●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, August 18, 2024 ●● ● Aug 18 [00:02] lightbringer https://ircz.de/p/2406234 [00:02] TR Bot WHOOPSIE [00:20] *darwin (~darwin@7d3n498busjrn.irc) has joined #techrights [00:29] admfubar https://www.alternet.org/why-a-flock-of-rich-plutocratic-democrats-want-lina-khan-s-head/ [00:29] TR Bot a flock of rich plutocratic Democrats want Lina Khan's head - Alternet.org [00:31] admfubar https://slashdot.org/story/24/08/17/1949252/paul-allens-estate-auction-includes-vintage-apple-1-cpm-and-dos-powered-computers [00:31] TR Bot Paul Allen's Estate Auction Includes Vintage Apple-1, CP/M and DOS-Powered Computers - Slashdot [00:55] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [00:55] *includeals (~includeal@2001:8a0:e972:8500:f248:ab34:fdb6:4215) has joined #techrights ● Aug 18 [01:42] TR News "I just pulled all the weeds from my garden. Yes, an actual garden that I was allotted next to my front patio. Every apartment has a large (15x6 ft?) spot between their front patio and the sidewalk, and mine currently has (had) weeds and mulch." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2082 [01:43] lightbringer "Hi there! Hello Miss, I would like to buy some napalm, to kill weeds in my lawn, as far as you know." [01:43] TR News Second Gemlog? gemini://nanako.mooo.com/pagan-gemlog/2024-08-17-a.gmi [01:44] TR News "After doing a lot of thinking and soul searching, I've decided to start a second gemlog that'll focus on some of the religious stuff I hinted at in my last post." gemini://nanako.mooo.com/gemlog/2024-08-17-a.gmi [01:45] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1027.jpg [01:45] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1376.jpg [01:46] TR News Far-right turn in the West, Kier Starmer and La France Insoumise gemini://sysrq.in/article/en/kagarlitsky-2024-07.gmi [01:49] TR News "I've enjoyed a lot of books from the prize's short and longlists in the past so it was nice to see what was in the shortlist. There are a few titles like Dispersal, Late Light and Bothy that I would love to read but at the moment my backlog includes "Blue Machine" so I should probably give that a bit more time." gemini://rrees.smol.pub/wainwright-prize-2024-shortlist [01:50] TR News "dude, this is such an insufferable pain in the ass - I don't "want" to be through with a friendship, and I never would, as I have few friendships, and she knows this, hence why the absences in response, the un-seen messages and un-returned e-mails." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2083 [01:55] TR News Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights https://techrights.org/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ [01:55] TR Bot Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights [01:55] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 18/08/2024: Far-right and Second Gemlog https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/18/Gemini_Links_18_08_2024_Far_right_and_Second_Gemlog.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/18/Gemini_Links_18_08_2024_Far_right_and_Second_Gemlog.gmi [01:55] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 18/08/2024: Far-right and Second Gemlog ● Aug 18 [02:05] TR News Techrights Arjen Kamphuis asked me for protection from Debian before disappearance https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/18/Arjen_Kamphuis_asked_me_for_protection_from_Debian_before_disap.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/18/Arjen_Kamphuis_asked_me_for_protection_from_Debian_before_disap.gmi [02:05] TR Bot Techrights Arjen Kamphuis asked me for protection from Debian before disappearance [02:20] Sompi_ https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica3/technocracy60.htm [02:20] TR Bot The Tyranny of Convenience - The Gravest Danger to Your Liberty is Your Complacency [02:37] schestowitz[TR2] on the surface, reasonable premise [02:37] *schestowitz[TR2] opens to read [02:39] schestowitz[TR2] promising headline, body not as good [02:39] schestowitz[TR2] based on first few paras anyway [02:42] TR News Techrights will publish fewer statcounter stuff+memes etc. to better focus on long form series long in the making, taking a lot more time but more profound (just time-consuming, that's no "fun") [02:45] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Saturday, August 17, 2024 https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/18/IRC_Proceedings_Saturday_August_17_2024.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/18/IRC_Proceedings_Saturday_August_17_2024.gmi [02:45] TR Bot Techrights IRC Proceedings: Saturday, August 17, 2024 [02:46] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-170824.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-170824.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-170824.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-170824.txt [02:46] TR Bot IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, August 17, 2024 [02:46] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/18/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/18/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [02:46] TR Bot Tux Machines Today in Techrights [02:47] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/18/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/18/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [02:47] TR Bot Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [02:47] TR News Yesterday's #techrights IRC logs ready. 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HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-170824.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-170824.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-170824.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-170824.txt [02:49] TR Bot IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, August 17, 2024 [02:49] TR News Yesterday's bulletin is now ready! : http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2024-08-17.txt | gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2024-08-17.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-2024-08-17.txt [02:55] liberty_box libertybox2_ libertybox2__ libertybox2___ libertybox5_ libredev lightbringer logbackup lxo [02:55] schestowitz[TR2] lxo: ping, daniel wanted to relay something [02:56] schestowitz[TR2] "Certainly much kinder than I am. I was looking at lxo's page minutes ago, and then saw this: https://www.fsfla.org/ikiwiki/blogs/lxo/2021-01-10-resignation [02:56] schestowitz[TR2] He looks like such a nice man... and now I find out that he had trouble in his past with people not taking well stuff he said... it doesn't feel right to speak to him the way I did. [02:56] schestowitz[TR2] It wasn't insults alright, and I know what I was saying was serious even when I may be wrong, but being aggressive to people is not "gratis": it hurts, and I believe he's a good man, so he doesn't deserve it. [02:56] schestowitz[TR2] We (I) must find the way to not relate to others that aggresive way. "Hard truths" may be one thing, but being aggresive is borderline, and I feel my post was walking on thin ice on that regards. [02:56] schestowitz[TR2] So I'm going to write him an e-mail today, apologizing for my harsh tone. It's the very least I can do. [02:56] schestowitz[TR2] Yet first I wanted to write some lines to you. [02:56] schestowitz[TR2] You said "thank you for your honesty", and that we need more "harsh honesty". However, now I'm calling my post "borderline" after peeking at lxo's public past. [02:56] schestowitz[TR2] This aren't exclusive points, of course. But please take note of this, and follow my next rationale." [02:56] TR Bot ::[FSFLA]:: resignation [02:57] schestowitz[TR2] he respects you and will probably contact you [02:57] schestowitz[TR2] (if he has not already) [02:57] schestowitz[TR2] ftr, he's a decent person [02:57] schestowitz[TR2] but blunt sometimes ● Aug 18 [03:23] *parsifal (~parsifal@6thegygyadsu4.irc) has joined #techrights [03:23] *parsifal has quit (Quit: Leaving) [03:28] *BLaSiuS82_ has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [03:29] *Blasius_ has quit (Ping timeout: 255 seconds) [03:30] TR News Techrights Free Software and the Link to Feminism, Free Speech, and Activism Online https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/18/Free_Software_and_the_Link_to_Feminism_Free_Speech_and_Activism.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/18/Free_Software_and_the_Link_to_Feminism_Free_Speech_and_Activism.gmi [03:30] admfubar fungus num nums... https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=24/08/17/1543230&from=rss [03:30] TR Bot Techrights Free Software and the Link to Feminism, Free Speech, and Activism Online [03:30] TR Bot Scientists Discover Plastic-Eating Fungi That Could Help Clean Up Worlds Oceans - SoylentNews [03:30] lightbringer all they need to find now are human-eating fungi [03:32] liberty_box libertybox2_ libertybox2__ libertybox2___ libertybox5_ libredev lightbringer logbackup lxo [03:32] liberty_box libertybox2_ libertybox2__ libertybox2___ libertybox5_ libredev lightbringer [03:32] liberty_box libertybox2_ libertybox2__ libertybox2___ libertybox5_ libredev lightbringer [03:32] schestowitz[TR2] lightbringer: u r no fun guy !! [03:36] lightbringer :) [03:38] lightbringer https://files.catbox.moe/26n0lr.webp [03:53] *SomeGoat has quit (connection closed) [03:56] *Blasius (~Blasius@5ec169d9.skybroadband.com) has joined #techrights [03:56] *BLaSiuS82 (~blasius@freenode-arj.kns.a9lrqu.IP) has joined #techrights [03:59] admfubar but will it cost an arm and a leg??? https://www.tweaktown.com/news/99970/arm-rumored-to-be-making-consumer-gaming-gpus-competitors-for-nvidia-amd-and-intel/index.html [03:59] TR Bot Arm rumored to be making consumer gaming GPUs: competitors for NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel ● Aug 18 [04:00] TR News Techrights Only 1 in 50 Gemini Capsules Uses Let's Encrypt, the Certificate Authority That's Falsely Presented as 'Free' https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/18/Only_1_in_50_Gemini_Capsules_Uses_Let_s_Encrypt_the_Certificate.