●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Friday, April 18, 2025 ●● ● Apr 18 [00:39] MinceR https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/sciences [00:39] TR Bot Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Sciences [00:40] admfubar https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/17/tesla_faked_odometer_data/ [00:40] TR Bot Tesla fudged odometer to defraud me, owner claims The Register [00:46] admfubar https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/hdds/old-hdd-reworked-into-a-variable-speed-disc-sander [00:46] TR Bot Old hard drive modded into a variable speed disc sander, spinning rust sands things nicely | Tom's Hardware [00:47] MinceR :) [00:55] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [00:55] *includeals (~includeal@2001:8a0:e95a:4e00::1d7f) has joined #techrights [00:57] IsambardPrince https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/02/your-personal-information-is-very-important-to-us-part-four/ [00:57] TR Bot jwz: "Your personal information is very important to us.", part four [00:57] IsambardPrince Emerging bad behavior threshold? [00:57] IsambardPrince The fuck is that? [00:58] IsambardPrince https://developer.android.com/topic/performance/vitals [00:58] TR Bot Android vitals | App quality | Android Developers [00:59] IsambardPrince So basically, if the app crashes too much, uses wake locks excessively, or drains the battery too much, Google automatically detects that and threatens the developer. ● Apr 18 [01:00] IsambardPrince But they already removed JWZ's apps months ago because he wouldn't show them his driver's license, then they threatened him over being just a tad bit over the "excessive bad behavior" threshold for apps that they already won't let anyone have. [01:01] IsambardPrince MinceR, Your emerging bad behavior is 0.56% which is over 0.48%. Spanky Spanky! [01:01] IsambardPrince You have also been fined one credit for a violation of the Verbal Morality Statute. ONK ONK!!! [01:02] IsambardPrince Fuckers are fast too! ONK! [01:02] IsambardPrince What? FUCK YOU! ONK! [01:03] MinceR he could try publishing it on f-droid [01:03] MinceR too bad cognitive dissonance prevents him from registering the existence of f-droid [01:03] IsambardPrince He accused the people packaging his open source app on F-Droid of potentially putting trojan horses in it. [01:03] IsambardPrince :) [01:03] MinceR of course [01:03] IsambardPrince Without proving that that's what they are doing or providing any evidence. [01:04] IsambardPrince While he criticizes Trump for having the same policy about deportations. [01:04] MinceR you must stay in the walled garden and worship the walled garden while complaining on your blog about the walled garden [01:04] MinceR also, presumably making xscreensaver less annoyingly broken is out of the question [01:04] IsambardPrince Natrlich! [01:05] MinceR i'd say someone should fork it, but i've switched to i3lock ages ago and never looked back [01:05] IsambardPrince MinceR, There's probably some bugs in it that are driving Google's automated tests a bit nuts. [01:06] MinceR or misfeatures [01:06] IsambardPrince And if he only fixed a couple then it would stop complaining about that. [01:06] MinceR like the one where it loudly complains if it thinks it's a too old version [01:06] MinceR (it started doing that on GNU/Linux ages ago) [01:06] IsambardPrince You only need to fix enough to make Google stop complaining. [01:06] IsambardPrince Then you can be just slightly less crap than the threshold for a warning and get away with that forever. [01:07] IsambardPrince Instead of slightly more crap than the threshold! [01:07] IsambardPrince Yes, he was mad about Debian packaging it and sticking to the same version throughout a release, and backporting bugfixes. [01:08] IsambardPrince It's important that when he says jump, you ask how high. [01:08] MinceR :> [01:08] IsambardPrince And stop what you're doing with the other 90,000 packages. [01:08] IsambardPrince And tend to his "art". [01:09] IsambardPrince MinceR, That episode of SG-1 where the guy's screaming "You're ruining my garden!!!" comes to mind. [01:09] MinceR "In the middle of my backswing?!" [01:09] IsambardPrince It ruins his garden if your computer is running a version of XScreenSaver from two years ago, and it affects him in no way at all. [01:10] IsambardPrince MinceR, I actually had someone look at some code he accused GNOME of plagiarizing and license stripping. [01:10] IsambardPrince The code in question was not his and it never made it into GNOME 3. [01:11] IsambardPrince And he's still complaining. [01:11] IsambardPrince Apparently what happened is GNOME did something that prevents XScreenSaver from taking the screen over. [01:11] IsambardPrince So JWZ is responding with false accusations against GNOME. [01:12] IsambardPrince Also, JWZ says he could reimplement it as a method for locking the screen in Wayland, but he can't be bothered to learn how to. [01:13] IsambardPrince MinceR, This reminds me of my dad. He says he still has a garage full of bankers boxes with VHS. [01:13] IsambardPrince I remember those boxes. [01:13] IsambardPrince We had a lot of them when I was a child. [01:14] IsambardPrince Stacked about 5 boxes high and abot oh, say 15-20 feet wide and 6-7 feet length. [01:14] IsambardPrince I mean he rented movies all the time and ran them off on the other VCR in SP mode. [01:15] IsambardPrince He bought VHS tapes in bulk at KMart. We had just about every movie they'd ever made. [01:15] IsambardPrince Pirate copies of course. [01:15] IsambardPrince You just wrote on the label what it was. [01:16] IsambardPrince Then it was all sorted out in roughly alphabetical order and you'd go down thereand remember to rewind it and put it back in the box and section you took it from. [01:16] IsambardPrince It was like that cave Elon Musk talked about with the federal retirement paperwork. [01:16] IsambardPrince With VHS tapes. [01:16] IsambardPrince :D [01:17] admfubar https://thedebrief.org/james-webb-space-telescope-spots-the-first-potential-signs-of-life-outside-our-solar-system/ [01:17] TR Bot James Webb Space Telescope Spots the First Potential Signs of Life Outside our Solar System - The Debrief [01:17] IsambardPrince We probably had more movies than the rental store because they eventually sold all the old stock to make room for new releases. [01:17] MinceR they should have hid themselves better [01:17] IsambardPrince I'll bet we had at least several thousand tapes. [01:18] IsambardPrince MinceR, You could still copy DVDs to VHS. [01:18] admfubar https://thedebrief.org/new-high-energy-microwave-weapon-neutralizes-attacking-vessels-in-a-military-first/ [01:18] TR Bot New High-Energy Microwave Weapon Neutralizes Attacking Vessels in a Military First - The Debrief [01:18] IsambardPrince So as long as you don't run out of blanks and they keep making DVDs and you have a VCR without AGC, you could copy them over. [01:19] IsambardPrince Automatic Gain Control VCRs were mandated by Congress at a certain point. [01:19] IsambardPrince It was technically a feature. [01:19] IsambardPrince But it was also exploited by Macrovision. [01:20] admfubar hhmm yummy https://thedebrief.org/biotech-breakthrough-grows-chicken-meat-in-the-lab-could-artificial-organs-be-next/ [01:20] TR Bot Biotech Breakthrough "Grows" Chicken Meat in the LabCould Artificial Organs be Next? - The Debrief [01:20] IsambardPrince If the recording VCR doesn't have AGC or you put a device between them that intercepts the signals Macrovision adds, you can record to blanks. [01:21] IsambardPrince MinceR, The ideal solution would be to have a Four Head VCR with AGC on the recording end and a device that removes just the part of the AGC informnation that Macrovision uses. [01:21] IsambardPrince But my dad was too cheap for this. [01:22] IsambardPrince The Four Head VCRs in SP mode recorded in much better quality than the older Two Head models they made in the 80s. [01:27] IsambardPrince Meanwhile, during an egg affordability crisis, Cheeto Hitler wants to use 30,000 real eggs in the White House Easter Egg Hunt, which will also have corporate sponsorship for the first time ever, because everything in America has to be the Corporate Shithole Fest, and they have to throw away 30,000 eggs while people can barely afford eggs to make a point that they don't care. [01:27] IsambardPrince https://gvwire.com/2025/04/16/white-house-to-use-30000-real-eggs-for-easter-egg-roll-despite-shortages-dividing-farmers [01:28] TR Bot White House to Use 30,000 Real Eggs for Easter Egg Roll Despite Shortages, Dividing Farmers GV Wire [01:31] MinceR Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho would have been so much better for president [01:33] *SomeGoat has quit (connection closed) [01:40] IsambardPrince MinceR, I still have my recorder from 5th grade music class. [01:40] IsambardPrince I've been amusing myself by writing down the main notes from certain video game music and playing it. [01:41] IsambardPrince https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy3qq7zc4EY [01:41] TR Bot https://invidious.lunar.icu/watch?v=iy3qq7zc4EY [01:41] TR Bot ( status 502 @ https://invidious.lunar.icu/watch?v=iy3qq7zc4EY ) [01:41] IsambardPrince That is an easy one. [01:44] IsambardPrince The Mario 2 overworld is a lot harder. [01:45] IsambardPrince Super Mario 2 is also one of my favorite video games. [01:45] IsambardPrince It's just so weird and so much different than the others. [01:46] IsambardPrince https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZSjpVEdH6Y [01:46] TR Bot https://inv.in.projectsegfau.lt/watch?v=BZSjpVEdH6Y [01:46] MinceR https://nyc1.iv.ggtyler.dev/watch?v=XCPj4JPbKtA [01:46] TR Bot ( status 502 @ https://inv.in.projectsegfau.lt/watch?v=BZSjpVEdH6Y ) [01:46] TR Bot Making sure you're not a bot! ● Apr 18 [02:20] *admfubar has quit (Quit: Leaving.) [02:22] *admfubar (~admfubar@ngqaam7baxnug.irc) has joined #techrights [02:22] *admfubar has quit (Quit: Leaving.) [02:25] *admfubar (~admfubar@ngqaam7baxnug.irc) has joined #techrights [02:28] IsambardPrince MinceR, I figured out what was wrong with the Restroarch NES system with my XBOX 360 controller. [02:28] IsambardPrince The polling was off. [02:29] *admfubar has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [02:29] MinceR what sort of polling? 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[02:39] TR News Techrights Reporting Facts About Violence Against Women Deserves Awards, Not Frivolous Lawsuits and Threats https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/16/Reporting_Facts_About_Violence_Against_Women_Deserves_Awards_No.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/16/Reporting_Facts_About_Violence_Against_Women_Deserves_Awards_No.gmi [02:39] TR Bot Techrights Reporting Facts About Violence Against Women Deserves Awards, Not Frivolous Lawsuits and Threats [02:39] *rianne (~rianne@jcfiaarnjjqje.irc) has joined #techrights [02:39] TR News Techrights Slopwatch: The Typical Slopfarms and the 'Brian Fagioli Dilemma' https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/16/Slopwatch_The_Typical_Slopfarms_and_the_Brian_Fagioli_Dilemma.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/16/Slopwatch_The_Typical_Slopfarms_and_the_Brian_Fagioli_Dilemma.gmi [02:39] TR Bot Techrights Slopwatch: The Typical Slopfarms and the 'Brian Fagioli Dilemma' [02:39] TR News Techrights StatCounter Shows the Market Share of Vista 11 is Decreasing in Ukraine This Year https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/16/StatCounter_Shows_the_Market_Share_of_Vista_11_is_Decreasing_in.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/16/StatCounter_Shows_the_Market_Share_of_Vista_11_is_Decreasing_in.gmi [02:39] TR Bot Techrights StatCounter Shows the Market Share of Vista 11 is Decreasing in Ukraine This Year [02:39] TR News Techrights The "Gold" Rule: Taking Money for Reputation Laundering and Openwashing Under the "Linux" Banner https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/16/The_Gold_Rule_Taking_Money_for_Reputation_Laundering_and_Openwa.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/16/The_Gold_Rule_Taking_Money_for_Reputation_Laundering_and_Openwa.gmi [02:39] TR Bot Techrights The "Gold" Rule: Taking Money for Reputation Laundering and Openwashing Under the "Linux" Banner [02:39] TR News Techrights Trump Authority (CA) With a Trump NSA is All About Security, But Whose? https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/16/Trump_Authority_CA_With_a_Trump_NSA_is_All_About_Security_But_W.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/16/Trump_Authority_CA_With_a_Trump_NSA_is_All_About_Security_But_W.gmi [02:39] TR Bot Techrights Trump Authority (CA) With a Trump NSA is All About Security, But Whose? 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Techrights Gemini Links 17/04/2025: Sticking to Free Software, Smolnet, and Counting the Reals https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/17/Gemini_Links_17_04_2025_Sticking_to_Free_Software_Smolnet_and_C.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/17/Gemini_Links_17_04_2025_Sticking_to_Free_Software_Smolnet_and_C.gmi [02:39] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 17/04/2025: Sticking to Free Software, Smolnet, and Counting the Reals [02:39] TR News (NEW): MX Linux 23.6 Is Out Now Based on Debian 12.10 and Powered by Linux Kernel 6.14 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/MX_Linux_23_6_Is_Out_Now_Based_on_Debian_12_10_and_Powered_by_L.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/MX_Linux_23_6_Is_Out_Now_Based_on_Debian_12_10_and_Powered_by_L.gmi [02:39] TR Bot Tux Machines MX Linux 23.6 Is Out Now Based on Debian 12.10 and Powered by Linux Kernel 6.14 [02:39] TR News Techrights Gemnini Links 17/04/2025: Role of Language and Back to Mutt for E-mail 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[02:39] TR Bot Tux Machines Fedora Linux 42 Is Out Now, Powered by Linux Kernel 6.14 and GNOME 48 Desktop [02:39] TR News Techrights Links 17/04/2025: Calling Whistleblowers at Microsoft, Slop Doing More Harm Everywhere https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/17/Links_17_04_2025_Calling_Whistleblowers_at_Microsoft_Slop_Doing.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/17/Links_17_04_2025_Calling_Whistleblowers_at_Microsoft_Slop_Doing.gmi [02:39] TR Bot Techrights Links 17/04/2025: Calling Whistleblowers at Microsoft, Slop Doing More Harm Everywhere [02:39] TR News (NEW): Manjaro 25.0 Zetar Released with Xfce 4.20, GNOME 48, and KDE Plasma 6.3 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/15/Manjaro_25_0_Zetar_Released_with_Xfce_4_20_GNOME_48_and_KDE_Pla.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/15/Manjaro_25_0_Zetar_Released_with_Xfce_4_20_GNOME_48_and_KDE_Pla.gmi [02:39] TR Bot Tux Machines Manjaro 25.0 Zetar Released with Xfce 4.20, GNOME 48, and KDE Plasma 6.3 [02:39] TR News Techrights Links 17/04/2025: LayoffBot and Tesla Cheats Buyers https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/17/Links_17_04_2025_LayoffBot_and_Tesla_Cheats_Buyers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/17/Links_17_04_2025_LayoffBot_and_Tesla_Cheats_Buyers.gmi [02:39] TR Bot Techrights Links 17/04/2025: LayoffBot and Tesla Cheats Buyers [02:40] TR News Techrights Links 17/04/2025: Russian Bot Farms Infect TikTok (Which US Government and SCOTUS Decided to Block January 19), US Hardware Stocks Crash Due to Tariffs https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/17/Links_17_04_2025_Russian_Bot_Farms_Infect_TikTok_Which_US_Gover.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/17/Links_17_04_2025_Russian_Bot_Farms_Infect_TikTok_Which_US_Gover.gmi [02:40] TR Bot Techrights Links 17/04/2025: Russian Bot Farms Infect TikTok (Which US Government and SCOTUS Decided to Block January 19), US Hardware Stocks Crash Due to Tariffs [02:40] TR News (NEW): VirtualBox 7.1.8 Released with Initial Support for Linux Kernel 6.14 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/15/VirtualBox_7_1_8_Released_with_Initial_Support_for_Linux_Kernel.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/15/VirtualBox_7_1_8_Released_with_Initial_Support_for_Linux_Kernel.gmi [02:40] TR Bot Tux Machines VirtualBox 7.1.8 Released with Initial Support for Linux Kernel 6.14 [02:40] TR News Techrights Open Source Initiative (OSI) Privacy Fiasco in Detail: In Conclusion and Enforcement Action Proceeds Against OSI at the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/17/Open_Source_Initiative_OSI_Privacy_Fiasco_in_Detail_In_Conclusi.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/17/Open_Source_Initiative_OSI_Privacy_Fiasco_in_Detail_In_Conclusi.gmi [02:40] TR Bot Techrights Open Source Initiative (OSI) Privacy Fiasco in Detail: In Conclusion and Enforcement Action Proceeds Against OSI at the California Privacy Protection 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[02:40] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/17/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/17/Android_Leftovers.gmi [02:40] TR Bot Tux Machines Android Leftovers [02:40] TR News Techrights When You Fail to Filter Your Clients You End Up SLAPPing Reporters on Behalf of Bad People From Microsoft in Another Continent https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/17/When_You_Fail_to_Filter_Your_Clients_You_End_Up_SLAPPing_Report.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/17/When_You_Fail_to_Filter_Your_Clients_You_End_Up_SLAPPing_Report.gmi [02:40] TR Bot Techrights When You Fail to Filter Your Clients You End Up SLAPPing Reporters on Behalf of Bad People From Microsoft in Another Continent [02:40] *schestowitz-TR has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [02:40] TR News (NEW): Best Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations 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HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-170425.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-170425.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-170425.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-170425.txt [02:49] TR Bot IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, April 17, 2025 [02:49] TR News Yesterday's bulletin is now ready! : http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2025-04-17.txt | gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2025-04-17.txt (tentative address, to work an hour from now) [02:50] TR News Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2025-04-17.txt [02:59] IsambardPrince Expiration date: 12/31/2123 [02:59] IsambardPrince MinceR, My library card. ● Apr 18 [03:00] IsambardPrince They meant to reset it to 12/31/2027. [03:00] MinceR :) [03:08] IsambardPrince MinceR, Elon Sez.... [03:08] IsambardPrince There's a 139 year old using the library! [03:08] IsambardPrince "Well at least he's still trying to improve himself." [03:09] MinceR :> [03:10] IsambardPrince https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/chris-van-hollen-meets-kilmar-abrego-garcia-el-salvador-rcna201830 [03:10] TR Bot Chris Van Hollen meets with Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador [03:10] IsambardPrince "Van Hollen traveled to El Salvador on Wednesday to push for the release of Abrego Garcia after the Trump administration did not demonstrate any efforts to "facilitate" his return, despite a Supreme Court ruling last week requiring just that. [03:10] IsambardPrince The legal battle continued Thursday, when a federal appeals court rejected an effort by the administration to put that requirement on hold. In a unanimous ruling, a three-judge panel said in its decision that the administration was trying to assert "a right to stash away residents of this country in foreign prisons without the semblance of due process." [03:11] IsambardPrince MinceR, He might get away with it, but it's good that the courts aren't going to give this any pretense of legitimacy. [03:11] MinceR hilarious [03:11] MinceR the same Court With Sour Cream And Tomatoes already ruled that he's a king and the courts (including them) don't get to tell him what to do [03:12] MinceR they seem to have already forgotten that [03:12] IsambardPrince MinceR, The court with sour cream and tomatoes ordered Trump to return him. [03:13] MinceR maybe their motto is "think menos" [03:13] IsambardPrince And Trump is still trying to pretend there needs to be clarification. [03:13] MinceR he could just tell them to read their own earlier ruling [03:15] IsambardPrince MinceR, He says he doesn't know what the word "facilitate" means. [03:15] IsambardPrince And so there needs to be another lawsuit to clarify that. [03:15] MinceR lol [03:16] MinceR obviously, they need to build him a new royal library with dictionaries in it from which he could find out what "facilitate" means [03:16] IsambardPrince MinceR, At least I can tell my parents I never voted for anyone who doesn't know what the word "facilitate" means. [03:18] IsambardPrince MinceR, The Trump administration says they are in compliance because if he managed to break out of a supermax prison in El Salvador and make it several countries up and present at a point of entry, they will arrest him and put him in ICE detention and go through Immigration Court. [03:18] IsambardPrince And that's what they say "facilitation" means. [03:18] MinceR lol [03:19] IsambardPrince MinceR, Meanwhile.... [03:19] IsambardPrince They are arresting everyone they possibly can, including with Green Cards. [03:19] IsambardPrince And sending them to something almost as bad as El Salvador.... [03:19] IsambardPrince The State of Louisiana. [03:19] MinceR :> [03:21] TR News Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-04-18.gmi [03:22] IsambardPrince MinceR, Louisiana is the most corrupt state in America. [03:22] TR News "This entry started as en email to @fab@redterminal.org (for the second part of this entry) but I thought it was a good idea to actually publish it here, so here we are :). Today (well, technically it is now yesterday), I updated the tinylog aggregator, both the codebase of GTL (the tool used to generate the aggregator page) and the subscription list." gemini://gmi.bacardi55.io/gemlog/2025/04/18/tinylog-aggregator-update/ [03:22] IsambardPrince They're also poverty stricken, overflowing with crime, and subject to major natural disasters. [03:23] IsambardPrince And they use a system of law based loosely on the French legal system from when they were a French colony. [03:23] MinceR how does that mesh with federal law? [03:23] IsambardPrince Well, it's two separate governments. [03:23] TR News Crazy stuff gemini://breebee.smol.pub/about_my_plurality_04_16_2025 [03:23] MinceR sure, but surely federal law still applies in louisiana [03:24] IsambardPrince The federal constitution says that states have to provide a "republican" form of government and it doesn't really say anything about how they have to organize themselves other than that. [03:24] MinceR sounds like all states of nazi america are in violation of that [03:24] IsambardPrince <@MinceR> sure, but surely federal law still applies in louisiana [03:24] admfubar and the republicans are all batshit crazy here [03:24] IsambardPrince It does apply in Louisiana, and don't call me Shirley. [03:25] MinceR ever since the Court With Sour Cream And Tomatoes turned the country into an autocracy [03:25] TR News "Indeed I am finally here again! I am going to dedicate more time to this capsule even though my spare time has shrunk to almost nothing, but I still love the idea to have Gemini to succeed so I won't give up just for the laziness!" gemini://omg.pebcak.club/~freezr/pebcak/index.gmi [03:25] IsambardPrince MinceR, Technically federal law means different things in different parts of the country. [03:25] MinceR :> [03:25] IsambardPrince It depends on how the district and circuit courts of appeals have interpreted it, their own case law, and local rules and such. [03:25] TR News "I've had some trouble implementing my comparator using just op amps and the DG212B analog switches. In my tests, something strange is happening where the analog switches lock up after about a minute or so of use, i.e., they stop responding to the signals from the op amps." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20250417-0.gmi [03:26] MinceR if states are to uphold the constitution, they must now all secede [03:26] MinceR so that they can establish and provide a republican form of government [03:26] TR News "Let me preface this by saying that like the title says I'm not in the most sober of states while writing this, but the thoughts running through my head are plenty and I can't keep them all to myself, can I? So excuse any grammatical errors I might unknowingly make while writing this" gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2586 [03:27] IsambardPrince MinceR, The court with sour cream and tomatoes didn't say states can't secede. [03:27] MinceR of course, once they've seceded, they won't be bound by the federal constitution anyway [03:28] IsambardPrince In Texas v. White, it said that secession as it pertains to the Civil War was not legally recognized, but that if they had succeeded, then it would have been. [03:28] TR News Recent Read and Linux is too Easy, Redux gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~slugmax/phlog/2025-04-17-recent-read-linux-easy-redux [03:28] IsambardPrince Because if they had succeded there would have been no United States government, or there would have been some sort of peace treaty. [03:29] IsambardPrince Texas was trying to void the sale of US Treasury bonds that it made to finance itself during the war. [03:29] IsambardPrince So that it could claw back the bonds. [03:30] IsambardPrince The Supreme Court ruled that the sale was final and that Texas had remained a US state the entire time, legally. [03:30] IsambardPrince So it could not use the argument that it wasn't. [03:31] IsambardPrince https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_v._White [03:31] TR Bot Texas v. White - Wikipedia [03:32] IsambardPrince Oh, I remembered that wrong. [03:32] TR News Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights https://techrights.org/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ [03:32] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 18/04/2025: Pinephone Pro and Linux is too Easy https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/18/Gemini_Links_18_04_2025_Pinephone_Pro_and_Linux_is_too_Easy.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/18/Gemini_Links_18_04_2025_Pinephone_Pro_and_Linux_is_too_Easy.gmi [03:32] TR Bot Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights [03:32] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 18/04/2025: Pinephone Pro and Linux is too Easy [03:32] IsambardPrince It did get the bonds back. [03:33] IsambardPrince Because people bought them despite a warning from the treasury that it wouldn't honor them. [03:33] MinceR with what reasoning? 