	 Slain Minneapolis Mom Renee Good Is Being Turned into Bizarre AI Slop
[11:03]	TR News	"This doesnt mean Workday intended HiredScore to discriminate. But machine learning systems are notorious for being trained on data thats horribly biased, then implementing the bias." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/16/workday-sued-for-ai-powered-hiring-discrimination/ | Source: Pivot to AI
[11:03]	TR Bot	( status 503 @ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/16/workday-sued-for-ai-powered-hiring-discrimination/ )
[11:27]	TR News	"The question I had before how are the bots evading the honeytrap on the form? remains unanswered but for now is not relevant. I have plenty of others." https://www.jeremycherfas.net/blog/under-the-hammer | Source: Jeremy Cherfas
[11:27]	TR Bot	 Under the Hammer | Jeremy Cherfas
[11:27]	TR News	"In the coming weeks, we're also planning to start testing ads in the US for the free and Go tiers, so more people can benefit from our tools with fewer usage limits or without having to pay" https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/17/openai_chatgpt_ads/ | Source: The Register UK
[11:27]	TR Bot	 ChatGPT will get ads. Free and Go users first The Register
[11:36]	TR News	Techrights Place Your Bets: Who Will Die First? Microsoft or IBM? https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/Place_Your_Bets_Who_Will_Die_First_Microsoft_or_IBM.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/Place_Your_Bets_Who_Will_Die_First_Microsoft_or_IBM.gmi 
[11:36]	TR Bot	 Techrights Place Your Bets: Who Will Die First? Microsoft or IBM?
[11:48]	TR News	Techrights GNU/Linux Leaps to All-time Highs in Virgin Islands https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/GNU_Linux_Leaps_to_All_time_Highs_in_Virgin_Islands.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/GNU_Linux_Leaps_to_All_time_Highs_in_Virgin_Islands.gmi 
[11:48]	TR Bot	 Techrights GNU/Linux Leaps to All-time Highs in Virgin Islands
● Jan 18
[12:00]	TR News	 (NEW):  GNU/Linux in Micronesia Measured at 5% https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/18/GNU_Linux_in_Micronesia_Measured_at_5.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/18/GNU_Linux_in_Micronesia_Measured_at_5.gmi 
[12:00]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines GNU/Linux in Micronesia Measured at 5%
[12:07]	TR News	"Large language models have become extremely good at mimicking human writing. Even they have a hard time identifying AI-written text" https://www.the-scientist.com/why-is-it-so-hard-to-tell-if-a-piece-of-text-was-written-by-ai-73948 | Source: LabX Media Group
[12:07]	TR Bot	 Why Is It So Hard to Tell If a Piece of Text Was Written by AI? | The Scientist
[12:09]	TR News	Banana Pis BPI-CM6 compute module runs on SpacemiT K1 RISC-V processor https://linuxgizmos.com/banana-pis-bpi-cm6-compute-module-runs-on-spacemit-k1-risc-v-processor/
[12:09]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/banana-pis-bpi-cm6-compute-module-runs-on-spacemit-k1-risc-v-processor/ )
[12:09]	TR News	"Yep. They just dont care. If it means cases get tossed because sworn statements have been AI auto-penned, so be it." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/16/report-says-ai-that-hallucinated-a-cop-into-a-frog-is-making-utah-streets-safer/ | Source: Techdirt
[12:09]	TR Bot	Says AI That Hallucinated A Cop Into A Frog Is Making Utah Streets Safer | Techdirt
[12:10]	TR News	"But even if weve moved past the heyday of whole-language reading" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/english-teaching-methods/685632/ | Source: The Atlantic
[12:10]	TR Bot	 My Students Write Their Papers Backwards - The Atlantic
[12:10]	TR News	"The internet and its social web have been an attention-grabbing machine since they came into being. We have had our focus and brain power leached away online for decades. So why the recent revulsion?" https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2026/01/16/Computers-Closing-In/ | Source: The Tyee
[12:10]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2026/01/16/Computers-Closing-In/ )
[12:11]	TR News	"The system also focuses on being able to ride through power outages. The server side, called piotserver, uses a REST API to give the user access to the automation systems through a web interface" https://hackaday.com/2026/01/16/diy-full-stack-farm-automation/ | Source: Hackaday
[12:11]	TR Bot	Full-Stack Farm Automation | Hackaday
[12:11]	TR News	"It was amusing to read the theories people came up with: from driving a tractor up and down massive tracts of land to being holed up in a Kaczynskiesque cabin in the woods." https://dylan.gr/1768295794 |
[12:11]	TR Bot	 Have Taken Up Farming
[12:13]	TR News	"To be clear, Im not saying there isnt plenty to be outraged about in the world. I am also not for a moment suggesting you turn your back on important issues. Im saying that overreacting is not where our power lies. Rather it exists potentially in underreacting." https://time.com/7177835/the-art-of-protecting-your-peace-essay/ | Source: Time
[12:13]	TR Bot	( status 406 @ https://time.com/7177835/the-art-of-protecting-your-peace-essay/ )
[12:14]	TR News	"But as of late, a number of media reports have described people experiencing psychotic symptoms in which ChatGPT features prominently." https://www.sciencealert.com/should-we-be-taking-reports-of-ai-psychosis-seriously-an-expert-explains | Source: Science Alert
[12:14]	TR Bot	of 'AI Psychosis' Are Being Reported. How Dangerous Is It? : ScienceAlert
[12:14]	TR News	"The kids are five and seven, so they arent quite ready for the heavy-hitters Scrabble, Cribbage, Settlers of Catan but all-ages classics like Uno and Guess Who are suddenly right up their alley." https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2026/01/16/Screens-Gone-Family-Games/ | Source: The Tyee
[12:14]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2026/01/16/Screens-Gone-Family-Games/ )
[12:19]	TR News	"As for the model that [MattKC] purchased, it was this earliest model, featuring a 700 MHz PowerPC G4 CPU in addition to 640 MB SDRAM." https://hackaday.com/2026/01/17/the-emac-using-apples-forgotten-educational-mac-in-2025/ | Source: Hackaday
[12:19]	TR Bot	EMac: Using Apples Forgotten Educational Mac In 2026 | Hackaday
[12:21]	TR News	Google seeks stay as it appeals US search monopoly verdict https://www.firstpost.com/tech/google-seeks-stay-as-it-appeals-us-search-monopoly-verdict-13969889.html/amp
[12:21]	TR Bot	seeks stay as it appeals US search monopoly verdict Firstpost
[12:33]	TR News	Techrights Eventually the Joke (and Financial Fraud) is on Microsoft, Stigmatised for Slop https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/Eventually_the_Joke_and_Financial_Fraud_is_on_Microsoft_Stigmat.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/Eventually_the_Joke_and_Financial_Fraud_is_on_Microsoft_Stigmat.gmi 
[12:33]	TR Bot	 Techrights Eventually the Joke (and Financial Fraud) is on Microsoft, Stigmatised for Slop
[12:39]	TR News	"Software is a domain of mostly invisible knowledge work. Its hard to see progress, quality or risks in the way that you can with building bridges or running a factory." https://medium.com/feenk/rewilding-software-engineering-ca3ad1e612d8 | Source: Medium
[12:39]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://medium.com/feenk/rewilding-software-engineering-ca3ad1e612d8 )
[12:39]	TR News	"I think the entire DevOps movement was a mighty, twenty year battle to achieve one thing: a single feedback loop connecting devs with prod. On those grounds, it failed." https://www.honeycomb.io/blog/you-had-one-job-why-twenty-years-of-devops-has-failed-to-do-it |
[12:39]	TR Bot	 You Had One Job: Why Twenty Years of DevOps Has Failed to Do it
[12:39]	TR News	"As a telco person, it resonated with me so much (and had so many touch points with my daily life) that I was even accused of tipping Adams off about some of the absurdities I witnessed in the field." https://taoofmac.com/space/links/2026/01/17/1210 | Source: Rui Carmo
[12:39]	TR Bot	 The Dilbert Afterlife - Tao of Mac
[12:40]	TR News	"But as with every joke, theres more than a kernel of truth to it. We often get so busy with stuff that weve got to do, that we dont leave enough time to slack, to get bored, or to simply do nothing." https://hackaday.com/2026/01/17/get-bored/ | Source: Hackaday
[12:40]	TR Bot	Bored! | Hackaday
[12:41]	TR News	"Pnets analysis of the IT sector focused on eight roles including business analyst, data analyst and IT project administrator. The full list is detailed in the table below: [...]" https://techcentral.co.za/south-africa-is-running-out-of-developers/276334/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)
[12:41]	TR Bot	 South Africa is running out of software developers
[12:43]	TR News	"You should never[1] name a new species of an existing dinosaur genus. Heres why. Suppose you have two genera, A and B, which are sister taxa in your phylogeny: [...]" https://svpow.com/2026/01/16/never-name-a-new-species-of-an-existing-dinosaur-genus/ | Source: Matt Wedel
[12:43]	TR Bot	 Never name a new species of an existing dinosaur genus | Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week
[12:44]	TR News	"What is the meaning of my life? I havent really been able to figure out why we dont talk about this more often." https://kedara.eu/meaning-of-life/ | Source: Ruben Verweij
[12:44]	TR Bot	Search of Meaning - Kedara.eu
[12:44]	TR News	"But now, particularly with digital output, were doing it backwards. Making lots of stuff and then sorting it later. Theres very little cost to making more, and its getting more and more time-consuming to find what were looking for." https://seths.blog/2026/01/the-sorting-feels-obvious/ | Source: Seth Godin
[12:44]	TR Bot	 The sorting | Seth's Blog
[12:45]	TR News	"To my utter amazement, the security guard opened the front door" https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/street-photography/im-sick-and-tired-of-being-told-to-stop-taking-photos-on-the-street-so-i-was-flabbergasted-when-a-security-guard-did-this | Source: Digital Camera World
[12:45]	TR Bot	 Im sick and tired of being told to stop taking photos on the street, so I was flabbergasted when a security guard did this! | Digital Camera World
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[12:50]	TR News	Firefox down to 1.6% https://analytics.usa.gov
[12:50]	TR Bot	 The US government's web traffic.