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/18/Only_1_in_50_Gemini_Capsules_Uses_Let_s_Encrypt_the_Certificate.gmi [04:00] TR Bot Techrights Only 1 in 50 Gemini Capsules Uses Let's Encrypt, the Certificate Authority That's Falsely Presented as 'Free' [04:03] admfubar Ferris wheels day (flew)off... https://xkcd.com/2973/# [04:03] TR Bot Ferris Wheels [04:03] TR News LF = spamfarm https://www.linux.com/featured/blockbuster-savings-on-technical-training-certifications/ [04:03] TR Bot Savings on Technical Training & Certifications - Linux.com [04:04] TR News Plus openwashing scams https://fossforce.com/2024/08/linux-foundation-announces-open-model-initiative-to-promote-openly-licensed-ai-models/ [04:04] TR Bot Linux Foundation Announces 'Open Model Initiative' to Promote Openly Licensed AI Models - FOSS Force [04:05] admfubar turns out they were micro-plastics https://www.tweaktown.com/news/99956/nasa-confirms-two-way-highway-opened-up-between-earth-and-the-sun/index.html [04:05] TR Bot NASA confirms a 'two-way highway' opened up between Earth and the Sun [04:05] TR News Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (32/2024): A Nemo Mobile Progress Report and an Unfettered Keyboard https://linmob.net/weekly-update-32-2024/ [04:05] TR Bot - Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (32/2024): A Nemo Mobile Progress Report and an Unfettered Keyboard [04:18] *darwin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [04:21] admfubar https://tedium.co/2024/08/15/gold-platinum-records-not-real/ [04:21] TR Bot The Random Music Hiding On Gold & Platinum Records [04:21] admfubar hilarious! [04:21] admfubar will have to ask my brother about that [04:25] *darwin (~darwin@7d3n498busjrn.irc) has joined #techrights [04:45] TR News Techrights OFTC Lost Almost Two Thirds of Its Users in 5 Weeks https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/18/OFTC_Lost_Almost_Two_Thirds_of_Its_Users_in_5_Weeks.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/18/OFTC_Lost_Almost_Two_Thirds_of_Its_Users_in_5_Weeks.gmi [04:45] TR Bot Techrights OFTC Lost Almost Two Thirds of Its Users in 5 Weeks [04:50] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [04:53] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights ● Aug 18 [05:00] TR News Still no update (in years) at Wikileaks https://wikileaks.org/-News-.html [05:00] TR Bot WikiLeaks - News [05:00] TR News Techrights Three Years After Its Release Vista 11 Accounts for Only 2% of the Market in Gabon https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/18/Three_Years_After_Its_Release_Vista_11_Accounts_for_Only_2_of_t.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/18/Three_Years_After_Its_Release_Vista_11_Accounts_for_Only_2_of_t.gmi [05:00] TR Bot Techrights Three Years After Its Release Vista 11 Accounts for Only 2% of the Market in Gabon [05:01] TR News Mainstream Media Helps Donald Trump - REFUSES TO REPORT DAMAGING LEAKS!!! #shorts https://yewtu.be/watch?v=vUUuxZKTbX8 [05:01] TR Bot Mainstream Media Helps Donald Trump - REFUSES TO REPORT DAMAGING LEAKS!!! #shorts - Invidious [05:02] TR News Linus Torvalds on git (2007) https://yewtu.be/watch?v=bhiY8OpyXZ8 [05:02] TR Bot Linus Torvalds on git (2007) - Invidious [05:04] TR News [new] "FREEDOM TO JULIAN ASSANGE - WIKILEAKS" https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=jH2AK4au1Is [05:04] TR Bot FREEDOM TO JULIAN ASSANGE - WIKILEAKS - Invidious [05:09] IsambardPrince "Hi there! Hello Miss, I would like to buy some napalm, to kill weeds in my lawn, as far as you know." [05:09] IsambardPrince I'm taking this. This is mine now. [05:09] IsambardPrince :) [05:09] *darwin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [05:09] IsambardPrince Weeds in my lawn. [05:09] IsambardPrince A metaphor for so many things. [05:10] IsambardPrince lightbringer, So if I purchase this cereal, nobody will follow me home? [05:10] IsambardPrince Thank you, I won't forget what you've done for me. [05:14] *IsambardPrince has quit (Quit: Leaving) [05:15] *darwin (~darwin@7d3n498busjrn.irc) has joined #techrights [05:17] TR News Techrights Bruce Perens on What Ubuntu (or Mark Shuttleworth) Did to Debian, Which He Led After Ian Murdock (the Original Ian in Deb-Ian) https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/18/Bruce_Perens_on_What_Ubuntu_or_Mark_Shuttleworth_Did_to_Debian_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/18/Bruce_Perens_on_What_Ubuntu_or_Mark_Shuttleworth_Did_to_Debian_.gmi [05:17] TR Bot Techrights Bruce Perens on What Ubuntu (or Mark Shuttleworth) Did to Debian, Which He Led After Ian Murdock (the Original Ian in Deb-Ian) [05:21] TR News Julian Assange's Views On Journalism https://iv.ggtyler.dev/watch?v=1QejeN2bhU4 [05:21] TR Bot Julian Assange's Views On Journalism - Invidious [05:27] CrystalMath should i change my linux desktop to look and feel like Windows 98? [05:27] CrystalMath i have that urge [05:30] TR News It seems like Microsoft got DEMOTED by Manchester United after that last loss https://www.sportcal.com/sponsorship/manchester-united-sign-first-competitive-back-of-shirt-sponsor/ "The branding does not, however, make Microsoft a United partner." Only cup games and women. [05:30] TR Bot United sign first competitive back-of-shirt sponsor - Sportcal [05:30] schestowitz[TR2] CrystalMath: what for? [05:30] schestowitz[TR2] what was the appeal of win98? [05:30] CrystalMath i don't know, it looks really cool [05:31] TR News So Microsoft is sort of "third wheel" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-15/qualcomm-extends-sponsorship-of-manchester-united-until-2029?srnd=homepage-europe [05:31] TR Bot - Are you a robot? [05:31] TR News Microsoft now lets OEMs pay for its Windows ads [05:37] TR News Techrights [Meme] The EULA of the Web Era (Changes as You Go Along) https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/18/Meme_The_EULA_of_the_Web_Era_Changes_as_You_Go_Along.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/18/Meme_The_EULA_of_the_Web_Era_Changes_as_You_Go_Along.gmi [05:37] TR Bot Techrights [Meme] The EULA of the Web Era (Changes as You Go Along) [05:44] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@27d24duug353c.irc) has joined #techrights [05:45] darwin it's ironic USA wants to New Zealand to send USA Kim Dotcom, when USA has the least restriction on 'piracy' due to freedom of speech, when many other 'Western' countries force blocks of sites like The Pirate Bay at ISP or national levels [05:45] schestowitz[TR2] Kim.nz [05:45] schestowitz[TR2] .com is US [05:53] TR News Let's Encrypt now down to 1.9%! gemini://gemini.bortzmeyer.org/software/lupa/stats.gmi [05:53] TR News They should rename to LET'S OUTSOURCE [05:54] TR News a few slippery syllables gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2084 [05:56] TR News Job Cut: This company will lay off more than 1,000 people detailed here https://www.informalnewz.com/job-cut-this-company-will-lay-off-more-than-1000-people-detailed-here/ [05:56] TR Bot Cut: This company will lay off more than 1,000 people detailed here - informalnewz [05:56] TR News RIP dream job: How the allure of a dream job is fading for Gen Z https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/jobs/hr-policies-trends/rip-dream-how-the-allure-of-a-dream-job-is-fading-for-gen-z/articleshow/112594562.cms?from=mdr [05:56] TR Bot RIP dream job: How the allure of a dream job is fading for Gen Z - The Economic Times [05:57] TR News He is (sadly) still around https://www.bostonglobe.com/tech-power-players/year/2024/person/miguel-de-icaza-xibbon/ [05:57] TR Bot Miguel de Icaza, Xibbon | Boston Tech Leaders - The Boston Globe [05:58] TR News And infecting Godot https://www.phoronix.com/news/LibGodot-Proposed-Embed-Game [05:58] TR Bot "LibGodot" Lets You Embed Godot Game Engine Into Other Apps - Phoronix ● Aug 18 [06:00] TR News de Icaza left after Techrights' reporting on his sexual-assaulting buddy. Also: "During his time at Amazon, Bice played a key role in moving the online retailer's IT infrastructure away from rival Oracle's database software in favor of its home-grown alternatives." https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-2022-most-significant-exec-departures-and-hires-2022-12 [06:00] TR Bot Microsoft's Most Significant Executive Departures and Hires of 2022 - Business Insider [06:00] IsambardPrince Let's Encrypt is there to get people over to HTTPS really fast. Then when almost nothing is available over HTTP anymore, the browsers can remove it. [06:00] IsambardPrince Then they can revoke the Let's Encrypt certificates for things they don't want you to read or have. [06:00] IsambardPrince It's so completely obvious why they're doing this. [06:01] IsambardPrince The fact that Mozilla is backing it doesn't even give it credibility anymore because Firefox is such a shithole web browser now. Trying to sign you up for credit cards on the New Tab page, lots of adware and telemetry, designing new advertising tech for Facebook. [06:11] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], JWZ pointed out the behavior of trying to copy things in GMail using Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. [06:11] IsambardPrince Safari's behavior was correct, Firefox was sort-of correct, and Chrome's was....awful. [06:11] IsambardPrince But overall, Firefox is degrading rapidly. [06:11] IsambardPrince Here's what I said: [06:11] IsambardPrince Does anyone care what Firefox does? [06:11] IsambardPrince 2-3% usage share I think. I opened it up the other day and the New Tab page tried to sign me up for a Wells Fargo credit card. [06:11] IsambardPrince They are helping Facebook design new advertising tech. [06:11] IsambardPrince https://www.osnews.com/story/140247/i-told-you-so-mozilla-working-with-facebook-to-weaken-firefox-privacy-and-anti-tracking-features/ [06:11] TR Bot told you so: Mozilla working with Facebook to weaken Firefox privacy and anti-tracking features OSnews [06:11] IsambardPrince Adware, telemetry. [06:11] IsambardPrince And for what? It runs like warmed over shit on Linux, and it works even worse on Crostini in my Chromebooks. [06:12] IsambardPrince At first I wondered if trying to run it in Wayland in Crostini would help, and while it did solve many of the odd graphical glitches, it ran terribly. [06:12] IsambardPrince Brave (with Wayland) performs almost as well in Crostini as Chrome itself (on ChromeOS native) does, so what I think we're actually seeing here is how all of Mozilla's developers who were not laid off by her Bakerness are working on adtech and other garbage, and they don't optimize the code at all. [06:12] IsambardPrince The only web browsers that run well in Crostini, well enough that you'd swear they were native applications, are Brave and Vivaldi (both Chromium browsers) on Wayland, and GNOME Web (Epiphany) from the Flatpak, also Wayland. [06:12] IsambardPrince The fact that you can't even comfortably scroll a page or pull down a menu on Firefox is very sad. [06:12] IsambardPrince Mozilla doesn't even recommend the Debian packages, which at least run....better. They recommend Flatpak, which brings a long its own problems (the sandbox, missing window controls, etc.) in Crostini. [06:12] IsambardPrince Linux applications on a Chromebook are hit or miss. Some work great, others meh, Firefox is probably the worst one I've tried. I have Windows applications in Crostini on Wine that run better than Firefox. [06:15] IsambardPrince "Ive long been warning about the dangers of relying on just one browser as the bullwark against the onslaught of Chrome, Chrome skins, and Safari. With Firefox user numbers rapidly declining, now stuck at a mere 2% or so and even less on mobile and regulatory pressure possibly ending the Google-Mozilla deal with makes up roughly 80% of Mozillas income, Ive been warning that Mozilla will most likely ha [06:15] IsambardPrince ve to start making Firefox worse to gain more temporary revenue. As the situation possibly grows even more dire, Firefox for Linux would be the first on the chopping block." [06:15] IsambardPrince It's been getting a lot worse. [06:19] TR News Techrights They Are Turning the Web Into an 'App Store' (Censorship), Gemini Rejects This Agenda https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/18/They_Are_Turning_the_Web_Into_an_App_Store_Censorship_Gemini_Re.