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[03:36] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [03:36] TR Bot Tux Machines Today in Techrights [03:37] *x-amarsh04 has quit (connection closed) [03:50] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techrights [03:54] TR News "Ubuntu 25.04 is out of beta today and ready for prime time as the latest Linux distro release from Canonical. While it's only an interim release, there's a lot here to unpack." https://www.howtogeek.com/ubuntu-25-04-released/ [03:54] TR Bot Ubuntu Linux 25.04 'Plucky Puffin' Is Now Available [03:55] TR News Ubuntu 25.04 Plucky Puffin is now available: whats new? https://www.techzine.eu/news/applications/130663/ubuntu-25-04-plucky-puffin-is-now-available-whats-new/ [03:55] TR Bot Ubuntu 25.04 Plucky Puffin is now available: what's new? - Techzine Global [03:56] TR News "The Manjaro 25.0 release has arrived with updated desktop environments and a newer Linux kernel." https://news.itsfoss.com/manjaro-25/ [03:56] TR Bot Manjaro 25.0 'Zetar' Joins Fedora and Ubuntu Release Party [03:56] TR News "This release is powered by the latest and greatest Linux 6.14 kernel series and features the GNOME 48 desktop environment with triple buffering." https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-25-04-plucky-puffin-is-now-available-for-download-this-is-whats-new [03:56] TR Bot 25.04 Plucky Puffin Is Now Available for Download, This Is What's New - 9to5Linux [03:57] *x-amarsh04 has quit (connection closed) [03:58] TR News MSSQL does not really run on Linux. It's a lie. https://medium.com/@sagarsishir51/restore-mssql-database-file-bak-on-a-linux-server-5f6afb97ddb2 [03:58] TR Bot MSSQL Database file .bak on a Linux Server | by Sagar Sishir Bhusal | Apr, 2025 | Medium [03:59] TR News OCCT is now available on Linux: CPU, GPU and memory testing just like on Windows https://videocardz.com/pixel/occt-is-now-available-on-linux-cpu-gpu-and-memory-testing-just-like-on-windows [03:59] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://videocardz.com/pixel/occt-is-now-available-on-linux-cpu-gpu-and-memory-testing-just-like-on-windows ) ● Apr 18 [04:01] TR News (NEW): OCCT, the PC Stress Testing Utility, has just arrived on Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/15/OCCT_the_PC_Stress_Testing_Utility_has_just_arrived_on_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/15/OCCT_the_PC_Stress_Testing_Utility_has_just_arrived_on_Linux.gmi [04:01] TR Bot Tux Machines OCCT, the PC Stress Testing Utility, has just arrived on Linux [04:01] TR News How do I prompt for Yes/No/Cancel input in a Linux shell script? https://medium.com/@haroldfinch01/how-do-i-prompt-for-yes-no-cancel-input-in-a-linux-shell-script-fc1f45b667d6 [04:01] TR Bot do I prompt for Yes/No/Cancel input in a Linux shell script? | by Harold Finch | Apr, 2025 | Medium [04:02] IsambardPrince I go through dishwasher pods like crazy and I don't even have a dishwasher. [04:03] IsambardPrince Those with scalding hot water in the carafe, then screw the lid on and let it sit a few hours. Dump it out, rinse, wash with dish soap, rinse about a dozen times. [04:03] IsambardPrince Ready to go again for another week. [04:03] IsambardPrince Lingering coffee residue makes fresh coffee taste off. [04:04] TR News "Mutter received support for falling back to the default color mode when an HDR monitor looses HDR capabilities." https://9to5linux.com/gnome-48-1-desktop-is-out-to-improve-hdr-support-and-fix-various-issues [04:04] TR Bot 48.1 Desktop Is Out to Improve HDR Support and Fix Various Issues - 9to5Linux [04:04] TR News "This release brings improvements to Dolphin, Konqueror, KDE Connect, Itinerary, Kongress, Merkuro, Kontact, Okular, and many other KDE apps." https://9to5linux.com/kde-gear-25-04-applications-suite-officially-released-heres-whats-new [04:04] TR Bot Gear 25.04 Applications Suite Officially Released, Here's What's New - 9to5Linux [04:05] TR News "This release brings improvements to LXQt Panel, LXQt Session, QTerminal, PCManFM-Qt, LXQt Power Management, and LXQt Archiver." https://9to5linux.com/lxqt-2-2-desktop-environment-released-with-many-wayland-improvements [04:05] TR Bot 2.2 Desktop Environment Released with Many Wayland Improvements - 9to5Linux [04:06] TR News You can now use OCCT on Linux-based systems https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/joao-silva/you-can-now-use-occt-on-linux-based-systems/ [04:06] TR Bot You can now use OCCT on Linux-based systems | KitGuru [04:09] *Received a CTCP VERSION from Harambe [04:10] IsambardPrince https://penncapital-star.com/briefs/mack-trucks-announces-layoffs-at-lehigh-valley-plant-blames-tariffs/ [04:10] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://penncapital-star.com/briefs/mack-trucks-announces-layoffs-at-lehigh-valley-plant-blames-tariffs/ ) [04:11] IsambardPrince Mack Trucks is laying off people who make semi-trucks. [04:11] IsambardPrince They blame Trump's tariffs. [04:11] IsambardPrince "So much winning you'll get sick of all the winning!" -Trump [04:11] IsambardPrince MinceR, ^ [04:15] IsambardPrince https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/17/trump-administration-announces-fees-on-chinese-ships-docking-at-us-ports.html [04:15] TR Bot Trump administration announces fees on Chinese ships docking at U.S. ports [04:15] TR News Amid layoffs at Infosys, Google, Microsoft, bad news for Flipkart employees as it asks them to work.. https://www.india.com/business/amid-layoffs-at-infosys-google-microsoft-bad-news-for-flipkart-employees-as-it-asks-them-to-work-from-office-7763187/ [04:15] TR Bot Amid layoffs at Infosys, Google, Microsoft, bad news for Flipkart employees as it asks them to work.. [04:17] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: tired? [04:17] schestowitz[TR2] or sick? [04:18] IsambardPrince I think he said sick. [04:18] IsambardPrince Might be wrong though. [04:18] schestowitz[TR2] tired of winning [04:20] IsambardPrince https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/17/trump-administration-announces-fees-on-chinese-ships-docking-at-us-ports.html [04:20] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], With all the money, they can pay Kristi Noem to continue cosplaying as an ICE agent, or a fire fighter, or a member of the Coast Guard, all kinds of things. [04:21] IsambardPrince https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/14/tariffs-wont-bring-manufacturing-back-to-us-supply-chain-survey.html [04:21] TR Bot Tariffs won't bring manufacturing back to US: Supply chain survey [04:21] IsambardPrince "Most companies that responded to a new CNBC Supply Chain Survey said high costs are the biggest headwind in moving manufacturing back to the U.S., and that if they did so, they would favor automation over workers." [04:22] IsambardPrince "Nearly half said reshoring would more than double costs, and a majority indicated that President Donald Trumps trade war is likely to kick off a global search for low-tariff regimes." [04:22] IsambardPrince The problem with this is that you never know what he'll do next. [04:22] IsambardPrince He doesn't seem to know. [04:23] IsambardPrince https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/12/trump-tariffs-on-china-mean-irreversible-damage-for-most-businesses.html [04:23] TR Bot Trump tariffs on China mean 'irreversible' damage for many businesses [04:23] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Penny Mustard Furniture was on the radio talking about tariffs in an ad. [04:23] IsambardPrince They said their furniture is built in the US, so no tariffs. [04:23] IsambardPrince They sell couches, some of those couches are $5,000. [04:23] IsambardPrince So no tariff, just a couch that costs about 4 times what one does at IKEA. [04:24] MinceR lol [04:25] IsambardPrince I'd sit on the goddamned floor before I paid $5,000 for a couch. [04:26] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: draft? [04:26] schestowitz[TR2] writingh about fedora [04:27] schestowitz[TR2] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights- www.cnbc.com | Tariffs won't bring manufacturing back to US: Supply chain survey [04:27] schestowitz[TR2] maybe he will [04:27] schestowitz[TR2] but then what? [04:27] schestowitz[TR2] in the uk we get more (or cheaper) mad in china sofa [04:27] schestowitz[TR2] while us lacks access to these [04:27] schestowitz[TR2] *made [04:28] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techrights [04:32] IsambardPrince yeah [04:42] schestowitz[TR2] ok [04:43] schestowitz[TR2] https://techrights.org/drafts/1.shtml [04:43] TR Bot ( status 401 @ https://techrights.org/drafts/1.shtml ) [04:43] schestowitz[TR2] draft [04:43] schestowitz[TR2] 7501 [04:44] *x-amarsh04 has quit (connection closed) [04:56] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techrights ● Apr 18 [05:01] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: still there at all? [05:06] TR News Techrights Microsoft is Still Attacking GNU/Linux and the Net https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/18/Microsoft_is_Still_Attacking_GNU_Linux_and_the_Net.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/18/Microsoft_is_Still_Attacking_GNU_Linux_and_the_Net.gmi [05:06] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft is Still Attacking GNU/Linux and the Net [05:11] IsambardPrince Ugh, sorry/ [05:14] schestowitz[TR2] go ahead [05:14] schestowitz[TR2] maybe you can add [05:17] IsambardPrince I no longer use Fedora on anything and haven't for a while. It seems that maybe the only distribution actually committed to its native package manager is Debian, or Arch, and since I already know how to use Debian and have for over 25 years, it's easier to stick to that, including in Crostini on my Chromebook, where I could theoretically have as many distributions as there are space for. Google lets you go off the rails with [05:17] IsambardPrince Crostini and install whatever you want, but the default and supported distribution is the Stable release of Debian, where of course backports functions. [05:17] IsambardPrince I thought that I hated Flatpak when I was only using "native Linux" (that is on a PC), but I really hate it on Crostini. [05:18] IsambardPrince Crostini has a proxy from wayland or X called Sommelier. [05:19] IsambardPrince It functions well with applications from Debian or even AppImages, but not Flatpaks. The titlebars are all messed up on Flatpaks. I don't know why and sometimes I don't care. [05:20] IsambardPrince But the Debian packages always work better so unless they're just not packaging something for Debian, I never use a Flatpak on my Chromebook. It's even more jarring than trying to use Windows programs in Wine on Crostini in a Chromebook, and that's saying a lot. [05:20] IsambardPrince The push for Flatpaks came from Red Hat, and in a lot of ways they really just encourage distributions to give a non-native approach to package management, which is how a lot of bad things can happen. [05:21] IsambardPrince Like security threats (untrusted builds, proprietary software, libraries not getting patched), the titlebar glitching on Chromebooks, and just overall bloat and the sandbox messing with the user if they need to change something, or sometimes even bricking the application. [05:23] IsambardPrince I think the idea of pushing non-native builds is just making everything worse, because software needs to work well with whatever system it finds itself and you don't get that really when the person who built it doesn't even run the same OS, or version of the OS, as you do. [05:23] IsambardPrince Fedora wants to move to Flatpaks because they have IBM pushing it hard, they want a system where the main file system is mounted read-only because they saw a Mac do it. [05:24] IsambardPrince It's just insane and I think users don't like that when your target is power users who like to mess with stuff and you tell them "No messing with that!" [05:26] IsambardPrince Whoever designed this maybe didn't set out to create something even worse than Windows, but it's what it is. it doesn't just have versioning hell, it's really full of bugs, or in some cases design goals that get in the way of the program running right. [05:27] IsambardPrince One of the things Chrome OS does do well is I really don't have to care much about what the system is doing because it tends to itself. Even the Linux container (Crostini) hasn't given me any real trouble. [05:27] IsambardPrince The firmware doesn't glitch out and cause problems with the OS, because it's designed to work together, unlike UEFI and Linux. [05:29] schestowitz[TR2] ok, added [05:29] IsambardPrince The main reason I no longer use a PC is the firmware. You may eventually get it working with some OS other than Windows, but they deliberately make it hard. They do no testing. And it's such a ramshackle development that it's amazing when it even mostly works. [05:29] TR News Techrights Fedora Already Lost Its Soul Under IBM https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/18/Fedora_Already_Lost_Its_Soul_Under_IBM.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/18/Fedora_Already_Lost_Its_Soul_Under_IBM.gmi [05:29] TR Bot Techrights Fedora Already Lost Its Soul Under IBM [05:29] schestowitz[TR2] https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/18/Fedora_Already_Lost_Its_Soul_Under_IBM.shtml [05:33] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: shoehorned latest remark also [05:35] IsambardPrince It's not surprising to me that people are buying Chromebooks then rigging them to run Linux or even Windows (replacing ChromeOS) after the fact. [05:35] IsambardPrince It's really hard to get away from UEFI and get an x86 system otherwise. [05:36] IsambardPrince Of course UEFI causes problems with Windows. They just special case everything and hide the errors better. [05:36] IsambardPrince Including covering them up with the bootsplash. [05:37] IsambardPrince They disable power management features that don't work due to firmware and chip bugs. They hide error messages. [05:38] IsambardPrince A modern PC really has three problems. Windows, UEFI firmware, and the Intel processor. [05:38] IsambardPrince You rig up a Chromebook to run Linux, you get rid of 2/3 of those pain points, and can still run Windows programs in Wine. [05:39] IsambardPrince It's easier to buy a Raspberry Pi if you don't care about x86 binaries at all. [05:39] IsambardPrince That may be my next stop years from now. [05:40] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [05:40] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techrights [05:40] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Microsoft took another step towards no Linux on a PC. [05:41] IsambardPrince The "Third Party Certificate" being off by default. [05:41] schestowitz[TR2] which one? [05:41] schestowitz[TR2] when/ [05:41] IsambardPrince Couple years iirc. [05:41] IsambardPrince They keep inching towards this. [05:41] schestowitz[TR2] of course [05:41] schestowitz[TR2] like web browser [05:41] schestowitz[TR2] *S [05:42] schestowitz[TR2] last summer: http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/21/Good_Reason_to_Delete_Windows_Not_Dual_Boot_and_Call_Out_the_Mi.shtml [05:42] TR Bot Tux Machines Good Reason to Delete Windows, Not Dual-Boot, and Call Out the Microsofters Who Worked to Impose 'Secure' Boot, Undermining Antitrust Complaints [05:42] IsambardPrince Moving it over to an off by default thing in a firmware setup makes it easier to get rid of entirely later. [05:42] schestowitz[TR2] they spread some lied to ditrac from this blunder [05:42] schestowitz[TR2] then some PR stunt about mono and wine [05:43] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: then you SLAPP people who talk about this issue [05:43] schestowitz[TR2] to waste their time [05:46] *\join_su1line (~join_subline@x58kccsbytrv6.irc) has joined #techrights [05:46] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [05:46] IsambardPrince https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/17/toothpaste-lead-heavy-metals [05:46] TR Bot Toothpaste widely contaminated with lead and other metals, US research finds | US news | The Guardian [05:47] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techrights [05:54] *x-amarsh04 has quit (connection closed) [05:56] IsambardPrince https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/17/us/lopez-gomez-citizen-detained-ice-florida/index.html [05:56] TR Bot American citizen Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez detained under ICE hold in Florida | CNN [05:59] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: another draf? [05:59] schestowitz[TR2] re CoC [05:59] schestowitz[TR2] To Understand Who's Truly Controlling You Follow the Trail of Censorship (or Self-Censorship) [05:59] schestowitz[TR2] Do not let media steal and steer the narrative; CoCs are not about "social justice", they're about corporate domination ● Apr 18 [06:05] IsambardPrince Yeah, sorry, had to find my back massager. [06:05] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2025/04/18/To_Understand_Who_s_Truly_Controlling_You_Follow_the_Trail_of_C.shtml [06:05] TR Bot Techrights To Understand Who's Truly Controlling You Follow the Trail of Censorship (or Self-Censorship) [06:05] IsambardPrince Or as grandma put it, her "vibrator". [06:05] IsambardPrince "Now where did I put mah vibrator? I need it!" [06:05] schestowitz[TR2] smh [06:06] TR News Techrights To Understand Who's Truly Controlling You Follow the Trail of Censorship (or Self-Censorship) https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/18/To_Understand_Who_s_Truly_Controlling_You_Follow_the_Trail_of_C.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/18/To_Understand_Who_s_Truly_Controlling_You_Follow_the_Trail_of_C.gmi [06:06] TR Bot Techrights To Understand Who's Truly Controlling You Follow the Trail of Censorship (or Self-Censorship) [06:06] IsambardPrince Mom laughed pretty hard when I told her that, in my impression of grandma's accent. [06:07] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I keep getting told by Google I need to log into youtube to "protect the community" when trying to view a cooking show on another site. [06:08] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techrights [06:08] schestowitz[TR2] yewtube\ [06:08] schestowitz[TR2] not youtube [06:08] schestowitz[TR2] emilien cexplained why [06:08] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2024/10/29/Emilien_unixfox_Manages_to_Bring_yewtu_be_Big_Instance_of_Invid.shtml [06:08] TR Bot Techrights Emilien ("unixfox") Manages to Bring yewtu.be (Big Instance of Invidious) Back [06:08] schestowitz[TR2] isak: use nerdvpn or nadeko [06:08] schestowitz[TR2] nadeko has many back ends [06:09] schestowitz[TR2] https://inv.nadeko.net/feed/popular [06:09] TR Bot Invidious [06:13] IsambardPrince Oh that's better. [06:13] IsambardPrince Sore back, sore arms. [06:14] IsambardPrince Sore everything. [06:19] schestowitz[TR2] draft? [06:19] schestowitz[TR2] re github [06:19] schestowitz[TR2] and skype [06:20] schestowitz[TR2] If you have code you wish to share and keep, then start learning how to do so on your own [06:20] *x-amarsh04 has quit (connection closed) [06:24] schestowitz[TR2] going once? [06:26] TR News Techrights All Your "Github Projects" Will be Gone One Day (Just Like Skype) https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/18/All_Your_Github_Projects_Will_be_Gone_One_Day_Just_Like_Skype.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/18/All_Your_Github_Projects_Will_be_Gone_One_Day_Just_Like_Skype.gmi [06:26] TR Bot Techrights All Your "Github Projects" Will be Gone One Day (Just Like Skype) [06:30] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techrights [06:40] *x-amarsh04 has quit (connection closed) [06:43] TR News "Canonical has today released Ubuntu 25.04, codenamed "Plucky Puffin", their latest feature upgrade release to one of the most popular Linux distributions. This also includes updates for all the other editions like Kubuntu. It will be supported for 9 months until January 2026 as this is not a long term support release." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/ubuntu-25-04-plucky-puffin-is-out-now/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [06:43] TR Bot 25.04 'Plucky Puffin' is out now | GamingOnLinux [06:45] TR News "Here's the new up to date list of games available on Amazon Prime Gaming for April 17th, and what compatibility you can expect for Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck. An easy way to build up your gaming collection with these games coming as part of your Amazon Prime subscription." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/grab-some-great-stuff-for-steam-deck-linux-from-prime-gaming-for-april-17th/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [06:45] TR Bot some great stuff for Steam Deck / Linux from Prime Gaming for April 17th | GamingOnLinux [06:45] TR News "Time to Return To Metroidvania with this new Humble Bundle, with 8 great games for cheaps. Here's how they'll run on Linux / Steam Deck." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/get-some-great-metroidvania-games-in-this-humble-bundle/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [06:45] TR Bot some great Metroidvania games in this Humble Bundle | GamingOnLinux [06:46] TR News "The Last of Us Part II Remastered has been updated with another major patch version 1.2, which brings quite a few essential fixes along with a performance improvement for players on Steam Deck." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/the-last-of-us-part-ii-remastered-v1-2-fixes-excessive-jitter-with-frame-generation-on-steam-deck/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [06:46] TR Bot Last of Us Part II Remastered v1.2 fixes "excessive jitter" with Frame Generation on Steam Deck | GamingOnLinux [06:47] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techrights [06:47] TR News "Elon Musk Decimated the Government and Saved Almost Nothing" https://jacobin.com/2025/04/musk-doge-savings-austerity-spending/ [06:47] TR Bot Elon Musk Decimated the Government and Saved Almost Nothing [06:47] TR News "Musk Said He Would Protect Lifesaving Aid for Kids. It Quietly Got Canceled." https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/04/usaid-doge-children-starvation/682484/ [06:47] TR Bot Musk Said He Would Protect Lifesaving Aid for Kids. It Quietly Got Canceled. - The Atlantic [06:48] TR News "I don't feel I can travel to the United States ..." https://risky.biz/RB788/ "Risky Business #788 -- Trump targets Chris Krebs, SentinelOne - Risky Business Media" [06:48] TR Bot Risky Business #788 -- Trump targets Chris Krebs, SentinelOne - Risky Business Media [06:48] IsambardPrince Sorry, playing an NES game [06:49] IsambardPrince They turned MSN off, then they turned Skype off. [06:49] TR News "The Next Day by Melinda French Gates review Melinda on life, before and after Bill" https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/apr/17/the-next-day-by-melinda-french-gates-review-melinda-on-life-before-and-after-bill theguardian took BRIBED from them to do PR. See http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/26/Journalistic_Malpractice_Helps_Bill_Gates_Cover_Up_His_Marriage.shtml [06:49] TR Bot The Next Day by Melinda French Gates review Melinda on life, before and after Bill | Books | The Guardian [06:49] TR Bot Techrights Journalistic Malpractice Helps Bill Gates Cover Up His Marriage Collapsing Because of His Very Deep Ties to Jeffrey Epstein (and It's Melinda Who Dumped Him, Divorce Proceedings Started by Her in 2019) [06:49] IsambardPrince They want people to move to things that get less straightforward to use. MSN was reverse engineered and worked in Pidgin without ads and crap. You could add encrypted messaging to it. [06:50] TR News "Russian state media deletes video of drone strike directed from central Moscow after angry bloggers argue it makes city a legitimate military target" https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/16/russian-state-media-deletes-video-of-drone-strike-directed-from-central-moscow-after-angry-bloggers-argue-it-makes-city-a-legitimate-military-target [06:50] TR Bot Russian state media deletes video of drone strike directed from central Moscow after angry bloggers argue it makes city a legitimate military target Meduza [06:50] IsambardPrince You can't really do that with Teams. [06:50] TR News "Overheard: "AI is bullshit's superpower."" https://doc.searls.com/2025/04/17/todays-tabs-2/ ("Todays Tabs") [06:50] TR Bot Todays Tabs Doc Searls Weblog [06:51] TR News iophk: thesis premise is answered by GNU/Linux, yet that is not even mentioned https://www.pcworld.com/article/2660347/i-want-to-upgrade-my-laptop-to-windows-11-microsoft-wont-let-me.html ("I want to upgrade my laptop to Windows 11. Microsoft won't let me"). pcworld = IDG = Microsoft SPAM http://techrights.org/wiki/IDG/ [06:51] TR Bot want to upgrade my laptop to Windows 11. Microsoft won't let me | PCWorld [06:51] TR Bot IDG [06:51] TR News iophk: poorly written spin https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/16/former-cisa-chief-krebs-leaves-sentinelone-after-trump-exec-order.html ("Former CISA chief Krebs leaves SentinelOne after Trump exec order"). Krebs = Microsoft. http://techrights.org/wiki/Microsoft_and_the_NSA/ [06:51] TR Bot Former CISA chief Krebs leaves SentinelOne after Trump exec order [06:51] TR Bot Microsoft and the NSA [06:52] TR News "Krebs resigns from SentinelOne after Trump memo targets him" https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/17/krebs_quits_sentinelone/ [06:52] TR Bot Krebs resigns from SentinelOne after Trump memo targets him The Register [06:52] TR News "Farvel til CVE | Version2" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/holdning/farvel-til-cve [06:52] TR Bot Farvel til CVE | Version2 [06:52] TR News "Cybersecurity Industry Almost Died Today" https://odysee.com/@BrodieRobertson:5/cybersecurity-industry-almost-died-today:e [06:52] TR Bot Cybersecurity Industry Almost Died Today [06:52] TR News "Pro-government journalist detained after CHP takeover claims" https://bianet.org/haber/pro-government-journalist-detained-after-chp-takeover-claims-306537 [06:52] TR Bot Pro-government journalist detained after CHP takeover claims [06:53] TR News "Nice to see more apps like this arrive with official Linux support! OCCT for Linux is here and out of Beta testing bringing a full stress-testing and hardware monitoring suite." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/stress-testing-and-hardware-monitoring-tool-occt-has-officially-released-for-linux/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [06:53] TR Bot and hardware monitoring tool OCCT has officially released for Linux | GamingOnLinux [06:53] TR News "Developer Eric Engestrom announced the release of the latest Mesa 25.0.4 stable bug-fix release, and we're also closing in on the next feature release with Mesa 25.1 seeing a first release candidate for testing" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/mesa-25-0-4-bug-fix-release-out-plus-the-mesa-25-1-feature-update-has-a-first-release-candidate/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [06:53] TR Bot 25.0.4 bug-fix release out, plus the Mesa 25.1 feature update has a first release candidate | GamingOnLinux [06:53] TR News "With the hashtag that is actually part of the name, #DRIVE Rally has properly launched out of Early Access with the 1.0 release now available. It arrives with Native Linux support and it's Steam Deck Verified." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/arcade-inspired-rally-driving-experience-drive-rally-1-0-is-out-now/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [06:53] TR Bot rally-driving experience #DRIVE Rally 1.0 is out now | GamingOnLinux [06:54] TR News "Building on top of the latest Fedora 42 release, Bazzite 42 is out now for this increasingly popular SteamOS-like option to put on your handhelds, desktops and more." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/steamos-alternative-bazzite-linux-42-brings-beta-support-for-the-msi-claw-handhelds-and-lots-of-other-improvements/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [06:54] TR Bot alternative Bazzite Linux 42 brings Beta support for the MSI Claw handhelds and lots of other improvements | GamingOnLinux [06:54] *x-amarsh04 has quit (connection closed) [06:56] TR News (NEW): Mesa 25.0.4 Released https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Mesa_25_0_4_Released.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Mesa_25_0_4_Released.gmi [06:56] TR Bot Tux Machines Mesa 25.0.4 Released [06:57] TR News 130,855 gemini requests in techrights yesterday, a lot more than the usual [06:58] TR News (NEW): Games: Godot, SteamOS, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Games_Godot_SteamOS_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Games_Godot_SteamOS_and_More.gmi [06:58] TR Bot Tux Machines Games: Godot, SteamOS, and More [06:58] TR News "In a recent research seminar, Lukas Hper and Carsten Schulte investigate how to teach school students about data science and Big Data." https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/research-insights-to-help-learners-develop-data-awareness/ | Source: Raspberry Pi [06:58] TR Bot Research insights to help learners develop data awareness - Raspberry Pi Foundation ● Apr 18 [07:02] TR News "Annas Archive is a meta-search engine for shadow libraries that allows users to find pirated books and other related resources" https://torrentfreak.com/alleged-annas-archive-operator-dropped-from-u-s-scraping-lawsuit-250417/ | Source: Torrent Freak [07:02] TR Bot Anna's Archive Operator Dropped from U.S. 'Scraping' Lawsuit * TorrentFreak [07:02] TR News "Wikimedia says the dataset hosted by Kaggle has been designed with machine learning workflows in mind, making it easier for AI developers to access machine-readable article data for modeling" https://www.theverge.com/news/650467/wikipedia-kaggle-partnership-ai-dataset-machine-learning | Source: The Verge [07:02] TR Bot Wikipedia is giving AI developers its data to fend off bot scrapers | The Verge [07:02] TR News "The US Department of Justice has won its antitrust case against Google, which accused the company of operating a monopoly in the advertising technology industry." https://www.theverge.com/news/650665/google-loses-ad-tech-antitrust-monopoly-lawsuit | Source: The Verge [07:02] TR Bot Google loses ad tech monopoly case | The Verge [07:03] TR News "That accounts for roughly 12% of Alphabet's overall business." https://www.axios.com/2025/04/17/google-ad-tech-monopoly-antitrust-ruling | Source: Axios [07:03] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.axios.com/2025/04/17/google-ad-tech-monopoly-antitrust-ruling ) [07:03] TR News "Judge Leonie Brinkema of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia determined that Google illegally monopolized parts of its advertising technology business to dominate the programmatic ad market" https://www.wired.com/story/judge-rules-google-ad-business-monopoly/ | Source: Wired https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2018/12/07/leonie-brinkema-trials/ [07:03] TR Bot Is Once Again Deemed a Monopoly, This Time in Ad Tech | WIRED [07:03] TR Bot Blog Archive When Those Who Expose Crimes Are Treated by the State Like the Criminals [07:05] TR News "Our nation has grown prosperous and powerful because of competition and Googles illegal monopolies are blunting our competitive edge in the tech industry." https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/googles-illegal-internet-ad-monopoly-blunts-americas-competitive-edge-in-tech | Source: Common Dreams [07:05] TR Bot Googles Illegal Internet Ad Monopoly Blunts Americas Competitive Edge in Tech | Common Dreams [07:05] TR News (NEW): Best Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [07:05] TR Bot Tux Machines Best Free and Open Source Software [07:05] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techrights [07:12] TR News "Google just lost a huge antitrust case. A federal judge in Virginia ruled on Thursday that the search giant illegally maintained a monopoly in the online advertising market, leveraging its position to make more money and squash competition." https://www.vox.com/technology/409384/google-break-up-meta-trial-tech-antitrust | Source: Vox [07:12] TR Bot the courts break up Google? The companys anti-trust problems, briefly explained | Vox [07:12] TR News "Judge Brinkema found Google maintained monopoly power in publisher ad servers and exchanges." https://www.ksl.com/article/51296814/google-holds-illegal-monopolies-in-ad-tech-us-judge-finds | Source: Deseret Media [07:12] TR Bot holds illegal monopolies in ad tech, US judge finds | KSL.com [07:13] TR News "Judge Leonie Brinkema of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia said in a decision that Google illegally maintained and acquired a monopoly in two markets for advertising technology publisher ad servers and the market for ad exchanges." https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-04-17/google-held-a-monopoly-in-online-ad-tech-us-judge-finds | Source: Los Angeles Times [07:13] TR Bot 'The anti-trust tides have turned.' What a judge's ruling over Google's 'monopoly' on ad-tech means - Los Angeles Times [07:13] TR News "Although antitrust regulators prevailed both times, the battle is likely to continue for several more years as Google tries to overturn the two monopoly decisions in appeals while forging ahead in the new and highly lucrative technological frontier of artificial intelligence" https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/google-adtech-ruling-1.7512889 | Source: CBC [07:13] TR Bot Google has illegal monopoly in online ad tech, U.S. judge rules | CBC News [07:14] TR News "The federal government and more than a dozen US states filed the antitrust suit against Alphabet-owned Google, accusing it of acting illegally to dominate three sectors of digital advertising -- publisher ad servers, advertiser tools, and ad exchanges." https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/2295377.html | Source: RTL [07:14] TR Bot RTL Today - Antitrust suit: Google has illegal monopoly in ad tech, US judge rules [07:14] TR News Profits DOWN. Digital Restrictions (DRM) https://today.rtl.lu/entertainment/news/a/2295436.html | Source: RTL [07:14] TR Bot RTL Today - 'Off to a good start': Netflix earnings top forecasts despite economic turmoil [07:15] TR News "college protesters" https://www.wired.com/story/massive-blue-overwatch-ai-personas-police-suspects/ | Source: Wired [07:15] TR Bot College Protester Isnt Real. Its an AI-Powered Undercover Bot for Cops | WIRED [07:15] TR News "led by a frontman as brilliant as he was erratic" https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-04-16/sly-stone-the-artist-who-changed-music-history-and-disappeared-he-had-everything-and-almost-deliberately-threw-it-away.html | Source: El Pas [07:15] TR Bot Sly Stone, the artist who changed music history and disappeared: He had everything and almost deliberately threw it away | Culture | EL PAS English [07:15] TR News "more mature partner to ICE" https://www.404media.co/leaked-palantirs-plan-to-help-ice-deport-people/ | Source: 404 Media [07:15] TR Bot Leaked: Palantirs Plan to Help ICE Deport People [07:16] TR News "The legal world has been on notice for a constitutional clash ever since Trump resumed office in January, meticulously analyzing a series of court rulings that challenge the White House and following the administrations reluctant, often defiant, response." https://www.latimes.com/politics/newsletter/2025-04-17/trump-el-salvador-prison-politics | Source: Los Angeles Times [07:16] TR Bot What is stopping Trump from exiling you to a foreign prison? - Los Angeles Times [07:16] Sompi_ https://thelibre.news/foss-infrastructure-is-under-attack-by-ai-companies/ [07:16] TR Bot FOSS infrastructure is under attack by AI companies [07:16] TR News "To explore the potential impacts of these laws, LoneStarLive.com spoke to Ricci Levy, president and CEO of the Woodhull Freedom Foundation, a human rights organization that advocates for sexual freedom." https://www.lonestarlive.com/news/2025/04/texas-sex-toy-law-could-lead-to-more-civil-rights-restrictions-advocates-warn.html | Source: Advance Local Media LLC [07:16] TR Bot sex toy law could lead to more civil rights restrictions, advocates warn - lonestarlive.com [07:16] TR News (NEW): Forget Windows 11. These mad lads made Linux look like Windows XP! https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Forget_Windows_11_These_mad_lads_made_Linux_look_like_Windows_X.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Forget_Windows_11_These_mad_lads_made_Linux_look_like_Windows_X.gmi [07:17] TR Bot Tux Machines Forget Windows 11. These mad lads made Linux look like Windows XP! [07:17] schestowitz[TR2] "Then, yesterday morning, KDE GitLab infrastructure was overwhelmed by another AI crawler, with IPs from an Alibaba range; this caused GitLab to be temporarily inaccessible by KDE developers." [07:17] IsambardPrince MinceR, Garland was an easy first boss in Final Fantasy. [07:17] schestowitz[TR2] we went static in 203 [07:17] schestowitz[TR2] *(2023 [07:17] schestowitz[TR2] no problems since [07:17] IsambardPrince The way they were puffing him up I thought he'd be harder to kill. [07:17] Sompi_ those AI corporations have endless internet throughput and computer calculation resources to crawl websites and steal any human-written text they contain, to collect teaching data for LLMs [07:18] schestowitz[TR2] yup [07:18] IsambardPrince Such a pushover. [07:18] schestowitz[TR2] they are scum [07:18] IsambardPrince Should have called him Merrick Garland. [07:18] Sompi_ and probably also some contract with Microsoft so that they don't crawl Github down [07:18] TR News (NEW): The newest Ubuntu version ushers in ARM64 support for early adopters https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/The_newest_Ubuntu_version_ushers_in_ARM64_support_for_early_ado.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/The_newest_Ubuntu_version_ushers_in_ARM64_support_for_early_ado.gmi [07:18] TR Bot Tux Machines The newest Ubuntu version ushers in ARM64 support for early adopters [07:18] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2024/01/20/Mystery_Attack_on_SourceHut_a_Leading_Free_Libre_Alternative_to.shtml [07:18] TR Bot Techrights Mystery Attack on SourceHut, a Leading Free/Libre Alternative to GitHub and Gitlab [07:19] Sompi_ Microsoft probably gives them the sources as a zipfile and then everyone has to use Github because their self-hosted version management instances get ddossed down [07:19] Sompi_ those AI companies steal every human-written piece of data that they can access, regardless of the license [07:20] Sompi_ GPLv3 does not necessarily allow that for all purposes [07:20] TR News "These cuts the biggest in Yle's nearly 100-year history are as a result of initial plans by the two main government parties, the National Coalition Party and the Finns Party, to reduce Yle's annual funding by more than 100 million euros." https://yle.fi/a/74-20156630 | Source: YLE [07:20] TR Bot Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle to begin second phase of restructuring talks | Yle News | Yle [07:20] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [07:20] schestowitz[TR2] Sompi_: http://techrights.org/o/2023/02/10/copilot-in-court/ [07:20] TR Bot Microsoft GitHub Expos Part XXVII The Future of OpenAI May Depend on the Fate of GitHub's Copilot in Court ($9 Billion in Damages) [07:20] schestowitz[TR2] that's in court [07:20] schestowitz[TR2] class action [07:21] schestowitz[TR2] and connected to the Serial Strangle [07:21] schestowitz[TR2] who SLAPPs us [07:21] TR News [Old] "Just in time for a massive transformation in the way we use and consume media in the United States, Ill be sending you a lot of letters. Theyre based on an introductory media studies course I taught in the spring of 2024 at the University of San Francisco." https://buttondown.com/thehypothesis/archive/what-is-media-a-primer-for-americans/ | Source: Buttondown LLC [07:21] TR Bot is "media"? A primer for Americans. Buttondown [07:21] Sompi_ schestowitz[TR2]: So it is finally in court. That's a good thing [07:21] TR News "The profound political shifts witnessed in 2024, a year marked by electoral upheavals and changing political landscapes across Europe and the world, are testing the resilience of democratic institutions" https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Joint-Statement-on-the-European-Commissions-2025-Rule-of-Law-Report.docx-v2.pdf | Source: CPJ [07:21] schestowitz[TR2] Sompi_: for 2+ yuears already [07:22] schestowitz[TR2] https://techrights.org/n/2023/10/29/Further_Interesting_Developments_in_the_Story_of_the_Serial_Str.shtml [07:22] TR Bot Techrights Further Interesting Developments in the Story of the Serial Strangler, Alex Graveley, Who Made the Microsoft GPL Violation (and Plagiarism) Machine, GitHub Copilot [07:23] TR News "The court also banned them from publishing any content on the [Internet] for three years after they complete their prison sentences." https://cpj.org/2025/04/four-russian-journalists-sentenced-to-five-and-a-half-years-in-prison/ | Source: CPJ [07:23] TR Bot 4 Russian journalists sentenced to 5 years in prison - Committee to Protect Journalists [07:23] TR News "TechCentral, South Africas most powerful B2B technology news and information platform, has a new owner." https://techcentral.co.za/techcentral-acquired-ict-publishing/262526/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa) [07:23] TR Bot TechCentral acquired in significant boost for ICT publishing - TechCentral [07:23] TR News "Yensebeks conviction is a clear example of how Kazakh authorities use such measures to intimidate and silence critical journalists" https://cpj.org/2025/04/kazakh-journalist-temirlan-yensebek-sentenced-to-5-years-of-restricted-freedom/ | Source: CPJ [07:23] TR Bot Kazakh journalist Temirlan Yensebek sentenced to 5 years of restricted freedom - Committee to Protect Journalists [07:23] TR News (NEW): Arch Says Goodbye to Redis, Adopts Valkey https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Arch_Says_Goodbye_to_Redis_Adopts_Valkey.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Arch_Says_Goodbye_to_Redis_Adopts_Valkey.gmi [07:23] TR Bot Tux Machines Arch Says Goodbye to Redis, Adopts Valkey [07:24] TR News "This trial has been invented as a scare tactic to intimidate and deter all journalists in Turkey from reporting from the field." https://cpj.org/2025/04/trial-of-5-journalists-who-covered-turkish-protests-set-to-open/ | Source: CPJ [07:24] TR Bot Trial of 5 journalists who covered Turkish protests set to open - Committee to Protect Journalists [07:24] Sompi_ schestowitz[TR2]: that's crazy [07:24] schestowitz[TR2] he is :) [07:25] Sompi_ and also how openly those AI companies are just stealing data for LLM training purposes [07:25] Sompi_ how is that even a thing [07:25] Sompi_ meanwhile regular people are punished for warezing some mp3 files [07:26] schestowitz[TR2] right [07:26] schestowitz[TR2] exactly [07:26] schestowitz[TR2] worse [07:26] schestowitz[TR2] remmeber aaron swartz [07:26] schestowitz[TR2] ? [07:26] schestowitz[TR2] killed hiumself [07:26] schestowitz[TR2] iirc, 2011 ish [07:26] schestowitz[TR2] after they went after him [07:26] schestowitz[TR2] he had downloaded many papers [07:26] schestowitz[TR2] for research [07:26] schestowitz[TR2] now it turns out Facebook did worse [07:26] schestowitz[TR2] it used "pirate sites" [07:27] schestowitz[TR2] or "pirate" torrens [07:27] schestowitz[TR2] to get many papers [07:27] schestowitz[TR2] without any permission [07:27] schestowitz[TR2] to train LLMs [07:27] schestowitz[TR2] why is Kapo-Berg not in prison? [07:27] schestowitz[TR2] or hanging himself? [07:27] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techrights [07:27] schestowitz[TR2] because iit's Big Business [07:27] schestowitz[TR2] kill Kim Dotcom (big stroke) [07:27] schestowitz[TR2] for hosting of files [07:27] schestowitz[TR2] for users [07:27] schestowitz[TR2] Google, Apple, Dropbox, box etc. [07:27] schestowitz[TR2] they all do the same [07:27] schestowitz[TR2] Microsoft also [07:28] schestowitz[TR2] at a greater scale then mega or megauploAD [07:28] schestowitz[TR2] but they also bribe politicians [07:28] schestowitz[TR2] so this is ok [07:28] schestowitz[TR2] no "foul play" [07:28] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/10/The_Standard_Need_to_Improve_Its_Standards_for_Fact_Checking_Aa.shtml [07:28] TR Bot Techrights The Standard Needs to Improve Its Standards for Fact-Checking, Aaron Swartz Had Nothing to Do With Reddit and He Detested the Company That Created It [07:28] schestowitz[TR2] he looks a bit like you [07:29] schestowitz[TR2] he said he had downloade the paper to identify conflicts of interest [07:29] schestowitz[TR2] like who funded which paper [07:29] schestowitz[TR2] he floated interest in studying that [07:29] schestowitz[TR2] didn't play to run some "pirate" site [07:29] schestowitz[TR2] Facebook does mass plagiarism [07:30] schestowitz[TR2] "THIS IS OK!!" [07:30] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Android_Leftovers.gmi [07:30] TR Bot Tux Machines Android Leftovers [07:33] *x-amarsh04 has quit (connection closed) [07:36] TR News Techrights Microsoft's Attack Dogs Have Failed. Now What? https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/18/Microsoft_s_Attack_Dogs_Have_Failed_Now_What.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/18/Microsoft_s_Attack_Dogs_Have_Failed_Now_What.gmi [07:36] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft's Attack Dogs Have Failed. Now What? [07:38] TR News Censorship by "Muslim Jamaat" https://www.deccanchronicle.com/southern-states/tamil-nadu/all-india-muslim-jamaat-issues-fatwa-against-vijay-over-iftar-party-1873366 | Source: Deccan Chronicle [07:38] TR Bot All India Muslim Jamaat Issues Fatwa Against Vijay Over Iftar Party [07:38] TR News "This is an activist movement that is determined to eliminate access to this content by whatever means necessary. Unfortunately, these groups are being helped along by legislators who believe their personal beliefs should be the only ones protected by the Constitution." https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/17/library-study-shows-its-just-politicians-and-activist-groups-trying-to-get-books-banned/ | Source: Techdirt [07:38] TR Bot Study Shows Its Just Politicians And Activist Groups Trying To Get Books Banned | Techdirt [07:38] TR News Chris Krebs = Microsoft (part of the problem). "Reuters noted last week that other large cybersecurity companies have been largely silent about Trumps memo." https://therecord.media/krebs-leaves-sentinelone-after-trump-memo | Source: The Record [07:38] TR Bot Chris Krebs leaves SentinelOne after Trump memo, saying this is my fight | The Record from Recorded Future News [07:39] TR News "a travesty of justice" https://cyberscoop.com/chris-krebs-resigns-sentinelone-fight-trump-executive-order/ | Source: Scoop News Group [07:39] TR Bot Krebs resigns from SentinelOne to focus on fighting Trumps executive order | CyberScoop [07:39] TR News Trump appointed from Microsoft, his buddies https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/17/krebs_quits_sentinelone/ | Source: The Register UK [07:39] TR Bot Krebs resigns from SentinelOne after Trump memo targets him The Register [07:40] TR News Ex-CISA chief = Microsoft https://www.reuters.com/technology/ex-cisa-chief-chris-krebs-leaving-sentinelone-following-trump-pressure-sources-2025-04-16/ | Source: Reuters [07:40] TR Bot ( status 401 @ https://www.reuters.com/technology/ex-cisa-chief-chris-krebs-leaving-sentinelone-following-trump-pressure-sources-2025-04-16/ ) [07:40] TR News "Bluesky, censorship and country-based moderation" https://fediversereport.com/bluesky-censorship-and-country-based-moderation/ | [07:40] TR Bot Bluesky, censorship and country-based moderation The Fediverse Report [07:40] TR News "While the demands revolve around institutional policies, the freezes and cuts largely threaten scientific research." https://www.axios.com/2025/04/16/harvard-columbia-demands-trump-vision-universities-influence | Source: Axios [07:40] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.axios.com/2025/04/16/harvard-columbia-demands-trump-vision-universities-influence ) [07:41] TR News "We discuss how other places regulate the internet, including Europe, Japan, Australia, South Korea, Brazil and more. And how each of their approaches created real burdens the exact kinds of burdens that Chris Cox and Ron Wyden were trying to avoid while drafting Section 230." https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/16/otherwise-objectionable-how-230-let-us-internet-companies-win/ | Source: Techdirt [07:41] TR Bot Objectionable: How 230 Let US Internet Companies Win | Techdirt [07:44] Sompi_ investors throw billions at you for just mentioning the word "AI" but those billions cannot buy human-written textual content that is required for LLM's learning material [07:45] Sompi_ but those billions can easily buy enough computing and networking capacity to crawl websites so intensely that it causes problems [07:46] Sompi_ the amount of resources that go to waste is also crazy [07:47] Sompi_ they are building new AI datacenters to Finland [07:47] Sompi_ when the data centers worldwide already consume more energy than all airplane traffic [07:48] Sompi_ this does not benefit humanity in any way [07:49] Sompi_ meanwhile regular people are being punished for driving a car and heating their home [07:54] TR News "Russia is automating the spread of false information to fool artificial intelligence chatbots on key topics, offering a playbook to other bad actors on how to game AI to push content meant to inflame, influence and obfuscate instead of inform." https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/04/17/llm-poisoning-grooming-chatbots-russia/ | Source: The Washington Post [07:54] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/04/17/llm-poisoning-grooming-chatbots-russia/ ) [07:54] TR News "The increased access comes as part of the Trump administration's push to elevate "new media," which includes nonpartisan digital outlets like Axios and Semafor but also Trump-aligned outlets." https://www.axios.com/2025/04/17/trump-maga-friendly-white-house-press-corps | Source: Axios [07:54] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.axios.com/2025/04/17/trump-maga-friendly-white-house-press-corps ) [07:54] TR News "All together, I see these pieces adding up to an avoidance of making our own decisions, exercising our own judgment, trusting our own interpretations. And, fair were all overwhelmed, drowning in content." https://tracydurnell.com/2025/04/17/ceding-the-work-of-interpretation/ | Source: Tracy Durnell [07:54] TR Bot Ceding the work of interpretation Tracy Durnell's Mind Garden [07:55] schestowitz[TR2] meanwhile regular people are being punished for driving a car and heating their home [07:55] schestowitz[TR2] yes, [07:55] schestowitz[TR2] you are hardly the first person to point out any of this [07:55] schestowitz[TR2] but it bears repeating [07:55] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techrights [07:55] TR News "Reality check: As attractive as it might sound to avoid markups, it's often not advisable or not possible to buy directly from Chinese factories." https://www.axios.com/2025/04/17/trump-tariffs-tik-tok-china-manufacturer | Source: Axios [07:55] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.axios.com/2025/04/17/trump-tariffs-tik-tok-china-manufacturer ) [07:57] TR News "This acquisition would position OpenAI to better compete with companies offering AI coding services, including Anthropic" https://www.deccanchronicle.com/technology/openai-in-talks-to-acquire-ai-coding-tool-windsurf-for-3-billion-report-1873378 | Source: Deccan Chronicle [07:57] TR Bot OpenAI in Talks to Acquire AI Coding Tool Windsurf for $3 Billion: Report [07:57] TR News "democratizing power of technology" https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/17/the-de-in-decentralization-stands-for-democracy/ | Source: Techdirt [07:57] TR Bot De In Decentralization Stands For Democracy | Techdirt [07:57] TR News "HPEs board is expected to meet in coming days to discuss whether to replace CEO Antonio Neri" https://www.semafor.com/article/04/17/2025/elliott-activist-ceo-change-hewlett-packard-enterprise | Source: Semafor Inc [07:57] TR Bot seeks CEO change at Hewlett Packard Enterprise | Semafor [07:57] TR News "Building a cryptocurrency empire" https://www.citationneeded.news/trump-crypto-empire/ | Source: Molly White [07:57] TR Bot Trumps newest grift: Building a cryptocurrency empire while destroying its regulators [07:58] TR News "I have a hard time blaming the users upon which all of this was forced." https://www.datagubbe.se/aficion/ | Source: Carl Svensson [07:58] TR Bot and Elitist Thoughts on Why Computers Were More Fun Before | datagubbe.se [07:58] TR News "After all, apart from spending an obscene amount of money and rattling off cringeworthy statements" https://futurism.com/rich-women-astonished-backlash-trip-space | Source: Futurism [07:58] TR Bot Zillionaire Girlbosses Astonished by Backlash to Their Frivolous Trip to Space [07:58] TR News "Freedom Fighters" https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/usw/ | Source: The Cyber Show [07:58] TR Bot Freedom Fighters (Part 3) ● Apr 18 [08:05] TR News "The 200 cherry trees were planted in 2001 to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Chiune Sugihara" https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2538038/cherry-blossoms-draw-crowds-in-vilnius-photos | Source: LRT [08:05] TR Bot Cherry blossoms draw crowds in Vilnius photos - LRT [08:06] TR News "Although Concordes small dimensions effectively created the sense of a packed-in bank of instruments" https://www.vintag.es/2025/04/concorde-cockpit.html | Source: Vintage Everyday [08:06] TR Bot Inside the Cockpit of a Concorde ~ Vintage Everyday [08:06] schestowitz[TR2] Sompi_: the girst is [08:06] schestowitz[TR2] they lie to investors [08:06] schestowitz[TR2] they tell me, [08:06] schestowitz[TR2] 1) i will plunder or scrape other people's work [08:06] schestowitz[TR2] i will process the words to dodge copyright law [08:06] schestowitz[TR2] 2) people will somehow pay me for my plundered dewrivatives [08:06] schestowitz[TR2] 3) ... [08:06] schestowitz[TR2] 4) profit!) [08:07] schestowitz[TR2] in realise the word they rip off is OK [08:07] schestowitz[TR2] like a wikipedia article [08:07] schestowitz[TR2] (2) is doomed to fail [08:07] schestowitz[TR2] *work they [08:07] schestowitz[TR2] the originals can be sane [08:07] schestowitz[TR2] and WORTH YOUR TIME to read [08:07] Sompi_ 2) is just a huge bubble that hasn't burst yet [08:07] schestowitz[TR2] the latter, if labeled, would not get read [08:07] schestowitz[TR2] because people already know LLMs 'hallucinate' [08:08] schestowitz[TR2] so they will just buy some WebMD subscrrrription [08:08] schestowitz[TR2] and now ask some LLM about medical conditions [08:08] schestowitz[TR2] there is no room for error here [08:08] schestowitz[TR2] hallucinatiion health problems [08:08] schestowitz[TR2] in business, it means lost customers [08:08] schestowitz[TR2] a la: [08:08] schestowitz[TR2] "H&M is making some big promises with this pitch. But is any of this real? Its certainly not plausible. Think for one moment about these claims." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/15/hms-ai-models-campaign-makes-impossible-claims/ | Source: Pivot to AI [08:08] TR Bot H&Ms AI models campaign makes impossible claims Pivot to AI [08:08] schestowitz[TR2] "In this work, we focus on a specific type of hallucination during code generation called package hallucination." https://arxiv.org/pdf/2406.10279 | Source: arXiv [08:09] schestowitz[TR2] "The excuse also doesn't quite add up. There's nothing wrong with using dictation software, but why would that cause blatant spelling errors or a reference to ChatGPT?" https://futurism.com/andrew-cuomo-ai-aide | Source: Futurism | ONLY FOOLS USE THIS SCAM :) http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/15/OpenAI_If_OpenAI_Survives_Another_2_Years_It_ll_be_About_30_Bil.shtml [08:09] TR Bot Called Out for AI Slop, Andrew Cuomo Blames One-Armed Man [08:09] TR Bot Techrights OpenAI: If OpenAI Survives Another 2 Years, It'll be About 30 Billion Dollars in Cumulative Losses/Debt [08:09] schestowitz[TR2] b [08:09] schestowitz[TR2] that's from this week ALONE [08:09] schestowitz[TR2] so you can see where this is headline [08:09] schestowitz[TR2] the investors throw money into a put [08:09] schestowitz[TR2] based on a false premise [08:10] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2025/04/10/Once_You_Slop_You_Can_t_Stop_and_If_You_re_a_Serial_Slopper_Nob.shtml [08:10] TR Bot Techrights Once You Slop You Can't Stop and If You're a Serial Slopper Nobody Will Believe You Really Wrote an Article (Even If You Did) [08:10] schestowitz[TR2] so sityes that do this kill themelves [08:10] schestowitz[TR2] or they die [08:10] schestowitz[TR2] and then sell to a slopfarm company [08:10] schestowitz[TR2] then people see what's happening [08:10] schestowitz[TR2] and the audience too vanishes [08:10] schestowitz[TR2] site offline and/or delisted [08:11] TR News "A new report this week from the International Energy Agency (IEA) confirms that the rapid spread of data centres" https://www.theenergymix.com/ai-surge-could-mean-grid-strain-or-gain-depending-on-policy-iea/ | Source: Energy Mix Productions Inc [08:11] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://www.theenergymix.com/ai-surge-could-mean-grid-strain-or-gain-depending-on-policy-iea/ ) [08:11] schestowitz[TR2] see ^ [08:12] TR News "Earth Day is coming up on Tuesday." https://www.bridgemi.com/outdoors-life/earth-day-events-planned-across-michigan-find-one-your-area | Source: Bridge Michigan [08:12] TR Bot Earth Day events planned across Michigan; find one in your area | Bridge Michigan [08:12] TR News "The only energy emergency the American people face is Trumps efforts to disregard clean air and water safeguards in order to rush through dirty, dangerous fossil fuel projects" https://www.mlive.com/native-american-news/2025/04/us-army-engineers-decide-to-fast-track-great-lakes-tunnel-permits-under-trump-energy-emergency-order.html | Source: Michigan News [08:12] TR Bot Army engineers decide to fast-track Great Lakes tunnel permits under Trump energy emergency order - mlive.com [08:12] TR News "The researchers found that temperatures above two degrees Celsius and rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere lead to higher inorganic arsenic (iAs) concentrations in rice, which could increase the lifetime health risks of populations across Asia by 2050, a press release from Columbias Mailman School of Public Health said." https://www.ecowatch.com/rice-arsenic-climate-change.html | Source: EcoWatch [08:12] TR Bot Change Will Increase Arsenic Levels in Rice, Study Finds - EcoWatch [08:19] TR News "Back in November, when I concluded that Trumps dictatorship was a fait accompli lots of readers thought I was going over the top. In retrospect, and with one exception, I was hopelessly over-optimistic." https://crookedtimber.org/2025/04/17/the-point-of-no-returnonly-days-left-to-stop-a-totalitarian-state-in-the-us/ | Source: Crooked Timber [08:20] TR Bot The point of no return:Only days left to stop a totalitarian state in the US Crooked Timber [08:20] TR News "A major issue lies in the fact that these providers operate under the direction of the Chinese government, raising the risk of global surveillance, data interception, and exploitation for state-sponsored cyber espionage" https://cyberscoop.com/35-countries-use-chinese-networks-for-transporting-mobile-user-traffic-posing-cyber-risks/ | Source: Scoop News Group [08:20] TR Bot countries use Chinese networks for transporting mobile user traffic, posing cyber risks | CyberScoop [08:21] TR News "Democratic lawmakers are calling for an investigation after a tech staffer at the US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)" https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/17/whistleblower_nlrb_doge/ | Source: The Register UK [08:21] TR Bot Whistleblower describes how DOGE tore through NLRB IT system The Register [08:23] TR News "We now expect a 3C world amid setbacks to global decarbonization efforts, Morgan Stanley told clients, in a forecast that SciAm says was tucked into a mundane research report on the bright future of air conditioning stocks." https://www.theenergymix.com/big-banks-look-for-profits-in-3c-future-and-keep-financing-big-oil/ | Source: Energy Mix Productions Inc [08:23] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://www.theenergymix.com/big-banks-look-for-profits-in-3c-future-and-keep-financing-big-oil/ ) [08:24] TR News "The West Philippine Sea has always been labeled on Google Maps. We recently made this label easier to see at additional zoom levels." https://www.rfa.org/english/southchinasea/2025/04/17/south-chia-sea-west-philippines-google-maps/ | Source: RFA [08:24] TR Bot Beijing, Manila at odds over Google Maps update on South China Sea Radio Free Asia [08:24] TR News "Is the U.S. facing a constitutional crisis? The answer, unequivocally and emphatically, is yes. But it also could get much worse." https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-04-17/abrego-garcia-el-salvador-donald-trump | Source: Los Angeles Times [08:24] TR Bot Contributor: The constitutional crisis is real - Los Angeles Times [08:25] TR News "The new face and ID scanning requirements only apply to Discord users who havent previously verified their age on the platform." https://www.theverge.com/news/650493/discord-age-verification-face-id-scan-experiment | Source: The Verge [08:25] TR Bot Discord is verifying some users age with ID and facial scans | The Verge [08:25] TR News "As of 2018, the GDPR is supposed to ensure that Europeans enjoy privacy rights throughout the entire EU." https://noyb.eu/en/eu-pledged-improve-gdpr-cooperation-and-made-it-worse | Source: NYOB [08:25] TR Bot EU pledged to improve GDPR cooperation - and made it worse [08:29] TR News "In a press release announcing the collaboration Thursday, the companies revealed that they are now working together through FedStart, a Palantir program meant to aid compliance with FedRAMP. Google Cloud is also a major partner." https://fedscoop.com/palantir-anthropic-google-government-ai-claude-partnership/ | Source: Scoop News Group [08:29] TR Bot Anthropic, Google deepen ties on government AI use with Claude partnership | FedScoop [08:29] TR News "A report by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) found that there were concerns Beijing which dominates the market could effectively eavesdrop on conversations using the vehicles, which are to be introduced for all ministers and officials by the end of 2027." https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/04/17/electric-cars-threaten-national-security-defence-chiefs-war/ | Source: The Telegraph UK [08:29] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/04/17/electric-cars-threaten-national-security-defence-chiefs-war/ ) [08:30] TR News "I look forward to all the videos of people hacking this system using various disguises." https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/04/age-verification-using-facial-scans.html | Source: Bruce Schneier [08:30] TR Bot Verification Using Facial Scans - Schneier on Security [08:30] TR News "at risk." https://www.wired.com/story/new-jersey-sues-discord/ | Source: Wired [08:30] TR Bot Jersey Sues Discord for Allegedly Failing to Protect Children | WIRED [08:30] schestowitz[TR2] Sompi_: discord ^ [08:33] TR News "There have been a number of protests in the past few months pushing back against President Trumps most recent policy changes, and we're likely to see more." https://www.wired.com/story/uncanny-valley-podcast-how-americans-are-surveilled-during-protests/ | Source: Wired [08:33] TR Bot Americans Are Surveilled During Protests | WIRED [08:33] TR News "The Republican representatives Brett Guthrie from Kentucky, Gus Bilirakis from Florida and Gary Palmer from Alaska sent a letter to 23andMe interim Chief Executive Joe Selsavage on Thursday requesting answers to several questions by May 1." https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-04-17/23-and-me-congressmen-letter | Source: Los Angeles Times [08:33] TR Bot Congressmen sound alarm over data privacy following 23andMe bankruptcy - Los Angeles Times [08:35] TR News "Here's how a SIM swap works." https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/04/thats-not-how-a-sim-swap-attack-works/ | Source: Terence Eden [08:35] TR Bot Thats Not How A SIM Swap Attack Works Terence Edens Blog [08:35] TR News "After the last visit to the shop, he claimed he noticed something odd: He was burning through a lot more miles for the same trips." https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/17/tesla_faked_odometer_data/ | Source: The Register UK [08:35] TR Bot Tesla fudged odometer to defraud me, owner claims The Register [08:35] TR News "How do you know that the XZ release tarballs was actually derived from its version control sources?" https://blog.josefsson.org/2025/04/17/verified-reproducible-tarballs/ | Source: Simon Josefsson [08:35] TR Bot Verified Reproducible Tarballs Simon Josefsson's blog [08:40] TR News Openwashing: "So, when you see a big vendor do something in open source, you naturally question the motives. Like, you cant ignore that particular truth. So what does it mean when we use AWS and open source in the same sentence?" https://thenewstack.io/kelsey-hightower-awss-eswar-bala-on-open-sources-evolution/ | Source: The New Stack [08:40] TR Bot Kelsey Hightower, AWS's Eswar Bala on Open Source's Evolution - The New Stack [08:41] TR News Windows TCO https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/16/dutch_ransomware_study/ | Source: The Register UK [08:41] TR Bot Ransomware crooks search for 'insurance' 'policy' right away The Register [08:42] TR News Windows TCO https://www.fortra.com/blog/ransomhouse-ransomware-what-you-need-know | [08:42] TR Bot Ransomware: What You Need To Know | Fortra [08:43] TR News "Last year, Smirnov pleaded guilty to multiple federal chargesincluding making a false statement about the Bidensand was sentenced to six years in prison, so its difficult to discern, based on the new DOJ filing, what might cast fresh doubt on his conviction." https://www.thenation.com/article/society/alexander-smirnov-trump-biden-impeachment-doj/ | Source: The Nation [08:43] TR Bot A Disgraced Hunter Biden Informant Had Ties to Trump Social Media Bid | The Nation [08:43] TR News "If it goes ahead, it sounds reminiscent of how X directly integrates Musk's Grok AI model into the website, where it operates both as a standalone chatbot, while also being capable of responding directly to users' posts at their request." https://futurism.com/openai-building-social-network | Source: Futurism [08:43] TR Bot OpenAI Is Secretly Building a Social Network [08:46] TR News "In light of the recent news that the Trump administration is using the IRS to target a private university, I wondered: what has to happen before we can legitimately use the term fascism? So I had a short chat with Claude. Heres the transcript: [...]" https://mihobu.lol/chats-with-claude-on-fascism | Source: Michael Burkhardt [08:46] TR Bot Chats with Claude: On Fascism - Michael Burkhardt's Whirled Wide Web [08:46] TR News "It wasnt immediately clear how many crosswalk buttons were impacted" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/jeff-bezos-seattle-crosswalk-buttons-b2734742.html | Source: The Independent UK [08:46] TR Bot Seattle crosswalk audio buttons hacked to imitate Jeff Bezos voice pleading not to tax the rich | The Independent [08:47] TR News "Hello fellow kids! Doing crimes is TIGHT!" https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/04/hello-fellow-kids-doing-crimes-is-tight/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski [08:47] TR Bot jwz: Hello fellow kids! Doing crimes is TIGHT! [08:47] TR News "Massive Blue is helping cops deploy AI-powered social media bots to talk to people they suspect are anything from violent sex criminals all the way to vaguely defined protesters." https://www.404media.co/this-college-protester-isnt-real-its-an-ai-powered-undercover-bot-for-cops/ | Source: 404 Media [08:47] TR Bot This College Protester Isnt Real. Its an AI-Powered Undercover Bot for Cops [08:48] TR News "because to create art, you need to touch the soul." https://www.latimes.com/delos/story/2025-04-17/dj-alok-coachella-urban-theory-artificial-intelligence-brazil | Source: Los Angeles Times [08:48] TR Bot Why Brazilian DJ Alok wants to keep art human - Los Angeles Times [08:48] TR News "The entire front of the vehicle was ripped off, sending the SUV spinning. Huan was pronounced dead hours after being taken to the hospital" https://futurism.com/elon-musk-call-government-autopilot | Source: Futurism [08:48] TR Bot Elon Musk Lost It on a Call With the Government After Autopilot Killed a Tesla Driver [08:48] TR News Old: Tesla engineer says company faked "full autopilot" video: Report https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tesla-autopilot-staged-engineer-says-company-faked-full-autopilot/ [08:48] TR Bot Tesla engineer says company faked "full autopilot" video: Report - CBS News [08:49] TR News "After getting the iPad I immediately regretted that. It was so much worse than I couldve ever imagined." https://idiomdrottning.org/i-miss-foss | Source: Idiomdrottning [08:49] TR Bot I stopped sticking to FOSS but immediately regretted that decision [08:49] TR News "Amazon Web Services Inc. today announced a partnership with DevSecOps tooling provider GitLab Inc. that will integrate it with agentic artificial intelligence development assistant Q Developer." https://siliconangle.com/2025/04/17/amazon-partners-gitlab-bring-q-developer-devsecops-workflows/ | Source: Silicon Angle [08:49] TR Bot partners with GitLab to bring Q Developer to DevSecOps workflows - SiliconANGLE [08:50] TR News "Ciscos ThousandEyes observability outfit analyzed the incident and picked it as a DNS problem that meant top-level domain nameservers did not have the records for zoom.us." https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/17/zoom_outage_godaddy_blamed/ | Source: The Register UK [08:50] TR Bot GoDaddy mistake took Zoom offline for about 90 minutes The Register [08:50] TR News "The mom spoke for a certain population segment that often gets neglected in society: The person who thinks that what we have is already good enough, who isnt convinced by things like whiz-bang graphics or cool accessories." https://tedium.co/2025/04/14/windows-10-forgotten-tech-users/ | Source: Tedium [08:50] TR Bot Windows 10 End-Of-Life: Are Non-Techies Screwed? [08:50] TR News "Its been reported that the cost of a 2nm wafer is $30,000, versus $18,000 for 3nm chips." https://www.macworld.com/article/2692710/tariffs-arent-the-only-reason-why-your-next-apple-device-might-be-more-expensive.html | Source: Macworld [08:50] TR Bot aren't the only reason why your next Apple device might be more expensive | Macworld [08:52] TR News "But here is the strange part: when I looked at the breakdown Screen Time gave me, the numbers didnt add up." https://matanabudy.com/my-iphones-screen-time-is-gaslighting-me/ | Source: Matan Abudy [08:52] TR Bot My iPhones Screen Time is gaslighting me | Matan Abudy [08:53] TR News "Yet do it often enough, and youre submerged in piss." https://zottmann.org/2025/04/17/sarcasm-is-poison.html | [08:53] TR Bot Carlo Zottmann - Sarcasm is poison [08:53] TR News "All of those things affect our time and our ability to care for our veterans." https://www.airforcetimes.com/veterans/2025/04/17/nurses-rally-outside-va-hospitals-to-highlight-staff-cuts-vacancies/ | Source: Air Force Times [08:53] TR Bot Nurses rally outside VA hospitals to highlight staff cuts, vacancies [08:54] TR News "BPS, like BPA, is a hormone-disrupting chemical that mimics estrogen and can disrupt the normal functioning of the body, including metabolism, growth and development, and reproduction. Studies show that BPS can be absorbed through skin when handling receipt papereven for short periods" https://ceh.org/latest/press-releases/touching-1-receipt-for-10-seconds-results-in-exposure-to-the-chemical-bps-above-the-safe-limit/ | [08:54] TR Bot Touching 1 Receipt for 10 Seconds Results in Exposure to the Chemical BPS Above the Safe Limit - Center for Environmental Health [08:54] TR News "According to new research from the Center for Environmental Health, the tiny paper documents used by major US retailers contain alarmingly high levels of Bisphenol S (BPS), an industrial chemical used in plastics manufacturing high enough to be dangerous even in the brief period it takes you to stuff one into your pocket." https://futurism.com/neoscope/do-not-touch-receipts-research | Source: Futurism [08:54] TR Bot You Might Not Want to Touch Receipts After Seeing This Horrifying Research [08:55] TR News "the death penalty was a political stunt that corrupted the grand jury process and deprived him of his constitutional right to due process." https://www.independent.co.uk/news/luigi-mangione-brian-thompson-donald-trump-manhattan-pam-bondi-b2735497.html | Source: The Independent UK [08:55] TR Bot UnitedHealthcare killing suspect Luigi Mangione indicted as prosecutors push for death penalty | The Independent [08:56] TR News "A federal complaint against Mangione was unsealed in December but he had not been indicted on those charges until Thursday." https://www.axios.com/2025/04/17/luigi-mangione-indicted-federal-murder-charges-ny | Source: Axios [08:56] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.axios.com/2025/04/17/luigi-mangione-indicted-federal-murder-charges-ny ) [08:57] TR News "TSMC's top brass insist it is not entertaining a joint venture with beleaguered chip biz Intel, though it is steeling itself for potential effects from the Trump administration's ever-changing tariff schemes." https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/17/tsmc_tariffs_intel/ | Source: The Register UK [08:57] TR Bot TSMC prepping for tariff turmoil, denies JV talks with Intel The Register [08:57] TR News "Heres the thing about tariffs that may not be clear to folks just hearing numbers: They have a cascading effect." https://tedium.co/2025/04/16/used-electronics-advice-tariffs/ | Source: Tedium [08:57] TR Bot Tech-Buying In A Time Of Tariffs: The Case For Buying Used [08:58] TR News "any change in customer behaviour" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/chip-giant-tsmc-sees-net-profit-rise-60-3-in-march-quarter/articleshow/120372894.cms | Source: India Times [08:58] TR Bot Chip giant TSMC sees net profit rise 60.3% in March quarter - The Economic Times [08:58] *x-amarsh04 has quit (connection closed) [08:58] TR News "A U.S. congressional investigation suspects that Chinese AI company DeepSeek has trained its large language model using tens of thousands of Nvidia GPUs, many covered by U.S. export controls" https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/lawmakers-demand-answers-from-nvidia-over-suspected-gpu-diversions-to-china-nvidia-denies-any-wrongdoing | Source: Tom's Hardware [08:58] TR Bot Lawmakers demand answers from Nvidia over suspected GPU diversions to China, company denies any wrongdoing | Tom's Hardware [08:59] TR News "an independent leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing cluster in the U.S." https://www.axios.com/local/phoenix/2025/04/17/tsmc-arizona-manufacture-advanced-chips-semiconductor | Source: Axios [08:59] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.axios.com/local/phoenix/2025/04/17/tsmc-arizona-manufacture-advanced-chips-semiconductor ) ● Apr 18 [09:06] TR News "This post is about what YOU can do as a senior IC to self-onboard." https://blog.alexewerlof.com/p/staff-self-onboarding-questions | Source: Alex Ewerlf [09:06] TR Bot Staff+ self-onboarding questions - Alex Ewerlf Notes [09:06] TR News "Im starting a new career chapter soon, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity." https://mangoumbrella.com/post/on-what-drives-me | Source: Yilei Yang [09:06] TR Bot On What Drives Me | Mango Umbrella [09:08] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techrights [09:09] TR News Propaganda services... over? https://redmonk.com/kfitzpatrick/2025/04/11/three-things-that-matter/ [09:09] TR Bot Three things that matter Sometimes Dragons [09:10] TR News Because they relay BS for their client, Microsoft https://techrights.org/o/2022/03/30/microsoft-osi-and-redmonk/ https://techrights.org/n/2024/09/13/RedMonk_September_the_Month_of_the_Mouth_of_Redmond_Still.shtml [09:10] TR Bot Microsoft: Bribing With Both Hands [09:10] TR Bot Techrights RedMonk: September the Month of the Mouth of Redmond (Still) [09:12] TR News You get BA in HISTORY and that makes you... wait, what? TECH EXPERT??? https://redmonk.com/team/stephen-ogrady/ [09:12] TR Bot OGrady RedMonk [09:13] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], This game isn't exactly really fun. LOL [09:13] IsambardPrince There was a time when people found this entertaining. [09:13] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [09:13] IsambardPrince I might restart it with the patched version. [09:16] TR News Senior Industry Analyst at RedMonk "Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Fundamentals" [09:16] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Now Google News is floating crap from "X". [09:17] schestowitz[TR2] oh, does it? [09:17] schestowitz[TR2] take screenshot [09:17] schestowitz[TR2] i didn't see this [09:19] TR News "Yes there are benefits to more freely and quickly sharing science. But preprints join predatory publishers and paper mills to fuel a growing challenge for our society: distinguishing credible science from inaccurate, biased, and misleading work." https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/04/17/guest-post-preprints-serve-the-anti-science-agenda-this-is-why-we-need-peer-review/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing [09:20] TR Bot Guest Post: Preprints Serve the Anti-science Agenda This Is Why We Need Peer Review - The Scholarly Kitchen [09:20] TR News "It's difficult to overstate the importance of the NIH to the development of scientific breakthroughs that affect our health and that of our loved ones." https://bobmonsour.com/blog/the-personal-effects-of-nih-funding-cuts/ | Source: Bob Monsour [09:20] TR Bot The personal effects of NIH funding cuts [09:21] TR News "The NIOSH researchers collected the tissue samples as part of experiments to determine how Americans may be impacted by chemicals and other substances they are exposed to at their jobs" https://www.wired.com/story/cdc-job-cuts-niosh-human-samples/ | Source: Wired [09:21] TR Bot of Urine and Tissue Samples Are in Danger of Rotting After Staff Cuts at a CDC Laboratory | WIRED [09:21] TR News "the situation may not be so clear cut. While dimethyl sulfide is an organic material on our planet, there's a body of evidence suggesting that nonbiological processes elsewhere in the cosmos could produce the compound, notes science writer Corey S. Powell in a Bluesky thread." https://futurism.com/flaw-claim-detecting-alien-life | Source: Futurism [09:21] TR Bot Oops! It Appears There's a Striking Flaw in That Claim About Detecting Alien Life [09:22] TR News "We say you should never waste a good crisis" https://www.thelocal.se/20250417/never-waste-a-good-crisis-how-sweden-wants-to-attract-us-talent-fleeing-trump | Source: The Local SE [09:22] TR Bot 'Never waste a good crisis': How Sweden wants to attract US talent fleeing Trump [09:23] TR News "So, is retention the only measure of PMF? Strictly speaking, no, but it is probably the most telling. If you cant keep your customers happy and around for the long term you cant really claim to have a strong fit." https://www.elliotcsmith.com/is-retention-is-the-only-real-measure-of-product-market-fit/ | Source: Elliot C Smith [09:23] TR Bot Is retention is the only real measure of product market fit? [09:23] TR News "R.L. Dane enquired about how one maintains a regular blogging habit, and counted my number of posts with a simple bash script." https://rubenerd.com/brolific/ | Source: Ruben Schade [09:23] TR Bot Brolific [09:23] TR News "Ive slowly been improving my email usage over time, since my tendency left unchecked is to be verbose." https://justinvollmer.com/posts/2025/04/operating-rules-for-email-collaboration/ | Source: Justin Vollmer [09:23] TR Bot Operating Rules for Email Collaboration | Justin Vollmer [09:24] TR News "Ive got another post coming up soon comparing a few different blogging tools for people who want to dip their toes into this wonderful form of self-expression (present writer notwithstanding), but in the meantime Im so happy to add Stefanos blog to Claras and my RSS reader." https://rubenerd.com/stefano-marinelli-is-expanding-his-blogging-presence/ | Source: Ruben Schade [09:24] TR Bot Stefano Marinelli is expanding his blogging presence [09:25] TR News "One above all: too many things I've written on social media have disappeared into nothingness after a few days. Content there is meant to be momentary, ephemeral. It's not for nothing that we talk about microblogging: posts appear in timelines and then vanish in the continuous flow of new content" https://my-notes.dragas.net//2025/04/17/why-i-m-expanding-my-blogging-presence/ | [09:25] TR Bot Why I'm Expanding My Blogging Presence | MyNotes [09:27] TR News "In what appears to be the latest move in this administrations total incompetence with regards to critical government tech infrastructure, MITRE announced yesterday that funding had run out for the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system" https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/16/us-government-almost-kills-critical-cybersecurity-database/ | Source: Techdirt [09:27] TR Bot Government Almost Kills Critical Cybersecurity Database | Techdirt [09:27] TR News "Launched in 1999, CVE provides information about cybersecurity vulnerabilities in software products." https://siliconangle.com/2025/04/16/us-extends-contract-fund-cve-vulnerability-database/ | Source: Silicon Angle [09:27] TR Bot extends contract to fund the CVE vulnerability database - SiliconANGLE [09:28] TR News "As reported by Kenneth B. Warner, 1BHW, in the June 1925 edition of QST: [...]" https://www.arrl.org/news/view/world-amateur-radio-day-international-amateur-radio-union-formed-100-years-ago | Source: ARRL [09:28] TR Bot World Amateur Radio Day International Amateur Radio Union Formed 100 Years Ago [09:29] TR News [Old] "Probably the single most important lesson Ive learned in my career" https://dylanbeattie.net/2025/04/11/the-problem-with-vibe-coding.html | [09:29] TR Bot Problem with Vibe Coding : dylanbeattie.net [09:30] TR News "I was confident this could be done with moderate effort." https://www.tweag.io/blog/2025-04-17-wasm-ghci-browser/ | Source: Modus Create LLC [09:30] TR Bot Frontend live-coding via ghci - Tweag [09:30] TR News "Ive been using a lot of Git Trailers in my commit messages recently and as my thinking on which trailer keys to use has evolved, its been useful to look back at which ones have been used before." https://calebhearth.com/tally-git-trailers | Source: Caleb Hearth [09:30] TR Bot Tally All Git Trailers in a Repository [09:31] TR News "Erlang/OTP is a collection of libraries, middleware and other tools designed for creating scalable soft real-time systems that require high availability, such as e-commerce, banking, and communications applications." https://www.securityweek.com/critical-erlang-otp-ssh-flaw-exposes-many-servers-to-remote-hacking/ | Source: Security Week [09:31] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/critical-erlang-otp-ssh-flaw-exposes-many-servers-to-remote-hacking/ ) [09:31] TR News "The first step in planning and creating good error messages is to identify the different types of errors that could occur within our user experience. For example: [...]" https://piccalil.li/blog/how-to-write-error-messages-that-actually-help-users-rather-than-frustrate-them/?ref=main-rss-feed | Source: Andy Bell [09:31] TR Bot How to write error messages that actually help users rather than frustrate them - Piccalilli [09:31] TR News "In the dynamic realm of scientific computing and data analysis, the importance of maintaining the integrity of every artifact and computational process cannot be overstated. Meticulous tracking and documentation of every action on data and code are crucial for valid research and regulatory compliance." https://info.juliahub.com/blog/juliahub-audit-features | Source: Julia Programming Language [09:31] TR Bot JuliaHub Audit Features for Pharmacometrics Software Records [09:35] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [09:35] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [09:36] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I used the MSNP protocol for a long time just because it worked with Pidgin. [09:36] IsambardPrince So I maintained a presence on all the major instant messenger networks because they ran in one FOSS program without ads that took very little RAM. [09:37] IsambardPrince These news replacements for MSNP like Skype and Teams just keep getting bigger. You know, they build Teams on top of an Edge Webview2 instance. [09:37] IsambardPrince Even though Edge is already running maybe, Webview2 gives Teams or any other application a private version of an entire browser. [09:37] IsambardPrince It's like Electron only worse. [09:38] TR News "Apparently, its a BTC 1853L with an embedded ESS AudioDrive 1868F chipsomething I did not realise when pressing that buy button. OEM cards are not necessarily a bad thing but can require their own set of drivers." https://brainbaking.com/post/2025/04/about-a-broken-ess-audiodrive-card/ | Source: Wouter Groeneveld [09:38] TR Bot About a Broken ESS AudioDrive Card | Brain Baking [09:40] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: does Google NEWS show social control media now? [09:40] schestowitz[TR2] can you show proof of that? [09:40] schestowitz[TR2] that woluld be rteallyu bad [09:40] TR News "Hello and welcome to the second part of my descend into maelstrom assembly. First of all: I've learned that I am not learning to write assembler. Assembler is program which converts assembly language into machine code. Does this change anything?" https://michal.sapka.pl/2025/commodore-64-assembly-part-2-registers-memory-labels-constants-and-numbers/ | Source: Micha Sapka [09:40] TR Bot Commodore 64 Assembly, part 2: registers, memory, labels, constants, and numbers [09:41] TR News "Following on from our guide to setting up an acoustically treated recording space at home, its time to get to the hardware." https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/build-a-home-recording-studio-with-raspberry-pi-500-choosing-your-equipment/ | Source: Raspberry Pi [09:41] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/build-a-home-recording-studio-with-raspberry-pi-500-choosing-your-equipment/ ) [09:41] TR News "A self-taught drone and UAV builder, Aarrejoki carried out his project in a small windowless lab at the university, filled with 3D printers. The printers were used to manufacture most of the parts for both Aarrejoki's drone and a ground robot designed by Captain Andersson." https://yle.fi/a/74-20156841 | Source: YLE [09:41] TR Bot Teen spends conscription in Finnish Army tinkering with military drones | Yle News | Yle [09:41] TR News "The coreboot project has always thrived on community contributions and collaboration." https://blogs.coreboot.org/blog/2025/04/17/expanding-collaboration-new-ways-to-engage-with-the-coreboot-project/ | Source: Coreboot (Official) [09:41] TR Bot Expanding Collaboration: New Ways to Engage with the coreboot Project coreboot [09:43] TR News "The first reviews of the new Framework Laptop 13 (AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series) are now live, and the first Batch 1 customer systems start shipping tomorrow! This is our 7th version of Framework Laptop 13, and the refinement that comes from iteration really comes through in the reviews." https://frame.work/fi/en/blog/reviews-on-the-new-framework-laptop-13-are-live | Source: Framework Computer BV [09:43] TR Bot Framework | Reviews on the new Framework Laptop 13 are live! [09:44] TR News "It wasnt just kids who found the Armatron so special." https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/17/1114456/toy-armatron-modern-robotics-ai-nostalgia/ | Source: MIT Technology Review [09:44] TR Bot How a 1980s toy robot arm inspired modern robotics | MIT Technology Review [09:44] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], https://i.ibb.co/KpDBv22d/Screenshot-2025-04-18-3-43-17-AM.png [09:44] TR News "In a sea of laptops that make it hard, if not impossible, to upgrade your system post-purchase, Framework has always believed in giving customers more options." https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/ultrabooks-ultraportables/framework-laptop-13-amd-ryzen-ai-300-series-review | Source: Tom's Hardware [09:44] TR Bot Framework Laptop 13 (AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series) review: Increased performance at the expense of battery life | Tom's Hardware [09:45] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: it says "Home" [09:45] schestowitz[TR2] what is the context? [09:45] schestowitz[TR2] is this browser [09:46] schestowitz[TR2] in google news proper? [09:46] schestowitz[TR2] news.google.com [09:46] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Yeah. [09:46] schestowitz[TR2] woiw [09:46] schestowitz[TR2] really bad [09:46] schestowitz[TR2] that "tweet" is also meaningless [09:46] schestowitz[TR2] religious hand-wavingf [09:47] schestowitz[TR2] does not show who said it [09:49] IsambardPrince https://x.com/GovRonDeSantis/status/1912916918689837267 [09:49] TR Bot ( status 400 @ https://x.com/GovRonDeSantis/status/1912916918689837267 ) [09:49] IsambardPrince Ron DeSantis [09:49] IsambardPrince LOL [09:50] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: Zigbee, Raspberry Pi, Framework, Coreboot, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Open_Hardware_Modding_Zigbee_Raspberry_Pi_Framework_Coreboot_an.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Open_Hardware_Modding_Zigbee_Raspberry_Pi_Framework_Coreboot_an.gmi [09:50] TR Bot Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: Zigbee, Raspberry Pi, Framework, Coreboot, and More [09:51] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], https://i.ibb.co/6Mk1ZbS/Screenshot-2025-04-18-3-50-02-AM.png [09:51] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Sorry more kids died. Thoughts and Prayers! -Ron DeSantis, X, Google "News" [09:53] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techrights [09:59] *x-amarsh04 has quit (connection closed) [09:59] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: http://techrights.org/n/2025/04/18/Google_News_is_Dying.shtml [09:59] TR Bot Techrights Google News is Dying ● Apr 18 [10:00] TR News Techrights Google News is Dying https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/18/Google_News_is_Dying.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/18/Google_News_is_Dying.gmi [10:00] TR Bot Techrights Google News is Dying [10:01] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I sent you another screenshot of X [10:01] IsambardPrince It leads to Ron DeSantis. [10:01] IsambardPrince LOL [10:01] IsambardPrince https://i.ibb.co/6Mk1ZbS/Screenshot-2025-04-18-3-50-02-AM.png [10:02] schestowitz[TR2] yes, i saw it [10:02] schestowitz[TR2] i don't want to even name that nothing -burder-face [10:02] schestowitz[TR2] *burger [10:06] TR News Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Corel Capture https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-alternatives-corel-capture/ [10:06] TR Bot Free and Open Source Alternatives to Corel Capture - LinuxLinks [10:08] TR News "You can use the Windows XP interface (as well as other Windows versions) on the Linux distribution Q4OS. Here's how you can set it up." https://www.pcworld.com/article/2660380/forget-windows-11-these-mad-lads-made-linux-look-like-windows-xp.html [10:08] TR Bot Windows 11. These mad lads made Linux look like Windows XP! | PCWorld [10:09] TR News "Big tech companies, including Amazon, Google, and Oracle, forked Redis to create Valkey" https://linuxiac.com/arch-says-goodbye-to-redis-adopts-valkey/ | Source: Linuxiac [10:09] TR Bot Arch Says Goodbye to Redis, Adopts Valkey [10:09] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techrights [10:11] TR News "Meanwhile, if you just save the original bytes, you can fix everything later. Plus, given the amount of data your own social media posts consist of (... and which this post was primarily concerned about), a few Python scripts can go through them every single time you're looking for something." https://simonsafar.com/2025/throw_it_into_postgres/ | [10:11] TR Bot Throw It Into Postgres - simonsafar.com [10:12] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [10:12] TR News "anticrawl is a simple go http handler. Stick it in the affected service." https://flak.tedunangst.com/post/anticrawl | Source: Ted Unangst [10:12] TR Bot anticrawl [10:12] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techrights [10:12] TR News "I miss when the feeds were available natively on browsers, setup similarly to bookmarks." https://jetgirl.art/bring-back-rss-feeds-to-browsers/ | [10:12] TR Bot Bring Back RSS Feeds to Browsers | JetGirlArt [10:13] IsambardPrince It's disgusting that Google would resort to boosting slop and idiot politicians instead of news. [10:13] TR News "Thats why Ive decided to share with you the #1 tip to speed up your Emacs - defer the load time of your packages" https://batsov.com/articles/2025/04/17/using-use-package-the-right-way/ | Source: Bozhidar Batsov [10:13] TR Bot Using use-package the right way - (think) [10:13] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: yes [10:13] schestowitz[TR2] you could say it that way [10:13] schestowitz[TR2] it dumbs people down [10:13] schestowitz[TR2] meanwhole you have local news in FL [10:13] schestowitz[TR2] with mics, photographers [10:13] IsambardPrince I've got over two dozen "sources" blocked in Google News. [10:14] schestowitz[TR2] and google treas them as equal or less than burgerface sitting on his toilet [10:14] IsambardPrince And they just keep finding more ways to shove crap I don't want. [10:14] schestowitz[TR2] writing some religious s*** [10:18] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [10:18] TR News "Under the hood, systemd v257.4 arrives with vital upstream changes and the removal of some legacy functionalities." https://linuxiac.com/ubuntu-25-04-plucky-puffin-released/ | Source: Linuxiac [10:18] TR Bot Ubuntu 25.04 (Plucky Puffin) Now Available, This Is Whats New [10:19] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techrights [10:20] TR News (NEW): Let's talk about this "EU OS" https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Let_s_talk_about_this_EU_OS.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Let_s_talk_about_this_EU_OS.gmi [10:20] TR Bot Tux Machines Let's talk about this "EU OS" [10:22] TR News "I wanted to see if this could replace my full-size 100 TB hard drive NAS." https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/almost-perfect-mini-nas-my-mini-rack | Source: Jeff Geerling [10:22] TR Bot The (almost) perfect mini NAS for my mini rack | Jeff Geerling [10:23] TR News "This comprehensive guide will help you understand how traceroute works, interpret its results and recognize common network problems it can reveal." https://thenewstack.io/how-to-read-a-traceroute-for-network-troubleshooting/ | Source: The New Stack [10:23] TR Bot How To Read a Traceroute for Network Troubleshooting - The New Stack [10:23] TR News Let's talk about this "EU OS"

Read on [10:23] TR Bot Let's talk about this "EU OS" [10:23] TR News Let's talk about this "EU OS"

Read on [10:23] *wael___ has quit (Quit: Screw it, I'm out!) [10:24] TR News "A while ago I wrote an entry about (not) finding which NFSv4 client owns a lock on a Linux NFS(v4) server, where the best I could do was pick awkwardly through the raw NFS v4 client information in /proc/fs/nfsd/clients." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/NFSv4ServerLockClientsII | Source: University of Toronto [10:24] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser [10:25] TR News "Heres the problem. Both lines cant run. Only one will run. The incoming ssh key will match, and that command will be run. Instead. I added a second ssh key: [...]" https://dan.langille.org/2025/04/17/using-ssh-authorized-keys-to-decide-what-the-incoming-connection-can-do/ | Source: Dan Langille [10:25] TR Bot Using ~/.ssh/authorized keys to decide what the incoming connection can do Dan Langille's Other Diary [10:26] TR News Fedora 42 Network Configuration Guide https://idroot.us/fedora-42-network-configuration/ [10:26] TR Bot Fedora 42 Network Configuration Guide - idroot [10:26] TR News How To Disable SELinux on Fedora 42 https://idroot.us/disable-selinux-fedora-42/ [10:26] TR Bot How To Disable SELinux on Fedora 42 - idroot [10:26] TR News How To Install EPEL Repository on Fedora 42 https://idroot.us/install-epel-repository-fedora-42/ [10:26] TR Bot How To Install EPEL Repository on Fedora 42 - idroot [10:26] TR News How to Upgrade to Ubuntu 25.04 Plucky Puffin https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/04/how-to-upgrade-to-ubuntu-25-04 [10:26] TR Bot How to Upgrade to Ubuntu 25.04 'Plucky Puffin' - OMG! Ubuntu [10:27] TR News How To Install Portainer on CentOS Stream 10 https://idroot.us/install-portainer-centos-stream-10/ [10:27] TR Bot How To Install Portainer on CentOS Stream 10 - idroot [10:27] TR News How To Install ClamAV on Fedora 42 https://idroot.us/install-clamav-fedora-42/ [10:27] TR Bot How To Install ClamAV on Fedora 42 - idroot [10:28] TR News How to upgrade to Fedora Silverblue 42 and roll back if needed https://www.neowin.net/guides/how-to-upgrade-to-fedora-silverblue-42-and-roll-back-if-needed/ [10:28] TR Bot How to upgrade to Fedora Silverblue 42 and roll back if needed - Neowin [10:28] *wael___ (~quassel@hgmhm4zzuwffw.irc) has joined #techrights [10:28] TR News How To Install Python on Fedora 42 https://idroot.us/install-python-fedora-42/ [10:28] TR Bot How To Install Python on Fedora 42 - idroot [10:29] TR News How To Install CUPS Print Server on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-cups-print-server-ubuntu-24-04/ [10:29] TR Bot How To Install CUPS Print Server on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - idroot [10:31] *x-amarsh04 has quit (connection closed) [10:32] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/today_s_howtos.gmi [10:32] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [10:33] *Disconnected (Remote host closed socket). [10:35] *Now talking on #techrights [10:38] TR News "The latest interim release of Ubuntu introduces devpacks for popular frameworks like Spring" https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-releases-ubuntu-25-04-plucky-puffin | Source: Canonical [10:38] TR Bot Releases Ubuntu 25.04 Plucky Puffin [10:38] TR News Distribution Release: Ubuntu Budgie 25.04. "The Ubuntu Budgie team has announced the release of Ubuntu Budgie 25.04." https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12421 | Source: Distro Watch [10:38] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12421 ) [10:38] TR News Distribution Release: Ubuntu Budgie 25.04. "The Ubuntu Budgie team has announced the release of Ubuntu Budgie 25.04." https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12421 | Source: Distro Watch [10:40] TR News Distribution Release: Lubuntu 25.04. "The Lubuntu project has released Lubuntu 25.04, an interim release which will receive nine months of support." https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12419 | Source: Distro Watch [10:40] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12419 ) [10:40] TR News Distribution Release: Ubuntu Studio 25.04. "The Ubuntu Studio team has announced the release of Ubuntu Studio 25.04 which offers a range of creative and multimedia tools." https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12418 | Source: Distro Watch [10:40] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12418 ) [10:42] TR News Distribution Release: Ubuntu MATE 25.04. "Martin Wimpress has announced the availability of Ubuntu MATE 25.04." https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12417 | Source: Distro Watch [10:42] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12417 ) [10:42] TR News Distribution Release: Kubuntu 25.04. "The Kubuntu project has announced the release of Kubuntu 25.04 which features version 6.3 of the Plasma desktop." https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12416 | Source: Distro Watch [10:42] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12416 ) [10:42] TR News Distribution Release: Ubuntu 25.04. "Canonical has announced the release of Ubuntu 25.04 "Plucky Puffin" which introduces the Linux 6.14 kernel" https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12415 | Source: Distro Watch [10:42] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12415 ) [10:42] TR News "EU OS is a proof-of-concept operating system based on Fedora and built by developer Robert Riemann" https://thelibre.news/lets-talk-about-this-eu-os/ | Source: LibreNews [10:42] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techrights [10:46] TR News "Today, over a month after the last update to the 24.12 series, KDE has released the brand-new KDE Gear 25.04 apps collection, bringing a range of new features to the table." https://linuxiac.com/kde-gear-25-04-apps-collection-released/ | Source: Linuxiac [10:46] TR Bot KDE Gear 25.04 Apps Collection Rolls Out, Heres Whats New [10:47] TR News "One of the headline improvements is its enhanced Wayland support. The team has addressed a long-standing quirk in multi-screen setups by adopting screen names instead of screen numbers a necessary shift, as Wayland does not define a primary screen in the traditional sense." https://linuxiac.com/lxqt-2-2-released-with-enhanced-wayland-support/ | Source: Linuxiac [10:47] TR Bot LXQt 2.2 Released with Enhanced Wayland Support [10:48] TR News "In addition to Windows XP, you can also choose interfaces that mimic Windows 2000, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10. While you can install and use Linux applications, the system offers a familiar graphical user interface that behaves like Windows, making it easier [sic] to navigate." https://www.pcworld.com/article/2660380/forget-windows-11-these-mad-lads-made-linux-look-like-windows-xp.html | Source: PC World [10:48] TR Bot Windows 11. These mad lads made Linux look like Windows XP! | PCWorld [10:49] TR News "We should improve libzfs somewhat, Accurate Effective Storage Performance Benchmark, Debugging aids for pf firewall rules on FreeBSD, OpenBSD and Thunderbolt issue on ThinkPad T480s, Signing Git Commits with an SSH key, Pgrep, LibreOffice downloads on the rise, and more" https://www.bsdnow.tv/607 | Source: The BSD Now Podcast [10:49] TR Bot BSD Now 607: Sign those commits [10:53] TR News KDE Gear 25.04 https://kde.org/announcements/gear/25.04.0/ [10:53] TR Bot KDE Gear 25.04 - KDE Community [10:56] TR News Mozilla comments on its sugar daddy while pretending to be a rival https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/internet-policy/mozilla-ceo-on-google-antitrust/ [10:56] TR Bot Mozillas CEO weighs in on U.S. v. Google [10:59] TR News (NEW): Web Browsers, RSS, and Competition https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Web_Browsers_RSS_and_Competition.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Web_Browsers_RSS_and_Competition.gmi [10:59] TR Bot Tux Machines Web Browsers, RSS, and Competition ● Apr 18 [11:02] TR News (NEW): Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Security_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Security_Leftovers.gmi [11:02] TR Bot Tux Machines Security Leftovers [11:05] TR News It's back to the future II; skinnerbox, no hoverboard yet, and Google News has become MElon X!! Because who needs news anyway???? [11:08] TR News Kubuntu 25.04 Plucky Puffin released https://kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-25-04-plucky-puffin-released/ [11:08] TR Bot Kubuntu 25.04 Plucky Puffin released | Kubuntu [11:09] TR News (NEW): Audiocasts/Shows: Linux Matters and BSD Now https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Audiocasts_Shows_Linux_Matters_and_BSD_Now.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Audiocasts_Shows_Linux_Matters_and_BSD_Now.gmi [11:09] TR Bot Tux Machines Audiocasts/Shows: Linux Matters and BSD Now [11:10] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi [11:10] TR Bot Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers [11:11] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I found yet another Brita pitcher at the thrift store. [11:11] IsambardPrince 90s model. [11:12] TR News (NEW): Kernel/Linux Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Kernel_Linux_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Kernel_Linux_Leftovers.gmi [11:12] TR Bot Tux Machines Kernel/Linux Leftovers [11:14] IsambardPrince https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Replacement-Water-Filters-Pitchers/dp/B07YT1NTCX [11:14] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-Amazon.com [11:15] IsambardPrince "SS [11:15] IsambardPrince 3 Stars [11:15] IsambardPrince Verified Purchase [11:15] IsambardPrince Too small [11:15] IsambardPrince These filter cartridges were suggested to purchase with the 52 cup ZeroWater filter I just purchased but they are much smaller than whats needed with ZeroWater filter systems. The box does say they are for Britas. Since they were suggested to together I didnt check for compatibility. Returning" [11:16] IsambardPrince https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hyc1aMtnHJo [11:16] TR Bot https://invidious.tiekoetter.com/watch?v=Hyc1aMtnHJo [11:16] TR Bot invidious.tiekoetter.com | Making sure you're not a bot! [11:16] IsambardPrince "Parks and Recreation - Ron Swanson and the Swivel Chair" [11:16] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], ^ [11:16] IsambardPrince :D [11:16] IsambardPrince Me, basically, when anyone brings me a problem. [11:17] schestowitz[TR2] does it work? [11:17] schestowitz[TR2] https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=Hyc1aMtnHJo [11:17] TR Bot Making sure you're not a bot! [11:18] IsambardPrince The older Brita pitcher? [11:18] IsambardPrince Yeah. The newer blue filters fit fine too. [11:18] TR News Techrights Links 18/04/2025: Layoffs at Microsoft Infosys and Qt Becoming Increasingly Proprietary (Plus Slop) https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/18/Links_18_04_2025_Layoffs_at_Microsoft_Infosys_and_Qt_Becoming_I.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/18/Links_18_04_2025_Layoffs_at_Microsoft_Infosys_and_Qt_Becoming_I.gmi [11:18] TR Bot Techrights Links 18/04/2025: Layoffs at Microsoft Infosys and Qt Becoming Increasingly Proprietary (Plus Slop) [11:19] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: rianne loled at it also [11:19] schestowitz[TR2] biab [11:24] TR News StatCounter Shows the Market Share of Vista 11 is Decreasing in Ukraine This Year https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/16/StatCounter_Shows_the_Market_Share_of_Vista_11_is_Decreasing_in.shtml [11:24] TR Bot Techrights StatCounter Shows the Market Share of Vista 11 is Decreasing in Ukraine This Year [11:24] TR News Massive 366% chip shipment surge to Malaysia amid increased Nvidia Hey Hi (AI) GPU smuggling curbs, ahead of looming sectoral tariffs https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/massive-366-percent-chip-shipment-surge-to-malaysia-amid-increased-nvidia-ai-gpu-smuggling-curbs-ahead-of-looming-sectoral-tariffs [11:24] TR Bot Massive 366% chip shipment surge to Malaysia amid increased Nvidia AI GPU smuggling curbs, ahead of looming sectoral tariffs | Tom's Hardware [11:25] TR News "I decided on Aoostar GEM12 Pro Mini-PC and ordered it." https://rsadowski.de/posts/2025/aoostar-gem12-pro-max-openbsd/ | Source: Rafael Sadowski [11:25] TR Bot on the AOOSTAR GEM12 Pro MAX AMD R7 8845HS Mini PC rsadowski.de [11:25] TR News "Obviously, were short one modifier key here, but thats not a big deal in practice." https://batsov.com/articles/2025/04/17/my-favorite-tilde-keybindings/ | Source: Bozhidar Batsov [11:25] TR Bot My favorite tilde keybindings - (think) [11:28] TR News "Dont worry, this is a common issue that simply means that the file or directory youre trying to remove is currently being used by the system or by a currently running process." https://www.tecmint.com/rm-cannot-remove-device-or-resource-busy/ | Source: TecMint [11:28] TR Bot Fix rm: Cannot Remove File Device or Resource Busy Error [11:30] TR News "Valkey, a high-performance key/value datastore, will be replacing redis in the [extra] repository." https://archlinux.org/news/valkey-to-replace-redis-in-the-extra-repository/ | Source: ArchLinux [11:30] TR Bot Arch Linux - News: Valkey to replace Redis in the [extra] Repository [11:31] TR News "Within the report and in collaboration with Red Hat Insights, IBM X-Force found that more than half of Red Hat Enterprise Linux customers' environments had not deployed a patch for at least one critical CVE in their environment, and 18% had not patched five or more." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/numbers-security-insights-red-hat-and-ibm | Source: Red Hat Official [11:31] TR Bot By the numbers: Security insights from Red Hat and IBM [11:38] TR News "Connectivity checks are expected to work properly on multi-homed, e.g. wifi + LAN, workstation in the F42 release by defaulting Workstation to use IPv6_rpfilter=loose . This helps avoid certain scenarios that can degrade user experience when switching between modes of connectivity." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/announcing-fedora-42 [11:38] TR Bot Announcing Fedora 42 [11:39] TR News MOAAAARRR BUZZWORDS: MOC!! "MASS OPEN CLOUD PLATFORM" https://research.redhat.com/mass-open-cloud/ [11:39] TR Bot Mass Open Cloud - Red Hat Research [11:39] TR News Red Hat just made three big changes to its developer hub heres what you need to know https://www.itpro.com/software/development/red-hat-developer-hub-updates [11:39] TR Bot Red Hat just made three big changes to its developer hub heres what you need to know | IT Pro [11:40] TR News A "partnership with Red Hat and ByteDance" makes one wonder why IBM would want to go down this road again https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/containers-kubernetes/google-bytedance-and-red-hat-improve-ai-on-kubernetes [11:40] TR Bot Google, ByteDance and Red Hat improve AI on Kubernetes | Google Cloud Blog [11:43] TR News Bengaluru techie shares horrible interview experience with IBM, says company lied about CTC - Trending News | The Financial Express https://www.financialexpress.com/trending/techie-shares-horrible-interview-experience-with-ibm-bengaluru-says-company-lied-about-ctc/3811390/ Source: Financial Express, Bangladesh [11:43] TR Bot Bengaluru techie shares horrible interview experience with IBM, says company lied about CTC - Trending News | The Financial Express [11:44] TR News "Lowballing salaries in India too ? What is the world coming to under Alvind and Krabanaugh in 2025 ? A bigger $100 million bonus for Alvind in 2025 ? or just more Vindaloo curry with an extra large helping of diarrhea ?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1js3hjzth [11:44] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1js3hjzth ) [11:45] TR News "Gary Cohn, IBM vice chairman and former director of the National Economic Council, joins CNBC's 'Money Movers' to discuss outlooks on U.S. trade policy, markets, probability of a recession, and much more." https://www.cnbc.com/video/2025/04/15/ibm-vice-chairman-gary-cohn-probably-of-recession-is-higher-but-still-policy-dependent.html [11:45] TR Bot IBM Vice Chairman Gary Cohn: The probability of a recession is higher but still depends on policy [11:45] schestowitz[TR2] " [11:45] schestowitz[TR2] "So I don't think we're to the layoff stage yet, but we're clearly at the non-hiring stage." [11:45] schestowitz[TR2] The message is unambiguous: get ready. [11:45] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.cnbc.com/video/2025/04/15/ibm-vice-chairman-gary-cohn-probably-of-recession-is-higher-but-still-policy-dependent.html [11:45] schestowitz[TR2] Gary Cohn, IBM vice chairman and former director of the National Economic Council, joins CNBCs Money Movers to discuss outlooks on U.S. trade policy, markets, probability of a recession, and much more. [11:45] schestowitz[TR2] " [11:47] TR News IBM orders US sales to locate near customers or offices https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/18/ibm_orders_us_sales_staff/ [11:47] TR Bot IBM orders US sales to locate near customers or offices The Register [11:48] TR News w [11:48] TR News They say it like it's a good thing. They got themselves a mole. https://www.itpro.com/business/leadership/cyberone-appoints-microsofts-tracey-pretorius-to-its-advisory-board Microsoft = back door. http://techrights.org/wiki/Microsoft_and_the_NSA/ [11:48] TR Bot CyberOne appoints Microsofts Tracey Pretorius to its advisory board | ChannelPro [11:48] TR Bot Microsoft and the NSA [11:50] TR News (NEW): Red Hat and IBM, Layoffs and Shutdowns https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Red_Hat_and_IBM_Layoffs_and_Shutdowns.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Red_Hat_and_IBM_Layoffs_and_Shutdowns.gmi [11:51] TR Bot Tux Machines Red Hat and IBM, Layoffs and Shutdowns [11:56] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], My kettle is leaking. [11:56] IsambardPrince I spent $13 on a new stainless steel on from Amazon because it's beneath me to try to fix the old one. [11:56] IsambardPrince I'm going to all steel instead of borosilicate glass. [11:59] IsambardPrince I drink a lot of water. We have basically good water here, but it tastes somewhat of chlorine and disinfectant byproducts. ● Apr 18 [12:00] IsambardPrince But Brita filters can easily deal with this. [12:01] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I use the standard type filters (granular activated carbon) for coffee and tea, and a gravity fed carbon block (the Elite filter) for drinking water. [12:02] IsambardPrince For some reason the blue filters make the water taste better, but they make coffee have less flavor too. I can't put my finger on it, but I strongly prefer the cheap filters for the water to make coffee. [12:02] IsambardPrince The blue filters make tap water taste so good you could swear it was MARISOL's truck water. [12:03] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I also collect spring water too. [12:04] IsambardPrince I make coffee with the spring water sometimes from that nature preserve near O'Hare. [12:13] IsambardPrince https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpjvslNTUZc&t=50s [12:13] TR Bot https://inv.zzls.xyz/watch?v=QpjvslNTUZc [12:14] TR Bot inv.nadeko.net | Making sure you're not a bot! [12:14] IsambardPrince LOL [12:19] IsambardPrince I made scrambled eggs fried up in bacon fat yesterday. [12:19] IsambardPrince Good way to add some flavor and keep them from sticking to the pan. [12:21] IsambardPrince https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpjvslNTUZc&t=121s [12:21] TR Bot https://yewtu.be/watch?v=QpjvslNTUZc [12:21] TR Bot ( status 503 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=QpjvslNTUZc ) [12:21] IsambardPrince That looks like how I'd solve a problem. [12:22] *Disconnected (Remote host closed socket). [12:22] *Now talking on #techrights [12:29] IsambardPrince "I've seen three movies in my life, The Bridge over the River Kwai, Patton, and Herbie Fully Loaded.....my girlfriend's kids love that one." [12:29] IsambardPrince I try to see as many movies as possible. If they've got a point to them. [12:29] IsambardPrince Most movies they make today are just obviously a waste of time so there's no point seeing them or owning a copy./ [12:30] IsambardPrince Criterion released Seven Samurai, and it goes for over $40, and it's a movie from 1954. They do a lot of projects like this. [12:31] IsambardPrince I'd usually rather see a movie from that era than today. [12:31] IsambardPrince I love it that they told a story, and they'd have 3-4 hour long movies with an intermission halfway in, instead of trying to get people in and out and there's no value to the movie, like they do now. [12:32] IsambardPrince They make sequels now. They did Blade Runner 2049, and it was not horrible, but it did not need to be made. [12:32] IsambardPrince The original movie had much more memorable acting. [12:36] IsambardPrince Hmm, it says Rutger Hauer was only nominated for a Saturn award in 1982 for best supporting actor in Blade Runner, as Roy Batty. [12:37] IsambardPrince That must have been the best movie of 1982. [12:37] *IsambardPrince has quit (Quit: Leaving) [12:41] schestowitz[TR2] schestowitz[TR2], My kettle is leaking. [12:41] schestowitz[TR2] of course. [12:41] schestowitz[TR2] I spent $13 on a new stainless steel on from Amazon because it's beneath me to try to fix the old one. [12:41] schestowitz[TR2] use the hob [12:41] schestowitz[TR2] the cheapo kettles are shite [12:42] schestowitz[TR2] and the expensive brands are just the cheapo ones with formerly good brands pasted on [12:45] TR News "Banana Pi has introduced the BPI-RV2, an open-source gateway platform developed in collaboration with Siflower. The board is based on the SF21H8898 SoC, a quad-core RISC-V processor designed for industrial and enterprise networking applications such as routers, access points, and control gateways." https://linuxgizmos.com/banana-pi-bpi-rv2-gateway-board-integrates-siflower-sf21h8898-risc-v-soc/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [12:45] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/banana-pi-bpi-rv2-gateway-board-integrates-siflower-sf21h8898-risc-v-soc/ ) [12:52] TR News "The Minichord is a compact, chord-focused musical instrument developed by Benjamin Poilve through a co-creation effort with Seeed Studio. Designed for musicians of all skill levels" https://linuxgizmos.com/minichord-synthesizer-offers-open-source-platform-for-chord-based-music-creation/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [12:52] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/minichord-synthesizer-offers-open-source-platform-for-chord-based-music-creation/ ) [12:57] TR News Society is moving backwards. It is becoming primitive. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/health/measles-texas-mexico-canada.html [12:57] TR Bot Measles Outbreaks in Canada and Mexico Bring Grim Prognosis - The New York Times [12:57] TR News The Firefighter With O.C.D. and the Vaccine He Believed Would Kill Him https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/nyregion/firefighter-mental-health-ocd.html [12:57] TR Bot The Firefighter With O.C.D. and the Vaccine He Believed Would Kill Him - The New York Times [12:57] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Man Administrations Immigration Policies and Rhetoric Block Access to Health Care: PHR Research Brief https://phr.org/news/trump-administrations-immigration-policies-and-rhetoric-block-access-to-health-care-phr-research-brief/ [12:57] TR Bot Trump Administration's Immigration Policies and Rhetoric Block Access to Health Care: PHR Research Brief - PHR [12:58] *GNUmoon has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [12:58] TR News So health is just for smart of rich people now. Eugenics but veiled? [12:58] TR News (or) [12:58] *GNUmoon (~GNUmoon@gateway/tor-sasl/gnumoon) has joined #techrights [12:58] TR News LibreNMS Service health file disabled https://dan.langille.org/2025/04/17/librenms-service-health-file-disabled/ [12:58] TR Bot LibreNMS Service health file disabled Dan Langille's Other Diary ● Apr 18 [13:00] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Man May Be Triggering the Fastest Nuclear Weapons Race Since the Cold War [13:09] TR News Kudos for Xis visit to Malaysia eclipsed by flag furore https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/kudos-for-xis-visit-to-malaysia-eclipsed-by-flag-furore [13:09] TR Bot Kudos for Xis visit to Malaysia eclipsed by flag furore over missing crescents | The Straits Times [13:11] TR News Heres What to Know About Rare Earth Minerals and Renewable Energy https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/climate/rare-earth-minerals-renewable-energy.html [13:11] TR Bot Heres What to Know About Rare Earth Minerals and Renewable Energy - The New York Times [13:11] TR News Nvidia C.E.O. Meets With Chinese Trade Officials in Beijing https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/business/nvidia-china-tariffs-chips-jensen-huang.html [13:11] TR Bot Nvidia C.E.O. Meets With Chinese Trade Officials in Beijing - The New York Times [13:12] TR News California designs a trade plan to blunt tariffs. Be careful, China expert says. https://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2025/0417/california-tariffs-china-trade [13:12] TR Bot eyes China trade to blunt tariffs. Be careful, one scholar says. - CSMonitor.com [13:16] TR News Chinese artist fined for filming Uyghur folk music in Xinjiang https://rfa.org/english/uyghur/2025/04/17/china-uyghur-filming-fine/ [13:16] TR Bot Chinese artist fined for filming Uyghur folk music in Xinjiang Radio Free Asia [13:17] TR News 5 mainland Chinese visitors jailed for 3 weeks after Coldplay ticket scalping arrests https://hongkongfp.com/2025/04/17/5-mainland-chinese-visitors-jailed-for-3-weeks-after-coldplay-ticket-scalping-arrests/ [13:17] TR Bot 5 visitors to HK jailed for 3 weeks after Coldplay ticket scalping arrests [13:18] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Man says Fed Chair Jerome Powell's termination "cannot come fast enough" https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/business/20250417-trump-says-fed-chair-jerome-powell-s-termination-cannot-come-fast-enough [13:18] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/business/20250417-trump-says-fed-chair-jerome-powell-s-termination-cannot-come-fast-enough ) [13:22] TR News Microsoft Infosys Layoffs: IT Giant Lays Off More 240 Trainees Who Failed Internal Assessments, Offers Free Upskilling https://www.latestly.com/technology/infosys-layoffs-it-giant-lays-off-more-240-trainees-who-failed-internal-assessments-offers-free-upskilling-6791174.html [13:22] TR Bot Layoffs: IT Giant Lays Off More 240 Trainees Who Failed Internal Assessments, Offers Free Upskilling | LatestLY [13:23] TR News Modernizing An Enigma Machine https://hackaday.com/2025/04/17/modernizing-an-enigma-machine/ | Source: Hackaday [13:23] TR Bot An Enigma Machine | Hackaday [13:24] TR News "and my manager would ask "what is code" ? [...] There are still a few good managers at IBM, my FLM is great. I would not trade him in for anyone else." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrw6p1yn [13:24] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrw6p1yn ) [13:25] TR News "What has this guy, Gary Cohn, done for IBM? [...] Cohn does nothing but get a huge salary for doing interviews on TV and appearing for photo opportunities on quantum computing." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1js3bk692 [13:25] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1js3bk692 ) [13:26] TR News Bicycle Gearbox https://hackaday.com/2025/04/17/bicycle-gearbox-does-it-by-folding/ | Source: Hackaday [13:26] TR Bot Gearbox Does It By Folding | Hackaday [13:28] TR News Designing An FM Drum Synth From Scratch https://hackaday.com/2025/04/17/designing-an-fm-drum-synth-from-scratch/ | Source: Hackaday [13:28] TR Bot An FM Drum Synth From Scratch | Hackaday [13:30] TR News "How Robots Are Changing Dairy Farms" https://hackaday.com/2025/04/17/rise-of-the-robots-how-robots-are-changing-dairy-farms/ | Source: Hackaday [13:30] TR Bot Of The Robots: How Robots Are Changing Dairy Farms | Hackaday [13:37] TR News Non avere nulla da nascondere gemini://omg.pebcak.club/~cage/archive/le-scommesse-che-non-ho-mai-fatto.gmi [13:38] TR News Why I do not use social media gemini://73v3n.flounder.online/gemlog/2025-04-18.gmi [13:39] TR News SpellBinding ACEIURQ Wordo: DIVAN gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-04-18.gmi [13:57] *GNUmoon2 has quit (connection closed) [13:57] *GNUmoon has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [13:58] *GNUmoon2 (~GNUmoon@acq5qqvgi8e2a.irc) has joined #techrights [13:58] *GNUmoon (~GNUmoon@gateway/tor-sasl/gnumoon) has joined #techrights ● Apr 18 [14:00] TR News Techrights "Sayonara" (), Microsoft https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/18/Sayonara__Microsoft.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/18/Sayonara__Microsoft.gmi [14:00] TR Bot Techrights "Sayonara" (), Microsoft [14:02] TR News Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang visits Beijing following US chip export restrictions https://siliconangle.com/2025/04/17/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-visits-beijing-following-us-chip-export-restrictions/ [14:02] TR Bot CEO Jensen Huang visits Beijing following US chip export restrictions - SiliconANGLE [14:05] TR News Seems like a dumb "accomplishment". The hard part is getting back to the top of a cliff again and again, perhaps up to a thousand times a day. https://mexiconewsdaily.com/lifestyle/acapulco-cliff-divers-guinness-record-5-million-dives/ [14:05] TR Bot Acapulco cliff divers win Guinness Record for 5 million dives [14:08] TR News Windows TCO https://blog.nviso.eu/2025/04/17/crisis-management-beacon-in-the-storm/ [14:08] TR Bot Crisis Management - Beacon in the Storm [14:20] *x-amarsh04 has quit (connection closed) [14:20] schestowitz[TR2] psydroid2: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=BEK1vnMuShA [14:20] TR Bot ( status 503 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=BEK1vnMuShA ) [14:21] TR News Nvidia CEO visits China as US tech curbs, trade war threaten sales https://hongkongfp.com/2025/04/17/nvidia-ceo-visits-china-as-us-tech-curbs-trade-war-threaten-sales/ [14:21] TR Bot Nvidia CEO visits China as US tech curbs, trade war threaten sales [14:24] TR News Strawser | Stanford must never surrender https://stanforddaily.com/2025/04/17/strawser-stanford-must-never-surrender/ [14:24] TR Bot Strawser | Stanford must never surrender [14:26] TR News Why UKs contempt of court laws need reform for digital age https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/why-uks-contempt-of-court-laws-need-reform-for-digital-age/ [14:26] TR Bot Contempt of court laws in UK need reform for digital age - Press Gazette [14:27] TR News Texas judge blocks federal rule intended to reduce credit card late fees https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/04/texas-judge-blocks-federal-rule-intended-to-reduce-credit-card-late-fees/ [14:27] TR Bot Texas judge blocks federal rule intended to reduce credit card late fees - JURIST - News [14:28] TR News Drake Elevates the Heat on Universal Music With Amended Not Like Us Defamation Suit: UMG Will Be Held Accountable https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/17/drake-lawsuit-amended-april-2025/ [14:28] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/17/drake-lawsuit-amended-april-2025/ ) [14:30] TR News GEO holds rally in support of international graduate workers https://www.michigandaily.com/news/administration/geo-holds-rally-in-support-of-international-graduate-workers/ [14:30] TR Bot GEO holds rally in support of international graduate workers [14:30] TR News anticrawl https://flak.tedunangst.com/post/anticrawl [14:30] TR Bot anticrawl [14:30] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techrights [14:38] TR News Expanding Collaboration: New Ways to Engage with the coreboot Project https://blogs.coreboot.org/blog/2025/04/17/expanding-collaboration-new-ways-to-engage-with-the-coreboot-project/ [14:38] TR Bot Expanding Collaboration: New Ways to Engage with the coreboot Project coreboot [14:39] TR News OpenChainWashing https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/raising-the-bar-for-open-source-standards-through-openchain.html [14:39] TR Bot Raising the bar for Open Source standards through OpenChain [14:40] TR News Supercon 2024 https://hackaday.com/2025/04/17/supercon-2024-exploring-the-ocean-with-open-source-hardware/ | Source: Hackaday [14:40] TR Bot 2024: Exploring The Ocean With Open Source Hardware | Hackaday [14:40] TR News Arturo Borrero Gonzlez: My experience in the Debian LTS and ELTS projects https://ral-arturo.org/2025/04/17/lts.html [14:40] TR Bot My experience in the Debian LTS and ELTS projects [14:42] TR News Code faster with the new Arduino Hey Hi (AI) Assistant https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/04/17/code-faster-with-the-new-arduino-ai-assistant/ [14:42] TR Bot Code faster with the new Arduino AI Assistant | Arduino Blog [14:43] TR News UPC itself is not legal; this case and the unconstitutional kangaroo court should be dissolved https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/novartis-and-accord-settle-upc-dispute-over-drug-administration-with-apple-sauce/ [14:43] TR Bot Novartis and Accord settle UPC case over administration with apple sauce [14:44] TR News Classic spam from JUVE, albeit disguised as journalism https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/ones-to-watch-uk-2025-edmund-eustace/ [14:44] TR Bot Ones to Watch UK 2025: Edmund Eustace [14:44] TR News $32,000 for AutoConnect Holdings automotive patents prior art https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/4/17/32000-for-autoconnect-holdings-automotive-patents-prior-art [14:44] TR Bot $32,000 for AutoConnect Holdings automotive patents prior art Unified Patents [14:45] TR News I Know Im Going to Love a Brief That Repeatedly Cites Marbury v. Madison https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/04/repeatedly-marbury-madison.html [14:45] TR Bot I Know I'm Going to Love a Brief That Repeatedly Cites Marbury v. Madison [14:48] TR News Software Patent https://ipwatchdog.com/2025/04/17/cafc-scraps-xerox-patent-wins-snap-meta-x/id=188284/ [14:48] TR Bot CAFC Scraps Xerox Patent in Wins for Snap, Meta and X [14:48] TR News When You Fail to Filter Your Clients You End Up SLAPPing Reporters on Behalf of Bad People From Abusive Monopolist Microsoft in Another Continent https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/17/When_You_Fail_to_Filter_Your_Clients_You_End_Up_SLAPPing_Report.shtml [14:48] TR Bot Techrights When You Fail to Filter Your Clients You End Up SLAPPing Reporters on Behalf of Bad People From Microsoft in Another Continent [14:49] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Man Authority (CA) With a Convicted Felon NSA is All About Security, But Whose? https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/16/Dihydroxyacetone Man_Authority_CA_With_a_Dihydroxyacetone Man_NSA_is_All_About_Security_But_W.shtml [14:49] TR Bot ( status 404 @ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/16/Dihydroxyacetone ) [14:49] TR News You Should Probably Self-Host Your E-mail and Never Use a Web Browser for Mail https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/16/You_Should_Probably_Self_Host_Your_E_mail_and_Never_Use_a_Web_B.shtml [14:49] TR Bot Techrights You Should Probably Self-Host Your E-mail and Never Use a Web Browser for Mail [14:49] TR News LLM Slop Says Slop is "coming for white-collar jobs. Microsofts layoffs are just the start" https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/16/LLM_Slop_Says_Slop_is_coming_for_white_collar_jobs_Microsoft_s_.shtml [14:49] TR Bot Techrights LLM Slop Says Slop is "coming for white-collar jobs. Microsofts layoffs are just the start" [14:49] TR News Reporting Facts About Violence Against Women Deserves Awards, Not Frivolous Lawsuits and Threats https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/16/Reporting_Facts_About_Violence_Against_Women_Deserves_Awards_No.shtml [14:49] TR Bot Techrights Reporting Facts About Violence Against Women Deserves Awards, Not Frivolous Lawsuits and Threats [14:51] TR News GSC questions The Daily on free speech policies and source anonymity https://stanforddaily.com/2025/04/17/gsc-questions-the-daily-on-free-speech-policies-and-source-anonymity/ [14:51] TR Bot GSC questions The Daily on free speech policies and source anonymity [14:56] TR News Hype and hysteria over a passing fad that makes FUD https://cyberscoop.com/deepseek-house-ccp-committee-report-national-security-data-risks/ [14:56] TR Bot investigation into DeepSeek teases out funding, security realities around Chinese AI tool | CyberScoop ● Apr 18 [15:08] TR News Ruby 3.5.0 preview1 Released https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2025/04/18/ruby-3-5-0-preview1-released/ [15:08] TR Bot Ruby 3.5.0 preview1 Released [15:09] TR News Chinese brain computer interface user reportedly plays 'Black Myth: Wukong,' other games https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/controllers-gamepads/chinese-brain-computer-interface-user-reportedly-plays-black-myth-wukong-other-games [15:09] TR Bot Chinese brain computer interface user reportedly plays 'Black Myth: Wukong,' other games | Tom's Hardware [15:11] MinceR (cat) (video) (no audio) https://i.imgur.com/lPjGX9l.mp4 = https://rimgo.bloat.cat/lPjGX9l [15:11] TR Bot rimgo [15:11] admfubar 'cause they're special.... https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/04/synology-could-bring-certified-drive-requirements-to-more-nas-devices/ [15:11] TR Bot Synology could bring certified drive requirements to more NAS devices - Ars Technica [15:12] TR News Can We Trust Our Eyes Anymore? The Dark Side of Apple's New Hey Hi (AI) Clean Up Tool https://www.sciencealert.com/can-we-trust-our-eyes-anymore-the-dark-side-of-apples-new-ai-clean-up-tool [15:12] TR Bot We Trust Our Eyes Anymore? The Dark Side of Apple's New AI Clean Up Tool : ScienceAlert [15:16] TR News 3D Printing https://hackaday.com/2025/04/17/budget-schlieren-imaging-setup-uses-3d-printing-to-reveal-the-unseen/ | Source: Hackaday [15:16] TR Bot Schlieren Imaging Setup Uses 3D Printing To Reveal The Unseen | Hackaday [15:17] TR News 85: George is Asleep https://mwl.io/archives/24068 [15:17] TR Bot 85: George is Asleep Michael W Lucas [15:17] TR News Age Verification Using Facial Scans https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/04/age-verification-using-facial-scans.html [15:17] TR Bot Verification Using Facial Scans - Schneier on Security [15:18] TR News Qt World Summit and KDAB Training Day 2025 https://www.kdab.com/qt-world-summit-and-kdab-training-day-2025/ [15:18] TR Bot World Summit and KDAB Training Day 2025 | KDAB [15:19] TR News HoneyComb Ryzen V3000 An AMD Ryzen V3C18I mini-ITX motherboard with dual 10Gbps SFP+, 2.5GbE, dual SATA III https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/04/17/honeycomb-ryzen-v3000-an-amd-ryzen-v3c18i-mini-itx-motherboard-with-dual-10gbps-sfp-2-5gbe-dual-sata-iii/ [15:19] TR Bot HoneyComb Ryzen V3000 - An AMD Ryzen V3C18I mini-ITX motherboard with dual 10Gbps SFP+, 2.5GbE, dual SATA III - CNX Software [15:19] TR News Thin PoE HAT for Raspberry Pi 5 features isolated SMPS, fits inside the official case, works with the active cooler https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/04/17/thin-poe-hat-for-raspberry-pi-5-fits-inside-the-official-case-works-with-the-active-cooler/ [15:19] TR Bot Thin PoE HAT for Raspberry Pi 5 features isolated SMPS, fits inside the official case, works with the active cooler - CNX Software [15:19] admfubar looks like they finally got one of then "round to it's" https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chrome-136-fixes-20-year-browser-history-privacy-risk/ [15:19] TR Bot Chrome 136 fixes 20-year browser history privacy risk [15:19] TR News Simon Ser: Status update, April 2025 https://emersion.fr/blog/2025/status-update-75/ [15:19] TR Bot Status update, April 2025 emersion [15:20] TR News Adam Young: Decomposing Vector X Matrix https://adam.younglogic.com/2025/04/decomposing-vector-x-matrix/ [15:20] TR Bot Decomposing Vector X Matrix | Adam Young's Web Log [15:21] TR News What to Know About Convicted Felons Antitrust Efforts Against Google, Meta and Other Tech Giants https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/technology/trump-tech-antitrust-cases.html [15:21] TR Bot What to Know About Trumps Antitrust Efforts Against Google, Meta and Other Tech Giants - The New York Times [15:21] TR News Retrospective: Five Years Blogging About Cryptography as a Gay Furry Online https://soatok.blog/2025/04/17/retrospective-five-years-blogging-about-cryptography-as-a-gay-furry-online/ [15:21] TR Bot Retrospective: Five Years Blogging About Cryptography as a Gay Furry Online - Dhole Moments [15:22] TR News Google Is Illegally Monopolizing Online Advertising Tech, Judge Rules https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/technology/google-ad-tech-antitrust-ruling.html [15:22] TR Bot Google Is Illegally Monopolizing Online Advertising Tech, Judge Rules - The New York Times [15:24] schestowitz[TR2] admfubar: it's not totally unthinkable they knew about this bug ages ago [15:24] schestowitz[TR2] and saw no need to address it [15:25] schestowitz[TR2] spying companies do the opposiute of security [15:25] schestowitz[TR2] they just talk a lot about "security" [15:25] schestowitz[TR2] like "secure" transmission" of their spying payloads to their servers [15:25] schestowitz[TR2] and