[12:50]	TR News	"Lockfiles record which packages were installed, at what versions, from where, with what checksums." https://nesbitt.io/2026/01/17/lockfile-format-design-and-tradeoffs.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt
[12:50]	TR Bot	 Lockfile Format Design and Tradeoffs | Andrew Nesbitt
[12:51]	TR News	"In this situation, the library youre calling is a binary dependency of your program." https://vlad.website/how-binary-dependencies-work/ | Source: Vlad-Stefan Harbuz
[12:51]	TR Bot	 How Binary Dependencies Work Across Different Languages
[12:51]	TR News	"But yes, today I merged my 20,000th commit into the curl repository out of a total of 37,604 commits (53%). Not that anyone is counting." https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/01/17/my-first-20000-curl-commits/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg
[12:51]	TR Bot	first 20,000 curl commits | daniel.haxx.se
[12:51]	TR News	"command line tool needs an account with admin privileges" https://derflounder.wordpress.com/2026/01/17/enabling-a-standard-user-account-to-access-the-unified-system-log-on-macos-using-the-log-command-line-tool/ | Source: Rich Trouton
[12:51]	TR Bot	 Enabling a standard user account to access the unified system log on macOS using the log command line tool | Der Flounder
[12:52]	TR News	"When executing long-running jobs in the terminal, it's useful to get notified when they complete so you can do other things while waiting" https://www.karl.berlin/terminal-notifications.html | Source: Karl Bartel
[12:52]	TR Bot	 Raising Notifications From Terminal
[12:53]	TR News	"Since Java 22, there is a new approach called the Foreign Function & Memory API in java.lang.foreign. Let me go through step by step." https://lemire.me/blog/2026/01/17/a-new-way-to-call-c-from-java-how-fast-is-it/ | Source: Daniel Lemire
[12:53]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/01/17/a-new-way-to-call-c-from-java-how-fast-is-it/ )
● Jan 18
[13:07]	TR News	 (NEW):   Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/18/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/18/Programming_Leftovers.gmi 
[13:07]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Programming Leftovers
[13:12]	TR News	Techrights Links 18/01/2026: "South Africa is Running Out of Software Developers", Companies Spooked to Find Slop is a Major Liability https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/Links_18_01_2026_South_Africa_is_Running_Out_of_Software_Develo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/Links_18_01_2026_South_Africa_is_Running_Out_of_Software_Develo.gmi 
[13:12]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 18/01/2026: "South Africa is Running Out of Software Developers", Companies Spooked to Find Slop is a Major Liability
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[13:37]	TR News	Techrights Behind an Economy of Fake 'Worths' and Fictional 'Valuations' or 'Market Caps' https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/Behind_an_Economy_of_Fake_Worths_and_Fictional_Valuations_or_Ma.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/Behind_an_Economy_of_Fake_Worths_and_Fictional_Valuations_or_Ma.gmi 
[13:37]	TR Bot	 Techrights Behind an Economy of Fake 'Worths' and Fictional 'Valuations' or 'Market Caps'
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[13:46]	TR News	"RSS remains the best, most noise-free way to keep track of most things I care about, and at one point I peaked at 300+ feeds." https://taoofmac.com/space/blog/2026/01/17/2130 | Source: Rui Carmo
[13:46]	TR Bot	 My Rube Goldberg RSS Pipeline - Tao of Mac
[13:47]	TR News	"The first release shipping with this change will be curl 8.19.0." https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/01/17/more-http-3-focus-one-backend-less/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg
[13:47]	TR Bot	HTTP/3 focus, one backend less | daniel.haxx.se
[13:51]	TR News	"Wireshark is the worlds most popular network protocol analyzer. It is used for troubleshooting, analysis, development and education." https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.6.3.html | Source: Wireshark
[13:51]	TR Bot	 Wireshark Go Deep | Wireshark Wireshark 4.6.3 Release Notes
[13:52]	TR News	"It turns out that I didnt hate 3D printing, I just hated my Ender" https://www.engineersneedart.com/blog/3dprinting2025/3dprinting2025.html | Source: John Calhoun
[13:52]	TR Bot	 3D Printing (2025)
[13:52]	TR News	"Aside from the parts that are obviously on Google servers, this is all integrated in [Jesse]s Home Assistant server. That server stores the generated image until the ESP32 fetches it." https://hackaday.com/2026/01/17/the-cutest-weather-forecast-on-e-ink-and-esp32/ | Source: Hackaday
[13:52]	TR Bot	Cutest Weather Forecast On E-Ink And ESP32 | Hackaday
[13:52]	TR News	"As noted in the Shelly documentation for the device, its a very compact form factor device, with screw terminals, two relays, and three fairly large electrolytic capacitors sharing very little space with the rest of the components." https://hackaday.com/2026/01/17/the-shelly-2-5-smart-relay-design-flaw-killing-capacitors/ | Source: Hackaday
[13:52]	TR Bot	Shelly 2.5 Smart Relay Design Flaw Killing Capacitors | Hackaday
[13:53]	TR News	"An enterprising engineer has turned an old parking meter into a jukebox using a Pi Zero 2 and some open source code." https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/16/parking_meter_jukebox/ | Source: The Register UK
[13:53]	TR Bot	 An old parking meter and a Pi make beautiful music together The Register
[13:54]	TR News	"At some point BodgeOS has become an actually usable system. Now I have WiFi and networking working I've been using it as my main development system for a bit." https://blog.brixit.nl/bodgeos-pt-6/ | Source: Martijn Braam
[13:54]	TR Bot	 BodgeOS pt.6
[13:55]	TR News	"Now, let's go ahead and get the grumbling out of the way. No, the ANS is not running Linux or NetBSD." https://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2025/05/harpoom-of-course-apple-network-server.html | Source: Old VCR
[13:55]	TR Bot	 Old Vintage Computing Research: Harpoom: of course the Apple Network Server can be hacked into running Doom
[13:56]	TR News	"Part of something I want to learn this year is getting a little more into parallel computing." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/01/setting-up-a-cluster-of-tiny-pcs-for-parallel-computing-a-note-to-myself/ | Source: Rlang
[13:56]	TR Bot	Up A Cluster of Tiny PCs For Parallel Computing A Note To Myself | R-bloggers
[13:57]	TR News	"Heres a list of good long-format podcasts: [...]" https://greycoder.com/a-list-of-good-long-form-podcasts/ | Source: GreyCoder
[13:57]	TR Bot	List Of Good Long-Format Podcasts - GreyCoder
[13:58]	TR News	"After 23 years being a loyal Gandi.net customer, I decided to move away after the insane price increase Gandi applied in the past years." https://www.ncartron.org/ive-migrated-my-domain-to-mythic-beasts.html | Source: Nico Cartron
[13:58]	TR Bot	 I've migrated my domain to Mythic Beasts
[13:59]	TR News	Proton Experimental brings updates for MonoGame, Rockstar Launcher and more | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/proton-experimental-brings-updates-for-monogame-rockstar-launcher-and-more/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/proton-experimental-brings-updates-for-monogame-rockstar-launcher-and-more/
[13:59]	TR Bot	Experimental brings updates for MonoGame, Rockstar Launcher and more | GamingOnLinux
● Jan 18
[14:00]	TR News	"The platform is shown with Jetson Thor T5000 or T4000 modules, offering up to 2070 TFLOPS of compute performance." https://linuxgizmos.com/axiomtek-previews-jetson-thor-t5000-t4000-developer-kit-for-robotics-systems/ | Source: Linux Gizmos
[14:00]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/axiomtek-previews-jetson-thor-t5000-t4000-developer-kit-for-robotics-systems/ )
[14:01]	TR News	Encouraging people to use slop is very naughty and undesirable https://www.tecmint.com/ubuntu-ai-document-editing-onlyoffice-ollama/ | Source: TecMint
[14:01]	TR Bot	 How to Run Local AI in ONLYOFFICE on Ubuntu Using Ollama
[14:02]	TR News	Valve tweak Steam slop disclosure form for developers to clarify it's for content consumed by players | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/valve-tweak-steam-ai-disclosure-form-for-developers-to-clarify-its-for-content-consumed-by-players/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[14:02]	TR Bot	tweak Steam AI disclosure form for developers to clarify it's for content consumed by players | GamingOnLinux
[14:12]	TR News	Techrights Making Layout Changes https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/Making_Layout_Changes.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/Making_Layout_Changes.gmi 
[14:12]	TR Bot	 Techrights Making Layout Changes
[14:20]	TR News	GNU/Linux up in Bahrain https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/bahrain/#monthly-200902-202601 compare to https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/12/Windows_12_in_Bahrain_Microsoft_Market_Share_Down_to_12_an_All_.shtml
[14:20]	TR Bot	 Desktop Operating System Market Share Bahrain | Statcounter Global Stats
[14:20]	TR Bot	 Techrights Windows 12 in Bahrain (Microsoft "Market Share" Down to 12%, an All-Time Low)
[14:20]	TR News	Kevin Fenzi: misc fedora bits for second week of jan 2026 https://www.scrye.com/blogs/nirik/posts/2026/01/17/misc-fedora-bits-for-second-week-of-jan-2026/
[14:20]	TR Bot	 misc fedora bits for second week of jan 2026 | Kevin's musings
[14:21]	TR News	Belize also https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/belize/#monthly-200902-202601
[14:21]	TR Bot	 Desktop Operating System Market Share Belize | Statcounter Global Stats
[14:23]	TR News	GNU/Linux still up (6%) http://techrights.org/n/2024/05/28/In_Benin_Microsoft_s_Windows_Fell_Below_10_GNU_Linux_Surged_to_.shtml http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/09/GNU_Linux_Rose_to_6_in_Benin_Says_statCounter.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2024/12/13/Windows_Falls_to_Single_Digit_Market_Share_in_Benin.shtml
[14:23]	TR Bot	 Techrights In Benin, Microsoft's Windows Fell Below 10%, GNU/Linux Surged to 6% or Higher on Desktops/Laptops
[14:23]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines GNU/Linux Rose to 6% in Benin, Says statCounter
[14:23]	TR Bot	 Techrights Windows Falls to Single-Digit "Market Share" in Benin
[14:30]	TR News	Techrights GNU/Linux Still up (statCounter Says to 6%) in Bosnia And Herzegovina https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/GNU_Linux_Still_up_statCounter_Says_to_6_in_Bosnia_And_Herzegov.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/GNU_Linux_Still_up_statCounter_Says_to_6_in_Bosnia_And_Herzegov.gmi 
[14:30]	TR Bot	 Techrights GNU/Linux Still up (statCounter Says to 6%) in Bosnia And Herzegovina
[14:36]	TR News	My first 20,000 curl commits https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/01/17/my-first-20000-curl-commits/
[14:36]	TR Bot	first 20,000 curl commits | daniel.haxx.se
[14:37]	TR News	Transitous Hack Weekend January 2025 https://www.volkerkrause.eu/2026/01/17/transitous-hack-weekend-january-2026.html
[14:37]	TR Bot	 Transitous Hack Weekend January 2025
[14:38]	TR News	Simon Josefsson: Backup of S3 Objects Using rsnapshot https://blog.josefsson.org/2026/01/18/backup-of-s3-objects-using-rsnapshot/
[14:38]	TR Bot	 Backup of S3 Objects Using rsnapshot Simon Josefsson's blog
[14:40]	TR News	Pedophile Epstein: I will protect you as long as you do what I tell you. Pedophile protector: I will only protect your country as long as you do what the US tells you to do. Break this racket. Dump GAFAM et al.
[14:40]	TR News	And many EU nations now suck up to the person who wishes to invade the EU, as the protection racket (e.g. against Russia) is at stake.