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/18/They_Are_Turning_the_Web_Into_an_App_Store_Censorship_Gemini_Re.gmi [06:19] TR Bot Techrights They Are Turning the Web Into an 'App Store' (Censorship), Gemini Rejects This Agenda [06:24] IsambardPrince Many people pushed for CACert to be included in some form when Mozilla actually mattered. They don't matter anymore. They don't have enough users to matter. Their rendering engine is completely falling apart. [06:24] IsambardPrince They were completely non-receptive to the idea of a Community controlled certificate authority. [06:25] schestowitz[TR2] mozilla is GAFAM [06:25] IsambardPrince You don't even have to use Firefox for very long to run into a site that just doesn't work. [06:25] IsambardPrince They don't care. [06:25] IsambardPrince They never respond to my compatibility reports. [06:25] IsambardPrince Now Walmart is broken so you can't make order substitution selections in online grocery pickup. [06:25] IsambardPrince You have to use Chrome or something to make it work. [06:28] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Instead of fixing their browser engine, they gave that DEI fraudster in Chicago a lot of money. [06:29] IsambardPrince It must be nice to be able to register an LLC and call yourself a consultant and get paid millions of dollars to go in and advise companies on how to make their workplace as hostile as possible towards normal people. [06:30] schestowitz[TR2] heh [06:30] schestowitz[TR2] Firefox will DEI [06:35] IsambardPrince https://www.jwz.org/blog/2024/08/gmails-absolutely-horrific-markup-and-how-chrome-makes-it-worse/?unapproved=251644&moderation-hash=c1a940273d35ea1085302c4e099fe4ca#comment-251644 [06:35] TR Bot jwz: Gmail's absolutely horrific markup and how Chrome makes it worse [06:36] IsambardPrince "It says that each line is a paragraph, but one with no margin. In other words, a
. And then every paragraph break is actually its own paragraph, with one
inside it. [06:36] IsambardPrince I guess what's going on is, Safari looks at a node with no margin and says, "Aha, I shall copy the text with no extra spacing." [06:36] IsambardPrince But Chrome looks at it and says, "That's a

tag! I know those! Those have a blank line after them!" And then it looks at that

with the single
in it says, "That's also a

tag! I know those! Those have a blank line after them! I am very smart."" [06:37] TR News Techrights In Pakistan, Only One in 6 Windows Users is Using the Latest Windows (Vista 11) https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/18/In_Pakistan_Only_One_in_6_Windows_Users_is_Using_the_Latest_Win.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/18/In_Pakistan_Only_One_in_6_Windows_Users_is_Using_the_Latest_Win.gmi [06:37] TR Bot Techrights In Pakistan, Only One in 6 Windows Users is Using the Latest Windows (Vista 11) [06:39] cblinux :) IsambardPrince, like opening a docx file in different text processors, incl. different versions of Word. [06:40] cblinux regarding browsers: a worthwile approach seems filtering the web like brave and libreJS. One for consumer experience, the other for freedom. [06:41] schestowitz[TR2] it'll get worse [06:41] schestowitz[TR2] over time [06:41] schestowitz[TR2] and that's what matters [06:41] schestowitz[TR2] they don't improve it [06:41] schestowitz[TR2] like some things did coalesce [06:41] schestowitz[TR2] they just sau, [06:41] schestowitz[TR2] "move to THIS browser" [06:41] schestowitz[TR2] "why you STILL use this thing??" [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] "you dddon't have SPY phone?" [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] "what about MFA??" [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] so you need to create a parallel set of tools [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] to avoid all the crapware [06:45] TR News (NEW): Best Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/18/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/18/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [06:45] TR Bot Tux Machines Best Free and Open Source Software [06:54] TR News Techrights [Meme] Until systemd is Over 10 Million Lines of Spaghetti Code That Nobody Understands https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/18/Meme_Until_systemd_is_Over_10_Million_Lines_of_Spaghetti_Code_T.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/18/Meme_Until_systemd_is_Over_10_Million_Lines_of_Spaghetti_Code_T.gmi [06:54] TR Bot Techrights [Meme] Until systemd is Over 10 Million Lines of Spaghetti Code That Nobody Understands ● Aug 18 [07:10] *libredev has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [07:22] psydruid I think the era of multiboot is over, at least when it come to Windows [07:23] psydruid it's easier to dedicate a separate machine to it, if you really need it for something [07:24] psydruid or you can just run it in a virtual machine, as I usually do [07:26] psydruid that won't prevent it from going from being the 100% to the 10% to the 1% operating system, as older computers move to GNU/Linux [07:58] *IsambardPrince has quit (Quit: Leaving) [07:58] *libredev (~libredev@w4s7ck52qnvc2.irc) has joined #techrights ● Aug 18 [08:14] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@585wxr9n9iurn.irc) has joined #techrights [08:21] *libredev has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [08:25] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Some guy said US Bank denied his credit card application based on FICO 10 and they said he had too many hard pulls. He has no hard pulls on any of his reports. [08:25] IsambardPrince The credit reporting bureaus in the US are awful. [08:26] IsambardPrince Sometimes they do things like stick in misinformation that's not even legal to report. Or incorrect information. Or negative information that belongs to someone with a similar name. Or you can end up with a "split file" where they have two files about you and lenders might see a different one than you do. [08:26] IsambardPrince Split files sometimes have information that is too old to legally report, and they give that to the lender. [08:27] IsambardPrince I caught them reporting six missed payments on my Citi card that didn't happen because the account was closed and zeroed out. [08:27] IsambardPrince When I noticed it and disputed it and won, they removed them and my FICO score went up 6 points. [08:28] IsambardPrince They always seem to hurt you when they put something on there by mistake. It never seems to help you. [08:28] IsambardPrince I wonder if it even is a mistake. [08:29] IsambardPrince Like maybe Citi just gets away with it and they're so pissed about losing money that they just whack you with six more missed payments because most people won't even look, and it will keep their score down and make them suffer a bit more for several years. [08:30] IsambardPrince Dealing with a nasty rent-raising slumlord that leaves you without a toilet for 7 days. [08:30] IsambardPrince And only fixes it because the city says he'll pay them $500 a day until it's fixed starting the next day. [08:31] IsambardPrince With just six more FICO points maybe you could apply at a halfway decent apartment complex. [08:31] IsambardPrince It took me 3 years to even notice they had done that. [08:31] IsambardPrince So it probably took 12-15 FICO points I should have had right away. [08:32] IsambardPrince Citi is the nastiest fucking bank I think I've ever seen in my life, out of the big ones. [08:50] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I like this Chromebook a lot so far. Very fast. Simple. Just gets rid of all the shit that was bothering me. [08:51] IsambardPrince Linux is in a huge state of decay, generally speaking. Not the kernel so much as the userspace stuff. [08:51] IsambardPrince They failed to hijack the kernel to the extent they wanted to, so they made disasters elsewhere to help them steal marketshare and make everyone come to them for support. IBM did. [08:55] IsambardPrince https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXjANnTK28E [08:55] TR Bot https://not-ytb.blocus.ch/watch?v=DXjANnTK28E [08:55] TR Bot not resolve host: not-ytb.blocus.ch ( status 0 @ https://not-ytb.blocus.ch/watch?v=DXjANnTK28E ) [08:55] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Good video. [08:56] *libredev (~libredev@w4s7ck52qnvc2.irc) has joined #techrights ● Aug 18 [09:06] TR News (NEW): Labwc 0.8 Wayland Compositor Released https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/18/Labwc_0_8_Wayland_Compositor_Released.