abck [15:26] TR News Jonathan Dowland: Hledger UI themes https://jmtd.net/log/hledger/ui/ [15:26] TR Bot jmtd log hledger Hledger UI themes [15:27] TR News Benefits worries nag at federal employees https://federalnewsnetwork.com/tom-temin-commentary/2025/04/benefits-worries-nag-at-federal-employees/ [15:27] TR Bot Benefits worries nag at federal employees [15:28] TR News Man Helped Chinese Nationals Get Jobs Involving Sensitive US Government Projects https://www.securityweek.com/man-helped-chinese-nationals-get-jobs-involving-sensitive-us-government-projects/ [15:28] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/man-helped-chinese-nationals-get-jobs-involving-sensitive-us-government-projects/ ) [15:28] TR News Vulnerabilities Patched in Atlassian, Cisco Products https://www.securityweek.com/vulnerabilities-patched-in-atlassian-cisco-products/ [15:28] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/vulnerabilities-patched-in-atlassian-cisco-products/ ) [15:29] TR News CISA Issues Guidance After Oracle Clown Hack https://www.securityweek.com/cisa-issues-guidance-after-oracle-cloud-hack/ [15:29] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/cisa-issues-guidance-after-oracle-cloud-hack/ ) [15:30] TR News Google holds illegal monopolies in online ad tech, US judge rules https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250417-us-judge-rules-google-monopolized-online-ad-tech-market https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2018/12/07/leonie-brinkema-trials/ [15:30] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250417-us-judge-rules-google-monopolized-online-ad-tech-market ) [15:30] TR Bot Blog Archive When Those Who Expose Crimes Are Treated by the State Like the Criminals [15:33] TR News MITRE Hackers Backdoor Has Targeted backdoored Windows for Years https://www.securityweek.com/mitre-hackers-backdoor-has-targeted-windows-for-years/ [15:33] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/mitre-hackers-backdoor-has-targeted-windows-for-years/ ) [15:33] TR News SonicWall Flags Old Vulnerability as Actively Exploited https://www.securityweek.com/sonicwall-flags-old-vulnerability-as-actively-exploited/ [15:33] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/sonicwall-flags-old-vulnerability-as-actively-exploited/ ) [15:33] TR News Chinese APT Mustang Panda Updates, Expands Arsenal https://www.securityweek.com/chinese-apt-mustang-panda-updates-expands-arsenal/ [15:33] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/chinese-apt-mustang-panda-updates-expands-arsenal/ ) [15:43] TR News Public Knowledge Urges Federal Court To Adopt Strong Remedies in Surveillance Giant Google Ad Tech Monopoly Decision https://publicknowledge.org/public-knowledge-urges-federal-court-to-adopt-strong-remedies-in-google-ad-tech-monopoly-decision/ Public Knowledge does not disclose Microsoft is inside its Board https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/At_Microsoft_Promoting_Back_Doors_Proprietary_Lock_in_and_Mass_.shtml [15:43] TR Bot Public Knowledge Urges Federal Court To Adopt Strong Remedies in Google Ad Tech Monopoly Decision - Public Knowledge [15:43] TR Bot Techrights At Microsoft, Promoting Back Doors, Proprietary Lock-in and Mass Surveillance Under the Guise of Diversity ("Microsoft Philanthropy Team") [15:43] TR News Civil society to European Commission: Act now to defend fundamental rights from Hungarys Pride ban and the use of facial recognition against protesters https://edri.org/our-work/civil-society-to-european-commission-act-now-to-defend-fundamental-rights-from-hungarys-pride-ban-and-the-use-of-facial-recognition-against-protesters/ [15:43] TR Bot Act now to defend fundamental rights from Hungarys Pride ban - European Digital Rights (EDRi) [15:44] TR News Open Source Initiative (OSI) Privacy Fiasco in Detail: In Conclusion and Enforcement Action Proceeds Against OSI at the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/17/Open_Source_Initiative_OSI_Privacy_Fiasco_in_Detail_In_Conclusi.shtml [15:44] TR Bot Techrights Open Source Initiative (OSI) Privacy Fiasco in Detail: In Conclusion and Enforcement Action Proceeds Against OSI at the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) [15:46] TR News Security updates for Thursday https://lwn.net/Articles/1017919/ [15:46] TR Bot updates for Thursday [LWN.net] [15:52] TR News New report: How Meta is monetising the migrant crisis https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/new-report-how-meta-is-monetising-the-migrant-crisis/ [15:52] TR Bot New report: How Meta is monetising the migrant crisis | Open Rights Group [15:53] TR News (NEW): Full Steam Ahead with RISC-V and Fedora Linux 42 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Full_Steam_Ahead_with_RISC_V_and_Fedora_Linux_42.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Full_Steam_Ahead_with_RISC_V_and_Fedora_Linux_42.gmi [15:53] TR Bot Tux Machines Full Steam Ahead with RISC-V and Fedora Linux 42 [15:53] TR News Bad Ads: Targeted Disinformation, Division and Fraud on Metas Platforms https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/bad-ads-targeted-disinformation-division-and-fraud-on-metas-platforms/ [15:53] TR Bot Bad Ads: Targeted Disinformation, Division and Fraud on Metas Platforms | Open Rights Group [15:53] TR News Jlink integration with OpenShift tech preview release https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/04/17/jlink-integration-openshift-tech-preview-release [15:53] TR Bot Jlink integration with OpenShift tech preview release | Red Hat Developer [15:54] TR News Professor J. Thomas McCarthy: "What is the 'Zone of Natural Expansion' Doctrine?" http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/04/professor-j-thomas-mccarthy-what-is.html [15:54] TR Bot The TTABlog: Professor J. Thomas McCarthy: "What is the 'Zone of Natural Expansion' Doctrine?" [15:55] TR News Stuart Langridge: Serving streaming video that adapts to bandwidth from your own website https://www.kryogenix.org/days/2025/04/16/serving-streaming-video-that-adapts-to-bandwidth-from-your-own-website/ [15:55] TR Bot as days pass by Serving streaming video that adapts to bandwidth from your own website [15:57] TR News LibreOffice: Annual Report 2024: The Document Foundations activities https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/04/17/annual-report-2024-the-document-foundations-activities/ [15:57] TR Bot Annual Report 2024: The Document Foundation's activities - The Document Foundation Blog [15:58] TR News Unsustainable status quo: Hey Hi (AI) companies and publishers respond to Govt copyright monopoly consultation https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/uk-government-govt-ai-copyright-consultation-responses/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/26/The_UK_s_Press_Gazette_Has_No_Credibility_Anymore_It_Celebrates.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2024/12/21/Paywalls_Bots_Spam_and_Spyware_is_Future_of_the_Media_According.shtml [15:58] TR Bot Media industry slams Govt AI 'opt-out' copyright proposals [15:58] TR Bot Techrights The UK's Press Gazette Has No Credibility Anymore, It Celebrates Plagiarism and Cheap Misinformation (This Ruins Linux Sites Too) [15:58] TR Bot Techrights Paywalls, Bots, Spam, and Spyware is "Future of the Media" According to UK Press Gazette [15:58] TR News Internet Trust: Why We Need It and How to Achieve It https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2025/04/internet-trust-why-we-need-it-and-how-to-achieve-it/ [15:58] TR Bot Internet Trust: Why We Need It and How to Achieve It - Internet Society [15:59] TR News How to install Docker on AlmaLinux https://owlhowto.com/how-to-install-docker-on-almalinux/ [15:59] TR Bot How to install Docker on AlmaLinux [15:59] TR News "No doubt many readers have at times wished to try their hand at blacksmithing, but its fair to say that acquiring an anvil represents quite the hurdle." https://hackaday.com/2025/04/17/a-blacksmith-shows-us-how-to-choose-an-anvil/ | Source: Hackaday [15:59] TR Bot Blacksmith Shows Us How To Choose An Anvil | Hackaday ● Apr 18 [16:03] TR News Openwashing stupid hype around so-called (not!) Hey Hi (AI) https://www.opensourceforu.com/2025/04/how-open-source-llms-are-shaping-the-future-of-ai/ [16:03] TR Bot How Open Source LLMs are Shaping the Future of AI - Open Source For You [16:03] TR News The abusive OSI starts pushing meaningless papers, just like Microsoft LF https://opensource.org/blog/advance-your-career-and-organization-with-the-code-certification [16:03] TR Bot Advance your career and organization with the CODE certification Open Source Initiative [16:04] TR News Microsoft's (salaried by Microsoft) Nick Vidal once again shows how OSI and LF aren't operating for what they're called after. [16:06] TR News Petter Reinholdtsen: Gearing up OpenSnitch for a 1.6.8 release in Trixie http://www.hungry.com/~pere/blog/Gearing_up_OpenSnitch_for_a_1_6_8_release_in_Trixie.html [16:06] TR Bot Petter Reinholdtsen: Gearing up OpenSnitch for a 1.6.8 release in Trixie [16:07] TR News "Today, alongside clearing out about an inch-high stack of physical paperwork, I hacked back the hypertrophy in my ~/.alias file. This is the file that sets up the abbreviations and utilities that are available on the commandline for me, beyond the system defaults." gemini://gemini.ucant.org/gemlog/2025-04-18_digital-housekeeping-alias.gmi [16:09] TR News "I agree with the all things described in last commit. The tinylog format should be easy (as the Gemini protocol is) and human manageable. So the simplification of date format and in the same manner simplification of response format will help us to use tinylogs." gemini://szczezuja.space/tinylog.gmi [16:12] TR News "MX Linux 23.6 is here, taking the baseline of Debian 12.10 and adding some selected tweaks and updates of its own." https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/17/mx_linux_236/ [16:12] TR Bot MX Linux 23.6: Debian freshness, without the systemd funk The Register [16:12] TR News "This is only the start though, as they said they will "keep enhancing OCCT's monitoring capabilities on Linux" although it's already "fully polished". Next up their priority is to provide the "highly anticipated SSD testing feature"." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/stress-testing-and-hardware-monitoring-tool-occt-has-officially-released-for-linux/ [16:12] TR Bot and hardware monitoring tool OCCT has officially released for Linux | GamingOnLinux [16:13] TR News "The project continues to grow quite nicely too, and they've shared another snapshot of recent statistics that show Bazzite as having around 29.5K active users as of April. Which is up from the 26.3K they showed back in February." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/steamos-alternative-bazzite-linux-42-brings-beta-support-for-the-msi-claw-handhelds-and-lots-of-other-improvements/ [16:13] TR Bot alternative Bazzite Linux 42 brings Beta support for the MSI Claw handhelds and lots of other improvements | GamingOnLinux [16:13] MinceR https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/bingo [16:13] TR Bot Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Bingo [16:15] TR News "Additionally, the enhancement of running x86 programs on ARM systems out of the box on Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop 42. Using some of the work originally developed for Fedora Asahi Remix for Apple systems." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/fedora-linux-42-is-out-now-with-kde-plasma-desktop-promoted-and-x86-programs-on-arm/ [16:15] TR Bot Linux 42 is out now with KDE Plasma Desktop promoted and x86 programs on ARM | GamingOnLinux [16:16] TR News Intels Bartlett Lake-S Desktop CPUs Might Be Pretty Near To Launch, Now Gaining Support In Linux and Other Applications https://wccftech.com/intels-bartlett-lake-s-desktop-cpus-might-be-pretty-near-to-launch/ [16:16] TR Bot Intel's Bartlett Lake-S Desktop CPUs Might Be Pretty Near To Launch, Now Gaining Support In Linux and Other Applications [16:17] TR News "...Fedora Asahi Remix is now available, bringing microphone support for MacBooks with Apple Silicon when running this GNU/Linux distribution." https://liliputing.com/lilbits-cybersecurity-funding-single-board-pcs-for-ai-saving-text-from-screenshots-and-linux-on-macbooks/ [16:17] TR Bot Cybersecurity funding, single-board PCs for AI, saving text from screenshots, and Linux on MacBooks - Liliputing [16:18] TR News "For the GeForce RTX 5060 series the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB / 8GB) is out today, and the GeForce RTX 5060 (8GB) arrives in May." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/nvidia-575-51-02-beta-driver-brings-nvidia-smooth-motion-support-to-linux-geforce-rtx-5060-series-announced/ [16:18] TR Bot 575.51.02 Beta driver brings NVIDIA Smooth Motion support to Linux, GeForce RTX 5060 series announced | GamingOnLinux [16:21] TR News "Thiel-Backed Firm" https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-peter-thiel-ramp-gsa-smartpay-expense-payment-system | Source: Pro Publica [16:21] TR Bot Trump Team Eyes Thiel-Backed Firm Ramp for $700B Payments Program ProPublica [16:21] TR News terrorgram https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-assassionation-plot-nikita-casap-terrorgram-wisconsin-frontline | Source: Pro Publica [16:21] TR Bot After Downfall, Terrorgram Still Inspires Violence ProPublica [16:24] TR News KDE Applications 25.04 Snaps and Kubuntu Plucky Puffin 25.04 Released! https://www.scarlettgatelymoore.dev/kde-applications-25-04-snaps-and-kubuntu-plucky-puffin-25-04-released/ [16:24] TR Bot KDE Applications 25.04 Snaps and Kubuntu Plucky Puffin 25.04 Released! Scarlett Gately Moore [16:25] TR News (NEW): Kdenlive is the best free and open-source video editor for most people https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Kdenlive_is_the_best_free_and_open_source_video_editor_for_most.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Kdenlive_is_the_best_free_and_open_source_video_editor_for_most.gmi [16:25] TR Bot Tux Machines Kdenlive is the best free and open-source video editor for most people [16:26] TR News Xubuntu 25.04 released! https://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-25-04-released/ [16:26] TR Bot Xubuntu 25.04 released! Xubuntu [16:26] TR News Extended Security Maintenance for Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa) begins May 29, 2025 https://ubuntu-news.org/2025/04/17/extended-security-maintenance-for-ubuntu-20-04-focal-fossa-begins-may-29-2025/ [16:27] TR Bot Ubuntu Fridge | Extended Security Maintenance for Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa) begins May 29, 2025 [16:27] TR News Top Things to Do After installed Ubuntu 25.04 Plucky Puffin https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/04/top-things-to-do-ubuntu-2504/ [16:27] TR Bot Top Things to Do After installed Ubuntu 25.04 Plucky Puffin | UbuntuHandbook [16:27] TR News FSF Blogs: US Social Security Administration reverses freedom-impeding identity verification policy http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/us-social-security-administration-reverses-freedom-impeding-id-policy [16:28] TR Bot to connect to www.fsf.org port 443 after 10001 ms: Timeout was reached ( status 0 @ https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/us-social-security-administration-reverses-freedom-impeding-id-policy ) [16:28] TR News Fedora Community Blog: Fedora Ops Architect Report https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/fedora-ops-architect-report-2/ [16:28] TR Bot Fedora Ops Architect Report Fedora Community Blog [16:30] TR News Fedora GNU/Linux 42 Is Out Now, and Yes the Answer Is 42 https://tuxdigital.com/videos/fedora-linux-42-is-out-now-and-yes-the-answer-is-42/ [16:30] TR Bot Linux 42 Is Out Now, and Yes the Answer Is 42 - Tunnell Vision - TuxDigital [16:30] TR News Avaota F1 A tiny camera board based on Allwinner V821 RISC-V SoC with built-in WiFi and 64MB DDR2 https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/04/17/avaota-f1-a-tiny-camera-board-based-on-allwinner-v821-risc-v-soc-with-built-in-wifi-and-64mb-ddr2/ [16:30] TR Bot Avaota F1 - A tiny camera board based on Allwinner V821 RISC-V SoC with built-in WiFi and 64MB DDR2 - CNX Software [16:31] TR News 10 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Document Processors https://www.linuxlinks.com/documentprocessors/ [16:31] TR Bot Best Free and Open Source Linux Document Processors - LinuxLinks [16:31] TR News OpenNumismat is coin collecting software https://www.linuxlinks.com/opennumismat-coin-collecting-software/ [16:31] TR Bot is coin collecting software - LinuxLinks [16:32] TR News Restic Robot wrapper for Restic https://www.linuxlinks.com/restic-robot-wrapper-restic/ [16:32] TR Bot Robot - wrapper for Restic - LinuxLinks [16:32] TR News xfce4-dict client program to query dictionaries https://www.linuxlinks.com/xfce4-dict-client-program-query-dictionaries/ [16:32] TR Bot - client program to query dictionaries - LinuxLinks [16:33] TR News The "Gold" Rule: Taking Money for Reputation Laundering and Openwashing Under the "Linux" Banner https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/16/The_Gold_Rule_Taking_Money_for_Reputation_Laundering_and_Openwa.shtml [16:33] TR Bot Techrights The "Gold" Rule: Taking Money for Reputation Laundering and Openwashing Under the "Linux" Banner [16:33] TR News Linux.com as Spamfarm of the 'Linux' Foundation, Partner of the Gates Foundation https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/16/Linux_com_as_Spamfarm_of_the_Linux_Foundation_Partner_of_the_Ga.shtml [16:33] TR Bot Techrights Linux.com as Spamfarm of the Linux Foundation, Partner of the Gates Foundation [16:33] TR News Perl Screenshot Tool https://www.linuxlinks.com/perl-screenshot-tool/ [16:33] TR Bot Screenshot Tool - LinuxLinks [16:33] TR News FreedomBox Debian-based distribution https://www.linuxlinks.com/freedombox-debian-based-distribution/ [16:33] TR Bot - Debian-based distribution - LinuxLinks [16:33] TR News EasyDict-GTK is a simple translator https://www.linuxlinks.com/easydict-gtk-simple-translator/ [16:33] TR Bot is a simple translator - LinuxLinks [16:34] TR News Ubuntu 25.04 Released! 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What exactly is the "threshold" for calling this "WW3"? [17:06] MinceR actual fighting forces from several different states? [17:07] schestowitz[TR2] that happens already [17:07] schestowitz[TR2] both sides [17:07] MinceR from where? [17:07] schestowitz[TR2] even fighting abroad [17:07] schestowitz[TR2] from russia and from ukraine [17:07] schestowitz[TR2] semi-officially oo [17:07] MinceR i know muscovy, belarus, north korea, ukraine, usa, maybe communist china were involved [17:07] schestowitz[TR2] for north korea [17:08] schestowitz[TR2] not for china [17:08] schestowitz[TR2] not "offcially" [17:08] MinceR not sure how much being official matters anymore [17:08] MinceR i guess we'll see actual declarations of war eventually, or WMDs being used [17:09] TR News "Vitalii Dribnytsia engages with Russians online to correct Kremlin propaganda about Ukraine." https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/world/europe/ukraine-history-russian-falsehoods.html [17:09] TR Bot The Ukrainian Schoolmaster Teaching History to His Invaders - The New York Times [17:09] schestowitz[TR2] MinceR: the WMDs will drop leaflets [17:09] schestowitz[TR2] "on the way" [17:09] schestowitz[TR2] at 15 machs [17:10] schestowitz[TR2] making decalarations [17:10] MinceR lol [17:10] schestowitz[TR2] at 1000 m/sec [17:12] schestowitz[TR2] by the time the first leaflets hits the ground there's already a bright flash [17:12] schestowitz[TR2] and cheeto gets a tan [17:13] schestowitz[TR2] https://rfa.org/english/korea/2025/04/17/north-korea-russia-ukraine-territory/ [17:13] TR Bot North Korean troops may enter Ukraine soon, Kyiv warns Radio Free Asia [17:17] TR News How short-lived credentials in Quay improve security https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/04/17/how-short-lived-credentials-quay-improve-security [17:17] TR Bot How short-lived credentials in Quay improve security | Red Hat Developer [17:17] schestowitz[TR2] MinceR: if it all goes to s***, be sure to board a flight to a shoebox-sized Tokyo apartment with a grey cat [17:19] TR News The cheetoian attacks on the SS (Social Security) are doubly dumb as the support based of Cult Cheeto is many unproductive people on SS [17:20] TR News So SS being attacked, US market sagging, Cheeto saying he'd fire anyone who states the obvious (Powell) is more reason for Moscovian Popcorn [17:21] TR News China doesn't care as long as some countries are still craning away those containers with sweatshopware [17:21] TR News So the clear winner is China. People are addicted to "cheap stuff". [17:23] TR News China's economic woes are more temporary than Russia's and EU's. US economy died in 2008 already. It's just printing a lot of money and gets drunk on debt. [17:23] MinceR schestowitz[TR2]: it isn't available and also, i don't do well in apartments, especially tiny ones [17:24] TR News Chris H-C: Perfect is the Enemy of Good Enough https://chuttenblog.wordpress.com/2025/04/17/perfect-is-the-enemy-of-good-enough/ [17:24] TR Bot Perfect is the Enemy of Good Enough chuttenblog [17:24] schestowitz[TR2] wife asked about it he other day, so i said your neighbours are noisy [17:25] schestowitz[TR2] and that .hu keeps getting worse [17:25] schestowitz[TR2] some pars of he uk do too [17:25] schestowitz[TR2] here's a list of those [17:25] schestowitz[TR2] *parts [17:25] schestowitz[TR2] stagnant population sizes and no investment/construction/maintenance [17:25] schestowitz[TR2] boarded up storefronts [17:26] schestowitz[TR2] in birmingham riigh now trash piles up [17:26] schestowitz[TR2] the rats love it [17:26] schestowitz[TR2] there's a strike [17:27] schestowitz[TR2] apparently orban looks at rusia [17:27] schestowitz[TR2] and thinks/says [17:27] schestowitz[TR2] "YES! this is what we want to become" [17:27] MinceR did so ages ago [17:27] schestowitz[TR2] it's terrible [17:27] schestowitz[TR2] russia keeps geting worse [17:27] schestowitz[TR2] over time [17:27] MinceR but then many others looked at orbanistan and had the same idea [17:28] schestowitz[TR2] serbian i can understand [17:28] schestowitz[TR2] because it's poor and had war [17:28] MinceR i can't [17:28] schestowitz[TR2] but hungary... makes no sense [17:28] MinceR why would poor people want to be even poorer? [17:28] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@8p6k6zizq5nqc.irc) has joined #techrights [17:28] schestowitz[TR2] they think moscow is rich [17:28] schestowitz[TR2] and will share outwards [17:28] MinceR then they're retarded [17:28] schestowitz[TR2] not more palaces for vlad [17:29] schestowitz[TR2] rusia is like usa [17:29] schestowitz[TR2] when i stomps on you it leaves [17:29] schestowitz[TR2] poverty [17:29] schestowitz[TR2] rubble [17:29] schestowitz[TR2] misery [17:29] schestowitz[TR2] no cvulure [17:29] schestowitz[TR2] british empire tended o leave places better olff han areras nearby [17:29] schestowitz[TR2] HK, singapore, nairobi [17:29] schestowitz[TR2] built rail, hospitals etc. [17:29] schestowitz[TR2] no russia [17:29] schestowitz[TR2] it is not in its psyche [17:29] schestowitz[TR2] us just bombs things [17:29] schestowitz[TR2] more so after ww2 [17:30] schestowitz[TR2] israel adopted the same [17:30] schestowitz[TR2] just bomb things [17:31] TR News The Insurrectionist Dihydroxyacetone Man signals tit-for-tat China tariffs may be near end; Fentanylware (TikTok) deal on ice https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/trump-signals-tit-for-tat-china-tariffs-may-be-near-end-tiktok-deal-on-ice [17:31] TR Bot Trump signals tit-for-tat China tariffs may be near end; TikTok deal on ice | The Straits Times [17:31] TR News At Meta Antitrust Trial, Sheryl Sandberg Testifies About Competition and Instagram Deal https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/technology/meta-antitrust-trial-sheryl-sandberg.html [17:31] TR Bot At Meta Antitrust Trial, Sheryl Sandberg Testifies About Competition and Instagram Deal - The New York Times [17:31] TR News TikTok trials its own take on X-style community notes against misinformation https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/truth-or-fake/20250417-tiktok-trials-it-s-own-take-on-x-style-community-notes-against-misinformation [17:31] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/truth-or-fake/20250417-tiktok-trials-it-s-own-take-on-x-style-community-notes-against-misinformation ) [17:32] *psydroid2 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.0.0 Aria http://www.kvirc.net/) [17:32] TR News Fentanylware (TikTok) Exodus Continues: US Head of Policy Steps Down Amid Ongoing Negotiations https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/17/tiktok-us-head-of-policy-steps-down/ [17:32] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/17/tiktok-us-head-of-policy-steps-down/ ) [17:33] schestowitz[TR2] MinceR: russia already makes terriorial claims over parts of japan [17:33] schestowitz[TR2] islands and airspace [17:33] MinceR i know [17:33] schestowitz[TR2] japen can crash walkmans into russian warships [17:35] schestowitz[TR2] if china enters taiwan, us will leave after a while [17:35] schestowitz[TR2] if russia enters japan, trump will beg putin to "not make a mistake" [17:35] schestowitz[TR2] and that's it [17:35] schestowitz[TR2] europe would not get involved [17:35] schestowitz[TR2] i's "too far" [17:35] schestowitz[TR2] "pacific problem" [17:36] schestowitz[TR2] putin already has hungary "in the bag" [17:40] schestowitz[TR2] MinceR: checking where rpd Gereffy is now [17:40] schestowitz[TR2] the mplayer brain [17:40] schestowitz[TR2] before it shot off into many forks and branches [17:41] schestowitz[TR2] he is in ms linkedin [17:41] schestowitz[TR2] still in Budapest [17:42] schestowitz[TR2] "https://www.linkedin.com/in/arpad-gereoffy/?originalSubdomain=hu" [17:42] TR Bot ( status 999 @ https://www.linkedin.com/in/arpad-gereoffy/?originalSubdomain=hu ) [17:42] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.linkedin.com/in/arpad-gereoffy/?originalSubdomain=hu [17:42] schestowitz[TR2] "network admin - buda University (former Budapest Tech) Part-time" [17:42] schestowitz[TR2] he could probably go elsewhere [17:43] schestowitz[TR2] ""Independent Business Owner - Independent Business Owner - InteRoot.hu Self-employed [17:44] schestowitz[TR2] http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design5/interview-arpi.html [17:44] TR Bot - the movie player for Linux [17:44] TR News "IBM is quite simply a global liar. Go out of business." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1js3hjzth [17:44] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1js3hjzth ) [17:45] *schestowitz-TR has quit (Quit: Konversation term) [17:45] *schestowitz-TR2 has quit (Quit: Konversation term) [17:45] TR News "Alvind and his Pipmunks will be fine ... Next year will probably be 100 million for him and Krabanaugh will probably get at least 50 million ... All for being wh0res for Wall Street and sending jobs to India ... Alvinds IBM India Business Mafia" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1js3bk692 [17:45] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1js3bk692 ) [17:45] *schestowitz-TR (~acer-box@jcfiaarnjjqje.irc) has joined #techrights [17:45] *schestowitz-TR2 (~acer-box@freenode-v3a.5o5.hl01nn.IP) has joined #techrights [17:45] TR News "My Manager is just a glorified admin. All he does is coordinate meetings and tries to sound smart while using cringy buzzwords like Circle Back" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrw6p1yn [17:45] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrw6p1yn ) [17:51] *schestowitz-TR2 has quit (Quit: Konversation term) [17:51] *schestowitz-TR has quit (Quit: Konversation term) [17:51] *schestowitz-TR (~acer-box@jcfiaarnjjqje.irc) has joined #techrights [17:51] *schestowitz-TR2 (~acer-box@freenode-v3a.5o5.hl01nn.IP) has joined #techrights [17:59] schestowitz[TR2] lxo: did you hear anything from ex colleagues today [17:59] schestowitz[TR2] in red hat? [17:59] schestowitz[TR2] something is happening ● Apr 18 [18:00] MinceR (audio) https://i.imgur.com/9jgwfXs.mp4 = https://rimgo.bloat.cat/9jgwfXs [18:00] TR Bot rimgo [18:00] *admfubar has quit (Quit: Leaving.) [18:00] lxo nope. I suck at keeping in touch. I don't expect anyone there would think of reaching out to me if they had something to share [18:02] *admfubar (~admfubar@ngqaam7baxnug.irc) has joined #techrights [18:03] TR News Techrights Sounds Like IBM is Preparing for Mass Layoffs/Redundancies in Red Hat, Albeit in "PIP" (Performance Improvement Plan) or "Relocation" Clothing https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/18/Sounds_Like_IBM_is_Preparing_for_Mass_Layoffs_Redundancies_in_R.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/18/Sounds_Like_IBM_is_Preparing_for_Mass_Layoffs_Redundancies_in_R.gmi [18:03] TR Bot Techrights Sounds Like IBM is Preparing for Mass Layoffs/Redundancies in Red Hat, Albeit in "PIP" (Performance Improvement Plan) or "Relocation" Clothing [18:06] schestowitz[TR2] lxo: you left at a fine time, i think [18:06] schestowitz[TR2] before they imposed slack on everybody [18:07] schestowitz[TR2] history does not remember people by their salaries [18:07] schestowitz[TR2] but by notable accomplishments [18:08] TR News "The upcoming release also promises support for GLX front buffer rendering on Xwayland and better support for Marvel Rivals and Minecraft games." https://9to5linux.com/nvidia-575-linux-graphics-driver-enters-public-beta-with-nvidia-smooth-motion [18:08] TR Bot 575 Linux Graphics Driver Enters Public Beta with NVIDIA Smooth Motion - 9to5Linux [18:08] lxo yeah, it looks like that. though I might as well have left many years before. it took me years to realize it was redirecting efforts to user-betraying cloud-smokey environments [18:08] schestowitz[TR2] now they have a new "buzz": [18:09] lxo the first time they screwed me over was in 2007, but I was too vulnerable to act on it at that time [18:10] schestowitz[TR2] MOAAAARRR BUZZWORDS: MOC!! "MASS OPEN CLOUD PLATFORM" https://research.redhat.com/mass-open-cloud/ [18:10] TR Bot Mass Open Cloud - Red Hat Research [18:11] schestowitz[TR2] res ha reacrch [18:11] schestowitz[TR2] reminds red ha research [18:11] schestowitz[TR2] much likje "advanced" [18:11] schestowitz[TR2] -> generative" [18:11] schestowitz[TR2] -> "agentic" [18:11] schestowitz[TR2] "hey hi" [18:11] schestowitz[TR2] the last one is also a lie [18:11] schestowitz[TR2] now they add buzzwords to "cloud" [18:11] schestowitz[TR2] (again) [18:11] schestowitz[TR2] "native" [18:11] schestowitz[TR2] "public" [18:12] schestowitz[TR2] "multi" [18:13] MinceR > MOC!! [18:13] MinceR Meta Object Compiler [18:13] MinceR Music On Console [18:13] schestowitz[TR2] thank you very MOC, Red Hat\ [18:13] schestowitz[TR2] multicloud is the most ridiculous [18:13] schestowitz[TR2] they say stuff like [18:13] schestowitz[TR2] take two proividers [18:13] schestowitz[TR2] make 2 copies oif the same [18:14] schestowitz[TR2] so if one goes down, roll over to the other [18:14] schestowitz[TR2] so you pay at least twice as much [18:14] schestowitz[TR2] instead of just making something robust [18:14] schestowitz[TR2] it is tnhe microsoft mindset [18:14] schestowitz[TR2] and it was advocated by microsoft operatives in http://techrights.org/wiki/Gartner_Group/ [18:14] TR Bot Gartner Group [18:14] schestowitz[TR2] it's like saying, [18:14] schestowitz[TR2] i need two kitchens [18:14] schestowitz[TR2] in case one of them burns down [18:15] schestowitz[TR2] and each will have its own cutlery set, oven, fridge [18:15] MinceR 18 191413 < schestowitz[TR2]> instead of just making something robust [18:15] MinceR bare apes can't do that [18:15] schestowitz[TR2] "sh****!! switch over!" [18:16] schestowitz[TR2] "problem solved!!" [18:16] MinceR the entire industry is running in circles [18:16] schestowitz[TR2] they ran LSE like that [18:16] schestowitz[TR2] the london stock exchange [18:16] schestowitz[TR2] and still had major downtime [18:16] schestowitz[TR2] until they dumped microsoft [18:16] schestowitz[TR2] after many long downtimes [18:17] MinceR and then MICROS~1 took over Linux [18:17] MinceR so it's time to switch again [18:19] schestowitz[TR2] last yuear in an LF event torvalds openly made fun of clown-native [18:20] schestowitz[TR2] implying it was hype [18:20] lxo back in early 2000s, there was a draft ad campaign I came across that said "good guys wear red hats". I was proud to wear a red hat then. nowadays, trump and his allies wear red hats. how times have changed! or was it just me? [18:21] TR News Ubuntu 25.04 launches with host of new features https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/ubuntu-25-04-launches-with-host-of-new-features [18:21] TR Bot Ubuntu 25.04 | Tom's Hardware [18:21] MinceR red hat changed too [18:22] schestowitz[TR2] the original red hat was gay [18:22] schestowitz[TR2] and canadian [18:22] schestowitz[TR2] iirc [18:23] schestowitz[TR2] he left red hat after he had made a ton of money [18:23] schestowitz[TR2] and started lulu [18:26] TR News (NEW): Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Security_Leftovers.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Security_Leftovers.1.gmi [18:26] TR Bot Tux Machines Security Leftovers [18:27] admfubar https://databreaches.net/2025/04/17/hacking-group-anonymous-targets-russia-releases-trump-files/ [18:27] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://databreaches.net/2025/04/17/hacking-group-anonymous-targets-russia-releases-trump-files/ ) [18:28] schestowitz[TR2] https://tribune.com.pk/story/2540449/hacking-group-anonymous-targets-russia-releases-trump-files [18:28] TR Bot Hacking group Anonymous targets Russia, releases Trump files [18:28] TR News (NEW): Coreboot, Collabora, and Linux Kernel https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Coreboot_Collabora_and_Linux_Kernel.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Coreboot_Collabora_and_Linux_Kernel.gmi [18:28] TR Bot Tux Machines Coreboot, Collabora, and Linux Kernel [18:28] TR News (NEW): Debian Developers (or IBM) on Hledger UI Themes and OpenSnitch for a 1.6.8 Release in Trixie https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Debian_Developers_or_IBM_on_Hledger_UI_Themes_and_OpenSnitch_fo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Debian_Developers_or_IBM_on_Hledger_UI_Themes_and_OpenSnitch_fo.gmi [18:28] TR Bot Tux Machines Debian Developers (or IBM) on Hledger UI Themes and OpenSnitch for a 1.6.8 Release in Trixie [18:28] schestowitz[TR2] t.ru mp [18:29] schestowitz[TR2] "Accompanying the post was a photo of file folders, one of which was labelled Leaked Data of Donald Trump." [18:29] schestowitz[TR2] in russia, putin leaks trump [18:29] schestowitz[TR2] in east europe, woman leaks on trump [18:30] schestowitz[TR2] april showers, golden showers [18:32] admfubar https://www.datagubbe.se/aficion/ [18:32] TR Bot and Elitist Thoughts on Why Computers Were More Fun Before | datagubbe.se [18:33] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, RISC-V , and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Open_Hardware_Modding_Arduino_Raspberry_Pi_RISC_V_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Open_Hardware_Modding_Arduino_Raspberry_Pi_RISC_V_and_More.gmi [18:33] TR Bot Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, RISC-V , and More [18:34] admfubar https://www.dedoimedo.com/games/linux-games-any-resolution.html [18:34] TR Bot Play any (old) game on any resolution in Linux [18:35] TR News (NEW): Red Hat and Fedora Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Red_Hat_and_Fedora_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Red_Hat_and_Fedora_Leftovers.gmi [18:35] TR Bot Tux Machines Red Hat and Fedora Leftovers [18:37] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Programming_Leftovers.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Programming_Leftovers.1.gmi [18:37] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [18:38] TR News (NEW): Desktop Environments, Instructionals, and BSD https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Desktop_Environments_Instructionals_and_BSD.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Desktop_Environments_Instructionals_and_BSD.gmi [18:38] TR Bot Tux Machines Desktop Environments, Instructionals, and BSD [18:38] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.1.gmi [18:38] TR Bot Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers [18:38] admfubar https://www.geekwire.com/2025/seattle-crosswalk-buttons-hacked-to-sound-like-jeff-bezos-who-tells-pedestrians-dont-tax-the-rich/ [18:38] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.geekwire.com/2025/seattle-crosswalk-buttons-hacked-to-sound-like-jeff-bezos-who-tells-pedestrians-dont-tax-the-rich/ ) [18:39] TR News Yesterday I noted I was having some kind of Thought. I have now read so many articles on identity and technofeudalism that I'm losing my own plot. Here's a first shot at an abstract slash summary of whatever point I'm attempting." gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2025-04-18 [18:41] TR News "Ill put this link up front not because its likely that youll need to refer to it to understand what Im writing here you wont but more on general principle" gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/words/games/nintendo-game-prices/ [18:43] admfubar https://www.ghacks.net/2025/04/17/meta-didnt-want-apple-intelligence-in-its-apps-for-ios/ [18:43] TR Bot Meta didn't want Apple Intelligence in its apps for iOS - gHacks Tech News [18:47] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 18/04/2025: Price of Games and State of Tinylog https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/18/Gemini_Links_18_04_2025_Price_of_Games_and_State_of_Tinylog.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/18/Gemini_Links_18_04_2025_Price_of_Games_and_State_of_Tinylog.gmi [18:47] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 18/04/2025: Price of Games and State of Tinylog [18:50] TR News Techrights Links 18/04/2025: "Fentanylware (TikTok) Exodus Continues", Chinese Weapons Allegedly in Russia Already https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/18/Links_18_04_2025_Fentanylware_TikTok_Exodus_Continues_Chinese_W.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/18/Links_18_04_2025_Fentanylware_TikTok_Exodus_Continues_Chinese_W.gmi [18:50] TR Bot Techrights Links 18/04/2025: "Fentanylware (TikTok) Exodus Continues", Chinese Weapons Allegedly in Russia Already [18:52] TR News GNU/Linux up in Spain, Windows down to lowest level in years https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/spain/#monthly-200902-202504 [18:52] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Spain | Statcounter Global Stats ● Apr 18 [19:04] TR News "According to the German mass-circulation newspaper Bild, the attack had been traced back to hacker group APT 29, also known as Cozy Bear." https://www.dw.com/en/germany-suspects-russian-cyber-attack-on-research-group/a-72175406 [19:04] TR Bot suspects Russian cyber attack on research group DW 04/08/2025 [19:05] TR News 'Foreign Agent' https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-04-11/russia-designates-yeltsin-era-foreign-minister-turned-putin-critic-a-foreign-agent [19:05] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-04-11/russia-designates-yeltsin-era-foreign-minister-turned-putin-critic-a-foreign-agent ) [19:07] TR News 'Shadow Fleet' Tanker https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-04-14/german-court-to-review-seizure-of-russian-shadow-fleet-tanker [19:07] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-04-14/german-court-to-review-seizure-of-russian-shadow-fleet-tanker ) [19:15] TR News Russia jails former DW journalists over Navalny ties https://www.dw.com/en/russia-jails-former-dw-journalists-over-navalny-ties/a-72182640 [19:15] TR Bot jails former DW journalists over Navalny ties DW 04/15/2025 [19:17] TR News Zelenskiy Says Ukraine Has Evidence of China Supplying Russia With Artillery https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-04-17/zelenskiy-says-ukraine-has-evidence-of-china-of-supplying-russia-with-artillery [19:17] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-04-17/zelenskiy-says-ukraine-has-evidence-of-china-of-supplying-russia-with-artillery ) [19:18] TR News Wealth of Russia's Richest People Rises to Record $625.5 Billion https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-04-17/wealth-of-russias-richest-people-rises-to-record-625-5-billion [19:18] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-04-17/wealth-of-russias-richest-people-rises-to-record-625-5-billion ) [19:21] TR News tiktok can advocate bulimia, too https://www.vox.com/culture/407535/remi-bader-weight-loss-tiktok-backlash-internet [19:21] TR Bot TikTok influencer Remi Baders weight-loss surgery caused an internet meltdown | Vox [19:21] TR News TikTok's Of China Exposing Luxury Brands Go Viral Driving DHgate to Top of US App Charts https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/tiktoks-china-exposing-luxury-brands-go-viral-driving-dhgate-top-us-app-charts-1732730 [19:21] TR Bot TikTok's Of China Exposing Luxury Brands Go Viral Driving DHgate to Top of US App Charts | IBTimes UK [19:22] TR News Maybe Bill Epstein Gates should invest in TikTok then https://nltimes.nl/2025/04/15/zwolle-man-accused-online-sex-abuse-34-young-girls-recruited-tiktok-snapchat [19:22] TR Bot Zwolle man accused of online sex abuse of 34 young girls recruited on TikTok, Snapchat | NL Times [19:23] TR News TikTok Content Moderator dies https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-04-17/funeral-held-in-kenya-for-tiktok-content-moderator-following-death-in-unclear-circumstances [19:23] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-04-17/funeral-held-in-kenya-for-tiktok-content-moderator-following-death-in-unclear-circumstances ) [19:23] TR News Charge Thousands for Factory-Produced Goods Worth 30 https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/chinese-tiktoks-reveal-how-luxury-brands-charge-thousands-factory-produced-goods-worth-30-1732754 [19:23] TR Bot Chinese TikTok's Reveal How 'Luxury' Brands Charge Thousands for Factory-Produced Goods Worth 30 | IBTimes UK [19:24] TR News the smallest animals survive Antarctica https://theconversation.com/how-insects-and-the-smallest-animals-survive-antarctica-250314 [19:24] TR Bot How insects and the smallest animals survive Antarctica [19:25] TR News global conflict has spilled into outer space https://theconversation.com/new-uk-system-to-protect-satellites-against-attack-shows-how-global-conflict-has-spilled-into-outer-space-253963 [19:25] TR Bot New UK system to protect satellites against attack shows how global conflict has spilled into outer space [19:26] TR News I DON'T like my web browsing options in 2024... https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=YSs9C45OIlg [19:26] TR Bot ( status 503 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=YSs9C45OIlg?v=YSs9C45OIlg ) [19:26] TR News Linux Gaming News https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=dK1880usvOs [19:26] TR Bot ( status 503 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=dK1880usvOs?v=dK1880usvOs ) [19:26] TR News How to install GhostBSD 25.01 https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=2gNGP3qsItU [19:26] TR Bot ( status 503 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=2gNGP3qsItU?v=2gNGP3qsItU ) [19:27] TR News siduction 24.1.0 Quick Overview https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=0Z4vqZr2ZkI [19:27] TR Bot ( status 503 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=0Z4vqZr2ZkI?v=0Z4vqZr2ZkI ) [19:27] TR News Microsoft wants a slice of Valve's pie (and more Deck gaming news) https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=YK3T_wSEIs0 [19:27] TR Bot ( status 503 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=YK3T_wSEIs0?v=YK3T_wSEIs0 ) [19:27] TR News Xubuntu 25.04 Plucky Puffin overview https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=xlB5PNfeP3E [19:27] TR Bot ( status 503 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=xlB5PNfeP3E?v=xlB5PNfeP3E ) [19:28] TR News I Used Arch Linux for a Week After Years on Ubuntu Here's What Happened! https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=-vnXS0FCk9A [19:28] TR Bot ( status 503 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=-vnXS0FCk9A?v=-vnXS0FCk9A ) [19:29] TR News TPM https://walledculture.org/canadas-new-right-to-repair-exemptions-to-copyright-law-are-as-useful-as-a-chocolate-teapot/ [19:29] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://walledculture.org/canadas-new-right-to-repair-exemptions-to-copyright-law-are-as-useful-as-a-chocolate-teapot/ ) [19:33] TR News Wait... Systemd Made A Linux Distro??? https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=sR1_Jwx6oHQ [19:33] TR Bot ( status 503 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=sR1_Jwx6oHQ?v=sR1_Jwx6oHQ ) [19:33] TR News Nvidia Cares About Open Source... Sometimes https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=llC2RQ1sHmo openwashing [19:33] TR Bot ( status 503 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=llC2RQ1sHmo?v=llC2RQ1sHmo ) [19:33] TR News ArcoLinux Is Shutting Down...Now What? https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=4hj60sw1nks [19:33] TR Bot ( status 503 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=4hj60sw1nks?v=4hj60sw1nks ) [19:34] TR News This Is Why I Love Linux Desktops https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=geKDXux1e94 [19:34] TR Bot ( status 503 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=geKDXux1e94?v=geKDXux1e94 ) [19:34] TR News Fedora Linux New Leader Has Been Revealed https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=Z4d9T-HTDCs [19:34] TR Bot ( status 503 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Z4d9T-HTDCs?v=Z4d9T-HTDCs ) [19:34] TR News Death Of A Beloved Arch Linux Based Distro https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=XkW1ZUp9lvo [19:34] TR Bot ( status 503 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=XkW1ZUp9lvo?v=XkW1ZUp9lvo ) [19:35] TR News The Linux Kernel Drama Needs To Stop!! https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=6UR8TgY8NUY [19:35] TR Bot ( status 503 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=6UR8TgY8NUY?v=6UR8TgY8NUY ) [19:36] TR News Don't Associate With THAT Person!(He/She Wrong Thinks!) https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=ASla8uJgYw0 [19:36] TR Bot ( status 503 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=ASla8uJgYw0?v=ASla8uJgYw0 ) [19:36] TR News Solus 4.7 Quick Overview https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=2DazfMRggmU [19:36] TR Bot ( status 503 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=2DazfMRggmU?v=2DazfMRggmU ) [19:36] TR News Enterprise Linux Security Episode 112 - Oh Data, Where Art Thou? https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=XWIoSefMr0g [19:36] TR Bot ( status 503 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=XWIoSefMr0g?v=XWIoSefMr0g ) [19:42] TR News (NEW): Videos: GNU/Linux and More in the Past Week https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Videos_GNU_Linux_and_More_in_the_Past_Week.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/18/Videos_GNU_Linux_and_More_in_the_Past_Week.gmi [19:42] TR Bot Tux Machines Videos: GNU/Linux and More in the Past Week [19:44] admfubar https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/04/18/uk-phone-theft-crisis/ [19:44] TR Bot The UKs phone theft crisis is a wake-up call for digital security - Help Net Security [19:45] TR News "What is so great with Austin? How many customers IBM has in Austin vs Dallas? Makes no sense at all!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1js4j2d38 [19:45] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1js4j2d38 ) [19:45] schestowitz[TR2] admfubar: some pickpockets [19:45] schestowitz[TR2] who work in groups [19:46] schestowitz[TR2] distractor, thief, bagman [19:46] schestowitz[TR2] same for shopliters [19:47] admfubar https://www.ifixit.com/News/109277/tariffs-make-repair-an-even-better-choice [19:47] TR Bot Make Repair an Even Better Choice - iFixit [19:53] admfubar https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/food-environment/2025/ghost-forests-are-growing-sea-levels-rise-climate-change [19:53] TR Bot Ghost forests are growing as sea levels rise | Knowable Magazine ● Apr 18 [20:06] admfubar https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/floridas-new-social-media-bill-says-quiet-part-out-loud-and-demands-encryption [20:06] TR Bot Floridas New Social Media Bill Says the Quiet Part Out Loud and Demands an Encryption Backdoor | Electronic Frontier Foundation [20:08] MinceR https://imgur.com/gallery/dp4GjvN = https://rimgo.bloat.cat/gallery/dp4GjvN [20:08] TR Bot Monday - Album on Imgur [20:08] TR Bot Mug Monday - rimgo ● Apr 18 [21:04] admfubar https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/releases [21:04] TR Bot ryanoasis/nerd-fonts GitHub ● Apr 18 [22:00] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@pmj4zb3k6vchi.irc) has joined #techrights [22:05] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I posted: [22:05] IsambardPrince "Nintendo says the Switch 2 will not increase in price due to Trump's Insane Tariffs.... [22:05] IsambardPrince Nintendo also says that they will raise the price for all the accessories and video games and reserves the right to increase the price for those by any amount at any time. [22:05] IsambardPrince Oh right, so they want to get the console in your house and they figure they can slip $100 controllers and $120 video games past you later as the economy dies because everything's so expensive and nobody has had a raise since Biden." [22:08] MinceR fits with the razor-and-blades business model [22:17] MinceR (cat) https://imgur.com/gallery/eX54orS = https://rimgo.bloat.cat/gallery/eX54orS [22:17] TR Bot daily picture - Album on Imgur [22:17] TR Bot Crumbles daily picture - rimgo [22:31] IsambardPrince MinceR, I'd like to give Elon Musk a suggestion for agency deletion. [22:31] IsambardPrince The Selective Service System. [22:31] IsambardPrince All it's done since the Vietnam War ended is cost money. [22:32] MinceR he should delete himself [22:32] IsambardPrince They admit that half their records are wrong and over a third of Americans fail to register at all by 26, and due to other laws, it locks them out of certain federal jobs and benefits forever. [22:35] IsambardPrince MinceR, "I wonder who should inform Nintendo that I won't be paying $450 for a goddamn video game console as they raise the prices on literally everything else because of the tariffs. [22:35] IsambardPrince I started a new game of Final Fantasy for the NES last night. [22:35] IsambardPrince I may scrub it though and play through the patched ROM that's out there that fixes the bugs. [22:35] IsambardPrince What's amazing is that half the spells are broken and nobody caught it in playtesting, and the second and third games are like this too." [22:36] MinceR :> [22:38] IsambardPrince "Playing through the unpatched Final Fantasy with knowledge of the bugs more than balances out though. It simplifies the games because you avoid buying spells that are broken and wasting slots for them. [22:38] IsambardPrince Meanwhile, HEL2 works as well as the much more expensive HEL3 (at least in battle). [22:38] IsambardPrince And many of the enemy's spells don't work right either. [22:38] IsambardPrince What's up with the spells? [22:38] IsambardPrince Weapons are like this too, meaning that halfway into the game you get a sword that's better than the one for winning the game." [22:39] IsambardPrince MinceR, Presumably the patched game could be much harder, because the enemies you encounter in the buggest (release) game can waste turns casting spells that don't work. [22:40] IsambardPrince https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_bugs_and_glitches#Appearances [22:40] TR Bot List of bugs and glitches | Final Fantasy Wiki | Fandom [22:40] IsambardPrince MinceR, "The Intelligence bug and the critical hit bug are the most game-changing bugs. As a result, physical attacks are substantially more powerful on average than they would have been had the correct critical rates been used. The Intelligence stat is broken, meaning Red Mages are just as powerful spell-casters as White and Black Mages. The critical hit bug has been retained through various remakes, but the Intelligence bug has [22:40] IsambardPrince been fixed since the Dawn of Souls release." [22:40] IsambardPrince The red mage is dumber than the white or black mage, but it doesn't matter because Intelligence isn't calculated by the game engine. [22:40] IsambardPrince :D [22:40] IsambardPrince CURE MOTHERFUCKERS!!!! [22:41] IsambardPrince https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Critical_hit_bug [22:41] TR Bot Critical hit bug | Final Fantasy Wiki | Fandom [22:42] IsambardPrince MinceR, This means that to raise the chance of a critical hit, you shouldn't necessarily equip the weapon with the highest damage multiplier, but rather the highest index number. [22:43] IsambardPrince Since the index number is known thanks to people who looked at the ROM, you know which weapons will get more critical hits than they were supposed to. [22:46] IsambardPrince "As of the Dawn of Souls release, the programmed critical hit rates of the original weapons are made equal to their index numbers, canonizing the bug as an intended feature." [22:47] IsambardPrince [22:47] IsambardPrince :) [22:48] MinceR :> [22:50] IsambardPrince No way! [22:50] IsambardPrince The save feature works in Retroarch? [22:50] IsambardPrince I mean the in-game one. [22:50] IsambardPrince How did that happen? The cartridge had a battery in it. [22:51] MinceR maybe the emulator has support built into it for that [22:52] MinceR or maybe you're playing the unreleased famicom disk system version :> [22:53] IsambardPrince MinceR, I printed a poster at the FedEx store today. [22:53] IsambardPrince The woman there asked me what it was. [22:54] IsambardPrince I said "The map you got in the box with Final Fantasy for the NES in 1987. It's going on the wall." ● Apr 18 [23:33] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [23:33] IsambardPrince MinceR, The guide says ALIT is an effective spell against LOBSTERS/ [23:33] IsambardPrince Hmm. [23:36] MinceR https://imgur.com/gallery/Z0z0LKb = https://rimgo.bloat.cat/gallery/Z0z0LKb [23:36] TR Bot you know ! - Album on Imgur [23:36] TR Bot Now you know ! - rimgo [23:37] IsambardPrince ICE [23:38] IsambardPrince That one must be useful against the CrALIENs [23:38] IsambardPrince You know Criminal Aliens. [23:38] IsambardPrince There's only so many characters that fit on screen.