[14:50]	TR News	Joel Primack, Physicist Who Helped Explain the Cosmos, Dies at 80 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/science/joel-primack-dead.html
[14:50]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/science/joel-primack-dead.html )
[14:50]	TR News	Artemis II Moon Mission: NASA Completes Giant Rockets Slow Ride to Launchpad https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/science/nasa-artemis-ii-rocket-moon.html
[14:50]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/science/nasa-artemis-ii-rocket-moon.html )
[14:51]	TR News	Wait All Those Studies May Have Detected Microplastics in the Human Body Because of a Severe Error https://futurism.com/science-energy/microplastics-studies-human-body-error
[14:51]	TR Bot	 Wait All Those Studies May Have "Detected" Microplastics in the Human Body Because of a Severe Error
[14:52]	TR News	Scientists Preparing to Simulate Human Brain on Supercomputer https://futurism.com/health-medicine/simulate-human-brain-supercomputer
[14:52]	TR Bot	 Scientists Preparing to Simulate Human Brain on Supercomputer
[14:52]	TR News	3 Policy Moves Likely to Change Health Care for Older People https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/health/nursing-homes-health-aides-medicare.html
[14:52]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/health/nursing-homes-health-aides-medicare.html )
[14:54]	TR News	South Korea says US chip tariff to have limited immediate impact https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-says-us-chip-tariff-to-have-limited-immediate-impact
[14:54]	TR Bot	 South Korea says US chip tariff to have limited immediate impact | The Straits Times
[14:55]	TR News	Dubai chewy cookie craze in South Korea raises health concerns, experts warn https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/dubai-chewy-cookie-craze-raises-health-concerns-experts-warn
[14:55]	TR Bot	 Dubai chewy cookie craze in South Korea raises health concerns, experts warn | The Straits Times
● Jan 18
[15:02]	MinceR	https://imgur.com/gallery/nailed-H3Sg4WU
[15:02]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://imgur.com/gallery/nailed-H3Sg4WU )
[15:11]	TR News	1984 yet? Hot New App Makes Single People Check in Constantly in Case They Die Alone https://futurism.com/future-society/singles-dead-china-app
[15:11]	TR Bot	 Hot New App Makes Single People Check in Constantly in Case They Die Alone
[15:11]	MinceR	lol
[15:11]	schestowitz[TR2]	DA check
[15:11]	schestowitz[TR2]	press OK
[15:11]	schestowitz[TR2]	to confirm you still play the arcade
[15:11]	schestowitz[TR2]	else, session over
[15:11]	schestowitz[TR2]	confirm existence
[15:11]	schestowitz[TR2]	proof of life
[15:13]	TR News	Ah, that explains SO much ;-) https://www.sciencealert.com/study-confirms-why-some-people-get-drunk-without-touching-alcohol
[15:13]	TR Bot	Confirms Why Some People Get Drunk Without Touching Alcohol : ScienceAlert
[15:15]	TR News	If You Use Hey Hi (AI) Chatbots to Follow the News, Youre Basically Injecting Severe Poison Directly Into Your Brain https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/chatbot-ai-news-journalism
[15:15]	TR Bot	 If You Use AI Chatbots to Follow the News, You're Basically Injecting Severe Poison Directly Into Your Brain
[15:16]	TR News	New Study Finds Hey Hi (AI) in Schools Is Undermining Kids Social and Intellectual Development https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-schools-kids-study
[15:16]	TR Bot	 New Study Finds AI in Schools Is Undermining Kids' Social and Intellectual Development
[15:16]	MinceR	https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G-7WnzDX0AAsKdM?format=jpg&name=orig
[15:16]	TR News	Mother of MElons Child Sues xAI Over Grok Abuse https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/mother-elon-musk-sues-x-grok
[15:16]	TR Bot	 Mother of Elon Musk's Child Sues xAI Over Grok Abuse
[15:18]	TR News	Automation Impediment https://blog.lx.oliva.nom.br/2026-01-17-automation-impediment.en.html
[15:18]	TR Bot	 Automation Impediment
[15:19]	TR News	Ravi Dwivedi: My experiences in Brunei https://ravidwivedi.in/posts/brunei/
[15:19]	TR Bot	 My experiences in Brunei
[15:20]	TR News	Set Swap Memory of Raspberry PI https://peppe8o.com/raspberry-pi-swap-memory/
[15:20]	TR Bot	 Set Swap Memory of Raspberry PI
[15:21]	TR News	Googles Hey Hi (AI) Insists That Next Year Is Not 2027 https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/google-ai-overview-year
[15:21]	TR Bot	 Google's AI Insists That Next Year Is Not 2027
[15:21]	TR News	Wikipedia is now 25 years old worlds 7th most popular website now has over 7 million English articles and 7 billion monthly visitors https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/wikipedia-is-now-25-years-old-worlds-7th-most-popular-website-now-has-over-7-million-english-articles-and-7-billion-monthly-visitors
[15:21]	TR Bot	 Wikipedia is now 25 years old worlds 7th most popular website now has over 7 million English articles and 7 billion monthly visitors | Tom's Hardware
[15:25]	TR News	yt-x browse YouTube from the terminal https://www.linuxlinks.com/yt-x-browse-youtube-terminal/
[15:25]	TR Bot	- browse YouTube from the terminal - LinuxLinks
[15:25]	TR News	Record Traffic in Geminispace or Over Gemini Protocol (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Record_Traffic_in_Geminispace_or_Over_Gemini_Protocol.shtml
[15:25]	TR Bot	 Techrights Record Traffic in Geminispace or Over Gemini Protocol
[15:26]	TR News	How to Install FFmpeg on Debian (13, 12, 11) https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-ffmpeg-on-debian-linux/
[15:26]	TR Bot	to Install FFmpeg on Debian (13, 12, 11) - LinuxCapable
[15:27]	TR News	How To Install PipeWire on Fedora 43 https://idroot.us/install-pipewire-fedora-43/
[15:27]	TR Bot	 How To Install PipeWire on Fedora 43 - idroot
[15:27]	TR News	How To Install Fail2Ban on Fedora 43 https://idroot.us/install-fail2ban-fedora-43/
[15:27]	TR Bot	 How To Install Fail2Ban on Fedora 43 - idroot
[15:28]	TR News	Microsoft Lunduke Keeps Distracting From the Real Problems With Rust (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Microsoft_Lunduke_Keeps_Distracting_From_the_Real_Problems_With.shtml
[15:28]	TR Bot	 Techrights Microsoft Lunduke Keeps Distracting From the Real Problems With Rust
[15:29]	TR News	Recent Layoffs at Red Bait (2026 the Year of Ultimate Bluewashing) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/Recent_Layoffs_at_Red_Hat_2026_the_Year_of_Ultimate_Bluewashing.shtml
[15:29]	TR Bot	 Techrights Recent Layoffs at Red Hat (2026 the Year of Ultimate Bluewashing)
[15:34]	TR News	HyprSnipper snipping tool for Hyprland https://www.linuxlinks.com/hyprsnipper-snipping-tool-hyprland/
[15:34]	TR Bot	- snipping tool for Hyprland - LinuxLinks
[15:34]	TR News	4 Useful Free and Open Source Kotlin Linters https://www.linuxlinks.com/useful-free-open-source-kotlin-linters/
[15:34]	TR Bot	Useful Free and Open Source Kotlin Linters - LinuxLinks
[15:34]	TR News	Bubble Tea build terminal apps https://www.linuxlinks.com/bubble-tea-build-terminal-apps/
[15:34]	TR Bot	Tea - build terminal apps - LinuxLinks
[15:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46664677
[15:36]	TR Bot	 Stallman has always been right. Took me many years to understand just how far he... | Hacker News
[15:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	"
[15:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	Stallman has always been right. Took me many years to understand just how far he saw into the future. It's mind boggling just how right he was about everything.
[15:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	The current status quo is corporations and governments are locking the hardware down, rendering free software irrelevant. Sure, you can hack your computer, but if you do it fails remote attestation and is marked as untrustworthy by other computers on the internet. "Tampered with" your machine? Can't access bank account, can't message others, can't stream content, can't even play video games, maybe one day we won't even be able to 
[15:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	connect to an ISP. Hackers in control of their systems are marginalized, ostracized second class citizens now. Only corporate and government owned devices can participate in the wider ecosystem now. If you own your machine you're banned from everything.
[15:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	And it's only going to get worse. Stallman is losing this war. Computing freedom is being destroyed and there's little that can be done about it. We do not have the power. Our values are irrelevant to the wider population. It's a damn shame."
[15:37]	schestowitz[TR2]	"
[15:37]	schestowitz[TR2]	Weirdly, I couldn't disagree more.
[15:37]	schestowitz[TR2]	By focusing strictly on software, we can argue that Stallman mostly won, and I think the mistake would be conflating software freedom with freedom freedom.
[15:37]	schestowitz[TR2]	Freedom freedom will ALWAYS be hard, no matter what. People who want to take it away will use whatever tools are there to do it. Stallman et al saw that it was special to put guardrails around the very specific notion of "we have general purpose machines that can run any software, the ability to run ANY software must be protected."
[15:37]	schestowitz[TR2]	And that, today, is overwhelmingly more true than false. You, or groups, can get a computer, hook it to the internet, and run whatever you want. Like "Linux," that doesn't GUARANTEE perfection, but it's an essential step.
[15:37]	schestowitz[TR2]	AKA, I shudder to think what would have happened if Microsoft had developed AI in house."
[15:37]	schestowitz[TR2]	"
[15:37]	schestowitz[TR2]	This is the saddest part. Things are getting worse for everyone and most people just don't care. They are either ignorant or accept it as inevitable.
[15:37]	schestowitz[TR2]	I see 2 issues:
[15:37]	schestowitz[TR2]	1) People don't have real power. There's too many steps between an issue you care about and a solution which requires changing laws. I don't see a solution other than people voting on laws directly and possibly votes weighted by how much they actually know about the stuff. How to implement it at reasonable cost is a very difficult question.
[15:37]	schestowitz[TR2]	2) You can't make people care. People only start caring once they personally get hurt. Theoretical downsides don't interest most of the population. Freedom of speech is something they've learned at school about and they know they are supposed to cheer for it but when a platform requires spelling fuck as f*ck, that's OK with them - it might be the canary in the coal mine before more sophisticated censorship (analysis of sentiment/m
[15:37]	schestowitz[TR2]	eaning, shadow bans) is rolled out but that's a theoretical concern, if they are able to comprehend it at all. And even when they get hurt, they often don't learn from it. I've seen plenty of people lose accounts on various platforms but all they do is switch to another proprietary platform, without looking for real alternatives."
[15:38]		*psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights
[15:39]	TR News	 (NEW):  Collaborative project to document AI-contaminated FOSS https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/18/Collaborative_project_to_document_AI_contaminated_FOSS.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/18/Collaborative_project_to_document_AI_contaminated_FOSS.gmi 
[15:39]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Collaborative project to document AI-contaminated FOSS
[15:39]	TR News	Brrtfetch animated system information fetcher https://www.linuxlinks.com/brrtfetch-animated-system-information-fetcher/
[15:39]	TR Bot	- animated system information fetcher - LinuxLinks
[15:39]	TR News	fpm Fortran Package Manager https://www.linuxlinks.com/fpm-fortran-package-manager/
[15:39]	TR Bot	- Fortran Package Manager - LinuxLinks
[15:40]	TR News	diffnav Git diff pager https://www.linuxlinks.com/diffnav-git-diff-pager/
[15:40]	TR Bot	- Git diff pager - LinuxLinks
[15:40]	TR News	FOSS Forces Top Five Articles For the Week Ending January 16, 2025 https://fossforce.com/2026/01/foss-forces-top-five-articles-for-the-week-ending-january-16-2025/
[15:40]	TR Bot	 FOSS Force's Top Five Articles For the Week Ending January 16, 2025 - FOSS Force
[15:41]	TR News	Mexico isnt immune to the seduction of the smartphone https://mexiconewsdaily.com/mexico-living/mexico-phone-addiction-isnt-immune-to-the-seduction-of-the-smartphone/
[15:41]	TR Bot	 Phone addiction in Mexico: It's arrived
[15:41]	MinceR	i wonder where these people see all these great victories
[15:41]	MinceR	microslop managed to take over Linux despite copyleft
[15:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	not just microsoft
[15:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	many companies
[15:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	hostile ones
[15:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	mikcrosoft included
[15:41]	MinceR	GNU is capitulating, except for GNOME, which serves microslop (systemd)
[15:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	but that is linux
[15:41]	MinceR	the FSF does nothing of note anymore
[15:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	a kernel
[15:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	fsf always has limited resources
[15:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	it does not buy media puff pieces
[15:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	like LF does
[15:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	and cannot bribe politicians
[15:43]	MinceR	now they also have limited interest in their own mission
[15:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	sol you should set expectations lowe
[15:43]	MinceR	they even promote systemd distros
[15:43]	TR News	Karing proxy utility https://www.linuxlinks.com/karing-proxy-utility/
[15:43]	TR Bot	- proxy utility - LinuxLinks
[15:43]	MinceR	my expectations are already set to 0
[15:43]	TR News	11 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Simple Backup Software https://www.linuxlinks.com/simplebackup/
[15:43]	TR Bot	Best Free and Open Source Linux Simple Backup Software - LinuxLinks
[15:43]	TR News	Yzefu explore data of a Kafka cluster https://www.linuxlinks.com/yozefu-explore-data-kafka-cluster/
[15:43]	TR Bot	- explore data of a Kafka cluster - LinuxLinks
[15:44]	TR News	aretext minimalist text editor https://www.linuxlinks.com/aretext-minimalist-text-editor/
[15:44]	TR Bot	- minimalist text editor - LinuxLinks
[15:44]	TR News	passcualito command-line password manager https://www.linuxlinks.com/passcualito-command-line-password-manager/
[15:44]	TR Bot	- command-line password manager - LinuxLinks
[15:44]	MinceR	hell, the FSF couldn't even secure control over its own official IRC channel...