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/18/Labwc_0_8_Wayland_Compositor_Released.gmi [09:06] TR Bot Tux Machines Labwc 0.8 Wayland Compositor Released [09:06] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Basically, the middle class takes on debt. They have enough income to get loans and get themselves in a lot of trouble, and maybe to squeak by making the payments, but then that's where all their money goes. [09:06] IsambardPrince Payments. [09:06] IsambardPrince And by the time they realize how badly they fucked up and what they wouldn't give for a way out, they earned too much making the payments to file a liquidation bankruptcy and get rid of it all, [09:07] IsambardPrince The bankruptcy law figures if you make enough money to make the payments, you'll make those payments. You can still file a repayment plan bankruptcy, but all that does is restructure it a little to ease the boot off your neck so you won't die. [09:07] IsambardPrince Your payments are not going anywhere unless there's something left in 5 years, then that part gets forgiven. [09:08] IsambardPrince So you work yourself into a trap. [09:08] IsambardPrince If you want to file a real bankruptcy, you may be able to work less, earn less for 6 months, file the bankruptcy, discharge everything, and then start working more. [09:09] IsambardPrince But this won't work for many people because by that time they'll have defaulted on everything for a while, and there goes the cars they don't own, the credit cards get shut down, their credit is destroyed, the bank would like a word about that house they haven't been paying on. [09:10] IsambardPrince So if they ease up, all the stuff that lets them get to work and have a roof over their heads goes away. [09:23] IsambardPrince https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfpAjsytwy0 [09:23] TR Bot https://inv.makerlab.tech/watch?v=IfpAjsytwy0 [09:23] TR Bot not resolve host: inv.makerlab.tech ( status 0 @ https://inv.makerlab.tech/watch?v=IfpAjsytwy0 ) [09:24] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I have some lobster in the freezer. I'm still wwaiting on that lobster sauce base. [09:24] IsambardPrince Should be here Monday. [09:24] IsambardPrince Lobster Mac and Cheese. I got some cavatappi pasta. Might dice up an onion and throw that in there. 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[09:43] TR News "NVIDIA admittedly used pirated books to train these models" https://torrentfreak.com/nvidia-copyrighted-books-are-just-statistical-correlations-to-our-ai-models-240617/ | Source: Torrent Freak [09:43] TR Bot Copyrighted Books Are Just Statistical Correlations to Our AI Models * TorrentFreak [09:46] TR News "Swedish [sic] gangs [sic] turn to internet to recruit young members" https://www.thelocal.se/20240815/swedish-gangs-turn-to-internet-to-recruit-young-members [09:46] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelocal.se/20240815/swedish-gangs-turn-to-internet-to-recruit-young-members ) [09:47] TR News "A Horrible Mistake: At A Fork In the Road of the Destiny of Civilization | Opinion" https://www.commondreams.org/further/a-horrible-mistake-at-a-fork-in-the-road-of-the-destiny-of-civilization [09:47] TR Bot Further | A Horrible Mistake: At A Fork In the Road of the Destiny of Civilization | Opinion [09:48] *IsambardPrince has quit (Quit: Leaving) [09:50] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@xs38uwsuv3nju.irc) has joined #techrights [09:55] *libredev (~libredev@w4s7ck52qnvc2.irc) has joined #techrights [09:57] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@j9gt2haw74jrk.irc) has joined #techrights ● Aug 18 [10:01] *libredev has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [10:02] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [10:05] *jacobk (~quassel@rr2rh58ht72yy.irc) has joined #techrights [10:22] TR News Stakkr Docker recompose tool https://www.linuxlinks.com/stakkr-docker-recompose-tool/ [10:22] TR Bot - Docker recompose tool - LinuxLinks [10:22] TR News 19 Best Free and Open Source Shells https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-shells/ [10:22] TR Bot Best Free and Open Source Shells - LinuxLinks [10:24] TR News Labwc 0.8 Wayland Compositor Released https://linuxiac.com/labwc-0-8-wayland-compositor-released/ [10:24] TR Bot Labwc 0.8 Wayland Compositor Released [10:24] *IsambardPrince has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [10:25] *libredev (~libredev@w4s7ck52qnvc2.irc) has joined #techrights [10:34] TR News "These include: AltStore PAL, Aptoide, Mobivention, and SetApp Mobile." https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/17/epic_games_fortnite_ios_eu/ | Source: The Register UK [10:34] TR Bot Epic Games brings Fortnite back to iOS in Europe The Register [10:34] TR News "If you want to play Fortnite games on an iPhone well, you need to live in the European Union." https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/08/16/fornite-mobile-ios-android-app-store/ | Source: The Washington Post [10:34] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/08/16/fornite-mobile-ios-android-app-store/ ) [10:34] TR News "In Europe, where a new law permits third-party app stores and app promotions" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/16/technology/apple-epic-spotify-app-stores.html | Source: New York Times [10:34] TR Bot Apple Changes App Store Rules - The New York Times [10:35] TR News "Google v. 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Experts are trying to fight back Maine Morning Star ● Aug 18 [11:06] TR News "Think bigger about what should be ours." https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/public-ownership-of-public-goods | Source: Hamilton Nolan [11:06] TR Bot Public Ownership of Public Goods - by Hamilton Nolan [11:07] TR News "Social media platform X is shuttering its operations in Brazil immediately" https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/08/17/x-brazil-musk-moraes-judge/ | Source: The Washington Post [11:07] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/08/17/x-brazil-musk-moraes-judge/ ) [11:07] TR News "Schmidt said that big technology companies are planning for large investments into Nvidia-based AI" https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/not-microsoft-google-or-chatgpt-maker-openai-eric-schmidt-sees-this-company-as-big-ai-winner/articleshow/112589095.cms | Source: India Times [11:07] TR Bot Not Microsoft, Google or ChatGPT-maker OpenAI: Eric Schmidt sees this company as big AI winner - Times of India [11:10] TR News "The new funds will enable the company to build three new semiconductor plants, or fabs, in Texas" https://siliconangle.com/2024/08/16/texas-instruments-wins-4-6b-chips-act-financing-three-new-fabs/ | Source: Silicon Angle [11:10] TR Bot Instruments wins $4.6B in CHIPS Act financing for three new fabs - SiliconANGLE [11:10] TR News "While governors have latitude to use their states National Guards to respond to civil disorder" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/17/us/politics/trump-2025-insurrection-act.html | Source: New York Times [11:10] TR Bot Deploying on U.S. Soil: How Trump Would Use Soldiers Against Riots, Crime and Migrants - The New York Times [11:11] TR News "A former employee, speaking anonymously, stated that the company has withheld salaries for over 50" https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/after-laying-off-70-employees-ai-startup-ceo-claims-not-able-to-go-to-the-us-to-raise-funding-as-employee-stole-passport-with-us-visa/articleshow/112585935.cms | Source: India Times [11:11] TR Bot After laying off 70% employees, AI startup CEO Vishwa Nath Jha claims not able to go to the US to raise funding as employee stole passport with US visa - Times of India [11:11] TR News "Financial terms of the deal werent disclosed." https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/the-onion-sold-global-tetrahedron-1235982383/ | Source: Variety [11:11] TR Bot The Onion Sold to Global Tetrahedron, Owned by Twilio's Jeff Lawson [11:15] TR News "Unavailable since August 14, CrowdTangle is to be replaced with Meta's Content Library" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/eu-presses-meta-on-plans-after-disinformation-tracker-axed/articleshow/112581521.cms | Source: India Times [11:15] TR Bot Meta: EU presses Meta on plans after disinformation tracker axed - The Economic Times [11:15] TR News "The chipmaker also expects to receive about $6 billion to $8 billion in investment tax credit" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/funding/chipmaker-texas-instruments-to-receive-up-to-1-6-billion-in-funding-from-us/articleshow/112580531.cms | Source: India Times [11:15] TR Bot Texas Instruments: Chipmaker Texas Instruments to receive up to $1.6 billion in funding from US - The Economic Times [11:22] TR News "The public consultation period for the governments proposed three-month unemployment rule" https://yle.fi/a/74-20105555 | Source: YLE [11:22] TR Bot Finnish government presses ahead with controversial three-month rule, despite near total opposition during consultation | Yle News | Yle [11:27] TR News "The U.S. Supreme Court addressed governments various roles with respect to speech on social media" https://scheerpost.com/2024/08/17/in-these-five-social-media-speech-cases-supreme-court-set-foundational-rules-for-the-future/ | Source: Scheerpost [11:27] TR Bot In These Five Social Media Speech Cases, Supreme Court Set Foundational Rules for the Future [11:27] TR News "Musks repeated outbursts against advertisers have dried up the main source of revenue" https://fortune.com/2024/08/15/elon-musk-tesla-stock-sale-twitter-x-advertiser-boycott-finances-bradford-ferguson/ | Source: Fortune [11:27] TR Bot Musk may have to sell billions in Tesla stock to rescue X | Fortune [11:38] TR News "Listed electric scooter maker Ola Electric launched its first range of electric motorcycles" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/ola-electric-rolls-out-range-of-e-bikes-announces-quick-commerce-foray/articleshow/112548758.cms | Source: India Times [11:38] TR Bot ola bike: Olas plans around EVs, quick commerce, more out on Independence Day - The Economic Times [11:39] TR News "The siren song of the oil and gas industry! Literally: Drill, baby, drill!" https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-trump-climate-tesla/ | Source: Wired [11:39] TR Bot Musk Is No Climate Hero | WIRED [11:40] TR News "In Berlin and Stuttgart, police said that activists were arrested without disrupting traffic." https://www.dw.com/en/germany-climate-activists-block-four-airports/a-69944705 | Source: Deutsche Welle [11:40] TR Bot Climate activists block four airports DW 08/15/2024 [11:40] TR News "the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard has been melting five times faster" https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/2024/08/new-satellite-images-reveal-disturbing-scale-arctic-ice-loss | Source: The Barents Observer [11:40] TR Bot Satellite images reveal worrying scale of Svalbard glaciers loss | The Independent Barents Observer [11:43] TR News "Man, what a fun project!" https://rscottjones.com/a-visit-to-cabinetlandia/ | Source: R Scott Jones [11:43] TR Bot visit to Cabinetlandia rscottjones [11:49] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@xs38uwsuv3nju.irc) has joined #techrights [11:54] TR News Overpopulation https://www.telesurenglish.net/zambia-nearly-half-of-the-population-lives-in-extreme-drought-affected-areas/ | Source: teleSUR [11:54] TR Bot Zambia: Nearly Half of the Population Lives in Extreme Drought-Affected Areas - teleSUR English ● Aug 18 [12:06] *libredev has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [12:06] TR News ">According to a study designed by the Stanford Deliberative Democracy Lab" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/gen-z-users-oppose-social-media-limits-poll/articleshow/112592309.cms | Source: India Times [12:06] TR Bot social media limits: Gen Z users oppose social media limits: poll - The Economic Times [12:08] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) 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[12:15] schestowitz[TR2] i got some last night, but grilled [12:15] schestowitz[TR2] after we had gone to a restaurant [12:17] TR News "Geofence warrants, also known as reverse search warrants" https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/13/us-appeals-court-rules-geofence-warrants-are-unconstitutional/ | Source: TechCrunch [12:17] TR Bot appeals court rules geofence warrants are unconstitutional | TechCrunch [12:17] IsambardPrince https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ized1XMRp_I [12:17] TR Bot https://invidious.privacydev.net/watch?v=Ized1XMRp_I [12:17] TR Bot ( status 500 @ https://invidious.privacydev.net/watch?v=Ized1XMRp_I ) [12:17] TR News "In a rare in-depth interview, this billionaire man of mystery" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/17/style/alex-karp-palantir.html | Source: New York Times [12:17] TR Bot Palantirs Alex Karp Talks About War, AI and Americas Future - The New York Times [12:17] IsambardPrince "The Beets - Killer Tofu (Best Audio Quality)" [12:20] TR News "Crucial correspondence involving the Nineteen Eighty-Four autho" https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/aug/17/it-could-disappear-for-ever-anger-over-sale-of-george-orwell-archive | Source: The Guardian UK [12:20] TR Bot It could disappear for ever: Anger over sale of George Orwell archive | George Orwell | The Guardian [12:30] *libredev (~libredev@w4s7ck52qnvc2.irc) has joined #techrights [12:34] *IsambardPrince has quit (Quit: Leaving) [12:38] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@xs38uwsuv3nju.irc) has joined #techrights [12:39] *SomeGoat (~SomeGoat@r9ruxqydtdctn.irc) has joined #techrights [12:39] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Well, that was unpleasant. [12:39] IsambardPrince Messages app opened to a conversation from 2018 with me, John, and Joy. [12:39] IsambardPrince She couldn't remember that John was a tenant there and asked who he was and why he was in the chat. [12:40] IsambardPrince And told me not to pound on the ceiling when the nighbors were stomping and blasting their stereo. [12:40] IsambardPrince And falsely accused me of going up to the third floor with a baseball bat. [12:40] IsambardPrince I asked them to please stop partying and quit smoking marijuana in the hallways. [12:42] IsambardPrince She said: "Smoking is a fact of life and we have no control over what people decide to do in the privacy of their own home. I'm sure you can understand. Should you have a negative reaction, I hope you have good health insurance because, as your landlord, we do not have any responsibility to protect you from smokers and we will not assume such responsibility. We have communicated your concerns to the third floor tenants, who assure [12:42] IsambardPrince us they are not the source. At this point, we are more concerned with you being confrontational with them because that poses a more direct physical threat. If you want to find someone to sublease your unit so you find another apartment, we will reasonably cooperate." [12:43] IsambardPrince They decided to tell tall tales to her and she's such an idiot that she became accusatory. She couldn't even remember our names and we were living on the lease there. [12:43] IsambardPrince She was always in a bad mood. [12:53] *IsambardPrince has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Aug 18 [13:18] *Righty has quit (connection closed) [13:22] *Righty (~Username@dxzspnzshkeec.irc) has joined #techrights [13:31] *libredev has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [13:56] *libredev (~libredev@w4s7ck52qnvc2.irc) has joined #techrights ● Aug 18 [14:06] *libredev has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [14:29] lightbringer 18 062712 < CrystalMath> should i change my linux desktop to look and feel like Windows 98? [14:29] lightbringer why not change it to look and feel like windows 1 instead [14:34] *libredev (~libredev@w4s7ck52qnvc2.irc) has joined #techrights ● Aug 18 [15:20] psydroid2 Windows XP is just about the optimum [15:21] psydroid2 so maybe a Windows XP theme for ReactOS? [15:21] lightbringer lol [15:22] lightbringer fisher-price GUI [15:30] TR News "To those who never made their home on the network, this may sound a little sad" https://www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024/08/i-will-mourn-twitter-obituary | Source: New Statesman [15:30] TR Bot I, for one, will mourn Twitter - New Statesman [15:31] TR News "These .env files allow organizations to define configuration variables for their web apps" https://www.securityweek.com/cloud-misconfigurations-expose-110000-domains-to-extortion-in-widespread-campaign/ | Source: Security Week [15:31] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/cloud-misconfigurations-expose-110000-domains-to-extortion-in-widespread-campaign/ ) [15:31] TR News "Initially piloted in 2021, Google's Project Greenlight is, as Scientific American explains" https://futurism.com/the-byte/google-ai-traffic-lights | Source: Futurism [15:31] TR Bot Google's AI Traffic Light Project May Have Been a Mistake [15:32] TR News "It works for me. I'm feeling healthy." https://wand3r.net/on-working-out/ | Source: Brandon [15:32] TR Bot On Working Out | NOT ALL WHO WANDER ARE LOST [15:33] TR News "Pakistan says it is introducing new screening at airports" https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/south-asia/pakistan-mpox-virus-cases-who-alert-b2597779.html | Source: The Independent UK [15:33] TR Bot Pakistan admits it cannot find mpox patient as tighter screening to be introduced at airports | The Independent [15:33] TR News "The proposed research system automates the ancient medical practice of tongue diagnosis" https://futurism.com/neoscope/ai-detects-illness-tongue | Source: Futurism [15:33] TR Bot New AI Can Accurately Detect Health Conditions By Just Looking At Your Tongue [15:35] TR News "First: is the Intel CPU too hot for a board this small?" https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/radxa-x4-sbc-unites-intel-n100-and-raspberry-pi-rp2040 | Source: Jeff Geerling [15:35] TR Bot Radxa X4 SBC Unites Intel N100 and Raspberry Pi RP2040 | Jeff Geerling [15:36] TR News "That means turning the curves into pixels, as best as you can because no one likes blurry text" https://registerspill.thorstenball.com/p/seconds-an-eternity | Source: Thorsten Ball [15:36] TR Bot Second's an Eternity - by Thorsten Ball - Register Spill [15:37] TR News "This system is a mini tickler file system. But rather than tracking things through a year" https://analogoffice.net/2024/08/17/index-card-system.html | Source: Analog Office [15:37] TR Bot Analog Office - Index card system to track daily, weekly, and monthly routines [15:37] TR News "I'm committed to blogging. It's something I do every day. i don't wait for a good mood." https://louplummer.lol/random-joy-blogging-brings/ | Source: Lou Plummer [15:37] TR Bot The Random Joy Blogging Brings | Living Out Loud [15:41] TR News (NEW): CachyOS August 2024 Release Adds Support for the COSMIC Desktop Environment https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/18/CachyOS_August_2024_Release_Adds_Support_for_the_COSMIC_Desktop.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/18/CachyOS_August_2024_Release_Adds_Support_for_the_COSMIC_Desktop.gmi [15:41] TR Bot Tux Machines CachyOS August 2024 Release Adds Support for the COSMIC Desktop Environment [15:41] TR News (NEW): Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (32/2024): A Nemo Mobile Progress Report and an Unfettered Keyboard https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/18/Weekly_GNU_like_Mobile_Linux_Update_32_2024_A_Nemo_Mobile_Progr.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/18/Weekly_GNU_like_Mobile_Linux_Update_32_2024_A_Nemo_Mobile_Progr.gmi [15:41] TR Bot Tux Machines Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (32/2024): A Nemo Mobile Progress Report and an Unfettered Keyboard [15:45] TR News Techrights Links 18/08/2024: Joy of Blogging and Public Ownership of Public Goods https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/18/Links_18_08_2024_Joy_of_Blogging_and_Public_Ownership_of_Public.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/18/Links_18_08_2024_Joy_of_Blogging_and_Public_Ownership_of_Public.gmi [15:45] TR Bot Techrights Links 18/08/2024: Joy of Blogging and Public Ownership of Public Goods [15:46] TR News "1. Does anyone run NetBSD? Does pkgin upgrade run really, really slow? I used a local mirror but DLing 700 packages took an entire day." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/nm03/2024/AUG2024/entry-3 [15:47] TR News "I run NetBSD on two machines: a Raspberry Pi 3 and an i3." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/nm03/2024/AUG2024/entry-4 [15:48] TR News "My S.O. and I are back in the U.S.A. enjoying some R and R. It has been so wonderfully cool here, at times in the mid 60s. I cannot express how fabulous that feels after the disgusting heat and humidity of Tokyo." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/nm03/2024/AUG2024/entry-5 [15:49] TR News "I think that some www pages are less usable now than they used to be. But this is not a machine for WWW browsing, of course..." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/jirka/Phlog/2024_08_01.txt [15:50] TR News "This is a follow-up for 2024-08-16 JSON feed for indexing where I linked to IndieSearch, byJP. I want to see what's required for this to work." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2024-08-18-indie-search [15:51] TR News "In elementary school, I read a story that mentioned, and described, the color puce. I forget which story it was." gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/scrawlspace/2024/ [15:52] TR News SpellBinding: EIKYRWN Wordo: AGON gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/scrawlspace/2024/ [15:53] TR News SpellBinding: EIKYRWN Wordo: AGON gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2024-08-18.gmi [15:53] TR News "Over the past year or two, I've been cleaning up my posts here. Largely making sure the HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is valid, but also that all internal links (links where I link to previous posts) are valid to cut down on needless redirects or 404 Not Found responses, in addition to fixing errors with my web server configuration [1]." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2024/08/17.1 [15:55] TR News Dunning-Kruger techies gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~np89/glog/20240728-dunning_kruger_techies.txt [15:56] TR News Dystopian values gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~np89/glog/20240818-dystopian_values.txt [15:59] TR News Official Project Gemini news feed Progress on closing GitLab issues gemini://geminiprotocol.net/news/2024_08_15.gmi ● Aug 18 [16:00] TR News "The 2024 list of sites are up and voting is open. Lots of interesting sites listed (and I wouldn't say that I understand all of them), my favourite so far is "One Minute Park". It's a helpful reminder of how weird and creative the web can be." gemini://rrees.smol.pub/tiny-awards-2024 [16:00] TR News week 33 recap gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/week33 [16:05] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 18/08/2024: Tiny Awards 2024 and Progress on closing GitLab Issues in Gemini Protocol https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/18/Gemini_Links_18_08_2024_Tiny_Awards_2024_and_Progress_on_closin.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/18/Gemini_Links_18_08_2024_Tiny_Awards_2024_and_Progress_on_closin.gmi [16:05] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 18/08/2024: Tiny Awards 2024 and Progress on closing GitLab Issues in Gemini Protocol [16:06] TR News "Websites that use well-defined URL structures are easier for me to navigate." https://jamesg.blog/2024/08/17/url-design/ | Source: James G [16:06] TR Bot How I design my URLs | James' Coffee Blog [16:06] TR News "The general part is that one sort of my virtual machines are directly on the network" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/LibvirtWhySpareVirtualMachines | Source: University of Toronto [16:06] TR Bot Chris's Wiki :: blog/linux/LibvirtWhySpareVirtualMachines [16:06] TR News "Semantic elements offer significant accessibility affordances." https://jamesg.blog/2024/08/16/content-layout-design/ | Source: James G [16:06] TR Bot Designing the content layout for my website | James' Coffee Blog [16:06] TR News "For reasons beyond the scope of this entry" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/unix/FreeBSDZFSRootAppeal | Source: University of Toronto [16:06] TR Bot Chris's Wiki :: blog/unix/FreeBSDZFSRootAppeal [16:07] TR News "Many folks are on vacation right now" https://pointieststick.com/2024/08/16/this-week-in-kde-system-settings-modernization-and-wayland-color-management/ | Source: Nate Graham [16:07] TR Bot This week in KDE: System Settings modernization and Wayland color management Adventures in Linux and KDE [16:08] TR News How To Install XanMod Kernel on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-xanmod-kernel-ubuntu-24-04/ [16:08] TR Bot How To Install XanMod Kernel on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - idroot [16:08] TR News How To Install Rust on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-rust-ubuntu-24-04/ [16:08] TR Bot How To Install Rust on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - idroot [16:08] TR News Study Reveals Hidden Reasons Cats Scratch Furniture, And How to Stop Them https://www.sciencealert.com/study-reveals-hidden-reasons-cats-scratch-furniture-and-how-to-stop-them [16:08] TR Bot Reveals Hidden Reasons Cats Scratch Furniture, And How to Stop Them : ScienceAlert [16:09] TR News How to Install Linkwarden with Docker: A Step-by-Step Guide https://linuxiac.com/how-to-install-linkwarden-with-docker/ [16:09] TR Bot How to Install Linkwarden with Docker: A Step-by-Step Guide [16:09] TR News How to Exclude Directories Using the GNU/Linux find Command https://tecadmin.net/how-to-exclude-directories-using-the-linux-find-command/ [16:09] TR Bot How to Exclude Directories Using the Linux find Command [16:10] TR News How to Create Your First GNU/Linux Bash Script https://thenewstack.io/how-to-create-your-first-linux-bash-script/ [16:10] TR Bot How to Create Your First Linux Bash Script - The New Stack [16:10] TR News How to Install ESLint on Ubuntu 24.04 or 22.04 LTS GNU/Linux https://linux.how2shout.com/how-to-install-eslint-on-ubuntu-24-04-or-22-04-lts-linux/ [16:10] TR Bot How to Install ESLint on Ubuntu 24.04 or 22.04 LTS Linux - Linux Shout [16:10] TR News How to Download and Install Forticlient VPN for Ubuntu 24.04 GNU/Linux https://linux.how2shout.com/how-to-download-and-install-forticlient-vpn-for-ubuntu-24-04-linux/ [16:10] TR Bot How to Download and Install Forticlient VPN for Ubuntu 24.04 Linux [16:11] TR News Delete, install GNU/Linux... without systemd-bsod https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/how-to-fix-a-windows-blue-screen-of-death-bsod [16:11] TR Bot How to Fix a Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) | Tom's Hardware [16:11] *darwin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [16:12] TR News Exatorrent is an open-source Self-hosted Torrent Client https://medevel.com/exatorrent/ [16:12] TR Bot Exatorrent is an open-source Self-hosted Torrent Client [16:13] TR News Piped is a free ads-free YouTube Frontend https://medevel.com/piped/ [16:13] TR Bot Piped is a free ads-free YouTube Frontend [16:13] *darwin (~darwin@7d3n498busjrn.irc) has joined #techrights [16:13] TR News What About Static Typing in Ruby? https://noelrappin.com/blog/2024/08/what-about-static-typing-in-ruby/ [16:13] TR Bot What About Static Typing in Ruby? Noel Rappin Writes Here [16:14] TR News Post-hoc Adjustment for Zero-Thresholded Linear Models https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/08/post-hoc-adjustment-for-zero-thresholded-linear-models/ [16:14] TR Bot Adjustment for Zero-Thresholded Linear Models | R-bloggers [16:38] TR News Techrights SPAM of the Day: Brittany Day on the "Rise of AI" in Fake News Site About "Linux Security" https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/18/SPAM_of_the_Day_Brittany_Day_on_the_Rise_of_AI_in_Fake_News_Sit.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/18/SPAM_of_the_Day_Brittany_Day_on_the_Rise_of_AI_in_Fake_News_Sit.gmi [16:38] TR Bot Techrights SPAM of the Day: Brittany Day on the "Rise of AI" in Fake News Site About "Linux Security" [16:39] TR News Best Gamepads for GNU/Linux https://linuxstans.com/best-gamepads-for-linux/ [16:39] TR Bot Best Gamepads for Linux - Compatible and Plug and Play [16:39] TR News 10 Open-source Free PACS Systems for Windows, Linux, macOS in 2024 https://medevel.com/pacs-1500/ [16:39] TR Bot 10 Open-source Free PACS Systems for Windows, Linux, macOS in 2024 [16:39] TR News Daniel Pocock: Frans Pop & Debian Day 2024: 31 years of deception and modern slavery https://danielpocock.com/frans-pop-debian-day-2024-31-years-deception-modern-slavery/ [16:39] TR Bot Frans Pop & Debian Day 2024: 31 years of deception and modern slavery [16:45] TR News A Virtuoso Cellists Painstaking Path From Long Covid Back to the Stage https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/17/health/long-covid-cellist.html [16:45] TR Bot A Virtuoso Cellists Painstaking Path From Long Covid Back to the Stage - The New York Times [16:47] TR News Linux Out Loud 94: Tale of Two Laptops https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/linux-out-loud/lol-94-2/ [16:47] TR Bot connection timeout ( status 0 @ https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/linux-out-loud/lol-94-2/ ) [16:47] TR News skip a curl transfer https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2024/08/17/skip-a-curl-transfer/ [16:47] TR Bot a curl transfer | daniel.haxx.se [16:49] TR News Miru is Free App that Stream Anime Directly from Torrent in Real-time for Linux, Windows, and macOS https://medevel.com/miro/ [16:49] TR Bot Miru is Free App that Stream Anime Directly from Torrent in Real-time for Linux, Windows, and macOS [16:51] TR News Gimias is A Free Open-source Free App for Medical Image Analysis and Simulation https://medevel.com/gimias-med/ [16:51] TR Bot Gimias is A Free Open-source Free App for Medical Image Analysis and Simulation [16:56] TR News 12 Free Disk Encryption Tools for Windows, GNU/Linux and macOS https://medevel.com/disk-ecryption-1200/ [16:56] TR Bot 12 Free Disk Encryption Tools for Windows, Linux and macOS [16:57] TR News Getting Started with Svelte and SvelteKit: A Step-by-Step Guide for macOS, Windows, and GNU/Linux https://medevel.com/svelte-starter-guide/ [16:57] TR Bot Getting Started with Svelte and SvelteKit: A Step-by-Step Guide for macOS, Windows, and Linux [16:58] TR News Linux: Low-level Data Copying with dd https://thenewstack.io/linux-low-level-data-copying-with-dd/ [16:58] TR Bot Linux: Low-level Data Copying with dd - The New Stack [16:58] TR News How to Install COSMIC Desktop in Fedora GNU/Linux (Workstation) https://www.debugpoint.com/install-cosmic-desktop-fedora/ [16:58] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://www.debugpoint.com/install-cosmic-desktop-fedora/ ) [16:59] TR News Archinstall 2.8.2 Arch GNU/Linux Installer Speeds Up Mirror Loading and Download https://9to5linux.com/archinstall-2-8-2-arch-linux-installer-speeds-up-mirror-loading-and-download [16:59] TR Bot 2.8.2 Arch Linux Installer Speeds Up Mirror Loading and Download - 9to5Linux ● Aug 18 [17:00] TR News Destrination Linux 10000: Vanilla flavored OS, COSMIC Desktop Alpha, & Android Malware Scare https://destinationlinux.net/10000 [17:00] TR Bot Linux - TuxDigital [17:00] TR News When 'Ubuntu Pro' Means Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Ubuntu With Back Doors (the 'Confidential' Lie) https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/17/When_Ubuntu_Pro_Means_Microsoft_Ubuntu_With_Back_Doors_the_Conf.shtml [17:00] TR Bot Techrights When 'Ubuntu Pro' Means Microsoft Ubuntu With Back Doors (the 'Confidential' Lie) [17:01] TR News Microsoft backdoored Windows Falls to 19% in Congo, Only About 1 in 8 backdoored Windows Users (or 2-3% of Web Users) Are on Vista 11 (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/17/Microsoft_Windows_Falls_to_19_in_Congo_Only_About_1_in_8_Window.shtml [17:01] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Windows Falls to 19% in Congo, Only About 1 in 8 Windows Users (or 2-3% of Web Users) Are on Vista 11 [17:01] TR News Videos Self-Hosted: Well Worth It! https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/17/Videos_Self_Hosted_Well_Worth_It.shtml [17:01] TR Bot Techrights Videos Self-Hosted: Well Worth It! [17:01] TR News It's About Justice, Not About Money https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/17/It_s_About_Justice_Not_About_Money.shtml [17:01] TR Bot Techrights