[15:45]	schestowitz[TR2]	what does dyne do these days?
[15:45]	MinceR	\_()_/
[15:46]	TR News	Linux as Windows with another brand https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-closes-the-professional-gap-as-adobe-creative-cloud-installer-finally-runs-on-wine/
[15:46]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-closes-the-professional-gap-as-adobe-creative-cloud-installer-finally-runs-on-wine/ )
[15:46]	MinceR	i left devuan's channels long ago because one of their ops does not tolerate dissent
[15:46]	TR News	Linuxiac Has Become a Slopfarm, Calling Them Out Isn't Fixing That https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Linuxiac_Has_Become_a_Slopfarm_Calling_Them_Out_Isn_t_Fixing_Th.shtml
[15:46]	TR Bot	 Techrights Linuxiac Has Become a Slopfarm, Calling Them Out Isn't Fixing That
[15:46]	MinceR	(i left fsf's channel for the same reason)
[15:46]	TR News	Slop About Slop and Slop About "Linux" https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Slop_About_Slop_and_Slop_About_Linux.shtml
[15:46]	TR Bot	 Techrights Slop About Slop and Slop About "Linux"
[15:47]	MinceR	humanity has failed, it is time to hand the resources over to the next species to attempt sapience
[15:47]	schestowitz[TR2]	dissent on which topic??
[15:47]	MinceR	i forgot, and i don't care
[15:47]	TR News	Synex 13-r1 "Server" is out https://distrowatch.com/synex
[15:47]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/synex )
[15:47]	schestowitz[TR2]	was it this ant?
[15:47]	TR News	openKylin 2.0-SP2-20260115 also https://distrowatch.com/openkylin
[15:47]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/openkylin )
[15:48]	TR News	Sites With "Linux" in Their Name That Are in Effect Slopfarms and Issue Fake Articles https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/Sites_With_Linux_in_Their_Name_That_Are_in_Effect_Slopfarms_and.shtml
[15:48]	TR Bot	 Techrights Sites With "Linux" in Their Name That Are in Effect Slopfarms and Issue Fake Articles
[15:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	maybe they are this ant eaters
[15:49]	TR News	Shotcut 26.1 Beta added Hardware Decoding for Preview Scaling & Export https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/01/shotcut-26-1-beta-added-hardware-decoding-for-preview-scaling-export/
[15:49]	TR Bot	 Shotcut 26.1 Beta added Hardware Decoding for Preview Scaling & Export | UbuntuHandbook
[15:50]	TR News	Funny is funny: Indonesian comedians keep calm and carry on despite police report against DRM spreader Netflix show https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/funny-is-funny-indonesian-comedians-keep-calm-and-carry-on-after-police-report-against-netflix-show
[15:50]	TR Bot	 Indonesian comedians shrug off Netflix controversy | The Straits Times
[15:51]	TR News	Indonesian authorities find wreckage of missing surveillance plane with 11 on board https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/indonesian-authorities-find-wreckage-of-missing-surveillance-plane-with-11-on-board
[15:51]	TR Bot	 The Straits Times - Breaking news, Singapore news, Asia and world news & multimedia
[15:55]	TR News	Four stable kernels for the weekend https://lwn.net/Articles/1054815/
[15:55]	TR Bot	stable kernels for the weekend [LWN.net]
[15:55]	TR News	Software Patents and USMCA (or NAFTA) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/Software_Patents_and_USMCA_or_NAFTA.shtml
[15:55]	TR Bot	 Techrights Software Patents and USMCA (or NAFTA)
[15:56]	TR News	Javan hawk-eagle under pressure as forests in Indonesia disappear https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/javan-hawk-eagle-under-pressure-as-forests-in-indonesia-disappear
[15:56]	TR Bot	 Javan hawk-eagle under pressure as forests in Indonesia disappear | The Straits Times
[15:57]	TR News	Sriram Ramkrishna: GNOME OS Hackfest During FOSDEM week https://blogs.gnome.org/sri/2026/01/17/gnome-os-hackfest-during-fosdem-week/
[15:57]	TR Bot	 GNOME OS Hackfest During FOSDEM week Sri Ramkrishna
[15:58]	TR News	Playing Video Games Has an Unexpected Effect on Kids' IQ, Study Says https://www.sciencealert.com/playing-video-games-has-an-unexpected-effect-on-kids-iq-study-says
[15:58]	TR Bot	Video Games Has an Unexpected Effect on Kids' IQ, Study Says : ScienceAlert
● Jan 18
[16:07]	TR News	Tennessee Man Pleads Guilty to Repeatedly Hacking Supreme Courts Filing System https://www.securityweek.com/tennessee-man-pleads-guilty-to-repeatedly-hacking-supreme-courts-filing-system/
[16:07]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/tennessee-man-pleads-guilty-to-repeatedly-hacking-supreme-courts-filing-system/ )
[16:08]	TR News	Wireshark 4.6.3 Released, (Sat, Jan 17th) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32636
[16:08]	TR Bot	 Wireshark 4.6.3 Released - SANS Internet Storm Center
[16:09]	TR News	IBM PIP lawsuit. "they will be obligated too during discovery for this case and then that will open Pandoras box for them with dozens of additional suits when that information is registered into public accessible databases. They will fight this very hard or settle to ensure that doesnt occur" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kf6wnm5q
[16:10]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kf6wnm5q )
[16:10]	TR News	"The Works Councils (Unions) in Germany and Holland have not agreed to using this latest IBM performance system. They are completely unaffected by this 15/75/15 %. ranking system. How lucky these employees are to be protected from IBM's disgraceful behaviour towards its workforce. It would be great to have sight of the Works Councils grounds and assessment of IBM's performance management system." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kf1vfvgb
[16:10]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kf1vfvgb )
[16:17]	TR News	The tech industry has been saturated with dangerous nutcases. Yes, some of them can code, but they are still very much nutcases.
[16:19]	TR News	The new Linux Mint, Wine version 11, Raspberry Pi's HAT upgrade, and more: Linux news roundup https://www.howtogeek.com/the-new-linux-mint-raspberry-pis-hat-upgrade-and-more-linux-news-roundup/
[16:19]	TR Bot	 The new Linux Mint, Wine version 11, Raspberry Pi's HAT upgrade, and more: Linux news roundup
[16:19]	TR News	You dont need a gaming distro these Linux tweaks matter more https://www.makeuseof.com/these-linux-gaming-tweaks-matter-more-than-the-distro/
[16:19]	TR Bot	 You dont need a gaming distro these Linux tweaks matter more
[16:19]	TR News	I replaced my Windows workflow with Linux Mint and it was easier than I imagined https://www.howtogeek.com/i-used-linux-mint-for-2-weeks-as-a-windows-replacement-heres-why-people-recommend-it/
[16:19]	TR Bot	 I replaced my Windows workflow with Linux Mint and it was easier than I imagined
[16:21]	TR News	Adobe Photoshop can now install on Linux after a Redditor discovers a Wine fix https://videocardz.com/newz/adobe-photoshop-can-now-install-on-linux-after-a-redditor-discovers-a-fix
[16:21]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://videocardz.com/newz/adobe-photoshop-can-now-install-on-linux-after-a-redditor-discovers-a-fix )
[16:22]	TR News	"Linux malware" = something you can install on it https://pcper.com/2026/01/podcast-852/
[16:22]	TR Bot	 Podcast #852 - 9850X3D Launch Imminent, RTX SUPER Delay, 8GB GPUs, Zoicware, New SK Hynix Plant, Linux malware and MORE - PC Perspective
[16:23]	TR News	Linux Mint 22.3 has been released https://news.filehippo.com/2026/01/january-17-tech-news-roundup-linux-mint-22-3-released-chatgpt-translate-announced-samsung-internet-browser-for-windows-released-firefox-147-update-released/
[16:23]	TR Bot	 January 17 tech news roundup: Linux Mint 22.3 released, ChatGPT translate announced, Samsung Internet browser for Windows released, Firefox 147 update released - File Hippo News
[16:24]	TR News	I've tried out every Linux package manager out there, and this is the best one https://www.makeuseof.com/tried-every-linux-package-manager-this-is-the-best-one/
[16:24]	TR Bot	 I've tried out every Linux package manager out there, and this is the best one
[16:25]	TR News	Proprietary https://www.thestack.technology/voidlink-malware-checkpoint/
[16:25]	TR Bot	 Advanced Linux VoidLink malware package surfaces - targets cloud, containers
[16:26]	TR News	 (NEW):  Managing GNU/Linux Packages, Shotcut 26.1 Beta is Available https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/18/Managing_GNU_Linux_Packages_Shotcut_26_1_Beta_is_Available.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/18/Managing_GNU_Linux_Packages_Shotcut_26_1_Beta_is_Available.gmi 
[16:26]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Managing GNU/Linux Packages, Shotcut 26.1 Beta is Available
[16:26]	TR News	I tried a lightweight Linux distro youve never heard of and its perfect https://www.makeuseof.com/tried-lightweight-linux-distro-never-heard-of-its-perfect/
[16:26]	TR Bot	 I tried a lightweight Linux distro youve never heard of and its perfect
[16:26]	TR News	My favorite Linux desktop environment is getting microphone controls Windows wishes it had https://www.xda-developers.com/my-favorite-linux-desktop-environment-is-finally-getting-better-microphone-controls/
[16:26]	TR Bot	 My favorite Linux desktop environment is getting microphone controls Windows wishes it had
[16:28]		*psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights
[16:29]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today's HowTos   https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/18/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/18/today_s_howtos.gmi 
[16:29]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines today's howtos
[16:32]	TR News	 (NEW):  Games: Harpoom, Proton Experimental, and Slop Crackdown https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/18/Games_Harpoom_Proton_Experimental_and_Slop_Crackdown.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/18/Games_Harpoom_Proton_Experimental_and_Slop_Crackdown.gmi 
[16:32]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Games: Harpoom, Proton Experimental, and Slop Crackdown
[16:32]	TR News	 (NEW):  Turning GNU/Linux Into Windows With Adobe Proprietary Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/18/Turning_GNU_Linux_Into_Windows_With_Adobe_Proprietary_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/18/Turning_GNU_Linux_Into_Windows_With_Adobe_Proprietary_Software.gmi 
[16:32]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Turning GNU/Linux Into Windows With Adobe Proprietary Software
[16:34]	TR News	 (NEW):  Open Hardware/Modding/3D Printing Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/18/Open_Hardware_Modding_3D_Printing_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/18/Open_Hardware_Modding_3D_Printing_Leftovers.gmi 
[16:34]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding/3D Printing Leftovers
[16:37]	TR News	 (NEW):  Wireshark 4.6.3 Released https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/18/Wireshark_4_6_3_Released.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/18/Wireshark_4_6_3_Released.gmi 
[16:37]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Wireshark 4.6.3 Released
[16:39]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free, Libre, and Open Source Software: Events, Web, and Open Access https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/18/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Events_Web_and_Open_Access.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/18/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Events_Web_and_Open_Access.gmi 
[16:39]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software: Events, Web, and Open Access
[16:39]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today's Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/18/today_s_leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/18/today_s_leftovers.gmi 
[16:39]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines today's leftovers