It's About Justice, Not About Money [17:01] TR News What Diversity Means to Us https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/17/What_Diversity_Means_to_Us.shtml [17:01] TR Bot Techrights What Diversity Means to Us [17:01] TR News Another Case Study Regarding Edge's Death https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/17/Another_Case_Study_Regarding_Edge_s_Death.shtml [17:01] TR Bot Techrights Another Case Study Regarding Edge's Death [17:19] TR News Leonard Hayflick, Who Discovered Why No One Lives Forever, Dies at 96 https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/17/science/leonard-hayflick-dead.html [17:19] TR Bot Leonard Hayflick, Who Discovered Why No One Lives Forever, Dies at 96 - The New York Times [17:19] TR News "My New Orga (S/N: 149251) typewriter manufactured by Bing Werke A.G. in Nuremberg, Germany (Bavaria) sometime between 1928 and 1933 arrived today." https://boffosocko.com/2024/08/15/acquisition-1928-1933-new-orga-typewriter-orga-privat-5/ | Source: Chris Aldrich [17:19] TR Bot Acquisition: 1928-1933 New Orga Typewriter (Orga Privat 5) | Chris Aldrich [17:19] TR News "The Orga Privat 5s mainspring and drawband assembly" https://boffosocko.com/2024/08/17/repairing-the-drawband-on-an-orga-privat-5-typewriter/ | Source: Chris Aldrich [17:19] TR Bot Repairing the Drawband on an Orga Privat 5 Typewriter | Chris Aldrich [17:20] TR News "The issue relates to a software package called Showcase.apk that runs at the system level" https://www.wired.com/story/google-android-pixel-showcase-vulnerability/ | Source: Wired [17:20] TR Bot All Google Pixel Phones Exposed by Unpatched Flaw in Hidden Android App | WIRED [17:21] TR News "This post is an attempt to document how they are made, their differences, their intended use" https://seirdy.one/posts/2023/05/02/fediverse-blocklists/ | Source: Rohan Kumar [17:21] TR Bot My Fediverse blocklists - Seirdy [17:21] TR News "This is a Hugo shortcode that will allow you to embed a mastodon post into your blog." https://mandarismoore.com/2024/08/16/introducing-stoot-for.html | Source: Mandaris Moore [17:21] TR Bot Introducing stoot for Micro.blog - Mandaris [17:21] TR News "Wireshark 4.4.0 Release Candidate 1 was released, and it allows us to use field expressions as custom columns." https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31174 | Source: SANS [17:21] TR Bot Wireshark 4.4.0rc1's Custom Columns - SANS Internet Storm Center [17:26] TR News What Pat Gelsinger can learn from TSMC's last layoff during financial crisis? https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20240815PD225/intel-financing-pat-gelsinger-tsmc-layoffs.html [17:26] TR Bot What Pat Gelsinger can learn from TSMC's last layoff during financial crisis? [17:27] TR News "This is one part actionable advice, one part question for the audience." https://mccue.dev/pages/8-16-24-just-use-postgres | [17:27] TR Bot Just use Postgres [17:28] TR News "Therein lies the shared bug" https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2024/08/17/hash/ | Source: Rachel [17:28] TR Bot A common bug in a bunch of feed readers [17:28] TR News "Over the past year or two, I've been cleaning up my posts here." https://boston.conman.org/2024/08/17.1 | Source: Sean Conner [17:28] TR Bot For a few hours yesterday, I felt as if I was taking crazy pills. Then again, I was dealing with time in C - The Boston Diaries - Captain Napalm [17:29] TR News "Ive tried writing this literally a half-dozen times." https://noelrappin.com/blog/2024/08/what-about-static-typing-in-ruby/ | Source: Noel Rappin [17:29] TR Bot What About Static Typing in Ruby? Noel Rappin Writes Here [17:30] TR News "If you havent already, you can read about how I wrote an inference engine from scratch here." https://michalpitr.substack.com/p/inference-engine-optimizing-performance | Source: Michal Pitr [17:30] TR Bot Inference Engine: Optimizing Performance - by Michal Pitr [17:30] TR News "Heres an Elixir Nx function that implements the algorithm." https://www.jonathanychan.com/blog/generating-random-unit-vectors-in-elixir-nx/ | Source: Jonathan Y Chan [17:30] TR Bot Generating random unit vectors in Elixir Nx | jyc [17:31] TR News "Quite often these numbers must be within an interval" https://lemire.me/blog/2024/08/17/faster-random-integer-generation-with-batching/ | Source: Daniel Lemire [17:31] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://lemire.me/blog/2024/08/17/faster-random-integer-generation-with-batching/ ) [17:33] TR News "Once you have a search index, the next step is to implement a ranking algorithm." https://jamesg.blog/2024/08/17/tf-idf-python/ | Source: James G [17:33] TR Bot How to implement TF-IDF in Python | James' Coffee Blog [17:33] TR News "In this guide, I walk through how to build a query language in Python." https://jamesg.blog/2024/08/17/build-a-query-language/ | Source: James G [17:33] TR Bot How to build a query language in Python | James' Coffee Blog [17:36] TR News "Every now and then I get caught out by weird test failures" https://simonwillison.net/2024/Aug/17/python-m-pytest/#atom-everything | Source: Simon Willison [17:36] TR Bot Upgrading my cookiecutter templates to use python -m pytest [17:36] TR News "I have been writing a test suite for Knowledge Graph Language (KGL)" https://jamesg.blog/2024/08/16/kgl-fuzzer/ | Source: James G [17:36] TR Bot Designing a fuzzer for Knowledge Graph Language | James' Coffee Blog [17:36] TR News "Zip allows you to combine two or more iterables into one with each corresponding" https://hamatti.org/posts/combine-iterables-with-zip/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala [17:36] TR Bot Combine iterables with zip : Juha-Matti Santala [17:36] TR News "Even though I am a fan of Gos error handling" https://blog.pecar.me/go-errors-in-python | Source: Ane Pear [17:37] TR Bot Go-like Error Handling Makes no Sense in JavaScript or Python [17:37] TR News "The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) accepted for public comment" http://www.arrl.org/news/view/arrl-urges-protecting-the-amateur-radio-902-928-mhz-band | Source: ARRL [17:37] TR Bot ARRL Urges Protecting the Amateur Radio 902-928 MHz Band [17:40] *libredev has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Aug 18 [18:03] TR News Chinas growing robotaxi fleet sparks concern, wonder on streets https://hongkongfp.com/2024/08/17/chinas-growing-robotaxi-fleet-sparks-concern-wonder-on-streets/ [18:03] TR Bot China's growing 'robotaxi' fleet sparks concern, wonder on streets | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP [18:04] TR News This week in KDE: System Settings modernization and Wayland color management https://pointieststick.com/2024/08/16/this-week-in-kde-system-settings-modernization-and-wayland-color-management/ [18:04] TR Bot This week in KDE: System Settings modernization and Wayland color management Adventures in Linux and KDE [18:04] TR News As California Clears Homeless Camps, Two Projects Point a Way Forward https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/17/arts/design/homeless-encampments-los-angeles-housing.html [18:04] TR Bot As California Clears Homeless Camps, Two Projects Point a Way Forward - The New York Times [18:05] TR News Microsoft: we make MISINFORMATION... but are "patriotic" about it https://www.rferl.org/a/chatgpt-iran-ban-influence-election/33082420.html [18:05] TR Bot ChatGPT Bans Iranian Accounts Linked To Plan To Influence U.S. Election [18:06] TR News Bits from Debian: Debian Celebrates 31 years! https://bits.debian.org/2024/08/debian-turns-31.html [18:06] TR Bot Debian Celebrates 31 years! - Bits from Debian [18:09] TR News Charts.css is an open source CSS framework for data visualization. https://medevel.com/charts-css/ [18:09] TR Bot Charts.css is an open source CSS framework for data visualization. [18:10] TR News Why PNPM Should Be Your Go-To Node Package Manager: Installation and Usage Guide for Developers https://medevel.com/pnpm/ [18:10] TR Bot Why PNPM Should Be Your Go-To Node Package Manager: Installation and Usage Guide for Developers [18:12] *libredev (~libredev@w4s7ck52qnvc2.irc) has joined #techrights [18:14] TR News Twitter as X-Rated Hatred: Criticising Abusive Monopolist Microsoft is Not OK, Calling for Beheadings (With Bounties on People's Heads) is OK https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/16/Twitter_as_X_Rated_Hatred_Criticising_Microsoft_is_Not_OK_Calli.shtml [18:14] TR Bot Techrights Twitter as X-Rated Hatred: Criticising Microsoft is Not OK, Calling for Beheadings (With Bounties on People's Heads) is OK [18:14] TR News Balancing Activism Against (or With) Basic Necessities and Daniel Cantarn on Our Collective Battle for Software Freedom Around the World https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/16/Balancing_Activism_Against_or_With_Basic_Necessities_and_Daniel.shtml [18:14] TR Bot Techrights Balancing Activism Against (or With) Basic Necessities and Daniel Cantarn on Our Collective Battle for Software Freedom Around the World [18:14] TR News Frans Pop & Debian Day 2024: 31 years of deception and modern slavery https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/17/Frans_Pop_Debian_Day_2024_31_years_of_deception_and_modern_slav.shtml [18:14] TR Bot Techrights Frans Pop & Debian Day 2024: 31 years of deception and modern slavery [18:15] TR News In the Romanian Browser Market, Abusive Monopolist Microsoft is the 2% (Edge Down to 2.3%) https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/17/In_the_Romanian_Browser_Market_Microsoft_is_the_2_Edge_Down_to_.shtml [18:15] TR Bot Techrights In the Romanian Browser Market, Microsoft is the 2% (Edge Down to 2.3%) [18:15] TR News [Meme] A Question of Interests https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/17/Meme_A_Question_of_Interests.shtml [18:15] TR Bot Techrights [Meme] A Question of Interests [18:19] TR News Olympic Sprint Decided By 40,000 FPS Photo Finish https://hackaday.com/2024/08/17/olympic-sprint-decided-by-40000-fps-photo-finish/ | Source: Hackaday [18:19] TR Bot Sprint Decided By 40,000 FPS Photo Finish | Hackaday [18:20] TR News This is just Microsoft attacking computer users, and moreover doing it wrong https://www.tomshardware.com/software/operating-systems/microsoft-patches-tpm-20-bypass-to-prevent-windows-11-installs-on-pcs-with-unsupported-cpus [18:20] TR Bot Microsoft patches TPM 2.0 bypass to prevent Windows 11 installs on PCs with unsupported CPUs | Tom's Hardware [18:20] TR News "The Cloud" = Surveillance https://hackaday.com/2024/08/17/your-data-in-the-cloud/ | Source: Hackaday [18:20] TR Bot Data In The Cloud | Hackaday [18:21] *libredev has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [18:22] TR