[16:44]	TR News	Techrights Links 18/01/2026: Indonesia Against Comedy, Media-Hostile (Censors Comedians) Convicted Felon in White House Defecting to Opponents of NATO https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/Links_18_01_2026_Indonesia_Against_Comedy_Media_Hostile_Censors.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/Links_18_01_2026_Indonesia_Against_Comedy_Media_Hostile_Censors.gmi 
[16:44]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 18/01/2026: Indonesia Against Comedy, Media-Hostile (Censors Comedians) Convicted Felon in White House Defecting to Opponents of NATO
● Jan 18
[17:05]	TR News	Techrights IBM Turning Up the 'RTO' (Stress) and 'PIP' (Fear) Heat on Workers, Rebellion May be Brewing https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/IBM_Turning_Up_the_RTO_Stress_and_PIP_Fear_Heat_on_Workers_Rebe.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/IBM_Turning_Up_the_RTO_Stress_and_PIP_Fear_Heat_on_Workers_Rebe.gmi 
[17:05]	TR Bot	 Techrights IBM Turning Up the 'RTO' (Stress) and 'PIP' (Fear) Heat on Workers, Rebellion May be Brewing
[17:14]	MinceR	(no audio) https://imgur.com/g8Q4DoV.mp4
[17:14]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://imgur.com/g8Q4DoV.mp4 )
[17:15]	TR News	Techrights IBM is Not a Free Software Company (It Never Was) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/IBM_is_Not_a_Free_Software_Company_It_Never_Was.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/IBM_is_Not_a_Free_Software_Company_It_Never_Was.gmi 
[17:15]	TR Bot	 Techrights IBM is Not a Free Software Company (It Never Was)
[17:32]	TR News	Germany: Alcohol prices well below EU average https://www.dw.com/en/germany-alcohol-prices-well-below-eu-average/a-75401091
[17:32]	TR Bot	 Germany: Alcohol prices well below EU average
[17:33]	TR News	devotion to cash https://www.dw.com/en/unpacking-czechia-s-devotion-to-cash-and-its-currency/a-75403939
[17:33]	TR Bot	 Unpacking Czechia's devotion to cash and its currency
[17:33]	TR News	Kangaroo Courts of EPO http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/01/g-125-description-amendments-amicus.html
[17:33]	TR Bot	 G 1/25 (description amendments) amicus curiae: The battle lines are drawn - The IPKat
[17:34]	TR News	SpellBinding FHLYTUR Wordo: STEEP gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2026-01-18.gmi
[17:38]	TR News	Symposium of Destruction gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/01/18/sod.gmi
[17:38]	TR News	"In October 2024 I wrote a small (~600 lines) program in Zig that formatted YAML files in some $dayjob-specific way. Instead of parsing the whole document, the program linked to libyaml tokenizer and operated on tokens, which ended up factor 10 faster than pyyaml.load/pyyaml.dump implementation. Success, right?" gemini://tilde.pink/~kaction/log/2026-01-18.1.gmi
[17:41]	TR News	Originality http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/01/do-trends-kill-originality-cjeu-issues.html
[17:41]	TR Bot	 Do Trends Kill Originality? The CJEU Issues Judgment in Deity Shoes, Case C-323/24 - The IPKat
[17:41]	TR News	distinctiveness http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/01/cheese-holes-and-weak-distinctiveness.html
[17:41]	TR Bot	 Cheese, holes and weak distinctiveness: the General Court revisits Formula One Licensing v OHIM - The IPKat
[17:42]	TR News	chatbots http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/01/fakery-free-riding-and-fight-for-serp.html
[17:42]	TR Bot	 Fakery, free-riding and the fight for SERP data for AI-related search and chatbots - The IPKat
[17:43]	TR News	He still refuses to stop this https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-01-09/factbox-elon-musks-grok-faces-global-scrutiny-for-sexualised-ai-photos
[17:43]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-01-09/factbox-elon-musks-grok-faces-global-scrutiny-for-sexualised-ai-photos )
[17:44]	TR News	Reference to Cheeto Mussolini's Impeachments Is Removed From the Display of His Smithsonian Photo Portrait https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2026-01-11/reference-to-trumps-impeachments-is-removed-from-the-display-of-his-smithsonian-photo-portrait"
[17:44]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2026-01-11/reference-to-trumps-impeachments-is-removed-from-the-display-of-his-smithsonian-photo-portrait )
[17:45]		*Isambard_Prince (~Isambard_Prince@37wdq788afck6.irc) has joined #techrights
[17:46]	TR News	New efficiency upgrades in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.15 https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/01/12/new-efficiency-upgrades-rhacm-2-15
[17:46]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/01/12/new-efficiency-upgrades-rhacm-2-15 )
[17:46]	TR News	Turkey to restrict social media access for children under 15 https://bianet.org/haber/minister-turkey-to-restrict-social-media-access-for-children-under-15-315303
[17:46]	TR Bot	 Minister: Turkey to restrict social media access for children under 15
[17:51]	TR News	Germany's local governments face financial collapse https://www.dw.com/en/germany-s-local-governments-face-financial-collapse/a-75425178
[17:51]	TR Bot	 Germany's local governments face financial collapse
[17:53]	TR News	Why Germany struggles to fight financial crime https://www.dw.com/en/why-germany-struggles-to-fight-financial-crime/a-75423810
[17:53]	TR Bot	 Why Germany struggles to fight financial crime
[17:56]	TR News	Baa-rgain hunters: 50 sheep barge into German supermarket https://www.dw.com/en/baa-rgain-hunters-50-sheep-barge-into-german-supermarket/a-75438987
[17:56]	TR Bot	 Baa-rgain hunters: 50 sheep visit German supermarket
[17:57]	TR News	StackOverflow Is Absolutely Cooked https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=gmRk9Undc6U
[17:57]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=gmRk9Undc6U )
[17:58]	TR News	The Future Of The Linux Distro Is No Distro https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=k6qCtIHFu_c
[17:58]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=k6qCtIHFu_c )
[17:58]	TR News	GNOME Disables Middle Click Paste, Chaos Ensues https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=JYICMf_VLtY
[17:58]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=JYICMf_VLtY )
[17:58]	TR News	Manjaro 26.0 "Anh-Linh" PLASMA Edition overview | Manjaro Empowering Devices and Users https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=cxsUCsKJi00
[17:59]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=cxsUCsKJi00 )
[17:59]	TR News	CachyOS Linux Full Review: What Makes It Different? https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=B9LOP-Nr5Gw
[17:59]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=B9LOP-Nr5Gw )
● Jan 18
[18:00]	TR News	Online trash for Office? https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trisha-paytas-set-swap-youtube-politics-2026-congressional-run-california-1769193
[18:00]	TR Bot	 Trisha Paytas Set To Swap YouTube For Politics With 2026 Congressional Run In California | IBTimes UK
[18:01]	TR News	 (NEW):  Recent GNU/Linux Videos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/18/Recent_GNU_Linux_Videos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/18/Recent_GNU_Linux_Videos.gmi 
[18:01]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Recent GNU/Linux Videos
[18:03]	TR News	VailuxOS-1.6 Stable mit KDE Plasma 6 Hotfix https://forum.vailux.de/downloads/file/27-vailuxos-1-6-stable-mit-kde-plasma-6-hotfix/
[18:03]	TR Bot	 VailuxOS-1.6 Stable mit KDE Plasma 6 Hotfix - Vailux n.e.V
[18:16]	TR News	"In Lumet's film, technology is not the enemy. In fact there is no technology to speak of, except perhaps a wind-up field telephone. This is not a Mad Max film. Nor do modern issues of tracking, surveillance, profiling, propaganda or technologically enabled imprisonment, coercion, torture or anything else take the stage. They are entirely absent." https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/hill/
[18:16]	TR Bot	 The Hill
[18:19]	TR News	"Technically, the usurper may be manifest as software or hardware, as a new 'preferred' vendor, or as new policy quietly inserted in a workplace or by a government. These days he appears as an entire technologically micro-managed corporate culture, from which common sense and humanity have been driven out." https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/hill/
[18:20]	TR News	"(note:2023) Notice the unsettling allegory with "AI" in the present hype cycle .. As with the rise of all tyrants, for those who see the approaching danger it is difficult to warn others. The majority are quite hypnotised, reluctant to believe bad things. They are unsure whether it is prudent to challenge the rising tyrant, or hedge their bets for 'staying on his good side'"
[18:20]	TR News	"The twenty first century is fundamentally, a lack of integrity"
[18:21]	TR News	"The plan now is to fire that CTO/Sysadmin or CISO and have us directly negotiate with the system itself - a system presumably programmed and updated from Redmond. Cue dialogue between Doolittle and Dark Star bomb." https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/hill/
[18:21]	TR News	"Corporate control is now the art of personally avoiding it. I believe this rampant abdication of human power and responsibility is an important aspect of (2026:) current "AI" automation ambitions, and the Digital Self Defence needed to counter it."
[18:22]	TR News	Uganda's debt crisis https://www.dw.com/en/uganda-s-debt-crisis-deepens-ahead-of-elections/a-75399953
[18:22]	TR Bot	 Uganda's debt crisis deepens ahead of elections
[18:24]	TR News	Germany: Trust in the United States is eroding https://www.dw.com/en/germany-trust-in-the-united-states-is-eroding/a-75449308 http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/18/Threats_Against_Techrights_Always_Come_From_Outside_Britain.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/11/Like_the_Serial_Strangler_From_Microsoft_Donald_Trump_is_Out_of.shtml
[18:24]	TR Bot	 Germany: Trust in the United States is eroding
[18:24]	TR Bot	 Techrights Threats Against Techrights Always Come From Outside Britain
[18:24]	TR Bot	 Techrights Like the Serial Strangler From Microsoft, Donald Trump is Out of Time and Has Jurisdiction Issues in the UK
[18:24]		*psydroid3 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #techrights
[18:30]	TR News	Energy wasted https://www.projectcensored.org/communities-against-ai-data-center
[18:30]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://www.projectcensored.org/communities-against-ai-data-center )
[18:33]	TR News	Iran considers restoring internet after week-long shutdown https://www.firstpost.com/tech/iran-considers-restoring-internet-after-week-long-shutdown-13969907.html/
[18:33]	TR Bot	( status 308 @ https://www.firstpost.com/tech/iran-considers-restoring-internet-after-week-long-shutdown-13969907.html/ )
[18:46]	Isambard_Prince	https://www.reddit.com/r/loicense/comments/1qfpyen/oi_m8_you_got_a_loicense_to_drink_dem_alcoholfree/
[18:46]	TR Bot	- The heart of the internet
[18:46]	Isambard_Prince	The UK is considering making it illegal for youth to buy alcohol-free drinks claiming they're a gateway to alcohol.
[18:47]	Isambard_Prince	Yep, water, I'd recognize it anywhere. Gateway to the hard stuff.
[18:47]	Isambard_Prince	MinceR, ^
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[18:55]	TR News	Techrights IBM: Spying on Staff Like Never Before and Implementing Silent Layoffs This Month, Say Insiders https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/IBM_Spying_on_Staff_Like_Never_Before_and_Implementing_Silent_L.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/IBM_Spying_on_Staff_Like_Never_Before_and_Implementing_Silent_L.gmi 
[18:56]	TR Bot	 Techrights IBM: Spying on Staff Like Never Before and Implementing Silent Layoffs This Month, Say Insiders
[18:59]	Isambard_Prince	schestowitz[TR2], Co-Pilot PCs are not selling.
[18:59]	Isambard_Prince	Dell admitted they aren't selling, but they managed to not mention Microsoft or Co-Pilot at all.
[18:59]	Isambard_Prince	They just said AI PCs.
● Jan 18
[19:00]	Isambard_Prince	I don't think they sell any other PCs that they're promoting as AI PCs other than the Windows 11 ones.
[19:00]	Isambard_Prince	On GitHub, it's still not coming up with real code.
[19:01]	Isambard_Prince	It's still proposing pseudocode that looks like something that might work, but then it either doesn't compile or it makes the problems worse.
[19:07]	TR News	Techrights Pump-and-Dump With IBM Shares, Courtesy of People Who Stand to Gain From the 'Pump' https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/Pump_and_Dump_With_IBM_Shares_Courtesy_of_People_Who_Stand_to_G.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/Pump_and_Dump_With_IBM_Shares_Courtesy_of_People_Who_Stand_to_G.gmi 
[19:07]	TR Bot	 Techrights Pump-and-Dump With IBM Shares, Courtesy of People Who Stand to Gain From the 'Pump'
[19:09]	schestowitz[TR2]	Isambard_Prince: analogy:
[19:09]	schestowitz[TR2]	you want to write email
[19:09]	schestowitz[TR2]	to some person you know
[19:09]	schestowitz[TR2]	they tell you
[19:09]	schestowitz[TR2]	wait, ryan
[19:09]	schestowitz[TR2]	don't waste time
[19:09]	schestowitz[TR2]	let thee HEY HI do this for you
[19:09]	schestowitz[TR2]	to draft the email from you
[19:09]	schestowitz[TR2]	so it writes good grammar
[19:09]	schestowitz[TR2]	with message that's not really you
[19:09]	schestowitz[TR2]	it can even be long
[19:09]	schestowitz[TR2]	but then you go
[19:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	wait, i need to change this
[19:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	the issue still is,
[19:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	you didn't draft tyhis
[19:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	and it is not your message
[19:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	but now you are stuck
[19:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	with some botspam
[19:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	and you try to massage it
[19:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	that's what vibe coding is like
[19:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	it spews out code
[19:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	it is not yours
[19:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	you don't know it
[19:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	you might not even understand it
[19:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	to understand it you must spend a lot of time
[19:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	it likely has defects
[19:11]	schestowitz[TR2]	and to fix it might taker a long time
[19:11]	schestowitz[TR2]	and you are still stuck with "legacy code"
[19:13]	Isambard_Prince	I remember reading something to the effect of the "AI" generated code had more than 3 times as many defects for a given amount of code.
[19:14]	Isambard_Prince	So if Microsoft is telling the truth about letting it write 30% of their code, well, first of all, someone has to go back and look it over and fix it or it probably won't even compile.
[19:14]	Isambard_Prince	schestowitz[TR2], It's like when they talk about healthcare and continuity of care.
[19:15]	Isambard_Prince	When you get too many people dealing with a problem, none of them are familiar with it. They just walked it. They might have glanced at someone else's notes.
[19:15]	Isambard_Prince	You won't get the same quality as if you dealt with the same people all the time.
[19:15]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/inventor-vibe-coding-doesnt-work
[19:15]	TR Bot	 Inventor of Vibe Coding Admits He Hand-Coded His New Project
[19:15]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Report_Benchmark_Says_Vibe_Coding_Results_in_Security_Holes.shtml
[19:15]	TR Bot	 Techrights Report/Benchmark Says 'Vibe Coding' Results in Security Holes
[19:16]	Isambard_Prince	I had two surgeons at different hospitals look over my shoulder.
[19:17]	Isambard_Prince	And the first one reached incorrect conclusions.
[19:17]	Isambard_Prince	Then he had the doctor at the next hospital backing him up.
[19:17]	TR News	peace with doctors https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-doctors-agreement-whats-next-9.7036435
[19:17]	TR Bot	 Quebec struck peace with doctors, but critics say patients lost out | CBC Accessibility
[19:17]	Isambard_Prince	If I got that surgery, it could have caused terrible damage, even worse than what there already was.
[19:17]	TR News	Toronto charity cutting ties with local food bank after reporting financial concerns to police https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/daily-bread-food-bank-feed-scarborough-9.7039918
[19:17]	TR Bot	 Daily Bread to cut off Scarborough food bank after reporting financial concerns to police | CBC News
[19:17]	Isambard_Prince	It's very frightening how many people with advanced degrees still don't know anything about the field they work in.
[19:26]	TR News	As Canada Tries to Reduce Its Dependence on the US, Its Leader Will Visit China to Rebuild Ties https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2026-01-12/as-canada-tries-to-reduce-its-dependence-on-the-us-its-leader-will-visit-china-to-rebuild-ties
[19:26]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2026-01-12/as-canada-tries-to-reduce-its-dependence-on-the-us-its-leader-will-visit-china-to-rebuild-ties )
[19:26]	TR News	black bear cub found with severe burns in December https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/black-bear-cub-recovering-after-fire-9.7041473
[19:26]	TR Bot	 Valkyrie, the black bear cub found with severe burns in December, is recovering well | CBC News
[19:28]	TR News	2,200 billion dollars borrowed in SIX MONTHS! https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/powell20260111a.htm Statement From Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
[19:28]	TR Bot	 Statement from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell - Federal Reserve Board
[19:29]	TR News	How clean energy could save us trillions https://www.dw.com/en/how-clean-energy-could-save-us-trillions/a-75237447
[19:29]	TR Bot	 How clean energy could save us trillions
[19:29]	Isambard_Prince	schestowitz[TR2], Apparently a Republican candidate for Florida Governor says he'll ban OnlyFans because nobody will have to sell their bodies.
[19:29]	TR News	To CBC, invasion, bombing and kidnappings are "incursion" https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/bakx-wti-venezuela-tsx-9.7033902
[19:29]	TR Bot	 Canadian energy stocks tumble after U.S. incursion in Venezuela | CBC News
[19:29]	Isambard_Prince	I was like "So does that mean he'll create a full employment economy with a living wage that works for everyone?" Like, you know. Of course it doesn't.
[19:30]	Isambard_Prince	For some reason they think that banning smut will fix everything that's wrong with the country or something.
[19:30]	schestowitz[TR2]	is that site for prostitutes?
[19:30]	schestowitz[TR2]	or just people showing thiongs for money?
[19:31]	TR News	US, China Can Balance Roles in Venezuela, US Energy Chief Says https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2026-01-08/us-china-can-balance-roles-in-venezuela-us-energy-chief-says
[19:31]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2026-01-08/us-china-can-balance-roles-in-venezuela-us-energy-chief-says )
[19:31]	Isambard_Prince	It's just people making porn videos for money.
[19:32]	TR News	Claims of Control Over Venezuelas Oil ttps://scheerpost.com/2026/01/09/energy-greed-of-the-north-rodriguez-rebukes-u-s-claims-of-control-over-venezuelas-oil/
[19:33]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://techrights.org/o/2023/04/19/framing-privacy-as-sex-issue/
[19:33]	TR Bot	 EFF Takes Money From US Nazis to Speak for Prostitutes and Frame Privacy (or Net Liability) as a Sex Issue
[19:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	EFF does not support women
[19:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	pls read last 2 paras in http://techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/IBM_Turning_Up_the_RTO_Stress_and_PIP_Fear_Heat_on_Workers_Rebe.shtml
[19:35]	TR Bot	 Techrights IBM Turning Up the 'RTO' (Stress) and 'PIP' (Fear) Heat on Workers, Rebellion May be Brewing
[19:44]	TR News	Techrights FOSDEM 2026: democracy panel, GNOME & Sonny Piers modern slavery experiment https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/FOSDEM_2026_democracy_panel_GNOME_Sonny_Piers_modern_slavery_ex.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/FOSDEM_2026_democracy_panel_GNOME_Sonny_Piers_modern_slavery_ex.gmi 
[19:44]	TR Bot	 Techrights FOSDEM 2026: democracy panel, GNOME & Sonny Piers modern slavery experiment
[19:56]	MinceR	18 194704 < Isambard_Prince> Yep, water, I'd recognize it anywhere. Gateway to the hard stuff.
[19:56]	MinceR	lol
[19:59]	TR News	Techrights You Would Expect This Kind of Misleading Narrative Shortly Before Microsoft (or GAFAM) Mass Layoffs https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/You_Would_Expect_This_Kind_of_Misleading_Narrative_Shortly_Befo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/You_Would_Expect_This_Kind_of_Misleading_Narrative_Shortly_Befo.gmi 
[19:59]	TR Bot	 Techrights You Would Expect This Kind of Misleading Narrative Shortly Before Microsoft (or GAFAM) Mass Layoffs
● Jan 18
[20:00]	TR News	"The last paragraph of your comment is pure nonsense. The board of directors does not get involved in the day to day running of the company. The board set policies and directions. So, if you are trying to absolve the Indian id1t at the top and his cabal, you are failing miserably." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kf1vfvgb
[20:00]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kf1vfvgb )
[20:01]	schestowitz[TR2]	<MinceR> 18 194704 < Isambard_Prince> Yep, water, I'd recognize it anywhere. Gateway to the hard stuff.
[20:01]	schestowitz[TR2]	zinc or did many people flush viagra down the toilet?