News Ola Electric announces Indias first Hey Hi (AI) chip Bodhi 1, Ojas, and Sarv 1 slated for 2026 and Bodhi 2 for 2028 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[20:52] TR News "Snapshot of Firefox proxy configuration has been added to the post. I apologize for inconvenience." http://lxer.com/module/forums/t/36902/ [20:52] TR Bot Firefox Proxy Config for local SOCKS server (Bypass DPI ): Bypass DPI on Linux [20:53] *jacobk (~quassel@rr2rh58ht72yy.irc) has joined #techrights [20:56] lxo schestowitz[TR2], cantarn sent me a very kind email. we're corresponding and getting somewhere good. thanks! ● Aug 18 [21:06] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [21:08] *jacobk (~quassel@rr2rh58ht72yy.irc) has joined #techrights [21:13] *Achylles has quit (Quit: Leaving) [21:15] TR News NORA the IoT Explora: Unlocking the SparkFun Thing Plus NORA-W306 https://www.sparkfun.com/news/11592 [21:15] TR Bot the IoT Explora: Unlocking the SparkFun Thing Plus NORA-W306 - News - SparkFun Electronics [21:17] liberty_box libertybox2_ libertybox2__ libertybox2___ libertybox5_ lightbringer logbackup lxo [21:17] schestowitz[TR2] lxo: :) [21:21] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@e7hf746mwacrn.irc) has joined #techrights [21:37] IsambardPrince The slumlord says that he raises rent because the city said he fixes this dump to minimum acceptable standards or spanky spanky. [21:38] IsambardPrince He'd raise it regardless of what they did. He's just pissed that he has to spend any money on it at all. [21:39] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], A bunch of those old air conditioners are sitting out by the dumpster now. [21:39] IsambardPrince Perversely, my electric bill went up with the new one even though it's much more efficient. I could only run the old one for about 4-5 hours before it started freezing over. [21:40] IsambardPrince So I got in the habit of using an appliance timer to power it on around noon and then turn it off around 6 PM. [21:40] lightbringer IsambardPrince: https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/postal/images/d/d9/Dude_hithere.wav/revision/latest?cb=20201231221836&format=original https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/postal/images/7/7c/Dude_ineedsomenapalm.wav/revision/latest?cb=20201231221908&format=original [21:40] lightbringer https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/postal/images/a/ac/Dude_partywithnapalm.wav/revision/latest?cb=20201231222014&format=original [21:41] IsambardPrince He probably has no idea that I know where he lives. [21:41] IsambardPrince I looked up his LLC in the state records. [21:41] IsambardPrince lightbringer, I sent some text messages to Joy from a throwaway. [21:42] IsambardPrince I called her the nastiest landlord I've ever had and a raving psychopath. [21:42] IsambardPrince Asked her where she got off thinking it was even legal to text message a former tenant about a debt at 3 in the morning (which she was doing after we moved in 2019). [21:42] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.0.0 Aria http://www.kvirc.net/) [21:43] IsambardPrince And told her that even though she refused delivery of the order stating I don't owe her anything, it doesn't change the fact that it happened. [21:43] IsambardPrince And that if she thinks it does, "try me". [21:43] IsambardPrince She was even worse than this guy. [21:44] IsambardPrince She was a complete homophobe and she would do this thing where she'd list her units at fake low prices. You'd sign a lease and the first time it went to renew she'd want another $300. [21:44] IsambardPrince She didn't want long term tenants, so what she did was (not just us) she'd raise the rent an ungodly amount every year you stayed to get you to develop your own exit plan. [21:45] IsambardPrince And then when you left, she'd just decide how much more she wanted to steal. [21:46] IsambardPrince She told me I did "$1500 worth of damage" by exploding a can of Diet Pepsi in the freezer. [21:46] IsambardPrince I told her "Unplug it and wipe it up." [21:46] IsambardPrince You can't do $1500 damage to a freezer with a can of Diet Pepsi. [21:46] IsambardPrince The entire fridge doesn't cost $1500. [21:48] IsambardPrince Even if you could destroy the entire fridge with a can of Diet Pepsi somehow, it would cost about $700 for a brand new fridge like that and maybe $100 to deliver it. [21:50] IsambardPrince For the last six months we lived in that apartment I hardly even slept. [21:50] IsambardPrince You can't put a price tag on sleep. [21:50] IsambardPrince If you go moree than a few nights without, you'll start to go insane. [21:50] IsambardPrince I was getting an hour here and three hours there, tops, for months on end. [21:51] IsambardPrince Because she moved in tenants upstairs that was like this white trash guy and his girlfriend. They were constantly fighting, their baby cried constantly. Just screamed and screamed and it never stopped. [21:51] IsambardPrince And then to make things worse, they moved in three Mexican women off the lease who were up there moving furniture around at all hours, and each one of them was like "Al Bundy Woman" fat. [21:51] *libredev (~libredev@w4s7ck52qnvc2.irc) has joined #techrights [21:52] IsambardPrince So they would stomp around on my ceiling. The noise never stopped. [21:52] IsambardPrince It made the apartment unusable. [21:53] IsambardPrince She had college students on the top two floors, so every weekend a wild party broke out. She didn't do anything about it except falsely accuse me of going up there with a baseball bat and threatening them. I didn't even have a baseball bat. [21:54] IsambardPrince Whenever anyone in the building smoked marijuana, the disgusting smell came right down the air vents. When I complained, Joy just said they told her they weren't smoking anything, and she couldn't tell people what to do in their own apartment. [21:54] IsambardPrince She recommended calling the police. [21:55] IsambardPrince I called the police and they came in and arrested them for noise complaint, underage drinking, and possession of marijuana (which was still a crime). [21:55] IsambardPrince After I took her up on that and called the police on her tenants, she became even more of a nuisance. To the point of illegally coming into my apartment with no emergency going on and no notice. One day I found her standing over my bed, and she tried to get in bed with me. [21:56] IsambardPrince She reacted negatively to me telling her she needed to leave. [21:57] IsambardPrince When she refused to renew the lease, she got mad at us for moving and claimed that we owed her "$1550 for moving" along with "$1500" for the Pepsi incident. Plus "$1150 in unpaid rent". Plus "$800" for cleaning an apartment that was clean, other than the Pepsi I forgot about. [21:57] IsambardPrince She told me, regarding the marijuana smoke "We have no liability." and "I hope you have good health insurance." [21:58] IsambardPrince She persistently denied that there were five adults and a baby living upstairs, claiming that it was just one guy. [21:59] IsambardPrince And when I had my living room windows open so the cats could enjoy the day, she came by spraying RoundUp weed killer and tried to spray my cats. [21:59] IsambardPrince Joy is basically Psycho Bitch Landlord. ● Aug 18 [22:00] IsambardPrince It was like Norman Bates type shit where you were afraid to take a shower because he might be out there with a knife, no I jest, it wasn't that bad but with the landlord just doing whatever the hell she wanted, it felt sort of like that. [22:01] IsambardPrince She created a toxic atmosphere of emotional distress and panic and paying to live there was one of my biggest regrets. [22:02] IsambardPrince I was eating at a Subway with Mandy and one of the signs said add joy to your meal. So he says, "Add JOY to your meal!" [22:02] lightbringer Kinder Joy [22:02] IsambardPrince When she flippantly told me to call the police, I took her up on it. [22:03] IsambardPrince I guess she wasn't expecting it. [22:05] IsambardPrince Cities don't like landlords that have a lot of crime and obnoxious behavior going on in their apartments. When we left and she began threatening me at 3 AM I decided that she needed to be punished, so I took pictures of her many code violations, and sent them to the city. They fined her a lot and prohibited her signing any new leases until she paid to fix it all. [22:06] IsambardPrince Those people upstairs that she wouldn't do anything about left the back door open when it was -26 F outside, and blew up the water pipes in the basement. Then after she had the plumber out after hours, they did it again the next day because I told her she really needed to get the back door fixed. [22:06] IsambardPrince I had told her that the previous summer, that it would hang open and eventually winter would get there and it would be a serious problem. [22:06] IsambardPrince I tried to help her. Instead, she accused me of "sabotaging her building. [22:07] IsambardPrince She said that I blew up her pipes, and she also claimed that I sabotaged her door buzzer system. [22:07] IsambardPrince Because her own repair man came out when it malfunctioned, came out dozens of times, never fixed it, and kept making it even worse. [22:10] IsambardPrince She became a US Citizen after almost 40 years of having a green card, according to her husband, in a Facebook post. [22:11] IsambardPrince They became concerned all of a sudden because of Donald Trump. [22:11] IsambardPrince My guess is that Trump would have never thrown out a nasty slumlord whose husband owned a Chicago law firm in a skyscraper. [22:12] IsambardPrince He only went after people who were just trying to get by and minding their own business. [22:13] IsambardPrince When Joy finally forgot my name for about the 20th time I finally said, in frustration "Are you slow?" [22:13] IsambardPrince She reacted viciously and shouted "I AM NOT SLOW!" and then proceeded to mix up our names when she told John that I called her slow. [22:13] IsambardPrince So she told him "John" called her slow. [22:14] IsambardPrince My guess is that she was showing some early warning signs of dementia. [22:15] IsambardPrince Dave might have a real problem on his hands eventually. The Citizenship thing may have been preemptive so they couldn't throw her out for being a public charge when she loses her mind and needs long term car. [22:15] IsambardPrince *care [22:16] IsambardPrince The first year we lived there wasn't so bad. Her personality suddenly changed. ● Aug 18 [23:32] *parsifal (~parsifal@6thegygyadsu4.irc) has joined #techrights [23:32] *parsifal has quit (Quit: Leaving)