[20:02]	MinceR	no, our water is hard on its own
[20:02]	MinceR	at least helps you boil microplastics out of it if you want to do that
[20:03]	TR News	what ADHD drugs really do and don't do https://www.dw.com/en/us-research-shows-what-adhd-drugs-really-do-and-don-t-do/a-75460960
[20:03]	TR Bot	 US research shows what ADHD drugs really do and don't do
[20:03]	schestowitz[TR2]	lots of energy requird
[20:03]	schestowitz[TR2]	to collect the steamn
[20:03]	schestowitz[TR2]	out of the microplasticked water
[20:04]	TR News	cast light on infrastructure in Germany https://www.dw.com/en/berlin-blackouts-cast-light-on-infrastructure-in-germany/a-75455870
[20:04]	TR Bot	 Berlin blackouts cast light on infrastructure in Germany
[20:05]	TR News	Whos Who at X, the Deepfake Porn Site Formerly Known as Twitter https://www.ft.com/content/ad94db4c-95a0-4c65-bd8d-3b43e1251091
[20:05]	TR Bot	 Client Challenge
[20:06]	TR News	With key https://www.ft.com/content/ad94db4c-95a0-4c65-bd8d-3b43e1251091?accessToken=zwAGR7kzep9gkdOtlNtMlaBMZdO9jTtD4SUQkQ.MEYCIQCdZajuC9uga-d9b5Z1t0HI2BIcnkVoq98loextLRpCTgIhAPL3rW72aTHBNL_lS7s1ONpM2vBgNlBNHDBeGbHkPkZj&amp;sharetype=gift&amp;token=a7473827-0799-4064-9008-bf22b3c99711
[20:06]	TR Bot	 Client Challenge
[20:06]	TR News	ban twitter https://off-guardian.org/2026/01/10/no-keir-starmer-isnt-going-to-ban-twitter/
[20:06]	TR Bot	 No, Keir Starmer isnt going to ban twitter. OffGuardian
[20:06]	MinceR	it would have required less energy to not fuck up the planet we depend on for survival, but there was no interest in that
[20:07]	TR News	Nestle Infant Formula Recall Widens to Africa, the Americas and Asia https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2026-01-07/nestle-infant-formula-recall-widens-to-china-brazil
[20:07]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2026-01-07/nestle-infant-formula-recall-widens-to-china-brazil )
[20:07]	schestowitz[TR2]	MinceR: DAs don't see it that way
[20:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	just instant, personal gratification
[20:08]	MinceR	they don't see, they don't understand, they don't care, and they won't survive
[20:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	and worse
[20:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	if they are rich
[20:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	which meas over 50
[20:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	they don't  have much time left
[20:08]	MinceR	pretty sure bill gAIDS was rich when he was shat into the world
[20:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	so those DAs have disregard for safety and survival in the long run, like 2 decadses
[20:12]	TR News	African cyber criminals https://defenceweb.co.za/cyber-defence/interpol-op-sentinel-hits-african-cyber-criminals/
[20:12]	TR Bot	 Interpol Op Sentinel hits African cyber criminals - DefenceWeb
[20:15]	TR News	Former Manitoba NDP MLA files defamation claim against premier, 2 other MLAs, over Nygard association https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/wasyliw-kinew-lawsuit-kinew-cross-bushie-9.7034368 it can harm the SLAPPers http://techrights.org/n/2025/07/18/The_Law_Firm_SLAPPing_Us_For_the_Microsofters_Lost_72_of_Its_Ta.shtml
[20:15]	TR Bot	 Former Manitoba NDP MLA files defamation claim against premier, 2 other MLAs, over Nygard association | CBC News
[20:15]	TR Bot	 Techrights The Law Firm SLAPPing Us For the Microsofters Lost 72% of Its Tangible Assets in the Past Year, According to Its Own Reports
[20:16]	TR News	home sales hit lowest level in more than two decades in 2025 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-home-sales-9.7034552
[20:16]	TR Bot	 Vancouver area home sales hit lowest level in more than two decades in 2025 | CBC News
[20:31]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today's HowTos   https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/today_s_howtos.gmi 
[20:31]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines today's howtos
[20:31]	TR News	 (NEW):  In Equatorial Guinea, GNU/Linux Measured at 5%, Windows Down to 5% Among All Devices (Android Dominates) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/18/In_Equatorial_Guinea_GNU_Linux_Measured_at_5_Windows_Down_to_5_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/18/In_Equatorial_Guinea_GNU_Linux_Measured_at_5_Windows_Down_to_5_.gmi 
[20:31]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines In Equatorial Guinea, GNU/Linux Measured at 5%, Windows Down to 5% Among All Devices (Android Dominates)
[20:32]	TR News	Android still bigger than Windows by a large gap https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share//all/#monthly-202601-202601-map
[20:32]	TR Bot	 Operating System Market Share Worldwide | Statcounter Global Stats
[20:34]	MinceR	(cat) https://desu-usergeneratedcontent.xyz/int/image/1767/98/1767980529614.jpg
[20:36]	TR News	"Fast-forward 16 years, to last week, and the trusty G25s pedals stopped working. Right in the middle of a race. Balls." gemini://republic.circumlunar.space/users/korruptor/blog/2026-01-18-PXN-VD6-Bundle.gmi
[20:36]	TR News	"We've just pushed up a new version of mfgames-writing-js[1]. Naturally, this started with the usual process of doing a little housekeeping, and bringing packages up to date." gemini://mfgames.com/blog/2026/01/17/a-slew-of-breaking-fixes/
[20:38]	TR News	"Indeed, I've been mostly away for the last few months. Not that I've been completely disconnected, I do watch stuff on youtube, though not as much as I used to, and not the kind of content that the so-called algorithm tries to force-feed you with. In other words, I've been judicious in my use of internet content." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2773
[20:41]	TR News	Techrights Gemini Links 18/01/2026: Against English as Language of the Net, "Symposium of Destruction" https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/Gemini_Links_18_01_2026_Against_English_as_Language_of_the_Net_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/Gemini_Links_18_01_2026_Against_English_as_Language_of_the_Net_.gmi 
[20:41]	TR Bot	 Techrights Gemini Links 18/01/2026: Against English as Language of the Net, "Symposium of Destruction"
[20:42]	TR News	Techrights Links 18/01/2026: The "Deepfake Porn Site Formerly Known as Twitter" and Turkey to Block Kids' Access to Social Control Media https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/Links_18_01_2026_The_Deepfake_Porn_Site_Formerly_Known_as_Twitt.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/Links_18_01_2026_The_Deepfake_Porn_Site_Formerly_Known_as_Twitt.gmi 
[20:42]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 18/01/2026: The "Deepfake Porn Site Formerly Known as Twitter" and Turkey to Block Kids' Access to Social Control Media
[20:59]	Isambard_Prince	<schestowitz[TR2]> zinc or did many people flush viagra down the toilet?
[20:59]	Isambard_Prince	Viagra is kind of garbage compared to Cialis.
[20:59]	Isambard_Prince	But it was on the market first and they never tend to get things right on the first try.
● Jan 18
[21:00]	Isambard_Prince	Cialis has a lower side effect profile and tends to be more effective and longer acting.
[21:01]	Isambard_Prince	Part of this is because it's more selective in suppressing enzymes that affect other bodily functions than Viagra is.
[21:01]	Isambard_Prince	Viagra will suppress three.
[21:02]	Isambard_Prince	PDE-5 is the one you want to suppress when you're treating ED or Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.
[21:02]	Isambard_Prince	But Viagra iirc also acts on PDE-1 and PDE-4.
[21:02]	Isambard_Prince	So it's much more likely to affect bone growth and repair, or make you see things with a blue or green tint, or get headaches. Things like that.
[21:02]	Isambard_Prince	All undesirable.
[21:03]	Isambard_Prince	Cialis has some effect on PDE-1 and PDE-4 but much less so than Viagra.
[21:07]	Isambard_Prince	schestowitz[TR2], There was a guy at RCA, one of the engineers, that was caught stealing toilet paper out of the janitorial closet.
[21:07]	Isambard_Prince	They took him in the office and said they wouldn't fire him but he'd never get a raise as long as he worked there.
[21:08]	Isambard_Prince	So he worked there for the last 12 years the engineering dept was there without getting any raises.
[21:08]	Isambard_Prince	Which also hurt him in retirement because your pension grew as your salary did. It was averaged out.
[21:08]	Isambard_Prince	Even though RCA is gone, the pension plan was taken over by the federal government.
[21:09]	Isambard_Prince	So he's still alive and his pension checks that he gets today are lower than they should be because he was caught stealing cheap toilet paper out of a closet at RCA in 1990.
[21:10]	Isambard_Prince	Also, how would you like your coworkers to make fun of you constantly, especially around the annual COLA time when they all got raises and you were the guy who didn't get one because of stealing toilet paper?
[21:28]	Isambard_Prince	MinceR, The guy next door did not pay Verizon.
[21:29]	Isambard_Prince	They let him get over $1300 in arrears before they cut him off.
[21:29]	Isambard_Prince	Surprisingly, only $374 was what was left on his cell phone, and the rest was service that he did not pay for.
[21:29]	Isambard_Prince	That's the danger of postpaid plans. They don't necessarily cut you off right away. They let it build up for a while while they ruin your credit then they sell it to a collection agency.
[21:30]	Isambard_Prince	Postpaid cell phone plans never help your credit. They can only hurt it.
[21:30]	MinceR	have you tried paying your phone bills?
[21:30]	Isambard_Prince	They don't report on time payments.
[21:30]	Isambard_Prince	They only report if you are late.
[21:30]	Isambard_Prince	MinceR, Sure, I pay my cell phone bill in 1 year increments.
[21:31]	Isambard_Prince	My carrier is prepaid and the price per month goes down $10 if you pay yearly.
[21:31]	Isambard_Prince	You'd have to be stupid to not pay in advance like that.
[21:31]	MinceR	do you have a data plan on it with a monthly charge?
[21:31]	Isambard_Prince	It's $20 a month for the same coverage and speed as T-Mobile. Which is over $60.
[21:32]	Isambard_Prince	Why would you just....open the trash and throw two $20 bills in it every month? That's basically what T-Mobile is.
[21:32]	Isambard_Prince	<MinceR> do you have a data plan on it with a monthly charge?
[21:33]	Isambard_Prince	Voice and Data are the same thing. Voice doesn't "count" towards your data if you buy a limited high speed data package though.
[21:33]	Isambard_Prince	But voice calls run over the data network now.
[21:33]	MinceR	yeah, but that package has monthly costs, doesn't it?
[21:33]	Isambard_Prince	Android phones work better on the limited plans than iPhones do.
[21:33]	MinceR	i saw a point to prepaid until i got a data plan for my phone
[21:33]	MinceR	once i had to pay every month anyway, prepaid was just extra administration for nothing
[21:33]	Isambard_Prince	You can install an ad blocker in your web browser, and another one as a pseudo VPN for apps so that they can't load any ads either.
[21:34]	Isambard_Prince	I'm saving over 2 GB a month in high speed data just by blocking the ad and tracking servers.
[21:34]	Isambard_Prince	That's 10% of my high speed data allotment.
[21:34]	Isambard_Prince	Just by blocking shit and junk I don't want anyway.
[21:34]	MinceR	we have a "choice" between nazi collaborator deutsche telekom and 2 carriers owned by 4ig (which belongs to members of the child-torturing pedophile party)
[21:34]	MinceR	in other words, we don't have choice
[21:34]	MinceR	and we don't have competition
[21:35]	Isambard_Prince	Well in America those parties are the same thing really.
[21:35]	Isambard_Prince	So we only have one choice.
[21:35]	MinceR	and this was instituted by the party that foamed at the mouth about how anti-communist they are.
[21:35]	Isambard_Prince	MinceR, 78 Democrats in the House voted to thank ICE for their "service".
[21:35]	Isambard_Prince	Which involved murdering 26 Americans last year and 2 so far this year, in cold blood.
[21:35]	MinceR	and even after 16 years of this shit, millions of these retarded cocksuckers believe anything the gypsy king says.
[21:36]	MinceR	i wonder how devil apes managed to survive for tens of thousands of years, despite being as stupid as the hungarians, the yanks, the slovaks, the poles and all the other dumb motherfuckers
[21:36]	MinceR	lol @ "democrats" thanking the gestapo for their "service"
[21:38]	MinceR	(video) (audio) https://imgur.com/gallery/zETVgiO
[21:38]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://imgur.com/gallery/zETVgiO )
[21:38]	Isambard_Prince	Yeah, and two of them were from Illinois.
[21:38]	Isambard_Prince	I hate Illinois Nazis.
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[21:44]	MinceR	oh, also, prepaid tends to cost more here if you have some sort of monthly plan in it (like for data)
[21:46]	Isambard_Prince	Postpaid is an expensive trap that includes the ability to ruin your credit.
[21:46]	Isambard_Prince	Like you need more of those opportunities in this country.
[21:46]	Isambard_Prince	With credit cards, auto loans, personal loans, mortgage loans, landlords, and hospitals.
[21:46]	Isambard_Prince	Why not add the phone company based on the way you chose to pay them>
[21:46]	Isambard_Prince	:P
[21:47]	Isambard_Prince	You know so there's an even bigger mess on there.
[21:47]	Isambard_Prince	If your phone bill starts going late you can drag your FICO score down another 100 points.
[21:48]	Isambard_Prince	Most people can't afford anything on there that sinks their FICO score at all.
[21:48]	Isambard_Prince	Landlords want to see a clean credit report or you may not have anywhere to live.
[21:48]	Isambard_Prince	If all something can do is cost more and hurt your credit, why do it that way?
[21:49]	Isambard_Prince	You know what kind of person you're dealing with when you pull up a report where they're not paying anything, including the phone company.
[21:49]	MinceR	here postpaid is only expensive if you hardly ever use your phone
[21:49]	Isambard_Prince	And how does a bill for a phone get to $1300?
[21:49]	Isambard_Prince	What do you have on that phone bill?
[21:49]	MinceR	you don't even have to buy your phone from the phone company
[21:50]	Isambard_Prince	My dad would have skinned me alive if there were $10 in long distance charges at the end of the month on a $15 phone bill.
[21:50]	Isambard_Prince	And now there's people with $150 phone bills who don't think anything of it?
[21:50]	Isambard_Prince	Noot $150 a year.
[21:50]	Isambard_Prince	$150 a month.
[21:50]	Isambard_Prince	*Not
● Jan 18
[22:03]	Isambard_Prince	MinceR, The neighbor's car sounds horrible.
[22:03]	Isambard_Prince	It's a Nissan though....
[22:03]	MinceR	:)
[22:03]	Isambard_Prince	It's half the age of my car and it sounds worse.
[22:03]	Isambard_Prince	The exhaust smells bad too.
[22:03]	Isambard_Prince	I think the engine is running rich.
[22:04]	MinceR	the owner probably isn't :>
[22:04]	Isambard_Prince	No, he's the one that owed Verizon the $1300 shutoff bill.
[22:04]	Isambard_Prince	:)
[22:04]	Isambard_Prince	MinceR, He's always out there smoking cigarettes and marijuana though.
[22:04]	Isambard_Prince	His last name is Anderson.
[22:05]	MinceR	Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
[22:05]	Isambard_Prince	So whenever I go by I say "Mr. Anderson." in the style of Agent Smith.
[22:05]	Isambard_Prince	As you can see, we've had our eye on you for some time now, Mr. Anderson.
[22:05]	Isambard_Prince	:D
[22:05]	MinceR	:>
[22:05]	Isambard_Prince	I loved those movies, especially the first one.
[22:06]	Isambard_Prince	What good is a phone call if......you owed $1300 to Verizon and they shut you off? *weird smile*
[22:06]	MinceR	:>
[22:07]	Isambard_Prince	MinceR, Yeah, money is not abundant.
[22:07]	Isambard_Prince	It went to the weed dispensary, the gas station for cigarettes, and Verizon, probably for a bunch of iCrap.
[22:07]	Isambard_Prince	All with its own data line when using wifi for a tablet is the obvious choice.
[22:08]	Isambard_Prince	Why does a tablet need its own data plan?
[22:08]	Isambard_Prince	Like, what are you doing with a fucking tablet that can't make phone calls, where you need a data plan?
[22:09]	MinceR	lol
[22:09]	MinceR	why splurge on fashion accessories if you're poor?
[22:10]	Isambard_Prince	MinceR, Because you NEED an iPhone Pro Max when your car is out there begging to be shot.
[22:11]	Isambard_Prince	:)
[22:11]	MinceR	lol
[22:11]	Isambard_Prince	MinceR, My car started running poorly a couple weeks ago.
[22:11]	Isambard_Prince	I hit it with two tanks of treated gas back to back.
[22:11]	Isambard_Prince	It cleared right up.
[22:11]	Isambard_Prince	Carbon fouling causes cylinder 4 to misfire.
[22:12]	Isambard_Prince	I told my mechanic it's cheaper to just do this every few years than find out why it's always cylinder 4 eventually.
[22:12]	Isambard_Prince	My guess is the injector has a buildup issue and doing this cleans it up just enough for the car to behave for a few years.
[22:13]	Isambard_Prince	A new fuel injector is an expensive part.
[22:13]	Isambard_Prince	The labor to install it is going to be more than the cost of the part though.
[22:13]	Isambard_Prince	It's easier to just clean up the ones you already have with some detergent if that works.
[22:14]	Isambard_Prince	The benefit of port fuel injection is that the cleaner will also end up getting sprayed over the backs of the intake valves.
[22:14]	Isambard_Prince	And it will get much of the buildup off those too.
[22:14]	Isambard_Prince	With GDI, you can't clean the valves this way.
[22:15]	Isambard_Prince	They'd have to be removed and cleaned.
[22:15]	Isambard_Prince	With GDI, the most a fuel system cleaner is going to do is fix an injector buildup problem.
[22:15]	Isambard_Prince	The detergent won't survive past the injector.
[22:15]	Isambard_Prince	You might have slight cleaning of the piston head, but nothing remarkable.
[22:15]	Isambard_Prince	That's the most stubborn deposit area there is.
[22:17]	Isambard_Prince	After the intake valves which are in the combustion chamber on GDI, you have the fuel sprayed over the spark plugs, and any PEA detergent that survives that will be minimal, so you'll get trivial cleaning of the combustion chamber where the minimal remaining detergent happened to go.
[22:17]	Isambard_Prince	Where does the carbon buildup that got cleaned up go? Well, most of it ends up as carbon dioxide and just goes out the tailpipe.
[22:19]	Isambard_Prince	It's something where you don't want to pay for a thorough repair because the car is so old and who knows how long you have until something that exceeds the value of the car happens.
[22:20]	Isambard_Prince	Fuel Trim figures got a lot better after the treatment, but over time they tend to get worse again.
[22:20]	Isambard_Prince	A can of this stuff every 6 months isn't unreasonable.
[22:22]	MinceR	how old is that car?
[22:27]	Isambard_Prince	It's a 2008.
[22:27]	Isambard_Prince	The sticker said manufactured in November of 2007.
[22:27]	Isambard_Prince	GM advises against fuel system cleaners, but really if you're driving a car this old then GM doesn't really care what issues come up.
[22:28]	Isambard_Prince	Also, they sell a fuel system cleaner.
[22:28]	MinceR	:>
[22:28]	Isambard_Prince	It's basically Techron in a GM bottle.
[22:28]	Isambard_Prince	Except that it's the old Techron formula.
[22:28]	Isambard_Prince	Not the one where Chevron lowered the PEA content that you can get at Walmart.
[22:28]	Isambard_Prince	So the GM version still works.
[22:29]	MinceR	:>
[22:29]	Isambard_Prince	When you go off label, sometimes you get a better product. They tell the supplier what the requirements are.
[22:29]	Isambard_Prince	There's nothing wrong with AC Delco Fuel System Treatment Plus.
[22:29]	Isambard_Prince	Other than the fact that it's hard to get now.
[22:30]	Isambard_Prince	The GM parts department at the dealer said they could order it in for me but I'd have to buy a case of 12, and it would be $27 per bottle.
[22:30]	Isambard_Prince	Gumout Multi System is $6.47 a can at Walmart and it works just as well.
[22:31]	MinceR	which is the GM product?
[22:31]	Isambard_Prince	They said they just don't sell enough of it at the parts department to order in a full case and sell me a bottle or two.
[22:31]	Isambard_Prince	AC Delco is the GM OE parts supplier.
[22:31]	MinceR	ic
[22:32]	Isambard_Prince	Most people that drive a GM car don't keep it that long.
[22:32]	Isambard_Prince	They just utterly ruin it and buy a new car every 5 years.
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[22:32]	Isambard_Prince	They don't last long enough to develop carbon problems.
[22:33]	Isambard_Prince	MinceR, The only positive review I read about a GM car lately was a guy who traded in his BMW and said this is much better.
[22:33]	Isambard_Prince	About a Chevy Impala in 2020.
[22:33]	MinceR	lol
[22:33]	MinceR	"wow, it doesn't burn itself down in 3 years! best car ever!"
[22:33]	Isambard_Prince	During the later years, the Chevy Impala had a very weak transmission.
[22:34]	Isambard_Prince	They'd blow up about every 50,000 miles.
[22:34]	MinceR	still not as bad as the audi allroad
[22:34]	Isambard_Prince	A GM engineer said they deliberately cheapened them.
[22:34]	Isambard_Prince	He said maybe if you over-serviced them like every 10,000 miles or so, you MIGHT get 200,000 miles out of some of them.
[22:36]	Isambard_Prince	MinceR, I went to the post office with over 100 letters for people who don't live here.
[22:37]	Isambard_Prince	They asked why so many at once. I said it's not my job to go there every day with a few letters because their mailman can't tell who lives here, and those people did not set up mail forwarding, and they're lucky I brought them back at all.
[22:39]	admfubar	https://www.osnews.com/story/144214/you-can-apparently-use-windows-7s-compositor-in-gnome-and-vice-versa-or-something/
[22:40]	TR Bot	can apparently use Windows 7s compositor in GNOME, and vice versa or something OSnews
[22:40]	MinceR	yet another of those "but why would i want to" things
[22:40]	MinceR	though i guess the "modern" crowd loves it
[22:41]	MinceR	they can toy around with this broken hipster shit, and then go right back to using windows
[22:45]	MinceR	https://imgur.com/gallery/iVQIXdy
[22:45]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://imgur.com/gallery/iVQIXdy )
[22:47]	admfubar	https://www.rawstory.com/ice-2674906267/
[22:47]	TR Bot	 That is criminal! MAGA pundit rages as women use dating apps to expose ICE agents - Raw Story
[22:49]	MinceR	"only we are allowed to do whatever the fuck we feel like!"
[22:53]	Isambard_Prince	MinceR, Tom Homan said that ICE is going to figure out who is protesting them, publicly dox them, and "report them to employers, landlords, we're gonna make them real famous".
[22:53]	Isambard_Prince	That's illegal.
[22:55]	MinceR	the nazi party doesn't care about what's legal and what isn't
● Jan 18
[23:02]	admfubar	https://petapixel.com/2026/01/16/only-known-daguerreotype-photos-of-computer-pioneer-ada-lovelace-join-uk-national-portrait-gallery-collection/
[23:02]	TR Bot	Known Daguerreotype Photos of Computer Pioneer Ada Lovelace Join UK National Portrait Gallery Collection | PetaPixel
[23:11]	admfubar	https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32618
[23:11]	TR Bot	 "How many states are there in the United States?" - SANS ISC
[23:22]	admfubar	https://nerds.xyz/2026/01/acer-sues-att-verizon-tmobile-over-patents/
[23:22]	TR Bot	 Acer takes AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile to court in a rare legal fight over wireless patents
[23:28]	admfubar	https://databreaches.net/2026/01/18/japanese-nuclear-regulator-employee-loses-phone-containing-sensitive-info-in-china/
[23:28]	TR Bot	nuclear regulator employee loses phone containing sensitive info in China DataBreaches.Net
[23:34]	admfubar	https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-generated-dead
[23:34]	TR Bot	 Man Confused by AI-Generated Reports That He's Dead
[23:35]	admfubar	so these robots have dope in them?  https://futurism.com/future-society/elon-musk-tesla-robot-forget-cars
[23:35]	TR Bot	 Elon Musk Says His Optimus Robot Is So Dope That People Will Forget Tesla Ever Made Cars
[23:36]	MinceR	lol
[23:36]	admfubar	https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/media-execs-end-journalism
[23:36]	TR Bot	 Media Execs Prepare for AI to Bring End of Journalism Industry
[23:36]	MinceR	sounds like he doesn't have much trust in tesla's cars. wonder why...
[23:38]	admfubar	because his robot cars are just as stoned as humanoid robots?
[23:41]	admfubar	https://futurism.com/future-society/ai-surveillance-false-arrests
[23:41]	TR Bot	 AI Surveillance Systems Are Causing a Staggering Number of Wrongful Arrests
[23:43]	admfubar	https://restofworld.org/2026/india-ai-data-license-fee/
[23:43]	TR Bot	 India plans to AI companies pay for training data - Rest of World
[23:44]	admfubar	https://restofworld.org/2026/byd-profits-drop/
[23:44]	TR Bot	 BYD profit falls amid EV price war, Tesla challenge - Rest of World
[23:55]	admfubar	https://slashdot.org/story/26/01/18/0631239/retailers-rush-to-implement-ai-assisted-shopping-and-orders
[23:55]	TR Bot	 Retailers Rush to Implement AI-Assisted Shopping and Orders - Slashdot
[23:58]	admfubar	https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/01/ai-and-the-corporate-capture-of-knowledge.html
[23:58]	TR Bot	and the Corporate Capture of Knowledge - Schneier on Security